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Agarwal said. 1" Both these instructions are +' # + temporary measures and shall be in force till March 31, 2020 " ' 2 and will be reviewed subse- quently, he said. As precau- 2 3 +4 5+ tionary measures, all ASI-pro- 67178- tected monuments and Central museums across the country rom closure of abode of will be shut till March 31, FGods like Siddhivinayak Union Culture Minister and Tuljabhavani temples and Prahlad Patel said on Monday. ASI-protected monuments and On their parts, the States Central museums besides are already taking various steps tourist hotspots Ajanta and on social distancing. While Ellora Caves, sanctuaries and Andaman and Nicobar banned national parks to shutting travellers entry in the island down of malls, schools and col- from March 16 to March 26, leges, both the States and the rural Maharashtra announced Centres have decided to closure of schools and col- expand the ambit of the social leges and world famous Ajanta distancing in view of the threat and Ellora Caves as a precau- from the rapidly spreading tionary measures. The coronavirus (Covid-19). Siddhivinayak Temple, one of The Union Health the most visited shrines in Ministry said four new coron- Mumbai and Tuljabhavani avirus cases — one each from Temple in Maharashtra will Odisha, Jammu & Kashmir, remain closed for devotees till Ladakh and Kerala, have been further notice. Jawahar reported, taking the total num- Navodaya Vidyalayas (JNVs), ber of cases to 114. The ‘con- fully residential and co-educa- tact tracing activity’ of these tional schools affiliated to the positive cases has led to iden- Central Board of Secondary tification of more than 5,200 Education (CBSE) and operat- contacts, who are kept under ed by the Navodaya Vidyalaya surveillance, it added. These country and will be in force till ular and proper disinfection of “No airline shall board a Samiti (NVS), an autonomous cases include 10 discharged, March 31st, 2020. The impor- surfaces. passenger from these nations to body under the HRD Ministry three cured and two reported tant measures include closure The Government is India with effect from 1200 have advanced summer break deaths. of all educational establish- encouraging private sector GMT on March 18, 2020. The to March 21 in view of the On his part, Prime ments (schools, universities organisations/employers to airline shall enforce this at the coronavirus outbreak. Minister Narendra Modi on etc), gyms, museums, cultural allow their employees to work port of initial departure,” Continued on Page 7 , # ) Monday said there has been a and social centres, swimming from home wherever feasible coordinated response to the pools and theatres. Students and hold interaction through )'" $ " 8: 5691 an in-depth review of the sit- fronts to handle the disease and coronavirus outbreak and should be advised to stay at video-conferencing. uation would be held on March that they had formed isolation asserted that “no stone is being home while online education to Local authorities will have * hief Minister Yogi 20 and decisions would be wards at medical colleges of left unturned” to ensure people be promoted,” Union Health a dialogue with organisers of 0 CAdityanath on Monday vis- taken accordingly. He said that across the state for the purpose. are healthy. Modi also hailed Ministry Joint Secretary Lav sporting events and competi- #+ " , ited and inspected the control the advisory issued by the The CM said that people were the contribution of doctors, Agarwal told reporters here on tions involving large gatherings # # room at the Health Directorate Central government would be being constantly informed nurses and healthcare workers Monday after the Group of and they may be advised to on Monday. The Chief Minister followed closely. He directed about the do’s and dont’s and in fighting the virus and said Ministers (GoM) meeting. postpone such events, the Mumbai/Aurangabad: The Washington: A leading med- said through the control room, the officials to set up a state-of- the situation was being con- the country will always cherish The GoM has also sug- Government has said. Siddhivinayak Temple, one of ical school in the US has rec- the government was carrying the-art control room. “The tinuously monitored. their contribution. gested people to avoid non- The Government on the most visited shrines in ommended yoga, meditation out 24x7monitoring of corona control room should have high- He said stern action would “The Group of Ministers essential travel by buses, trains Monday also prohibited entry Mumbai, will remain closed and controlled breathing to virus . He said that surveillance grade equipment so that the be taken against those black- has proposed several preventive and aeroplanes to maximise of passengers from EU coun- for devotees till further notice address anxiety issues related to was also being carried out disease can be fought effec- marketing or hoarding masks steps such as social distancing social distancing in public tries, Turkey and the UK from in view of the coronavirus out- the novel coronavirus that has through the control room and tively,” the Chief Minister said. and hand sanitisers in the mar- to contain COVID-19 in the transport besides ensuring reg- March 18 till March 31. break in Maharashtra, it was now spread fast across with the help of a newly-estab- He also issued directions for kets. The Chief Minister was announced on Monday. America. lished helpline, they were also increase in technical and accompanied by senior offi- The Tuljabhavani Temple, There are at least 3,485 spreading awareness of the human resources at the centre. cials. State surveillance officer another popular shrine in cases of the novel coronavirus disease. The CM was informed that a Vikasendu Aggarwal said that Maharashtra located in in the US, according to the The Chief Minister said helpline (18001805145) was they had already identified a Osmanabad district, will State and local health agencies, that in the state of Uttar currently functional. building where a state-of-the- remain shut for devotees from Governments and the US Pradesh, the coronavirus was at Yogi said that the state art control room would be set March 17 to 31, an official told. Centers for Disease Control the second stage. He said that government was working on all up soon. O Detailed report on P6 and Prevention. - + + % ' ./ !"## $%!&'( +# & *

# * " 0 + :+ 67178- Gogoi also headed ++, benches that pro- - . ndian share market joined he Government on nounced several key ' # ( 0 Ithe global sell-off on Monday TMonday night judgments like the +0 with the Sensex logging its sec- issued a notification Rafale fighter jet deal $) * ond-biggest drop in a day even second emergency rate cut in announcing former and the entry of as the RBI hinted at a rate cut less than two weeks, slashing Chief Justice of India women in Sabarimala ! " but stopped short of a decision, the benchmark borrowing rate Ranjan Gogoi’s nomi- temple. #$%" & belying market expectations to a range of 0-0.25 per cent, nation to the Rajya Sabha. “In exercise of the powers ** 1 at a hurriedly called presser. where it was during the 2008 Ex-CJI Gogoi — who will conferred by sub-clause (a) of 21,3 The Central bank did global financial crisis. remembered for the Ayodhya clause (1) of article 80 of the 67178- (*(% announce some liquidity The 30-share BSE Sensex verdict that gave Hindus the Constitution of India, read 4 0 enhancing measures to contain plunged 2,713.41 points or 2.77 acre disputed land for with clause (3) of that article, ith coronavirus cases in * the economic fallout from the 7.96 per cent to finish at construction of Ram Temple — the President is pleased to WIndia multiplying fast, coronavirus. 31,390.07. Likewise, the broad- will be the first former CJI to nominate Shri Ranjan Gogoi to the Delhi Government has '(P The market mayhem may er NSE Nifty gave up the 9,200 be nominated to the Upper the Council of States to fill the prohibited all the religious, ' not yet be over as the US level, slumping 757.80 points or House. Before him former CJI vacancy caused due to the cultural, social and political indices tanked by nearly 10 per 7.61 per cent to end at 9,197.40. Ranganath Misra was also a retirement of one of the nom- gatherings. Chief Minister cent when it opened late in the It eroded 7.62 lakh crore Rajya Sabha member but he inated members,” the notifica- Arvind Kejriwal on Monday + + evening despite the fact that the of investors’ money. was elected on a Congress tion said. said that no religious, cultural !" # 50 * US Fed on Sunday made its Continued on Page 7 party ticket. Continued on Page 7 and political gathering with $ % & ' " # more than 50 people shall be allowed in Delhi vicinity. “Out of total seven corona ing all precautionary measures There is, however, no cases to date, with the unfor- to quarantine those who have ! ! "# $! restriction on weddings but tunate demise of one of the been affected. We have suffi- people are advised to postpone patients, two patients have cient resources. More than the dates, the CM said. fully recovered and the remain- 500 beds are ready to be " % % Q' ' R All auto-rickshaws and ing four are under treatment. installed,” said Kejriwal. R # $ taxis will be disinfected for free The Delhi Government is tak- Continued on Page 7 to prevent the spread of the ! # # demanded by the BJP. Nath deadly disease, he said. % # & also dared the Opposition party Educating the masses about the + , * to table a no-confidence scourge of deadly coronavirus, "" 67178- Shah heard submissions of motion against his 15-month- the AAP Government also *-./ lawyer ML Sharma, appearing # old Congress Government if announced that nightclubs, n the 2012 Nirbhaya gang- for Mukesh, and rejected the * they wanted to test its strength gyms and spas will remain "" 67178- mittee is following all measures Irape and murder case, the plea by terming it as “not in the House. closed till March 31. conveyed by the Government Supreme Court on Monday maintainable” in view of the "" -9,+8 Justice DY Chandrachud Urging people to avoid elhi Sikh Gurdwara of India. “We are preparing lan- refused to entertain the plea of fact that both the review and and Justice Hemant Gupta will large gatherings, Kejriwal also DManagement Committee gar (food served to devotees) Mukesh Singh, one of the four the curative pleas in the case he political drama sur- hear the BJP’s plea filed former said that wedding programmes (DSGMC) has decided to ban in house only. In the wake of death-row convicts, seeking have been dismissed. Trounding the confidence Chief Minister Shivraj Singh are excluded and has given entry of foreigners who have coronavirus, no outside items restoration of legal remedies The apex court had on test of Madhya Pradesh Chief Chouhan. After parading the instructions to all municipal not completed their 15-day shall be cooked/prepared in alleging that his earlier coun- July 9, 2018 dismissed the Minister Kamal Nath on MLAs before the Governor, corporation officials to set up stay in India in all Delhi gur- kitchen,” Sirsa said. “We have sel misled and forced him to review plea of Mukesh against Monday reached the Supreme Chouhan told the media the mobile washbasins in public dwaras with immediate effect conveyed that all the devotees sign the papers. its judgment; later, his curative Court, which decided to hear State Government has lost places on a large scale. to check the spread of coron- have been requested to take Meanwhile, as the day of and mercy pleas were reject- on Tuesday the plea of the BJP ) " majority and has no right to Pertinently, seven cases of avirus. langar prasad from main lan- hanging of the four death row ed by the top court and to order floor test within 12 * remain in power. coronavirus have been con- He said only foreigners gar halls only.” convicts nears, three of them President Ram Nath Kovind hours. ! # & * # Earlier Minister for firmed in Delhi so far. who are staying in India for “All the gurdwara sevadar have moved the International respectively. The BJP moved the SC + Parliamentary Affairs Govind Soon after his video-con- more than 15 days will be henceforth will start services in Court of Justice at Hague seek- On March 5, a trial court after Speaker NP Prajapati Singh raised coronavirus threat ferencing with all the stake- allowed to visit gurdwara gurdwaras after sanitising them ing a stay on their “unlawful issued fresh warrants with ignored the direction of the Governor after the latter to seek to defer the confidence holders — three municipal premises as a matter of pre- and washing their hands with execution”, alleging the probe March 20, 5.30 am, as the date Governor Lalji Tandon to hold issued a fresh direction to the motion. After finishing his corporations health officials — caution and preventive mea- soaps and take every possible leading to their conviction was for the execution of the con- the floor test on Monday, and CM to hold floor test on customary address to the he said his Government is tak- sures. precaution to check transmis- “flawed” and they have been victs — Mukesh Singh (32), instead adjourned the House Tuesday. The CM later claimed Assembly, Tandon left the ing all steps necessary to tack- Speaking to The Pioneer, sion of coronavirus,” said SAD treated as “guinea pigs”. Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay till March 26 in wake of the his Government enjoys major- House, asking the MLAs to le the coronavirus crisis, and Manjinder Singh Sirsa presi- leader. A Bench comprising Sharma (26) and Akshay coronavirus epidemic. ity, and ruled out holding a “respect the House” and “follow monitoring them at all times. dent, DSGMC said the com- Continued on Page 7 Justices Arun Mishra and MR Kumar Singh (31). 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8: 5691 mit a detailed report in the realise and recoup to the matter within 15 days. Energy department outstand- he Uttar Pradesh govern- In compliance with the ing worth several crores of Tment is making all efforts directive, UPPCL Managing rupees on power consumers in to increase power generation Director M Devraj set up a Agra. However, the outstand- 8: 5691 property during protests February 2018 and defence and make the state self-reliant three-member committee to ing increased to 2,173 crore against the new citizenship expo (DefExpo) was organised and plans to double power probe into the charges levelled by October 31, 2017 and is hief Minister Yogi law in Lucknow on December in February 2020. In two years, generation by 2022. by the consumer forum. currently 2,500 crore, while CAdityanath reiterated that 19. investments on a large-scale This was stated by Energy While UPPCL Director only a minuscule amount was those who damaged public “People opposing have been made. Besides, One Minister Shrikant Sharma. (Commercial) AK Srivastava returned to the power utility. and private property during Citizenship (Amendment) Act District One Product (ODOP) “Power generation would heads the committee, UPPCL Similarly, the agreement anti-CAA protests would be (CAA) should first read it as it scheme has been a great suc- be enhanced from 6,134 Executive Engineer AK Gupta with Noida Power Company severely dealt with and “no one is meant to give citizenship. cess. The result is that the per megawatt to 12,734 megawatt and UPPCL Chief Engineer was signed in 1993, yet, hun- would be allowed to take law in There is not a single clause capita income of UP has gone by 2022. To achieve this tar- (Commercial) Shravan Parti dreds of villages are still await- their hands in UP”. which talks about taking away up to Rs 70,000,” he said. get, 10 units with generation are its members. ing the promised improve- “People have the right to citizenship of anyone,” Yogi The chief minister said capacity of 660 MW each are Torrent was expected to ment in power supply. protest. But no one has the said. that connectivity was the being constructed. The state’s right to damage public and pri- Talking about development biggest incentive for invest- transmission capacity has vate property in the process. of the state, the chief minister ment. gone up by one-and-a-half The authorities would severe- said that his government was “Today, UP has seven air- times since the Bharatiya areas, 20-hour electricity in ly deal with such elements as it implementing the policies of the ports and work is underway on Janata Party came to power in tehsil headquarters and 24- is the government’s duty to pro- Union government in toto and 11 airports. Asia’s biggest air- the state. Power generation hour power supply in district tect life and property of the cit- its result were clearly visible. Yogi claimed that the state port is coming up in Jewar under the previous Samajwadi headquarters. Besides, a izens,” Yogi said at a function “The state, which was lag- government has made 1.37 (Noida). Similarly, the gov- Party regime stood at 16,346 record 1.24 crore power con- in Lucknow on Monday. ging behind in all development lakh appointments in the last ernment has spread the net- MW and now it is 24,000 nections were given in the last The chief minister’s state- indices, is now galloping on the three years. He even claimed work of roads by starting the MW,” Sharma said. three years,” Sharma said. ment came against the back- path of development. Investors that the state generated over 35 construction of Purvanchal Talking about UJALA, Meanwhile, the UP gov- drop of the Bharatiya Janata who were previously leaving lakh jobs because of fresh Expressway, Bundelkhand (Unnat Jyoti by Affordable ernment ordered financial Party government facing flak the state, have now started investments in the last three Expressway and Ganga LED for All), a Centrally- scrutiny of two private sector over putting up hoardings car- investing in UP because of the years. Expressway. This will make sponsored scheme that seeks companies, Torrent Power rying pictures and addresses of trust that this government has “The first Investors’ UP the most sought after des- to promote efficient energy and Noida Power, holding people, who allegedly damaged given to them,” he said. Summit was organised in tination,” Yogi said. use and power for all, Sharma power distribution franchisees said the state had saved 1,335 in Agra and Noida respective- crore as distribution of LED ly. bulbs slashed the demand for Earlier, UP Power power by 700 MW. Consumer Forum had ( The minister claimed that demanded a high-level probe O" P power supply to rural areas in the light of various finan- had gone up from what it was cial and consumer services in 2015-16. mandates set in respective 2 1()4 “As against 201.59 million power units supplied to rural areas in distribution agreements Bulandshahr (PTI): A 36- 2015-16, 305.84 million units signed with these companies. year-old man was arrested here 8: 5691 ment, the SP chief said that it first priority of this government, were supplied in 2018-19. The energy minister on Monday for allegedly post- was only carrying forward pro- why has it not hiked the budget This allowed 18-hour uninter- directed UP Power ing an offensive picture of amajwadi Party chief jects initiated by the previous for it?” he asked. rupted power supply in rural Corporation Limited to sub- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath SAkhilesh Yadav alleged that Samajwadi Party government. Denying that he was inac- on Facebook, police said. the Yogi Adityanath govern- “There were two investors’ cessible to party men and peo- The man, identified as ment was pursuing vendetta summits in which MoUs were ple, Yadav said, “I have only two Muqaddar Pahalwan, a resident politics, targeting its political signed for solar power projects places — Lucknow and Saifai. I of Jahangirabad area, has been opponents and framing them but no fund was allocated for meet people at both places and 0 sent to jail by a local court, the in cases to intimidate them. them in the budget. This BJP will continue to do so for the police said. “The Yogi government files government is only signing rest of my life. I don’t even go “A complaint was made fake cases against political rivals. MoUs but there is no work on to Delhi as I do not like the against the accused by a I did not register fake cases the ground. I want to ask the water there.” Banda (PTI): Two men were Bajrang Dal member here in against anyone. Congress start- government why investment is The SP chief also said that killed when their motorcycle which he alleged that an edit- ed the politics of vendetta and not coming to UP and how his party would consider forg- was hit by a vehicle in ed picture of the chief minister I and my family members were much budget has the governing alliance with smaller polit- Hamirpur district. SHO Rath has been posted on Facebook. implicated in cases through ment set aside for solar energy ical outfits. “We want to form a police station (Hamirpur) An FIR was lodged and the PIL in courts and now the pre- in the budget,” he said. coalition that competes with the Manoj Kumar Shukla said the accused arrested this morning,” sent UP government has adopt- Akhilesh Yadav also BJP. We will fight polls alone but accident took place late a police official said. ed the same tactics,” the former accused the BJP regime of com- a some adjustments could be Sunday night on Panwaarhi The FIR has been regis- chief minister of UP said while ing to power by making false made,” he said. Marg. They were taken to tered under Information participating in a television promises. “This government Akhilesh Yadav blasted the Rath community health cen- Technology Act sections 67 programme on Monday. has completed three years but Yogi government for its decision tre where the doctor pro- (publishing or transmitting Yadav denied that he had the BJP has nothing substantial to put up hoarding with details nounced them dead. The obscene material) and 67A acquired assets in India or to project as its achievement,” he of people accused of inciting vio- deceased were identified as (publishing or transmitting of abroad. “I am not buying any said. lence during the anti-CAA Udaibhan (32) and Bharat material containing sexually hotel or island and such allega- The SP chief further said protest in Lucknow on December Yadav (30), residents of Jalaun explicit act), the police said. tions are baseless. The chief min- the Yogi government needed to 19. He also criticised the state district. The bodies were sent The accused was produced ister does not know what an be more transparent about para- government for the ordinance for post-mortem. The family in the local court which island is. He never went to meters based on which it that would empower the govern- members of the deceased were remanded him in 14 days’ England or the USA, I have been decides which city should come ment to seize property of those informed and a case was reg- judicial custody. to both places,” the SP chief said. under the Smart City Project. found guilty of damaging public istered against the unknown Chiding the Yogi govern- “Also, if saving cow is the and private property. vehicle and its driver. # Lucknow (PNS): In a late Sunday night Sunday night. The cops laid a trap on had managed to escape. Two of them, Irfan encounter in Mathura, the police gunned Delhi-Mathura highway and soon spotted and Sadiq of Haryana, were later nabbed. down a dreaded cow smuggler and injured a pickup (UP32GB-4211) loaded with cat- The injured were shifted to a hospital, where two others. The criminals were smuggling tle. When they signalled the driver to stop, one of them, Afsar of Mewat (Haryana) was cattle for slaughter when the encounter took he sped up the vehicle and later stopped at pronounced dead upon arrival. The con- place. a corner of the road. Before the police dition of other two,, Billu and Yunus from Cops of Chhata police station in Mathura reached the pickup, the occupants opened Haryana, was stated to be critical. were tipped off that a gang of cow smug- fire. The cops also returned the fire. When Two constables, Mahendra Singh and glers was moving cattle from Haryana and the firing stopped, the cops found three Rahul Balyan, were also injured in the would pass through Mathura sometime on criminals injured while two of their aides encounter . 67084 93 9# ) * % + % " " $ Kanpur (PTI): A 22- year-old woman was allegedly raped for three 8: 5691 matters be taken in the courts days at a posh locality in of district judge of District & Kanpur, police said on oronavirus outbreak in Uttar Session Courts, chief judicial Monday. CPradesh has forced the magistrate of magisterial courts The crime allegedly courts in the state to suspend and of civil judge (SD & JD) for took place in the normal functioning till March civil courts till March 21. It Gwaltoli area of the city 21. During this period, the says regular work in all other and came to light when courts will take up only urgent courts may be suspended till the woman escaped from cases. March 21. their tormentor’s clutch- A letter written by the reg- The directive further says es on Sunday, said SP istrar general of Allahabad High that if the district judge observes (West) Anil Kumar. We Court to all the district that the number of urgent cases have booked four peo- judges/OSDs subordinate to the are such that the services of other ple— Sameer Agarwal, High Court of Judicature at presiding officers are required, Amit Agarwal, Saksham Allahabad on Monday has made the matters may be assigned to and Manoj-on the rape several suggestion to prevent senior-most ADJ/magistrate, charge, the SP said. He coronavirus. In all other cases, general said the prime accused, The directive was issued on dates are to be fixed by public Amit Agarwal, managed the suggestions made by a high- notice. to evade the arrest. level committee for prevention The directive says that During questioning, and remedial measures to com- except urgent matters, work in the woman said she had bat the impending threat of commercial courts, MACT, land come to Kanpur from COVID-19. acquisition, rehabilitation & Guwahati on Friday for The district judges have resettlement authorities may an event management been asked to ensure complete also be suspended. deal with Amit and sanitisation and cleaning of It has asked the state chief Sameer, whom she had entire court campus and thermal secretary to issue direction to all befriended a few months scanning of all the persons enter- the district magistrates for pro- ago. The woman was also ing the court premises with the viding necessary help in terms of kept at a hotel on help of district magistrate, other manpower and equipment to the Saturday and the next administrative officers and chief district judges. day, she was taken to a medical officer/chief medical The registrar has also sought bungalow in Gwaltoli. superintendent. compliance and action taken She was sent for medical The letter says only urgent report on the directive. tests.

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Incharge of Indu Prakash said all ASI In an official communiqué, Infectious Disease Centre monuments would be closed Senior Divisional Commercial (KGMU) Dr D Himanshu said 3 # # ) till March 17 in view of the Manager (NR) Jagtosh Shukla the new suspects included two coronavirus scare. said the AC coaches of differ- M !# $## % # # couples who had recently vis- he had taken the photo of a on Monday had a meeting be carried out within the ent trains were kept at 25 ! &! 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The DM said they have RR teams would inspect the the food inspectors to check the linen have been asked to get it $&!)# !# #. #-/ # reports were awaited. patients tested positive for issued a protocol for markets, malls and, if necessary, they can standard of sanitisers being steamwashed before giving the # # # ( # *!#%# Meanwhile, Chief Medical coronavirus. “It is a kind of malls, restaurants and associa- call for closure. He issued sim- used and take action wherev- same to AC coach passengers. Officer Narendra Aggarwal sensitisation and interaction tions, and the same has to be ilar instructions for restau- er required. He said that a con- “As per the Railway Board’s && !& $# !)# ! N confirmed that a photojour- with the residents,” he said. adhered to in right earnest. He rants. The DM said owners trol room has been set up at the orders, we have stopped giving nalist working with a daily had Meanwhile, District told the representatives of the must ensure sprinkling of sodi- CMO office and it is function- blankets to the passengers till been put in isolation because Magistrate Abhishek Prakash malls that sanitisation should um hypochloride within 25 ing round the clock. any further order. The passen- Anand Vihar-Gorakhpur sengers. He said the details on gers will be given additional Express (on March 18), the additional coaches had blankets if they demand. The Gorakhpur-Sikanderabad been fed in the system with curtains in the AC coaches Express (on March 18) and immediate effect. This will -'" + < * have been removed. Sikanderabad Gorakhpur make the waitlist numbers to Instructions have been given to Express (on March 20) will run come down and lead to auto- the railway officials to keep the with additional coaches for matic confirmation of some of temperature of coaches at 25 the convenience of the pas- the waitlisted tickets. degree centigrade constantly so " % ' # Lucknow: Expressing concern over the out- that blankets are not required. break of coronavirus, the Lucknow bench of The convenience of the pas- Allahabad High Court on Monday asked chief sengers will also be taken into 6 ! ' 8: 5691 medical officers of government hospitals to fur- account,” Shukla said. nish it on Tuesday the action taken by them Shukla said the passengers t is essential to avoid any non- to control the spread of the deadly virus. would be allowed to carry Iessential travel and to avoid step- A bench of justices PK Jaiswal and KS their own blankets only under ping out of the house as much as pos- Pawar also warned that the state’s principal sec- special conditions. Door han- ! ' 8: 5691 effect has not been brought sible to prevent the spread of coron- retary and director (Health) as well the CMOs dles, knobs, toilets, taps, switch- to my knowledge,” he added. avirus, said experts who had gathered of the government hospitals concerned will es and coach floor are being ven as the railways has Sources said the demand at an interactive media session organ- have to appear before it, if they fail to submit cleaned with high-class disin- Etaken preventive mea- of confirmed tickets had ised at the UNICEF office and was the report. The court’s order came on a pub- fectants. The railways is also sures to fight the coron- increased since the state gov- attended by doctors from WHO, lic interest lawsuit filed by Lucknow resident using public address system to avirus, it is yet to press into ernment’s order for closure of along with state surveillance officer SK Ojha, who through his advocate VK make passengers aware about service special trains for schools and colleges as pre- of Uttar Pradesh Vikasendu Singh, sought the court’s directions to all state the virus and the preventive those who are returning their ventive measures. The youths Aggarwal. Several myths associated government authorities to assiduously take var- measures. Besides, the railway hometowns in districts under who staying in Lucknow and with the coronavirus were busted by ious precautionary and preventive measures to staff has been briefed about the the Lucknow division of other districts under the the experts on the occasion. stem the spread of the virus and prepare the virus and the preventive mea- Northern Railways. Lucknow division of NR are Aggarwal said it was important state to tackle the outbreak. sures. They have been asked to While the railway offi- planning to go back but they for people to understand that if they The bench, while deciding to hear the case work with caution and also cials could not be contacted are not getting confirmed have travelled abroad and they are again on Tuesday, also asked the government ensure proper sanitisation of for their comments, an offi- tickets. As they cannot trav- asymptomatic, they still need to con- authorities to strictly follow the guidelines offices, public places, ticket cial, on the condition of el in trains which are packed fine themselves to their homes issued by the central as well as state govern- counters, passenger waiting anonymity, said: “The trains to capacity, they are disap- because asymptomatic travellers can ments on various preventive measure to con- area and berths in the waiting which being run as special pointed,” the sources said. also transfer the virus to others. trol the spread of the virus. The bench direct- lounge. A quarantine ward trains are likely to be extend- They said some trains “If you have mild symptoms ed the authorities concerned to depute doctors each at Lucknow and Varanasi ed or be run as special trains, from south had been can- after the travel, report to the author- and paramedics at the airport helpdesk with railway stations have been set if need be. Right now the celled. “The students of pro- ities and do not fear isolation,” he said. thermal scanner and infrared thermometers for up to meet any exigency. railways has not got any fessional institutes in south He added that it was a myth the pan- diagnosis. It also asked authorities to follow the Meanwhile, the Lucknow feedback regarding rush which were closed under the demic would be over in the next fort- same measures in the city of Lucknow, where division of North-Eastern in trains.” preventive measures have night. “We were given a list of 6,000 some COVID-19 cases have been reported. The Railways (NER) will run four He said the decision to been left stranded. The air travellers yesterday and even if one bench asked the state authorities to set up iso- trains with additional coaches run special trains was taken tickets are available at exor- comes out positive, caution has to be lation wards at prominent hospitals like to ease out rush. by the Railway Board. “But bitant rates which the stu- observed. One cannot say when this he added. The state surveillance offi- He said that in the containment SGPGI, KGMU, Ram Manohar Lohia, Civil, Chief PRO, Gorakhpur, the officials of the division dents cannot afford, so they will be over but one can practise cer said that mass gatherings have to plan, they followed the cluster Lokbandhu and Balrampur hospitals as well as Pankaj Singh said Mau-Anand wrote for the requirement of have been left in the lurch,” hygiene and keep distance from oth- be avoided and weddings should be approach wherein they tracked the various government hospitals. PTI Vihar Terminal (on March 17), the same. A letter to this the sources said. ers so that the contamination can be postponed. “In case the weddings connectivity in small clusters and checked. Out of the 12 cases that we can’t be postponed, people must were assisted by the WHO. He said have in the state, 75 per cent of ensure small gatherings and defer the there were also facing challenges their contacts have been asympto- celebrations for future,” he added. because of misinformation. matic,” he said. He said it was important to Officer on special duty He said the cases should report ensure that the sanitisers being used (Immunization, WHO) Dr Ashutosh because they will be handled only by were alcohol-based as only they were Aggarwal gave the timeline of the government doctors, and not by pri- effective. “For disinfecting a house, spread of the disease in the world. vate practitioners. “There are special ordinary disinfectants are not enough “China is not the epicenter any skills required for tracking and and the cheapest and most effective longer; it is now Europe,” he said. analysing the data, which is done by way is to mix 16 gms of bleach in one He admitted that washing hands government machinery,” he added. litre of water for mopping,” he said. is the most effective way and soap & He said that for those given a paid He said India has been effective water is enough. “While washing holiday to restrict the spread of virus in dealing with the situation because hands, one should follow ‘SUMAN’, should not step out in search of enter- the authorities were on high alert. which means washing your hands tainment. “It has been seen that Asked about the cause of the disease, seedha, ulta, mutthi, angootha and many airline staffers who are inter- he said at this moment, it was not nakhoon. Hands should be washed national travellers have been visiting important to deliberate on it as it was properly for 20-30 seconds,” he the malls, which should not be done,” more important to check its spread. added. ;:R 6, # ##

