82 years of service to the nation

PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY FROM GUWAHATI & DIBRUGARH

GET IT ON RN-1127/57 TECH/GH – 103/2018-2020, VOL. 82, NO. 112 www.assamtribune.com Google Play ePaper app for The Assam Tribune Pages 12 Price: 6.00 GUWAHATI, MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 p2 Some nations inch toward p5 MSME sector worst p11 Random samples for COVID-19 reopening as virus deaths rise hit during lockdown tests collected in Dhubri district Govt confident of Students from Kota return overcoming crisis: CM GUWAHATI, April 26: As many as 391 R DUTTA CHOUDHURY “we must take corrective ing and manufacture have teenagers studying in measures to deal with the started by maintaining social Rajasthan’s Kota GUWAHATI, April 26: problems.” Giving an exam- distancing and the challenge returned to the State in Chief Minister Sarbananda ple, he pointed out that the now would be to explore the 17 buses today. The boys Sonowal today admitted State is not yet self sufficient international market to boost will be lodged at the that there would be major in production of essential items exports. The agriculture sec- Sarusajai quarantine challenges ahead for the and has to depend on imports tor has been exempted from centre while the girls State Government to tide the lockdown and harvesting will stay at hotels over the crisis created by has started. The challenge nearby. COVID-19 tests will now be to strengthen the will be conducted on outbreak of coronavirus. COVID-19 them after five days and But at the same time, he pandemic marketing system, he said. doctors will decide expressed confidence that Similarly, the hospitality in- whether they can move the State would be able to dustry along with tourism has to their homes. – Staff overcome the crisis work- from other states. There is taken a severe beating and Reporter ing as “Team Assam”. need for dealing with the prob- after the situation improves, In an interview with The lem on war footing, he added. effective steps would have to Austerity Assam Tribune , the Chief He also said that the crisis led be taken to give a boost to GUWAHATI, April 26: Minister said that the State to improvement of the health these sectors. Keeping in view the Government will soon start a care system in the State. Sonowal said that while impact of the lockdown on process of consultation with On the challenges, the Chief chalking out a comprehen- economy, the State economists and experts in var- Minister said that stress has sive plan, stress would have government will ious fields to chalk out com- to be given on tea and agricul- announce some austerity Workers placing geobags on the Madarguri Borluit riverbank for protection from erosion, at Dhakuakhana on Sunday. – UB Photos to be given on providing prehensive plans to tide over ture sectors because of the measures on April 29 or employment avenues to the 30, Health Minister the crisis. He said that the involvement of sizeable youths. There is a possibility Himanta Biswa Sarma present crisis exposed the number of people in these that a large number of youths said today. – Staff COVID-19 situation improving: Centre weaknesses of the State and sectors. He said that tea pluck- of Assam working in other Reporter states of the country may Appeal Hotspot districts moving towards being non-hotspots come back and this issue has Alert TODAY also to be kept in mind, he GUWAHATI, April 26: NEW DELHI, April 26: Union Health Hotspots are those districts which the health ministry. admitted. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma today Minister Harsh Vardhan on Sunday said are reporting more number of cases or On Sunday, during his visit, the Health Alive TOMORROW SEE PAGE 6 appealed to owners of the coronavirus situation in the country where the rate of growth of COVID- Minister spoke to some COVID-19 paying guest facilities is improving as many hotspot districts 19 cases is high, the ministry said, add- positive patients through video calling lodging students and (HSD) are moving towards being non- ing that a detailed direction has been and enquired about their health. Ro- house-owners having hotspot districts (NHSD). issued to states stating consolidated bots handled the technology at the pa- PM to interact tenants working in the The Minister visited All India Insti- efforts are required to utilise this peri- tients’ end, it said. 8 more discharged, private sector to give tute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) Trau- od of lockdown to curb the spread of Through a graded, preemptive and with CMs today some concession on the ma Centre to take stock of the prepar- the deadly virus. proactive approach, the government of on COVID-19 active cases in April rent. – Staff edness to overcome COVID-19, a state- The districts that have not reported India is taking several steps along with Reporter NEW DELHI, April 26: ment from the ministry said. any cases yet have also been directed to the states/Union Territories for preven- Prime Minister Narendra Govt aid On April 15, the Health Ministry de- work on cluster containment plans, the tion, containment and management of Modi will interact with chief State now 7 GUWAHATI, April 26: clared 170 districts as COVID-19 ministry said. COVID-19. These are being regularly ministers via video confer- STAFF REPORTER The State government hotspots and 207 districts as non- Since then there have been no up- reviewed and monitored at the highest ence on Monday morning on has disbursed a hotspots. dates on the number of hotspots from level, the ministry said. – PTI the way ahead in the fight GUWAHATI, April 26: Eight more cured COVID-19 subsistence allowance of against the novel coronavirus, patients were discharged from hospitals today, bringing Rs 2,000 to two lakh amid indications that the dis- down the number of active cases in the State to seven. people stranded outside cussions could also focus on a Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said four patients the State. The figure is Conditional inter-district India’s fight graded exit from the ongo- were discharged from Golaghat’s Swahid Kushal Konwar likely to touch three lakh Civil Hospital, while another four were discharged from by April 30. Another ing lockdown. MMCH in Guwahati. instalment of Rs 1,000 movement to continue against COVID-19 This will be the third vid- will be provided in May. – eo conference of the Prime “With this, the recovery rate in Assam has touched 77 Staff Reporter Minister with the chief min- per cent. However, the first COVID-19 patients of the till April 30 people-driven: Modi isters after the spread of the State – currently under treatment at Silchar Medical Col- Containment STAFF REPORTER around 12,000 passengers in NEW DELHI, April 26: over-enthusiasm not think COVID-19 in the country. lege Hospital – has not yet recovered, and is repeatedly GUWAHATI, April 26: 800 buses today, Transport Prime Minister Narendra that if the coronavirus has not Sources indicated that be- showing positive for the virus,” Sarma said. The State government is GUWAHATI, April 26: Minister Chandra Mohan Modi on Sunday said India’s yet reached your city, village, sides discussing the way for- SEE PAGE 6 likely to lift the The State government will Patowary said. “people-driven” battle street or office, it is not going ward in dealing with the pan- containment zone tag allow the conditional inter- Today tickets were issued against COVID-19 is the to reach now. Never make demic, the discussion could from city’s housing district movement of people to 6,000 people for two morn- only way for the country to such a mistake. The also focus on a “graded” exit complex Spanish Garden in the State till April 30. ing slots (8 am and 11 am). overcome the pandemic, and experience of the world tells from the lockdown which is in a day or two, health The DCs have received The ASTC is also operat- asked people to shun any us a lot in this regard,” he said. officials here said today. – in place till May 3. more than 73,000 requests ing 200 night buses today for complacency that they will Modi referred to a popu- WORLD Staff Reporter The Centre and the state from travelers who own ve- long distance travelers for not be infected by the coro- lar Hindi idiom Sawdhani governments have been giv- Confirmed cases 2,920,660 hicles, and 26,950 are learnt which tickets have been is- navirus because it has so far hati, durghatna ghati (acci- ing gradual relaxation in var- Cured/Discharged 829,075 JOCOSERIOUS to have travelled yesterday to sued. Eighty city buses were not affected the places dent happens when caution ious fields and sectors to their respective destinations operated in the city for tak- where they live or work. is lowered) to make his point. boost economic activities as Death 203,670 after getting the e-passes. ing the passengers to the In his monthly Mann ki Baat In his 30-minute address, also to provide relief to peo- INDIA Health Minister Himanta boarding points, ASTC MD broadcast, Modi said the Modi hailed states, emergen- ple. But some states are will- INDIA Biswa Sarma said around Anand Prakash Tiwari said. country is in the middle of a cy workers and civil society ing to extend the lockdown Confirmed cases 26,917 34,000 requests were for The total number of regis- yudh (war) and asserted that groups for their contribution beyond May 3 to ensure that Cured/Discharged 5,913 round trips, and the DCs will tered applicants who wanted people have to continue being in combating the pandemic, coronavirus cases remain issue passes to them be- to take the ASTC facility for careful and take precautions. and said that the resolve shown under control. Death 826 tween April 28 and 30. The the inter-district movement His note of caution comes by the people of the country The Centre has allowed ASTC will also operate the through 104 helpline number against the backdrop of the has led to the beginning of a neighbourhood and standalone ASSAM buses till April 30. was 41,651. To ensure social Union government and transformation with business- shops, including those locat- Confirmed cases 35 While the ASTC issued distancing, each ASTC bus states relaxing lockdown es, offices, educational ed in residential complexes, tickets to around 5,000 peo- carried 15-20 passengers norms to revive economic institutions, medical sector in urban areas to open during Cured/Discharged 27 I am compiling a list of ple in 18 districts yesterday, within short distances only. activities. rapidly undergoing new the lockdown. But those in Death 1 lawmakers who have the public carrier had made “I urge you not to get over- changes. the markets continue to re- violated the lockdown norms! arrangements to transport SEE PAGE 6 confident. You should in your SEE PAGE 6 main shut till May 3. – PTI Data as on Sunday Assamese Americans contributing Despite lockdown, State set to fight against COVID-19 to export vegetables DR UMESH C TAHBILDAR New York state, New Jersey has As for us (me and my wife), we have STAFF REPORTER toms department, he said. To transport these com- logged 5,617 deaths as of April 24. been holed up within the perimeter of Patowary said the transport modities from the unloading esiding in New Jersey in close Death’s cruel grip has not ended the house for the last six weeks to GUWAHATI, April 26: In department is working in co- sites, on an average about Rproximity of New York City that yet and the future course is still un- stave off the virus. The only time we a bid to check waste of agri- ordination with the food and 1,500 trucks are being mobi- has been hit very hard by the known. Some see a glimmer of hope go out of the house is to collect mails culture produce amid the civil supplies department to lised every day and so far COVID-19 pandemic has been an ex- in the latest numbers of infection, from the mailbox. I go to my mail box lockdown, the State govern- make available sufficient 44,624 truck-trips have been perience that was never imagined to death rate and hospitalisation due to with a gear to cover me from head to ment in collaboration with a amount of food products in the made in the State to unload happen. The New York City and the COVID-19. Lockdowns continue and neck and with gloves in hands, keep private entity is planning to State. The supply chain is 357 railway rakes, with 31,435 entire tri-state region are now Presidential guidelines are still fol- the mail in garage, spray disinfectant export vegetables grown by working smoothly and there man-day work of labourers. trapped in a seemingly unending lowed in the tri-state region. It has on it and let it stay in the garage for local farmers to Dubai, Abu will be no scarcity of food, he Moreover, the FCI has nightmare of deathly grip of the nov- been found that people over the age two days to let the virus, if any, die. Dhabi and Kuwait City. said adding, “We are even sup- brought 179 rakes of food el coronavirus. It has been and con- 75 are most vulnerable. The average We have not been to the grocery Transport and Industry plying essential commodities items carrying 4.7 lakh MT tinues to be a frightening reality. age of the victims has been comput- store for the last more than a month and Commerce Minister to other northeastern states.” of rice and 0.21 lakh MT of The first COVID-19 death in the ed to be 51 years. The virus, howev- and a half although they are open for Chandra Mohan Patowary to- He said during this difficult wheat. Out of these, 3.75 New York state was on March 3. As er, has not discriminated against age, business with thinly stocked shelves. day said the private entity has time, the transport depart- LMT of rice and 0.14 LMT of April 24, the death toll in the New race, religion or skin colour. It has We get them delivered through on- come with a proposal to ex- ment has been working with of wheat are for Assam. Fur- York state has ballooned into 16,162 been reported that the black popula- line order. Grocery is delivered at port vegetables to these the Railways and so far 357 ther, 21 more rakes carrying in less than two months. New York tion has been affected more by the the front door and we don’t face the three West Asian cities by goods trains carrying essen- 0.27 LMT rice are en route has established itself to be the epi- virus for various reasons, including delivery man. chartered flight. Discussions tial commodities have been to Assam. centre of the pandemic spread. With more prevalent underlying health are under way with the Civil unloaded in 28 railway points less than half the population of the conditions among this group. SEE PAGE 6 Aviation Ministry and Cus- in 18 districts. SEE PAGE 6 2 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI INTERNATIONAL MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 Some nations inch toward reopening as virus deaths rise Around the BEIJING, April 26: Hawaii of South America, reported know we will, but we’ve got quarantined places that In Europe, Spain has joined es open up too early. WW RLDRLD extended its stay-at-home an outbreak on board. to do it correctly.” have been hit hardest. Italy and France in preparing “This was not an easy deci- order until the end of May, Even as aides develop plans Societies are navigating an Neighbouring Sri Lanka has to loosen restrictions in ear- sion. I know this has been dif- and California police closed a to shift President Donald uncertain path between pre- reimposed a nationwide ly May, but Britain is holding ficult for everyone. Business- park because it got too Trump’s public emphasis venting a resurgence of the lockdown until on Monday off on any changes to its lock- es need to reopen. People crowded as US states and from the virus to addressing virus and providing econom- after partially lifting it. down as its virus death toll want to end this self-isolation nations around the world the economic crisis it has ic and psychological relief for The Chinese city of of Wu- topped 20,000. The figure and we want to return to nor- took divergent paths on caused, Dr Anthony Fauci at people cooped up at home. han, where the pandemic be- doesn’t include nursing mal,” he said in a statement. when to reopen their econo- the US National Institutes of Millions have lost jobs, with gan, said that all major con- home deaths, believed to be A spring heat wave drove mies and communities. Health warned against mov- migrant workers and the struction projects have re- in the thousands. an uptick of people to Califor- The number of deaths offi- ing too quickly. poor particularly hard hit in sumed as officials push to re- Hawaii Governor David Ige nia beaches, golf courses and cially attributed to the new “You hear a lot about the many places. Protests have sume factory production and extended both the state-at- trails. Police in Pacific Grove coronavirus topped 200,000 need and the desire to get broken out from Berlin to other economic activity after home order and a mandatory said they had to close the pic- globally, a figure widely be- back to normal. That’s under- Texas over the restrictions. a two-and-a half-month lock- quarantine for visitors turesque Lovers Point Park lieved to understate the actu- standable,” he said. “If we India allowed neighbour- down. China reported 11 new through May 31. He warned and Beach at the southern end al total. A second US Navy don’t get control of it we will hood stores to reopen this confirmed cases on Sunday of undoing progress in con- of Monterey Bay because of a Trinette Chase, Ms Senior DC 2019, wears a velvet face ship, a destroyer off the coast never get back to normal. I weekend, though not in the and no additional deaths. taining the virus if public plac- lack of social distancing. – AP covering and a tiara as she helps distribute food to people facing economic hardship due to the coronavirus pandemic on Saturday, in southwest Washington. Chase Separatists claim is a volunteer with the community group, Love More, who ‘China needs to guard were delivering food in collaboration with Martha's Table. – sole control AP/PTI against resurgence’ of Aden ...... BEIJING, April 26: China including 77,394 recoveries. SANAA, April 26: Yemen’s confirmed 11 new coronavirus While China contained the southern separatists on Sun- Not worth my ‘time and effort’ WASHINGTON, April 26: US President Donald Trump cases, including six locally pandemic at Wuhan where day broke a peace deal with the country’s internationally has said that his daily coronavirus press briefings are not transmitted infections, taking the novel coronavirus first worth his “time and effort” as the “lamestream” media asks recognized government and the total count to 82,827, while emerged in December last nothing but “hostile” questions, days after he faced intense a senior health official has year, the growing numbers of claimed sole control of the rebuke for suggesting the possibility of treating COVID-19 warned of domestic resur- imported cases as well as as- regional capital of Aden, patients by UV light or disinfectant injections. gence of COVID-19 due to the ymptomatic cases remained threatening to resume fight- Trump faced scathing criticism on Thursday for his rise in imported cases. a cause of concern for health ing between the two osten- outlandish suggestion, with health experts urging people Death toll in China remained officials. sible allies. not to listen to the President’s “dangerous” advice. After more than a month of daily coronavirus press at 4,632 for the past 10 days, As of Saturday, the number In a statement, the sepa- briefings, Trump stayed behind closed doors on Saturday, according to data released by of imported cases climbed to ratist’ Southern Transition- al Council, which is backed hinting that he was considering halting the White House the National Health Commis- 1,634, including 22 in critical briefings. Trump took to Twitter about 45 minutes later, sion (NHC) on Sunday. condition, the NHC said. by the United Arab Emir- addressing the topic of his briefings. The 11 new confirmed Also, the 1,000 suspected ates, declared a state of “What is the purpose of having White House News COVID-19 cases were report- asymptomatic cases includes emergency and said it Conferences when the Lamestream Media asks nothing wouldn “self-govern” the but hostile questions, & then refuses to report the truth ed on Saturday. Of them, five 151 from abroad. All such pa- Ignoring social distancing and mandates to wear masks or other face coverings, or facts accurately,” the president tweeted. – PTI were imported from overseas, tients are still under medical protesters attend an ‘Open Texas’ rally at the Texas State Capitol on Saturday in key southern port city and while six were locally trans- observation. Austin, Texas. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Texas is under stay-at-home orders other southern provinces. mitted infections, it said. NHC spokesperson Mi except for essential workers and businesses. – AP/PTI The separatists accused Ye- Five of the new cases were Feng has warned that China men’s government, which in Heilongjiang province bor- still faces a tough task to pre- is supported by Saudi Ara- dering Russia and another was vent a resurgence of the COV- bia, of corruption and mis- in Guangdong province. ID-19 pandemic due to im- As lockdown eases, management. As many as 30 new asymp- ported cases. There was no immediate tomatic cases, including sev- The number of countries response from the interna- en imported, were also re- as sources of imported cases tionally recognised govern- Italy ponders! ment to the separatists’ an- ported, taking the total num- reported on the Chinese ber of such cases to 1,000, mainland rose to 50 on Fri- nouncement. ROME, Apr 26: As Italy But there’s also evidence ed in Lombardy’s official The division between the the NHC said. day, he told a media briefing prepares to emerge from the that demographics and health death toll of 13,269. two supposed allies is an- Asymptomatic cases refer on Saturday. West’s first and most exten- care deficiencies combined By contrast, Lombardy’s other facet of the country’s to people who are tested COV- Seven provincial-level re- sive coronavirus lockdown, it with political and business frontline doctors and nurses complicated civil war. On ID-19 positive but develop no gions reported newly import- is increasingly clear that interests to expose Lom- are being hailed as heroes for one side are the separatists Dutch teens cheer on their schooner after sailing home symptoms such as fever, ed cases or suspected cases on something went terribly bardy’s 10 million people in risking their lives to treat the and on the other are forces from the Caribbean across the Atlantic when coronavirus cough or sore throat. Howev- Friday, Mi noted, calling for lockdowns prevented them flying, in the port of Harlingen, wrong in Lombardy, the hard- ways unseen anywhere else, sick under extraordinary lev- loyal to former President er, they pose a risk of spread- targeted epidemic prevention northern Netherlands on Sunday. – AP/PTI est-hit region in Europe’s particularly the most vulner- els of stress, exhaustion, iso- Abed Rabbo Mansour Hadi. ing the disease to others. and control measures as well ...... hardest-hit country. able in nursing homes. lation and fear. Both have fought together ...... China has so far registered as consistent personal protec- Italy had the bad luck of Virologists and epidemiol- Even after Italy registered in the Saudi-led coalition’s total 82,827 COVID-19 cases, tion. – PTI being the first Western coun- ogists say what went wrong its first homegrown case, war against Yemen’s Shiite France’s poorest areas try to be slammed by the there will be studied for doctors didn’t understand the Houthi rebels. CLICHY-SOUS-BOIS (France), April 26: Joining more outbreak, and its total of years, given how the out- unusual way COVID-19 The Houthis in 2014 than 1,000 others, Djemba Diatite stood for hours in line to feed her growing family, grateful for handouts of fruits, 26,000 fatalities lags behind break overwhelmed a medi- could present itself, with overran major parts of Banking HR firm looking for vegetables and soap. It was her first time accepting Consultancy, Institute to provide only the US in the global cal system considered one of some patients experiencing northern Yemen, including charity, but she had no choice. The coronavirus pandemic candidates for Executive/Officer/ death toll. Europe’s best. In neighbour- a rapid decline in their ability the capital, Sanaa, pushing has turned her small world upside down. Manager. Call : 94010-08092 Italy’s first homegrown ing Veneto, the impact was to breathe. out the internationally rec- With open air markets closed, supermarket prices Whatsapp 90507-91704. case was recorded Febuary significantly more controlled. “This was clinical informa- ognizised government and skyrocketing, an out-of-work husband, two children to SV/P/AC000038/3 21, at a time when the World Prosecutors are deciding tion we didn’t have,” said Dr ushering in a war that has feed and another on the way, Diatite said even tomatoes Health Organisation was still whether to lay any criminal Maurizio Marvisi, a pneumol- killed tens of thousands of are now too expensive. insisting the virus was “con- blame for the hundreds of ogist at the San Camillo pri- people. Hadi fled first to “This is my only solution,” she said, relieved that a local group in her Paris suburb of Clichy-sous-Bois stepped tainable” and not nearly as in- dead in nursing homes, many vate clinic in hard-hit Cremo- Aden and then to Saudi Ara- in with help. fectious as the flu. of whom aren’t even count- na. – AP bia. – AP Clichy-sous-Bois “where fiery nationwide riots started Dilip Kumar Barua in 2005” is just 23 kilometress northeast of the French (16.3.43 - 27.4.17) capital, but with its rows of housing projects, restless youth and residents teetering on the poverty line, it feels “With a mystic quizzical smile, COVID-19 cases in Wuhan hospitals drop You left us on this day three light years away. years back. The town mayor, seeing a looming crisis triggered by We are still looking for the to zero for 1st time: official food shortages, sounded the alarm, and with scattered answers.” unrest simmering in impoverished suburbs, the French Family Members BEIJING/WUHAN, April fight against the virus from ported on Satuday. nounced severe measures like government announced a plan for urgent food assistance of Bharalumukh, Guwahati 26: The number of hospital- across the country, said Mi It said that 11 coronavirus the lockdown of 56 -million- 39 million euros (nearly $42.1 million) for communities in need. – AP CD/In Memo/P/...... ised COVID-19 patients in Feng, a spokesperson for Chi- patients were discharged strong province from January China’s Wuhan, where the vi- na’s National Health Commis- from hospital after recovery 23, which drew criticism from rus first emerged before turn- sion (NHC). in Wuhan. the US and other countries ing out to be a pandemic, on The last patient in Wuhan Hubei has so far reported that it acted late, leading to its CD/Edu/RL001043/1 Sunday dropped to zero for the was cured on Friday, reducing 68,128 confirmed COVID- spread globally. first time, marking yet anoth- the number of coronavirus 19 cases, including 50,333 in There was a controversy er milestone for the city which patients in the city to zero, Mi Wuhan. Hubei and Wuhan about whether the virus, with Highly experienced home Tutor was opened up on April 8 after said, state-run Xinhua news were in the thick of the coro- the ability to transmit from for (XI-XII) Physics, Chemistry, a 76-day lockdown. agency reported. navirus outbreak since ear- human-to-human, emerged Mathematics. Conception The result has been The health commission of ly January this year, bearing from the Huanan Seafood #99573-06841. achieved with the “hard efforts Hubei province, whose capital the brunt of it. Market of Wuhan or escaped Tuition/P/AC000037/29 of medical workers in Wuhan” is Wuhan, said that no new China officially said that the from the Wuhan Institute of and those who were dis- confirmed cases or new deaths coronavirus was noticed in late Virology (WIV) as alleged by patched to assist the city in the due to COVID-19 were re- December in Wuhan but an- the US. – PTI 80% work completed 2/3 BHK Smt. Raju Mahesree flat at Chandmari Colony (W/o Late Shri O M ANCHOR STORY Fruits seller Arsenio Martinez poses for a photo wearing a protective face mask with an original design that he (Nizarapar). Avail PMAY Mahesree) D.O.B.: 09.08.1948 created, at his green grocery store in Asuncion, benefit Ph. 98640-10641. D.O.D.: 16.04.2020 Paraguay on Saturday. – AP/PTI H&F/P/BP000004/3 Kids in Spain relish outdoor hour as ...... Ma, you are the epitome of ...... Booking going on for 2 and 3 strength and love. bedroom residential flat at You endured through time. virus lockdowns ease Shakira during lockdown Jyotinagar near Kalimandir. Rest in peace till we meet BARCELONA (Spain), new coronavirus has topped LONDON, April 26: Pop diva Shakira has graduated Contact J&A Developers : again. with a degree in ancient philosophy from the University of 87239-77197. In prayers with family, April 26: Shrieks of joy rang 200,000 globally and at least Pennsylvania, a course she took during the lockdown in H&F/P/SP000014/6 friends and well wishers. out Sunday in the streets of 2.9 million people have been the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. Spain as children were infected, according to a tally The Colombian singer is isolating with her two children Only two numbers of 2 bedroom Jorhat. Ph. No. 94351-41989. allowed to leave their by Johns Hopkins Universi- and husband, professional footballer Gerard Pique at home residential flat with 60% homes for the first time in ty. Those figures are widely in Spain. completed available for booking CD/Shraddhanjali/BL000011/1 six weeks, while residents believed to understate the “I just graduated from my 4 at Gandhibasti, Islampur. Contact week Ancient Philosophy J&A Developers : 87239-77197. of Italy and France were true toll of the pandemic, eager to hear their leaders’ due to limited testing, course with the University of H&F/P/SP000015/6 Pennsylvania (@Penn). I 2500 to 98,000 sq. ft plans on easing some of the problems in counting the know... my hobbies are very Industrial Shed/Warehouse, world’s strictest coronavi- dead and some govern- impractical, but it took a lot of Godown at Khanapara, rus lockdowns. ments’ moves to underplay hours after the kids were Home Nursing care, Baby care, Beltola, Lokhra, Amingaon, The sound of children the United States. thrilled.” Wary of igniting their outbreaks. asleep. Patient care. Contact: 86388- Changsari, Mirza. 94354- shouting and the rattle of “This is wonderful! I can’t new infection flare-ups, Two weeks after he was “Thank you Plato and 95299, 86387-22884. 03986. bikes on the pavement after believe it has been six nations around the world discharged from a London predecessors for all the “fun” Nursing/AL000001/1 Godown/P/AC006815/1 the 44-day seclusion of weeks,” Susana Sabat?, a have been taking divergent hospital, British Prime over the past month!” Shakira wrote on Twitter on April 23 as Spain’s youngest citizens mother of 3-year-old twin paths on when to reopen Minister Boris Johnson she flaunted her certificate. For pick up of their economies after weeks offered a first taste of a boys, said in Barcelona. “My “the only major world Last month, the “Me Gusta” Classified Ph: 97060-43680 gradual return to normal life boys are very active. Today at a standstill under leader so far to fall ill with singer said on social media Advertisements or 70860-44611 in the country that has the when they saw the front coronavirus lockdowns. COVID-19” will return to that she took the course to second-highest number of door and we gave them The number of deaths work on Monday, his office make confinement “produc- from your doorstep ... confirmed infections, behind their scooters, they were officially attributed to the said. – AP tive”. – PTI MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 NATIONAL THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 3 Over 200 Govt gives 3-month Europeans extension to Health stranded in India evacuated Secretary Preeti Sudan KOCHI, April 26: More than 200 Europeans mostly NEW DELHI, April 26: mar Sharma, who were work- Swiss nationals stranded in Health Secretary Preeti Su- ing as the Additional Secretary India, following the nation- dan, due to retire this month- in the Prime Minister’s Office wide lockdown were evacu- end, has been given a three- (PMO), have been appointed ated by a special plane of month extension on the cru- as Economic Affairs Secretary Swiss International Airlines, cial post, in a bid to maintain and the Micro, Small and Me- Kerala Tourism department continuity in the government’s dium Enterprises Secretary, said here on Sunday. response against coronavirus respectively. The plane took off from Ko- pandemic. In a surprising change, Con- chi late Saturday night and In a major top-level bureau- sumer Affairs Secretary Pa- landed at the Zurich airport on cratic reshuffle effected on wan Kumar Agarwal has been Sunday morning (10 am IST), Sunday, Higher Education Sec- appointed as Special Secretary it said in a release here. retary Amit Khare was given (Logistics), the Department of Besides the 164 passengers additional charge of the Infor- Commerce. He has been re- who had boarded from Kochi, mation and Broadcasting Min- placed by Leena Nandan, the the flight carried 49 others from istry, while incumbent Ravi Special Secretary in the Min- Kolkata from where it had a Mittal was shifted to the De- istry of Road Transport and stopover in the Kerala city. partment of Sports. Highways. Earlier, a Cochin Internation- The Appointments Commit- Food and Public Distribution al Airport spokesman said the tee of the Cabinet headed by Secretary Ravi Kant has been Boys are seen sitting amid litter and playing games on mobile phones at Chunabhatti during the nationwide lockdown, in Mumbai on Sunday. – PTI aircraft had arrived here after Prime Minister Narendra Modi shifted out as the Secretary, picking up 62 Swiss nationals approved Sudan’s extension Department of Ex-Servicemen stranded in Kolkata. beyond the date of her superan- Welfare and has been replaced This is the fourth flight that nuation on April 30, according by Sudhanshu Panday, currently Slum dwellings pose challenge as repatriated tourists from the to a Personnel Ministry order. Additional Secretary, the De- state to Europe since the in- The government also ap- partment of Commerce. – PTI ternational airports were pointed Rural Development Road Transport and High- Mumbai fights coronavirus outbreak closed on March 23 to contain Secretary Rajesh Bhushan as ways Secretary Sanjeev Ran- MUMBAI, April 26: As coronavirus tions and are appealing the citizens to In 1995, as part of his pre-election mitted on a plot. For long, the permissi- spread of Covid-19 disease. the Officer on Special Duty jan has been shifted as the situation spirals, slum dwellings in stay home. promises, late Shiv Sena chief Bal Thack- ble FSI for residential development in At the airport here, Swiss (OSD) in the Health and Fami- Shipping Secretary, a post Mumbai, where more than half of the However, with rooms measuring eray floated the idea of ‘free housing’ for the island city has been 1.33 and it is 1 in Consul-General to India (Banga- ly Welfare department, indicat- which will fall vacant this city’s 12 million population live in barely 100-200 sq ft housing 8-10 people slum dwellers. When the Shiv Sena-BJP the suburbs. lore) Sebastien Hug oversaw the ing he may take over from Su- month end upon superannua- crammed space and unhygienic condi- in slums, and scores of families sharing alliance came to power the same year, In 2019, then state government led repatriation mission along with dan after she retires on com- tion of Gopal Krishna. tions, seem to be posing a daunting chal- common toilets and water taps, the pos- their government launched the slum re- by BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis increased Syed Ibrahim, Honorary Consul pletion of the extended tenure. Aramane Giridhar, Addition- lenge in efforts to curb infections. sibility of coronavirus cases going up is habilitation scheme. the FSI for slum rehabilitation projects of the German Honorary Con- The period as OSD will help al Secretary in the Cabinet Known as the ‘City of Dreams’, always high, they added. Under the scheme, slums were pro- across the city to 4 from the earlier 3. sulate in Thiruvananthapuram. Bhushan in understanding the Secretariat will be the Secre- Mumbai is home to the largest number “Blame it on policy paralysis and un- posed to be replaced with ‘pukka’ hous- The index is based on a ratio between Besides 115 Swiss citizens, the work of the ministry, which has tary in the Ministry of Road of billionaires as well as Asia’s largest ending aspirations of both politicians es on the same plot of land, construction the area of a covered floor or the built up flight carried tourists from Ger- become central to the coun- Transport and Highways in slum Dharavi – one of the coronavirus as well as developers’ community for of which was to be cross-funded by a area to the area of that plot on which a many, Austria, Norway, Den- try’s fight against COVID-19. place of Ranjan. CBSE chair- hotspots. While area-wise it measures the city not becoming slum-free. And ‘free sale component’. The latter was building stands. The new development mark and France. Most of the As many as 23 senior IAS person Anita Karwal has been just about 2.4 square kilometres (sq today, these slums have turned into a aimed at attracting investments from plan 2034 for Mumbai has proposed to passengers from Kochi were officers have been appointed appointed as the Secretary, the kms), Dharavi alone has more than one haven for coronavirus,” MMRDA home buyers from slightly affluent finan- increase the FSI to 2.7. tourists in Kerala, while the oth- as secretaries in different cen- Department of Education and million people. (Mumbai Metropolitan Region Devel- cial background. “While the developers used this as a ers were brought in from neigh- tral government departments Literacy. She is a 1988-batch Tata Group Chairman Emeritus Ra- opment Authority) former chief town However, the scheme could not ad- tool to build costly aspirational homes, bouring states, the release said. as part of the rejig. IAS officer of Gujarat cadre. tan Tata’s remarks, earlier this week, planner VK Pathak said. dress the problems in its entirety and local authorities used it as a means to Kerala had earlier facilitat- Nagendra Nath Sinha will be Her colleague from the that developers and architects are treat- Further, he said housing policies that slums kept proliferating across the city. generate revenues. In between, the in- ed the return of 268 tourists the new Secretary of the Ru- same cadre, Rameshwar Pras- ing slums as residue” of the city and that were developed by the competent au- Real estate developers’ body Naredco’s terest of the public was ignored,” the to the UK when a London- ral Development Department ad Gupta has been appointed was one of the reasons for the rapid thorities did not solve the issues of ‘pub- National President Niranjan Hirananda- expert quoted above said. bound British Airways depart- in place of Bhushan. Sinha is at as the Secretary in the Minis- spread of the pandemic highlighted the lic housing’ but were construed as poli- ni also acknowledged that proper urban Over the past several years, Mahar- ed from Kochi on April 15. present Secretary, the Depart- try of Environment, Forest current situation. These so-called plan- cies for real estate development. planning has “not” been done. ashtra government has been planning to Prior to it, an Air India air- ment of Border Management and Climate Change. Gupta is ners and builders should be ashamed of “Nearly 65-70 per cent of Mumbai’s “One acknowledges that the situation redevelop the most congested areas in craft with 232 passengers had in the Home Ministry. currently Special Secretary, themselves for forcing a large majority population stays in slums. Policies like has been one where proper urban plan- the city like Dharavi and Kamathipura. left for Germany on March 31, Tarun Bajaj and Arvind Ku- NITI Aayog. – PTI of the people to live in sub-human condi- the Urban Land Ceiling Act, free hous- ning has not been done. The need to The ambitious Dharavi redevelopment and, four days later, a flight to tions, he had said. ing for slum dwellers and extension of ensure fiscal viability of real estate plan, which was conceptualised more than France (112 people). The megacity has reported 4,870 cut off dates for regularising slums led to projects creates a situation where over a decade ago in 2004, has not found tak- Kerala Tourism Minister Ka- Police adopt orphanages, coronavirus cases and 191 deaths. land cartelisation and increasing proper- the years, we have seen real estate de- ers yet as developers have found the pro- dakampally Surendran said most The octogenarian industrialist, also a ty rates,” Pathak said. velopment happen in ways that weren’t posal “financially unviable”. of the foreign tourists stuck in old age homes during long time resident of Mumbai, had lam- Over the years, Mumbai has wit- examples of ‘sustainable living’ or in sync “Haphazard and in some instances, the state have been repatriated. basted realtors for neglecting the poor nessed a large influx of migrants in search with the environment. unplanned development just enhances There were messages from and creating vertical slums for big gains of jobs. They settled in clusters by build- According to him, a mix of acute scar- the difficulty quotient. The slum the returned guests appreciat- COVID-19 crisis from high value housing that come up in ing small hutments as they could not af- city of open spaces, restrictions on verti- proliferation challenge begins with open ing the excellent arrangements HYDERABAD, April 26: In The requirement of each of the areas where slums stood once. ford to buy homes and those areas later cal growth and difficulties relating to slum spaces reserved by authorities for future that the government had made a benevolent gesture, the the the homes is assessed by the Lack of proper planning, flouting of became illegal slums. rehabilitation policy confounds Mumbai’s development or kept vacant as no for their care and health during Rachakonda Police SHO concerned and furnished norms, land cartelisation and rising prop- “Affordable housing and slum elimina- planned development. development zones. their stay after the lockdown. Commissionerate here has to the Office of Commissioner erty prices, are among the factors, that tion are two surprisingly conflicting is- An expert in real estate regulations, “Given the constant pressure from Secretary of Kerala Tourism, adopted as many as 41 old age of Police. have contributed to the present situa- sues. We’re trying to remove slums from who did not wish to be identified, said new migrants looking for homes, it opens Rani George said most of the homes, orphanages and homes The Citizen Volunteer Cell tion of large number of people living in seemingly unsuitable living conditions by faulty Floor Space Index (FSI) norms up the pathway to proliferation of slums. guests who returned had used for specially-abled persons at Rachakonda Police slums, experts opined. relocating them to other locations which have also led to haphazard development This is a problem not unique only to the registration portal of the amid the ongoing lockdown. Commissionerate is The Maharashtra government and lo- are 20-30 miles away and where there in the city and skewed property prices. Mumbai, but certainly more acute as Swiss consulate, while others In view of the COVID-19 managing the procurement cal authorities are taking measures to are no jobs for these uprooted people,” FSI is a development tool that defines compared to other cities,” Hiranandani sought the help of the Kerala crisis, inmates of the homes and distribution of food, contain the spread of coronavirus infec- Ratan Tata said earlier this week. the extent to which construction is per- said. – PTI Tourism’s help desks. – PTI are being supplied with ration and other relief groceries and other essentials material and then maps the 12 killed in by the police even as different donors to the homes and CRPF jawan kills NGOs have also come forward ensures all that is necessary lightning strikes self with rifle to join hands with them in is supplied to them, said PATNA, April 26: Twelve NAGPUR, April 26: A 30- arranging ration, medicines Bhagwat, who himself has people were killed in lightning year-old CRPF jawan shot and safety equipment. distributed groceries at some strikes in three districts of himself with his service rifle on Rachakonda Commissioner of these homes and Bihar on Sunday, disaster Sunday in Bhamragadh taluka of of Police Mahesh M Bhagwat personally ensuring that their management officials said. Gadchiroli, some 170 kilometres said the police force decided needs are fulfilled. Nine persons were killed in from here, police said. to adopt the homes as they Bhagwat said so far 41 Saran district while two died He was identified as mostly depend on the service orphanages, old age homes and in Jamui and one in Bhojpur, Uttarakhand-resident Deepak of kind-hearted people in homes for specially-abled they said. Eight people were Kumar attached to the force’s society. housing nearly 1,630 inmates also injured in Saran district battalion number 37, an During the lockdown which were identified and the police and they are being treated at official said. restricts people to venture would meet the requirements hospital. “He shot himself in the out, such people were not able of the homes. Chief Minister Nitish chest with his Insas rifle at to serve the needy nor the Rachakonda is one of the Kumar condoled the deaths around 2:30 pm. A suicide note managements of the homes three Police Commissi- and announced an ex-gratia of found at the spot cited health were in a position to step out onerates covering Hyderabad Rs 4 lakh to the families of each A homeless woman rests in the middle of a deserted road, during the nationwide lockdown, outside Howrah station in Kolkata on and family issues as triggers,” to manage things. and its adjoining areas. – PTI of the deceased. – PTI Sunday. – PTI an official said. – PTI Delhi saw fewer COVID cases, Indore strain may be deaths this week: Kejriwal deadlier, will send NEW DELHI, April 26: “The pattern of the rising people are following the samples to NIV: Docs Chief Minister Arvind cases and getting to double or lockdown in a disciplined BHOPAL, April 26: Doctors “There are also other fac- Kejriwal on Sunday said it has triple of its original count has manner, and we will soon be able been eight weeks since the been observed across the to win our fight against Corona treating COVID-19 cases in tors also for the high fatality outbreak of coronavirus in world, but something like this if we continue to follow the Indore say a more virulent rate, like patients turning up Delhi, and there were fewer was not observed here.” lockdown protocol like this.” strain may be wreaking havoc at the hospitals late,” she said. coronavirus cases and fewer Kejriwal said while 850 Kejriwal also said that the in the city, which has emerged “In Indore belt, the testing is fatalities in the city this week cases were reported in the plasma therapy is showing good as the coronavirus hotspot in confined to coronavirus detec- as compared to the last week. seventh week, in the eighth results. “Our aim is that we Madhya Pradesh. tion only, and not its type,” Speaking to the media, only 622 new cases were should not let anyone die. I am They say samples from In- another doctor said. Kejriwal said in other countries, reported. “This week nine happy that people are coming dore, where COVID-19 has Jitendra Bhargava, director of the numbers were doubling people died due to coronavirus, forward to donate their plasma killed 57 people, will be sent the state government- run week after week, but in Delhi while in the week before that, to save lives.” Speaking about to the Pune-based National School of Excellence in Pulmo- the eighth week – starting April 21 people died,” he said. a particular case, he said there Institute of Virology (NIV) to nary Medicine, also shared Bind- 19 – was better than the seventh In the seventh week, 260 was a very critical patient in the confirm their apprehensions of als concern, saying the high week, between April 12 and 19. people were cured and Lok Nayak Hospital. the strain being deadlier than mortality rate in Indore needs “This week was slightly discharged, while 580 went “Doctors said he was sinking. in other parts of the country. to be investigated through viral better than the week before, home last week – “that is more He was administered plasma “We have a feeling the strain culture and RNA extraction. for the people of Delhi. There than double of the previous therapy and his health has is definitely more virulent in It is also true that the mortal- were fewer cases, fewer week”, the Chief Minister said, improved significantly,” Kejriwal Indore belt. We have discussed ity rate is high in patients who deaths and many more people calling it a good sign. said. He also said the government this with the NIV and will be had comorbidities (presence of went home after complete He said that while there were is asking the patients, who have sending samples for them to additional conditions along with recovery,” the Chief Minister 566 people admitted to the recovered and discharged, to compare by extraction of vi- the primary condition) like car- said. Sharing the data, he said hospitals in the seventh week, donate plasma and stressed the rus genome,” Dean of Gov- diac and renal problems or dia- the eighth week (between just 34 people were admitted necessity of unity amongt all ernment Mahatma Gandhi betes and hypertension besides April 19 and 26) had a better to the hospitals this week. “The religions to fight and eradicate Memorial (MGM) Medical other immunity-compromising picture than the week before. last week was good for us, coronavirus. – IANS College Jyoti Bindal said. conditions, he said. – PTI 4 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020

