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VOL: 9 Issue: 76 JAMMU AND KASHMIR, FRIDAy , MARCH 27, 2020 DAILy PAGES 12 Rs. 2/- Inside Financial package will go a long Inside Coronavirus lockdown: Govt to provide 5 kg grains, way in ensuring food, livelihood Ensure Coronavirus security of poor : PM Modi crisis doesn’t turn 1 kg pulses for free over next 3 months : FM New Delhi, March 26 : nationwide lockdown. into water crisis : New Delhi, March 26 : ment would deliberate on ame - wages will be increased to Rs States have been asked to crore families Prime Minister Narendra The lockdown imposed to The government on Thursday liorating problems faced by 202 a day from Rs 182 to ben - utilise Rs 31,000 crore with *FM announces an ex-gra - Modi on Thursday said the check the spread of coron - PHE urges public announced a Rs 1,70,000 crore people who are enduring wage efit 5 crore families with an Construction Welfare Fund for tia of Rs 1,000 to 3 cr poor sen - financial package announced avirus came into force on JAMMU, MARCH 26 : package for the next three cuts or had to pay EMIs while expected wage increase of 3.5 crore registered construc - ior citizen, poor widows and by his government Public Health Engineering months for the vulnerable sec - they had been asked to stay at tion workers. poor disabled to deal with the Department today issued an tions of the population. home without salaries. HIGHLIGHTS: *20 cr women Jan Dhan impact of the coron - advisory and urged public to Bundled under the PM The government has decid - *Economic stimulus Account holders to get Rs 500 avirus lockdown ensure judicious use of Gareeb Kalyan Scheme, the ed to provide a temporary finalised to deal with impact of per month for next three will go a long way in water following the Covid relief package comprises three-month insurance cover of corona lockdown, says FM months to help them run their ensuring food and Coronavirus scare in Jammu cash transfers as well as food Rs 50 lakh for all frontline Nirmala Sitharaman. households livelihood security and Kashmir. security which would be imple - Covid health staff, including *Rs 50 lakh per person *Ujjwala beneficiaries to of the poor. Stressing on maintaining mented from April 1, Union doctors, paramedics and health insurance cover for doctors, get free cooking gas (LPG) "It is our firm the hygiene by washing Finance Minister Nirmala care workers. paramedic, healthcare workers cylinders in next three months; resolve that the poor hands with soap for twenty Sitharaman said here. In food security, dealing with coronavirus out - this will benefit 8.3 crore BPL and vulnerable get seconds, the advisory said it Asked if there would be Sitharaman said 80 crore peo - about Rs 2,000 per worker. Ex break families all possible help to is incumbent upon every more such packages for other ple would get free 5 kg wheat gratia of Rs 1,000 in two instal - *80 cr poor people will get *Collateral-free loan dou - cope with the testing individual to ensure that tap vulnerable classes, Sitharaman or rice over and above the ments will be given to three 5 kg wheat or rice and 1 kg of bled to Rs 20 lakh to 63 lakh times," Modi tweet - water remains closed for said this was the government’s existing allotment and 1 kg of crore poor senior citizens, poor preferred pulses for free every women self-help groups; to ed. those twenty seconds so that first response within 36 hours preferred pulses every month widows and poor disabled. As month for the next three impact 7 crore households He said the Pradhan Wednesday. Coronavirus crisis doesn’t of the lockdown. “At this for the next three months. “We many as 20 crore women Jan months *Govt to pay employee, Mantri Garib Kalyan Package As part of the package, an turn into water crisis. moment, we reach out to the don’t want anyone to remain Dhan Account holders will get *FM announces Rs 1.7 lakh employer contribution to PF will go a long way in ensur - insurance cover of Rs 50 lakh The advisory further said poorest of the poor. We will hungry. We will be giving Rs 500 per month for the next crore Pradhan Mantri Gareeb for 3 months for establishment ing their food and livelihood per health worker fighting by turning-off the tap during obviously think about the other enough to take care of require - three months to help them run Kalyan scheme to help the with 90 pc of staff with Rs security. COVID-19 will be provided. 20 seconds of hand washing, things,’’ she added. ment of grains. They should their households. needy 15,000 wage The government on Eighty crore poor people 2 liters of water can be Earlier, Sitharaman had also not remain without money Ujjwala beneficiaries will *Govt to front-load Rs *Workers to be allowed to Thursday announced the Rs will get 5 kg wheat or rice and saved and a family of five relaxed compliance require - in their hands,’’ she explained. be given free LPG cylinders for 2,000 paid to farmers in first draw non-refundable advance 1.7-lakh crore stimulus that 1 kg of preferred pulses for individuals would save 100 ments relating to direct and For farmers, the the next three months which week of April under existing of 75 pc from credit in PF a/c included free foodgrain and free every month for the next liters per day. indirect taxes and life and gGovernment has decided to will benefit 8.3 crore BPL fam - PM Kishan Yojana to benefit or 3 months salary, whichever cooking gas to the poor for three months. Urging responsible citi - health insurance policies to front-load Rs 2,000 paid to ilies. Collateral-free loan will 8.69 cr farmers is lower Rs 1.7 lakh crore eco - three months, and cash doles Twenty crore women Jan zens to conserve tap water, address the Covid-related dis - 8.69 crore farmers in first week be doubled to Rs 20 lakh to 63 *FM announces increase in nomic package will be imple - to women and senior citizens Dhan account holders will get the advisory said that it turbances. of April under the existing PM lakh women self-help groups, MNREGA wage to Rs 202 a mented with immediate effect; as it looked to ease the eco - Rs 500 per month for next would ensure adequate Sitharaman said the govern - Kisan Yojana. MNREGA impacting 7 crore households. day from Rs 182 to benefit 5 cash doles from April 1. nomic impact of the 21-day three months. water supply for health workers and communities who are fighting hard to pre - Probe ordered into 'mishandling' of Covid COVID-19: Rahul Gandhi hails govt, says Centre's No evidence of community vent the spread of Coronavirus pandemic. financial package is first step in right direction transmission in India, says govt In case of grievances or positive patient who died today Srinagar, March 26 : Hospital Bemina on 21-03- NEW DELHI : Congress by the deadly coronavirus Minister Gareeb Kalyan New Delhi, March 26 : effective intervention in complaints regarding water Member of Parliament Rahul pandemic. scheme" will "address the supply, people can call PHE The authorities in Kashmir 2020 at 08.30 AM alongwith The Health Ministry on breaking chain of coron - have ordered a probe into his travel history was found Gandhi on Thursday (March Rahul's party has been concerns of poor, migrant Thursday said that 17 states avirus transmission". toll free number 1800-180- 26, 2020) lauded the Narendra demanding an economic workers and those who need 7045; Jammu: 9419186479, the alleged mishandling of to be a COVID-19 suspect," have started work on ear - The number of coron - the Covid positive patient reads the order by the Modi government for package in view of the coron - help", she said. The FM also marking hospitals for dedi - avirus cases climbed to 649 Kashmir: 0194-2477207. announcing the Rs 1.7 lakh avirus spread and the subse - announced Rs 50 lakh per per - C M from Hyderpora who died in Divisional Commissioner. cated treatment of COVID- in India on Thursday and C M a hospital today. "The report further crore financial package to quent lockdown. On son insurance cover for doc - 19 patients. the death toll due to Y B Two new coronavirus The inquiry has been reveals that knowing the protect the weaker sections of Thursday, party interim presi - tors, paramedic and health - Briefing the press on the COVID-19 rose to 13, with y B ordered by Divisional travel history of the patient the society from the economic dent Sonia Gandhi wrote a let - care workers dealing with coronavirus situation, one death reported each cases in Punjab, Commissioner Kashmir to and observing the symptoms fallout of deadly coronavirus coronavirus outbreak. The PM Health Ministry joint secre - from Gujarat, Tamil Nadu know if the protocol was of the patient, the Hospital COVID-19, which has Garib Kalyan Yojana will tary Lav Agarwal said, and Madhya Pradesh, total count 33 followed in case of Administration has not claimed the lives of over benefit migrant workers and "There is still no hard evi - according to the Health CHANDIGARH, COVID19 patient from brought it into the notice of 21,000 people across the rural poor and the women. dence to say there has been Ministry. March 26 : With two more Hyderpora who tested posi - Divisional/District/Police globe. The Congress MP took The FM said the scheme will community transmission of Prime Minister Narendra cases reported on Thursday, tive on Tuesday and died on authorities when he left the to Twitter and said that says work via direct cash transfer, coronavirus in India." Modi announced a nation - the number of confirmed Thursday morning at Chest hospital without getting Centre's announcement on as one set of measures, while Agarwal said. wide lockdown for 21 days Coronavirus cases has Diseases Hospital Srinagar. admitted, " it further reads, financial package is the first another set will include food He also denied that the from Tuesday midnight, reached 33 in Punjab. The order reveals that while adding that in the step in right direction. ter to Prime Minister security-related measures. virus spreads through mos - asserting in an emotional The fresh cases were the patient was mishandled meanwhile, Tassaduq “The Govt announcement Narendra Modi demanding "We do not want anyone to quitoes. appeal "with folded hands" reported from Jalandhar and by the authorities at CD Hussain Mir, Additional today of a financial assistance the implementation of its pro - remain hungry, so we will be Assuring the general that unless India's 130 crore SBS Nagar districts. SBS Hospital and SKIMS Commissioner Kashmir package, is the first step in the posed Nyay scheme and aid giving enough to take care of public, Agarwal said that people practised social dis - Nagar patient had contracted Bemina. shall enquire into the matter right direction. India owes a for the health workers. their foodgrain requirement, India is geared for COVID- tancing, the country will infection from an already "Principal SKIMS for exemplary action against debt to its farmers, daily wage Announcing the relief protein requirement in terms 19 challenge. lose the war against the confirmed positive patient Medical College-Hospital these officers under rules. earners, labourers, women & package, FM Nirmala of pulses," the FM said as she The Ministry of External coronavirus outbreak and while the Jalandhar patient Bemina vide his communi - The inquiry report has the elderly who are bearing Sitharaman said, ''A package announced the Rs 1.7 lakh Affairs said that a discus - slide back 21 years. who is admitted in a hospital cation No. SKIMS-MC- been sought within two the brunt of the ongoing lock - is ready for the poor who need crore relief. "On the other sion on travel restrictions Goa featured for the first in Ludhiana had a travel his - PS/2020/39g dated: 25-03- days. down,” he tweeted. The immediate help like migrant hand, they should also not has been conducted during a time in the chart prepared tory. 2020 has submitted a report When contacted, remarks from the Gandhi workers and urban and rural remain without money in meeting of the Group of by the ministry, reporting The health department indicating therein that a 65- Divisional Commissioner came shortly after Finance poor. No one will go hungry. hand. So several measures Ministers and it will be con - 33 coronavirus cases. said that the condition of all year-old patient, resident of PK Pole refused to further Minister Nirmala Sitharaman The package is worth Rs 1.7 through DBT are being taken veyed to the public soon. The total number of 649 the positive cases is stable. Hyderpora Srinagar who comment on the matter say - announced the massive eco - lakh crore.'' so that money reaches them so Agarwal said if "we can cases in the country includ - According to health reported to Casualty of ing he was busy in a meet - nomic stimulus to help poor The Rs 1,70,000-crore that they can have money in maintain 100 per cent social ed 47 foreign nationals, the department, those who have SKIMS Medical College ing. tide over the crisis triggered scheme, dubbed the "Prime their hands." distancing than it will be ministry said. got into close contact with these patients have been put under quarantine and sur - Two police personnel died on Rate of increase of corona cases has reduced : Ministry veillance and samples sent New Delhi, March 26 : The be reported. Thursday, which is the highest any infected person. "Why for testing. Ministry of Health and Family Agarwal also stressed con - number of casualties reported would we hide anything about Officials said in the past spot in accident at Reasi Welfare on Thursday said that tinuing with measures to con - so far in India. Busting a myth community transmission?" he one week 205 samples have Reasi, March 26 : Two there was a reduction in the rate tain the dreaded disease from if housefly could be a host for said. At least 17 states have been collected out of which of increment of novel coron - transmitting in the country. novel coronavirus transmis - started building dedicated 33 have been found to be police personnel including a Sub Inspector and an avirus cases in India. The "I want the same level of sion, Agarwal said there was no COVID hospitals, the joint sec - positive. Besides, the health reduction has been noticed dur - alertness to continue. If we col - such possibility. retary told the media. department has identified Assistant Sub Inspector were killed today when a car bear - ing the lockdown which was lectively ensure that lockdown Dr Raman Gangakhedkar of Agarwal said the govern - 667 persons who were in implemented in the country on measures are implemented, we Indian Council of Medical ment is working to ensure that contact with the infected ing registration No. JK02CG/0752 in which they Wednesday. will be able to tackle the chal - Research (ICMR), who was essential things reach the peo - people and have been quar - "Although we are seeing a lenge posed by this disease," he also present at the conference, ple easily during the lockdown. antined. The result of 151 were travelling roll down on the road and fell into deep larger number of cases being said, while requesting the for - said that there was still no proof "The Cabinet Secretary had dis - cases is awaited. reported and deaths recorded, eign-returnees to follow the of community transmission. cussed with all chief secretaries The confirmed cases gorge near Simbal Choya Reasi. the rate at which the cases are quarantine directions. "It will "We are still at the stage of the lockdown measures and include 19 from SBS Nagar, increasing appears to be rela - not only benefit you but your local transmission. If we follow preparedness of states in terms five from Mohali, four from The deceased were identi - Jalandhar and three from fied as SI Abdul Aziz son of tively stabilizing," Joint Health family too. Therefore, I request the measures such as social dis - of hospitals and logistic Hoshiarpur and while one Habibubullah and ASI Secretary Lav Agarwal told all the people to cooperate with tancing and isolation, we may arrangements. each are from Amritsar and Mohammad Mushtaq Bhat media at a press conference. us. The challenge is big and it is safely be stable. One or two He had also called for mak - Ludhiana. No confirmed son of Abdul Subhan Bhat "However, this is only the ini - our collective responsibility to cases cannot be considered as ing an arrangement for essen - case has been reported from both residence of Baila tehsil tial trend," Agarwal cautioned. overcome it," he said. beginning of community trans - tial commodities to reach the rest of the 17 districts, said Mandi district Poonch. Both He said if the measures According to the Health mission," he said about an people. Seventeen states have officials. were posted in Srinagar and taken by the government are Ministry, 43 new confirmed infected person in Hyderabad started working towards build - going from Poonch to strictly followed, then there cases and 4 new deaths due to who neither had a history of ing a dedicated COVID hospi - Srinagar. will be a time when no case will coronavirus were reported on foreign travel nor did he meet tal," Agarwal said. FOR Computer Services Coronavirus update: 5482 persons under surveillance in JK, 13 test positive Laptop Services JAMMU, MARCH 26 : down orders can face legal travel and use of public trans - BSNL Broadband The Government today Govt appeals people to stay home; lockdown violators to face legal action action under the Epidemic port. Avoid unnecessary trav - Pan Card informed that 5482 travellers cases have tested positive of https://niti.gov.in/health - Jammu for Jammu Division the interview. Diseases Act, 1897, which el and use of public transport; Passport and persons in contact with which one recovered and one covid/volunteer_covid.php candidates and at NHM General public can contact lays down punishment as per avoid crowded places and Contact :- suspected cases have been died. It said that reports of 25 State Health Society, J&K Office, Old Secretariat for toll-free national helpline Section 188 of the Indian large gatherings, do not spit in Rohit: enlisted for surveillance and, cases are awaited till March number 1075 for support, Penal Code, 1860, for flout - public. People must take so far, 13 cases have tested 26, 2020. guidance, and response to ing such orders, the govern - basic precautions for personal Mob. 9419626826 positive in Jammu and According to the Bulletin, health related queries on ment advisory said. hygiene; frequent handwash - Kashmir (11 active positive, the Government of India has Novel Coronavirus Disease The Government has also ing with soap and observing 01 recovered, 01 death). requested for volunteer doc - (Covid-19). The Government urged the general public to coughing and sneezing eti - Jai Baba Kali Veer Ji According to the daily tors who are fit and willing to of Jammu & Kashmir has also maintain social distancing as quettes,” the Government Media Bulletin on novel coro - be available for providing set up helpline numbers in it is the key to stop and pre - advisory added. navirus (COVID-19), 3053 their services in the public this regard which can be vent the spread of Covid-19 The advisory also calls persons have been kept under health facilities and the train - reached at 0191-2549676 (UT from those who are infected. upon the general public to MANOJ KUMAR & CO. home quarantine, including at ing hospitals in the near level Cell), 0191-2520982, “The intervention includes strictly follow the advisories facilities operated by the future in case the outbreak 0191-2674444, 0191- remaining out of crowded set - issued by the Government Fruit & Vegetable Government, while as 117 are leads to a high number of 2674115 (Jammu Division), tings, avoiding mass gather - from time to time and rely in hospital quarantine. infected individuals. 0194-2440283 and 0194- ings, and maintaining dis - only on the information Commission Agents Persons who are under Retired government, 2430581(Kashmir Division). tance (approximately 6 feet or released by the Government home surveillance stand at Armed Forces Medical Meanwhile, the govern - 2 meters) from others,” the through the daily media bul - Specialist In : Potato, Onion 1761 while as 551 persons Services, public sector under - has also called for hiring of Kashmir Division candidates. ment has appealed people to Government advisory said. letin to print and electronic have completed their 28-day taking or private doctors are specialists and Medical The candidates are stay in their homes and take Further, the Government media. Shop No. 69, Sabji surveillance period. appealed to come forward in Officers (MBBS) under NHM advised to call on the lockdown with utmost has appealed people to not “People are advised to Further, the Bulletin said this hour of need. Those who in J&K. Qualified candidates 9419174640 (Jammu sincerity as carelessness of panic and take care of health refrain from spreading Mandi Narwal, Jammu. that 379 samples have been wish to contribute to this and can come for walk-in inter - Division) and 7780966151 few can throw all others into and protect others. rumours and pay no heed to sent for testing, of which 341 be a part of this noble mission view on any day at State (Kashmir Division) to book the grave jeopardy. “Public in general is them at the same time,” the Ph. 2475446, 94191-93836 tested as negative and 13 may register themselves on Health Society, Nagrota their slots before coming for Those violating the lock - advised to avoid unnecessary advisory added.

C M C M Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL SPECIAL 2 JAMMU FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2020 COVID-19 coronavirus: Rajnath Singh directs armed forces, defence People scramble for essential items in Punjab PSUs to gear up preparedness and provide all assistance to civilians as home delivery fails to kick-off New Delhi : Union Sanjeevanee Kutty and Jaisalmer, Jodhpur and tion of sanitizers, masks and Chandigarh, March 26 : In Putlighar area, grocery had been provided. sarpanches to buy goods from Defence Minister Rajnath Secretary Department of Mumbai. Additional quaran - bodysuits. Bharat Electronics Essential items were not shop owners said they were Ram Hari Meena said: “I shops in towns and supply it Singh on Thursday urged the Defence R&D and Chairman tine facilities are on standby Limited is also engaged in delivered at the doorstep in yet to get authority passes to am not running any depart - to the retail shops in villages. Armed Forces, other depart - DRDO Dr G Satheesh Reddy with 950 beds capacity. manufacturing of ventilators. Punjab and people across the operate and serve the people. ment store. I have been The sarpanches would get ments, organizations, Defence attended the meeting. Defence Research and Army medical teams state were left scrambling for They claim that they were try - receiving a lot of wrong curfew passes from the con - PSUs to gear up their pre - At the meeting, officials Development Organisation deployed in the Maldives medicines and vegetables. ing to persuade administrative phone calls since yesterday. cerned SDMs. The shops in paredness and provide all briefed Singh on various (DRDO) laboratories have have since returned after com - Contrary to the claims of officials to do the needful but The people are dialling my villages would open from 4 required assistance to the the Amritsar administration, in vain. mobile number to contact pm to 6 pm. civilian administration at vari - essential items like milk, veg - As per the orders of relax - Gurjeet Singh of a departmen - Gas cylinders would be ous levels during the 21-day etables and medicines could ation, the bank branches were tal store in Jawahar Nagar supplied from 2 pm to 5 pm. lockdown period due to the not be delivered at the supposed to operate between Ludhiana. I don’t know who The grocery shops would coronavirus COVID-19. doorstep. 