SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2020 (PAGE 8) DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU Greater quake threat in Modi applies Rs 1,500 cr balm to Gadkari backs PM Modi’s Himalayan region: NDRM cyclone-scarred Bengal, Odisha “vocal for local products” call KOLKATA/BHUBANESWAR, Wednesday and the accompany- The Prime Minister later NEW DELHI, May 22: May 22: ing winds flattened homes, flew down to Odisha, where he PUNE, May 22: should adopt utmost optimism. ern education with value-based The pandemic may hurt the gov- ones' for holistic development," he Can any Indian now even afford to dream of another disaster bludgeoned massive trees to the announced a financial assis- In line with the Prime Minister Prime Minister Narendra ground like matchsticks, and tance of another Rs 500 crore, affirmed. amidst Covid-19 and cyclone Amphan? Narendra Modi's objective of "For quality education, private The question is if that really happens, whether country's disas- Modi on Friday announced an plunged city after city into dark- after making an aerial survey of being "vocal for local products", interim assistance of Rs 1,500 ness. the affected districts with universities should come forward. ter response mechanism is equipped to tackle the 'unwelcome.' Union Minister Natin Gadkari Many students often opt for for- The National Centre for Seismology (NCS), while scrutinising crore for West Bengal and Odisha After undertaking an aerial Governor Ganeshi Lal and stated that the COVID-19 crisis after reviewing the situation survey of the affected areas with Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. eign education. But the situation is four earthquakes in Delhi in a month, recently said a greater quake has offered a golden opportunity quite different. It is the opportuni- risk lies closer to the Himalayan region. caused by cyclone 'Amphan' that Dhankhar and Banerjee, and The Prime Minister said fur- for being 'atmanirbhar' or self- claimed 80 lives, lay waste ther assistance will ty for private school to upgrade The National Disaster Response Force (NDRF), presently reliant. themselves," he spoke in same engaged in cyclone-ravaged Bengal, has been alerted about the to standing crops in thou- be provided for His remark came during a sands of hectares, and long-term rehabili- breath. NCS' observations- another challenge to the National Disaster webinar organised by MIT ADT Taking a cue from Minister Response Mechanism (NDRM). ruined infrastructure. tation measures University here on Thursday. The Modi reviewed the sit- after getting a Gadkari, MIT ADT University According to J L Gautam, head (operations) at NCS, said, Minister said that the healthcare Executive President Mangesh uation in West Bengal and detailed report "Delhi is not considered a high seismological risk zone. But a crisis has brought the global econ- Karad commented, "The universi- Odisha with chief minis- from the state gov- greater risk lies towards the Himalayan region. omy to a stand still, and added that ty has designed its' curriculum in ters Mamata Banerjee and ernment. Mr Gautam also pointed out towards the recent Nepal earth- India is not an exception. such a way that both modern edu- Naveen Patnaik, two days The leaders quake as an indicator that seismic stress was building up in the "With appropriate measures, ernment's finances. We need to cation and spirituality can be after the cyclone, the undertook an aerial region. India will emphasise upon locally create a confidence among achieved simultaneously. Through The NCS head, however, maintained " We are alert about the worst in years, devastated survey of several produced goods and services," he migrant workers who are return- communication, arts, languages, quake risk, and are adopting all required strategies." their states. Prime Minister, Narendra Modi conducting an coastal districts asserted. ing homes." we are in the process to develop All four of Delhi's recent earthquakes in a month, which first The Prime Minister aerial survey to take stock of the situation in the wake like Jagatsinghpur, He further said, "Today, the "India has a great tradition of generation of students with holis- began on April 12 have been of 3.5 magnitude or less, with the lat- announced an interim of Cyclone Amphan in West Bengal on Friday. (UNI) Kendrapara, world has waged the war against value-based education system. It tic approach." (UNI) est being only 2.2 on the scale. assistance of Rs 1,000 Bhadrak, Balasore, Corona. To win the war, one is need of the hour to line up mod- The series of minor tremors originating in Delhi recently has crore for West Bengal, already holding a review meeting with Jajpur and Mayurbhanj for led to fears of a bigger one hitting the region. battling a surge in COVID-19 them and top officials, Modi about 90 minutes. Particularly so because some studies abroad point to the possi- cases and deaths, besides an announced an interim relief of Rs Union Ministers SC orders reopening of lawyers’ bility of low-intensity earthquakes preceding a bigger one. influx of migrant labourers, after 1,000 crore for the state where Dharmendra Pradhan and A