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However, States are  Q       decided later. “Schools, colleges, educa- Containment zones’ geo- perimeter control to ensure that empowered to take a decision Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief      3    The night curfew will tional/training/coaching insti- graphical area and demarcation there is no movement of peo- on not allowing this based on Minister Shivraj Singh             remain in place and movement tutions etc will be opened after will be decided by the States ple in or out of these zones, public health scenario, said Chouhan said on Saturday that   8   *     of individuals shall remain consultations with States and and powers are given to local except for medical emergencies the new guidelines. the lockdown in the State to 8 *  *     9    strictly prohibited between 9 UTs,” the MHA said, adding authorities for house to house and maintaining supply of The guidelines insisted that contain coronavirus will be :   & *    ;& < pm and 5 am throughout the that the States may hold con- and patient tracing. States are essential goods and services,” wearing of mask in public extended till June 15. The West  *           country, except for essential sultations at the institution empowered to demarcate said the guidelines, empower- places is compulsory and also Bengal Government too &    *      services. level with parents and other buffer zones outside contain- ing local administration for said that persons above 65 and extended the coronavirus-trig-     Local authorities are per- stakeholders. Based on the ment zones were new cases strict implementation to con- children below 10 years and gered lockdown in the State up         mitted to implement Section feedback, a decision on the re- likely to occur, said the MHA. tain Covid-19 pandemic pregnant women and patients to June 15 with relaxations and      #$ 144 in this regard, said the opening of these institutions “In the containment zones, areas. are advised to stay at home. conditions.            % 0;                  ,, # (  23 4 3    &         =    ,&  -      more than 300 active cases in "35'          0  * State as reported on Saturday    &   (. late evening.   !"       *  More than half of the 563     harkhand again witnessed odd people infected by  $  # &       Jan unprecedented surge in COVID-19 virus so far in  "   % *  cases of COVID-19 infection Jharkhand are in the age brack-  /0'         on Saturday as 41 suspects et of 11 to 30 years – a trend    tested positive for the viral that highlights how young peo-  6 > Q : %   0   infection in 24 hours, officials ple were as prone to the virus 7  Q    0 *    from the health department as their older counterparts, =          said. 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Our of the 563 cases, battle against the virus on Jharkhand since May 5, the  '(,)L    findings, the number of new at least 355 are migrant work- Saturday and were discharged NHM bulletin said. > A.        cases reported in Jharkhand in ers, the NHM bulletin said. from hospital. Besides East The Government has so far @  >     the past 48 hours goes up to 86. While 41 new cases sur- Singhbhum, cases were report- collected samples of 76,100      *      According to a daily facing on Saturday is worri- ed from Hazaribag, Simdega, COVID-19 suspects from &;'(#    7 *   COVID-19 bulletin released by some for the Government, it is Garhwa, Gumla, Palamu and across the State, and more     '.     =  the National Health Mission worth noticing that around Khunti. than 560 of them have tested   - # .  (    #"/0(       *   (NHM), the total count of the same number of patients According to figures with positive. At least 62,916 of the          " 1 "  *         5 *      COVID-19 cases crossed the also recovered from the viral the NHM, at least 216 COVID- 76,000 odd samples collected    "      0    ( " 2     *    550 mark in Jharkhand on infection on the same day, 19 patients have recovered in have been tested so far, the 0 "  3 P  " "( 5     0           ;& Saturday. At least 563 cases officials said. According to the Jharkhand so far. There are NHM report said. %  *  6 #  &  / )  ;&       (. from Soren's office said. The #  ;;   >      migrants, mostly from Santhal                t least 180 Jharkhand Pargana region of the state, &   *        Amigrants, stranded in dif- were taken to their respective  *      &     ferent parts of Andaman and districts from the Ranchi air-       *  Nicobar Islands, were flown port by buses, he      Q     "   down to Ranchi in a chartered added.         Indigo flight on Saturday at the Dhanik Oraon, one of the     >Q   $% behest of Chief migrants who was stranded in      %96       Minister Hemant Soren – a Andaman and Nicobar for over        ; 0   ;     development that comes close two months said, "All of us are %06  / 6  * >        ne year into his second on the heels of the return of 60 grateful to the chief 3%     Q Oterm, Prime Minister ith tension continuing at such migrants from Leh on minister for coming to our res- >  &   >  Narendra Modi on Saturday Wthe Line of Actual Friday, a press communique cue in this time of crisis," he :     :   * listed abrogation of Article 370 Control (LAC) in Ladakh, from the Chief Minister's office said.      ;     and inclusion of Jammu & Defence Minister Rajnath said. Jharkhand became the first           Kashmir into the mainstream, Singh said here on Saturday The stranded migrants state to airlift its migrants from           criminalising the practice of that India and China are boarded the flight at Port Blair Leh on Friday. Earlier, on          Triple Talaq, Citizenship engaged at diplomatic and mil- at around 3.30pm and landed Thursday, the alumni of             Amendment Act, and cross- itary levels to resolve the face- at the Birsa Munda Airport in National Law School in #        >   border air strikes as the “bold offs. Making it clear that the Ranchi at 6.10 pm. State Bangalore leased an Air Asia    *%     decisions” of his Government, issue is bilateral, Rajnath also Drinking Water and Sanitation flight for return of 180 odd   which, he said, is on the path said this was conveyed to his Minister Mithilesh Thakur wel- migrants from Mumbai to   *> C.'(       to overcoming the coronavirus US counterpart Mark Esper in comed the migrants at the air- Ranchi. At least 400 migrants  1        pandemic with the collective telephonic conversation on port with red roses. The have returned to Jharkhand by >   #      7   resolve of 130 crore Friday. Government also ensured food air in the past 48 hours.           Indians. It is the first time that a packets and water for all the At a time when migrant >   *     Addressing the country Minister has given a statement returnees. workers are reportedly cover-   %96 #   through a letter, the PM said on the stand-offs. "Several stranded migrants ing miles on foot to reach         DQ= 0 clearing of several administra- Rajnath also said the coun- have returned to Jharkhand in home as they battle abandon-    %96   '.  tive bottlenecks, major development of the country overcome the crisis created by try should be assured that, the past 48 hours. I welcome ment by their employers, this / 6   improvement of infrastructure, which in comparison to nations the pandemic.” He said India “We will not allow India’s dig- them home," Soren said. "The development is among the rare Q          and freeing the country from with powers having great eco- must become self-reliant. nity to be hurt under any cir- Government is committed in positive happenings for :        #  the swamp of corruption in the nomic resources and state -of- “Many feared that India cumstances.” reaching out to all the strand- migrants in India. Over a  > A.*C.C.      first term had given the right the-art healthcare system is will become a problem for the He went on to add that ed migrants of our state and dozen Jharkhand migrants   &;'(     momentum to the governance “besieged with problems world when corona hits it. But India has always tried to main- ensure their safe return," he have died in road accidents      *    8  in the second term. amidst a vast population and today, through sheer confi- tain a peaceful relation with its added. while returning home during C.',C.C.*        Modi took note of the fact limited resources.” dence and resilience, you have neighbours. “We do not seek to The Government spent the lockdown, while many have           that the coronavirus had sud- The PM, however, assured transformed the way the world challenge any nation,” he around 21 lakh in the return fallen prey to Covid-19  "# denly put brake on the speed of that the country was “on way to looks at us,” he said. said. of these migrants, an official infection.     + ,-. /0/0  

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It has in college and my parents are a working it was time to face what was holding me Ramayan was aired on DD back been three weeks since the accident. The class. There were many questions but I took back and face my fear and took it up. I in 1987. Despite being a Sunday pain is still there but bearable now. It will a risk and here I am. haven’t taken it up to make a name for people would be up early and take time, around two months before all is  How did you come on board for myself but to test myself and how much I bathe. After all, they were about back to normal; I cut my tendons. It was Khatron Ke Khiladi 10? can push myself. It was not taken up to to see Lord Ram come alive. In such a freak thing and happened in a I never did it because of the name. It entertain anybody. fact, many people would not eat fraction of a second. I slipped and I tried was due to what the show represents. It has  You have also done a music video. How till after the episode ended since to break my fall and fell on a glass top table. been eight years since I have been in this much fun was it? they had to do puja and eat Though I knew that the injury was serious It was definitely a different experience. prasad before starting their day. I was calm and drove myself to the From the very beginning I never restricted Such was the craze for the hospital. myself to a medium. Acting is acting. I am show that over the years almost  Did playing Ranvijay Sampooran asked if I am interested in TV or films. I have every channel since then has run Singh propel you to stardom? done three music videos till now. I am happy a mythological show. For many Initially, when I started my first show, to explore myself and happy with my it is a recollection of the takes Suvreen Guggal-Topper of The Year, I choices. that they had heard from their wasn’t aware of how things worked. I am  Usually films are the endgame. Is it the grandparents, for others it is the from Delhi, didn’t know how the industry same for you? back story to a story and for Krishna that airs on Dangal TV Gods and Goddesses. “I am worked and was entering a new world. It For me, it is always the work. I believe some others it is the best way for says that the when he used to from Kolkata and devout of Ma was the love for my craft that made me we are infinite but the world tries to limit the kids to know more about watch TV back in the 90s, the Kali. The role is so challenging stand where I was at that time. The good us by giving you titles. It has always been their culture, Gods and shows were so good and and I get to play many shades. was that it was a hit show and realised goal to do diverse work. I have done ads, Goddesses. progressive. But since the 2000s The drama, colours and that people liked my work. Then music videos, TV shows and a film as well Tarun Khanna who has the content has been somewhat costumes come alive so came Ranvijay. The kind of craze on Hotstar. played Lord Shiva eight times regressive. “There are not many beautifully that it attracted me to and how people connected with  People watch you in series. What do and is currently seen as shows that are happy and one the show,” Ganguly says. me as the character and the you watch? Mahadev in Devi Aadi can learn from them. But from She agrees that the same series was totally different. I got After work, I of course don’t watch Parashakti on Dangal TV tells mythological shows, one can holds true for the audience too. to see first-hand mass my own shows. I watch whatever you that this generation doesn’t learn life lessons and are a visual “The characters in mythological following. It was a changing looks promising and pick up stuff as know much about our history. treat too. There is so much shows are larger than life, they experience. This show an audience rather than to critique “Ram and Krishna, I believe positivity in them,” he says. are Gods and Goddesses. It is made my image — that I it. I watch regional show as well. I were real people. That is why we Arpit Machhar, head of expectations. not just the dialogues but the was more than a pretty try to be neutral and not dissect it. celebrate Diwali. These are true marketing, Enterr10 Television “The mythological stories VFX, the research that goes face and could act. I love to see English shows since events but there is no one Network tells you that tend to have a lot of versions in into costumes and character, it  What made you take you learn from them. written record. There are so historically, mythological shows different parts of the country takes time to flesh these out. to acting?  