11 am and 2 pm, though with is Gurjeet Singh. They dis - open from 4 pm to 6 pm. As He held a review meeting Chemists, who were desig - a skeleton staff, and the ATMs played my number instead of per the district magistrate's in the national capital with nated by the Office of the were to open from 8 am to 8 the departmental store num - order, grocery items would be senior officials of the Ministry Deputy Commissioner, for pm—till the time banks were ber. It is sheer harassment for supplied door-to-door by the of Defence (MoD) on the home delivery of medicines, closed. me. I appeal to the authorities shopkeepers and no one action plan of the Ministry to failed to respond when con - The scenario was identical concerned to display the cor - would be allowed to visit the deal with the COVID-19 situ - tacted on their phone num - in Tarn Taran. The SDM rect number.” shops. ation. During the meeting, he bers. claimed that milk, milk prod - In Patiala, residents Even though two were also expressed appreciation The numbers of chemists ucts and so many other eata - thronged markets early in the released by the Jalandhar dis - on the proactive role played provided to cater the Mall bles were being provided to morning. At the Rajpura veg - trict administration – one on by the Armed Forces and var - road, Taylor Road, Lawrence the residents but the residents etable market, hundreds of Wednesday and another on ious departments of MoD in Road for medicines were of Mohindra enclave said not people were seen purchasing Thursday – of milk vendors, evacuating Indian nationals as either found to be defunct or well as foreigners from busy. COVID-19 affected countries Punjab Chief Minister and ensuring them proper care Capt Amarinder Singh on at various quarantine facili - Thursday announced immedi - ties. measures and assistance pro - manufactured 20,000 litres of pletion of their mission. Army ate distribution of 10 lakh Chief of Defence Staff vided so far. The Indian Air sanitizer and supplied to vari - medical teams and two ships packets of dry rations to daily General Bipin Rawat, Force (IAF) has made several ous organisations, including of Navy are on standby to pro - wagers and unorganised Defence Secretary Dr Ajay sorties and evacuated Indian 10,000 litres to Delhi police. vide the required assistance to labourers in the state to help Kumar, Chief of Naval Staff nationals from affected areas DRDO has also supplied friendly countries in the them through the contingency Admiral Karambir Singh, in China, Japan and Iran. 10,000 masks to Delhi police neighbourhood. situation triggered by the cur - Chief of Air Staff Air Chief Various quarantine facili - personnel. It is tying up with All these organizations few imposed in light of the Marshal R K S Bhadauria, ties of the Armed Forces have, some private companies to have been directed to work in COVID-19 crisis. Chief of Army Staff General so far, handled 1,462 evac - make personal protection close coordination with the The packets, containing 10 M M Naravane, Secretary uees and discharged 389. equipment such as bodysuits Ministry of Health and other kg atta, 2 kg dal and 2 kg of (Defence Production) Shri Presently, 1,073 persons are and also ventilators. concerned entities to meet the sugar each, would be distrib - Raj Kumar, Secretary (Ex- being provided care at the Ordnance Factory Board exigencies emerging out of uted in the slums and other Servicemen Welfare) Smt facilities in Manesar, Hindan, has also ramped up produc - coronavirus situation. pockets where such daily Public suggestions invited for amending wagers and labourers are stay - Coronavirus COVID-19: Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Narendra ing in large numbers, an offi - Motor Vehicle Rules regarding registration cial spokesperson said. Modi, supports lockdown, calls for easing supply chain The chief minister also of new vehicles, driving licences ordered these packets to be NEW DELHI : The NEW DELHI : Interim help the unorganised sector of the coronavirus. made available at the offices Ministry of Road Transport Congress chief Sonia Gandhi workers and the poor during PM Modi stressed that of the deputy commissioners even a single vehicle vegetables. Residents were chemists and vegetable ven - and Highways on Thursday has written to Prime Minister the times of coronavirus cri - "social distancing" is the only to support any such persons approached their locality. resorting to panic-buying in dors – shortage of essential invited suggestions and com - Narendra Modi, saying her sis. Her son and MP Rahul option to deal with the dis - who do not get covered in the Gurpreet Singh of Noordi the city. commodities persisted in the ments from all stakeholders party supports the 21-day Gandhi had been attacking the ease, which spreads rapidly. door-to-door distribution and village said that just LPG Vendors sold vegetables city. including general public on lockdown to tackle the deadly Centre over lack of prepara - In his televised address to the may call the helpline numbers cylinders were provided from vehicles parked along While the action was taken the proposed amendment in coronavirus, which has tions to tackle the coronavirus nation, Prime Minister Modi for food. whereas vegetables and gro - the road in many localities against a major medical shop the Motor Vehicle Rules claimed more than 21,000 said that it is vital to break the Call 112 for assitance: cery items were out of reach. including the Arya Samaj area in Jalandhar for opening the regarding registration of new lives globally. chain of the disease and Police Private health services kept and Sanauri gate. shop yesterday, retailers in vehicles, driving licences, In her letter to the PM, the experts have said that at least Dial 112 to seek assistance their shutters down. There Potato, otherwise available Jalandhar complain that there and recall of old vehicles. Congress chief said 21 days are needed for it. for any curfew-related polic - was no home delivery of med - at Rs 20 per kg, was being is a severe shortage of essen - The draft Notification no. “Congress stands with people The Prime Minister, who ing issues. icine. sold at Rs 50 per kg, a bunch tial medicines in the market. 185(E) covers section 4-28 of of India at this time of nation - had also addressed the nation Punjab police said that any In Ludhiana, claims of the of coriander leaves, otherwise Chemists are largely running the MVAA. It covers the fol - al crisis. We extend full sup - last week, said the lockdown person could dial 112 for district administration of sold at a marginal rate, also short on stocks of medicines lowing important aspects: a) port to the 21-day lockdown has drawn a "Lakshman seeking facilities like: home delivery of essential fetched Rs 50. A household on relating to Diabetes and Use of Electronic forms and and extend cooperation to the crisis. Rekha" in every home and emergency travel commodities seemed to be the stadium road, which was Blood Pressure. There is also documents (Medical government.’’ She also sought Meanwhile, the total num - people should stay indoors for hospitals falling flat as residents com - selling vegetables spread a shortage of insulin. Many of Certificate, Learners License, measures to protect doctors, ber of positive cases in India their own protection and for supply of food plained that they are not get - across the house’s lawn, at the numbers in the list provid - Surrender of DL, Renewal of paramedics and ease supply has risen to 649, the Health that of their families. groceries ting medicines, milk and gro - low prices, was raided by the ed by the district administra - DL), b) Online learner’s chain during the period of and Family Welfare Ministry The 21-day lockdown has medicines cery for their daily needs. police. tion are not being answered. License, c) National Register, lockdown. said on Thursday, 26 March. seen anxious people scram - LPG There are reports that milk “We are selling the com - Due to shortage of stocks – d) Dealer point Registration, “Centre must consider While there are total 593 bling to nearby shops for Hassle-free movement of agencies/companies have not modities at justified rates. some chemists also said they e) Renewal of Registration announcing sector-wise relief active cases, the number of essential supplies and servic - trucks carrying essential ensured the supply of People are doing sewa (ser - are forced to close shops as 60 days in advance, f) package, including tax breaks, discharged cases stands at 42, es, prompting the government goods milk/milk products. vice) as well,” the woman customers fight when not pro - Temporary registration for 06 interest subvention, defer - according to the ministry. to urge citizens not to panic. Delivery of goods through Grocery merchants who selling the items said. vided essential medicines. months with extensions of 30 ment of liability,’’ Sonia Kashmir reported its first E-commerce companies e-commerce platform had been given permits by People ventured out even With reports of hoarding days (Bodybuilding etc), g) Gandhi wrote to PM Modi in coronavirus-related death on delivering essentials like gro - Health officials justified it MC for home delivery also though Deputy Commissioner of both medicines and vegeta - Trade certificate - electronic, her letter. Thursday, a day after Madhya ceries, medicines and food, by saying that the chemists remained more or less inac - Kumar Amit on Wednesday bles - prices have also shot up. h) Alteration, retro fitment to She added that all loan Pradesh and Tamil Nadu however, alleged harassment remained overburdened and cessible. Most of the phone released a list of grocery and Even though the police vehicles and adapted vehi - instalment deductions from reported their first deaths. from law enforcement offi - their phones kept busy as they numbers of such shops were chemist shops that were going and drug department also tak - cles, i) Insurance in case of salaries of government It may be noted that the cials and security guards, were overburdened. They either switched off or not to provide door-to-door deliv - ing steps to ensure delivery of Altered vehicles. employees may also be Prime Minister, for a second leading to severe inconven - claim that the number of reachable. Besides, several ery. meds and vegetables in sever - The other draft deferred for six months. time in a week, on Tuesday ience in times of an unprece - chemists would be increased. chemists could not make the However, residents al areas - a large number of Notification no. 186(E) cov - The Congress president evening announced a 21-day dented crisis, calling for an The scenario was dismal required arrangements for the claimed that things were in areas in the city are suffering ers section 39-40 of the had earlier written to the PM countrywide lockdown from urgent intervention from the when it came to vegetable delivery of medicines at disarray and supply of essen - due to unavailability of stock MVAA. seeking extra measures to midnight due to the outbreak government. suppliers. The contact number doorsteps. tial items in the last 24 hours or unresponsive numbers. of vegetable vendors were A chemist, on the condi - was not sufficient. Some chemists also said either switched off or they did tion of anonymity, said their The Muktar district admin - some of the numbers on the ‘Do not bring farmers, farm not respond to calls. pharmacies name has been istration allowed all medical government list were scram - Police too appeared to be included in the list without stores till noon with condition bled up. insensitive to people’s their consent. that not more than five per - Divya, a resident of activities under lockdown’ requirement. Majority of the “Our store is located in a sons would gather at the Wadala Chowk area said she New Delhi, March 26 : harvest. that the police deployed on ticular farmers who are will - milkmen were refused access hospital and it is closed for 2- place. tried many chemists since Amid reports of police Without harvest of agricul - city/town borders, state bor - ing to sell their produce in the to the urban areas to distribute 3 days and we have yet to It has given major ease to morning on the list but none “excesses”, activists and tural crops at the right time, ders and in cities do not harass mandi, to ensure proper isola - milk, even though the admin - make arrangements as per the residents who were facing responded. farmer leaders have written to food supply chains will be and resort to violence against tion,” they add. istration had allowed them instructions given by the dis - hardships in getting regular A chemist on the Nakodar the Central Government, ask - greatly disrupted in the coun - any farmers/primary produc - There are also many between 5 am and 8 am. trict administration. Our store medicines. Notably, just two Road area, said, “I opened my ing it to not bring farmers and try before and after April 15, ers who are bringing their pro - instances of farmers having to Similarly, the milk collection boys are still not ready to medical stores were allowed shop for several hours but had farm activities under the 21- say farmers duce, especially fruits, vegeta - harvest their produce, with centres of Verka in villages deliver medicines at to open each in Muktsar, to close it after customers day lockdown. Such work The suggestions come on bles, milk, fish, eggs, to adequate protection and care were not allowed to operate. doorsteps. Our pharmacy Malout and Gidderbaha picked up a fight for not get - should not be brought under the day Finance Minister places that they can market taken for protecting the farm Farmers have no choice to name was mentioned in the towns yesterday. ting medicines. the lockdown, since without Sitharaman announced Prime the same/to godowns/cold workers from infection. make khoya or Desi ghee at list without any consent. Similarly, the administra - The stock was updated a harvests of agricultural crops Minister ‘Gareeb Kalyan storage units. Where out of their own voli - their places. However, we will make all tion issued curfew passes to day before the curfew since at the right time, food supply Yojana’ which also include The Home Ministry tion, farmers and agricultural In the absence of a whole - possible efforts to start deliv - some vegetable vendors for then, the majority of the meds chains will be greatly disrupt - benefits for 8.69 crore farmers should send a special advisory labourers want to get involved sale market, the retailers were ery of medicines at the earli - door-to-door delivery at con - have been sold out. We are not ed in the country before and under PM-Kisan scheme. to the police departments in in harvest work, provided out of stock, be it groceries, est”, he said. trolled prices. Milk was sup - getting stocks ourselves. after April 15, they said in a According to ASHA, all states where the frontline they take adequate protection vegetables or medicines. Another chemist in the city plied until 9 am. Customers crowd the shops. letter to Prime Minister farmers, including those not personnel are made to under - as overseen by the Panchayats However, grocery stores in said there is no stock of med - However, this relaxation What can we do.” Narendra Modi, Agriculture covered under PM-Kisan, stand and appreciate that this and other line departments, Khandwala and Chheharta icines and they can’t ensure has led to the crowd on roads. Meanwhile, chemists also Minister Narendra Singh areas said that they would be the supply of medicines as Some residents even said that said there was a serious short - Tomar, Finance Minister able to start home deliveries even Pindi street market, a the relaxation might prove age of milk powder due to Nirmala Sitharaman, Home only after they have the requi - wholesale market, is closed. "disastrous". which many mothers were Minister Amit Shah and site stock. Several homes in Some residents also com - Meanwhile, the adminis - facing a very hard time in Member, Agriculture, in the Dashmesh Avenue and Shori plained that the contact num - tration, in an attempt to ensure feeding toddlers. Chemists NITI Aayog Ramesh Chand. Nagar were left in the lurch bers of the chemists were not the supply of essential goods have been flooded with calls According to Kavitha for essential commodities. reachable or wrong numbers in villages, has authorised for dry milk. Kuruganti from the Alliance for Sustainable and Holistic Agriculture (ASHA), there Drones to join Chennai Municipal Corporation’s are reports of farmers not being able to harvest ready crops and being harassed on fight against coronavirus COVID-19 their way to market their pro - Chennai : The Chennai can carry 16 liters of disinfec - developed to help farmers The usage of drones drasti - duce. Municipal Corporation has tant, thus enabling it to oper - spray nutrients onto their cally reduces the risk of expo - The government should successfully completed trials ate for longer hours. Our crops spread across large sure of healthcare workers announce measures to support for using drones to disinfect drone can also perform the fields. who are otherwise deployed producers and also protect the inaccessible and con - for disinfecting operations produce for ensuring smooth gested neighborhoods with hand pumps or trucks. food supply chains. Such in the city. These While battery-powered work should not be brought drones, developed by drones need to be grounded under the lockdown, since the Abdul Kalam and fitted with a new battery without harvests of agricultur - Advanced UAV every few minutes, the petro - al crops at the right time, food Research Center at leum-powered variant is capa - supply chains will be greatly Anna University, will ble of flying for nearly two disrupted in the country be able to spray disin - hours, after which it can be before and after April 15, should be provided help. is an essential service that is the same should be allowed. fectants day and night refueled and instantly Kuruganti said, also demand - “PM-KISAN is limited to being continued for the sur - Other demands duty over a large area deployed for work. ing instructions to police only land-owning farmers at vival and wellbeing of all Workers not keen on of up to 2 lakh square Petrol-powered drones deployed on city/town bor - this point of time, even if they locked-down citizens. “It is working and want to protect meters after their also require lesser resources ders, state borders and within are not the actual cultivators. becoming clear that the the themselves against the threat deployment. and manpower and they can cities to not harass and resort This is a good time to add government’s guidelines of of infection should be imme - The drones would operate for longer durations to violence against any farm - more beneficiaries to the March 23, excluding some diately rescued, and enhance the efforts of and need not depend on a ers/primary producers. scheme including panchayat- goods and services from the shelter/food provided to them. the corporation which portable generator for charg - The letter also says that identified tenant farmers and lockdown restrictions, are not Special package for small has already deployed ing its batteries. workers who are not keen on livestock rearers, and landless understood by enforcement scale poultry farmers over 500 vehicles to With five drones currently working and want to protect agricultural workers,” its let - personnel on the ground,” At least 50% of total pro - disinfect the city. The available, there are plans to themselves against the threat ter said. said Kuruganti. curement should be from drones would provide deploy them for disinfecting of infection should be imme - All producers, including Besides, the activists also small and marginal producers additional reach by large public spaces such as diately rescued, and farm workers have to be pro - say that for ensuring that Support to farmers to con - enabling coverage of narrow spraying from altitudes as less Dr Senthil Kumar said, open-markets, railway sta - shelter/food provided to them. tected with an economic sup - essential food supplies are not tinue with production and lanes with buildings that are as 3 meters to 25meters and “We have modified the mech - tions, hospitals etc. Apparently, apart from port package, even as some disrupted, mandis or regulated supply; Rs10,000/- per farm tightly packed. have a two-hour endurance” anism and tweaked the Designed and developed “harassment and mindless, produce itself might go wast - market yards are run, even if household to begin with. “Most other drones are Dr K Senthil Kumar, Director, parameters in a way that the by the Abdul Kalam over-zealous violence from ed and most workers may not in a low-key fashion. “Norms In existing Apni Mandis, battery-powered and have a Abdul Kalam Advanced UAV centrifugal pump can disperse Advanced UAV Research police personnel,” according get adequate work during can be set for separate time Rythus Bazaars, Uzhavar capacity of holding lesser Research Center told WION. an ultra-low volume spray. Center at Anna University, to the letter, there are also these extraordinary times, slots to be announced for dif - Santhai, Kisan Bazaars, 50% than 10 liters of disinfectant, The drone that is to be This ensures that every single these drones are manufac - reports of labourers are also said Kuruganti. ferent villages or token sys - platforms can be used for whereas our drone is powered used by the Corporation is a droplet is broken down into tured by private partners in being held against their will in Meanwhile, the list of tems can be arranged for exact maintaining adequate distance by an internal combustion modified version of the drone thousands of smaller particles line with the Make in India some places in the time of demands include ensuring time slots to be allotted to par - from each other. engine that runs on petrol and that Anna University had which cover a wider area”. initiative. TRUTH PREVAIL NEWS 3 JAMMU FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2020 COVID-19 outbreak COVID-19: Div Com reviews stock, supply People’s health is my prime concern : Advisor Baseer Khan position of essential commodities JAMMU, MARCH 26 : Commissioner directed the cussed various important wholesalers, petrol pumps, Directs to track absconding recent travelers on war Divisional Commissioner concerned officers to ensure issues including issuance of chemists, pharmacists and Jammu, Sanjeev Verma today smooth and hassle-free move - passes to labour, staff engaged other engaged with essentials footing basis; Appeals people to cooperate convened a meeting of offi - ment of essential commodity with supply of essentials. services. The Div Com asked SRINAGAR, MARCH traveler, if any, in their locali - ties besides health facilities. present situation and convince cers of various departments 26 : In view of COVID-19 ty to district control rooms or It is given out that the them not to hold congregation engaged under essential serv - outbreak, Advisor to to nearby health institutions. ration will be distributed with - prayers in mosques. ices and reviewed stock posi - Lieutenant Governor and “In present situation, in five days through home “From Social Distancing, tion of essentials and supply overall in-charge of Nambardhars, Sarpanchs, delivery and that there is suf - we could break the chain of in districts of the division in Coronavirus Control Efforts panchs and Councillors ficient stock of LPG and infection of Coronavirus dis - view prevailing situation. (CCE) for Kashmir Division, should play important role for Kerosene oil in these districts. ease’’, he reiterated. The meeting was attended Baseer Ahmad Khan, today door to door survey to identi - It was given out that 80 Police shall strictly by IGP Jammu, Deputy said that the health of the peo - fy suspected persons”, Khan groceries stores were identi - enforce lock-down and FIRs Commissioner Jammu, ple is his prime concern. added. fied for home delivery in the should be register against the Commissioner JMC, To achieve cent percent Khan appealed the citizens twin districts and transport is violators, he added. Additional Commissioner, results, The Advisor is hold - to stay indoors and maintain being provided by the district He also directed district Director FCS&CA, besides ing a series of meeting on partial lockdown for the bene - administrations. Each district administrations to issue emer - senior functionaries of Health, daily basis to review arrange - fit of their and their loved has established three 24X7 gency passes to the essential PHE, PDD, JKRTC, ULB, ment put in place by line ones health. control rooms at Tehsil, Block services employees and other Oil Companies and other con - departments in this regard “People should follow the and CMO level to provide related persons, after proper cerned officers. besides, keeping a close health advisories which are information to distress and verification. The meeting was informed watch on the present situation issued by government in letter anxiety callers. Advisor emphasized that that adequate stock of ration, across Kashmir Division. and spirit and cooperate with For projected demands, PRIs shall be roped in for medicines and fuel is avail - trucks so that consumers do It was informed that there DC Jammu to issue passes to Advisor directed all government in present exi - Khan reiterated that funds are (IEC) Information, Education, able in the districts while sup - not face any inconvenience is requirement of passes to the employees, labour and Deputy Commissioners to gency”, he said. not the constraint and all req - and Communication activities ply of essentials is regular. during lock down. labour engaged with pharma - engaged with essential servic - strengthen ground surveil - Advisor Baseer Khan uisite medical equipments to inform general public The Divisional The meeting was also dis - ceutical industry, retailers, es. lance teams and track the made these remarks while will be supplied within two regarding the health advi - absconding recent travelers, chairing a meeting to review days to the twin districts sories. OPD, IPD facilities suspended of other states & abroad, on the preparedness and arrange - besides, Personal Protection Advisor Baseer Khan Prosecution Proceedings initiated against war footing basis and put ments made by district admin - Equipments will also be pro - stressed the concerned offi - at DH Ganderbal them at nearby health institu - istrations of Bandipora and vided to all Front-line work - cers to maintain high level of Principal Degree College Tral : DM Pulwama GANDERBAL, tions immediately for proper Kupwara for the containment ers, he added. vigil and alertness regarding MARCH 27 : According to screening. of the Coronovirus infection. Advisor directs Deputy COVID-19 scare across the Termination notices issued to two Health functionaries the district administration, The Advisor appealed the The meeting was informed Commissioners to strictly valley. Ganderbal ,the District people to take the fight that 1000 quarantine rooms implement Lock-Down Concerned officials were in DTC for dereliction of duties Hospital Ganderbal, has against novel Coronavirus each were identified by the across the twin districts. present in the meeting where PULWAMA MARCH Disaster Management Act Magistrate