study by USA's Los Alamos National Laboratory has found a review meeting with Governor 80 people have so far lost their Pratap Sarangi were among smaller quakes were recorded days or weeks before earthquakes of Jagdeep Dhankhar and Chief lives in the carnage wrought by those present at the review chambers in premises on odd-even basis at least magnitude 4.0 struck California. Minister Mamata Banerjee, and the cyclone. meeting Modi held with Patnaik NEW DELHI, May 22: Numbers of every Block, which "The Supreme Court shall Led by author Daniel Trugman, the study analysed data from the state's top officials. Banerjee, however, insisted and others at the Biju Patnaik would alternately open on refuse entry into any Block on South California of at least 4.0 magnitude earthquakes between Banerjee, however, insisted that the damage caused by the International Airport in Almost two months after the Weekdays (Monday to Saturday) non-compliance of the condition," 2008 and 2017, and found that some 72% of these were preceded that the state had sufferred losses cyclone was "much more than a Bhubaneswar. lawyers' chambers were locked indicating therein the maximum the circular said, adding that it by smaller quakes. (UNI) of over Rs 1 lakh crore for which national disaster" and said the The Prime Minister compli- due to COVID-19 pandemic, the number of persons who may would be mandatory to use "stairs it needed to be compensated. state had suffered losses of no mented both the TMC govern- Supreme Court has come out with access any Chamber at any point while coming downstairs" from Wadhawans’ ED custody The prime minister undertook less then Rs 1 lakh crore. ment of West Bengal and the a good news for advocates saying of time," the circular said. lawyers' chambers. an aerial survey of the vast Modi also announced an ex- BJD dispensation in Odisha for now they can access their offices "The Lawyers Chamber There will be a "single-entry swamp that many districts have gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the fami- squaring up to the challenge in the premises from 10 AM to 4 Blocks would follow the timings point" to every chambers' block extended till May 27 turned into, after the cyclone lies of each of those killed and posed by the devastation that PM on alternate week days based 10 AM to 4 PM (Monday to fitted with hand-sanitizer machine dumped copious rain on Rs 50,000 for the injured. the cyclone had caused. (PTI) on the odd-even scheme. MUMBAI, May 22: Friday, except holidays) and 10 provided by the apex court reg- The apex court has been hear- AM to 2 PM (Saturday, except istry and manned by the SCBA or A special court here today sent DHFL promoters Kapil and ing only urgent cases through holidays), followed by sanitisation SCAORA authorised personnel, it Dheeraj Wadhawan, arrested in connection with a money launder- Rly ferries 31 lakh migrants on board video-conferencing during the of the Blocks; on Sundays and said. ing probe against Yes Bank co- founder Rana Kapoor and others, lockdown from March 25 and had holidays, the Blocks will remain "The SCBA/SCAORA may to further ED custody till May 27. ordered sealing of lawyers' cham- closed for deep cleaning and sani- inform the Members (lawyers) The duo, arrested earlier this month under provisions of the 2,317 Shramik Special trains since May 1 bers inside the premises on the tization," the apex court said. and their staff that operation of air- Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), was produced in evening of March 24. NEW DELHI, May 22: migrant workers whose journeys consolidated data on how many of Making wearing of masks conditioning machines in cham- court on Friday at the end of their previous remand. The top court, after taking note mandatory for all entrants, the bers may raise health-concerns in The Enforcement Directorate sought further custody of the on foot from several urban centres these workers want to go home," of recent representations of The Railways has ferried over to their villages hundreds of kilo- said another Railway official. apex court said only the member the prevalent pandemic-situation," Wadhawans, stating the two were not cooperating with the probe, 31 lakh migrant workers on board lawyers' bodies, Supreme Court lawyers and their staff can be it said. metres away had grabbed head- "In fact, we have already sur- Bar Association (SCBA) and the and that there were voluminous documents with which it wanted to 2,317 Shramik Special trains since allowed entry into the chambers Recently, the apex court decid- lines for almost the last two passed the estimations that the Supreme Court Advocates-on- confront them. May 1, almost seven lakh more blocks on "production of proximi- ed to postpone its summer vaca- Accepting ED's plea, the court extended their custody till May months. state governments have given us Record Association (SCAORA), ty card or letter of authority" and tion by five weeks and declared than the initial projection of 24 There were incidents of many of stranded people. The Railways on Thursday decided to come out 27.