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! ' 8: 5691 PhD entrance exams, 691 candidates turned up while 168 remained absent. he annual and PhD entrance exams Vice-Chancellor AK Rai, registrar Tcommenced at Lucknow University VK Singh, proctor Dinesh Kumar and on Monday. Media spokesperson dean of College Development Council Durgesh Srivastava said the students Madhurima Lall led the teams of offi- and faculty members were in full atten- cials on inspection of examination dance at all the examination centres centres. “All the student, faculty mem- amidst preparations to combat COVID- bers and administrative officials were 19 infection. given sanitisers and napkins before they He said that total attendance for the entered the examination halls. The UG annual examinations was 2,334 stu- teams ensured precautions for seating dents as 29 remained absent. For the in the exam centres of colleges,” he said. 1 !"#$%&%& :6 ## + " # % *# ! ' 8: 5691 o protest the recent hike Tin excise duty on petrol Allahabad: The Uttar Pradesh O P and diesel, UP Congress lead- government on Monday ers and workers staged moved an application before sought by the state govern- diate removal of the roadside demonstrations at all district the Allahabad High Court, ment for the filing of the com- posters in Lucknow, observing headquarters on Monday. seeking more time to file a pliance report till the matter is that the police action was an Chief of party’s Lucknow compliance report in the mat- finally adjudicated by the apex “unwarranted interference” in unit Mukesh Singh Chauhan ter related to ‘name and shame’ court, said Additional privacy of people. and a sizeable number of posters of anti-CAA protesters. Advocate General Neeraj The bench of Chief Justice workers staged demonstra- In the application, the Tripathi. The Uttar Pradesh Govind Mathur and Justice tion at the GPO Park in state government contended government moved the Ramesh Sinha also directed Hazratganj. that a special leave petition Supreme Court on Wednesday the district magistrate and the “The hike in excise duty (SLP) against the March 9 challenging the Allahabad Lucknow police commission- has adversely affected the decision of the High Court is High Court order directing the er to submit a compliance lives of poor, farmers, labour- pending before the Supreme state administration to remove report on or before March 16 ers. Congress, which has been Court, which has referred the posters of those accused of and asked the Uttar Pradesh continuously fighting for the matter to a larger bench. vandalism during anti-CAA government not to install such deprived sections, registered U.P. POWER TRANSMIS- Hence, in this backdrop of protests. The Allahabad High posters “without having the strong protest against the SION CORPORATION LIMIT- the situation, further time was Court had ordered the imme- authority of law”. PTI Union governments’ move,” ED TENDER NOTICE E- Chauhan said while Tenders for executing the fol- attacking the Narendra Modi lowing works in two parts (as detailed in tender specifications) are hereby invited government. from experienced contractors and will be + The Congress leader said opened on the same dates mentioned that the Centre was working below at 15.30 burs. publicly in the office against the interests of com- of the under signed. The tender documents mon man and even after con- can be had up to previous working day of + #3 the opening day on payment of Rs. tinuous fall in international 236.00 including GST (NON REFUND- prices of crude oil, the gov- ABLE) in cash or demand draft If e-tender ernment was not forwarding document is required by post, Rs. 30.00 the benefit to consumers and other taxes. back the recent hike immedi- to expose the anti-people will be charged extra. Part-1 of the tender will contain an earnest money in shape of instead minting money by Chauhan warned that if ately, Congress workers would policies of the Modi govern- CDR/FDR/BD/RTGS duly pledged in favour ! ' 8: 5691 and other Bharatiya Janata increasing excise duty and the government did not roll take to the streets and protest ment. of the undersigned in official capacity and Party leaders were also part-II will contain rates, terms and condi- UP Congress delegation involved in violence earlier tions and other relevant details. Without met Joint Commissioner and suggested that the earnest money e-tender will not be accept- A >55* ed. E-tender No. 12/ESDS/2019-20 To be of Police Naveen Arora in accused BJP leaders should opened on dt. 15.04.2020. Tender cost Lucknow on Monday and first compensate losses for Rs. 236.00, Earnest Money Rs. 2000.00 registered its protest against the damages they caused 1. Work for routine electrical maintenance the action taken against and then realise money from of L.T. lines, servicing main L.T. switchgear / (( and drinking water tubewell of 400KV S/S some party workers who put anti-CAA protesters. The Division colony under Electy. 400KV up posters in protest against Lucknow police acted Substation Division, Sultanpur. Executive hoardings put up by the promptly where Congress ! ' 8: 5691 group of the men took part in In a statement issued by recover damages from social Engineer Electy. 400KV Substation state government to name leaders were accused. Is the ongoing anti-CAA protest member of the Standing workers for protesting against Division Sultanpur No. 365 Date 16.3.2020 "Save Energy in National and shame anti-CAA riot it not a travesty of justice?” case was registered on in violation of the prohibitory Committee, Arun Kumar said CAA / NCR / NPR and also interest." accused. Shukla asked. AMonday against over 200 orders. The police claimed that that Nitin Raj was arrested for put up posters at different The delegation accused On Sunday, two persons by the Thakurganj the group also took to rioting being present at the Clock thoroughfares in the city to the administration of blind- Congress leaders were arrest- police for taking part in the and tried to stop the cops per- Tower where hundreds of name and shame them. What U.P. POWER TRANSMIS- ly following the government ed for putting up ‘indecent’ anti-CAA stir at Hussainabad forming their duties. women have been protesting is more brazen is that it did not SION CORPORATION LTD. and adopting double stan- posters relating to Chief Clock Tower. The police later Contrary to the police against the CAA. He said that comply with the order of High E-Tender Notice : 23, 24, 25, 26/ ETDR/2019-20 Sealed e- dards in initiating action Minister Yogi Adityanath arrested leader of All-India claim, kin of the protesters said Nitin’s mere presence there Court which termed the dis- tenders in two separate parts on prescribed against the accused. and his deputy Keshav Student Union (AISU) Nitin they were just extending sup- could not be a cause for trict administration’s decision tender forms are hereby invited from the “Even the apex court has Prasad Maurya. The posters Raj of Naka and Ibad Ahmad port to the women and did not his arrest. wrong,” he said. experienced Firms/contractors in this office as well as on U.P. Govt. website observed that the move to were put up late on Friday of Thakurganj. Also, the police take part in the protest. “Their “In the police state of Meanwhile, Communist “www.etender.up.nic.in" for execution of fol- put up hoardings of those night and were removed on identified as many as 22 of the only fault was that they were Chief Minister Yogi Party of India (Marxists) lowing works as follows- Short Term E- accused of violence during Saturday. named persons while efforts standing near the protest venue Adityanath, extending sup- flayed the Union government Tender No. 23-ETDR/2019-20 Installation of ABT Meter, CT and PT etc. at 132 KV anti-CAA protests is not Depicting photographs were on to identify others. and did not leave the place on port to a peaceful agitation has for increasing excise duty on S/S Amawan, Raebareli under ETD supported by any law. The of the chief minister and A police spokesman said being asked by the police,” been categorised as a crime. fuel prices and demanded that Raebareli Earnest Money Rs. 2,000/-. Cost government was directed to deputy chief minister, the the case was registered under they said. The government is taking all it be revoked. CPI (M) leader of Tender document Rs. 236/- (Non refund- remove the posters by March posters listed the criminal sections 145/147/149/188/ Meanwhile, the state unit oppressive measures to gag the Heera Lal Yadav said the prices able including GST). Sale of Tender Document up to 13:00 on 30.03.2020 sub- 16 and initiate legal proceed- records of both and five 283/353/427/505 of IPC and 7 of Communist Party of India voice of dissent. It is an autoc- of crude oil had come down in mission of tender up to 17:00 on ings,” said Congress leader other BJP leaders — Sangeet Criminal Law Amendment Act (Marxists-Leninist) con- racy of the BJP and we con- the international market, yet 30.03.2020 Receipt of tender hard copy (if Saroj Shukla. Som, Suresh Rana, Sanjeev was also slapped on the protest- demned the arrest of its frontal demn it,” he said. Arun said the government did not extend any) up to 13:00 on 31.03.2020. Opening of Tender Bid Part -I at 15:30 on “But instead of taking Balyan, Sadhvi Prachi and ers. He said the protesters were organisation leaders, including the government brought any relief to public. 31.03.2020. ETender No. 24-ETDR/2019- any action, the administra- Umesh Malik. also challaned under 66 IT Act. AISU state vice-president Recovery Act, 2020 aiming to “The BJP government is 20 work of Switchyard lighting, Name Plate tion promptly acted against While Som is an MLA The spokesman said 22 persons Nitin Raj from Clock Tower. crush the democratic rights of only promoting a few industri- & Phase Plate at 132KV Substations Amawan, under ETD Raebareli. Earnest Congress leaders in the from Sardhana, Rana is a had been identified and the Party leaders termed the police people on expressing alists instead of taking welfare Money Rs. 1,000/-. Cost of Tender docu- recent matter. These leaders member of legislative assem- police would initiate a legal action unconstitutional and disagreement. measures for the public and is ment Rs. 1187 (Non refundable including put up hoardings pointing bly and Balyan is an MP action against them. demanded immediate release “The government is hell showing their true colours,” GST). Sale of Tender Document up to out that the chief minister from Muzaffarnagar. According to the police, the of its leaders. bent upon bringing a law to Yadav said. 13:00 on 16.04.2020 submission of tender up to 17:00 on 16.04.2020. Receipt of tender hard copy (if any) up to 13:00 on 17.04.2020. Opening of Tender Bid Part - :, 3 1 at 15:30 on 17.04.2020. E-Tender No. 25- 5 " % Q R ETDR/2019-20 work of Tracing of DC Earthing, Testing and Rectification at ** " % 132KV S/S Tripula, under ETD Raebareli. ! ' 8: 5691 the local police. So far, we have not got of them had arms/weapons with Earnest Money Rs. 1,000/-. Cost of Tender anything suspicious about him. The them,” he said. document Rs. 118/- (Non refundable including GST). Sale of Tender Document ahant of a mutt, Baba Dharmendra alleged planning to attack the priest has He rubbished reports that the youth up to 13:00 on 23.04.2020 submission of MDas, accused a youth of planning not been verified in preliminary inves- opened fire. “Some of the footages were tender up to 17:00 on 23.04.2020. Receipt attack on him on Monday in Chowk, tigations. The mahant has been allotted scanned and no one was seen carrying ! ' 8: 5691 of tender hard copy (if any) up to 13:00 on 24.04.2020. Opening of Tender Bid Part - sending the police into a tizzy. two gunners by state government. He weapons. There is no question of some- I at 15:30 on 24.04.2020. ETender No. A huge police force, led by senior also has a security cover provided to one opening fire,” he said. wo criminals were arrested 26/ETDR/2019-20 work of Patrolling & officers, including the DCP, reached the him by the Chowk police and details of On Monday, the police control during an encounter with a Maintenance of varoius 132 KV T Transmission Line at 132 KV S/S scene. The team apprehended the youth, his security duty are documented every room got a message about the alleged police team in PGI police sta- Bachhrawan under ETD Raebareli. Earnest who was in the custody of the priest’s day,” he said. Tripathi said the police plan for attack on the mahant. The sup- tion area on the intervening Money Rs. 2,000/-. Cost of Tender docu- supporters. were quizzing the gunners to know their porters of the mahant told the police night of Sunday and Monday. ment Rs. 236/- (Non refundable including GST). Sale of Tender Document up to Additional Deputy Commissioner of location and how the youth reached that they found the suspect youth lurk- Those arrested were identi- 13:00 on 29.04.2020 submission of tender Police (ADCP) Vikas Tripathi said the close to the mahant. “We are also scan- ing in the passage to the mutt and they fied as Mohammed Mateen of up to 17:00 on 29.04.2020. Receipt of ten- youth was a resident of Chowk locality. ning footages of the CCTV cameras stopped him for questioning. After he Sitapur and Deshraj Gautam of der hard copy (if any) up to 13:00 on “He works at a Sarrafa shop in Chowk installed at the mutt. A man and a girl revealed his name, they became anxious Shahjahanpur. The team recov- 30.04.2020. Opening of Tender Bid Part - I at 15:30 on 30.04.2020. For reciept of ten- and his credentials are being verified by were seen entering the mutt but none of mahant’s safety. ered three mobile phones, a der document and earnest money said stolen bike, two country-made amount is to be deposited through RTGS pistols, eight live cartridges in the current account (Punjab National and two bullet shells from Bank, Civil Line Raebareli, A/C No: ) * *# 4655005800000018, IFSC Code: their possession. In the PUNB0465500) to the undersigned in offi- exchange of fire, constable cial capacity. Part-I of the tender will con- ! ' 8: 5691 tain the RTGS receipt of earnest money pump owner suspected his credentials on rage and around 2 pm, the family took Praveen Kumar Singh and deposit, photocopies of GST Registration, revelation of cash theft around 20 days out the funeral procession and on the Mateen suffered injuries. PAN, Income Tax Clearance Certificate, in of a deceased, who worked as an back. He was given the task to run the instance of some of the relatives, the body Deshraj was nabbed when he proper experience for execution of similar accountant at a petrol station, creat- petrol filling machines. Around 8.30 pm was taken to the petrol station where the was trying to flee after firing at works in UPPTCL and part II will contain K rates, terms and conditions and other rel- ed ruckus after keeping the body there on Sunday, Raj Kumar returned home in deceased worked. Kin of the deceased the police team. The encounter evant details. Opening date of Part 2 shall and demanded compensation. The a depressed state. On being asked, he told kept the body on the road and demand- took place near Uthretiya rail- be intimated on e- website. In case of hol- owner of the petrol pump agreed to give his family that he was facing false alle- ed compensation for the family. Police way station. Police said Mateen iday/undersigned is out of station on notified opening day, the tender will be a compensation of Rs 4 lakh after which gations of theft and was being humiliat- reached the scene and tried to dispel the was involved in several robbery opened on the next working day. the protest ended. The deceased was ed by the staff and others at his work- protesters, but in vain. Later, senior offi- cases in Sitapur and Undersigned reserves the right to reject any identified as Raj Kumar aka Raju (46) of place. He later complained of chest cers intervened and the petrol pump Shahjahanpur and was running or all the tenders without assigning any rea- son thereof. Executive Engineer LDA Colony in Alambagh. pain and was rushed to a hospital where owner agreed to give compensation. The the gang. The police were yet Electricity Transmission Division As per reports, Raj Kumar was dis- he was declared brought dead. last rites were performed after the situ- to identify others working in Raebareli No. 322 Date 11.03.2020 "SAVE placed from his post after the petrol His relatives and neighbours flew in ation was brought under control. the gang run by Mateen. ELECTRICITY FOR NATION”del <33; (! ;"% 7 # ,

! ! ' 8: 5691 confirmed that house sparrow occurrence decreased with Abheeshth Tripathi, ith World Sparrow Day increasing levels of building a class VIII student of Wround the corner (March and paving, and presence of City 20), the Wildlife Institute of sparrows increased with the Montessori Lucknow University is going to areas having uncemented hous- School, carry out a census of the spar- es, old houses with crevices for Station rows online. Coordinator, nesting, houses having roof Road Wildlife Institute, Amita and thatch, old houses made of Campus, Kanaujia said that the number mud, home gardens, small and won gold of the sparrows had declined bushy roosting trees, brown medal in over the years but it is showing of foraging, breeding, compe- work such as the accessibility to field as foraging sites as well as the an upward trend now with tition and predation of house food resources, availability of dust and water for dust and International Spell Bee several efforts being made for sparrows were carried out in nesting and roosting sites, water bathing. Competition. The contest their conservation. Lucknow district in order to inter-specific competition and “Wherever home gardens was organised by She said that in a study compile the complete picture in the presence or absence of and agricultural fields were Humming Bird which they had conducted and reveal the key functional predators. “The surveys available, sparrows were seen Education Limited. recently on the sparrow in elements of an urban landscape revealed an uneven distribution foraging on insects to fulfill the Students of various noted Lucknow, many areas appeared and the house sparrows with- of house sparrows in all the protein requirement of the schools participated in as dense, highly-developed in it. The results of the research nine sites. The most preferred chicks. The number of home the competition but core, surrounded by irregular work have shown that the like- sites for sparrows were a matrix gardens and the unpaved Abheeshth showcased his rings of diminishing develop- lihood of house sparrow occur- of residential and commercial spaces is decreasing in the knowledge of English ment. “This can be a powerful ring in nine sites is dependent area, purely residential areas, study area. This affects the spelling, grammar, puz- organising tool for ecological on the surrounding habitat,” rice mills, grocery shops, hous- food availability. In selection of zles, phonetics symbols, research on urban influences she said. es built on old construction feeding sites, predation risk was speaking skills, rhyming on ecosystems. The study of Kanaujia said that in the patterns with less or no repair one of the important factors, words, jumble letters etc bird ecology and urbanisation study area, there were various work,” she said. apart from food richness, that and walked away with is an under-utilised area of eco- differences in rural, sub-urban, She further pointed out influenced feeding site choice the gold medal. logical research. Hence studies urban and natural bio-net- that analysis of land use data of house sparrows” she said. !"#$%&%& ! , ! -5?