was inspecting the been declared an Isolation infection seriously and come twin district administrations He directed the concerned as Deputy Commissioners 26 : Prosecution Proceedings 2005 against the official for Covid-19 preparations at the facility for the COVID-19. forward to furnish the infor - at different locations with to inform the Masjid participated in the meeting has been initiated against his failure to perform duties centre. Accordingly, the OPD and mation of absconding recent round the clock basic ameni - Committees regarding the through video conferencing. Principal Degree College assigned to him and for District Magistrate reiter - IPD facilities at the District Tral for violating orders of obstructing the government ated that any laxity on the part Hospital have been suspend - District Administration and functionaries in discharging of government functionaries ed, for the time being. DM Kulgam orders distribution of Dry Mid for not providing the requi - their duties. involved in discharging duties The local residents have site equipment including Moreover, Section 188 releated to COVID-19 shall been informed that the ante - LPG Gas Heaters, Electric IPC has also been invoked in be dealt as per Disaster natal care facilities including Day Meal, home delivery of ration heaters, Generator Sets, this regard. Management Act 2005 and normal delivery cases have KULGAM, MARCH, 26 services notified vide gov - will be monitored by BDO’s identify poor and destitute Computer Systems for the Earlier termination notices relevant penal provisions. He been shifted to PHC Kachan : For containing and breaking ernment order No.60- with the help of PRI’s. families, without source of newly established quarantine were issued to two employees advised the Government while cesarean section deliv - the chain of transmission of FSC&CA of 2020 to popula - CEO has been ordered to sustenance and furnish the facilities. of District Tuberculosis employees to be proactive and eries will be conducted at COVID-19 the District tion at large. ensure the distribution of dry list along with proper authen - Action has been initiated Centre who were found make extra effort in the times SDH Kangan, till the further Magistrate, Kulgam The District Magistrate ration of Mid Day Meals tication. The ADDC, Kulgam under section 51(1) of absent while District of COVID-19. orders. Showkat Aijaz Bhat has has ordered the AD- among the families of the has been asked to ensure pak - directed the concerned FSC&CA to ensure 100% students within 03 days with - age of 2000 packets of ration, departments to ensure the home delivery of ration sup - out any fail. as per the approved items for DM Pulwama appeals for complete shutdown, availability of food grains, plies through PDS stores of All Tehsildar’s, TSO’s, distribution among poor and essential commodities and the district as per SOP which BDO’s have been tasked to destitute families. ordered strict restrictions in the district COVID-19: Bandipora Inspects proposed administrative quarantine facilities in the district admin arranges free pick, MD JPDCL visits quarantine PULWAMA, MARCH 26: services departments as desig - ple to cooperate with the which may be utilized as drop facility for District Magistrate Pulwama nated on Covid-19 will be administration and ensure quarantine facility centres, if mandatory screening centers at Jammu Dr Raghav Langer today allowed to move on the pro - strict adherence to the order. required. BANDIPORA, MARCH JAMMU, MARCH 26 : to detect, test, treat, isolate, implement the quarantine ordered imposition of strict duction of movement passes He said violation of the order He directed concerned 26 : The District administra - Managing Director Jammu trace and mobilize the people guidelines in strict possible restrictions across the district issued by the District would constitute criminal departments to work on war tion Bandipora has arranged Power Distribution in order to prevent future manner, while taking care to prevent the spread of coro - Magistrate. While doctors, offence and attract strict foot basis to tackle the situa - free pick and drop facility for Corporation Limited navirus in the district. paramedical staff, ambulance action under Section 188 of tion. He also stressed for all the mandatory screening of (JPDCL), Yasha Mudgal vis - The order issued under operators and officials IPC. requisite basic facilities the people having travel his - ited various quarantine cen - Section 144 of CrPC and assigned by the District He reiterated that district including matting, bedding tory of foreign country or ters of district Jammu to Section 34 of Disaster Disaster Management author - administration has put in and sanitation by concerned having COVID symptoms. ensure adequacy of security, Management Act 2005 states ity on COVID-19 emergency place a mechanism to ensure departments at qurantine and Deputy Commissioner logistics like food/essential that there shall be complete response duty will be allowed uninterrupted supplies and isolation centres in the dis - Bandipora Shahbaz Ahmad commodities etc, medical sur - restrictions on public move - to move on showing their deliveries of essential services trict. Mirza said that anybody who ment including assembly of valid identity cards. to the general public of the He asked the concerned has COVID-19 like symp - veillance and sanitation arrangements more than three persons, pri - The other concerned agen - district. Municipal Committees to toms including fever, dry vate transport and operation cies have been directed to Meanwhile DDC visited intensify efforts to breakdown cough and sore throat and has During the tour, she visited five quarantine centers of businesses activities across ensure strict implementation Tral and Awantipora areas to the chain of Corona Virus a recent undisclosed travel the district up to April 15, to of the order in letter and spirit inspect the Quarantine facility infection and carry out sanita - history or has come in contact including Teacher Bhawan Gandhi Nagar, Yatri Bhawan, contain the spread of infec - and violators have been centres and took stock of the tion cum fumigation drive in with a COVID positive per - tious disease. warned of strict action under arrangements put in place offices, public places and son or suspected positive per - Bhagwati Nagar, NHPC Guest House Railway Road, The order further reads law. there. He also visited various heath institutions in the dis - son must contact District that only officials of essential Dr Raghav appealed peo - proposed places and buildings trict. Level Surveillance Hotel Red Rose Narwal, Committee or Control Room Pahari Hostel Bantalab. Reasi administration on 01957-225024 or Directions were passed to 9419010752 to avail free pick the concerned staff to take FIR registered against people violating establishes control centre and drop service for mandato - necessary measures to cope cases. After reviewing the that the patients are provided REASI, MARCH 26 : ry screening at their nearest up with the emergent situa - arrangements, the concerned adequate comforts and proper restriction orders in Bandipora District Administration Reasi designated Health Institution. tion arising due to COVID-19 officers were directed to medical care. has established a dedicated BANDIPORA, An open FIR No 07/2020 by staying indoors. administrative control centre MARCH 26 : On the direc - under Section 188 and 269 He asked the people to for clarifications of public tions of District Magistrate IPC has been registered at cooperate with the adminis - queries related to- Curfew per - Strict restrictions ordered across Bandipora up to April 14 Bandipora, the Bandipora Police Station Pethkoot tration and ensure strict missions, issues related to Police registered an FIR against the unknown per - adherence to the order. He essential services like electric - No religious congregation permitted against the people violating sons who violated the said violation of the order ity, water, ration etc and any restriction orders issued by restriction orders and would constitute criminal similar miscellaneous query. the District Magistrate enquiry has been initiated. offence and attract strict The public is requested to without any exception : DM Bandipora in the district, DC Bandipora said that action under Section 188 of stick to only administrative here today. the Police is investigating IPC. purpose on these numbers. SRINAGAR, MARCH that no movement of persons, imum number of employees in view of the increased num - Deputy Commissioner, the matter and shall identify He said the district 26 : In view of the surfacing assembly, gathering or pro - after obtaining movement ber of coronavirus positive People can post their queries Bandipora, Shahbaz Ahmad the culprits soon by assess - administration has put in on WhatsApp numbers of the of four more coronavirus pos - cession shall be allowed in the passes. cases in the district. Mirza, said that a large num - ing the CCTV footage of the place a mechanism to Administrative Control Centre itive cases in the district on whole district including towns There shall be complete DC Bandipora appealed ber of people had gathered area. He said the people vio - ensure uninterrupted sup - are 9419839552, 9419839553 Wednesday, the District and villages and no public and shutdown in the district and the general public to cooper - outside an ATM at Pazalpora lating restriction orders shall plies and deliveries of and 9419839557. Queries Magistrate Bandipora, private transport shall ply in all private and public estab - ate with the administration Chowk violating the restric - be strictly dealt with. essential services to the gen - regarding Corona virus can be Shahbaz Ahmad Mirza, has the District till 14th of April, lishments shall remain shut and ensure strict adherence to tion orders imposed under Appealing people to stay eral public of the district and made on already established ordered strict imposition of 2020. except those dealing with the order warning that the vio - section 144 risking the lives indoors for their own safety, will be home-delivered to Control Rooms. Their num - restrictions in the district. The DM also ordered a essential services and com - lation of the order would con - of others amid corona virus Mirza said that the chain of residents as part of this bers are 01991 245669, 01991 According to the order complete shutdown of all the modities as notified earlier, stitute criminal offence and pandemic. this pandemic can be broken mechanism. 245770 and 01991 232127. issued by District Magistrate offices except Health, Police, which shall be provided pass - attract strict action under under Section 144 of CrPC, Home Guards, Civil Defence, es for minimal staff required Section 188 of IPC. there shall be complete clo - Fire and Emergency Service, for the operations. The district administration sure of all places of worship. Disaster Management and The Law enforcing agen - has put in place a mechanism COVID-19: DDC Kathua launches Mobile Laundry “No religious congrega - Prisons. cies have been asked to ensure to ensure uninterrupted sup - tion shall be permitted with - District Administration, strict implementation of the plies and deliveries of essen - out any exception. However, Treasury, Electricity, Water & order and strict action against tial services to the general service for Quarantine Centers in case of funerals, congrega - Sanitation, government violators. public of the district. KATHUA, MARCH 26 : beddings, TV with Dish con - DDC divulged and stated that Laundry for Quarantine tion of not more than 20 per - employees on assigned duties The order further states He said essential com - In order to contain the spread nection, Toiletries, Play nodal officers appointed by inmates was also flagged off sons will be permitted’, the related to containment of that the decision to impose modities will be home-deliv - of Covid-19 in Kathua, being equipments at the centers. the District administration are by the DDC in presence of order reads. spread of Corona Virus have strict restrictions has been ered to residents as part of this a border district adjacent to Besides, three time meals and permanently stationed at these SSP, Dr. Shailendra Mishra. The order further reads been asked to work with min - taken as a preventive measure mechanism. Punjab, the District adminis - tea is being served to the centers and a designated ADC Kathua, Atul Gupta, female officer is especially CEO, T R Mangotra, Nodal looking after the demands of Officer, Suninder Kour, XEN female inmates. PWD, Rajan Gupta and other Sanitation cum fumigation held at Kulgam Later, an innovative initia - concerned officers were also tive in the shape of Mobile present. KULGAM, MARCH 26 : Following the directions of COVID-19: DM visit Rajouri town, inspect availability of Deputy Commissioner Kulgam Showkat Aijaz Bhat, essential commodities, reviews implementation of restrictions to breakdown the spread of RAJOURI, MARCH 26 asked them to display a rate Corona Virus infection, Rural : In order to take a firsthand list in front of shops so that Development department appraisal of availability of customers can be fully clear today carried out an intensive essential commodities in about the price of commodi - sanitation cum fumigation town and to check the com - ties. The traders were also drive in several blocks of the tration has not only imple - inmates to make them feel at plaints of overcharging by directed to ensure customers district. mented the Lockdown in let - home. some traders, a team of dis - maintain necessary social The drive was carried out ter and spirit but also estab - Health desk is also being trict administration Rajouri distance. He stressed to with proactive participation of lished Quarantine Centers in established, Ambulance and on Thursday visited the old avoid any kind of gathering officials of RDD along with the district. medication was also provided town. The team also and said that maintaining BDC's in Qoimoh, Frisal and Elaborating further, DDC, to the inmates, DDC said and reviewed the implementation social distance can largely Behibagh Blocks. O P Bhagat said that no per - advised all the inmates to of the restriction in the town. help to combat the virus. DPO Kulgam, son is allowed to enter J&K observe strict social distanc - Team was headed by The DM also appealed to Mohammad Imran Khan said and those who are coming ing till quarantine period is District Magistrate Rajouri the people to cooperate with that to contain the spread of will have to undergo a manda - over as this would go a long Mohammad Nazir Sheikh administration and follow the Coronavirus the department tory Quarantine period of 14 way in breaking chain of alongwith Senior 21 days Nationwide lock - of Rural Development is con - days in centers established by transmission of deadly Covid- Superintendent of Police down announced by the stantly carrying out sanitation the District Administration at 19 virus. Rajouri Chandan Kohli, Prime Minister religiously by and fumigation drives across different locations. Lakhanpur, being gateway Additional Superintendent of staying at home, maintaining all blocks and panchayats of He further informed that as to Jammu & Kashmir is Police Liaqat Choudhary, social distancing and not the district. many as 20 Quarantine flooded with travelers who District Panchayat Officer venturing out on roads and He also added that the Centers were established in were eager to come back to Abdul Khabir, besides other streets. Later, the DM also department is also generating Kathua to deal with this pan - their destinations but it is senior officers. visited Manjakote to review awareness among people demic. decided that to contain the The officers interacted the arrangements being put about the DO's and Dont"s to The District spread of this pandemic it is with the traders running their in place for the Quarantine contain the spread of the Administration has provided necessary that all the travelers business establishments of centres established in infection. all the basic amenities like be put in 14 days Quarantine, essential commodities and Manjakote. TRUTH PREVAIL EDITORIAL/ARTICLE 4 JAMMU FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2020 TOGETHER, wE STAND Underhanded agenda The outbreak of the The advent of an apoc - the poor for the next two wealthy of the nation A certain, apparently irrationally talks of Modi EDITORIAL pandemic COVID-19 has alyptic economic depres - months, a good beginning who had made a fortune deranged American academic, being irrational, the Modi led to not only the lock - sion in the near future is on the road to salvage the off the blood and sweat of Professor Steve Hanke of a administration is advancing down of cities and towns the writing on the wall devastation. common men. As the certain Washington DC-based systematically, with the Prime but also to the closure of which could be more dis - Secondly and fortu - resources at the disposal public policy think tank, Cato Minister himself leading from Touch-and-go Institute, displayed great irra - the front. Each day sees him regular economic activity astrous than the pandem - nately, the virus has not of the government are tionality when he made fun of engaging with different seg - Way back in the 14th century when medical science i.e., the production of ic itself. The New York affected the countryside limited, the economic the clapping of hands, ringing ments of society, starting from was in its infancy, plague broke out in Europe on a mas - goods and services across stock market has crashed at least for now which package should include, of bells, blowing of conch the leaders of the SAARC sive scale. The pandemic lasted for five years, from the world. The global by 38 per cent in just 18 means we can insulate by hook or crook, the pri - shells and clanging of utensils countries; to discussing with 1,347 to 1,352 and took an estimated toll of 30 million economy's growth could days which never and sustain the rural vate initiative. The corpo - that the whole of India did on the leaders of the pharmaceu - human lives. Today, medical science has become a be at its slowest rate since occurred even during the economy i.e., agriculture, rate sector can liberally the afternoon of March 22, tical industry, to interacting multi-dimensional specialisation, almost daily expand - 2009, according to great depression of 1930 livestock, fish, goats, contribute through provi - 2020, the day Prime Minister with media leaders; to dis - ing its horizon of knowledge of aetiology, diagnostic OECD estimates. It may or even during the eco - poultry and horticultural sion of free check-ups, Modi had appealed for mak - cussing the strategy ahead methods and treatment of diseases. But it still occasion - further plummet to just nomic meltdown of 2008. crops, the lifeline of rural furnishing government ing effective a spontaneous with captains of the Indian 2.4 this year from 2.9 per Nikkei with minus 28.7 India. The present rabi hospitals with beds, 'Janta Curfew.' industry, to holding consulta - ally reels under the impact of a new and unknown Prime Minister Modi had tion with Chief Ministers of pathogen like a bacterium or a virus. Since it is cent in November last per cent, Dow Jones with harvesting must go equipment and doctors to clearly specified that there are Indian states and fast track unknown, the immune system of the body is unable to year and a "longer lasting minus 31.1 per cent and unhampered and the control the virus and free two components to the 'Janta their requirements; to forming produce a specific antigen immediately. The body is and more intensive" out - FTSC 100 with minus future monsoon Kharif food, shelter and clothing Curfew', one was the need to a special task force under defenceless against such a sudden attack. This has hap - break can even reduce the 34.1 per cent, all indicate operations need to be for the needy. In the short remain indoors throughout the Union Finance Minister pened in the case of the Coronavirus attack. The disease growth to half i.e., 1.5 per a sudden collapse of the ensured foolproof. It run, they can at least day — even after the curfew Sitharaman to assess the first broke out in Wuhan, the capital of the Hubei cent as factories would money market. Sensing means strengthening the refrain from CBR and had ended at 9:00 pm — and impact on the economy; to province of China, last December. Since then it has come to a grinding halt the impending catastro - rural credit structure, CTC calculations and the other was to express one's ensuring that the "production spread rapidly far beyond the borders of China. At the and production to a phe, many central banks ensuring the supply chain think of standing by their gratitude to all those frontline of critical drugs and medical time of writing the virus has spread to 185 countries, the standstill. Events forecast across the world have of seeds and fertilisers, employees in these diffi - workers who are striving fear - equipment within the coun - their shadows. Oil has already begun slashing pesticides and farm cult times. Celebrities lessly and tirelessly to ensure try" can take off apace by total number of infected people has risen to 391, 947 and that we succeeded in over - approving "schemes worth Rs total deaths to 17,138. But the numbers are rapidly ris - further slumped to its coming the Coronavirus chal - 10,000 crore and Rs 4,000 ing. Medical experts are now saying that developing a lowest price since June lenge – these include doctors, crore respectively"; to ensur - vaccine against the Coronavirus will take a minimum of 2001 even as the tussle nurses, daily need providers, ing that there is seamless two years. By that time, the number of fatalities will be between OPEC nations sweepers and cleaners, police inter-ministerial coordination, unimaginably large. It will also disrupt the world econ - and Russia has already personnel and airline person - to enlisting the support of omy as well as the economy of every individual nation. lowered the oil prices. nel etc. Such an expression of vital bodies like the Indian In fact, very little is known about the Coronavirus. We The 'safe haven' invest - gratitude has been reported Council of Medical Research do not know whether the virus is aerobic, that is, it ment – gold is also wit - from a number of European and at the same time appeal - requires oxygen for its survival and proliferation; or it is nessing a fall in prices cities as well; in India, it had a ing to people; to regulating from the beginning of flavour and dimension of its the lockdown pace; bringing anaerobic, which means it does not require oxygen for own. Social distancing, self- home to people in a simple its survival and if it is anaerobe whether it is an obligate March. The point of orig - isolation, breaking the chain and earthy manner the chal - anaerobe that dies as soon as it comes in contact with ination for COVID-19, are some of the crucial imper - lenges of the pandemic, Modi oxygen or it is a facultative anaerobe that can live and China has registered a fall multiply even in the presence of oxygen. There is anoth - of 13.5 per cent in its er type of anaerobe called aerotolerant anaerobe, which industrial production can grow without oxygen but can use oxygen if it is meaning layoffs, wage present. To develop a vaccine against a bacterium or a cuts or even lockouts that virus, the first thing is to know its protein structure. affect purchasing power Multiple efforts are being made at different research lab - and indefinite fall in oratories in many countries to develop an anti- demand. down interest rates, hop - machinery. The rural and sporting personalities Coronavirus vaccine. But there are obvious limitations. The virus spreading ing to induce demand. economy plays a pivotal can do more than giving Dr Peter Hotez, Dean of the National School of Tropical like an inexorable wild - The message is role in supporting the advisories on screen. Medicine in Houston says: "You can only speed up the fire has already impacted irrefutable. It's not only national economy. Likewise, godmen, tem - animal and clinical trials so much." He goes on to say, the economy of many important to quarantine Thirdly, the MSMEs ple trusts, waqf boards "In the end, these steps take time. So that is going to be countries. For instance, or protect people from are a major contributor to and missionary organisa - the rate-limiting step in determining whether there is as BBC reports, Hotel COVID-19 but it's also the GDP and also to the tions, etc., should also going to be a vaccine available in time for this pandem - and Restaurant bookings equally important to save supply of consumer come out openly and con - ic. Some things you can do to make this testing go a lit - have fallen to 82 per cent and sustain the economy. goods and the lockdowns tribute their best liberally. tle faster, like running some of the clinical trials in par - in the UK in February Firstly, notwithstanding will naturally hit their This pandemic has allel. But in the end, you are still taking weeks to this year in comparison to the timely publicity with productivity. The eco - driven home the fact that atives for slowing and gradu - has been steadily, comprehen - months." The other, non-medical aspect of the last year while in advisories to protect peo - nomic packages need to only science and scien - ally ending the spread of the sively, scientifically, rational - Coronavirus infection is the incalculable damage