MESSAGE FOR TODAY Cowards die many times before their deaths; the valiant never taste of death but once. Covid-19 and population control – WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I Sanjib Sabhapandit people allowed some people to span by now. To feed this gigantic enemy population with a few bombs. amass most of the wealth. population, food is being produced They also devised virus and bacteria t is now increasingly becoming ing of species. During this whole ex- By that time, different geograph- by artificial means, with genetically- warfare to spread epidemics in the clear to the logical mind that the ercise of eating and living, each spe- ical factors led to the creation of coun- modified crops taking the front seat. enemy territory. role of God in creation and death cies also indulge in the most primi- tries or states or kingdoms and all To address various health issues, in- What it implies is that the human of living organisms on earth is tive and fundamental act of perpetu- such entities started marching to- numerable medicines are being ad- mind, particularly of those who want Iquestionable. The consequences of ating the race through a consummate wards a hypothetical goal called de- ministered. The millions of cars pro- to control the world economically, is Vigilance needed human actions over the ages are far passion for procreation. velopment as shown to them by the duced to meet the transportation severely impaired. The world is to- With not many days remaining for the extended peri- too convincing to believe that Na- The earth was sufficiently large rich and powerful ones. A mad race needs of the billions are releasing tally unsafe in these perverted hands. ture is the final deciding factor. and all the creatures could afford the began all over. Man started to forget huge polluting gases to the atmos- Covid-19 has shown that the od of lockdown to end, two recent steps by the Assam Man is an animal like any other, luxury of a free life till the human the basics, realities and Nature. The phere. Millions of factories produc- earth’s resources are extremely Government makes it a highly critical phase. As an- born out of a biological process. For race entered the scene ing billions of items for the stressed and this or any other such nounced by the State Health Minister Himanta Biswa all living beings to exist, certain am- with its unmatched brain ‘civilized’ people are con- disaster may lead to the extinction Sarma, two mass quarantine centres are being set up on bient conditions are a must. Those power. The mere six foot Covid-19 has shown that the suming enormous of species. Man has forgotten that the Assam-Bengal border in Dhubri district to house peo- existed when life was born here. tall figure gradually devel- earth’s resources are extremely amount of energy pollut- it is the most vulnerable of species ple who might be returning to the State from outside once The distance from the Sun gave it oped its skill to harness Na- ing land, water and air. and it cannot survive without oth- the lockdown period ends. The State Government would comfortable light and temperature. ture to its advantage. In a stressed and this or any other Land, on the other hand, ers. A lockdown may help in pre- also build another mass quarantine centre at Srirampur of The mass of the earth gave it the mere 10,000 years man such disaster may lead to the is decreasing rapidly for venting the spread of the virus for Kokrajhar district near the inter-State entry gate for such gravitational force for creating the mustered enough skill to human habitat. They are some time, but more lockdown will envelope of atmospheric gases in subjugate the animal king- extinction of species. Man has now trespassing into the result in severe food shortage and travellers. The Minister has rightly emphasized that which the living beings could dom and lord over every- forgotten that it is the most world of animals, birds and starvation deaths. Then all hell will Dhubri and Kokrajhar districts require special vigilance breathe. The earth got the re- thing. Its wings of imagina- aquatic life. Between an break out. The agonizing cry of the as they share border with West Bengal. Our neighbour- quired time to cool down for the tion took it beyond bor- vulnerable of species and it animal and a man, the earth is already audible. Man is now ing State has more than 500 Covid-19 positive cases, and soil and water to be formed. ders, the oceans, the skies choice is always the man. helpless even with thousands of su- since testing there is still not adequate, the actual num- Then life formed or was born, and into space. Those who cannot survive without others. So elephants, tigers, etc., personic fighter jets or nuclear bal- bers might be on the higher side. Thus any individuals cell biology occurred and the proc- started to move out earli- are becoming victims. listic missiles. Man’s ego has taken making a journey through West Bengal to enter Assam ess of evolution started. Different er, won earlier. They coined a word rich and powerful created enormous Physical pollution is now changing a beating rightly because it failed to will have to undergo quarantine. It has to be added that permutations and combinations called ‘development’ which meant varieties of products and services, the cells of all living organisms while respect Nature. districts having a border with Bangladesh also require to happened, complexities grew and treading beyond the immediate and challenged and defeated hundreds of mental pollution from exploitation, This situation is the direct fall- under the influence of millions of the existing. This word which initial- natural adversities like disease and greed, deprivation and inequalities out of too many people living on be monitored carefully. The coronavirus pandemic hav- climatic and celestial factors, differ- ly meant harnessing Nature and ex- other calamities. Their brain power is ruining the beauty of life. this planet. Their need for food, ing become the obsession of the moment, problems such ent species developed. May be ploring the unknown, gradually start- created transportation solutions, The world is now clearly not in a education, healthcare, mobility, as illegal migration from Bangladesh have been thrust to extraterrestrial beings also visited ed to mean acquiring the resources communication solutions, entertain- position to sustain life in a natural way communication, residence, jobs, the backseat. Yet it should be kept in mind that with the this planet and that resulted in the as wealth which converted them into ment solutions, war machinery, es- any more. Those powers that were land and, above all, freedom can- pandemic raging, this problem has actually assumed an appearance of human beings. a different species within the spe- sential and luxury products, comput- hell bent upon subjugating others for not be met without severely com- added negative dimension and extreme vigilance is need- Be that as it may, all moving crea- cies. They began to be identified as ers and other creative items. These their own interest were totally un- promising the very existence of ed considering the vulnerability of Bangladesh to the tures fell into different food chains wealthy or forceful. This process of rich people now started attracting the mindful of this catastrophic develop- our mother earth. pandemic. for survival and we now see a deer development which man liked to call better brains from all over to create ment. They were busy developing Covid-19 has shown that each hu- There certainly is, as the Minister has stated, a need to eating grass and a tiger eating the ‘civilization’ led to a word called ‘pol- a ‘super earth’ full of weird charac- newer and more sophisticated weap- man being is more of a potential dan- deer. Energy is transferred to the itics’. This meant concentrating the teristics which would propel them ons of mass annihilation. For them, ger than an asset. Probably half of ramp up testing in bordering districts if a spike in the num- predator while also balancing out the free energy of all into the hands of into a super cosmic league! Man be- military might was economic might. the present population is not need- bers in Assam is to be prevented. As far as legal entrants population of deer. Smaller fishes eat some to manage the lesser mor- came supremely arrogant of success, Their paranoid psyche developed ed. They were born perhaps on an are concerned, it might be wiser, as far as possible, to have vegetation and bigger fishes eat the tals. Sometimes they were called wealth and power. warfare techniques in which their assumption that God was responsi- individuals quarantined at the border itself, rather than smaller fishes. Birds eat seeds and kings; sometimes they were called In the meantime without being own soldiers would not be killed. ble for each birth and death and that allow them entry before officials there give them a clean propagate vegetation or birds eat political leaders. Such people also really noticed, the human population Robots would take place of their sol- man has no responsibility on this bill of health. For instance, around 390 students from As- insects balancing the growth of in- created another force called ‘reli- was growing exponentially. It has diers. The wars would be fought by account. This mindset must go and sam, who were stranded at Kota in Rajasthan, have ar- sects. Wherever we observe, we see gion’ to manage their shows ac- reached a figure of almost 800 crore proxy. They even designed chemical the present Covid-19 has told this rived at Srirampur. The Assam administration plans to this transfer of energy and a balanc- cording to their advantage. These of increasingly higher average life warfare techniques to incapacitate the to us in quite unambiguous terms. medically screen them at the border since, although they were quarantined at Kota, they might have contracted in- fection while passing through several States. The plan is to send those with no Covid-19 symptoms to the Sarusajai ASHAs: Covid-19 protagonists at grassroots level quarantine centre in Guwahati, the rest would be kept at I Purabi Bhagawati In the present global pandemic people even from remote areas writing this piece, the author has the Srirampur quarantine centre till further order. But by situation, these workers have come are now able to understand the sit- tried to know a few of the ASHA now it has been established that mere screening is not he National Rural Health workers are considered as the with a different essence, which we uation arising out of the crisis. experiences. Most of them report- enough to detect infected cases, for which full-fledged Mission was launched on grassroots level workers and the can consider as an answer to the However, one of the major chal- ed that being woman health work- testing has to be done. Thus it would be more sensible to April 12, 2005 for pro- Government has been arranging critics who have been criticizing lenges for these health workers is ers, they could become the victim quarantine all the students at the border like any other viding effective, efficient some training facilities for these them for putting their efforts only to identify the patients. They have of certain stigma. People often ques- Tand affordable healthcare to the workers for the smooth functioning for the pregnant women. In As- been working in the field without tion their knowledge on the pan- individual desiring to enter the State. Also, the State Gov- rural population in the 18 States of their work. If we see from the sam, these community workers adequate protection, for which their demic. Though the disease is not ernment has introduced another critical element by allow- where a relatively low standard of inception, the ASHAs have been have become the real grassroots work could be very risky for their considered as stigmatized, people ing inter-district travel, a step necessary to assist those public health has been recorded. working in the field of reproductive protagonists who go to the field own lives. Wearing only the saree might consider that she (the stranded within Assam by the lockdown. This will entail For monitoring especially the re- health. Indeed, their role in terms despite taking all the risks for not which is given to them is not nec- ASHA) and her family members movement of over a lakh of people from one place to anoth- productive health issues of the of helping the rural folk about the only to make the people aware of essarily helpful in this situation. could be prone to infection because er, and too would require careful handling. women, the Mission created a band family planning method has been as the corona threat, but also to help Being in the periphery, it is difficult of her active engagement which of female health volunteers, named painstaking as commendable. Being the authority concerned to find out for them to be heard by the au- could lead to social isolation from as Accredited Social Health Activ- the insiders of the community, they the patients of Covid-19. After in- thorities concerned. Though the the community. Thus, being female Timely action ist (ASHA) in each village within could easily build up the trust with teracting with a few ASHAs, it has demand for a standard amount of health workers, in the present sce- The old saying ‘A stitch in time saves nine’ proved to the identified States. The ASHA the respective villagers. Further, been observed that their insider salary for them is not a new issue, nario they hardly get cooperation be correct again in the fight against the coronavirus as workers have been working as after the appearance of the ASHA identity most of the time has been but in this time of the pandemic, from their community members timely action by the State Government prevented spread- bridges between the doctors and workers, the number of institution- the reason for humiliation. In their they have been emerging as the which disappoint them the most. ing of the disease in Sikkim, which was otherwise consid- the rural women. Again, their al delivery cases also has pointedly earlier role as reproductive health- grassroots protagonists who do not Irrespective of the paradigm shift ered a vulnerable State because of the fact that it is a roles have been considered as a sig- kept rising. Thus, they are such peo- care workers, such identity helped limit themselves within the struc- of the nature of the work of the nificant one as far as the awareness ple who have been available espe- them to build trust but in the battle tured work and do their best to ASHAs, at the ground level there favourite destination for both domestic and foreign tour- about family planning is concerned. cially for pregnant women at their of this global pandemic, the situa- serve the nation. is a question of acceptance and co- ists. A large number of domestic and foreign tourists visit The ASHAs are mostly selected doorsteps. Again there is criticism tion is not the same. Their advice Most of the ASHA workers are operation of the villagers of which Sikkim every year and normally the flow increases in the by the community and therefore in of the ASHAs’ role that they only and knowledge over such new dis- in the age group of 20 to 45 years the ASHA herself is a member. months of March and April. But sensing the gravity of most of the cases, the selected give importance to the pregnant eases have been reviewed under who have been assigned to work in Along with the economic security, the situation, the Government of Sikkim took prompt ac- ASHAs are the insiders of the re- women which leads to negligence the cloud of uncertainty. Again different parts of the country. Be- social security has been a signifi- tion to fight the spreading of coronavirus well before the spective community. for the holistic approach of health. many of the health workers report- ing the woman health workers, cant matter for these workers who Government of India imposed the country-wide lockdown As mentioned above, the ASHA As per a recent survey, around ed that such a cloud of uncertainty who have come forward to serve are giving their best to control the and because of such actions, till date, the State does not workers have been deployed espe- 31,955 ASHA workers have been existed in the initial days of the pan- during a pandemic situation, there epidemic at the ground level and have a single case of Covid-19. The Prime Minister, cially for the women’s reproductive working in different parts of the demic, but gradually with the help might be certain difficulties which help to make a new history of health and child healthcare. These State of Assam. of social media and mass media, the they could face in their field. For women empowerment. Narendra Modi, announced a nationwide lockdown from the midnight of March 24 after the country observed a Janata Curfew on March 22. But the Government of Sik- Letters kim started acting on this front from the first part of March Nature’s gain as it sensed the gravity of the situation. The Sikkim Gov- to the pollution level decreased to a definitely build confidence among the deaths due to this pandemic. many students who are facing this ernment issued an advisory on March 2 asking the tour- record 20 years’ low. The air quality the employees to look for jobs. Even in this grim situation, it is problem. It feels like we are lagging ists to leave the State and all the places of tourist attrac- EDITOR index improved like never before. Yours etc., ABHIJIT HAZARIKA, shamelessly buying shares in the behind while the rest of the others tion were closed to avoid gathering of people on March 4. Migratory flamingos have come Guwahati. financially weaker companies of the have progressed. It often leads to The Government started checking all people entering Sir, – The lockdown has hit visiting Mumbai with record high Commendable service rich countries. By doing so, it is frustration. But, due to the ongoing almost all the sectors hard with numbers this year. Post lockdown, trying to challenge the US nationwide lockdown, we have no the State from March 2 and even before the lockdown we should proceed with a balancing Sir, – In these trying times when economically and strategically. was announced, the educational institutions, hotels and many speculating the death knell of all the stakeholders of society have choice but to attend the online the economy. But at the same time, act of development along with Moreover, it is making huge profits classes. Yours etc., LINA SHAR- restaurants, cinema halls, malls, etc., were closed. The joined hands to curb the coronavi- by selling medical goods, the quality it has become blessings in disguise preservation of nature and MA, Tihu. rus pandemic and help the people of which is under question, to inter-State borders were sealed and strong action was for the environment and wildlife. It environment. For this the responsi- during the lockdown, the role of the affected countries. It deserves a River erosion taken to seal the international borders. The Government seems the coronavirus lockdown is bility lies not only with the government but also with the Tangla police in Udalguri district has collective punitive action. Yours Sir, – The Mora Pagladiya river detected a foreign national who managed to stay back seriously helping nature to recoup citizens. Yours etc., KISHOR drawn our attention. The steps they etc., CHANDAN KUMAR NATH, has been creating great inconven- and he was examined and found to be corona negative. itself. India being one of the highly- KUMAR KALITA, Kalaigaon. are taking are commendable as Sorbhog, Barpeta. iences to the riverine people at polluted countries in the world, the Interestingly, the first case of Covid-19 was detected Building confidence most of the violators of the Online classes places from Pakhamara to Barama- in India way back on January 30 when a student from impact of the lockdown on the lockdown were counselled and let Dahkaunia under Baksa district. environment in the country can be Sir, – It is understandable that the Sir, – The online classes have Kerala who returned from China was detected positive. off unlike other parts of State. The Some of the people have lost their felt by everyone. The lockdown temporary shutdown of many been very helpful as well as But apparently, no one took it seriously at that time as the police teams also have kept vigil movable and immovable properties shows us another view of nature micro, small and marginal firms run convenient for all the students over the ATMs, banks and grocery due to the river’s erosion during the normal day-to-day activities in all parts of the country and environment which several by the educated but unemployed during this lockdown period. shops to ensure that proper social rainy season over the years. went on and thousands of people gathered to attend the ambitious schemes drafted by the youths is as important as that of the Considering the lockdown, as there distancing measures are adopted. Besides, the KBS Road, an ‘Namaste Trump’ show organized by the Government of successive governments have failed temporary shutdown of education is no certainty of when it is going to There have also been unhindered important link road to the district India in Gujarat on February 24. Moreover, the Govern- to achieve over the years. The institutions to curb the spread of get over, the online classes have movement of vegetable vendors headquarters at Mushalpur and also rivers like the Ganges, Yamuna and Covid-19. However, as the online been quite helpful. The teachers are ment did not suspend operation of the international flights and essential commodities. The Bhutan, has been facing the effect of Cauvery have amazingly rejuvenat- classes being provided by the trying to cover the syllabus on time when the first case was reported and the new Govern- Tangla police have also extended erosion at some places near the ed within such a short period. The educational institutions are and are also keeping us engaged ment in Madhya Pradesh passed the floor test in the their helping hand to the poor and river. The stretch of the road near drastic decline of industrial necessary for the students to with our studies by giving assign- Assembly on March 25. All these actions proved that the needy along with curbing the illegal Saukuchi village has turned discharge and the reducing level of continue learning , building ments and study materials. No vulnerable due to erosion. Similarly, Government failed to apprehend the situation on time trade of country liquor and contamination by human beings confidence among the firms owned doubt it is a good step to encourage the river has created a vulnerable gambling. Yours etc., ASHIM ROY, but a small State showed the way and managed to protect have created the serene images of by the unemployed youths to the students and keep them away site at Niz-Juluki, Barama, where Tangla. its people with timely action. Interestingly, the Govern- these rivers. Reports suggest that continue their firms and employees from idleness and negativity. But thousands of villagers have been ment of Sikkim is also not allowing the drivers of the the water of the Ganges in to work under them is also Punitive action we belong to a remote area. I am a under a great threat due to erosion trucks carrying essentials to enter the State and native Haridwar has now become fit for important. The Government should Sir, – Even the rich nations with student of master’s degree in and lack of adequate repairing of the drivers are driving the trucks from the entry point into drinking for the first time in years. take care of such startups or firms world class medical facilities have Guwahati, but due to this crisis, I river embankment. Yours etc., the State. However, such a step is not possible in a State Crores of rupees spent by the by establishing online platforms for been brought to their knees. China am now in my village Makhibaha in LOHIT CHANDRA DAS, Barama. did not inform the world in time Tihu, Nalbari. The internet like Assam as it is the gateway to the entire Northeast governments over the projects for the development of their skills Articles (within 1000-1100 words) and and the trucks carrying essentials to all the States of the cleaning the rivers like the Ganges during the lockdown through about the coronavirus. Due to its connectivity in my area is very Letters to the Editor for publication in tight media policy, it is also still not slow. Hence, I am really struggling region pass through Assam. or Yamuna were unable to do what authentic online portals. The skills the editorial page may be sent to the the lockdown has done. Delhi’s developed during lockdown would giving real information regarding with my online classes. There are email ID: [email protected]. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 CITY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 5 MSME sector worst

