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MALLS, HOTELS, SCHOOLS, COLLEGES, OVERSEAS FLIGHTS, Military, diplomatic restaurantsand places of mayrestart in Julyafter multiplexes, bars,gymsstill worshipcan open on June8 consultation with states, UTs prohibited;may take time to open talks on with China… LAC situation must Unlock1:Statesget keys June8 be resolved: Rajnath of malls, hotels, restaurantsand coachinginstitutions wouldbe DEEPTIMANTIWARY places of worship from June 8in re-openedinconsultation with ED Clear Delhi plan: Partially open ‘Nepal, Indiaare NEWDELHI,MAY30 Phase Iofunwinding, theyalso states and Union Territoriesin timelines allowunfetteredmovement of PhaseII. It has suggestedstates PLAIN E likebrothers, will ● foropening IN ITS firstclear messagethat the goods and persons between may, in turn, holdconsultations EX malls, limited hotel ops lockdown is being unwound, the states and within states. at the institution levelwithpar- sitand discuss’ CentreonSaturdayissued States have,however, been ents andother stakeholders and UNLOCK1guidelines lift over the coming weeks, withthe ‘Unlock1’guidelines allowing a giventhe freedom to prohibit provide feedbacktothe Centre. the uncertainty about MALLICAJOSHI Centremovingtosignificantly phasedre-opening of most certain activities or put suitable “…a decisiononthe reopening the duration and inten- NEWDELHI,MAY30 ease curbs afterLockdown4.0 KRISHNKAUSHIK activities across the country, and restrictions if theydeem it nec- of these institutions will be taken sity of restrictions. With ends Sunday. NEWDELHI,MAY30 limiting the lockdown onlyto essaryfor containment of the in the month of July2020,” the prohibitions onlyfor in- PARTIALLYOPENmalls, restau- The Delhi government, ‘China has expressed containmentzones foramonth Covid outbreak. TheMinistryof guidelines said. ternational travel, metro rantsand hotels with strict social whichhad asked theCentreto IN FIRSTpublic remarksfrom the willingness to resolve till June 30. It also cut the night Health and FamilyWelfarewill Some activities will continue services and cinema distancing norms and reduced reopen malls in alimitedman- political establishment on ten- situation’ curfew hours from 9pmto5am issue standardoperatingproce- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 hall-likespaces, states capacity,and permissiontoop- ner earlier,isinfavour of restart- sions alongthe LineofActual (7 pm to 7amtillnow). dures forall these activities arenow free to resume eratesalons and barbershops ing economic activity even Control(LAC) in Ladakh, Defence Not only do the guidelines is- whichare nowbeingpermitted. normal lifeoutside with ample space between cus- though the number of Covid MinisterRajnath Singh said all undercontrol. If thereisany suedbythe MinistryofHome The guidelines said schools, MORE REPORTS containment zones. tomers. These areamong the cases have been rising, Saturdaythat dialogueatthe problem, we will sit together and Affairs (MHA) allowre-opening colleges, educational/ training/ PAGE 8 changes that Delhi can expect CONTINUEDONPAGE2 militaryand diplomatic levels discuss it,” he said. areonbetween India and China Referring to statements from to resolve the situation. He said Beijing,Singh said “theyhave Indiawantsgood relations with clearly said that theywant to re- itsneighbours. solve it through diplomatic dia- Speaking to AajTak,Singh logue”. ICAR admits: No said: “India is also trying that ten- Sometimes, he said, “some sions should notrise in anysitu- circumstances do develop with ation. If it needs to bediscussedat respect to China, and have hap- recent research on the militarylevel,thenthrough penedearlier as well. Recentlyin talksatthemilitarylevel; if it re- May, some circumstances have quires to be discussed at the developedonthe LAC, but the locusts,wake-up call diplomatic level, then through process to resolve it is on”. talksatthe diplomatic level… the Asked about US President situation mustberesolved.” Donald Trump’soffer to mediate HARISHDAMODARAN& “I want to inform that talks between Indiaand China, Singh PARTHASARATHI withChina areonatmilitaryand said he had informedUS BISWAS diplomatic levels. China has also SecretaryofDefense MarkT NEWDELHI,PUNE,MAY30 expressedwillingness to resolve Esper Fridaythat Indiaand China the situation.” he said. had establishedmechanisms to THERE HASN'T been much“sys- On the rowwith Nepal over resolve suchsituations. tematic research”ondesert the opening of aroad via “Yesterday,IspoketoUS locusts in the countrysince the Lipulekh on the Mansarovar SecretaryofDefense. Itold him early 1990s, and the current Swarmsoflocusts in Yatratrail,Singh said this toowill we have developedamecha- swarm invasions areawake-up Bikaner. PTI file be resolvedthrough talks. nism that if aproblem crops up callto “restartandrevive thepro- “Nepal is likefamily,India between Indiaand China, then it gramme”, said Trilochan and Nepal arelikebrothers. It is CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Mohapatra, director-general of especiallybystalwarts such as the Indian Council of Agricultural HSPruthi, SPradhan and KN Research (ICAR). Mehrotra.Locustattacks were “A lotofbasic work on their frequent atthattime andso there TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE biology,breeding behaviour,de- wasalot of research interest, too. LOCKDOWN velopmentand food habitswas But as the problem became less Disinfectant being sprayed on migrantswaiting to boardthe Shramik Special train in Ludhiana on Saturday. GurmeetSingh DAY CASES: RECOVERED:82,369 |DEATHS:4,971 donein the decadesimmediately severe,withnoswarmincursions 67 1,73,763 TESTS:36,11,599 | DOUBLINGRATE:14.98** before and afterIndependence, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Track surge: 40 per cent Ex-Rly tribunal chief: Can Vizag:NGT panel lists Shramik trains late, compensate kin of Shramik stringoflapses, indicts average delay 8hours victim under ‘eggshell’ rule KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING LG officials, AP depts Trackcapacity stretched, flexible stops, AVISHEKGDASTIDAR INSIDE TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH* RATE** NEWDELHI,MAY30 ■ Maharashtra 62,228 2,682 4.88% 14.76 In itsreport submitted on 781SHRAMIKTRAINS boarding protocol add to delay: officials ■ Gujarat 15,944 372 2.65% 27.13 SREENIVASJANYALA May28, thecommittee,headed FAMILIESOFseveralmigrantswho LEFTMAHARASHTRA, HYDERABAD,MAY30 by Justice (retd) BSeshasayana leading to delays across the diedonboardthe Shramik ONLY30MORE ■ Kerala 1,150 62 6.67% 10.80 Reddy,said the plant’s managing AVISHEKGDASTIDAR& network. Specials can be givencompensa- NEEDED:OFFICIALS ■ Tamil Nadu 20,246 874 4.63% 15.57 ACOMMITTEE tasked by the director,safetyofficer, safetyde- KARISHMAMEHROTRA An analysis of recordsfrom tionunderthe“eggshellprinciple”, PAGE 6 ■ Bihar 3,359 174 6.47% 11.13 National Green Tribunal to in- partment, production depart- NEWDELHI,MAY30 several sources by TheIndian aformer chairman of theRailway 277 5.39% quireintothe gasleak from the ment should beheld accountable Express showsthat of the 3,740 Claims Tribunal (RCT) hassaid. ■ West Bengal 4,813 13.35 LG Polymers plant in forlapsestogetherwith thede- FORLAKHSofmigrants, aseat on Shramik trains that ransince Pointing to a2018judgment “eggshell”principlein lawallows *Compounded Daily Growth Rate over last 7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth Visakhapatnam on May7has partmentsofindustries, factories boardaShramik Specialisapre- May1—carrying 20 lakh pas- of the RCTthat awardedRs8lakh forsuchacompensation CONCERN CAUTION A GLIMMER concludedthat shortage of an in- and boilers whichconduct peri- cious tickettohope—and the sengers —about 40 per cent to the kin of apassengerwho died Inthe2018case, the Railways ASSAM: Total HARYANA:Surge RAJASTHAN: hibitor to control the temperature odic inspection. promise of home. Everyminute were recordedaslate. The aver- afterfallingoff the upper berthof had contendedthat the victim positivecases past continues. More Slow growth fora of the Styrene Monomer storage The committee listedastring weighs heavy especiallywhen agedelayworkedout to about atrain,Justice KKannan, who was had diedbecausehehadapre-ex- 1,000now. than200 fresh relativelylong period. tank ledtothe failureofcontain- of technical and safetylapses the timetable is up in the air. eight hours. RCTchairmanuntil ayear ago, isting illness —similar to thepo- Doubling time of positive cases Current doubling ment efforts,resulting in theleak whichresulted in the Styrene The sudden surge on the Atotal of 421trainswere said that while death of apassen- sition it has takeninthe case of just about3days on Friday time near 20 days that left12people dead and vapour leak.This is what it found: tracks andthe lockdown chal- delayedfor 10 hoursormore. gerdue to illness alone is nota the deaths on boardthe Shramik Based on daily data by Centre, ICMR, stategovernments landed500others in hospitals. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 lenge hasupendedschedules CONTINUEDONPAGE2 ground forcompensation, the CONTINUEDONPAGE2

SUNDAY STORY Covid, cyclone, lockdown: All lines blur in Sundarbans PAGE 13 TEST whatever is leftofit. source of drinking water. It leftatrailofdevastation “It’s better than jostling for “In 2009, Cyclone Aila inun- mainlyacross sevendistricts— REP RTS space in arelief camp. These are dated ourfields with saltwater the Sundarbans, in North and FROM THE corona times and Ihavetwo chil- from the BayofBengal, and re- South 24 Parganas, wasamong dren.The panchayathas givenus ducedmetoadailywager.In the worst-hit regions. In South 24 FIELD aplastic sheet butitwill not November 2019,Cyclone Bulbul Parganas alone, 24 people died, Inside Dharavi TRACKINGTHEVIRUS, coverour roof,” says Rahima. blewawayour asbestosroofand 10 lakh houses collapsedand over Rattledbythe Covid out- windows.Now,these oldsarees 4lakh farmers were affected. Residents are grappling LOCKDOWN break,and struggling to cope areall we have over ourheads,” The stategovernment is set- with issues that have with the return of migrant work- says Jelim,35, afather of twoin tingupafundof Rs1,000crorefor alwayshobbled their lives ers in the middleofalockdown, BaliaravillageonMoushuni relief and rehabilitation. And fol- RAVIKBHATTACHARYA the Sundarbans woke up to Islands in the Sunderbans, 110 lowing Prime MinisterNarendra &ATRIMITRA CycloneAmphan 10 days ago. km from Kolkata. Modi’svisit to the statelastweek, WORLD NAMKHANA,KAKDWIP,MAY30 It’s still reeling from the fall- Amphan made landfall in theCentrehasannouncedapack- out:uprootedtrees, rows of West BengalonMay 20 with a ageofRs1,000croremore. GUNSHOTS,CHAOS THE ROOF is apatchworkof damaged mudand concrete wind speedof135 kmph and, On Friday, Chief Minister AS PROTESTSGROW fadedsarees. Thereare no win- houses, ravagedfields andponds across twodays,led to 98 deaths, MamataBanerjee saidthe state IN THE U.S. dows anymore. And yet, Jelim withrotting leavesand dead fish. Jehangir Shah and his familyinside their homeinMoushuni Islands, Sundarbans.The roof renderedoveracrore homeless has releasedatotal of Rs 6,250 PAGE 15 Khan and Rashima Bibi arere- The powerlines arestilldown, wasblown away by Cyclone Amphan. Ravik Bhattacharya and uprootedabout 4.5 lakh croretobeutlisedbyvarious lieved. Theystill have ahouse -- and afew tubewells arethe only electricitypoles. CONTINUEDONPAGE2

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Delhi plan ourofficers in runningthese be an untowardincident.” On the road from Namkhana trains. So unlikenormal trains, While Railway officials on to Kakdwip, about 10 km away, with1,163 cases on Saturdaytak- these can be extended, or short- Fridaysharedalistof80deadpas- electric posts have been bent by ing the total to 18,549. terminated;their routes can be Unlock 1: States get keys June 8 sengers on boardShramik trains, the wind, and there’s amash of However, with122 active changed,orstoppages altered,as the Railways officiallysought to wiresonthe ground. containmentzones,there will be per the needofthe passengers.” distance itself from it. “Railway “You areaskingabout hur- minimal activity in manyparts As summertemperatures to remain prohibited,though. in containment zonesupto Within the containment zones, children to stay home even as it Ministryhas notreleasedany list dles? Covid, lockdown, Amphan of the city,with no movement al- rise, the delays add to thestress These include international air June 30, and “reopens prohib- strict perimetercontrol shall has suggestedpeople increas- likethis as yet,” aspokesperson and migrants coming by the lowedand essential items deliv- of thejourneys,sources said, travel of passengers; operation ited activities in aphasedman- be maintainedand onlyessen- inglyuse the AarogyaSetuApp. told the media. hundreds... We have to provide ered at doorsteps. since availability of food and wa- of MetroRail;cinema halls, nerinareas outside of contain- tial activities allowed,” the Despiteall relaxations, the The list, whichhas details of relief to people,quarantinemi- “In our previousproposal,we terisunpredictable. Therehave gymnasiums, swimming ment zones.” guidelines said. directions formanagement of deaths on boardShramik trains grants, and somehowarrangefor had suggestedtothe Centrethat been severalreports of cooked pools,entertainment parks, The attachedguidelines re- States have been givenfree- Covid andpublicbehaviour re- from May9to 27,includeafour- relief material and startrecon- 33%ofshops in malls beallowed food going bad while waiting for theatres, bars and auditoriums, iterated this saying, “All activi- dom to also decide on buffer main the same as in previous year-old boyinBihar who died struction,” says Sub-Divisional to open on agiven day. We will delayedtrains. assemblyhalls and similar ties that were prohibited ear- zones, areas abutting contain- lockdowns. People areex- while on the platform, aChapra- Officer (SDO) Shouvik Chatterjee. have morediscussions on that An official of theIndian places; and, social/ political/ lier will be openedupinareas ment zones, and the restric- pected to use face masks, bound woman who diedonher Next to his room is ahall but areinclinedtowardsthatde- Railway Catering and Tourism sports/ entertainment/ aca- outside Containment Zones in tions necessaryinsuchareas. maintain social distancing, ex- wayhome,andevenpeoplewith wherefour young men arebusy cision. Other aspectsofthe Corporationsaid that in onecase, demic/ cultural/ religious func- aphasedmanner,with the stip- Allowing inter-state andin- ercise personal hygiene. illnesses suchascancer,“heart on phones. “That is the control Centre’s plan will be discussed cookedfood foraround 60 trains tions/ and other largecongre- ulationoffollowingStandard tra-statemovement of persons Spitting and consumption of problem”, paralysis etc. Among room. Batchesofmigrantsare and detailedguidelines areex- went bad as the trains theywere gations. “In Phase III, dates for Operating Procedures (SOPs), and goods, the MHA guidelines alcohol and tobacco in public the dead areaCOVID-19 patient coming,evenatnight, andwe pected by Monday,”agovern- meant forarrived inordinately their openingwill be decided to be prescribed by the Health notedthat no separatepermis- places remainspunishable. At and aman who “jumpedfroma have to coordinateeverything. ment official told TheIndian lateinKanpur. “Passengers then basedonassessment of the sit- Ministry.” sion/approval/ e-permit would workplaces, the MHA has runningtrainandgot runover”by It’sopen24hours,” says Express. had to be givenpackedsnacks uation,” the guidelines said. “(The) Health Ministrywill be required for such move- asked companies to encourage the same train. “He jumpedbe- Chatterjee. “Thereare diverging opinions and otheritems in emergency as The Indian Express had on issue SOPsfor theabove activi- ments. It has howevergiven work from home, sanitise cause he belonged to on restaurants, but withthe asecond batchpreparedforsub- Saturday reported that malls, ties, in consultationwith the states the freedom to decide on premises regularly,havestag- Shahjahanpur and the said train Rajnath Centre’s guidelines suggesting sequenttrains,” said an official. restaurantsand religious Central Ministries/ publicmovementsaying “if a geredworkhours and manda- wasrunning to Gorakhpur,” the will beresolvedthrough military that theycan be openedafter The Railways recently revised places would open along with Departmentsconcernedand State/ UT,based on reasons of torilydothermal scanning. document said. and diplomatic dialogues.We June 8, it will be difficult to keep financial powers of Divisional relaxation in night curfew in otherstakeholders,forensuring publichealth and itsassess- The standardoperating The listalso haspassengers have that mechanism, and based them shut. Detailedconversa- Railway Managers to allowthem the newguidelines. social distancingand to contain ment of the situation, proposes procedurefor evacuation of who were rushedtohospitals, on that, talksare going on.” tions arebeing held on what the to spend Rs 1lakhoneachtrain Clearly,the spirit of the new thespreadofCOVID-19,"itsaid. to regulatemovement of per- Indians strandedabroad, wheretheyweredeclared dead Singhsaid suchincidents futureofeatingout couldlook to provide food and water. Some phase suggests in howthe Therewill be strict lock- sons, it willgivewidepublicity movement of migrantson andof thosewhodiedduringthe happen because of the difference likeinthe city -- from the num- divisions areevenasking passen- MHA chose to describeit. The down in containmentzones in advance regarding the re- shramik special trains and of courseoftheir treatment. in perceptions of the LAC--a berofpeople allowedatatime gers to sendtheir locationson orderiscalled“Guidelines for though. “These will be demar- strictions to be placedonsuch passenger trains, operation of stand that has also been main- to the distance between pa- WhatsApp so that theycan know PhasedRe-opening (Unlock1)” cated by the State/ UT movement, and the related domesticflights,movement Sundarbans tainedbythe Indian Armyever trons,” the official said. wheretheytrain exactlyissoand and signedbyUnion Home Governments, aftertakinginto procedures to be followed.” of foreignnationals and of governmentdepartmentsfor re- since tensions mounted along On Saturdayafternoon, be- the approachingdivisions can SecretaryAjayBhalla. Further, consideration the guidelines It has also advisedthe eld- seafarers will remain in force construction, with aportion to the LACineastern Ladakh earlier fore the Centre's guidelines were plan meals. it extends the lockdown only issuedbythe Health Ministry. erly,pregnant women, and as earlier. be depositedunder different this month. released,Delhi Chief Minister Therehavealsobeen com- schemes in the bank accountsof “Nobody can denythe fact Arvind Kejriwal said that “living plaintsthat state officials were victims. thatthere has been difference in in alockdown permanentlyis notclearing trains at destinations But then, it’s notjust perceptions about theIndia- notpossible”. quicklywhich wasleading to a ICARadmits: No recent research on locusts Amphan.Ofthe sevendistricts, China border,” but “thereisno “Noone can saythat if the pile-up at endpoints.For in- South 24 Parganas alone has 180 question, and nobodycan imag- lockdown is extendedbyone or stance, state authorities in after1997, the focus shiftedto Malathion insecticide. Covid cases, including six deaths. ine”thatIndia canbearm- twomonths, corona will end,” he MadhyaPradesh took twohours other,moreregular field TRACKINGLOCUSTS,OVERTHEYEARS “The swarms mayhave And in Jelim’s Baliaravillage,res- twistedlikethe situation in 1962. said. to emptythe Shramik Special pests,” Mohapatratold The come from Pakistan, but some identshavestarted blockingre- “Sincelong, China has agreed from KatrainJammuto SundayExpress. breeding would have also taken turning migrantsand visitors, to the Line of ActualControl at ‘UPSURGE’ YEARS Track surge MaharajaChhatrasalChhatarpur Locustplaguecycles —de- ‘Plague’ placeherelastyear.Weneedto even those arriving with relief. some places, but at some other Around 10 per cent, or some railway station in MP earlier this finedasaperiodoftwo or more Year Swarm Incursions years see what happensonce they So muchso, thatthe administra- places theydonot agree, and 373, Shramik Specials were late week,datashows.The trainhad consecutiveyearsofwide- 1964 4 1812-1821 breedagain in ourconditions tion has made it mandatoryfor theyclaim it is ahead. We too by 10-24hours. Therewere78 2,345 passengers.Zonal officials spread breeding, swarm for- overseveralcycles:Willtheyun- visitorstobeescortedby officials. have similarassumptions at 1843-1844 trainsdelayedbyaday or more. said such delays were common mation and crop destruction — 1968 167 dergo genetic changes or even “Wehaveaskedthem to drop some places.Wepatrol tillthe Therewere43trains that in smallerstationsand were were arecurrent phenomenon 1973 6 1863-1867 developresistanceto theinsecti- relief material at the jetty on the LAC, sometimes their troops were delayed by 30 hours or adding to the congestion. throughoutthe nineteenth 1974 6 1869-1873 cides nowbeing sprayed? Are other side of the river. Our boats come hereafter crossing theLAC. moreand some added twodays centuryand the firsthalf of the 1975 19 1876-1881 thereother ways to control will bring it here. We don’t want This process has been going on, or moreoverand abovetheir NGT panel 1900s. The lastsuchcycle was them,includingpreventingtheir people from Kolkata and other it is nothappening forthe first scheduledjourneytimes. ■ Therewas insufficient reported in 1959-62. 1976 2 1889-1891 transformation from solitary to places to enter the village. Who time.” The delayedtrainswere TertiaryButylCatechol (TBC) Subsequently, therehave 1978 20 1900-1907 gregarious (swarm-forming) knows whether theyare carry- He said throughout all such mostlyboundfor Biharand Uttar usedasaninhibitor chemical in been onlyisolated years of “up- 1983 26 1912-1920 phase?” Mohapatrasaid. ing the virus or not,” says crises earlier,“India andChina Pradesh and otherEastern India the Styrene tank to control its surges”; even the incursionsof 1926-1930 BesidesMalathion,theother Narugopal Bakhra, avillagerep- have been resolvingthrough di- states. The78trains thatthat temperature. 1973-76weren’t numerically 1986 3 chemicals approved by the resentative on Moushuni Island. alogue”. were aday or morelatewere ■ TBC is ineffective above52 large or significantenough to 1989 15 1940-1946 Central Insecticides Board& Ashort walk from Jelim’s Citingthe 2017 standoff at mostlyfromMaharashtra(36) degrees Celsius. Stored in liquid qualify as “plague”. After1997, 1993 172 1949-1955 RegistrationCommitteeforcon- house, Sallauddin Shah (52) is Doklam, Singh said, “it felt like and Gujarat (17). form under 20 degrees Celsius, therewereno“upsurges”either 1997 4 1959-1962 trol of the desertlocustare waiting forhis elderson Alamgir, tensions have increasedalot”but AShramik train from Styrene evaporateswith rise in -— till 2019,when1,500swarm Chlorpyriphos, Deltamethrin, amigrant worker stuckinDelhi, “wedid notmoveback,andwere Madgaon in Goa to Jiribam in temperatureinaprocesscalled attacks were recorded, and the 2019 1500 Lambdacyhalothrin, Fipronil, to return.“My youngerson successful in resolving the issue”. Manipur whichstarted on May auto-polymerisation. Retarders current year that has already 2020* 27 Fenvalrateand Quinalphos. Jehangir wasluckytomakeit India,hesaid, “will stand our 21,tookalmost50hours beyond and inhibitors areusedtoslow seen 27. *Till date Interestingly, on May14, the backfromKeralabeforethe lock- ground”. But he made it clear its scheduled60. down anyrunawaychemical re- “They have come backafter Union AgricultureMinistryis- down started. My sons leftthe that India does notwant to “in- Keytothe delays have been action. along gap. So far, the damage suedadraft notificationthat statefor work afterAilade- timidateanyone, we do notwant the sudden surge in trackcon- ■Therewas no other retarder hasn’tbeenmuch,sincetheonly will,however, reverseonce the just enoughmoisture,isfound listedMalathion,Chlorpyriphos, stroyedour fields. Ilost7bighas to instil fear in anyone… we gestion, the lockdown-induced orinhibitor at thefacility. Ashort- majorcropsinthefieldsnoware winds changedirection along only in desertregions afterthe Deltamethrin and Quinalphos of land,”hesays. want to take everyone along”. logistical challengeand flexible stopper chemical should have summer moong (green gram) withthe southwestmonsoon. monsoon rains,” explainedSN among27cropprotection “I have been told that Iwill Crediting the country’s stops. Therewerecases where been addedbut LG Polymers did and early-stagecotton(in Theswarms,basicallycompris- Sushil, principal scientist(agri- chemicals whose use is pro- getajobcardand 100days of “strongand capableleadership”, the super-cyclone Amphan also notconsiderthisanddid notstore Punjab, Haryana and North ing winged immatureadults cultureentomology) at the posedtobebanned. On May21, work (under MNREGS). We don’t Singh said the government will diverted routes. any. Rajasthan).But we have to see thatare yettolay eggs, would ICAR’s Indian Instituteof CivilAviationMinistryprovided know when that willhappen, “neverlet thecountrybow,and Explaining the delays,PS ■ Everyevening, the refriger- what the swarms returning to then come back to Rajasthan. SugarcaneResearch,Lucknow. conditionalexemptionforuseof but the moneywillbetoo little thepeople believe that”. Mishra, Railway BoardMember ation system connected to the RajasthanafterJulyforbreeding “Theybreed mostlyin The presenceofdesertlo- drones by DirectorateofPlant anyway,” says Jehangir Shah,24, “I want to assurethe country Traffic, underlinedhow the ca- tankwasbeingswitchedoff since will do,” Mohapatra said. deserts,asthe female can lay custs in “transient mature Protection,Quarantine&Storage sitting inside the family’shome, thatunder no circumstances will pacity on aparticular stretchof ambient night temperatures did On May27, the United eggs onlyinbaresandy soils at groups” wasidentifiedinMay foraerialsurveillanceandspray- itsroofblown away too. we allowIndia’sself-respectto be the networkisfixed in terms of notrequirecooling. This toocon- Nations’ Food and Agriculture 5-10cmdepth. Shewill first 2019 at Pokaran teshil of ing of anti-locustpesticides. At thesmall concretejetty hurt. India has alwayshad aclear the numberoftrains it can carry tributed to the heat build-upin Organisationpredicted“several checkifthereisadequatesoil Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district. “Thestandardoperatingpro- nearby, local diesel boatsbringin policy of good relations with over a24-hourperiod. the tank. successive waves” of locustin- moisture, then boreintothe Between May2019and cedures foroperationofdrones, food,rice,vegetablesand build- neighbours. And this is notnow, “When all trains have to go to ■ TBC had notbeen topped vasions until JulyinRajasthan ground and deposit abatchof February 2020,atotal area of includingdosageandconcentra- ing material. But supply is dwin- we have always triedtodothat.” Uttar Pradesh and Bihar from upinthe affectedtank since April “with eastwardsurgesacross up to 80 eggsbeforefilling up 403,488 hectares in Rajasthan, tionof insecticidesto beapplied, dling and prices of bamboo and Earlier this week,Singh met Gujarat, Maharashtra, Kerala and 1since therewas no stockatthe northern Indiaasfar as Bihar theholewithaprotective foamy GujaratandPunjabwastreated will be finalisedinthe coming asbestos, to rebuild houses, have Chief of Defence StaffGeneral Karnataka,the shortest routeis site. andOdisha”.Thesemovements material. Suchsandy soil, with using 314,645 litres/kg of week,” an official said. doubled. “Bamboo that usedto Bipin Rawatand chiefs of the via Bhusawal in Maharashtrato ■ Without adequateTBC in costRs150 is nowRs500.Each Army, Navy and Air Force. The Manikpur in UP.But that route the tank,there wasriseintem- 8x3 asbestossheet costRs530 militarybrass,alongwith has acertain capacityspread peratureinthe tank and the ticed. “Thisshows theclear-cut tine sitepractice. Therewas also falls down, and something hap- and allowedcompensation. earlier but is sellingfor Rs 650,” National Security Advisor Ajit over 24 hours. Now, if youhave Styrene startedpolymerising negligence on partofthe factory,’’ no automatedsprinklerarrange- pens. So anormal person would In the 2018 case, the victim, says AbhijitMaity,alocalresident. Doval, also briefed Prime to run double the capacity and slowly. By May7,the hotspothad the reportstated. ment forvapour loss as this had nothavediedbut this person Ashok Ray, wastravelling from “Wehad no Internetor MinisterNarendraModionthe that toocompressedina,maybe, reachedcritical mass. ■ “As per CCTVrecords, the neverbeenanticipated;the fire would die. Then you(Railways) LudhianatoChhapra on the proper cellphone connection for situation. 10-hour slot, therewill be con- ■“The unit failedtoassess the emissionstarted at 2:42 hours watersprinklers had to be man- cannotbargain forevery person Amrapali Express. He fell down aweek.The lockdown and Covid India and China have been in- gestion and delays,” Mishratold situation due to lackofhandling from M6 tank,’’ the report stated. uallyactivated,’’the reportstated. to arrive in perfect and robust from his berthand sustainedin- have made it difficult,”says volved in discussions at the TheIndian Express. experience by trainedman- About 800tonnes of Styrene Due to the toxic vapour cloud health. So if thereisafragile jurieswhichledto hisdeathwhen Suman Das,additionalpro- ground levelbetween the mili- Normally, this does nothap- power,’’ the reportstated. vapour escapedfrom the tank.No around the tank,officialscould eggshell, in the form of aperson, the train reachedOld Delhi gramme officer at the office of tary commanders, and at the pen because alltrainsare ■ “Therootcause appears to alarm went offwhen the vapour nottakehoses near the tank to he needstobecompensated.” Railway station. Defending itself, the BlockDevelopment Officer diplomatic leveltofind asolution timetabledand spread over a24- be thelackofexperience of LG beganleaking andautosensors spray water. Under the Railway Act, any the Railways had said:“The de- (BDO)inNamkhananear to the crisis that is nowinits hour slot. “Thisisnot normal Polymers India and their Korean of Styrene failedtodetect the ■ The public sirenwas not passenger dying or getting in- ceaseddieddue to natural cause, Moushuni. fourth week. train operation. Youhavetokeep principal, LG Chem,inmonitor- leak. soundedbecause it wasaman- jured in what is calledan“unto- as therewas no sign of anyinjury “Reliefmaterial is being dis- On Thursday,Anurag in mindthatthere aremany ing and maintaining full tanksof ■ “Thereisnointerlocking ual system, located at aplace ward incident” mayseekcom- and alsotherewas no evidence, tributedthrough panchayats.We Srivastava,spokesperson forthe routes to reachadestination like, Styrene that were idledforalong system arrangement between whichhad become inaccessible pensation. whichprovesthatthe deceased have sentplastic sheetsand dry MinistryofExternal Affairs, said say, Chhapra. So instead of keep- period of severalweekswithout the temperatureand refrigera- due to the vapour cloud. When asked about the death diedinanuntowardincident.” food. Work is on forassessingthe “weare engagedwiththe ing atrain strandedfor hours in operation. M6 is anoldtankin de- tion system,’’the reportstated, of migrantsonboardSharmik Notsatisfied, the court, while damage... makinglists of those Chinese side to peacefullyre- thisheat, we kept thetrains mov- sign terms, this possiblycon- addingthat had such asystem ‘Eggshell’ rule trains, Justice Kannan, formerly a grantingacompensationofRs8 who losttheir homes, damage to solve this issue”. ing through alternate routes. tributed to the problem,’’ the re- been in place, the rise in temper- Specialtrains.Closeto 80passen- judgeatthe High CourtofPunjab lakh, ruled: “It is another wayof agricultural fields and ponds, and National Security Advisory Thereare delays in boarding and portstated. aturewould have startedthe re- gers have died on these trains so and Haryana, said, “I would think saying that aman, fragile in animals,” says Das. Boardmember Lt Gen (retd) SL deboarding following all proto- ■ The M6 tank,whichhad frigeration. far, accordingtoalistshared by it’s possible foraleader of the in- health,wouldhave gonewithout “Now we have to handle Narasimhan also told The Indian col, then terminalshavelimited 1830 tonnes of Styrene, wasan ■ Therewas no external wa- Railway officialsonFriday. stitution to take some views and anyfurther deterioration to his streams of returning migrants, Express Thursday that diplo- capacity to receive acertain oldoneanddid nothavetemper- terspraying arrangement over Explainingthe“eggshellrule”, then advisethe officers to secure destination, but suffereddeath screenthemand keep them in matic talkswith China had be- number of trains at atime. All aturesensors at the middleand the storagetanktoretardany Justice KannantoldThe Indian compensation even in cases of onlyonaccount of an exacerba- local schools,”says Shibnath gun morethan aweek ago. this addstodelays,” Mishrasaid. top. Therewas onesensor at the vapour leak. “Effortstocontrol Express, “There is aprinciple what would nothaveallowedfor tionof such anassumedillnessby Koyal, Junior Engineer at the of- He said Chinesetroops“are At the official briefing Friday, bottom of the tank whererefrig- the temperaturewerehampered calledthe eggshell rule,inwhich compensationinothertimes.” afall from the train. The… cause fice. Official records show that trying to layclaim to their per- Chairman, Railway Board, VK erationwasprovided.Due to this, because the chillers servicing the apersonwho is already fragile Justice Kannan said the tribu- fordeath must…betaken as fall 1,144migrantshavereturned ception of LAC. Idon’t thinkit Yadavsaid: “Wehavegiven alot the building-up of temperature tank were switchedoff at 5pm comes by anduntowardincident nalhasinthepasttakensuomotu and if we must applythe… from other districtsand 1,138 should be seenasiftheywantto of flexibility to statesaswell as at the topofthe tank wasnot no- the previous evening as per rou- (happens)… He is so ill that… he cognisance of passenger deaths eggshellrule,we musttakethisto from various states. pickupterritory or otherwise”.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE SUNDAYEXPRESS,MAY31,2020 THE CITY 3 NE riots: Ex-Cong councillor BhagirathPalace,medsmarketunder granted interim bail to marry