(PTI) lakh, according to official data. they will have to undergo thermal- that it would remain functional of them being killed in road acci- has the capacity to run up to 300 with fresh guidelines on entry of screening. from May 18 to June 19. The initial estimation of dents. A number of migrant trains daily if needed," he said. persons into Lawyers' Chamber Devastation by Amphan in WB, migrant workers to be transported The circular asked the SCBA The top court said that it will labourers were even killed by a (PTI) Blocks here. and SCAORA to arrange for the hear all cases via video and audio back to their home towns were speeding train after they fell asleep "To avoid over-crowding based on details provided by vari- thermal screening and filling up of links between May 18 and June 19 on the tracks. inside the Lawyers Chamber self-declaration forms by all the and its ''1881'' helpline to assist Odisha disturbing: Rahul ous State Governments to the Illicit still smashed, According to the official data Blocks, in terms of the prescribed entrants and made clear that the advocates and litigants in e-filing NEW DELHI, May 22: zonal offices of the Railways in with the Railways, provided to it bootlegger arrested social-distancing norms, the entrants who are found sympto- and virtual hearing would remain late April when it was deciding on by the states in April-end, the SCBA and SCAORA may jointly matic during the thermal screen- functional from 10 AM to 5 PM Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Friday said the widespread protocols to run the special trains, Excelsior Correspondent prepare and circulate plan detail- devastation caused by cyclone Amphan Western Railways, which covers ing shall be denied entry into the under supervision of senior offi- officials said. states like Maharashtra, Gujarat, REASI, May 22: Police today ing the 'Odd-Even' Chamber Blocks. cers during the week. (PTI) in West Bengal and Odisha is disturbing, However, the national trans- smashed an illicit still at village as he condoled the death of those killed Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, porter said that it does not have received requests to ferry around Kalah, under the jurisdiction of in the natural calamity. Ransoo Police Station and arrested current details of the total numbers seven lakh migrant workers to DRI sounds alert over smuggling Cyclone Amphan has left 77 people of stranded migrant labourers who a bootlegger. dead and thousands homeless in West states like Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, An information was received at want to return to their homes and West Bengal, Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, battering several parts of the are operating trains based on the Police Station Ransoo that one state and washing away bridges and Rajasthan, Delhi, Assam, Haryana Baldev Verma, son of Chuni Lal of infrared thermometers requirements of the states. and Odisha. swamping low-lying areas. The Shramik Special trains are and Kewal Krishan son of Sita NEW DELHI, May 22: thermometers to illegally import manufacturing firm may cost The Southern Railways, which them to India. anywhere between Rs 3,500 and It also wreaked havoc in Odisha, being operated primarily on the Ram, were indulged in the illegal The Directorate of Revenue operates in Tamil Nadu, Kerala, preparation and selling of hooch A good being brought into the Rs 8,000, according to the web- damaging power and telecom infrastruc- requests of the states which want to Intelligence (DRI) has sounded Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, (illicit liquor) at their village Kalah country can be under-invoiced sites selling them. ture in several coastal districts. send the migrant workers to their an alert to different customs for- Puducherry, received a list of 11.4 and surrounding areas. On this, a with an intention to evade cus- The officials also suspect that "The widespread devastation caused by Cyclone Amphan in home states. The Railways is bear- mations across the country to lakh migrants to be ferried back to police party from Police Station toms duty to defraud the govern- the smugglers may exploit the West Bengal & Odisha is disturbing," Gandhi said in a tweet. ing 85 per cent of the total cost of check smuggling of infrared ther- Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Ransoo conducted a raid. Seeing ment exchequer. free trade zone of Dubai port to "My condolences to the families of those who have perished & mometers into the country from running each of the trains while the Assam, Odisha, Andhra Pradesh the police party, accused Kewal In this method, the invoice route the goods for sending them I pray the injured make a speedy recovery. I offer my support to the China, officials said on Friday. share of the states is 15 per cent. and Telangana. Krishan managed to flee from the being filed with authorities for to India. brave people of these two states in this time of crisis," the former The move assumes signifi- "The Railways is spending an Similarly, the Central spot but Baldev Verma was the import of the goods is falsi- "A strict vigilance is main- Congress president said. (PTI) cance as the demand of such ther- estimated Rs 80 lakh on