! ' these, 65 per cent people die in invest Rs 7,000 crore and the 67178- the age group of 18 to 35 same amount will be spent by !! years, he said. India towards education, n the five months since the He said Tamil Nadu has enforcement and improving Iimplementation of the made significant progress in road engineering to help reduce amended Motor Vehicles Act, reducing the number of deaths accidents. "#!" there has been a 10 per cent in road accidents in the coun- Gadkaris also informed reduction in the number of try by 24 per cent in the last five that the Motor Vehicles Act is 67178- deaths caused due to accidents months, the maximum any- in the Concurrent list and in the country, Transport where in the country. states are empowered to com- eliance Group Chairman Minister Nitin Gadkari “There has been a 10 per pound the offences and imple- RAnil Ambani was on informed Rajya Sabha on cent reduction in the number ment the provisions of the Act Monday summoned by the Monday. He also informed the of deaths due to accidents in as per their requirements. Enforcement Directorate (ED) House the Government is com- the country in the last five He said both his and a chief and asked to appear before it in mitted to reduce the accident months ever since the passage minister’s vehicle have been connection with its money laun- rate by 50 per cent in the next of the new Motor Vehicles Act challaned for traffic violations dering probe against Yes Bank five years as India is a signato- by Parliament,” Gadkari said and no one is spared whatever promoter Rana Kapoor and ry to this affect at the World adding “We have been able to the position one may occupy. others. Safety Conference held recent- save 10,000 lives.” The Minister informed that However, Ambani has ly in Sweden. Giving statistics state wise, 73 per cent transactions are sought exemption from appear- tioning, they said. Giving this information he said Jammu and Kashmir per cent and Manipur reduced taken to reduce accidents, the the government has identified being handled currently by ance on personal grounds and Yes Bank promoter Rana while fielding questions per- and Chandigarh have shown 15 4 per cent. However, Kerala government proposes to open 3,000 black spots to help reduce FASTag, electronic toll collec- the agency has summoned him Kapoor, 62, is undergoing ED taining to his Ministry, Gadkari per cent reduction in the num- has seen a rise of 4.9 per cent 1,000 driving schools in the accidents in the country. tion, and the plan is to have 98 again later this week to appear custody after he was arrested by said a total of 5 lakh accidents ber of deaths due to accidents, while Assam recorded 8 per country, of which 22 have He said a Rs 14,000 crore per cent transactions before its Mumbai office to the central probe agency early take place in the country and Gujarat cent rise, he told the House. already been opened. He said plan has been put in place through FASTag within the record his statement under the this month. A Mumbai court on around 1.5 lakh people lose 14 per cent, Uttar Pradesh The minister also informed most accidents happened due whereby the World Bank and next one month to ensure Prevention of Money Monday extended Kapoor’s cus- their lives in these accidents. Of 13 per cent, Andhra Pradesh 7 that among various steps being to poor road engineering and Asian Development Bank will seamless traffic. Laundering Act. The Yes Bank tody till March 20. had an exposure of about The ED has accused 12,800 crore which has turned Kapoor, his family members NPA, officials said. and others of laundering “pro- * 5 '$ Ambani has now been ceeds of crime” worth 4,300 5& P asked to appear on Thursday, crore by receiving alleged kick- they said, adding, the agency is backs in lieu of extending big ,E Kareem(CPM) said several home and cover mouth while probing if bribes were paid to loans through their bank that - ! ' States have closed educational sneezing or coughing besides the loans. later allegedly turned non-per- C8 67178- institutions and other places to raising awareness at all levels in In a statement last week, the forming asset (NPA). check the spread of coron- the society. Reliance Group had said that its As many as 44 companies he issue of coronavirus avirus. Besides, public gather- Sasmit Patra(BJD) called entire debt from Yes Bank was belonging to 10 large business ! Tpandemic figured in the ings have been cancelled. for sanitizing ATMs, social fully secured and was availed in groups ae reported to have = E * = Rajya Sabha on Monday with He said a large number of distancing and screening at the ordinary course of business. accounted for NPA worth some elders suggesting follow- people have changed their trav- domestic airports too. He also Ambani’s nine group com- 34,000 crore of Yes Bank. F - ! D ing preventive measures to el plans and forced to cancel called for increasing the num- panies are stated to have taken Other companies on the list 0 E 0 fight the disease and urging the their air and train tickets. In ber of corona testing laborato- loans of about 12,800 crore of defaulters include Dewan C8 Government to instruct airlines this backdrop, Kareem urged ries and said at present there from the bank. Housing Finance Corporation, L and the Railways not to levy the Government to intervene were only 50 laboratories with Finance Minister Nirmala Jet Airways, Cox & Kings, and 0 M* cancellation charges on tickets and ask airlines and Indian rail- a capacity of testing 4,500 Sitharaman had told a Press Bharat Infra and the promot- due to travel restrictions. ways to forgo cancellation cases. conference on March 6 that the ers of these companies will also & Adjournment of the ongoing charges. Vikas Mahatme(BJP)drew Anil Ambani Group, Essel, be questioned soon in connec- " " ' Budget Session of Parliament As several other members the attention of the house to ILFS, DHFL and Vodafone were tion with the ongoing money 6 >+ & was also mooted to prevent agreed with Kareem, Chairman istries to have a look. said and said the budget session rumors about the pandemic among the stressed corporates laundering case. large gathering. M Venkaiah Naidu said it was Mooting the adjournment should be curtailed. and said rumors like con- Yes Bank had exposure to. Kapil Wadhavan of DHFL 0! Raising the matter of can- a suggestion worth considering of Parliament, S R While Ram Gopal sumption of chicken should be All the big companies who has been summoned on : , cellation charges, Elamaram and asked the concerned min- Balasubramoniyan(AIADMK) Yadav(Samajwadi countered as it was not scien- had taken large loans from the Tuesday, Naresh Goyal of Jet , 8 0 said at any given time nearly Party)favoured screening of tifically proven. He also urged crisis-hit bank, which later Airways and Subhash Chnadra * 200 people were present in the visitors at various entry points people to refrain from visiting turned bad or were in the red, of Zee have been asked to + 4 : , ! Rajya Sabha, 500 or so in the of Parliament complex as peo- holy places in large numbers. are being summoned for ques- appear on Wednesday and E = E4 + J6 Lok Sabha and 300 in the ple from all over the country The Chairman also called tioning in the case to take the Thapar has been asked to , ,E Central Hall. This was against came here, Derek for following good practices to investigation forward. Promoter appear on March 21, sources 6 O4 * <4 (% the World Health O’Brien(Trinamool counter the disease and asked of Avantha Group Gautam said, clarifying that they are yet !, Organisation(WHO) guide- Congress)stressed on following the government to counter Thapar, who has been named as to be booked in a criminal case I - * 67178- lines of preventing a gathering basic hygiene practices like rumor mongering and high- an accused along with Rana, is by any agency as accused till of more than 200 people, he washing hands regularly, stay at light preventive steps. also being summoned for ques- so far. ' 6' ' he Andaman & Nicobar Tadministration has shut all 6 > travel and tourism related activities in the union terri- 9?.&'!?0 ! " % ' tory starting Monday till , 0 March 26. 0 . In an advisory issued on 67178- Sabha has passed the Bill with bill during the debate. Congress Kannada, Malayalam and Odia the government should also . the COVID-19 outbreak, the amendments, it would now go to MP Jairam Ramesh, Sukhendu which are spoken by millions of consider to upgrade the Sanskrit health secretary of the arliament on Monday Lok Sabha again. As per the pro- Sekhar Roy of AITC and people, while Sanskrit is spoken University in Darbhanga, Bihar, *L Andaman & Nicobar admin- Papproved The Central posed legislation, Sanskrit Prashant Nanda of BJD spoke in only by hardly 15,000 people in which was the second such var- ? 8 !+ 8 ! istration wrote: “In order to Sanskrit Universities Bill, 2019 to Central Universities will be set up Sanskrit. However, DMK mem- India, he added. sity opened in India in 1961. , , prevent the outbreak of upgrade three deemed Sanskrit by converting three deemed bers opposed the bill saying it The Congress MP also sug- L Lakshmikanta Rao of TRS, COVID-19 in Andaman & universities into Central univer- Sanskrit universities, presently was “against” classical languages gested that Sanskrit universities K K Ragesh of CPI-M and !M 5 ! Nicobar Islands all tourists are sities after some minor amend- functioning in the country. like Tamil. be named after Sanskrit scholars Binoy Viswam of CPI also par- 99. .= !?,* advised to refrain from trav- their carrying capacity. ments. The Bill brought by HRD Replying to the debate, Initiating the debate, Jairam such as Panini. ticipated in the debate. elling to the islands from mid- “No tourists shall be Minister Ramesh Pokhriyal Pokhriyal said the Modi gov- Ramesh said that though he sup- Supporting the Bill, Supporting the bill, V Vijayasai ' P night March 16 to March 26.” allowed to travel by pri- Nishank was passed by voice vote ernment is committed to ports the bill as it will help the Sukhendu Sekhar Ray of Reddy of YSRCP suggested the It has also decided to reg- vate/Government ferries. in the Rajya Sabha. It was passed strengthen all Indian languages. cause of Sanskrit, which is a sci- Trinamool Congress (AITC) government ask MPs to adopt ulate the passenger occupan- These measure have been ini- by Lok Sabha in December last Speaking about the spread of entific language and part of cul- spoke in Sanskrit and termed it one village in their constituency cy in the vessels of Directorate tiated to avoid crowding in the year and was introduced in Sanskrit, he said that around five tural legacy, the government as “mother language”. Ram to promote Sanskrit language. ! of Shipping Services and pri- vessels and to facilitate the Rajya Sabha on March 2 but crore students were studying was neglecting other classical Gopal Yadav of SP suggested that However, M Shanmugam of vate operators, with effect passengers to maintain a safe could not be taken for discussion the language in the country languages. there should be a provision for DMK opposed the bill saying ' from March 16 to 26. distance with co passengers, so due to the logjam in the upper itself. Besides, there were many “Sanskrit has always been a students union in the three uni- that it was against classical lan- (#&' According to a statement, that the potential risk of house. countries across the world where monopoly of few and that is a versities rather than a student guages such as Tamil. Vaiko of "%"(#& !: all the vessels of the spreading infection of coron- The Bill seeks to upgrade the language was being taught, matter of great sadness and council, in which members were DMK also opposed the bill say- C 6 0 = E Directorate of Shipping avirus,” it said. three deemed to be universities he added. “All languages are tragedy for India. We have to nominated by the faculty. ing: “If this bill is passed then not *= Services and private operators, In another statement, the in Sanskrit -- Rashtriya Sanskrit important for us. We are com- make this monopoly into a trea- Prashant Nanda of BJD, only South Indian languages IF - ! operating in the Mainland Andaman & Nicobar admin- Sansthan, Sri Lal Bahadur Shastri mitted for the growth of all lan- sure of many and that is what this who also spoke in Sanskrit, sup- but others like Punjabi and Odia 6 0 Island, Inter Island, Foreshore istration has changed the Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, guages that are spoken in the bill hopes to accomplish,” he said. ported the bill said that the lan- will be in jeopardy. He also said and Harbour ferry sector, office timings of departments and Rashtriya Sanskrit country,” the minister asserted. However, the government is guage has scientific importance. that Sanskrit is a “dead language” shall carry only Islander pas- in the island to avoid conges- Vidyapeeth Tirupati -- into cen- Cutting across party lines, ignoring other classical Indian Kahkashan Perveen of JD(U) and Tamil is the only alive * sengers up to 50 percent of tion in public transport. tral universities. Since Rajya several members supported the languages such as Tamil, Telugu, also backed the bill and said that ancient language. ' )$ Q<' , + 3 ' -5 # % " # = R *.5 ment came and a number of steps were taken, including DJ5 * * enactment of the Fugitive 67178- reduction in budgets of various Economic Offenders Act, so programmes were its “historic that the guilty can be punished. s Opposition insisted that achievements”. 67178- Referring to the recent Yes Athere were 282 deaths of The mandate of the Social 67178- Bank crisis, Thakur said the sanitation workers engaged in Justice Ministry is very large, he ongress leader Rahul union finance minister had manual scavenging and 70,000 said, attacking the Government he Election Commission CGandhi on Monday raised already said banks are safe and children forced to beg by crim- for the deaths of 282 sanitation Ton Monday appointed in Lok Sabha the issue of bad the money deposited in Yes inal network, the Union workers. Hirdesh Kumar( 47), a 1999 loans and sought a list of 50 top Bank is also safe. Minster Social Justice and Over 60,000-70,000 chil- batch IAS officer, as the new wilful defaulters and “stealing He said there were many Empowerment Minister dren every year are forced to Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of of money by large number of instances of irregularities dur- Thaawar Chand Gehlot high- beg by criminals, he said. Jammu & Kashmir. The EC people” even as his party staged ing the UPA Government and lighted measures taken by his “You have no numbers. issued a notification announc- a walkout protesting that its that include forcing bankers to Ministry to uplift Dalits, trib- What is your priority,” ing the appointment of Kumar leader was not allowed to ask buy paintings at exorbitant als, backward classes and dif- In the last five years some Chowdhury said while also and asked the Jammu&Kashmir a second supplementary on price —in an indirect reference ferently-abled people and of key decisions taken by the highlighting drug menace in administration to ensure that the issue. to Rahul Gandhi’s sister maintained that his Government was to accord parts of the country, including the new CEO takes charge The Congress members ten reply. normally the junior ministers Priyanka Vadra selling a paint- Government is working on a constitutional status to the Punjab. “immediately”. wanted Union Finance “The Indian economy is answer during the Question ing to the Yes Bank founder comprehensive policy for elder- Other Backward Classes (OBC) Responding to him, Gehlot He originally belongs to Minister Nirmala Sitaraman going through a difficult peri- Hour. Thakur said the Congress Rana Kapoor, who was recently citizens. Commission and giving reser- said de-addiction camps have Uttar Pradesh. He was the to respond to Rahul’s question od. Banking system is facing was trying to put the blame on ly arrested. Replying to a debate on the vation in educational institu- been set up in 28 districts of the District Magistrate in the dis- but Minister of state Anurag difficulties, banking is failing the NDA government for irreg- The Speaker then ended demand for grants of his min- tions based on economic cri- states. Over Rs 137.72 crore was tricts such as Chitrakoot, Thakur answered his query. and many more banks are ularities committed in banks the Question Hour and moved istry, which was later passed by teria. spent during 2009-14, when the Ghazipur and Ghaziabad. The House soon witnessed going to fail. One of the main during the previous UPA regime. to the next item of the agenda. the House, Gehlot said He said that the Congress-led UPA was in Presently, he is posted as noisy scenes and a walkout by reasons for the failure of banks The Minister said the With this, Rahul protested ‘divyang’, a term for people with Government has brought power, while over Rs 242.55 cr Secretary, School Education Congress members as Rahul is stealing of bank money by a Narendra Modi government saying he should be given the disabilities, across the country Maintenance and Welfare of was spent by the NDA gov- Department and Social Welfare was not allowed to ask a second large number of people. reviewed the asset quality of opportunity to ask the second will have a standard identity Parents and Senior Citizens ernment in 2014-19. Department. His name was supplementary related to wil- “The prime minister had banks and performance of supplementary as is the norm. card through which they can (Amendment) Bill, which is The issue of begging, he selected from a panel of names ful defaulters during the said those who have stolen the banks has improved to a great However, the Speaker ignored avail of benefits meant for being scrutinised by a standing said, is a State subject, and the sent by the J-K administration Question Hour. money will be brought back extent due to various steps his request and continued with them anywhere. committee, and it has provi- Centre issues advisories to to the EC. The protests came after and punished. But I have not taken by the Government. the business of the House. As of now, he said, the cer- sions for day care centre and states from time to time in this According to the EC, the Speaker Om Birla announced got the answer to my simple “The list of all bank Congress leader was tificate issued in one district is old age homes, which would be regard. delimitation process of J-K is the end of Question Hour at question,” he said. defaulters above 25 lakh loans immediately joined by not accepted in another district. run with the help of NGOs. Gehlot said the ministry expected to start within a noon as the designated time for When Minister of State is available on the website of the Chowdhury and other mem- The Indian cricket team for While he asserted that allo- has become “active” in the last month. Last delimitation was it is 11 am to noon. for Finance Anurag Thakur Central Information bers. At least a dozen Congress the physically challenged, he cations under various scholar- five years and has taken sever- done in J&K in 1995-1996. While asking the first sup- started replying to the question, Commission. I have the list and members rushed to the Well of noted, has been winning the ships had increased by a big al historic decisions. Besides redefining the bound- plementary, Rahul said he Rahul and Congress leader in if the Chair allows me, I am the House and started sloga- world cup cricket for the dis- margin under the BJP-led NDA He said a high-level board aries of the existing 83 Assembly wanted to know the list of 50 the House Adhir Ranjan ready to table it in the House,” neering saying grave injustice abled for the last three times. Government, Congress leader was also constituted for seats and five Lok Sabha seats, top wilful defaulters, including Chowdhury protested, saying he said. has been done to Rahul. As the Over one-third members of the Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury took nomadic tribes. For divyang, the commission would almost funds given and the amount Sitharaman, who was present Thakur said 4.8 lakh crore Speaker continued to ignore Indian team have won medal in a dig at his claims, saying “zero 132 camps were set up in 126 bring the representative char- written off by banks but did not in the House, should reply. defaulting loans were recovered the protests, the Congress Paralympic Games, he said, increase” under several provi- districts to give assistance, he acter of the Jammu region at par get a proper answer in the writ- However, the Speaker said ever since the Modi govern- members staged a walk out. lauding the efforts of divyang. sions and underutilisation or said. with that of the valley. ! 2 !"#$%&%& ' 6 & ( ( /' # 9//: # ; * <=

- 2. % % " regular checks on patients who break-up of positive ed by Covid 19, but they should once the threat has passed. have been quarantined them- Coronavirus cases elsewhere in not be treated as criminals. Safeguarding human life is the ! *"# selves at home,” Uddhav said. the state was: Mumbai-6, They will be treated with utmost topmost priority right now. Having invoked the Nagpur-4, Yavatmal-3, Panvel- empathy while taking into con- This rule, however, does not Mumbai: Authorities in The State Government, Epidemics Disease Act, 1897, 1, Kalyan-3, Navi Mumbai-3, sideration their psychological apply to daily prayers at places Maharashtra, which has reg- which had announced closure :+> homes would be stamped on the state government is attempt- Thane-1, Ahmednagar-1 and needs. It is important to main- of worship. However, we have istered the highest number of of urban schools and colleges, their left hands, so that they ing to to establish testing and Aurangabad-1. tain a humane approach." requested that the places of coronavirus positive cases in has now decided to extend the he Maharashtra could be identified. quarantine in private hospitals Addressing a news confer- The chief minister under- religious worship restrict the India, have decided to close measure in rural areas also, the TGovernment on Monday The State Government’s if required, take punitive action ence in Mumbai, the chief min- scored the need for initiating presence of worshippers for some prominent tourist and minister said. scaled up measures to combat decision to tag the patients against those who violate quar- ister announced a host of mea- measures aimed at the safety of some time," a news release put religious attractions as a Schools and colleges in the spread of Coronavirus in the who have been put under 100 antine rules and restrict access sures, including the closure of the population. “It is essential out by the chief minister’s office precautionary measure. rural Maharashtra will remain State by allocating 45 crore for per cent quarantine at their to geographical areas to control schools in the rural areas, for the district level officials said. The world-famous Ajanta closed till March-end due to six revenue divisions in the homes came in the wake of the outbreak of Coronavirus. restrictions religious and polit- need to communicate the same Meanwhile, the and Ellora caves near coronavirus situation, Tope State and postponing the local seven patients with symptoms In Mumbai alone, there are ical events that contribute to effectively and provide public Maharashtra Government Aurangabad, the popular told reporters. body polls by three months, of Coranavirus fleeing from more than 500 persons are in crowds, postponement of local sanitation facilities equipped announced that the Universities Siddhivinayak temple in Four new cases of novel even as the total number of isolation wards in the self-quarantine. body polls by three months and with essentials like sanitizer, in the state had decided to Mumbai and the Tuljabhawani coronavirus infection have Covid-19 cases rose to 39 in the Ahmednagar Civil Hospital and The Chief Minister said made an allocation of 45 crore soap and water supply,” he said. postpone exams till 31 March. temple in Osmanabad district been detected in Maharashtra, State. the Mayo Hospital in Nagpur that the State Government had as disaster relief for five revenue Uddhav said that as part of “After risk assessments, the would remain closed in view of taking the State tally to 37 on After reviewing the situa- over the weekend. made available television set, divisions. The disaster relief the effort to prevent large gath- Higher & Technical Ministry the coronavirus situation in the Monday. tion arising out of the spread of The patients who had fled carom boards and food at pub- allocation made comprised: 15 erings at religious places, the has decided to postpone all state, officials said. Of the four cases, three Coronavirus in the State with the hospitals have returned to lic quarantine centres. crore for Konkan, 10 for Pune authorities were denying per- university exams, in its juris- Entry restrictions to were reported from Mumbai the divisional commissioners the two hospitals. “In the wake With six more fresh positive revenye division, 5 crore each missions to such events "We diction, to a date later than 31st Mantralaya, the state secre- and one from Navi Mumbai, a and collectors across the State of the two hospital fleeing inci- cases, the total number of pos- to the revenue divisions of have asked the officials at the March, 2020 All educational tariat in south Mumbai which State Government official through video-conferencing, dents, the state government has itive Covid-19 rose to 39 in the Nagpur, Amravati, Aurangabad district levels to prevent regular institutes must therefore observe sees thousands of visitors daily, said. Chief Minister Uddhav taken steps to secure public state. While Pune and the and Nashik. Making a fervent gatherings at religious institu- a complete temporary closure will also be in force, Public "The total number of Thackeray announced that quarantine facilities to prevent neighbouring Pimpri- plea to the people in combating tions of all faiths till further notice,” Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope coronavirus positive cases those who were under 100 per patients from leaving again. Chinchwad accounted for a Coronavirus, Uddhav said: "People can take part in Minister Aditya Thackeray said. increased to 37," he said. PTI cent self quarantine at their The local police will carry out maximum of 16 cases, the “Patients may have been affect- large gatherings and festivals tweeted. 4 5 #& & #- (!+ # 78

Kottayam (Kerala): With Kerala on high alert for coron- Kadakampally Surendran described overseas visitors ! * # 345 avirus, foreign tourists visiting God's Own Country are find- as “our friends” and “guests” and called for a change ing it difficult to get accommodation and move around, of mindset of some people who allegedly treat them D+: ing in both the wings of the High Court prompting the Government to disapprove of such acts and as carriers of coronavirus. from March 16, 2020 to March 31, 2020 # * ' " ask people not to see every foreigner as a COVID-19 car- On Sunday, authorities were forced to shift two ammu & Kashmir Government on shall be restricted to urgent matters. rier. With two people, including a UK national, testing pos- foreign nationals to a quarantine facility at a gov- JMonday scaled up their efforts to con- The Government had already ordered Jaipur: A combination of two anti-malaria and anti-swine itive for coronavirus on Sunday, the number of those affect- ernment hospital in nearby Pala after their co-pas- tain the spread of coronavirus cases by shutdown of shopping malls, multiplex- anti-HIV drugs has proved flu drugs," he said. ed in the state has risen to 21 as the Government began a sengers in a state-owned transport corporation bus shutting down hotels in famous tourist es, restaurants, clubs, gyms, spas, educa- crucial in the treatment of "All this while, our doctors "break the chain" initiative to prevent spread of the virus. raised an alarm. The two from Spain were travelling resort of Patnitop in Udhampur district. tional institutions, and denied permission coronavirus positive cases, a were in touch with the Indian It has also launched intensified medical check up at bor- in the bus when police stopped it at Kuravilangad in Large number of pilgrims/tourists visit to various organisations to hold dharnas, senior official of the Rajasthan Council of Medical Research der areas for people entering the state by rail and road. Kottayam district after co- passengers said they could the area after performing pooja in the run community kitchens, protest demon- Government said. and the Drug Controller Amid the stepped up preventive measures, several cases not travel with them due to the coronavirus threat, cave shrine of Shri Mata Vaishno strations to check assembly of large Additional Chief Secretary General of India. Since the of foreigners being 'denied' travel in public transport sys- according to official sources. Devi. number of people at one place. (Medical and Health) Rohit structure of coronavirus is sim- tems and stay in hotels have been reported in the past few The tourists were then taken to a government hos- According to the daily bulletin On its part Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Kumar Singh said the patients' ilar to that of HIV to some days from various parts of the state, a major attraction for pital for check-up by the police. released by the Ministry of Health and Shrine board authorities had also issued condition improved after they extent, so they tried a combi- travellers with its picturesque locales and enchanting back- Though the two were advised to remain in quar- Family Welfare, so far three cases have an advisory to the NRIs/ foreigners and were administered the anti- nation of the two anti-HIV waters. antine for 14 days, they were allegedly denied stay tested positive, while as reports of six other visitors not to visit the Shrine for HIV drugs. Three of the four drugs," he added. "It appears Cautioning against such acts, Kerala Tourism Minister in a hotel or lodge in the area. Police later shifted cases are awaited in Jammu & Kashmir. 28 days after landing in India as a pre- patients in the State have now it (combination of drugs) is them to the quarantine facility set up in the general Meanwhile, the Jammu & Kashmir cautionary measure against Coronavirus. been declared coronavirus- working because three patients hospital in Pala, the sources said. High Court Monday issued a circular The domestic visitors having symp- free. Singh said the first two have recovered. Good thing is A foreign tourist visiting scenic Wagamon hill sta- restricting the functioning in both of its toms like cough, heavy fever and breath- patients tested positive for the that all the three patients are tion bordering Kottayam and Idukki district alleged- Jammu and Srinagar wings to urgent mat- ing problems also advised to reschedule virus were an Italian couple. elderly and the successful result ly slept in the cemetery of a church after he was denied ters only. or postpone their visit to the Holy "Their symptoms were flu- of the drug on patients of such lodging facility due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the circular, function- Shrine, the advisory said. like so they were initially given age is a big thing," he said. PTI People visiting the church for attending the Sunday morning mass reportedly saw the tourist coming out of the cemetery. However, he could not be traced :9 %+ + ' % %% 3 despite a search being launched, police said. Speaking at a function in Varkala in Thiruvananthapuram district, the Minister said for- -766+ forcibly hospitalise or isolate any specially convened Press briefing at started rescheduling their summer eign tourists are “our guests” and they are flocking to person suspected to have come in Chennai on Monday. The minister holidays in view of the Corona Virus the state thanks to the global marketing campaign amil Nadu Government is leav- contact with infected persons or said everything was under control threat, SRM Institute of technology launched by the Tourism department. Ting no stones un-turned to for- places. The district collectors are and there was no need to panic. and Velore Institute of technology Noting that the tourism industry was the back- tify the State from the COVID-19 empowered to seal a geographical The COVID-19 Preventive were the first institutions to declare bone of Kerala’s economy, Surendran said the arrival virus, responsible for the spread of area itself , if cases of COVID-19 are Strategies empower State Government holidays ahead of the summer vaca- of the tourists to the state was necessary for the state’s corona virus. reported from the area. officials to forcibly hospitalize or iso- tion. growth. “Tourism industry contributes 10 per cent of The Government issued a spe- Dr C Vijayabaskar, Tamil Nadu late those who had travelled to any Meanwhile, a section of the Kerala’s GDP. During the last fiscal, the total revenue cial notification late Sunday autho- Minister of Health, asked people on country or area, where COVID-19 Islamic organizations which were on collected from the tourism sector alone stands at Rs rising the district collectors and Monday to restrict their move- has been reported in the last 28 days an agitation against the Citizenship 45,000 crores. It is 24 per cent higher than the pre- superintendents of police in the dis- ments to other States like Kerala, and those who had a history of com- Amendment Act brought in by the vious year. The sector also provides jobs for 15 lakh tricts sharing borders with the Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. ing in contact with anyone suspect- Centre declared on Monday that people, directly or indirectly”, he said. neighboring States to check, regulate “We will have health officials ed or confirmed to be carrying they were calling off all the rallies, “The tendency of seeing the foreign tourists as and control the intra-State and including doctors and para-medical COVID - 19. The order empowers the sit-ins and demonstrations demand- coronavirus carriers must change. They are not our inter-State travel by people. staff monitoring the border check officials to hospitalize such persons for ing the withdrawal of the Act. But enemies. They are our friends. For us, they are our The office order named points, railway stations, air ports and a period of 14 days or till the lab test Tamil Nadu Thowheed Jamaath , guests. So our mindset towards them should change”, COVID-19 Preventive Strategies other entry spots to the State,” said results. Colleges and Private declared that it would go ahead with he added. has empowered State officials to Dr Vijayabaskar while addressing a Universities in Tamil Nadu have its agitations as scheduled. 4 0 + # .I 5 & Patna: Bihar Chief Minister mas and public parks till March ! Nitish Kumar on Monday 31. He said Group C and Group announced that the State D personnel of all government Thrissur: Four people have Government will bear all departments have been asked to been arrested for allegedly expenses of the treatment of any report for duty on alternate days locking up a couple, who were patient who tests positive for in order to prevent crowding on in self- quarantine following coronavirus in the State. office premises. the COVID-19 scare, in their flat Making a statement to the Speaking on the last day of in an apartment complex here, effect on the floor of the the Budget session, which was police said on Monday. Assembly, Kumar said the treat- scheduled to end on March 31 The elderly couple, who ment cost will be provided but was cut short in view of the had returned from Saudi Arabia from the Chief Minister's relief pandemic, Kumar said "inten- on Sunday, had undergone fund. He also said that in the sive screening" of people was screening at the airport and did event of any death caused by the being carried out at transit not have any symptoms of coro- disease in the state, the next of points. navirus, they said. "The couple kin of each deceased will get 4 "Those with symptoms are found their door locked up lakh as compensation. being quarantined at govern- from outside and informed the The chief minister also ment expenses for the stipulat- police. The residents association spoke about the measures being ed period of time. Medical members took the extreme step taken to prevent the spread of infrastructure is also being of confining the couple to the flat the pandemic in the state, where strengthened to facilitate early and pasting a sticker related to nobody has so far tested posi- detection and hospitals are coronavirus on their door. That tive for the virus. being equipped with addition- is not the right way. We have reg- These included closure of al ventilators and isolation istered a case, police said. # > 3879=? # ! # educational institutions, cine- wards," he added. PTI The couple’s helper bought all the groceries and kept them at the door and when the couple tried to open it, they found it locked from the outside, they 6+5 .// * O P said. “The association members are supposed to help the couple. 1 ' “around 3.24 lakh people have chances,” she said. everyone has agreed that there Instead, they tried to lock them been screened in Bengal and we On municipal elections she is a need to postpone the elec- up,” police said, adding the 5985++ owned theatres and entertain- are keeping a close watch on said “we know that political tions,” he said. When asked to arrest was made to be deterrent ment halls. 5,590 of them.” process is necessary and elec- provide a tentative date for the to other from following this act. ven as corona scare gripped The Chief Minister who Till now there have been no tions are a priority but at this polls he said “we shall review EBengal, Chief Minister had on Sunday announced a positive cases in the state, she point safety of human life is the situation after March 31.” Mamata Banerjee on Monday corona-propelled holiday till added saying the State was act- more important so we from the Inside sources however said extended the corona leave— March 31 on Monday extending as per World Health Government requested the SEC that the polls may not be held that many called CL —in all ed it by another 15 days “con- Organisation and Central to see whether the polls can be before first week June consid- schools and colleges till April 15 sidering the gravity of the sit- Government guidelines. Border postponed,” Banerjee said ering the ruling Trinamool besides announcing 200 crore uation and the havoc it is cre- management — including the reminding that “Bengal is a Congress’ sensitivityto the fund to tackle any future out- ating in many European coun- one with Bangladesh and other densely populated area with a month of Ramzan which falls break that the State still had for- tries.” States — was being done with large population… So it is bet- during April-May. “It is not that tunately managed to evade. All board and university utmost sincerity she said. ter to take precautionary mea- polls have not been held during In sync with theexaminations save the Higher “Bengal has border not sures before hand.” Ramzan on earlier occasions Government decision the State Secondary (Class XII) exams only with Bangladesh which is By late afternoon State but this Government has pre- Election Commission post- which has already started a cou- taken care of by the Border Election Commissioner Sourav ferred not to hold elections dur- poned the civic elections “per- ple of days ago have been post- forces but also other States and Das who chaired an all-party ing that period considering haps till the first week of June.” poned till further notice. the North East… and even meeting announced postpone- Muslim sentiments,” an official The Kolkata Municipal “We are creating a 200 China is two hours from Bengal ment of elections though he said adding “polls are most like- Corporation too followed suit crore fund to tackle this crisis,” so we are extremely cautious would not give any date. “We ly to get pushed back till the first closing down all the KMC Ms Banerjee said citing how about this and want to take no have met all the parties and week of June.” !"#$%&%& ! 6