WEATHER hit during lockdown GUWAHATI STAFF REPORTER partment will provide all kinds of support to every department,” LOCAL FORECAST: GUWAHATI, April 26: The Patowary said. Generally cloudy sky with micro, small and medium enter- It may be noted here that as a one or two spells of rain/ prises (MSME) sector of Assam, measure to collect revenue amid thundershower is very likely to occur. Maximum which is a source of livelihood for the lockdown period, the govern- and minimum lakhs of people, is the worst hit ment had allowed operation of temperatures are most by the novel coronavirus-induced wine shops with some precaution- likely to be 31°C & 19°C lockdown, revealed State Indus- ary measures across the State. respectively on Monday. try Minister Chandra Mohan Pato- Later, the order was withdrawn TEMPERATURE: wary here today. following an instruction from the Max 30.8° C Min 19.0 ° C The minister said that to chalk Central government. out a roadmap to revive the econ- The State government also omy in the post-lockdown era, hiked the prices of fuels as a meas- Governor’s Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonow- ure to collect extra revenue at a al will soon convene a meeting with time while the prices of crude oil rule should all noted economists and industry dipped to a record level in the glo- be imposed experts of Assam to get their piec- bal oil market. es of advice and inputs. Regarding relaxation of lock- in BTC: Dass Apart from this, the State gov- down, Patowary said a further STAFF REPORTER ernment is also seeking opinions decision will be announced after Food items being distributed to poor people by an NGO during the coronavirus-induced lockdown in Guwahati on Sunday. – UB Photos from various trade bodies like the scheduled video conference of GUWAHATI, April 26: NDA CII, FINER, etc., on how to re- the Prime Minister with all the constituent BJP has urged Gov- vive the State’s economy in the Chief Ministers on Monday. ernor Prof Jagdish Mukhi to take NFR losing coming days. He also made it clear that to over the administration of the NF Rly women’s wing Patowary said that every de- curb the spread of coronavirus, the Bodoland Territorial Council huge revenue partment, especially Agriculture, department will never allow ply- (BTC) after the expiry of the STAFF REPORTER Veterinary and Industry, will also ing of Ola and Uber taxis at any present council’s term tomorrow. giving free meals to needy formulate their plans as damage condition in the city. State BJP president Ranjeet GUWAHATI, April 26: North- control measures. On the other hand, he stated Kumar Dass said that the Gover- STAFF REPORTER fare Organisation (NFRWWO) has ti, New Guwahati, Silchar, New east Frontier Railway (NFR) is “In the Industry department, that the validity of transport per- nor’s rule should be imposed in undertaken humanitarian efforts at Tinsukia, Dibrugarh, New Jal- losing revenue to the tune of Rs we are preparing a note about the mits, driving licences, registration the BTC till the next elections to GUWAHATI, April 26: The various locations. NFRWWO has paiguri, Siliguri, Samsi, Mani- 1.5 crore to Rs 2 crore every day revival plan for the post-lockdown certificates, etc., which will expire the council are held. Railway Women’s Welfare Organ- produced and distributed over hari, Alipurduar and New Cooch- on account of the suspension of era. Moreover, to implement the during this lockdown period, has The term of the present gen- isation of Northeast Frontier Rail- 5,700 masks and provided meals behar station areas. passenger train services. revival plans, the Transport de- been extended till June 30, 2020. eral council of the BTC is set to way (NFR) has been giving free to 500 needy persons,” he said. He added that NFR has pro- “Passenger train services have expire tomorrow. meals to the needy and distribut- Chanda said several other duced more than 2,500 litres of remained suspended since the na- The Assam State Election ing masks among these people NGOs such as Khalsa Centre hand sanitizers and over 66,000 tionwide lockdown was enforced. Commission has been forced to who are facing problems on ac- North East and NECPL Raising reusable face masks for use by Our zone’s average daily earnings Illicit liquor dens raided postpone elections to the council, count of the COVID-19 pandemic Hands are also providing free its on-duty staff so far. from passenger traffic is Rs 1.5 CORRESPONDENT which were slated for April 4, due and the nationwide lockdown. meals to the needy people and “Masks are being made by staff crore to Rs 2 crore. That reve- to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Indian Railways is making all- contract labourers in goods yards who are working from their nue is not coming, on account of JORABAT, April 26: A section of people here along with the As- Opposition Congress had earli- out efforts to supplement the with the help of Railway Police homes due to lockdown and hand the suspension of services,” an sam Excise department launched a crackdown on illicit country- er called for the Governor’s rule healthcare initiatives of the Gov- Force (RPF) and other railway sanitizers are being produced in NFR official told this newspaper. made liquor dens that are thriving in and around the area. A team of in the BTC. ernment of India. In this direction, employees by observing social various depots. Masks are being Asked about the total quantum about 30 Excise officials led by Superintendent of Excise (Kamrup Indian Railways is producing distancing. made by staff in various locations of loss suffered by NFR during the Metro) Debajit Nath, today conducted a raid in Jorabat area, where World Malaria masks and hand sanitizers in- “The Indian Railway Cater- like Agartala, Alipurduar, Lum- last one month due to suspension a few liquor dens were operating. A large number of country-made Day observed house in all its zonal units, pro- ing and Tourism Corporation ding, Silchar, Katihar, Tinsukia of passenger train services, the of- liquor bottles were destroyed during the raid. duction units and public sector (IRCTC) during the lockdown and Rangiya,” Chanda said. ficial said, “We have not done the CITY CORRESPONDENT undertakings (PSUs) as these has so far provided over 16,000 “To ensure safety of the staff calculation. This is not the time to Youth flees from hospital GUWAHATI, April 26: World items are of great necessity dur- free meals and other railway and boost their morale, we have calculate loss or profit. Priority is Malaria Day was observed at Me- ing this crucial period. This is in agencies have provided over ensured that masks and hand now on helping the government CITY CORRESPONDENT dhikuchi LPS, Sonapur, maintain- addition to the various other 50,000 free meals to the needy sanitizers are made available to to bring the COVID-19 pandemic GUWAHATI, April 26: A youth who had come to the city from ing social distancing in the pres- measures being taken to prevent people in the NFR zone, which all the staff coming on duty. under control. Our freight servic- Manipur on Saturday fled from the Mahendra Mohan Choudhury ence of District Malaria Officer NR the spread of COVID-19,” said were distributed by RPF per- These are also being ensured for es are operating and we are work- Hospital (MMCH) after a doctor advised him to stay quarantined for Choudhary and others. For pre- Subhanan Chanda, chief public re- sonnel,” Chanda said. contract labourers. Soap, water ing to ensure an adequate supply 14 days at the hospital. A source in the police said that the youth, vention of malaria, bed net impreg- lations officer of NFR. Among the locations covered and washing facilities are being of essentials to the people of this named Bethel, had come from Manipur to meet his sister who stays nation was also conducted among “Along with that, Northeast are New Bongaigaon, Azara, provided at all workplaces,” region. Calculation of loss or profit in a rented room in the city. But, when the owner of the house the community during the event. Frontier Railway Women’s Wel- Changsari, Kamakhya, Guwaha- Chanda added. will be done later.” restrained him to enter the premises without the consultation of a doctor, he decided to visit the hospital. However, a doctor in the hospital said the youth did not show any symptoms of COVID-19. Sonowal visits homes for Three quarantined The source said search is on to trace the youth. CITY CORRESPONDENT Maligaon school looted elderly people, women GUWAHATI, April 26: A worker of Milanpur No.2 Masjid, Chand- CITY CORRESPONDENT mari, his wife and son have been sent for quarantine after he returned GUWAHATI, April 26: Miscreants broke into Maligaon Bengali STAFF REPORTER ing enforced to ensure good about the precautionary meas- from Nalbari, one of the red zones for COVID-19 in the State, on Sunday. ME School here on Saturday night and stole fans, water pump ma- health and safety of the citizens, ures which are to be taken for self- A source in the Chandmari police said that the worker, Saifuddin chine and several other items of the school. A police source in the GUWAHATI, April 26: Amid Sonowal said as elderly persons protection against novel corona- Rahman, had gone to his home in Loharkata village in Nalbari district Jalukbari Police Station said a case has been registered in this re- the coronavirus-induced nation- are believed to be more vulnera- virus infection. on April 19 and today he came back with his family. gard. Several theft cases were reported in the area in the last seven wide lockdown, Chief Minister ble to COVID-19 infection, there Santana Das Mahanta, superin- “A team of police and health officials visited the Masjid today after days. Another incident of theft was reported from the Gotanagar Sarbananda Sonowal today visit- is a need to ensure regular health tendent of State Home for Wom- locals informed about it. They came here on an ambulance. A meeting area of Maligaon last night. ed Mothers Old Age Home and check-up for them, besides pro- en, informed the Chief Minister was arranged with the Masjid committee members and a quarantine State Home for Women here. viding nutritious food to boost that presently there are 77 in- notice was pasted outside the mosque. The place was thoroughly san- He interacted with the inmates their immunity. mates, out of which 22 are below itized,” the source added. Relief distribution at both the places, besides taking The Chief Minister during his 18 years. She said regular classes “They were immediately sent for checkup,” he added. GUWAHATI, April 26: The Central Guwahati Development Com- stock of their health and availabil- visit to the State Home of Wom- are being held for them by a home mittee has taken an initiative to distribute food packets among a ity of food and medicines. He also en at Jalukbari here, which is run tutor. A few students attend section of the needy people, especially the elderly and children, who distributed nutritious food items by the Social Welfare department, school, and bridge course under had come to the city from Darbhanga district in Bihar before the and sanitizers among the inmates. said Prime Minister Narendra SSA has also been introduced for lockdown. The members of the committee also provided relief to a While visiting Mothers Old Age Modi by declaring the nationwide the illiterate elderly inmates, she section of people who had come to the city from Tripura, stated a Home at Hatigaon, the Chief Min- lockdown has allowed the people informed. press release. ister appreciated Monalisa Socie- to keep themselves safe through The Chief Minister, while re- ty that runs the Home for its hu- social distancing. He said keeping turning from State Home for Online classes manitarian service. He said the this in view, the Social Welfare Women, also paid a short visit to GUWAHATI, April 26: For the benefit of students during the service provided by the Society department has been directed to the Assam Sishu Kalyan Sadan lockdown period, Dispur College has taken an initiative to upload is very encouraging and a praise- ensure safety and wellbeing of the and interacted with the children class notes, study materials, class videos by faculties, e-books, etc., worthy example of human com- inmates staying in different shel- at the centre. on the online platform. The Principal of the college has requested passion. He said the State gov- ter homes across the State. Minister of Social Welfare de- the faculties of Arts and Commerce to upload class notes and videos ernment is extending all possible Sonowal urged the inmates to partment Pramila Rani Brahma as per syllabus for HS and TDC students. Students can log on to support in successfully running keep themselves aware of the and Chief Minister’s media advis- http://dispurcollege.ac.in/online/index.php to find their required con- the Home. symptoms of COVID-19 and re- er Hrishikesh Goswami were tents, stated a press release issued here today. Saying that the lockdown is be- main fully alert. He informed them present during both the visits. Police, security personnel doing unenviable job amidst lockdown ABINASH KALITA NGOs and local people. And some- “Despite being repeatedly asked he said. Due to the lockdown, dai- at Bhetapara Chariali. Their duty times, police personnel also pro- to stay indoors to stop the spread ly wage workers have lost their has been divided into three shifts. GUWAHATI, April 26: As ci- vide us with snacks and tea,” he of COVID-19, a few people were sources of livelihood. Jakir Ali, a constable at Hatigaon vilians are in the safety of their said, adding that at times they too seen venturing out with no partic- “To control such situation, Chariali, said he has had to do dou- homes during the COVID-19 pan- have offered their meal to strand- ular reason. It was much difficult sometimes we have to adopt the ble-shift duty as well at times. demic, the police and security ed or needy people. to control the large number of la- strictest measures. We have also “We have been working on all personnel are on their feet round He said that during the initial bourers or daily wage earners as caned the violators at times,” he these days having only tea and bis- the clock ensuring law and order, days of the lockdown, it was diffi- well, as they ventured out only to added. cuits. Usually, I have my meal be- facing all kinds of hardships even cult for them to make people un- know when the lockdown would As many as 18 security person- fore coming to duty,” he said. “But, while being exposed to the dan- derstand, but now the situation is be lifted, as they do not possess nel, including SSB, police and civ- it is much difficult in the evening ger of being infected by the virus. much better. any kind of news tracking device,” il defence personnel, are deployed shift as I don’t have any vehicle to At many checkpoints of the city, go back to my rented room at the police and security personnel, Dispur. I have to ask passersby including SSB personnel, have for a lift. Not long after reaching been manned for more than 10 my room, I have to start cooking hours a day, with only a cup of tea again,” he added. and snacks in between, as the ea- Meanwhile, Ranjit Baruah, teries and tea stalls have remained founder director of Aromica Tea, closed. said he has been providing tea free Ajay Malakar, an SSB person- of cost to the police personnel for nel who has been deployed at the the last 15 days or so. check point at Bhetapara Chariali, “We have been providing black said he has been doing his duty tea and milk tea to around 1,500 with just tea and snacks during the cops on duty in different parts of lockdown. the city. The tea is being provid- “While on duty, we take milk ed in disposable flasks so that the tea with some biscuits. Most of tea remains hot and fresh,” Baru- A street vendor selling fruits in Guwahati on Sunday. – UB Photos the time, it is provided by the ah added. 6 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI NATIONAL MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 Minorities panel Blocking cremation to attract wants release of three-year jail term in TN Jamaat members CHENNAI, April 26: Block- made a criminal offence, an of- perform the formalities in the after quarantine ing the ‘dignified’ burial or cre- ficial release here said. originally selected localities. NEW DELHI, April 26: The mation of people, who had died Under section 74 of The Last week, an orthopaedic Delhi Minorities Commission of a notified disease in Tamil Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, surgeon had to bury his asso- has asked the Delhi Health Nadu will now attract a three 1939, those indulging in such ciate, a neurosurgeon who died Minister to allow the Tablighi year prison term, according to acts will have to face a mini- of COVID-19, in the middle of Jamaat members to go free an ordinance promulgated by mum jail term of one year the night using bare hands and after their completion of the the state government. while the maximum award will a shovel at a crematorium with mandated quarantine period. The move comes in the be three years, the release add- the help of two hospital ward The Delhi Minorities Com- wake of public protests against ed. boys after the undertakers fled mission has written to Delhi the burial of two doctors who The offence will also carry a when a mob protesting the in- Health Minister Satyendar Jain died of COVID-19 in the city fine, it said but did not specify. terment, attacked and chased saying that the people brought recently, with one of them In two separate incidents them away. to quarantine camps from the turning violent where agita- recently, two doctors died of Over two dozen people have Markaz in Hazrat Nizamuddin tors even attacked health coronavirus in the city but lo- been arrested in connection will complete 28 days on Mon- workers and civic body staff. cals protested their burial on with the incident, even as the day which is twice the mandato- According to the ordinance, grounds of fears of spread of City Police had warned of in- ry period for COVID-19 sus- blocking or attempting to block the pandemic. voking the stringent Goondas pects’ quarantine as per WHO the “dignified burial or crema- On both occasions, the mor- Act against those preventing guidelines. tion of those who had died of a tal remains were buried else- burial or victims of COVID- This means that these peo- notified disease” has been where after officials could not 19. – PTI Vegetable vendors travel in a crowded boat across the River Ganga, during the nationwide lockdown, in Patna on Sunday. – PTI ple are being unnecessarily kept in detention when 14 days is the longest period for the appear- Donation ance of coronavirus symptoms THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, RSS chief’s 11 new COVID-19 in an infected person. People in April 26: A Kerala Police team other quarantine centres have was pleasantly surprised when ‘swadeshi’ call to been allowed to go home after it reached the house of a cases detected in Kerala 14 days if they tested negative, centenarian freedom fighter said the letter written by Zafrul near here to check on him and combat COVID-19 THIRUVANAN- Five cases were reported testing and 21,997 samples are ing from border states, Vijay- Islam Khan, Chairman of the found him waiting for them commission. NEW DELHI, April 26: Rash- the point of being self-reliant. THAPURAM, April 26: Three from Kottayam district, one negative. anemphasised the need to with a donation for the struggle “It will be in the fitness of triya Swayamsevak Sangh “Air and water have become health workers, including a person had come from outside Kannur has the maximum make surveillance stringent. against coronavirus. things that all such people who (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on cleaner due to the lockdown,” woman doctor, were among the state and the remaining, number of positive cases 51, With regard to the plea of A police team went to the have spent 28 days in these Sunday urged the people to go he said. “We have to consider the 11 people detected with including two health workers followed by Kasaragod 14. several stranded Non-Resi- house of 102-year-old camps and did not test posi- ‘Swadeshi’ to tackle the outbreak how we can generate employ- COVID-19 in Kerala on Sun- had been infected through con- With the graph of positive cas- dent Keralites (NRKs), espe- Paramesweran Nair, who was tive should be allowed to go of the novel coronavirus (COV- ment again after the end of lock- day, taking the total positive tact, the minister added. es rising, Vijayan stressed the cially from the Gulf region, in- waiting for them – with a cheque. home or at least allowed to live ID-19) that has claimed over down.” “The entire world is cases to 468 as Chief Minister With samples of four peo- need to conduct more coronavi- cluding those who had gone on “We were surprised when he somewhere else in Delhi 820 lives in India so far. battling coronavirus. We will Pinarayi Vijayan called for ple-one each from the districts rus tests and said asymptomatic visit visas, pregnant women gave us a cheque of Rs 5,000 and while the lockdown contin- In an online address, Bhag- have to win this battle by stay- ramping up of testing, includ- of Thiruvananthapuram, persons should also be tested. and children and the elderly to said it was to be given to the CM ues,” added Khan. wat also spoke on the impor- ing at home,” he said. ing those who are asympto- Malappuram, Kannur and “Those with no symptoms return, Vijayan said airports Covid Relief Fund,” SI Anil The Commission in its let- tance of staying at home, follow- “This society is ours... the matic and in quarantine. Kasaragod, returning negative should also be tested and gov- should have testing facilities Kumar told IANS. ter stated that there are thou- ing the lockdown rules and so- country is ours, that’s why we The 41-year-old doctor, on Sunday, 342 have so far been ernment would make availa- and quarantine provisions sands of inmates at present in cial distancing norms to combat are working. It is a new disease, working at a Primary Health cured of the infection. ble necessary test kits. All should also be close to the four COVID-19 quarantine camps India’s ... the coronavirus. “Stay at home so not everything is known. So Centre at Elapara in the high The Chief Minister direct- those in quarantine should also airports. across Delhi like Sultanpuri, (Contd from page 1) and pray to God,” he said. work with caution. Do not get range Idukki district, who did ed all Collectors, medical of- be tested,” Vijayan said ad- Health Minister Shailaja, Wazirabad, Narela and Dwar- With the country under a lock- Bhagwat, while addressing the tired, you will have to keep try- not exhibit any symptoms, is ficers and police chiefs of all 14 dressing officials through vid- Revenue minister K Chan- ka etc. Supply of food and med- down since March 24 midnight, proposed intellectual class online ing. Please follow the govern- suspected to have been infect- districts to ramp up COVID- eo conference. drasekharan, Chief Secretary ical care is not satisfactory in he said India’s people-driven by the Nagpur metropolis of ment’s instructions,” Bhagwat ed from the mother of a coro- 19 testing and evaluate the There will be no relaxation Tom Jose and Additional Chief these camps. The quarantined battle against the pandemic RSS, said that the crisis of coro- said. “We do not distinguish be- navirus patient who had come preventive measures being in the hotspots, he added. Secretary Vishwas Mehta would be discussed when the people include elderly as well na in the country is increasing. tween humans. Our effort is to to her clinic. conducted across the state. Many people who have were among those who par- world discusses the crisis later. as those with health issues like “People can win the war by stay- help the needy,” he added. The While one person has re- At least 20,127 people are been stranded in various plac- ticipated in the meeting here. “India’s fight against the diabetes and heart problems. ing at home. Also, we should fol- RSS chief said the Sangh has turned to the state from Ger- under observation in various es outside the state have ex- Meanwhile, the Non Resi- coronavirus is people-driven in Two of them, who were dia- low lockdown norms and social postponed all programmes till many via Spain- Abu Dhabi, parts of the state, of whom 462 pressed their desire to re- dent Keralite Affairs (NOR- the truest sense of the term. betic, died in recent days in distancing”. He said the last few June 30. three had come from neigh- are in isolation wards of hospi- turn. But while taking a deci- KA) Department on Sunday Along with people, the govern- Sultanpuri camp due to inade- days of lockdown enabled him to Saying that there is a need bouring states and seven are tals, including 99 admitted on sion, a practical approach is begun online registration of ment and administration are quate medical care and failure spend time at home. to learn from the current cri- cases of local transmission, Sunday. needed, a press release quot- stranded Keralites in various fighting it as well... This is the to supply medicines and food Reacting to the killing of two sis, Bhagwat said “we will have Health Minister KK Shailaja The samples of 22,954 with ing Vijayan said. countries, who are wanting to only way we can win over the said in a press release. symptoms have been sent for As new cases were emerg- return to the state. – PTI in time, he said. – IANS virus,” he said. saints in Maharashtra’s Pal- to adopt Swadeshi behaviour. Citing a Sanskrit shloka , he ghar, Bhagwat urged everyone The society as well as the coun- said, “Fire, debt and illness, if to control “anger”. “The sag- try should adopt Swadeshi so Conditional ... SOCIETY FOR TRIPURA MEDICAL taken lightly, grow again at the es did not harm anyone,” he that no one needs to depend on 8 more .... COLLEGE & (Contd from page 1) first opportunity, assuming dan- said. foreign products.” “The coro- Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Memorial Teaching Hospital (Contd from page 1) ready kept in quarantine. “Our “For the first phase, priority gerous proportions, so it is im- He said, “We have to follow navirus-triggered crisis can be (Registered under Societies Registration Act. Till date, 7,616 sample tests containment strategy was to send the passengers be- portant to treat them com- the lockdown. We have to get treated as an opportunity to 1860 having Registration No. 5770 of 2009) have been conducted in the worked, and we were able to tween two nearest districts. pletely. Therefore, in overen- out of this crisis. Our crisis has shape up a new India. Empha- Hapania, Agartala-799014, West Tripura State. While 35 were positive, keep the susceptible people Accordingly, ASTC sent SMS thusiasm, there should be no to be made an opportunity. sis will have to be given on Telefax : 0381-237-3143/237-6657/237-4144, the results of 209 are awaited. in quarantine,” he asserted. tickets to around 5,000 people, negligence. We will always have Swadeshi has to be adopted”. making quality indigenous Website : www.tmc.nic.in The rest were negative. The minister further in- containing bus details, boarding to remain cautious.” – PTI Mohan Bhagwat reiterated products,” he said. – IANS Email : [email protected] The minister informed that formed that the State Gov- point, serial number, origin and No. F.19(PR-6)/SFTMC/2015 Dated : 25.04.2020 random tests began at three ernment was keeping a close destination, time and date of RECRUITMENT NOTIFICATION locations of Dhubri district watch on the Assam-Bengal journey, etc.,” Patowary said. Govt confident of ... today. border so that there is no in- In Guwahati, Paltan Bazar, The Society invites applications from the eligible candidates for recruitment to the post of Principal of (Contd from page 1) tre has promised to extend ing as a team in this hour of “The samples are being ter-state movement. Machkhowa, Adabari and ISBT, TMC & Dr. BRAM Teaching Hospital. Last date of Replying to a question, help to the State, the re- crisis. Along with the Health collected scientifically, touch- “Besides the two main Betkuchi have been fixed as submission of applications is 30th May, 2020 at 3.00 Sonowal admitted that re- sources of the Central Gov- Department, the other de- ing a cross-section of people. roads connecting both the the designated boarding points. p.m. For details please visit website of the Society - pairing and construction of ernment are also shrinking. partments concerned includ- By tomorrow evening, we states, there are also eight- For other districts, ASTC- www.tmc.nic.in/25042020.pdf. embankments were delayed To deal with the problem, the ing Police, Food and Civil Sup- will know if there is any in- nine roads through villages. We headquartered bus stations will ICA/D/46/20 because of the lockdown and State Government will have plies, Power, Transport, etc., stance of community trans- are keeping a close watch on be the boarding points. with the rainy season ap- to reduce expenditure and are working round the clock mission,” he said. these roads as well,” he said. proaching, the possibility of stress will have to be given in the fight against coronavi- Sarma claimed that the On the rapid test kits, Sar- No. DME/MolecularLab/232/2019/5152 the State facing floods and only on the priority sectors, rus. As there have been alle- State has so far been “suc- ma said the government INVITATION FOR BID (IFB) erosion cannot be ruled out. he added. He expressed the gations of irregularities in dis- cessful” in containing the would follow the ICMR direc- He said that the Water Re- view that the lockdown may tribution of essential items, spread of the virus as all the tions and as of now the State GLOBAL COMPETETIVE BIDDING positive cases were detected is continuing to use them at sources Department has been have to be eased in the areas he also warned that strong Re-e-Tenders are invited online through e-procurement system i.e. through website among people who were al- the government hospitals. instructed to start work on a demarcated as green zones action would be taken against www.assamtenders.gov.in from the intending Manufacturer/Accredited Dealers for Setting war footing by maintaining to resume economic activi- anyone found to be indulging up of Molecular Oncology Laboratory at State Cancer Institute, GMC, Guwahati on turnkey social distance and “we hope ties, but no such decision has in corruption at this critical basis under the Health & F.W. Department, Govt of Assam. to complete repairing of the yet been taken. period. Despite lockdown ... embankments before the On the battle against COV- The Chief Minister also (Contd from page 1) The current tendered is 3rd time tender and the earlier tenders could not be finalized due to floods.” ID-19, the Chief Minister ad- praised Prime Minister “The ASTC has also been extending support to manage the less participation now is being tendered again. Hence, modifications made in the earlier tenders The Chief Minister admit- mitted that it was a Herculean Narendra Modi for taking bold situation arising from the pandemic in the State by providing will be part of the current tender. ted that the financial health task, but all the ministers, steps for the protection of the 211 buses which are now operating in coordination with the The e-Tender is a Two-Bid System, to be submitted with affixed Court Fee Stamp Rs. 8.25 of the State is a major cause MLAs, MPs, elected repre- lives of 1.3 billion Indian citi- district administrations, hospitals, police and municipal bod- (Rupees eight point two five paisa) only (for local bidders) or IPO of Rs. 10/- (Rupees Ten) only of concern as the revenue sentatives of the local bodies, zens and leading the war ies. Out of these 211 buses, 39 are operating with the health (in case of bidders from outside of the State of Assam) in favour of “Director of Medical generation has come down officers and employees of the against COVID-19 from the department facilitating the movement of health officials,” Pato- Education, Assam, Sixmile, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022. drastically. Though the Cen- State Government are work- front. wary said. Important dates of the e-Tender SI.No. Scheduled Start Date Start Time End Date End Time 1. e- Tender Publishing 27-04 -2020 11.00 AM - Assamese Americans contributing ... 2. e- Tender Download 28-04-2020 11.00 AM 22-05 -2020 12.00 Noon (Contd from page 1) were so many dead people that circumstances. As examples, COVID-19 US National Data- in COVID-19 environment. In 3. Pre-Bid meeting 11-05-2020 11.30 AM Office of the Director of Medical From the front door, we car- there was a shortage of Dr Prakash Bhuyan, vice pres- base working on artificial in- brief, a spirit of giving and help- Education, Assam, Sixmile, ry it to the garage and again wait morgue capacity. Temporary ident of clinical development telligence models for risk mit- ing is shining through among Khanapara, Ghy-22. two days before bringing into morgues had to be set up in at Inovio Pharmaceuticals, is igation. Her daughter Namra- the entire community. 4. Bid Submission 12-05-2020 12.00 Noon 22-05 -2020 12.00 Noon the kitchen after washing with refrigerated trucks parked in directly involved in develop- ta (Gargee), a physician from In the midst of the calami- 5. Bid Opening 22-05-2020 03.00 PM baking soda and hot water. chosen places. ing a COVID-19 vaccine on the NY Presbyterian Hospital, tous situation, the Assamese 1. Brief Schedule On the healthcare front, in There are about 100 Assa- DNA medicine platform. Dr is performing her risky duty people here are keeping rea- the early phase of emergence mese families in the tri-state Bhuyan is an infectious disease to respond to calls from emer- sonably high spirits. Every Description Bid Security Delivery/ Tender Eligibility of the virus, the healthcare region around New York City. specialist and an immunologist. gency rooms of New York City year, this is the jolliest time (Name of the Items) (E.M.D.) Installation fees schedule/ in Rs. system in the city was I have not heard of any Assa- Dr Bharati Deka from Guwa- hospitals. Niren Choudhury of to enjoy the beautiful spring Completion period strained to the extreme. Hos- mese being infected with the hati, who is specialised in in- New Jersey has been active in weather and celebrate Ron- pitals were overwhelmed. A virus. Almost all Assamese are fectious disease, is rendering helping people in need of food. gali Bihu with great excite- Setting up of Molecular Oncology Rs. 3.00 45 days Rs.5,000/- Manufacturer/ Laboratory at State Cancer Lakhs accredited US Navy Hospital Ship was professionals and they are her services at various hospi- Probal Tahbildar is calling sen- ment and fervour. Although Institute, GMC, Guwahati on Dealer called in to help accommodat- working online from home. tals in New Jersey. Dr Aswini ior Assamese citizens around the ongoing pandemic has turnkey basis. ing overflow of patients. The Schools are closed down. Chil- Choudhury of New York with New Jersey for their grocery dampened the spirit to some The detailed information of Bidding documents are available online through e-procurement ship was berthed on a pier on dren are learning in full swing roots in Chhaygaon, Assam has needs and volunteering to de- extent, the enthusiasm has system i.e. through website www.assamtenders.gov.in only. The bidders would be required to the Hudson river on west side online as well. It is doubtful been busy in telemedicine iso- liver grocery at their door- sustained. Many organisers register in the website for submission of the bids. The bidders are required to have Digital of Manhattan. There was a whether the schools will reo- lating COVID-19 patients. step. My wife, Pronoti Tahbil- like Shyam Deb Choudhury Signature (DSC) from any of the Certifying Authorities. Aspiring bidders who’have not obtained shortage of masks, ventila- pen this academic year. Many other doctors have dar is sewing sorely needed and Niraj Barbara have pains- the user ID and password for participating in e-procurement may obtain the same by registering tors, PPE, etc. As part of the greater Amer- given their professional serv- masks for the community. takingly organised the Bihu in the www.assamtenders.gov.in . The requirements to register with the e-procurement portal It was a daunting task for the ican society, there are exam- ices in various hospitals across The younger generation is celebration on CISCO video are available on the website indicated above. The tender fees is non refundable and payable in healthcare workers to serve. ples galore of first and second the country in the midst of this also equally active. For exam- conference platform with favour of the “Director of Medical Education, Assam, Sixmile, Khanapara, Guwahati-781022, at But they did this with utmost generation Assamese Ameri- dangerous COVID-19 envi- ple, Anuj Dutta, son of Satyajit songs and dances and display SBI-Dispur (Guwahati) Branch. dedication. Eventually, relief can children and adults alike ronment. Dr Sakuntala Chow- and Chayanika Dutta of New of Assamese Bihu goodies like came in terms of supply surge. making social and professional dhury, a statistician, is work- Jersey, is rendering his serv- those spectacular ones of Trip- Sd/- Director of Medical Education, Assam There came a time when there contribution under the grim ing as a data scientist with the ice in response to call for help ti Bora and others. Janasanyog/C/79/20 Sixmile, Khanapara, Guwahati-22. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 NORTH E AST THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 7 Meghalaya allows conditional Wire fence along Myanmar border in Churachandpur completed WEATHER inter-state movement from Assam N Biren Singh in the chair NORTHEAST STAFF CORRESPONDENT However, some districts in Barak val- Since there is also a need to have hard was held on Friday. ley can only connect with other districts copies of the list of permitted vehicles, Appreciating the measures Forecast for North Eastern States : Rain/thundershower is SHILLONG, April 26: Hundreds of of Assam via roads passing through two shifts of officials are moving in and taken up by the state govern- very likely to occur at a few vehicles from Barak valley in Assam Meghalaya. This necessitated coordina- out of the district headquarters, as there ment for the prevention and places over Arunachal Pradesh, passed through Meghalaya on Sunday tion between the two state govern- are minimum facilities at the check-gate. containment of COVID-19, Assam, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. after the governments of both states ments. “We have a number of officials working the meeting noted that thou- agreed to allow “conditional” inter-state Sources said Meghalaya Chief Secre- to facilitate this movement. By 6 pm on sands of people from Manipur Warning: Thunderstorm with lightning and gusty wind with movement. tary MS Rao received a request to as- Sunday, out of the long queue of vehi- are stranded outside the state speed (30-40) kmph is very Since Sunday morning, there was a sist the stranded people from Barak val- cles, we have just 20 small vehicles and due to the lockdown, and likely to occur at isolated long queue of buses and private vehi- ley to move through Meghalaya. six buses at the check-gate waiting to agreed that a mechanism for places over Assam and Meghalaya. Thunderstorm with cles at Ratacherra, East Jaintia Hills check “There were around 600-700 buses enter the state. These vehicles would bringing them back to Ma- lightning and gusty wind with point, to enter Meghalaya and move on and private vehicles at the Ratacherra be allowed to move through the night,” nipur needs to be worked out, speed (40-50) kmph is likely to other districts of Assam. Only vehi- check-gate. We started to allow these Dopth said. “We will continue to allow the source said. to occur at isolated places over cles which had passes from the Assam vehicles to pass through, based on the the movement of these vehicles for Regarding people who do Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram and Tripura. Heavy rain is very government to embark on this journey list we received,” East Jaintia Hills Dep- three days from Sunday,” he added. not need institutional quaran- likely to occur at isolated were allowed to pass through. uty Commissioner Fredrick M Dopth Apart from this conditional inter-state tine, the meeting felt that places over Assam, The decision to open the border was informed The Assam Tribune . movement, vehicles carrying essential community quarantine cen- Meghalaya, Mizoram and Tripura. taken after the Assam government on Officials said the check gate is over commodities have been moving through tres may be opened in vari- Temperatures : Friday announced that it would allow 100 km from district headquarters Meghalaya to reach different districts of ous assembly constituencies conditional inter-district movement of Khliehriat and officials received the list Assam, Tripura and Mizoram, officials to quarantine students and Max (°C) Min (°C) people from Saturday to Monday. of vehicles on WhatsApp and email. added. other people stranded outside Dibrugarh 31.4 18.2 Tezpur 30.1 19.6 after they return to the state. Silchar 32.4 21.0 The Health department is Dhubri 27.7 21.0 5,546 people expected to assist the MLAs Jorhat 30.5 17.6 and local clubs in identifying N Lakhimpur 32.1 18.8 Tripura to chalk out from Mizoram Shillong 19.1 N/A the various locations and Cherrapunjee 21.7 13.5 stranded CORRESPONDENT police personnel from Behi- their capacities as per guide- Aizawl 23.9 14.9 post-lockdown education plan ang Police Station are patrol- lines, the source said. Kohima 21.4 11.8 outside State IMPHAL, April 26: As part ling the villages to check Discussing the importance Pasighat 31.8 19.2 CORRESPONDENT The evaluation of answer scripts com- of scaling up of COVID-19 Itanagar 32.5 17.5 menced from April 24 but no decision has CORRESPONDENT of the government’s efforts to cross-border movement testing, the meeting also felt AGARTALA, April 26: Tripura Education been taken on unfinished examinations at the prevent trans-border move- from Myanmar, the district the need to have in place Minister Ratan Lal Nath has convened a meet- higher secondary level. Besides, the dates AIZAWL, April 26: As ment of people against the information officer said. clear-cut protocol for screen- Pharmacies to ing on Monday to discuss issues related to for joint entrance examinations are yet to be many as 5,546 people from backdrop of the COVID-19 Committee mulls ing of persons returning to school education triggered by the coronavi- finalised and this will cast a shadow on the Mizoram are stranded in dif- outbreak, barb wire fencing mechanism to bring back the state. keep records of rus-forced lockdown. admission of students to medical and engi- ferent States and Union Ter- covering about 220 metres stranded citizens: Mean- On April 23, a 21-member The education system in the State has suf- neering colleges. ritories since the nationwide along the Indo-Myanmar bor- while, the newly constituted people buying state consultative committee fered due the lockdown. In most states, stu- All these have created a complicated situa- lockdown was imposed. It der in Churachandpur district state consultative committee for COVID-19 was constituted medicines for dents have been promoted to the next class tion. Sources said the Education Minister will was stated by the State’s Task has been completed, official for COVID-19 is likely to to fight the dreaded virus. Two without exams and Tripura also did the same. discuss all these issues with the Education Group on Migrant Workers sources said on Sunday. work out a mechanism to fever, cough COVID-19 cases, which were The new academic session has already be- Secretary and directors of higher, secondary and Stranded Travellers. The fence was erected at bring back stranded citizens reported on March 24 and April CORRESPONDENT gun but classes could not be held yet owing to and elementary education departments. A fi- The Mizoram Govern- Pakmual area under Singngat including students from out- 2 have been discharged from the ongoing lockdown. nal decision is likely to be taken during Mon- ment had launched a web subdivision in the hill district, side the state, according to the JNIMS and RIMS hospi- DIMAPUR, April 26: The Education Department has introduced day’s meeting. portal for the stranded peo- the source said. another official source in Im- tals in Imphal on April 12 and The Nagaland Government online classes besides teaching through cable The meeting will be followed by a national- ple and so far 5,546 have reg- One company of the India phal. A meeting of the com- April 21, respectively. on Sunday directed news channels and also set up a call centre where level meeting convened by Union Minister istered on the portal. Among Reserve Battalion (IRB) and mittee with Chief Minister pharmacies to collect teachers take questions from students and an- for Human Resource Development Ramesh the stranded people, 3,194 information of persons swer their queries during appointed hours. Pokhriyal Nishank on Tuesday. are workers, followed by buying medicines for fever Tripura orders Another major concern is that certain ex- The national-level meeting will be held 2,103 students and 249 pa- Nagaland’s Mon dist and cough in a bid to aminations of the State board and the Central through video-conferencing and all issues re- tients who had gone for treat- probe into identify people possibly board remained unfinished. lated to education, including postponement ment outside the State. The suffering from COVID-19. In Tripura, though the Madhyamik exami- of exams, promotion to higher classes and highest number of stranded launches app to track purchase of The government said the nation has concluded, the higher secondary joint entrance examination, will be deliberat- people is in Maharashtra, COVID-19 kits information should be examination could not be completed. ed, official sources said. which stands at 863. collected in a prescribed COVID-19 status CORRESPONDENT format and sent to the CORRESPONDENT WhatsApp numbers of the AGARTALA, April 26: DIMAPUR, April 26: In another first in Nagaland, the Mon respective districts. Tripura Chief Minister Bi- district administration has launched a mobile app to monitor It said this would entail a plab Kumar Deb has ordered the current, previous and future movement of people under bit more work on the part a probe into the allegations observation for COVID-19. of the pharmacies. “How- of corruption in procurement Deputy Commissioner Thavaseelan K on Saturday said that ever, in this extra ordinary of COVID-19 test kits and besides monitoring the movement of people under observa- times, we need to upscale sanitizers. tion for COVID-19, the app will also track user locations and our surveillance and thus, Health and Family Welfare profiles, information on vital signs, where people last trav- cooperation is sought from Secretary Dr Debasish Basu elled and how they were progressing daily. all the retail pharmacies,” and Mission Director of Na- The district administration thanked Nagaland principal sec- the order said. tional Health Mission (NHM) retary R Ramakrishnan for helping it to collaborate with Kishore The State Government Aditi Majumder have been Reddy of Sita Corp, US, for developing and deploying the app. also constituted an advisory removed from their respec- He said the NL-SOJO COVID Exposure Tracking is being tive posts to ensure an im- committee on COVID-19 adopted around the world as a quick and simple way for local partial inquiry. to formulate long-term government and health authorities to keep track of the health A senior official said the gov- strategies to deal with the status and exposure risk within their communities. pandemic. Thavaseelan said the authorities are alerted when users go ernment has taken a serious This decision was taken outside the defined boundaries, during quarantine or lockdown note of the allegations of mal- by Chief Minister Neiphiu – a tactic that has successfully limited the spread of COVID-19. practices in procurement of Rio and the State Disaster To use the app, people simply fill out a profile, with travel history, COVID-19 kits and sanitizers. Management Authority medical symptoms, vital signs, etc. They get instant alerts from “The Chief Minister has (SDMA) at a meeting Lok Sabha MP from Tripura West Pratima Bhoumik distributing homemade masks to storm-hit villagers at Jampaijala in the authorities, maps of test centres and hospitals, educational ordered a probe into the al- convened in Kohima on Sepahijala district on Sunday. – Photo: Correspondent COVID-19 resources from official sources, and if enabled, the legations and removed the Saturday to review the view of the last visited locations of infected individuals, he said. officers against whom the preparedness and mitigation He said the communication includes receiving alerts about allegations were levelled. measures being undertaken users’ locations for compliance with local safety guidelines, Further steps will be taken by the State Government Former Arunachal MLA passes away sending mass messages, email and SMS emergency calls. once the government re- against the virus. CORRESPONDENT went on to become the first MLA from The Governor said that in his death, The app is useful for monitoring individuals in quarantine or ceives the inquiry report,” The advisory committee Raga in 1978. He held key posts in the the State has lost a true pioneer of dem- lockdown, medical and emergency personnel providing care, he said. comprised experts from ITANAGAR, April 26: Former Aru- government under the first Chief Min- ocratic progress in Arunachal Pradesh. employees in essential, retail, grocery stores and other high- Nath said Secretary of In- different fields like medicine, nachal Pradesh MLA Nido Techi ister PK Thungon, including Chairman “I join the people of Arunachal Pradesh exposure occupations, recent travellers by air, rail, bus, etc., dustries and Commerce supply chain, disaster breathed his last at his hometown of the Estimate Committee. to pray to the Almighty God for grant of and voluntary citizen opt-in. Kiran Gitte and Finance Sec- management, emergency Tamen in Kamle district on Saturday. Late Techi was known for his simplic- eternal peace for the departed soul and Thavaseelan said the app is available on Google Play Store. It retary Tanushree Debbarma response, etc. It would He was 75. ity. Apart from being very active in so- fortitude for the bereaved family to bear can be downloaded and used directly from their smartphones. were asked to conduct the advice the State Govern- Techi was the first legislator to rep- cial service, he is revered by the people the irreparable loss,” the Governor said It will be available on the Apple iOS App store shortly. probe and submit the report ment on incremental resent the Raga Assembly constituen- for his dedication to uplift the downtrod- in his condolence message. Mon district along the Indo-Myanmar border in Nagaland at the earliest. comprehensive measures for cy. He is survived by three daughters den sections of the society. “In his demise, our State has lost a is way ahead of other districts in the state. The district admin- Additional Chief Secretary containment of COVID-19. and five sons. His eldest son Nido Pavitra was also first generation leader who led from the istration had put in place arrangements to combat the virus SK Rakesh has been posted The committee would Born on February 2, 1945 in Lalin elected twice from Raga in 2004 and front. His work for the downtrodden and much before other districts. The Mon District COVID-19 as the Secretary of Health & also seek advice of interna- (Nido) village, he served as a govern- 2009. needy will always be remembered,” War Room was set up on April 10 at the District Rural Devel- Family Welfare Department tional experts as and when ment servant for nine years before start- Governor Brig (Retd) Dr BD Mishra Khandu said. opment Agency on April 10 whereas Chief Secretary Temjen while S Shivsankar Jaiswal the need arises. ing his political career as a Member of and Chief Minister Pema Khandu have May his soul rest in peace in heavenly Toy directed all Deputy Commissioners to set up District will take over as the Mission The SDMA accorded in- Pradesh Council in 1972. Late Techi condoled his sudden demise. abode, the Chief Minister added. COVID-19 War Rooms on April 21. Director of NHM. principle approval to prepare a blueprint for COVID-19 response and control programme for incremental containment. Amazon-origin fish in Manipur’s waters sparks concern The meeting reviewed SOBHAPATI SAMOM lower Assam, but not from any other state’s water bodies, and with the increase the preparedness and Northeastern state. in their numbers, some species have mitigation measures taken IMPHAL, April 26: An Amazon sailfin Expressing concern over the devel- emerged as a threat to native species. by the State Government catfish, a fish from the Amazon river basin opment, Senior Scientist (Fishery) Dr In the recent past, the IUCN had list- such as containment/ in South America, which was recently Ch Basudha Devi of the Indian Council of ed seven native fishes of Manipur as en- contingency plan, procure- detected in the aquatic ecosystem of Ma- Agricultural Research (ICAR), North dangered freshwater species. Even the ment of medical equipment/ nipur, has raised serious concerns in the East Region, Manipur centre, said that state fish Pengba has vanished from the essential goods, setting up state about invasion by a foreign species. detection of such species from water bod- wild and is now only bred in farm ponds. of BSL-lab, distribution of The fish – also known as sucker mouth ies in the state was not a good sign be- “The state fishery authorities must rice and other relief catfish – was caught by a fisherman on cause their presence may demolish the launch a new policy to monitor the intro- materials in all districts, April 22 from the Waishel canal in Bishn- aquatic diversity of the region. duction of new species, including exotic financial assistance to the upur district where the largest freshwa- Associate Professor Yumnam Lokesh- aquarium species, as this hobby is increas- stranded students, working ter lake in the North East is located. This wor of the Department of Zoology, As- ing day by day,” Lokeshwor said. ICAR people and patients, one-foot-long fish is said to be a prolific sam Don Bosco University, said that as scientist Basudha Devi also echoed a sim- activation of surveillance breeder and fast spreading species. The there is no native predator to control ilar feeling. team, setting up of war algae-eating fish can grow up to 49 cm them, the Amazon species will start ex- Acknowledging the issue, Fisheries room and State-level and weigh up to 310 gm. panding and occupy the entire habitat and species. Some of them have been let out ien fish species, including seven author- department Director N Gojendro said the control room, setting up of According to fish experts here, the start competing with Manipur’s native for commercial purposes by the author- ised exotic food fishes, two authorised larv- department was taking up the matter with control rooms in all districts species was reported from the Ganga species which are already low in number. ities, and some get released accidentally icidal fishes, three unauthorised exotic higher authorities to formulate a compre- and sealing of international river at Patna some years ago. It was Manipur’s water bodies are increas- due to lack of necessary regulations. food fishes and fiver other freshwater or- hensive guideline for import, culture and border along Myanmar and also reported from the Brahmaputra in ingly becoming populated by alien fish Lokeshwor said more than a dozen al- namental fishes, have been found in the marketing of fishes in the state. inter-State border. 8 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI STATE MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 NEWS IN BRIEF Over 90 members of nomadic tribe stuck in Dhubri Jail inmate dies at JMCH JORHAT, April 26: Nimai Doley alias Limai, who was CORRESPONDENT a hygienic place to live in. serving a life sentence at Central Jail, Jorhat, died at “Even if we are transport- JMCH on late Friday night after he was brought to the DHUBRI, April 26: 94 ed to our home district, the medical college by the jail staff following complaint of members, including children, administration there will sickness. It may be mentioned here that Doley was one women and elderly persons not take us, as we have been of the 11 convicts awarded life imprisonment by of a nomadic group, which Additional Sessions Judge Court (Jorhat), on March 13 staying so long in a red zone this year after being found guilty in the murder of three calls itself Baidhya s are stuck district”, Maal said, adding, persons of a family of Majuli, on suspicion of practising at the Chandakhol area under “it’s better to live together witchcraft on August 28, 2012. Another convict was Dhubri PS due to nationwide here rather than going to awarded death penalty in the case. – Staff Correspondent lockdown. quarantine centres in West Relief materials distributed This group came to Dhu- Bengal”. bri district in the first week It was informed that the UDALGURI, April 26: The Fagun Eco-Tourism Centre of January this year and vis- of Garobasti of Udalguri district distributed relief villagers are helping them materials to the villagers covering six villages yesterday. ited various places here and and the administration has The organisation in association with the personnel of the finally when they reached also provided them rations. 23rd battalion of SSB and youth volunteers of Navajyoti Chandakhol area in the They also said that the police Yuvak distributed the relief materials. On the other hand, month of March, the lock- A group of Baidhya s, a nomadic tribe, living in tents in an open field at Chandakhol area in Dhubri. – Photo: Irfan Khondker team under the supervision the Uttar Udalguri Golondi Chath Puja Committee also down was announced. Since of DSP Trinayan Bhuyan is distributed relief materials to 80 poor families of five then they have been staying Bengal and they came to As- money for survival” added currently providing them ra- villages yesterday. –Correspondent in an open field under tents. sam to do business. These Lockdown impact Maal. He added that the tions. “But, the rations we Rajkumar extends help to poor The group contains 27 fami- people settle in one place and boys have sold off their are getting is not enough. We PATACHARKUCHI, April 26: Popular actor Rajkumar lies with more than 20 chil- then roam around the near- the lockdown was announced have already exhausted all phones, so that the families are left with no money, to buy Talukdar distributed relief materials to the poor people of dren and 27 women along by places by selling ornamen- and since then we along with their income in this period could survive. vegetables and other essen- Bajali recently. “The ongoing lockdown has hit our people with a few elderly persons. tal stones and showing vari- our families are living in this and now their condition is However, Maal said that tial commodities”, Maal said. to a large extent, and, therefore, we have decided to The elderly people in- ous magic tricks. “We came deplorable condition in this pathetic. “Most of the wom- they don’t want to return to They also informed that provide food to the poor people,” he said. – ANN Service formed that they are from to Dhubri district almost four open field”, said Ranjit Maal, en in our group have already their native place, but only another group of 50 people various villages under North months ago and just when we the sardar of the group. sold off their jewellery to want the State to facilitate are stuck similarly at Balajan 24 Parganas district of West were about to leave Dhubri, He informed that they the nearby villagers, to get them with proper food and in the district.

