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Prepare masks using them being members of would start at Jhansi Medical strictest action would be taken stranded at various places could Wmouse, Chief Minister various schemes. khadi that can be reused. For Tablighi Jamaat who had College. Level 1 Covid hospi- again the offenders. reach their destinations while Yogi Adityanath transferred Rs “For ordinary people, the this, take help of women self- attended a Nizamuddin markaz tals have started functioning in “All districts administra- ensuring social distancing. 871.46 crore into the accounts amount may be very small but help groups. This will help in meet in Delhi in mid-March. all districts while six Level 2 tions have been asked to mon- He also declared that the of 86,71,781 beneficiaries what it means to a poor per- promoting khadi besides help- With the fresh addition, the Covid hospitals would be noti- itor law and order through use state government would set across the state as two months’ son can be understood by ing women get employment total number of coronavirus fied by Saturday,” he said. of drones and DMs and SPs up a Rs 1,000-crore Corona pension. looking at the glow on their and users will be able to make positive cases rose to 172 in UP. Meanwhile, Additional would be held responsible for Care Fund. The funds sent relate to faces. Besides, the amount of it a habit if they get masks at The 47 Tablighi Jamaat Chief Secretary (Home) escape of any quarantined or “If the lockdown is lifted old age, illiterate women, dis- Divyangjan pension was Rs cheaper rates,” he said. members have been quaran- Awanish Awasthi confirmed isolated person,” he added. from April 15, people strand- abled and leprosy pensions. 300, which has been increased The chief minister asked tined in 14 districts of the state. that till date 1,203 members of The additional chief secre- ed at different places will try to The money was transferred to to Rs 500 by our government,” officials to convey a message to Reports of the highest Tablighi Jamaat or those with tary said that soon the chief return to their homes, posing the beneficiaries at a pro- Yogi said. those who violate social dis- number of 12 cases of Jamaat links with them were identified minister would hold video a challenge to maintaining gramme held at the 5 Kalidas The chief minister said tancing in lockdown. “An inci- members testing positive came across the state and the tests on conferencing with religious social distancing. In order to Marg official residence of the that his government had ear- dent like Indore should not from Saharanpur, followed by 897 of them were conducted. leaders from districts to seek deal with such situation, thrash chief minister in Lucknow on ensure social distancing, he lier sent Rs 1,000 to the happen anywhere in UP. File six from Kanpur, five each Awasthi further said that assistance for ensuring lock- out an action plan now,” Yogi Friday. On the occasion, Yogi added. accounts of more than 27.15 cases against such people under from Agra and Meerut, four 297 foreign Tablighi Jamaat down to prevent the spread of told officials at a meeting of also interacted with the bene- “At this juncture, when all lakh construction workers. Disaster Act. Those who dis- from Firozabad, three from attendees too were detected coronavirus. COVID Team-11 at his 5, ficiaries of Varanasi, Prayagraj, economic activities have come “The process of providing agree with the government, Azamgarh and the rest from and passports of 228 had been “A high-level committee Kalidas Marg official residence Gorakhpur, Moradabad and to a grinding halt, we cannot free ration to MGNREGA keep a tab on them. Take stern other districts. confiscated while 35 FIRs were headed by a senior High Court in Lucknow on Friday. some other districts through leave the poor, the deprived workers, Antyodaya card hold- action against all those who “We have ordered the lodged against them in 16 dis- judge has decided to release248 The chief minister said video-conferencing. and the destitutes in a helpless ers and other people affected created chaos in the Ghaziabad sample test of all Jamaat mem- tricts of UP. juvenile inmates jailed for petty that officers should prepare an The chief minister said state. The government stands by unemployment due to the hospital,” he said. bers who attended the Delhi The additional chief sec- crimes in UP,” he said. action plan on when and how that the world was fighting a by them. The administrative lockdown is in operation from “If someone runs away function or who came in con- retary said that a massive On Friday, an FIR was schools, colleges, markets and battle against COVID-19 pan- machinery of the state has car- April 1. from quarantine, then make tact with the attendees,” search was being made at all registered against 57 foreign malls would reopen after the demic. ried forward various schemes Besides, wages amounting the administration there Principal Secretary (Health) religious places and people nationals for attending Tablighi lockdown. On the directions of Prime for the poor in a time-bound to Rs 611 crore have been accountable. Use large build- Amit Mohan Prasad told from there were being taken Jamaat event in Delhi and Yogi also announced that Minister Narendra Modi, a manner,” Yogi said. transferred to the accounts of ings for such centres instead of media persons in Lucknow on out for test and to be quaran- withholding information from the state government would set lockdown was enforced and The chief minister said 88 lakh MGNREGA workers,” primary schools. Make a list of Friday. tined. He said that in authorities. up a Corona Care Fund of Rs people have been asked to that Rs 871.4693 crore had Yogi Adityanath said. people doing good work dur- Prasad also said that Lucknow too, the police sealed Besides, 20 people from 1,000 crore that would be used ing lockdown. The govern- aggressive containment process the Sadar Bazaar area and were Saharanpur attended the event for upgrading testing labs and Responsibility,” he said. then distribute it,” he suggest- Yogi said. ment will honour them when was underway in affected dis- searching for people at a local and they were quarantined in purchasing medical equipment Yogi further said that offi- ed. “For future preparations, The chief minister pointed the situation normalises. tricts while surveillance was mosque. Delhi. like ventilators, masks, sanitis- cers would have to work at two train volunteers from NSS out that during corona infec- Strictly curb black marketing ers, PPE (personal protection levels. “Develop strategy keep- (National Service Scheme), tion, anaesthetists, physicians, and hoarding. If the essential equipment). ing in mind the current situa- NCC (National Cadets Corps), and women and child special- goods are available at a higher “Efforts will be made to tion and the future condition. Scouts and Youth Mangal Dal. ists were needed the most. price from wholesale market, $--'#$%-.!. %5! provide testing facilities in Operate community kitchens Train them to prevent infection “Make a list of such doctors in then take action against the every division and all 24 gov- in every district and take help from coronavirus and also private sector with related accused,” he warned. Lucknow (PNS): Appealing for support to Friday, Mayawati said, “In view of the challenges ernment medical colleges,” he from voluntary organisations coach them about steps to be expertise and train them. Chief Secretary RK Tiwari the government in the fight against the novel that have arisen due to the coronavirus, it is my said. “Not only will the govern- and others wanting to taken during infection. They Similar training is also needed along with other members of coronavirus, Bahujan Samaj Party supremo appeal, especially to the BSP MLAs of UP, that ment provide money for this extend support. Establish a will also help in ensuring sup- for paramedical staff and doc- COVID Team-11 were pre- Mayawati on Friday said that in this hour of they should also provide Rs 1 crore from their fund, but help will also be collection centre so that every- ply of food and essential com- tors of AYUSH department. sent in the meeting and briefed need, the party MLAs should provide Rs 1 crore MLA fund like the MPs of the party to help the sought from corporate houses one does not go out to distrib- modities and prove vital for us Make a list of how many beds the chief minister about actions to help the needy people. needy people. Other BSP people should also take under Corporate Social ute food. Collect food there and when the infection spikes,” and ventilators can be made taken by the team. 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5- Venkaiah Naidu of the mea- who attended Tablighi Jamaat Area Development fund for the procure- sures taken by the state govern- congregation in New Delhi ment of essential equipment for fighting ment for fighting coronavirus were quarantined. Besides, she the coronavirus pandemic.     leaders should ensure that people wore and the situation prevailing in said, adequate security had UP assembly has 403 MLAs. mask and asked them to explain its the state. been ensured for doctors and “UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath haratiya Janata Party national presi- importance to the masses. President Ram Nath paramedics by the state govern- has set up UP Covid Care Fund. The fund Bdent JP Nadda asked party leaders “The women’s wing of BJP should be Kovind spoke to Governors of ment and strict compliance will be utilised for procurement of essen- from Uttar Pradesh to help the poor and asked to stitch masks and these should be all states through video-confer- with lockdown was being tial equipment and testing kits at all the destitute at a time when India and the distributed among the poor free of cost,” encing. ensured. state-run medical colleges and district hos- world was fighting a decisive battle he said. Patel said that 120 coron- Discussing other details, pitals to fight the coronavirus pandemic,” against the spread of coronavirus. Nadda was apprised that the BJP had avirus positive cases were the Governor said that food Dikshit said in a letter sent to all the MLAs During a video-conferencing with so far provided lunch packets to over 40 found in the state of which 17 L% % 71(=2= # % '#( items, food packets and on Friday. BJP leaders from the state, Nadda said, lakh people and that party workers were had been treated and cured, water were being distributed He said, “The limit of spending Rs 25 “The governments at the Centre and in working in sync with the government to 183 patients were in isolation 00(2>3? %&% '#%=1, with help of religious organisa- lakh on one particular item from the UP have launched several welfare ensure that people got essential commodi- wards and 1,344 were quaran- tions, NGOs, industries and Vidhayak Nidhi has been abolished by the schemes for the poor and destitute. ties at maximum retail price. tined. Besides, she said, 54,708 : % &'#%' employees outfits, resident chief minister and we can utilise the Inform people about them. Help the BJP leaders of Uttar Pradesh who par- persons were kept on surveil- %&&%8'9#% associations, etc and food Vidhayak Nidhi for the procurement of numerous migrating workers kept at shel- ticipated in the video conference includ- lance. was also being provided to the necessary equipment and testing kits.” ter homes. Provide them food and water ed party state chief Swatantra Dev Singh, The Governor said that as 8 :&$# 7%& %  labourers through organisa- “You are popular people’s representa- and medical help, if necessary, immedi- organising secretary Sunil Bansal, gener- many as 3,124 samples of sus- & %: & #M tions. tive and on the strength of your popular- ately,” he said. al secretaries and vice-presidents of the pected cases were tested in On harvesting and pro- ity you have inspired people to take all pre- The BJP top leader said that party state unit. eight labs while two deaths curement of wheat by official cautions and preventive measures to fight were reported across the state. and 750 ventilator beds had state government had arranged agencies, the Governor the pandemic and doing so is also our She said that rigorous surveil- been arranged by the state three-tier dedicated COVID-19 apprised the President that all national duty,” Dikshit said in the letter. declared nation-wide lockdown till April cept of social distancing as their obligation lance was being undertaken by government so far to tackle hospitals and a 100-bed hospi- facilities were being provided to ``Whole world is struggling to fight 14. UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath has towards the nation and also propagating forming clusters in Noida and coronavirus, Patel added. tal for COVID-19 patients had farmers along with permis- the pandemic COVID-19 and the Prime also taken a series of measures to fight the the idea. He also expressed the hope that Meerut, which reported the The Governor further said been readied in every district sion for harvesting while ensur- Minister Narendra Modi is leading the menace of the corona virus and is fight- all MLAs are extending their cooperation maximum cases. that isolation wards were set up while a total of 279 COVID-19 ing social distancing so that fight in India from the front. The prime ing pandemic like a war ’’, Dikshit said. to the doctor, officials of the district and A total of 5,767 isolation in district hospitals and med- hospitals were made. they did not face inconve- minister has also appealed the people to The Speaker expressed the hope that police administration in fighting the men- beds, 11,639 quarantine beds ical colleges. She said that the Patel also said that during nience. practice social distancing and has also all the MLAs must be following the con- ace of the corona virus. #!(!/5!!
