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  with Governors, Lieutenant administration has slapped the plaint from the chief medical Two policemen, including Governors and Administrators NSA on four of them, the offi- officer. the in-charge of the police out- Noida (UP): A man in Noida "We were told on the lance was also difficult because 0    of states/union territories. cial said. SSP Kalanidhi Naithani said post sub-inspector Lekhraj has developed symptoms for helpline that somebody would ambulance drivers said they "In the conference there The police on Friday stringent action will be initiat- Singh were seriously injured in coronavirus but a government reach out to us, but nobody need order from superiors 1    was unanimity that there is no detained six more men in con- ed. In the complaint, a nurse the attack that took place on hospital here has denied treat- did. We sought an ambulance before attending any call," the scope for laxity or complacen- nection with the incident. alleged that the coronavirus Wednesday, it added. ment and multiple calls to so that we could go to any hos- journalist, who wished not to cy in fighting the invisible Tablighi Jamaat members suspects were roaming in the In another incident in UP, helpline numbers over the past pital and go for COVID-19 be named, said.    2)'$%8>-#A#5#) enemy. In this context, the pres- quarantined at the MMG dis- hospital without trousers. two policemen were injured few days have also yielded no testing on our own but nobody The brother of the patient, ident noted with concern the trict hospital in Ghaziabad The Jamaat members sang on Friday when they came results, his brother claimed on is helping us," he alleged. a chef by profession, claimed, our men were on Friday incidents of attacks on doctors, allegedly misbehaved with nurs- vulgar songs and made ugly ges- under attack by some people, Friday. The district administra- "Today, we went to one of the Fdetained under the National health workers and police per- es, making lewd remarks and tures, the nurse alleged, adding who were stopped from gath- The 27-year-old resident of tion had launched round-the- designated hospitals for Security Act (NSA) for the sonnel in some parts of the dropping their pants, officials that they were not taking their ering for Namaz in a mosque in Sector 30 had consulted doc- clock helpline numbers COVID-19 cases but the offi- alleged attack on health work- country," according to a state- said. Chief Minister Adityanath medicines. Kannauj district, an official tors at a private hospital in the 807662361, 6396776904 cials there wanted my brother ers in Indore even as Uttar ment issued by the Rashtrapati took a serious note of the inci- They were also not follow- said. In Chattisgarh, a police- city after he falling ill, his (health department) and 0120- to have a paracetamol and go Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Bhavan. dent, calling those involved ing social distancing norms, she man was attacked by a group of elder brother said, adding now 2569901 (Noida administra- home. They are not ready to Adityanath said this stringent The Union Home Ministry “enemies of humanity”. said in the complaint. villagers after he intercepted a they are trying to go to Delhi's tion) to provide help to the examine him or guide us to a act will be invoked against asked the states and union ter- “They will neither accept Police have registered the man for violating the COVID- Ram Manohar Lohia hospital people but these numbers are place where he can get treated. quarantined Tablighi Jamaat ritories to take strict action the law nor follow arrange- case under Sections 269, 270, 19 lockdown in Raigarh district, using personal contacts. not effective, he said. We came back walking from members accused of misbe- against those involved in the ments. Whatever they did with 271, 294 and 354 of the IPC, the an official said. Phone calls and text mes- The brother, an art teacher, the hospital... Now we don't having with the nursing staff at attacks. women health workers is a SSP said. The sections relate to Veteran actors Shabana sages to the Gautam Buddh said after a lot of effort and know what to do now." a Ghaziabad hospital. The Bollywood fraternity heinous crime. The NSA is sexual harassment and acts Azmi, Hema Malini and Rishi Nagar district magistrate and help from a city-based jour- He said the family has As sporadic attacks on doc- also expressed its solidarity being invoked against them. We relating to the spread of disease. Kapoor condemned the attack the chief medical officer by PTI nalist they got an ambulance now got help from a personal tors, social workers and police with the healthcare workers will not let them go scot-free," A senior UP Home on medical professionals in for their response went unan- from the 108 service on Friday contact in Delhi and they personnel come to light in the who were risking their lives on he said in a statement in Department official said NSA Indore. "Respect. Dr Trupti and swered. which took them to a govern- might go to the Ram Manohar country's battle against the coro- the front lines of the pandem- Lucknow. will be slapped on people who Dr Raziya are true role models. "The private hospital has ment hospital in Sector 30. Lohia (RML) hospital for test. navirus outbreak, the UP ic, and said the attacks on them The six Jamaat members attack policeman enforcing the And the behaviour of those who suggested that we should go for "The helpline numbers in Gautam Buddh Nagar authorities also said the NSA were “shameful and con- were later shifted to a temporary lockdown to prevent the spread pelted them with stones is the coronavirus test and that Gautam Buddh Nagar don't adjoining Delhi in western will be slapped on people who demnable”. isolation ward set up at a private of coronavirus. shameful and condemnable," their doctors will no longer be work most of the time. Once Uttar Pradesh has so far assault policemen enforcing the The Indore district educational institute following "The police is doing its Azmi said on Twitter, referring able to see us. We have been through, I told them the recorded 50 positive cases 21-day national lockdown Administration invoked the complaints against them. The duty by preventing people to to the two women doctors who trying to get help through the patient is in a critical condition of coronavirus and the district which entered the 10th day on NSA against four men involved Jamaat members were among come out during lockdown. were injured. various helpline numbers in and needs immediate help. has emerged as a major hotspot Friday. in the alleged attack on health the thousands who attended a There have been incidents in the Actor-turned-politician Gautam Buddh Nagar over the The call attenders are polite but for the virus across the Under the NSA, people can workers in the city. religious congregation at the state in which policemen were Hema Malini said, "In the midst last four-five days, but in vain," they are not able to provide any country, according to official be detained without a charge for A five-member team from organisation's New Delhi head- attacked by people. To deter of the entire country's appreci- the elder brother, 28, told PTI. solution. Getting an ambu- figures. PTI up to 12 months if the author- the state health department had quarter, now emerging as a such persons, it has been decid- ation of the sacrifices of doctors, ities are satisfied that the person gone to Taatpatti Bakhal area on coronavirus hotspot. ed to invoke NSA against such health workers and paramedics is a threat to the national secu- Wednesday to quarantine rela- Police said the Jamaat persons," the official told PTI in comes the news of unwarrant- rity or law and order. tives and acquaintances of a members were booked for Lucknow. Five persons were ed attacks on them in Indore by 0

 President Ram Nath COVID-19 patient, when an allegedly indulging in ugly acts arrested and a case registered ungrateful miscreants. How Kovind also voiced concern unruly mob attacked them with and passing lewd remarks against them and 10 others for could a mob attack people who over the attacks on doctors, stones, injuring two women against the women staff mem- allegedly attacking a police team are risking their own lives to health workers and police per- doctors. bers at the hospital. that was trying to enforce lock- save ours? Sad! Shameful." 12*1  
 


From Page 1 patients are stable. including auto-rickshaws, e- Two other people who “The COVID-19 lock- rickshaws, gramin-sewas,    444 "    444 had earlier tested positive for down announced by the RTVs, etc, will also be pro- COVID-19 were discharged Prime Minister should be fol- vided relief assistance of Rs from hospitals after treat- lowed strictly. We have to 5,000 each.” From Page 1 have worked together as a From Page 1 leather industry. Plastic recy- children actually picked up ment, taking the total number learn from other nations and “To ensure no person in Modi stated that many team to check the spread of In fact they could be called cling and garbage segregation from this slum. The film of cured patients to eight, the follow social distancing and Delhi goes hungry, 1780 were worried about how many the virus. He, however, fore- the first settlers of the region. too is done here. Mainly a hub bagged 8 Oscars. officials said. lockdown norms stringent- HRCs have been opened in days this will continue, PM warned that the global situa- As Mumbai turned into a of cottage industries, it has an Following the success of They added that the total ly,” Kejriwal said. Delhi, and lunch and dinner Modi said, “While this is a tion remains far from satis- hub for textiles in the post estimated 5,000 business enti- “Slumdog Millionaire”, some number of active cases now “I am holding regular are being provided at these lockdown, don’t think you factory and informed about Independence era, thousands ties and 15,000 single-room people from Dharavi initiated stands at 42 in the district. meetings with the health HRCs. Yesterday, these 1780 are alone in this process. We speculation of a possible sec- of men from north India factories. Goods produced slum tours for international Gautam Buddh Nagar adjoin- department of Delhi and the HRCs provided lunch for are all together in this,” he said ond wave of spread of the moved in as well and the slum here go to Middle East, South- tourists who wanted to see ing Delhi in western Uttar doctors. God forbid, if there is 6,52,850 people and dinner for thanking the people for their virus in some countries. as we know it started to take East Asia, United States and what Asia’s largest slum all Pradesh is one of the hotspots an outbreak of corona, we are 6,30,000 people. 328 shelters cooperation. Modi outlined that the shape. Slowly since the 60s, Europe and several other about. for coronavirus in India and in fully prepared to handle the have been opened in Delhi for The Prime Minister common goal for the country migrants - particularly those places. “It would be nightmare if the State. situation,” he said. migrant laborers and people thanked the States for sup- is to ensure minimum loss of from south India started mov- Dharavi shot to interna- Covid-19 begins to penetrate Meanwhile, Kejriwal said Lauding the AAP’s effort, from outside Delhi. These porting the decision of lock- life. In the next few weeks, ing in - making what Dharavi tional fame after British film- these slums where eight to 10 the situation of corona out- he said the Delhi Government shelters can accommodate down due to which India has testing, tracing, isolation and is today. maker Danny Boyle made people sometime live in a sin- break in Delhi is under con- has taken several measures to 57,270 people, and 11443 peo- achieved some success in lim- quarantine should remain the Dharavi has several busi- “Slumdog Millionaire” in 2008. gle shanty. God will only save trol. The national Capital provide relief to the margin- ple are living in these shelters,” iting the spread of COVID-19. areas of focus, he said a day ness units -- right from textiles Set against the backdrop of people here then ,” said a reported a total of five coro- alised, who have been affect- he added. He praised how all the States before. to pottery to fabrication to Dharavi, the film had many healthcare expert. na deaths, one new death of ed by the lockdown the most. Kejriwal, Education the patient, who was taken out “72 lakh people are being Minister Manish Sisodia and of the Markaz, has been provided 7.5 kg ration each at experts will interact with the ! 