it is Germany the percentage ple, what we need imme - incorporate protective tists can truly help in such Coronavirus. Almost all coun - ly, socially addressing the causing to the world economy. In our own country, edu - is 90. The airlines busi - diately is to come up with measure such as liberal a crisis. People have tries affected by the virus menace, step by step. To add cational institutions have been closed, examinations ness seems to be the proper economic pack - advances with DRIs, if begun realising the fact. have implemented these, have to these, BJP ruled state gov - have been postponed and if the situation does not worst victim as the US ages to sustain the crip - possible and subsidies in Similarly, another truth called for these to be made the ernments are coming up with become normal soon, many students may lose a year. travel ban on EU and UK pling growth rates in the power, water, etc. The that COVID -19 has norms of our current living models to cater to the margin - Also, public transport service — plying of trains, buses ban on Chinese travellers short run and to make service sector contributes revealed is that 'united we scenario and India too has alised sections of society in and planes — has been seriously affected, shops and has caused a chain reac - sure that soon, the econo - the highest share to the stand and divided we been quick in working these these periods of lockdown. markets are closed, hotels and restaurants have suspend - tion across the world with my would limp back GDP and it is at a cross - fall'. The Indian people out. PM Modi's personal The Uttar Pradesh administra - ed their service, people are being asked to work from 100 other countries steadily to normalcy. The roads today with indus - have shown adherence to involvement, the active tion led by Yogi Adityanath, involvement of legions of the Karnataka administration home, sports events have been cancelled with consider - imposing travel restric - packages should primari - tries like travel, hospitali - this wisdom by making well-meaning and well- led by B.S.Yeduryappa, able loss to their sponsors and normal economic activity tions. In short, the travel ly focus on the millions ty, software, etc., almost the 'Janata Curfew' a suc - informed social volunteers, among others, have all come is slowing down fast. The tourism industry has suffered and hospitality sector, a of workers and migrant closing down. Civic cess. The government is civil society leaders, practi - up with measures that propos - heavy losses. Just 25 per cent of government employees key income-generating labourers in the unorgan - unrest is not far away if indeed omnipresent but it tioners across the fields is es to mitigate the difficulties have been asked to report for duty. The full impact of all sector of the world econ - ised sector who would downsizing the strength is also true that it is not gradually making sure that for this section in some meas - this will be known only in the due course of time. The omy is paralysed beyond soon face starvation of employees becomes omnipotent. The coopera - these enter the collective con - ure. Indian economy was not in good shape when the doubt. It is estimated that should the pandemic con - inevitable. The package tion of the people is the sciousness of India. Together Modi's approach to tack - Coronavirus epidemic broke out. Now matters are up to 48,200 flights with tinue unabated as urban needs to allay the real backbone for governance, with this is again resurfacing ling the Coronavirus issue becoming worse. China accounts roughly for 45 per cent 10.2 million seats could areas are worst hit. fears of the concerned especially in times of cri - a vibrant revisiting of our thus, bases and props itself on of India's electronic imports, one-third of machinery and be affected owing to the Detailed arrangements to stakeholders to assure sis. Transgressing mean - civilisational ways and world the basic Indian spirit of view. resilience. It is a multi-dimen - about two-fifths of organic chemicals. Nearly three- spread of the virus. Now feed the urban workers them of safe and sustain - ingless boundaries of In his address to the sional model, it touches the fourths of India's active pharmaceutical ingredients that we live in a global through highly subsidised able employment post- caste, creed, faith or even nation, Prime Minister Modi traditional, the modern, the come from China. The Chinese economy is expected to village, it is impractical PDS is a priority. The pandemic. politics, people must join had also clearly indicated that emotional, the pragmatic, the decelerate by 1-1.25 percentage points over 2020 to emulate an ostrich Chhattisgarh Fourthly, it is time for hands to stand against the this thanksgiving was to be scientific and the economic, because of less production. Its spillover impact will be burying its head in the Government recently increased philanthropic onslaught of COVID-19 done standing at one's win - all aspects with each wing and on several industries in India. sand. announced free ration for initiatives by the ultra- and rebuild the economy. dow, balcony or doors. His section doing their part to the instructions were clear, well maximum. defined, and direct. For those He is putting together a who heard his address on the model for the world to see. It Much ado about Gogoi evening of March 19, 2020, is strange that academics his message was unequivocal. engaged with public policy Ranjan Gogoi, the Upper House. Also, he is on a Congress ticket in the nation and the judiciary. Supreme Court retired one 2001 and culminated with It was to unite and crystallise institutions miss out on this newly sworn-in member of not the first retired Chief 1998. The examples are so Gogoi had specifically by one and all are living his appointment as the a spirit of determined resist - aspect and lampoon an entire the Rajya Sabha, is the Justice to have benefitted many that at one time, there made a reference to the happily ever since. country’s 46th Chief ance against the pandemic nation and people just cynosure of all eyes as well from the executive’s gen - was much debate over how selective allocation of sen - People living in South Justice in 2018. But there and also to evoke a definite, because they have chosen, in undiluted and un-diminishing their own way, to honour as the favourite whipping erosity. There have been judges should not be sitive files. Therefore, there India are not fortunate were many legal wizards in spirit and gratitude towards those who serve them without boy, at the moment, others like him who have encouraged to take up the was a sense of expectation enough to get the latest the Supreme Court who those who are helping us to respite in difficult times? Are depending on which side of propped up by several offer of the Government’s built around him, one of news on the “palace had stints in politics before sail through this challenging Professor Hanke and his co- the fence people are on. regimes as a reward for post-retirement benefits, them being that he would intrigues” taking place in their elevation to the Bench time. The vast majority of ideologists, the Indian com - His critics say that the services that were “friend - like heading commissions ensure the independence of the power corridors in New and till this day one is yet Indians enthusiastically munists, simply thankless decision of the former ly” to them. There’s enough of inquiry, simply because the judiciary. The four sen - Delhi. Gogoi retired on to hear about the ethics adhered to and participated in pseudo-intellectuals after all? Chief Justice of India (CJI) counter-logic going around that could cloud their ior-most judges of the apex November 17, 2019 and practiced by these gentle - responding to Modi's appeal, The Indian communists, of to accept the nomination to as to how Justice S Fazl Ali impartial judgments and court led by Gogoi warned Sharad Bobde was sworn in men. a number of political leaders course, are a breed apart. It is the House of Elders by the was the first Supreme colour their opinions in that democracy was in as the new Chief Justice of VR Krishna Iyer, a and veterans from parties an interesting pastime to be a President of India is an act Court judge to be made sensitive cases. peril. “Unless this institu - the country. This is an noted judge who became a opposed to the BJP also Communist in times of joined in this collective Coronavirus – it is not a very against all ethics mentioned Orissa Governor in 1952 One wonders, why then tion of the Supreme Court ongoing process as the pioneer of judicial activism expression of our national demanding metier, some of in the Constitution of India. and was the beginning of is there such discomfort is preserved, democracy judiciary, too, works on the in India and has ever since gratitude. the main things to do in order Since this writer is no the Congress’ endorse - over Gogoi’s induction in will not survive in this principle “me today, you been eulogised for his con - The response was across to be counted as one is to, ad authority on the ments of judicial luminar - the Rajya Sabha? Is it that country,” warned J tomorrow.” Justice Bobde, cerns for human rights and divides, barriers, it radiated nauseam, keep speaking Constitution, let the experts ies that continued till the there’s much criticism of Chelameswar, a colleague too, would be retiring once the poor, was appointed as throughout the country, in about withdrawing CAA; discuss the issue and quote party was in power. Gogoi because he was at of Gogoi, during the press he reaches the magical fig - a judge of the Kerala High fact, the 'Janta Curfew' came halting NPR; to encourage the relevant portions from From Assam itself, one time considered a meet, who, too, has retired. ure of 65, the age for super - Court in 1968. Before across as a unique initiative, a protests to continue on these the Indian Constitution there’s the example of “rebel” judge and, there - I remember many annuation. entering the precincts of the 'national yoga' of sorts, in issues and thus make sure that which show beyond doubt Justice Baharul Islam, who fore, now looks like a test Opposition leaders waxing The issue is whether the judiciary, Iyer was a full- which people breaking all the public continues to con - that Gogoi has cocked a began as an advocate in the case of how the institution eloquent on the four judges former Chief Justice of fledged politician, a divisions and barriers took the gregate; to agitate and con - plunge. The likes of Professor tribute to health hazards; to snook at the founding Assam High Court in the of the executive superseded who held the extraordinary India was right in accepting Communist to be precise. Hanke and his communist lampoon all those trying to do fathers’ vision. early 1950s and went on to that of the judiciary and a press conference. the Rajya Sabha nomina - He was the Home Minister counterparts — both political their best; to keep inciting Those who support serve a decade-long term as one-time warrior appeared Immediately after the meet, tion offered by the in the EMS and academic — in India did sections of the population; Gogoi point out that there Rajya Sabha member. to have fallen in line? For a Left leader went to the President of India so soon Namboodiripad-led not understand the full portent keep harping that Modi is were instances of retired As far as controversial the uninitiated, Justice residence of Chelameswar after his retirement. Well, Communist Government of of PM Modi's message and ignoring the threat; doubt the judges of the Supreme rulings go, then the Gogoi and three of his (through the back there are no records to 1957, which was dismissed action. Being completely dis - veracity and authenticity of Court getting nominated to Congress suitably accom - brother judges shot into entrance). show that Gogoi was even by Jawaharlal Nehru fol - connected from the Indian every figure put out by your the Rajya Sabha in the past modated former Chief national prominence on Nothing discernible remotely connected with lowing the liberation strug - psyche and ways, they were government, ministries and and there is nothing “offi - Justice Ranganath Misra, January 18, 2018, when happened after this extraor - any political party till the gle waged by the Congress incapable of internalising the agencies; amplify those cial” about the former’s who gave a clean chit to the they staged a press confer - dinary washing of dirty day he retired from service. in association with the complete meaning of PM dished out by Chinese agen - Modi's exhortations. When cies and institutions and final - decision to take up the offer Rajiv Gandhi-led Congress ence in the national linen in public. The then He is the son of KC Gogoi, powerful Church and the the citizens of the West clap ly conclude that the fight of the Government of in the 1984 anti-Sikh riots Capital, which was Chief Justice of India former Chief Minister of Muslim community. It was their hands to express grati - against the pandemic in India India. case. After his retirement, described as extraordinary Dipak Misra retired on Assam who was a Congress during the tenure of Iyer as tude for their frontline war - is being compromised. Do all Given Gogoi’s extensive he was made the first chair - by the “pundits” in the October 2, 2018, and leader. Ranjan Gogoi’s Home Minister that Kerala riors against the pandemic it of these and be counted in knowledge and experience man of the National Human media. The judges cau - Ranjan Gogoi was sworn in career at the Bench began saw the first-ever police fir - is kosher, but when India and these times of Coronavirus as of the law, he does qualify Rights Commission tioned the nation by giving as the new Chief Justice. in 2001 when he was ing on cashew company Indians do it in their way, it is the stellar apparatchik, the to be a notable who can (NHRC) and was even “advance information” The rebel judges or the appointed as a judge of the workers agitating for their to be ridiculed isn't it? commissar-ideologue with no contribute valuably to the elected to the Upper House about the threat faced by “young Turks” of the Guwahati High Court in rights. While Professor Hanke equal. TRUTH PREVAIL STATE 5 JAMMU, FRIDAy , MARCH 27, 2020 AJKLTF submitted Memorandum to Amidst Corona lockdown, BJP started Dimple appeals LG to stop traffic police fines till LG TP CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, MAR. 26 : All Jammu Kashmir & Ladakh distributing ration among needy in J&K Teachers Federation Aft. TP CORRESPONDENT Akhil Bhartiya Rashtriya JAMMU, MAR. 26 : lock down as only emergency people come out Shakshik Mahasang have Amidst the lockdown to pre - submitted a memorandum vent Corona Virus infection, TP CORRESPONDENT Dimple also demanded to to Lt. Governor for deduc - J&K BJP has come forward JAMMU, MAR. 26 : Sunil check the black marketing tion of one day salary of to ensure that essential sup - Dimple President Jammu of essential commodities, teachers in Union Territory plies remain unhindered West Assembly Movement, vegetables are being sold on of J&K. In a statement here among the masses and has urged the Lt Governor very high rates. He warned today Devraj Thakur, ensured that the Ration, GC Murmu to stop charging the hoarders, as there is President, Union Territory Medicines and other supplies the Toll Tax on Sarore and complaints of hording of of J&K said that the State are distributed to the needy Ban toll plaza and ensure onions, dalls, potato etc and Executive of AJKLTF in a persons through its leaders. free movement of vehicles all are sold on very high meeting through video con - J&K BJP President of the essential services till rates. ference discussed the mat - Ravinder Raina and General lock down. Dimple appealed the peo - ter of COVID-19 which is Secretary (Org.) Ashok Kaul Dimple demands LG ple, citizens of Jammu the great threat for whole are supervising the situation Murmu to announce 50 fifty Kashmir to see that their world. "The situation in due to Corona spread and Photo by Bikas Bhagat lakhs life insurance policy neighbours, poor people in J&K is also alarming the also the preparations by BJP Presidents to ensure that all Choudhary for Jammu rural. for the Corona virus worri - Dimple demanded the Lt ration cards and five thou - yours, mohallas, villages, role of teachers in this situ - volunteers to aid the needy the possible help and coordi - Anju dogra and Rekha ers, essential services Governor and DG police to sands financial help to all towns, city, districts not ation is very important, so populace. nation to the government Mahajan for Akhnoor. employees doctors, police, direct traffic police not to till lock down. sleep hungry. And help each the state executive decided BJP has deputed party agencies is provided at the Yudhvir Sethi for Nowshera. PDD, PHE and all those for fine, Challan vehicles as Dimple said the petrol other financially and with that the organization is Vice-President Yudhvir Sethi Ward, Panchayat and the Baji Abdul Wahid for all those who are serving in only those people are com - pumps have gone dry in food. always forefront to fight to assisted by party Programme Booth level. Rajouri. Vibodh gupta for Jammu Kashmir to stop ing out who have any emer - many districts. He appealed Dimple alleged that in this war by contributing one Incharge Ajay Pargal to Senior BJP leaders espe - Poonch. Shakti Parihar for corona virus. He said Petrol gency. He said people are the LT Governor GC many localities of Jammu day salary to the welfare of coordinate all the steps to be cially former Ministers and Kathua. Gopal Mahajan for pumps have gone dry, abiding all govt orders of Murmu to ensure the essen - West Assembly the nation and J&K, the taken by party leaders. MLAs have been asked to Basohli. Dr. D K. Manyal for petrol, diesel, essential lock down and said this is tial commodities supply Constituency, no thermal organization is with the On call of Prime Minister ensure that all essential com - Udhampur. Priya Sethi for commodities, vegetables very critical time for all of line in Jammu Kashmir of fogging has been done, no govt. for any assistance in Narendra Modi, BJP has modities reach common Reasi. Pawan Khajuria for supply have badly hit in all us. He demanded Govt to vegetables, edibles, grocery masks sanitizers distrib - this war to fight with asked its leaders to enlist all masses in the days of lock - Ramban. Arvind Gupta for districts Jammu Kashmir. give free ration to all on petrol, diesel, LPG. uted. COVID-19. the persons belonging to down to all the native popu - Doda. Sunil Sharma for lower economic strata and lation as well as the migrato - Kishtwar. Balwant Thakur addresses provide all assistance to the ry population like labourers Girdhari Lal Raina for World Theatre Day 2020: Dogras earns needy families in their vicin - from UP, Bihar, Uttrakhand, Kashmir Displaced District. ity. Party is also coordinating Jharkhand, Orissa etc. Party Dr. Ali Mohamad Mir for on World Theatre Day for the safety of J&K stu - leaders were allotted district Srinagar District. Sheikh alot for its theatre and Language TP CORRESPONDENT tual identity. Dogras for that dents trapped in the other as follows. Dr. Nirmal Singh Bashir for Anantnag. Ashiq states. For all the assistance along with Ayodhya Gupta Hussain Dar for Kulgam. TP CORRESPONDENT play written by Prof. R.N. ers are amongst those who JAMMU, MAR. 26 : matter should not forget the Balwant Thakur- the contribution of theatre which in Corona lockdown, BJP was allotted Jammu District. Sofi Yusuf for Shopian. Veer JAMMU, MAR. 26 : Today Shastri. Bawa Jitto has been have written many dramas. has also issued 2 helpline Anuradha Charak along with Saraf for Pulwama. Dr. is World Theatre Day, which staged more than 100 times Only two plays which is Cultural Diplomat of India to took Dogri to Russia, UK, South Africa addressed the Germany, South Africa, numbers of its senior leaders Ajay Vaid under the guid - Farida Khan for Baramulla. was initiated in 1961 by the within Union Territory of being written in Dogri is run - as 94191 97280 (Yudhvir ance of Sat Sharma for Mudassar Wani for International Theatre Jammu & Kashmir and out - ning successfully since past world online on the eve of UAE, Hungary, Poland and Sethi) and 94191 22949 Jammu West District. Sham Kupwara. Bilal Parrey for Institute ITI. It is celebrated side is still into demand of four decades. Kudos to the World Theatre Day. World represented in world occa - (Ajay Pargal). Lal Sharma for R S Pura Budgam. Arif Raja for annually on the 27th March the folks of Jammu region. Institution Natrang headed Theatre Day was initiated in sions like Frankfurt BJP has asked its District District. Dr. Narinder singh Ganderbal. Dr. Rafi for by ITI Centres and the inter - This play has also earned its by Balwant Thakur who has the year 1961 by the Frankfurt International Presidents and Mandal for Samba district. Vikas Bandipora. national theatre community. place in the book of records made a record participation Various national and interna - for being the longest living in more than 300 National International Theatre Theatre Festival, World tional theatre events are contemporary theatre play of Theatre Festivals and the Institute, Paris and is cele - Experimental Theatre organized to mark this occa - India. Eminent writers were most of the participations brated every year on 27th Festival and Theatre sion. One of the most impor - amazed by the creativity and were done in Dogri language. March across the world by Olympics. JMC puts more men and machinery into tant of these is the circulation the experiments made by the Till the inclusion of Dogri theatre practitioners, organi - On this auspicious day he of the World Theatre Day director in presenting this language in the year 2003, zations, institutions and complemented to all those Message through which at play which is not only rich in Bawa Jitto, Ghumayee and lovers of theatre. In Jammu who worked selflessly and service to stop spreading of Covid- 19 the invitation of ITI, a figure Dogra culture and the tradi - Mahabhoj have brought a lot Natrang pioneered to start tirelessly to keep this amaz - of world stature shares his or tions but was presented in a of laurels for Dogri this tradition in 1985 and ing art alive. TP CORRESPONDENT her reflections on the theme different style having all ele - Language. JAMMU, MAR. 26 : To of Theatre and a Culture of ments of theatre. Apart from Moreover, we are having a continued this tradition till Adding further Balwant date by holding seminars, Thakur who is currently the further intensify the sanita - Peace. The first World this there are uncountable family of artists in Jammu tion drive and to avoid Theatre Day Message was times when the Dogri which are producing mostly presentations, festivals and Director of Swami spreading of Corona virus written by Jean Cocteau in Theatre is being reached to Dogri plays. Headed by events to mark this Vivekananda Cultural today Jammu Municipal 1962 and this year Shahid every nook and corner of the Kumar A. Bharti, all the International day. In wake of Center Johannesburg, South Corporation has put more Nadeem of Pakistan has writ - country. Whether it is Assam members of the family are COVID-19 outbreak the Africa said that International machinery viz. Autos, ten a message on World of North East or Thanjavur of practicing dogri theatre. The entire theatre community days are marked to educate Fogging machines, spray Theatre Day. Tamil Nadu, dogri presenta - group came into the limelight including International public on issues of concern, pumps, Motorized Portable If we talk about the theatre tions have always been after 'Visarjan' in dogri Theatre Institute has decided to address global problems sprayer alongwith 500 Ltr. of Jammu, Jammu has wit - applauded repeatedly. directed by Abhishek Bharti Tank with chemical solution nessed immensely for the Dogri Theatre undoubtedly staged at Abhinav Theatre to celebrate this day on-line. and to celebrate and rein - In his address Balwant force achievements of and Battery into service in promotion of its regional the - played an immense role to Jammu in the year 2009. presence of Mayor, JMC atre in which lots of efforts take Dogri language to the Since the last 10 years, Thakur said that World humanity. Chander Mohan Gupta, and have been made by the stal - next level but one should Natraj Natya Kunj has come Theatre Day is a celebration Each International day Commissioner, JMC Ms. warts of Jammu. As many never forget the role of every up with a dogri production for those who can see the provides the community an Avny Lavasa (IAS), with the Photo by Vivek stalwarts have made it a point literaturist who contributed every year in annual drama value and importance of this opportunity to organize aim to cover all areas falling er sanitation to all citizens of 19. to take Dogri language to in so many ways. Almost 250 festival with a mission to great art from "Theatre" and activities related to the within the limts of Jammu the city. She further appealed to the ultimate heights, Dogri plays have been written in promote dogri language. act as a wakeup call for gov - theme and create public Municipal Corporation. The Commissioner also general public to come for - Theatre has earned so much Dogri but very few have been Visarjan, Macbeth and ernments, politicians, and awareness on the same. While addressing the issued directions to the con - ward and join hands with for its language. Hats