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    ities in MGNREGA payments Lucknow University. He was crit- made by Atul Singh’s mother and ically injured in the firing. espite the lockdown to pre- sitting pradhan of Paraspatti when Further investigations are on. Dvent spread of coronavirus, a Atul Singh, his brother and his Expressing concern at the local leader of Bharatiya Janata cronies reached there on two daring shooting during lockdown Party and his aides opened indis- vehicles and opened indiscrimi- in Gonda, Chief Minister Yogi criminate fire on Samajwadi Party nate fire on former pradhan Adityanath asked the district leaders, killing two and injuring Devendra Pratap aka Lathi Singh magistrate and district police four others in Gonda in broad and his group. chief to arrest the assailants as daylight on Friday. The incident sent shock waves soon as possible and invoke NSA The assailants were alleged to and people started running in all against them. He also expressed be local zila panchayat member directions to save their lives. condolences to the families of the Atul Singh Paras, his brother and An eyewitness, who was play- deceased. half-a-dozen cronies. ing volleyball there, said that Meanwhile in Maharajganj, a Senior officers rushed to the soon after the firing stopped, the doctor died while returning from spot and initiated a probe into the injured were shifted to district duty on Friday morning. killing after registering a case. The hospital where two of them were Dr Nikhil, posted at commu- injured were shifted to the district pronounced dead upon arrival. nity health centre in Basantpur, hospital. Reports said that officials The deceased were identified as Bansi, was returning home after of MGNREGA scheme and APO, Devendra Pratap aka Lathi Singh night duty when he suddenly lost Tarabganj, called job card holders and Kanhaiya Pathak. control over his four-wheeler and to record their statement at A Samajwadi Party leader, it plunged into a pond at Koiladad Sangampurwa primary school in Lathi Singh was earlier the prad- hamlet on Gorakhpur- Tarabganj Paraspatti Majhdhar han of Paraspatti and was a polit- Siddharthnagar on Friday morn- area of Gonda on Friday after- ical rival of BJP leader Atul Singh ing. The locals somehow extricat- noon. They were busy recording Paras. Lathi’s brother, Vijay Singh ed him from the vehicle but he +         #  ,    !     statements about alleged irregular- ‘Tintu’ is a student leader in died on way to hospital.

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  DMukesh Meshram said on from other parts of the coun- measures. The onus must be on Friday that with the spurt in the try,” the DM said. The DM also each one. At this stage, every- number of coronavirus cases, directed medical officials to one needs to contribute to there will be strict enforcement make a plan and list out doc- minimise health as well as 
  of self-declaration in a bid to tors, nurses, medical equip- socio-economic impact of the stop the spread. ment, medicines, kits, and sani- pandemic,” said Dr Poonam He said Lucknowites who tisers to make sure there is no Khetrapal Singh, regional 
 
R have come from abroad after paucity of these essentials. director of WHO, South-East March 1 and from other virus- He also directed the ADM Asia. hit states across the country (Administration) to make a list “As physical distancing     approximately 20 labourers after lockdown was imposed on of the number of persons who measures take effect and capac- will be required. We have also March 24 would have to inform test positive for coronavirus in ities are built, whatever the ibrations caused by sent an email to LDA to evac- the chief medical officer or they rural and urban areas and transmission scenario, with VLucknow metro trains and uate the occupants,” he said. He would be punished under sec- trace their travel history. He the right approach the virus can activities of local tenants may added that the repair was last tions 269, 270 & 271 of the also directed the police to be be contained. In areas where have led to the collapse of conducted in 2010-11. Indian Penal Code present at shelter homes so that community transmission +    
  main gate of Imambara Historian Yogesh Praveen “It is mandatory for them no one can run away. occurs, it can be suppressed #)  1   Sibtainabad, as per the findings said that besides Amjad Ali to complete a quarantine peri- Meanwhile, amidst rapid and controlled,” the regional of a report submitted by Shah, the tomb has over 100 od of 28 days, whether at home spread of COVID-19 and con- director said.     discussions with IITR director frontline and municipal work- Archaeological Survey of India relatives of the king buried or at an institutional facility. tinuing challenges, the World “Every case, cluster and Alok Dhawan and his team ers. Dhawan consigned the on Friday. A senior official of here. “It was built in 1842-46 by District Magistrate Health Organization empha- evidence of community trans- o overcome the shortage of about the efforts of CSIR insti- hand sanitiser to Commissioner ASI said that vibrations caused Amjad Ali Shah and the Abhishek Prakash, who held a sised on a stronger society and mission will need to be aggres- Thand sanitiser for essential tutions at PAN-India level in this of Police (Lucknow) Sujeet by metro trains in Hazratganj Britishers also held their meeting with his officials over government efforts in South- sively responded to. Basic pub- services and as a part of scien- critical time and handed over Pandey in the presence of might have done the damage. prayers in the premises. It was the increasing number of coro- East Asia region to prevent a lic health measures such as tific social responsibility, Indian sanitiser produced by the insti- Additional Chief Secretary “Also, among the shops used so often for prayers by the navirus cases, said they should long haul with the pandemic active case detection, isola- Institute of Toxicology Research tute as per WHO-recommend- Awanish Awasthi. running in the gate, including Christian community that come up with a plan for shel- and avert further loss of human tion, testing, treatment and (IITR), in partnership with ed hand-rub formulation to the IITR provided hand-rub a saloon, had a negative impact many Christian communities ter home or quarantine centres. and other resources. contact tracing are among our Round Table India, prepared 600 CM office. sanitiser also to the office of with all the drain pipes moving settled around it,” he pointed “Currently, there are 22 shelter “A more comprehensive most powerful tools. A strong litres of hand-rub sanitiser and The Chief Minister sug- State Mission of Clean Ganga through the structure. These out. Meanwhile, heritage lovers homes and 121 quarantine approach is needed with com- surveillance is needed to assess provided it to UP in the presence gested distribution of sanitiser (SMCG) in the presence of A combined factors led to the col- expressed disappointment with centres in the district. The munities at the centre of our and guide evidence-based mea- Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. for utilisation of the police Dinesh Kumar, special secre- lapse of the gate,” he said. He Lucknow monuments being suspected cases of coronavirus response. Most importantly, sures,” Dr Singh said. The Chief Minister held department working on the tary, SMCG. added that the ASI would make in a dilapidated state. “These an estimate and start the monuments form our identity restoration work. and this is the fate they meet “We will have to see how with. There is an urgent need  !"#$%  "& %'$ (&#!  the repair work can be carried to conserve the monuments,” a out during the lockdown as heritage lover said.     CII. “I am happy to share that we ed process controls the pressure cases when hospital wards or tor is estimated to be Rs 25,000. trolled non-return valves, sole- have received interest from mul- and flow rates in the inhalation open areas are converted into The research team from noid valves, one-way valve, etc IT-Roorkee has developed a tiple industries for its mass pro- and exhalation lines. Besides, the ICUs. It is safe and reliable as it IIT-Roorkee included Akshay using the facilities of Tinkering Ilow-cost portable ventilator duction. We are committed to ventilator has feedback that can is equipped with real-time Dwivedi and Arup Kumar Das Laboratory, IIT-Roorkee. that can be useful for survival of augmenting the efforts of the control tidal volume and breathe spirometry and alarms. It can with online support from “Prana-Vayu has been COVID-19 patients. It show- government in tackling the pan- per minute. The ventilator will be automatically limit high pressure Debendra Tripathi from AIIMS, designed, especially for COVID- cased the ventilator at CII webi- demic. This low-cost ventilator useful for a wide degree of con- with an alarm system. In case of Rishikesh. They teamed up only 19 pandemic. It is low-cost, safe, nar. Named as ‘Prana-Vayu,’ the will be highly useful for COVID- gestions in the respiratory tract failure, the circuit opens to the a week back by remote commu- reliable, and can be quickly closed-loop ventilator has been 19 patients, especially when and is applicable for all age atmosphere which prevents nication to develop a quick-time manufactured. We have suc- developed in collaboration with there is a shortage of ventilators,” group patients, especially the choking. Some additional fea- technology to help the distressed cessfully achieved the ventilato- AIIMS, Rishikesh, and is IIT-Roorkee director Ajit K elderly. The prototype has been tures are remote monitoring by in the situation of COVID-19. ry requirement on a test lung, equipped with state-of-the-art Chaturvedi said. The ventilator tested successfully for normal health professionals, touch- The research development and it can be used for both features. is based on the controlled oper- and patient-specific breathing screen control of all operating on the ventilator started during infants and even overweight The ‘Prana-Vayu’ was pre- ation of the prime mover to conditions. Additionally, it does parameters, moister, and temper- the lockdown period necessitat- adults,” said Akshay Dwivedi, sented to more than 450 indus- deliver the required amount of not require compressed air for ature control for inhaled air. 