case, police had arrested her on allega- Covidgrip,toremainshutuntilJune4 ANANDMOHANJ tions of inciting acrowd to peltstones at NEWDELHI,MAY30 police during the anti-CAA protestat Khureji Khas in February. She waslater rising cases, Grover said. DelhiMetro servicessuspended, problemof socialdistancingissolved.” ADELHI courthas granted interim bail to granted bail in that case on March 21. SHIVAMPATEL “Wehavefacedproblems in and movement of people across DDTA’s Grover said the market former Congress councillor Ishrat Jahan On the same day, the Special Cell, ar- NEWDELHI,MAY30 maintaining socialdistancing, which stateborders restricted. mainlycaters to medicinal demand in connection withaNortheastDelhi riot rested her in connection with acase per- is whythishas happened. The shops Krishan Gopal(60), the owner of outsideof Delhi,withmaterialsbeing case so she can getmarried. taining to the NortheastDelhi riots.She THE WHOLESALE marketfor medi- aresmall and in congestedspaces. SK Pharmastore at themarket,said, suppliedtoHaryana, Punjab, Jahan had filedthe interim bail appli- wasinterrogatedbythe Special Cell cines and medical equipment in Old Since phase 4ofthe lockdown, the “Onlyoneoutof 10 staffmembersare Maharashtra and Gujarat. Delhi’s cation requestingafour-week period to from March 21 to April 5, following Delhi’s Bhagirath Palace will remain footfall has also increasedinthe mar- able to come to thestore.Some of shareofmedicalsupplyfromthemar- attend her marriagewith aJamia Nagar- whichpolice addedsections of UAPA, shut until June4tocheck the spread ket,” Grover told The IndianExpress. them live in Haryana and cannot ketis10-15per cent, Grover said, basedresident, whichhad earlier been murder,sedition, attempt to murder, of Covid-19, aftermorethan 10 shop The association is expectingthe travel. Thereisalso the problem of addingtheimpactof market’sclosure fixedfor June 12. and other sections of the IPC, Arms Act owners and stafftestedpositive re- market to be providedwith security transportofmedicinesfromgodowns on the city would notbeextensive. Additional Sessions Judge and PreventionofDamageofPublic cently, announcedthe local drug personnel to help maintain social tothe store, since those who worked The business, however, hasfallen Dharmender Rana granted her interim Property Act. traders’ association on Saturday. distancing and quell fears among as porters have leftthe city.” by at least50%,shop owners say, due bail for10daysafter theAdditionalPublic Ishrat’s lawyer Lalit Valecha had ar- As manyas572 shops dealing in shop owners. Some shopowners arehoping to customers outside of Delhi unable Prosecutor,Irfan Ahmed, informedthat guedbeforethe courtthatdespitethe pharmaceuticals, having around “Weare an essential service and that the closureofthe marketisex- to access the marketand problems the factum of marriagewas verified. The fact that Ishrat wasgranted bailon four to five staffeach, areexpected shouldremainopen,butthereissome At Old Delhi’s Bhagirath Palace tendedbeyond June4. with transportation of medicines to courtgranted bail to Ishrat upon furnish- March 21 in the Khureji Khas case, she to remain shut, but would notbe extent to that.Our staffisworried Yogesh Tuteja (49), the owner of other states. Grover said, “The trans- ing personal bond and suretybondofRs wastaken intocustody in the present forced to do so, said Ashish Grover, about being exposedtothe virus and HindustanPharmastore,said,“Social portation of essential goods suchas 1lakh withtwo sureties eachinthe like case“forthe purpose of investigation of the generalsecretary of the Delhi taking up the expense of treatment if running smoothlyinthe medicine distancing is notpossible herebe- medicines to other states is allowed, amount. the same offence… making amockery Drug Traders Association (DDTA). theycontractit.We willawaitthegov- marketuntil non-essential shops causetheshopsareincloseproximity but vehicles normallydon’t setoff Ishrat is being probed by the Delhi of the judicialsystembythe investigat- The association emailedChief ernment’s advice on the market and around it were allowedtoopenagain. in congestedspaces. Customers too until theyare filledtocapacity.” Police in two separate cases. In thefirst ingagency”. MinisterArvind Kejriwal on cooperatewith them,” Grover said. The shop owners arealso facing areunwilling to listendespiteusre- Around 12-14peoplehavetested Saturday, seeking advice on howthe In the emailsent to Kejriwalon ashortage of staff, with migrant mindingthemanumberof times.The positive in the market so far, most of marketshould function amid the Saturday, Grover said things were labourers having leftthe capital, market shouldremainshut until the them shop owners, Grover said. DU locks open book 2juveniles stole phones to play PUBG: Police

Police said the twoboys were ad- The boys were identifiedafter police exams, puts tentative EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE dicted to the game and had stolen over scannedCCTVfootage.Theywereap- NEWDELHI,MAY30 19 phones fromashop in South Delhi’s prehendedfromtheir homes. NebSarai. During questioning,policefound datesheet online TWOJUVENILES who allegedlystole Atul Kumar Thakur,DCP (South) that one of the boys,who wanted to play mobile phones to playPUBG(Players said,“The shopkeeper told us that PUBG with his friends, decidedtosteal Underground Battleground) were someone brokeintohis shop and took as manyofthem did nothavesmart- apprehendedbyDelhi Police on Rs 2,000cash,mobilephones and board phones. Acaseofburglaryhas been reg- Friday. games suchasLudo and Chess.” isteredagainstthe two.

DU will engagethe Common ServiceCentres underthe IT Ministryfor those without access to internet or hardware

ities free of cost,”said Gupta. ARANYASHANKAR He said colleges could allow NEWDELHI,MAY30 alimited number of students, who do nothaveaccesstoin- TWOWEEKS afterthe Delhi ternetorhardware, to use the University administration said ICT infrastructurefor exams. it would go foronline open- Forstudents who arenot book examination (OBE) forfi- able to appear forthe OBE re- nal year/semesterstudentsif motely, theuniversity plansto the situation due to theCovid- give another “chance to appear 19 pandemicdoesnot nor- in the physical mode of exam- malise soon, it has put up aten- inations”, whichwould be con- tative datesheetofthe exams, ducted afterthe publication of scheduledtobegin on July1,on the OBE results. the university website. Former Academic Council Themove hasfacedcriticism (AC) member PankajGargsaid fromseveralquarters,especially the newdecision is “nothing inlightofasurvey conductedby but befooling studentswho are the DU Teachers’Association of deprivedofICT infrastructure”. 50,000 studentsthat showed “Mostofthe common serv- 85% of studentswerenot in a ice centres mentionedare in position to appear forOBE. bad shape with no proper ICT In alettertoall college prin- infrastructure. This decision cipals on Saturday, Dean would adverselyaffect eco- Examinations VinayGupta nomicallypoor students. Even wrote, “It is felt that the exam- if theyare givenachance to ap- inations cannotbeconducted pear in the physicalmode of in the conventionalmodeas examination, it would onlybe per the existing government afterdeclaration of OBE results. norms of maintaining social This delaywould affect their distancing, and safetyand futureplans," Gargsaid. healthofthe students.” Some members from both “The matter wasintensively Academicand Executive coun- deliberatedin the various bod- cilshavedemanded that the ies i.e. Task Forceconstitutedby tentative datesheetbetaken the University in viewofCovid- backand the matter discussed 19 and the Working Group on in statutorybodies. Examinations, basedonwhich “You aregoing ahead with it wasdecidedthatasone-time OBEdespitestrongprotest from measure,OBE shallbeadopted teachersandstudentsandwith- as an alternative mode of ex- outanyapprovalof thestatutory amination forthe final semes- bodies, i.e. AC and EC. Recent ter/term/year studentsfor the surveysonthisissueby students academic session 2019-2020 and teachers have shown very forgrading/result,” he added. high disapprovalrating,” wrote He said that to “protect in- AC members Seema Das, Richa terests” of studentsinJ&K and Raj, Sudhanshu Kumar and other areas with lackofinter- Pradeep Kumar,and EC mem- netand hardware facilities, DU bers JL Gupta andRajeshJha. would engagethe Common Asenior university official ServiceCentres (CSC), under said the decision is “final”,and the MinistryofElectronics and it would notgotothe councils Information Technology. forfurther ratification. “The studentsshall be al- VinayGupta said,“We don’t lowedtouse theICT (informa- see the situation normalising tionandcommunicationstech- soon. Even if therewas a nology)infrastructureresources plateau, we couldhaveconsid- availablewiththeCSCacademy eredphysical exams —the uni- fordownloadingand taking versity’s preference —but now printoutof thequestionpapers, it doesn't seem possible.”He scanninganduploadingthean- said the studentswould face no swer sheets on theportal. The problemsasthe university has studentscanavailallthesefacil- givenverydetailed guidelines. 2held for misusing travel passto‘smuggle drugs’

NewDelhi: The Delhi Police has an associate. Police had re- arrestedtwomenwho were al- ceivedinformationabout the legedlysmuggling over 12 kg of smugglers amonth ago. opium in theircar during the Ateam under ACPSpecial lockdown in Delhi.The accused Cell AttarSinghfollowed the ve- hail from Punjab and had pro- hiclesandidentifiedtheaccused. curede-passes to transportmi- DCP (Special Cell) Pramod Singh grantstoJharkhand. Kushwahsaid,“Thetwowereon Police said the accused, theirway to KashmereGateto Shan Masiahand ChetanPatial, deliverthe consignment.” worked under atransporter Police said this wastheir namedGurmeetSingh at thirdtrip from Jharkhand to Hoshiarpur in Punjab. While Punjab, and theyhad already returning from Jharkhand, smuggledover50kgof theycollected the drugs from opium. ENS

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EVEN AS Delhi pushes to reopen morebusinesses and resume worry but don’t economic activity,aspurtin cases has meantariseincon- tainment zones, where no panic:Kejriwal movement will be allowedeven in Lockdown5.0. On Saturday, there were 122 active containment zones in the EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE city,upfrom102 in the last NEWDELHI,MAY30 week of April. According to data providedbythe Delhigovern- DELHI CHIEF MinisterArvind ment, around 50 zones have KejriwalSaturday said thatwhile been de-containedsofar. the rise in the number of cases In the CentralDelhi district over the pastthreedays waswor- alone, over 3.2 lakh people live rying,therewas no needto panic. in containment or bufferzones. Delhi recorded1,163 cases on These includeparts of Chandni Saturday, 1,106onFriday, and Mahal, Nabi Karim and the 1,024onThursday. The CM addresses the highlycommercialSadarBazar "In the pastfew days,the webcastSaturday and Karol Bagh. number of Covid cases has been In different pockets of North increasing... It is amatter of worry Delhi’s Jahangirpuri, over but thereisnoneedtopanic. Ias- posttolook forfacilities...wehave 75,000 arestillunder restric- sureyou thatyourgovernment is 6,600Covid bedsinthe city.Of tions. four steps ahead in terms of the active cases,onlyabout 2,100 “Sinceweare in favour of re- preparation… Also, livingina arehospitalised. We have issued opening the city,wealso have lockdown permanentlyisnot orders and by June 5, Delhi will to be careful thatareas where possible," Kejriwal said. have 9,500bedsavailable. In thereisahigher chance of in- On Friday, the government Delhigovernmentfacilities alone, fection —withmorethanthree said that five hotels would be therewill bearound 4,600beds... cases —are containedeffec- At Badarpur border Saturday. While Delhihas no restrictionsoninterstate travel, Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon and Faridabad have sealedits borders. Amit Mehra linked to five private hospitals to Private hospitals will have over tively.And people mustbecau- increase the number of Covid 3,500bedsbyJune5," he said. tious about social distancing beds. Kejriwal said it would be a Kejriwal said that amobile and notbelieve everything is major cause of worryifthe num- app,whichwillhaveinformation nownormal,”asenior official INCONTAINMENTZONES berofdeaths sees asudden rise about the number of bedsavail- said. On the cardsfor Delhi or if thereare no bedstoaccom- ablein differenthospitals,willbe Movement will continue to Central7 The government is also con- be restricted in containment modatepatients. launchedonMonday. FROMTOMORROW FROMJUNE8 EastDelhi 6 sidering howtoreopen places zones. Onlyessential "Oureffortsare to ensure that Meanwhile, Kejriwal said two of worship. ■ Movement restrictionsfrom9pm to 5 ■ Govt is in favour of reopening malls and serviceswill be providedto NewDelhi 3 the people who getinfected are videos being sharedon socialme- “There aredays that see a takencareofand return home. dia —one claimedtoshowa am. Earlier thiswas 7pmto7am complexes, but notatfull strength residents of theseareas. NorthDelhi 24 significant footfall. We were ini- ■ Delhihas no restrictions on interstate ■ Hotels,restaurants to reopen, but with We want to keep thedeath rate number of dead bodies piling up tiallythinking of letting only movement but Noida, Ghaziabad, Gurgaon curbs on capacity Northeast4as lowaspossible. Of the 17,386 in ahospital and another where smaller ones reopen, but acon- and Faridabad have sealed their borders. ■ Delhi governmentalso plans to reopen Northwest13cases,7,846haverecoveredand… someone allegedthat aDelhi gov- versation is still on,”anofficial Whilethe Centre has placednorestriction, placesofworship, but will take acall on 175 Shahdara8398havedied(till Friday)… ernment hospital wasserving said. states can decide basedongroundsituation scale of gatherings Containment zonesdeclared While8,500 newcaseswerere- poor quality food —weremis- South Delhi 12 On salons and barber shops, since March portedoverthe past15days,only leading. “Please don’t getmisled whichthe Centrehad allowed CALLTOBETAKENSOON SouthEast17500people were admitted to by fake videos... Ispoketohospi- duringLockdown 4.0 but Delhi SouthWest12hospitals. The others areathome. talheads when it came out. They government curbed,the official ■ The Metro, as per the Centre’s decision,willnot reopen soon. The Delhi government 122 The second thing we want to en- areworking so hard... and when West 16 saidthat“those above acertain wantsittoreopen forthose employedinessential services Active containment zones sureisthat if people areinfected these fake videos areshared,they floorareacould be allowed to ■ Educationalinstitutions will notreopenbeforeJuly and needhospitalisation,they getdemotivated... If avideo is true, function”. don't have to run from pillar to we will take action," he said. BRIEFLY Lok Nayak medical director is among Amonth before retirement, govt Faridabad hospital staffer succumbs to Covid Policeissues 3top hospital officials to test positive IndianNavytill 1995, and joined directiveson healthcareworkers have tested SOMYALAKHANI Indraprastha Apollo hospital af- ASTHASAXENA positiveforthevirus,out of which NEW DELHI, MAY 30 terthat. In 2000,hejoined Lok facemasks NEWDELHI,MAY30 150havebeendischargedandre- Nayak hospitalasatechnical su- joinedduty.“41 morehealthcare A59-YEAR-OLDstaffer of Delhi pervisor and later became OT Gurgaon: Facedwithapos- CORONAVIRUS HAS casta workers have been diagnosed government's Lok Nayakhospi- in-charge.Recentlyhewas sibility that criminal ele- shadowonthe topleadership of with the disease. Their reports taldiedofCovid-19-related made the anesthesia storeroom mentsinFaridabaddistrict the capital’s healthcareset-up, came in the lasttwo days,” said Dr complications Saturdayafter- head. couldmisusethedirection with the medical director of the DK Sharma,medical superinten- noon. Charan Singh wasde- His colleagues remember to mandatorilywear face- Delhi government's largest coro- dent of AIIMS. ployedatthe medical records him forhis “Navy-mandisci- masksandcommitcrimes navirusfacility,LokNayak,testing TheDeanof UCMSatGTBhos- department, andwas in-charge pline”, kindness, calm nature, while concealing their positive forthe virus. The dean of pital, Dr AKJain,and hispersonal of the anesthesiastore. and attentiontowards physical identitybefore CCTVcam- the UniversityCollegeofMedical assistanthave alsotestedpositive Singh tested positive forthe Charan Singh fitness. "He wasveryfit, he eras, Faridabad Police Sciences (UCMS) at GTBhospital forthedisease.OnFriday, thegov- virus on May12, and wasad- would oftentalkabout swim- CommissionerKKRaohas has also contracted the virus. ernment hadearmarked 500 mitted to Lok Nayakhospital a ming, and would do religious directed that persons vis- Dr SureshKumar,recentlyap- bedsinGTBhospitalfortreatment daylater.Aclose friend and col- Singh is survivedbyhis wife parikrama oftenthat required iting placeslikebanksand pointedas medical director of Lok 40 health staffatLok Nayak have tested positive. Amit Mehra of coronaviruspatients.“Theblock league of Singh told The Indian and their four children. While long hours of walking,"said a jewelleryshops will have Nayak,has gone intohome isola- wherehis office is located has Express:"He had diabetes. Singh wasadmitted to Lok colleague, who startedworking to remove theirmasksin tion, officials said. “As soon as he been sealed. He has been admit- When he startedcomplaining Nayak hospital,his daughter too with Singh afew months ago. front of the establish- tested positive, we startedcon- including17resident doctors and Covid positive healthworkers has tedtoahotelattachedwith the of breathingdifficulties, he got wasadmitted to Sir GangaRam Hisclosefriend said that ment’s CCTVcameras be- tact tracing and around 30 health- 23nurses,havetestedpositivefor been along-standing demand of hospital forfurther treatment,” tested.His condition deterio- hospital as shetestedpositive. even on the daySingh tested fore enteringthepremises. careworkers,includingsenior coronavirus at Lok Nayak. doctors. Besides improving care said asenior doctor from GTB. ratedand afew days agohewas "She recoveredquicklyand re- positive,hedidn't displayany doctors, got themselvestested. Resident doctors from the hospi- forcorona warriors, it would help Earlier this week,the Dean of shiftedtothe ICU.Hewas on turnedhome. The rest of the stress. Twootherstaff members tested talsaid anodal officer mustbeap- analysetherouteofinfection and theAtalBihari VajpayeeInstitute ventilator." familymembers toohavebeen "I would talk to him daily Foodkitsfor positiveSaturday. Thehospital’s pointedto keep atrack of health- improveinfection control prac- of Medical Sciences at RML Around 2.30 pm, Singh tested forthe virus," said the over the phone when he was migrantkids administrative blockhas been careworkers testing positive. tices,” said Dr Parv Mittal, presi- Hospital had tested positive.Dr breathedhis lastatthe hospital colleague, who worked with admitted.Hehad trouble say- shut forsanitisation,” said asen- The Delhi government had re- dent of the LokNayak's resident RajeevSood has been admittedto he served for20years."He was Singh fortwo decades. ing much becauseofbreathing NewDelhi: Volunteers ior doctor from the hospital, centlyasked all hospitals to form a doctors' association. Max SmartSuper Speciality due to retireonJune30--ex- Singh hailedfromUP's difficulties but he wasverysure with the Delhi whichfunctions as adesignated Hospital Infection Control In Delhi, over 650 healthcare Hospital. Over 30 healthcare actlyamonth away from to- Bijnor,and graduatedfrom he would be okay.Inever imag- Commission forthe Covid facility with 2,000beds. Committeetoassesseachsuchcase. workers have tested positive for workers from the hospital have day,"said his colleague,ashe Bareilly's MJP Rohilakhand ineditwould come to this,"said Protection of Child Rights Over 40 healthcare workers, “A dedicated nodal officer for the virus so far. At AIIMS, 247 tested positive so far. awaited his friend's body. University.Heworkedinthe his friend. have been distributing foodkitsandmaskstomi- grantchildrenonthemove atscreeningcentresbefore At 157 cases, sharpest Test results taking time, spacecrunch in morgue, boarding buses and trains and at Delhi’sborders.The 24-hr spike in Gurgaon kitscompriseof itemsthat RML uses refrigerated container to keep bodies canbeconsumedwithout cooking.Sofar,around with enoughmedical facilities,” 8,000 suchpacketshave SAKSHIDAYAL said aspokespersonof thedistrict NewSOPs been distributed to mi- GURGAON,MAY30 administration. “Furthermore, SOMYALAKHANI The Delhi government has is- grants, along with 5lakh mostcases areasymptomaticand NEWDELHI,MAY30 suedfresh standardoperating additional packetsofbis- GURGAON RECORDED 157new thus don’t needspecial medical protocols fordisposalofCovid cuitstochildren. cases of coronavirusonSaturday, attention other than periodicob- WITH THE mortuaryatRML positive and suspected patients making this the highestspikein servation at home,” he said. Hospitalrunningfull as Covid test at mortuaries. As per the new NorthMCD the district so far. FourHaryana districtsborder- resultsofthe deceasedare rules, hospitals will have to send According to the health bul- ingDelhi —Gurgaon, Faridabad, awaited,the hospital has hired a dead bodies to the mortuary teachershold letinreleasedbythestategovern- Sonepat and Jhajjar —witnessed refrigerated container to ensure within twohours.Ifthe familyof ment, atotal of 677people in the massivespikeinnew cases dur- adequatespace to storethe bod- the deceasedhas contacted the silentprotest district have nowtestedpositive ingLockdown4.0.Duringthispe- ies."Thecapacity of themortuary hospital within 12 hours of death, forthe infection. Morethan half riod,Haryana’s total coronavirus at the hospital isn't much. It can thecremation will have to becar- NewDelhi: SeveralNorth of the totalcases —340 —have cases alsodoubled. accommodateonly18bodies. riedout in the next 24 hours. But civic bodyteachersare emergedinthe lastthree days, When the lockdown 4.0 be- Thecontainercanaccommodate if no one has contacted,intima- registering their protest with 68 cases emerging on ganonMay 18,thenumber of ac- another 12," said Dr Minakshi tion will besent to them through againstnon-payment of Thursdayand 115onFriday. Of tive cases waslow in Gurgaon Bhardwaj,medical superinten- area SHO to attend the funeral at salariesfor over two thosewho have tested positive, (97),Faridabad (67),Sonepat(43) dent of RML hospital. the cremation/burial ground. months by wearing 224haverecoveredand three andJhajjar (37). But on May30, She said that the refrigerated In caseof unidentifiedbodies, blackbandswhile dis- have succumbedto the infection. the number of active patientsin container wassourcedinApril, The refrigerated containercan store12bodies. Tashi Tobgyal the Delhi Police will complete all tributing rations amid Officials from the district ad- these districtswereGurgaon and this is the firsttimethatthe legal formalities within 72 hours the lockdown. Ram ministration, however, insist (450), Faridabad (178), Sonepat hospital is using it. of death and dispose of the body Niwas Solanki, general thereisnoreason forpanic de- (52) and Jhajjar (5). On Saturday, twocontainers frigerated container arose as ingthe body,” shesaid. the number keeps increasing. In in the next 24 hours. If the de- secretaryofthe MCD spitethe sudden spikeincases. On May18, Haryana’s total were parked outside the mortu- “bodiescannotbereleaseduntil Asource at RML hospital told pre-Covid-19world,mostbodies ceasedisfromanotherstate, ano- teachers’ association, “Thereisadequatemedical count of Covid patientshad aryofRML hospital. "The con- the Covid-19testresultcomes”. The Indian Express that some- would be handed over to kinof ticewillbesent by the medical di- said suchprotestswill preparedness. Shortcomings that reached928,out of which316 tainer sent by the companyin “Sometimes,apatient expires be- timesthe test resultstakemore the dead within aday,sometimes rector to the resident continue until the have been noticed in hospitals were activepatients.However, on Aprilhaslessercapacity,soit'sbe- fore his Covid-19testresult than five days to come. twoifpoliceformalitiestake time. commissioner.Ifnoreplyisre- salaries arepaid. ENS and test sampling have been May30, thetotal count reached ing replaced," said Dr Bhardwaj. comes, in whichcase we have to The source said, “In those five So, the hospital neverfelt mortu- ceived, the hospital will perform streamlined, and we areblessed 1,923, with 932 active cases. She said that the needforare- wait forthe result before releas- days,other people alsodie,and arycapacity wasinadequate." the funeral within 24 hours.

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Till April, when samples from The closure of educational institutions due to Garhwal region were being collected in Doon the Corona epidemic has disrupted studies of Hospital and were being sent to medical students globally.Sensing the situation of college in Haldwani for tests, now samples are pandemic timely,Uttarakhand government being tested also in Doon Medical College, All had timely taken the decision to close the India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) educational institutions and protect students Rishikesh, and another private lab in from infection. But that disturbed the academic Dehradun. Asenior health department official schedules in the schools and colleges. But this said that more labs are likely to be made disruption has created new dimensions to operational to increase the sampling and studies. testing rate in view of influx of returnee migrants in coming days. To prevent the community transmission, schools and colleges are adopting technology- As WHO has declared the novel coronavirus led holistic solutions to overcomethe epidemic as Public Health Emergency of challenge and help the classrooms continue International Concern (PHEIC) under IHR non-stop. Dehradun continues to play a (International Health Regulation), in that leading role in this. Many universities are context, the Trivendra Singh Rawat conducting training programs for their faculty government has strengthened the surveillance through various mobile applications of video and control measures across the state. The chat. Teachers are sending assignments to state government has made isolation and students on-line and students are responding institutional quarantine facilities operational in to that. all districts. Also, to combat the pandemic, the Today,Dehradun is ready to fightthis government has operationalised 15 dedicated challenge by incorporating some of the Covid-19 hospitals and 96 facilities. Besides emerging technologies in the education sector, state level controls by the Health department including flipped classrooms, active learning and the police, similar control rooms have classrooms, MOOCs, collaborative distance been made operational in all 13 districts to learning etc. in its education model. provide all kind of medical and psychological help to people and effective surveillance round Similar technologies are being used in the the clock. Further,district magistrates and 2.52 lakh registrations have been done for of quarantined people. to act immediately. government offices and private sector Chief Medical Officers have been given free coming to Uttarakhand. The state government establishments too. People are holding hands to take decisions for containing the decided to not leave its people lurch in other In asimilar and advanced move for prevention For those people who don't have smart phones meetings through video-conferencing. They spread of virus. states in them time of crisis and it is arranging of transmission of coronavirus, Dehradun and are in quarantine, anganwadi and ASHA prefer working from home and visiting offices trains and buses to bring them back after they administrationunderthe guidanceand workers have been directed to do the only in unavoidable situations and that too with Also, the government has introduced anew lost livelihood due to lockdown. So far,over supervision of district magistrate Ashish monitoring and ensure that people follow home minimum staffthere. initiative for tele-medicine service through e- 1.64 lakh people have already come from Kumar Srivastava, is getting installed aGPS- quarantine. Sanjeevani OPD, an online portal for tele- Delhi, Haryana, Maharashtra, Chandigarh, based application IGiS Geo-Locator in the Likewise, restaurants are providing home consultation. Following focus on treatment of Punjab, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Karnataka and smart phone of every person who enters District Magistrates are notifying containment delivery and other sectors too are doing same infected persons, 64 people have been cured other states. Every one reaching by buses of Dehradun from other states and districts. Use areas considering Corona positive cases in thing to maintaining social distancing. Use of and discharged from the hospitals so far.Four trains or those entering by private vehicles are of this technology is proving effective in cities to prevent community spread. Till sanitisers and masks has become part of life in deaths of Covid-19 infected people have being screened at state and district borders tracking the movement of people put in home Tuesday,there were 19 containment zones in offices and workshops. Industrial units have occurred but responsible officials and experts and symptomatic people are being put in quarantine after their arrival from any other different districts including Dehradun (2), started their operations but staffare being have ruled out corona as cause of death. institutional quarantineorisolation. district or the state during the lockdown. 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ForKanpurresidentsRam Parvesh, who losthis factoryjob in Delhi during lockdown,and his wife, Saturdaycame as a Upon arrivalatCharbagh station, Mumbai meri jaan seems a relief in moreways than a10-degree drop in threedays can measure. Afterweeksofheat —fromthe mercuryand the Futureinlap of present. Togethertheyleave the Yamuna note from thepast—atleast fornow. Vishal Srivastav pandemic —theywalk to catchabus home. Sharing the weight of luggage,and aweight offtheirshoulders. Praveen Khanna Sports Complexcampbehind. Destination:home. Amit Mehra ‘Wanted to ensure Industriesopen,65,000Haryana As lockdown eases healthinfrainhome and panic subsides, states before letting migrantsdropplanstogohome many Kerala expats migrants return’ SUKHBIRSIWACH CHANDIGARH,MAY30 unwilling to return