-+4 """ P( < ' -- # # , * * ((1 " > " 3 ( D+: .+7.8+.+*9.:7;-<. 9*<-807.==7;*9 ,/.. Agartala: The Tripura Bengaluru: Accusing parties the national issues- for politi- March 14. Aligarh (UP):With tensions continue as a precautionary fter a treacherous wait of .00.,;-<*9-7 7*7 Government on Monday opposing CAA of trying to cal reasons- leaders of political RSS' highest decision mak- after the death of a youth measure and praised the role Amore than 30 long years, a *?7+-<,9-*.??0 promised all help to the parents convert it into a political issue parties are trying to create ing body, the Akhil Bharatiya injured in a protest over the played by Tariq's family in special TADA (Terrorists and .07 :?/<66 of a woman, whose charred to create confusion among the confusion in society,” Joshi Pratinidhi Sabha (ABPS), was amended citizenship law defusing the tensions. Disruptive Activities Act) body was found in a paddy field public, the RSS said on Monday said. scheduled to meet from March appear to be subsiding, shops He said they received full Court in Jammu on Monday were cleared to frame charges three days ago. it was the duty of the ruling Speaking to reporters here, 15- 17 here, but was called off and other business establish- cooperation from the family in framed charges against Yasin against the seven accused when State Education Minister party and the Government to he said the Prime Minister due to COVID-19 concerns. ments opened in the old city defusing the tensions, which Malik, a Kashmiri separatist special Judge in its order had and Cabinet spokesperson clear the air. and Home minister have Asked if RSS would direct- areas here on Monday. were palpable after Tariq's and Chief of banned Jammu & observed there was enough Ratan Lal Nath, who visited the RSS General Secretary appealed to political parties to ly involve itself against the pro- Shops and business estab- death. Kashmir Liberation Front prima-facie evidence for pros- parents at their residence in Suresh Joshi said repeated understand the CAA, but those paganda opposing CAA and lishments in Upperkot, Babri On Friday night, the dis- (JKLF) and six others alleged- ecuting Malik for involvement Rangacherra village of the dis- appeals by Prime Minister who want to create confusion NRC, Joshi said the Sangh Mandi and Turkman Gate trict authorities, along with ly involved in 'gruesome' in the killing of the IAF offi- trict on Sunday, also said justice Narendra Modi and Home and chaos in the country were directly is not involved in it, but areas had remained closed for the AMU authorities, had killing of four IAF personnel in cials. Yasin Malik, currently would be meted out in the case Minister Amit Shah to politi- “misguiding” the people. there are several organisations the past two days following the made special arrangements for Srinagar on January 25, 1990. lodged in Tihar jail, is also fac- at the earliest. cal parties to “understand” the He said all political parties that support the movement in its death of Mohammad Tariq the youth's funeral at the Squadron Leader Ravi ing trial for the kidnapping of “We would take all mea- Citizenship Amendment Act should honestly think about it favour and naturally its swayam- Munawwar (22), who had suf- AMU's private cemetery. Khanna along with three other Rubaiyya Sayeed, daughter of sures to ensure that the culprit had not yielded a positive and cooperate with the govern- sevaks are supporting them. fered gunshot injuries during Tariq's funeral took place IAF personnel were allegedly then Union Home Minister does not go unpunished. We response. ment and also try to clear their Stating that the forces sup- the violent protest against the early on Saturday morning. killed by JKLF terrorists lead by Mufti Mohammed Sayeed in want exemplary punishment He called on the political confusion. porting CAA are huge, he said Citizenship Amendment Act DIG Preetendra Singh said Yasin Malik in Rawalpora area December 1989. The 69 year for the perpetrator....” the BJP parties to come together on “...Everyone has the right to all political parties should come (CAA) on February 23. Sub-Inspector Kapil Kumar, of Srinagar. old Shalini Khanna, fighting for MLA told reporters on Monday. issues of national interest. oppose (if) something is not cor- together for a dialogue regard- Security at sensitive spots posted at Babri Mandi, has Out of the seven accused justice for last three decades on The charred body of a 23- “Unfortunately the nation- rect for the nation and say it ing this. “BJP as a ruling in the old city here was beefed been suspended for negligence in the case, five of them were behalf of her martyred hus- year-old woman was found at a al issue has became political. should not be implemented. party has to take some initia- up after the youth died on in connection with incidents of produced in person in the band, Squadron Leader Ravi paddy field in West Tripura dis- Any country in their national But whatever is in the interest of tive to initiate a dialogue.... Friday night at Jawaharlal violence on February 23. TADA court while Yasin Malik Khanna, is keenly awaiting trict on Friday, with the victim's interest- to take care of its cit- the nation everybody should try The Home Minister and Prime Nehru Medical College and The DIG said the video and another accused Showkat outcome of the case. father alleging that a neighbour, izens, prepare the list of its cit- to understand and support it,” he Minister have appealed to the Hospital in Aligarh Muslim evidence of the entire sequence Bakshi appeared via video- When the trial in the case a driver by profession, raped and izens, and no outsiders should added. Joshi addressed the political parties to come and try University (AMU). of events is being collected by conferencing from their respec- began after a long gap in burnt his daughter to death. be allowed to stay after a cer- press in the backdrop of the to understand, but I don't Aligarh Zone DIG the special investigation team tive jails in Tihar and September 2019, she had told Based on a complaint filed tain period, there are limita- Akhila Bharatiya Karyakari think there is a positive Preetendra Singh on Monday and no guilty person will be Ambedkar Nagar. reporters at her residence in by the family, the accused was tions...But unfortunately on Mandali baitak held here on response,” he added. PTI said security arrangements will spared. PTI The charges were framed Jammu, “I had taken a pledge arrested and presented before a under section 302, 307 RPC, to fight this battle till my last local court, which remanded section3 (3) and section 4(1) of breath.Now i leave it to the wis- him in police custody on $%%!% TADA Act, 1987 and section dom of Judges to punish the Sunday. Meanwhile, Opposition ?@ <' 3' 7/27 of Arms Act 1959, section killers of my husband as per CPI(M) on Monday sought a 120-B of RPC. law of the land”. judicial inquiry into the inci- $&"$' The court room in Jammu Referring to the reopening dent, claiming that attempts also witnessed some chaos of murder case against Yasin were being made to hush up the + + -- '" # while charges were being read Malik, responsible for killing matter. “This is a ghastly killing, $*"&'" out to the accused. Yasin her husband and three other but there is this strange attempt Malik and all others,waiting IAF personnel on January 25, to suppress the crime. New Delhi: The Congress- 2019 is violative of Article 14 and Foreigners (Amendment) New Delhi: The Supreme states which have not taken since morning, pleaded not 1990, Shalini Khanna had told Investigation is going on at a ruled Rajasthan Government (right to equality) and Article 21 Order are ultra vires the Court on Monday took suo appropriate measures. guilty and sought trial. The reporters , “if the government snail's space.... We demand a moved the Supreme Court on (right to life) of the Constitution Constitution and be declared moto cognisance of over- The court also cautioned next date of hearing in the case has decided to reopen the case judicial inquiry into the inci- Monday challenging the valid- of India as well as violative of void. crowding and infrastructure that mass gathering is a big has been fixed on March 30. i think they are going to deliv- dent,” Gautam Das, the state sec- ity of the Citizenship basic structure principle of sec- It said the CAA, the amend- of prisons across the country in problem and it can become a Earlier on Saturday, decks er justice”. retary PTI (Amendment) Act, saying it ularism. Thus Act 47 of 2019 ed Passport Rules and Foreign the wake of the coronavirus centre for the spread of coro- was violative of “basic structure (CAA) be declared as void Order are class legislations harp- pandemic. navirus. principle of secularism” and under Article 13 of the ing on the religious identity of A bench of Chief Justice S The court also said it will $ CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN fundamental rights of equality Constitution,” said the plea filed an individual, thereby contra- A Bobde and LN Rao issued a issue reasons on why it has Bandarsindri, NH-8, Tehsil Kishangarh, Ajmer (Raj.)-305817 and life. It became the second through lawyer DK Devesh. vening the principles of secu- notice to the Director General, taken suo moto cognisance of Advt.: R/F.119/2020/5413 Date: 16.03.2020 State after Kerala to move the Article 13 of the larism, which has been recog- Prison, and chief secretary of all the matter. Advertisement for Non-Teaching Positions top court invoking Article 131 Constitution, under which the nised by the court as a basic states and union territories “We need to formulate & * # of the Constitution under which CAA is sought to be held as structure of the Constitution. seeking their response by some guidelines, and directions Applications are invited trom eligible Indian Citizens for various Non-Teaching positions. Candidates are required to apply online a state is empowered to direct- unconstitutional, says any law Earlier, the CPI(M)-led March 20 on steps taken for should be issued with respect New Delhi: The Supreme Court in the prescribed format through www.curaj.ac.in Minimum ly move the top court in case of “inconsistent with or in dero- Kerala had become the first state prevention of COVID-19. to overcrowding of prisons in on Monday rejected anticipato- Qualification, Experience, Reservation, Relaxation in Age, a dispute with the Centre. gation of the fundamental to challenge the CAA in the The court also asked all wake of coronavirus,” the bench ry bail pleas of civil rights activists Emoluments, Age of Superannuation and other service conditions The newly amended law rights” can be held unconstitu- Supreme Court. The Kerala states and union territories to said. Gautam Navlakha and Anand are as prescribed by the University/UGC/Gol and are available seeks to grant citizenship to tional to the extent of its con- Assembly was also the first in depute an officer on March 23 The number of novel coro- Teltumbde in connection with at www.curaj.ac.in. non-Muslim migrants belong- travention of fundamental the country to pass a resolution who could assist the court in navirus cases in the country the Bhima Koregaon violence Application Fee - Rs. 1500 (for General/OBC); ing to Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, rights. against the Act. the matter. rose to 110 on Sunday, with case. A bench of Justices Arun Rs.750 (for SC/ST/PWD) Christian, Jain and Parsi com- The plea said the CAA be The Kerala government had The bench also took suo Maharashtra reporting the Mishra and MR Shah while dis- Last date for submission of online application munities who came to the coun- declared “ultra vires” to the pro- said in its suit that there is no moto cognisance of conditions highest followed by Kerala. missing the anticipatory bail 10 April 2020 upto 05:00 PM try from Pakistan, Bangladesh visions of the Constitution of rationale in grouping together in remand homes where juve- According to the Union pleas of Navlakha and Teltumbde Last date for submission of Hardcopy Application and Afghanistan on or before India. the three countries -- Pakistan, niles in conflict with law are Health Ministry, there are 110 said their petitions cannot be 17 April 2020 upto 05:00 PM December 31, 2014. “Pass a Besides, the plea has stated Afghanistan and Bangladesh - lodged. It observed that some cases in India so far, including maintained in view of the bar Note: After successfully applying online, hardcopy of the self-attest- judgement and decree that the that the Passport (Entry to - for the purpose of the CAA states have taken steps for the two people who died in Delhi contained in 43D(4) of the ed copies of all the required documents alongwith application form Citizenship (Amendment) Act, India) Amendment Rules, 2015 and rules and orders. PTI pandemic but there are some and Karnataka PTI Unlawful Activities (Prevention) should reach the university by April 17, 2020. Registrar Act (UAPA), 1967. Davp - 21316/11/0013/1920 7 8

?=:.-767K announcing it at the February 6 policy positive suspects after thermal screen- ity under the Right to Information Act, review. ing at airport. The Delhi Government but "judicial independence has to be +65(!A&$,L may initiate thermal screening in Delhi kept in mind" while disclosing infor- A*%8 =89 +88+-7=694 Metro as well, he said. mation in "public interest". A five-judge Constitution bench This was the second biggest drop 9?7=@#,79,87 49=767= +6? headed by Gogoi struck down in entire- for the benchmarks in absolute terms. +667678- ty the rules formulated by the Centre on The Sensex and Nifty had plummeted 78-:=1+=+ appointment and service conditions for 2,919.26 points and 868.25 points “We are also advising people who 968C+47=&@.+C members of various tribunals, and respectively on March 12. have come in contact with those infect- referred to a larger bench the issue of Asian markets nosedived after ed to home quarantine themselves for +C6 9:6=C examining the validity of the passage of China’s factory output and retail sales a while. I want to appeal to all those the Finance Act, 2017 as Money Bill. data came in sharply lower, fanning people through the media that all While gurdwaras are known for He also led a bench which moni- fears of a coronavirus-triggered eco- those people who have been home quar- their cleanness, leaving no stone tored the National Register of Citizens nomic slump. Bourses in Shanghai antined should remain cautious in unturned, this time too, the committee (NRC). dropped 3.40 per cent, Hong Kong 4.03 their approach of not contacting and has directed volunteers to disinfected all A lot of controversies plagued the per cent, Seoul 3.19 per cent and meeting other people till everything is the railings, lifts, chairs which are used NRC but Gogoi stood his ground and Tokyo cracked 2.46 per cent. European under control,” he added further. by devotees and will be disinfected again later came out in public defending the markets too tumbled up to 8 per cent Elaborating further about pre- and again as precautionary and pre- decision to hold the exercise to identi- as much of the region went into shut- paredness, Kejriwal said that each Sub ventive measures. fy illegal immigrants. down mode. Brent crude oil futures Divisional Magistrate (SDM) will have He also told that all the non-sikhs As the CJI, he took tough decisions melted 7.53 per cent to USD 31.30 per to arrange for a specific number of /Shahzdhari Sikhs who visit gurdwaras against erring judges and recommend- barrel. The rupee depreciated 55 paise mobile washbasins in their areas. Hand regularly have been advised to bring ed their transfers and a woman high to 74.31 per US dollar (intra-day). sanitisers will also be provided to all the their own headscarf to cover their court judge was virtually forced to During market hours when the staff and personnel working across all head which is mandatory to gain entry resign. news came in that RBI Governor public places. “I want to appeal to the in the main hall and told that gurdwara He also headed a bench which dealt Shakitkanta Das will address a press people to cooperate with the authori- authorities has discontinued providing with contempt proceedings against for- conference at 4 p.m, the Dalal Street ties. The Governments are doing what- headscarf in all Delhi gurdwaras to vis- mer apex court judge Markandey Katju buzzed with speculation of imminent ever they can to contain the outbreak, iting devotees as a preventive measure for his remarks against judiciary in his rate cut by the RBI, however the but it is only with your cooperation that to check transmission of coronavirus. blog. Central Bank hinted at doing so at the our efforts will be successful. Many next MPC meeting on April 3, even as countries have witnessed a major out- 49=7= D=+6D+6 9?7K,+69 +8 it rolled out more liquidity enhancing break of the virus, which has fortunately measures. not happened in our country. I will also 99696+79 +6 69 := All Sensex components ended in request everyone to stop shaking hands =+DC++-+ 9=96+ the red. IndusInd Bank was the top with each other, ensure that you regu- loser, skidding 17.50 per cent, fol- larly wash your hands and sanitise them Similarly, the Tamil Nadu lowed by Tata Steel (11.02 per cent), properly, and to not touch your face and The vacancy was created due to Government ordered closure of all HDFC (10.94 per cent), Axis Bank eyes with hands.” retirement of KTS Tulsi. educational institutions, liquor bars, the- (10.38 per cent) and ICICI Bank (9.96 Interestingly Delhi is witnessing a Gogoi (65) retired as CJI in atres and resorts and imposed restric- per cent). All sectoral indices closed sit-in protest in Shaheen Bagh, howev- November last year after a tenure of a tions on weddings and banned public with losses, with BSE metal, bankex, er, replying a query on this, CM little over 13 months. meetings and processions in the State finance, realty, IT and energy indices Kejriwal said that the ban is applicable His tenure as judge and as CJI was till March 31 as part of preventive mea- dropping up to 9.30 per cent. Broader for everyone, be it protest or any gath- also marked by some controversies as sures against coronavirus while the State mid-cap and small-cap indices fell up ering. he had faced allegations of sexual Election Commission of Odisha on to 5.94 per cent. While majority of population trav- harassment, of which he was cleared. Monday postponed the March 24 pan- To a question why the rates were left el in Metro and use autorickshaw for last He was among the four senior-most chayat bypolls after the State reported unchanged at 5.15 per cent, Das said, mile connectivity, Delhi Government judges who held an unprecedented its first case of novel coronavirus which “According to the prevailing law, the rate has said that all sort of public trans- presser in January 2018 questioning the has killed over 6,000 people globally. cut call has to be taken through the portation will be disinfected for free to then CJI's way of functioning. More than 1,62,000 have been infected monetary policy committee, but I don’t prevent force multiplier of deadly virus Later at a public function, Gogoi by Covid-19. The Ministry of External rule out anything. Depending on the - Covid 19. had remarked that "independent judges Affairs has been pulling out all the stops evolving situation, we will decide on the The Chief Minister said the and noisy journalists are a democracy's to ensure the safety of Indians abroad timing of our action.” Government has taken note of the first line of defence". and has set up a special cell to coordi- In two liquidity enhancing mea- grievances pertaining to hygiene from A bench headed by him gave clean nate on issues related with the response sures, Das announced another round of travellers from Spain and France put up chit to the Modi government twice -- to the pandemic that has claimed more $ 2 billion dollar-rupee swap on March in a quarantine facility in Dwarka. first on the writ petition and then on the than 5,000 lives worldwide. 23, and in another measure he said the “People flying in from abroad mostly pleas seeking review of the December “All hands on deck! @MEAIndia’s RBI will continue to conduct the long- belong to the affluent class. 14, 2018 verdict -- in the Rafale fight- helplines for COVID-19 Control Centre term repo operations (LTROs) of up to In some cases, the facilities may not er jet deal with French firm Dassault are open. Control Room: 1800118797 Rs 1 lakh crore as and when the mar- be up to their expectations. Aviation. (toll free), +91- 11- 23012113, +91- 11- ket needs it. There are shortcomings also. So, we The bench had warned Congress 23014104, +91- 11- 23017905,” MEA The RBI today conducted the first have made arrangements for them in leader Rahul Gandhi for wrongly Spokesperson Raveesh Kumar tweeted. dollar-swap for USD 2 billion under certain hotels,” he said. attributing certain remarks to the apex He also shared a fax number -- +91- which the Central bank buys rupee The Delhi Government has also court in the Rafale case and asked him 011-23018158 -- and an email address from the market by selling the dollars. made arrangements and increasing to be more careful in the future. -- [email protected] -- for those On the LTROs, it has already conduct- bed capacity and hospitalisation facil- Besides, Gogoi headed a bench wanting to reach out to the Ministry in ed four rounds worth Rs 1 lakh crore ities. Lemon Tree, Red Fox, IBIS near which in a landmark verdict held that connection with issues related to the operations since February 14, after airport will be used to quarantine the the office of the CJI is a public author- outbreak. !"#$%&%& * 9 +*"#"+$! 0* < ; , * < < 6(6'90<6(3! 0 # ; 3 ' " +# -3 R *+ +3* ' $" <' --? ' 5)+ 1 ! :.+ *= ' - # 6 7 6 * , 0 8 ! 0 - ' 9- ': ,!# ! ! ' - ! - 3 ! . ,S # fghanistan’s peace process has ; stumbled as talks between the

1 #S ,S Government and the Taliban in ; ' Oslo, Norway, could not begin on March 10, as President Ashraf S . 7 S # Ghani’sA rival, Abdullah Abdullah, held a par- 6 ;# - < , ! allel swearing-in ceremony on March 9, repu- - ' !! diating the results of the September 2019 election. Abdullah had challenged the 2014 ver- # dict, too, but accepted a US-brokered deal, $ S , ! wherein he was to be made Prime Minister, but was instead given the designation of Chief Executive Officer. In Afghanistan, observers S = ! believe that Abdullah enjoys more support - ' from major political parties and players. ! On March 10, the UN Security Council unanimously recognised the Doha deal - ' *+ ! (February 29, 2020) between the US and the Taliban as part of “significant steps towards - ending the war” in Afghanistan and to provide “sustained support” to achieve peace - through negotiations. However, experts > 'S P Q ! observed that the Doha deal contradicts US the Taliban will renege on its Washington’s renewed assertion Tehrik-i-Taliban (Pakistani ' commitments to the internationally recog- promises; Trump admitted on vis-à-vis Moscow, Beijing and Taliban) to try to take control of nised Government headed by Ghani. The res- March 6 that the Taliban could Tehran, it is unlikely that it the Pakistani State. Islamabad " 0 4 < 904<: olution was amended to allow Beijing to pro- “possibly” overrun the Afghan would give up bases in could, thus, find itself riding the . - mote the Belt and Road Initiative for recon- Government after troops with- Afghanistan, the heartland of proverbial tiger. , struction of Afghanistan while Moscow draw. Pointing out that at the pin- 6+ the great game. The alleged Clearly, Washington’s initia- ! inserted a paragraph regarding “the urgent nacle of the Taliban power in secret annexures to the Doha tive has complicated matters in need for all Afghan parties to counter the 2000, only Pakistan, Saudi Arabia 96=:7 deal possibly include retention Afghanistan, in both the short 1 0 world drug problem with the goal of combat- and the United Arab Emirates of bases, with passive US mili- and the long term. Russia and , ing traffic in opiates originating from (UAE) had recognised the -+6978C9 tary presence. China have moved dexterously to Afghanistan.” regime, Brookings scholar Bruce +4-+6+6O There are misgivings in protect their interests in the Washington’s hurry to sign the deal with Riedel said President Trump’s Kabul. A day before the pact was region and both can leverage O 04< O ! the Taliban without resolving the deadlock in agreement “is strikingly reminis- =7 96=: 96 signed, Afghan Vice President their ties with Pakistan to contain " , ! Kabul does not bode well for the region. Many cent of Nixon administration’s 6-7 Amrullah Saleh recalled the hor- the Taliban, if necessary. 7 have questioned the bilateral pact as the deal with North Vietnam in rors of the Taliban rule from 1996 Washington also needs Pakistan Taliban did not renounce the Al Qaeda and 1973, which excluded the South ,9.+8+6 and said people fear a return to to stabilise the region; Islamabad , , made no commitments regarding the rights Vietnam Government.” C7+=! that medieval wasteland, which will have to show smart diplo- ' , of Afghan women (the excuse for the 2001 Former director of National Pakistan will use to spread its matic skills. Iran will lean on , - invasion) or human rights of Afghans. The Intelligence, John Negroponte, 7,7 +88C influence across Central Asia and Russia and China. Taliban pledged to prevent the use of observed that the deal lacked a 91+=-7 against India. In the recent elec- New Delhi cannot use Afghanistan’s territory for terrorist attacks on meaningful enforcement mech- tions of 2019, a suicide squad Islamabad’s good offices to estab- ' the US and “its allies” but was silent about its anism and peace between the =7-+8+9694 attacked his office, killing around lish working relations with the - ' bases in Pakistan, Ayman al-Zawahiri, who Afghan parties requires contin- 30 people, including two of his Taliban, should it manage to seize escaped to Pakistan in 2001 with Osama bin ued US support to the current 8+667 nephews. Akram Gizabi, chair- power in Kabul. The IC-814 " - ' S Laden and Sirajuddin Haqqani. Government and retaining at ? *17-+?7 man of the World Hazara experience is fresh in many 0 1 - P Q Excluded from the deal, President Ashraf least some military capability in : -99447=+ Council, said the deal is based on minds. India contributed hand- - 'S ! Ghani refused to release 5,000 Taliban pris- the event of large-scale conflict. American war fatigue and somely to Afghanistan’s recon- oners in exchange for 1,000 Afghan He said the bilateral agreement 9?7=676 Zalmay Khalilzad is an old asso- struction in the post-Taliban S , Government prisoners but later offered to opened the door to differing ciate of the Taliban from 1996, years, especially towards the - 7 release 1,500 by the end of March and the interpretations about what was -+7=7 when the US Government held rehabilitation of landmine vic- 9-.7: remaining 3,500 in groups of 500 every fort- agreed, as already evident in the 64=+=: :=7 secret negotiations with the tims. night after the intra-Afghan talks begin. Ghani prisoner exchange issue. US Taliban to build oil and gas We have much to offer a " /+ is demanding reduction in violence as the Secretary of State Mike Pompeo 7?789,76! pipelines through Afghanistan. Government that desires infra- - ' Taliban continues attacks in rural areas has admitted that the Taliban =+7+6 Currently, most analysts structure development, trade $ - - ' though it has spared cities and district head- made over 70 attacks on the 7K=+ 9694 believe that Pakistan’s intelli- and extraction of the country’s 6 $ quarters after Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar Afghan Government forces after gence services, particularly the untapped mineral resources. The had a telephonic conversation with US signing the agreement and said -7 9:6=CO Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), invitation to be present at Doha 1 1 , 6!- " President Donald Trump. Ghani also wants the accord would not move for- could emerge stronger if the was not only recognition of . ' 91,6-".': ! all released prisoners to give a written ward if the Taliban reneged on its :6+,,7 talks produce some kind of India’s positive contributions but 1 promise not to return to the battlefield. The promises. 67=+8 power-sharing between the also highlighted the failure of Taliban insists that all the 5,000 prisoners must Some observers wonder if Taliban and the Kabul multilateral attempts at peace, 1 , 6 - " 1 7 . be released before talks begin. complete troop withdrawal is =79:= 7 Government. A stronger Taliban such as the Heart of Asia process. # ! The deal is contentious as it puts the fate envisaged, as this would mean will quickly overwhelm the India will have to watch how , 1,6-".' of the new Kabul Government in peril as few shutting nearly 400 US and regime and increase Pakistani events unfold in Kabul. expect the Taliban to settle for power-shar- coalition bases, including heft in the region, at least for (The author is a senior jour- ,S ' - ing. Reports from Washington suggest the US camps, forward operating bases some time. But this could also nalist. Views expressed are person- - ' ! !! Government has “persuasive intelligence” that and combat outposts. Given encourage groups like the al.) : ; 0 0 * 0 . 0.. + *0O I O : 3 " "* +' 5 0 8 0 L 0 *+ !. * ,* " % ' * * 3# 0 0O ' * *O * 0* * O )) *. *<7*< :-*< *7;<++.0< *7;<++.0< " K , 0 K= 0 , K= K+ 5 *+ , - : ! ! fourth over. Healy and Mooney Q went on to share 115 runs in 11.5 " ! overs for the opening wicket to $ Sir — On March 9, Jyotiraditya O give Australia a flying start. When ! Scindia tendered his resignation will our team learn that catches from the primary membership of D *- win matches? . the Congress, blaming the high India also got off to a dismal *++/ command’s negligence of his * ! ! . start, losing the in-form opener capabilities and contribution to L M and tournament sensation, Shafali the party, which, he said, helped O Verma, in the first over. The 0 , it form the Government in his ! . wickets kept on falling as Jemimah $ ! home State of Madhya Pradesh. *4 ! L M Rodrigues, Smriti Mandhana and " The writing, however, was on the captain, Harmanpreet Kaur, the wall long before the Scindia ! who struggled with the bat 1 $ scion actually made his move. It * E L *M+ throughout the tournament, was evident from the beginning 6 ! ! ! departed in the first six “power 0 ' $ that the Maharaja would not *. play” overs. One hopes India will take the fact that he was kept ! *D O! learn from this loss and bounce $ away from power roles of the . I! . *6 ! . back at the next World Cup. - party lightly. D, IL M Bidyut Kumar Chatterjee ' , ! Unfortunately, this is a pattern * O 0 D,O Faridabad and not an isolated incident for the L M !L MD, O Congress. It has already seen play- * ! 0 ers like YSR Jaganmohan Reddy in ! *- " ! the south to Himanta Biswa Sarma LM . O in the North-east, making a switch *- ! O .:,7*7 Sir — The Sports Ministry has and being voted to power there- done well to issue an advisory to S 0 after. The egotism of the party’s postpone sporting events. This 2 ) high command seems to be its bodes well because there is always undoing. to repair the fractures within, who made 75 runs, was dropped a risk of the spread of Covid-19 in ! 3 The time is ripe for the India might soon find itself with- on the fifth ball of the innings by large gatherings. 4 Opposition to free itself from the out a strong Opposition capable Shafali Verma off Deepti Sharma. Shashank - clutches of a system that priori- of enforcing checks and balances Sir — The memory of India’s loss Beth Mooney — she made an Via email 0 tises loyalists over young talent. on the Government. at the hands of Australia in the T20 unbeaten 78 — was dropped on a But if the party chooses to put its Gaurav Agarwal World Cup final will be hard for caught-and-bowled opportunity $ 5 dynastic ambition over the need Via email the team to forget. Alyssa Healy, by Rajeshwari Gayakwad in the --<+-*=*7 ator only provides services in lieu of a fee, there is 2+,=776! 9,'=: ! absolutely no question of any loss (unless the infra- @&,7= 76 6 ! structure created by him remains idle which is clear- 4+889176 the business that should have gone to the investigating violation of the Foreign delivery and so on (only to help small ly not the case). Yet, Amazon has been incurring 944867=7+8: former was, in fact, appropriated by the Exchange Management Act (FEMA) traders) but not allow them to sell. " huge loss. The money Bezos promised to bring is -+:D7 9 latter i.e. the dominant seller owned by against Amazon et al. But the proceedings With no permission for “direct sell- to plug this loss, instead of adding to the stock of 99+6C=7=* itself. are stuck due to the lackadaisical attitude ing”, no foreign entity would invest. Yet, capital, which is the raison d’être behind FDI. In this -++++ The All-India Online Vendors of agencies and the court. if Amazon et al came, that is because they 8 backdrop, the reprimand by Goyal was not unex- Association — an umbrella organisation The judicial proceedings may take were allowed to sell albeit through the +==643*- pected. 1884:88C of small traders — petitioned the long to conclude. But prima facie e-com- “back-door.” But when there was backlash ! The losses incurred by Amazon and others like Competition Commission of India (CCI) merce majors can’t get away from the fact from small traders, the Commerce Flipkart are due to huge discounts on the products 877-7 alleging abuse of market dominance that they have violated the spirit behind Minister was forced to talk of action 6 $ " sold on the platform as also expenses on promot- 9,7=+9694 against Flipkart India Private Limited, the policy on FDI in the “market-place.” against these foreign companies. 6 4 #$, ' ,,6- ing exclusive brands. But discount is normally given ++R96 1-9 which is into wholesale trading/distribu- They are also acting as dominant sellers The Government is caught between ! 7;7 97 by the seller; this is also true of promotion. The ser- +=7+8=7+C6 tion of books, mobiles, computers and on the platform and disingenuous bureau- the devil and the deep blue sea. If it does- ; 7 : vice provider can’t do it unless he is also masquerad- =7 7886 related accessories and e-commerce mar- crats have allowed them to do so by suit- n’t take any decisive action against , ing as the seller. To unravel the mystery, let us look +6,=77=?7 ketplace Flipkart Internet Private Limited. ably crafting policy details. Amazon et al, the wrath of small traders S at the 2016 guidelines. The permission for 100 per 6+O89+8 It is ironical that CCI saw nothing wrong A clarification issued on December will snowball and could cost it political- cent FDI in the “market-place” is subject to two main +7*+-7 in this practice. 26, 2018 has not materially altered the ly in the State elections. On the other hand, ! riders viz, “The entity cannot permit more than 25 The CCI ruled that looking at the pre- position on ground zero. It says, “The if it acts then, it will tantamount to “ret- +77! per cent of total sales on its platform from one ven- ,7=6 sent market construct and structure of owner of market-place or its subsidiary or rospective” change of policy (with refer- dor or its group companies. Further, it can’t direct- online platforms in India, “It does not its JV with Indian company can’t have ence to what is written in the fine print) " ly or indirectly influence the sale price.” The devil &##,7= 76 appear that any one player in the market ownership of the seller. A seller/firm on and affect its image as a good investment lies in these very conditions. 46944867 is commanding any dominant position at the platform can’t source more than 25 per destination. But allowing things to linger ! Sans any specification as to “who the vendor is”, 188 =7+7+ this stage of the evolution of the market.” cent of its inventory from a firm connect- on will only worsen the situation. It should a firm connected with the “market-place” (either its 87?78,8+C6 This was bizarre. That a few players con- ed with the latter.” take a clear-cut stance. , subsidiary or a joint venture (JV) with an Indian 47849= nected to the owner of “market-place” are The “market-place” owner can get The Government should shun the ! company) is eligible. In other words, each such enti- = 5.+6.9=+= dominating the platform is visible even to around both, first by having less than 50 “market-place” model and allow 100 per ! ! ty could control up to 25 per cent of sales on the =7+89:87 the common man, yet the regulator per cent shareholding in the seller firm and cent FDI in retail, both online and offline platform. So, you have companies like Cloudtail - thought otherwise. arguing he has no control (albeit major- (at present, 51 per cent FDI is allowed in # an Amazon venture in partnership with a firm The National Company Law ity) over the latter and second with its offline retail but that is subject to too many ! ! owned by Narayan Murthy — operating as lead sell- Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) has rightly wholesale arm continuing supplies to the riders. That is as bad as barring FDI). This ! er on the platform. quashed the CCI ruling and ordered a seller but within the 25 per cent thresh- will fully legitimise the operations of Thus, contrary to the real intent of the policy probe. In another complaint filed on old. The current state of affairs is doing Amazon et al, who are already in direct " ! which disallowed the e-commerce platform own- January 13 by the traders’ body Delhi no good to any stakeholder, be it foreign selling and preserve India’s global image. ers from direct selling to individual consumers, the Vyapar Mahasangh (DVM) alleging anti- investors, small traders or consumers. At the same time, permitting 100 per cent 0 fine print permitted them to do so, albeit through competitive behaviour by Amazon Seller Even as small traders are losing heavily, FDI in offline will create a level playing a subsidiary or JV. This is precisely what the e-com- Services and Flipkart Internet, the CCI had Amazon et al have a Damocles’ sword field for brick-and-mortar retail outlets. > merce majors have been doing They were operat- ordered a probe. But the investigation has hanging over them for all time and the It will help small traders by leading to ! ing as direct sellers, controlling inventory, giving dis- been stayed by the High Court of consumer, though a beneficiary current- all-round development of infrastructure counts and so on. But, why should they be burn- Karnataka for two months. ly, will pay heavily in the medium to long- and offering a wide range of choice for ing cash? Meanwhile, in a public interest litiga- term, as Indian retail gets increasingly sourcing products. They can and will co- " The answer lies in their attempt to capture a size- tion (PIL) filed by the Retailers Association cartelised by a few players. The very idea exist with foreign majors. It will be pro- able chunk of the market even if it means a couple of India (RAI) in early 2018 alleging vio- of attracting FDI vide the “market-place” consumer in the long-run with many play- of billion dollars going down the drain. No wonder, lation of norms for FDI in e-commerce, is flawed. The Government wants to have ers catering to their needs at 9 small traders and businesses, whom the e-commerce the Enforcement Directorate (ED) had the cake and eat it too. It wants foreign competitive/affordable prices. : platform was intended to help (as reiterated by Goyal, even informed the Delhi High Court majors to invest heavily in infrastructure (The writer is a New Delhi-based pol- time and again) have suffered heavily. This is because (DHC) on October 31, 2018, that it was for procurement, handling, warehousing, icy analyst) ; " " ' A !"#$ %!&' ( )*$+,*+" (* -,$./#$!+% .!"*.*"*#'#%*%$ %* +/'( ( . %#' (0/!%!"* %1 ((*%!"*#'22!"*#/.. (% !"**! ( .!"*3!*'%)$$&*!"*$!,/%!*%!2!"*!"$3E%5!# .*$(1