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He General Officer is Masters in Tyear-old girl was recov- about the piece of the cloth and ‘Digital India’ for the health and circuiting of the live 25,000 took over the reins of the Philosophy in Defence Studies ered from a pond behind a pulled it out, only to find the well-being of every Indian. It volt overhead wires, causing Mathura Corps from Lieutenant & Management and Masters in brick kiln in Mohanlalganj on body of the girl. will enable people to assess serious damage to the General Amardeep Singh Strategic Studies. He has com- Friday, fuelling speculations The identity of the themselves against the risk of UPMRC property and putting Bhinder who, during his tenure manded a Mountain Division that she was subjected to deceased was ascertained by contracting coronavirus infec- their own lives at risk. led, 1 Corps to greater heights of and an Infantry Brigade, and has brutality. However, police rub- her parents. While the residents tion. It will calculate this based UPMRC registered an FIR professionalism. Lt Gen made valuable and laudable bished the apprehension of and labourers suspected foul on their interaction with oth- over the breakdown due to kite Cariappa, an alumnus of contributions while serving as villagers. play, the police said the girl ers, using cutting-edge blue- flying to safeguard the system. National Defence Academy and part of the UN Peace Keeping As per reports, the girl drowned after she strayed her tooth technology, algorithms “UPMRC appeals to everyone Indian Military Academy, was Force at Mozambique (Africa) was playing outside her shan- way to the pond. A police and artificial intelligence. Once to follow the instructions and commissioned on June 9, 1984 and Iraq - Kuwait. Prior to tak- ty inside the Sawan brick kiln spokesman said the dress of the installed in a smartphone, the guidelines of the government into the 4th Battalion of the ing over command of elite 1 where her parents work. girl was found intact and there app detects other devices with during lockdown to contain Rajputana Rifles. He is an expert Corps, he was the Military Around 9 am on Thursday, she were no injury marks on the AarogyaSetu installed that the spread of COVID-19 and in manoeuvre warfare, counter Secretary to the President of went missing and could not be body. He said the body had come in the proximity. The app protect metro from any harm,” terrorism and operational art. India at New Delhi. He exhort- traced despite hectic search been sent for autopsy and fur- can then calculate the risk of a senior official said. “On The General Officer has also ed all ranks to continue work- by their parents and their col- ther investigation was under- infection based on sophisticat- Thursday, the overhead elec- held varied coveted command, ing with the same zeal, enthusi- leagues. On Friday morning, way. Locals expressed surprise ed parameters, if any of these trification near Badshahnagar instructional and staff appoint- asm and focus on operational some of the labourers working over how the 5-year-old girl contacts has tested positive. was damaged by metal wire ments. He has served in all types preparedness with realistic train- at the brick kiln spotted a reached to the pond without The app will help the govern- and Chinese manjha. The of terrain to include deserts, ing to achieve exceptional level piece of cloth floating in Simari being noticed by anyone. ment take necessary and time- 23    -  4*5 repair work was done in a spe- mountains and plains covering of military professionalism so pond and located behind Parents of girl belong to ly steps for assessing risk of cial drive in the night and a wide spectrum of military that 1 Corps continues to under- another brick kiln in the area. Chhattisgarh and have been spread of COVID-19 infec- design ensures privacy first. state-of-the-art technology and metal wires and kites were operations that has given him an take its mandated role of defeat- As the news broke, huge working at the brick kiln for a tion, and ensuring isolation, The personal data collected by stays secure on the phone till it removed from the OHE,” the intellectual edge in understand- ing military mis-adventurism by number of villagers, including long time. wherever required. The app’s the app is encrypted using is needed for facilitating med- official said. ing the nuances of complex enemy against India. 5      67    $  - #$ #  $ $'% light of the fact that it is the ferent faiths live, Dharavi has 28 there was no water to feed the most densely populated slum temples, 11 mosques, six swamp and it dried off. The mid reports of three per- and the community spread of churches, 50 banks, 60 fishermen and a community of $O-. Asons testing positive for the pandemic in this slum may Government schools, a mobile potters moved in here. Covid-19 in Mumbai’s Dharavi prove to be disastrous for design museum, several slum In fact they could be called slum, authorities are having Mumbai. tourism outfits, thriving crim- the first settlers of the region. /. "- sleepless night over a possible The Dharavi cases have inal groups, and a tiny dilapi- As Mumbai turned into a explosion of Covid-19 in Asia’s raised fears that India may be dated fort. hub for textiles in the post Thiruvananthapuram: Kerala largest slum, which is also the in community transmission Dharavi also has a small Independence era, thousands Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan most densely populated place stage of the pandemic despite fort known as the Riwa Fort. of men from north India on Friday said that Prime in the world. a countrywide lockdown since Better known as Kala Qilla or moved in as well and the slum Minister Narendra Modi’s call Of the three cases report- March 25. Black Fort, it is currently in a as we know it started to take to light lamps on Sunday at 9 ed from Dharavi, one is a 56- Located between Western dilapidated condition. It was shape. Slowly since the 60s, p.m. for 9 minutes to dispel the year-old man with no history Railway’s Bandra-Matunga and built by the first Governor of migrants - particularly those darkness caused by the coron- of international travel — who Central Railway’s Sion- Bombay, Gerald Aungier from south India started mov- avirus pandemic is a good act, tested positive for coronavirus Matunga stations in north- (1669-1677). It was part of the ing in - making what Dharavi as any display of brightness will on Wednesday and passed central Mumbai, Dharavi is larger Bombay Castle, and is today. always be welcomed. away. The second one is a 52- home to over anywhere from marked the northern portion of Dharavi has several busi- Vijayan however said that year-old sanitation department 60,000 to 70,000 families. The British-held Bombay in the ness units -- right from textiles following the lockdown lakhs worker of the Brihanmumbai Mithi River slices through a 17th century. to pottery to fabrication to of workers in Kerala employed Municipal Corporation portion of Dharavi into the The castle was also used as leather industry. Plastic recy- in various sectors are finding (BMC). The third one is a 35- Mahim Creek and then onto a watchtower, guarding the cling and garbage segregation the going tough and the year-old doctor who practises the Arabian Sea. territory against the too is done here. Mainly a hub (
        
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Goods produced here “Slumdog Millionaire” in 2008. “Slumdog Millionaire”, some Covid-19 begins to penetrate might be on the way and let us sprawling shanty town in slum which has been romanti- ily inhabited by Koli fishermen go to Middle East, South-East Set against the backdrop of people from Dharavi initiated these slums where eight to 10 all wait for the first ‘brightness’,” India’s financial hub. cised in Indian films over the who made a living from the Asia, United States and Europe Dharavi, the film had many slum tours for international people sometime live in a sin- said Vijayan while addressing The incidence of a couple years. waters. As the legend goes, the and several other places. children actually picked up tourists who wanted to see gle shanty. God will only save the media soon after the daily of Covid-19 positive cases in A mini-India of sorts British built a dam on the Dharavi shot to interna- from this slum. The film what Asia’s largest slum all people here then ,” said a review of the Covid-19 mea- Dharavi should be seen in the where people belonging to dif- Mithi river because of which tional fame after British film- bagged 8 Oscars. about. healthcare expert. sures in the State. IANS  +R  )*  +(     QR  6   ,   -    ! # $#  %% this… How can I say what you ration to the people.” #$ #  $ $'% ed to take some firm policy tweeted: “When people were will do on what the Prime Questioning the “logic” decisions. Is it the Prime asked to clap , they crowded ven as her senior ministerial Minister says … It is upon the behind the Prime Minister’s ! $ !! he ruling alliance partners Minister’s job to ask people to the roads and beat drums , I Ecolleagues questioned the people to decide as to what they appeal to switch off electric light Tin Maharashtra— the clap, light lamps etc? It is just hope now they don’t burn “logic” behind Prime Minister will do … whether they will fol- one of the senior Ministers of Congress, NCP and Shiv Sena about time that PM gets seri- down their own houses , sir Narendra Modi’s appeal to switch low his (PM’s) advice or not … Banerjee’s Cabinet Subroto Agra: After a long while, weeks. — slammed Prime Minister ous about the issues at least ‘diya to jalalenge ‘ but please off electric lights and light up can- If I will feel like sleeping I will Mukherjee said he would follow river Yamuna is flowing full In Agra, surplus water Narendra Modi on Friday for now”. tell us what the government is dles on April 5 to express solidar- sleep and if you feel like respond- the Prime Minister’s advice if he and cleaner at this time of the from the Ganga Jal Pipeline his call to people to light can- Dubbing the Modi’s call is doing to improve condition”. ity for the nation’s fight against ing to his appeal you will do were to be explained the reason year. was also being released in the dles, lamps or mobile torches an act of stupidity, NCP leader “To fight the crisis, doc- Corona virus Bengal Chief accordingly … I am nobody to behind doing what has been “When US president Yamuna. The two water on April 5 at 9 pm, by saying and State Housing Minister tors, nurses, police, para-med- Minister Mamata Banerjee make a comment here. Let us not asked to do by Modi. “I will def- Donald Trump visited Agra works in Agra receive 140 that the call was “irresponsible” Dr. Jitendra Awhad said: ical staff are all working by refused to get drawn into politics play politics.” initely follow his instructions on February 24, water was cusec of water continuously and “stupid” and that it did not “Prime Minister of India asks putting their lives at risk. The saying she was nobody to issue Instead of dwelling on the but before that one has to explain released by upstream bar- from the 130 km long behove well for a Prime people to light lamps & can- need of the hour is to stand advisories on the Prime Minister’s Prime Minister’s speech the Chief the logic behind switching off rages, but it did not reach pipeline. The entire quantity Minister to give such a call. dles. Is this some kind of a firmly behind these people appeal and said it was upon the Minister questioned the attitude electric light for nine minutes and Agra. Trump, however, did is not used. The excess goes Reacting to the Prime joke? Not a word on where the and give them the necessary people to consider as to what they of “some political parties (read lighting up candles,” he said. not go to the rear side of the into the Yamuna, according Minister’s call, Maharashtra country stands in this war. It’s help. What is required at this would do on Sunday. BJP)” for “doing nothing but tak- Disapproving of the Prime Taj Mahal, otherwise the pol- to a local corporator Anurag Pradesh Congress Committee preparedness, additional finan- time is making available ade- Apparently losing her cool ing all the credits.” She alleged Minister’s appeal Congress leader luted and dry Yamuna would Chaubey. and State Revenue Minister cial aid, new facilities created, quate number of ventilators, when asked to comment on that “these people are saying that in Parliament Adhir Ranjan have disturbed him. But for The river behind the Taj Balasaheb Thorat said: “The diagnostic centres added, what increasing the number of test- how she would react to Modi’s the Centre is providing ration to Chowdhury said “if switching off the last 25 days or so, we are Mahal, along Mahtaab Bagh country is going through a his government proposes to do ing labs, providing doctors appeal to switch off power for the people in this hour of crisis… power and lighting up candles or enjoying a rare view of has come alive, offering a tough time as the number of with gargantuan problem of and their staff with PPEs, to nine minutes on Sunday, In fact they have not even given torches can solve the problem Yamuna at the Etmauddaula breathtaking view. Due to Coronavirus cases increasing stranded migrants. Shame!”