999 #  tive detention up to 12 reported in the last 24 hours. our distribution shops and 44 lakhs students of Delhi on months without a charge if “Information on HRCs, around 60 per cent of people Saturday at 3pm. These stu- the authorities are satisfied COVID-19 symptoms, mea- have already received ration dents are studying in From Page 1 erous livelihood support pack- $999 that the person is a threat to sures taken by the Delhi and the remaining will receive Government, private and “Get real Mr Modi. Give age for the poor, including for the national security or law Government to deal with the soon. We have also devised a MCD schools. India fiscal package worth 8-10 those categories of poor who From Page 1 and order. pandemic and all other infor- scheme to provide ration to “Our Government and per cent of GDP. Ensure imme- were totally ignored by the The nurse added that Ghaziabad Senior mation can be gathered from those who do not have ration private schools have around diate wages to construction Finance Minister on March they were neither taking their Superintendent of Police this number,” he said. cards, and in a few days, we 44 lakh students, and I am and other labour during lock- 25,” he tweeted. medicines nor following Kalanidhi Naithani said Urging people to follow will start providing ration to sure they have a lot of ques- down -- laws exist permitting “Every working man and social distancing norms. stringent action will be taken lockdown, he said efforts of them as well,” Kejriwal said. tions now that they are sitting this. Stop gagging real press in woman, from business person The Ghaziabad police against them. Police have the Delhi Government, the He said, “Around 8 lakh in their homes. Tomorrow at name of curbing fake news,” to daily wage earner, also said the Jamaat members registered the case under Central Government and the senior citizens, widows, and 3 pm, I, Manish Sisodia, and said the TMC leader. expected you to announce steps were booked for indulging in Sections 269, 270, 271, 294 people have been able to stop differently-abled have received a few experts will interact Chidambaram questioned to arrest the economic slide and ugly acts and passing lewd and 354 of the Indian Penal the spread of COVID-19 in Rs 5,000 as under the differ- with all students and parents why the Government had not re-start the engines of eco- remarks against the women Code, the SSP said. The sec- Delhi, as a result of which the ent pension schemes. Rs 5,000 of Delhi. Children have too announced a second Financial nomic growth.” staff members at the hospital. tions relate to sexual harass- cases of local transmission will further be provided to many questions about corona, Action Plan for the poor amid He said people were dis- A case was registered against ment and actions which have been just 38. them in the next week, or in its symptoms and nature. We the three-week nationwide appointed on both the counts, them at the GT Road spread disease. The NSA He said out of all the another 10-15 days. will address the children and lockdown to stem the spread of adding that “symbolism is Kotwali on receiving a com- Over 150 members of the patients who have been admit- Construction workers have parents on ‘parenting in the the coronavirus. important, but serious thought plaint from the chief medical Jamaat have been quaran- ted to the hospitals, two also been provided Rs 5,000 as times of corona’ and try to “What we expected from to ideas and measures is equal- officer. tined at different hospitals in patients have been put on a relief assistance and all the answer all the questions,” you today was FAP II, a gen- ly important”. The NSA allows preven- Ghaziabad. ventilator, and the rest of the public service vehicle drivers, Kejriwal said.

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  and technical monitoring, he said. been issued, police said.     + 55      2%3)%4- “So far the e-passes system has not 55      2%3)%4- worked effectively as it takes 3 to 4 days to raders in the national Capital are facing get passes and in several cases, the passes he Delhi Police has sent its seven police person- Thuge crunch of staff and transport facil- are denied without any reason,” it added. Tnel, who were part of the team which went to ity that has stalled movement of essential BC Bhartia, national president and evacuate South-east Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz, on commodities. Also, they have been facing Praveen Khandelwal, secretary general of leave on Friday. Police said that it is a routine rota- much difficulty in obtaining curfew passes. CAIT said on the one side transport facil- tion process after the lockdown in the national Capital. Local administration, despite clear ity is not available due to non availability of According to police, seven police personnel of guidelines issued by Union Government, are drivers as large number of migrant work- Nizamuddin police station have been sent on rest from not allowing movement of vegetables and ers employed by them has gone to their Thursday for 10 days. “A total of 24 staff are on rest other essential items even after managing native villages and whatever remaining work from Nizamuddin,” he said. passes that has further escalated the issue, force is reluctant to join their duty. In such In an internal communication to his personnel, the Confederation of All India Traders a typical situation, smooth operations at the Delhi Police Commissioner S N Srivastava had ear- (CAIT) said on Friday. end of traders dealing in essential goods has lier said a part of the police strength should remain The traders’ body has also demanded to become almost a challenging task in quarantine for 10 days by rotation and the rest authorise CAIT or All India Transport There are about 1.25 crore traders both should enforce the 21-day lockdown announced by Welfare Association (AITWA) to issue wholesalers and retailers who are dealing in the government. passes to their constituents after due dili- essential commodities, the traders’ body On Wednesday, the Delhi Government, in coor- gence and the local authorities should be said, adding that out of which about four dination with the police, evacuated over 2,000 peo- directed not to stop movement of anyone lakh are wholesalers and distributors and ple from the markaz. Since then the building has been having the said passes. about 90 lakh retailers whereas, there are sealed and area sanitized. It will ensure immediate movement of about two lakh medicine wholesalers and Ealier, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had essential goods from wholesalers to retail- about 10 lakh medicine shops all over the said that around 2,346 people evacuated from the ers in all cases i.e. intra-city, inter-city and country and rest of the traders are dealing Markaz, 108 have tested positive for coronavirus. inter-state movements, the traders’ body said in other essential goods but because of non However, the number of COVID-19 cases in the in a statement, adding that the Government availability of transport and crunch of national capital may rise in the coming days as the should carve out a mechanism to issue nec- workers, necessary passes from the author- government has decided to test all those who were essary passes without any delay to ensure ities, only 25 per cent of these shops are evacuated from the Markaz. availability of goods in market. working currently. #               
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55      Delhi-based headquarters of been chalked out and are being cially JJ colonies and clusters. 55      2%3)%4- maintenance staff are working tional from March 24 to April ations and loading/unloading 2%3)%4- Tablighi Jamaat in Nizamuddin followed to disinfect and sani- SDMC have also started round the clock. To ensure safe- 2. Of these, more than 2.23 lakh of rakes at goods sheds/parcel came in light that was attend- tise the major hot spots of ground level monitoring on a n continuation of the mea- ty of these staff and boost wagons carried essential com- sidings to control room Set up n order to ensure the safety ed by thousands of followers Coronavirus in all four zones, continuous basis to assess the Isures taken to prevent the their morale, following is being modities like food grains, salt, by Ministry of Home Affairs Iof its staff, SDMC on Friday including J&K, Tamil Nadu, the official said, adding that a ground reality so that it can spread of COVID-19, Indian ensured at all workplaces as sugar, milk, edible oil, onions, (MHA) on real time basis conducted screening of 95 Andhra Pradesh, and the special sanitization and clean- deploy more manpower and Railways has started producing masks and hand sanitisers are fruits and vegetables, petrole- through Railway officers as public health workers, field Andaman and Nicobar islands. ing drives are being conducted machinery at Corona affected mask and sanitisers in its all being made available to all um products, coal, fertilizers part of the MHA Control workers and Safai saniks who However, no symptoms of in densely populated areas spe- areas. zonal railways, production staff coming on duty. etc. throughout the country. Room, it said. were deployed for cleaning Covid-19 were found during units and Public Sector Units Indian Railways has geared Indian Railways Staff are “Transportation of essen- and sanitisation drives in the screening done by the (PSUs). It has produced up its entire machinery in a big working at various goods tial items like medical supplies, Nizamuddin and adjoining panel of specialized doctors "    2,87,704 masks and 25,806 way to take comprehensive sheds, stations and control medical equipment, food, etc in areas. namely Dr Prasad, Dr Umesh liters of sanitiser till April 1. measures on prevention of offices on 24X7 basis to ensure small parcel sizes is going to be A senior SDMC official and Dr Sardana, he said. “Out of the total masks, the COVID-19 virus infection. The that the supply of essential very important during the said that the civic body has Besides, the SDMC also 6  ""# Central Railway produced preparedness levels are being items for the nation does not lockdown in the wake of equipped its medical staff, conducted intensive sanita- 22,580 masks and 2,693 liters of reviewed by Minister of get affected, it said, adding that COVID-19. In order to fill in field workers and Safai Sainiks tion drive in Kasturba Niketan, 55      2%3)%4- period to disinfect the sur- sanitiser, Western Railway pro- Railways and Commerce and locomotive pilots and guards this vital need, Indian Railways with nitrile gloves and triple Lajpat Nagar, Bakkarwala rounding without any human duced 46,313 masks and 700 Industry Piyush Goyal, are efficiently running the has made railway parcel vans layered masks besides PPE kit Quarantive Center, Kapashera orth Delhi Municipal contact. All staff engaged in liters of sanitiser, North Central Minister of State for Railways trains. Key maintenance staff of available for quick mass trans- to protect them from being extension, Mahavir Enclave, NCorporation (NMC) on sanitisation work was provid- Railway 26,567 masks and Suresh Angadi and Chairman track, signaling, overhead portation needs of E- infected with Coronavirus but Matiala, Dwarka, Mahipalpur, Friday sprayed disinfectant ed with personal protection 3,100 liters of sanitiser and Railway Board Vinod Kumar equipment, locomotives, Commerce entities and other still their health are moni- Kapasheraand, Punjabi Bagh, over quarantine centre at DDA gears like masks, gloves and Eastern Railway produced Yadav. coaches and wagons is main- customers including State gov- tored as part of precautionary Subhash Nagar, Khayala, flats, Narela using drone. sanitisers as required,” he said. 14,800 masks and 2,620 liters of To ensure availability of taining the infrastructure in ernments,” it added. measures. Hastsal and Kalkaji by deploy- A senior NMC official said The civic body on Monday sanitiser,” the railways said in a essential commodities through good fettle to ensure smooth Besides, Indian Railways The civic body had carried ing tankers for spraying one that more than 1000 had also sprayed disinfectant statement. the country by running unin- running of freight trains. has set up 11,000 beds for out a massive sanitation drive per cent Sodium Hypochlorite Coronavirus suspected per- liquid over congested slums The freight operations of terrupted 24X7 freight trains Institutional mechanism quarantine purposes and the area after news of a sudden Solution to curb down the sons have been quarantined and unauthorised colonies in Indian Railways are running operations. More than 4 lakh has been put in place to esca- around 5,000 beds have been outbreak and detection of mul- spread of Coronavirus. here. “The drone is used to the Shakur Basti area of 24X7 to maintain essentials and wagons has carried supplies to late issues faced by Zonal exclusively earmarked for treat- tiple coronavirus cases at the Regular action plans have cover wider area in shorter Keshavpuram zone. goods supplies, operation and keep the supply chain func- Railways in goods train oper- ment of COVID-19 patients. 2(7        8   (  