Your best fan moment. many versions of Ramayan. especially Ramayan has always and people are also sensitive Also, for the audience to see a There was attraction There have been so many. When you don’t know your had a strong appeal with viewers. about it. Hence, the research God whom they pray to come towards cinema and Over time, you take each fan history and you want to know “Re-runs of some popular becomes the most important alive, is a pull. acting like any other moment in your stride and about it, these programmes in mythological and costume part of the whole process. For the children, such person. But I knew that thank God for putting me the name of mythology shows drama shows like Chandragupt Additionally, the grandeur of a shows are the perfect way to fame was never the there. You take it as a gesture give you a sneak peek of the past, Maurya, Mahima Shanidev Ki period drama is at a different know about our mythology trajectory. I was not the of kindness and get a sense people watch them because they and Dwarkadheesh, Devi Adi level, in terms of set size, since both parents are working kind who wanted to do of gratitude. Wherever I want to stay connected to their Parashakti were already being location, costumes, number of and live in nuclear families. a reality show to get go, whether in India or roots. In this mythology are their broadcasted before the artists and the post production The idea of listening to stories recognition. I was aboard, I get so much love. Gods — Vishnu and his avatars lockdown. The re-run of 2008 team involved,” he tells you. from grandparents is a thing of attracted to the world of I have even done a show in and Shiva. People want to watch Ramayan during the lockdown There is a reason why many the past. Such shows are not only acting and filmmaking. I Indonesia, the fans are so them again and again and the was soon extended to one hour of the mythological stories entertaining because there is a took to modeling and got nice and good to you. I got stories of their manifestations,” a day because of viewership revolve around Ramayan, story behind a story but you get the offer doing a TV. When so many messages enquiring Khanna explains. interest. Within the first week Mahabharat or on Shiv and to learn life lessons as well,” I heard the script and took it up after this injury. It was Another attraction is to see itself, the slot grew by 45 per cent Krishna. “These are the most Ganguly tells you. to look how things worked. I overwhelming. This makes me how an actor will play a certain indicating enthusiasm. We have common stories that people Sha points out a case. “Take gave my 100 per cent to the work harder towards my craft. character and how the makers understood that mythological have heard at least once. The the Jag Jaanani…. We talk about show. My journey was a will interpret the era. “When I content appeals to viewers and audience tends to resonate more woman empowerment. Maha fairytale. First day in  What was your tell you a story, there is some part they find a connect with these with them,” Machhar tells you. Kali is the perfect roop that talks Mumbai and first day international project in that story where the person shows,” Machhar says. Ishita Ganguly who plays about how a strong energy can of shoot. about? will have his own interpretation One is told that producing Mahakali/Goddess Uma/Parvati kill negativity and false ego.  Was it tough for It was a TV while narrating it. These a mythological show is a very in Jag Jaanani Maa Vaishno When you watch such shows, it a Delhi boy to be show. I was offered alternations make things different ballgame as compared Devi-Kahani Mata Rani Ki that gives out a message to women in Mumbai? this project because interesting. People want to know to regular fictional shows since airs on Star Bharat tells you that that they can be strong and It was tough. Veera was such a how the makers and the actors the audience has a preconceived the reason why she chose to be positive. Men also need to realise Taking a decision hit in Indonesia. would play it on the screen,” notion about the costumes of the part of mythological shows is this. As a woman, if I can make to leave Delhi and It was fun to do Khanna says. Vishal Karwal, characters, the look and feel of because our epics have so much another woman become strong, go to a new city and a different who plays Lord Krishna in the sets and it is the makers to tell and very few people I feel obliged that I got to play from where one experience. Dwarkadheesh-Bhagwan Shri responsibility to stand up to their know everything about our this role,” Ganguly says.

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In this sys- cases have been shifted to Tata doorstep delivery of essential information related to them. tem, once the information he total number of coron- ith corona positive cases Main Hospital Covid wing. goods, even as the rest of the Efforts are being made to devel- related to a person is entered, Tavirus positive cases in Whitting half century in the Earlier, one containment city witnesses phased revival of op further and more digital only information related to it Hazaribag district has reached city, the administration has zone had been set up at the business and commerce activ- data entry. This new system will be added, there will be a to 64. Out of 64 cases, 19 come up with new containment densely-populated area in ities. will be launched in the district check point at every level so patients have been discharged zones at Birsanagar Zone no. 8, Govindpur, a city suburb and Meanwhile, the district from May 31. that people entering the district by the HMCH management. Jawaharnagar, Mango and two containment zones in administration has decided to The Deputy Commissioner can be easily tracked. This sys- 10 new positive cases have Telco. Chakulia in Ghatshila sub- make digital entry of people instructed the District tem will prove to be very effec- travel history of About 27 new Covid-19 division of the district. coming to East Singhbhum Capturing and Reporting Shankar Shukla for the pre- Education Superintendent to tive in tracking thousands of Mumbai. positive cases were detected in Containment zones are starting from May 31. The System was discussed in detail vention and prevention of glob- ensure the deputation of the people every day in the coming All were quarantined by Jamshedpur on Saturday alone. barricaded areas where resi- move will help to maintain a at the Collectorate’s Auditorium al pandemic COVID-19. teacher who is near to check days when their home quar- the administration at the time Two persons had travel histo- dents are not allowed to move record of people visiting the under the chairmanship of It was decided that all point as well as under 50 years antines will come from differ- of registration. All new patients ry from Maharashtra while out, they are subjected to reg- district. The Integrated Data Deputy Commissioner Ravi information related to people of age to assist in data entry on ent states. have been admitted to Hazaribag Medical College and Hospital. ) , $     !     ,    Hazaribag deputy com-     missioner Bhuvnesh Pratap Singh said in a press meet on > '# 245)42 82  &58(5 have so far taken initia- school uniform, books and Saturday that at present total 64 tive for teaching these other amenities. The mentors cases have reached till day, out      &' he Birhor students adopted students during their are taking classes in the Birhor of them19 patients have dis- Tby SAIL-Bokaro Steel Plant off-duty hours. The sec- Bal Niwas where the children charged by the hospital. as a CSR initiative under its ond batch of 15 Birhor are lodged. “Now we have 44 active Q( R /01  & (65 Gyan Jyoti Yojana have found children, adopted by While interacting with the patients in HMCH and one in new mentors in a group of Bokaro Steel, are study- senior officials, the students RMCH. All the active patients   5 > various organizations and indi- 27-year-old married young executives of the plant. ing in the Bokaro Steel gave feedback on their are getting the best treatment viduals every day here and Awomen who was coming The young executives, mostly Kalyan Vidyalaya, an progress, daily study routines, by the specialist doctors in harkhand cops to say no to there in the state with an back to her house at Jhirki vil- engineers and other profes- English Medium school follow-up assignments and also HMCH and improving day by Jgetting title of coronavirus apparent look that the real lage after toilet on May 27 sionals, have volunteered to Executive Director (P&A) affiliated to the CBSE Board. recreational activities under- day,” he added. warrior under order of DGP M game behind such conferment evening was raped allegedly by take-out time from their daily Mukul Prasad, Executive These children are presently in taken by them within their res- He further said that among V Rao. of warrior title on cops is for co-villager identified as schedules to take classes for Director (Projects) R the IXth and Xth standards. idential complex during leisure the 10 new patients two each No man in uniform from some vested interests or for Jamrudin Ansari son of Munna them in different subjects dur- Kushwaha, Executive Director Notably, this school is run time. The Executive Directors are from sadar, Barkagaon, now in Jharkhand will allow ulterior motives than for any Wahid, who was waiting for her ing the lockdown period. (MM) VK Pandey and by Bokaro Steel exclusively for encouraged the students to Barhi and Bishnugarh blocks any flower shower on him/her honest recognition of cops’ there. To motivate the mentors Executive Director (Finance) children from the underprivi- make the most of this oppor- and one each patient from or bow his/her head for gar- services.” The incident happened in and take feedback from the DK Saha were present on this leged backgrounds and educa- tunity, understand the basics in Daru and Choparan blocks. landing or will accept any cita- Singh said, “We have Jhirki village under Gomia Birhor students, senior officials occasion. tion is provided to them free of all subjects and not to hesitate They are quarantined in the tion of being a Coronavirus received information that such police station. According to of Bokaro Steel interacted with As part of SAIL’s SERVICE cost. The Birhor children are from asking questions from centers at Silwar. warrior. conferment of warrior title on police, the victim was coming them in small groups on scheme of volunteerism, eleven also being provided free their mentors for clearing All have shifted to HMCH The all variety of cops cops has been carried out by on May 27 evening from near- Saturday at Ispat Bhavan. executives of Bokaro Steel Plant accommodation and meals, doubts. for the treatment. right from constable to DG even those organizations or by village after toilet. even is to refrain from such individuals which/ who have An FIR has been lodged public exhibition wherein title grave allegations against them here on Saturday and a hunt is N 'O of coronavirus warrior is so and whom the police are look- on to search the man. &' ) /#) conferred upon in full media ing for to drag them in the Gomia police station-in '  glare said sources. court of law but here such faces Charge Binay Kumar said, “The Bokaro: Following the rise in Hospital (BGH). Both were centre for the spread, to prevent es completely sanitized; Ensure Sources said the title of pose to be a friend of society by accused has been identified as the number of coronavirus pos- recently returned from of Coronavirus spread, he deputation of the police officer coronavirus warrior is con- rubbing shoulders with Jamrudin Ansari, a resident of 7  itives cases in Bokaro, district Maharastra. Aiming to prevent informed. The DC also asked and police force in Surhi and ferred upon not in any true and cops.” same village. We are conduct- administration has completely the spread of Corona Virus officials to conduct intensive Argamo villages. pious spirit by the organiza- The IG said DGP ing raids to nab him as he is still # locked down Surhi and Argamo infection Kumar asked his offi- monitoring of the area and “In case anyone fell ill in tions/ individuals etc but more Jharkhand M V Rao has clear- at large.” village under Nawadih block cials to mark three kilometres as issued a directive stated that: No those areas, immediately send a to get into limelight or to get ly directed us to put a stop to Following the complaint and declared the village as Containment Zone and seven person should be allowed to medical team to provide treat- some mileage or to increase such public honouring of any filed by victim, an FIR was Containment Zone. kilometres as Buffer Zone leave the house (except in the ment and medicines to the per- proximity to police or to its brand of cops as there is hard- lodged under the IPC section Exercising the powers con- around the residence of case of exception) by com- son; It will also ensure that the agency by such organizers or ly any need for it. 376 against the Jamrudin ferred under sub-section 34 (b COVID-19 infected patient, pletely eluding the inscribed ration is available to all eligible individuals to extract any Under order of DGP no Ansari. “We will send the & c) of the Disaster informed A K Pathak Civil boundary area with the place of beneficiaries through the PDS favour or benefit in their hours cop irrespective of his rank will woman to Bokaro Sadar hos- Management Act, 2005, the Surgeon Bokaro. residence of the infected person shop and who do not have a of crises etc. now offer oneself for felicita- pital, for medical examina- Deputy Commissioner Bokaro Concerned over the issue as the focal point; Arrange for ration card and it is a very poor IG of police (operations) tion, attend tion,’’ he said. Mukesh Kumar completely DC issued the order to his offi- the supply of essential com- person, then the amount pro- Jharkhand Saket Kumar Singh such function/ programme or As soon as the information locked down both villages. cials to intensify the Sanitization modities like ration, milk, med- vided to the head of the head of cum state spokesperson for receive any citation of being a was received, the local vil- One person from each vil- work marking the area as three icines, vegetables and others to the food grains Under the police too said, “Of late we have warrior without the prior per- lagers reached the spot at lage were reported COVID-19 kilometres of Containment zone the people in need on a payment optional level, they will ensure found there is a hot race of con- mission of the senior police around 7 o'clock at night on positive on Friday, later they and seven kilometres as Buffer basis in both villages; Ensure to get the dry ration provided at ferring title of coronavirus officer like SP if the matter is May 27 and dropped her (  ( 5  0*((+ have been shifted to COVID-19 Zone, considering the residence special care of cleanliness by the panchayat and block level,” warrior on our cops among of a district etc. house. ward of Bokaro General of the infected patient as the keeping the areas of their hous- it stated in the order. 