from his well-wishers and critics. artist), as Karunanidhi wanted people die a natural death,” says the actor Opposition because a committee head- found support and encouragement of the intermediate castes. There is no When he made his political ambi- to address him. It is at this juncture while explaining his party’s ideology. ed by the former would act as a watch- from the most unlikely source. need to look further to find the root tion known on December 31, 2017, Rajinikanth is entering the arena. It is a strange coincidence that this has dog to ensure transparency, simplici- Subramanian Swamy, the BJP leader cause of the honour killings in TN there were many who doubted Though another star Kamal Haasan similarities to what was proposed by ty and honesty of the Government and who has been a critic of the cinema and despite more than 50 years of whether the actor was serious. Spiritual tested the political waters in the State, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (min- governance. drama-based politics of TN was the Dravidian rule. The AIADMK and the politics was something beyond the his Makkal Neethi Meiam party was imum government and maximum Cynics may say this won’t work in first to extend a hand of cooperation DMK share between them 60 per cent comprehension of an average Tamilian, submerged by the giant tidal waves of governance). Legal luminary Nani India and will point to the Manmohan to the actor. “Rajinikanth has come of of the votes. The remaining 40 per cent who grew up watching the Dravida the two Dravidian parties in the 2019 Palkhivala used to cite “too much gov- Singh-Sonia Gandhi arrangement age and has started thinking different- is split between fringe groups, includ- Maya (the illusion of being part of a Lok Sabha election. ernment and too little governance” as during the 2004 to 2014 tenure of the ly from conventional politicians. His ing the Congress and the BJP. The make-believe world of Dravidianism) “The problem with Kamal Haasan the main reasons behind India’s back- UPA Government. Well, it functioned spiritual politics has imbibed energy Congress which ruled the State till propagated by EV Ramasamy Naicker is that he is not clear in his ideology wardness in his speeches and writings. well. Sonia wanted a servile Prime from Indian heritage and culture and 1967 has become servile to the DMK and CN Annadurai whom the later day or programmes. One need not be a For the first time in TN’s history, a Minister and Manmohan proved to be this will bring TN back to the nation- and the BJP is yet to take root here. 0 politicians described as Thanthai good orator but should have the capa- would-be politician has come out the right person for the job. But al mainstream. The spiritual politics he Though the Paattali Makkal Katchi Periyaar and Perariyaar (Tamil for bility to make his followers understand stating that the Chief Minister (CM) Rajinikanth is no Sonia and he would speaks about is nothing but the (PMK), a political outfit launched by he bugle for the 2021 Tamil great father and father). what he stands for,” says Sam Rajappa, and Ministers should be from among never opt for a Manmohan. Hindutva way of life and the State’s the Vanniyar community, gave hope of Nadu (TN) Assembly election TN is yet to recover from the veteran journalist. the people. Rajinikanth declared that Rajinikanth also declared that 50 future lies in this ideology,” says a refreshing change with its out-of-the- Twas sounded on March 11 by shock of the demise of Jayalalithaa on It is to this world of uncertainty he would not be the CM because he per cent of the party candidates would Swamy who reveals that he does not box ideas, the party is yet to make none other than the superstar of December 5, 2016. The vacuum was that Rajinikanth made an entry with is not cut out for the job. This is some- be people below the age of 50 with know what awaits the BJP in the State. major inroads. There is no dearth of Tamil movies Rajinikanth, who is further aggravated by the departure of his brand of spiritual politics. He made thing which has gone down well with sound educational qualifications and Rajinikanth earned the goodwill fringe groups and leaders in TN but being seen as a rallying point for all M Karunanidhi, the DMK founder in it clear that professional politicians the people of TN who have seen pol- the remaining seats would be allocat- of the people when he spoke against they are all riding on the shoulders of non-All India Anna Dravida August 2017. Jayalalithaa and (numbering more than 50,000 each in itics as a dog-eat-dog world where ed to professionals and retired bureau- the Dravidian ideology of insulting the DMK or the AIADMK. Well, Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and Karunanidhi were the pillars of State the AIADMK and the DMK) would friends turn foes and long-time rivals crats. For some, this may sound like Hindu gods and goddesses. While Rajinikanth speaks of a welcome non-Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam politics and their exit has led to an not have any place in his political sys- come together to consolidate power. an Utopian concept but it is time for addressing the Tughlaq magazine’s change and the idea he proposes (DMK) parties in the State. Though irreparable loss to both the parties. The tem. “We will run the Government and People will fall in line when a change in the political ecosystem of anniversary recently, he came down looks encouraging and inspiring. But Rajinikanth is yet to announce the truth is that both the AIADMK and the party with a minimum number of Rajinikanth names the chief ministe- TN which has been incapacitated by heavily on Ramasamy Naicker for gar- as the saying goes the proof of the pud- name or programmes of his yet-to-be- the DMK don’t have leaders who could people. Party workers are needed rial candidate and extend their support the stale Dravidian ideology. landing pictures of Lord Rama and Sita ding is in the eating. Over to the vot- launched political outfit, the promo- match the stature of Amma only at the time of elections. Once we to the latter. The party head, who in While conventional politicians with slippers. Naicker, who is por- ers! tional teaser he presented before fans (Jayalalithaa’s followers addressed her do away with thousands of party all probability would be the actor him- expressed their reservations about trayed as a revolutionary leader by the (The writer is Special and loyalists evoked a positive response as mother) and Dr Kalaignar (ultimate posts across the State, corruption will self, will be the de-facto Leader of Rajinikanth’s way of thinking, he Dravidians, stood only for the rights Correspondent, The Pioneer) !"#$%&%& + # 8 "' 9% # +' 8//3 * 1+ 2 :+ The 30-share BSE index like Barclays and BofA have the market remained damp- 67178- production and supply chain minister said. omy, the government is con- settled 2,713.41 points or 7.96 also spoken about the likeli- ened as credit pressures inten- disruptions as well as decline “Additionally, a positive stantly engaging with export esuming its free fall, the per cent lower at 31,390.07. hood of an inter-meeting cut sified on India Inc, he added. he government on in demand. impact on India’s economy promotion councils and trade RBSE Sensex plunged over Likewise, the broader NSE (before the April 3 policy meet- Elsewhere in Asia, bours- TMonday said India’s near- This was stated by may arise from decline in bodies, particularly in phar- 2,713 points on Monday, track- Nifty gave up the 9,200 level, ing). es in Shanghai dropped 3.40 term macroeconomic out- Minister of State for Finance global oil prices triggered by maceutical, electronics and ing a selloff in Asian peers as slumping 757.80 points or 7.61 Global markets have been per cent, Hong Kong 4.03 per look is vulnerable to disrup- Anurag Thakur in a written the outbreak of COVID-19,” automobile sectors where the the coronavirus pandemic con- per cent to close at 9,197.40. roiling in fears of a global eco- cent, Seoul 3.19 per cent and tion of trade with China due reply to a question in the Lok Thakur added. supply chains are sourcing tinued to wreak havoc on mar- All Sensex components nomic recession led by restric- Tokyo cracked 2.46 per cent. to the coronavirus outbreak Sabha. He told the House that imports from China. kets. ended in the red. IndusInd tions in wake of the coron- Markets in Europe crashed but the latest data do not sug- “As is true for the world the Ministry of Health and These agencies, Thakur Dalal Street was buzzing Bank was the top loser, fol- avirus (Covid-19) pandemic. up to 8 per cent in early trade. gest any adverse impact on at large, India’s near-term Family Welfare has been said, have been put in touch with speculation of an inter- lowed by Tata Steel, HDFC, Indian markets opened on Meanwhile, Brent crude the economy, and sliding macroeconomic outlook is coordinating the efforts of the with Indian Missions abroad meeting rate cut by the RBI ICICI Bank, Axis Bank, Infosys the negative side following oil futures melted 7.53 per crude oil prices may be a sil- also vulnerable to disruption central government in terms to secure and transport after Governor Shakitkanta and ITC. subdued Asian markets post cent to USD 31.30 per barrel. ver lining. of trade with China and sec- of preparedness, control and inventories available with the Das called a press conference at According to traders, mar- surprise cut by US Fed on Covid-19 has claimed over The coronavirus out- ond-round effects arising containment measures and existing suppliers. 1600 hours amid widespread ket became more volatile after Sunday, said Narendra Solanki, 6,000 lives and infected more break, first in China and now from expected slowdown in working with state govern- Indian Missions abroad calls for a rate cut following RBI’s surprise press confer- Head- Equity Research than 1,62,000 people across the having being confirmed in global growth,” he said. ments in order to mitigate the have also been asked to similar steps by the world’s ence announcement. (Fundamental), Anand Rathi globe. more than 100 countries, has However, the latest avail- impact of the virus outbreak explore alternative sources leading central banks. Many analysts, over the Shares & Stock Brokers. The number of infected emerged as a key risk to able data on trade and in India. of supply of raw materials in The rupee depreciated 55 past week, have said the RBI Reacting to the shutdown cases in the country stood at human health as well as glob- domestic output indicators do In order to address the their respective countries for paise to 74.31 per US dollar has legroom to cut rates to the taking place globally due to 110 on Monday, the Union al growth outlook through not suggest any adverse possibility of trade-induced supporting India’s domestic (intra-day). tune of 65 bps by June. Some coronavirus scare, mood of Health Ministry said. numerous channels like trade, impact on the economy, the adverse impact on the econ- production. 3 * + ' %3 ; " ' +4 5

67178- 18:00 hrs on March 18. Saturday notified the recon- scheme,” the notification said. March 18, 2020, 18:00 hours,” 18:00 hours. The limits for PhonePe, Paytm, Amazon Pay, ate “stop a payment” service, “We will resume full bank- struction plan for cash- The lender has posted a net the bank said in an FAQ on its transactions across digital Freecharge. Yes Bank said. es Bank customers will be ing services from Wed, Mar 18, strapped Yes Bank and said the loss of Rs 18,654 crore for third website. channels will continue to “You can withdraw your The other service that Yable to access full banking 2020, 18:00 hrs. Visit any of our moratorium will be lifted by quarter ended December 31 Besides, the customers remain what they were prior to Yes Bank FDs (fixed deposits) remains inactive now is cheque services from Wednesday 1,132 branches from Mar 19, 18:00 hrs on March 18, much due to huge provisioning for have been allowed for inward the imposition of the morato- and RDs (recurring deposits) clearing because clearing activ- evening, as the moratorium will 2020, post commencement of earlier than the earlier date of bad loans. RTGS/NEFT/IMPS based rium. However, from March 19, after the moratorium is revoked ities are suspended as per the be lifted earlier. banking hrs to experience our April 3. It had posted a profit of Rs transaction services to pay for 2020 post commencement of from March 18, 2020, 18:00 directive. Customers who use The RBI had on March 5 suite of services,” Yes Bank said “The order of moratorium 1,001.8 crore during December their Yes Bank credit card bills banking hours, transactions at hours. Standard charges will forex card can also not use such put a moratorium on Yes Bank in a tweet. on the reconstructed bank quarter of 2018-19. and loan EMIs from any bank branches will not have any apply on the same. You will be services. restricting withdrawals to Rs “You will also be able to issued by the “You will be able to use accounts including Yes Bank limits,” it said. also able to access all services “Your cheques already 50,000 per depositor till April access all our digital services & government...shall cease to your YES BANK cards and accounts. Among others, customers available through digital chan- issued will not be honoured till 3. However, the government in platforms @RBI have effect on the third work- accounts across wallets like “Outward will be able to pay towards their nel/platforms (Net Banking/ the clearing activities are a notification on Saturday said @FinMinIndia,” it said. ing day at 18:00 hours from the Paytm, Amazon Pay and NEFT/IMPS/RTGS will utility bills and use the UPI Mobile Banking etc),” it added. restarted or further directive the moratorium will be lifted by The government on date of commencement of this Freecharge among others from resume from March 18, 2020, platform, Google Pay and Customers can also initi- from regulator,” it added.