WITHINDUSTRIESopeningupin EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Haryana followingthe relaxation SHAJUPHILIP Some who NEWDELHI,MAY30 in lockdown restrictions, almost THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, 65,000 migrant workers in the MAY30 arrived before UNION HOME MinisterAmit statehavedecidedagainst return- Shah on Saturdaysuggestedthat ing to theirhomestates. AS THEpanic over coronavirus lockdown arrangementstosend migrant “Eleventrains were cancelled subsides, and lockdown restric- eye return labourers home were notmade afterwefoundlesspeoplewilling tionsare easedinIndiaandcoun- in the firstphase of lockdown or to returntotheirstates.Initially, as triesabroad,alarge chunkof more Kochi: Thereisanother earlier because the government manyas2,000 people usedto than4lakh expatriatesfrom section of expatswho are wanted to protect them from reachthestationswhenwe called Kerala who had registered with nowlooking to flyback— Covid-19and usethe time to 1,600. Now, when we call 1,600 the stategovernment to return thesepeople had reached build health infrastructurein people, only600-700 turn up at home areunlikelytocome back, Kerala before the lock- their home states. stationstogobacktotheirstates,” according to officials,experts and down and got stranded “Weare sensitive tothe mi- Home MinisterAmitShah HaryanaCIDchief AnilKumarRao feedbackfromthe ground. here. The Kerala govern- grant workers. In the firstmonth told The Indian Express on Friday. Inall,4.13 lakhexpatshadreg- ment will nowlauncha of the lockdown, our main con- An ADGP-rank officer,Rao has isteredwiththestategovernment registration system to cern wasthatevenifthe migrant process, Iagree. Ifeel their pain. been monitoring the movement MEANWHILE, IN DELHI: RamDass,apainter,waitsfor work along withothers in West to return. Nearly halfofthe total help this segment. workers face some difficulty, It would have been nice if they of migrant workers and coordi- Delhi’s Labour Chowk,onSaturday. He says he has rented out his 7bighas of land in Uttar registrations arefromUAE, ac- NORKA ROOTSvice- theyshould be protected from hadn’t left,” Shah said, adding natingwithofficersof otherstates. Pradesh since he is notgood at farming. “Delhi is my home.Itgives me breadand butter,why cording to dataavailable. An esti- chairman KVaradarajan Covid 19,that these peopleleave that 1crore migrant workers He said theyhad planneda should Ileave?The situation is bad but it will notbethe same forever.” Renuka Puri mated 22 lakh expatsfromthe said,“Weare gettingmany gradually. And when theydo, all have reachedhome. specialtrain to Odishatotake stateare basedabroad, with 18 queries and requests from facilities in their home stateare On trains taking days to reach 1,600migrant workers home. lakh of them in Gulf and West expatswho have got in place, the hospitals areingood their destinations, he said, “The “Today, Ireceivedatextmessage Asian countries. trappedinthe wake of shape,the quarantine facilities routeonwhich 13 trains nor- fromaseniorofficerinOdishathat Back in Bihar,migrants count According to figures available lockdown.They have valid and doctors areready. So we mallyrun,70trainswererun. only 300workersarewillingto re- with the government, job losses job visa. Manyare (now) startedtheir movement from This created massive congestion. turn to their state,” said Rao. areaminorreason forthosehav- gettingcallsfromtheirem- May1,” Shah said in an interview That is whytrainstook time to According to officials, besides ingregisteredtoreturn with ployers (in foreignshores) to AajTak. reach. But all the people were the resumption of industrial ac- days until they can return NORKA ROOTS,the state agency to joinbackforduty.Sowe “Throughout April, we made providedfood.” tivities,manymigrant labourers forexpats—at61,009 out of 4.13 have decided to launch a suretheywereprovided food Shah said states had sup- donotwishto returnnow asthey ers and the rest either dailywa- lakh, it is 14.77per cent of those registration system.” ENS and shelter and we sent Rs portedthe Centre’s efforts. While work withfarmersandareeyeing SANTOSHSINGH gers,part-timeworkersorunem- registered. Statistics show17per 11,000 croretocollectors to set mentioning that West Bengal work opportunitiesintheupcom- MAHESHPUR(KATIHAR), ployed.Thepanchayatareaiseco- centof thoseregisteredare onan- up camps. From April20, states wasreluctant to receive shramik ing paddy sowing season. MAY30 nomicallybackward—of its nual vacation abroad, while 9per expatstoreturn to Kerala wasa had startedrunning buses to specialtrains, he said, “We According to Rao, as manyas population of 15,000,only3,600 cent reportedthat their visa has panicreaction.“Onlyexpatsinthe ferrymigrant workers. This way, shouldnot look at datatojudge 3.25 lakh workers have been sent “WE HAVE some stockofmaize familyheadsarerationcardhold- expired.Seniorcitizens, children priority category–mainlypreg- 41 lakh migrant workers who is doing well. Everyone is to theirhomestatesfromHaryana fornow,wewill later think about ers. Over 90 per cent of itsresi- and pregnantwomen form 7per nant women, theindisposed,the reachedtheir destination before putting in the best possible ef- on 96 trains and 5,200buses. what we needtodo,” says dentsliveinthatched, mudand cent of thoseregistered. agedandpeoplewhosevisashave May10. Theseare people who forts. Everystate has cooperated According to officials, about MohammedSabir, 23, aresident asbestos-coveredhouses.Several According to official data, expired —are nowreturning in have gone on government ex- withthe Centreinthe fight 1.13 lakhpeopleoutof the3.2lakh of MaheshpurinBihar’s Katihar households have at leastone 16,474 peoplefromabroad have evacuation flights.” penses,” he added. againstCovid... Leave asidesome who were recentlycontacted to district. Maize, the main crop of Migrantsbackhome in member working outside Bihar. returnedtothe stateuntil now — Surveys conducted by several “Thereisrumour that every- peoplewithatwisted view... besent home were foundtohave theSeemanchalbelt,hasjustbeen Maheshpur. Santosh Singh But this is the firsttimethey either by flightsorships —ason local bodies in Kerala found few one paid fortheir tickets.Iwant Everyone has appreciated the already reachedhome. About harvestedand nearly every have experiencedjoblessness on May29. expressedtheirintentionto return. to makeitclear that either states Modi government.” 65,000were notwillingto return. householdintheMaheshpurpan- thisscale,saysMohammedBabul, ProfSIrudaya Rajan,member Forinstance, in Kannur’sMadayi have paid forthe ticketsorreim- “...the entirecountryhas Morethan 80,000stillwant to go chayat area has stored some. who got marriedlastyear. 35,whowasworkinginKolkatafor of the stateexpertpaneladvising panchayat, whichhas 12,000 ex- bursedafter migrants reached been united in this fight. First backand 97 percent arewaiting Amotorcycle mechanic in But now, likethe others who the last15years as adailywager.“I theChief MinisteronCovid-19sit- patsinGulf outof thevillage’spop- their destination. Of this, 85 per people participated in the Janata forgovernmentassistanceforthe Gurgaon forthe lastseven years, came back, he is uncertain about willworkhere,evenforlessmoney. uation and aprominent scholar ulationof 40,000,onlyabout1,100 cent has been paidbythe Centre curfew,then lighting of the lamp journey. Morethan60,000phone Sabirisamongaround 2,000 mi- the future. But whereare the jobs?” oninternationalmigration,saidas wanted to return. “Manyare not through Railways,” the Home and beating of utensilsand then numbersmentionedintheappli- grant workers whoreturnedlast “There is no work exceptsea- he asks. “MGNREGAdailywageof normalcyreturns,orpeoplelearn keen to returndue to bleak Ministersaid. the armedforces payinghomage cations were found to be invalid. monthto Maheshpurafterindus- sonalemploymentavailabledur- Rs 177islow.Weare justwaiting to live withthevirus,alarge chunk prospectsbackhome,”panchayat He said the maximum num- to corona warriors. Forthe first PrincipalSecretary(transport) tries and shopsshutdownbe- ing paddyand maize sowing and forthecrisistogetoverandreturn.” of expatswouldtrytostaybackat vice-president MPavithran said. berofmigrantshad reachedUP time Isaw one nation, one peo- Anurag Rastogi said resumption cause of thelockdown. harvesting. We have no agricul- AkshaySingh,theformerhead their present destination. Those In Thrissur'sChavakkad mu- and Bihar, but both states had ple and one will,” he said, adding, of economicactivitiesmighthave “Iusedtofix indicatorsof mo- tural land either.Sooner or later, of the Maheshpurpanchayat, wholostjobsabroadwouldtryfor nicipality, only1,094out of 4,500 ensured food, shelterand quar- “...people have suffered. Many promptedmanyofmigrantsto torcycles and wasearning about we will have to return,” he says, says,“Though we have three other avenues, and manywould expatsfromthe area working in antine. “Still, people who lostpa- have diedaswell. But if we com- stay back. “Theremustbeafeel- Rs7,000permonth.Iwasalsoable adding thatheregretsnot going crops, thereisstillalot of poverty. re-migratetonew destinations, theGulfevincedinteresttoreturn, tience leftontheir own. They pareIndia’s situationtothe rest ingthatwhattheywouldachieve to sendRs2,000 to my parents.I to school. It is because most residents are hesaid.“Bytheendof thisyear,we and asimilar feedback wasre- struggled. The Centre through of the world, we have donevery by returningnow. Travellingback tookaShramikSpecialtrainto re- Maheshpur panchayat, bor- marginal farmers. MGNREGAis canexpect amaximumof1lakh ceivedfromlocal-self-government video conference organiseda well under the leadership of mayalso be challenging ,” said turn as Iwas running out of cash. dering West Bengal, is the re- notableto holdbackpeopleasit’s expatsbackinKerala,”Rajan said. bodies in Malappuram district. system that buses be run on the NarendraModi.” Rastogi, also monitoring the Therewas no word yetonwhenI motest partofKatihar.Amajority wagesare notacceptable to Rajan said muchofthe initial FULLREPORTON highwaysand these people be On the crisis on Sino-Indian movement of workers. could resume my job,” says Sabir, of itsresidentsaremarginalfarm- many.” numbers seen in registration of www.indianexpress.com takentorailway stationsfor shel- border in eastern Ladakh, Shah ter. And then trains were run said the matterwas beingre- from suchstations. But therewas solvedthrough diplomatic and some chaos in the whole militarychannels. 781 Shramiktrains left Maharashtra, 30 more needed: officials

issuedfor groups that travelled have leftin780-odd Shramik “Between 7-8 lakh migrants IRAMSIDDIQUE, this way—doesnot include Specials. Therewill be about 10- have leftfromMumbai,of CASECOUNT:THECHANGINGPICTURE MOHAMEDTHAVER& those who walked,drove in au- 12 trains leaving on Sundayand a whom 5lakh leftintrainsand 1.5 SAGARRAJPUT tos, taxis, or hitchedrides in fewmoreoverthe next one lakh in buses. We believe there Alook at howCovid-19 case counts in states MUMBAI,MAY30 trucks,temposand oil and freight week.We’ll requireanother 30 or arenearly 2-3 lakh migrant arechangingasmigrants return home containers. Officials saythese un- so trains andwiththat, we’ll clear workers remaining in the city AN ESTIMATED24lakh inter- registered departures could go the demand that wasregistered currently.” statemigrants have left up to 15 lakh or more. with us by next week.Bythen, Police stations toohavebeen UTTAR PRADESH ANDHRA PRADESH Maharashtrasince the the na- However, since May27, there we would have run about 810 reporting adropinfresh applica- 8,505 262 56 9,504 131 61 tion-wide lockdown beganon has been adecline in the registra- Shramik Specials.” The govern- tions from workers seeking tick- Foreignentrants:None Foreignentrants:None March 25, with over 75 per cent tion of fresh applications at po- ment,hesaid, will take fresh ap- etstogohome. An official from TAMIL NADU KARNATAKA from Mumbai and the extended licestations, as well as in the plicationsiftheycomeup. the Agripadapolicestation in Mumbai Metropolitan Region, number of Shramik Specials ARailways official explained Mumbaisaid, “Inthe last two 12,605 938 79 15,728 141 90 according to official estimates. leaving from major inter-city sta- At the Lokmanya TilakTerminus in Mumbai. PradipDas that the demand forShramik days,wehavenot receivedany Foreignentrants:3 Foreignentrants:None While nearly 11.24lakh leftin tions in Maharashtra, indicating Specials peaked in the second newapplication.” RAJASTHAN HARYANA 781-odd Shramik Special trains that the reverse migration may week of May, with morethan50 With the drop in registra- that have operatedsince May1, have sloweddownfor now. Mantralayapointed out that states wheretrain operations trains operating eachday be- tions, police arenow clubbing 16,175 252 120 3,743 202 None another 5lakh workers were On Saturday, 20 trainsleft 30,000 workers remain on their were hit due to alandslide,” said tween May20and May26, when newapplications with those in Foreignentrants:NA Foreignentrants: None droppedtovarious state borders from Maharashtra, down from registers andtheywould be sent the official. 74 trains operatedon asingle day. adjoining zones. “Whatever ap- KERALA ■ Samplestested in statetransport buses and 30 on Friday. Only12trains are in some 20 Shramik Specials over Additional Chief Secretary “Afterthat, only 27 trains de- plicationswenow receive,we around 8.5 lakh leftinprivate ve- expectedtoleave on Sunday, the next one week. (Revenue) Nitin Kareer, who partedonMay 27,followedby30 will contact the zone from where 2,256 58 31 ■ Positivecases hicles to destinationsoutsidethe withthe numberset to trickle “Theworkers leftbehindare heads the nodal team forthe trains on both May28and 29,” the trains areleaving and will try Foreignentrants:17 ■ Migrants stateaswell as within. down to oneortwo each day largely from West Bengal, who movement of migrantsfromthe said aCentral Railwaysofficial. to accommodatethem in their States’ datafor last24hours,updatedupto9pm on May30 This number —calculatedac- startingnextweek. will requiresome 10 trains and a state, said, “Wehavecatered to Mumbai Police spokesper- trains," saidanofficial from cording to the number of permits Asenior official from fewothers from Northeastern over 11.24lakhworkers who son DCP Pranaya Ashok said, Malabar police station.

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Experts criticise Covid ‘COVID SITUATION UNDER CONTROL IN INDIA’ handling: Community ICMRadvocatesantibody Nadda: 1yrofModi transmission has set in teststocheckoutbreakextent govt’s 2nd term full have proved thatthe predictions ABANTIKAGHOSH of this model were wayoff the Rising coronavirus positivity in patientshospitalised forSARI, says newstudy of accomplishments NEWDELHI,MAY30 mark. Had the Government of India consulted epidemiologists matic international travelers, AS INDIA graduallyopensup, who had better graspofdisease KARISHMAMEHROTRA symptomatichealth carework- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE some of the country’s prominent transmission dynamics com- NEWDELHI,MAY30 ers, hospitalisedSARI patients, NEWDELHI,MAY30 public health and community pared to modelers,itwould have symptomatic people in hotspots, medicine experts,including two perhapsbeen better served…,” AS INDIA’Slockdown relaxesfur- asymptomaticcontactsofcases, TERMINGTHE firstyear of Prime members of an ICMR research the statementsays. ther,the ICMR hasreintroduced and asymptomatic healthcare MinisterNarendraModi-led grouponCovid-19,have criticised Among signatories of the sta- itsadvice to states to use antibody workerswho contactedcases government’s second term as thegovernment’shandlingofthe tement areDrShashiKant, Profe- tests to gauge the extent of out- without adequateprotection. “an year of accomplishments pandemic and the lackofepi- ssor &Head, Centrefor Comm- break and “guide policymakers”. Since then, the testing strat- and unimaginable challenges” demiologistsindecision-making. unityMedicineAIIMS,NewDelhi This comes aday afteranew egy has expandedtoinclude facedwith “bold decisions”,BJP “Itis unrealistic to expectthat andDrDCSReddy,FormerProfe- research paperpublishedby symptomatic returnees and mi- President JPNadda on Saturday JP Nadda COVID-19pandemiccanbeelim- ssor &Head, CommunityMedi- ICMR, the country's apexinsti- grants, hospitalisedpatients said the government’sapproach inated at this stagegiven that cine, BHU.The twoare members tution in biomedical research, who then develop symptoms, has been holistic. He said PM community transmission is al- of anICMRresearch grouponepi- signalledrising coronavirus pos- and frontline workers. Modi's call forAtmanirbhar ers among significant successes ready well-established across demiology and surveillance for itivity in patientshospitalisedfor SARI patients have had the Bharat in the wake of the coron- of the government. He said the large sectionsor sub-populations Covid-19constituted on April 6. severe acuterespiratoryillness second-highestpositivityrateof avirus pandemic will be based Congress forlong triedtodelay in the country,”reads ajoint Dr Reddy chairs the group. (SARI), andhas calledfor more all testing categories, second on a“progressive approach, not adecision on the Ayodhya case statement by Indian Public Health WhenTheSundayExpresscon- population-basedstudies. Officials collectblood samples from residentsofasociety in onlytosymptomaticcontactsof regressive”. but the Modi government has Association,IndianAssociationof tactedhim,DrShashiKantsaid:“I Morethanamonth since the Mumbai forconductinganti-body tests. Nirmal Harindran positive cases(10.3), according Addressing the media on the formedatrusttoconstruct the Preventive andSocial Medicine amawareofit,Ihavesigneditand Council had revokedits advice to thepaper. firstanniversaryof‘Modi gov- Ramtemple. and Indian Association of Iaminagreement with it is all I duetofaultyresults, it hasnow India tested moreasympto- ernment 2.0’, Nadda empha- Asked about the Prime Epidemiologists. can say.”DrReddy said:“YesIam suggestedsurveys withantibody tientswho were notknown to jumpinpositivity likelycame maticpeople—aquarterofall sisedthat the government took Minister’s call forself-reliant The government has main- awareofthestatement,itwascir- kits--- known as sero-surveys- have Covid-19are hospitalised from the testsinApril. tests—thansymptomatic peo- bold and timelydecisions by in- India, Nadda said it is notmeant tainedthatthereisnocommunity culated to all of us and wherever -- to focus on workers who have forseveresymptoms and later “Because the testing criteria, ple (17per cent of all tests). volving people to combat the to bringbackLicence Rajand the transmission even as the total we haddoubts,wehaveraisedit.” returnedhome from other found positive forthe virus. exceptfor SARI, requireexposure However, the number of casesof pandemic and wonpraises from government’sapproachwill be casesinthe countrytouched Among other signatories are states, those who live in dense Of nearly 70,000 tests con- to apositive case, we areuncer- asymptomatic and symptomatic all across the world. progressive.Heannounced that 1,73,763 on Saturday.Asmanyas Dr Anil Kumar,Deputy Director settings suchasslums or poorly ducted on SARI patientsbe- tain about the transmission peopleisalmostequal at 11,295 “While manybig, powerful the party will hold digital rallies 7,964fresh cases were reported General of Health Services, Dr ventilated buildings likeold-age tween January22and April30, among unlinked individualsin and 10,607, respectively. countries found themselves across the countrytomarkthe Saturday—anew daily high. PuneetMisra,professor,commu- homes; peoplewho work in the the ICMR study says 4,204peo- the community.... Implementing Specifically, asymptomatic helpless againstCovid-19, the firstanniversaryof‘Modi gov- However, the number of active nitymedicine,AIIMSandDrKapil press, industrial unitsoras ple --- 6.1per cent ---werere- other methods of surveillance, familycontactsmakeupthe situation is under control ernment 2.0’. cases has gone down forthe first Yadav, AdditionalProfessor,Centre labourers; vendors; the staffin portedpositive forCovid-19. suchaspopulation-basedand highestnumberofcases (25 per in India.” Meanwhile, Home Minister time, from 89,987 patientson forCommunity Medicine, AIIMS. municipal bodies; people in con- Unlikeantibody tests, these RT- sentinel-site-based, will help un- cent) and tests(20 per cent), the Nadda listedthe abrogation Amit Shah said the firstyear of Fridayto86,422Saturday. The statementadds that the tainment zones; police and para- PCR testsare usedfor diagnosis. derstand the trends better.” the study reports. of Article 370, whichhesaid has the Modi government’s second “India’snationwide “lock- handlingof migrantshasaddedto militarypersonnel, and prison This is asignificant increase newICMR research states. At the national level, the av- successfullybrought the people term wasfull of historic achieve- down” from March 25,2020 till the challenges in containing the officials, among others. in confirmedcoronavirus among Uncategorisedcases and eragenumberofcontactstested of Jammu and Kashmir intothe mentsand that it has corrected May30, 2020 has been one of the spread of the disease. Calling formorepopulation- SARI patientsfromprevious testswerealarge chunkofthe from one case wassix, the study mainstream, changingofciti- many“historic wrongs” while moststringent;and yetCOVID Amongtherecommendations levelsurveillance, the newICMR ICMR research.FromMarch 22 data—44per cent and 56 per stated.The lowest contact-trac- zenship laws,strengthening of laying the foundation foraself- cases have increasedexponen- thestatementmakesconstitution research publishedonFriday in- to March 28, this rate was1.7 per cent, respectively. ing states include Maharashtra anti-terrorlawsand bank merg- reliant India. tiallythrough this phase... This of apanelofinter-disciplinary dicates arising Covid positivity cent, while it was2.6 per cent be- The newresearch examined (7.6 contactstestedfromone draconian lockdown is presum- public health andpreventive rate in SARI patients. The Council tween March 29 and April 2. morethan 10 lakh tested indi- case),Delhi(8.9),Gujarat (11.7), ablyinresponsetoamodelingex- healthexperts andsocialscientists has continuouslystatedthat On March 22,ICMR shifted viduals. The categories included Madhya Pradesh (11.6), and ercise from an influentialinstitu- at central, stateand district levels testing of SARI patientscan help from random surveillance of in theanalysis up until April 30 Telangana (14.4). Year of dissapointment, tion whichwas a‘worst-case to address both publichealth and gaugethe extent of the outbreak SARI patientstotesting all SARI were symptomatic contactsof FULLREPORTON simulation’... Subsequent events humanitarian crises. by understanding howmanypa- patients, indicating that the Covid-positive cases, sympto- www.indianexpress.com disastrous management UNLOCK 1.0 and diabolicalpain: Cong

WEST BENGAL GUJARAT “Thesixyearsof theModidis- Maharashtra takes it slow: Curbs EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE pensation have seen fraying of Lockdown till Curbs relaxedin NEWDELHI,MAY30 bondsofempathy,fraternityand brotherhood with an increase in June 15; malls, Ahmedabad on AS THE NarendraModi-ledgov- actsofcommunal andsectarian may stay in Mumbai, other red zones ernment completedsix years in violence,”Venugopalsaid,adding restaurants to bus services office, the Congress on Saturday that at the start of the seventh described thefirstyear of itssec- year,“Indiastandsatacrossroads. reopen June 8 SANDEEPASHAR ondtermasayearof “disappoint- Itscitizens exhaustedbythe MUMBAI,MAY30 EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE ment, disastrous management weightofthis government’s sins, AHMEDABAD,MAY30 and diabolical pain”. Overall, the ineptitudeandcallousinsensitiv- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE WHILE THE Centre hasallowed main Opposition party said the ity to thewidespread suffering.” KOLKATA,MAY30 shopsandbusinessesoutsidecon- STATETRANSPORTandcitybuses BJP government seemedtobe“at “Over the lastsix years, India tainment zones to resume from will be allowedtooperate in war” with the people,inflicting witnessedasteadyincreaseinthe THEWESTBengalgovernmenton June 1onwards, Maharashtrais Ahmedabad from Monday wounds instead of healingthem. politics of distraction and false Saturdayextendedthe Covid-19 unlikelytoallow economicand though theywillrun at restricted Sayingthatmorethan50peo- noise, to thepoint that it has be- lockdown till June 15,but eased other activities to resume in one capacity,Chief MinisterVijay ple diedinthe Shramik special come adefining mainstayofthe morecurbs aday afterannounc- go in Mumbai and other red Rupanisaidwhileannouncingre- trains,theCongressalsocalledon Modi government’s administra- ing the firstround of relaxations. zones, even outside designated laxations forthe stateafter the Railway MinisterPiyush Goyalto tive style. Whileitserved the po- The fourth phase of lockdownis containment zones. UnionMinistryofHomeAffairsis- resigntakingmoralresponsibility liticalinterestsof theBJP,itcameat settoend on Sunday. As on date, the statehas 3,169 suednotification and guidelines forthe loss of lives. an unprecedentedeconomic and The governmentsaidthelock- containmentzones,of which684 forthenextphaseof thelockdown. The Congress, whichhas at- social costtothe nation,”hesaid. downwouldcontinueincontain- areinMumbaiand65areinPune, Bus services in otherparts of tacked thegovernment over its Unemployment, he said, mentzones,but activities would the state's twomajor hotspots. the state arealready functioning. handling of the Covid-19out- toucheda45-year high and the be restartedinotherareas. Thane district has 177contain- Even shopswill remain open break,also demandedthat avir- GDP shows “GrosslyDeclining The government announced ment zones.Itisexpected that as Keen to avoid anew flare-up of cases, the stateplans to permit standaloneshops to remain till 7pminstead of 4pm, andthe tualsession of Parliament be im- Performance”.Thesixyearsof the thatindoorandoutdooractivities per the newMHA guidelines, open onlyontwo or three days of the week fornow. Ashish Kale odd-evenplan willbediscontin- mediatelyconvenedand Modi government also saw suchasTVandcinemaproduction therewillbenoactivities in these ued, giving waytofull-fledgedre- meetings of various parliamen- 32,868bankfraudsinvolvingpub- —barring reality shows,but in- areas,butofficialsourcessaideven opening of businesses. The state tary committeesbeheld. lic moneytothe tune of Rs 2.70 cludingthosemeantforOTTplat- outside the containment areas in shops in non-containment zones the city’s economy, sources con- shops to operateatthe levelof33 secretariat and other offices will Addressing ajoint presscon- lakh crores,Venugopal added. forms—wouldbeallowedinnon- 19 designatedred zonedmunici- acrossIndiato functionfrom9am firmedthatthe Uddhav per cent shops.” also function with full capacity. ference, All India Congress “Thesixyearsof Modigovern- containment areas from June 1, palcorporations inthestate,peo- to 5pmdaily. However, italsogave Thackeray-ledcoalition govern- While the local bodies will Ahmedabad will see resump- Committee (AICC) generalsecre- ment have proven that it priori- with maximum 35 peopleper plecan at the mostlook forward states the “freedom to notopen ment continues to be wary of a have the freedom to decide the tionof theAhmedabadMunicipal tary KCVenugopaland Congress tizes the ‘haves’ overthe ‘have- unit at atime.Shopping malls, onlytoagradual easing outofre- them or put suitable restrictions surge of casesafterreopening,and required arrangements, the gov- Transport Service busesafter communication department nots’. The richhavegottenricher restaurants,andhotelscanreopen strictions. Thatincludes Mumbai if theydeem it necessaryfor the so has adoptedaslowerand a ernment is expected to insiston nearly twomonthswhichwillrun head Randeep Surjewala said whilethepoor,needyandvulner- in these places from June 8. and Pune. containmentof coronaoutbreak.” multi-phasedapproach of lifting acoupleofoptions in this re- at 50 per cent capacity. Prime MinisterModi came to able have been abandoned. India In anotice, theKolkata Keen to avoid anew flare-up With the suburban rail un- curbsoneconomicactivity.Earlier gard.This including permitting Rupanimade theannounce- powermaking extraordinary nowhas the highestincomein- MunicipalCorporationsaidshops of cases,thestatehasplansto per- likelytoresumeintheimmediate this week,the Federation of shops on either side on the road mentsliveonFacebook,along promises. But he deliveredvery equality in 73 years… Prime selling non-essential products mit standalone shops to remain future, the firstphase of Associations of Maharashtra, a or lane to openonalternate with DeputyCMNitinPatel and little, theysaid, be it on creating MinisterModi advertiseshis aus- would reopen in 46 citymarkets open onlyontwo or three days of Maharashtra’s ownunlock plan traders’ body representing 781 days,orgrouping shops in vari- other senior ministers. twocrore jobs everyyear,dou- terity and humble roots, but six fromMonday. Theseshopscanre- the week fornow.Aspartofthe forMumbaidoesnotinvolve per- trader associations, had ap- ous twoorthree categories to be Exceptcontainmentzones,the blingof farmincome,strengthen- years of his government have mainopenfrom10 amto 5.30pm. state’s soon-to-bereleasedre- mitting private offices to open. If proachedThackeray seeking the open three or twodays aweek rules forwhichwill also be re- ing the rupee or bringing back demonstratedashocking lackof Thegovernmentclarifiedthat visedlockdown guidelines, anything,offices,fornow,willonly openingof bothretailandwhole- respectively. drawnSunday, the Standard blackmoney. concern forthe woes of the com- teagardens and jutemillswould sources said that people will be beallowedtocall skeletalstaff for sale shops foratleastsome days “This approachallows us to OperatingProcedure(SOP)forcin- Thegovernment,theyalleged, monmanandworsestill,demon- be allowedtooperate at full advisedtorestrict shopping to general upkeep and emergency of the week. stagger the crowds and avoid emas, restaurantsand malls will has systematically subjugatedall strateszerosense of accountabil- strength from June 1. MSME and neighbourhood shops and avoid operations. The rest will be en- Acceding to therequest, overcrowding,”theofficialadded. be announcednextweek. democratic institutions, stifled ity to thepeople,”hesaid. large industrialoperations,includ- travellingto distantmarket places. couraged to continueworking sources said the government has WhiletheCentre hasalsoper- Rupanisaid, “Even banks, in- dissent, shown acomplete aver- “TheElectionCommission,the ing mining and construction ac- The Union Home Ministry on from home. plannedphasedresumption of mitted temples, shrines,hotels, cluding those in containment sion to accountability and trans- ComptrollerandAuditorGeneral, tivities, arealso allowedatfull Saturday, whileissuingguidelines At theepicentreofcoronavirus markets areasand shops except restaurants, and malls to reopen zones, will function with full ca- parency,persecutedpoliticallead- the Central Vigilance strength from that day. forLockdown5.0, announced infectionsinIndia,Mumbaihasso formalls and market complexes afterJune 8, sources in the pacity.” ers and critics including authors, Commission, the Information “Intra-state movement of... consideringeasing of restrictions farreported38.220 cases and in allthe 19 redzones including Maharashtragovernment said Thenightcurfew timingshave writers, thinkers and journalists, CommissionsandtheLokPallook buseswitheffectfromJune1, with outside of containment zones. 1,227deaths. While trade associ- Mumbai. Asenior officialsaid, thatadecision on these wouldbe beenreducedbyfourhours(9pm and misusedinvestigative agen- weaker,moreineffective and passengers notmorethan the ac- Under the newguidelines, it has ations and industrybodieshave “The plan being consideredfor takenafterreviewingtheinfection to 5am) and shops and offices for cies and the Income Tax moreunwillingtoact, than ever tual seatingcapacity[will be per- permittedoffices, industries and been lobbying forreopening of nowistopermitmarketareasand graph afterthe initial reopenings. longer periods till 7pm. Departmentinthe lastsix years. before,” he said. mitted]...” said an order. Navy to bring Uttarakhand Karnataka goes door to door to track high-risk homes back1,400 people minister’s wife aroundthree percentwere found Health RegistryofCitizens,'' tracking foreign, domestic trav- from Sri Lanka tests positive JOHNSONTA as those with “elderly persons Karnataka medical education ellers and watching primaryand BENGALURU,MAY30 suffering from high BP/dia- ministerDrKSudhakar said on secondarycontactsofpersons and Maldives Dehradun: Uttarakhand Tourism betes/cardiac problem.'' social media. who test positivefor Covid are NewDelhi: Beginning June 1, the and Cultureminister Satpal AN ESTIMATED 44 percent of Officials underlinedthat this Ahouseholdheathriskas- among other surveillance meas- Indian Navy will bring back Maharaj’s wifetestedpositive for households across Karnataka door-to-door survey is cursory sessment app has been devel- ures in Karnataka. 1,400people from Sri Lanka and Covid-19Saturday, aday afterthe have been classifiedinthe “risk but exhaustive.“Adoor-to-door opedbythe Karnataka Covid The statehas seen aspikein the Maldivesaspartofthe next ministerattendedaCabinet meet- category”for Covidbecausethey survey of theentirepopulation warroomwhich identifies vul- Covid cases following the return phase of ‘OperationSamudra ing chaired by Chief Minister have either senior citizens and/or of Karnataka wasdone through nerablehouseholds in an elec- of migrants. Since May23, atotal Setu’ to repatriateIndian citi- Trivendra SinghRawatinthe sec- pregnant,lactatingwomen. teachers, government staffand tion booth area in order to facil- of 1179 Covid positive cases have zens. retariat at Dehradun. This is the result of asurvey booth levelofficers,totalling itateintervention by health been recordedinthe statewith INS Jalashwawillfirstbring Dehradun District Magistrate being conducted by the about 60,000 officials. The data workers in the event of adisease 70 percent of the cases involving back700Indians from Colombo, Ashish Kumar Srivastava said, Karnataka government as part of is being entered intothe state’s outbreak. returnees from Maharashtraand followedbyanother 700from “Specifiedprotocol of thegov- itsCovid containment plan to healthwatch mobile app and According to the surveillance Mumbai in particular to various Male. All of them will be takento ernment will be followed. compileahealthregisterofciti- webapplication,'' said Munish Passengers at Kempegowda AirportinBengaluru after policy, healthworkers will check districtsinthe state. Tuticorin. Contact tracing will be doneand zens withspecific focusoniden- Moudgil, the IAS officer in charge arrivinginaspecialA-I flight from Frankfurt, on Saturday. PTI on high risk-householdsona On Saturday,141 cases were The Navy said in astatement further steps will be takenac- tifying those above 60 who have of the stateCovid 19 warroom. dailybasisinCovid containment recordedafter an all-time high Saturday: “IndianMissionsinSri cordingly.” He addedthat they underlying healthproblems. The survey will help local zones, twice aweek in buffer of 248cases Friday. On an aver- Lankaand Maldivesare prepar- had notbeen able to traceany Thereare an estimated 1.68 healthworkers trackand sup- above 60 havingBPordiabetes viduals other than the head of a zones and in other areas on the age, 147cases have been ing alistofIndian nationals to be travel history so far. crorehouseholdsinthe stateand portvulnerable households,the or heartproblem?Number of household arecollected,'' ac- basis of assessment of situations recordedeachday over the last evacuatedandwillfacilitate their AsMaharaj onFridayattended the surveyhas, since May5,cov- official said. personswith breathlessness, cording to statehealth commis- by health officials. eightdays compared to around embarkationafterrequisite med- the Cabinetmeeting, his col- ered72 percentofthehouseholds. “Basic questions were asked fever or cough and cold. Yesto sioner PankajPandey. Trackingofcases of Severe 50 witnesseduntil the second ical screening. COVID-relatedso- leagues and senior officers, along It has counted 51.53 lakh rather than interpretational anyone of the questions makes “Covid has demonstrated AcuteRespiratoryInfection and week of May. Therehavebeen cial distancing norms have been with other staffwho were pres- householdswith senior citizens ones. Is thereapregnant or lac- the household vulnerable,'' that comprehensive public Influenza LikeIllnesses showing 49Coviddeaths in the statewith catered onboardand evacuees entthere,maybetestedforCovid- and 4.38 lakh households with tating woman in the household? Moudgil said. healthdataisthe key to act de- up at clinics, tracking of persons 28 involving persons above the would be providedbasic ameni- 19 as aprecaution. ENS pregnant, lactating women. Number of persons above 60 “This survey is at the house- cisively and swiftly. Our govern- buying medicines forfever, ageof60withunderlyinghealth ties and medical facilities during Of households with seniors, years of age? Number of persons hold leveland no details of indi- ment is planning to maintain a cough and cold at pharmacies, conditions. the sea-passage.” ENS