OBITUARY Relief distributed Jorhat admin allows Prof Prasad sale of fish seeds Goswami among needy families GUWAHATI, April 26: STAFF CORRESPONDENT maintain personal hygiene Prof Prasad Goswami, retired ANN SERVICE Munindra Lal Baishya (Mamu), of Su- by wearing masks, hand Principal of Pandu College alkuchi, a businessman distributed essen- JORHAT, April 26: The gloves, maintain social passed away on April 21. He SUALKUCHI, April 26: In a bid to pro- tial items among 425 families of greater Jorhat district administration distancing and not spit in was 76. vide support to needy families of greater Madya Sualkuchi and Pub Sualkuchi GP has allowed sale of fish public places while carrying He leaves behind his wife A farmer starts ploughing his paddy field after relaxation Sualkuchi areas during the ongoing nation- areas. seeds in Jorhat town with out their activities. and a host of relatives and for agricultural activities at Dergaon Kamargaon on wide lockdown, a section of people includ- Donation to Arogya Nidhi: Standing by Sunday. – Photo: Sanjoy Kumar Hazarika the imposition of certain The order also said that friends. ing some leading citizens and social organ- the Government’s efforts to help the poor conditions. for movement of persons/ Ramani Kanta Ray isations have been distributing food items and needy people during the COVID-19 An order passed by an vehicles in this regard ANN SERVICE Healthcare service in different parts of the aforesaid locali- caused lockdown, the No. 2 Pub Bongshar Additional District Magis- permission has to be UDALGURI, April 26: The Common Service Centre ties. Cooperative Society, Dadara of Kamrup dis- trate of Jorhat on Saturday, obtained from e-pass cell, Guwahati-based senior citizens including trict donated Rs 1.5 lakh to the Assam GOSSAIGAON, April 26: (CSC) in association with the Udalguri district unit of the stated that arrangements Jorhat and the entire process Ramani Kanta Ray, retired Assam State Disaster Management Authority (ASDMA) Dr Achyut Baishya, Umesh Das, Satya Ram Arogoya Nidhi. have been made for sale and of sale and distribution of Senior Inspector of Coopera- has extended healthcare service to the people living in Kalita, Bishwa Nath Kalita, Amiya Kalita Narayan Baishya, owner of PNB Brick In- distribution of fish seeds to fish seeds will be monitored the remote areas of the district. Assistant Commissioner tive Societies, Government of and Munin Kalita distributed grocery items dustry and a resident of Bongshar on the community tanks and by the District Fishery of Udalguri district, Dimple Baruah informed that nearly Assam, expired at his Dindin- like rice, dal, mustard oil, potato, onion, salt, outskirts of Sualkuchi under Jalukbari LAC individuals in Jorhat town Development Officer, Jorhat 119 CSCs volunteers have been rendering healthcare sugar etc., among 300 families of Lah, Ka- donated Rs 1 lakh to the Assam Arogoya ga residence today. He was 85. service to the people.– Correspondent through sellers identified by and his staff under the yatol, Bamundi, Halogaon, Silguri etc. Nidhi recently through Himanta Biswa Sar- He was suffering from var- the District Fishery control of Jorhat district ious ailments including asth- World Malaria Day observed The Lah Unyan Samiti distributed stuff ma, MLA of the constituency. Karmeswar Development Officer, Jorhat. administration and reports ma. He was associated with DHUBRI, April 26: World Malaria Day was observed among 70 needy families while Barlah Ujan Pathak, president Bongshar Doul Utsav The order said that submitted daily. many social and cultural ac- in Dhubri district on Saturday by the district health Khel distributed essential goods among 100 Samiti and Indra Kanta Baishya, treasurer vendors will be permitted to Prohibitory order: The tivities. He was loved and officials while strictly following the norms laid by the families of Barlah area. of the Doul Utsav Samiti contributed Rs collect fish seeds from the Jorhat District Magistrate by respected by all sections of Union Health Ministry. In this connection, a series of Some senior citizens including Mahen- 25,000 and Debendra Nath Kakti, a resident programmes were organised at different places, which allotted place only and will an order passed on Saturday people. He also served as an dra Das, Jatin Das, Ramesh Das, Renu Das, of Bongshar donated Rs 10,000 to the As- were supervised by Nazia Khatun, district VBD be allowed to sell strictly under Section 144 of Cr PC, auditor of the Gossaigaon Achyut Das, Nagen Deka, Bhanu Das of sam Arogoya Nidhi. Consultant. – Correspondent within the areas notified to Section 34 of the Disaster subdivision Pensioner Asso- Ramdia, Nampara, Kahibari distributed es- The Mahapurushiya Dharmalochani Sab- them (vendors) from 7 am to Management Act, 2005, has ciation for three terms. Mishap claims one sential items among 150 families. The stuff ha of Sri Sri Sankardev Mandir contributed 3 pm daily. Only healthy and imposed ban on manufacture He leaves behind his wife, JORHAT, April 26: A person identified as Diganta of Halogaon small Hospital under leader- Rs 25,000 while the all Assam Scheduled fresh fish seeds certified by and sale of gutka, tobacco one son and two daughters Dutta (38) of Gowalgaon on the outskirts of the town ship of Dr Jugal Das, in-charge of the hos- Caste Dhubi Jati Loka Kalyan Parishad do- the District Fishery etc., and has also prohibited along with grandsons and here died on the spot after a tanker reportedly hit the pital distributed essential items among 65 nated Rs 10,000 to the Assam Arogoya Ni- scooty, which he was riding at Malow-Ali area of Jorhat Development Officer, Jorhat, spitting at public places in granddaughters and a host of families. Dr Dipak Das, Subdivisional dhi. bypass on Saturday evening. A police source said that will be allowed for sale and the district. relatives. another person pillion riding with Dutta received Health officer of Sualkuchi PHE was OSP employees of all treasury officials any complaint in this regard The order mentioned that injuries and has been hospitalised. A team of Jorhat present in the distribution programme. of Assam donated Rs 50,000 to the Assam will attract penal action, the any violation of the prohibi- Himanshu Pathak Traffic Police later located the tanker at Kakodonga area Gautam Kalita, a businessman of Sualkuchi Arogoya Nidhi. Matiram Das, a resident of order mentioned. tions imposed will be dealt ANN SERVICE of National Highway-37 and apprehended the driver, the distributed essential items among 100 fam- Srihati and a retired teacher contributed Rs The order stated that the strictly under Section 188 of source added. – Staff Correspondent ilies of Adaboi area. 51,000 to the Assam Arogya Nidhi. vendors will have to the IPC. GOSSAIGAON, April 26: Himanshu Pathak, retired headmaster of Juroram Pathak Girls’ High School, breathed his last at his Gan- Children afflicted with dhinagar house, Barpeta on April 25 due to old-age ail- ments. After retirement from skin ailments treated service he was engaged in spreading knowledge among CORRESPONDENT macherra area are suffering and started treating the chil- students. He was also very from rashes and skin ailments, dren with skin infections. It also fond of animals. He leaves HAILAKANDI, April 26: the Childline authorities in- provided medicines and medi- behind his wife, two sons, The Health department of formed the district administra- cated soaps after clinically ex- two daughters along with a Hailakandi district has started tion about it, said Deputy Com- amining the affected children. host of grandchildren. His treatment of children afflicted missioner Keerthi Jalli. The Public Health Engi- death was widely mourned. with skin disease at Kadmach- On getting information from neering department also erra village in the district. Childline, Deputy Commis- reached the spot and distrib- Girish Ch Sarma The department stepped in sioner, Keerthi Jalli swung into uted purified water packets in ANN SERVICE for treatment of skin diseases action and directed the Health the area. The administration and rashes among the children authorities here to proceed to also distributed ration to the PATACHARKUCHI, April at Kadmacherra area under the area and to provide neces- local people. DC Keerthi Jalli 26: Retired Sanskrit teacher Algapur revenue circle as per sary medical care and treat- informed that the children are of Patacharkuchi Girls’ High the instructions of the admin- ment to the children afflicted showing signs of recovery af- School, Girish Chandra Sar- istration. with rashes and skin ailments. ter the treatment and said they ma breathed his last at the Consequent upon receiving A team of Mobile Medical are happy that the children are age of 98 yesterday at his news that children at Kad- Unit rushed to Kadmacherra recovering from skin ailments. Members of Ajmal Foundation distributing food packets among poor people at Raha, on Saturday. – UB Photos Bamunkuchi residence. Sarma was a pious man and a well known priest of the locality. He also wrote two Health workers books namely Sri Sri Chandi Himanta visits Kokrajhar, reviews preparedness Charit and Lakshi Charit . CORRESPONDENT measures to combat the coronavirus ID-19 by distributing masks and san- thorities of Kokrajhar and the same resent new order He leaves behind two sons in the State, he said. itisers here at Kokrajhar. were distributed at Satyapur village out of four, daughters-in-law, CORRESPONDENT contagion and there is always KOKRAJHAR, April 26: State Several quarantine centres have Anil Chawla, AGM, HR, NTPC, in Gossaigaon subdivision. two daughters, sons-in-law the chance that they can also Health Minister Dr Himanta Biswa been set up in different districts of Bongaigaon distributed masks and It may be mentioned here that as and a host of well-wishers. His GOALPARA, April 26: A become an agent of commu- Sarma on Saturday visited Kokrajhar Assam including Kokrajhar, he said. sanitisers among the members of part of various initiatives undertak- death was widely mourned in section of frontline health nity transmission. to review the present situation and He also informed that till date over 5 Kokrajhar Press Club (KPC) at KPC en for community welfare NTPC the locality. workers has expressed its re- There is palpable anger to check the preparedness against lakh people are stranded out of the premises at Kokrajhar. Bongaigaon recently distributed food sentment over the Health among these workers for get- Bolicharan Haloi COVID-19 pandemic. State due to nationwide lockdown. On the same day, the NTPC also packets to the villagers of nearby vil- Department’s directive to ting such instructions via ANN SERVICE During his visit, Sarma inspected Dr Sarma was accompanied by distributed masks and sanitisers lages of the power station namely them to take up surveillance WhatsApp message vide let- some quarantine centres at Kokrajhar BTC Chief Hagrama Mohillary, Min- among the railway officials of Kokra- Henabill, Naljibari and Bhumiki in activities, including collection ter no. NVBDCP/GLP/Tech- TIHU, April 26: Bolicharan and checked an under-construction ister of State for Health and Family jhar Railway Station, Salakati Railway Kokrajhar district. of blood samples for identify- G/Cores/2019/2020/118, dat- Haloi, a leading social worker quarantine camp for more than 1000 Welfare Pijush Hazarika, Tourism Station and Basugaon Railway Sta- A large number of needy families ing Acute Encephalitis Syn- ed 17/04/2020 in a district and a retired railway employ- people at SAI Complex Kathalguri in Minister Chandan Brahma, Rajya tion. Senior Manager Tridip Roy Bar- were benefited from the programme. drome (AES)/Japanese En- which is in the red zone. ee of Haribhanga village un- Kokrajhar. Sabha MP Biswajit Daimary, minis- man (FM) and Senior Manager (HR) The distribution programme was cephalitis (JE), malaria and Meanwhile, they also in- der Tihu subdivision, passed He expressed the hope that the ter Smt Pramila Rani Brahma among DS Kumar of NTPC, Bongaigaon ac- done in association with district po- dengue in the district. formed that through a mem- away on April 23 at his resi- quarantine camps would bolster the others. tively took part in the mask and san- lice and civil administration. Talking to this correspond- orandum addressed to the dence due to old-age ailments. State government’s fight against It may be mentioned hear that on itiser distribution programs along It may further be mentioned here ent, some frontline workers Joint Director, Health and He was 81. He was an execu- COVID-19. Friday Dr Sarma had announced that with other officials. that NTPC Bongaigaon is running in including surveillance work- Family Welfare, Goalpara that tive member of Haribhanga Talking to mediapersons, Dr Sar- surveillance in Kokrajhar district will Talking to mediapersons Chawla full strength and its three units fully ers and MPWs, who do not the frontline health workers Gaon Unnayan Committee, ma said that any person found posi- be intensified as it shares border with said that NTPC has taken some ef- operational to cater to 24x7 power wished to be named, said that have expressed their fear of Siva Mandir Committee and tive case would be sent strictly to the West Bengal. forts for community welfare in the supply as part of essential services it’s an uphill task considering getting contaminated during also a member of Suba Devel- hospital. NTPC distributes masks, sani- district against the current pandem- during the times of lockdown. Nec- that they are on the frontline the course of collecting blood opment Committee. So far nearly 1.5 lakh people tisers: The National Thermal Pow- ic of COVID-19. essary measures have also been tak- in the battle against the COV- samples from individuals due He leaves behind his wife, stranded out of State were given er Corporation (NTPC) situated at At the same time he also informed en to counter the COVID-19 pandem- ID-19 pandemic. As such, to lack of adequate precau- three sons, a daughter and a away financial support from the State Salakati in Kokrajhar has also come that a total of 300 food packets were ic which includes cent percent ther- protecting themselves be- tionary measures including host of grandchildren and rel- Government and it was taking stern forward to join the fight against COV- handed over to the district police au- mal scanning at the entrance gate. comes the key to fighting the PPEs in the district. atives. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 BUSINESS & E CONOMY THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 9 Serum Institute to start production of Oxford Univ COVID-19 vaccine in 2/3 wks NEW DELHI, April 26: Vaccine ma- duction of the vaccine in 2-3 weeks with the requisite safety and assured ef- manufacturing, to have enough doses duction,” Poonawalla said. Asked about the decision, Poonawalla jor Serum Institute of India today said it and produce 5 million doses per month ficacy. We will be starting trials in India available, if the clinical trials prove suc- The vaccines will be manufactured at reiterated, “We will not patent Serum’s plans to start production of the COVID- for the first 6 months, following which, for this vaccine hopefully over the next cessful,” Poonawalla said. the company’s facility in Pune. Building vaccine for COVID-19 and will make it 19 vaccine developed by Oxford Uni- we hope to scale up production to 10 2-3 weeks’ time,” Poonawalla said. The company plans to initiate the tri- a new facility for COVID-19 vaccine available for all to produce and sell, not versity in the next two to three weeks million doses per month,” Serum In- would have taken around 2-3 years, he just in India but across the world.” and hopes to bring it to the market by stitute India (SII) CEO Adar Poona- Launch by Sept/Oct if trials succeed added. Whosoever makes and develops the October if the human clinical trials are walla said. The Indian regulatory authorities are vaccine will need multiple partners to successful. SII has collaborated with scientists at SII will be manufacturing the vaccine als in India for the vaccine with neces- working with the company to ensure manufacture the vaccine, he added. The Pune-based company has part- Oxford University for a malaria vaccine in anticipation of clinical trials succeed- sary regulatory approvals, which are smooth procedural functioning. “We are “I hope that whichever company de- nered with Oxford University as one of project in the past and can say with cer- ing by September - October in the UK, under way presently. in touch with the Department of Bio- velops the vaccine does not get it pat- the seven global institutions manufac- tainty that they are some of the best he added. “Keeping the current situation in technology (DBT) and ICMR,” Poona- ented and makes it available based on turing the vaccine. scientists, he added. “Following that, we have undertaken mind, we have funded this endeavour at walla said. royalties or a commercial understand- “Our team has been working close- “We expect the (COVID-19) vaccine the decision to initiate manufacturing at a personal capacity and hopefully will be The company had earlier said it will ing to as many manufacturers across the ly with Dr Hill from Oxford Universi- to be out in the market by September - our own risk. The decision has been able to enlist the support of other part- not patent any COVID-19 vaccine which world to make billions of dosages at a ty, and we are expecting to initiate pro- October, only if the trials are successful solely taken to have a jump-start on ners to further scale up the vaccine pro- it develops. fast pace,” Poonawalla said. – PTI