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1828.50 1614.65 1740.50 COALINDIA 150.95 151.35 143.10 144.55 -9.55 TATASTEEL 305.00 317.65 287.00 289.60 HONAUT 30551.00 30696.00 29500.00 29851.20 ORIENTELEC 221.25 221.25 196.80 203.35 ALLCARGO 95.00 95.00 83.40 85.60 BHARTIARTL 472.25 492.95 456.15 461.00 -30.85 RBLBANK 202.00 202.00 156.45 162.90 BEML 538.00 538.00 490.00 503.70 INDIANB 55.75 55.75 52.05 53.00 REDINGTON 108.00 109.15 103.25 104.20 NTPC 96.00 96.00 88.25 91.90 -6.15 TATAMOTORS 86.75 87.65 82.20 82.95 CHOLAFIN 245.00 245.00 225.15 228.65 JSWENERGY 46.45 47.40 42.25 45.45 SCHNEIDER 77.00 77.00 72.00 72.55 ASIANPAINT 1777.00 1777.00 1678.15 1683.45 -114.25 MARUTI 5690.00 5690.00 5400.00 5487.75 OMAXE 156.30 158.00 154.55 157.70 RATNAMANI 1295.00 1295.00 1151.10 1266.90 TIMKEN 936.85 936.85 872.25 880.55 HDFCBANK 1035.00 1037.00 995.00 1001.25 -68.55 BHARTIARTL 480.70 492.60 456.60 464.65 NHPC 20.30 20.35 19.05 19.15 DISHTV 5.40 5.67 5.15 5.67 CENTURYPLY 125.00 125.00 116.00 123.35 MARUTI 5638.60 5688.00 5400.00 5460.00 -378.60 CRISIL 1449.95 1450.00 1365.00 1374.55 PTC 36.95 37.50 36.00 36.35 JKCEMENT 1214.00 1220.00 1150.00 1178.45 IOB 7.40 7.75 7.00 7.44 TCS 1755.00 1842.25 1675.85 1684.50 -121.80 AXISBANK 541.00 545.25 502.80 509.20 NCC 21.30 22.30 20.20 20.75 JAICORPLTD 56.50 61.50 56.50 57.55 CHAMBLFERT 126.00 126.00 117.40 122.90 JAGRAN 47.10 47.10 45.25 45.30 GAIL 82.00 82.60 77.50 78.80 -5.75 JUSTDIAL 355.95 366.25 338.00 339.95 DEEPAKNI 446.00 449.95 420.15 428.30 EMAMILTD 223.00 223.00 184.90 197.40 FINOLEXIND 460.00 506.55 460.00 492.40 NH 296.75 297.95 280.00 289.35 CIPLA 416.00 423.90 392.75 396.00 -29.55 PVR 1160.00 1482.15 1045.85 1350.05 RITES 253.30 271.20 249.60 268.05 LALPATHLAB 1550.35 1610.85 1433.85 1455.35 CCL 186.00 189.85 182.50 185.95 TCIEXP 680.00 685.35 628.40 640.10 EICHERMOT 16874.90 17356.75 16360.00 16440.00 -1232.15 BAJAJFINSV 7589.00 7589.00 7019.00 7506.60 SAIL 28.40 28.60 26.50 27.30 INDHOTEL 108.05 110.25 100.00 108.65 GICRE 137.95 139.90 130.50 131.95 JYOTHYLAB 113.00 113.00 105.55 106.80 TECHM 634.80 634.80 591.00 609.90 -46.05 SUNPHARMA 380.00 396.35 363.00 368.80 BAJAJ-AUTO 2344.70 2388.45 2292.55 2337.30 RAIN 70.00 72.00 63.70 65.80 TV18BRDCST 16.80 17.15 15.80 16.05 NETWORK18 19.50 20.10 19.45 19.50 TITAN 1049.95 1049.95 983.00 1008.00 -76.35 ITC 159.00 159.00 145.25 147.20 DMART 2009.00 2100.00 2008.50 2011.55 BOSCHLTD 11300.00 11414.05 11018.90 11074.80 CREDITACC 771.60 771.60 687.00 693.25 CHOLAHLDNG 490.00 490.00 416.95 459.60 ULTRACEMCO 3650.00 3660.00 3405.00 3520.00 -268.90 HDFCAMC 2550.00 2678.00 2448.70 2517.10 ADANIPOWER 29.60 30.30 27.80 28.45 ADANIGREEN 123.40 128.00 118.60 118.60 RELINFRA 12.40 13.35 12.40 12.45 ENDURANCE 782.95 783.45 748.20 760.95 BAJFINANCE 3833.45 3833.45 3600.00 3658.30 -294.25 HINDUNILVR 2023.00 2035.10 1932.55 1941.25 BANKINDIA 36.75 36.75 34.50 35.45 SUZLON 2.10 2.14 2.01 2.03 INTELLECT 78.10 78.10 68.40 68.45 GMDCLTD 36.50 38.65 34.90 36.50 SBIN 227.90 231.40 220.60 223.35 -18.65 BPCL 356.00 387.80 350.00 364.85 MARICO 252.50 271.15 246.80 250.65 VENKYS 822.75 830.00 760.00 778.80 ORIENTBANK 40.00 41.25 39.25 40.00 ASTERDM 120.00 120.00 112.10 115.60 M&M 421.00 428.60 388.80 394.80 -34.05 MOTHERSUMI 64.90 69.15 59.20 66.75 RADICO 317.00 317.00 282.00 303.75 INFIBEAM 41.90 41.90 39.60 39.90 NIACL 89.00 89.00 80.00 82.20 DBCORP 100.00 100.00 80.75 82.55 ASIANPAINT 1785.00 1785.00 1678.05 1682.95 NATCOPHARM 550.00 570.00 527.75 561.50 GALAXYSURF 1400.00 1402.00 1328.90 1369.05 ESSELPRO 159.75 164.40 153.35 154.60 LT 1014.25 1042.00 961.90 968.00 -83.45 MRF 65000.00 65000.00 60500.00 61259.45 ONGC 64.50 65.15 60.00 60.15 BALRAMCHIN 105.75 112.35 103.55 104.65 HFCL 10.45 10.53 9.75 10.20 CHENNPETRO 73.00 73.00 66.00 69.40 TATAMOTORS 85.60 87.65 82.20 82.60 -7.15 ICICIGI 1070.00 1195.30 1049.95 1082.30 MAHSCOOTER 3283.45 3283.45 3130.00 3152.00 SUNDRMFAST 362.75 362.75 348.50 351.90 SONATSOFTW 249.00 255.10 226.45 228.50 WABCOINDIA 6401.60 6435.80 6250.10 6271.95 HCLTECH 469.00 479.80 446.85 453.25 -39.65 WOCKPHARMA 219.00 224.00 204.70 208.30 VEDL 79.65 80.60 74.30 74.90 SOUTHBANK 6.88 6.88 6.36 6.41 MOTILALOFS 639.00 639.00 591.25 597.40 PRSMJOHNSN 42.00 45.75 40.40 41.55 HINDALCO 120.80 129.05 114.45 116.75 -10.70 CGCL 193.80 195.10 171.20 174.45 LINDEINDIA 495.00 515.45 466.05 490.55 BERGEPAINT 460.00 460.00 426.30 428.50 METROPOLIS 1640.00 1694.00 1573.20 1587.15 HSCL 38.65 41.30 36.30 39.25 LEMONTREE 37.70 38.00 35.00 36.80 RELIANCE 1060.55 1079.70 1005.00 1012.20 -93.10 POWERGRID 163.00 163.00 155.05 158.15 SPICEJET 42.70 43.90 39.35 42.60 LTTS 1399.00 1399.00 1250.00 1274.30 TATAINVEST 720.00 720.00 662.20 717.55 IFBIND 365.80 396.00 358.80 367.55 INFRATEL 219.80 220.90 203.00 207.80 -19.45 ADANIENT 144.70 144.70 132.00 134.60 LICHSGFIN 270.00 270.00 253.50 255.55 JUBILANT 360.00 360.00 315.90 325.45 UFLEX 173.00 179.45 160.00 164.15 FLFL 335.95 339.50 283.90 288.60 ONGC 63.50 65.20 60.00 60.20 -5.70 HDFCLIFE 497.90 500.15 471.10 473.95 MFSL 420.00 423.00 391.05 402.35 PIIND 1320.00 1333.00 1260.00 1299.00 DEEPAKFERT 77.00 77.00 67.05 69.15 JSLHISAR 44.65 44.65 42.00 42.50 UPL 392.30 394.95 373.50 374.80 -36.05 HCLTECH 492.90 492.90 447.00 450.85 LUPIN 604.00 632.40 582.00 598.65 EXIDEIND 148.40 148.40 139.75 141.35 NLCINDIA 46.00 46.00 41.45 41.95 SIS 466.95 467.80 397.25 454.05 WIPRO 193.95 193.95 178.55 180.00 -17.40 APOLLOHOSP 1489.00 1540.85 1361.90 1473.10 PFIZER 4209.25 4389.55 4176.00 4216.30 PHILIPCARB 80.00 82.30 75.00 75.40 THYROCARE 505.00 520.00 470.00 491.10 MRPL 36.90 37.15 34.40 36.30 ITC 158.00 158.10 145.25 147.55 -14.70 STAR 388.35 398.55 335.00 339.20 HEXAWARE 310.00 310.00 266.25 278.90 IRB 67.30 67.30 61.00 63.35 BBTC 957.80 971.00 940.95 951.95 INDOSTAR 274.50 274.75 272.10 273.35 ZEEL 175.00 177.95 162.40 166.20 -16.60 NESTLEIND 15000.00 15450.00 13500.00 14353.10 IPCALAB 1301.55 1321.95 1255.00 1302.95 UBL 1049.50 1049.50 968.80 974.80 GREAVESCOT 108.45 108.45 94.95 99.60 DHANUKA 344.00 344.00 312.70 334.75 INFY 622.00 622.15 580.00 583.20 -59.15 BAJAJCON 144.90 144.90 129.65 131.45 AVANTI 294.00 346.00 294.00 338.15 IDFC 24.75 24.75 21.80 22.10 JMFINANCIL 85.00 86.25 78.00 79.35 JISLJALEQS 4.35 4.35 4.12 4.12 ADANIPORTS 273.00 276.85 252.00 261.40 -28.15 BANDHANBNK 320.00 320.00 270.05 274.90 GMRINFRA 16.05 17.00 15.85 16.50 SUDARSCHEM 355.00 392.05 328.30 384.80 PHOENIXLTD 751.00 751.00 639.25 672.45 CYIENT 365.80 365.80 343.80 350.05 HDFC 1964.00 1979.50 1825.00 1858.00 -208.80 TITAN 1064.00 1064.00 983.35 1011.15 ASHOKLEY 63.70 65.95 62.20 63.35 BASF 1044.55 1089.40 991.70 1016.60 SCHAEFFLER 4191.00 4234.00 4000.05 4080.35 AXISBANK 542.35 545.00 502.35 510.90 -57.90 AUBANK 959.00 1038.90 822.25 903.00 ICICIPRULI 379.90 391.30 355.00 359.95 NESCO 590.00 590.00 532.65 540.10 UCOBANK 11.15 11.15 10.60 10.78 ICICIBANK 424.20 424.20 397.45 401.10 -46.10 COALINDIA 153.80 153.80 143.05 143.90 GAIL 83.40 83.40 77.50 78.10 ASTRAL 1053.65 1085.00 1013.10 1026.15 GUJALKALI 238.60 243.25 229.60 236.30 TATASTEEL 304.00 317.65 287.10 291.75 -34.95 TORNTPOWER 290.00 290.35 274.65 276.95 TRENT 578.00 582.45 531.45 570.30 DCBBANK 140.00 146.00 135.50 139.35 MAHINDCIE 106.00 106.00 91.75 92.50 VEDL 78.00 80.70 74.25 74.90 -9.15 SBILIFE 745.00 771.55 662.55 719.40 LTI 1619.00 1619.00 1485.65 1533.15 TVSMOTOR 385.00 395.90 376.75 380.90 ADVENZYMES 124.80 129.00 116.00 119.35 JSWSTEEL 202.00 207.15 181.55 183.05 -31.85 HINDPETRO 195.00 215.40 184.75 204.70 AMBUJACEM 188.00 188.00 172.20 179.20 WESTLIFE 341.85 354.90 335.25 342.60 FDC 230.00 230.00 207.00 209.75 JINDALSTEL 111.50 115.75 106.80 109.00 MAHLIFE 300.00 300.95 248.50 279.95 SUPRAJIT 158.00 159.25 143.50 152.40 INDUSINDBK 747.00 758.70 655.00 656.25 -147.50 GRINDWELL 520.00 576.65 475.00 535.15 EQUITAS 71.70 71.70 67.25 68.20 DABUR 453.00 454.80 426.50 431.90 CARERATING 382.65 382.65 348.05 350.40 HERITGFOOD 294.40 298.80 290.25 295.10 JUBLFOOD 1425.00 1468.10 1355.75 1407.65 GRAPHITE 146.95 160.30 140.00 152.55 GSKCONS 8802.75 8802.75 8125.05 8406.05 SFL 1500.00 1547.95 1430.00 1525.05 IOC 91.80 92.55 87.65 89.75 POLYCAB 899.90 900.30 810.00 823.85 EDELWEISS 67.00 67.00 60.65 62.20 KPITTECH 71.00 71.00 65.25 66.00 L&TFH 80.40 80.40 70.30 71.00 GUJGAS 258.00 274.75 249.20 260.55 DBL 287.85 287.85 261.30 272.30 MAHSEAMLES 220.95 268.40 220.95 226.95 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIITTECH 1309.00 1341.00 1225.00 1238.55 CERA 2275.00 2414.30 2275.00 2319.20 FORCEMOT 910.50 910.50 825.00 840.85 VSTIND 3670.00 3670.00 3500.00 3540.70 NIFTY NEXT 50 22653.00 23190.15 21998.45 22184.35 -1239.45 JSWSTEEL 209.90 209.90 181.95 185.80 IGL 410.00 411.50 386.40 391.55 CANFINHOME 381.95 381.95 358.45 364.20 MINDACORP 79.35 79.35 70.90 73.65 MOTHERSUMI 63.50 69.25 59.00 66.40 2.55 PEL 995.00 995.00 871.00 879.40 VOLTAS 630.00 633.20 599.00 603.15 APLLTD 559.00 565.70 514.55 531.10 KALPATPOWR 275.00 275.00 260.00 262.90 HINDPETRO 191.85 215.50 184.00 205.00 7.40 BANKBARODA 63.00 64.45 60.35 63.65 RECLTD 98.00 98.80 93.95 94.75 RELAXO 649.90 666.45 606.05 641.15 GPPL 65.00 67.00 55.10 61.35 HINDZINC 136.00 148.00 133.20 142.00 0.85 KANSAINER 446.30 453.90 421.80 434.00 PETRONET 229.00 229.00 205.90 207.45 KAJARIACER 471.00 487.50 460.00 463.95 SHOPERSTOP 300.55 300.55 275.00 278.05 CADILAHC 247.00 261.80 236.25 252.00 0.45 HEROMOTOCO 1890.00 1890.00 1775.05 1784.05 RAJESHEXPO 606.50 645.95 597.50 608.45 JBCHEPHARM 561.05 562.80 531.25 536.30 PNCINFRA 148.90 148.90 137.95 140.60 IDEA 5.50 7.20 5.10 5.60 0.00 GLENMARK 209.60 241.00 195.00 217.50 INOXLEISUR 295.00 330.40 270.00 311.40 GNFC 132.00 132.55 124.75 125.45 ITDC 155.00 155.00 146.00 147.05 PGHH 10000.00 10488.80 9800.05 10100.00 -17.05 INDIGO 968.00 1004.10 915.00 979.25 UJJIVAN 270.90 270.90 242.10 244.85 TTKPRESTIG 5350.40 5400.00 5200.00 5318.00 MMTC 13.05 13.05 12.15 12.45 LUPIN 595.85 632.85 576.00 600.00 -5.85 GODREJCP 550.00 550.00 502.00 508.30 HEG 680.00 738.00 663.50 692.35 VBL 757.70 757.70 696.00 706.50 TVTODAY 173.80 174.00 158.35 160.20 PIDILITIND 1502.00 1515.00 1457.80 1509.00 -14.80 HINDALCO 123.80 128.90 114.45 115.55 SIEMENS 1299.00 1299.00 1139.80 1148.55 WELCORP 89.55 95.15 88.65 88.65 AEGISLOG 188.50 188.50 159.85 164.65 KNRCON 227.60 237.90 218.90 233.75 INDIGO 941.00 1004.00 912.00 985.00 -13.80 SRF 3464.00 3464.00 3126.95 3141.50 MGL 920.00 920.00 855.00 870.60 SWANENERGY 100.00 102.00 100.00 100.05 INOXWIND 24.00 28.40 21.05 22.60 MAHABANK 9.98 9.98 9.16 9.56 MARICO 250.00 271.55 246.65 255.55 -4.35 ADANIPORTS 284.00 284.00 252.20 261.40 MANAPPURAM 129.90 130.10 122.20 123.00 AKZOINDIA 2300.00 2300.00 2174.45 2201.65 RESPONIND 82.25 82.25 78.05 79.20 CENTRUM 12.50 13.65 11.30 12.55 SBILIFE 701.00 772.85 661.60 746.00 -15.95 AUROPHARMA 400.00 440.65 399.15 404.85 PAGEIND 19955.00 19955.00 18513.60 18879.55 GODFRYPHLP 1109.25 1109.25 1010.00 1033.80 LUXIND 1187.95 1236.05 1100.00 1147.60 ANDHRABANK 10.40 10.40 9.60 9.75 AUROPHARMA 400.00 441.00 399.50 406.00 -9.20 ULTRACEMCO 3735.00 3735.00 3410.00 3531.95 MINDTREE 821.00 874.80 772.35 842.85 PCJEWELLER 11.45 12.30 11.05 11.15 HUDCO 24.00 24.00 21.60 22.90 JSL 30.10 32.00 29.50 30.55 NMDC 73.90 78.40 70.55 73.80 -1.70 PIDILITIND 1515.00 1515.00 1456.80 1471.30 IDBI 21.50 23.00 21.40 22.40 REPCOHOME 207.50 212.00 192.80 207.05 LAKSHVILAS 16.40 16.40 15.10 15.35 MHRIL 161.00 166.60 150.95 158.75 COLPAL 1199.60 1199.60 1144.45 1166.90 -34.00 BIOCON 274.00 287.35 266.25 268.60 ACC 1137.00 1147.30 1097.50 1133.10 BIRLACORPN 658.00 658.00 553.10 595.60 PERSISTENT 608.80 626.45 588.00 602.45 IBREALEST 53.50 53.50 53.50 53.50 BANKBARODA 62.00 64.45 60.30 63.50 -1.85 BHEL 24.75 25.70 23.35 23.70 DIXON 3850.00 4070.00 3719.90 3884.20 KEC 273.90 273.90 252.80 260.30 GESHIP 231.00 231.00 211.00 216.15 SOLARINDS 1050.00 1050.00 984.05 1037.40 PAGEIND 19630.00 19700.95 18496.30 19300.00 -618.75 SRTRANSFIN 826.00 852.30 749.70 763.45 GODREJPROP 818.00 818.00 762.50 768.00 APLAPOLLO 1445.80 1487.45 1393.50 1421.40 ARVINDFASN 240.00 254.80 236.20 243.10 ZYDUSWELL 1307.00 1310.00 1254.40 1295.25 BOSCHLTD 11279.80 11440.00 11005.20 11075.10 -433.05 NAM-INDIA 290.00 294.40 276.50 278.45 AJANTPHARM 1240.00 1296.00 1200.00 1258.30 SCI 42.00 45.00 40.20 42.45 MPHASIS 729.05 730.80 679.00 686.85 FINCABLES 261.00 275.35 260.00 268.55 DIVISLAB 1950.00 1986.00 1871.55 1888.50 -74.20 GODREJIND 353.25 353.25 333.00 334.65 HAVELLS 600.00 607.15 562.80 565.30 VIPIND 311.00 314.70 297.65 304.25 TATACOFFEE 66.80 67.95 63.05 64.40 GDL 106.65 106.65 98.00 100.30 ACC 1129.00 1149.70 1095.00 1134.05 -45.40 MIDHANI 210.00 223.40 195.00 199.75 ATUL 4130.00 4379.00 3876.00 3972.45 JINDALSAW 64.00 65.55 58.80 63.00 DCAL* 66.00 69.85 64.25 64.25 VTL 915.20 959.00 851.00 910.90 DABUR 439.40 454.95 426.40 432.80 -17.80 EICHERMOT 16700.00 17345.35 16358.40 16479.55 ABCAPITAL 59.65 59.65 55.00 55.95 PGHL 3520.00 3666.70 3494.45 3575.05 IFCI 4.00 4.00 3.70 3.85 BLUEDART 2202.10 2299.00 2148.05 2209.05 PNB 36.00 36.40 34.55 35.90 -1.50 INDIACEM 82.80 95.95 80.80 95.65 ABFRL 225.95 226.05 195.15 202.75 CUMMINSIND 441.00 442.75 416.80 437.85 VGUARD 173.00 177.10 169.45 173.00 EIHOTEL 100.00 100.85 87.10 89.45 AMBUJACEM 180.00 184.05 172.15 180.00 -7.75 ESCORTS 665.00 669.00 626.50 634.05 TORNTPHARM 1924.85 2023.10 1872.00 1962.70 WELSPUNIND 31.70 31.70 27.90 28.45 OFSS 2228.00 2228.00 2001.00 2015.15 UNITEDBNK 4.81 4.88 4.55 4.66 DMART 1995.95 2095.00 1995.95 1995.95 -105.05 DLF 156.80 157.05 147.30 149.00 NATIONALUM 30.40 30.90 28.20 29.80 AMARAJABAT 578.00 578.00 531.90 540.35 TIINDIA 450.00 483.15 426.45 474.30 CARBORUNIV 258.00 258.00 235.00 244.25 HAVELLS 584.90 607.50 562.75 566.70 -29.80 FRETAIL 153.75 153.75 153.75 153.75 COLPAL 1229.40 1229.40 1144.50 1152.30 RCF 32.00 32.00 30.05 30.25 CENTRALBK 12.10 13.85 11.50 12.95 SADBHAV 48.00 48.90 45.50 45.50 BAJAJHLDNG 2890.00 2923.90 2625.00 2800.00 -154.45 TATACONSUM 308.00 316.70 296.60 299.75 OIL 81.00 81.00 69.80 70.35 KTKBANK 58.00 58.00 51.90 52.20 JKTYRE 51.50 51.80 48.50 49.95 TNPL 125.40 126.40 112.05 118.15 ASHOKLEY 62.20 66.00 62.00 63.10 -3.60 CANBK 102.80 102.80 97.50 99.70 3MINDIA 19300.00 19400.00 18500.00 18639.55 MEGH 43.05 44.90 42.40 43.05 EIDPARRY 151.00 152.65 144.85 146.95 VRLLOG 196.00 199.55 188.55 195.70 GICRE 134.80 140.00 130.00 132.00 -7.75 IDFCFIRSTB 27.30 28.00 26.00 26.60 MCX 1085.00 1115.00 1025.45 1095.25 CUB 195.00 195.00 179.80 180.60 HAL 520.75 578.00 518.50 558.70 GET&D 94.95 98.95 92.00 95.30 HDFCAMC 2550.00 2680.00 2426.30 2528.00 -152.95 ADANIGAS 96.00 117.00 96.00 103.35 IRCON 368.00 379.75 346.60 358.15 NILKAMAL 1251.00 1251.00 1114.65 1202.80 HINDCOPPER 25.70 25.70 23.50 23.65 TEJASNET 49.00 49.00 40.60 41.65 SIEMENS 1165.00 1184.05 1139.45 1142.65 -71.00 SHREECEM 20551.00 21333.75 18800.00 20147.75 NAVINFLUOR 1295.00 1330.75 1254.60 1293.35 GLAXO 1250.05 1250.05 1206.00 1233.10 BAJAJELEC 365.00 380.00 350.85 355.70 TIMETECHNO 34.10 37.30 32.95 34.35 ICICIPRULI 372.00 391.50 355.05 359.00 -23.90 M&MFIN 275.00 276.10 258.10 262.00 STRTECH 67.00 79.80 67.00 70.60 ITI 52.70 56.40 48.30 52.80 GARFIBRES 1258.50 1269.10 1189.80 1250.95 HATHWAY 16.60 16.60 14.50 14.60 ICICIGI 1099.80 1197.40 1042.05 1055.00 -70.65 M&M 422.00 427.00 389.00 391.75 TATAMTRDVR 46.10 47.35 41.00 42.05 ENGINERSIN 61.00 61.00 56.70 57.00 ECLERX 450.60 453.80 413.00 414.80 TVSSRICHAK 1180.00 1180.00 1075.00 1102.15 BERGEPAINT 458.20 458.20 426.35 429.00 -29.20 NTPC 98.15 98.15 88.30 90.75 NMDC 75.45 78.40 70.60 73.85 CESC 527.10 527.10 476.00 481.65 SOBHA 219.00 221.40 202.75 209.25 ERIS 394.80 404.00 394.80 399.95 SHREECEM 20405.00 21388.00 18550.00 19923.00 -1385.20 TECHM 648.90 648.90 591.05 604.20 CADILAHC 259.00 261.50 240.10 249.35 GILLETTE 5600.00 5600.00 5180.00 5217.60 LAURUSLABS 378.10 392.25 363.00 378.25 STARCEMENT 71.50 73.55 70.00 71.65 GODREJCP 540.00 549.10 501.55 511.95 -36.30 UPL 400.00 400.00 373.50 376.55 PFC 99.70 99.70 91.65 92.30 TRIDENT 4.35 4.65 4.16 4.45 GICHSGFIN 63.65 71.90 62.00 69.75 LAOPALA 180.00 188.00 172.70 175.75 UBL 1018.40 1023.45 965.00 977.15 -71.55 CIPLA 418.00 423.70 392.60 396.40 BEL 69.60 70.00 64.40 65.95 ASHOKA 64.00 68.50 57.45 66.30 ALBK 8.70 8.70 8.20 8.40 MAHLOG 281.45 285.20 275.00 277.70 HDFCLIFE 494.00 500.40 471.00 472.00 -35.15 DRREDDY 2889.00 2976.60 2745.00 2826.40 DELTACORP 87.50 96.00 84.65 86.05 RELCAPITAL 4.85 5.08 4.65 4.95 TAKE 51.00 57.90 51.00 51.70 NBVENTURES 48.00 49.50 46.20 49.20 BIOCON 270.00 287.65 266.35 268.00 -20.00 DIVISLAB 1950.00 1985.00 1870.00 1884.35 IBULISL 74.65 74.65 74.65 74.65 GHCL 102.00 102.00 93.50 97.55 MAXINDIA 74.80 79.20 72.20 78.25 DHFL 12.96 12.96 12.96 12.96 IBULHSGFIN 152.10 164.70 150.00 152.10 -11.50 ABBOTINDIA 14800.00 14809.45 14133.70 14422.35 PNBHOUSING 241.00 264.00 193.50 243.45 GSFC 45.10 45.10 41.85 42.45 CAPPL 290.00 290.00 261.20 265.20 KPRMILL 515.00 515.00 499.35 511.65 NHPC 19.95 20.40 19.05 19.10 -1.45 BAJAJHLDNG 2900.00 2902.55 2641.90 2745.75 ISEC 365.00 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1+-696 tions and pharmaceutical com- many countries, including the measures today,” Fed Reserve It expects to maintain this tar- that of public health, as well as sures of labour market condi- securities by at least USD200 panies in the country are rac- United States,” the Fed said in Board Chairman Jerome get range until it is confident global developments and tions, indicators of inflation billion. n a drastic measure to stem ing against time to find a vac- a statement. Powell told reporters at a news that the economy has weath- muted inflation pressures, and pressures and inflation expec- The committee will also Iany major disruption to the cine to the virus that has spread Global financial conditions conference. ered recent events and is on will use its tools and act tations, and readings on finan- reinvest all principal pay- US economy as a result of the across the world and is having have also been significantly US President Donald track to achieve its maximum appropriately to support the cial and international devel- ments from the Federal coronavirus outbreak, the a major disruptive impact on affected, it said, and noted that Trump, who a day earlier was employment and price stabil- economy. opments, the Fed said. Reserve’s holdings of agency Federal Reserve has cut its the economy, particularly in the available economic data very critical of the Fed, wel- ity goal. “This action will help In determining the timing It added that to support debt and agency mortgage- benchmark interest rate to global supply chain. showed the US economy came comed the move. “I want to support economic activity, and size of future adjustments the smooth functioning of backed securities in agency almost zero and said it would The Federal Reserve on into this challenging period on congratulate the Federal strong labour market condi- to the stance of monetary markets for Treasury securi- mortgage-backed securities. buy USD700 billion in bonds. Sunday announced slashing a strong footing. Reserve,” he said. “People in tions, and inflation returning policy, the committee will ties and agency mortgage- In addition, the Open The COVID-19 pandemic the key rate and buying “The effects of the coron- the market should be very to the committee’s symmetric assess realised and expected backed securities that are cen- Market Desk has recently has sickened more than USD700 billion in Treasury avirus will weigh on econom- thrilled. ... We got it down to two percent objective,” The economic conditions relative tral to the flow of credit to expanded its overnight and 156,000 people worldwide and and mortgage-backed securi- ic activity in the near term and potentially zero,” the President Fed said. to its maximum employment households and businesses, term repurchase agreement left more than 5,800 dead. The ties to help the economy with- pose risks to the economic out- added. The Federal Reserve said objective and its symmetric over the coming months, the operations. The committee death toll in the US stands at stand the viral outbreak. “The look,” the Fed said. The Federal Reserve said that it would continue to two per cent inflation objec- committee would increase its will continue to closely mon- 68, while infections neared coronavirus outbreak has “We have responded very that it has decided to lower the monitor the implications of tive. This assessment will take holdings of Treasury securities itor market conditions and is 3,700. harmed communities and dis- strongly not just with interest target range for the federal incoming information for the into account a wide range of by at least USD500 billion and prepared to adjust its plans as Scientists, research institu- rupted economic activity in rates but also with liquidity funds rate to 0-0.25 per cent. economic outlook, including information, including mea- agency mortgage-backed appropriate, the Fed said. ' # * #

" -96 596 measures put into place during kets, they won’t adequately a concern that the Fed might be the global financial crisis. compensate for the upcoming running on empty with regards sian markets tumbled The Bank of Japan on economic shocks that are about to further action. AMonday as interest rate Monday unveiled a series of to come our way as a result of Sunday’s move “raises the cuts and fresh stimulus mea- emergency monetary policy the events currently unfolding question of whether the Fed sures by central banks failed to measures, saying it would ramp across Europe, as borders get has anything left in the tank lift confidence, with analysts up its own bond-buying pro- closed and populations get should the spread of the virus warning that the Federal gramme. locked down,” said CMC not be contained”, said Kerry Reserve may have reached the New Zealand’s central bank Markets analyst Michael Craig at JP Morgan Asset limits of its power to fend off also slashed rates to record lows Hewson. Management. recession as the coronavirus in an attempt to cushion the Sydney led losses, tum- “Our view is that the drag spreads. economic blow, while the bling 9.7 percent in its worst on the services sector from The Fed move added to People’s Bank of China has drop on record, while Manila social distancing policies and efforts by central banks around injected vast sums into finan- shed nearly eight percent and shock from the fall of the oil the world to combat the out- cial markets to ease liquidity Bangkok and Mumbai dropped price on the energy sector will break, which observers say will worries. more than five per cent. be enough to tip the US into likely cause a global recession. In joint action coordinated Hong Kong, Singapore, recession, but not necessarily a The scale of the crisis was with the European Central Jakarta and Wellington were all long one.” The unease has seen laid bare by data showing Bank, Bank of England, Bank down more than three per futures on Wall Street tumble Chinese industrial production of Japan, Bank of Canada and cent. around five percent. for January and February the Swiss National Bank, the Shanghai dropped tum- “The biggest concern has shrank 13.5 per cent, the first central banks moved to coun- bled 3.4 percent after the to be that the big G7 central contraction in around 30 years. teract global “dollar funding release of the industrial pro- banks have exhausted their Equity markets continue to pressures”, said Fed boss Jerome duction data, which came a policy tool kit,” said AxiCorp’s be whipsawed by the disease, Powell. week after news that Chinese Stephen Innes. which has now infected almost But traders were left unim- exports had collapsed. “The markets now appear # # +" @ P # # 170,000 people and killed more pressed, with the virus showing Tokyo ended 2.5 percent kind of defenceless to another % 2 * # # P # # # than 6,000 with several coun- no sign of letting up, while the lower, after a rally sparked by selling onslaught, so the fiscal 9=A/P@ tries going into lockdown as head of the World Health the Bank of Japan’s support step is crucial in avoiding a Europe becomes the new epi- Organization chief Tedros measures announcement fiz- dreaded global credit event.” centre of the outbreak. Adhanom Ghebreyesus said it zled. On currency markets, the The Fed on Sunday slashed was impossible to tell when it The broad retreat follows a dollar dropped against the yen !R borrowing costs to almost zero would peak globally. tumultuous week that saw after the Fed rate cut, though — its second emergency cut in “While these moves may some stock markets suffer their the greenback was up against less than two weeks — and go some way to easing any worst days in decades and in higher-yielding, riskier assets unveiled a massive asset-buy- potential blockages in the some cases their worst ever. such as the Australian dollar ' ing programme, similar to plumbing of the financial mar- And experts said there was and the Thai baht.