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OPPN PARTY HADCRITICISEDS-G REMARKS 2militants Prasad targets Cong: Won’t allow govt to make Jaya house killed in Theycan’t control amemorial, will track her assets: heir Kashmir gunbattle polity throughcourt arenot going to give it to thegov- senior AIADMK leaders triedto prison by theapexcourt. ARUNJANARDHANAN ernment,” she said. makeitappear that we had no Completing her prisonterm CHENNAI,MAY30 The total assets of Jayalalithaa right over our aunt’s assets. in the disproportionateasset ADILAKHZER LIZMATHEW were worthnearly Rs 1,000 However, AIADMKcadres were case, Sasikalaislikelytobere- SRINAGAR,MAY30 NEWDELHI,MAY30 “I WILL notallowthe govern- crore, according to theaffidavits empathetic… That is whythey leasedfromthe Bengaluru ment or AIADMK to turn the in the disproportionateassets supportedmeand Imade an at- prison afterOctober 2020. While TWOMILITANTS were killed in WITH SOLICITORGeneral Tushar Ravi Veda Nilayamresidenceof case in whichJayalalithaa was temptinpolitics…,” Deepa said. multiple sources said it is un- agunfight in South Kashmir’s Mehta coming undercriticism Shankar Jayalalithaa into amemorial or convicted afterher death.They Deepa, 44,and Deepak,38, likelythatthe AIADMKleader- Kulgam district on Saturday. forhis remarks before the Prasad museum,” said Deepa, who, include immovable properties children of Jayalalithaa’sbrother ship will unitewith the Sasikala Inspector General of Police Supreme Court, Union Law along with her brother,has been Deepa andher brother worthRs20crore,new or addi- Jayakumar,who diedin1995, camp, asenior leader said BJP (IGP) Kashmir VijayKumarsaid MinisterRaviShankarPrasad declared the“legal heir”tothe DeepakweredeclaredJaya’s tional construction of buildings had stayed away from has plans forit—“it is seen as a the twomilitantswerekilledin has targeted theCongress, say- seeking to intervene. Calling properties of their lateaunt and legal heirs by the Madras HC worthRs22.53crore ,goldand Jayalalithaa’s inner circle fora crucialfactor to defeat DMK in an encounter whichbroke out ing those “rejectedbythe peo- them prophets of doom, he said six-time Chief MinisterofTamil on Friday. diamond jewelleryvaluedatRs long time. Though Deepa was the next assemblypolls in May between militantsand security ple cannotseek to control the theyneededtoprove their cre- Nadu. 5.23 crore, cash balance in bank deniedpermission to visit 2021.” forces at WanporaKhudwani polity of the countrythrough the dentials.Hehad also said some The Madras High Courtorder, and liquid cash of Rs 10.64crore Jayalalithaa at the Apollo Astate ministersaid the high area of Kulgam Saturdaymorn- corridors of the court”. highcourtsare running parallel fortifyingthe siblings’claimto der Hindu Succession Actof besides other investmentsand Hospital before her death, courtorder has no political sig- ing. Prasad told The Sunday governments. the properties including the 1956 applyonlytoheirsofa assets.Affidavits seeking posses- Deepak maintainedcama- nificance. Aspokesperson forJ&K Express,“We welcome PIL, courts The Congress on Friday poshestaddressinPoes Hindu male who diedwithouta sion by Deepa and Deepak esti- raderie with Jayalalithaa’s close “None of the topleaders Police said in arelease that dur- should be leftcompletely free to slammedMehta’s remarks. Garden—whichfor years was will. mateonlyRs188 crore. These es- aide Sasikala.Hewas seen with leading AIADMK has an emo- ing the intervening night of decide independently. Anyovert Without namingSibal, the state’s powercentre—comes “The courtorder wasavic- timates onlycount her assets till Sasikala doing Jayalalithaa’s last tional connection with Veda Fridayand Saturday,based on a or covert pressureoncourt Prasadsaid, “Of latemanyspon- at atime the ruling AIADMK gov- tory formeand my brother.We 1996. rites. Nilayam,” he said, recalling his police input,acordon and search should be avoided. That’s what sored criticism and questions ernment passedanordinance to fought this together.Next, we Afterthe verdict, Deepa said Asection of leadershipin ownmemories of visiting Veda operation waslaunchedinthe independence of the judiciary (are) being asked about the in- makeVedaNilayamamemorial will challengethe ordinance. she is done fighting. “Hereafter,I AIADMK fears that theproper- Nilayamwhen Jayalalithaa was area. means and we areproud of this dependenceofjudiciary. of the late chief minister and for- Anyway it is goingtobealong am notintopolitics,” she told The ties will finallygointothe hands alive. “She usedtoscoldusalot, “During the searchoperation, independence of the judiciary. Prominently, these questions mer party supremo. process to getpossessionofall Indian Express.Immediatelyaf- of Sasikala’s family, whichin- sheusedtoshout at many min- the hiding terrorists firedonthe Courthas everyright to give adi- arebeingasked by people who The courtonFridayissueda her assets,” said Deepa. terher aunt’s death, she had cludes her nephewTTV isters eachtime… Manyhad left joint search party.The fire was rection, including in the case of also have their ownpolitical clarification in the final order by She said revenue records are made an attempt to step intothe Dhinakaran. AfterJayalalithaa’s home from Poes Gardenmeet- retaliated leading,toanen- the plight of migrants. Why agenda.” changing the term ‘Class II legal yettobetraced. “Wedon’t know shoes of her aunt but gave up. death, Sasikala become the ings without acabinetportfolio. counter,” police said. In the en- not?” “Thisalso includes Congress heirs’ to ‘legal heirs’because the who is in possession of her as- “I wasforcedtoenter politics party’s general secretaryand We usedtoshiverwhen we en- counter,two militantswere “Butthose who have been re- leaderswho movedimpeach- Class Iand Class II categoriesun- sets.One thing is very clear,we aftertheyprovokedme. Even the shortlythereafterwas sent to teredthatgate,”hesaid. killed, theyadded.“Twoterror- jected by the people of Indiare- ment proceedings againstafor- ists were killedand their bodies peatedly cannot seek to control mer chief justice and when the were retrievedfromthe siteof the polity of the countrythrough move wasrepelledbythe sanc- the encounter.The identification the corridors of thecourt,” he tioning authority,whichisthe and affiliation of the killedter- added. Vice President of India, he chal- Amidprotests,Assamgovtsaysmining rorists is being ascertained,” the Mehtahas been facing criti- lenged even that before the release said. cism forhis remarks duringa Supreme Courtand then with- According to police, the slain hearing in acase on the plight of drew it.Thisistheir recordasfar militantswerehiding inside a migrants, takenupbyCongress as commitment to independ- notapprovedineco-sensitivezone house. leader Kapil Sibal, among oth- ence of the judiciaryiscon- Asenior police officer told ers. cerned.,” Prasad said. The SundayExpress that afterthe Opposing intervention appli- He said the ruling BJP's legacy This document, submitted to “A stage-I clearance is simply encounter wasover, some peo- cations in the matter,Mehtahad is that it fought forthe independ- ESHAROY& MoEF in November 2019,says an in-principle approvalthatwe plecameforward andclaimed questionedthe personal com- ence of the judiciaryduring TORAAGARWALA coal mining wasbeing carried give on recommendationofthe that the slain militantswere mitment of thosewho were Emergency. NEWDELHI,GUWAHATI, out in the area by CIL in “gross stategovernment. This is notper- their sons. MAY30 violation” of Assam Forest missiontocarry out mining or “Weallowedthem to iden- Regulation, 1891,and theForest anyother activity,’’ I-G (Forest), tify.Iftheyidentify,wewillpar- ASPATE of virtual protestshas Conservation Act, 1980. The re- MoEF,AKMohantysaid. Stage-II ticipateinburial at isolated place Classifieds brought intofocusrampant coal portalso says stategovernment clearance permitsmining. in north Kashmir,” theofficer mining in Upper Assam —inthis officers shouldbe“awareofthe In itsmeeting on November said. PUBLIC NOTICE case by Coal India Limited (CIL) fact that the work wasgoing on.” 28 last year,the FACobserved, On Saturday, videoclips Publicly informed that my Client SHRI DEEPAK without necessarypermission The reportwas part of are- “...the user agency [CIL] is con- emergedofthe security forces MEHTA S/O SHRI M.L. MEHTA R/O ND-58, PITAMPURA, DELHI, have decided to give from 2003. sponse to an RTIfiledbygreen tinuouslyworking in the area asking the militants, through an ‘PARKHATI’ to his daughter Smt. Neha Dhawan The protestsweretriggered activist Rohit Choudhury. afterexpiry of original leasepe- announcement duringthe oper- W/o Shri Gautam Dhawan R/o LD-118, Pitampura, Delhi, her husband Shri Gautam by the NationalBoardof General Manager,NEC, CIL, riod in 2003. FACobserved that ation, to surrender. Aseniorpo- Dhawan &her son namely Hriday Dhawan and my client hereby declare that, after his demise, Wildlife’s (NBWL)“recommen- Jugal Borah, told The Sunday violation by user agency since lice officer in Kulgam said the saidSmt. Neha Dhawanand herfamily members shall not inherit any sort of right in dation forapproval”, subject to Express in an emailresponse, 2003 to …state government militants did notcomply, and movable and/or immovable properties of my client and further from the date of this notice any conditions laid down by it, of a “Beforethe original lease lapsed shouldnot have allowedmin- were killedinthe operation. person/bank/ institution/ authority doing or making any sort of monetary transaction with coal mining project in Assam’s in 2003, NorthEastern Coalfields, ing priortofinal approval under During Saturday’s operation, said Smt. Neha Dhawan and/or her legal heirs then my client shall have no connection, liability Dehing Patkai Elephant Reserve. CoalIndia Ltd. appliedfor re- FCA,1980. Therehas been gross the security forces did notre- and responsibility for such transactions. Sd/- CILhas appliedfor open cast newalofthe lease in 2002.” neglect...on behalf of state gov- coverany heavy weapons from MANISH CHAWLA (Advocate) RU-4, Pitampura, Delhi Mobile: 9811139896 mining in 98.5 hectares,mostof Open-castcoal mining at Dehing Patkai. DebojitMoran CIL applied asecond time in ernment.’’ the militants. “Therecoveries whichispostfacto, or enactedaf- 2012. Former forest ministerinthe were only pistols and two OTHERS PUBLIC NOTICE IMr. Anil Kumar Gupta son of Late Sh. terwards—regularisation of min- In June 2013,the Forest Congress government, Rakibul grenades,”said apolice officer. D.C. Gupta, my wife Ms. Asha Gupta, Verma Boy,1992borne, my daughter Eliza Gupta, Twinkle ing that has already takenplace. ernment clarifiedthat “no final agency (CIL) to submit amitiga- AdvisoryCommittee (FAC)of Hussain, wasunavailable fora This is the second encounter 5’10”B.comMBA Bank Officer. Gupta presently resident of D-14A/2 Flat No. 6Model Town Delhi9 do Chief MinisterSarbananda approval formining had been ac- tion plan in consultationwiththe MoEF considered the proposal comment. RajyaSabha MP from in Kulgam district this week. Preferred Govt/Bank hereby irrevocable, unconditionally Sonowalhad earlier asked state corded.” Suklabaidyasaid: stategovernment, whichwewill and recommendedstage-I Assam and stateCongress chief Twomilitants were killedina EmployedCont. 8847010724. and irreversibly declare and state that we have disowned and disinherited our Forest MinisterParimal “Mining had been stoppedsince firststudy.” clearance, subject to anumber Ripun Borasaid: “CIL did not gun battle betweenmilitants 0050164971-1 son and brother Rahul Gupta and his wife Akanksha Aggarwal for their Suklabaidyatoinspect the site October 2019 by the stategov- In 1973,North Eastern of conditions. These include mineafter 2003.These were and joint forces in Kulgam dis- misconduct and alleged threat to our life. We have severed our relationship and report. ernment. Coal IndiaLtd and the Coalfields(NEC), asubsidiaryof “clearance by NBWL before petty thievesand miscreants; as trict on Monday. PUBLIC NOTICE with them. Anybody transacting any Publicly informedthatmyClient SMT. SNEH business or anything with them in On Saturday, thestategov- Forest Department will have to public sector CIL, had signeda stage-II clearance’’, afine by CIL soon as ourgovernmentcame to MEHTA W/O SHRI DEEPAK MEHTA R/O ND-58, respect of me, my wife and my PITAMPURA, DELHI, have decied to give daughter is doing at their own risk. fulfil the28conditions; the 30-year lease with Assam gov- twicethe extent of the area bro- know of illegalmining,we PARKHATI to her daughter Smt. Neha Dhawan General public to take note. ´fdV¨f¸ffa¨f»f d½fôb°f d½f°fSX¯f d³f¦f¸f W/o Shri Gautam Dhawan R/o LD-118, compliance reportwillbe ernment to carry out mining in kenup, and preparation of a“re- lodgedanFIR againstthem in Six killed so far Satyendra Kumar Singh Advocate Pitampura, Delhi, her husband Shri Gautam d»f., d½f¢MXûdSX¹ff ´ffIÊY,¸fZSXNX Dhawan &her son namely Hriday Dhawan and my Ch. No. L-7, P. S. Rathee Block, placedbeforethe Union Saleki proposedreserveforest, gional wildlifeplan forthe area 2013.” client hereby declare that, after her demise, said TisHazari Court. Delhi-110054 d°fd±fd½fÀ°ffS Àfc¨f³ff MinistryofEnvironment and whichcomes under Dehing by the stategovernment’’, Borasaid he doesnot have a in Assam floods, Smt. Neha Dhawan and her family members shall not inherit any sort of right in movable and/or immovable properties of my client and further from PUBLIC NOTICE BÀf If¹ffÊ»f¹f õfSf Af¸fadÂf°fIe¦f¹fe Forests(MoEF) forgrant of Patkai Elephant Reserve. among others. copyofthe FIR. the date of this notice any person/ bank/ institution/ stage-II clearance.” The lease expired in 2003, In 2013,FAC foundthat most In 2019,FAC upheld direc- water begins authority doing or making any sort of monetary That my client Sh. Dhanwant Singh A»´fI f»fe³fBÊ-d³fd½fQf Àfa£¹ff 13 ½f 14/ transaction with said Smt. Neha Dhawan and/or herlegal heirs then my client shall have no Kohli S/O Joginder Singh and Smt. SoumitraDasgupta,I-G, but mining continueduntil 2012, land wasactually broken for tions of the 2013 FACorder and connection, liabilityand responsibility for such Ravinder Kaur R/O B-67, Double d½f. If¹fÊVff»ff¸fa./¸fZSN/2020-21,ªfû to recede transactions. story, Motia Khan Pahar Ganj, Wildlife, MoEF,said,“No per- as highlightedin asiteinspection mining afterthe lease expired— directed action againstCIL as Sd/- G.P.O., New Delhi-110001 have dQ³ffaI30.05.2020 Iû £fû»feªff³fe MANISH CHAWLA (Advocate) missionhas been granted report by WIYatbon, Deputy 12.93 hectares broken up before well as culpable government of- RU-4, Pitampura Delhi debarred his son namely Inder Pal ´fiÀ°ffd½f°f ±fe,Ied°fd±fA´fdSWf¹fÊ IfS¯fûÔ 9811139896 Singh Kohli, daughterinlaw Bhawna (since matter firstemergedin Inspector General of Forests, 2003, and 44.27hectares broken ficials. FULLREPORTON ABHISHEKSAHA from allmovable and immovable ÀfZ dQ³ffaI06.06.2020 °fId½fÀ°ffdS°f 2013). We have asked theuser Regional Office, Shillong. formining afterlease expired. www.indianexpress.com GUWAHATI,MAY30 property w.e.f. 28.05.2020. PUBLIC NOTICE Sd/- Ie ªff°fe W`Üd³fd½fQf d½fÄfd´°fIeA³¹f KNOW ALL MEN that my clients Sh. Sanjay SEETAMISHRA THE FIRSTwaveoffloods in Gupta S/o Late Sh. H.R. Gupta and his wife - Advocate d³f¹f¸f E½fa Vf°fZË A´fdS½f°fʳfe¹f SWZ¦feÜ Smt. Manju Gupta both R/o 374, Sainik Vihar Chamber Wing IVth Floor Varavara Rao tests negative for Assam has killedsix people and (1st Floor), Pitam Pura, Delhi-110034 have A²feÃf¯f Ad·f¹fa°ff, d½fôb°f IYf¹fÊVff»ff severed all their relations with their son Sh. Chamber No. 416, pushed18,000intorelief camps Yash Gupta and his wife Smt. Saloni Gupta Rohini Court, Delhi-85 D/o Sh. Purshottam Goel due to the Mob.:- 9818597597, 9999138887 ¸f¯OX»fX, ´f.d½f.d½f.d³f.d»f., ¸fZSXNÜ Covid, courtseeks medical report till Saturdayevening. Chief unjustifiable behaviour of Smt. Saloni Gupta and have debarred them both from all of their ´fÂffaIY- 1063/ d½f. IYf¹fÊVff»ff¸fa./ MinisterSarbananda Sonowal movable and immovable properties. Any one PUBLIC NOTICE dealing with them in any way or manner ¸fZSXN/ dQ³ffaIY:29/05/2020 that he is stable. “He is stable as said the statewould compensate whatsoever shall be doing on his own risks Be it known that my client MR. SARAJUDDIN and consequences. alias SURAJA DIN S/O SUKHA SURAVTI & EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE of nowand is being evaluated. the lossincurredbyfarmers and Sd/- NAZMA W/O SARAJUDDIN BOTH R/O H. (J. S. Kalra) NO. 430, GALI NO. 7, SHALIMAR VILLAGE, MUMBAI,MAY30 He had dizziness,whichseems fishermendue to floods. Advocate DELHI-110088, have been left/debar all E.No. D-660/90 Chamber No 296, relations from his son namely SAJAUDDIN to have been avertigoattack,”a The flood has hit Assam at a Western Wing, Tis Hazari Court and his wife JANNAT alias MOHINI Delhi-110054 Ph. Chamber- 23974884 ASPECIAL courthas directed senior hospitaldoctor said. timewhenit’s battling asudden SHARMA and their daughter namely 9350454884, 9899924884 Mob. SANAYA, debarred them from all their Mumbai’s JJ Hospital to submit Rao’s lawyer,RSatyanaraya, spikeinnumber of Covid pa- movable and immovable properties acquired or to be acquired because of family dispute, areportonthe health of poet movedaplea before thespecial tients—although the vast major- PUBLIC NOTICE so my client have broken all relations from them. Any person dealing and having relation Varavara Rao, who wasarrested courtonSaturdayseeking direc- ity of them arereturnees who General Public is hereby informed that my with them in any manner shall be at their own client Kuldeep Singh, S/o Herbans Singh, R/o risk, cost &consequences and my client shall in the Elgaar Parishadcase. Rao, tions forthe reporttobesub- were put intoquarantine centres BJ-60, East Shalimar Bagh, Delhi, given a not be responsible for any act and deed of the public notice on dated 12-03-2004 in The aforesaid. 81,was rushed to the state-run mitted,since the court is hear- aftertheir were taken samples Statesman News Paper through Mr. Rajinder Sd/- Kr. Bedi, Advocate, Chamber No.112, Civil DINESH KUMAR (Advocate) hospital on Thursdayafter falling ing an interim bail application upon arrival. Till Saturday Wing, Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi-54, regarding Enrl. No. 5096/17 disown and disinherite his son Shri unconscious at Taloja central jail, filedbyhim.The plea also said evening, the state reported 1,100 Ramanjeet Singh and daughter-in-law from his moveable and immovable properties. wherehewas lodged. neither his wifenor lawyer were cases, of which930 were active. Now by virtue of this Public Notice my client Kuldeep Singh has cancelled the above said Hospitalauthorities said he informedabout his condition According to thestate disas- public notice dated 12-03-2004 given in The Statesman News Paper. From now his son tested negative forCovid-19and when he wassent to JJ Hospital. termanagement authority (AS- Shri Ramanjeet Singh is alegal heir for his moveable and immovable properties. DMA), 3.7 lakh people have been Sd/- affected.The districtsofNalbari, S.C. Dixit (Advocate) RU-17, DDA MKT, Goalpara,Nagaon, Hojai, West Pitampura, Delhi-88. Karbi Anglong and Tinsukia are the worst-hit Atotal of 195relief camps and relief distribution centres were operational on Saturday.According to an AS- DMA official,the waterisreced- ing and the situation is expected PUBLIC NOTICE to improveasforecasts show ‘moderate’ rainfall. Under instructions from my clientsSh. Suneel Kumar Sharma, son of Shri In the 40 relief camps of Magan Lal Sharma and Mrs. Neeta Sharma,wifeofSh. Suneel Kumar Goalpara, thereare around 7,500 Sharma,R/o D-21/A, Ashok Mohalla, Gali No. 6, Maujpur,Delhi- 110053. it is people.VarnaliDeka, District informed that my clientshave decided to break all their relations with their Collector Goalpara, told The daughterMs. AkshikaSharma. Ms. Akshika Sharma is not under control of Sunday Express,“Thesituation is my clients.Besides that she solemnizedher marriage with Sh. slightlyimproving. Thewater Prince Babbar,s/o Shri RajKumar Babbar without any consent/ will of her has recededtothe lowerreaches parents/family,i.e. my clients. Therefore, my clientshave disowned of the district.” and debarred their daughter Ms. OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDING ENGINEER On Saturday,15thFinance Akshika Sharma from all their movable and immovable properties in Delhi or Commissiondesignated river anywhere in India. After this publication, RURAL WORKS CIRCLE, BERHAMPUR my clientsshall not be responsible for (At:- Ambapua, Po:- Engineering School Near Income TaxOffice, Berhampur-760011) erosion as “a natural calamity” any of the actsofMs. Akshika Sharma O-64 E-Mail:- [email protected] Tel/Fax:- 0680-2404287 and now Ms. Akshika Sharma has no and recommendedadequate right/ claim of any type in movable and NATIONAL COMPETITIVE BIDDING THROUGH e-Procurement E-Mail/E-despatch immovable properties of my clients. Bid Identification No. Online Tender/04-2020-21/BPR compensation, acceding to the Sd/- (MANISH KUMAR) Identification No. Name of work No. of Works Approx. Estimated Cost (In lakh) Class of Contractor Period of Completion state's request. Advocate Online Tender/ Road Works under 02 Nos. From Rs. 90.06 lakhs to “B” Class &“A” Class 06 (Six) En. No, D-617/2000, Ch.No, F-514, The Centrehas asked the K.K.D, Courts, Delhi 04-2020-21/BPR PERIODICAL MAINTENANCE Rs. 127.30 Lakhs as applicable Calendar Month as provided statetosubmit adetailedreport. Mob. 9310003050 Procurement Officer Bid Identification No. Availability of tender online for bidding Astatement from theCM’soffice From To highlightedthat Assam has al- Superintending Engineer,R.W.Circle, Berhampur Online Tender/ 04-2020-21/BPR 08.06.2020 at 10.00 A.M. 24.06.2020 upto 3.00 P. M. ready receivedRs386 croreto- (i) EMD/ Bid Security,Cost of Bid document is to be transferred through On-line as per the procedure mentioned in the DTCN. (ii) Non-submission of the information/ documentsthrough online by the bidder as per the items mentioned in the eligible criteria of the DTCN will also liable for rejection of his tender. wardsfighting flood and erosion Further details &Corrigendum if any can be seen from the website:- www.tendersodisha.gov.in Sd/- from theCentreand the amount Superintending Engineer,R.W.Circle, Berhampur is apartofthe total Rs. 772crore OIPR-25071/11/0003/2021 allocation underthe SDRF.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THE SUNDAYEXPRESS,MAY31,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 11 DELHI STATECANCER INSTITUTES -centres parexcellence in the service of humanity (A group of autonomous institutions under the Govt. of NCT of Delhi EAST:DILSHAD GARDEN, DELHI 110095 MUMBAI CRIMEBRANCH MAKES ARREST UP’s village heads to distribute aid EPABX: +91-11-2213 5200, 2213 5700 FAX: +91-11-22110505 WEST:C-2/B, JANAK PURI, NEW DELHI 110058 EPABX: +91-11-2550 1111,2554 1111 FAX: +91-11-2554 9999 Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh gov- rectedofficialsto ensureimmedi- Website: www.dsci.nic.in E-mail: [email protected] ‘Sim box network’, used NIN ID: DSCI (East)- 1112313380 &DSCI (West)- 1115545855 ernment Saturdaydirected offi- atetreatment to destitutepeople RECRUITMENT NOTICE cials to provide an interim assis- having serious illness even if they Advertisement Number:02/2020 tance of Rs 2,000 to those left arenot coveredunder the in bid to get sensitive Delhi State Cancer Institute (DSCI) is achain of Autonomous, dedicated destitute by the lockdown and Rs Ayushman Bharat Yojana or the Cancercare Institutions under the Government of NCT of Delhi established 1,000to thosewhodonothavera- MukhyamantriJanArogyaYojana, under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. defence info, busted: cops tion cards to getfoodgrains. aspokespersonsaid.Villageheads To achieve the aims and to expand itsservices further for the patients, the During ameeting to review have been authorised to disburse Institute invitesApplications for Executive Engineer(Electrical), Assistant sidethecountrythroughtwospe- the lockdown, CM Adityanath di- theamountto thoseinneed.ENS Engineer (AC), from the willingpersons who feel capable to accept challenges in various fields. The appointment of all categories of staffwill be MOHAMEDTHAVER cific numbers. An officersaidthe initially made for aperiod of 2years on Contract. MUMBAI,MAY30 callers,posing as Indians, had RecruitmentAdvertisement vide No 01/2020 for the postsofExecutive soughtinformationaboutdefence Engineer (Electrical), Assistant Engineer(Electrical), Assistant Engineer THE MUMBAI CrimeBranchon establishments andIndian troop (AC) published in the Institute's website and in the leading Newspaper dated Saturdayarresteda38-year-old movementsinLadakh. 04/01/2020 has been cancelled due to administrative reasons. Any Candidate who has applied earlier can make new application in response to man from Govandi forallegedly Sources said the reason why the fresh recruitment notice subject to the fulfillment of eligibility condition for running an illegaltelephonenet- SIM boxeswould have been used such candidates, no new registration amount shall be required to be paid by work to putthroughinternational to routethese calls wasthatthey them. All such candidates who have earlierapplied and are not fulfilling the calls.TheCrimeBranchconducted were notusinganylegitimatemo- eligibility conditions, as declared in fresh Recruitment Notice,they may seek raidsfollowingintelligenceinputs bilenetworkserviceproviderand, arefund of the registration amount, submitted by them earlier. Interested candidates may visit Hospital website i.e., www.dsci.nic.in or by Jammu &Kashmir’s Military hence, would notbemonitored. Delhi Govt. website i.e. www.health.delhigovt.nic.in for further details. Intelligence(MI)onillegalcallsbe- Second, and moreimportant, Sd/- ing made to theArmy’s civilex- even thoughthe call wasmade DIP/SHABDARTH/0055/20-21 Dr.BLSherwal, Director changeseekingsensitive informa- fromanothercountry, theperson tion. Policesaid the illegal receivingthecallwouldhave seen network, known as ‘SIM box’. an Indian number flashing, they masksaninternational call by added. “The wayitworks is that showing it as alocal number. VoiceoverInternet Protocol(VoIP) Mumbai Deputy callsmadefromoutsidethecoun- Commissioner of Police (Crime tryare converted intoGSM calls Branch)AkbarPathansaid,“Based usingtheSIMbox.Hence,whena onintelligencereports,weraided person gets thecall, it shows alo- the Shivaji Nagarresidence of cal number,” Pathan said. SameerAlwariandfoundfive SIM HealsosaiditwasaftertheJ&K boxesinhishouse.Hehasbeenar- MIreceivedinformationaboutthe rested in the pastaswell forrun- calls from the twoIndian num- ning aSIM box.” Pathan said the bers,theyfoundthatthecallshad parallel telephone exchangehad originated from alocationin beenusedtomakecallsto defence Mumbai following whichthe establishmentsinJ&K from out- Crime Branchwas alerted. MP’s agriculture minister wants to opt out of PM’s crop insurance scheme, says not all benefit