. provide financial assistance to Banerjee retorted “Don’t politicise a mask. It is the State there is no need to do research- View Point park. The river the lockdown, the Taj Mahal, each day. During such times, Shiv Sena MP and states to fight this crisis,” the issue. It is a grave situation. I Government which is bearing the es to discover medicine against bed is under water and birds for the first time in its histo- the Prime Minister is expect- spokesperson Sanjay Raut Thorat said. will not make any statement on huge costs of providing free the Corona virus.” have returned,” said River ry, is relaxed and breathing Connect Campaign member freely, deprived of the daily Jugal Kishore Shrotriya who human load, as all monu- conducts a daily arti of ments have been shut down  Yamuna to mobilise locals to in Agra for visitors. The keep the river clean. Archaeological Survey of $  A  8%$# #  the economic slide and re-start the engines of economic Lauding the AAP’s effort, he said the Delhi Government has River activist Devashish India is utilising the oppor- growth.” taken several measures to provide relief to the marginalised, who Bhattacharya said, “Perhaps tunity to clean up and carry #  %& 9 He said people were disappointed on both the counts, adding have been affected by the lockdown the most. “72 lakh people due to the lockdown due to out repairs long overdue. that “symbolism is important, but serious thought to ideas and are being provided 7.5 kg ration each at our distribution shops COVID-19, industries in The city too is largely Modi stated that many were worried about how many days measures is equally important”. and around 60 per cent of people have already received ration Haryana and Delhi are not pollution free, due to restric- this will continue, PM Modi said, “While this is a lockdown, don’t and the remaining will receive soon. We have also devised a drawing water from the river. tions on movement of vehi- think you are alone in this process. We are all together in this,” 33 %##  ( %>+D scheme to provide ration to those who do not have ration cards, We have had several spells of cles. Only an occasional he said thanking the people for their cooperation. and in a few days, we will start providing ration to them as well,” rain in March, which could ambulance or a police vehi- The Prime Minister thanked the States for supporting the Two other people who had earlier tested positive for Kejriwal said. have raised the water level.” cle can be seen on the decision of lockdown due to which India has achieved some suc- COVID-19 were discharged from hospitals after treatment, tak- He said, “Around 8 lakh senior citizens, widows, and differ- Water level in Vrindavan Fatehabad road, which has cess in limiting the spread of COVID-19. He praised how all the ing the total number of cured patients to eight, the officials said. ently-abled have received Rs 5,000 as under the different pen- and Mathura had also seen a the largest concentration of States have worked together as a team to check the spread of the They added that the total number of active cases now stands sion schemes. Rs 5,000 will further be provided to them in the steady rise in the past few hotels. IANS virus. He, however, forewarned that the global situation remains at 42 in the district. Gautam Buddh Nagar adjoining Delhi in next week, or in another 10-15 days. Construction workers have far from satisfactory and informed about speculation of a pos- western Uttar Pradesh is one of the hotspots for coronavirus in also been provided Rs 5,000 as relief assistance and all the pub- sible second wave of spread of the virus in some countries. India and in the State. lic service vehicle drivers, including auto-rickshaws, e-rickshaws, #  Modi outlined that the common goal for the country is to Meanwhile, Kejriwal said the situation of corona outbreak gramin-sewas, RTVs, etc, will also be provided relief assistance ensure minimum loss of life. In the next few weeks, testing, trac- in Delhi is under control. The national Capital reported a total of Rs 5,000 each.” ing, isolation and quarantine should remain the areas of focus, of five corona deaths, one new death of the patient, who was taken “To ensure no person in Delhi goes hungry, 1780 HRCs have From Page 1 that the person is a threat to he said a day before. out of the Markaz, has been reported in the last 24 hours. been opened in Delhi, and lunch and dinner are being provid- The nurse added that the national security or law “Information on HRCs, COVID-19 symptoms, measures ed at these HRCs. Yesterday, these 1780 HRCs provided lunch they were neither taking their and order. #%$#$ taken by the Delhi Government to deal with the pandemic and for 6,52,850 people and dinner for 6,30,000 people. 328 shelters medicines nor following Ghaziabad Senior all other information can be gathered from this number,” he said. have been opened in Delhi for migrant laborers and people from social distancing norms. Superintendent of Police “Get real Mr Modi. Give India fiscal package worth 8-10 Urging people to follow lockdown, he said efforts of the Delhi outside Delhi. These shelters can accommodate 57,270 people, The Ghaziabad police Kalanidhi Naithani said strin- per cent of GDP. Ensure immediate wages to construction and Government, the Central Government and the people have been and 11443 people are living in these shelters,” he added. said the Jamaat members gent action will be taken other labour during lockdown -- laws exist permitting this. Stop able to stop the spread of COVID-19 in Delhi, as a result of which Kejriwal, Education Minister Manish Sisodia and experts will were booked for indulging in against them. Police have gagging real press in name of curbing fake news,” said the TMC the cases of local transmission have been just 38. interact with the 44 lakhs students of Delhi on Saturday at 3pm. ugly acts and passing lewd registered the case under leader. Chidambaram questioned why the Government had not He said out of all the patients who have been admitted to These students are studying in Government, private and MCD remarks against the women Sections 269, 270, 271, 294 announced a second Financial Action Plan for the poor amid the hospitals, two patients have been put on a ventilator, and the schools. staff members at the hospital. and 354 of the Indian Penal the three-week nationwide lockdown to stem the spread of the rest of the patients are stable. “Our Government and private schools have around 44 lakh A case was registered against Code, the SSP said. The sec- coronavirus. “The COVID-19 lockdown announced by the Prime students, and I am sure they have a lot of questions now that they them at the GT Road Kotwali tions relate to sexual harass- “What we expected from you today was FAP II, a generous Minister should be followed strictly. We have to learn from other are sitting in their homes. Tomorrow at 3 pm, I, Manish Sisodia, on receiving a complaint ment and actions which livelihood support package for the poor, including for those cat- nations and follow social distancing and lockdown norms strin- and a few experts will interact with all students and parents of from the chief medical offi- spread disease. The NSA egories of poor who were totally ignored by the Finance Minister gently,” Kejriwal said. Delhi. Children have too many questions about corona, its symp- cer. The NSA allows preven- Over 150 members of the on March 25,” he tweeted. “I am holding regular meetings with the health department toms and nature. We will address the children and parents on tive detention up to 12 Jamaat have been quaran- “Every working man and woman, from business person to of Delhi and the doctors. God forbid, if there is an outbreak of ‘parenting in the times of corona’ and try to answer all the ques- months without a charge if tined at different hospitals in daily wage earner, also expected you to announce steps to arrest corona, we are fully prepared to handle the situation,” he said. tions,” Kejriwal said. the authorities are satisfied Ghaziabad.      !"#$#$ # % /


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    class of prisoners can be done for world peace and help- released on parole or interim ing the people fight against Earlier, under the auspices Harduttpur railway stations 800 food packets were distrib-  $!