off to showcased. DC Prashant, Urubangham are amongst institutions which have not In the hours of crises safaikarmacharies and other cerned officer and sanitation Jammu Municipal corpora - some of the organisations R.N. Shastri, Dinu Bhai Pant, those plays of Natraj Natya field staff for taking every tion in maintaining proper yet recognized its value to which the world is facing sanitation field staff the who are practicing dogri the - ND Jamwal, Ram Kumar Kunj which they have per - mayor instructed that no area possible measure for main - sanitation and also appealed atre since last so many years. Abrol, Ved Rahi, Madan formed outside the union the people and to the individ - today in wake of COVID-19 should remain un-attended in taining proper sanitation and them not to come out of their Whether it is Ghumayee in Mohan, Nutan Dogra, Kavi Territory of Jammu and ual and have yet not realized out break, it becomes the respect of sanitation, added that Jammu Municipal homes so that spreading of Russia & Germany or Alle in Rattan, Jatinder Sharma, Kashmir Many groups of it's potential for overall larger responsibility of the Spraying and fumigation in Corporation has already corona virus is stopped, as Pakistan, Dogri Theatre not Lalit Magotra, Puran Singh, Jammu have done immensely socioeconomic cultural creative community to sensi - view of corona virus out - undertaking sanitation without the help of citizens it only promoted Dogri lan - Chaman Arora, Om well for the dogri language in development. Referring to tize public about the possible break, as this is the duty of drives, Fumigation and is hard to achieve the desired guage but also took its lan - Goswami, Gyan Singh, the Union Territory of Jammu in particular Balwant threat through their creative Jammu Municipal spraying on war footing basis results and to make Jammu guage to international Mohan Singh, Deepak Jammu and Kashmir but to Thakur said that people out mediums. Corporation to Provide prop - to avoid spreading of Covid- free from Covid-19. heights. Dogri Sanstha was Kumar, Balwant Thakur, sum up all, Natrang has not incepted in the year 1944 Sudhir Mahajan, Kumar only taken Dogri language to here need to take pride in the Priya Sethi appeals with the mission to create Bharti, Mohan Singh, the peak but also made it a fact that it is theatre which Dogri literature and Bawa Rajeshwar Singh Raju, point to do serious and quali - gave this region a new cul - "AAP-J&K demands restoration of LG for Restoration Jitto was the first original Shashi Bhushan among oth - tative dogri theatre. tural, linguistic and intellec - of 4G in JK 4G services in J&K UT" TP CORRESPONDENT TP CORRESPONDENT or without any political calls and conferences. JAMMU, MAR. 26 : JAMMU, MAR. 26 : The affiliation but our so The fast mobile internet Former minister and J&K Aam Aadmi Party called public representa - will also help profes - National Council Member activists, Ram Singh tives have always divid - sionals, government BJP Jammu and Kashmir Chauhan, Kuldeep ed the people in the officials & students to do Priya Sethi has appealed Kumar Rao, Mehraj name of religion & work from home effi - Union Home Minister of Malik & Dr. A. C. region. ciently instead of going India Amit Shah and LG of J Bhagat in a joint state - Welcoming the decision of out to offices & colleges &K G.C. Murmu for the ment issued here have lockdown in Jammu & subject to restrictions restoring of 4G Services in extended their gratitude Kashmir UT for 21 days imposed by administra - Union territory as soon as to all the medical frater - in view of the gravity of tion. possible which will help the nity including Doctors, the situation due to the Fighting corona virus dis - people to be indoor and will Nurses, and Medical Corona virus disease, ease is the top priority Staff who are working AAP-J&K has said the for human race as one help the people to come up hard to keep us safe & authorities should ensure and all steps needed with the unprecedented situ - protected while keeping availability of all essen - should be taken in that ation because of Corno virus. their lives at risk. tial commodities apart direction they said & Priya Sethi in her state - We all should salute & from medicines in all added that the present ment said that we are thank - appreciate them who are localities of Chenab & worse situation in Health ful to the one more bold and dedicating themselves Pir Panchal areas along & Education sectors in unique historical decision by for the humanity without with price monitoring. rural areas of J&K UT is our PM Modi for the 21 days any caste. creed or The COVID-19, has already only due to the corrupt, lock down as this lock down colour or any religion or impacted J&K & Ladakh commission base and is for we all people. region. But simultane - UTs & can be fought by caste base politics being On Twitter (priyasethibjp) ously, they said that they majorly taking appropri - played by all traditional wrote that #Covid-19 threat have great regards for ate preventive measures political parties who can be fought by social dis - 'Safai Karamcharis' and social distancing is ruled in erstwhile J&K tancing & With the improve - whose efforts of making very important aspect of state. ment in security situation in our surroundings clean it. There is an urgent need to #JammuAndKashmir, it will can't be undermined. With improvement of securi - improve the priority sec - be helpful if 4G internet J&K police has also ty situation and urgent tors health & Education service is restored in UT . played a commendable need of keeping popula - in J&K UT on Delhi role to keep the situation tion indoor for 21 days it Pattern but not possible Priya hailed the JK UT under control. will be helpful if 4G in this corrupt, commis - administration led by LG Their lives are too precious internet is restored to sion based & caste based G.C. Murmu for the effective for us. We all should allow people to interact political system adopted measures taken to by this salute to all, irrespective with their near ones by by all traditional politi - government with regard to of caste, creed or colour social media and video cal parties. the fight against the deadly COVID- 19 from day one. She hoped that with this lockdown we will come out of this Coronavirus crisis and the nation will fight back against the global crisis of Coronavirus. Former Minister added that as there is major improvement in security situation of Jammu and Kashmir after the abro - gation of article 370,so it is a humble appeal to our Home Minister and LG for the restoration of 4G service which will help students, professors, working profes - sionals and others to work easily from their respective homes and will keep people updated too. NATIONAL/STATE TRUTH PREVAIL 6 JAMMU, FRIDAy , MARCH 27, 2020 Robot Nurse In Coronavirus Fight: Jaipur "Ashamed": UP Officer On Cops 'Punishing' Hospital's Move To Minimise Risk Men On Roads During Lockdown JAIPUR: A government vate firm had approached It can supposedly use the LUCKNOW: Two days hospital in Jaipur is putting a them, offering a robot which lift and reach a particular bed into the "total lockdown" robot through its paces to see could carry food and medi - in a specific ward. When it ordered by Prime Minister if it can help in the fight cines to patients, a job nor - starts running out of power, it Narendra Modi to halt the against coronavirus, deliver - mally done by the nursing heads towards the charging spread of the COVID-19 ing food and medicines to staff. "We are conducting a point, the manufacturers virus, videos of police pun - patients admitted. trial and a committee has been claim. Dr Meena called it a ishing those who violate If the trial works out, the formed to see its efficiency," good step. Doctors and the curfews and ignore restric - humanoid robot could make he said. The committee will nurses have higher chances of tions on movements have its way to assigned patients submit a report. Robot made getting infected with the virus, begun to emerge from with a tray carrying food or by the company, Club First, he reminded. According to across the country. medicines. Potentially, this have also been tried out at him, the nursing staff likes the One such video - from would reduce the chances of restaurants, the firm said. idea. Mr Mishra told PTI that western Uttar Pradesh's the hospital staff contracting The robot at SMS Hospital the company provided the Budaun town - shows a the infection. uses Artificial Intelligence robot under its corporate group of young men forced Nurses now need to (AI) and Internet of Things social responsibility (CSR) to hop down a main road approach such patients wear - (IoT) to do its job. It doesn't initiative, and can supply with bags strapped to their Bunty's village is 150 Budaun, staying in their ing protective gear like masks need to follow lines on the more of them. "We have man - backs. kilometres from Delhi and current locations is difficult and gloves. floor and can navigate its own ufactured the robot under the Reports from the town he is forced to travel that without an income to take SMS Hospital superinten - way, according to developer Make in India initiative in suggest they are migrant distance with his wife and care of the basic necessities. dent Dr DS Meena said a pri - Bhuvnesh Mishra. Jaipur," he said. workers trying to return three young children. They The government has home amid the lockdown. have little money and not helped some people; last 43 New COVID-19 Cases In 24 Hours, They were caught by the enough food for the trip. week the Railways, which Parties Praise Uddhav Thackeray For cops, who refused to listen Some others are even less has now shut all services, Ministry Says "In No Way Are We Relaxed" to their pleas, and humiliat - fortunate - they have no sent four special trains car - ed by being made to hop means of getting to villages rying thousands of migrants NEW DELHI: After few-like" lockdown that and crawl in this heat. much further away. from the Mumbai-Pune four consecutive days of came with penal provi - Steps To Tackle COVID-19 In State "The policeman seen in On Tuesday a young boy region to Bihar. high number of infections sions for violation under monitor situation in the dis - the video is a probationer from Bihar broke down and This afternoon, Finance - between 70 and 80 - 43 the National Disaster with about a year of experi - cried while speaking to Minister Nirmala new cases have been reg - Management Act. trict of which he is the guardian minister," he added. ence. Senior officers were NDTV. He was among Sitharaman announced a istered in the last 24 Prime Minister present but manning other scores of disappointed compensation package hours, the health ministry Narendra Modi, who Maharashtra has reported 124 coronavirus cases, the spots. Corrective action migrant workers stranded in worth Rs 1.75 lakh crore, said today. Even yester - made the announcement will be taken. I apologise Delhi, with no money or dubbed "Prime Minister day, 73 new cases were in the evening, said while highest in the country so far. Aam Aadmi Party's national for the video and am shelter, after interstate bus Gareeb Kalyan scheme" detected, which took the 21 days might seem like a ashamed about what hap - services were shut down by that will "address the con - total to 606. Today, with long time, "this is the joint secretary Ruben Mascarenhas said, "Thackeray pened," AK Tripathi, the the government. cerns of poor, migrant the 43 new cases, the total only way to ensure every - Budaun police chief, said. He, like thousands of workers and those who stands at 649. Four more one is safe". Staying at has clearly emerged a Maharashtra's tallest leader. Across the country heart- other labourers, work for need help". persons have died, taking home, he had repeatedly breaking pictures and daily wages in construction Finance Minister Nirmala the total to 13. said, is now a matter of His demeanour, handling of the situation deserves acco - videos have emerged of sites around the national Sitharaman announced a "We have observed that survival. migrant labour, mostly capital. With the lockdown compensation package the rate of growth of Medical experts, how - MUMBAI: Maharashtra (comprising the Shiv Sena, lades. He has calmed nerves Chief Minister Uddhav NCP and Congress), the chief and taken people along." daily wagers, being forced in effect, all building work today cases has decreased, but ever, said it is too early to to return home by walking has been stopped and they This follows plans and in no way are we being see the results yet. Thackeray's handling of the ministers word is final. Praising Mr Thackeray, coronavirus crisis in the state If all the 43 ministers start local BJP functionary hundreds of kilometres in are out of jobs. proposals by several state relaxed about anything at Today, the World health the absence of public trans - The boy works at a con - governments, including this point," Lav Agarwal, Organisation Director- and the strategy of taking talking on different television Dayanand Nene tweeted, "I everyone along has been channels, there would be have been your strong politi - port that has been shut as a struction site and has been Delhi Chief Minister senior Health Ministry General Tedros Adhanom result of the "total lock - stranded after Delhi locked Arvind Kejriwal, to provide official, told the media Ghebreyesus said lock - praised by leaders from vari - chaos, he said. cal critic. But in the past few ous parties. "When the chief minister weeks, you have won me over down". down free food and aid to strand - today. Calling it a "stable downs will not be enough This morning Bunty, a The lockdown ordered by ed migrant workers. Odisha or slow growth", the offi - to eradicate the virus. Amid the 21-day nation - talks to district collectors, with your calm demeanour wide lockdown, Mr Thackeray divisional commissioners, and strong decisions. We felt daily wage labourer who is the Prime Minister has been Chief Minister Naveen cial said, "People quaran - They have only created among a stream of migrants acknowledged by experts, Patnaik issued a call to his tined must be moni - what he called a "second has been assuring citizens that municipal commissioners you were a puppet of SP but the state has enough food across the state, I am present now feel that you are the best who have begun the long and opposition leaders, as a fellow chief ministers to tored... We need to make window of opportunity" and punishing trek from necessary move to control help in this regard. people aware about social "Aggressive measures grain stock to survive the cri - at the meeting along with head to run Maharashtra." sis, and using social media in Deputy Chief Minister Ajit A close aide of the CM said Delhi to their village in the spread of the infectious In a letter circulated to distancing and must be to find, isolate, test, treat Uttar Pradesh, told NDTV: COVID-19 virus. his opposite numbers, Mr reassured that there will and trace is not only the times of social distancing to Pawar and other bureaucrats," be it closure of schools and establish a rapport with peo - Mr Thorat said. colleges, stopping internation - "No one helps you in Delhi, However, the fallout is Patnaik has asked for their be no shortage of essen - best and fastest way out the way they do in the vil - affecting the economically help in arranging basic tial commodities, so they of extreme social and ple. Revenue Minister "Pawar then holds talks al flights from landing in the Balasaheb Thorat, who is also with me, Home minister (Anil state, or reducing crowd by lage". weaker sections of the soci - food, accommodation and stop crowding shops". economic restrictions, but Daily wage labourer ety the most - men, women security for helpless Odisha Two days ago, the gov - they're also the best way the Maharashtra Congress Deskhmukh) and other offi - shutting public transport, president, told news agency cials to take stock of the lock - Thackeray has set an example Bunty and his family walk and children who rely on residents in other states, ernment had announced a to prevent them," the from Delhi to their village daily wages and casual while assuring similar aid 21-day countrywide "cur - WHO chief added. PTI that though the state gov - down in the state. The respon - of how to handle a crisis calm - ernment is a three party-set up sibility for each minister is to ly. in Uttar Pradesh labour to survive even in to all those stuck in his the best of times. state. The coronavirus out - India In Touch With Family Members of Kabul PM Modi, while break in the country has announcing measures to infected over 600 people Gurdwara Attack Victims: S Jaishankar Serious and Bad Effects of Jupiter, Saturn, Mars deal with the outbreak, had since originating in China's NEW DELHI: The victims of the attack. urged people to "stay in Wuhan district in December Indian embassy in "Understandable grief whichever city you are", in last year, and has been Afghanistan is in touch and anger at the cowardly an effort to reduce the linked to the deaths of at with the family members terrorist attack on and Pluto on the countries (Masses): Forecasting spread of the virus. least 13 people. Worldwide of the victims of the Gurudwara in #Kabul. Unfortunately, for people over four lakh have been "cowardly terrorist Our Embassy he Serious & Bad and it will continue till 20 every fields will be increased dangerous planet at it signifies like Bunty and the men in infected and more than attack" at a Gurdwara in @IndianEmbKabul is in Effects of the Jupiter, Nov, 2020. Its retrograded despite sincere efforts of the for itsatomic and poisonous the video from UP's 18,000 have been killed. capital Kabul, External continuous touch with the TSaturn, Mars and position will also prove bad leaders and the authorities of effects on a man, or countries Affairs Minister S families of those killed Pluto on the Countries for all human beings. The sor - countries on the earth and the is also observed and this is Prashant Kishor's Praise After Jaishankar said on and injured," Mr (Masses) Globally-An row and restlessness will pre - people will have to face the also near to the other planets Thursday. Jaishankar tweeted. Astrological prediction. The vail in the societies/ countries. evil effects of the planets cer - which intensify the evil "Shame On Nitish Kumar" Tweet Twety-seven people "Medical opinion Astrologer was Honored with Sri Varahamithira as well as tainly. In general, 75% of the effects. It is also proved as Patna: Prashant Kishor Nitish Kumar, his political were killed and several against moving injured at prestigious Maharshi Sri Garga Sages gives bad people will be seriously fuel to the fire. In this situa - praised his former party mentor-turned-adversary. others sustained injuries this stage. Embassy Vedavyas and Viswa Bandhu results in their works as indi - impacted on the tion of epidemic and other boss Nitish Kumar today for Yesterday, Mr Kishor had after armed men stormed @IndianEmbKabul is awards in the astrological cated above for Jupiter's occu - Earth/Globally unfavorable circumstances, it the Bihar government's Rs accused Nitish Kumar of a Gurdwara in Kabul and working on the return of seminars, held on 29thannu - pancy/ journey on his enemy 5. It is also evident, has been observed that natural 100-crore relief package for abandoning "hundreds of opened fire inside the the mortal remains of Shri al International Conference (Venus) stars. that it caused bad effecteven calamities have been occurred migrants, amending his tone poor people from Bihar" premise. The Islamic State Tian Singh. Will keep you at Kolkata-2006 & held on 2. The Sade-sati 45 days before and after the in the World due to the combi - overnight from "shame on trapped in Delhi and other terror group had claimed updated," the following 38thannual international affected countries have much Saturn-Mars conjunction as it nation of Saturn, Mars and you". The poll strategist parts of the country amid the responsibility for the tweet read. conference at New Delhi- more bad& serious effects has been observed many a Plutoapart from Wars, etc. posted a tweet welcoming lockdown. "Hundreds of attack. Earlier in the day, 2015. thanthat of other countries on times. During the period of 7. After three months, the Bihar government's poor people of Bihar in Taking to Twitter, Mr Indian Ambassador to 1. When the Jupiter the earth Jupiter from 04 Jan to 20 Nov the bad effects of Mars will be measures in the coronavirus Delhi and other places are Jaishankar further Afghanistan Vinay Kumar passes through the stars of 3. The conjunction of 2020, it is also evident that the over, and will beminimized. fight "after all the public locked down, trapped informed that the Indian had visited the Sikh shrine Puvashada & Uttarashada- Jupiter,Saturn,Mars and Pluto effect of Mars and Saturn for Let's hope for good for all the outcry". because of Nitish Kumarji. embassy was working to and offered condolences 1Charan (up-to first part) for certain 4 months and 15 days is as human beings and pray to God "After all the public out - When governments all over bring back mortal remains to the families of the vic - Sagittarius, it impacts badly ascendants(Lagnas)is also bad bad for all,as per planetary for all in this time of uncer - cry, GoB (Bihar govern - are helping their people, of Tian Singh -- one of the tims of the incident. and dangerously as it proved & seriousas it causes fatal positions, the period is tainly and un-safety. ment) has announced new why is the Bihar govern - hazardousfor everybody on effects to people on the Earth. undoubtedly bad for whole of (Note: the prediction was measures to help daily wage ment not (helping) these Centre Takes Cue From Relief Plans the Earth because when the 4. The Conjunction of the World. published on 24-03-2020 & workers and poor people people (or) arranging some Rolled Out By Bengal: Derek O'Brien Jupiter passes through his Saturn- Mars from 25 March 6. TheConjunction of now again being republished stranded across India due to immediate relief? Shame on enemy's stars, it causes epi - to 04 May will prove very bad Saturn- Marsthese are malefi - in the paper after rectifying the #lockdown. This Nitish Kumar," the strategist NEW DELHI: The on Thursday unveiled a demic and diseases apart from situations as this combination cand dire enemies by their the errors & missing words. includes additional fund of had tweeted. He was Trinamool Congress on Rs 1.70-lakh crore eco - other critical situations on the creates wars or war like situa - nature, creates havoc in the Regretted for errors). 100Cr from the Chief expelled from Nitish Thursday said the Centre's nomic package involving Earth. The bad effect of the tions in the countries, asda - countries as many times SUDESH BIRDI- Minister's relief fund. Thank Kumar's Janata Dal United financial package free foodgrain and cook - Jupiter started on 04 Jan, 2020 coity and looting events in observed. The Plato is also Astrologer you all for adding your in January for being openly announced in the wake of ing gas to poor for the (Student of astroscience) voice to the cause," Prashant critical of the Chief a countrywide lockdown next three months, one- New Plot, Jammu. -5 Kishor tweeted, along with a Minister's stand on the con - to combat coronavirus has time doles to women and Telefunken announces its new range of Bluetooth HD [email protected] folded hands emoji for troversial citizenship law. taken a "cue" from the one poor senior citizens, high - offered by the party-led er wages to workers and and FHD Smart LED TVs, starting for Rs.17990/- dispensation in West measures to boost liquidi - Bengal. ty of employees as it NEW DELHI: The new cricket picture nectivity front, the Smart GlobalGyan gives FREE Access to its Managerial Skills "Centre takes cue from looked to contain the Telefunken, one of the oldest mode amplifies the cricket TVs has 3 HDMI ports, 2 relief plans already rolled impact of unprecedented German Consumer viewing experience and tak - USB ports and 1 Optical out by state govts like nationwide lockdown. 