Reliance JioMart goes PPE production ramped up live on WhatsApp to over 1 lakh per day: Govt NEW DELHI, April 26: The govern- units,” the statement issued by the MUMBAI, April 26: After ment today said the production capacity Textile Ministry said. signing a massive $5.7-billion of PPE coveralls required by medical Body coveralls (PPE) have a stringent deal with Facebook, Reliance personnel treating COVID-19 cases in technical requirements as prescribed by Industries’ latest venture to the country has been ramped up to more the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare expand into the retail mar- than 1 lakh per day, with Bengaluru since it is a specialised protective suit ket, JioMart, has reportedly emerging as a major hub for its produc- meant for high level of protection to gone live with its official tion. health professionals. WhatsApp number. “The PPE kits are being sent to States HLL Lifecare Ltd is the designated According to media reports, by the Ministry of Health as per require- single-window procurement agency for JioMart is currently available ment. the hospitals and healthcare organisations in the suburban Mumbai areas “Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, under the Ministry of Health & Family of Navi Mumbai, Thane and Department of Pharmaceuticals, and Welfare. Kalyan currently. Ministry of Textiles are continuously In the last week of January 2020, the However, the service is working with various industry bodies, technical standard for the coveralls was expected to be rolled out in stakeholders and manufacturers on 24x7 prescribed as per WHO class-3 exposure the rest of the country soon. basis to streamline the supply chain, pressure in accordance with ISO-16003 To order from JioMart, one remove bottlenecks and maintain a or its equivalent. simply needs to add JioMart’s steady supply of all materials required “Such materials were being manufac- WhatsApp number 88500 for the healthcare professionals,” an tured by a few international companies, 08000 on their phones, and then official statement said. who expressed their inability to supply JioMart will send a link to the Production capacity of coveralls on account of a complete glut in stocks user’s WhatsApp chat window Farmers pluck jasmine flower buds at a farm during the government-imposed nationwide lockdown as a preventive required by medical personnel treating and ban on exports by the source which is valid for 30 minutes. measure against the coronavirus pandemic, in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu on Sunday. – PTI COVID-19 cases in the country has been countries. Only a limited quantity was By clicking on the link, the ramped up to more than 1 lakh per day, it offered and procured by the procurement user will be directed to a new added. organisation of the Ministry of Health & page where he/she has to fill Nearly fifty per cent of the coverall Family Welfare,” the statement said. Coal India his address and phone number. CBIC clears Rs 10,700-cr refund in 16 days production in the country is from The Health Ministry finalised the After filling out the necessary contribution Bengaluru. technical requirement on March 2, based NEW DELHI, April 26: trade during #COVID19. ties, including MSMEs. information, JioMart would KOLKATA, April 26: State- Other than Bengaluru, PPE coveralls on the indigenous availability of materials The Central Board of Indi- Expeditious sanction of re- The total refunds granted show the customer a catalogue run Coal India Ltd said it has are also being manufactured by approved and the technical requirement for a high rect Taxes (CBIC) has cleared funds during Special Refund will be approximately Rs of all the available items. contributed Rs 221 crore to the over Rs 10,700-crore worth Drive provides relief to trade, 18,000 crore, it had said. production units in Tirupur, Chennai and level of protection of the healthcare Once placed, the order will PM-CARES Fund to fight refunds in GST and customs especially MSMEs,” it said. The CBIC had earlier Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu, Ahmedabad professionals who would deal with the be relayed to the local kirana against the COVID-19 pan- duty between April 8-23. The Finance Ministry had asked its field officers to avoid and Vadodara in Gujarat, Phagwara and COVID-19 cases, in consultation with store, along with the details demic. Employees of CIL have In the ‘Special Refund and asking for physical submis- Ludhiana in Punjab, Kusumnagar and medical experts in the field. of the customer. voluntarily contributed one Drawback Disposal Drive’, the sion of documents from enti- Bhiwandi in Maharashtra, Dungarpur in The specification was published on the GST, The customer on the other day’s salary, which amounted to CBIC officers have cleared ties who are claiming GST Rajasthan, Kolkata, Delhi, Noida, official website of HLL Lifecare Ltd on end, would receive the name Rs 61 crore, and the miner do- over 1.07 lakh goods and serv- customs and customs refunds and in- Gurugram and few other places. March 5, 2020, inviting manufacturers of the kirana store to which the nated an amount of Rs 160 crore ices tax and IGST refund claims stead use official e-mail for “The cumulative production till date is having adequate capability to participate duty order has been dispatched, re- from its CSR corpus to the Fund, worth Rs 9,818.12 crore. all communications. approximately one million coverall in the procurement process. – PTI ceiving the notification with the a company official said.– PTI Over 1.86 lakh customs and on April 8 said that to pro- The CBIC had said the de- order and the kirana/JioMart duty drawback refunds were vide relief during COVID-19, cision to process pending re- store details on his number. processed totalling Rs 915.56 it has been decided to issue fund claims has been taken Through the kirana stores, crore, the CBIC said in a tweet. all pending GST and customs with a view to provide im- Reliance is also planning to HDFC Bank deploys mobile “CBIC is committed to refunds which would benefit mediate relief to taxpayers sell its own private labels help GST taxpayers/Exim around 1 lakh business enti- in these difficult times. – PTI under brand names such as Best Farms, Good Life, Masti ATM in Guwahati Oye, Kaffe, Enzo, Mopz, Ex- BUSINESS REPORTER pelz and Home One. – IANS Retailers witness spike in 1,338 patents GUWAHATI, April 26: HDFC Bank on Saturday de- sale of pvt labels ployed a mobile automated filed by Indian NEW DELHI, April 26: Leading retailers customer needs through our own brands...,” teller machine (ATM) to as- Future Retail and Metro Cash & Carry have MetroCash & Carry India MD & CEO Arvind cos in US in sist customers during the time witnessed a spike in their private labels as Mediratta told PTI. of lockdown in Guwahati. 2018-19: Report supply lines from other manufacturers are It has ramped up capacities in almost all es- The mobile ATM will elim- NEW DELHI, April 26: disrupted amid the lockdown. sentials categories including pulses, flours, inate the need to move out of Over 1,300 patents were filed The retailers said their in-house brands in rice, oil, among others, besides other key cat- a locality to withdraw cash, a by Indian firms in the US in essential categories such as sta- egories in personal and home statement by country’s larg- 2018-19 across domains like ples and food have witnessed care products such as hand wash, pharmaceuticals, artificial in- est private sector lender said, over two-fold jump in sales dur- Disrupted sanitizers, and cleaners to en- teligence, chemistry and com- adding that before Guwahati, ing the period of lockdown. supply lines sure availability of stocks at its munication technology, a report the bank has deployed such The retailers have pushed stores during the lockdown. by industry body Nasscom said. mobile ATMs across Mum- their private labels to fill the gaps in supply According to Future Retail, which runs re- A total of 1,338 patents bai, New Delhi, Allahabad, chain due to production shortage and trans- tail brands like Big Bazar and EasyDay, it has were filed in 2018-19, of which Coimbatore, Chandigarh, portation from other manufacturers, and even also witnessed a “significant increase” in sales 59.4 per cent were tech pat- Chennai, Pune, Hyderabad, introduced new products under their private volume of private labels at its stores after the ents with computer technol- Bhubaneswar, Ahmedabad, labels during the crisis. lockdown. “We have witnessed this trend in ogy, communication technol- Bengaluru and Jaipur Encouraged by the customer response, re- segments such as staples, grains, snacking and ogy and AI being the top do- The deployment locations tailers are also now extending their private spices,” a Future Group official said, adding, main areas, the report said. are being identified in consulta- “During this difficult time, cash withdrawal and other fa- All necessary precautions in labels in categories such as packed foods and “there is a significant increase in that.” It added that IT services tion with all local municipal au- we want to do our part to help cilities as we stand together to terms of maintaining social dis- beverages, a segment which is largely domi- On being asked whether the company expects companies like Tata Consul- thorities across Guwahati city everyone ‘Stay Home and Stay curb the spread of COVID-19,” tancing while queueing for the nated by the leading FMCG companies. this trend to continue post lockdown, he said it tancy Services, Infosys, Wipro and every day the mobile ATM Safe’. Our mobile ATM facility the statement quoted Sandeep ATM and sanitization are be- “Our private label brands have witnessed cannot be ascertained at this stage but definitely and HCL were among the top will cover 3-5 locations between will help our customers and the Kumar, Branch Banking Head, ing taken to ensure safety of encouraging growth in the past few weeks consumers have got a taste of their private labels filers. The report is based on 10 am and 5 pm, it said. general public get access to easy HDFC Bank, as saying. staff and customers, it added. and yes we have been able to cater to our and may figure in their future shopping list. – PTI data extracted from Questel Orbit Patent Database as on January 31, 2020 with the support of Sagacious IP. Experts warn cos to guard against fake news to tackle COVID-19 crisis better It noted that 2018-19 data is provisional, considering there NEW DELHI, April 26: As the deadly In addition to the damages caused to In India, some organisations including in- tion,” Chase India’s Co-Founder and Exec- WEF said the current coronavirus challenge is a window of approximately coronavirus infection spreads fast in India public health and societal behaviour, ex- dustry bodies and advocacy groups have utive Vice-President Manash K Neog said. further emphasises the indispensable role 18 months from the filing date and elsewhere, even faster is the spread perts warn the undeterred wave of fake begun compiling official and credible infor- “As a public policy consultancy, our key that the media plays in society today. to the publication date. Thus of fake news regarding the pandemic and news poses a huge risk to corporates, for mation about the COVID-19 fight and the challenge during the pre-lockdown phase With social media becoming the main plat- some of the patent applications experts warn this ‘infodemic’ can have whom it becomes difficult at times to fil- ongoing lockdown to help companies in their was to mitigate frenzy around rumours of form for spread of false claims, giants like filed for 2018 and 2019 may huge economic costs for companies across ter out the right information that is crucial preparedness for tackling the crisis. lockdown for our clients as it was creating Facebook and Twitter have also begun de- not have been published (dis- the world in addition to health concerns for them to ensure success of their busi- Leading advocacy group Chase India, panic for the operational teams of clients. leting such posts and taking other actions. closed in the public domain) for the public at large. ness continuity, especially when almost the which was among the first to start this prac- “Further to that, we have institutional- Some of the posts deleted on such yet, it added. The provisional While authorities have announced se- entire world is locked down. tice right from the initial days of the COV- ised mechanisms such as our hourly and grounds include those of public figures as number for 2017-18 was 1,287. vere penal actions for those spreading fake Farah Lalani, who is a community creator ID-19 crisis emerging as a major threat in daily COVID-19 advisory trackers for the well, the most famous being posts shared Among the non-tech patents news regarding this pandemic, which has for media, entertainment and information the country, has been sending across multi- Central and State governments to sup- by Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro in (40.6 per cent) in 2018-19, the already caused nearly 2 lakh deaths glo- industries at the Geneva-based World Eco- ple daily updates to its clients, including on port clients with timely and authentic in- which he had claimed anti-malaria pre- top domain areas were chem- bally with more than 28 lakh infections nomic Forum (WEF), said businesses need the latest actions taken by the Central and formation on the basis of which they are scription drug hydroxychloroquine was an istry and chemical composi- since its outbreak in China last December, to be proactive about calling out misinfor- State governments and also on initiatives able to better plan their business continu- effective treatment for COVID-19. tions, pharmaceuticals, and widespread misinformation surrounding mation that is spreading about their brand, being taken by various corporates. ity strategies,” he added. Various social media platforms have also mechanical and structural in- the disease has seen people drinking dis- directing customers to official channels and Experts said the correct information is According to experts, companies are imposed several restrictions on advertise- ventions. The top filers includ- infectants and industrial alcohol while try- making sure there is always clear and up-to- necessary for companies to help them un- working hard to ensure timely access to ments claiming various cures for COVID- ed Reliance Industries Ltd, Sun ing various rumoured treatments. date information on all their social accounts. derstand, analyse and then implement var- right information as costs could be too high 19, while hate content regarding the pan- Pharma, Welspun and Hindus- False claims and fake news, mostly for- “While bad actors, fraudsters, and unin- ious new guidelines being issued by the for them if they fall for some misinforma- demic is also being dealt with sternly. tan Petroleum Corp Ltd. The warded through social media platforms, formed users can spread fabricated or mis- Central and State governments. tion and in such a situation the role of me- However, all these steps have not been report said AI continues to lead have also led to several cases of religion- leading information, if businesses collabo- “In today’s circumstances, besides the dia is also very important. able to totally eradicate the fake news flow, in terms of total patents filed based attacks, hate speeches and other dis- rate closely with the entire media ecosys- current public health crisis of COVID-19 Releasing a new survey recently, which which the World Health Organisation under emerging technology, criminatory activities, while cyber frauds tem and regulatory bodies, they can start and socio-economic impact related to cli- found that just about one-fourth of the con- (WHO) Director General Tedros Adhanom while cloud computing patents are also on the rise with scamsters seeking to work together to solve this very chal- mate change, one of the biggest concerns is sumers in India currently pay for news but Ghebreyesus described as ‘infodemic’ in led in terms of growth.– PTI to take advantage of the crisis situation. lenging problem,” she told PTI. legitimate and timely sourcing of informa- nearly two-thirds are willing to pay, the the context of the novel coronavirus.– PTI MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 10 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI LEISURE & L IFESTYLE