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   New Delhi: The first phase of see any item in the household 55      2%3)%4- online learning activities for as potential learning material. the students of Delhi Another exercise for the stu- he crime graph in the Government schools up to dents of Classes 1 and 2 was Tnational Capital has shown Class 8 has been launched, sent on Friday to encourage approximately 42 per cent with different activities being them to estimate the number of downfall in last 15 days fol- sent to parents through text items available at home, which lowing the lockdown in wake messages in the wake of the they can hold in their hand, of coronavirus outbreak. Police nationwide lockdown till April and then actually hold them. said that they have registered 14 due to the coronavirus out- “With an aim to connect nearly 2,000 cases including break, officials said on Friday. with the elders of their fami- that of robbery, motor vehicle The city government also lies through stories, the stu- theft and other crimes since plans to start live online class- dents of Classes 3 to 5 were March 15, a drop of 42 per cent es for senior students, they assigned the task to listen to a as compared to the same peri- added. story from their grandparents od last year. “Namaste. It is important and parents of their time,” the According to data shared 27 cases under sections of casualties were reported,” as per that the studies of your child official said. by Delhi Police, a total of 1,971 grievous hurt, 55 cases of bur- data. are not hampered due to the According to the Union cases have been registered since glary, 1,243 cases of motor On March 24, Prime shutdown of schools. That is Health Ministry, 2,301 March 15 to 31 as against vehicle theft, 66 case of house Minister Narendra Modi had why we will be sending a new COVID-19 cases and 56 deaths 3,415 cases during the same theft, 72 cases under sections of announced a complete lock- activity to you everyday. I Sisodia said in a text message ity was sent out to 28,663 par- and draw and colour pictures have been reported in India so period last year. outraging modesty of women, down across the country for 21 would request you to do that sent out to parents on April 1. ents of kindergarten students, of the same. far. Twelve deaths due to the “Out of these, 53 cases of 150 cases of kidnapping, while days to control the spread of activity with your child,” According to a Delhi gov- asking the kids to identify the “Through this activity, the coronavirus have been report- robbery, 181 cases of snatching, 112 cases of accidents with no COVID-19. Deputy Chief Minister Manish ernment official, Friday’s activ- vegetables cooked at home message to the parents was to ed since Thursday.    !"#"# !   & 6 2  " "# $%"&'" "% &  !  *   *   

  
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In a bid to aug- Forces are running six quar- and around Nizamuddin area Three CRPF Inspectors, Meanwhile, the Union Till now, the Government cacy, the notification will also devices (Cu-T), are scheduled ment capabilities, six more antine facilities at Mumbai, are hereby ordered to' work one Sub Inspector and two Home Ministry has extended had been regulating only 24 make medical device compa- medical devices for which ceil- armed forces hospitals are Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Hindon, from home' with immediate Assistant Sub Inspectors the deployment of 100 com- classes of medical devices. nies accountable for quality ing prices have been fixed. being equipped shortly with Manesar and Chennai. These effect," reads an internal cir- besides five Head Constables panies (10,000 personnel) of The National and safety of their products, These four medical devices are the resources to begin centres have so far catered to cular. and 25 constables have been Central paramilitary forces in Pharmaceutical Pricing noted a senior health official, under price control. COVID-19 testing, they said. 1,7037 of which 403 have It further said, "A close identified to be living in the the national capital till April 15 Authority (NPPA), a govern- said a senior NPPA official. The NPPA is monitoring As regards rescue and been released so far. Three watch over these personnel Nizamuddin or nearby area. for maintenance of law and ment regulatory agency, issued Also, the manufacturers Maximum Retail Prices relief efforts, officials said six positive COVID cases – two may be kept by concerned The list of these 36 personnel order during the ongoing lock- a notification recently in this cannot raise price as per their (MRPs) of remaining non- warships and as many med- from Hindan and one from branch and they may be has been marked as appendix down period across the coun- regard. whims and fancies. “The objec- scheduled medical devices, ical teams are now on stand- Manesar – were referred to briefed personally regarding A of the circular and they have try including Delhi. The NPPA’s move follows tive is to ensure that no man- which have been regulated as by to assist neighbouring Safdarjung Hospital in the precautions/care from been asked to undergo home Thousands of Tableegh the Union Health Ministry’s ufacturer or importer increas- drugs. The objective is to countries including Maldives, national capital for further Coronavirus. They may also be quarantine/isolation for two Jamaat members who have notification that brought the es the price of a drug more ensure that no manufacturer or Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, treatment. In addition, 15 directed for self isolation/home weeks. been assembling at the outfit's medical equipment used on than ten per cent of MRP importer increases the price of Bhutan and Afghanistan other facilities are being kept quarantine for next 14 days." Another list of 10 person- markaz (headquarters) for the humans as drugs under during preceding twelve a drug more than ten per cent when required. The ships ready as standby for use, if If any symptom occurred nel of CRPF who were staying jamaat have been major carri- Section 3 of the Drugs and months” she said. of MRP during preceding with medical teams and required. to any of these personnel, the at Nizamuddin area and ers of coronavirus. Cosmetics Act with effect from The 24 classes of medical twelve months. Humanitarian Assistance and Dedicated COVID-19 same may be informed to all presently on leave at their April 1, 2020. 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stated that 42 persons who had QR  #  ,  attended the Jamaat event have tested positive. 9#  With reports from Agra, /      %& %  !,!5# Jitendra Awhad said: “Prime ing doctors and their staff with the Jamaat toll has gone up to Minister of India asks people to PPEs, to provide financial assis- 49 and if sources are to be he ruling alliance partners light lamps & candles. Is this tance to states to fight this cri- Agra: The connection between believed, the number is bound ;  5>1    Tin Maharashtra— the some kind of a joke? Not a word sis,” Thorat said. coronavirus and those who to shoot up since more than Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena on where the country stands in “Also, the general public attended the Tablighi Jamaat 100 samples of this group are — slammed Prime Minister this war. It’s preparedness, addi- needs to be given hope, to event in Delhi is getting under testing. Faridabad: Amid a spike in Narendra Modi on Friday for tional financial aid, new facili- announce relief packages for stronger by the hour, making According to official coronavirus positive cases in his call to people to light can- ties created, diagnostic centres people who have lost their the entire scenario rather scary sources, a total of 112 persons India after the evacuation of dles, lamps or mobile torches on added, what his government livelihoods. Nothing of this as of the 28 samples of Tablighis who had attended the Tablighi hundreds of people from April 5 at 9 pm, by saying that proposes to do with gargantu- was done only an event of sent for testing in Agra, seven Jamaat were quarantined in Tablighi Jamaat headquarters the call was “irresponsible” and an problem of stranded lighting of lamps was have tested positive. Agra and 28 samples were sent in Delhi, residents of a “stupid” and that it did not migrants. Shame!”. announced. After hearing the Earlier in the day, the UP for testing. Haryana village forced author- behove well for a Prime Shiv Sena MP and address, the question that is government spokesman had IANS ities to not quarantine 20 Minister to give such a call. spokesperson Sanjay Raut being raised is: whether Jamaat followers from abroad Reacting to the Prime tweeted: “When people were Narendra Modi will behave at a nearby college premises, Minister’s call, Maharashtra asked to clap , they crowded the like a Prime Minister or not?,” police sources said on Friday. Pradesh Congress Committee roads and beat drums , I just the State Congress chief asked,    6 C Sources in the Bhopani their arrival, they gheraoed the After the drama went on and State Revenue Minister hope now they don’t burn adding that the ruling BJP was police station in Faridabad college premises in their hun- for three-four hours, the offi- Balasaheb Thorat said: “The down their own houses , sir trivialising the Coronavirus Kannauj (Uttar Pradesh): A police team was attacked in Kannauj district said that Haryana dreds and protested. They cials decided to shift the 20 country is going through a ‘diya to jalalenge ‘ but please tell issue through such “PR stunts”. district of uttar Pradesh on Friday afternoon when they tried to Health Department officials maintained that they could Jamaat followers to a tempo- tough time as the number of us what the government is “His (Modi’s) so called stop a family from offering ‘namaaz’ collectively. had taken these 20 Tablighi fol- spread coronavirus among the rary quarantine centre set up Coronavirus cases increasing doing to improve condition”. address to nation this morning The chowki in-charge and two other police personnel were lowers to Nachauli village to be villagers,” a police official said. in an engineering college in each day. During such times, “To fight the crisis, doctors, smacked of irresponsibility and injured in the attack. They have been admitted to the district hos- quarantined for a few days in The agitated villagers Dhaunj village. the Prime Minister is expected nurses, police, para-medical incompetence personified. It pital. The attackers also damaged the motorcycle of a LIU per- a nearby college premises refused to listen to health offi- Efforts to contact Faridabad to take some firm policy deci- staff are all working by putting was the most apt example of sonnel. Additional forces were called in and four persons have around 10 pm on Thursday. cials as well as Bhopani police Police Commissioner KK Rao sions. Is it the Prime Minister’s their lives at risk. The need of how a prime minister of the been taken into custody. The entire area is now being monitored “However, when the vil- that reached there to handle for comments did not succeed. job to ask people to clap, light the hour is to stand firmly country should not be. He by drone cameras. lagers came to know about the situation. IANS lamps etc? It is about time that behind these people and give never does his homework. It PM gets serious about the them the necessary help. What was desired he will at least at issues at least now”. is required at this time is mak- this hour,” Awhad said. 1  "! Dubbing the Modi’s call is ing available adequate number “All he ( Modi) is consis- ?