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TRUTH PREVAIL 7 HEALTH JAMMU, FRIDAy , MARCH 27, 2020 Empathy: Why Frontotemporal dementia: do we care? What's to know? is neuroscientific consensus Frontotemporal dementia dementia. Behavioral variant fron - that empathy occurs across at refers to a group of disorders Types totemporal dementia may least 10 brain areas, with that cause dementia to start Frontotemporal dementia cause changes in personality, more to be discovered. at a younger age. mostly affects people emotional blunting, and loss As modern brain scanning Around 60 percent of peo - between the ages of 45 and of empathy. Around 60 per - technology has revealed, ple who develop frontotem - 64 years. cent of people with fron - many of these same brain poral dementia are between The disorders that make totemporal dementia have areas become activated not the ages of 45 and 64 years. up frontotemporal dementia behavioral variant fron - only when we experience a This type of dementia is fall into the following cate - totemporal dementia. sensation or feeling our - uncommon. gories of symptoms, includ - Language decline selves, but also when we see Dementia is the decline in ing: Language decline is other people experience it. mental ability that is faster behavior and personality marked by early changes in a problems with physical stories every day. Tap in and The first “stop” on the cir - movement. The person may keep your curiosity satisfied. cuit is the medial prefrontal than would be expected with decline person’s language ability, cortex (MPFC) – that is, the normal aging. Dementia language decline which includes speaking, have difficulties using limbs Causes “social hub” of our brains. affects everyday activities motor decline understanding, reading, and and walking. They may The cause of frontotempo - As Prof. Baron-Cohen and gets progressively These symptoms are writing. shake, frequently fall, and ral dementia is not entirely explains, the dorsal MPFC worse. Symptoms of demen - caused by damage to parts of If a person displays lan - have poor coordination. understood. However, the has been shown to be tia include memory loss and the frontal and temporal guage decline, they may In some cases, motor dis - symptoms may occur Empathy is a precious Degrees of Empathy, Simon involved in thinking about difficulties with thinking, lobes. The symptoms and have one of the types of orders may occur with fron - because the frontal and tem - moral and social resource. It Baron-Cohen – a professor other people’s thoughts and language, and problem-solv - the lobes that are affected frontotemporal dementia totemporal dementia. These poral lobes of the brain helps us to form friendships, of developmental psycholo - feelings as well as our own, ing.Frontotemporal demen - determine the type of fron - that include: include: motor neuron dis - shrink over time. care for the needy, and not be gy at the University of while the ventral MPFC tia mainly affects the frontal totemporal dementia a per - progressive non-fluent ease or ALS – a progressive Shrinkage may happen cruel. But what goes on in Cambridge in the United seems to be highly active and temporal lobes of the son has. aphasia – trouble producing disease that attacks the due to a buildup of abnormal our brains when we Kingdom – explains how when people think more empathize? Can neuro - modern neuroscience has brain. Behavior and personality speech nerves in the brain and proteins in the brain that about themselves than oth - The frontal lobe is located decline semantic dementia – loss spinal cord clump together. science help us to explain helped to illuminate that ers. why we care? 19th-century case. at the front of the brain, and Behavior and personality of the ability to understand progressive supranuclear The cluster of abnormal The vMPFC may have the temporal lobe is located decline is marked by pro - single words, familiar peo - palsy – a brain disorder that proteins become toxic to Having empathy means More than 100 years later, other roles as well. Antonio understanding and sharing using modern functional at the side of the brain. gressive changes in a per - ple, and everyday objects causes difficulties with brain cells and gradually kill Damasio, of the Department These areas of the brain are son’s behavior, personality, Around 20 percent of peo - walking, eye movements, them, which causes the brain another person’s emotions, MRI (fMRI) machines, of Neurology at the as opposed to singularly pur - researchers ascertained that responsible for controlling emotions, and judgment. ple with frontotemporal and balance areas to shrink. University of Iowa College corticobasal syndrome – While several gene muta - suing our own interests. the iron bar had penetrated a of Medicine in Iowa City, behavior, personality, lan - These symptoms often dementia have the progres - On September 13, 1848, in brain area known as the ven - suggested that our vMPFC guage, and the ability to plan mean that a person has a sive non-fluent aphasia sub - the gradual degeneration of tions have been linked to a railroad construction acci - tromedial prefrontal cortex might act as an emotional and organize. type of frontotemporal type, and 20 percent have movement, speech, memory, types of frontotemporal dent, an explosion drove an (vMPFC). bank that attaches and stores Less than 5 percent of all dementia called behavioral semantic dementia. and swallowing dementia, most people with iron rod through the skull of As Prof. Baron-Cohen emotional valence to certain people who develop demen - variant frontotemporal Motor decline Expect in-depth, science- the condition do not have a Phineas Gage, a 25-year-old explains, this is one of the 10 actions. tia have frontotemporal dementia. 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Expect in-depth, show that people with advice when it conflicts with science-backed toplines of child`s viewpoint may reduce the The mother-child pairs then wore injuries in this area have quality of parental engagement and the fNIRS caps with the child sitting his desires.” “In this regard, our best stories every day. trouble telling when some - his mind was radically Tap in and keep your curios - undermine the mother-child relation - on the mother`s lap while both one has committed a social ship in the long run," Esposito said. watched animation clips from changed, so decidedly that ity satisfied. The empathy faux pas or tend to become his friends and acquaintances brain circuit. A 3-D render - According to the study, when the 'Brave', 'Peppa Pig' and 'The socially uninhibited – in parent and child show highly similar Incredibles' together. said he was ‘no longer ing of the skull of Phineas much the same way that Gage,'” the doctor added. 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Studies have showed scientists that the Chambers MC, Kikinis R, et higher levels of parenting stress had reactions that punish the child and The study published in the journal reporting higher levels of parenting shown that patients with less synchrony in brain activity with negatively affect the parent-child Scientific Reports, analyzed the stress, the degree of mother-child ability to share another per - al. In his book, Prof. Baron- damage in this area have son’s feelings has deep neu - Cohen walks us through the their child than those who reported relationship for the long term. brain activity of 31 pairs of mother synchrony in part of the prefrontal trouble recognizing emo - lower levels of parenting stress, "Our study shows that parenting and children from Singapore while cortex was diminished, compared to rological roots. brain circuit involved in tions on other people’s In his book Zero empathy. 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(semi-automatic rifles), Twitter that US troops minister, Edward Argar, group Republic, which active users in the United Others advise on how to Antonio Guterres called for The death count from the everything," said Tiffany brought the virus to Wuhan, said: "My understanding is wants to abolish the monar - the world to act together to virus, which emerged in Teasdale, who sells guns in the metropolis where it was that his symptoms, his con - chy, said on Twitter. "Now States, over half of whom entertain yourself during halt the menace. China late last year, continued Washington state. first detected late last year. dition, met that criteria." is the time for equal access were between the ages of 16 quarantine, or how to stay "COVID-19 is threatening to grow, with the US becom - "A lot of people are scared "Crazy talk" "The Prince of Wales did - to medicine. No excep - and 24. safe. 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WASHINGTON: There Chromecast support. infections as the epicentre The number of new is a strong chance the new Zoom has no such plans but coronavirus could return users who pay for its Zoom of the epidemic Hubei daily cases remain down province opened its bor - sharply from the height of in seasonal cycles, a senior Rooms software can use its US scientist said proprietary casting technolo - ders, but imported cases the outbreak in the country rose as Beijing ramped up in February, allowing Wednesday, underscoring gy. the urgent need to find a Apple declined to comment, controls to prevent a resur - Beijing to push for restart - vaccine and effective but it partners with many TV gence of infections. ing economic activity in treatments. makers directly to allow A total of 67 new cases the world's second biggest Anthony Fauci, who beaming video from iPhones. were reported as of end- economy. leads research into infec - Online video services are Wednesday, up from 47 a Hubei province, home tious diseases at the fighting for subscribers and day earlier, all of which to some 60 million people, National Institutes of advertisers, and those not sup - Health, told a briefing the porting Chromecast may want were imported, China's reported no new cases on National Health Wednesday and opened its virus was beginning to customers to buy additional take root in the southern products from them. Apple, Commission said in a borders. Public transport Measles cases are sky - Fauci's comments sug - hemisphere, where winter rocketing in Europe and gesting the virus does bet - OAKLAND, gy from Alphabet Inc's for instance, sells a device that statement on Thursday. restarted and residents in is on its way. CALIFORNIA: Kat Volpe Google. Others lacking also makes apps viewable on the disease is surging in ter in colder weather than The total number of the city of Xianning "What we're starting to four countries previously it does in hot and humid laid out an exercise mat and Chromecast support include TV. Reluctance to share more cases now stands at strolled the streets wearing see now... in southern tried to sync her iPhone with Apple Inc's Apple TV+ sub - data with Google could be a considered to have elimi - conditions follows a recent 81,285. masks. Africa and in the southern nated it, including the UK, Chinese research paper -- her big screen TV for a fitness scription video service, factor as well. Google said The commission report - The lockdown of hemisphere countries, is class webcast on Instagram Twitter Inc's video offering Chromecast usage rose in the World Health still preliminary and ed a total of 3,287 deaths Hubei's capital Wuhan, that we're having cases Organization (WHO) awaiting peer-review -- last week during New York's and Bytedance's video enter - recent weeks versus a year ago that are appearing as they coronavirus lockdown. tainment app TikTok. and that the company continu - at the end of Wednesday, where the virus first warned on Thurs... that reached the same con - up six from the previous appeared late last year, go into their winter sea - There are currently two clusion. But the popular app is "There's a lot of instances ally encourages apps to adopt son," he said. incompatible with Google's where the bigger tech compa - its free casting software. day. will be lifted on April 8, a vaccines that have entered The reasons are thought "And if, in fact, they human trials -- one in the to include that respiratory Chromecast TV-plugin device nies don't want to integrate Consumer outcry has forced China to Lift Lockdown milestone in China's war have a substantial out - which is remote controlled with products from other tech some changes. A year ago, US and one in China -- and droplets remain airborne in Wuhan against the epidemic as break, it will be inevitable they could be a year to a for longer in colder weath - with a smartphone or comput - companies," said Nadia Google agreed to make The city at the center of Beijing shifts its focus that we need to be pre - er. Gilani, who gave up on a YouTube available on year-and-a-half away from er, and that cold weather the coronavirus outbreak towards stemming import - pared that we'll get a cycle deployment. weakens immunity. As stay-at-home orders workout when she could not Amazon.com Inc's Fire in China has been on lock - ed cases and rebooting the around the second time. push workouts, concerts and get Instagram to cast to her devices, and Amazon's Prime Treatments are also Another potential reason down since January 23 in economy. "It totally emphasizes being investigated -- some is that viruses degrade even happy hours online, Kat TV. Such narrow limits are a Video app started working the need to do what we're Volpe and other consumers are disservice to consumers, said with Chromecast devices. order to slow the spread of Fearing a new wave of new drugs and others that more quickly on hotter the disease. infections from imported doing in developing a vac - have been repurposed, surfaces, possibly because finding that some of the most Nadia Gilani, 26, a tech work - Kat Volpe, the New Yorker cine, testing it quickly and popular services do not work er in Vancouver, British live streaming a workout on All of the new patients cases, authorities have including the antimalarials a protective layer of fat trying to get it ready so chloroquine and hydroxy - that envelops them dries with products from rivals. Columbia. "It's a business- Instagram from Barry's were travellers who came ramped up quarantine and that we'll have a vaccine Apps with surging demand minded and not a socially Bootcamp, said she ended up chloroquine. out quicker. to China from overseas, screening measures in available for that next "I know we'll be suc - But reduced infection for live streaming such as minded way of operating." grabbing her iPhone every with the mainland report - other major cities includ - cycle." Zoom Video Communications Facebook is exploring put - couple of minutes to learn cessful in putting this rate does not mean the ing no locally transmitted ing Beijing, where any Vaccination and the down now, but we really virus gets eliminated -- Inc and Facebook Inc's ting livestreams on a website each new exercise because it infections on Wednesday. travellers arriving from immune system Instagram are among major which would work with would not prop up anywhere. need to be prepared for Australia has had almost Shanghai reported the overseas must submit to Videographic explaining another cycle," Fauci con - 2,500 confirmed cases and holdouts in adopting the Chromecast if accessed on "The set-up was a hot how vaccinations work. phone-to-TV casting technolo - Google's Chrome browser on mess," she said. most cases with 18 fol - centralised quarantine. cluded. 8 deaths, for example. TRUTH PREVAIL SPORTS 9 JAMMU FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2020 FIH welcomes decision to Neeraj Chopra, Vikas Krishan welcome Olympic postponement, postpone Tokyo Olympics say focus should be COVID-19 right now New Delhi : His much- who is also an Asian Games which has claimed close to Olympic Committee for pri - Geneva : International standing Olympic Games in Games have to be "resched - 1940 and 1944 due to the awaited Olympic debut has and Commonwealth Games 19,000 deaths the world over. oritising athletes' health and Hockey Federation (FIH) Tokyo next year!" uled to a date beyond 2020 Second World War. been delayed by a year but gold-medallist, also felt the "Obviously, the postpone - well-being. The Olympics CEO Thierry Weil has wel - On Tuesday, the IOC and but not later than summer The joint statement said star Indian javelin thrower same. Yadav has returned to ment will affect our prepara - was scheduled from July 24 to comed the decision of the the Tokyo 2020 Organising 2021." that the postponement comes Neeraj Chopra is unfazed as amateur boxing after an tion, but I think the extra time August 9 this year. International Olympic he feels humanity needs to Committee and Japanese focus on the COVID-19 pan - authorities to postpone Tokyo demic more than anything Olympic Games to 2021. else right now. "On behalf of the Chopra qualified for the International Hockey Olympics at the Athletics Federation, I would like to Central North East Meeting thank and express our full League meeting in support to the International Potchefstroom, South Africa Olympic Committee, the earlier this month, making an Tokyo 2020 organizing com - impressive return to the cir - mittee, the Japanese authori - cuit after recovering from an ties and the Tokyo metropoli - elbow injury. tan government for the deci - "I think this was a wel - sion taken to postpone the come decision for us athletes Olympics to next year," Weil in the circumstances and not said in a statement. something that came as a sur - "This decision brings clar - prise. While we were looking ity to the global hockey com - forward to Tokyo2020, the munity and I'm sure it is sup - environment wouldn't have ported by all athletes who are been appropriate for the event currently facing important to be celebrated the way it challenges to train at this should be," the unprecedented time," he Commonwealth and Asian added. Games champion said in a Weil believed the message statement. of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic "I would say we should Torch that "Hope Lights Our look at this positively as it Way" could not be more per - would allow us a year more to tinent at this time while plan and train for the stressing that "the focus Committee said in a joint This thus makes it the first in response to the coron - Olympics, which is the today is on staying at home to statement that the commit - Olympics to be postponed avirus pandemic that has led biggest sporting event for fight the COVID-19 pandem - tee's president Thomas Bach with the Games being can - to restrictions over people's many athletes. ic". and Japan Prime Minister celled previously in 1916 due movements in countries "There will be some unbeaten stint in the pro cir - can help me prepare even bet - The IOC took the decision "We look forward to out - Shinzo Abe agreed that the to the First World War and around the world. impact on preparations over cuit. ter for my goal to win an after its head Thomas Bach the next few months till the "At the end of the day, Olympic Gold for India," he spoke to Japanese Prime situation is brought under humanity has to trump sport, added. Minister Shinzo Abe over a COVID-19 : Messi donates 1m euros control, but that is something so I'm happy that the decision On Tuesday several top telephone call. Before this, that all athletes are facing was made to postpone the Indian athletes such as M C Canada and Australia had equally," he added. Olympics amidst the coron - Mary Kom and Saina Nehwal announced pullouts if the to Barcelona hospital Two-time Olympian boxer avirus situation," he said had welcomed the move and showpiece went ahead as Barcelona : Argentina FIFA along with 28 past and navirus (COVID -19) by actively involved in passing Vikas Krishan Yadav (69kg), referring to the outbreak lauded the International originally scheduled. football great Lionel Messi present football icons to launching a new awareness the message against this pan - has donated one million euros spread an awareness cam - campaign as football calls on demic since the very begin - to a hospital in Barcelona to ning," said WHO Director- Kohli & boys handed customised help combat the ongoing General Tedros Adhanom coronavirus pandemic. Ghebreyesus at the virtual According to a report in launch of the campaign at indoor workout routines goal.com, Messi made the WHO headquarters in New Delhi : With the gov - tive of whether they play red- routines have been created has been given exercises donation to Hospital Clinic, a Geneva, Switzerland. ernment calling for a lock - ball cricket or white-ball keeping in mind the demands which also work on his shoul - public hospital in Barcelona "Be it through campaigns down to fight the coronavirus ders and wrists,” the source with the hospital confirming or funding, FIFA has stood up outbreak, the Indian cricketers explained. about the same on their offi - to the coronavirus, and I am are all home and spending The source further added cial Twitter handle. delighted that world football time with their families. But that the routines have been Messi's former Barcelona is supporting WHO to kick strength and conditioning made keeping in mind the manager Pep Guardiola has out the coronavirus. I have no coach Nick Webb in consulta - workout patterns of the play - also given one million euros doubt with this type of sup - tion with physio Nitin Patel ers. towards the purchase and port that together we will has customised routines for “So, for example, some - production of medical sup - win," he said in a FIFA Virat Kohli and boys to one like a Kohli loves to train plies and equipment with release. ensure they stay in top shape with weights as well. So, his another Barcelona-based The 28 players, who are despite the pandemic induced routine would have weights campaign. involved in the video cam - break. involved like the clean and Star Portugal footballer paign to be published in 13 Sources in the team man - jerk and deadlifts and other Cristiano Ronaldo and agent languages, include the likes of agement said that the duo of exercises. While another play - Jorge Mendes have also paign to combat the coron - all people around the world to India captain Sunil Chhetri Webb and Patel have made er might be more comfortable donated one million euros to avirus pandemic. follow five key steps to stop and World Cup winners like player specific routines for all cricket or all formats have of the players. So, for exam - doing free-hand exercises, so fund intensive care units in FIFA and the World Health the spread of the disease. German Philip Lahm, Spain's the contracted players to been given fitness routines ple, a bowler will has been in that case, he has been given hospitals in Lisbon and Porto. Organization (WHO) have "FIFA and its President Iker Casillas and Spanish ensure that they can continue which they are to follow and given exercises which work to more free weight functional Messi has been picked by teamed up to combat the coro - Gianni Infantino have been defender Carles Puyol. to stay in shape. give updates to Webb and make his core and lower body training options,” the source 2020 Tokyo Olympics postponed “All the players, irrespec - Patel from time to time. The strong. Similarly, a batsman pointed. Tokyo : The 2020 Tokyo “The leaders agreed that Olympic Games to 2021,” done superbly well to prepare FIFA monitoring COVID-19 threat in India Olympics have been post - the Olympic Games in Tokyo track and field’s global gov - for what I know will be an New Delhi : World foot - Organising Committee to New Delhi: World football Organising Committee to poned to no later than the could stand as a beacon of erning body said. outstanding Games”. ball governing body, FIFA, on identify any potential impact governing body, FIFA, on identify any potential impact summer of 2021 because of hope to the world during these “It is what athletes want Wednesday said it is monitor - on preparations for the FIFA Wednesday said it is monitor - on preparations for the FIFA the coronavirus pandemic troubled times and that the and we believe this decision “However, the IOC had no ing the developments arising U-17 Women’s World Cup ing the developments arising U-17 Women’s World Cup sweeping the globe, the Olympic flame could become will give all athletes, technical option under the present cir - out of the COVID-19 pan - India 2020, as well as finding out of the COVID-19 pan - India 2020, as well as finding International Olympic the light at the end of the tun - officials and volunteers some cumstances but to reach the demic in India, which is alternative solutions to demic in India, which is alternative solutions to Committee announced on scheduled to host the upcoming events that were scheduled to host the upcoming events that were Tuesday. Women’s U-17 World Cup in planned in India in the lead up Women’s U-17 World Cup in planned in India in the lead up The Games were sched - November. to the tournament,” it added. November. to the tournament,” it added. uled for July 24-August 9, but FIFA said it is also explor - Sixteen teams will take FIFA said it is also explor - Sixteen teams will take after telephone discussions ing “alternative solutions”. part in the World Cup, of ing “alternative solutions”. part in the World Cup, of between IOC president In India, the pandemic has which only three have sealed In India, the pandemic has which only three have sealed Thomas Bach and Japanese affected over 600 people their berths. India has quali - affected over 600 people their berths. India has quali - Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a besides 10 deaths. fied as the host nation, while besides 10 deaths. fied as the host nation, while historic joint decision was “FIFA is currently moni - North Korea (winner) and “FIFA is currently moni - North Korea (winner) and taken to delay the Olympics toring developments regard - Japan (runner-up) progressed toring developments regard - Japan (runner-up) progressed — the first time that has been ing the coronavirus outbreak from the Asian qualifiers. ing the coronavirus outbreak from the Asian qualifiers. done in peacetime. in India to decide the future of FIFA is also working with in India to decide the future of FIFA is also working with Abe said Bach was in “100 the U-17 Women’s World Cup representatives of all confed - the U-17 Women’s World Cup representatives of all confed - percent agreement” when which is slated to be held in erations regarding dates for which is slated to be held in erations regarding dates for Japan asked the IOC to push the country in November,” the their respective qualifying the country in November,” the their respective qualifying back the Games. apex body said in a statement. tournaments. apex body said in a statement. tournaments. In a joint statement, the “With public health and The World Cup is sched - “With public health and The World Cup is sched - pair said that based on current safety in mind, FIFA is also uled to be held