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THE BJP-RULED Madhya Pradesh is considering opting out of the Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme andstartits ownscheme. “Wewant everyfarmer in the state to benefit from the scheme. Nowonlythose farmers who have takencroploans arecov- ered by the scheme but loan de- faulters aredeniedthe benefit of crop insurance,’’ Agriculture MinisterKamal Pateltold The Indian Express on Saturday. Patelsaidthereare morethan 1crore farmers in the statebut only35lakh have been covered under the crop insurancescheme. The ministersaidthe Central government has asked thestates whether theyare willing to con- tinue and has giventhem the freedom to optout if theyhavea similar scheme in mind. “Wewanttostart Mukhya Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana by makingchanges in the central scheme. We will form our own company.Wewill include provi- sions of RevenueBook Circulars 6-4that dealswith compensation in natural calamities,’’ the minis- tersaid. The proposal will need clearance from Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, he said. To be partofthe Prime Minister’s Crop Insurance Scheme, farmers pay2%pre- mium rate forKharifand 1.5% for rabi crops on the suminsured. The balance premium is shared between the Centreand states. On May1,Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said the Congress governmenthad not depositedthe state’s shareeven though farmers had deposited their premium forkharif 2018 PUBLIC NOTICE and rabi 2018-19crops. He said GOVERNMENT OF HARYANA his government deposited Rs EXCISE &TAXATION DEPARTMENT 2,200crore immediatelyafter NOTICE FOR INVITING e-TENDERS FOR ALLOTMENT OF REMAINING ZONES OF RETAIL coming to powerinMarch.This LIQUOR VENDS OF REMAININGDISTRICTS FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC FORTHE YEAR allowedthe governmenttoset- 2020-21 IN THE STATEOFHARYANA tle claimsworth Rs 2,981 crore It is herebynotified forthe information of general public that E-TENDERS forALLOTMENT of zones of and transfer the moneytofarm- remaining retail liquor vends of the pending districts against which these zones are mentioned below, are invit- ers’ account on May1. ed forthe year 2020-21: Patelsaid private insurance Sr.NoName of District Zone Numbers companies have benefited from 1Faridabad ZFBD-21, 23, 66, 86 &103 the crop insurance scheme more 2Gurugram(East) ZGRE-08, 18, 19, 21, 32, 36, 37, 45, 46, 67 &69 than the farmers. In one particu- 3Gurugram(West) ZGRW-06, 07, 11, 13, 14, 22, 28, 36, 42, 44, 48, 49, 50, 53, 66, 68 &70 lar year,hesaid the privatecom- 4JagadhriZJAG-12, 27 &36 panies receivedapremium ofRs 5Kaithal ZKTL-16, 20 &21 5,000crorebut farmers got only 6Palwal ZPWL-17 Rs 3,000 crore. 7Panchkula ZPKL-14, 16, 17 &21 Regional Organisation 8Panipat ZPNP-03, 05, 06, 07, 09, 11, 15, 17, 18, 22, 25, 29, 34 &35 SecretaryofBharatiyaKisan 9RewariZRWR-39 Sangh(BKS) Mahesh Chaudhary said the organisation has op- 10 Sirsa ZSRS- 46 &53 posedthe scheme because pri- 11 Sonepat ZSNP-07, 08, 11, 12, 14, 24, 27, 28, 29, 65 vate insurance companies ben- SCHEDULE FOR INVITATION AND EVALUATION FOR E-TENDERS FOR efit at the expense of farmers. REMAINING ZONES OF RETAIL LIQUOR VENDS “The current scheme has 1Starting date and time forplacing e-tenders.01st June,2020 (from 09:00 A.M. onwards) manyshortcomings. If the state 2Closing Date and time forplacing e-tenders.01st June,2020 (till 05:00 P. M.) government starts acompany, 3Evaluation of e-tenders.01st June,2020 (06:00 P. M.) the premiumcollectedwillre- main with the government if in- 1. These e-Tenders will be submitted online as per public notice issued by the Department (published on 07th/8th March, 2020) in the leading newspapers inviting e-Tenders forallotment of retail liquor licenses surance claims arenot required of Zones of vends forthe year 2020-21. The public notice is available on the departmental website i.e. to be settled,’’ he said. www.haryanatax.gov.in. Congress MLASachinPatel, 2. The list of remaining Zones of vends in the Districts and venuefor evaluation of e-Tenders shall be con- spicuously displayedinthe office of DETC (Excise) &DETC (ST) concerned. The list shall also be avail- who wasagricultureministerin able on the departmental website i.e.www.haryanatax.gov.in. the Kamal Nath government, 3. The process of inviting tenders shall be continued by successively reducing the original reserve price in said the Congress government the following manner:- toowanted to optout of the (i) In the slab of 5% of the original reserve price in case reserve price of the Zone is less than Rs.5.00 Cr. (ii) In the slab of 3% of the original reserve price in case reserve price of the Zone is more than Rs.5.00 Cr. scheme. “Thereisnotrans- 4. The e-Tenders shall be received and the Zones of vends shall be allotted in the manner prescribed in the parency in the scheme. We Excise Policy forthe year 2020-21 and the Punjab Excise Act, 1914 (as applicable to the State of wanted to makeitoptionalfor Haryana), the rules framed thereunder. farmers,’’ he said, adding that the 5. The allotment shall be subject to the approvalofthe Excise and Taxation Commissioner,Haryana. He mayreject, without assigning anyreason, anyallotment in public interest as the case maybewithin 10 Congressgovernment neversent days of the date of allotment. anyproposaltothe Centrebut Excise &Taxation Commissioner, Haryana. discussedopting out of it. 81089/HRY New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM

THESUNDAYEXPRESS,MAY31,2020 Crude Wa tch OIL RISES ON US-CHINATRADE OPTIMISM NewYork: Oilprices soared on Friday, withUSfutures closing out Maywith record monthly gains, on hopes that the US-Chinatrade 12 ECONOMY dealwould remainintactand on fallingcrude production. July Brent crude closed at $35.33abarrel,gaining4cents. REUTERS NON-FOOD CREDIT GROWTHCONTRACTS 1.2% TO `91 LAKH CRORE Hit by coronavirus, Lockdownbitescreditgrowth,outstandings online aggregators create tohousingandprioritysectorsdeclineinApr new revenue streams the microand small industryseg- per cent in April 2019.Credit GEORGEMATHEW mentfellRs23,485croretoRs3.58 growth to agriculture&alliedac- PRANAVMUKUL MUMBAI,MAY30 Therealquestion lakh croreinthe month of April. tivities decelerated to 3.9 per cent NEWDELHI,MAY30 Thedeclineissignificantasthe in April 2020 from 7.9per centin WITH LOCKDOWN hitting bank- iswhethercredit RBIhasslashedthekeypolicyrate April2019.Creditgrowthto indus- FROMUSINGanexistingmobility ing operations in April, credit flowwillpickup —reporate—by115 basispointsto trydecelerated to 1.7per cent in infrastructurefor intra-city logis- growth to various segments, in- 4percentsinceMarch27 thisyear. April 2020 from 6.9 per cent in tics to leveraging clientele base of cluding priority sector,housing Banksalsocutlendingrates,mak- April 2019.Credit growth to the premium hotels to generatebusi- loanand credit card, of the econ- THE DECLINE is significant as the RBI has slashedthe key ing funds cheaper forborrowers. services sector deceleratedto 11.2 nessby deliveringfood,theimpact omyhas showedacontraction policy rate –repo rate –by115 basis pointsto4per cent since Domestic economicactivity has per cent in April 2020 from 16.8 of COVID-19and thesubsequent duringthemonth.Whiletheover- March27this year. been impacted severelybythe 2 per cent in April 2019.Personal lockdownonrevenuestreams,has all non-food credit growth con- Credit flowwhichslows down in thebeginning of the months of lockdown. “Thetop 6 loans growth deceleratedto12.1 forcedconsumerinternetcompa- tracted by 1.2per cent,orRs1.10 financial year is likelytopickupwhen lockdown is liftedin industrialised states that account per cent in April 2020 from 15.7 nies to thinkoutsidethe box. Swiggy delivery boys during the lockdown in Delhi. Express file lakh croretoRs91lakh crore, loan May. If lockdown continues beyond May31, credit flowis forabout 60 per centofindustrial per cent in April 2019. Forinstance, food-delivery outstanding in the personal loan likelytoremain mutedasApril-September period is also outputarelargely inredororange On aY-o-Ybasis, credit out- platform Swiggy and ridesharing segmentfellby 2.50percentto Rs supposedtobeaslackseason. zones. High frequency indicators standings to the industrywereat company Uberhave startedlever- in the future. Muchofwhat you ready re-alignedsome team 24.90 lakh crore, adecline of point to acollapse in demand be- Rs 28.84lakh croreinApril 2020 agingtheir two-wheeler fleetsto areseeingrightnowistheacceler- members from other businesses around Rs 63,000crore. ginninginMarch2020acrossboth as againstRs28.35lakh crorein offerservices under Genie and ation of those plans. Thereisno intotheseinitiatives,”SwiggyCEO According to data releasedby urban and rural segments. April 2019.Withinindustry, Connect,respectively,totransport doubt the pandemichas brought Sriharsha Majety said. the ReserveBank of India (RBI), April. Priority sector outstanding pickupwhen the lockdown is Electricityandpetroleumproducts credit growth to beverage &to- small items suchasoffice docu- tailwinds fordigital businesses The companyrecently housingloan outstandings de- fell by 3per cent, or Rs 86,000 liftedinthe coming months. We consumption —indicators of day bacco,petroleum, coal products ments,lunchboxes,etcwithinthe and everyone would want to launchedSwiggy Genie,aservice clinedbyaroundRs8,000croreto crore, to Rs 28.11 lakh croreina willhave to seehowcreditgrowth to daydemand —haveplunged &nuclear fuels, paper &paper city limits. Similarly,online travel leverage thatopportunity,”saidan using whichpeople pickupand Rs 13.30 lakh croreasofApril 24 month as of April 24. is happening in the June-August intosteepdeclines,”RBIGovernor productsand rubber,plastic & agencyMakemytripannouncedit executive withalarge digitalserv- dropoffitemssuchaslunchboxes, fromRs13.38lakhcroreonMarch Credit flowtoagriculture and period if lockdown continuesbe- Shaktikanta Das said while an- their productsaccelerated. has partnered with premium ho- ices firm basedinMumbai. office documentsand otherbusi- 27.The housing loan segment has alliedactivities also declinedby yondMay31,”saidaseniorbanker nouncing the latestrepo rate cut However, credit growth to min- telchains and independentprop- In an e-mail to thecompany’s ness deliveries. The model has beengrowingatasteadypaceover around Rs 6,465 croretoRs11.51 with apublic sector bank. lastweek. ing &quarrying, chemicals & erties in Delhi,Mumbai, Chennai employees earlier this month, been araging success in several thelastseveralmonths.Creditcard lakh croreinApril.“Thedecline Even as thegovernment an- Accordingto theRBI,onayear- chemical products, construction, and Bengaluru to deliver food. ZomatoCEO DeepinderGoyal European countries and the US, outstandings, whichwererising could be due to lockdown. Credit nouncedapackage formicro, on-year(Y-o-Y)basis,non-food textiles, all engineering and ba- In the early days of the coun- said he expectedthe number of whereofficedocumentsare trans- rapidlytillMarch,declinedbyRs flowwhichslows downinthebe- small and mediumenterprises bankcreditgrowthdeceleratedto sic metal&metal productsdecel- try-wide lockdown, Swiggy and restaurantstoshrinkby 25-40per portedonaregular basis across 11,000 croretoRs96,978 crorein ginning in the financial year will (MSMEs), credit outstandings to 7.3percentinApril2020from11.9 erated/contracted, theRBI said. itsrival Zomato, recognisedthe cent over the next 6-12months. the city.Experts believe thisbusi- needfor moreplayers in the gro- As of May15, thecompany’s gro- ness model holds potential given cerydelivery segment and cerydeliverywentlive in185cities adiscernible shifttowards work BRIEFLY launchedservicesinthis space.A across India. Similarly,its rival from home whichwill increase India needs intelligent lockdown ● GDP: INDIA’S ECONOMIC ● THE NATIONWIDE similar pivot wasseenwith Swiggyalsoexpandedits grocery thedemandforsuchintra-cityde- SushilModi’s GROWTH SLIPPED TO AN LOCKDOWN TO PREVENT Domino’s Pizza partneringITC to delivery operations and chalked livery services. exit strategy,suggests SBI report 11-YEAR LOW OF 4.2 PER SPREADOFCORANAVIRUS deliveressentialgoods. outplanstoinvestmoreeffortsin Uber,whichalsooffers two- suggestiontoFM CENT IN 2019-20 AND TO WITH EFFECTFROM TheCOVID-19pandemicand services that it deems will “con- wheeler ride services, has also 3.1 PER CENT IN MARCH 25 HASHIT India needs to implement an intelligent lockdown exit itsafter effectshavehit online ag- tinueto dowell”.Ithasalsoreallo- started asimilar offering under Patna: Bihar Deputy Chief JANUARY-MARCH, THE ECONOMICACTIVITIES.IT gregators hard, particularly those cated thejob roles forsome of its UberConnect.“UberConnectwill MinisterSushil Kumar strategy to prevent irreversible growth collapse, SBI said LOWEST IN THE LAST 40 HAS NOWBEEN dependingonhospitalityseg- employees to this effect. be immediatelyavailable in nine Modi has written to in aresearch report QUARTERS EXTENDEDTOJUNE 30 mentssuchashotels, restaurants “Whilethiscrisishasimpacted cities, namely,Kolkata, Guwahati, Finance MinisterNirmala and air travel.While domestic ourcorebusinessnegatively,there Jaipur, Gurgaon, Delhi, Noida, Sitharaman, urging the flightshaveresumedafter two is no doubt thatweare nowatan Chennai, Hyderabad and Centretobear the entire Outlook:Weshouldimplement Going by past experience, months with atruncated sched- inflection point forthe penetra- Chandigarhsothat residentsof expenses of all Centrally- anintelligentlockdownexit recovery from recession often ule —bringing respitetoseveral tion of digitalcommerce and these cities can send and receive sponsored schemes for strategyasthediscussionhas tends to be slow and takes stakeholdersincludingcabaggre- homedeliveryinIndia.Thisoffers packages within the city,while one year. movedfromdebatebetween five to 10 years to reach the gators, whichrecordamajor us opportunities to continue in- maintaining social distancing … livesandlivelihoodtoalso former peak levels of economic chunk of metrooperations from vesting our effortsingroceryand All packages should be trans- betweenlivesandlivesasan activity airportrides —hotels and restau- other service offerings thatwe portableonatwo wheelervehicle, BBBsuggestions elongatedlockdownwillonly rantsare still notfullyopen for thinkwillcontinueto dowell.We beunder5kilogramsinweight,se- forMDposts prolongirreversiblegrowth Full year 2019-20 GDP growth business. aregoing to invest in these high- curelysealedandnotincludepro- collapse,SBI’sresearchreport comes to 4.2 per cent “Manysuchonlinecompanies confidence effortstofocus noton hibiteditems such as alcohol, NewDelhi: The BBB has rec- ‘Ecowrap’said (11-year low) compared to have long-term plans laid out for surviving alone, but on growing recreational drugs, or dangerous ommendedAshwiniBhatia, 6.1 per cent in the preceding venturingoutintonew businesses along the waybyadaptingvery and illegal items,” the firm said in MVRaoandPPSenguptafor Only silver lining is the financial year to expandtheir revenue streams quickly. To enablethis,we have al- an email to itscustomers. thepostofMDatSBI,Central agriculture sector Bank of India and Indian Overseas Bank,respectively. Loss of economic activity due to the ‘Agriculture and allied activities’ grew at Delhi-Moscow AI flightreturns lockdowninthe last few days of March has 4per cent in the fiscal ended March Source: SBI SebiextendsPoA dragged GDP growth to a40-quarterlow of 2020, comparedtothe year-ago growth Research/PTI normsdeadline 3.1 per cent in the fourth quarter of 2019-20 of 2.4 per cent midway after pilotfound positive NewDelhi: Sebi has ex- tendedto August1,2020the ENSECONOMICBUREAU datefor implementing NEWDELHI,MAY30 norms pertainingtopower Forex reserves hit all-time high on FDI, of attorneygiven by clients AROUND TWO-AND-A-HALF to tradingmembersorclear- hours aftertakingoff from Delhi ing members. FPI inflows, fall in importexpenditure early Saturday, an AirIndia plane headedfor Moscowfor repatria- the lastfourconsecutive weeks inflows and areduction in import tion mission wasasked to turn Jaishankaris ENSECONOMICBUREAU and has grownby$10.5 billion outgo.Whiletheexportshave also ONASTEADYRISE backtothecapital.Thereason:The NEWDELHI,MAY30 from $479.5 billion on April 24 to declined,thefallinimportsismore nationalcarrier’sgroundteamre- MDofIIFCL WeeklyReserves in $490 billion on May22. since we arenet importers and alisedthatoneof itspilotsonboard $billion NewDelhi: India Infra- EVEN AS the coronavirus pan- IntheweekendedMay 22,the thathelpstheforexreserves,”said the aircrafthad tested positive for The return path of the Air Indiaplane headedfor Moscow structureFinance Company demic continuedtospread and foreign exchangereserves, how- DK Pant, chiefeconomist, India Mar 6487.237 coronavirus. The Directorate forrepatriation mission. Source: Flightradar24 announcedPRJaishankar impact inflowoffunds by foreign ever,grew by $3 billion. RBIdata Ratings. While the pandemic has Mar 13 481.892 GeneralofCivil Aviation has has assumedcharge as its portfolio investors, foreign ex- shows thatforeigncurrencyassets pushedinvestorsto seekrefuge in Mar 20 469.9 openedaninvestigation intothe managing director. PTI changereserves hitanall-time grew by $3 billion, leadingtothe saferinvestmentdestinationsand incidentandaseniorgovernment ical precautions arebeing takento aheadoftheir flights. In this case, high of $490 billion in the week- rise in the reserves. instruments,leadingto outflowof Mar 27 475.6 officialsaid therewas a“lapse” on ensuretheir health and safety. according to airline sources,the Android11 ended May22onaccount of for- Theriseinforeignexchangere- fundsinMarchandApril,therehas Apr 3474.6 partofthe airline personnelre- Anotheraircrafthastakenofftoday pre-flight checkpersonnel failed eign direct investments (FDI), net serveshave resultedintostrength- beenarelative calmonthatfrontin Apr 10 476.5 sponsible forchecking the test re- to operatethe Vande Bharat flight to scrutinise the said pilot’s report inflowoffunds by FPIs in domes- ening in the value of the rupee May. The continuing lowlevels of ports of thecrew members. MoscowtoDelhi,” an airline and deemedhim fittofly.The air- unveilingdelayed Apr 17 479.6 ticequities over the lastcouple of againsttheUSdollar.Whiletheru- Brent crudeoil prices have also “AirIndiathismorning,recalled spokesperson said. craft—anAirbus A320 —had de- San Francisco: Google has weeksand asharp decline in im- pee had fallen to alow of 76.97on benefittedIndiaanditsforeignex- Apr 24 479.5 itsaircraftoperating Delhi- AirIndiahasbeentestingallof parted from Delhi around 7.15am postponednextweek’sun- portexpenditurefollowingimpact April 21,itclosedat75.6 on May changereserves. May1 481.08 Moscowwithout passengers; im- itscrewmembers prior to roster- forMoscowand returnedbackto veiling of the beta version of of pandemic on global trade. 29. In May, FPIs invested anet of Earlier,India’sforeign ex- mediatelywhenitwasnoticedthat ing them forduties on the Vande Delhi by 12.30pm. May8 485.3 itsAndroid 11 mobile oper- Whiletheforeignexchangere- $1.92billionintoIndianequitiesaf- changereserves had asmooth one of the cockpit crew had tested Bharat mission, under which Lastmonth, five of Air India’s ating system in lightof serves startedtodecline afterhit- terpulling out arecord $10.3 bil- run fornearlysix-months as they May15487.03 positive inthe preflight Covid test. 45,000 Indian citizens have been pilots were tested positive in protests andunrestinthe ting ahigh of $487 billion in the lion in March and April 2020. rose week-on-week between May22490.04 Onreturn,immediatelyafterland- broughthomefromforeigncoun- Mumbai during their pre-flight United States. REUTERS week endedMarch 6onaccount “Theriseinforexreservesison September 20,2019and Source :RBI ingallcockpitandcabincrewhave tries. Theairline tests around 300 COVID-19testsbutallofthemlater of the pandemic, it has risenover account of the rise in FPI andFDI March6,2020. beentestedandalllaiddownmed- crew memberseveryday inDelhi turnedout to be false positives. Yes Bank acquires 24.19% Madhu Kapur Will placedrafte-comm policyinpublic IDBI Bank backinthe in Dish TV India following camp agrees to be non-promoter domain for comments soon: DPIITSecy black after13quarters invocation of pledged shares group in Yes Bank collection or processing of sen- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA sitive datalocally and storing it DPIIT, revenue croreand Rs 328crore,respec- NEWDELHI,MAY30 abroad. dept weigh options PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA tively. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Dish TVis adirect to PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA Severalforeign e-commerce for more tax reliefs MUMBAI,MAY30 The profit in the quarterwas NEWDELHI,MAY30 home (DTH) NEWDELHI,MAY30 THE DEPARTMENT for firms have raisedconcerns over also supportedbythe reversal of Promotion of Industryand some pointsinthe draftpertain- NewDelhi: The revenue de- AFTERBEINGintheredfor13 con- Rs 1,500crore of provisions made YES BANK said it has acquired entertainment service YES BANK on Saturdaysaid there Internal Trade (DPIIT) will very ing to data. partment and DPIIT are secutive quarters,LIC-ownedIDBI fornon-performing loans (NPAs). over 24 per cent stakeinDish TV provider.Ithad a will be reclassification of share- soon put adraft ecommerce pol- Thesecretarysaid that after workingtogetherto seewhat Bank reportedaprofitafter taxof Netinterestincome (NII) im- India following invocation of consolidated total holding as the Madhu Kapur icy in the public domain to seek releasing of the draftinFebruary morerelaxationscan be Rs 135crore in the quarterended proved by 46 per cent to Rs 2,356 pledged sharesdue to debt de- group has consented to be cate- views and comments, atop gov- 2019,generalelections hap- giventostartupsunderdirect March 31,helpedbyhigherinter- croreasagainstRs1,609 crorelast fault by theDTH service provider income of Rs 6,218.28 gorisedaspublic stake holders. ernmentofficial said on penedand also lotofissues and indirect taxregimewith estincome. year same period. and other group firms. croreason This is to inform that the Bank Saturday. came up in the draftpolicy. aviewtopromote budding The lender had reportedanet Netinterestmargin(NIM)im- YesBank Limited,pursuant hasreceivedaletterdatedMay28, DPIIT SecretaryGuruprasad It is nowrecognised that the entrepreneurs,atopgovern- loss of Rs 4,918 croreinthe same provedby 154basis pointsto3.80 to invocation of pledged shares, March 31,2019 2020 (receivedonMay 29, 2020) Mohapatra said the ecommerce countryshould have adefinite, ment official said Saturday. quarterlastyear. per cent forthe fourth quarter, has acquired 44,53,48,990 eq- from Madhu Ashok Kapur; is afastemerging sector and it is clear,and coherent policy,which Secretaryinthe Afteralonggapof13quarters, 2020ascomparedto 2.26percent uity shares of Dish TV India Services, Essel Corporate Shagun Kapur Gogia; Gaurav difficult to predict whereitwill is keeping in tune with the re- Department forPromotion we have been able to shownet in the year-agoquarter. Limited constituting approxi- Resources, Living Entertainment AshokKapur;and Mags Finvest go in thenextcoupleofyears. quirement of thesociety and of Industryand Internal profit of Rs 135crore in the March Forthe full year,the bank re- mately24.19 per cent of the Enterprises, LastMileOnline, Private Limited (collectivelyre- The countrydonot have e- service providers, he noted. Trade (DPIIT)Guruprasad quarter. Theprofitwould have portedanetlossof Rs12,887crore post-issuepaid-up sharecapital PanIndia NetworkInfravest, ferred to as Madhu Kapur Group) commerce policy and nowthe He wasspeakingat Mohapatrasaid that they been higher but forthe recoveries as againstRs15,116crore of loss as at March 31,2020, it said in a RPW ProjectsPrivate,Mumbai consenting to reclassify their department is currentlywork- Rajasthan STRIDE virtual con- will be submittingacom- that were affected duringMarch bookedinthefinancialyear2019.. regulatoryfiling. WTRand PanIndia Infraprojects. shareholding in the Bank as ‘non- ing on this, he added. clave,which wasorganisedby prehensive vision document dueto theCOVID-19situation,the GrossNPAofthebankstoodat Shares were acquired on in- The companies arepartof promoter shareholders’ (i.e. pub- The government in February the Department of Science and forstartupstothe Cabinet, bank’smanagingdirectorandCEO 27.53 per cent as against27.47 per vocation of pledgesubsequent to the Subhash Chandra-ledEssel licshareholders),YESBanksaidin lastyear hadalready releaseda Technology (DST), Government whichhas proposed series Rakesh Sharma told reporters. cent. default/breachofterms of loan to Group. afiling.“TheBankwould take fur- draftnational e-commerce pol- of Rajasthan. of steps. He said recoveries had fallen NetNPA improved to 4.19 per Dish TVIndia Limited,itsaid. Dish TV is adirect to home thernecessaryactionto give effect icy,proposing settingupalegal Mohapatrawas replying to a He said the DPIIT will be shortofbyRs700croredue to the cent from 10.11per cent. Further,Yes Bank said there (DTH) entertainment service to this,”itadded.YesBankwasco- and technological framework question by DSTSecretary extending morefunds this disruptions causedbythe coron- Fresh slippageinthe quarter wasdefault/breachoftermsof provider.Ithad aconsolidated foundedbyRanaKapooralong forrestrictions on cross-border Mugdha Sinha about the future year to startups under the avirus outbreak. stood at Rs 727crore.Provision credit facilities sanctionedbyit total income of Rs 6,218.28 crore withMadhuKapur’slatehusband dataflowand alsolaid out con- of e-commerce as an industry Fund of Funds scheme. PTI The recoveries and upgrada- coverage ratio(PCR)stoodat93.74 to Essel Business Excellence as on March 31,2019. Ashok Kapur. ditions forbusinesses regarding and itsrole in the economy. tion in thequarterstood at 1,457 per cent.

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INSIDE DHARRAVIAVI

Onceemblematic of Mumbai’s enterprise, the slumisnow aCovid- 19 hotspot, witnessto distressand disease. KAVITHAIYER visitsthe 2.4-km sprawltofind its residents grappling withissuesthathave always hobbled their lives—sanitation, healthand poverty