(C)B2A A (),*'B'#?A?@)'B:&> an act of stupidity, NCP leader of ventilators, increasing the tently giving people is sedatives   !O  and State Housing Minister Dr. number of testing labs, provid- such as clap, bang the utensils  %& %  !,!5# a woman from Badlapur, 63- ed positive for Coronavirus persons were tested positive for and light the lamps like cele- year-old man from Jalgaon, 50 on Friday, five Jawans had test- Coronavirus in various hospi-    bration or an events. His blind, n a disturbing development, year-old woman from Pune, 65 ed positive on Thursday. tals and laboratories of the irrational followers will do it Ithe coronavirus claimed six year-old man from Mumbai Talking to media persons, state. Hyderabad: Telangana Chief     dutifully, oblivious that they too more lives in Maharashtra tak- and 62-year-old man, also from Panvel Municipal Of the 67 positive cases, Minister K. Chandrashekhar are being cheated. They will not ing the total number of pan- Mumbai. All these persons Commissioner Ganesh Mumbai accounted for a max- Rao on Friday urged the peo- think even for a minute how demic deaths to 26 in the State, had no history of internation- Deshmukh said: “As many as imum of 45 cases, while there ple in the State to light lamps  S    this will help to tide over the even as 67 persons tested pos- al travel and they are said to CISF’s 15 officers and jawans were nine cases in Pune, eight on April 5 at 9 P.M. as desired alarming situation. His cocka- itive for Covid-19 in various have contracted the epidemic were under quarantine for the cases in Navi Mumbai, three by Prime Minister Narendra Thiruvananthapuram: employed in various sectors mamie & gimmicks is a nar- hospitals and laboratories in the through “contact”. kast several days. Of the six cases in Ahmednagar and one Modi. Kerala Chief Minister are finding the going tough cotic they are addicted to”. State. With 67 fresh positive CISF jawans tested positive case each in Palghar, Washim, The Chief Minister said Pinarayi Vijayan on Friday and the ‘brightness’ in their “On his part, PM is more Confirming six fresh pan- Coronavirus cases, the total for Covid-19 today, while five Kalyan and Ratnagiri. that people should light lamps said that Prime Minister lives has gone. than happy to peddle this drug demic deaths in Maharashtra, number of infected persons jawans had tested positive for According to the State on the day to express solidari- Narendra Modi’s call to light “Maybe, following the as it hides his bankruptcy of will the State Health department rose to 490 in the state. Covid-19 on Thursday. Health department’s medical ty and unity among people in lamps on Sunday at 9 p.m. for April 5th act, more ‘bright- and ability to take any concrete bulletin said: “While two Significantly enough, as With this total number of bulletin, as many as 595 per- the country and make the pro- 9 minutes to dispel the dark- ness’ might be on the way action. On my part, I vow not deaths were reported from many as 11 Central Industrial CISF Jawans testing positive for sons with symptoms of coron- gramme a success. ness caused by the coron- and let us all wait for the first to indulge into this stupidity. I Mumbai, one death each has Security Force (CISF) jawans the pandemic has gone up to avirus were admitted to various He desired that the fight avirus pandemic is a good ‘brightness’,” said Vijayan will share the cost of same oil been reported from Vasa-Virar, posted at the Mumbai airport 11. All of these infected persons hospitals in the state on Friday. put up by the entire humanity act, as any display of bright- while addressing the media with some poor and needy. Let Badlapur, Thane, Jalgaon and were among the new lot of per- have been kept under quaran- “From among the 12,758 sam- against the dreaded virus ness will always be welcomed. soon after the daily review of Modi know one cardinal truth Pune”. sons who tested positive for tine at the MGM Hospital at ples tested since January, 11,968 should continue with inspira- Vijayan however said the Covid-19 measures in the that you cannot fool all the peo- Those killed comprised: a Coronavirus in Maharashtra Panvel”. have tested negative, while 490 tion and be successful. that following the lockdown State. ple all the time,” Awhad said in 67-year-old from Vasair-Virar, While six CISF jawans test- Meanwhile, as many as 67 have tested positive. 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According to the hospital the “logic” behind Prime this hour of crisis… In fact they Sujan Chakrabarty said “last launched a massive manhunt to come in contact with the pos- 34 Red zones, 24 in Kashmir According to the daily sta- authorities, “all the patients are Minister Narendra Modi’s have not even given a mask. It time he make people beat thalis. track down over 1,000 identi- itive cases and pose a grave risk valley and 10 in Jammu divi- tus report, so far 75 cases have responding to the treatment appeal to switch off electric is the State Government which This time he is telling them to fied contact people of coron- of spreading the virus among sion, where the entire govern- tested positive in Jammu and and are stable Currently, no lights and light up candles on is bearing the huge costs of pro- light up candles and tail lamp… avirus positive cases. large sections of people in their ment machinery is focusing all Kashmir. Out of these, 70 are patient is on the ventilator sup- April 5 to express solidarity for viding free ration to the people.” What additional purpose will it The police teams, officials neighbourhood. its energies to locate each one active cases. One patient, port, the hospital authorities the nation’s fight against Corona Questioning the “logic” serve besides uniting the saffron of the State health department According to Rohit Kansal, of the identified 2000 contact admitted in the GMC, Jammu confirmed. virus Bengal Chief Minister behind the Prime Minister’s people or identifying and get a and other agencies have been spokesman of the Jammu and persons and put them to test. was discharged late Friday Meanwhile, the Mamata Banerjee refused to get appeal to switch off electric light feel of saffron following in the tasked to immediately track Kashmir Government, “efforts He said, on Friday five evening after she recovered Government agencies have drawn into politics saying she one of the senior Ministers of entire country.” down these people. are on to employ smart track- fresh cases tested positive. Out fully and tested negative. stepped up efforts to rush was nobody to issue advisories Banerjee’s Cabinet Subroto Meanwhile, Bengal’s total So far, the authorities have ing and aggressive testing meth- of these four cases tested posi- At present 16 patients are essential supplies to Kashmir on the Prime Minister’s appeal Mukherjee said he would follow number of active corona relat- managed to trace 975 contact ods to isolate suspected cases of tive in Kashmir valley. All of admitted in the isolation ward valley. and said it was upon the people the Prime Minister’s advice if he ed cases went up to 38 with 9 to consider as to what they were to be explained the reason people getting cured and would do on Sunday. behind doing what has been released on Friday. Apparently losing her cool asked to do by Modi. “I will def- “We have 4 new cases  % ( -"23 )' # &" "%.#' when asked to comment on initely follow his instructions reported today which takes the how she would react to Modi’s but before that one has to total number of active Corona appeal to switch off power for explain the logic behind switch- cases in the State to 38,” the Agra: After a long while, river drawing water from the river. has come alive, offering a nine minutes on Sunday, ing off electric light for nine Chief Minister said adding, Yamuna is flowing full and We have had several spells of breathtaking view. Due to the Banerjee retorted “Don’t politi- minutes and lighting up can- “nine people have been cured cleaner at this time of the year. rain in March, which could lockdown, the Taj Mahal, for cise the issue. It is a grave situ- dles,” he said. and released today which is in “When US president have raised the water level.” the first time in its history, is ation. I will not make any state- Disapproving of the Prime addition to the 3 people cured Donald Trump visited Agra on Water level in Vrindavan relaxed and breathing freely, ment on this… How can I say Minister’s appeal Congress earlier.” Three people have suc- February 24, water was released and Mathura had also seen a deprived of the daily human what you will do on what the leader in Parliament Adhir cumbed to the disease, she said. by upstream barrages, but it did steady rise in the past few load, as all monuments have Prime Minister says … It is Ranjan Chowdhury said “if Incidentally the Health not reach Agra. Trump, how- weeks. been shut down in Agra for vis- upon the people to decide as to switching off power and light- Department experts had put the ever, did not go to the rear side In Agra, surplus water itors. The Archaeological what they will do … whether ing up candles or torches can total number of Corona deaths of the Taj Mahal, otherwise the from the Ganga Jal Pipeline was Survey of India is utilising the they will follow his (PM’s) solve the problem there is no to 7 on Thursday, leading State polluted and dry Yamuna also being released in the opportunity to clean up and advice or not … If I will feel like need to do researches to dis- Chief Secretary to quickly call would have disturbed him. But Yamuna. The two water works carry out repairs long overdue. sleeping I will sleep and if you cover medicine against the a second press conference and for the last 25 days or so, we are in Agra receive 140 cusec of The city too is largely pol- feel like responding to his appeal Corona virus.” issue clarifications doubting enjoying a rare view of Yamuna water continuously from the lution free, due to restrictions you will do accordingly … I am Bengal Pradesh Congress whether four other deaths were at the Etmauddaula View Point 130 km long pipeline. The on movement of vehicles. Only nobody to make a comment president Somen Mitra said because of the virus. Playing up park. The river bed is under entire quantity is not used. The an occasional ambulance or a here. Let us not play politics.” “we were expecting more the co-morbidity factor he said water and birds have returned,” excess goes into the Yamuna, police vehicle can be seen on Instead of dwelling on the important things from the the victims had been hospi- said River Connect Campaign according to a local corporator the Fatehabad road, which has Prime Minister’s speech the Prime Minister. We were talised for other ailments member Jugal Kishore locals to keep the river clean. due to the lockdown due to Anurag Chaubey. the largest concentration of Chief Minister questioned the expecting a policy speech on the and it was only subsequently Shrotriya who conducts a daily River activist Devashish COVID-19, industries in The river behind the Taj hotels. attitude of “some political par- way out for the poor people, the that they were found to be arti of Yamuna to mobilise Bhattacharya said, “Perhaps Haryana and Delhi are not Mahal, along Mahtaab Bagh IANS ties (read BJP)” for “doing noth- migrant workers and farmers Corona positive.    !"#"#  5 7& )1)%""732  +8  71 )     +8 8 !!68>#?! $ #   &       /                      #  *    <    1                                                     I        # %          :9     (                        (         "   6                 ;                ,                       <          66                    $  (         <   =  =  #    ne can argue that this is not the time to discuss the view, how- 3    )  6                ever credible, that the 21-day            6    <   lockdown has been imposed $ 3  $   %   !        ( without adequate thought to its consequences,O particularly on the poor. The                 %    ( emphasis now, the argument may continue,                  ( should be exclusively on repulsing the                    COVID-19 invasion which has brought India to a standstill and threatens to play            #         ( havoc with its life. There is a point in this,      #            as there is equally a point in the contention           )        that the subject needs to be discussed threadbare both from the viewpoint of ensur-                      ing accountability on the part of the author-                  ( ities and the need to avoid in future the mis-      ;(    >;3*%?      takes that have been made. While leaving such a discussion for a                   post-Corona time — which, one hopes, is   #                 not far away — one needs to focus on a relat- :@                  ed question: How is it that few could antic- ipate the post-lockdown trudge of hundreds            A  7          and thousands of migrant daily wage work-                   ers, often with their entire families includ-                     ing women and children in tow, to their vil- lage homes hundreds of miles away? Anyone   #               familiar with the Indian tradition of family                    ( and community support, which survives in Independence, the socialists left tions on the slogan of Garibi universality. It is almost a new         #            4 a great measure in rural areas despite ero- the Congress and established the Hatao (Remove Poverty). religion that worships wealth                     sion in urban societies, should have known Praja Socialist Party, Socialist The shift towards a change and possession and not the that the first instinct of starving labourers, Party and the Samyukta Socialist in the party’s political and eco- character of a person. There is   -   ,                without work and shelter and facing uncer- Party respectively and their nomic trajectory, however, no time for the poor who are                  tain futures, would be to go back to their vil- leaders like SM Joshi, NG Goray, 1-% ''$#2)1-% became manifest from the early reduced to invisibility and are 7                   lage homes, with which most of them Madhu Limaye and George 1980s. The launch of the “eco- often looked down with con- retain close ties. Fernandes played important #44%(#1'2'. nomic reforms” in 1991 saw, in tempt as failures.            (         The reason is simple: The poor have van- roles in the country’s politics. 1-%$ '(%$1?2' effect, the defenestration of all There have been other 3                 ished as an active presence in the conscious- Anger over exploitation and 4'2>%$'"", ? talk of socialism. The emphasis changes. The poor and the alle-           <           ( ness of those who now set the agenda for dis- the suffering of the poor was, was now on the market econo- viation of their poverty no longer course in India. This was not always so. perhaps, the most powerful dri- 1-%"%21$%&1#>% my and unleashing the animal occupy the centrestage of the        !           ( Mahatma Gandhi’s abiding concern for the ving force behind Karl Marx’s instinct of Indian entrepreneurs. political discourse in India. They              6         poor and making their well-being the intellectual and political exer- '.1-% '41"#4 As in most cases, economic have now been taken over by                   touchstone for all action has been reflected tions and the programmes of the )&"',$&%2 change had its cultural and issues like the terrorist threat to in his iconic observation, “Recall the face of Communist Party of India, social consequences. Poverty the country, the Ram temple, the            (           the poorest and weakest man you have seen, Communist Party of India 2)#+1-%?-#(% has ceased to be of concern to Citizenship Amendment Act,    *    <     7     and ask yourself if this step you contemplate (Marxist) and the various 2'35%%21#6%2 the middle class, which enjoys the National Population Register    %            ;    is going to be any use to him.” He also stat- Naxalite groups. unprecedented purchasing and the National Register of ed, “Poverty is the worst form of violence.” For a long time after '(%$5?&&,%& power and which sets the agen- Citizens. One reason for this is, ; *    7             Equally well-known is his theory of trustee- Independence, the Congress 46%1-% da for discourse in the country, of course, the advent of Hindutva    *       <             ship, the essence of which he expressed suc- remained oriented towards a constituting over 30 per cent of politics and its concomitants.         )         ( cinctly when he said, “Supposing I have come moderate, albeit nebulous, form 1%$$'$&11-$%#1 the population. Another is the Congress’s new by a fair amount of wealth — either by way of the ideology. After Parliament The instinctive tendency to orientation. It does refer to the                  0 of legacy, or by means of trade and indus- had accepted in 1954 the estab- 1'1-%"',21$? look away has been reinforced in poor from time to time but that                    try — I must know that all that wealth does lishment of a “socialist pattern of 1-%$#!1%! 4% its case by the dynamics of a is mostly en passent. Even oth-                   ( not belong to me; what belongs to me is the society” as the aim of econom- "##2 $#2)2$"+ market economy where the dri- erwise, the decline in its politi-                 right to an honourable livelihood, no better ic development, the Avadi ses- ving force is sales, the volume of cal fortunes gives a cry-in-the- than that enjoyed by millions of others. The sion of the Congress, adopted, in '2%$%#&'2 which is critically linked to rev- wilderness dimension to its pro- "                      rest of my wealth belongs to the communi- January, 1955, a resolution call- enue and the quantum of prof- nouncements. Equally a factor                     ty and must be used for the welfare of the ing for the “establishment of a .'$1-&&'. it. 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On the (October-December 2019) of 2019-20. Regular wage employees without   *0G7(:D 7     %      our entry into it. It is giving us more time to pre- %"'2'!" other hand, self-employed people will lose Additionally, as 46 per cent of regu- entitlement of paid leave are highly vul-              ( pare for stage-III and increasing the chances of us 4'&&3445% profit earning from their enterprises/firms lar employees do not have the benefit of nerable during this period. Therefore,                taking advantage of any medical breakthrough that !,"-->-%$ due to close of operations. paid leave, it is estimated that almost 15 firms can be encouraged to compensate *                 ( takes place. .1!%4? The lockdown will affect various sec- per cent of total regular wage employees wage loss to those employees and a tax  S   <                But, the big question is, for how long can India $%"'(%$? tors differently. As Modi’s speech indicat- will lose their income due to the shutting benefit package for the firms may be      + .         afford to shut itself down? As it is the Indian econ- )'%&2'1 ed, only production and distribution of down of economic activities. Thus, it is thought of. omy was in a shambles before the outbreak. Now, essential commodities and services have estimated that the regular salaried group Self-employed people will also face a               ( 1#6% 4#"%                 it also has to bear the huge economic loss of the been allowed to be operational. That will lose 0.35 lakh crore per week as severe loss due to the economic down- three-week-long complete shutdown and the bur- #2).3% includes food supply, goods transport, compared to their weekly income turn. Boosting effective demand in the            #   ( den of the financial relief package of 1.75 lakh crore #$%.'$"%) manufacturing of medical equipment, obtained during the third quarter of the economy can encourage investment and              that was announced by the Government for the 1'>'2.'$ pharmaceutical, medical facilities, com- Financial Year 2019-20. in this context the first two measures will         $        country. #2%91%2)%) munication and financial services. Since 53 per cent of self-employed play a key role. So far, an amount of         Once this nightmare is behind us, it will become 4'"6)'32 Therefore, workers will definitely suffer people are engaged in agriculture, we 15,000 crore has been allocated for the $             really hard for the Finance Ministry to prepare an >'2> income loss if they are engaged in the assume, there will be no direct impact on heath sector for improving healthcare             -  effective package for a quick revival of the econo- .'$3#$) locked down sectors. their income during this time. However, facilities.  7           my. Here are some estimates of the direct econom- Another 40 per cent casual labour- the income of the rest of the 47 per cent The Finance Minister’s recent  *                 ic loss to the nation and some possible interven- ers are engaged in the construction sec- of self-employed people will be affected announcement of a 1.75 lakh crore pack-      )          tions for quick recovery. tor, which will surely be closed for 21 days if they are engaged in locked down sec- age to help the economically-weaker                   The third advance estimate of India’s Gross leading to income loss to the respective tors. Based on calculations of the sector- sections survive the loss of jobs and Domestic Product (GDP) published by the Central workers. A further 10 per cent of casual specific impact, almost 1.05 lakh crore income that would be the inevitable fall-                 Statistical Organisation (CSO) revealed that India’s workers are engaged in manufacturing income of the self-employed people will out of the Coronavirus outbreak is not I            estimated GDP for 2019-2020 stood at 47 lakh industries, where almost 90 per cent of be lost per week. adequate.                 7 crore, which turns out to be 3.6 lakh crore per economic activities are closed for now. In effect, the Indian economy will face As indicated above, this is only one-    8:(              week, of which 17 per cent is earned by casual The assumption of 90 per cent shut down an income loss of 1.7 lakh crore per week third of the loss of income estimated dur-                  labour, 21 per cent by regular wage employees and of manufacturing is based on the output or a total of 5.1 lakh crore during the ing the shutdown. 