from safety in mind, FIFA is also uled to be held from World Health Organization working with the Local November 2 to 21. working with the Local November 2 to 21. information, the Tokyo Games “must be rescheduled to a date beyond 2020 but not later than summer 2021, to women's U-17 world Cup : FIFA monitoring safeguard the health of the athletes, everybody involved in the Olympic Games and the nel in which the world finds respite and certainty in these decision they did.” COVID-19 threat in India international community”. itself at present. unprecedented and uncertain New Delhi : World foot - Sixteen teams will take The pandemic has led to their respective qualifying “Therefore, it was agreed times.” The IOC came under ball governing body, FIFA, on part in the World Cup, of either cancellation or post - tournaments. Bundesliga clubs that the Olympic flame will British sprinter Dina increasing pressure in recent Wednesday said it is monitor - stay in Japan. It was also Asher-Smith, the world 200m days to postpone the Games, ing the developments arising take pay cut agreed that the Games will champion, posted on with 1.7 billion people across out of the COVID-19 pan - Berlin : Footballers at keep the name Olympic and Instagram: “#Tokyo2021, the planet in lockdown to pre - demic in India, which is Germany’s top teams includ - Paralympic Games Tokyo Same fire, new dates. Stay at vent the further spread of scheduled to host the ing Bayern Munich have 2020,” the statement conclud - home and stay safe everyone COVID-19. Women's U-17 World Cup in agreed to take pay cuts to ed. The Olympics, which has xxx.” Training has become November. help clubs survive the eco - experienced boycotts, terrorist The international federa - impossible for many athletes FIFA said it is also explor - nomic impact of the coron - attacks and protests, but has tion of the number two and exposes them to the risk ing "alternative solutions". avirus, media reports said on been held every four years Olympic sport, swimming, of contracting or spreading The coronavirus outbreak Tuesday. since 1948, is the highest-pro - added that it would also work the disease. Competitions and has so far claimed lives of Newspaper Bild reports file event affected by the virus with local organisers “in order qualifying events have been over 20,000 people across the that players and club officials that has killed thousands and to determine flexibility” for scrapped, while international world while infecting more at champions Bayern have closed sports competitions their scheduled July 16- travel is severely limited. than 425000. accepted a 20 percent cut in worldwide. August 1, 2021 world cham - On Sunday, the IOC had In India, the pandemic has their salaries. Bach said the decision to pionships in the Japanese city initially given itself a deadline affected over 600 people Like all top European postpone was “about protect - of Fukuoka. of four weeks to come up with besides 10 deaths. leagues the German top flight ing human life”. World football’s governing a proposal to postpone the "FIFA is currently moni - is losing income from broad - Crowded calendar body FIFA said it “firmly Games, a Herculean task that toring developments regard - casting, sponsorships and Squeezing in the 16-day believes that the health and touches on every aspect of ing the coronavirus outbreak ticket sales during the Games into what will already well-being of all individuals Tokyo 2020 planning from in India to decide the future of COVID-19 pandemic, with be a hugely crowded 2021 involved in sporting activities venues to security to ticket - the U-17 Women's World Cup matches in Germany sus - calendar is another major should always be the highest ing. which is slated to be held in pended until at least April 2. headache, with arguably the priority, and as such we wel - But after Canada and the country in November," the Bayern has a massive two biggest sports, swimming come today’s IOC decision”. Australia withdrew their apex body said in a statement wage bill which reached 336 and athletics, due to hold their Devastating for Tokyo teams and the powerful US after PTI inquired. million euros (364 million world championships that The decision to postpone Olympic Committee and "With public health and dollars) last year, almost half summer. will be a devastating blow for World Athletics also joined safety in mind, FIFA is also of club turnover. However, World Athletics the city of Tokyo, which had the chorus calling for a post - working with the Local Players at Borussia has already said it was pre - won widespread praise for its ponement, the writing was on Organising Committee to Moenchengladbach were the pared to shift its world cham - organisation, with venues fin - the wall. identify any potential impact first in the Bundesliga to pro - pionships, scheduled for ished well ahead of time and Tokyo was spending some on preparations for the FIFA pose a pay cut, followed by August 6-15 next year in tickets massively oversub - $12.6 billion to host the U-17 Women's World Cup which only three have sealed ponement of all sporting The World Cup is sched - others at Werder Bremen and Eugene, Oregon, to accom - scribed. Games, according to its latest India 2020, as well as finding their berths. events lined up in the coming uled to be held from Schalke 04. Borussia modate a rescheduled Games. British Olympic budget, and experts believe a alternative solutions to India has qualified as the times, the biggest being the November 2 to 21 with Dortmund and Bayer “World Athletics wel - Association chairman Hugh postponement could cost it upcoming events that were host nation, while North Tokyo Olympics and Euro. matches to be played in Navi Leverkusen players are in comes the decision of the IOC Robertson said it was “heart - some $6 billion in the short- planned in India in the lead Korea (winner) and Japan FIFA is also working with Mumbai, Kolkata, talks over pay cut proposals and the Japanese Government breaking news for our many term before recouping it when up to the tournament," it (runner-up) progressed from representatives of all confed - Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar with management. to postpone the Tokyo 2020 friends in Japan who have they eventually go ahead. added. the Asian qualifiers. erations regarding dates for and Guwahati. TRUTH PREVAIL 10 ENTERTAINMENT JAMMU FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2020 Jacqueline Fernandez has a ‘never seen before’ surprise for her fans with her upcoming song ‘Genda Phool’! Bollywood's sunshine tainly comes as a surprise for built ever since the song has On the work front, Jacqueline a suitcase. I was working on Jacqueline Fernandez is all set her fans as it will be the first been announced. will next be seen in Mrs. out and out commercial films, to wow the audience with yet time ever that she will be Earlier, during Holi, Serial Killer, the movie will I was doing item numbers, another track and this time, it's singing in Bengali. If comes Jacqueline released a song also mark her digital debut. world tours, I was dancing at Genda Phool with Badshaah as even a bigger shock when titled Mere Aangne Me which Jacqueline Fernandez is awards shows, weddings, music videos, then there were endorsements. I enjoyed every bit of it." shares Jacqueline on how the actress utilised every bit of her time. This was a perfect combina - tion of work and fun at the same time. Adding on how this life has its own effects and how it affected her over all health, Jacqueline adds, "But you cannot keep up with that lifestyle for too long, you are sleep deprived, your diet is not fulfilling, all that eventu - ally starts impacting your gen - eral health and fitness" On making the necessary changes for her life which will have a positive impact overall as she starts the new decade Jacqueline exclaims, "So as I start the new decade, I start with a new approach. I want to take things one day at a time. I want to be calm. I want to pick and choose the proj - ects I do" Truly Jacqueline knows how to set goals and achieve them for herself and is the perfect inspiration for all age became popular amongst the truly loved for her fun loving groups. The actress is some - where there's a surprise for the the actress, until now has masses and it was the actress' nature, for always radiating one we can truly look up to audience- we have never seen never even communicated in look that won over the million and spreading positive vibes for almost everything from or heart before! Bengali. hearts. all across. The actress talks fashion, dance, acting, fitness The song is all set to The actress will also be 'Genda Phool' starring about what a fun decade she and much more. Aashna Hegde makes us addictive to her ravishing beauty release tomorrow and will see donning a Bengali attire in the Jacqueline Fernandez along - had and also shares how it The actress will be seen Jacqueline sing in Bengali, song, again an avatar we have side Baadshah is produced by affected her in a different way. next in Mrs. Serial killer something we have never her never seen and this certainly, Sony Music and will release "Last decade was amazing, which will also mark her digi - Jannat Zubair & Mr. Faisu to unite do or in an avatar of. This cer - adds to the hype that has been on the 26th of March 2020. but I was almost living out of tal debut. again in a music video Pollywood celebrities come TikTok sensations Faisal by Indian Idol sensation posed by Rajat Nagpal & Shraddha Kapoor shares the legacy Shaikh aka Mr.Faisu and Vibhor Prashar, and the lyrics directed by Aman Prajapat. together to advise people Jannat Zubair enjoy a massive are penned by Sarmad The song is releasing on 26 about COVID-19 fan following. The duo was of the Gudhi Padwa tradition in her seen in an entertaining music Considering the severe ing at home. And for the video `Fruity Lagdi Hai`. The outbreak of coronavirus pan - same, Gippy Grewal, family, check it out! song became a rage and was demic the whole nation has Parmish Verma, Binnu loved immensely by the view - been put on a standstill. Dhillon, Jaswinder Bhalla Shraddha Kapoor is an The actress has never failed to family. actress who has never failed inspire us all, be it her acting What's more to her is that ers. The duo can be spotted at to dazzle us with her acting multiple occasions together skills and her versatility. She apart from posting many is an awe-inspiring package TikTok videos together which of entertainment with her tal - also makes the audience ent to sing, dance and act. believe that the two are more Shraddha recently posted a than friends. Jannat & Mr picture on her social media Faisu are working together on marking the auspicious occa - another music video sion Gudhi Padwa. Shraddha 'Aeroplane'. is continuing the tradition of Jannat Zubair recently her family by wearing a took to Instagram and Konkani style saree which is announced yet another project the perfect outfit for Gudhi with Mr Faisu named Padwa. Three consecutive 'Aeroplane', which is going to generations of the family can be releasing soon. be seen dressed up in a saree The fans totally adore their in the picture. pair and are in awe of their The actress has got it all! chemistry.The song will be She has started the year quite produced under Desi Music explosively with two releases Factory.The song will be sung Qadeer. The music is com - March, 2020. this year, Street Dancer 3D and Baaghi 3 and she has blown our minds. Sidharth and Shehnaaz's song Bhula The actress played differ - ent characters in both the Dunga hits 1 million views in 3 hours films, with one being a dance- Sidharth Shukla and this song is a treat for SidNaaz cially Sid's acting. It has been oriented film, she is already Shehnaaz Gill have become fans. Fans loved the couple's trending 1 on YouTube and proving her gravitas for her nationwide famous after their chemistry in the song espe - Twitter. People are advised to stay at and other actors took to their versatility. stint in Bigg Boss 13. Fans home, and leave only when social media handle to share Gudhi Padwa is a spring- started referring them as really necessary. Yet, many special videos. COVID-19 time festival that marks the SidNaaz and they became a people are not understanding has taken over our lives as all traditional new year for skills or her determination to she is sure to always bedazzle hot favourite among the view - the seriousness of the issue, activity has come to a stand - Marathi and Konkani Hindus. continue a tradition in the us with her magnificence! ers. Ever since Shehnaaz Gill and thus, the government has still and all of us are getting and Sidharth Shukla put a lock down and even self quarantined at home. announced a music video imposed curfew. They have However, as the celebs have Sara Ali Khan, the only young star amongst together, the excitement of been continuously asking self-isolated themselves their fans knew no bounds. people to not go out of their from the world, it has made her contemporaries to have a coveted The song released yesterday houses, even Punjabi celebs them productive and using and within a mere three hours' are sharing videos to urge this self-quarantine for doing array of brands to her credit time crossed a million views their fans to be safe by stay - some productive work. Sara Ali Khan created a made a stellar debut with footwear brand, a multina - becoming a superhit. The storm with her debut and ever Kedarnath. Sara Ali Khan is tional manufacturer of smart - video got an amazing since then, there is nothing one of the most sought after phones and a renowned audio response and is being shared Pollywood celebrities stopping her. She is perhaps and followed actresses on equipment brand, are just and viewed in large numbers. pay tribute to Shaheed some of the brands that find Shehnaaz Gill took to the actress to be the most suit - Instagram to announce that Bhagat Singh able and significant choice for the song has received a mega being their brand ambassador. opening and is a success as it Today India observes the Khurana, Rana Ranbir, From food and beverages, is trending on number one on day as Martyrs' Day, also Anupam Kher and many telecom, skincare, clothing Youtube and crossed 1 million known as Shaheedi Diwas more who also remember the and apparels, and more, she views within 3 hours only. for the freedom fighters heroes. has it all. The melodious romantic Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev On the work front, the track is crooned and com - Rajguru & Sukhdev. Citizens and Rajguru are an inspira - actress will next be seen in posed by Darshan Raval, and Aanand L. Rai's 'Atrangi Re' lyrics is penned by Gurpreet alongside Dhanush and star Saini and Gautam Sharma. In Akshay Kumar. She has also the song, the heartbroken finished shooting for David lover (Sid) reminisces all the Dhawan's 'Coolie No. 1' in sweet moments shared with which she is paired with Shehnaaz. Sid and Sana, Varun Dhawan indeed look cute together and Filhaal becomes the fastest Indian song to cross 700 million mark on Youtube After almost 32 the song singer years in the film B.Praak and writer industry, Akshay of the song Jaani Kumar finally made shared this news his music video with the fans on debut with Kriti Instagram. Sanon's sister Nupur It is for the first Sanon. Nupur Sanon time that Akshay has and Akshay Kumar's worked with Kriti five-minute song is a Sanon's sister Nupur romantic ballad that Sanon, and going by speaks of pain and the video, their on- separation. People screen chemistry is have loved Akshay un-missable. Arvindr and Nupur's chem - Khaira who previ - the youngest actor to have a social media. Owing to her istry and display of ously directed videos list of coveted variety of massive fan following, the heartbreaking emo - like Pachtaoge brands to her name, so early actress is a hot topic not just tions in the film. (Arijit Singh), Maan across India have paid tribute tion for many youngsters in in her career. The actress is in the casting environment but Bow the song has Bharya (B Praak), to the freedom fighters via India and it's March 23rd, the way ahead of her contempo - also in the brands circuit. made another record Kya Baat Ae (Hardy Instagram . Among these are martyrdom anniversary of raries where the demand tells Every brand is on a look by becoming the Sandhu), Laare also Pollywood Celebrities these Indian freedom fighters us that the brands have out to get Sara as their face for fastest Indian music (Maninder Buttar) who paid tribute to these real today. The trio ways hanged realised how promising she the calibre and promise she video to reach 700 and many more it heroes, it includes actors like to death on this day in 1931 is! has displayed with her proj - million views on also features Diljit Dosanjh, Himanshi in Lahore Central Jail. The actress has been the ects. An iconic beverage YouTube. The renowned Punjabi talk of the town ever since she brand, an international Punjabi duo created singer Ammy Virk. TRUTH PREVAIL BUSINESS NEWS 11 JAMMU FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2020 Covid-19 lockdown: Flipkart sus - Sensex, Nifty log best day in over 10 years pends operations temporarily New Delhi : Mumbai: BSE ended in the green with Narendra Modi as the move ment, said Narendra Solanki, Indian stock benchmarks energy, finance, bankex, auto, somewhat removes the uncer - Head- Equity Research New Delhi : Walmart- household staples, hygiene cals and medical equipment nel and staff, as well as inter - Sensex and Nifty posted their basic materials and oil and gas tainty and showed that the (Fundamental), Anand Rathi. owned Flipkart on and other high-priority prod - through e-commerce. state movement of goods best single-day rise in over a indices rallying up to 10 per government is willing to take The rally was supported by Wednesday said it was sus - ucts. Industry watchers have amid lockdown across the decade on Wednesday, mir - pending its operations tem - E-commerce players, said there is an urgent need country. roring buoyancy in global porarily as India entered into a markets and anticipating a 21-day lockdown to contain stimulus package by the gov - the spread of Covid-19 pan - ernment to tide over the finan - demic. cial turmoil caused by the "Consequent to the order coronavirus pandemic. issued on March 24 by the The BSE gauge Sensex Ministry of Home Affairs shot up 1,861.75 points or announcing a 21-day lock - 6.98 per cent to settle at down across India to contain 28,535.78, and the NSE the spread of the novel coron - barometer Nifty spurted avirus causing Covid-19, we 516.80 points or 6.62 per cent are temporarily suspending to end at 8,317.85, the biggest our services," Flipkart said in single-day gain for the a blogpost. indices. The blog further said "we Domestic market was will be back to serve you as enthused by recovery in glob - soon as possible". al stocks after the US Senate On Tuesday, Prime and White House reached Minister Narendra Modi agreement on a USD 2 trillion announced a complete lock - stimulus package for the US down across the country for economy. 21 days, asserting that social Reliance Industries was distancing is the only way out the top gainer in the Sensex for the country in its decisive pack, rallying up to 15 per battle against the coronavirus. cent, followed by Kotak cent. hard steps to fight the Covid- strength across the markets More than 500 people have Bank, Maruti, HDFC twins, Broader midcap and 19 pandemic. including large frontline and tested positive for coronavirus including Amazon India and for uniform classification of Some e-commerce players Titan, L&T and Axis Bank. smallcap indices surged up to Receding uncertainty in mid-small cap stocks ahead of in India with around 10 Milkbasket, have been facing essential items across various are also urging the govern - On the other hand, IndusInd 3.53 per cent. domestic markets following expiry tomorrow (Thursday) deaths. disruption in delivery of even states, and that instructions ment to expand the scope of Bank, ONGC, ITC and Experts are of the view defined lockdown announce - which also played its part in Amazon India had on essential products to their cus - need to flow down clearly to essential products beyond Bajaj Auto closed with loss - that markets took confidence ment and assurance of domes - terms of short-covering which Tuesday said it has temporari - tomers. the last mile, where the deliv - food items and medicines to es. from the 21-day lockdown tic stimulus by the govern - added further fuel to the rally, ly stopped taking orders and The government, however, ery agents are facing issues. include other products, like All sectoral indices on the imposed by Prime Minister ment boosted investor senti - he added. disabled shipment of low-pri - in its notification has allowed Industry experts also cable and routers that may be ority products as it focuses on delivery of all essential goods flagged challenges around required for customers who delivery of essential items like including food, pharmaceuti - movement of delivery person - are working from home. Investor wealth jumps Rs 1.82 lakh cr as mkts bounce back ‘Unprecedented collapse’ for eurozone businesses New Delhi : Investor 3,934.72 points or 13.15 per ered over 1,400 points in the worst hit from the lock - wealth jumped Rs cent to close at 25,981.24. opening session tracking down. The waiver of charges Brussels : Businesses in coronavirus pandemic, sweeps across Europe. The IHS Markit survey 1,82,769.92 crore as stock “Post a sharp decline in the gains in Asian peers after the on cash withdrawal from the eurozone suffered “an according to a closely Major economies Italy, showed the services sector markets bounced back after previous session, the Indian Federal Reserve announced ATMs, will be helpful for cit - unprecedented collapse” in watched indicator released on France, Germany and Spain was pummelled the worst, posting the worst one-day fall markets witnessed healthy measures to support the US izens.” On the sector front, the March because of the novel Tuesday by IHS Markit. are all deeply affected and sliding to well below where it in the previous trade. buying interest led by positive economy. IT index was the top outper - Provisional data showed have implemented severe was at during the 2009 global Indian stocks rebounded global cues and rising hopes VK Vijayakumar, Chief former gaining nearly 7 per No salary deduction during the slump in activity in the 19- social and business restric - financial crisis. on Tuesday in line with glob - of a stimulus package from Investment Strategist, Geojit cent, followed by FMCG and nation zone in March “far tions to try to slow the virus’s Manufacturing was also hit, al recovery on hopes stimulus the government. The broader financial services said, Healthcare which were up domestic flights suspension exceeding that seen even at spread, by keeping potential supply chains were being measures by the governments markets underperformed “Amidst the lockdown, exten - 3.13 per cent and 2.33 per the height of the global finan - carriers at home. badly degraded, and there was to mitigate the impact of coro - wherein the BSE midcap sion of deadlines and relax - cent. period: IndiGo tells staff cial crisis,” with the compa - The eurozone’s economic “a record fall in export busi - navirus outbreak. The bench - ended higher by 1.6 per cent ation of norms brings in great From the 30-share Sensex New Delhi : Budget carri - ny’s PMI survey diving to struggle was worsened by ness as cross-border trade mark index Sensex soared by and smallcap ended flat,” relief to the taxpayers and pack, Infosys was the top er IndiGo has assured its 31.4. some EU member states clos - flows seized up”. Employees 692.79 points or 2.67 per cent according to Ajit Mishra, VP - businesses in the country. The gainer, rising 12.69 per cent, employees that it will not A reading below 50 points ing off their borders to neigh - are being let go at the fastest to close at 26,674.03. Research, Religare Broking focus should be on the low followed by Bajaj Finance, make any deduction in their indicates a contraction. In bours, limiting the flow rate since June 2009. The market capitalisation Ltd. Equity benchmark recov - income earners, as they are HUL and RIL. salaries or leaves due to the February, the index had stood ofgoods and people within the “Expectations of future of BSE-listed companies rose suspension of domestic at 51.6. The latest reading for single market. EU countries output also deteriorated by Rs 1,82,769.92 crore to Rs Govt raises insolvency threshold to flights till March 31. March is the lowest since IHS are starting to deploy massive markedly to reach an all-time 1,03,69,706.20 crore. The government's deci - Markit started its PMI survey state spending and loan guar - low, with record degrees of On Monday, the bench - Rs 1 cr to help small cos sion to suspend domestic in 1998. antees to prop up businesses pessimism about the year mark index had tanked New Delhi : To help small Insolvency and Bankruptcy said, adding this would help flight would come into effect The indicator reflected a and employment, with the EU ahead seen in both manufac - from midnight Tuesday, as companies facing the threat of Code (IBC) for six months if companies being forced into near-shutdown of eurozone dropping its strict rules on turing and services,” IHS Netflix, Facebook to defaults due to coronavirus- the current economic situation insolvency on default of part of larger efforts to curb economies