$  % & bootlegging shot up and arrests became suspicious and checked bail for such period as may be coronavirus pandemic. of NER Divisional Women’s apart from some other places in uted among the needy people were made by the police a milk vendor carrying lots of appropriate. The High Power Meanwhile, chief of Shree Welfare Organisation, its chair- Varanasi division of North in slum localities of Assi Nalla, he arrest of dozens of peo- include Naubasta, Bilhaur, cans on his motorcycle. They Committee was to work in Kashi Agrawal Samaj and lead- person Manisha Panjiar and Eastern Railway (NER). Nawabganj, Lanka and Tple involved in surrepti- Nawabganj, Juhi and many found the milk cans dry and consultation with the State ing jewellers of the city Ashok other office-bearers distrib- The Congress workers led Bhelupur areas. They also pro- tious sale of liquor has brought surrounding areas. The very hay spread on the base of four Legal Service Authority for Agrawal and his son Shashank uted packets of essential items by its district spokesperson vided food packets to 10 fam- to light a ‘syndicate’ that has early morning assembly of big cans. When quizzed, the deciding on the release of pris- Agrawal donated  10 lakh for to 140 poor, helpless safai and Mrs India International ilies of Jharkhand and some been making the quick buck people in areas where the liquor person admitted that he had oners. the Prime Minister Relief Fund. employees and contract labour- Roshani Kushal Jaiswal distrib- rickshaw pullers who have no from the addiction of boozers vends were run was clearly an delivered liquor bottles to cus- As per the order, prisoners They handed over the cheque ers at Manduadih railway sta- uted essential items among the work these days due to lock- during the lockdown imposed indication that there was a tomers and was returning convicted or charged with to District Magistrate (DM) tion. They also advised the labourers and poor people at down. Besides, Parao Ashram to contain the spread of coro- massive demand for liquor and home. The police were unable offenses having jail term of up Kaushal Raj Sharma to forward beneficiaries to maintain social Ramnagar, Shivpura, Chatrpur, continued its bid to provide 500 navirus in Kanpur. bootlegging had shot up man- to arrest him as there was no to seven years were to be given the same to the PM in his fight distancing and wash their Parao, Rajghat, Kashi railway packets of essential items While there was no blanket ifold evidence or recovery of any parole. against coronavirus pandemic. hands regularly with soaps. station, Chandpur, Lallapura, among the people daily on the ban on the sale of liquor, the Latching on to the ‘virus liquor bottle from the person. In compliance of the Apex They also appealed to the peo- Besides, under the leadership of Ranipur and Bajardiha. instructions of chief of this restriction on movement and sent’ opportunity, a bootlegging Similarly, a man carrying Court’s Order a High Powered ple to come forward and help Divisional Security Roshani said that the food leading religious institution the shuttered shops for most syndicate suddenly became LPG cylinders was stopped by Committee was constituted the needy people during the Commissioner Rishi Pandey packets were given to the peo- Gurupad Sambhav Ram. The part of the day in view of lock- active and started delivering a picket, only to find that two under the Chairmanship of ongoing 21-day lockdown. and RPF Inspector of ple after helping them to sani- members of Ashav Sanstha led down gave rise to bootlegging liquor to the boozers especial- cylinders were cut open from Justice P.K. Jaiswal, Besides, the Samaj continued Manduadih, essential items tise their hands. Meanwhile, by its chief trustee Sarika Singh in the city. The bootleggers ly at the dead of the night when beneath and stuffed with liquor Senior Judge, Lucknow distributing packets of essential were distributed among the Orange Café continued its provided food and milk pack- were operating across the there was hardly any move- bottles. The best part was that Bench, which decided the items to the people apart from poor people at a slum locality efforts and according to Ajay ets among the poor familes in length and breadth of the city, ment on the streets. The desert- as the liquor bottles were of modalities for the release of medical and other facilities. between Manduadih and Patel during the last four days Kandhva area. using SUVs and vans used for ed roads and dark, unlit bylanes plastic, there was less chance of prisoners. delivery of LPG refill cylinders presented an ideal set-up for breakage. The modalities were com- to carry liquor bottles to their the bootleggers and the booz- Several kabaris (scrap deal- municated to all the courts sub- customers, of course at a pre- ers to strike their daily deals. ers) are also reportedly bootleg- ordinate to the High Court for mium. It was a stroke of luck that ging to “make hay while the taking necessary steps in the / 
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The members contributions in these hours of RK Maurya said the team of The machine will be set up Vidyarthi Parihsad (ABVP) are Ltion of mask and sanitiser like Rituja Kushwaha, Geeta, crisis.’ doctors which had been work- in the hospital very soon and also euqally alert in cooperating were done by North Central Suman Vibha and others are Meanwhile, on the instruc- ing in the COVID-19 wards for thus save the time wasted in with the camapigns of district Railway (NCR) to meet busy in making masks and tions of Railway Minister the past fortnight had been sending the samples to KG administration during the lock- requirement of all frontline decided to distrubute the same Piyush Goyal and Railway withdrawn and replaced by a Medical University in Lucknow down period. Like many other staff. Approximately 13,000 free-of-cost among the people. Board, Varanasi Division of new team . and getting the results. With its NGOs, social organisations and meals served to needy during These are cotton made masks North-Eastern Railway (NER) He said this team had been installation, all coronavirus tests industry houses, ABVP activists lockdown period. for the common man. has decided to convert as many treating suspected COVID-19 would be done in the city itself also distributed cooked food to Indian Railways, the Last month, when as 32 coaches into isolation/ patients and was replaced as a and this will help in starting poor people, destitutes and biggest transport utility of the COVID-19 had started spread- quarantine wards and the work precautionary measure as there early treatment of positive cases. abondoned labourers on country, has been taking a ing in many countries includ- is being done by Carriage and were chances of the doctors too DONATED: Young entre- Wednesday. They served the series of proactive measures to ing India, huge number of Wagon department. being contracting infection preneur Sharad Tripathi of P lunch packets to slum dwellers fight COVID-19 pandemic people had purchased various The first of such isolation because of their constant contact Road has donated .5 lakh to the in Govind Nagar slum, and besides sustained efforts to types of masks and the markets ward has already been made at with the suspected coronavirus PM Cares Fund on Friday. He poor people in Rakhi Mandi and run goods and parcel trains to witnessed shortage of even Manduadih Coaching Depot in carriers. Dr Maurya said these said the amount had been dig- Ghantaghar. Prominent activists ensure adequate supply of surgical and N95 masks. parliamentary constituency of doctors had been put in quaran- itally transferred to PM Cares heading the drive were Rituraj essential commodities across There were several reports PM. tine for 14 days and they would Fund. Tripathi said he was very Misra, Raj Chaurasia, Jai the length and breadth of the that even the doctors and para- There are eight isolation go to their respective homes if much impressed from the relief Chaurasia, Vivek and Harshit nation. medical employees were facing cabins with latest facilities to their swab tests were negative. measures launched by the Prime Gupta. North Central Railway one scarcity of such surgical marks treat COVID-19 patients. The However, there was no offi- Minister Narendra Modi for FIGHT FOR COVID-19 : of the most important Zonal whereas the Centre for Disease coach has been sanitised both cial confirmation if this facility the poor and daily wagers dur- RB, leading consumer Health Railway is providing connectiv- Control and Prevention (CDC) from outside and inside. There had been provide to nurses and ing the lockdown. His efforts to and Hygiene Company, has ity between North to East, clearly said ‘it does not recom- is one doctor cabin, one store paramedical staff as well who save the lives of people from launched the RB Fight for West and South has been on mend that the general public room, three toilets with latest have been working with these dreaded coronavirus were also Access Fund to improve access the forefront in this unprece- wear N95 respirators to protect fittings apart from one bath- doctors for the past around two commendable. Under the cir- to health, hygiene and nutrition dented endeavour of Indian themselves from respiratory room and wash basins. To weeks. cumstances, it was duty of all cit- for all. As part of this fund, an Railways against coronavirus. diseases, including COVID- check mosquito menace, nets Meanwhile, GSVM Medical izens to lend their support to the additional £32M has been Following steps/ initiatives 19. have been installed at windows. College Principal Dr Arati PM in cash or kind to uphold mobilised to address the urgent taken on North Central The best way to prevent ill- +*.     8  !    The work on converting other Lalchandani disclosed that a the country’s image. Tripathi collective fight against the Railway were reviewed by ness is to avoid being exposed coaches out of 32 by the divi- requisition for purchase of RT- said the life of everybody in the spread of Covid-19 by breaking General Manager NCR & NR to this virus. The CDC further homemade face masks can be support of Human Welfare sion is going on at Manduadih PCR (reverse transcription poly- country was very precious the chain of this fast-spreading Rajiv Chaudhry in video con- stated that in settings where used as a last resort. Association (HWA) is making and Chhapra Junction railway merase chain reaction) machine which should be protected at infection. ference here on Friday. face masks are not available, Jagriti being run with the homemade masks under stations.     !"#$#$ # & (1      5 =    8PSS@TQPI9@IU  *)+ here after March 25. These Kasturaba Gandhi School labourers had gone to metro Tindwari on March 30 night. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  /01 #( kept there, including a big istrict Magistrate Amit cities in search of jobs. All such However he was caught by the welding machine, two small DSingh Bansal said that total labours were first taken to police from Banda city area on tanding wheat crop was ones welding machines, two big 36 quarantine centres had been government hospitals for their April 1. DM said that he had Sdestroyed when a fire broke pipe cutters, one LCD, four established in the entire district. health check-up. After health issued instructions to Basic out in a field an area under the hand grinders, three fans and He told ‘The Pioneer’ that 7,315 examinations they labours had Shiksha Adhikari (BSA) Banda Maudaha Kotwali here on other items were lost. Besides labourers had returned from been kept in quarantine centres Harish Chandra Nath to issue Thursday. According to a the valuables kept at the hotel places like Mumbai, Surat, for 14 days. notices to all such labours who report received here, the fields of Kalka Prasad, a resident of Delhi, Noida and Ghaziabad to DM Amit Singh Bansal tried to run away from quar- of Mujibur Rehman and Kheda Shilajit village situated their villages after the said that 75 labourers made an antine centres. DM said that Sahadat, residents of Upraus along the roadside next to it too announcement of three-week- attempt to flee but were caught efforts were being made to get Mohal in Maudaha are situat- was destroyed around 4 pm on long lockdown in the country. and brought to these centres. the lockdown implemented ed in Kunehta Road. The wheat Thursdy. These quarantine centres had Bansal said that that a first successfully in the entire dis- crop sown in their fields had to Owing to the three-week- been made at 36 schools and )7  + 7   information report (FIR) had trict. DM made an appeal to be harvested. A spark in the long nationwide lockdown it 376 gram panchayats in the dis- been registered against a the people to stay at home for high-tension wires led to the was closed. On getting infor- trict. DM Bansal said that the labourers had started reaching labourer who ran away from their well-being. fire in the afternoon as a mation about the incident result of which out of the Sarila outpost incharge Ajit wheat crop caught fire. Singh, reached there and said Fanned by strong winds it that the fire was extinguished   5"> +       %:          destroyed wheat crop stand- with the assistance of locals ing on around 10 bighas of  *     with the help of a tanker. The 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  ,-).