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of the threat of COVID-19? invoked Section 144 of the Code of of crisis. The majority of the police tions can be charged under Section 188 Yascha Mounk, a professor at who are found violating a Section 144 In order to understand the legal- Criminal Procedure (CrPC), no order force must be commended for their of the IPC and Sections 51 to 60 of the John Hopkins University, in his book order or the MHA guidelines on the ity of the incidents of police action, we has been issued which explicitly makes remarkable efforts in maintaining DMA, 2005. Section 188 of the IPC The People vs. Democracy, argues that lockdown. This can be done by the must first distinguish between a “lock- it criminal to step out of the house. This order in a situation of extreme panic provides for a fine and an imprison- a liberal democracy strikes a balance President or the Governor by promul- down” and “curfew.” A curfew is a is less so if one is rendering an essen- and for putting their personal safety at ment term for one month for the vio- between two fundamental principles, gating an Ordinance under Articles 123 short-term measure, where essential tial service or has ventured out to buy risk during a pandemic. However, lation of an order of a public servant. the “will of the majority” and the “rule and 213 of the Constitution respective- services are also disrupted, to keep peo- essential items. some errant policemen have chosen to Further, the DMA also prescribes of law”, which gives primacy to indi- ly, empowering local authorities to ple off the streets in times of riots or However, given the Coronavirus violate the law and strict action must penalties which can attract fines as well vidual rights. impose fines to violators. Such fines terror activities. outbreak, it is our duty as responsible be taken against them. Voluntarily as imprisonment up to two years for India’s constitutional framework must be based on a differential system, On the other hand, a lockdown is citizens to ensure that we don’t leave causing hurt to a person is a non-cog- violating orders issued under it. may allow for individual rights to be accounting for the socio-economic    a relatively long-term measure, requir- our homes. But in the event that we do nisable offence under Section 323 of the However, these penal provisions curtailed but they cannot be complete- background of the violators. ing the closure of public and private have to, there is no justification for the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provides must be invoked cautiously, with due ly sacrificed at the altar of the “will of Fines are being used effectively as n the aftermath of the commence- establishments, schools and religious police subjecting people to the for imprisonment of up to one year. application of mind. Consideration the majority.” In the face of a public a deterrent in the UK, the UAE and ment of the lockdown, various places in order to restrict the large-scale appalling treatment that we have wit- Victims of police violence should not must be given to the fact that it is dif- health challenge, it is all the more nec- Canada. In the UK, police officers have Iincidents surfaced where the police movement of people. As essential ser- nessed over the last few days. We live succumb to such blatant misuse of ficult for people to approach the essary to be vigilant about human the power to issue on-the-spot fines of lathicharged ambulance drivers, vices continue to operate, a lockdown in a country plagued by illiteracy and authority. Instead they must record courts, which are functioning on an rights, as history teaches us that the £60 for people found violating the lock- stranded migrant workers and other is less restrictive than a curfew. The poverty. There has been widespread such incidents, subject themselves to extremely limited basis. The State gravest human rights violations have down rules. Such fines, coupled with people for venturing out of their Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confusion regarding what can and can- immediate medical examination, if must also take care to ensure that the taken place during wars, emergencies clarifications regarding the extent of the homes to buy essential items like milk guidelines, issued under Section not be done during the lockdown. The possible, and file a complaint before the punishment is proportionate to the and disruptive situations. The “major- restrictions and positive propaganda and groceries. These incidents have 10(2)(l) of the Disaster Management plight of the migrant workers, who nearest Magistrate under Section offence in question, as held by the ity” should be careful before applaud- like the “Corona Warrior” videos been recorded and circulated on social Act (DMA), 2005, despite having the were compelled by their poverty to 190(1) of the CrPC. If this is difficult Supreme Court in the Vikram Singh ing or normalising police excesses in shared by the Prime Minister, are most media by onlookers. However, this has effect of a lockdown, do not use the walk thousands of kilometres back to pursue during the lockdown, it must vs Union of India case, especially the name of public interest when effective and humane ways of ensur- resulted in not just physical but also term curfew or lockdown. Moreover, home as they could not afford to live be followed up once the restrictions are when the Government has not express- alternate and proportionate penalties ing that people understand the need for mental trauma for the victims. So, are the guidelines do not specifically state in the city without work, is a glaring eased. ly clarified whether a single person exist. social distancing. such police excesses justified, even if that people cannot venture out of their instance of why we must exercise com- The MHA guidelines clearly state walking on the street amounts to an The ideal approach in this case (The writer is a lawyer in the they have been committed in the face houses. Even in States which have passion and not violence in this hour that a person found violating stipula- offence. would be for the police to fine people Bombay High Court)  %$:    !"#"#   & 6 2

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The aim of the virtual initiative is to it will not work,” says Roy and adds, “So celebrate the power and positivity of books much has gone online so quickly as there and rather than the backdrop of the are a plethora of options including music, Diggi Palace, it is powered by the border- programme, talkshow and more. These less Internet. Scheduled to kick off from have to be looked at differently and given April 4 which will see eminent author and a more of 360 degree look and feel.” advocate Abhinav Chandrachud and jour- He says that this has become essen- nalist Pragya Tiwari, in conversation on the tial since entertainment, as we know it, devastating Bombay bubonic plague epi- has changed for a long time to come. “An demic of 1896 and its repercussions today. American survey of about a thousand However, it is not just this particular 1-%4,"6?1-2>& people had 49 per cent of the respondents session but the others as well that are rel- saying that they would not go back to a evant to current times. When we are con- 1-#12'1-2>& film theatre again. We know that they are stantly hooked on to our phones all the more careful but the reality is that we time, another conversation is relevant -# %22>1-%&% aren’t getting a situation anytime soon where writer and broadcaster Bee Rowlatt )#?&#&%(%$?1-2> when people are rushing off to the will explore the need to protect the Kumbh Melas of the world,” he says. “forum internum” — our private mental -#&5%%2"#2"%44%)+ Incidentally, Teamwork Arts has sev- space — from the incursions of digital eral other successful cultural festival technology — at a session titled Freedom @4.&2'1#2%36) including Ishaara Puppet Theatre, of Thought with Baroness Helena Kennedy. 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So you need to address the former, ic and well-read also has a tendency to find #)(#21#>%1'5% ation ministry is that we would consid- JLF is known to be a forum open to continue to publish in current times and first. We need isolation, aggressive testing a silver lining in the situation. He points #54%1'$%#"-',1 er case by case basis where we can fly. We discussion, debate and dissent. Walls and goes on to quote examples from the like Japan and South Korea and try to con- out that, “The only good thing mentioned would not have into place a system that Bridges will be a session on dystopian fic- world to elaborate upon his understand- trol the spread by focussing on science and in the Boston Consultancy Report is that 1'#4#$>%#,)%2"% would allow business as usual even after tion and its increasingly real and uncan- ing of the situation. “A report that I read technology to find a vaccine or a medicine entertainment will be consumed at a the lockdown, or the peak of infection dis- ny presence in our lives in which Prayaag said that the financial losses of this on to control this. The virus or flu won’t dis- greater level and will go online. And so T,"64?#2)!#6% appears.” Akbar, author of Leila (which was adapt- sports, arts and more has been gauged at appear on April 14 when the lockdown will the media. In the recovery, entertain- However, since human beings are ed into a Netflix series), and Amrita one trillion. And you are looking at ends.” ment would recover faster but media won’t 1-%&%21%$#"1'2& essentially social animals, the need to be Tripathi, author of The Sibius Knot will events like Dubai Expo, Olympics and Coming to the economy, Roy says that as it is dependent on advertising , which .,221%$#"1(%#2) in touch and connected with others share their views. more. By the way, this calculation is just in order to ensure a resurgence the need is disappearing.” However, with social dis- remains. “Every evening there is either a One wonders if it was easy getting the for May-June! So there is no way we would of the hour is ensuring safe places. “There tancing and the fear of infection having #44'31-%#,1-'$& Zoom party or Houseparty that I am authors on board for such an exercise be able to compensate this through online has been a flight of labour which is not been inbuilt into the sub conscience, attending. These video chats would be the where they conduct the session online. business. But every crisis ensures that Man coming back in a hurry so supply and pro- entertainment will naturally not be on the 1'>%1',11-%$% need of the hour. Offline, people would “The lucky thing is that nothing is happen- tries to paddle furiously to stay alive and duction chains will be disrupted. lines of huge jamborees where success is come together but in much smaller num- ing these days as everything has been can- afloat like newspapers are doing by going Kickstarting the economy will take anoth- measured in terms of the number of foot- bers. When the virus began to spread two celled worldwide. JLF is not a new kid on online and what we are also doing,” he says. er three to six months after the situation falls. “We are looking more at online prod- Teamwork colleagues were getting mar- the block and people know what we do. We The change naturally would bring has become normal. But by that time ucts and those that are for online. It is cer- ried and there was a grand celebration have a fairly robust advantage to be able about drastic transformation in the world everyone would be so used to eating and tainly not a rehashing of what we had ear- across cities but then they had a quick to reach out to a fairly large audience the way we know it. “The consequences buying local that any demand would be lier. But really new stuff which is tailor court wedding with a lunch where there quickly and make these interactions fun, would be two or three-fold in the Indian kicked out of the window. These things made for this platform,” he says. were just the immediate family mem- interactive and allow the authors to get out scenario where social distancing norms certainly do not bode well for the reces- Naturally there arises the question of bers,” says he. there,” says founder and director of will be in place till October,” says Roy who sionary economic situation that we were financial viability. “Subscription, online Yes, entertainment will remain but the Teamwork Arts Sanjoy K Roy. is at pains to point out that, “We fail to see coming out of. This has further increased payment and all that will have to be put platform are all set to change in this new When we connect over a phone call to the pandemic outbreak as primarily a gloom and doom.” into place. We cannot do the same old as world.