each of Railways received requests to nabbed. fied to show that the price of tained to thwart such attempts to these trains on an average," an offi- 60 liters of lahan was recovered mometers have spiked in the goods being imported is lower cause damage to the Indian econ- ferry 2.94 lakh migrant workers country due to the coronavirus Income Tax dept issues refunds cial said. while the Northern Railways was and destroyed on the spot while the than the actual price being paid omy and the local manufactur- The coronavirus lockdown has still apparatus, pipes along with 3 pandemic. by an importer abroad. ers," the official said, referring to approached to transport 2.84 lakh. "The DRI has sent an alert to of Rs 26,242 cr since April had a devastating impact on the The South Central Railways liters of hooch were seized. India had lost a staggering the DRI alert issued recently. The In this regard, a case FIR inland container depots and the economy as well as on the liveli- received requests to ferry 1.86 USD 13 billion, over Rs 90,000 DRI is a federal economic intelli- NEW DELHI, May 22: hoods of lakhs of migrant workers. Number 09/2020, under Section cargo airport in Delhi and other crore, to trade mis-invoicing gence agency under the Finance lakh workers. 48(A) (e), 50 Excise Act has been places across the country, dealing The tax department on Friday said it has issued IT refunds of The lockdown had shone the "As of now, we do not have a (that includes under and over Ministry mandated to check registered at Police Station Ransoo with the import and export of invoicing), equivalent to 5.5 per commercial frauds among oth- Rs 26,242 crore to 16.84 lakh taxpayers since April as part of spotlight on the miseries of the and investigation has been started. commodities from abroad, cent of the value of the country's ers. efforts to hasten refund process for making liquidity available with The overall operation was conduct- among others asking them to be total revenue collections in 2016, The customs formations are people and firms to deal with COVID-19 crisis. ed by SHO Ransoo, Inspr Ajit vigilant about such smuggling," according to a 2019 report by the on alert to thwart any attempts of Official on COVID duty Singh, under the supervision of Dy The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said 16,84,298 tax an official said. US-based think-tank Global smuggling. About 2,500 kg of SP Hqrs. Reasi Waseem Hamdani assesses have received refunds between April 1 and May 21. He said there is information Financial Integrity. raw material for masks was inter- Income-tax refund of Rs 14,632 crore to 15,81,906 assesses manhandled, FIR registered and ASP Reasi Surjeet Kumar to suggest that smugglers may Bhagat. A non-contact infrared/ther- cepted by air cargo export here and corporate tax refund amounting to Rs 11,610 crore to 1,02,392 Excelsior Correspondent Mendhar entered the quarantine under-value or mis-declare these mal thermometer of a reputed on May 13. (PTI) assesses have been processed during this period, the CBDT said in facility established at Maquddas Donations continue to a statement. POONCH, May 22: The police Degree College Mendhar in an The refund process has been further expedited at a greater pace has registered an FIR against one unauthorized manner on Sunday pour in for PM CARES since Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcement made person for making forcible entry to and manhandled the Patwari Excelsior Correspondent in the 'Atamanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan' last week. a quarantine centre and allegedly deployed on duty there. "We are not delaying (refund). We are not sitting over it. I am man-handling an official there on The Patwari reported the inci- JAMMU, May 22: Zoondub- giving it to you now because money is required now and it should duty at Mendhar. dent to the concerned Tehsildar a social, cultural and academic group, run by Anil Bhatt and reach now. I didn't mention even then...Tax refund money has not Official source said that through Nodal Officer of the cen- Vikas Raina, donated a sum of Rs gone into our calculation in claiming what we are giving as a stim- District Magistrate, Rahul Yadav tre. Tehsildar communicated the 1.75 lakh to PM CARES Fund. ulus," she had said. amid COVID-19, had issued an matter of serious nature to the con- The members of Zoondub raised The CBDT has released a sum of Rs 2,050.61 crore in the pre- order to restrict the entry of the cerned Station House Officer seek- the donated amount from their vious week ended on May 16 to 37,531 income tax assesses and a unauthorised persons in the quar- ing strict action as per rules against near and dear ones. sum of Rs 867.62 crore to 2,878 corporate tax assesses, it said. antine centres established in the the offender. A delegation of APMCC led "While in this week ended on May 21, i.E., between May 17- district to negate the escalation in SHO Mendhar after taking a by its chairman Vinod Pandit and 21 another 1,22,764 income tax assesses were refunded Rs the number of suspected COVID- strong note of it, registered an FIR comprising of various political 2,672.97 crore and 