*/+  card and registration certificate, land. The people present fire was later brought under he added. Reports said that the there tried to douse the suddenly broke out in a shop received here, Mahesh control and lekhpal Pankaj istrict Supply Officer district administration under flames but could not control situated in Sarila due to a Vishwakarma, has a welding was assessing the losses. He D(DSO) Rakesh Tiwari said the leadership of District them due to the winds. On short circuit. The flames soon shop at Mamna stand in Sarila said that blaze caused a loss that in order to ensure that no Magistrate S Rajalingam was getting information the fire spread to an adjoining hotel town under the Jariya police between 1.5 lakh and 2 lakh. poor, helpless person or daily sensitive towards the problems brigade reached the spot and as a result of which valuables station, where the fire broke out The Sarila outpost staff and JE wager in the district faced any of the commonman and poor controlled the flames. worth lakhs of rupees were due to a short circuit around Electricity Anil Kumar were ration-related problem direc- in the district in view the Meanwhile a devastating fire lost. According to a report 5.30 pm in which the valuables present there. the site. tives have been issued to ensure ongoing three-week-long distribution of foodgrains from nationwide lockdown to pre- April 1 to 10. The fair-price vent the spread of coronavirus %   shopkeepers had also been pandemic and trying to find a directed to make arrangements solution to them. A control for soap and water in the shops room has been set up at   and follow social distancing Collectorate, Lodhi, for solving norms so that the beneficiaries the problems of the people. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  *)+ could wash their hands and The rules of the lockdown before feed their fingerprints were being followed and efforts 20-year-old youth tried to into the e-pos (point of sale) were being made to ensure that Acommit suicide in this machines. Nodal officers had  +4 , '          the benefits of the welfare house in Khurhand village. been appointed for the distri-
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To meet Railway Hospital, three in ry will be available soon. There Iunidentified miscreants under Dehat Kotwali con- Sbroke open the locks of two nine years in the town. On house of Chandrashekhar this challenge extensive Divisional Hospital are 73 full bodysuits in these thrashed the driver of Bharatiya sumed some poisonous sub- houses and decamped with Wednesday evening Safina Kushawa, who worked in Delhi arrangements have been made Badshahnagar, Lucknow, five hospitals and 2,700 more will Janta Party (BJP) MLA from stances and were admitted to the booty at night. The victim Khatoon had gone to her sis- as a labourer as was stuck in North Eastern Railway head- in Izzatnagar and three in be available. As Khajni Sant Prasad and District Hospital Banda. of one of the houses informed ter’s place who stopped here there due to lockdown, broke quarters Gorakhpur-situated Divisional Hospital, Varanasi. many as 4,000 masks and 220 deprived him of 20,000 late EMO District Hospital the police personnel deployed there only. On finding the open its locks and took away all Lalit Narayan Mishra Railway For medical and paramedical litres of sanitisers had been pro- on Wednesday night. On the Banda Dr Vineet Sachan said at Rath police station. Reports moment opportune on the articles from there. On Hospital and Divisional staff 17,435 gloves had been duced in all the three divisions, other hand, Sikariganj police that both the victims was were said that Safina Khatoon, wife Wednesday night, the thieves receiving information the Hospital, Badshahnagar provided in the headquarters including at the North Eastern registered a case of assault and out of danger. of Suvedar, a resident of village targeted it, broke open its locks police reached the spot. (Lucknow), Varanasi and and all the three divisional Railway headquarters, and the loot against the miscreants in Izzatnagar. Adequate ventila- hospitals. Besides, 27,000 more mechanical workshop at this connection following a tors, hand gloves, full bodysuit gloves will be made available Gorakhpur and Izzatnagar. complaint lodged by the driver   R     on Thursday and had started investigating the matter, last reports received here said. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  *)+ harvesting crops as a precau- + %  ) ,!  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MP % #   management donated thrashing him they looted Nishad also inquired of the 1,00,000 to DM Relief Fund. 20,000 which kept in the jeep health of these labourers from State Mahila Ayog member They handed over to the and escaped from there. When their family members. He Prabha Gupta along with cheque to District Inspector of contacted Sikariganj police sta- assured them all possible help Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) Schools (DIOS) Bhagwat Patel tion incharge said that a search during lockdown period. MP activists distributed 237 ration who appreciated this gesture of had been launched for the Nishad said that efforts were kits among the poor at Chhabi theirs. DIOS Bhagwat Patel miscreants and they would be being made to distribute 500 , - +  )8            Talab, Marahi Mata road, made an appeal to the social arrested soon. lunch packets daily in the dis-       #   7    Kyotara, Police Lines Road, workers and school manage- trict. Chhoti Bazar and Kailashpuri ments to come forward and +## %# On the other hand, district Khare , Umesh Gupta Daya uted masks among the farmers areas of the city on Thursday. helping the people to fight president Akhil Bhartiya and Santosh Khaira. and labouers on Thursday. SO Later she told ‘The Pioneer’ against coronavirus. Hari, One man was beaten to Udyog Vyapar Mandal Meanwhile, district president of told ‘The Pioneer’ that in order that she had deputed two teams Ashwini and Manoj Rajput death by his friends who had (ABUVM) Manoj Jain and District Congress Committee, to check the spread of novel of party workers who con- were present on the occasion. 0+     ; (4+7    4 " called him on the pretext of a general secretary Amit Seth Rajesh Dixit, distributed 500 coronavirus he decided to ducted a survey of those areas party here recently. The wife of Bholu distributed 700 lunch lunch packets among the make available masks free of where people did not have the victim had registered a case packets among labourers at labouerrs at Kalu Kuwan, cost to farmers and labourers ration cards. She said that on against five persons, including Kushwaha Nagar and Atarra Khutla, Rahuniya, Atarra octroi working in their fields and the basis of that survey ration   3    a history-sheeter of the village, octroi. District president outpost, Khaipar and Civil barns. Singh said that he had kits were prepared and dis- in this connection. According ABUVM Manoj Jain told ‘The Lines area of the city. provided masks to more than tributed the next day. Gupta Ambedkar Chauraha, to a report received here Vinod Ghantaghar and other promi- Dubey (40), son of Harish nent places of the town on Chand Dubey, originally a res- Thursday. Chairman Ramshree ident of Sahuakhor under the Group Achal Nigotia said that Uruva police station, was given they had they had taken this land by his aunt belonging to initiative to show their appre- Bhilora village under the ciation towards the police per- Belipar police station. He lived sonnel and mediapersons who in Bhilora for a long time. were working hard for the wel- However, a few months ago, he fare of people. Principal started living in a a rented Ramshree Public School room in ward number 10 in Anurag Julius Massey said that Sahajanwa town. He was that they were prepared to involved in the property busi- fight against coronavirus pan- ness. According to his wife,    7  9 8  )  7  ) -  +4  +  
    
   
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In a bid to aug- Forces are running six quar- and around Nizamuddin area Three CRPF Inspectors, Meanwhile, the Union Till now, the Government cacy, the notification will also devices (Cu-T), are scheduled ment capabilities, six more antine facilities at Mumbai, are hereby ordered to' work one Sub Inspector and two Home Ministry has extended had been regulating only 24 make medical device compa- medical devices for which ceil- armed forces hospitals are Jaisalmer, Jodhpur, Hindon, from home' with immediate Assistant Sub Inspectors the deployment of 100 com- classes of medical devices. nies accountable for quality ing prices have been fixed. being equipped shortly with Manesar and Chennai. These effect," reads an internal cir- besides five Head Constables panies (10,000 personnel) of The National and safety of their products, These four medical devices are the resources to begin centres have so far catered to cular. and 25 constables have been Central paramilitary forces in Pharmaceutical Pricing noted a senior health official, under price control. COVID-19 testing, they said. 1,7037 of which 403 have It further said, "A close identified to be living in the the national capital till April 15 Authority (NPPA), a govern- said a senior NPPA official. The NPPA is monitoring As regards rescue and been released so far. Three watch over these personnel Nizamuddin or nearby area. for maintenance of law and ment regulatory agency, issued Also, the manufacturers Maximum Retail Prices relief efforts, officials said six positive COVID cases – two may be kept by concerned The list of these 36 personnel order during the ongoing lock- a notification recently in this cannot raise price as per their (MRPs) of remaining non- warships and as many med- from Hindan and one from branch and they may be has been marked as appendix down period across the coun- regard. whims and fancies. “The objec- scheduled medical devices, ical teams are now on stand- Manesar – were referred to briefed personally regarding A of the circular and they have try including Delhi. The NPPA’s move follows tive is to ensure that no man- which have been regulated as by to assist neighbouring Safdarjung Hospital in the precautions/care from been asked to undergo home Thousands of Tableegh the Union Health Ministry’s ufacturer or importer