22:00 Kasam Tere Pyaar Ki 20:00 India’s Best Dancer 23:30 Sasural Simar Ka 21:00 The Kapil Sharma Show 22:30 Best Of The Kapil Sharma... 23:30 Best Of Crime Patrol 12:00 Bandbudh Aur Budbak 12:15 Mahabharat 13:05 Shaapit: The Cursed 14:00 Roll No.21 Special Kris 13:00 Kalank 13:40 The Fast and the Furious: 15:45 Baadshah 15:00 Oggy And The Cock... 16:30 Devon Ke Dev Mahadev Tokyo Drift 19:00 Mela 18:00 Roll No 21 Present Sir 17:00 Mann Ki Awaaz...Pratigya 15:25 Wrath Of The Titans 22:10 Awarapan 19:30 Bandbudh Aur Budbak 18:00 Mahabharat 17:10 War Dogs 19:00 RadhaKrishn 19:00 Genius Junior 12:00 Hum Paanch 22:05 Hawaii Five-0 13:00 Dance India Dance 22:45 Wedding Crashers 12:05 Raid 16:00 Sa Re Ga Ma Pa 14:40 Action Jackson Challenge 2005 17:40 Bhoot Unkle 18:00 Hum Paanch 19:55 MCA Middle Class Abbayi 18:30 Dance India Dance 22:25 2 States 20:00 Ramaiya Vastavaiya 12:00 IIFA 2019 23:00 Hum Paanch 15:20 Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham B4U MOVIES 20:00 Love Aaj Kal 19:00 Mahavir Hanuman 20:10 Jai Shri Krishna 19:00 Mela 13:00 Mary Poppins Returns 23:00 Savdhaan India : India 15:25 Avengers: Infinity War 21:00 Oggy And The Cock... 22:00 Dance Deewane 12:55 Starry Nights 2.Oh! Fights Back 18:00 Frozen 22:00 Bandbudh Aur Budbak 14:00 Black and Blue 19:40 The Heat 23:00 Courage The Cowardly... 16:00 Starry Nights Gen Y 21:50 Pirates of the Caribbean: 23:30 The Tom & Jerry Show 19:00 Charmed The Curse of the Black Pearl 20:00 The 100 12:00 The Island 12:00 Judwaa 14:10 Deep Blue Sea 2 12:30 Kungfu Dhamaka 14:35 Sasural Simar Ka 15:35 Escape From L.A. 13:00 Chhota Bheem Aur... 18:00 Choti Sarrdaarni 17:20 After The Sunset 14:00 Chhota Bheem Chatpat 18:50 We Are Marshall 14:30 Chhota Bheem 23:25 Khatra Khatra Khatra 21:00 Win A Date With Tad 15:00 Kungfu Dhamaka Hamilton! 15:30 Chhota Bheem 22:35 Anchorman: The Legend 16:00 Chhota Bheem Chatpat Of Ron Burgundy 12:00 Bhabi Ji Ghar Par Hain! 16:30 Grizzy And The Lemm... 15:00 Laal Ishq 17:30 Chhota Bheem 18:30 Super Bheem - Dream... 13:40 Thor 20:00 Chhota Bheem Chatpat 15:45 Shazam! 20:30 Chhota Bheem 18:05 The Dark Knight Rises Risky matter! 21:00 Grizzy And The Lemm... 21:00 Godzilla (2014) 22:00 Mr. Bean: The Animated... 12:35 Best Of The Kapil Sharma... 21:00 Supergirl 23:10 Rush Hour HBO 23:00 M.A.D. 15:20 Super Dancer - Chapter 3 22:00 Starry Nights Gen Y Why people don’t sign up on hook-up 23:30 Grizzy And The Lemm... 20:00 Sasural Simar Ka 17:35 Best Of The Kapil Sharma... 23:00 Love Island 15:45 Shazam! apps with Facebook accounts