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Eastern India has sent a legal notice to Amazon Seller #J Services and the directors of ‘Patal Lok’ web series Avinash       ( the disease and they have been Arun and Prosit Roy for discharged from Kovid-19 hos- allegedly portraying Sikhs as   (. arhwa police lodged FIR pital, Meral. rapists. The youth body has Gagainst two migrant work- Mangla also confirmed two claimed that the series has ollowing the ers of coronavirus infected new Covid-19 positive cases in portrayed the community in Fdiscovery of a under Epidemics Diseases Act. the district on Thursday . bad taste and the rape scenes corona virus Both youth tested positive With this, the total number must be immediately removed. infection in for coronavirus on May 28 after touched 57 out of which 48 have The notice alleges that the Taranagar of they returned from Mumbai. been discharged after recover- web series presently being Chas Municipal Both were shifted at govern- ing from the disease till Friday. streamed on Amazon Prime Corporation ment quarantine center, Garhwa Mangla said it was a matter of has a scene that is portraying area, the entire after taking sample . Later both relief that fourty eight patients the Sikhs as rapists. The notice area has been managed to evade the authori- have tested negative after treat- says that the scene of Patal Lok converted into a ties. Both were found their ment. is hurting the religious senti- quarantine zone parental home at Sonourwa “So far 39,057 migrant ments and faith. The scene is under the direction of SDO vided facilities through district Mohalla of the Garhwa town. labourers have returned to the not only derogatory but has Chas Shashi Prakash Singh. control room for health relat- "An FIR has been lodged district and have been quaran- caused resentment in the whole Today SDO visited the areas of ed problems under Taranagar against them under Indian tined,” he said .About the two Sikh community worldwide. Taranagar and in view of the area. Continuous work will be Penal Code, section 269 (neg- new patients, he said they Satnam Singh Gambhir, social distancing, the whole done to provide dry ration ligent act likely to spread infec- belonged to Garhwa town. president, AISSF, Eastern India, area was sealed and the work of and other types of assistance to tion of disease dangerous to life) Both patients were sent to who sent a legal notice through the barricade was ensured. the needy and poor under the and 270 (malignant act likely to the quetentine center after Jharkhand High Court advo- Also SDO took stock of all the area by the district adminis- spread infection of disease dan- screening but they went home. cate Diwakar Upadhyay said facilities keeping in mind the tration and the municipal cor- gerous to life)," PS in-charge “But we will send swab that the makers must take needs of common people in poration. Also on the direction Ramod Kumar Singh said. On samples of their relatives for test- immediate steps to remove this area so that people can be of Additional Municipal the other hand, the Health ing to ensure that they are not and delete the rape scene with- able to provide the things they Commissioner Shashi Prakash Department is preparing to infected,” he said. As many as 48 in 24 hours of the receipt of this need in their homes by fol- Jha, the entire area is being con- take a sample of 21 people who out of the total 57 patients in the notice and to unconditionally lowing social distancing. He stantly sanitized. are suspected to have come in district have now gone home call back all advertisement fea- appealed to the people of the Singh said that many veg- contact with them. healthy. Only 9 patients are turing the said scene from the area to stay in their homes to etable vendors are selling veg- Civil Surgeon N K Rajak undergoing treatment in the web series. He also sought prevent the infection spread. etables on the roadside unnec- said, "Blood samples of 21 peo- Covid-19 hospital. unconditionally apology to the Singh said that if any essarily in Chas Corporation ple are being taken on the basis Sikhs. woman has any problem relat- area, due to which the compli- of suspicion of coming in con- The president said that ed to delivery, she can imme- ance of social distancing is tact with them" Sikh tradition has witnessed diately reach us through the under threat. For the people of Deputy Commissioner, examples of women’s moral control room of the district Chas Nigam area, while repair- Garhwa Harsh Mangla on dignity, service, and self-sacri- administration so that they ing the vegetable market made Monday said that there is no fice. Sikhs have a rich tradition can be given the instant right by the Municipal Corporation need to panic with Covid-19 as of treating women as equal to treatment by the team of with the Market Committee, an patients are recovering rapidly men and historical figures like Health Department, He told order has been given to the amidst the growing coronovirus Mata Sahib Kaur, Mata Gujri the common people that after Municipal Corporation to case in the district . and Mai Bhago led lives of the Quarantine Zone has been make necessary arrangement to He confirmed that 48 bravery. declared, a person will be pro- install vegetable market. patients have recovered from 4            85 (6 Govindpuri PS area on March 22 on the complaint of elhi police here have Satyabhan, brother of the car Darrested a 26-year- old driver. man, resident of Pathaldiha In a complaint, Satyabhan under Koderma Police Station said that he last talked to his area for allegedly abducting brother "Surendra" on March and murdering a taxi driver on 19 at around 10 pm over Saturday. mobile and then his mobile A Delhi police team head- went switched off. ed by Sub-inspector Devendra The police have recovered Singh with Koderma police the car and the mobile phone arrested the accused Sunil of deceased car driver from the Kumar Yadav from his resi- possession of Surendra Yadav. dence at Pathaldiha on Police are yet to recover the Saturday. body of the deceased driver. 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The combination of genetic shuf- cent to the RBM, suggesting Venugopal said the economy had been misman- fling and evolutionary selection that common evolutionary he Congress on Friday Government “is totally insen- aged to the point of ruin long of near-identical genetic mechanisms shaped these dis- Tdescribed the first year of sitive” to the plight of migrant before Covid-19,” he said. sequences among specific bat tinct viral strains. the Modi Government as a labourers and farmers. “The way in which the and pangolin coronaviruses Together, evolutionary “year of disappointment, dis- Surjewala also demanded Prime Minister holds talks may have led to the evolution selection and frequent recom- astrous management and dia- that a virtual session of with the chief ministers of the deadly virus and its “Proximity of different authors wrote. novel coronavirus, with a spe- bination among coronaviruses bolical pain.” Parliament be convened imme- through video conferencing, introduction into humans. species in a wet market setting, By analyzing 43 complete cial focus on genes related to from bats, pangolins, and Congress leader KC diately to discuss pressing why cannot the standing com- The study is published in for example, may increase the genome sequences from three the virus’’ spike protein com- humans may have allowed the Venugopal said the six years of issues and the due process be mittees and Parliament also be the peer-reviewed journal potential for cross-species strains of SARS-CoV-2-like plex, - a critical component that closely related viruses to read- the Modi dispensation have set in motion for holding of allowed to convene important Science Advances. spillover infections, by enabling coronaviruses from bats and facilitates viral entry into host ily jump between species, lead- seen fraying of bonds meetings of various parlia- meetings through virtual ses- The team led by Duke recombination between more pangolins, Li and colleagues cells. ing to the introduction of of empathy, fraternity and mentary committees. Modi sions,” he said. University in North Carolina distant coronaviruses and the delineated which strains were They found evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in humans, said brotherhood with increase in and his cabinet had taken oath Venugopal also said that showed that the virus’ entire emergence of mutations,” the most and least similar to the strong evolutionary selection the study. acts of communal and sectar- on this day last year for a sec- the six years of the Modi gov- receptor binding motif (RBM), ian violence. ond term in office. ernment witnessed “loan write- a component that plays a key Party’s chief spokesperson The Congress also high- offs” for bank fraudsters to the role in viral entry into host  +  Randeep Surjewala said that at lighted the failure of the tune of Rs 66 lakh crore from cells, was introduced through 8 C   C >>      the end of six years, it appears Government on the economic 2014-2015 to September 2019. recombination with pangolin    the Modi Government is at war front, saying the Prime He pointed out that in the coronaviruses. >   *  $/  # with its people and is inflicting Minister announced two crore last six years, India witnessed Understanding the origins ))   wounds on them, instead of jobs whereas India witnessed 32,868 bank frauds involving of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for   #  healing them. “It is the highest unemployment rate public money to the tune of Rs deterring future zoonosis, dis-     guide appropriate public + inflicting wounds on Mother in the last 45 years which 2.70 lakh crore and stressed covering new drugs, and devel- health intervention. The ICMR   India,” he said. reached in 2017-18 to 6.1 per assets of the banks rose to Rs oping a vaccine. he ICMR has advised the has provided an indicative list  “This Government is try- cent overall — 7.8 per cent in 16.5 thousand crore. “Bank “We show evidence of TStates to conduct sero- of different groups to be test-  ))  ing to fill coffers of the select urban India and 5.3 per cent in NPAs rose 423 per cent from strong purifying selection survey to measure coronavirus ed with states depending upon    rich and is inflicting pain on rural India. Rs 2.24 lakh crore on June 30, around the receptor binding exposure in the population the requirement and situation % + the poor,” Surjewala said. “Post-Covid, India’s unem- 2014 to Rs 9.5 lakh crore in motif (RBM) in the spike and using IgG ELISA Test. The in that particular area. #   On the BJP’s charge of the ployment rate has soared to an March 2020,” Venugopal said. other genes among bat, pan- sero-surveys help to under- To increase availability of )'  .6( Congress playing politics over unprecedented 27.11 per cent “The most shocking reve- golin, and human coron- stand the proportion of pop- the IgG ELISA test, ICMR has )  the Covid-19 crisis, Venugopal (CMIE),” he said. lation of write-offs came on aviruses, suggesting similar ulation exposed to the virus individual has recovered after transferred this technology to  )    said the Opposition party did He said under the Modi April 24, 2020, in an RTI reply. evolutionary constraints in dif- infection including asympto- infection and last for several many pharma companies viz. # not indulge in any politics and government, the GDP has In the midst of Covid-19, the ferent host species,” explained matic individuals. months. Therefore, while the Zydus Cadila, J Mitra &   ).6(  gave suggestions instead. become synonymous with Modi government wrote off Xiaojun Li, the lead researcher Depending upon the level IgG test is not useful for Company, Meril Diagnostics,       “Being a responsible oppo- ‘’Grossly Declining loans worth Rs 68,607 crore for from Duke University. of sero-prevalence of infection, detecting acute infection, it Voxtur Bio, Trivitron  ) sition, it is our duty to raise the Performance’’. the likes of Mehul Choksi, “We also demonstrate that appropriate public health indicates episode of SARS- Healthcare, Karwah  problems faced by the common “Most international and Nirav Modi, Jatin Mehta, Vijay SARS-CoV-2’’s entire RBM was interventions can be planned CoV-2 infection in the past. . Enterprises, Avecon # people. As Opposition, we national rating agencies have Mallya and others,” Congress introduced through recombi- and implemented for In an attempt to decide the Healthcare, etc.  # ' alleged. nation with coronaviruses from prevention and control of the future course of action against The technology has been  +#  The Congress also pangolins, possibly a critical disease. Periodic sero-surveys the pandemic, ICMR has transferred to various entities   slammed the Government over step in the evolution of SARS- are useful to guide the policy already shared a detailed plan without exclusivity clause and  ,1/  the Rs 20 lakh-crore Covid-19 CoV-2’’s ability to infect makers, said the ICMR in a to all the States to measure therefore can be further shared relief package touted by the humans,” he added. statement here. coronavirus exposure in gen- with others as per demand and    Prime Minister as 10 per cent The study joins ongoing IgG antibodies generally eral population as well as in capability. IgG ELISA tests from #  .6(  of GDP to be a mere 0.83 per efforts to identify the source of start appearing after two weeks high risk populations. other USFDA/CE-IVD/indige-    #      cent of GDP in reality. the virus that causes Covid-19. of onset of infection, once the This sero-survey will nous sources are also available. ) ))     lakh crore package, the WHO ,+ '!+*+"--+'. "/#0 '()*!'+$$ accepted that India is the JP president JP Nadda on country which has shown that    BSaturday applauded Prime economic aspect is also to be Minister Narendra Modi-led taken into consideration dur- 67      89 (  23&45 $%*  Government for completing ing the time of Covid-19 cri- the first year of its second con- sis,” he said. secutive tenure and called it a Nadd said the Modi- #    *           year of “accomplishment with Government took bold deci- unimaginable challenges” say- sion and did not stop at ifs and        *   he Enforcement     ing that a “cultural change” in buts. “If we felt it was right then TDirectorate (ED) has political arena is very much we went ahead with a decision 2 34227@?     Adviser, Tobacco Free Initiative attached movable and immov- visible with the BJP dispen- and did not waver,” he said. ? " (WHO SEARO) added pro- able assets worth Rs 14.32 sation showing its capacity to BJP president listed abro- atch them young! The tecting youth from tobacco crore of Srijan Mahila Vikas 4C44 take bold decisions unlike gation of Article 370, CWorld Health Organization   &+$&E use, new and emerging tobac- Sahyog Samiti Limited the paralysis reflected during Citizenship Amendment Act, (WHO) on World No Tobacco    co and nicotine products and (SMVSSL) and others under the Congress regimes. criminalisation of triple talaq, Day on Sunday is reaching out    the tactics of tobacco industry the Prevention of Money     He said Prime Minister’s resolution of Ayodhya temple to Generation Z — the kids and    is of paramount importance for Laundering Act (PMLA) in a leadership has been acknowl- dispute and cross-border air school students to make them    ! a tobacco free generation. case relating to embezzlement ith tension continuing at edged globally and in the strikes as the major achieve- aware and alert about the nefar- According to the WHO, of Government funds. Wthe Line of Actual time of global pandemic, he ments of the Modi- ious tactics adopted by the "   every year the tobacco indus- The attached assets Control (LAC) in Ladakh, has led the country with a Government. tobacco lobby to lure them to   try invests more than USD 9 includes 20 flats at Noida, Defence Minister Rajnath “timely lockdown” and situa- He charged the Congress their nicotine and tobacco   billion to advertise its products. Ghaziabad, Pune, Ranchi, Singh said on Saturday India tion has been “stabilised.” of putting hurdle on the way products.     Even during a global pan- Bhagalpur and Patna, 19 Shops and China are engaged at resolved as per the five agree- “This has been a year of to the resolution of court It will launch school kits   / demic, the tobacco and nico- at Noida, Ghaziabad and diplomatic and military levels ments on border management accomplishments and we have decision on the temple issue exposing the tactics such as par- tine industry persist by push- Bhagalpur, 33 Plots/Houses in to resolve the face-offs. Making signed between the two coun- also faced unimaginable chal- and “delaying” it. ties and concerts hosted by the     ing products that limit people’s Bihar, a Volkswagen Car and it clear that the issue is bilater- tries between 1993 and 2013. lenges. The Prime Minister led BJP president said while tobacco and related industries,    ability to fight coronavirus and available balances in bank al, he also said this was con- Without going into the from the front to give a vision the Government did all to e-cigarette flavours that attract $! F recover from the disease. The accounts amounting to Rs 4.84 veyed to his US counterpart specifics, Singh said “India is try- to the country and managed the contain coronavirus, the youth like bubble-gum and  "  industry has offered free brand- crore. Probe under PMLA has Mark Esper in telephonic con- ing to ensure that this tension coronavirus crisis well. Starting Congress sought to politicise candy, e-cigarette representa- ed masks and delivery to your revealed that during 2003-04 versation on Friday. It is the does not escalate. Engagements from testing facility to devel- the pandemic and described tives presenting in schools, and door during quarantine and onwards funds to the tune of first time in the last 25 plus are on with China both at the oping PPE kits and ventilators Congress leader Rahul product placement in popular has lobbied for their products Rs.557 crores have been days since the four stand-offs military and diplomatic level. in the fight against Covid-19, Gandhi’s comments as “irre- youth streaming shows. every year. to be listed as ‘essential’. Little siphoned off from the that a senior Central Minister Even China has said it wants to the country under Prime sponsible” and “without prop- The kit for school students Dr Poonam Khetrapal wonder that over 40 million Government accounts after has given a statement. settle this via dialogue.” Minister Modi’s leadership is er facts and study”. aged 13-17 has a set of class- Singh, Regional Director, WHO young people aged 13-15 have being illegally transferred to the Making these assertions, On the current situation on heading towards indigenous Nadda said in last six- room activities including one Regional Office for the South- already started to use tobacco. bank accounts of SMVSSL Singh also said “the country the LAC, he said “India’s poli- and self-reliant India. A holis- years, Modi has moved the that puts the students in the East Asia (WHO SEARO) in “Educating youth is vital The ED initiated investi- should be assured that we will cy has been very clear that we tic package was also announced country from the indecisive shoes of the tobacco industry her message on the occasion because nearly 9 out of 10 gation under PMLA against not allow India’s dignity to be should have good relations by our Government,” BJP pres- and paralytic mood prevailing to make them aware of how the advised the countries of the smokers start before age 18. We SMVSSL and others under hurt under any circumstances” with all neighbours. This has ident said addressing a digital during the Congress industry tries to manipulate South-East Asia Region that want to provide young people PMLA on the basis of FIR reg- adding “India has always tried been a long-standing effort. But Press conference from BJP Government to a culture of them into using deadly prod- schools can raise awareness of with the knowledge to speak istered by Central Bureau of to maintain a peaceful relation sometimes, circumstances arise headquarters. decisiveness. ucts. It also includes an educa- the dangers of initiating nicotine out against tobacco industry Investigation (CBI) for com- with its neighbours. We do not with China that things like this Nadda said his party Former BJP president and tional video, myth-buster quiz, and tobacco use by providing manipulation,” said Ruediger mission of offences under seek to challenge any nation.” happen,” he said. would conduct 2,000 virtual Union Home Minister Amit and homework assignments. information resources and mak- Krech, Director for Health Indian Penal Code Sections Elaborating upon the To a question on China’s rallies through one month as Shah also congratulated Prime The focus of World No ing their campuses tobacco and Promotion at WHO. relating to criminal conspiracy, Government’s plan of action to ability to exert pressure on he accepted that coronavirus Minister on the first anniver- Tobacco Day, this year, is “pro- ENDS free. Countries can protect chil- cheating, criminal breach of address the ongoing con- India, the Minister said there has created a problem for sary of his government’s sec- tecting youth from industry “Youth groups can organ- dren from industry exploitation trust and forgery besides pro- frontation in Ladakh with was no question of this hap- future political campaigns and ond term. manipulation and preventing ise local events to engage and by putting in place strict tobac- visions of the Prevention of China also bolstering its troop pening since the country had a activities. “We have seen that He described the second them from tobacco and nico- educate young people on the co control laws, including reg- Corruption Act. Late Manorma strength besides intruding into strong leadership and the peo- this Government is responsive, term of PM Modi as “historic” tine use”. Health experts say many harms of tobacco use, ulating products like e-ciga- Devi was the Secretary of the the Hot Spring area in Galwan ple knew this. Asked about receptive and has the capacity and claimed that that the rul- that industry eye children in a including its impact on per- rettes that have already begun society SMVSSL since its incep- valley, the minister in an inter- reports that Chinese troops to take bold decisions. With ing Government has correct- bid to replace the eight million sonal finances,” she said. to hook a new generation of tion till her death on February view with a private television have crossed into Indian terri- the announcement of Rs 1.70 ed many “historic wrongs.” people that its products kill Dr Jagdish Kaur, Regional young people, said the WHO. 13, 2017. channel said he told the US that tory in Ladakh, Singh said India will resolve the issue there were differing percep- with China bilaterally. tions on the alignment of the “Yesterday (Friday) I spoke LAC due to which both sides            =  >*- to the Secretary Defence of the patrol across the LAC till their US and I told him that India has lines of perception. a set mechanism under which Singh also referred to the     soon over Kerala. The mon- southwestwards thereafter. are met. Finally, the 4-month we resolve our disputes with Doklam stand-off between the soon had hitched a hike on an “Another low pressure area is long festival begins for Indian. China, both at the military and two armies in Sikkim plateau in he India Meteorological eventual super cyclone very likely to form over south- #HappyMonsoon (sic),” the pri- diplomatic level. The mecha- 2017 and said “it appeared at TDepartment (IMD) on Amphan to enter the Bay east & adjoining east central vate forecaster tweeted. The nism is in place and our talks are that time that the situation was Saturday said conditions are almost 10 days ago. Arabian Sea during next 48 onset of monsoon over Kerala on with China,” Singh said. very tense. But we did not step still not right to declare onset According to the IMD hours. It is very likely to move marks the commencement of His comments come days back… Ultimately, we were of monsoon over Kerala. director general Mrutunjay north-northwestwards and four-month rainy season in the after US President Donald able to resolve the situation.” The IMD’s reaction came Mohapatra, conditions are still concentrate into a depression country. The country receives Trump said he is willing to The eyeball to eyeball con- after the private forecaster not right to declare onset of over east central and adjoining 75 per cent of the rainfall from mediate between