33,774 corporate assesses including trusts, 19 cases. against the offender under IPC leaders including Vijay Bakaya MSMEs, proprietorships, partnerships, etc. Were issued refunds It was reported that one Sections (353, 332 &188). (ex-MLC), Kuldeep Khoda (for- worth Rs 6714.34 crore, totalling the amount refunded as worth Rs Shakeel Ahmed, son of Mohammd Investigation into the case has mer DGP/CVC J&K), Arvind 9387.31 crore to 1,56,538 tax assesses," it said. (PTI) Hussain, a residence Gohlad been started. Koul and many others met the Lt Governor GC Murmu and pre- sented him the cheque on COVID-19 infection may cause NDP favours donation of gold Zoondub WhatsApp group. Meanwhile, Maha Gayatri Sewa Sanstha, Bhawani Nagar, thyroid disease: Study to fight COVID-19 Janipur also contributed a sum of LONDON, May 22: Excelsior Correspondent God.' And if this huge treasure, Rs 21000 towards PM CARES may be in quintals or tones, is not Fund. Patients with COVID-19 may develop an inflammatory thyroid JAMMU, May 22: National utilized for the noble cause of disease called subacute thyroiditis, according to a new case study. Democratic Party has said that humanity at this time of unimag- 3 arrested for consuming Subacute thyroiditis is characterised by neck pain and is usually pre- various religious shrines/ organi- inable crisis, it would serve no pur- ceded by an upper respiratory tract infection, the researchers wrote in zations must come forward to pose while lying in big shrines of liquor publicly a paper published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & offer gold as donations to serve the the country for decades and cen- Excelsior Correspondent humanity suffering from Corona turies. Metabolism. JAMMU, May 22: Satwari virus pandemic. Supporting the remarks of The disease may be caused by a viral infection or a post-viral In a joint statement , the exec- Sikh leader on donations of gold police arrested three persons for inflammatory reaction, and many viruses have been linked to the dis- utive committee members of the by shrines of various religious consuming liquor publicly. ease, the researchers said. organization observed that huge communities to help the humanity As per police sources, on spe- They noted that COVID-19 caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus has gold and silver offered by the gen- in waging war against COVID- cific information, a team from emerged as a pandemic with severe respiratory symptoms, and may eral public is lying without any use 19, the NDP executive issued Satwari Police Station conducted involve other organs. with many wealthy shrines/ organ- appeal to the managements/ com- raid near Babliana and appre- "We reported the first case of subacute thyroiditis after SARS- izations of the country. mittees manning the affairs of hended three persons while con- CoV-2 infection," said Francesco Latrofa, from the University Irrespective of the religion or any religious shrines of the country to suming liquor in the car. Hospital of Pisa in Italy. "Physicians should be alerted about the pos- faith, the people/ managements come forward and offer gold to The arrested persons were sibility of this additional clinical manifestation related to COVID- connected with these religious the PM's Care Fund or any other identified as Arvindpal Singh, 19," Latrofa said. shrines in the country, must take Fund raised by the Government son of Ichpal Singh, a resident of The clinicians examined an 18-year-old woman who was infect- lead to help the suffering humani- of India to serve the humanity at Baba Fareed Nagar Tehsil ed with COVID-19 after being exposed by her father. ty due to COVID-19 pandemic. this crucial juncture. The NDP Bishnah District Jammu, Ajay She completely recovered from COVID-19, testing negative a While appreciating the state- disapproved the negative mindset Kumar, son of Harbans Lal of few days later, but started experiencing some additional symptoms, ment of Manjinder Singh Sirsa, a of some elements in the country Preet Nagar Digiana and Anil according to the researchers. They noted the young woman had neck Sikh leader on his proposal of who are opposing this very pious Kumar, son of Ved Parkash of donation of gold by shrines of var- and noble proposal aimed at and thyroid pain, fever and an increased heart rate. She was sent back BC Road Jammu. ious religious communities as help serving the humanity. The signa- A case under FIR Number to the hospital, where she was diagnosed with subacute thyroiditis, in the humanity's war against tories to the statement included - according to the researchers. The woman had normal thyroid func- Coronavirus, NDP executive body RK Khajuria, NK Attri, Vijay 108/2020 under relevant sections tioning and imaging just one month earlier, they said. "Because of the said it has been mentioned in our Anand, JG Moudgil, Subash has been registered at Satwari chronological association, SARS-CoV-2 may be considered account- `Granthas' that 'serving the Chander Sharma and Ravinder Police Station and investigation able for the onset of subacute thyroiditis," Latrofa added. (PTI) humanity, is the true service to the Singh. started.