hen it comes to hook-up or extra- According to the researchers, who released 12:00 Bahubali: The Beginning 22:00 Coyote Peterson: Brave... 15:10 Main Hoon Lucky - The Racer marital apps like Tinder or Gleeden, their findings in the Proceedings of the ACM 22:30 Brave Wilderness 17:50 Akhil-The Power Of Jua people prefer to use their e-mail Conference on Human Factors in Computing 23:00 Animals Unleashed 19:50 PK W 12:00 Witness To Disaster 22:55 Diljale Khiladi address or open a new account rather than Systems, the single sign-on is designed to 13:00 Adventure: Primal Survivor 14:00 Running Wild With Bear... 11:00 Assamese news 14:00 Biyolir Headline using Facebook or other social media app make logging on to apps more convenient. 15:00 Monster Croc Wrangler 11:30 Assamese news 16:00 Abelir Khabar logins owing to privacy fears, according to To conduct the experiment, the researchers 16:00 India’s Jungle Heroes 12:00 Mid Day Live 16:30 Superfast Prime Time100 12:05 Jaal: The Trap 13:00 Assamese Feautre film 17:00 City18 15:05 Saugandh researchers led by an Indian-origin scientist. created four different sign-up pages for 12:35 Ancient Aliens 16:30 Discussion Show (R) 18:00 Prime Time18 17:10 Hindustani Yodha 13:25 Pawn Stars 17:30 Guwahati Bisesh 19:00 Dintur Shironam 19:45 No 1 Businessman STAR GOLD The researchers at Penn State University relationship apps with varying degrees of 13:45 Storage Wars 18:00 Guwahati Live 20:00 Porjyobekhyon 22:05 Maidan-E-Jung 13:55 Baaghi 2 said participants in a study were willing to use sensitivity, including a high school reunion app, 14:15 Modern Marvels 18:30 Breaking @ 6:30 21:30 Aparadh Nama 15:05 OMG! Yeh Mera India 19:00 Assamesse Prime Time 22:00 North East Scan their Facebook ID to access apps such as class a matchmaking app for more serious relation- 15:55 Forged In Fire 20:00 Discussion Show (R) 22:30 Noixo Xironam reunion and matchmaking apps but refused to ships, a hook-up app for less serious dating, 16:45 Idiot TV 21:00 Kotha Barta 17:10 Storage Wars 21:30 Talk Time use the same feature for an app that arranges and an affair-arrangement app. 17:30 Shipping Wars 22:00 Live at 10 13:55 Baaghi 2 extramarital affairs. They then recruited 364 participants through 17:00 Running Wild With Bear... 18:00 Food Tech 22:30 Noixo Guwahati 17:00 Double Attack 18:00 Science: Amul - Chocolate 19:00 Counting Cars 23:00 Noixo Batori 19:55 Darbar “The findings suggest that because people an online microwork site and randomly 18:30 Science: Science of Stupid 15:00 Chah Gachar Maje Maje 23:20 Dabangg 2 19:00 Adventure: Wild Survivor 15.30 Yuba Darpan try to keep sensitive areas of their relation- assigned them to one of those four conditions. 20:00 India: Border Security Force 16:00 Abelir Batori 21:00 Running Wild With Bear... 16:05 Tezaswini (Epi-65) ships separate from other parts of their lives, The participants could either choose to 16.30 Geetmala 12:10 Pete’s Dragon 22:00 Spotlight: Cosmos 16:00 Upasona 23:00 Airport Security: Colombia 17:00 Nimishote Batori 14:30 Ghost Rider they may hesitate to use single sign-on access the app through one of three social 17:00 Devotional Slot 17:02 Rong Birong 16:55 Hansel & Gretel: Witch services,” said S Shyam Sundar, James P media single sign-on features or use their e- 1730 B2B Music 17:30 Rupali Dhou Hunters 18:00 North East Diva GF 18:00 Dharabahik 18:35 Ant-Man And The Wasp Jimirro Professor of Media Effects in the mail address or create a new account specifi- 20:00 Rang Blockbuster 18:30 Batori 20:55 The Hobbit: The ZEE ACTION Donald P Bellisario College of Communica- cally for that app. 12:10 Animal Arms Race 23:00 B2B Music 18:45 NE News Desolation Of Smaug 15:05 Saugandh 13:00 The Pack tions at Penn State. The participants were then asked a series of 13:20 Animal Planet Exclusives 14:05 Wild Frank “Even though technically one’s activities on questions on perceived security, ease of 14:50 Wildest Survival 20:00 Modern Marvels-Mega... 14:00 Memorable Masterstrokes 18:00 WWE SmackDown 20:30 Immortal 15:35 Coyote Peterson: Brave... Tinder will not be visible to friends on sharing and usability of the app. 21:00 Dynamo: Magician... 14:30 Men In Blue Victorious 19:00 Best of UCL 21:00 UCL 2019/20 16:00 Lion Country: Night & Day Facebook, they seem to have a psychological The main reason why people use their 22:00 Pawn Stars 16:30 BBL Rewind 20:00 WWE BlockBusters 21:30 Football Greatest Stage 22:30 Storage Wars 17:00 Men In Blue Victorious 23:00 WWE SmackDown 22:00 UFC Unleashed 18:30 IPL 2015 HLs fear of that happening, so they want to keep Facebook ID instead of using their e-mail address 23:00 Forged In Fire: Knife Or Death 18:00 2 Nations 1 Obsession 19:00 Journey Of Vivo IPL... 23:00 Immortal 19:00 BBL Rewind 23:30 Football Greatest their social networks separate and not have or creating a new account is the ease with which 20:00 IPL 2012 HLs 19:30 India’s Golden Mome... 20:30 IPL 2017 HLs 20:00 Nail-Biting Finishes them bleed over into other parts of their they can share the app with their friends. 13:00 NBA 2019/20 HLs 21:00 Jai Ho 20:30 2 Nations 1 Obsession lives,” added Sundar, also co-director of the “The flip side is that it prevents them from 13:00 Ultimate Weekends 21:30 Football United Special 2020 21:30 Colour Me Blue 13:30 NBA Daily 2019/20 HLs 18:30 IPL 2015 HLs 15:00 India’s Jungle Heroes 22:00 IPL 2012 HLs 22:00 Men In Blue Victorious 14:00 Conte’s Champions 19:00 Cricket Connected 2020 Media Effects Research Laboratory. using their social media login information for 16:00 The Living Edens 22:30 IPL 2017 HLs 23:00 Turf Wars 14:30 NBA2K Sundays With Thibaut... 20:00 IPL 2012 HLs Just the idea that they might be using a hook- privacy-sensitive apps,” she said. 16:55 Intruders 17:00 Built For The Kill 23:00 Best Of ICC CWC 2019 HLs 23:30 India’s Golden Mome... 15:00 Impact Wrestling 20:30 IPL 2017 HLs 17:40 Animals Unleashed 18:00 Deadly Instincts 23:30 Hero Indian Super League... 17:00 Can’t Stay Down 21:00 Journey Of Vivo IPL... up app or affair app would be too scandalous for The security-conscious users are particular- 18:05 Mahayudh: Battle Of... 19:00 Hostile Planet 17:30 Football Greatest 22:00 IPL 2012 HLs some people and wouldn’t be something they ly prone to this tendency. 19:00 Animal Planet Exclusives 21:00 Night Stalkers 18:00 NBA 2K20 Players Tournament 22:30 IPL 2017 HLs 20:00 Wildest Survival 22:00 Hostile Planet 15:30 Arena eSports 19:00 UFC Unleashed 23:00 Best Of ICC CWC 2019 HLs would want to be shared, the findings showed. (Source: IANS) 21:00 World’s Wildest Continents 23:00 Animal Fight Club 13:00 2 Nations 1 Obsession 16:00 WWE BlockBusters 20:00 Conte’s Champions 23:30 Football United Special 2020 Know your DAY LOCKHORNS CROSSWORD - 6878 By JACQUELINE BIGAR HAPPY BIRTHDAY for Monday, April 27, 2020: Dedicated you accomplishes a miracle this year as you develop a project behind the scenes. You are to be commended. You are emotionally very tied to your work and must remember to laugh occasionally. If single, you ardently pursue those you admire. But you become disenchanted easily and lose inter- est. If attached, you demand so much private time, it is wondrous you are attached at all. SCORPIO gives you the most space. The Stars Show the Kind of Day You’ll Have: 5-Dynamic; 4-Positive; 3- Average; 2-So-so; 1-Difficult. ARIES (March 21-April 19) #### An estranged sibling or neighbor might reach out to you. Work through a warlike mood with a bit of compromise. A problem that has been brewing is aired openly. Today brings healing and creative solutions. Tonight: You exchange a great deal of news with old friends. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) ### Balancing financial matters to acquire items you need and want will be important today. You can go on an online shopping THE PHANTOM ® By Lee Falk expedition. Keep all receipts and compare prices though, as you might very Across 22 Consume (3) 6 Barely managed well change your mind. Tonight: Light and lively. 1 Himalayan 23 Military fur hat (5) (4) GEMINI (May 21-June 20) guide (6) 24 Deadly (5) 7 Dense growth of ##### Assuming the persona best suited to any occasion 5 Employ (3) 26 Mongrel (3) shrubs (7) is second nature to you. Today is not a day to show your 8 Discharge (4) 27 Ku Klux __ ? (4) 12 Additionally (3) whimsical side. A certain someone might be offended. Practicality 9 Eyeliner powder 28 Pen name (9) helps you more. Spend serious time with a child. Tonight: Resist the 14 Thick piece (4) (4) 31 Writer (6) temptation to overspend. 18 Bird’s bill (4) CANCER (June 21-July 22) 10 A political exile 32 Being dry (4) 19 Noisy uproar - bla- ## Today finds you reviewing the past. Focus your attention on - “regime” ana- 33 Chinese dynasty the happy times, and enjoy old photos or other keepsakes that gram ? (6) (4) tant publicity (8) make you smile. A partner expresses new needs and interests. Be 11 Bring into play 34 Eggs (3) 20 Superficial (7) cooperative and understanding. Tonight: It is your night. Do as you like. (9) 35 Aslant (6) 21 North Indian state LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) 13 Pod vegetables Down ## A second opinion helps you solve any problems. Renew (7) (4) 1 Cleans with a professional contacts and update old applications. A second 24 Enjoyment (3) 15 Electrically broom (6) or third attempt at reaching a goal is likely to work out today. Be 25 Fallacious (6) charged atom 2 Tomb inscriptions persistent. Stay with long-range goals now. Tonight: Early bedtime. 26 Spain’s ____ del VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) (3) (8) ## Choices related to career goals and family life must be made. 16 Greek philoso- 3 Persian fairy (4) Sol (5) Be fully aware of inevitable changes, both at home and at work. pher (5) 4 Agreeableness (7) 29 Loosen (4) There might be arguments and competition. Do not let a burst of anger 17 Receded (5) 5 Driving reversal 30 Attacks and robs become destructive. Tonight: A lightening up as colleagues contact you. BLONDIE 20 “Tea” in India (3) (1-4) (4) LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22) ##### If you want to write or lecture to groups, proceed with

the confidence that you will do well. Your perspective broadens. SOLUTION TO TRIBUNE CROSSWORD – 6878

It is easy to rise above worries and self-doubt and to be optimistic. Today Mugs. 30 Undo,

29 , brings an extra eloquence to your communications. Tonight: Relax. Costa 26 Untrue, 25 Fun, 24 Haryana, 21 Cursory, 20

yhoo,

SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) Ball 19 Beak, 18 Slab, 14 Too, 12 Thicket, 7 Eked, 6

1 Sweeps, 2 Epitaphs, 3 Peri, 4 Amenity, 5 U-turn, 5 Amenity, 4 Peri, 3 Epitaphs, 2 Sweeps, 1 ### A relative or work friend might affect your financial situa- Down:

tion. Try to talk it through honestly. This will challenge you as you

feel like keeping more to yourself today. This changes dramatically as Aslope. 35 Ova, 34 Tang, 33 Arid, 32 Author,

y, 31 nym,

the day comes to an end. Tonight: Date night. Pseudo 28 Klan, 27 Cur, 26 Fatal, 24 Busby, 23 Eat,

h, 22 Cha,

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) 20 Ebbed, 17 Plato, 16 Ion, 15 Peas, 13 Introduce,

Sep, Ue 8 mt 9 ol 1 Eir, 11 Emigre, 10 Kohl, 9 Emit, 8 Use, 5 Sherpa, 1 ### Relationships are in a state of natural flux today. Try to be Across: tolerant and patient with partners, as well as your own chang- ing wishes. Postpone decisions about financial matters for another two to three weeks. You cannot possibly decide now. Tonight: Intimate, let- HEALTH CAPSULES ® JUMBLED WORDS your-hair down time. by Bron Smith Given below are four jumbled words. Solve CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) the jumbles to make proper words and move ### Today accents the needs of children. New aspirations them to the respective squares below. Select the letters in the shaded squares and jumble develop, and old goals no longer appeal to you. Resist involve- them to get the answer for the given quip. ment with new organizations until you learn more about the other members. Romantic options demand a wait-and-see attitude. Tonight: Fun dinner with a loved one. HAGAR THE HORRIBLE AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) #### Romantic interludes have a surprise and fated quality. If lonely, you could connect with a true mate today. Spiritual forces inspire creative expression. If you pursue your favorite art form with enthusiasm, you will be rewarded with exceptional results. Tonight: Get a good night’s sleep. PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20) #### You talk more with family members and acquire a better understanding of their growth and needs. Be receptive to changing ____ makes such fools of people, and home and family dynamics. It’s a perfect day to repair and redecorate your people are such fools to begin with, that it’s compounding a felony – Robert home and surroundings. Tonight: Catch up on news with siblings or neighbors. Benchley (8)

# # # SOLUTION

Benchley

Thought for the day Robert – felony a compounding it’s that with,

He will win who knows when to fight begin to fools such are people and people,

makes such fools of fools such makes Drinking

Health Capsules is not intended Answer:

Maria, denim, doping, skiing. doping, denim, Maria, and when not to fight. Words: – SUN TZU to be of a diagnostic nature. MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 STATE THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI 11 Random samples for COVID-19 Lakhimpur Police collects medicines tests collected in Dhubri district from Guwahati for cancer patient CORRESPONDENT these containment zones, two are in Bi- ment, three patients from Dhubri dis- lasipara, while one each are in Chapar trict who were found to be COVID-19 CORRESPONDENT having procured the medicines, DHUBRI, April 26: In a bid to check and Dhubri town areas. positive earlier, were released from delivered them within three NORTH LAKHIMPUR, possible coronavirus-infected patients in “As of now, we are collecting random Mahendra Mohan Choudhary Hospital days at the former’s doorstep. April 26: Lakhimpur Police has Dhubri district other than those linked samples from inhabitants of the contain- after they were found to be negative It may be recalled that La- lately played the role of a Good to the Nizamuddin Markaz and Athgaon ment zones only,” said Joint Director of during successive tests. khimpur Police has been deliv- Samaritan by procuring medi- religious congregations, random sam- Health Services Sayed Imdadullah. According to administrative official Al ering medicines to people at cines for patients of the district, ples for COVID-19 tests were collect- Till the time of filing this report, the Haz Jamal Uddi, the first COVID-19 their doorstep with helpline which are not available locally, ed in Dhubri, Bilasipara and Chapar area samples were being collected at the civ- positive patient of the district, besides response since the imposition during the ongoing lockdown. today. il hospitals and BPHCs. the other COVID-19 positive patients of lockdown for the coronavi- Recently, Lakhimpur Police It was informed that in each area the The Joint Director of Health Servic- of the district have been released and rus pandemic. procured medicines for a can- health department aims to collect 50 ran- es added: “On being requested by our are coming to Dhubri town where they So far, the district police have cer patient in No. 3 Islampur dom samples. A total of 150 samples workers, people from these areas come will be kept under observation for 14 delivered medicines to eight village in Nowboisa. The pa- collected randomly from the contain- out voluntarily to these centres where more days. different patients by bringing tient, an elderly man in the vil- ment zones of the district will be sent our lab technicians collect the samples.” Till date, 2,788 persons are in home it from outside their jurisdic- lage, was in dire straits as the for the COVID-19 test. He added that they deputed volunteers qurantine, while 384 persons have been tion. In recent times, Lakhim- nationwide lockdown made his It may be mentioned that till date, 5 clusterwise from the containment zones released from mass quarantine, apart pur Police has also been busy medicines inaccessible as they persons in the district have been de- and these random samples will be from the random samples. In all, 523 in providing essential commod- are sold only in a chemist shop tected to be COVID-19 positive. Till checked separately from the normal sam- samples have been collected from Dhu- ities to the poor and needy in based in Guwahati. now, 4 containment zones have been ples that goes for COVID-19 testing. bri district, out of which results of 235 various parts of the district As the patient informed La- declared by the administration. Out of Meanwhile in an another develop- samples are awaited. since the beginning of the lock- khimpur Police through their ‘They alone live, who live for others’...: A policeman handing over relief material to an elderly down by promptly responding helpline number about his woman at North Lakhimpur during the lockdown. – to distress calls to its helpline Debananda Konwar cremated plight, the men in uniform after Photo: Farhana Ahmed. number. Kidnapped at Nitaipukhuri Konwar Gaon man yet to Four more COVID-19 patients then graduated from Cotton College and went on to be- be traced released from Golaghat hospital come a post-graduate from CORRESPONDENT CORRESPONDENT The four patients who istration. Delhi University. HAFLONG, April 26: were found COVID-19 neg- With this, a total of eight Konwar began his career DERGAON, April 26: Even after 48 hours of the ative and released today are patients out of nine were re- as an English teacher in Cot- Four more COVID- 19 pa- incident, Santosh Hojai of Anowar Hussain of Dighali- leased from the hospital, ton College, Guwahati and tients undergoing treatment Harangajao, who was pam in Dergaon, Alina Beg- while four others were re- later joined as marketing ex- at the Swahid Kushal Kon- kidnapped by unidentified um of Dhulia Gaon in Ma- leased on April 18 in the pres- ecutive with a private com- war Civil Hospital (SKKCH) gunmen on April 24, has rangi, Rahimuddin Ahmed ence of the Health Minister. pany in Mumbai before com- in Golaghat were released remained untraced. and Saleha Begum of Bhe- At present, only Jesmin ing back to Assam to start a today. Meanwhile, Santosh’s loguri in Merapani respec- Begum of Islampur, Merapa- degree college in Guwahati Golaghat Deputy Com- wife Joyanla Hojai ap- tively. However, they will ni is under treatment in the as its founder principal. missioner Bibhash Chandra proached Jadike Naisho have to stay at the quaran- hospital. In 1969, Konwar joined Modi in the presence of Joint Hosom, the Dimasa apex tine facility at Anajari Bibah It may perhaps be perti- Gauhati High Court as a law- Director of Health Services body for its intervention to Bhavan for mandatory obser- nent to mention that nine yer. Konwar subsequently Dr Toufique Rahman and the find out her husband. vation for another 14 days. positive cases in Golaghat joined the Congress party in Superintendent of SKKCH She stated thus, “I am a All of them expressed district was at the top of the 1955 as a student leader and Dr Uttam Prasad Dutta fe- resident of village Gamadi their satisfaction over the chart in the state and was in- was elected to the State As- licitated the patients with a Hawar of Harangajao in dedication of Health Minis- cluded in the COVID-19 sembly from Sivasagar con- phulam gamusa each and a Dima Hasao district who ter Dr Himanta Biswa Sar- Hotspot and Red Zone along stituency in 1983 during the packet of sweets in the after- ma along with the hospitality with four other districts of For the Great Beyond: The mortal remains of Debananda Konwar being consigned to has been living in the area peak of the Assam Agitation. noon. offered by the district admin- the state. the flames at Nitaipukhuri Konwar Gaon on Sunday. – Photo: Manoj Borthakur. Later, he was re-elected peacefully with my entire family since long. But CORRESPONDENT Kushal Duwori, former MLA was brought from his Ruk- from Thowra constituency on three consecutive occasions unfortunately on April 24 Contest organised Sushanta Borgohain, Sivasa- minigaon-based residence in last, a group of 5 unidenti- from 1991 to 2001. Konwar Bangla national NALBARI, April 26: As the SIVASAGAR, April 26: gar Deputy Commissioner Guwahati yesterday where fied persons in civil dress held various positions in the people never faced such a lock- The last rites of former Rev- Lakhinandan Gogoi, Sivasa- he died at the age of 88. with sophisticated weapons Congress party in the district down earlier, the Deputy enue Minister and ex-Gov- gar additional deputy com- Born in 1932 at Rajah Ali came to our residence at sent back ernor of Bihar and Tripura, and the state level. He was a Commissioner of Nalbari missioners Mun Gogoi and Tea Estate in Tinsukia where around 6 pm asking for the STAFF CORRESPONDENT Sutarkandi border, the Deputy Debananda Konwar was senior Congress leader and Bharat Bhushan Dev Choud- Junmoni Sonowal, Demow his father Padma Konwar owner of the JCB. They Commissioner said that as per performed this morning at was a Cabinet Minister in the hury has taken a unique step RCO Indika Gogoi and a host worked, his mother was Ku- said that their Alto car was SILCHAR, April 26: A 35- the MHA guideline issued on his ancestral village at Ni- Hiteswar Saikia government in to share the citizens’ experi- of other dignitaries. sum Kumari Konwar. He did stuck nearby, for which they year-old man from Sunamganj April 15, movement through taipukhuri Konwar Gaon with 1991 and later was the Law and ences through their writings. After three rounds were his primary education from needed help to drag out the district of Bangladesh who land border port is permissi- full state honours. Revenue Minister in the Tarun The DC organised an on- fired into the air soon after Nitaipukhuri, about 35 kms vehicle. When my husband swam across Kushiara river and ble. Minister of State for Rev- Gogoi government in 2001. line writing competition among the tribute-paying ceremony, from Sivasagar town. (Santosh Hojai) approached reached Karimganj district was In the meantime, all guide- enue and Disaster Manage- However, at the fag end of the people of the district. The Konwar’s son Palash per- Devananda Konwar was the them, they instantly sent back by the BSF today. lines regarding COVID-19, in- ment (independent charge) his career, Konwar joined topic of competition is: ‘The formed the last rites prior to eldest of three brothers and dragged him inside their According to a senior BSF cluding sanitization of the trucks Jogen Mohan offered floral AIUDF, surprising many in three positive realisations I consigning his father’s body six sisters. Konwar had his white Bolero car and took official, the person identified as is being maintained and a med- tributes on behalf of the Chief the political circles. have experienced during the to the flames. school education in Khowang him away.” Abdul Haque was traced and ical team looks after health-re- Minister. Others who of- Earlier, Konwar was ap- lockdown period’. There was a huge gather- as his father was an employee Subsequently, Joyanla recovered around 7 am and lated issues at the border. fered tributes were Jorhat The DC said he has organ- ing of local villagers along with Khowang Tea Estate. He pointed as Governor of Bi- Hojai while trying to sent back with mutual cooper- The Deputy Commissioner MP Topon Kumar Gogoi, with former party followers passed the matriculation ex- har and Tripura with addi- submit an FIR at Haranga- ation from Border Guard Bang- informed that on Saturday, Ka- ised the contest in order to Rajya Sabha MP Kamakhya at the funeral site. amination from Khowang tional charge of West Bengal jao Police Station was asked ladesh (BGB) as a goodwill ges- rimganj MP Kripanath Mallah encourage the people in a pos- Prasad Tasa, Thowra MLA Earlier, Konwar’s body High School in 1st division and for a period of two months. to return home instead by ture considering the present and Patharkandi MLA Krish- itive manner.The contest is the OC, who said her circumstances due to the COV- nendu Paul visited the storm- for three age groups..above husband would return ID-19 pandemic. affected locations of the district 40 years, 15-40 years and less home next day, i.e., on April As per the MHA guideline, and offered assistance to the than 15 years.The participants Stranded passengers leave for 25, though he is still no one should be allowed to people whose houses were can write on the topic either missing. enter Indian territory, the offi- damaged. in Assamese or English with- On being contacted, cial added. “As the area is partly inac- in 300 words. There will be home districts from Cachar Superintendent of Police Meanwhile, Karimganj Dep- cessible, we had to reach the three cash prizes and certifi- Bir Bikram Gogoi informed uty Commissioner Anbamuth- spot in a boat. There are around cates for each category. The STAFF CORRESPONDENT that a case in this connec- an MP informed that the per- 1,000 people affected by the re- first prize is Rs 5,000, second tion had been registered son swam across the river, but cent storm. For immediate re- prize Rs 3,000 and third prize SILCHAR, April 26: Fol- and it was too early to was spotted by the BSF at the lief, we offered 600 grams of is Rs.1,000. lowing the Government’s comment since investiga- Kalibari post. He was report- rice along with dal per adult The evaluation will be by a decision to allow people tion into the case has just ed to be mentally unstable, the and 200 grams of rice for mi- panel headed by litterateur Dr stranded in different districts started. DC added. nors along with other neces- Basanta Kumar Bhattacharjya. since the lockdown to leave On the other hand, regard- sary edible items. Additionally, The last date for submission for their respective homes, Condemned ing the movement of vehicles roofing material was given for is April 30. The entire prize the inter-district movement STAFF REPORTER carrying ginger and other edi- reconstruction as per SDRF money will be borne by the in Barak Valley through ble commodities from Mizo- provisions,” Anbamuthan MP Deputy Commissioner from ASTC buses and private ve- GUWAHATI, April 26: ram to Bangladesh through the informed. his salary. – Correspondent hicles for three days started The Nikhil Bishnupriya from Saturday. Manipuri Yuva Parishad has Deputy Commissioner condemned the molestation Barnali Sarma along with incident that took place at Cachar SP Manabendra Dev Karimganj recently amid Ray and other officials bid the the lockdown hours. passengers adieu, besides The organisation also wishing them safe journey. demanded immediate ADC Sumit Sattawan in- justice to the victim and formed the media that a list stern action against the of passengers who had Bon voyage: Cachar DC Barnali Sarma, SP Manabendra Dev Ray along with other officials bidding farewell to the outgoing passengers on Sunday. – Photo: Arindam Gupta. culprit. booked their slots for travel- ling to Karimganj and Dima reached the designated po- 4 for Guwahati, Sattawan in- Further, the ADC in- Hasao districts from Cachar lice stations for pick-up.” formed. formed that seven drop-in OBITUARY was given to the district on “There were 25 passen- “We have a schedule of points, including Katigorah, Bimala Devi Friday night following which gers for Hailakandi who sending as many as 400 out- Sonai, Udharbond, Poliapool, arrangement of buses were missed out registering on the bound passengers to differ- Dholai, Rangirkhari and Sil- Goswami made centrally from the helpline. All the outbound ent districts across the state char police stations have been GUWAHATI, April 26: Bi- ISBT after medical screen- passengers started their jour- and all of them would be sent designated for disembarking mala Devi Goswami, an eld- ing of the passengers. ney from the ISBT. Also, 11 in phases throughout the of passengers coming to Ca- erly citizen of Khotiamari “In all, we sent 126 pas- passengers reached Cachar day,” the official maintained. char from other places. Sattra in Palashbari, passed sengers for Karimganj, Dima district from Karimganj and Talking about the shifting Those who could not go away at her son’s residence Hasao and Hailakandi. Out of eight from Hailakandi so far,” of passengers to Guwahati back home for obvious rea- here early this morning. 78 passengers who had reg- Sattawan said. via Meghalaya, Sattawan in- sons should wait till the Gov- She was 93. istered by dialing 104 hel- On Sunday till 3 pm, 187 formed that the Government ernment opens up another Goswami was the wife of pline for moving to Karim- passengers belonging to of Meghalaya has allowed opportunity in the coming eminent agriculturist late ganj from here, 58 passen- Kamrup, Kamrup Metro, only ASTC buses to ply days, he added. Paresh Chandra Deva Gos- gers turned up at the police Nagaon, Karimganj and through the state and reach Cachar Deputy Commis- wami. outposts of the town which Hailakandi were sent. The the destination without any sioner Barnali Sarma bade She leaves behind four served as the local pick-up passengers were sent to midway halt. In his words, farewell to the outbound sons and four daughters. points and among the 77 pas- their respective destinations those willing to travel via stranded passengers from Her last rites were per- Socialising, but from afar: Perched on a window grill, a child greets his friend on the sengers registered for Dima by seven buses viz 2 for Ka- private vehicles shall have to the district to their homes on formed at the Navagraha other side of the road during the nationwide lockdown, at Gar-Ali in Jorhat on Sunday. – Hasao, 43 passengers rimganj, 1 for Hailakandi and wait for some more time. Saturday. crematorium. Photo: Wasim Rahman. 12 THE ASSAM TRIBUNE, GUWAHATI SPORTS MONDAY, APRIL 27, 2020 I was lacking in basics last season: Kuldeep Archer’s World Cup NEW DELHI, April 26: In- So my confidence level dia spinner Kuldeep Yadav dropped,” Kuldeep admitted. medal misplaced says he was “lacking in the ba- “I was lacking in the ba- ing for it already,” said the sics” last season owing to play- There was a lot of sics. Playing a lot of cricket Barbados-born cricketer, ing too many games, leading cricket in 2019, affects your basics. who bowled the Super Over to an IPL that could have been “If you are in regular touch especially in the World Cup final against better than how it turned out. international with your coach then your New Zealand at the Lord’s. He said he didn’t plan enough cricket. I joined the basics won’t be affected.” Archer, who made his in- last time and having learned He heaped praise on ternational debut only last his lesson, the chinaman bowl- team just three former KKR captain Gautam days before the IPL year, said the forced break er was “100 per cent sure of Gambhir and bowling con- due to the COVID-19 pan- success” in IPL 2020 whose started. So the sultant Wasim Akram, saying demic has given him time to fate hangs in balance because planning wasn’t they had a “big influence” on search for the medal. of the COVID-19 pandemic. good. The his career in his early years “There’s nothing else to “I was fully prepared for “ at the Knight Riders. do in isolation. It’s all hands involvement wasn’t this IPL 2020 and I had “Gauti bhai (Gambhir) had on deck,” he said. planned a lot. I was 100 per good either. And a huge influence on me from Asked what was his initial cent sure that this IPL would that is very the start of my stint at KKR. LONDON, April 26: Eng- Caribbean descent was quot- reaction when England skip- be a success,” Kuldeep was important. He always spoke to me a lot. land pacer Jofra Archer has ed as saying by BBC Radio. per Eoin Morgan handed him quoted as saying in Kolkata Not only during the time he – Kuldeep Yadav “gone mad” searching for his “I moved flat and the pic- the ball in the World Cup fi- Knight Riders website. was at KKR, but even after World Cup winners’ medal ture is on the new wall but nal Super Over, Archer said: Asked about last season, that, over these last two that got misplaced while he there’s no medal. I turned the “I wasn’t sure until I had to Kuldeep spoke about why he years,” Kuldeep said. moved into a new house house upside down for about go down there and warm up. struggled to get going. “He always kept me moti- which has been “turned up- a week but I still haven’t man- “That doesn’t mean I didn’t “When I came into IPL, I tional cricket. I joined the team was all that bad for me. I The lack of wickets dent- vated. When you get that kind side down” during the coro- aged to find it,” he added. want it, I just didn’t think I didn’t give myself enough just three days before the IPL bowled very well. But a leg- ed his confidence, the spin- of confidence from your cap- navirus-forced lockdown. Archer played a part in was in a position to volunteer. time to train. The biggest started. So the planning wasn’t spinner’s success is based on ner said. tain, it becomes a huge plus “I had it (medal) hanging England’s maiden World Cup I was just coming into the learning from 2019 was that good. The involvement the number of wickets he “When you don’t pick wick- point for any player. It helps off a portrait someone did for triumph last year. team, I’d played the least I did not plan for the season. wasn’t good either. And that picks. I didn’t manage to pick ets your confidence drops a you remain confident, and me and sent to me, I had my “I know it should be in the amount of games in the squad. “There was a lot of cricket is very important,” he said. many wickets, but my econ- bit. Then there was a game that translates into good per- medal hanging on that,” the house so I will keep eyes out I didn’t think it was my time in 2019, especially interna- “I don’t think the last IPL omy was good.” where I went for a lot of runs. formances.” – PTI 25-year-old fast bowler of for it but I’ve gone mad look- to volunteer,” he said. – PTI You are very Ashwin remains annoying on Top Indian stars foresee new India’s best Everton ‘appalled’ by social media: spinner: Saqlain Kean’s house party Gayle tells Chahal normal once pandemic ends NEW DELHI, April 26: Pa- NEW DELHI, April 26: Will the fans not. This virus is an enemy that no one kistan spin great Saqlain Mush- LONDON, April 26: Ever- rush back? Will training abroad be as has- even understands completely. Sports will taq fails to understand how a ton said they are “appalled” sle-free as it used to be? What about con- change. Mine is a contact sport and I am proven performer like Ravi- at one of their players widely tact sports where social distancing can’t personally worried how we are going to chandran Ashwin has been reported to be Italian inter- really be practised? deal with it. For the time being, I don’t see kept out of India’s limited- national Moise Kean hosting In a nutshell, will sports and watching any sparring happening in training at least, overs set-up, saying a success- a house party contravening sports ever be the same again in a world I would be totally against it. ful Test bowler is bound to suc- the social distancing measures scarred by the COVID-19 pandemic? I believe training itself will become very ceed in the shorter formats. recommended by the British Seeking answers to these questions, PTI individualistic. As for the fans, they will Ashwin, a regular in the government due to the coro- sports team reached out to some of India’s come back to watch, I don’t see a problem IPL, has been kept out of the navirus pandemic. biggest sportspersons – current and former – there. But yes, the standard of hygiene at shorter formats since July The 20-year-old striker who gazed into the crystal ball and predicted tournaments will go up to another level. 2017. Same was the case filmed himself hosting the the future of sports once the action resumes. I believe once a vaccine is developed, with Ravindra Jadeja but he party, The Daily Mirror re- Chahal The responses were a mix of trepida- things can go back to how they were be- is back playing all three for- ported. NEW DELHI, April 26: tion and optimism. Here’s a peek into their fore but until then, travelling will be less mats, largely because of his The Daily Mirror says Big-hitting West Indies open- thoughts: frequent, training will not exactly be a team all-round abilities. Kean sent video clips to a er Chris Gayle says Indian SACHIN TENDULKAR: No doubt the thing and tournaments, I don’t know how “Class is permanent private Snapchat group, with spinner Yuzvendra Chahal is Moise Kean is one of several Premier League players to world is going through the biggest challenge they will resume. whether you are a finger- the footage showing female be held to account for breaking the social distancing “very annoying” on social me- in our lifetime. I think players will be wary VIJENDER SINGH: I don’t think it spinner or wrist-spinner. guests giving lap dances. measures recommended by the British government due dia and he is going to block him. for some time when it comes to using saliva would be all that easy to bring back the fans, Your skills, game reading abil- The caption on one picture to the coronavirus pandemic. Chahal is one of the most (to shine the ball). It will play on their minds. it shouldn’t be because I believe people ities matter a lot. I was sur- was labelled ‘quarantine clean’. busiest Indian cricketers on High fives and hugging your team-mates should be wary but India is an unpredictable prised when Ashwin was Everton issued a state- a first-team player ignored pletely unacceptable.” social media and with the will be avoided for some time. This is what country, kuch bhi ho sakta hai yahan (any- sidelined from one-day crick- ment expressing their fury government guidance and The club added that all coronavirus-forced lockdown I would like to believe. They will be con- thing is possible here). People have been at et,” Saqlain, the inventor of at the player’s actions – they club policy in relation to the their staff had been informed in place, he is spending more scious to begin with and may maintain so- home for so long, they might just head to ‘Doosra’, told PTI. did not name Kean – on a day coronavirus crisis,” read the of the government guide- time than ever on various cial distancing. the stadium at the first opportunity. “He knows how to get when the death toll in hospi- club statement. lines, which include one piece platforms. ABHINAV BINDRA: Sport is a tool Logic demands that they become more batsman out in the five-day tals in the United Kingdom “The club has strongly ex- of exercise a day and to re- “I am going to tell TikTok that unites people and brings joy to thou- cautious. Athletes will be more cautious game, which is much tough- passed the 20,000 mark. pressed its disappointment strict oneself to social inter- to block you as well, serious- sands of participants and viewers across certainly, training abroad won’t be all that er than limited overs crick- “Everton are appalled to to the player and made it clear action with just those of the ly. You are very annoying on the world. While aspects of heightened easy, less tournaments will happen and et. Anyone can do the con- learn of an incident in which that such actions are com- household. – AFP social media man. You need safety protocols will be integrated for the whenever they happen, I am not sure what tainment job but someone to get off social media right foreseeable future, the want and attraction the participation would be like. who knows how to take now. We are tired of Chahal. of sport will not diminish. BHAICHUNG BHUTIA: In today’s wickets can contain also. He I don’t wanna see you in my As the general populous has become age, when television and digital platforms knows both. How can you Pujara is hardest to bowl life again. I am gonna block more conscious of their health and their have become so important part of our lives, keep him out? You have to you,” Gayle said during a live physical wellbeing, avenues to use sport I don’t think the lack of spectators in stadi- back your best players.” at in Test cricket: Cummins session on Instagram. to improve fitness will grow. ums will have much of a bearing as far as Seeking more variety, the With no cricket due to The post-COVID-19 world could be a business is concerned. I see the TV and selectors had opted for wrist- With his solid batting at coronavirus pandemic, play- blessing in disguise for India. There may digital gaining from this. spinners Kuldeep Yadav and number three, Pujara had ers are engaging with fans not be so much foreign exposure and this Sports events will gradually come back Yuzvendra Chahal after the played an influential role in these days on social media to may allow India to build proper sporting to what they were before. They can be held 2017 Champions Trophy. India’s historic triumph keep themselves busy. infrastructure. behind closed doors for now. Till the time a They both have established Down Under in 2018-19. Earlier, India skipper Vi- BAJRANG PUNIA: Wrestling is a con- vaccine is out, I don’t think they can have themselves in limited overs Cummins held Pujara in rat Kohli had referred to tact sport. When wrestling will resume, there people inside as it involves a lot of risks. cricket but have not featured high esteem when asked Chahal as a clown during a is no way you can avoid physical contact. But B SAI PRANEETH: We have to trav- in the eleven together since which batsman he found live video session with I don’t think there would be any hesitation. I el a lot and I think everybody will be scared the 2019 World Cup. toughest to bowl to during a former South Africa cricket- don’t see any change happening. to travel to countries like China, Korea Though Ashwin remains Question & Answer session er AB de Villiers. The only thing that can happen is that and even the European countries even if India’s number one spinner at that was arranged by the “Have you seen his TikTok the sport will become more intense. All the international calendar resumes. home, he is not a sure starter Australian Cricketers Asso- videos? You should go and athletes will return after a long time. They The fear of contracting the virus will al- in overseas Tests. He was ciation (ACA). check out Yuzvendra Chahal’s are not used to such long breaks. All of us ways be there at the back of your mind, benched for the two-Test se- “There are a lot of them out TikTok videos,” said Kohli. are analysing our weaknesses and even when you are eating in any restau- ries in the West Indies last there, unfortunately. But I am “You will not believe this strengths, so when tournaments will rant or even playing. I don’t know how year, drawing a lot of atten- going to go with someone dif- guy is playing international resume, the competition will be intense. even playing would be possible consider- tion and more recently, played MELBOURNE, April 26: Cheteshwar Pujara the tough- ferent, and he is (Cheteshwar) cricket and he is 29-year-old. MC MARY KOM: We are all hoping ing the fact that during a match the shuttle a Test in New Zealand in the Australia’s world number one est batsman to bowl at in Test Pujara from India. He was a Just go and look at his videos. and praying desperately for things to go is touched by the players and by the serv- two-match series with Jadeja pacer Pat Cummins finds In- cricket and called him a “pain real pain in the back for us,” He’s an absolute clown.” – PTI back to normal but can they ever? Of course ice judge. – PTI playing the other one. – PTI dia’s middle-order mainstay in the back” for his team. Cummins said. – PTI ‘Paris 2024 Olympics Dhoni always takes responsibility when team loses: Mohit Sharma plans obsolete’ NEW DELHI, April 26: where prominently, but him for two years. So I feel our fans can expect He has played most of his when the team loses, he’s “I finally decided to get huge things from the team.” PARIS, April 26: Plans for this new context. They too must cricket under MS Dhoni and always right in front, taking myself operated, and after Sharma said he was not the 2024 Summer Olympics in reinvent themselves.” The In- pacer Mohit Sharma says the responsibility – that’s the completing the rehab in the sure if he would be able to Paris are “obsolete and outdat- ternational Olympic Commit- revered former India skipper sign of a leader and why I ad- past three months, I was re- return to competitive cricket ed” in light of the coronavirus tee, jointly with local organis- pandemic, IOC member and ers, has been forced into delay- is a true leader who does not mire him so much.” ally looking forward to play- because of the surgery and is former French sports minister ing the 2020 Tokyo Olympics back off when it comes to tak- The coronavirus-forced ing for the Delhi Capitals this now looking forward to learn Guy Drut said on Sunday. by one year to 2021 because of ing responsibility in challeng- lockdown has delayed his re- season,” he said. a few things from Australian Former Olympic champion the COVID-19 outbreak. ing times. legend Ricky Ponting, who is Drut, who won gold in the But Drut, an IOC member The 31-year-old pacer has When the team wins, you’ll the coach of Delhi franchise. 110m hurdles in 1976 and took since 1996, argued that post- played under Dhoni both at never find him (MS Dhoni) “I’m still excited to repre- silver four years before, added ponement of dates was just Chennai Super Kings and the anywhere prominently, but sent the franchise. I feel it’s a in a column for Franceinfo that the tip of the iceberg. Indian team. He was to play when the team loses, he’s young team with a solid Indi- the Olympic Games needed to “Can the response to this for Delhi Capitals this season always right in front, taking an core, and I know most of be “reinvented” to put them crisis be translated by simply but the lockdown has post- the players here – like more in touch with reality. postponing dates, without the poned the league indefinitely. responsibility – that’s the sign Shikhar Dhawan, Ishant “The crisis we’re going Games model – both econom- “His humility and sense of of a leader and why I admire Sharma, Amit Mishra, Har- through has a lasting impact ic and organisational – also be- gratitude is what sets him “ him so much. shal Patel – both on and off apart from other players I the field very well. on our daily lives, our way of ing deeply rethought?” asked – Mohit Sharma life, our economy, our social the 69-year-old, who served have played with. In sport, “It would also be a golden pact, our choice of society,” as sports minister in France there’s a difference between turn to competitive cricket af- “I think it is a huge oppor- opportunity to work and learn wrote Drut. between 1995-97 under a captain and a leader – I be- ter a back surgery but Sharma tunity for our team. We have from Ricky Ponting – all the “It cannot and must not re- Jacques Chirac. lieve he’s a true leader,” Shar- says whenever the IPL is a fantastic group of players players only have praises for main without effect on the “The beautiful project that ma said during an Instagram played, his side will be a strong with a very strong Indian him. I hope the team does imperative necessity which we built and carried in the bid session organised by the contender for the title. core, and I believe our team exceedingly well when the is to reinvent ourselves. phase for Paris 2024 is now Delhi franchise. Sharma was out of action has the right players in all IPL happens, and we can give “The Olympic and Paralym- obsolete, outdated, out of “When the team wins, for about 10 months due to a departments who can help us the Delhi fans great joy,” pic Games are no exception to touch with reality.” – AFP you’ll never find him any- back injury, which troubled in challenging for the trophy. Sharma added. – PTI

Printed and published by Ganesh Ch. Das on behalf of Assam Tribune Pvt. Ltd. at the Tribune Press, Tribune Buildings, P.O.- Assam Tribune, M.R.D. Road, Chandmari, Guwahati-781003. Tel. 0361-2660102 (EPABX), 0361-2661360, 0361-2668807 (News Desk), FAX 0361-2666396. E-mail: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]. Editor: Prafulla Govinda Baruah