India and frontation there last for nearly Skymet Weather announced monsoon over Kerala.” southeast Arabian Sea during June to September. China to resolve the ongoing 73 days and intervention at the that the southwest monsoon Conditions are becoming subsequent 48 hours,” it said. Skymet had predicted that dispute in Ladakh region and highest diplomatic level led to has arrived in Kerala before its favourable for further advance of Earlier, Skymet Weather monsoon will hit Kerala on May termed it “raging border dis- the two armies stepping back. onset schedule. After this, in a Southwest Monsoon into some CEO Jatin Singh said all condi- 28 with an error margin of plus pute.” The foreign ministries of Asked about dispute with tweet Ministry of Earth more parts of south Arabian Sea, Punalur, Kollam, Allapuzha, the Out wave Longwave tions such as rainfall, Out wave or minus 2 days. Whereas, the India and China had rejected over Lipulekh and Sciences secretary Madhavan Maldives-Comorin area, south- Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Radiation should be below 200 Longwave Radiation (OLR) India Meteorological his offer two days back and said Kalapani regions, Singh said, Rajeevan said the news about west and the southeast Bay of Kozhikode, Thalassery, watt per square metre (wm-2). value and wind speed have been Department (IMD) had said the parleys were on. “Nepal is our brother. We will monsoon onset over Kerala in Bengal during next 48 hours,” Kannur, Kudulu and The IMD said that twin met to declare the arrival of the monsoon will make an onset At least seven rounds of settle our difference via dialogue.” social media is not correct. the IMD said. Mangalore - report rainfall of depression has been tracked southwest monsoon over Kerala. over Kerala on June 5, four days talks at the local commander is protesting against Monsoon has not arrived over According to the IMD, 2.5 millimetres or more for two over south coastal Oman and “#JUSTIN Southwest after its normal onset date. level of two armies have already opening of nearly 100 km long Kerala. The IMD also issued a there are three major condi- consecutive days, the onset adjoining Yemen. It is very like- #Monsoon2020 finally arrived However, earlier this week, it taken place in the last fortnight. road near Lipulekh in twin depression alert for the tions to declare the onset of over Kerala will be declared on ly to intensify further into a on the mainland of India, said a cyclonic circulation in the However, the face-offs are still Uttarakhand by India thereby Arabian Sea as the latter read- monsoon. The first is if, after the second day. The second is deep depression during next 12 #Monsoon arrived on Kerala Bay of Bengal will help in on as there is no breakthrough reducing Kailash Mansarovar ies to match the Bay of Bengal May 10, 60 per cent of the 14 the depth of westerlies should hours. It is very likely to move before the actual onset date. All advancement of the monsoon so far. The external affairs yatra by more than ten days. in terms of the build-up for a weather stations -- Minicoy, be maintained up to 600 hec- slowly west-northwestwards the onset conditions including and it could reach Kerala on ministry had said some days Incidentally, Singh had inaugu- spectacular onset of the mon- Amini, Thiruvananthapuram, topascals (hPa) and the third is during next 12 hours and west- rainfall, OLR value, wind speed, June 1, its normal onset date. back that the issue will be rated this road earlier this month.  0     + ,-. /0/0 Q03   373R ,  3    :+$ 2    Industry (CII), Delhi. an enhanced engagement with current pandemic,” she said. India Pvt. Ltd and Treasurer, economy contraction of 5 to 15 “Covid-19 has resulted in the telecom sector, which has Rajan Mathews, Director Confederation of Real Estate per cent depending on the ndia will emerge stronger the world adopting to the ‘new emerged as a lifeline, yet again. General, Cellular Operators Developers Association of industry and this economic cri- 5 406;@ tory inspection of the Indian Ifrom multiple crises of econ- normal’ by accelerating busi- I am confident that the IT Association of India (COAI), India NCR, the lockdown has sis is unique for India as we operations of the bank with ref- omy, pandemic and super ness transition towards digital industry will bounce back in the challenges also presents the greatly impacted the real estate have not experienced some- @$3@8) 230 erence to its financial positions cyclone in the next 6-9 months, practices. IT as the backbone of the second half of the financial telecom industry the sector which is the second thing like this in decades,” said as on March 31, 2017 and say industry leaders, based on the economy responded year,” Baksi told the webinar on opportunity to innovate and largest employer in India. Aditya Berlia, Chairman- CII @; 0:5)2? @ March 31, 2018 and the Risk the resilience shown by people, immediately to this crisis as the “New Normal: Impact of Covid create critical solutions indige- “Operational resilience Delhi, Co-Promoter Apeejay Assessment Reports (RARs) businesses and the industry was prepared and on Business and Economy”. nously which can be globally along with strong government Stya and Svran Group. pertaining thereto revealed, Government. working towards digitalisa- According to Prativa scalable. initiatives, like increased liq- “CII has immediately 2 6 6& inter-alia, contravention with The telecom and informa- tion,” said Sujit Baksi, Head- Mohapatra, VP Sales at IBM “Our industry faces an uidity and one-time restruc- responded and is helping dur- the provisions of the Act tion technology will be key to APAC Business & President, India/South Asia, as the new unprecedented financial crisis turing of loans, are necessary to ing the crisis but we know more he Reserve Bank of India and non-compliance with the survival and revival of lives and Corporate Affairs at Tech normal sets in, leadership, deci- and at the same time we require help the sector recover. can be done and will be done. T(RBI) has imposed a fine of concerned directions of the economy, said the business Mahindra.”Today around 93-94 siveness, empathy and investments in our infrastruc- CREDAI recently specified The steps taken by the gov- 4 crore on Citibank for non- central bank. leaders as they shared their per cent of our workforce is teamwork will become more ture so that we can be future these requirements in an open ernment are fantastic for the compliance of regulations. In furtherance to the same, views on challenges faced by working from home. essential. ready to take up emerging letter to the PM and we are medium-term but what we In a statement issued on a notice was issued to the bank the Indian economy at a webi- We see this as an oppor- “The telecom industry has challenges,” he said. According looking forward to further require is something which Friday, the RBI said the penal- advising it to show-cause as to nar organised by tunity for our industry to emerged as the nervous system to Prashant Solomon, support,” Solomon said. can help businesses next week, ty has been imposed on why penalty should not be Confederation of Indian change the way of working and and IT as flesh and blood in the Managing Director, Chintels “We are entering in an not in six months. Citibank N.A. for violation of imposed for contravention of banking regulations related to the provisions of the Act and customer credentials. failure to comply with the &0* 5   !     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Pacific Malls user facilities & wayside 2 .  objection certificate (NOC) imposition of monetary penal- Ron Saturday welcomed the and malls to open from June 8 Executive Director Abhishek n order to exhibit the model amenities. from lending banks at the time ty,” it said. Govt’s order to allow opening will help ease enormous pres- Bansal hailed the decision and Istretches of National The stretches will also be ar maker Hyundai Motor of opening current accounts, Further, the apex bank has of malls and shopping centres sure that the industry was fac- said: “We will follow all the Highways as per norms, the equipped with CCTV cam- CIndia Ltd. on Saturday said and submission of compliance also imposed penalty on three from June 8, saying it is impor- ing due to the lockdown, guidelines of central and state National Highways Authority eras at all vulnerable locations, it has exported over 5,000 units to risk assessment findings. co-operative banks - Nagar tant for retailers to open up to Shopping Centres Association Governments and will run our of India (NHAI) is planning to no black spots to avoid in May after restarting “This penalty has been Urban Co-operative Bank Ltd., get the economy moving for- of India (SCAI) said on malls responsibly”. develop 57 stretches of NH accidents and eco-friendly production. imposed in exercise of powers Ahmednagar, TJSB Sahakari ward. RAI CEO Kumar Saturday. Ambience group’s Aman (1,735 km) across the country measures. In a statement issued here vested in RBI under the provi- Bank Limited and Bharat Co- Rajgopalan said the retailers’ Welcoming the steps Gehlot too welcomed the deci- near each State capital. The idea is to make the the company said after restart- sions of Section 47 A (1) (c) operative Bank (Mumbai) for body has been in touch with announced in the fresh guide- sion. The company has shop- These Model Stretches will highway stretch look like a per- ing production on May 8 it has read with Section 46 (4) (i) of non-compliance with various various Govt officials since the lines by the Home Ministry, ping malls in Delhi and also serve as a platform to edu- fect textbook version of a produced over 5,000 units for the Act, taking into account the directions issued by it. lockdown. SCAI Chairman Amitabh Gurugram.Shopping centres cate the highway engineers of model road. Some of export markets. failure of the bank to adhere to It has imposed a fine of  “We believe that the gov- Taneja said, “Revival and resur- and malls were shut after the the country, including State the NH sections identified Pointing out the compa- the aforesaid provision of the 60 lakh on Bharat Co-operative ernment is satisfied that the gence is a long process, which government imposed nation- PWD engineers. for development as ny’s exports of over three mil- Act and the directions issued by Bank for non-compliance with malls would follow the SOPs as has just about begun”.”The wide lockdown from May 25 to These stretches will have all Model Stretches are Dausa to lion cars since 1999, S.S. Kim, RBI. This action is based on the norms on income recogni- is required,” he said in a state- relaxation is certainly going to control the spread of the coro- the required safety and aes- Jaipur, Jalandhar to Amritsar, Managing Director and Chief deficiencies in regulatory com- tion, asset classification and ment. Stressing on the signif- help ease an unimaginable navirus disease. thetic features like road signs, Srinagar to Banihal, Varanasi Executive Office said: “We pliance and is not intended to reporting of frauds. Similarly, icance of the Home Ministry’s amount of pressure that was This resulted in huge rev- road markings, road furniture Ring Road, Chennai Bypass, have once again made a pronounce upon the validity of fines of 40 lakh and 45 lakh order, he said: “It is important put on the industry following enue losses for both mall own- & safety items, proper junctions MP/MH border to Nagpur humble beginning towards any transaction or agreement have been imposed on for malls and various retailers the lockdown.”Taneja said ers and their tenants — retail- and entry/exit points, func- including Nagpur Bypass, normalcy by exporting entered into by the bank with Nagar Urban Co-operative to open up and to get the econ- SCAI will await further infor- ers, cinemas and food tional drains, pedestrian facil- Brahmaputra Bridge to more than 5,000 units in May its customers,” the RBI said. Bank and TJSB Sahakari Bank, omy moving forward”. mation from the Ministry of businesses. ities, street lighting, planta- Guwahati. 2020.” The RBI said that the statu- respectively. +((0* "        "       "  ?      && ;2 P       ood regulator FSSAI on ;)  E " FSaturday said it has      launched a new online platform for granting licenses and reg-   istration to food business oper- ators (FBOs) as well as regula- The regulator said the new plat- tory compliances. form FoSCoS is conceptualised Since 2011, the FSSAI’s to provide one point stop for all online licensing platform FLRS engagement of an FBO with the (Food Licensing and department for any regulatory Registration System) has issued compliance transaction. 70 lakh licenses/ registrations The platform has been till date. Over 35 lakhs integrated with its mobile app licensees/registrants are active- and will be linked with other IT ly transacting on it.”FSSAI is platforms. “A single regulatory launching its cloud based, platform will enable pan India upgraded new food safety com- integrated response system to pliance online platform called any food fraud and ensure an Food Safety Compliance advanced risk based, data dri- System (FoSCoS),” the regula- ven regulatory approach. For tor said in a statement.The new the start, FoSCoS will be offer- URL foscos.Fssai.Gov.In will ing licensing, registration, replace the existing foodli- inspection and annual return censing.Fssai.Gov.In, it added. modules,” FSSAI said.  Q  '" "1    23 &4  EA 25% 2 6 6&