" 7D6 cial circumstances” will be Wuhan and surrounding Hubei exempted from the new rules, province since late January, 0# # # 82 hina reported 12 more and those sent to the facilities along with measures to prevent Cimported cases of the novel must pay for their stay. large gatherings and limit trav- coronavirus on Monday as the Authorities have not given el across the country. 8+++ capital tightened quarantine further detail on which trav- The death toll now stands * # measures for international ellers will be exempted from at 3,213 after 14 more fatalities orty one new cases of the arrivals to prevent a new wave the new quarantine. were reported on Monday. Fnovel coronavirus sur- of infections. After declaring A total of 123 cases from China has logged more -96 596 dent and CEO of Albertsons. MacLennan of Cargill; and going to be there for a long faced in Pakistan, bringing they had “basically” curbed the abroad have now been report- than 80,800 cases, but most “I would like to say that Doug McMillon of Walmart. time,” Trump said. the total number of COVID- spread of the disease within ed, with four of the 12 latest patients have recovered and S President Donald Trump people shouldn’t go out and Referring to his meeting Asserting that the supply 19 infections in the country China, where the virus first detected in Beijing. there are now fewer than Uhas advised his country- buy. We’re going to be great. with corporate leaders, Trump chains in America are the most to 94 on Monday, an official emerged, authorities are now Imported cases have now 10,000 infected people, accord- men against hoarding of essen- We’re going to be so good,” said they assured him that powerful in the world, and said. worried about an influx of outnumbered domestic infec- ing to the National Health tial items as reports of grocery Trump told reporters at a they are going to meet the they’re all working very hard, As of Sunday, the country infections arriving from other tions for three straight days. Commission. The country’s stores being swept by panic White House news conference demands of the public. he said that the stores are reported 53 coronavirus countries. Beijing’s city gov- There were only four new progress contrasts with the buying due to the coronavirus after a meeting with nearly a “They’re going around the stocking up at a level that’s cases. ernment has ordered interna- local cases in the country, and growing crisis abroad, with crisis emerged, saying supply dozen grocery store owners. clock, if they have to. They are beyond the Christmas rush. All new cases were diag- tional arrivals from Monday all were in Wuhan, the city the worldwide death toll sur- chains in the country are the “But you don’t have to buy committed to the communities “There’s no need for any- nosed in the southern Sindh onwards to go into quarantine where the coronavirus was first passing 6,000 as Italy recorded most powerful in the world and so much. Take it easy. Just relax. where they’re serving and body in the country to hoard province where government facilities for 14 days. detected in December, accord- its biggest one-day rise in fatal- there is no shortage of daily People are going in and they’re which they serve so beautiful- essential food supplies. They spokesman Murtaza Wahab Travellers had previously ing to the National Health ities. With 368 deaths, Italy’s goods. buying more. I remember — I ly and have for a long time. said to me- Could you please said that they were among been allowed to undergo the Commission. grim figure was higher than The US mainstream media, guess, during the conversa- And they’re buying a lot of tell them just go and buy, enjoy those who were shifted from mandatory isolation at home, China has touted the effec- any single-day toll reported in including newspapers and tion, Doug of Walmart said that additional things to sell,” he it. Have a nice dinner. Relax. Taftaan on Iran’s border to but now only those with “spe- tiveness of quarantining China. channels, on Sunday showed they’re buying more than they said. Because there’s plenty. But you Sindh. pictures and visuals of empty buy at Christmas. Relax. We’re “But again, they actually don’t have to buy the quantities “More results have come shelves in grocery stores in the doing great. It all will pass,” he have asked me to say- Could because it’s hard to refill the in…So the total patients have country. said. The White House said you buy a little bit less, please?- stores on a basis as rapid as reached 76 in Sindh. Out of - 0 Visuals of lockdown-like that the supply chains in the I thought I’d never hear that they’re refilling them,” Trump these 76 patients, 2 have situation in several European country were strong and it from a retailer. All of them are said. According to the John recovered & the remaining 74 countries like Italy and Spain was unnecessary for citizens to working hand-in-hand with Hopkins Coronavirus Resource are being kept in isolation,” he ! added to the anxiety of the hoard daily essentials. the federal government, as well Centre, the COVID-19 pan- said. : 6 Americans who bought things Among other prominent as the state and local leaders, to demic has infected 3,700 peo- With the latest addition to fill up their pantry with corporate leaders in the meet- ensure food and essentials are ple and claimed 69 lives in the the total number in the coun- weeks of stocks. ing were Dave Clark from constantly available. And they’ll country. try reached 94. " 1+-696 In view of the situation, Whole Foods; Mark Clouse of do it,” he said. The deadly virus, which Meanwhile, government Trump on Sunday held a meet- Campbell Soup Company; “There’s no shortages. We originated in China, has is taking steps to contain the 1+-696 come, healthy distraction. Yoga he US Navy reported its ing with top leaders of the com- Brian Cornell of Target; Kevin have no shortages — other than claimed over 6,500 lives and pandemic as authorities in Studio and Pocket Yoga are Tfirst suspected case of the panies that own grocery stores, Hourican of Sysco; Craig people are buying anywhere infected more than 169,000 Punjab province converted all leading medical school in good apps to consider,” he new coronavirus aboard a including Indian-American Jelinek of Costco; Donnie King from three to five times what people over 135 countries and public sector universities’ Athe US has recommended said. ship, saying a sailor had test- Vivek Sankaran, who is presi- of Tyson Foods; David they would normally buy. It’s territories. hostels into quarantine cen- yoga, meditation and con- On controlled breathing, ed positive for the disease but tres as an immediate arrange- trolled breathing to address he said, one simple technique the result needed to be con- ment. anxiety issues related to the is called square breathing. firmed by health authorities. Officials said that uni- novel coronavirus that has now “Visualise your breath travel- It came a week after 7 " -3 versities were informed in the spread fast across America. ling along a square. As you fol- another US Navy sailor sta- province to clean all hostels There are at least 3,485 low the instructions to inhale, tioned in southern Italy con- and shift the belongings of cases of the novel coronavirus hold your breath, or exhale, tracted COVID-19, which students, if there were in the US, according to the state count slowly to three on each has killed more than 3,700 any, to store rooms after and local health agencies, gov- side. Try it now,” he wrote. people worldwide including ' + properly tagging them for ernments and the US Centers “Inhale up the first side of nearly 70 in the United States. identity. for Disease Control and the square. Slowly count one, “A Sailor assigned to the The deadly virus, which Prevention. The number of two, three. Hold your breath amphibious assault ship USS originated in China’s Wuhan deaths due to the deadly virus across the top. One, two, three. Boxer (LHD 4) tested ‘pre- 1+-696 awareness campaign through a concerned parents call us from travel and visa issues. city in December, has claimed are 65. The Harvard Medical Exhale down the other side of sumptive positive’ for team of 20 physicians. India,” Sreenath said. “We are also offering fam- over 6,500 lives and infected School said in its latest health the square. One, two, three. Coronavirus Disease 2019 everal eminent Indian- It has also established var- “A team of 20 physicians is ily therapist calls for helping more than 169,000 people guideline that, yoga, meditation Then hold your breath across (COVID-19), marking the SAmerican groups in the US ious chapters across the coun- helping Sewa in providing free parents deal with anxiety and over 135 countries and terri- and controlled breathing are the bottom. One, two, three. first case for a sailor aboard have set up helplines and try who are working with the advice through Sewa coron- stress,” he said. tories. “some tried and true ways to After a few minutes of this you a Navy ship,” the Navy said in deployed volunteers to help Indian Embassy and consulates avirus helpline. Over 400 vol- “Sewa is also helping peo- China remains the hard- relax”. The article ‘Coping with should be feeling calmer and a statement on Sunday community members, includ- to help families obtain visas to unteers in 20 major cities in the ple with COVID-19 like symp- est-hit with 80,860 infections coronavirus anxiety’ was pub- more centered,” Sharp said. evening. ing a large number of Indian travel to India in emergency sit- country are working tirelessly toms to meet with doctors. In and 3,213 deaths. After lished this week. News about the virus will The sailor was in quar- students, hit by the coron- uations. “There are over to put up a formidable com- a few cases our Family Services China, Italy and Iran “Regular meditation is very likely grow worse, then grow antine at home, it said, avirus crisis. 250,000 students from India munity response at this difficult volunteers are working with are the two worst-affected calming. Many apps teach sim- better, he said and urged peo- adding that “personnel that The COVID-19 pandemic studying in US universities. time,” said Swadesh Katoch, friends and family of patients countries. ple forms of meditation, such ple to listen to public health the individual immediately has infected 3,777 people and More than 300 US Universities Sewa’s vice president for who are in self-quarantine or Pakistan’s high-powered as Headspace or Calm,” wrote experts who can help them identified having close con- claimed 69 lives in the country. have closed including some Disaster Relief. being tested for COVID-19. National Security Committee John Sharp, a board-certified navigate the path ahead. tact with have been notified The country has stepped up who have moved instructions Local businesses and med- Sewa is running a daily on Friday took several deci- psychiatrist on the faculty at “Take sensible steps that can and are in self-isolation at efforts to contain the virus by to a virtual mode, and even ical professionals are offering Facebook Live campaign to sion to boost efforts to defeat Harvard Medical School and help us all: get your bearings, their residences.” placing travel restrictions, clos- shut their dorms. Sewa has their services to the community spread awareness about pre- the threat posed by the virus. the David Geffen School of practice good hygiene, use calm- The Navy said that the ing schools, restaurants and fielded calls from Indian for- most times pro bono through venting the infection,” Katoch Among other things, it Medicine at University of ing strategies that work for you US Centers for Disease bars and cancelling entertain- eign students from such uni- Sewa International. said. Federation of Indian- decided to close down the California, Los Angeles. — and maybe try something Control and Prevention ment events across the country. versities who are finding it Its volunteers are providing American Associations of western border with “Not a yoga person? No new. Making healthy, reasonable would need to confirm the Sewa International, a lead- difficult to cope up emotionally, multiple services including Georgia is working with all uni- Afghanistan and Iran. need to start now unless you’d choices about what to do and positive result. ing Indian-American non- health wise and financially,” delivering free food, assisting versities across Georgia and It also ordered the closure like to try it. Sometimes trying what not to do will make a big The USS Boxer is cur- profit organization, has released said Professor Sree Sreenath, the elderly in grocery shopping Alabama to help students hit by of all education institutions in new things and discovering difference in being able to stay as rently in port at a naval base USD 10,000 to run its 24X7 president of Sewa International. and visiting a doctor and help- the situation created due to the Pakistan till April 5 in view of new activities you can benefit safe and as well as possible,” he in San Diego, according to helpline and coronavirus “We even had a couple of ing those who are faced with coronavirus crisis. the virus outbreak. from and enjoy can be a wel- wrote. local media. !"#$%&%& &- 8