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FURTIVENESS cloaksDharavi atelyneglected by politicians and other or- now, itsdeparting inhabitants ganisations fordistribution of free groceries. wary about stating their local “If they’redistributingrations nearthe address. This is afar cryfrom Mariamman temple, they’ll sayit’s notfor you, Alastdecade’s celebration of onlyfor Tamil people. Or closer to that sign- Dharavi’s industryand enterprise, the slum’s boardwith MLAVarsha Gaikwad’s name, casting as the beating, clanging, whirring they’ll sayit’s onlyfor Congresswallahs —it’s heartofMumbai’s famedpursuit of over- as if this portion of Dhorwada is deliberately coming the odds. neglectedbyeveryone,” says Ashok Gheware, At 1,715Covid-19cases until Fridayafter- Thegrowth spitting disgustedlyintothenarrowtwo-feet noon, the 2.4-sq-km slum sprawlaccountsfor alleyseparatinghis homefromthe oneacross. nearly 3% of Maharashtra’s patients,more curvelink “Distribution of relief material has be- than 4.5% of Mumbai’s cases, and moreposi- comeapolitical andcaste and community tive cases than in all of Odisha or Kerala. game,” says Gheware,who sports abig ver- The municipal division that Dharavibe- WITH 1,715Covid-19cases among million dotonhis forehead and wears what longs to,the G-North Ward,has the mostcases less than amillion people, Dharaviin appears to be amangalsutraand gold jew- among Mumbai’s 24 wards, andmorethan Mumbai is India’s largest contiguous elleryinmultiple ear-piercings. 60 per cent of these patientsliveinDharavi. hotspot. With everythirdCovid-19 An HIV/AIDS worker and aself-confessed But insidethe slum, in the darkalleyways patient in India nowinMaharashtra, professional‘baba’ orspiritualguru,Gheware whereupper floor overhangsand monsoon the curvefor the national growth rate has made it apoint to collect his entirePDS tarps and tangledcables provide adank very closely resemblesthat of the quotafromthe ration shops to cook khichdi shade from ablazing Mayafternoon, thecon- state. If the spread in Maharashtrais forneighbours. The Parmars arestruggling, versations arenot about the disease at all, contained, or itsgrowth slowed and Lavgan says he hashad to feed hischil- nor aboutthe neighbourhood cases or quar- (Top) Dharaviaccountsfor nearly 3% of Maharashtra’s Covid-19patients, and morethan 4.5% of Mumbai’s cases; down, asizeable partofthe problem dren onlyboiledrice and saltfordays,that too antinedfamilies. (above)health workers in full PPE walk through lanes to identify patients to take themtothe quarantine centre in the countrywould be takencareof. becausesomebodyofferedhimfreerice.“We “When can we go back to work?” asks have madechapatis also of rice,” he says. ShaheenShaikh,45, waiting outsideamunic- Twodoors away,Ahmadi Shaikh Khatun, ipal health postfor apainkiller afterpulling a from Sitamarhi in Bihar,says her husband,a backmuscle.Her husband is aseverealco- fine,” the Allahabad native assures you, tak- private medicalcarethat can supplement the segment of Dharavi’s population is noweither THENUMBERS cook,has been without wagesfor nearly three holic, sinking all his wagesintohis fixonthe ing offhis face mask to have aconversation. public health system’s work,any possibility waiting to leave or has left, on boardatruckor months now. Amother of sevengirls and an days that he managed to haul himself to a of real social distancing,adequatewater for bus or aspecial Shramik train. infant boy, Ahmadi usedtosupplement their nearbytraffic junction to be pickedupby ■ ■ ■ all, all of these aremissinginthe slums,” says “Sab bhaag gaye,”say the handful of work- income by running a‘bissi’, aterm forthe in- labour contractors.Shaheenhasraisedhersix Gulzar Waqar Khan,atraderandsocialactivist ersstillleftinDharavi’sShakirCompound,13th 1,715 formal mess run out of hundredsofhomes in children by makingbead trinketsathome.The By various estimates, 8.5 lakh to amillion whohas been helping distributefreegroceries CompoundandSanaullahCompound,aseries Dharaviwhereworkers come to eat twomeals positivecases in Dharavi older children have dropped out of school peopleliveinDharavi, rendering the slum’s and bottles of sanitiser to Dharavi’s residents of informal industrial layoutsonthe western aday foramonthlyfee. “Withworkers gone, (till May29) now, and her eldestson, just18, lostatwo- incidenceof Covidcases permillionnearly 13 through his Hum Sab Ek Hai Foundation, set edge of theslumadjoiningatwo-metre-wide there’s no bissi work also,” she says.Her elder month-old job as astore helper at the startof times thepermillionrate forthecountry. And upby his fatherto help keep thepeace during fetid gutter with pedestrian bridges across it. Cases on May4 590 childrenhave pulledoutof schooltoo, mirror- the lockdown. “Thereare limitstocharity also. with Mumbai one of just20districtswhere the1992-1993communal riots in Mumbai. The siteof, untilrecently,acrush of work- Cases on May14 1,028 ing acommon trend in Dharavinow. Everyonein Dharaviwilltellyouthatthegro- two-thirds of the country’s patients—and Anative of Bareillyhimself,Khansays he’s ers in sootcolouredclothes, blue plastic “Education, nutrition, sanitation —these ceries being handedout by charitable organ- deaths —are concentrated,localities suchas getting worriedcalls from acquaintances drums of caustic paintsand dyes, and asea of arethethingswe needtotalkaboutinDharavi isations aregradually shrinking,” she says. Dharaviare whereofficialsare engaged in a acrossthecountryaskingif he’sokay.“People candy coloured granules ofrecycledplastic going forward,” says theactivist Gulzar Khan, Shaheen’s dupatta is wound around her pitchedbattle againstthe pandemic. going home from Dharaviare scaredtosay on dirty tin roofs, the hush in these industrial 70 who is about to launchapilot projectonthor- head and covers muchofher face. The other In these localities, everyother alleyway is theywereliving here, but hey, we’reall going compounds is eerie. Over the slowdownturn deaths (till May29) oughlysanitising three public toilets repeat- patientswaitingpatientlyatthe health post sealedoff to imposeaquarantine.Healthwork- to continuelivinghere—Dharavi is notex- of the pasttwo years, manyrecyclers had al- edly throughtheday, hopingthiscanbescaled all wear face maskstoo. The attendantwrit- ers in full PPE enter these colonies, walking ploding,” he says.“Thereisnothing surpris- ready shiftedbusiness to moreinexpensive up. Immunisationofchildren has takenahit ing down patient details sitsbehind adesk through amaze of lanes to identify patients ingabout thenumber of cases here.” unitsinVasaiand Bhiwandi on the outskirts 2,816 with families leavingsuddenly.And children and wears apartial PPE, the auxiliarynurse and take them to ambulances waiting on the of Mumbai,their units replaced by garment positivecases in G-North Ward,the who were struggling in final years of second- midwife(ANM) wears aface mask and main 90 Feet Road or 60 Feet Road, or some- ■ ■ ■ sweatshops whereworkers pouredinevery municipal division in which aryschoolareatdangerofbeingpushedbycir- gloves. But the patientssit right next to one timeswalkthemallthewaytothequarantine morning by the thousands. Thoseunitsare Dharaviislocated(till May28) cumstancesintofindingemploymentinstead. another,inching closer together as conver- centrenearby. It is almostlikeaperp-walk. AlmosteveryonewhohaslivedinDharavi all locked, workers having mostlyleftfor vil- “But fornow,everyone’s talking about sur- sations begin, notabout thepandemic but On Friday, ateamfromHealth Post No.2 forafew years agrees that it shouldhavebeen lages and unitowners living elsewhere. vivalalone —the middleclasses arenow be- about healthfacilities in theteeming slum. walksintointoachawl, ledbythe Accredited obviousfromthestartthata‘lockdown’ would Friendly straydogs and afew petgoatsroam 36,710 ginning to acceptcharity despite thedeep Bugappa, an AndhraPradesh native who Social HealthActivist(ASHA) and anganwadi worsenthe epidemiological disaster that is a the dusty streetsofthese compounds. positivecases in Mumbai (May29) shame this comes with. So manyapparently has workedinMumbaiasaconstruction worker who knowthe locality best. Mumbaislumcolony. Alreadylivinginunsan- Sadabriksh Kanojia of Gorakhpur is well-to-do families acceptedfoodpackets worker formorethan twodecades, has The firststopisanincorrect address, and itaryconditions, sharing toilets,the forced se- among the fewstillliving in Sanaullah from us on Chand Raat before Eid.” brought his daughter to the clinic with ase- they’reredirectedto therearendofthecolony. questering imperilledpeople further. Compound,looking afterthe plastic crush- 62,228 Thepoverty clock has begun to tick back- vere chestcongestion.“It doesn’tmakeany At the second stop, the familyinsists it’smis- OnMay4,Mumbai hadabout9,000cases, ing unitfor hisemployerwho is stuckinGoa. positivecases in Maharashtra ward in Dharavi. sense to go to the private clinics. Theycharge takenidentity —nobody is sick.Eventually, it growing to morethan 20,000 cases on May His monthlysalary of Rs 12,000 is assured, (till May29) Figuratively speaking, the slum is back apretty feetoeventuallysend us backtomu- emergesthattheneighbourshadcomplained 17 when the next lockdown wasimposed, and and the morestrenuous tasksofheaving nowwhereitwas in the year 1896, when an nicipal hospitals. But at the municipal clinic, againstthe familyfor notcompletingquaran- now36,710 as Lockdown 5.0 is anticipated. drums of the crushedplastic to be driedon MAHARASHTRA’SGROWTHRATE outbreak of the bubonic plague ravaged we getthe same medicine at everyvisit -- no tineafter acontactwas found positive. The areas thathaveseenthe largestrise in the roof aresuspendedfor now. Bombay, on theperiphery of the big city. changeinmedication even if the patienthas- Tempers run highbrieflyasthe youngman number of cases arelocalitiesof the poor, slum “If Iwaituntil thebossreturns, he will pay 5.44 % The plague in Bombaywas central to the n’t improved,” he says. of the familyemergesatthe doorwayand coloniesand chawlbuildings,municipal ad- formyjourneyhome also,”saysKanojia. drafting and enacting of the Epidemic Eight yearsold,AartiBugappa declaresbe- threatensto assaultthe neighbourwho com- ministrative wardssuchasL,GSouth and E Philosophical about his humble circum- higher than nationalaverage of Diseases Actthat is nowinforce, but for tween coughsthat shehas quit school after plained. ANM Vibha Kulkarnisays thisis com- seeing the maximum number of cases, all re- stances, Kanojia says he has seen completely 5.02% Dharavi, that is notthe onlyvestigeofthe Class II, quitefirm even whenher wearyfa- mon, and the team deals with the reluctant gions with denselypopulatedslumsin which illiteratemen become ‘seths’and those with plague. It took eight years, but the eventual ther tells her she’s expected to return when familywithgoodhumourand tact.“Putthem notmorethan5per cent have atoiletathome. degrees sorting plastic to makealiving. outcome of that epidemic and the exodus of schools re-open. Herschooling is one of the all ‘inside’ fortwo weeks,” aneighbourshouts. Theyare all localities with large populations of “Muchofour existence is dictated by fate. workers in that periodwas theformation of reasons Bugappa is toughing it out through “I’ll startwithyou,”retorts the ASHA leading working-class migrantsrendered desperate Some of those returning home nowmay idential quarters arestill crowded. “You can’t the BombayCity Improvement Trustin1898 the lockdown,theother being that thereisno the team. Finally, aftera15-minutestandoff, to find away to gethomebecauseoftwin fears neverfind ajob paying Rs 12,000amonth and help it. If thereare 30,000 people livingin and the reimagining of howBombayites, in- landlordbreathing down his neck—heowns clothes arepulledoff the clothesline hanging —destitution in the absenceof wagesand the will have to return to Mumbai eventually— homes along asmall alleyway,naturally400 cluding the ‘natives’, would live in the future. the pucca slum structurewherehelives. outside, the male adult asksfor permission to sense that the disease is closing in. our connection with this city is also fate,” he or 500will gather at the medical stores, veg- Around the 1920s, the Trustplannedto Waiting with them is Premchand Patwa, visit the public toilet, fistsare stampedfor the InDharavi,therewere590casesonMay4, says.His children Savitri, Neeraj and Surajhave etable handcarts or community toilets,” says convertthe area occupiedbyDharavi’s tan- whoisgivenalouddressingdownby theANM quarantine and the five members of the fam- risingto 1,028casesonMay14.Afortnightlater, watchednews reportsaboutDharavi, andthe Lavgan Parmar,a55year-old scrapcollector neriesintoa“salubrious”suburb,the tanning fornot visiting the nearbyLokmanyaTilak ilywalk out, twopolicewomen withonly onMay29,thenumber was1,715,including70 familyisurging him to return home. “Even the belonging to Karajkheda in Gujarat. unitsthemselvesproposedtobemoved to Municipal General Hospital to showdoctors handkerchievesacross their faces bringing up deaths —every single resident of the slum poor want to be with their lovedones, you Parmar livesinDhorwada, justoff Trombay,now another sprawling slum area the lumpgrowing in hisabdomen. the rear of the march to the quarantine cen- blames the rising numberonthe lockdown. know,” he smiles. “They’rescared forme, but KakkayyaStreet, whichforms partof alongside industrial units. “Will marketsbenormal before tre. Soon after, amansprays disinfectantat the Approximately40per cent of Dharavi’s things areactuallyquitealright here.” Dharavi’s ‘Chinna Tamil Nadu’ or small TN, That dream foranew Dharaviremained Rakshabandhan?” is allhewants to know, doorstepofthe just-quarantined family, the residentsare migrantworkers livinginthe tuckedawaybehind the modern facade of the unfulfilled. Well over acenturylater,another waving offconcernedqueries about whether can of chemical on his backbearingthe face mostinformal arrangements, especiallythose ■ ■ ■ Kamarajar Memorial English School building. crisis brings with it an opportunity. Thisisthe the lumpispainful. Patwamakes colourful andnameofalocal Congress leader. without familymembers here, sharing atiny Dhorwada is one of the poorestpartsof time to reimagine Dharaviand resolve itsfun- rakhis at home,and survives therestofthe “Privacy,secrecy,genuine awareness on 10x10feetroomwithadozen others, having But if the the sweatshops and industrial Dharavi, andalso among the angriestnow, damental questions —ofhousing, sanitation, year doing odd jobs. “Everything else is just howtoprevent thespreadofthedisease, good livedherefor less than five to six years. This unitswear acloak of shockedsilence, the res- with residentssaying theyhavebeen deliber- healthcareand education.

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VGROW wasabarrister practicing in the as well as the Order. the last quarterof2017-18,the growth rate membered intotwo Union Territories, a High Court of Madras. He wasaleft-lean- Dismissing the appeal to the of GDP begantoslide. That slide contin- total lockdown wasimposed, the Negativity ingliberal. He had promotedthe People’s Supreme Court, Chief Justice Patanjali uedfor sevensuccessive quarters and Legislative Councilwas abolished, the EducationSociety to popularise useful Sastri, speaking foraConstitution Bench would have touchedanew lowinthe Legislative Assemblywas dissolved, knowledge in all sciences; political edu- of five judges, wrote: eighth quartertoo (Jan-March 2020). President’s Rule wascontinuedand then is good PCHIDAMBARAM cation; and art, literatureand drama. The “If, then,the courts in this country Coronavirus struckIndia, and our atten- replacedbyGovernor’sRule, all statutory Website:pchidambaram.in Constitution of India had come intoforce face up to suchimportant and none too tion wasdiverted.But,rememberalways, bodies including the StateHuman Rights Twitter@Pchidambaram_IN on January26, 1950 and therewas agreat easy task,itisnot out of anydesiretotilt thatthecurrent economiccrisispre-dated Commissionweredissolved, hundreds THIS WEEK Iwriteasa‘prophetofdoom.’ senseoffreedom —especially of thefree- at legislative authority in acrusader’s the pandemic and the lockdown. of political leaders and activists were de- This is what the Solicitor GeneralofIndia doms guaranteedunder Article19ofthe spirit,but in discharge of adutyplainly Demonetisation waschallengedin the tained(some including Ms Mehbooba calls those who draw attentiontothe Constitution. One of the freedoms was laid upon them by the Constitution. This SupremeCourtandin several HighCourts. Mufti and Mr Saifuddin Soz arestillun- worsthumanitarian disasterIndia has the “right to form associations or unions”. is especiallytrue as regardsthe ‘funda- On December 16,2016, aBenchofthree der detention without charges), domi- seen in along, longtime. When the Averyanti-communiststate govern- mental rights’ as to whichthis Courthas judges, ledbyChief Justice cile laws were drastically revised, and Supreme Courtfinallytook notice last ment of then Madras Statepassedan been assignedthe role of asentinel on TSThakur passedadetailedorder.The manyrights, includingmedia rights, are week of the awful plight of our migrant Order on March 10,1950, declaring the the quivive.” (emphasis mine) Courtadmittedthe Writ Petitions, framed inastate of suspension. workers, this is what Tushar Mehtasaid People’s Education Society as an “unlaw- Overtheyears,theSupremeCourt,like nine important questions, withdrew all By an Order dated March2,2020, a on behalf of his client, the Prime Minister: ful association”. It did so by invoking the anyotherinstitution and likeinany other similar cases pending before the High Constitution Benchled by Justice “But we have something calledprophets IndianCriminal LawAmendment Act, country, stumbledonoccasion,butquickly Courts to itself, restrainedany other Court NVRamanarejected certain preliminary of doom who onlyspread negativity, 1908 —repeat, the 1908 Actofacolonial lifteditself,dustedthesand,andstrodelike from entertainingordecidingany caseon objectionsand orallyobserved that the negativity,and negativity.All these era. TheAct and the Order were chal- acolossus.Thatiswhycourts(withalltheir Demonetisation and, havingregardtothe cases will be listedfor hearing. peoplewriting on social media,giving lenged in theHighCourt.Realising that deficiencies), and the Supreme Courtin general public importance of the issues, Coronavirus intervened, and anation- interviews,cannot even acknowledge the Order wasindefensible, on August particular,are theinstitutions that enjoy directed that the matters be heardbya wide lockdown wasimposedonMarch what is being done…theyare not 12,1950,the stategovernment brought the highestpublic confidence. Constitution Benchoffivejudges. Thatis 25. The cases have notbeen listedfor showing anycourtesy to the nation.” Over the years, the Supreme amendments, ostensiblyto‘strengthen’ Ihavewrittenthislong preamble to wherethe Demonetisation case stands in hearing. On May4,anorder waspassed It is astatement that has done the Court,likeany other the provisions of the parent Actand to softenthe criticism that the Supreme the lastnearly four years. in aseparatematterrelatingtoban on Prime Ministermoreharm than anything institution and likeinany provide a‘reasonable’ procedure,and ap- Courthas attracted in twocases, yetun- Internetand 4G. said by us ‘prophets of doom.’ This is pliedthe amendmentstoprevious decided, of great importance to the rule The point of this columnisthat the because Mr Mehtashowedarrogant other country, stumbled on Orders by alegal fiction. of lawinthis country. CONSTITUTIONAL SupremeCourt’s resolve to be the sen- contempt forthose who have suffered. occasion, but quicklylifted COUP tinel on the quivive will be tested again Theyhavesuffereddue to criminal itself, dusted the sand,and HIGH DUTYOF DEMONETISATION and again. The Courtmustnot flinch negligence on the partofour officials. Not strode likeacolossus. That is The other is the case of Jammu & from itsduty,not ever. Covid-19. Lastweek, TV reporters SENTINEL DEBACLE Kashmir and Article 370. On August5, Other issues ofequal gravity have interviewed those who still queuefor whycourts (with all their 2019,the President issuedtwo comeup before theCourts in recent times, hours and days outside railway andbus deficiencies), and the The legal legerdemain did notsuc- The firstisthe Demonetisationcase. Constitution Ordersvirtuallyrepealing but since these arehappening events, I stations in Delhi and Mumbai. And, the Supreme Court in particular, ceedbeforethe Full Benchofthe High As everyoneknows,onNovember 8, 2016, Article 370and applying allthe provi- shall reserve comment foranother day. hungry, thirsty,angrypeople in these are the institutions that Court(Chief Justice Rajamannar and theCentral government declaredas illegal sions of the Constitution to J&K. The con- The fervent prayer of allcitizens is that queues said that if they had been given Justices Satyanarayana Raoand the Rs 1,000 and the Rs 500currency sequential actions have causedacolossal ‘Maythe superior courtsofIndia always morethan four hours’ notice before the enjoythe highest public Viswanatha Sastri). The High Court notes. That single act setthe Indian econ- upheaval: the special statusenjoyedby bealive andequalto thenoble dutysetby firstlockdown, theywould have found confidence struckdownthe MadrasAmendments omyonadownwardcourse. Beginning in J&K wasabolished, the Statewas dis- Chief Justice Patanjali Sastri.’ their ownway home. True. Theywould still find their ownway home if theyhad notrun out of their meagresavings, lost their jobs and been thrownout of the hovels theyrent in the slums of our cities. She So, the Supreme Court is right when it Labour laws and the In the long run, can I says that it is nowthe responsibility of the SAID Central and state governmentstohelp these desperatepeople gethome. RASHMIMOHANTY WheneverIhavewritten about their muffled voices of 93% have it all, every day? plightinthis column, and as a‘prophetof doom’ Ihavedonethisoften, Ihavebeen malworkersissuchthatthereisnocredible, attackedby BJP supporters. Virulentlyon unanimous agreement on the numbers of Twitter.And, moregently in private informal labourers. Within this,there is no TEN YEARS ago, Ilacedupmyshoes, took conversations. In one of these private Dalitality cleartabulationonDalitsandAdivasiswho to the road and startedajourneywhich conversations, afriendwho has been a form the foundation of this sector. redefinedme. At the time, Iwas mourning longtime supporterofModi had this to SURAJYENGDE According to a2010Oxfam reporton the loss of my father,managing twotod- say: “IfModihad notbeenprime minister Twitter@Surajyengde ‘Social Discrimination in India’, Dalitsand dlers, doing ajob whichIwasn’tenjoying, peoplewould have diedlikeflies, the Adivasis constitutethe “highestproportion despiteits good earning potential, and dead would have been lying in heaps. It of the population” in the informalsector clearly neededanescape.That escape is because of the total lockdown that our workforce, with 89% of them distributed came in the form of ameeting with peo- deaths have been so lowand thevirus has THE URGENT topic that we allneedtopay across four poverty groups:the extremely ple who got togetheronweekends for spread moreslowly.” attentionto, more so the ScheduledCastes poor,poor,marginal, and vulnerable. Also, long runs. Forthose fewhours on theroad, Deaths have,mercifully, been lowand and Scheduled Tribes, is the suspensionof thereportsays,85% of Muslimsintheinfor- laughing and chatting with them, one this is something formedical labour laws.BJP-ruledstatesUP, MP and mal sector “find themselvesinlowestfour would forget the worries backhome. professionals and virologists to analyse. Gujaratactedwithlightningspeedasifthey income groups”. The hardesthit will be the Being an athlete in school and college But, the virus is nowspreading fast.Ifthe were waitingforanopportunityto pushthe 95%womenworkingintheinformalsector. helpedmebuild my staminafast, and urgency with whichthe Prime Minister labouring class out of whatever little secu- The shameful stateofthe informal sec- soon, from 5kmruns,Iprogressedtohalf ordered the firsttotal lockdown was ritytheyhad.Morenotoriously, UP came torisanoutcome of thecasteistvoyeurism marathons. In November 2010,Iran my intendedtoprevent migrant workers up with an ordinance seeking exemption inthelivesofcaste-dlabourers.Bysuspend- firsthalfmarathon, and by then Iwas to- from traveling out of the cities, then this forfirms from almostalllabourlaws.Inad- inglabourlawsandpushinganentire econ- tallyhooked.Ihaverun manyhalf objective failed.Now that they have been ditionto theBJPstates,otherCongress-ruled omytoinformal work,thestateiscommit- marathons, marathons, and even ultra confinedfor weeksinlivingquarters so states(RajasthanandPunjab)have alsoini- tedtoreplicating the Varna model of marathons since. Iwas one of the first crampedthat social distancing was tiatedchangesalongwithBJD-ruledOdisha. production, wherein the worthand com- women ultramarathon runnersinIndia impossible, theyare morelikelytocarry Labour laws areaconglomerationof pensatoryvalue of theworkingclass is di- and nowhavemany100 km races to my the virus backtotheir villages. Covid-19is closeto 250Centralandstatelawsthatgrant minishedbyremoving it from the regula- credit —the longestbeing130 km. Ihave so evil avirus that it has provedin country protectionto thelabourerby regulatingfair tion of humaneprotections that recognise run the prestigiousComrades Marathon aftercountrythatitcan makeamockery wages,conditionsof work,overtime,leave, thevalueof theirlabour.ThatishowAvarnas in South Africa twiceand completedul- of the mostcarefulplanning. and social securities through employment were createdtoprohibit anyform of dem- tras in Singapore and Hong Kong. At In India we have notseen careful security.Suspending themisviolation of ocraticworking culturefor the oppressed. times, the tracks were toughbut Ien- planning. We have seen careless planning Constitutionalprovisions(Art21,24,24)and This issue is notlimited to three or five joyedthe beautiful trails and felt at peace and needless brutality,and the international covenants(International states. Those three BJP-ruledstatesconsti- with myself. combination of these twothings have CovenantonEconomic,SocialandCultural tuteanessential base forthe BJP’s rise to Running notonlygavemeafitbody, created amanmade disasterthat has Rights)thatgives rightstoworkers to power. Injecting aHindupropaganda but also the confidence and patienceto causedmoresuffering than the unionise and bargain forfairness. through theHindutva-Jaatitvanexus,the take on anychallenge that life threwat pandemic. Aheartbreaking video of a As astart,why did the stategovern- BJP has declaredits anti-poor,anti-labour me. It gave me endorphins to stay happy little boyliftinghis dead mother’s shroud ments feel the needtochangethe laws in policy, which, in acaste society,isalsoanti- no matter what the daylooked like. Every to tryand wake her went viral lastweek. pandemic times? The common answer:it Dalit,anti-Adivasi and anti-Muslim. time Istand at the startline,Iknowthat Thereare probablymanyotheruntold is to revamp the economybyattracting in- Withfeathersof failuresweighinginits when Ifinishthis run —under whatever stories likethis from whichthe lesson that vestments, which, in turn, will produce hat, the BJP’shypeofHinduwaadisgoing conditions, in whatever time —thereis our heartless officials should learn is that morejobs.Local and international experi- to getmorecredentialsatthehandsof their something newand exciting that Iwill these peopleare the real strengthofIndia. encedon’tsupport theclaim. A2017study richpatronswhilethepoorHinduswillget discoveraboutmyself. It couldbesome- Illustration: Suvajit Dey Lifefor them even in normal times is so by the VVGiriNationalLabour Institute high by rejoicingthe greatness of amythi- thing about my training regimen, my Buddhistand with my dailychanting, cisesfor my upper body andcorestrength. hardthat theyhavelearned real foundthatrelaxationof labourlaws didnot cal Indian past, believing that they’rebro- mental strength and will power, my en- work and home chores, and my running, Thesedays,Iam working on completing resilience. It is their blood, sweat and tears succeedin“attracting big investments, keringarevenge upon theirrichbosses. durance level, or simplymyability to tol- Ihaveasuper busy day. It’saday where, 108Surya Namaskars in one session. that pulses through the veins of the boosttoindustrializationorto jobcreation”. The labourers who diedonthe streets erateboredom and monotony.Atnight, in my ownway,Ihaveitall —‘all’ that Running amarathon is ametaphorfor ‘nation’. It is theywho constitute the Historically, labourlaws were neverfully were mostlyDalitsand Adivasis —those during some of the lonelystretches in my makes me who Iam. life. Youlearn to breakyour goal into nation. So, if the Solicitor General implemented by private firms. The organ- crushedonthe railway tracks near ultraruns, Idiscoveredthat Ican live by Ihavealsorealised that thereisno smaller goals, to lookateachobstacleasa exceededhis brief in his statement in the isedsectormanagedto surpassregulations Aurangabad were mostlyGonds. myself forever! suchthing as awork-lifebalance. When I challenge, to adaptand reorganise on the Supreme Court, the Prime Minister by hiring workers without contract while In suchtimes, the government should As aworking woman,managing my say‘have it all’, it maynot be on adaily ba- go,and to notbeafraid of experimentsor should sackhim. the babus sniffedthe favours. So the prob- studyothercountries.Aseriouseffortcould passion along with my familyand profes- sis, but Itry to achieve the balance by pri- calculated risks. Youlearn that youcan do NarendraModihas always prided lemthatwe arestaringatrightnowisabout potentially leadustosomepath—liketop- sional commitmentsisn’t easy.Longruns, oritising.Onsome days my work and fam- morethan what youthink.Astudysays himselfonbeing aman of the people. One India’s 93% labour forcethat is beyond the pinguptheincomeof theworkingclassthe recovery and travel forraces have tobe ilycomefirst, and thenare times when thatwhen your mind tells youthat you reason whyhewas able to win the trustof ambit of formal legal labour protection. wayCanada and US did. Vietnam,UK, Italy balancedwith time forworkand home. my running takesprecedence over every- arereadytoquit,you areonlyspent 40% those millions of Indians who votedto With over 90% jobs unregulated,India and Spain offergood explanationsonhow So Idefinedwhat made me happyand thing else. physically. So when youbeat that voice in give himasecond term is because he was is aplanet of the informal sector. The infor- to handle cash flows to the poor.Iflabour- cut down on activities thatweren’t in The current lockdown has made pri- the head, youlearn notjusthow to keep at seen as someone who cared forordinary mal sector has been craftlymaintainedby ers getdismayed, it will take ageneration sync with my passion. Igaveupbinge- oritisingachallenge forsome of us —work it, but howtokeepatitpatiently. Ilook people. And, notassomeone who thestatesoitcanplunderthehardworking to fixthe broken trust. And in afractured watching TVshows,and instead beganto calls, household chores, children’s online forwardtodoing thateachday. belongedto the privilegedelite cocooned labourer’s toil justfor aday’s meal. India,wecannotaffordtoleave ourmost read booksand watchdocumentaries on classes etc. As the running season is over, in that enclave of politicalpowerreviled The NSS 55th Round Survey on essentialcolleaguestofendforthemselves. running.Ifuss less over the disorder in the lockdown is, in away,aforced rest pe- Rashmi Mohanty is Chief Financial by Modi’s supporters as ‘Lootyens Delhi.’ Employment-Unemployment identified the house and spend moretime with my riod forme, allowing the body to recover Officer at Clix Capital. But, ever since this pandemic, it has closetohalfabillionpeopleinvolvedinthe Suraj Yengde, author of Caste Matters, children, listeningtothem and partici- from niggles and injuries. Iamalso using National Editor Shalini Langer curates the become moreand moreevident that the informal sector.The apathy towardsinfor- curates thefortnightly ‘Dalitality’ column pating in their lives. Iamapractising this timetodoyoga,and focus on exer- fortnightly ‘She Said’ column menwho constitutethe political elitein his ‘new’India areasdrunk with power as the old eliteonce was. Therecan beno other explanation for whythe SolicitorGeneralofIndia believes that those who have triedtodraw Outof China’s war on India attention to theterrible suffering that our migrant workers have endured arenot MYMIND showing “courtesy to the nation”. If he believesthat his client, the Government MEGHNADDESAI warwith India. the US. If the Congress agrees, Hong Kong advantage, seized Chinese (or Tibetan) with Europe. of India,isthe nation, then he needs to Why, and whynow?The question of is finishedasaglobal financial centre. territoryand incorporated it in British Hence, this time the China-India con- have his head examined.For my part, I Whyisrelatively easy to answer.All three Taiwan waswherethe defeated India. China begantoask foritfrominde- frontation will notbeanisolatedaffair will continue to spread ‘negativity, WHATISXiJinping up to?While the demands relatetothe coreprogramme of regime of Chiang Kai-Shek,China’s last pendent India in Jawaharlal Nehru’s days. with India friendless as in 1962. It will be negativity,negativity’ because Ibelieve worldisstillcoping with thepandemic, Chinese nationalism. Hong Kong waspart non-communistpresident, retired when Nehru took the viewthat territoryof partofaglobal (hopefully) Cold War. that this is the onlyway to showa he has begun astrifeonthree fronts. He of China till theBritishseizedit. In 1997, the CommunistParty captured Beijing. In British India(Partition apart) wasIndian Manmohan Singh and George Bushhad modicum of ‘courtesy’ to thepeople has effectively abrogated thetreatywith whenthe time came to give up the long the ChineseConstitution thereisapledge territory. arrivedatatacit understandingtohelp without whose grit and hardworkthere the United Kingdom wherein China had lease on Hong Kong, the British realised to regain Taiwan.Hereagain, if China Xi is playing forhigh stakes foranother eachotherout if awar with China wasto would be no nation. promised to maintain aspecialstatus for that theywerenow muchweaker com- makes adecisive move,the US will send major plank in Chinese nationalism. This break out foreithercountry.Sothe US will It is their sons who die on our borders, Hong Kong under the ‘one country, two pared to China than in the past. The UK itsnavytodefend Taiwan. is the idea that China has to regain itspole helpIndia.Donald Trump’s offertomedi- theirsons who toil dailytoproduce the systems’ principle. Xi has got the National cannotsingle-handedlystopXifromtak- Thus,the twomoves arepartofthe position in the world—MiddleEarth —as ateisjusthis usual Twitter reaction. food that we eat and their sons and Assembly of China to agree to hisplan. ingoverHongKong. agendaofChinese nationalism, adesire it wastill the 17th century. This requires But in alandwar alongthe border,the daughters who endurehardship, Howthe UK reactsremains to be seen. He The Americans are, however, coming forAkhand China as it were.But the bor- China to be the topeconomic and military US is notmuchhelp. The US has been adversity and the brutal contempt of our has also, withoutprovocation,calledfor to Hong Kong’s help. SecretaryofState der warwithIndia whichXiseems to have power. In technology,China has already twice repulsedbyChina inlandwars, in officials to keep the engines of our cities incorporation of Taiwan backintomain- MikePompeo hasasked the US Congress revivedisalso apartofthe samedrive. outstrippedUSasthe Huaweicontroversy Koreaand then Vietnam. running. If saying this means that Iama land Chinaafter 71 years. Last, and notat to place sanctions on Hong Kong regard- China takesthe view that when it was shows.USwantstofight China on that So India on land and US in the seas, prophetofdoom, then it is abadgeIwear all the least, he has hotted up the border ing travel andfinancialtransactions with weak in the lasttwo centuries, Britain took front through sanctions in cooperation hopefullywithUSair supportfor India. with honour.