ndia’s foreign exchange reserves rose by over $3 bil- ?  6 6& year same period. Ilion during the week ended May 22. Net interest margin (NIM) According to the RBI’s weekly statistical supple- fter being in red for 13 improved by 154 basis points to ment, the overall forex reserves increased to $490.044 Aconsecutive quarters, LIC- 3.80 per cent for the fourth billion from $487.039 billion reported for the week owned IDBI Bank reported a quarter, 2020 as compared to ended May 15. profit after tax of 135 crore in 2.26 per cent in the year-ago India’s forex reserves comprise foreign currency the quarter ended March 31, quarter. assets (FCAs), gold reserves, special drawing rights helped by higher interest For the full year, the bank (SDRs) and India’s reserve position with the income. The lender had report- reported a net loss of Rs 12,887 International Monetary Fund (IMF). ed a net loss of 4,918 crore in crore as against  15,116 crore On a weekly basis, FCAs, the largest component the same quarter last year. of loss booked in the financial of the forex reserves, edged higher by $3.035 billion “After a long gap of 13 quarters, year 2019. to $451.706 billion. we have been able to show net Gross NPA of the bank profit of 135 crore in the stood at 27.53 per cent as March quarter. against 27.47 per cent . Net ."1 The profit would have been NPA improved to 4.19 per higher but for the recoveries cent from 10.11 per cent. Fresh that were affected during slippage in the quarter stood at 467% March due to the COVID-19 727 crore. Provision coverage situation,” the bank’s managing ratio (PCR) stood at 93.74 per 241 director and CEO Rakesh cent. Sharma told reporters. The lender, which is under ' *8 He said recoveries had fall- RBI’s prompt corrective action en short of by 700 crore due (PCA) since May 2017, expects ?     to the disruptions caused by the to come out of it soon. Sharma coronavirus outbreak. The said the bank has extended the es Bank said it has acquired recoveries and upgradation in Reserve Bank of India’s mora- Yover 24% stake in Dish TV the quarter stood at 1,457 crore torium on term loans repay- India following invocation of and 328 crore, respectively. ments to all its borrowers pledged shares due to debt The profit in the quarter In value terms, 66 per cent of default by the DTH service was also supported by the retail borrowers and 97 per cent provider and other group firms. reversal of 1,500 crore of pro- of MSME and agriculture bor- Yes Bank Limited, pursuant to visions made for non-per- rowers have availed the mora- invocation of pledged shares, forming loans (NPAs). Net torium. It had set aside 247 has acquired 44,53,48,990 equi- interest income (NII) improved crore for COVID 19 related ty shares of Dish TV India by 46 per cent to 2,356 crore provisions as mandated by the Limited constituting. as against 1,609 crore last RBI.     + ,-. /0/0 

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Minneapolis: Fires burned 1  /2  unchecked and thousands '  ( $+$   protesting the police killing of       George Floyd ignored a curfew as unrest overwhelmed author- ;  Q R(       ities for another night in Minneapolis, and the Governor Washington: President Donald Trump later said his com- mantle while looking to appeal 0   acknowledged on Saturday that Trump has tried to walk back ments had been misconstrued. to black voters during an elec- he didn’t have enough man- his post-midnight “thugs” tweet “Frankly it means when there’s tion year. Detroit: One person was killed power to contain the chaos. about Minneapolis protesters looting, people get shot and They also highlighted his in downtown Detroit after The new round of tumult that added to outrage over the they die,” he said. refusal to avoid controversy or someone in an SUV fired shots — which has also spread to police killing of a black man. Trump’s whiplash com- cede the spotlight even as the into a crowd of people protest- other cities — came despite Trump’s repeated condem- ments came after protesters battered nation tries to make ing George Floyd’s death in Minnesota Gov Tim Walz vow- nation of the killing and out- torched a Minneapolis police sense of another killing and Minneapolis custody, a Detroit ing Friday to show a more reach to the man’s family was a station on Thursday night, cap- reels over the mounting police spokeswoman said forceful response than city marked change in tone from his ping three days of searing COVID-19 death toll. Saturday. The shooting occurred leaders had the day before. But earlier comments that also demonstrations over the death Trump, in his tweets, bor- about 11:30 pm on Friday by early Saturday morning, invoked a civil-rights-era phrase of George Floyd, who was cap- rowed a phrase once used by near Detroit’s Greektown Walz said he didn’t have fraught with racist overtones. tured on video pleading for air former Miami Police Chief entertainment district as officers enough troops, even with some “When the looting starts, as a white police officer knelt on Walter Headley in a 1967 were confronted with dozens 500 National Guardsmen. the shooting starts,” Trump his neck for over eight minutes. speech outlining his depart- of protesters, said Sgt. “We do not have the num- had written in a tweet that was And they underscored ment’s efforts to “combat young Nicole Kirkwood, a police bers,” Walz said. “We cannot quickly flagged by Twitter as Trump’s complicated relation- hoodlums who have taken department spokeswoman. She arrest people when we are try- violating rules against “glorify- ship with race as he tries to advantage of the civil rights said an officer wasn’t involved in ing to hold ground.” Walz said ing violence.” maintain a law-and-order campaign.” AP the shooting. AP he was moving quickly to )  %  5"     @ / #( 0) mobilize more than 1,000 more Guard members, for a total of Criminal charges filed weren’t secure. chanted, and “Say his name: ,  $    1,700, and was considering the Friday morning against the Shortly before midnight, George Floyd!” Some protest- * " ""  A(  potential offer of federal mili- white officer who held his scores of officers on foot and in ers sprayed graffiti on buildings. ( * ( '  tary police. 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Derek Chauvin, 44, was Thursday, protesters had surprised people were breaking nation’s systemic racism on arguing he’s uniquely positioned George Floyd and shock and the United States, but many ordered the Army to put mili- charged with third-degree torched a police station soon curfew and setting fires. “I’m Friday as he responded to the to unite a deeply divided coun- disappointment in Africa grow, Africans have expressed disgust tary police units on alert to murder and second-degree after it was abandoned by police outraged,” he said of the Floyd police killing of a black man in try. He pointed to Trump’s some US embassies on the and dismay, openly wondering head to the city on short notice manslaughter. and went on to burn or van- case. “But I’m also sad. The Minnesota. He drew an implic- response to a white supremacist continent have taken the when the US will ever get it at President Donald Trump’s Minneapolis police said dalize dozens of businesses. injustice has been going on for it contrast with President rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, unusual step of issuing critical right. “WTF? ‘When the loot- request, according to three shots had been fired at law The Minnesota Police and so long. It’s been swelling for Donald Trump, who has sug- as unworthy of America’s peo- statements, saying no one is ing starts the shooting starts’?” people with direct knowledge enforcement officers during Peace Officers Association urged years.” gested authorities could respond ple and values. above the law. tweeted political cartoonist of the orders who did not the protests but no one was Gov Walz to accept any help. Chauvin was also accused with violence to the protests that As the country endures The statements came as the Patrick Gathara in Kenya, want their names used because injured. “You need more resources,” of ignoring another officer followed George Floyd’s death. another spasm of racial unrest, head of the African Union which has its own troubles they were not authorized to dis- As the night dragged on, the group said in a tweet. “Law who expressed concerns about “The original sin of this the central premise of Biden’s Commission, Moussa Faki with police brutality. cuss the preparations. The rare fires erupted across the city’s enforcement needs leadership.” Floyd as he pleaded that he country still stains our nation campaign is being tested. Biden Mahamat, condemned the He, like many, was aghast step came as the violence south side, including at a Not all the protests were violent. could not breathe, while today,” Biden, the presumptive is responding by positioning “murder” of Floyd and said at the tweet by President spread to other cities: A man Japanese restaurant, a Wells Downtown, thousands of Chauvin pressed his knee into Democratic presidential nomi- himself as an empathetic counter Friday the continental body Donald Trump, flagged by shot dead in Detroit, police cars Fargo bank and an Office demonstrators encircled a bar- his neck for several minutes. nee, said in remarks broadcast to Trump, who often struggles rejects the “continuing dis- Twitter as violating rules battered in Atlanta and skir- Depot. Many burned for hours, ricaded police station after the Floyd had been arrested on sus- from his home in Wilmington, to convey emotion or connect criminatory practices against against “glorifying violence,” mishes with police in New with firefighters again delayed 8 p.M. Friday curfew. picion of using a counterfeit Delaware. “It’s time for us to take on a personal level during black citizens of the USA.” that the president later said had York City. in reaching them because areas “Prosecute the police!” some $20 bill at a store. AP a hard look at uncomfortable moments of crisis. AP Africa has not seen the been misconstrued. AP <*<%  %    :  "   

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Liberation Army to dismantle Trump on Friday charged “other worldwide and deserv- Minneapolis and its racial dis- resolute and calls upon all UN tion and even take action on Kong “grossly interfere” in “This hegemonic act of China’s efforts to use graduate that the WHO didn’t respond ing urgent global public health crimination against black com- member states to join it issues more relevant to inter- China’s internal affairs and are attempting to interfere in Hong students to acquire intellectu- adequately to the pandemic, needs,” without providing munities. in demanding that China national peace and security. “doomed to fail”. Kong affairs and grossly inter- al property and technology accusing the UN agency of specifics. 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Yes, there will be mixed opinions on how they Rohit’s opening partner Shikhar he world was in a “sheer shock” in some changes in schedule but I think would want the cash-rich event Dhawan and Ishant Sharma, the most- Tthe past few months due to the the BCCI and the ICC will be hell bent to be organised this year with capped Test cricketer in the current set- Covid-19 pandemic but BCCI presi- to get cricket back to normal. Rajasthan Royals proposing an up, have been nominated for the dent Sourav Ganguly is confident that Ganguly believes once the vaccine IPL of only Indian players, con- Arjuna Award. life will be back to normal once the vac- is out, the virus will be like any other sidering the travel restrictions in In the women’s section, Deepti cine for the virus is developed. health issues like flu or jaundice but place. Sharma got BCCI nomination for her “This is something that has got the with a cure. “Cricket will be very Three-time champions CSK consistent show across formats in the world in sheer shock. I think things will strong. There will be different tests, have already rejected Royals’ last three years. be back on track. We did not have the medical examinations for players, but idea and now Kings XI Punjab that the pandemic is likely to Dhawan was nominated in 2018 medicines to take care of it. But over I don’t see it coming in the way of sport too have echoed the same sen- peak in India in July-August, alongside Smriti Mandhana for Arjuna a six-seven months’ period once the and it will go forward. As the vaccine timent. Wadia said it is premature to talk but missed out on the award. vaccine comes up everything will be comes out, it’s going to be normal life “IPL is an international about IPL. As skipper Virat Kohli has got the normal,” Ganguly said during a Live I think. If you fall sick, whether you tournament made by Indians. It “The most important thing highest sporting honour, Rohit with his class on Unacademy app. have fever, jaundice you pick those is the premier cricketing event for all of us is to deal with the magnificent white-ball record over the “We have this tremendous resis- medicines and get better.” in the world, therefore it needs current situation. It could last years was an automatic