; : " " " 3 ' 5 * " 3" hina is relaxing travel restrictions in the hardest-hit virus he government of Kosovo has declared the state of emer- Cprovince of Hubei, sending thousands of workers back to Tgence due to the coronavirus threat. The decision was pub- jobs at factories desperate to get production going again. The lic late Sunday. Kosovo has 13 COVID-19 cases. It has closed 1+-696 a good year, without the epi- avirus. They addressed the it has also overtaken almost official Xinhua News Agency reported Monday that cities just all its borders and suspended flights from its only international demic.” nation, and each other, from a every aspect of American life. outside the epicenter ofWuhan were chartering buses to send airport. The government has closed all schools, cafes, restau- ormer Vice President Joe Biden, who is leading television studio in Washington Schools are shut down across back to work residents who had returned home for the Lunar rants and gyms and banned mass gatherings. FBiden and Senator Bernie Sanders in the race for the without an in-person audi- the country, travel has been sig- New Year in late January. The move comes as Chinese officials Sanders sought in Sunday’s Democratic nomination, ence. nificantly limited and the like- say the outbreak that spread from Wuhan starting in December debate to cast themselves as argued that a pandemic was not The debate was the first ly economic consequences have has mostly run its course domestically, while they remain vig- reece’s Olympic committee says the handover ceremony best-positioned to lead the a moment to attempt to push head-to-head faceoff between sent financial markets plum- ilant against imported cases. The outbreak of COVID-19 has Gfor the Olympic flame for the Tokyo games scheduled this nation through a global pan- through an overhaul of the Biden and Sanders, who are meting. has a devastating effect on China's service sector and indus- Thursday will take place behind closed doors as part of efforts demic, with Biden pledging to American health insurance sys- vying to become the Biden and Sanders both tries from autos to cell phones, although President Xi Jinping to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The Hellenic Olympic deploy the military to help tem, a politically arduous Democratic presidential nom- called for increased testing for has pledged that economic growth targets for the year will still Committee said the accreditation cards that had been issued with recovery efforts and endeavour. inee. After a sluggish start to the virus and economic relief be met. Xinhua cited local officials as saying that 750,000 for the ceremony at the Athens Panaetenaic Stadium, where Sanders using the crisis to “This is a crisis,” Biden said. the primary season, Biden for Americans who will suffer. migrant workers alone in the city of Huangguang adjacent to the first modern Olympics were held in 1896, will not be valid. pitch his long-sought overhaul “We’re at war with a virus. It has rapidly surged to the front of “This is bigger than any Wuhan have been unable to return to their jobs. The HOC’s headquarters will also be closed from Monday until of the country’s health care sys- nothing to do with copays or the field, consolidating support one of us. This calls for a further notice, it added. Greece has 331 confirmed cases and tem. anything.” among moderates and moving national rallying for one anoth- ; four deaths. “One of the reasons that we As the debate opened, within striking distance of the er,” the former vice president iberia has announced its first COVID-19 case Monday as 7? are unprepared, and have been Biden and Sanders skipped a Democratic nomination. said. Lthe executive director of the Environmental Protection unprepared, is we don’t have a handshake, greeting each other Sanders, a Vermont senator, is Sanders panned President Agency, Nathaniel Blama, among the first officials on the con- ermany has partially closed its borders with five neigh- system. We’ve got thousands of instead with an elbow bump. struggling to regain momen- Donald Trump’s uneven han- tinent to contract the virus. Blama came to Liberia from Gbors, leading to queues at some crossings, German private insurance plans,” said They took their positions at tum and faces the prospect of dling of the crisis, urging the Switzerland on Friday. Information Minister Eugene Nagbe police launched new controls at the usually check-free bor- Sanders, who backs a sweeping podiums spaced 6 feet apart in more losses in Tuesday’s next president to stop hindering urged that “there is no cause for panic” given measures put in ders with France, Switzerland, Austria, Luxembourg and government-run health insur- keeping with guidance from round of primaries. medical professionals by “blab- place by the government to contact, trace, test and control any Denmark on Monday. Police turned back some pedestri- ance program. “That is not a the Centers for Disease Control The coronavirus pandem- bering with unfactual infor- emergence of the virus. Liberia, along with its neighbors Sierra ans at Kehl, across the Rhine river from the French city of system that is prepared to pro- and Prevention for limiting ic dominated the start of the mation that is confusing the Leone and Guinea, were devastated Ebola outbreaks from 2014 Strasbourg. People who commute across the border to work vide health care to all people in the spread of the novel coron- debate, reflecting how quickly American public.” to 2016 that killed more than 11,300 people, including 4,000 are still allowed to cross, as can trucks carrying goods, and in Liberia alone. Germans are being allowed back in. But Interior Minister ;7 Horst Seehofer said Sunday that people “without a valid rea- son to travel” wouldn’t be allowed across. Germany has con- elgium’s political parties have agreed to temporary put their firmed over 4,800 infections with the new coronavirus, Bdifferences aside to fight the coronavirus outbreak more effi- including 12 deaths. ciently. After months of failed negotiations, opposition parties 5 agreed to grant Prime Minister Sophie Wilmes’ caretaker government special powers for up to six months. Wilmes said late outh Korea’s central bank has executed an emergency rate Sunday on Twitter that her team will be “driven by a sense of Scut of 0.5 percentage point to help ease the economic fall- duty. This great union is up to the challenges of the moment.” out from the coronavirus, which has sickened more than Belgium has been in a political impasse for months after last 8,200 people in the country. The Bank of Korea’s move on May’s general election exposed deep linguistic and regional divi- Monday brought its policy rate to an all-time low of 0.75% sions in the country. Belgium’s first female prime minister, amid concerns that the global spread of COVID-19 will rat- Wilmes was appointed in October to succeed liberal leader tle South Korea’s trade-dependent economy. The bank says Charles Michel, who became president of the European Council. the rate cut will help ease volatility in financial markets and In an attempt to stop the spreading of the COVID-19 virus, help pump money into the economy by lowering borrow- Wilmes’ government has closed schools, bars and restaurants ing costs for companies. Bangladesh's government has shut and suspended all sports and cultural events. Belgium has 1,085 down all all educational institutions and private tutorial cen- confirmed cases and four deaths. ters across the country until March 31. Education Minister >5 Dipu Moni said at a news conference Monday in Bangladesh’s capital, Dhaka, that the measures were taken he Czech Interior Ministry is calling on all citizens to use as a precautionary step against the coronavirus. Bangladesh Tany face protection available, especially while shopping and confirmed three more cases of infection on Monday, tak- using the public transport. “Any protection is better than no ing the total to eight. The new infections include two chil- protection,” the ministry said. It advised people to stay at home, dren under 10 years old, according to the country’s if possible. Czech Health Minister Adam Vojtech acknowledged Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research. over the weekend that the medical sector lacks up to a million respirators. The government has banned traveling across the country, starting Monday. People still can travel to work, visit ranian news agencies say a 78-year-old member of the doctors or do shopping. The Czech Republic has 298 COVID- IIranian clerical body that chooses the country's supreme 19 cases. leader has died from the illness caused by the new coronavirus. He was the latest of several senior Iranian officials to have been infected in the worsening outbreak. The out- outh Africa will revoke nearly 10,000 visas issued this year break has infected nearly 14,000 people in Iran and killed $ -$ * !# 6 6 $ ) + 8 * 2 @ 6 Sto people from China and Iran, and visas will now be more than 700, with the toll jumping by more than a hun- 6 #@ required for other high-risk countries that had been visa-free, dred in the last 24 hours. The real numbers may be even including Italy and the United States. Health Minister Zweli higher, as some have questioned the government's report- Mkhize says a lockdown might be necessary if tough new mea- ing. The semi-official Fars and Tasnim news agencies report- sures announced Sunday, including travel restrictions and school ed that Ayatollah Hashem Bathaei, a low-profile, moder- 622 R closings, don't work. He warns of a high risk of internal virus ate member of the Assembly of Experts, died from the transmission with "the problem of inequality in our society." COVID-19 illness. The clerical assembly has the authori- South Africans worry about the spread of the virus to crowd- ty to appoint or remove the supreme leader, who has the ed townships or public transport. Confirmed virus cases have final say on all major policies. (( 1:( doubled every two days over 10 days to 61, a rate he called 5? "explosive." Elsewhere, Africa's second most populous nation, Ethiopia, has suspended schools, sporting events and other large urkey is closing bars and nightclubs to prevent the spread 1+-696 bat the novel coronavirus with Based out of Boston, the about 68 per cent of total gatherings for 15 days. Tof the coronavirus. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca, SAARC leaders is laudable. USA India Chamber of imports of the raw materials. ; meanwhile, reported on his Twitter account 12 more coro- n India-centric American His strategy to take proactive Commerce for over a decade Due to the COVID-19, supplies navirus cases, including seven people who had returned Apharma sector advocacy steps with graded response is a now has been organising an from Chinese manufacturers avarian authorities say that runoff mayoral elections in the from European countries and three from the group has lauded Prime smart approach to tackle this annual BioPharma and have been disrupted. Bsouthern German state will be conducted entirely by postal United States. The update raised Turkey's confirmed cases Minister Narendra Modi’s complex and unprecedented Healthcare Summit attended by “For strategic reasons as vote to reduce risks of infection with the new coronavirus. to 18. Bars and nightclubs will be temporarily closed as of action plan to combat the novel situation,” said Karun Rishi, top pharma sector leaders and well as medicine security, India Polling stations opened as usual, though with increased hygien- Monday, the Interior Ministry said. Turkey has coronavirus with SAARC lead- president of USA India researchers and government cannot be dependent on a sin- ic precautions, for the first round of municipal elections on stepped up measures to contain the spread of the virus, ers, saying that his strategy to Chamber of Commerce officials from both the coun- gle country for major supply of Sunday. On Monday, though, Bavaria’s state government tight- including suspending flights to several countries and clos- take proactive steps with grad- (USAIC). tries. The 14th edition of the APIs,” he asserted. ened its restrictions on public life, saying that it would close ing schools and universities. On Sunday, Turkey set ed response is a smart approach Several other steps sug- summit scheduled in May has Noting that around 1990, bars, cinemas and some shops among other things. The region- up quarantine locations for more than 10,300 to tackle this unprecedented gested by the prime minister now been pushed to the Indian pharma industry al interior minister, Joachim Herrmann, said that the runoff people returning from pilgrimages to Islam’s holy sites in situation. In a video-conference such as: collaboration not con- September, due to uncertainties was quite self-reliant in APIs, votes in two weeks will be held “exclusively by postal ballot.” Saudi Arabia. of SAARC members on fusion, creating common over the coronavirus, a media he said the Indian government Sunday, Prime Minister Modi research platform to control release said. “This unprece- had set setup committee of sec- proposed setting up a COVID- epidemics, and evolving a com- dented situation thrust upon retaries, headed by Secretary, 19 emergency fund with India mon strategy can definitely set India and the rest of the world Health Research, Dr. VM ./ - % committing USD 10 million an example to the world, and has forced India to take a seri- Katoch, in 2013 which sub- initially for it, and asserted that contribute to a healthier plan- ous look at the lack of urgency mitted report in February 2015 the best way to deal with the et, Rishi said in a statement. and investments in BioPharma to suggest ways to reduce the 789:=67 In Victoria, 13 new cases have a 14-day quarantine peri- WA has 18 confirmed pandemic was by coming The deadly virus, which Research & Development in dependence on bulk drug brought the state total to 71. od. coronavirus cases while together and not growing apart. originated in China’s Wuhan India,” Rishi told PTI. imports from China. he total number of con- Two elderly women died “Of the total 171 cases at Tasmania has seven cases of Apart from Modi, Sri city in December, has claimed This also forces India to “India has failed in exe- Tfirmed novel coronavirus from the deadly virus, bringing this stage, we can say categor- which six were reported stable Lankan President Gotabaya over 6,500 lives and infected implement long pending deci- cuting these great ideas. The cases in Australia on Monday the death toll in the country ically that 67 of those cases and one was discharged from Rajapaksa, Maldivian President more than 169,000 people over sions which can help the phar- committee outlined a package reached 350 as some states in due to the deadly disease to were acquired overseas and 44 hospital. Ibrahim Mohamed Solih, 135 countries and territories. ma manufacturing of bulk of the interventions and con- the country declared a state of five. cases that we know absolutely Victoria’s Premier Daniel Nepalese Prime Minister KP As of Sunday evening, the drugs and active pharmaceuti- cessions required to reduce emergency and announced Several schools have been were transmitted onshore,” Andrews on Monday also Sharma Oli, Bhutanese premier US has reported over 3,700 cal ingredients (APIs), he said, dependency on China. India penalties for breaching quar- shut down while state govern- Hazzard said. declared a state of emergency Lotay Tshering, Bangladeshi cases of coronavirus, which adding that India has a heavy requires end-to-end manufac- antine and self-isolation guide- ments in Victoria, NSW and Western Australia (WA) for four weeks in response to Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, causes a disease known as dependence on China for turing of APIs within the coun- lines issued by them to contain Queensland announced penal- Premier Mark McGowan on the coronavirus pandemic. Afghan President Ashraf Ghani COVID-19. The disease has imports of bulk drugs and try. It is ironical that the year the spread of the deadly dis- ties for breach of isolation Monday declared a state of Andrews said it was likely and Special Assistant to the also killed 66 people in the US. APIs. 2015 was declared as the “Year ease. terms. emergency in the state and said that the state of emergency, Pakistani Prime Minister on There are 110 cases in India so In 2018-19, Indian phar- of the API” by the Department Prime Minister Scott NSW Health Minister Brad it provided the police force and imposed under the Public Health Zafar Mirza partici- far, including the two persons maceutical companies import- of Pharmaceuticals (DoP) and Morrison on Sunday Hazzard said under the emer- chief health officer with addi- Health and Wellbeing Act, pated in the video-conference. who died in Delhi and ed bulk drugs and intermedi- reiterated the urgent need to announced that anyone return- gency provisions of the Public tional powers to enforce “quar- would be extended. “Prime Minister Modi’s Karnataka. Ten patients have ates worth USD 2.4 billion bring about self-sufficiency in ing to Australia from overseas Health Act, people who hold antine and self-isolation mea- He said the declaration views and action plan to com- been discharged. from China, which accounts for the field,” Rishi said. would be required to self-iso- functions of more than 500 sures, as was agreed at the would remain in place “for as late for two weeks and cruise were liable for a AUD 55,000 National Cabinet meeting long as it needs to be”. ships from foreign ports would (USD 33,911) fine and further between the Prime Minister, Andrew Barr, Chief be banned from docking in fines of AUD 27,500 (USD state premiers and chief min- Minister of Australian Capital '/ # * Australia. 16,953) for each additional day isters”. Territory, declared a public New South Wales (NSW) their event continues. The state will enforce the health emergency. reported 37 cases since Sunday, A second order under the national ban on non-essential The Northern Territory * * taking the total number of emergency provisions stipu- mass gatherings of over 500 has one confirmed case, a 52- confirmed cases in the state to lates any person entering people and with a penalty of up year-old who tested positive on 171. Australia will be required to to AUD 50,000 (USD 30,842). March 4. " +6++ 8+++ and terrorism” in April 2017, fol- India in 2014, she said. lowing which India had moved “Usually, every prime min- Bahraini woman has died former Pakistani diplomat the International Court of Justice ister of Pakistan meets Hurriyat Afrom the novel coron- Ahas claimed that ex-prime (ICJ), seeking a stay on his death leaders but Nawaz Sharif did not 8 0 0. avirus, the health ministry minister Nawaz Sharif had barred sentence and further remedies. meet them when he visited announced on Monday, the foreign ministry from speak- Pakistan claims its security India,” she said. 9899 ease,” Venerable Warakagoda facilitate the combat operations suspended. marking the first death ing against India and death-row forces arrested Jadhav from She also said that Sharif Gnanarathana, who heads the of the deadly virus with new The Civil Aviation from the disease among convict Kulbhushan Yadav as part Balochistan province in March only talked about Kashmir in his ri Lanka is conducting a powerful Asgiriya sect, told directives to quarantine all Authority also announced the Gulf Co-operation Council of the policy of going soft on New 2016 after he reportedly entered address to the UN (in 2016), Sweek-long Buddhist prayers reporters. individuals arriving in the closing down of the Jaffna states. Delhi. the country from Iran. while skipping to mention India as means to combat the grow- “This will be held com- country other than from China international airport opera- The 65-year-old woman Tasneem Aslam, who served Aslam said the policy of or Jadhav. ing threat of the deadly coro- mencing March 18 for a week Anil Jasinghe, the health tions in view of the threat. had pre-existing medical con- for a second term as Foreign going soft on India was not ben- She said some leaders think navirus that has infected over near the Temple of the Tooth chief said the Chinese who Jaffna operates flights to ditions, the ministry said on Office spokesperson from 2013 eficial for the country. that appeasement towards India 100,000 people globally. in Kandy,” the high priest said. arrive here are being put Chennai. Twitter. to 2017, made the claim on “It did not benefit the coun- would work but it is difficult. As of Sunday, the number Gnanarathna said in the through a quarantine process. The Catholic church has Nearly 1,000 cases of the Sunday in an interview with a try but I do not know whether it Aslam, who also worked as of confirmed cases reported in history of Buddhism the There are over 1,700 peo- cancelled its Sunday masses for virus have been recorded so far YouTube channel run by an benefited his [Nawaz’s] own the Foreign Office spokesperson Sri Lanka are 11 with over 137 Rathana Suthra was recited ple in quarantine right now two weeks. Already all public across the six nations of the Islamabad-based journalist. interests or not,” she said, alleg- from 2005 to 2007 during the being hospitalised. during times of plague and dis- with 10 confirmed cases of events have been cancelled. Gulf Cooperation Council “Nawaz Sharif did not want ing that the former premier had regime of Gen Pervez Musharraf, “We have organised to ease. The suthra was recited by COVID-19. Sri Lanka has shut (GCC). to say anything against India and business interest with India. retired form the service in 2017. recite the ‘Rathana Suthraya’ the Lord Buddha when an All passengers from 11 schools and universities with Most of those infected have Jadhav through the Foreign Replying to a question on Many of Sharif’s opponents over a week through which we Indian city of Visala was being countries are now being quar- the first announcement of the been people returning from Office,” she claimed. whether Sharif’s family was pro- had previously accused him of hope that not only Sri Lanka, plagued by disease and famine. antined, airport officials said. affected Sri Lanka national. Iran, where more than 700 peo- Jadhav, 49, was sentenced to India, she said, “Yes. 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Some Ginger and garlic: It is a pow- Coconut oil: Lauric acid and the coronavirus while sleeping, it ing treatment is also called lasabrasion, laser peel, passed away in Karnataka. He had tested positive for the virus. might lose sleep or sleep less as erful anti-viral and is a fantas- caprylic acid present in it are is important to follow certain do’s or laser vaporisation. Persons with lower respiratory tract infections are the source well. tic way to boost immune sys- essential for boosting immu- and don’ts to keep the COVID-19 Mesotherapy: The treatment uses brighten- of infection of COVID-19. 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So we owner together is in the most exploita- only in an exploitative set-up and never because of the cannot be prescriptive about tive context of pornography,” says she. * part of a normal discourse. The inter- work s/he it ki ‘karna hi chahiye’,” s h e Be it Nayantara’s Necklace, where L, esting bit about this film is that the does,” she tells adds. Tillotama’s character is a social wannabe 0 !M housemaid is as much aware and does- us. Films like Bobby (1973), who faces a moral question in the end or * n’t want to cross the line for her own Certainly. Raja Hindustani (1996), Qissa: The Tale of a Lonely Ghost, where sake rather than giving in to the com- But that leaves Laadla (1994) and more have her character’s life is disrupted and forts of a rich life. us with another been examples of the class shaped by India’s brutal Partition, How difficult was it internalising question — divide though all of them were Tillotama’s roles have always pushed the !+ $&##- ) this conflict? 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It has to be the (! ! love is not so blind at all. It’s actually “It depends on how much can acknowledge their feelings for each hero. If it’s not a hero on the pages, it can’t ! ! # quite harshly determined. Like any I transgress? How much am I other. It is about acknowledging each be that on the screen. These are two pri- !& !%# ( other contract, there is a lot of scruti- willing to loiter or take on soci- other and becoming suddenly marily important things that I look for. ny even here. It is not only about love ety’s judgement? How much aware of their desires and acting But yes, at the same time, I don’t want to !##/ but about a lot of things other than the courage and strengths do I have upon them. In a typical love story, be the flag-bearer of independent, seri- #!&& #E #- pure emotion it is meant to be. We will to battle the prejudices and com- girl and boy meet and realise that ‘oh, ous cinema. 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They certainly don’t know be loud and crass but she is still a human.” being Nayantara’s Necklace. Why did she At the same time, the Hindi how to articulate it or do anything about And she is a humane artiste. ! +*# !$&#/// !- say yes to Sir? “When I was offered the Medium actor feels that one can- it. It’s a helpless situation and it’s almost (The film releases on March 20.) # - - # !+# ( # #!&& * # +#/ L7!& !) . & D * * 7 &F 0! . . 0* ; * 0 ,A ! !5 * - !L1O 0 . 4 0 O I * . * verheard as the entertainment world burners. *M Ostalled in response to the coronavirus out- Devotees of opera and art are being treat- break: “What are we going to do now, read ed to special live streams and virtual tours. books?” That’s exactly what Pamela Milam will Museums have joined a social media move- : ##& ( + be doing, and lots of them. ment started by the Museum of the City of New Milam is a selection reader for the Women’s York to offer art and other imagery using the -#$ ! + ! National Book Association, a nonprofit estab- hashtag #MuseumMomentofZen. lished in 1917 to support, well, reading. She and While a few are heading outdoors, some - ' lobal health guidelines may have designer Manish Malhotra was spot- her colleagues began a marathon this month folks who are shunning or shut out of their exer- I Gwarned against large gatherings ted giving photo-ops. to make it through as many as 100 books each cise classes are working out new routines at and public events owing to the Ranveer Singh lived up to his as they help develop the organisation’s annu- home. * Coronavirus pandemic but can that image of being an outrageous dress- al Great Group Reads list for National Reading Cynthia Shaw in Brooklyn is a classical ever dampen Bollywood’s mood to er, flaunting shock value in fashion as Group Month in October. pianist and piano teacher who regularly gath- celebrate, especially when the event in always in a shiny black coat that had She’s also an avid theatre-goer. She lives in ers with students and friends who play for each question is about scooping up awards gaudy, multi-coloured motifs all over. the heart of Times Square and goes to the the- other. Since many in their group of eight or so 0 and enjoying live performances by the He insisted on keeping his deep-tint- atre about once a week, but when Broadway are older, including some in their 80s, they’re (#&A 8 superstars? ed Harry Potter shades on even when and many other entertainments canceled, cut giving up their monthly home gatherings for + ! If you were at the Zee Cine he was sitting inside the dimly-lit back seating or postponed performances last now, but played Sunday using a video confer- Awards, pandemic would probably be venue. week, Milam knew exactly how she’d fill the encing platform instead. “Some of the older the last word in your mind. It was a If you do keep track of who won extra time. members had a hard time figuring it out, but star-studded gala where Hrithik what, Ranveer won the Best Actor “I’m happy snug on my couch. I’ll do my they did,” she said. “I had my computer set up Roshan, Ranveer Singh and Sara Ali (Male) in a Leading Role award for his best to make the most of that,” she said. Many next to the piano. I played the first movement S . Khan’s dance performances performance in Gully Boy while concert tours, awards shows, festivals, muse- of a Beethoven sonata. People played Chopin. had them asking for more. actress Taapsee Pannu won the ums, sporting events and more have shut down There was some Gershwin. I think we’ll do it Of course, for the sake of Best Actress award for her role to help “flatten the curve” as the virus spreads again.” 5 ! caution, the general pub- in Badla. Posting a photo around the globe. Bans on big and medium- Elsewhere, the TV binge is definitely on lic was not allowed entry with the trophy on social size gatherings are proliferating, prompting with some new gems on offer. The Walt Disney and there was no red media, Taapsee wrote, “The more people to hunker down at home. Co will release Frozen 2 on Disney-Plus sev- E carpet either. first one for ‘Naina seen flaunting his trophies. “We’re catching up on our reading. I just eral months early to give families cooped up Among B- Sethi’.” Ayushmann Khurrana was declared started Love in the Time of Cholera. It seemed by the coronavirus a welcome distraction, and Town A-listers Ranveer returned “Best Entertainer of the Year” while appropriate,” said Beverly Pfeiffer in Silver give its streaming service a boost. For docu- spotted keeping on stage to collect the Kartik Aaryan won the Best Comic Spring, Maryland, of the Gabriel Garcia mentary lovers, Netflix is rolling out new fea- the shutterbugs Best Onscreen Pair tro- Performance award for his role in Pati Marquez classic that, spoiler alert, doesn’t actu- tures and series from acclaimed creators, + S busy with their phy along with Patni Aur Woh. ally involve cholera. including The Innocence Files, Jeffrey Epstein: style quotient Siddhant Chaturvedi The Best Music award winners Other people are working more, especial- Filthy Rich and David Attenborough: A Life on and posing were for Gully Boy, while were Sachet-Parampara for Kabir ly now that they’re doing it from home. Some Our Planet. Ayushmann Siddhant was also declared Singh while Parvez Shaikh, Paul have upped their kitchen game by taking on Psychotherapist Jeff Larsen in San Diego Khurrana, Kartik Best Male Debutant for Jennings, Oh Sea Young and Franz fussy recipes and baking projects. One com- has a plan, for himself and his clients. “It’s all >L . Aaryan, Ananya the same film. Ananya Spilhaus shared the Best Action tro- pany that offers online courses has seen a huge about slowing down,” he said. “So absolutely ***! Panday, Taapsee Panday won Best phy for War. The Best Choreography jump in business, as has another that sells dig- pick up that book that’s been gathering dust, Pannu, Kriti Sanon, Female Debutant for award went to Bosco-Caesar for the ital photo scanning services. watch that movie or binge-watch that TV show 0 Nora Fatehi, Rakul Student Of the Year 2. number Jai Jai Shiv Shankar in War, Interior designer Genevieve Gorder, co- that you haven’t had time to watch. 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5985++ 67178- (on Monday) notified that the headquarters at the Wankhede Stadium will he Quinton de Kock-led he COVID-19 pandemic has be as good as closed in the wake of South African team on Tforced India’s biggest sports body COVID-19 pandemic. All the staffers TMonday checked into a city BCCI to virtually shut down have been advised to work from hotel near the airport as Cricket its headquarter in Mumbai home,” a top source from the Association of Bengal (CAB) took from Tuesday with its Board said. all precautions for their safe return employees being “However, if some- home amid the COVID-19 pan- advised to work from one still wants to come, demic. home. they can,” he added. After their three-match ODI It has been learnt It has been learnt series was called off due to the that the employees that the National Cricket virus outbreak, the South African have been asked to Academy (NCA) has also players and the support staff “work from home” with stopped its various zonal stayed put in Lucknow where the all the cricketing opera- camps even though rehabil- second match was slated. tions already being suspend- itation programmes at the They had the option to fly out ed till further notice. Bengaluru centre was still on as on from Delhi but they preferred the $ &$ + ! # $ 3879= “The BCCI employees were today Monday. ‘safest city’ Kolkata as the Eastern metropolis was yet to record a sin- Bengal (CAB) president Avishek gle positive case for COVID-19. Dalmiya, secretary Snehasish “We have made full arrange- Ganguly and joint-secretary + 0 9+ 5 ments so that the South African Debabrata Das. players return home safe. We “Everything is fine. Their D9-+667:= also decided to suspend all crick- Junior and Amateur cricket,” 5 O have a three-member medical rooms are all sanitised. Our liaison et activities in the country to con- CSA said in a statement. team looking into their arrange- manager, medical team are also ith the COVID-19 pan- tain the spread of the virus. The two-month suspension (#(%+ ments. We are taking adequate there in two rooms. They are all Wdemic creating a global “Cricket South Africa (CSA) means the ongoing franchise precautions,” medical committee equipped with special masks, sani- upheaval, Cricket South Africa on has taken the decision to imme- one-day cup competitions semi- 67178- chairman Pradip Dey told tiser. We have spoken to the play- Monday suspended all forms of diately terminate all forms of finals and final will not take reporters at the city hotel on ers, they are fine,” Avishek said. cricket in the country for the next cricket in the country, for the next place. ndian Olympic Association Rajarhat. The visiting team is flying two months. 60 days, namely: First-class crick- In South Africa, the Premier I(IOA) secretary general Rajeev Maintaining social distancing, out to their respective destinations After South Africa president et; List A cricket (Momentum Soccer League, Super Rugby and Mehta on Monday said he is the team was received at the air- in South Africa on Tuesday morn- Cyril Ramaphosa on Sunday Cup); All semi-professional and the Two Oceans Marathon were hopeful that Kho Kho, a tradition- port by Cricket Association of ing via Dubai. declared a state of disaster, CSA provincial cricket; as well as All also suspended. + ; # al Indian sport, will be included in the 2026 Asian Games roster scheduled to be held in Japan. /*% Kho Kho is currently played 7! % %% 3 by 25 countries across the globe. “Kho Kho was formally . Q recognised by the Olympic Council of Asia during the 18th 67178- Chennai Super Kings as well as Kolkata Knight matches owing to the that has so far claimed Asian Games held in Jakarta, %#2$'$ Riders have already cancelled their camps. more than 6,000 lives globally while infecting Indonesia, in 2018. I hope it gets he eight Indian Premier League (IPL) fran- “Keeping in mind the health and safety over 1,60,000 people. full status in the 2026 Asian 67178- Tchises have called off their respective pre- of everyone involved, the RCB Training India has so reported 114 positive cases Games,” Mehta, who is also the tournament camps till further notice, three Camp scheduled to start on the 21st of March for COVID-19 with two deaths. Asian Kho Kho Federation o headway was made during Monday’s days after the COVID-19 pandemic forced a has been deferred until further notice. We Three-time winners Chennai Super Kings President, said. Ntele-conference by the eight IPL fran- suspension of the cash-rich event from March request everyone to follow the guidelines pro- had suspended their camp on Saturday, after “My dream is to see Kho Kho chise owners as the situation in the past 29 to April 15. vided by the Health Ministry and stay safe,” which their talisman Mahendra Singh Dhoni eventually grow to the level of 48 hours has not changed much in the Royal Challengers Bangalore on Monday RCB tweeted. left the city. Commonwealth Games and wake of the novel coronavirus pandemic deferred their training camp, which was The RCB outfit is led by Indian cricket The franchise owners are hoping that in Olympics.” in the country as well globally. scheduled to begin on March 21, due to the team skipper Virat Kohli. case the IPL starts on April 15, the state gov- International Kho Kho The start of the 13th IPL has been sus- outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the The BCCI last Friday suspended the IPL ernments, which have denied permission for Federation President Sudhanshu pended from March 29 to April 15 with country. following government-imposed travel restric- matches, will be ready to give the green light Mittal also exuded confidence India currently registering 114 positive Three-time champions Mumbai Indians, tions and refusal by three states to host any should the situation improves. that the sport will be included. cases and two deaths for COVID-19. All foreign visas have been put on hold till April 15 while BCCI president Sourav Ganguly has hinted that a “truncated IPL” Q*/.%%*"*'""%# /%/#"*% could be a possibility with a minimum 17 days already lost. “Nothing concrete was discussed in ( The Pakistan and avirus cases in Pakistan — today’s meeting (con-call). It was just a fol- Bangladesh cricket boards on around 75. $"*"'%" low up meeting. The situation has not Monday decided to postpone The PCB has already been changed in 48 hours, so talking about host- the upcoming One-Day forced to revise the Pakistan 67178- an opponent ranked 12 places higher ing the IPL is still pre-mature,” an IPL fran- International and Test in Karachi Super League schedule and than him. chise owner said. indefinitely amid the COVID-19 reduce its duration. ndia’s most decorated table tennis It was a four-hour flight but Sharath “We have to wait and watch. We will pandemic. The decision to hold remain- Iplayer Sharath Kamal won his first said it felt much longer with a handful keep doing these con calls on a weekly Bangladesh were due to ing matches behind closed doors international title in 10 years on Sunday of people on the plane. “It was almost basis to take stock of the situation,” he said. arrive in Karachi on March 29 to in Karachi and Lahore after sev- but midway into the competition, the empty. It is really good to be back,” he Among the six to seven options that play an ODI on April 1 and the eral foreign players left for home 37-year-old was forced to wonder if he heaved a sigh of relief. are there in case the situation improves by second ICC World Test C’ship because of the travel issues due to made the mistake of his life by travel- The Indian, whose previous title April 15, one is dividing the teams into two Test from April 9-5. the pandemic. ling to Oman amid the COVID-19 pan- came in Egypt in 2010, battled past groups with top four qualifying for the “The two boards will now On Monday the PCB demic. Freitas 4-2 in the final with the decid- knock-outs. work together to identify a future announced that Chris Lynn and As the news of sporting events get- ing game stretching to 17-15. It was his Also there are suggestions of increas- opportunity to complete the ICC David Wiese — and Sri Lankan ting suspended or postponed around first win over his Portuguese opponent ing the number of double headers in a cur- World Test Championship com- leg-spinner, Seekkuge Prasanna the world started trickling in, Sharath on the ITTF tour, having lost to him in tailed time or having matches at three or mitment,” the PCB said in a state- had left for home. was in Muscat for the ITTF Challenge German Bundesliga way back in 2010. four centres in order to limit travel. ment. won by an innings and 44 runs. scheduled to start from March 24. The semi-finals of PSL will Plus event. Sharath was pushed to the limit in The possibility of having the matches The first Test of the series was The PCB has also indefinite- The Sindh province, where be held in Lahore in an empty The Polish Open happening the semifinals also before pipping in empty stands also remains open for the played in Rawalpindi from ly postponed the Pakistan Cup Karachi is located, has reported Gaddafi stadium on Tuesday around the same time was suspended Russia’s Kirill Skachkov in a seven- BCCI. February 7-10, which Pakistan one-day tournament, which was the highest number of coron- while the final is on Sunday. PTI and the world body announced suspen- game contest. sion of all activities until the end of “This tournament was my build up April. to the Olympics qualifiers but now that In these extraordinary times, con- everything is suspended, I don’t know 0 9 4 !1 fusion and chaos in the minds of the how to feel. I won a tournament after players was bound to follow. Sharath a long time, my game is coming along 67178- Karni Singh Shooting Range, due to the novel coronavirus was in Muscat with other Indian play- nicely but there are no tournaments at tucked away in one corner of outbreak. + 9?.&' ers including singles number three least for the next one and a half t was business as usual for the national capital. “Due to India pulling out of Harmeet Desai. months. IIndia’s top shooters on The likes of Manu Bhaker, the Nicosia Shotgun World Eggleton tweeted: “When I heard about the Polish “Having said that, it is satisfying to Monday as they competed in Chinki Yadav, Apurvi Cup earlier this month and the “Genuine question — how Open being suspended, I thought I come home with a title. Both final and the Olympic team selection Chandela, Mehuli Ghosh and postponement of the New Delhi does the government made a big, big mistake by coming semifinal was tough. Whenever I train trials at a time when a pandem- Elavenil Valarivan, among oth- combined World Cup due to know if new arrivals are here,” Sharath, who was relieved to be with Freitas, I am losing most of the ic has brought daily life to a ers, participated in the trials for the global COVID-19 outbreak, actually self-isolating?” back to his wife and kids in Chennai points but in the match, I was able to grinding halt around much of their respective pistol and rifle final trials are being conducted Finch re-tweeted in the wee hours of Monday said. outguess him. the world. events. for those selected in the Indian Eggleton’s tweet adding As a precautionary measure, he has “He knew that forehand is my As the world around them India had last month pulled squads for the above two men- “Have been wondering gone into self-quarantine at home biggest weapon, so, he focussed on my battled the COVID-19 afflic- out of the Nicosia Shotgun tioned World Cups, so that they the same thing!!” though the screening at the Chennai back hand which worked beautifully last tion, the sound of shots fired World Cup and later the March can register their final remain- Finch’s remarks Airport showed his body temperature night. I had to go for my shots and they from their guns, rifles and their 15-26 ISSF World Cup in Delhi ing scores, before the Olympic prompted a response from was normal. came off,” he said. pistols reverberated across the was postponed to May — all team is announced,”. teammate Warner, who “In times like these, you obvious- Sharath’s victory is a reminder that wrote “Or, what about the ly think about your family and they are age is just a number and he doesn’t uber/taxi/bus/train they worried about you. But when it was understand the fuss over it. catch from the airport to confirmed that the tournament would “In India, we tend to focus on age # # their place.” go on, I had to focus on the job,” said a lot. In my view, it is a non-issue as long Players all over the the world number 38, who beat as the results are coming and you are worsening situation in Europe, now the focal world are self-isolating. Portugal’s Marcos Freitas in the final, feeling good about body,” he added. point of the pandemic. On Monday, Kiwi pacer Wuhan will reportedly continue their chaot- Mitchell McClenaghan, ic pre-season preparations in Shenzhen. Wuhan who was among several itself is still in lockdown, despite virus numbers foreign players who left the 3# ; in China reducing. & Australian country from overseas will ongoing PSL amid con- The CSL season was supposed to begin on white-ball captain Aaron be forced to self-isolate for cerns over the affliction, February 22 but was indefinitely postponed. It Finch and opener David 14 days starting Sunday posted a picture of him- could start behind closed doors in May, accord- Warner have raised con- midnight (March 15) in a self self isolating. ing to reports. cerns over the effectiveness bid to contain the spread “Straight home into Leo Baptistao, Wuhan’s Brazilian attacker, told of the self-isolation policy of the novel coronavirus. isolation, get home to this " 89696 was “very concerned” that the event was Chinese media before departing Spain that the of the government to tack- However, a lot of citi- note from my legendary taking place. European Boxing situation “has flipped”. le COVID-19 pandemic. zens are confused regard- wife who’s gone to stay lympic boxing qualifiers for fighters Confederation (EUBC) president Franco “We are more in danger (here). It now The Australian gov- ing working of precaution. with her parents for a few Ofrom Europe were taking place in Falcinelli said he feared the risk of a boxer appears... better to leave,” he said. ernment had announced An Australian sports weeks. See you guys in 14 London on Monday behind closed doors getting the virus was “very high”. Fabio Cannavaro’s CSL champions that anyone arriving in the journalist Veronica days,” he tweeted. despite mounting concerns over coron- “In my opinion it’s very strange that Guangzhou Evergrande, who were in Dubai, and avirus and enormous disruption across England — and the competition — is runners-up Beijing Guoan are among the clubs the world of sport. open at this hard time,” he said. that have recently returned to China. < / R The Boxing Road to Tokyo event in Falcinelli also said he was concerned Guangzhou R&F, coached by former Arsenal London started on Saturday in front of that the athletes could struggle to return and Barcelona star Giovanni van Bronckhorst, on 67178- players, Hockey India has taken a deci- paying spectators at the Copper Box home because of flight restrictions. " 7D6 Monday became the latest club to say they were sion to postpone the annual National Arena and is due to run until March 24. Organisers of the boxing qualifiers cutting short their Dubai training camp. ockey India on Monday postponed Championships for Junior, Sub-Junior It features around 350 male and said before the event started that measures ost Chinese Super League (CSL) clubs fled However, getting back to China is not Hall its junior and sub-junior nation- Men and Women categories,” Hockey female boxers from dozens of nations and had been put in place to protect competi- Mabroad when the deadly coronavirus hit the straightforward because of flight disruptions and al championships, which were scheduled India President Mohd Mushtaque is the first opportunity for boxers from tors. “All of the teams have been told to country but they are now rushing back again as strict quarantine rules when coming home. to start from April 10, in wake of the Ahmad said in a statement. Europe to qualify for Tokyo 2020. adopt regular handwashing,” they said in it takes hold elsewhere. Wuhan Zall were stranded in Frankfurt, COVID-19 pandemic, hoping to resume The tournaments suspended add up The IOC Boxing Task Force, in a a statement. “If any of their group begins The national side is still training in Dubai — Germany on Sunday, according to Chinese by the end of next month should the sit- to eight. statement on Sunday, said the rest of the to exhibit cold or flu symptoms they are where many CSL teams also went in recent weeks media, and their current location was not imme- uation improve. “Although we have announced the event, from Monday, would take behind advised to self-isolate, stay indoors, avoid — but they too are now making hasty arrange- diately available. The decision was taken by the new dates for these National closed doors “due to the changing situa- contact with other people and contact the ments to get home as soon as possible. The Beijing News reported that Li Tie’s Hockey India Executive Board following Championships, Hockey India will con- tion with coronavirus and concerns for LOC’s (local organising committee’s) Wuhan Zall, from the city at the epicentre of national team were curtailing their stint in Dubai growing concerns around COVID-19 sit- tinue to monitor and evaluate the public, athlete and volunteer welfare”. chief medical officer.” Additional mea- the outbreak, had been training in Spain since late and had planned to fly back to the Chinese cap- uation in India. COVID-19 situation in India and we will Shortly before that decision, the sures include routine temperature testing January but left at the weekend because of the ital from Dubai. “Keeping in mind the safety of the be prepared for any scenario,: he added. head of European boxing told the BBC he as part of daily medicals. !"#$%&%& * 82 D6!&$$+ )!E B ././ # + 7 (#(& " 89696 8 " =97 decision over whether to postpone taly coach Roberto Mancini said on Sunday he football’s Euro 2020 by up to a year, . Iwas ready for the European Championship to be Awith all the sporting and financial postponed until 2021 amid the coronavirus pan- consequences that would entail, is set to 89696 demic. be made when UEFA holds a crisis meet- “We would have won the European ing on Tuesday as Europe battles the ongo- n the wake of the Championship this summer, we can also win it in ing coronavirus pandemic. Icoronavirus 2021,” Mancini told Italian television station Rai European football’s governing body (COVID-19) pan- Sport. will hold a videoconference with represen- demic, the “Let’s wait to see what UEFA decides, but I tatives from all 55 member associations as Champions League adapt to everything, right now the priority is to save well as from clubs and players bodies. can see both semi- lives.” UEFA will then hold an executive com- finals and the final played Italy are set to host the opening match in Rome mittee meeting at 1400 (1300 GMT) at over a four-day period in Istanbul. on June 12, in a tournament which will be played their Swiss headquarters. According to a report in in 12 countries across the continent. The future of the European telegraph.co.uk, this idea is among a series “The fact is that the problems we are having Championship, due to take place for the of proposals to be put forward during now other nations will have shortly,” continued the first time in 12 different cities spread across emergency Union of European Football former Manchester City and Inter Milan coach. the continent from June 12 to July 12, is Associations (UEFA) video conference “First of all we need to protect people’s health, up in the air along with those of the meetings on Tuesday. we have to wait for the peak, then when this situ- Champions League and Europa League. If the idea is agreed, the same would ation begins to ease off we could start talking and The “dark scenarios” that UEFA pres- apply to the Europa League where the decide everything later. ident Aleksander Ceferin warned against final is due to take place in the Polish city “When we return to our normal life, to foot- envisaging when he spoke at the organi- of Gdansk. ball, we will be happier, we’ll find sation’s congress in Amsterdam just two Another idea which would be con- freedom, be able to go back weeks ago now have to be considered. sidered during Tuesday’s meet is to con- to matches at the stadium, All of Europe’s leading domestic dense all the games, including the quar- have fun,” added the 55- leagues ground to a halt last week, while ter-finals and semi-finals, which would year-old. UEFA suspended all Champions League normally be over two-legs, home and “These dramatic situ- and Europa League games due to be away, into one-off matches to crammed ations can make you played this week. Both tournaments are into one week. become better. I hope still in the last-16 stage. The UEFA plan would see the so.” Europe has become the epicentre of 2 # * 2 $ * # % # ) 2 # 2 B ././ remaining last-16 ties being played as Italy won all 10 2 + * '# * &# =EE Tthe Indian Grand Prix (IGP) in the world and still help people by spreading the series will be held without any who are not part of the National the National Coaching Camps art. “I was an introvert and shy kid in school 67178- week imposed travel restrictions spectators due to the COVID-19 Coaching Camp will not be are not allowed to go to the res- and it has really helped me out to bring out to control the spread of the pandemic, the Competition allowed inside the competition idential hostels/guesthouses,” it my personality, of helping people ith the coronavirus out- virus, while the Sports Ministry Committee of Athletics venue”. said. out and of making my passion, Wbreak bringing all sports also urged all national federations Federation of India (AFI) said on The AFI also said that all the The AFI Competition my career" said Arun. activities to a halt in the coun- to follow the Health Ministry’s Monday. athletes coming from outside Committee also revised the Arun’s Martial arts academy try, Sports Minister Kiren advisory and avoid large gather- The second competition of will be allowed to enter the NS- events list for both the first and BJJ India, located in Rijiju on Monday urged ings in sports events. the Indian Grand Prix series was NIS campus only after a medical second competitions. Malviya Nagar, Delhi, the athletes to not Following the directives, the scheduled to be held at Sangrur check-up by AFI/SAI medical The events in the first com- has now over 200 stu- lose spirit and keep three-match ODI series against but it will now be held at NIS team at the SAI NS-NIS gate. petition include: Men’s — 200m, dents enrolled with working hard to stay South Africa was called off, while Patiala. The governing body also 400m, 800m, 5000m, 400m them. His students battle ready for the 13th edition of the Indian “IGP-1 will be held on 20th said that “all the athletes will be Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple have participated in competitions. Premier League (IPL), which March 2020 and IGP-2 will be provided with an accreditation Jump, Shot Put & Javelin Throw; numerous tourna- “Due to coro- was due to start on March 29, was held on 25th March 2020 as per card” and they have to “leave the Women’s — 100m, 200m, 400m, ments and have navirus, sporting suspended till April 15. schedule. The venue of both the venue soon after completion of 800m, 5000m, Long Jump, Triple accumulated over events and competitions The shooting World Cup competition will be SAI NS-NIS their event without waiting to Jump, Shot Put, Javelin Throw. 15 Gold medals so are postponed temporar- and Indian Open Golf was post- Patiala,” AFI said. witness other events”. And the events in the second far in the Nationals and ily but I appeal all our ath- poned, while badminton’s India “Spectators will not be As part of its many precau- competition are: Men’s — 200m, International tourna- letes not to lose the spir- Open was also deferred after allowed inside the competition tionary measures, the AFI also 400m, 1500m, 5000m, 400m ments and now he it, keep practicing and Badminton World Federation venue.” decided to strictly restrict the Hurdles, Long Jump, Triple hopes and envisions to focus on your training,” (BWF) suspended all World Given the health hazard, the movement of competitors from Jump, Shot Put & Javelin Throw; spread the art in the Rijiju wrote on his Twitter Tour and sanctioned events, AFI made it clear that “person- NS-NIS entry gate to the athlet- Women’s — 100m, 400m, 800m, upcoming times in handle. owing to the outbreak of the al coaches, support staff or fam- ics track and back. 5000m, Long Jump, Triple Jump, India. The government last deadly disease. ily members/friends of athletes “Those who are not part of ## , Shot Put, Javelin Throw.