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THESUNDAY EXPRESS,MAY31,2020 15 THE WORLD US to curtail ties Fires,chaosasUSprotestsgrow with Hong Kong, Copseen kneeling on blackman chargedwiththird-degreemurder; militarypolice preparetodeploy on Trumporder withdraw from THENEWYORKTIMES INBRIEF NEWYORK,MAY30 Trumptriesto WHO: Trump THE FORMER Minneapolis po- lice officer who wasseen on walkbacktweet video using his knee to pin down GeorgeFloyd, who diedshortly Washington: President THENEWYORKTIMES after, wasarrestedand charged Donald Trumphas triedto WASHINGTON,NEWYORK, withmurder,the authorities an- walk backhis post-mid- MAY30 nouncedonFriday. night “thugs” tweetabout The former officer,Derek Minneapolis. “When the PRESIDENTDONALDTrumpsaid Chauvin, 44,was chargedwith looting starts,the shooting Fridaythathis administration third-degree murder and sec- starts,” Trumphad written would “begin the process” of ond-degree manslaughter,Mike in atweet that wasquickly ending the American govern- Freeman, the Hennepin County flagged by Twitter as vio- ment’s special relationship with attorney, said.Aninvestigation latingrules against“glori- Hong Kong, includingontrade intothe other three officers who fying violence.” Trump andlaw enforcement, and that DonaldTrump were present at the scene on later said his comments he waswithdrawingfromthe Mondaywas continuing, he said. had been misconstrued. WorldHealth Organisation, as Chanting “Hands up! Don’t “Franklyitmeans when partofabroad effort to retaliate shoot” and “I can’t breathe,” there's looting,peopleget againstChina. thousands of protestersgath- shotand they die,” he said. Butthepresidentwasunclear ered in cities across the country aboutthe speedand fullscope of on Fridaynight. the actions, andhis remarks left MayorJacob Frey of 1deadaftershots manyquestionsunanswered. HongKong Minneapolis,lookingwearyaf- firedinDetroit Trumpvoicedarange of impactunclear terfour days of outrageinhis grievances againstChina’s city,pleaded with residentstogo Detroit: One person was “malfeasance,”angrily denounc- home and stop burning down killedinDetroit after ing the country’s trade and secu- THE IMPACTofTrump’s the local businesses thathesaid someone in an SUV fired rity practices and itscrackdown decisionregardingHong were even morevital in themid- Apolice car burns as peopleprotestagainstthe Minneapolis killing near the CNN Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Reuters shots intoacrowdofpeo- on civil liberties in Hong Kong, as Kong is unclear, especially dle of apandemic. ple protesting George well as itsinfluence at the WHO. giventhemanyunknowns “You’renot getting backat Floyd's death, aDetroit po- As punishment, the president in terms of what exactly the police officer that tragically lice spokeswoman said said he would beginstripping theUSwoulddo.Withfew killedGeorgeFloyd by looting a Saturday. The shooting away Hong Kong’s privileges specifics in Trump’s town,” Frey said. “You’renot get- 8minutes, 46 seconds:The last moments occurredabout 11:30pm with the US, including an extradi- speech, it remains to be ting backatanybody.” Fridayasofficers were tion treatyand commercial rela- seen what impact the is- Minnesota’s topofficials ac- seconds,according to acriminal “Something likethat,” the Floydcontinuedtoprotest:“Ican’t confronted with dozens of tions, withfew exceptions. land—and China —will knowledgedearly Saturday MATTFURBER, complaint filedonFridaybythe caller replied. breathe,” he said repeatedly. protesters, said Sgt. Nicole “My announcement today face, if any. Expertsalso morning that theyhad underes- AUDRADSBURCH& HennepinCounty District “Whichone? White,black, He calledfor his mother.He Kirkwood, apolicedepart- willaffect thefull rangeofagree- pointedout that the move timated the destruction that FRANCESROBLES Attorney, thepoliceofficer Native,Hispanic, Asian?” said, “Please.” ment spokeswoman. She mentswehavewithHong is unlikelytodeter China protesters in Minneapolis were MINNEAPOLIS,MAY30 pressedhiskneeintoFloyd’sneck “No, he’s ablackguy,” the One of the officers dismissed said an officer wasn'tin- Kong,” the president said, includ- from itschosen course, capable of inflictingasanewly in silence,staring toward the caller said. his pleas. volvedinthe shooting. ing “action to revoke Hong andwoulddomoretohurt issuedcurfew did little to stop ONE WASaveteran of the ground as his captive gasped re- The chargingdocumentssay “Youaretalkingfine,”oneoffi- Kong’s preferential treatment as Hong Kong and leave its people from burning buildings Minneapolis Police Department peatedly he could notbreathe. that officers found Floyd in a cersaid,accordingto thecharging aseparate customs and travel pro-democracyprotesters and turningthe city’s streetsinto who moonlighted as asecurity Bystanders waved their cell- parkedbluecarwithtwopassen- documents. Bidenspeaksof territoryfromthe rest of China.” with feweroptions. asmoky battleground. guard. The other providedsecu- phones, cursedand pleadedfor gers.Soon,additionalpoliceunits At leastone officer waswor- ‘openwound’ Afterspending weeksaccus- At theorders of President rityataSalvationArmy store, and help,andstill,fortwo minutesand arrivedandtheofficerstriedtoget ried: Lane asked if the officers ing the WorldHealth Trump, the Defense Department spentsomeof hiseveningsatlocal 53secondsafterFloydhadstopped Floyd intoapolicevehicle. Buthe should roll Floyd over on his side. Washington: JoeBiden Organisation of helping the to backthe WorldHealth has ordered the Armytoprepare clubs,working as abouncer. protestingandbecameunrespon- struggled. “Mr.Floyd did notvol- “No,stayingputwherewegot lamented the “open Chinesegovernment coverup Organisation, and the bloc active-duty militarypolice units In the year before theirfatal sive,theofficercontinuedtokneel. untarilyget in the car and strug- him,” Chauvinreplied. wound” of the nation's sys- the early days of the coronavirus urgedTrumptoreconsider his to deployfromseveral army encounter,George Floyd, 46, and Thefatalencounterbeganjust gledwith theofficers,intention- At 8:24pm, Floyd stopped temic racism on Friday as epidemic in China, President decision. bases to Minneapolis. theofficer nowchargedwith his before 8pm, whenFloyd entered allyfalling down, saying he was moving. he respondedtopolice Trumpsaid on Fridaythat the “TheW.H.O.needs to con- Dozens of other citiesgrap- death,DerekChauvin,44,worked CupFoods,acommunitystorerun notgoinginthecar,andrefusingto Kueng checkedFloyd’sright killing of ablackman in United States would terminate tinue beingabletoleadthe in- pledwithprotestsontheirstreets at the same Minneapolis Latin by four brothers, and astore clerk standstill,”accordingto thecharg- wristfor apulse. “Icouldn’t find Minnesota.“The original itsrelationship with the agency. ternational response to pan- thatseemedtolargely overwhelm nightclub.Theirpathscrossedfor claimedthathehad paid forciga- ing document. one,” he said. sinofthis countrystill “The worldisnow suffering demics, current and future,” the theauthorities.Residentsburned thelasttimeoutsideacornerstore rettes with acounterfeit $20 bill. At 8:19, Chauvinpulled Floyd Still, none of the officers stains our nation today,” as aresult of the malfeasance of president of the European policecarsinAtlanta, chargeda known as the best place in town Thepolicegot acallfromthestore out of the passenger side of the moved. Biden,the presumptive the Chinese government,” Commission,Ursula vonder policeprecinct in New York and to findmentholcigarettes.Within at 8:01pm. squadcar.Floyd hit the ground, At 8:27pm,eightminutesand Democratic presidential Trumpsaid in aspeechinthe Leyen, and the bloc’s topdiplo- setfires in downtown San Jose, an hour,Floyd wasdead, his last The dispatcher pressedfor a face down, handcuffsstill on. 46 seconds afterhehad lowered nominee, said in remarks Rose Garden.“Countless lives mat, Josep Borrell, said in ajoint California. In some cities, includ- pleasandgaspscapturedinahor- description, and the caller de- Kueng held Floyd’s backwhile himself ontoFloyd’s neck, from hishomein have been taken, and profound statement.“Actions that ingLosAngelesandPortland,Ore., rifically graphic video. scribedthemanastall,bald,about OfficerThomasLaneheldhislegs. Chauvin finallyreleasedhis knee. Delaware. “It's time forus economic hardshiphas been in- weaken international results some people smashedthe win- ChauvinkneltdownonFloyd 6feettall. Chauvinlodgedhisleftkneein Themedicalexaminer’soffice to take ahardlook at un- flicted all around the globe.” must be avoided,” theyadded. dows of stores and stole things behindapolicevehicleoutsidethe “Is he white, black, Native, “the area of Floyd’s head and listedthe time of death as 9:25 comfortable truths.” The European Union said on “Weurgethe U.S. to reconsider from displaycases. store. Foreight minutes and 46 Hispanic, Asian?” neck,”the documentssaid, and pm. NYT Saturdaythatitwouldcontinue itsannounceddecision.” NYT Supreme Court rejects church challenges to England easingCovid lockdown;New York City to reopen on June 8 lockdown‘too soon’

as he announcedthatfiveup- REUTERS stateregionswill nowtransition KATEHOLTON WASHINGTON,NEWYORK, to phase twowhichincludes LONDON,MAY30 MAY30 businesses likebarber shops and hair salons. ENGLAND RISKSlosing control THE US Supreme Courtrejected The mostpopulousUScity, of the pandemic again because challenges on Fridaytocurbs on whichhas become the epicentre it is starting to liftits lockdown religious services in California of the country’scoronavirus pan- without afullyoperational track and Illinois during the coron- demic, wasontrack to meetthe and trace programme in place, avirus pandemic. metrics forasafereopening, three senior scientific advisers In London, Saturday. AP In the California dispute, the Cuomo said.“We areontrack to warnedonSaturday. nine justices split 5-4 in reject- open on June 8,” Cuomo told a Prime MinisterBoris Johnson ing abid by South BayUnited dailybriefingbutwarnedthat“re- has said England’s lockdown berofBritain’s Scientific Protesters at ashopping mall in Hong Kong. AP PentecostalChurch in Chula openingdoesnotmeanwe’rego- measures will be easedcau- AdvisoryGroup forEmergencies Vistatoblockthe rules issued by ing backtothe waythings were.” tiouslyfromMonday,aided by a (SAGE), said the government Governor Gavin Newsom, a Tributes to victims of COVID-19inBrooklyn, NewYork. AP The firstphase of reopening trackand trace system that wastaking arisk. Democrat. Conservative Chief would allownon-essential con- launchedonThursday. “Track and trace wasonly JusticeJohnRoberts joinedfour struction and manufacturing to The advisers warned, how- launchedthe daybeforeyester- US action on Hong liberal justices in the majority. tivitiesshouldbeliftedduringthe Democratic Governor J.B. resume, and non-essential retail ever,thatthe system wasnot yet day, so we can’t be sure that that Newsom ordered houses of pandemic is adynamic and fact- Pritzker’s ban on services of over stores to offercurbside pick-up. in fulloperation and risked be- is working effectively yetand yet worship closedtothe public in intensive matter subject to rea- 10 people, arguing that it in- Cuomo said he expected ing overwhelmedbythe around we’regoing ahead and making Kong doomed to March,but issuednew guidelines sonable disagreement,” Roberts fringed on the constitutionally some 400,000New Yorkers to be 8,000 newinfections that are these changes anyway,” he told this week limiting attendance to wroteinexplaininghis vote. protectedfreeexercise of religion. able to return to their work- still occurringevery dayoutside SkyNews.“Ithinkthat thatis 25% of building capacity or 100 Therewerenonoteddissents Meanwhile, NewYorkCity is places starting June 8, and said of hospitals and carehomes. rather dangerous.” fail: China hits back people, whicheverwas lower. as the courtrejected asimilar re- “on track” to enter phase one of authorities were workingona John Edmunds, from the Edmunds’ commentswere The precise question of when questbytwo churches in Illinois, reopening on June 8, NewYork plan to makemasstransit sys- London School of Hygiene & echoedbytwo other SAGE restrictionsonparticularsocialac- seeking exemption from Governor Cuomosaid on Friday temsafefor commuters. TropicalMedicine and amem- members as well. REUTERS ASSOCIATEDPRESS NERVOUSXIRISKS Lanka to impose curfew Europe’s tangled reopening: Travel Oli to move BEIJING,MAY30 NEWCOLDWAR: THE MOUTHPIECE of China's LASTH.K.GOVERNOR amendment Bill ruling CommunistParty said US amid second wave warnings bubbles, border deals, airline corridors movestoend some trading priv- London: ChinesePresident on new map ileges forHongKong "grosslyin- Xi Jinping is so nervous capital district of Colombo. izenship at the European terfere" in China's internal af- about the position of the PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA The government already de- THENEWYORKTIMES Commission, the executive fairs and are"doomedtofail". CommunistParty thatheis COLOMBO,MAY30 clared curfew in the central hilly NEWYORK,MAY30 branchofthe European Union. YUBARAJGHIMIRE Saturday's editorial in the risking anew Cold Warand Nuwara Eliyadistrict on Forinstance, Bulgaria, KATHMANDU,MAY30 newspaper People's Dailywas re- imperilling Hong Kong’s SRI LANKA will impose anation- Saturdayahead of thefuneral of IF THE reopening of offices, Serbia and Greece areexpected sponding to an announcement position as Asia’s pre-emi- wide curfew tomorrow, as a Sri Lankan Ministerand leader restaurantsand other public to open borders to eachother THE KPOli government will from President Donald Trump. nent financial hub, the last prominentdoctors' trade union of the Ceylon Workers Congress places has seemeddizzying, the on June 1. Greece, desperateto move aConstitutionamend- "This hegemonic act of at- British governor of the ter- warnedofasecond waveof (CWC) Arumugam Thondaman. rulesontravelbetween nations save itstourism industry, also ment Bill to give legitimacy to tempting to interfereinHong ritorytoldReuters. COVID-19infections. Thondaman, who represented areshaping up to bebewildering. releasedanexpandedliston the newpolitical mapitpub- Kong affairs and grosslyinter- Chris Patten said Xi’s The island nation has re- Tamils of Indian origin, diedof Travel bubblesand airline Fridayof29countries from lished recently, which included fere in China's internal affairs ‘thuggish’ crackdown in portedasudden spikeinthe heartfailureonMay 26. corridors to allow free move- At Frankfurtairport. Reuters whichitwill allowtravelstart- an additional 370sqkmthat also will notfrighten theChinese Hong Kong riskedtrigger- number of COVID-19cases, Tens of thousands of his sup- ment between certain cities or ing June 15. features in the Indian map. people and is doomedtofail," ing an outflow of capital mainlyamong thosewho were porters had gathered to payre- countries, quarantines andanas- The CzechRepublic, Hungary The Cabinetmeeting also de- it said. andpeoplefromthe city recently repatriated from over- spectstoThondaman, defyingall sortment of other measuresadd nouncementsabout easing re- and Slovakia have startedimple- cidedtodeploythe armyincase In Hong Kong on Saturday, whichfunnels the bulk of seas. The countryhas recorded quarantine regulations put in up to apuzzle foreventhe most strictions forsummer travelers mentingasimilar arrangement. thereisunrestfollowing the en- Secretaryfor Justice Teresa foreign investment into 1,559infectionsasofSaturday place to curb the pandemic. intrepid traveler. have run intothe reality of a France, Germanyand other dorsement of the Bill as well as Chengsaiditwas "completely mainland China.“We have with10deaths. Over 750ofthe Concerns were raised over Nowhereare the logistical patchworkofpolicies. West European nations have the proposedresolution to have false and wrong" to saythe ter- long since passedthe stage COVID-19patientshavebeen the presence of large crowds. challenges moredaunting than “Itwould be greatifall this talked about easing border con- a$500millioncontract signed ritorywas losing itsautonomy. where, without wanting dischargedfromhospitals. In astatement on Saturday, in Europe, wherethe pandemic couldbecompressedintosome- trols to other E.U.member states with the US. China'scentral authorities have another Cold War, we have Onlythisweek the govern- the doctors' trade union brought asuddenreturn of bor- thing easy to understand,but it is on June 15,the daythe European The government hasbeen the absoluteright to take action to react to thefact Xi seems ment formallyendedthe lock- warnedthat gatherings at a ders betweenthe 26 countries averycomplex picture,” said Commission’sguidancecalling assured of supportbythe main on national security regarding to want one himself,” down imposedsinceMarch 20 politician's funeral could trigger that arepartofthe so-called AdalbertJahnz, aspokesman for forthe suspension of nonessen- opposition Nepali Congress on Hong Kong, Cheng told Patten said. REUTERS by lifting daytime curfew in the the second wave. Schengen zone. Optimistic pro- home affairs, migration and cit- tial travel intothe EU willexpire. both issues. reporters.

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SPOTLIGHT ART etc. FindingJoy ‘Nothing canmatchthe It is easytoforget in acrisis but kindness, which magic of cinema halls’ has made the human species survive over two millennia,isour only hope forthe future eye Shoojit Sircar

The 1896 Bombay plague reshaped the city. Over a century later,the storiesofthe time —from amigrant exodus to sweeping state powers — have an uncanny resonance

to its ongoing battle MARKED OUT Aplague house on Kaladevi Road, Benita Fernando Bombay. The plain circles on the wall indicate death from plague

TWAS approaching winter,the final months of 1896. Bombay’s ferrylines newarrivals—includingone atMarineDrive. andrailway stations were swamped At thecamps, “surveillancepasses” were is- with people, manyofthem workers sued,daily-wageworkers givenday passes, at mill lands and dockyards, dhobis temperatureswere notedontickets,and,asan Iandcooks,barbers,butchersandbak- added measure, some people were pho- ers,their meagrebelongings tied up in bun- tographed. On alternatedays,theywouldbe dles.Alldesperatelyseekingaway backhome. inspected andcompared to the photograph. The scene is from morethan acenturyago, Historically, pandemicslead to arangeof as various accountsofthe time reported.(It responses, from authoritarianism to laissez- wasinevitable, said the BombaySamachar in faire.“Thestate’s action wasverydraconian. December 1896, that if the richwerefleeing It wasseen by the British through the prism thecity,the poorerwouldfollowsuit.) But it of longstanding folk memories of the Black could well be from the current lockdown cri- Death.Thus, it wasregardedwithfar more sis in India, wheremillionshavebeen forced fear than other lethal diseases suchascholera,” intosimilarharrowing circumstances. says Kidambi. This particular exodustook place after ALLIMAGESCOURTESY:WELLCOMECOLLECTION As the plague spread across India, so did physician Dr AG Viegas confirmedthe first resistance, assuming graver dimensions, no- case of the bubonic plague in Bombayon tablywiththe assassination of Walter Rand, September 23, 1896. By the end of January Poona’s plague commissioner,in1897. One 1897,aroundfour lakh peoplehadfledthe city. consequence wasthe arrest of thenationalist By February, Bombay’spopulationwas halved BOMBAY:THEN Bal Gangadhar Tilak forsedition. Tilak wasa and drainedofthosemostessential to itsecon- fierce critic of the British administration’s omy. “Business wasparalysed,offices closed, plague measures in Poona, denouncing them and thoroughfares...werecharacterisedby as tyrannical in his newspaper Kesari in June adesolateemptiness,”wroteCapt. JK Condon 1897.Aweek later,Rand wasshotdead. in his book The BombayPlague (1900). Officials believedthat the incendiarynature The BombayPlague came in five epidemic ofTilak’s articles were to blame forthe assas- waves, turning endemicbythe early 1900s. ANDNOW sination, and arrestedhimongrounds of “dis- Lasting formorethan 20 years, by 1918 it had affection”towards thegovernment.Tilakwas claimedover10millionlives in India, with jailedatthe Byculla House of Correction, over 1.6lakh in Bombayalone(source: The wherethe plague had already broken out (in- Indian Medical Gazette).Itset offachainof spread from the biteofthe Oriental ratflea cidentally, this jail is currentlythe Byculla events—increasedsurveillance, attacks on wasstillunknown. The disease was, therefore, women’s prison, where an inmatetestedpos- healthworkers by apanickedpublic,rumours attributedto filth, dampness, unsanitaryliving itive forCOVID-19and whereactivists Sudha and racisttheories—all of which find areso- conditions and miasma —the theorythatepi- Bharadwaj and Shoma Sen arecurrentlyheld nance in the ongoing COVID-19pandemic. demics spread through contaminated air. in the Bhima Koregaon case). The Britishgovernment underplayedthe Predictably, slums were suspect. The Byculla House of Correction turned outbreakin itsinitialdays to keepitsmostim- Thefirst case wasdetectedat agrain mer- intoasitefor anti-plague inoculation trials, portant port on India’s west coastopen. The chant’squarters in the docklandareaof carriedout by Ukrainian bacteriologist outbreak itself wasthe consequence of British Mandvi.Subsequentanti-plaguemeasures WaldemarHaffkine.Inoculatinghimselfwith mercantilism—the disease waslikelycarried targetedpoorerneighbourhoods, suchas the vaccine, Haffkine also administered it on through ships from plague-strickenHong Nagpada and Kamathipura.“Plague wasseen 147jail inmates. Ramanna notesthat by Kong. The weekly Jam-e-Jamshed newspaper as adisease of filth and overcrowding and October 1897,8,142 personswereinoculated, accusedthe government of delaying preven- therewas adeep-seated perception that the including 77 leading citizens.Tilak and the Aga tive measures, even though theyknewofthe poorwerethe carriers.Theythus bore the Khan were among them. plague sweeping through Hong Kong. bruntofthe anti-plague offensive in colonial The British government relaxed itsanti- Till the outbreak threatenedtoderailthe Bombay,”saysPrashantKidambi,associate plagueoffensivefrom1900.Butcertain habits city,the colonial government wasuninter- professor in colonial urbanhistory at the livedon.“Onepractice thatbecame common estedininvesting in civicinfrastructurebe- University of Leicester, theUK. He observes JOURNAL OF in theearly 1900swas forentire communities yond the needs of the Europeans, whoresided that classwas as important as race in theway PLAGUEYEARS to move to camps on the outskirts of urban in thefetching parts of the citysuchasMalabar the government dealt with the plague — settlementsduringthe winter months,seen as (Clockwise from top) Hill and BreachCandy.The working-class muchinthe waythe slums of Dharavihave particularly dangerous,”saysKidambi. neighbourhoods, manyofthem by the dock- been labelledas“COVID-19 hotbeds”, even if Workers whitewash In grappling withthe plague, the British lands, marketsand mill lands, suchasDhobi the disease enteredthrough airportsand via and disinfect a endedupreshapingthe city.The Bombay Talao, Girgaumand Mazgaon, were awarren passengers with frequent flyerpoints. “plague house” in Improvement Trust(BIT) wasset up in of small, lowrooms,without chimneys or Plague authorities were armedwith the Bombay in February November 1898to let“the freshbreezes of the windows,with no light or air supplyexcept Epidemic DiseasesAct, passedinFebruary 1897; aman being sea intothe congestedlungs of Bombay”, as from the doorway, perpetuallydripping pipes, 1897,whichhas been invokedand amended LordCurzon put it. It did so by clearing resi- inoculated against and with several people huddledunder one forthepresentpandemicaswell.The Actgave dential and commercial areas to makeway for roof. Whilethe Englishman wanted abed- an inordinateamount of powertolocal bod- the plague, a large east-west boulevards, suchasPrincess room all to himself,the Indian native would ies. Houses could be markedas“unfit forhu- photograph Street at Marine Lines and SandhurstRoad. It gladlypockethis pride and agree to be con- man habitation”, following whichlandlords attributed to Clifton introducedone standardoflight and ventila- finedinaroom that fitted his length and could be askedtoevict tenants, watersupply and Co; an affluent tion, advocating that everyliving room have breadth, wrote George WClutterbuck, a cut offtoreduce dampness, or the building Hindu family makes minimumexternal spacethat would allow Wesleyanchaplain from Britain, in abook, simplyburneddownordemolished. its home in light to fall at “an angle of 63.5 degrees”. Bombaythe Beautiful (1897). Authorities could alsostopsanitaryworkers “For the firsttime,aplanning entity was Officials knewthatratswereoften the from leaving Bombay, knowing that their mis- temporary huts in brought intoexistence with executive pow- SICK LEAVE bubonicplague’sfirstvictims andthatthedis- sion would fail without them. Malad, having mittee publishedin1897and 1898 describe would oftenbefound grinding corn or singing ers that hadn’t existedbefore,” says NikhilRao, ease wasdeadly,asprovenbythe BlackDeath The BombayPlague Committee,headed moved out of the city the city as abattlefield, with government of- energetically, buttheirtelltale, anxious faces associate professor of history at Wellesley Astretcher outside a that had sweptEuropeinthe 14th century. by General FW Gatacre, and with one Indian (circa 1896-97); and ficials at loggerheads with local residentsover and their swollen glands told otherwise. College, US. The BIT undertook urgent meas- plague hospital; Theyknewofthe plague bacterium, discov- representative,considereditself an “imperial agroup of officials house searches, hospitalisation, corpse inspec- “Theresistance from the public wasthe ures to clear poor “blighted”neighbourhoods photograph by ered by AlexandreYersin in Hong Kong two necessity”butit wasnot anopinionsharedby search ahouse tions and disposalofbodies—nearly every biggest crisisthe colonialgovernment had residents, starting with Nagpada, and this be- Clifton and Co. years before the Bombay Plague. But that it the colonial subjects. The reports of thecom- step of their mission. Caste and customonly facedsince1857,”Kidambisays.Since the came aprototype fortoday’s slum rehabilita- suspectedtohave worsenedthe panic. Mostofthe resistance Indian soldiers’ revolt of 1857,theBritish were tion programmes. It also developedthe areas plague patients came from upper-caste Hindus, some nervous about interfering with local customs of Dadar,Sion,Matunga and Wadala—already (1896) Muslim sectsand Parsis. Men couldn’t toler- and practices. “But the plaguerequiredan un- parts of the city butmainlyagriculturallands atethe sight of awife’s hand being held by a precedentedlevelofintrusionintotheIndian and villages —intoaspirational suburbs. The health worker;caste Hindus refusedtoeat home,” Kidambi adds. BIT wantedto attract residentsofthe “slums” food served by those from “lowlycastes”. The committee eventually realiseditwas of Nagpada, Agripada,and Pydhonie to the In her seminal work from2012, HealthCare in itsbestinteresttomakesurethat“caste newsites, thus alleviating theovercrowding in in Bombay Presidency,1896-1930, academic sympathiesand prejudices were always re- the south, Raowrites in his book House,But MridulaRamannawrites, “People were more spected”. By April 1898,36private hospitals No Garden: Apartment Living in Bombay’s troubledbythemeasuresto repress it than by along the lines of caste, manyofthem espe- Suburbs (2012). the epidemic itself.” Injections were miscon- ciallyfor thecommunitiesmostresistant to Bombaychangedmostly forthe better,but struedaswaystokill patients and have their searches were opened —the CutchiMemon also forthe worse. The BIT hasoftenbeen crit- hearts sent to the Queen of England, Ramanna Plague Hospital, the Bhatia Plague Hospital, icisedfor uprooting morepeoplethan it re- notes, as appeasement forthe disfigurement the Parel Road JainHospital, the Dharavi housedthrough itsslum clearance schemes. of herstatue at thebeginningof theepidemic. Hospitalfor tanneryowners and the Telugu Kidambi notesinhis 2007 book The Makingof Thecommitteeset upmilitarysearch par- HospitalinKamathipura, among others. an Indian Metropolis thatby1918, the BIT’s ties —consisting of amedical man, anurse or Surveillance wasn’t limited to the home. schemeshad displaced64,000 people, of “ladydoctor”,asub-inspector,two lampmen, Passengers of local and outstationtrains were whichonly14,000were re-housed. alocksmith and, interestingly, ahand lotion medicallyinspectedatselectstationslikeSanta The plague committee had warnedthat if carrier —and stormedintoneighbourhoods Cruzand Kurla. The plaguecommitteeknew the BIT didn’t managetoprovide adequate to identify the sick. This wassometimes met that it would onlybeamatter of time before housing, rentswould riseand the problem of withgreat resistance from the public, who themigrantpopulation,theirfinancesdeplet- overcrowding would only worsen—all of viewedhospitals as aplace wherepeople ing, returnedtothe city. (Theydid begin to whichcame to pass in Bombay. It’s areminder went to die. Families stowedthe sickinlofts, trickle in by the summer of 1897.) Anumber from anot-so-distantpast: howMumbaihan- large wooden chests,underbedding and un- of health camps were openedacross the city dles COVID-19will shape the anxieties of the der bundles of clothing. Women patients to isolateresidents from infected areas and city of the future.

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JUNGLELAND More than ‘survival of the fittest’, it is the ‘survival of the kindest’that has made our species survive for over two millenia and that is our only hope for the future

moment or two, the whole experience is be- RanjitLal hind him and he is playful and frisky again. It is very similar in little children. Afterapainful Ranjit Lal is an author, experience likeaninjection or ataste of bit- environmentalistand termedicine, theyare backontheir feet and birdwatcher running up and down. Again, it seems they areshrugging offthe negative residue energy through their frenziedactivity.Imagine if we could learn to do the same, everytimethe IMAGINE stress of corona envelopes us —laugh out by SheljaSen loud, break out in ajig, goof around with our While We kids, belt out aBollywood song, feel invigor- ated and getbacktothe business of lifeagain.