choice. Having an international platform and another month or two, may be scored 9115 runs in 224 ODIs with 29 international stars,” Wadia said. more. Once the virus diminish- hundreds and 43 fifties. expected to be second pacer in the man to reach 2000 and 3000 runs in “But it remains to be seen es, then we can have more clar- He also has 2141 runs in 32 Tests country after Kapil Dev to complet 100 ODIs and second-fastest Indian to which of the foreign players are ity on when the IPL can be held with six hundreds and 10 fifties. In 108 Test matches. score 4000 and 5000 runs in ODIs. allowed to travel at that time and where it can be held. T20Is, the 33-year-old has scored 2773 “Fast bowlers are prone to injuries In 136 ODIs, he has scored 5688 (considering the restrictions). I “I am sure the Indian runs with four fifties apart from being and Ishant has had a fair share of them runs with 17 hundreds apart from 2315 feel there are too many variables audience will happy to see the ICC’s Cricketer of the Year. “We feel he is worthy of getting the pres- Indian team with distinction in Virat but he has fought hard to be back on runs in 34 Tests (7 hundreds) and 1588 for the BCCI at the moment to IPL after what we have been “We went through a lot of data and tigious Khel Ratna award for his com- Kohli's absence,” Shah was quoted as the park every time,” Ganguly com- runs in 61 T20 Internationals. even have a calculated guess on through. Football in Germany considered various parameters before mitment, conduct, consistency and saying in a BCCI press release. mented on his nomination. The 24-year-old Deepti has already when it might happen. has already started and EPL is shortlisting the nominees. Rohit his leadership skills,” Ganguly added. For 31-year-old Ishant, it was a long The 34-year-old Dhawan holds the played 54 ODIs and 48 T20 “What if tomorrrow the starting soon but they have Sharma has set new benchmarks as a Secretary Jay Shah termed Rohit as wait to earn the nomination as he is the record for the fastest Test century on Internationals for the country. She cases keep rising, what happens already peaked while we have batsman and achieved scores people perfect “teamman” who led well in senior-most member in the current Test debut and is the only batsman in the also holds the record of highest indi- then? It would be unwise to not. “I see the possibility of IPL thought were not possible in the short- absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli. set-up with 97 Tests under his belt apart world to have won two consecutive vidual score by an Indian woman in think of anything other than happening but it is all about er formats of the game,” BCCI president “In the last five years, Rohit Sharma from 80 ODIs and 14 T20Is. golden bats (for most runs) in the ICC ODIs — 188. She has so far scored 1840 Covid-19 for the moment,” he combatting the virus for the next Sourav Ganguly said, referring to his has not only raised the bar with his indi- Ishant has 297 Test wickets to his Champions Trophy. international runs and taken 117 wick- said. two months at least,” added three double tons in 50-over cricket. vidual performances but has also led the name and by the end of the year is He is also the quickest Indian bats- ets across two formats. With some experts pointing Wadia. PTI #))# 7     '5? 6DF  &  

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SSangakkara feels that one of the back seasonally? feels the Indian Premier League on,” Chaudhry said. tant for them.” options is to cancel the T20 World Cup “Will we have to live with this par- (IPL) show must go on as it “It is important for domestic Speaking of decorated former irat Kohli on Saturday said his this year as many questions around the ticular virus or different strains of it important not only from the players also. The revenue is also India captain Dhoni, whom he Velevation to captaincy has a lot Covid-19 pandemic remain “unan- from time to time or do we have to live revenue point of view, but also for important from it.” has seen from close quarters, to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni swered”.Sangakkara, who is the pres- with it long term?” Sangakkara asked domestic cricketers. Asked about the possibility of Chaudhry said: keenly observing his cricket smarts ident of the prestigious Marylebone on Star Sports show Cricket Connected. Chaudhry also backed MS the IPL being moved away from “Dhoni is fit, he is the best for six-seven long years. Cricket Club (MCC), feels the situa- The former Sri Lanka captain Dhoni, saying one of the greatest India keeping in mind the health wicketkeeper in India and one of During an Instagram chat with tion needs to be monitored. added, “If that’s the case, then some cricketing brains still has much crisis, Chaudhry said: the finest minds in the game. teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, “Everyday, there are new learn- of the changes Kohli spoke about how he was ings, new things being found out, so that we have always keen on taking responsibil- we will have to wait and see, but the seen in our ity and becoming the India captain options may be to cancel it this year, lives now, may was a part of that process. postpone it to another year, but to have be the new “I think a large portion of me in place anticipatory procedures that normal for us becoming captain was also to do take into account health and safety of for a few years with him (MSD) observing me for both the players and the spectators, until a vaccine a long period of time. It just can’t and make sure that’s iron clad,” he said. is found or happen like he goes and selectors Sangakkara said there are many until there’s say ‘you become captain’,” Kohli unanswered questions around the enough immu- replied to a specific question on the pandemic, which has brought sport- nity globally process of becoming the leader of ing activity across the world to a grind- among the the team. ing halt. people to with- “The guy who is there, he takes “The real thing is what’s going to stand this. responsibility and says okay I but he would discuss a lot of think this is the next guy and I will things as well, so he got a lot of tell you how he is going and then confidence that I can do this (cap- @1#"   slowly that transition is formed. tain) after him,” the skipper said. “I think he played a big role in Taking responsibility is some- )@6@ The cricket Covid-19 replacement. that and that trust you have to thing he has always liked, Kohli authorities in England are That still needs to be build over, say six seven years, it said during the interaction. hoping that ICC would agreed. I would hope that just doesn’t happen overnight,” “I was inclined to taking allow coronavirus replace- would be in place well Kohli said. responsibility. Becoming captain of ments when the West before the Test series starts The transition happened when India was not even in my wildest Indies and Pakistan trav- in July,” ECB director of Kohli would station himself at dreams, to be honest. We all start- el the country for upcom- events Steve Elworthy said. the first slip and pick Dhoni’s ed playing at a similar time, I made ing Test series. The change would brains on tactical moves. my Test debut before you, you The England and apply to Test cricket but “I think that is the transition (Ashwin) made it just after in the Wales Cricket Board not ODIs and T20Is. that slowly happens, then with next series. (ECB) is in talks with the As of now, a player your entry in the game you start “And after that it was all about world governing body can be replaced in a match talking to the captain regularly. wanting to play, wanting to be in (ICC) over changes to the if he is suffering from a “I was always in MS’s (Dhoni) the XI regularly, wanting to put my playing conditions, concussion. For all other ears, standing next to him, ‘yeh kar foot down and say I didn’t play all according to a BBC report. injuries and illnesses, a sakte ho, woh kar sakte ho (can we the games but I wanted to be dis- “There are still some substitute fielder may be try these things), what do you cussed whether this guy is good considerations from an permitted, but that player think, he would deny a lot of things enough to play or not.” ICC perspective about a cannot bat or bowl. PTI +$ ?  &   (

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t was business as usual in Paris. The cafes were crowded. Pavements busy with hur- rying office goers and students. The manicured parks filled with more adults than children. Long queues at bakeries. IJoggers out in the winter sun as much as in the gyms and health clubs. Subway trains packed. The shops luring in customers to the last dis- counts of the winter sale. Only the media was abuzz with around 800 new COVID cases being discovered in France every day. So much so that the Indian government announced that the country would close its borders to any foreign national entering from France. My family and I had to scramble to get our air tickets for the very next day to leave Paris where we live three months every year to return to our home in Goa — my husband and toddler son are New Zealand citizens. It was March 13, 2020 when we landed at Delhi international airport, where COVID related messages to socially distance were blasting on loudspeakers and all passengers had to undergo thermal tests. At that time India had 74 cases in total. India has about 12 million children on the streets. Migrant workers often live in over- crowded temporary rooms in our cities. India is home to about one-third of the global slum population, with an average of one in six city residents living in slum zones where popula- tion densities vary between 277,136 persons per square kilometre (sq km) in Dharavi to 125,000 persons per sq km at the Rasolpoora slum in Hyderabad. In fact, in Dharavi, there is one toilet per 1,440 residents. How are they expected to ‘socially distance’ themselves? Yet in India, that was our best bet and worth a try because with our size of popula- tion and low healthcare facility, we clearly have our own unique challenges to beat the Coronavirus. Testing is expensive and if the number of cases increase at the pace it did in Italy and France, then India would not have adequate numbers of beds to treat patients. It was for this reason that on April 2, at the time that India had about 2,543 cases of COVID-19, that my team at Anant National University submitted a detailed proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office about how to trans- form vacant community halls, marriage halls, office spaces, and residential buildings into temporary hospitals and quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients in an effective yet highly affordable way. I set up the Anant Centre for Sustainability as a think-teach-do tank about two years ago, and since the past 10 months the team there had been collecting primary data at a city level to unravel the reasons why 7.5% homes in India are vacant as well as what we could do with them to close the housing gap in the country. In our proposal to the PMO, we included intricate details about the vacant spaces that were suited for specific COVID-19 conditions, room layouts, list of equipment required, costs, vendors, as well as a financing beds in Mumbai in to quarantine facilities, at each entity is contributing in money or in autorickshaw — once again offered by a uni- structure that did not require the government one tenth of the cost of traditional quaran- kind. This is very different from a transac- versity and therefore at only the exact cost of to pay for the costs to set up COVID-19 recov- tine centres. Milind Deora generously tional approach where the funder is the the materials needed to manufacture it. We ery facilities in vacant buildings. arranged for CSR funds from Godrej. Dhaval owner and the provider of goods is seeking a are putting mobile x-ray and swab collection Yet wondering if we would ever even hear Monani, Director of Affordable Housing at profit. Another example is the ability for the centres upon an autorickshaw platform using back from the Prime Minister, I also reached AnantU came up with an incredibly inge- three entities to tango, given that each would insulated tarpaulins. It dramatically brings out to friends who I thought might help us nious design of making hospital furniture out have their unique interests and concerns. down the cost of testing while bringing the implement our proposal. Anil Antony, who is of laminated corrugated cardboard that were And finally, the role of universities anywhere opportunity to test at the doorstep of resi- national coordinator of the Parliamentarians durable, water proof, priced at 10% of the    in the world is to further knowledge, with no dents living even in overcrowded zones. for Innovators of India, a multi-party parlia- cost of a steel bed. The equipment is at man- 5: (6  + bias and without seeking profit. The under- In the wake of the relaxation in the lock- mentarian organisation to which I too serve as ufacturing cost and the cheapest in the mar- : ( ;+(: standing of this is still at a nascent stage and down in India, we must be prepared to live a mentor, readily connected me to the Kerala ket, while mine and the university team’s  . 