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It showcases the day-to-day adventures of the father-son duo. Based in ‘Dilwalon ki Dilli’ they are the coolest family in town. Soggy runs a DVD rental shop and earns a sizeable chunk by rent- ing blue films to boisterous lunching ladies of Delhi’s posh societies. Prem becomes an overnight star with the women patrons of the DVD world and followed a line — ‘Just be.’ You just have is totally different. In terms of the stuck and you have to choose the best the duo runs a successful business until to be yourself and play it simple.” father-son relationship, I do relate to out of what comes your way. So I their world turns upside down. As the series revolves around the it a bit but altogether it isn’t the same. believe destiny plays a role in this,” The actor usually plays negative DVD rental shop, one wonders why N%9"% 1.'$1-% When you lose your partner it’s very says Rahul, raising a thousand ques- characters, way different from this one DVDs as these are outdated in the cur- .#"11-#1#!# tragic but this show doesn’t explore tions in our mind. which is predominantly comedy and fun. rent scenario. The actor tells us that the those lines,” says Rahul. The actor believes that the plat- “Yes, this one is very different. I thought show is a flashback story set in 2000s. &2>4% #$%21 Another genre which Rahul real- form belongs to the writer and the it would be nice to know this character With each episode, the actor goes a 1-%$%O&2'1-2> ly wants to explore is thriller as it is director primarily. They weave some- as the Subedar is simple, naive, humor- notch higher as he explores himself. He intriguing and engrossing. He finds thing first and then want you to be a ous and straightforward — certainly a start out as somebody naive and simple 2"'!!'2+!? dark and suspense-driven stories part of it. You might try to play it in package,” says he. who is self-absorbed. But as he deals with @',$2%?& fascinating. “I finished watching the your style but it is ultimately their call. It is a situational comedy. Things a variety of situations, he gets better. He film Heat at 3:30 in the morning. It’s For instance, for the Subedar’s char- happen in a way that they appear funny. says, “It was an exploration of various 1'1#44?)..%$%21+ a legendary film. I loved one sequence acter, in two scenes the director “If you play the role sincerely, you don’t characters because of the journey that the 21%$!&'.1-% of six minutes and 16 seconds where wanted him to react in an over the top have to push yourself to do comedy, it will character goes through. He evolves as the .#1-%$&'2 two enemies sit in a cafe and have a manner and shout. However, he automatically look comic. You just show goes on. In the first six episodes, conversation. Though they both wanted it a bit subtle because a have to react. For instance, if you he’s finding himself and later he goes on $%4#1'2&- )' know about each other but there’s retired Army personnel would not look and play a certain way, it to form a relationship and understand- $%4#1%1'1#51 mutual respect. No raised voices, behave that way. Rahul says, “One can becomes comic. Imagine a six ing with his son and mother. There’s a banging fists on the table or threats. show their disappointment in many feet tall person being scolded new start in life. There are beautiful emo- 5,1#41'>%1-%$1 It’s just a conversation and that’s inter- ways. You can not talk to your son or by his mother, ‘Ja kaam kar tional scenes with his mother which often &2O11-%&#!%+ esting,” says he. It was interesting to just emotionally pour it out. I want- gadhe, kaam kyu nahi karta?’ give rise to a lump in the throat.” note that the actor who is usually seen ed it to be more expressive.” and he says, ‘Biji main toh retire As the show explores the father-son 3-%2?',4'&% doing larger-than-life characters and He draws life lessons from the hoke aa gaya hoon,”’ adds he. relationship, there is something in com- ?',$ #$12%$1O& beating up people, finds two enemies role. “My character teaches the audi- Though the role is quite different, mon with the actor’s personal life. He (%$?1$#>"5,1 having a conversation interesting. It ence to go with the flow of life, irre- emotional, instinctive and funny, it was went through a tough phase when he lost strikes us that the kind of person is spective of its pace. But I don’t know not tough for Rahul to play the charac- his wife in 2009. Since then he has been 1-&&-'3)'%&2O1 at complete variance with the roles if people will be able to draw that ter. He says:, “It’s very easy because there’s a single parent, the experiences of which %9 4'$%1-'&% that Rahul has done. “Those charac- message out. They will watch it nothing deep and intense in it. It is not he shared. So did he relate to the char- ters are not written by me. For exam- mostly for fun, laughter and relief,” that kind of a subject. If I tell you that yes acter as it deals with the same? “Except 42%&O ple, you might be not be interested in adds he. I worked on it, you’ll feel ‘what is he talk- for the fact that I am a single parent, this story. Your heart might be in (The show is streaming on ing about?’ if you ever see the show. I just there’s nothing in common. My journey reporting something else. But you get ALTBalaji and ZEE5).  P 6  1 & J  O P  .   -6"%61")!6"&"3)!)% ooped up at her Bronx Chome with her daughter and a niece because of the coronavirus pandemic, # #23%&# Mexican writer Valeria Luiselli says she has lowered the “vol- "-#,)-,$?   ume and speed” of her life. She is arranging books in alphabet- #?,&- &-#$!#  
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  Cortázar. Her rhythm has slowed but not the accolades      and awards for her latest novel, Lost Children Archive, which      last week was honored with the British Rathbone Folio Prize. e are living in a world where hope The book, Luiselli’s third novel, poverty and violence in Wseems to be dwindling each day and is part fiction part documen- Central America. The author very soon we may find ourselves without it. tary: A family’s American road said she started paying atten- Through the eyes of a teenager, this seems trip mixed with the stories of tion to how that story was all the more terrifying and dismal because migrant children along the being told, both in the media this is their future. Bleak Hope, a collection Mexico-US border. or at casual conversations in of poetry written by teenage author, Anwesa Luiselli accepted the prize diners in Arizona. “I started Chaudhury, as she lives in anguish and views at a ceremony held online asking myself how (the the destruction of the world with a heavy because of Coronavirus pan- migrant) children of this gen- heart has been published by Notion Press. demic. The 36-year-old writer eration were going to eventu- Excerpts of the interview: said she’s sad that she could not ally tell this story, what were be in London to receive it in they going to say about this How did you first conceptualise the we paused and thought about their situation. and existence of humanity. I believe in pos- positivity and ray of hope. person but grateful to see peo- reality — that on one hand was book? What was the idea behind it? The poem presents a contrast between itive affirmations. Though I read and see We often feel a plethora of emotions look- ple keeping the faith in books. very real but on the other I have always loved reading poetry. I my life and theirs as it’s a dream a lot of negativity, I always feel that there ing at the harsh realities of the world. But “The fact that the literary seemingly implausible — about started penning my thoughts when I saw how that I saw lying on my com- is room for positivity where people help how difficult is it to make an emotion come community is still in full thousands of children in a disturbing these real life situations have fortable bed. one another, a world of love and kind- alive through words? swing, even from their homes, migratory limbo,” she said. become. Today, it is easy to call teenagers On The ness. I have seen people going out of For me it is not difficult because when and behind their screens, is In New York, she started oversensitive, entitled and babied. Though, Streets was about their way to help others. I feel in my I feel a particular emotion, words come nat- moving and encouraging,” she volunteering with nonprofits as to some extent, this criticism is not wrong, the homelessness heart that there are silver linings. urally to my mind. I feel I am blessed with said, speaking in Spanish. “I an interpreter in immigration however, if looked at closely, they face chal- in California. The My poems express the despair the ability to express. Not everybody has that think it is my duty, and the court, writing down the inter- lenges that could be difficult for anyone. Unwanted was writ- and despondency that shrouds kind of power. duty of every writer, whether views she did with migrant They are living in a completely different ten after reading the and suffocates us, speak of that is a science-fiction writer, a children so attorneys could world, as compared to few decades ago. news that Algeria glimmer of hope, the feeling of Which authors have influenced you? journalist, a poet, each at their help them out. That experience There was no agenda to publish my feelings expels refugees and love and the chance for new Right from Rabindranath Tagore, Robert own pace and within their led to an essay about immigra- but when I had finished writing about 40 to asks them to walk beginnings. These poems Frost, PB Shelley and John Keats to modern own capacities, to document tion, Tell Me How It Ends, in 45 poems during the last three years, my par- through the Sahara. Real stand tall as a witness to poets like Rupi Kaur are my source of inspi- this moment,” she said. 2017. Lost Children Archive ents said, ‘why not publish them?’ They Men Don’t Hurt is all about the hope that struggles to ration. Lost Children Archive has came in February 2019. encouraged me to do so because I wanted to violence against women. strive, fights to breathe also won the Andrew Carnegie Born in Mexico City, reach other kids of my age. I wanted them All these are inspired and accomplishes to What does the future of written world Medal for Excellence in Luiselli grew up in South to feel that they are not going through the from real life incidents. thrive in the midst of look like since we are swamped by digital Fiction, an American Academy Korea and South Africa, roller coaster ride of emotions alone. all the gloominess. entertainment? of Arts and Letters Award, and among others. She speaks both Publishing my thoughts was the only way On one hand there are deaths Things have moved rapidly into a digi- a Vilcek Prize for Creative English and Spanish and can out. and suffering, wars and destruc- As the book explores the tal world. It’s true that ebooks save space on Promise in Literature. It is a write in either language. In tion, rapid degeneration of the lines: Even as the world seems to be bookshelves and provide convenience, selec- finalist for The National Book addition to writing during her Are there any real life incidents that you environment and child abuse while engulfed in the wave of negativity, the tion and portability. However, there are Critics Circle Award for seclusion, she’s reading out can share with the reference to the book? on the other there are glimmer of existence of hope cannot be denied. What somethings that will always be valued in their Fiction. loud to her family and taking I started writing after experiencing hope and feeling of love. How did you try keeps you motivated? original form. There is something about the Luiselli’s inspiration came photos. “We are going to need some unusual incidents in our society. I to keep a balance between two extreme sit- Though the world is going through a lot smell of a new book and physically turning from the immigration crisis of this narrative fabric, some sort wanted to express them in my way. That uations? of darkness. I still think that there is still hope a page, allowing the reader to have an expe- 2014, when thousands of chil- of fabric for us to lay down Night was my first poem, which delves into A coin has two sides. One part of world in humanity and in the beauty of nature and rience that involves all of the senses. Nothing dren were trying to enter the once we overcome this.” the life of children who beg for a living. We shows and throws negativity at us, whereas that keeps me motivated. The existence of can replace that impact. A right balance is US in search of asylum, fleeing L all have come across such kids but rarely have the other end makes us experience kindness human, world and nature is mere proof of necessary.    !"#"# & % / PM seeks support of India’s sports heroes to battle COVID-19

   2%3)%4- when the total number of self-discipline, positivity and COVID-19 positive cases in self-belief, which are essential rime Minister Narendra India has crossed 2,000. to sports, are crucial tools to Modi on Friday turned “Your suggestions will be combat the spread of the Pto India’s sporting taken note of. We are fighting virus as well. heroes for support in the her- this pandemic like Team Olympic-bound archer culean battle to contain the India. I am confident that Deepika Kumari said the PM COVID-19 pandemic and India will be rejuvenated by advised the athletes to keep more than 40 accomplished the inspiration provided by their immunity levels high champions such as Virat Kohli you,” the Prime Minister can during a time when they are and P V Sindhu responded by be seen telling athletes in a clip not getting enough training vowing to raise awareness shared by shuttler B Sai exposure. and spirits amid a national Praneeth, a world champi- “PM Sir urged us to post lockdown. onship Bronze-medallist, who videos about the awareness The athletes, along with also attended the call. campaign. He gave us a few @A! #     @#K' sports minister Kiren Rijiju, All sporting activities are everyone to be united in the pointers like Laxman Rekha participated in nearly an hour- currently shut in the country fight to combat the pandem- (Don’t cross the line while # #    long video call which started and it is still not clear when ic. “The PM asked us to maintaining social distanc- at 11am. normalcy will resume. spread awareness on social ing); Sankalp Lena (Taking a From Sachin Tendulkar When Ganguly was asked distancing and hygiene. He pledge not to step out) .@A! stressing on the need to keep about the development this spoke about how we need “He said Dhairya Rakhna the vigil even after the lock- morning, he said, “Yes, I will Virat’s (Kohli) fighting spirit (don’t press the panic button). 5  #$& down ends on April 14, to be joining our Honourable to win this battle,” added vet- He also advised us to boost sprinter Hima Das expressing PM via video call.” But he eran table tennis player our immune system and stay EFA and Europe’s top clubs have stated sadness at the recent attacks refused to go into the details.  )     ) (       / 0
 
     )(DL, K' Sharath Kamal. fit by doing daily exercises,” Utheir determination that the current foot- on frontline warriors such as Cricketers formed a World championship she revealed. ball season should be played to a conclusion health care workers and police major chunk of the participat- shuttler Sindhu, javelin throw- out revealing the names of the “I told him that it is sad Silver-winning shooter Tennis player Ankita and threatened that teams may be excluded officers, to others sharing ing list. er Neeraj Chopra, chess wiz- chosen athletes. that health care workers and Abhishek Verma said the PM Raina said the PM equated the from the next Champions League if their their experience of being in a Apart from Tendulkar, ard Viswanathan Anand, It was later learnt that police have been attacked,” urged athletes “to be positive virus to an unknown opposi- domestic competitions are ended premature- lockdown, the sportspersons Ganguly and Kohli, others in sprinter Hima Das, boxing Tendulkar, Ganguly, M C said Asian Games medallist and spread positivity”. tion. ly. had lots to offer during the the call included top batsman star Amit Panghal, wrestler Mary Kom and Kohli were Hima Das, who is employed “He said appreciate and “(He) told us that athletes In a joint letter released late on Thursday, interaction. All these athletes Rohit Sharma, former pacer Vinesh Phogat, and teenage among those who were to with Assam Police as a DSP. highlight the work of frontline are stronger mentally and UEFA, the European Club Association (ECA), have been generous donors to Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh. shooting sensation Manu speak during the interaction. However, six-time world workers. Take good care of have the quality to adapt to and the European Leagues body representing the funds being raised to The names of World Bhaker were among the other “I suggested that as much champion Mary Kom could yourself and family at home. different conditions and in nearly a thousand clubs in 29 countries, said fight the crisis. Cup-winning former captain accomplished athletes who as possible, I will use our way not connect to the call due to He asked us to e-mail any sug- unknown territories. So he that they were working on the possibility of The Prime Minister, on Mahendra Singh Dhoni and took part in the video call. of greeting — saying Namaste network issues. gestions we have on how to wanted us to spread the pos- playing on into July and August if need be. his part, sought their support K L Rahul were in the list of “Of these, 12 have been instead of shaking hands, Among those who man- handle the situation better,” itive and encouraging message The Champions League and Europa League to raise awareness about the participants but it is learnt that given three minutes each to even after we overcome this aged to, former world cham- Verma said. since this is also an unknown — both of which are frozen in the last-16 stage need for social distancing they could not attend the speak and present their view,” pandemic,” Tendulkar said pion weightlifter Mirabai The Prime Minister said territory (fight against coron- — could be completed once the domestic sea- and personal hygiene at a time call. Olympic Silver-medallist a ministry source said with- after the interaction. Chanu said the PM urged the ability to face challenges, avirus),” she said. sons are finished, and “stopping competitions should really be the last resort after acknowl- edging that no calendar alternative would allow to conclude the season.” &#         );")!2!#)21# %# The joint response came after the Belgian Pro League announced on Thursday that it rec-    @'-#22%&5,$> form the tests returned negative the players their training pro- ommended declaring the season over with the results,” Manjra was quoted as say- grammes. %   3 % )# )% present table accepted as final. ll the South African players, ing by ESPNCricinfo. “We’ve got time now to work It is the first European league to take such Awho returned from their The first match in Dharamsala with players in terms of addressing    2%3)%4- a measure, although more could follow. incomplete ODI tour of India, on March 12 was washed out while the small niggles that they may That means Club Brugge would in theory were found to be symptom-free of the second and third games to be have. They have got time to rest and he IPL can wait till millions go straight into the next Champions League coronavirus and those who under- played in Lucknow and Kolkata — also to do the strength work,” he of lives, which are at risk group stage, but UEFA, the ECA and the went tests returned negative, on March 15 and 18 respectively — said. Tdue to the outbreak of European Leagues indicated that they may be according to the team’s chief med- were called off indefinitely. “But the one big thing is the COVID-19 pandemic, are saved, barred from continental competition if the ical officer Shuaib Manjra. South Africa is in the midst of running volume, the aerobic capac- feels veteran India batsman Belgian league decision is finalised. The Proteas, who returned a 21-day nationwide lockdown, ity base, which I am going to try and Suresh Raina. “It is of paramount importance that even from India on March 18, complet- which prohibits leaving home build up in the next two weeks, so Raina has already done his a disruptive event like this epidemic does not ed a 14-day period of self-isolation except to buy food or medicine and that means lot of running, or a lot bit in this fight against the dead- prevent our competitions from being decided on Thursday, but will remain in does not allow for any outdoor of cardio work, cycling or swim- ly virus by donating 52 lakh. on the field, in accordance with their rules and lockdown for the next two weeks exercise. ming.” Ask him about the IPL, that all sporting titles are awarded on the basis just like the rest of the country. CSA’s focus now is on main- The South African team does- which has been postponed to of results,” the joint letter said. “All the players were symptom- taining the players’ fitness and n’t have any international match April 15 but is unlikely to take “We are confident that football can restart free and those who opted to per- trainer Tumi Masekela has sent all lined up until June. place in the near future, Raina in the months to come — with conditions that says “it is all about life” at the will be dictated by public authorities — and moment. believe that any decision of abandoning domes- “Life is most important at tic competitions is, at this stage, premature and 3  6   !D
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