increas- drugs. The objective is to countries including Maldives, national capital for further Coronavirus. They may also be quarantine/isolation for two Jamaat members who have notification that brought the es the price of a drug more ensure that no manufacturer or Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, treatment. In addition, 15 directed for self isolation/home weeks. been assembling at the outfit's medical equipment used on than ten per cent of MRP importer increases the price of Bhutan and Afghanistan other facilities are being kept quarantine for next 14 days." Another list of 10 person- markaz (headquarters) for the humans as drugs under during preceding twelve a drug more than ten per cent when required. The ships ready as standby for use, if If any symptom occurred nel of CRPF who were staying jamaat have been major carri- Section 3 of the Drugs and months” she said. of MRP during preceding with medical teams and required. to any of these personnel, the at Nizamuddin area and ers of coronavirus. Cosmetics Act with effect from The 24 classes of medical twelve months. Humanitarian Assistance and Dedicated COVID-19 same may be informed to all presently on leave at their April 1, 2020. The Ministry, devices have been Further, with the Essential Disaster Relief (HADR) bricks facilities including High through a gazette notification, notified/regulated as drugs Commodities Act, 1955, the onboard are on standby for Dependency Units, Intensive Hyderabad, Bengaluru, staff has carried 15 tonnes of III has made another journey, also released the Medical under Drugs & Cosmetics Act manufacturer/importer will assistance at Visakhapatnam, Care Unit beds are being pre- Kanpur, Jaisalmer, Jorhat and medical supplies to China this time to Iran and brought Devices Amendment Rules, 1940 and Drugs & Cosmetics also be liable to deposit the Kochi and Mumbai. pared in 51 hospitals of the Gorakhpur. and airlifted 125 persons, back 58 stranded Indians that 2020, for mandatory registra- Rules 1945." overcharged amount along Moreover, 28 fixed wing Armed Forces across the Also, special flights of including five children com- included 31 women and two tion of medical devices. Following this order, all with interest thereon from the aircraft and 21 helicopters of country. Some of these IAF have evacuated people prising Indian nationals and children. Aimed at ensuring that all medical devices used to treat a date of increase in price in the Indian Air Force (IAF) are facilities are located at and carried medical supplies. few citizens from friendly The aircraft has also medical devices meet certain patient - be it syringes, needles, addition to penalty, the official on standby at various loca- Kolkata, Visakhapatnam, A C-17 comprising crew, countries on its return. brought 529 samples for standards of quality and effi- cardiac stents, knee implant, added. tions across the country for Kochi, Dundigal near medical team and support The C-17 Globemaster COVID-19 investigation. #    %%3:&A  +       
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Wisconsin–Madison and the “Kawaoka’s lab will insert uses to latch onto cells Ministry has extended by on a platform ‘Atulya Ganga’ when those bacteriophages The team has now vaccine companies FluGen gene sequences from SARS- and begin infection,” said one month ie April 30, 2020, and claimed that there are evi- were present in four of the demanded that the Prime and Bharat Biotech-has begun CoV-2, the novel coronavirus Gabriele Neumann, a the validity of CGHS cards dences that 'Gangtva' can cure world’s main rivers. The Minister pursue a detailed the development and testing that causes the disease senior virologist in that expired on March 31, coronavirus. remaining three rivers and research to see if the Ganga of the unique vaccine named COVID-19, into M2SR so models at UW–Madison is Kawaoka’s lab and co-founder 2020 in respect of CGHS The team of 100 army vet- their civilizations were struck water can combat a “biological ‘Coroflu’ against the COVID- that the new vaccine will also expected to take three to six of FluGen. “CoroFlu will also pensioner beneficiaries. erans have written to Prime by rapid industrialization and 'attack'' like coronavirus. 19 that has infected over one induce immunity against the months. Bharat Biotech will express the influenza virus PNS Minister Narendra Modi and developments. Now Ganga Atulya Ganga is a team of million people and claimed coronavirus,” Dr Ella said, then begin production scale- hemagglutinin protein, which Minister of Jal Shakti Gajendra exists as the only one that has ex-military officers who earli- over 54,000 lives. sharing further details. up for safety and efficacy is the major influenza virus multiple types of immune Shekhawat to give a presenta- this nectar element." er announced a walk along the Bharat Biotech has till He said, “Bharat Biotech testing in humans. CoroFlu antigen, so we should get responses than the intramus- tion in this regard and further The group claimed that banks of the Ganges from date commercialised 16 vac- will manufacture the vaccine, could be in human clinical immune responses to both cular shots that deliver most conduct research on Ganga Ganga water has been proven Gomukh, the origin of the cines, including a vaccine conduct clinical trials, and trials by the fall of 2020. coronavirus and influenza.” flu vaccines. Jal’s impeccable power amid the to be capable of defending Ganges, to the Bay of Bengal, developed against the H1N1 prepare to produce almost Four Phase I and Phase II CoroFlu, like M2SR, will “Ninety percent of our grave threat posed by the pan- against various bacteria and in what they claim was world’s flu that caused the 2009 pan- 300 million doses of vaccine clinical trials involving hun- be delivered intranasally. This vaccines are sold in lower demic. viruses. first ever Mundaman demic. for global distribution. Under dreds of subjects have shown route of administration mim- middle-income countries "Atulya Ganga finds refer- "In various studies, it has Parikrama. The walk is expect- Head of Business the collaboration agreement, the M2SR flu vaccine to be ics the natural route of infec- with affordable pricing being ence that shows Gangtva can been shown that even bacteria ed to begin in August this year. Development, Hyderabad FluGen will transfer its exist- safe and well tolerated. This tion by coronavirus and core to our business model. treat the deadly virus," said the from serious diseases such as Organisations like Google and based Bharat Biotech pharma, ing manufacturing processes safety profile, M2SR’s ability influenza and activates We will fervently work letter. cholera, dysentery, meningitis premium education institutes Dr Raches Ealla explained to Bharat Biotech to enable to induce a strong immune several modes of the immune toward the successful devel- Gopal Sharma, founder of and tuberculosis do not thrive like IIT Delhi are also partners that, CoroFlu will be built on the company to scale up pro- response, and the ability of system. opment of an efficacious Atulya Ganga said: "The in the water of the Ganges. We of the Army veterans in the the backbone of FluGen's flu duction and produce the vac- influenza viruses to carry Intranasal delivery is COVID-19 vaccine,” said Dr Ganges bears a nectar element assume in the current corona journey. vaccine candidate known as cine for clinical trials.” sequences of other viruses more effective at inducing Ella.     !"#$#$ )  0 4%#!"&! $45  !"  -./  !" !!68A#B! & #   =       3                      "  4    ,    / 5!. /.-- !! !                                .-"5./.----.I        " $          >=     !                        !            *                 ?                .                       ,          121                    #  !         ,   2  2  "  +  ne can argue that this is not the time to discuss the view, how- 0    3  *                ever credible, that the 21-day            *    ,   lockdown has been imposed # 0  #   $           ! without adequate thought to its consequences,O particularly on the poor. 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While leaving such a discussion for a                   post-Corona time — which, one hopes, is   "                 not far away — one needs to focus on a relat- >B                  ed question: How is it that few could antic- ipate the post-lockdown trudge of hundreds            '  1          and thousands of migrant daily wage work-                   ers, often with their entire families includ-                     ing women and children in tow, to their vil- lage homes hundreds of miles away? Anyone   "               familiar with the Indian tradition of family                    ! and community support, which survives in Independence, the socialists left tions on the slogan of Garibi universality. It is almost a new         "            : a great measure in rural areas despite ero- the Congress and established the Hatao (Remove Poverty). religion that worships wealth                     sion in urban societies, should have known Praja Socialist Party, Socialist The shift towards a change and possession and not the that the first instinct of starving labourers, Party and the Samyukta Socialist in the party’s political and eco- character of a person. There is   6   .                without work and shelter and facing uncer- Party respectively and their nomic trajectory, however, no time for the poor who are                  tain futures, would be to go back to their vil- leaders like SM Joshi, NG Goray,  &% became manifest from the early reduced to invisibility and are 1                   lage homes, with which most of them Madhu Limaye and George 1980s. The launch of the “eco- often looked down with con- retain close ties. Fernandes played important %: %  7 nomic reforms” in 1991 saw, in tempt as failures.            !         The reason is simple: The poor have van- roles in the country’s politics.  & :&9 effect, the defenestration of all There have been other 0                 ished as an active presence in the conscious- Anger over exploitation and  8& 9 talk of socialism. The emphasis changes. The poor and the alle-           ,           ! ness of those who now set the agenda for dis- the suffering of the poor was, was now on the market econo- viation of their poverty no longer course in India. This was not always so. perhaps, the most powerful dri-  &#%8 my and unleashing the animal occupy the centrestage of the                  ! Mahatma Gandhi’s abiding concern for the ving force behind Karl Marx’s instinct of Indian entrepreneurs. political discourse in India. They              *         poor and making their well-being the intellectual and political exer- 7   % As in most cases, economic have now been taken over by                   touchstone for all action has been reflected tions and the programmes of the  # &#  change had its cultural and issues like the terrorist threat to in his iconic observation, “Recall the face of Communist Party of India, social consequences. Poverty the country, the Ram temple, the            !           