5(.56 must be mainstreamed in our country. At a with the virus for an extended amount of state government. Milind Deora, former efforts are at zero cost and completely on a time when some individuals and organisa- time. Being prepared will help India avoid Minister of State, immediately connected me voluntary basis. Due to the relentless efforts 5  ( tions (even while declaring to be non profit) the path that France initially took with their to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation of Professor Monani and the team, within (  ( . might be trying to make a buck out of the ‘business as usual’ aporoach. Unless there is a (BMC). three days we built up the capacity of manu-   ; desperation that this crisis creates, the advan- vaccine, the virus is not going away. The rate Before the end of the week, I did hear back facturing 2,500 beds, tables, room separators .5 (&   tage of partnering with good universities is of spread might flatten at some point and from the Ministry of Commerce who request- every week, and transporting them to any that its mandate is only to push new thinking then spike again. No amount of modelling ed immediate assistance for creating new cate- place in India. Now every week we are setting 65 ;5(8% and research instead of profiteering. and simulations can predict the course of gories on GeM, GOI’s e-market for govern- up about two new facilities across India. : (; Overcoming these minor hiccups in govern- this. While those who have shelter and liveli- ment projects, for building COVID-19 recov- This extraordinary pace of scale of an 77 (  7(56 ment-university-private sector endeavours hoods during this crisis, can afford to physi- ery facilities as we had proposed to the PMO. innovative solution during a nationwide will only lead to greater innovation and cally distance (more apt than ‘social dis- Indeed, AnantU was registered on GeM as lockdown will probably make it to the bunch (. 5 accelerated implementation, besides attract- tance’!) from others, we need to tap in to fru- well. But by that time we already had two of stories I would tell my grandchildren one (5. (   ing the best talent of the country to teach gal innovations to scale up solutions for spaces in Thiruvanantharapuram and in South day. 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Despite the Trends Panel, finds broad public sup- lars in comparison with other African papers and other Government and it’s not President Trump but any President Trump has dedicated all his reading of the international media, port for giving voters the option of and Latin American groups which public opinion documents prepared other President would have had to go energies in opposing former US immigration amendments, the judges’ voting by mail — and less wide- amount to annual incomes much by himself and his Governmental through the same firestorm and the President Obama’s health-care plan recruitment and his acerbic replies spread but growing support for con- below the 80,000 benchmark for the team which posits him undeniably as outbreak does not categorically poses and the immigration conundrum and tweets might not become brick- ducting all elections by mail.” The other bevy of immigrants in the an insider. The archives of Joe Biden questions for the Presidential poli- and other electoral battleground bats for Democrats to beat and chide poll further suggests, “Overall, 70 per American homeland. had been transferred to the University cies, but, for the larger preparedness issues such as the context of the ter- President Trump with, as it’s a stable cent favour allowing any voter to vote The Vice President’s kitty of of Delaware in 2012 which can serve of the American health infrastructure ror outfits and other geo-economic constituency of homeland and by mail if they want to, including 44 votes is formidably constituted by as a treasure trove of his seat success and attendant resources. And, this is non-State actors and institutions inward-looking Americans which per cent who strongly support this African Americans while other in the upcoming elections. no laughing matter by any context. 0%0%--.*<@-* operating in the larger internation- stays intact with President Trump and policy. About half of the public (52 Presidential hopefuls such as Bernie The Guardian pinpoints towards With the Chinese dragnet hang- al system. President Trump’s term has the roaring Republicans but the per cent) favour conducting all elec- Sanders and Michael Bloomberg the fact that the Democrat ing over the American homeland and been a mixed one with both positive Covid-19 theme has to be tions by mail. The share supporting had a lesser quantum of African- Presidential nominee might have a review still adrift, President Trump and negative consequences but the cannily dealt with by the Republican this proposal has increased 18 per- Americans supporting them. This information in the closet which can conveniently pose as a victim of positive proclivities of tackling the electoral machinery and the attendant centage points since 2018.” analysis posits and pits President might be good staple fare for inves- the Wuhan Lab’s ministrations. No terror infrastructure and the Chinese war-room. It can also be surmised that the Trump squarely in the face of the fol- tigative reporters. The Guardian nation would want a military conflict threat should go down well with the The question that can be raised Asian Americans are the largest lowing enjoyed by the Democratic cites three such grey areas which are at the cusp of these testing times but American electorate in the upcom- is that will the US elections be dis- growing electorate in the US and have Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden. of the order of, “His long political other predominant issues are up for ing Presidential elections. rupted by the intervention of the to be wooed by both the political par- The rally behind the flag phenome- career includes the 1991 confirma- the tasking. Candidate Joe Biden’s job The Democrat presumptive can- Covid-19 outbreak which as a pos- ties, but traditionally this ethnic non has been marred by both tion hearings for supreme court eradicating Green New deal in the didate has hopped on to the popular sibility has been negated as a non- group has been voting for the democ- President Trump and Joe Biden justice Clarence Thomas, accused of past, his support for NAFTA and bandwagon which tarnishes President probability in one of the policy rats since they found their feat in the containing themselves to campaign sexual harassment, as well as his sup- TPP and his repeated nonchalance Trump’s striving at containing the statements of President Trump while homeland. The number of Asian indoor and to shun the rallies at least port for a 1994 crime law that con- over the fact that the Chinese are Covid-19 malady through a grand Democratic Presidential candidate American electorate has nearly dou- for the time being. tributed to mass incarceration. Then responsible to a certain extent for the American lockdown along with other Joe Biden has ranted otherwise. bled since the benchmark year of 2000 The presumptive candidate Joe there was his 2003 vote authorising employment scenario in the palliative measures. Such a partisan Moving away from it, it has to be kept till the rabid and Covid infected con- Biden has already faced a key alle- the invasion of Iraq, which he has American homeland are some of the way of politicking will not go down in mind that the Pew Research temporary context in 2020. They gation of debauchery by a Capitol Hill since said he regrets.” power keg themes which have been well for the Democratic Presidential Centre, a public opinion think tank, make up for a handsome and decisive staffer in 1993 and if Richard Nixon President Trump has made a rumbustiously ratcheted up by the candidate, Joe Biden, though it can be reports in one of its releases that the 5 per cent of the total American elec- had the debilitating tapes and can- comeback with his slogan and acts Republic election war room. contended that during the intra- American electorate prefers voting torate and are mostly constituted by didate Hillary Clinton in 2016 had of MAGA, which in the expanded for Democratic primaries, none of the mail, which as a rankling theme by the naturalised citizenship and not her emails serving as their bête amounts to, “Make America Great” (The writer teaches at candidates posed a viable threat to his the Opposition in the America’s originally born in the American noire, it is yet to emerge as to what and will definitely echo in the hearts International Relations and nomination for the Democratic hustings. 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he March 21, 2020, horrif- In the last two years, espe- Tic Naxal attack on the secu- cially since Basavaraj took over rity forces in Chhattisgarh’s as CPI-Maoist general secretary Sukma, killing 17 personnel following the resignation of and injuring 15 others, after a Muppala Lakshmana Rao, alias 1    ;P long time highlights a critical Ganapathy, as Maoist chief in   shift in the ideological moor- September 2018, there has been ings of the CPI-Maoist. a major tactical shift in the     Arguably, a critical factor lead- Maoist activities. Under the ing to such a tactical change in leadership of Basavaraj, who    the Maoists’ approach can be was also the chief of Maoists’ attributed to the new leadership Central Military Commission "     under Namballa Keshava Rao, (CMC) prior to his elevation as alias Basavaraj. chief, the Maoists are carrying   Considering the involve- out “spectacular” attacks, choos-     ment of the District Reserve ing elite commandos and high- Guard (DRG), Special Task profile political leaders, to   Force (STF) and the elite scotch the growing under- Commando Battalion for standing that the Maoist move- Resolute Action (CoBRA) of ment is on its last legs. Ever the Central Reserve Police since Basavaraj has taken over Force (CRPF) in a joint oper- the leadership, the Maoists have ation against the Maoists, the carried out four major attacks in Maoists carried out the brutal the last two years. On May 1, attack with surgical precision. 2019, the Maoists killed 15 per- It is important to mention that sonnel belonging to the com- Sukma district continues to be mandos of the C-60 force of the a hotbed of Maoist activities as Maharashtra Police and a civil- it accounts for 25 Maoist-relat- ian with an improvised explo- ed deaths so far in 2020. At a sive device (IED) in Gadchiroli time when the State has been district. Preceding the incident, claiming the Maoist violent the ultras had torched 26 vehi- The surgical precision of instilling fear through the rights and entitlements of the Maoists seem to expose their the Maoists under this new 0%('A0%11@'@&0 movement is on a terminal cles used for construction work these attacks is stressed as the attacks, especially against the local communities. These state vulnerability like never. leadership would continue to decline in terms of its dimin- at the National Highway-136 Maoists are believed to be in a state machinery and leaders. measures have prevented the When it comes to carrying resort to such attacks now and ishing activities and reducing site to lure the security forces in Tactical Counter Offensive This is a critical shift in the ide- Maoists to garner local support out guerrilla attacks, the Maoists then. The important motives of number of recruits, the Sukma their trap. Earlier on April 9, Campaign (TCOC) under the ological framework that instils and recruit trusted cadre. seem to have an edge over the the Maoists behind killing the attack, the audacious acts 2019, the Maoists attacked the new leadership of Basavaraj. As new tactics into the new Ganapathy was held security forces which have been security personnel in large against the elite security forces, convoy of Chhattisgarh BJP the Maoist activities have been recruits and legitimise the “rev- responsible for not being able a major drawback that the later numbers are to highlight the warrants revisiting the Maoist MLA Bhima Mandavi, killing largely contained, the new olutionary causes” via violent to spread to the new areas and must overcome sooner. In more vulnerability of the state and to movement. Also, as the Maoists the MLA and two others just leadership aims to revive the activities. Such a tactical shift for losing the areas of influence. than five decades of their exis- boost the morale of its cadre so are continuously losing their before the first phase of the gen- strength and reclaim the areas also highlights the shrinking This was a major factor for tence in multiple forms and that they could plan a possible support base substantially and eral election. A critical com- through militant activities. space of the Maoists which Ganapathy to step down. shades, the Maoists have never revival of the movement. are limited to a few pockets, the monality among all the above- Considering his experience as have caused the state whole- However, as the ideology takes been so delegitimised before in high-level attack confirms a mentioned attacks is the surgi- the chief of the Central Military some measures — security, a backseat under the new lead- terms of popular support. 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