TMIGHT seem alittlefrivolous to talk Creative buzz: Discoverthe artistinyou —it Were Sleeping about joyinthe present times of hus- could be anything from painting, drawing, tle, stress and survival. But, maybe, origami, baking, garden landscaping, decorat- that is the reason we needitmore ing, collaging, photography, making movies, Ithaneverbefore. Joyisnot optional; pottery, sculpting, scrapbooking, dancing, act- Rapid clearance to mining and it is non-negotiable forusright now. We need ing or singing. Keep some time everyday,or industrial units in protected to nourishour spirit,our families and our everyweekend forit.Smileat peoplewhotell community in everypossible waywecan. youtostopfoolingaround when thereisso areas reveals asinister side to muchhardshipinthe world.Stickyour tongue Dailypractice: In times of corona, joyisnot out to thatperfectionistvoiceinthe head the lockdown something that willcometouseasily.We whichtries to art-shame you. In Dr Seuss’s needtoworktowards it,practiseitdailyand words, “These things arefun, and fun is good.” URING THE COVID-19crisis, people have been deliberately. Daily,becauseitissoeasytoslip thrilledbythe manner in which“wildlife” has backtoour default settingofconstant fear. Doing nothing: Take regular breaksofjust re-entered the living spaces we snatched from Deliberate,asinmakingaritual of setting our day-dreaming, being spacedout and doing Dthem. Deer have gone downtown, dolphins are intention everymorning and staying mindful nothing. Step offthe treadmill of lifeand just frolicking in touristy waterfronts, and birds arebeing seen of it as if our lifedependedonit. It could beas be.Ifthe guilt rears itshead with “Be produc- and heardasnever before.But wasthisreallysuchagood simple as, “I vow to find joyinthe smallest tive.Why areyou wasting time?”, ask it to thing inthe firstplace?Ofcourse, once the lockdowns are things today.” Practice,asinacceptingthatit take achill pill. Besides thefact that being easedand lifted, the animals and birds will retreat to their is askill that we have to work at. It is notades- idle can replenish our wearysouls, it sanctuaries, so we will have simplyflattered to deceive! tination but adirection. In theebb andflowof can do wonders to our creative Youcould saythe same thingabout wildlifeinour na- life, therewill be days when that joywillbe inspiration and imagination. tional parks and sanctuaries. Tigers in places like light and luminous and therewill be days Studiesoncreativity have Ranthamboreand Bandhavgarhmusthaveheavedasigh when the darkness might seem impenetra- highlighted that the of relief at having their territories backtothemselves. ble,leavinguswith barely aflicker of theglow. metaphorical “eureka” or During the lockdown, theywould nothavebeen continu- “aha” moment generally ally gheraoed by 50 Gypsies crammedwith chattering, “I see you”: Do youremember howthe comes when people aredo- badly-behavedtourists,all wanting selfies with them. Na’vis greetedeachotherinthe movie Avatar ingsomethingcompletely Even as lockdown rules areeased, this is one area in (2009)? With agentle “I see you”. Thedivine unrelated to the task.Ital- whichlockdown norms arelikelytocontinue forawhile. in me sees and honours thedivineinyou.So ways amazes me how Eventually, visitors would be allowedin—but notstuffed simple yetsoexquisite.Wewant to be seen, playful breakshelp me get intofleets of Gypsiesand Jeeps, alljostling eachotherfor to be recognised, to be acknowledged. “unstuck” wheneverIamfeel- the best cameraangle. Actually, it would be lovely if some Maybe, that is whyweare all madlychroni- ing alittle overwhelmed. of these prime predators learnedtohangaround with cling our livesonsocial media with aflurry of bats—especiallythosehuge, ghoulish fruit bats! Maybe Insta and Facebook lives, webinars, etc. Survivalofthe kindest: the protection staffcan hang up mannequins of bats Isolated in our homes, we want to showthe We arehearing alot around waterholes! If mannequin cops can control world“Imatterand my lifematters”. about the problematicno- Bangaloretraffic whycan’t mannequin batsmakeboorish However, thereisalways abit of dissonance tion of “survivalofthe fittest”, tourists scarper? as the online “seeing” cannotmatchuptothe misattributed to Charles Darwin. But there’s asinisterside to lockdown in these pro- real thing. Do youremember,asachild, the It somehowmakes us feel thatthe tected areas. As visitors move outand patrolling staffde- experienceofhavingsomebody’s eyes “light GETTYIMAGES only waywecan survive the pandemicisby creases, poachers can move in unhindered.Oh, yes, they’ll up” when theysaw you? As if abulbhad ●●● watchingout forourselves—ascary maintain their social distance (from everyone!) and even been switchedoninside whichshone dystopia with aslipperyslope of survival wear masksbut all it takesisone guy withasteel trap, a through their eyes? Experience the joythat Playfulnessneedstobeatthe core of whoweare as people andthe onlyway we can reachthe topisby bag of pesticide or agun to take down an elephant, rhino warms your heart as yourememberthat. Go elbowing others out. In reality,morethan or tiger.Wecan onlyhope that patrolling in these pro- and give that to somebody youloveathome. and how we liveour lives. Our playfulness quotient is a “survivalofthe fittest”,itisthe “survivalof tected areas has continuedwith, if anything, even more Look intotheir eyes, smile andlet the love the kindest” that has made our species sur- rigour.Otherwise, visitors might justreturn to these shine in your eyes. See the joyspread to them determinantofour quality of life amid all the suffering vive forovertwo millennia. It is our only places to discoverthat their big five have disappeared. and boomerang right backatyou. hope forthe future. We have to stand up to ●●● forces that divide us and constrict our hearts Five joy-diet: An early morning cup of teain towardspeoplewho aremarginalised.Still the balcony,aninvigorating shower, hot leastfiveofthem and savour everymoment PQ: Playfulness needs to be at the coreof notconvinced enough? Remember the last toastwithbutterinthe breakfast.Tinylittle of it. Our humanbrain is keenly wired to who we areaspeople and howweliveour time youreachedout and helpedsomebody thingsthat changethe tone of the dayand lookout for, register and file allthings that lives. Ibelieve that our playfulness quotient and letthe warm glow of joywash over bring lightness to ourheart. Iwould suggest aregoing wrong aroundus. Psychologists (PQ —aterm Icoined) is asingle determi- you? Now, take outyourcredit cardand that youmakea“five joy-diet” —fivethings call it the“negativity bias.” It is all the more nant of our quality of lifeamid all the suffer- contribute. Let’smakeour actsofkindness thatyou would do everyday to pepper your reason to startacounter-practice of five joy- ing. Have younoticedhow when youhave go viral. lifewith morejoy.For that, first, makealist diet. Therewillbeavoice in your head that to bathe your dog or makehim do something of your joys.Itcould be reallybizarre,“no might say, “Not now, maybelater when that he dislikes he reactsbyslowingdown DrSheljaSenistherapist,writerandco-founder big deal” thingsbut writethem down any- thingsare better.” However, if anything,co- or cowering? However, as soon as the ordeal ofChildrenFirst,achild&adolescent way. Stickitsomewhereprominent. Then, rona has taught us to find joyinthe grati- is over,hejumps up and is springing around mentalhealthinstitute.Writeto make surethat everyday youinclude at tude of beingalive now. the house as if shaking offall the stress. In a [email protected]

GETTYIMAGES FORBIDDEN KINGDOM Atiger in Bandhavgarh National Park in Madhya Pradesh

Sadly, our wildlifeand beautiful wild spaces have a muchlargerand moreinsidious cancer to dealwith. Until Batting for Us recently, we had fairly decent and firm environmental laws and guidelines forany industryattemptingtoget a foothold in, say, atropical forest and turn it intoamassive Unfairly blamed for spreading COVID-19 and open-castmine or gigantic dam. Aproper environmental impact assessment had to be done, the public had to be threatened with culling and loss of habitat, bats are a consulted,and, finally, approval obtainedfromthe Environmental Clearance Gods sitting in NewDelhi. An vital part of our ecosystem increasing number of ordinarypeople,especiallythose whowould be directlyaffected by their homes being bull- Arathi Menon COVID-19, as panic-strickencitizens seem to dozedand livelihoods destroyed,too, kept ahawk’s eye believe?Whileitistruethat certain species on the situation, ever ready to raise an alarm. Industry of batscarry variouscoronavirus strains, could move on with their project onlyifapproved. ON APRIL 25, actor Amitabh Bachchan an- SARS-COV-2, whichisresponsible forCOVID- Alas, the Environmental Clearance Gods changed.The nouncedonsocialmedia that abat had flown 19,isnot one of them. However, thanksto new bindaas Gods decidedit’s so muchbetterand quicker intohis home. “Corona peecha chodh hi nahin unverifiednews about the pandemic circu- to letthesemining companies and dam builders geton raha,”hetweeted.Itispossiblethathewasjok- lating on social media, the mammal has been with their work,and, afterwards, checkifthey’vedone ing when he connected the flying mammal vilifiedasaprimaryactor in the virus’s anything naughty (Likedrown or destroy an entirerain- with the pandemic that has brought normal spread.Astudy,publishedinthe Indian forest). Even if theyhave, we will justwavethem on, be- lifetoahalt. Butthe jokeceases to be funny Journal of Medical Research in April, by the cause, afterall, it’s all in the national interestand fait ac- when consideredalongside news that people Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) compli.The Environmental Clearance Gods have recently in Bengaluru have demanded that notestwo species of Indian batsin giventhe go-ahead to OilIndia to dig foroil inside ana- that fruit-bearing trees(primary Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Puducherry and tional parkinAssam. The companytellsusthey’ll bore sourceof foodforfrugivorousbats) TamilNadu were found to carry acoron- their wells about amile outside the parkboundaryand be choppedand bat colonies re- avirus calledbat coronavirus or BtCoV then tunnel horizontally under it. Had therebeen aplace movedfromnear their homes. couldn’t have come at aworse time for PHOTOS:CHARLESJSHARP&MANOJIRITTY/WIKIMEDIACOMMONS of worship inside, instead of aforest, would theyhave Everycity, townandvillageneeds these winged creatures. NO FLYING since the exact origin of SARS-COV-2 is un- worldstackedin cages, one over the other,fa- dared to do so? By the way, the Gods have also cleared itsbats. Batsare the world’s best pol- The result is that people want ZONE known, it is prematureand unfair to blame cilitatingthe exchangeofbodilyfluids among open-castcoalmining (the filthiestkind) in an elephant linators and seeddispersers, playing a them out of their vicinity.Inre- bats. TheyalsosaidthattheBtCoVinthe ICMR them. Intensive captive breeding of domestic Except for rabies and reserveinthe same state, clearly indicating wheretheir vitalroleinkeepingforestshealthy. Their sponse to the surge of calls study has nothing to do with COVID-19and orwildanimals is also astrong suspect —alot sympathies lie. Of course, theytellusthat forevery tree insatiablehunger forinsects, especially that inundated the the virus responsible BtCoV itself won’t cause anyharm to humans. of animals areinclose contactwith eachother. (whichhas takenthe last100years to reachits present mosquitoes, is the reasonwhy manyof BruhatBengaluru for Nipah, there is So what linksbatstocoronavirus? Abi Plus,theyare highly inbred,which meansthat magnificent state) cut, 10 will be planted,but no one says us areprotected from deadly vector- Mahanagara very little evidence of Tamim Vanak,senior fellow, Ashoka Trustfor theylackthe geneticdiversitytofight off where. Simplybecause thereisnowhere left. bornediseaseslikemalaria.If that’snotrea- Palike(BBMP), direct transmission of Research in Ecology and theEnvironmentand pathogens. So, anynew virus that theymay With COVID-19lurking around, it’s pretty muchopen son enough to love your neighbourhood bats, the principal viruses from bats fellow, department of Biotechnology/ encounter can evolve intoadeadlyvirus that season forthe miners, dam builders and their ilk.Evenif bat researcher and doctoral student at the chief conservator of forests, SanjayMohan,is- Wellcome TrustIndia Alliance, says,“Bats, like can jumphosts and affect humans,” he says. to humans enough people did decide to raise astink,theywouldbe LeibnizInstituteforZooandWildlifeResearch, suedastern warning that killing or harming manymammals, areareservoir of viruses. Vanak says thatthough batsmay notdi- immediatelydispersediftheytriedtoprotest.Apparently, Berlin, Rohit Chakravarty says,“No bats, no batswill inviteaction in accordance with the Theyharbour ahigh diversity of viruses. rectlytransmitSARS andSARS2virusesto hu- awholebunchofsuchmining andindustrial unitsare try- tequila, or mahua.Fruit-eating bats pollinate applicable law. In Rajasthan, alarge number Remarkable as it mayseem, theyare gener- mans, one hypothesis forthe emergence of ing to sneak intountouched foreststhis way, hastilyaided agavefromwhichtequilaisproduced.InIndia, of batswerekilledowing to fears about the allynot affected by these viruses. Severalhy- nCov19suggests that an intermediateanimal, and abettedbythe Environmental ClearanceGods. But theyare knownto dispersetheseedsof mahua. virus, leading the stateforestdepartment to potheses existasreasons —fromahighmeta- perhaps apangolin, facilitated the transmis- what’s absolutelyappalling is howwe, and especiallyour Theyare also the chief pollinators of the flow- issue awarning earlier this month that such bolic rate to an efficient immune system. sion. “The intermediateanimals serveasam- Environmental Clearance Gods, mulishlyrefuse to learn ersofdurian, whichisamulti-million-dollar actions would be punishedunder theprovi- Exceptfor rabies (through rabid bats) and the plifying hosts,especially in favourable condi- the lessons Mother Natureistrying so hard to drill into industryworldwide, and the flowers of some sions of the WildlifeProtection Act(1972). virus responsible forNipah (fruit-eating bats), tions, suchasinawet market. Mutation of our thickskulls: “Mess around with me, and see what I species of mangroves,makingthem respon- Theurgencyof thesituationhas led64chi- thereisverylittleevidence of direct transmis- viruses happens in hostanimals, some of can unleash on you. Without breaking or destroying asin- sible forour strong coastaldefence system.” ropterologists from sixSouth Asian countries sion of viruses from batstohumans.” whichcan turn deadlywhen spread to hu- glething —likebombs do —avirus hasbrought youto Batsalso devour insectsthat feedon rice, corn (Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Nepal, Pakistan Chakravartybelieveshumanactivitiesare mans,” he says. your knees.” The writing’s on the wall. andcottonfarms,savingtheagricultureindus- and Sri Lanka) to come together and clarify largelytoblame forSARS-COV-2. “Wildlife tryfromthe economicloss of pestattacks. that batsdonot spread COVID-19. In aseven- trade,theoretically, is aviralmeltingpotifyou ArathiMenonisaMysuru-basedwriter But arebatsresponsiblefor spreading point press release, theyemphasisedthat imagine animals from different parts of the andyogapractitioner

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‘Nothing can No one knows what follows after this. Definitely,there will be a match the magic financial crunch. Actors will have to reduce their fees. There will be cost of cinema halls’ reduction so that making movies is viable Filmmaker Shoojit Sircar on releasing his Lucknow?’ Juhi is from there. Iwantedto cre- new film on astreaming platform, setting ateanever-seen-beforeexperience of the city. It wasveryimportant that eachand everyas- pect of the film should be authentic. The film it in Lucknow and the ways in which the is character-based, so, it is morelikeanexpe- rience. It is notjustabout Bankeand Mirza — pandemic will affect the business of films the lead characters in the film —but about manyother characters. Iwould call this a satire, something Ihavetriedfor the firsttime. AlakaSahani bea(release) bottleneckonce theatres reopen. Iwantedtoworkonmynextfilm,too. We took Have the Gulabo Sitabo puppets (Uttar the decision to release it on adigital platform Pradesh’straditional glovepuppet WHATMADE youdecide to premiere so that we could payall our technicians. theatre)been an inspiration? Gulabo Sitabo on astreaming platform? Nothingcanmatchthemagicofcinemahalls. The name Gulabo Sitabo is usedasa Iknewthisperiod isgoingto beuncertain. However, Ibelieve,boththeatres and digital metaphor forLucknow. We thought whydon’t When the lockdown started, the reports of the mediums aregoing to co-exist. we celebratethis dying artofpuppetrywith pandemic came in and the WorldHealth this title? This wasnot our original title. Juhi Organisation announcedthat this virus is not GulaboSitabo’s trailer has got over 40 and Ithought of this while watching some going away easily, we didn’t knowwhat to do. million hitssofar. Gulabo Sitabo puppetshows on YouTube. Then one day, Idiscussedthis with our pro- This is huge. Ihaven’t had morethan ducers. Ididn’t want to sitwith the film since 80,000 hits formyearlier films. Iamtold Has Juhi Chaturvedibeenapartofthis it wasready. We spoke with Amazon Prime my movies arenot forthe masses. Ihave film from the very beginning? Video, whichhas our movies October (2018) neverhad this kind of views before. The collaborationbetween Juhi andme and Pink (2016). The kind of proposal theygave has been in termsofideas and scripts. Sheis forthe film’s release wasquite lucrative fora Were youdisheartenedbythe reactions very good with insights. She understands filmmaker.Ihave neverhad this kindofre- of multiplexchains Inoxand PVR over very well what the film’s vision is going to be leaseearlier.Iwouldhave experimentedwith GulaboSitabo’s digital release? and putsthat in the script. Ialwaysshootwith thedigital mediumat some point.So, whynot Had Ibeenintheir place, I, too, would have the script. By the time we shootthe film, we take the plungenow? objected to it. Idon’t think it’s personal. would have already experienceditwhile con- Everyone has to understand that it’s partof ceptualising it and duringthe process of What about the proposalsounded adaptability.Myproducers took this call be- scripting. We go through details suchaswhat lucrative? the characters aregoing to be likeand how The movie is releasing in 200countriessi- NEW cause theyadaptedtothe current situation. I theyare going to speak. multaneously. It willbedubbed in 12 lan- BEGINNINGS wish that we cantalk and resolve the matter. guages, includingPersian,Portuguese,French Thereshould be no resentment. Therewas talk on Twitter recentlyabout Shoojit Sircar; and Spanish. Theyare also putting up acin- releasingyour film Shoebite,whichwas ema-likeexperience with DolbyAtmos (sur- (left) on the sets of What kind of impact will the pandemic earliercaught in legal trouble,ona round sound). Ifind all these lucrative.Also, his upcoming film have on film production? digitalplatform.Can we watchitsoon? the movie is going to stay longer on this plat- Gulabo Sitabo with No oneknows what follows this. Definitely, Ihavethe same question formyproduc- form. This kind of reachisimportant. In the- actors Amitabh therewill be afinancialcrunch. Actors will ers. Iwas quitehappythat Ayushmann and atres, amovie is takenoff in two-three weeks. Bachchan and have to reduce their fees. Therewill becostre- Anurag Kashyapspokeabout Shoebite on the Ayushmann. The ductionsothat makingmovies is viable. There social platform. Mr Bachchan (who plays the Since the film has twobankable actors, will be acost-correction, from the beginning lead in the film) gets emotional everytime Amitabh Bachchan and Ayushmann film releases on June of the conceptuntil the product goes to the- he talksabout it. The rightsare with itspro- Khurrana, did youwonder if youwere 12 on Amazon Prime atres. We don’t knowwhen the audience is ducer Disney. If theywant, theycan show missing out on box-office collections? going to flocktotheatres likebefore.Ithas al- the film. This is achance we hadtotakeeven ready affected business and itsimpact will though we willmiss the theatricalexperience. continue even afterthe lockdown is lifted. Younextmovie Uddham Singh was We areasimple production house with afew supposedtorelease in January 2021. Will friendswho somehowgather moneyand What took Gulabo Sitabo to Lucknow? youbeable to keep to the release date? makemovies.After we release amovie, the Initially, we had thought to placethe film Right now, my attention is on Gulabo moneywemakefromitisinvestedinthe next either in Delhi or Lucknow. When Juhi Sitabo.Wewereworking onthepost-produc- movie. Our film wasready in November.The (Chaturvedi, writer) and Istarted developing tion of UddhamSingh,whichishalted due to uncertainties overits release apart, therewill thefilm,we thought,‘Whynot setthe storyin the lockdown. That’s going to take sometime.

ASEATATTHE TABLE High School Hi-Jinks Mindy Kaling (centre) with John McEnroe

sorare anyway sinceI’vewrittenallmy own Wo men of colour are parts), Inever auditionedfor Indianroles. finally fronting American Theywerewhitecharacters whom Ijust happenedtobelucky enough to getanau- high-school dramas. dition for. Could it be the beginning Howdid youget tennis star John McEnroe to narrate the show? of something new? My familygrewupwatching John and we lovedhim. He wasawinner,but more Shubhra Gupta importantlyhewas afighter.Ithinkmy par- entsrelatedto that. Ireachedout to him and metupwith him in New York.Ithink he IN ONE of those staple scenes of American signedonbecause it wassodifferent from high-school hi-jinksonscreen,asimpatico what he normallydoes, and because his teacher tells the lead character Bindu Choudry, kids like TheOffice. who’sbeen havingareallyhardday,that high school is “all about finding your tribe, your What high-school movies did you posse, your band of merry-makers”. watchwhile growing up and what was Wait aminute, though. Lead character? Seasoninthe Sun your high school experience like? AgirlnamedBindu?Inafilm setinan Iwatched everything. Movies as differ- American high school? ent as Clueless (1995)andThe BreakfastClub That’s right. In the 2019 TheMisEducation Actor-producer Mindy Kaling on creating acredible (1985) had an enormous impact on me. Of Bindu,adebut featurebyLA-based Indian-American teenager and getting tennis legend None of them were likemylife, and Inever Prarthana Mohan, producedbyJay and Mark THE YOUNGONES sawany minorityactors playlead charac- Duplass, the girlatthe centreofthe narra- (Above) Still from The Half of It;aposter ofThe MisEducation of Bindu John McEnroe to narrate her new web show ters in anyhigh-school movie, but Iloved tive is Indian. Bindu (Megan Suri) has been them nonetheless. Iwas ahardworker, obe- homeschooledupuntil now, and injected dient and ambitious. intothe high-school system by her overly number of Netflix-watching denizens know and access, this leading-from-the-front rep- Ektaa Malik bitsofher lifefor the showand writing real protective mum’s(Priyanka Bose) recently- who Devi Vishwakumar,the brash, fast-talk- resentation can be seen as astepup: remem- characters. Excerpts: Whydid it take so longfor Hollywood acquired whiteAmerican partner (David ing teen, who is working through her dead- berthe long lines of confusedABCDs that to finallyget amainstream Indian- Arquette), because he thinksshe will miss daddy and fraught-mommyissues, who has would pop up in film and TV to canned IN 2005, Mindy Kaling rolledintothe Thereistalk about NeverHaveIEver American character? out if she doesn’t gettosample the all- hottakes on everything and doesn’t carewho laughter,onlytostaystrictlyonthe periph- American TVspace with the hugelypopu- being basedonyour life. True? Ithinkwereallybenefitedfromthe ex- American high-school experience. knows it, in MindyKaling’ssmash web-se- ery? Finally, the browngirls areinthe ring, lar andaward-winning sitcom, The Office Yesand no. Igrewupinthe 1980s and plosionof contentinthepast10years.Now, Whichisall well and good.But when ries NeverHaveIEver. tralalala.Inthe next season, maybethere (2005-’13), whichshe helpedwrite. Her ’90s anddidn’t want to do aperiod show, so networksandstreamingplatformsareready you’regangly,awkwardand don’t quite Despitethe show’s stereotypical charac- will be complexity. character KellyKapoor,anIndian girlwho that’s abig difference. Iwas nowherenear to take risksonunconventional stories be- knowwhatthe rulesare,and no one looks terisations (terriblystrict desi mums ward- Nuance, and alovelydelicacy,can refresh liked shopping and obsessedoverthe lives as brash and willful as Devi, but Ican relate cause thereissuchaneedfor content. likeyou, that same “experi- ing offb-o-y-z, and, gasp, s- the same theme, if it’s another kindofwork of American film stars, wasabreakthrough to hergrief of losing aparent. Devi andIalso ence” can be daunting. e-x), what worksinfavour of altogether.There’snothinggenericabout in howIndian Americanswould come to be shareasimilar struggle with our relation- What’sthe wayforward?Weare seeing Especiallywhen you’re hav- NeverHaveIEver is the way Alice Wu’s film The Half Of It,whichpre- projected on screen —self-assured,sassy ship to India. Iwas also ahugenerd. moreand morepeople of colour in the ing the kind of daythat teenageangsthas been miered on Netflix justaweek before the andwithout exaggerated desi-ness. Since mainstream space, likeHasan Minhaj Bindu is, whichinvolvesa made relatable. And, of Kaling show. In the lead is the quiet, obser- then, the 40-year-old Indian-American ac- It’s refreshing to see an Indian- and Ali Wong. shocking degree of sexism, course, the central character vant, nerdy (yes, she’s that girlwho makes tor, writerand producer has headlined The American girlwho wantsawholesome Ithink it’s mostlyimportant forpeople meanness and cluelessness. played withsupreme sass by moneybywriting term papers forotherstu- Mindy Project (2012-’17); createdanother teenageexperience. likeme, who areinapositionwherethey At the end of the awful day, MaitreyiRamakrishnan, dents)Chinese-American Ellie Chu. TheHalf sitcom, Champions (2018), and also ap- Ilovethat Devi has manydifferent can choose to createworkabout people of yousee those growing-up who makes us both want to Of It hasbeenlabelledaqueer coming-of-age peared in Ocean’s 8 (2018), alongside obsessions that felt real to me.Iwanted to colour,tokeep making those shows. pangs getsome quenching: shakeDeviand root forher. film, but to me thequeerness is notastarting Rihanna, Anne Hathawayand Sandra getgood grades as muchasIwantedto despitethe movie going There’s no doubt that the point:itisagradualdiscovery of self. You Bullock.Born to first-generation Indian mi- have aboyfriend. Ithink that’s relatable Were your parentssupportiveofyour clunk occasionally, Bindu show’s creators were always don’t look at Ellie Chu as “that queer girl”. You grantsinBoston—adoctor mother and an to everyone. career choices? does manageaneducation. going forthe broad brush- look at her as ayoung girlwho is instantly architect father —Kaling is the posterchild The greatestgiftmyparentsgaveme The American high- stroke-y sitcom tone, given drawntoAster,another young girlwho of anew Hollywood, wherepeople from MaitreyiRamakrishnan landedthe role were their open minds.Theyhadneverhad school movie has long been the genre. Neverhavewe seems to have the same affinity to the writ- differentethnicities arefinallybreaking free of Devi from an audition. Did it remind anymembersof theirfamilyinthearts or in asub-genreamong the vast- ever seen abrown teenage tenwordasshe does. Youalso see Ellie’sfor- of stereotypes. In NeverHaveIEver,a10-part youofyour firstaudition? Hollywood but theybelieved in me. They and-variedHollywood com- girlaskeen to have her tifying friendshipwith high-school class- series she has created and producedfor Lang (Fisher,co-creator) and Iwere wanted me to be happyand letmefollow ing-of-agetales, but the presence of an bones jumped, even if she doesn’t quite matePaul, the inarticulatejockwho asksher Netflix, Kaling has giventhe worldDevi charmedinstantlybyMaitreyi. She wasso my passion. Indian-American girlatthe centreofthe nar- knowwhat exactlyitentails. Nuance? to help him wooAster. Vishwakumar,anIndian-American confident and comfortable in her skin, rative,was anew thing. The small indie film What’sthat? Regardless,the soaring popu- Ellie Chu,afictionalteenager on theother teenager who is as concernedabout her first somethingprettyrarefor agirlsoyoung Is thereaseason twofor NeverHaveI screenedatacouple of film festivals in the larity of Devi hasprovedthatyoungpeople side of the world, livesinamovie, but her kissasshe is about her SATscores. In an with noon-cameraexperience.WhenIau- Ever in the works? US lastwinter,but obviously Bindu Choudry likeher can nowget their ownshow, and run storymakes us feel. The pain and the rapture emailinterview, Kaling talksabout adapting ditionedbackinthe early 2000s(whichwas Ihope so! didn’tmanage to become atalkingpoint, the with it. Giventhe mostlytightlyclosedgates of young love,ofgrowingup, and finding wayanother Indian-American girldoing- of American entertainment, whererace is who youreallyare.All of it, even if it is in the the-high-school-thing recentlyhas: avast suchahugefactor when it comes to choice half of it.

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West Indies 10,000Zoominforclosed-doorgame cricket team, staff to take ADanish football club uses video conferencing application as supporters attend game virtually,but in real time 50%pay cut GAURAVBHATT NEWDELHI,MAY30 THEWALLHASEYES EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE MOVE OVER, cardboardcutouts. MAY30 On Thursday, Denmarkone-upped ■ Howdoes it work neighboursGermanyasthe Superligare- CRICKET WESTIndies (CWI) has announceda turnedtoactioninfront of thousandsoflive The 'virtual grandstand' —a43- temporary50percentreductioninsalariesand fans. Alarge videoconference at AGFAarhus’s yard long video wall —runs along cricketfundingacrosstheentireregionalcricket stadium meant that the footballers had a one side of the field at AGF system, effective from July. TheCovid-forced gamedayatmosphere, and the spectators Aarhus’s stadium. Fans sign up decisioncameatatimewhenCWIalreadyhas had aZoom with aview. forfreelinkstoaZoommeeting been reeling under revenue contraction with- And when the hosts scored a92nd- scaledupto10,000 participants. out abroadcastrightsdeal. With question minuteequaliser againstopponentsRanders Fiftymoderators keep the display marks over this year’sCaribbean Premier FC, Ceres Park rang with cheers. The stands changing,granting eachfan close Leaguefuture,scheduledinAugust-September, remain empty, but the club says thousands of to twominutes on the board. West Indiescricket is staring at uncertainty. faces will continue to flickeracross the three ACWI release said itsBoardofDirectors giant screens —the world’s first‘virtual ■ The challenges agreedtothe cut to “safeguardCWI’s future grandstand’. whiledeliveringatleastaminimumlevelofjob “I imagine youalso have been getting In aZoom room, fans can only protection”, acting on therecommendations usedtovideo meetings, working from home watcheachother.Theywould receivedfromthe Financial Strategy Advisory and using Zoom technology?”laughsAGF’s needanother screen to followthe Committee(FSAC). Bereftofany cricket forthe head of media, Soren Carlsen. “Wetriedto match.The delaybetween thelive lastthree months and“great uncertainty” on use that technology to createacommunity game and the broadcastonTV regularcricket’sresumption,lossof incomehas around the game forour fans who areour meansthe fans’ reactions will hit the West Indies boardhard. family. It wasagreat success and we look for- also be delayedbyseveral “Cricket is the beating heartofour region ward to continuingitthis Monday.” Spectators followalive Superligamatch between AGFAarhus andRanderson on theZoom application. Reuters seconds. formanyindividuals, communities, and Earlier this month, Germanyrestarted its economies. This pandemicishurting every leagueand clubs countered the emptyare- West Indian andthisdecision to cut staffand nas with cutouts, mannequins and piped-in to put that investment intoour fans.” ing on these cardboards. But it is asmall vi- “I have to say, it waspretty moving to playerincomeshas been averydifficult one to noise. Leagues and broadcasters worldwide Asingle Zoom meeting The board, that ranalong one side of the sual effect that has no bearingonthe game. watchthe fans at home, especiallywhenwe make;onethatwillimpactsomanymembers arealso trying out innovations to replicate couldn’t accommodate10,000 field, could fit200 fans’faces at once. Fifty Theycan’t cheer.” scored thelateequaliser.Isaw acouplewho of the cricketing familyaroundthe Caribbean. the fanexperienceinthe pandemic age. moderators toggledbetween different faces Sound wasofutmostimportance — kissedeachother, children cheering with Thisbusinesscontinuityplanunfortunatelyre- AGF’s cheer-from-home model is aviable participants, 556 meetings to displayonthe screen, and also had to re- “people at the backoffice tasked us to cre- their mom and dads. It waslikewehad an quiresallstakeholdersto makeahugesacrifice, stop-gap solution. comprising 18 users eachdid main vigilant to anyrude gatecrashers. atesome sort of an atmosphereand the intimateconnection.” but I’m confident that it won’t be longbefore It wasinspired by numerous brainstorm- the trick. “That wasalsoone of the conditions from team and managerdidn’twanttofeellike The event has drawnuniversal praise. CWIwillbeinapositiontoensurethatthesport ing sessions among club officials over Zoom the Zoom guys. It’sanAmerican company, theyplayedinanempty stadium”—but it Fans who were sceptical sent out congratu- we love can restartand be enjoyedonce again once the suspension began, and aDanish TV so theyneededthat we have some very strict wasalso the mostchallenging to control. latorymessages to the club. The TV station by thethousands of cricketfansacross there- showwhichsaw citizens joinafamous artist away andneutral fans and those interested protocols. I’m proud to sayweonlyhad two Multiple users increased the risk of incoher- washappywiththe refreshing telecast. And gion&diaspora,”CWIchiefRickySkerrittstated. forasingalong performance. couldpickupthe ‘tickets’for the Zoom link people who were kickedout,” says Carlsen, ent noise,and the club encouraged chants Carlsen’s phone hasn’t stoppedringing. CWIisfacingatwo-foldproblem.Thepan- Over thenextfew weeks, theclubin- and aspotonthe board. adding:“Theywereshowing some parts of andsongs in unison. “Wehavetalked to big clubs from all over demichasallbutvoidedWindies’domesticsea- stalledthe three-piecevideo board-which “Therewere10,000 links,but the num- the body you’renot supposed to show.” “Wefound asolution wherewehad pre- Europe. Norway,England,France, Germany. son. Also, with the T20 WC likelytobepost- standsover9feettall and131 feet wide -and berofviewers wasalot morebecausepeo- recordedsounds from our fans from earlier Also, people from the United States who poned,theboardcouldmissoutonitsrevenue got in touchwiththe California-basedZoom ple attendedthe matchingroups,”says Cut out forfans games, and we were able to mix thatupwith want to recreatethis. All we sayis‘go ahead, sharefromthe ICC–inthe rangeof$8-10m– company. While asingle Zoom meeting Carlsen. Carlsen lamentsBundesliga’s the sound, the noise and the chantsfrom tryit. Use big screensalongside the pitch, not dueinSeptember.AndCWIisyettofindanew couldn’t accommodate10,000participants, The tickets howeverwerefreeofcharge. ‘Geisterspiele’ (ghostgames) butsays card- Zoom,” says Carlsen. “I talked to some of the justthe screensatyourstadiums’.” broadcasterfor itsmatches.Itpreviousbroad- 556 meetings comprising 18 userseachdid “Wedidn’t think it wasright to charge our boardcutoutsstillhavetheir place. players afterthe game and theysaid it wasa The club has one morepiece of advice. castrightsdeal expired in December lastyear. the trick. Multiple rooms also helpedbreak fans. It’s nottheir fault that theycan’t come “You should still do the cardboardthing. good idea.” “Makesureyou have an eventwhere you Skerritt recentlyspokeabout howadecline in down the attendance intosmaller chunks, to the game. Thereweresome costs forthe Twodays before the game, we held an The broadcastcameras across the field engagethe fans. In our experience,the fans revenue has put West Indiescricket in aspot, and supporters signeduptobeintheir pre- big screen and other technical stuff, and we event wherefans came anddecorated the capturedthe facesbrimming withjoy,not just aremissingfootball,but theyare also miss- giventhat its“expenses arefixed”including a ferred “stand”. put in alot of hours. We hadalot of extrapeo- stadium. It wasanice afternoon. The fam- happy to be watching live footballbut also to ing the community and the camaraderie that payrollthatexceeds“$1.5mpermonthto cover Twosmaller screenswereinstalledfor pleworking on theproject. 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