as COVID-19 budget deficits. Markit said. spreading of coronavirus reduce bitrate to related lockdown, the govern - continues beyond April, she loans. infections. ment raised the threshold that In an e-mail to his help mitigate would trigger insolvency pro - employees, IndiGo Chief Announcements made by FM will help network congestion ceedings to Rs 1 crore from executive Officer Ronojoy current Rs 1 lakh. Dutta said the company has businesses tide over COVID-19 New Delhi : Video This raising of the thresh - "reasonable" level of streaming major Netflix and old will help small and medi - advanced bookings for April New Delhi : India Inc on e-invoicing and new returns (Operations) Imaan Javan social networking giant um enterprises, Finance and it was "anxious' to fly Tuesday said the govern - announced earlier would said, “We express relief Facebook are reducing bit Minister Nirmala Sitharaman again albeit with a reduced ment’s move to extend the allow businesses to focus on towards the finance minister’s rates for videos on their plat - said. Also, the government capacity. deadline for filing income tax resumption of business move of extending the date of forms as part of their efforts will consider suspending "For those who don't have and GST returns and raise processes once normalcy filing IT and GST returns to help mitigate mobile and Sections 7, 9, 10 of the to be working during this threshold of default that could resumes in future. from March 31, 2020, to June broadband network conges - temporary suspension of trigger insolvency of a com - Abhishek Jain, tax partner, 30, 2020. The decision taken tion amid the coronavirus operations, we will make no pany would help businesses, EY, said, “Extended time for by the finance minister is a pandemic. RIL promoter firms exchange shares worth deduction of salaries or especially MSMEs, tide over payment under the Sabka timely move considering that Netflix said it will reduce leaves," Dutta said in the e- the negative impact of the Vishwas Scheme as well is a the economy is on its knees as traffic on telecommunication over Rs 11,000 cr in open market deals mail. coronavirus outbreak. welcome measure as compa - of now” said . networks by 25 per cent New Delhi : Reliance ter, Devarshi Commercials the firm. Stating that the last few At a press conference on nies were struggling for mak - The last date for filing while maintaining the quality Industries' promoter Devarshi held 11.48 per cent stake in Reliance Industries shares days have been very chal - Tuesday, Finance Minister ing the payment in the lock - income tax returns for 2018- of service for users in India, Commercials LLP on lenging for the airline, he said Nirmala Sitharaman down scenario.” Assocham 19 as well as that for linking while Facebook said it will Wednesday offloaded shares "clearly for the next few announced that the govern - President Niranjan PAN with Aadhaar has been temporarily reduce bit rates worth over Rs 11,000 crore in weeks our revenues will be ment has waived charges on Hiranandani said the industry extended by three months to for videos on Facebook and the firm through open market well below our costs and we cash withdrawals from ATMs looks forward for the broader June 30. The last date for fil - Instagram in India. transactions. will have to make our efforts of other banks as a precursor economic packages like One ing GST annual returns for Companies like Amazon According to the block to penny-pinch and preserve to a broader stimulus package time Roll Over for debt 2018-19, which is due on Prime Video are also tem - deal data on BSE, Devarshi cash". for the economy distressed by restructuring across the indus - March 31, has also been porarily lowering bit rates — Commercials sold shares of He also said that as the coronavirus outbreak. tries to be announced soon for extended till the last week of a measure of how much data Reliance Industries through employees "let us also be “Waiver of penalty, late resurrecting its economic June. is being transferred — to ease two separate transactions. acutely cognizant of the fact fee and interest on GST will health. As outbreak of coron - pressure on telecom network While 5,80,40,583 shares that during this temporary also help industry cope up “These proactive steps are avirus pandemic and lock - infrastructure. were sold at an average price suspension of operations, we with the huge cash crunch, the need of the hour to miti - downs across cities create Consumption of digital of Rs 950 apiece, 5,80,40,587 will be spending our cash and thus, tide through these gate some of the hardships large-scale economic disrup - content has gone up manifold shares were offloaded at Rs reserves to continue to pay tough times,” CII Director that the businesses are going tion, Sitharaman announced as people are forced to stay 949 per scrip. salaries and benefits". General Chandrajit Banerjee through,” said Sohinder Gill, the threshold of loan default indoors as almost the entire This took the total deal Once this crisis is over, said. Deloitte India Partner director general, Society of that could trigger insolvency country is under lockdown to value to Rs the airline will have to redou - MS Mani said the extension Manufacturers of Electric proceedings has been raised contain the spread of the 1,10,21,90,70,913. ble its efforts to rebuild these of GST return filing timelines Vehicles. Suntuity Renewable to Rs 1 crore from the existing deadly COVID-19. A The data also showed that cash reserves, Dutta added. together with the deferment of Energy India Director Rs 1 lakh now. Facebook spokesperson said, another promoter entity of “To help alleviate any poten - Reliance Industries, Samarjit tial network congestion, we Enterprises LLP, bought these Moody’s downgrades ONGC rating on uncertain will temporarily reduce bit shares at the same price. rates for videos on Facebook As per the shareholding Reliance while Samarjit closed at Rs 1,081.25 on BSE, oil prices, Govt guidelines on dividend and Instagram in India”. data for December 2019 quar - Enterprises held 200 shares of higher by 14.65 per cent. New Delhi : Moody’s weaken beyond the tolerance Rs 6,700 crore as on owned company. “However, Investors Service on Tuesday level for its ratings, if oil September 30, 2019. its lower cash reserves have DoT writes to states to permit downgraded state-owned Oil prices remain low for a pro - “ONGC’s dividend policy is diminished the company’s and Natural Gas longed period,” he said. based on the guidelines issued capacity to protect its credit Corporation’s (ONGC) rating working of telecom personnel in view of the uncertain oil New Delhi : The “Hence, it will be neces - their phone and broadband free broadband service to new price environment, depleting Depareached out to state gov - sary that instructions reach the connections. customers and doubled data cash reserves of the govern - ernments over difficulties field level to permit personnel Prakash has requested to limit for all existing cus - ment and government guide - faced by personnel of service maintaining and providing state governments and UT tomers to support work from lines constraining its ability to operators in their movements lower dividends. due to lockdowns imposed by The rating agency down - authorities to contain coron - graded ONGC’s local and for - avirus outbreak. eign currency issuer ratings to Telecom Secretary Anshu Baa2 from Baa1. It also Prakash in a letter to chief downgraded the ratings of the secretaries of state and advi - unsecured bonds issued by sors to administrators of ONGC and those issued by its union territories has noted that subsidiary ONGC Videsh Ltd. telecom infrastructure is criti - The outlook on all ratings cal for maintaining communi - remains negative, it said. cation, use of broadband, “Given the increasingly encouraging e-commerce and uncertain oil price environ - facilitating work from home ment, ONGC’s depleted cash during the ongoing restric - reserves, and government tions to curb the spread of guidelines that constrains coronavirus. state-owned enterprises’ abili - While telecom services ty to lower dividends, have been listed within the ONGC’s ratings are material - essential services, employees ly challenged at the previous Against the backdrop of a by the Government of India in profile from oil price shocks,” maintaining the network and rating level and its credit pro - significant deterioration in oil May 2016, which requires all Halan said. managing operations have file insufficient to remain prices over the last month that government-owned compa - ONGC’s cash reserves, complained of facing problem above India’s Baa2 sovereign is predicted to persist for most nies to pay a minimum annual which provided protection in their movement. rating. The rating outlook is of 2020, ONGC decided to dividend equal to 5 per cent of against the oil price decline in “Instances are being telecom services to continue administration designate home in fight against coron - negative in line with the out - pay an interim dividend of Rs their net worth even if they do 2016, have been depleting reported where the local their work without interrup - nodal officer with the name avirus. State-owned telecom look on India’s sovereign rat - 5 per share last week, result - not have sufficient profits,” over the past three years authorities have asked the tion,” the letter said. and phone number who can companies BSNL and MTNL ing,” said Vikas Halan, senior ing in cash outflows of Rs Moody’s said. Despite deplet - because of high dividends, personnel of the telecom serv - Employees of all organisa - be contacted by thetelecom took lead last week to vice-president, Moody’s. 6,300 crore, which has ed cash reserves, ONGC is share buyback in 2019, and its ice providers at network oper - tions, that do not fall under list operators and internet compa - announce free broadband “Further, the downgrade reduced its cash reserves. expected to meet its debt acquisition of Hindustan ation centres and call centres essential services, have been nies in the event of any diffi - plans and additional data for reflects our expectation that ONGC had consolidated repayment obligations given Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) to shut down operations in the asked to work from home for culty. Telecom companies like their customers to support ONGC’s credit metrics will cash and cash equivalents of its access to capital as a state- in 2018. view of the restrictions. business continuity using Reliance Jio have announced work from home. C M C M

Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL 12 NEWS JAMMU FRIDAY MARCH 27, 2020 Special prayers, Cabinet Secretary holds VC with Chief Secretaries to Aarti performed in review supply, transportation of essential goods temples on JAMMU, MARCH 26 : sought details from them with While referring the issue Later, Chief Secretary Navratras : Cabinet Secretary, Rajiv regard to the implementation of trucks being stranded in reviewed stock position of Dharmarth Trust Gauba today held video con - of lockdown and arrange - many States, the Cabinet essential supplies available in ference with Chief Secretaries ments put in place for mainte - Secretary said that the District the Union Territory and asked JAMMU : J&K of all States/Union Territories nance of supply chain and Magistrates be asked to Secretary FCS&CA to ensure Dharmarth Trust conveyed to review supply chain man - transportation of essential ensure that the trucks carrying that supply is not affected greetings to people of the agement and transportation of goods/services as already essential goods/medicines/ anywhere because of the Union Territory of Jammu essential commodities and and Kashmir on the auspi - services in and out of the cious occasion of Navratras State/UTs during the lock - and prayed for their well- down period as announced by being and prosperity. the Prime Minister to deal In a statement issued here with the Coronavirus out - on Thursday, Trustees of break. The meeting was also J&K Dharmarth Trust attended by Home Secretary, expressed hope and prayed Ajay Kumar Bhalla, Secretary that the festival would Health, Preeti Sudan and become the harbinger of har - other Secretaries of concerned mony, brotherhood, amity, Ministries. peace, progress and prosper - Chief Secretary, BVR ity in Jammu and Kashmir. Subrahmanyam, Director Taking appropriate General of Police, Dilbag action on account of in view Singh, Financial of the gravity of the situa - Commissioner, Health, Atal tion arising out of the global Dulloo, Principal Secretary, notified by the Government of perishable items should not be restrictions imposed. outbreak of COVID-19, Home, Shaleen Kabra, India. He said it is imperative stopped and be allowed to Commissioner Secretary, Dharmarth Trust J&K has Principal Secretary, Planning, to successfully implement the reach their destinations. Industries & Commerce and ordered closure of all the Rohit Kansal, Commissioner notified lockdown/restric - Considering the rise in the Secretary FCS&CA were temples and shrines for visi - Secretary, Industries & tions, but at the same it is nec - confirmed coronavirus cases directed to ensure that only tors till lockdown is in force. Commerce, Manoj Dwivedi, essary to ensure the unhin - in the country, the Cabinet industrial units involved in "However, the management IGP Jammu, Mukesh Singh, dered transportation/supply of Secretary asked all States/UTs manufacturing of pharmaceu - and Pujaris are continuing Secretary, FCS&CA, essential services, which have to upgrade their ticals/essential items are with the traditional rituals, Simrandeep Singh, Mission been exempted under the var - hospitals/infrastructure with allowed to carry out their prayers and Aarti of the Director NHM, Bhupinder ious prohibitory orders. the resources available with operations and permission to Dieties in the temples com - Kumar, Deputy Cabinet Secretary com - them. He emphasized that at such units be given accord - ing under the realms of Commissioner Jammu, mended the States/UTs for least, one Government hospi - ingly. Dharmarth Trust", the Sushma Chauhan and implementing the lockdown tal should be fully equipped Chief Secretary directed Trustees said, adding that Commissioner JMC, Avny restrictions seriously. He with doctors, staff and equip - Commissioner JMC to ensure Dharmarth Trust has taken Lavasa participated in the asked them to further sustain ments to tackle Covid-19 and that RTC buses, hospitals and proactive steps to ensure video conference. the restrictions in an effective that hospital should be a dedi - other important public places implementation of preven - Cabinet Secretary while manner for the period as the cated health facility exclu - are fumigated regularly to tive measures as per the interacting with Chief partial implementation will sively for treating patients avoid the transmission of administration for contain - Secretaries of the States/UTs not solve the problem. having infected with the virus. virus. ing the effect of this viral outbreak which has shaken Lub hails finance the people around the world. Coronavirus infection: Places of worship They also appealed to the minister for announcing general public, devotees and closed in Srinagar as a preventive measure employees of the Dharmarth relief package Trust to strictly follow Jammu, March 26 : Hard but unavoidable measure in view of guidelines of the authorities Laghu Udhyog Bharti (LUB) including social distancing J&K hails and shows grati - and best hygiene practices tude towards Finance the threat this virus poses : DM Srinagar in aid of public health and safety. Interesting punishment for Lockdown Violators in Jammu. Minister Government of SRINAGAR, MARCH ship including all mosques good of the people in view of India Nirmala Sitharaman 26 : In view of increased and gurdwaras as well as tem - the prevailing health situation. and MoS Anurag Thakur for number of persons infected ples and churches. He has urged one and all to extending a huge relief pack - with coronavirus — now The DM has appealed to ensure strict implementation Nadda discusses Corona spread, counter age for the poor citizens of gone up to five — and in an management committees of of the order until further our country. effort to contain spread of the all places of worship and all notice. He said it a difficult measures in J&K with Raina, Kaul Parveen Gupta General Secretary Laghu Udhyog JAMMU : Jagat Prakash ensure that no more damage classes and they both them - mon masses on the issue with Bhart said that the announce - Nadda, Bharatiya Janata Party to the human lives occur due selves are monitoring the situ - the use of Pamphlets and ment of relief package at this (BJP), National President to the deadly virus and the ation. They also told the other measures. They said that time when everyone is fight - interacted with all the BJP onus of responsibility lies on National leader that the BJP all the measures are being ing for their survival is a wel - State/Union Territory (UT) the BJP leaders to comfort the activists are themselves com - taken up to the Booth level come and appreciable step Presidents and State/UT and this move indicates the Organization General intention of the government Secretaries in a Video C M under the kind, able and Conferencing to discuss the C M latest situation in their home Y B dynamic leadership of our y B Hon’ble Prime Minister regions due to Corona infec - Narendera Modi. He added tion spread and various meas - that we request and expect a ures taken to ease the situa - similar type of package for tion. MSME Sector as well, which J&K BJP President is also under distress and is Ravinder Raina and General struggling hard for its sur - Secretary (Org.) Ashok Kaul vival. He also appeal public interacted with the party’s to take precautions and fol - National President JP Nadda low the guidelines announced and apprised him of the by the Government and prevalent situation in the J&K health care service providers UT due to Covid 19 (Corona) for the safety of all and fight spread as well as updates on against COVID 19. various measures to counter its spread in a Video Conferencing held at party Ration distribution at headquarter, Trikuta Nagar, Ration Ghats, doorsteps Jammu. JP Nadda sought complete of Shopian consumers infection in the district the residents of the district to decision but an unavoidable details of various measures District Magistrate Srinagar cooperate with and support measure keeping in view the taken by party leaders at the SRINAGAR, MARCH has ordered closure of all the administration in this threat that this infection 26 : Under the directions of ground level. He said that places of worship in the dis - decision taken for the greater poses. every possible measure must the District Magistrate, trict. Shopian, the Assistant be taken to ensure that all the common masses. ing forward to enlist the needy right through District and Major shrines and gurd - essential supplies must be Ravinder Raina and Ashok population both the residen - Mandal. BJP has also deputed Director Food, arranged for waras supported the decision ration distribution at the MESSAGE taken to comfort the common Kaul apprised the National tial and from outside the various senior party leaders to of the administration and masses in the situation of President that the senior lead - region and providing them the oversee needs of the common doorstep of the Shopian con - made the initiative in this The Country is facing an unprecedented challenge with sumers. communities and economies everywhere affected by the lockdown. ers have been assigned the job ration and other essentials. masses as follows and aid regard. He said that the strict to ensure maintenance of They also told that the party health and other agencies to The Food and Supplies Some of these closing growing COVID-19 pandemic. The world is coming together department also directed the to combat the COVID-19 pandemic bringing governments, measures under the lockdown essential supply to the needy leaders are taking enough counter the menace caused by gates in support of the call as are being taken everywhere to and the weaker economic measures to educate the com - the Corona Virus spread. Ghat Munshi's to distribute soon as requested Thursday organizations from across industries and sectors and individu - ration among the population morning include - among oth - als together to help respond to this global outbreak. Please while keeping in view that no ers - the revered Hazratbal support and donate towards J&K Relief Fund. The account law is violated and proper shrine, Naqshband shrine, detail is given below: Baldev Singh Billawaria puts more men and machinery social distancing guidelines Dastgeer Sahib shrine and Account No. 0110010100000016 are strictly followed. The Chattipadshahi gurdwara. Name of the Bank J&K Bank Ghat Munshi's followed the Concerned officers are on Branch Moving Secretariat into service to stop spreading of Covid- 19 guidelines by maintaining the the ground reaching out IFSC Code JAKA0MOVING Jammu : Baldev Singh of the houses and follow the proper social distancing across the district to ensure MICR Code 190051062 Billawaria, Chairman Public lockdown stated by Prime while distributing ration. closure of all places of wor - Demand Draft/Bank Draft “J&K Relief Fund” Health Sanitation Committee Minister Narendra Modi for a of Jammu Municipal full 21 days. He said that Corporation (JMC), while Jammu Municipal DC inspected District Hospital and providing manual spray Corporation is fully alert and machines to the councilors doing its job. People need not across the 75 ward on the one panic at this time, just be Quarantine Home wards at GHSS Shopian hand, he himself was seen patient and prevent the coro - SHOPIAN, MARCH 26 : signage at each point for the The DC urged the patients follow all guidelines and spray work in the streets of na chain from becoming so To review the preparedness of convenience of the patients not to panic and adhere to the instructions issued by the ward 56, Gangyal. In his that those who are affected District Administration for and attendants. advisories issued by the District Administration and presence, he was conducting by the corona are ahead of containing corona virus, the While taking stock of the District administration Health department to avert the chemicals in street, Mohalls them and this disease does Deputy Commissioner and making people aware not spread and for this we are (DC), Shopian, that they should not come out better to stay at home. Chaudhary Mohammad Yasin visited District Hospital Shopian and took stock of of various BJP extended thanks for announcing major facilities there, here today. He was accompanied by the Medical financial package amid corona lockdown Superintendent DH JAMMU : J &K BJP has Crore people of India. to survive through coron - Kalyan Package, free of cost Shopian, BMO and other vehemently thanked Prime Ravinder Raina, said that avirus crisis. Rs 2000 under LPG cylinders will also be concerned. Minster Narendra Modi, people of India especially PM Kisan Samman Nidhi to given to the beneficiaries of The DC directed the Union Finance Minister Ujjwala Yojana for the next officials to set up a dedi - Nirmala Sitharaman and three months are some of the cated help desk near the Union MoS Anurag Thakur great economic reliefs that parking area of the hospi - for the major economic relief have been given to the com - tal for the convenience of package amid the Covid-19 mon masses by the Union the patients coming to (Corona Virus) pandemic. government. hospital for treatment. He Bharatiya Jananta Party Ravinder Raina, said that took round of the isolation thanked the Union relief to 20 crore woman Jan room and flu corner and Government for Rs 170,000 Dhan account holders, double took stock of the arrange - crore worth of relief package collateral-free loans up to Rs ments. He directed the to protect the weaker sections 20 lakhs for Self Help Group hospital administration to of the society from the eco - women, helping 7 crore ensure proper sanitation in nomic fallout of COVID-19. women, relief in Provident the hospital and follow a J&K BJP President Fund, relief for construction daily cleaning routine besides, quarantine home set up at Shopian for containing the threat, not to panic and heed Ravinder Raina, said that the workers, extension of the providing ample amount of GHSS building the DC direct - incidents of COVID-19. He rumours spread on social Union finance Minister has deadline to file I-T, and GST hand sanitiser and soaps to the ed the health authorities to also requested the people not media about the covid-19. He announced the most-awaited returns, and other measures people visiting the health complete the remaining work to visit hospitals unnecessari - said that the district adminis - package in the time of Corona speak volumes about the gov - institute. of electrification and ensure ly or for minor ailments and tration has already made ade - Crisis and the major econom - ernment’s commitment DC directed the Medical sanitation of toilets and bath - maintain social distance. quate arrangements to combat ic package has given much from the weaker economic crore of farmers, free of cost towards the welfare of the Superintendent to install the rooms at the earliest. He appealed the people to the situation. sought relief to nearly 80 strata needed strong measures ration under PM Garib common masses.

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