the poorest and weakest man you have seen, Communist Party of India  %9%: has ceased to be of concern to Citizenship Amendment Act,    4    ,     1     and ask yourself if this step you contemplate (Marxist) and the various  '%  the middle class, which enjoys the National Population Register    $            ?    is going to be any use to him.” He also stat- Naxalite groups. unprecedented purchasing and the National Register of ed, “Poverty is the worst form of violence.” For a long time after :&'9 ## # power and which sets the agen- Citizens. One reason for this is, ? 4    1             Equally well-known is his theory of trustee- Independence, the Congress   da for discourse in the country, of course, the advent of Hindutva    4       ,             ship, the essence of which he expressed suc- remained oriented towards a constituting over 30 per cent of politics and its concomitants.         3         ! cinctly when he said, “Supposing I have come moderate, albeit nebulous, form && & #&% the population. Another is the Congress’s new by a fair amount of wealth — either by way of the ideology. After Parliament The instinctive tendency to orientation. It does refer to the                  - of legacy, or by means of trade and indus- had accepted in 1954 the estab-   &9( look away has been reinforced in poor from time to time but that                    try — I must know that all that wealth does lishment of a “socialist pattern of &%$$( its case by the dynamics of a is mostly en passent. Even oth-                   ! not belong to me; what belongs to me is the society” as the aim of econom- %%(&%&  market economy where the dri- erwise, the decline in its politi-                 right to an honourable livelihood, no better ic development, the Avadi ses- ving force is sales, the volume of cal fortunes gives a cry-in-the- than that enjoyed by millions of others. The sion of the Congress, adopted, in &%#  which is critically linked to rev- wilderness dimension to its pro-                       rest of my wealth belongs to the communi- January, 1955, a resolution call- enue and the quantum of prof- nouncements. Equally a factor                     ty and must be used for the welfare of the ing for the “establishment of a 7 & # #( 7 it. 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7  -- 32      #)!       4             !             )#   AA    .  ">=>CDEB        BDG!      6                     !  , 8     "H         ! 87*               -62     ?                              he pandemic COVID-19 has already affect- ed over 10,16,395 people across the world and            1 #       there have been 53,238 deaths worldwide. Out    !,              T of this, over 20,000 people died in the last three                 months alone. Health experts across the world are  )   <>!      yet to discover a vaccine for this deadly virus that $             can be applied for human use worldwide. This is )        4         despite the fact that about 35 companies and aca-                demic institutions are racing to create an anti-               Coronavirus vaccine. There are at least four can-                  didates, which are being tested on animals now. The $                ! first firm to conduct a human trial, Boston-based biotechnology firm Moderna, will enter Phase-II                  ! of trials, which means widespread human applica-               tion by early summer. But this is not fast enough. )                 The World Health Organisation (WHO) is expect-                ! ing an exponential spike in the number of    4           ! ! Coronavirus cases across the world in the coming      ,          4    days and is providing necessary information to vul-                   ! nerable countries. As a result, national and local gov-                 ! ernments across the world are encouraging social                distancing among the people and more and more               #  nations are going into a lockdown mode. India is already in the second week of its 21-             ! day lockdown that was announced by Prime              Minister Narendra Modi on March 24 in a televised According to the PLFS’ estimates, a self- tinue to provide job opportunities to the lockdown going forward. So what should "              address to the nation. Despite its size and the den- employed person earns about 3,460 per rest of the workers. This is a reasonable the Government do to improve the sit-                sity of the population, the entire country, that week. The complete shutdown will affect assumption for the agriculture sector as uation?          "         includes 28 States and eight Union Territories, has casual labourers the most as their income harvesting of Rabi crops usually starts in As per estimates, the shutdown will                     ! gone into a lockdown, making it the largest such  # depends on working days available in a most of the States in late March/early cause a loss of 5,261 per casual worker,                exercise in the world. # $% week. April, coinciding with the complete lock- which is nearly equivalent to the income  4              The country, which has a poor healthcare infra- # 9 The situation is, of course, margin- down period in the country. Hence, the support given by the Government to the structure has no option but to do this, as social dis- ally better for regular wage employees. But aggregate income loss of the casual farmers through the PM-KISAN scheme "  $          ! 7 & &                    tancing is probably the surest way of stopping the $%   nearly 46 per cent of the total regular wage workers will be 0.3 lakh crore per week (i.e. 6,000 annual income support to     " 1 $        spread of the Coronavirus among the 1.3 billion earners in India do not have the benefit during the lockdown period if we consid- farmers). It makes sense to extend this Indians. However, health experts say that nothing  $7 &% of paid leave. Therefore, if their salary is er their per week income earning to be scheme to the casual labourers engaged        ?  I"  can prevent the country from going into stage-III &  7 not protected during the lockdown peri- of the same level as in the third quarter in the non-agricultural sector. "" , 4  "          ! of the outbreak and the lockdown is just delaying *0%9# od, they will lose their income. On the (October-December 2019) of 2019-20. Regular wage employees without   4-H1+!>E 1     $      our entry into it. It is giving us more time to pre-   $  other hand, self-employed people will lose Additionally, as 46 per cent of regu- entitlement of paid leave are highly vul-              ! pare for stage-III and increasing the chances of us  ## ' profit earning from their enterprises/firms lar employees do not have the benefit of nerable during this period. Therefore,                taking advantage of any medical breakthrough that $  8& due to close of operations. paid leave, it is estimated that almost 15 firms can be encouraged to compensate 4                 ! takes place. 7 $9 The lockdown will affect various sec- per cent of total regular wage employees wage loss to those employees and a tax  S   ,                But, the big question is, for how long can India & :&9 tors differently. As Modi’s speech indicat- will lose their income due to the shutting benefit package for the firms may be      5 /         afford to shut itself down? As it is the Indian econ-  #  ed, only production and distribution of down of economic activities. Thus, it is thought of. omy was in a shambles before the outbreak. Now, essential commodities and services have estimated that the regular salaried group Self-employed people will also face a               ! % %                  it also has to bear the huge economic loss of the been allowed to be operational. That will lose 0.35 lakh crore per week as severe loss due to the economic down- three-week-long complete shutdown and the bur- % 7 includes food supply, goods transport, compared to their weekly income turn. Boosting effective demand in the            "   ! den of the financial relief package of 1.75 lakh crore %&7 &  manufacturing of medical equipment, obtained during the third quarter of the economy can encourage investment and              that was announced by the Government for the  8  7 & pharmaceutical, medical facilities, com- Financial Year 2019-20. in this context the first two measures will         #        country. %) munication and financial services. Since 53 per cent of self-employed play a key role. So far, an amount of         Once this nightmare is behind us, it will become    Therefore, workers will definitely suffer people are engaged in agriculture, we 15,000 crore has been allocated for the #             really hard for the Finance Ministry to prepare an 8 8 income loss if they are engaged in the assume, there will be no direct impact on heath sector for improving healthcare             6  effective package for a quick revival of the econo- 7 &%& locked down sectors. their income during this time. However, facilities.  1           my. Here are some estimates of the direct econom- Another 40 per cent casual labour- the income of the rest of the 47 per cent The Finance Minister’s recent  4                 ic loss to the nation and some possible interven- ers are engaged in the construction sec- of self-employed people will be affected announcement of a 1.75 lakh crore pack-      3          tions for quick recovery. tor, which will surely be closed for 21 days if they are engaged in locked down sec- age to help the economically-weaker                   The third advance estimate of India’s Gross leading to income loss to the respective tors. Based on calculations of the sector- sections survive the loss of jobs and Domestic Product (GDP) published by the Central workers. A further 10 per cent of casual specific impact, almost 1.05 lakh crore income that would be the inevitable fall-                 Statistical Organisation (CSO) revealed that India’s workers are engaged in manufacturing income of the self-employed people will out of the Coronavirus outbreak is not (            estimated GDP for 2019-2020 stood at 47 lakh industries, where almost 90 per cent of be lost per week. adequate.              )   1 crore, which turns out to be 3.6 lakh crore per economic activities are closed for now. In effect, the Indian economy will face As indicated above, this is only one-    <>!              week, of which 17 per cent is earned by casual The assumption of 90 per cent shut down an income loss of 1.7 lakh crore per week third of the loss of income estimated dur-                  labour, 21 per cent by regular wage employees and of manufacturing is based on the output or a total of 5.1 lakh crore during the ing the shutdown. Of course, the           62 per cent by self-employed workers. The lockdown share of food and medical equipment sec- three-week-long lockdown. Government has issued instructions 1                 will affect all these workers on a different magni- tors in total production. Considering that almost 95 million exempting workers and labourers from                tude. According to the Periodic Labour Force Survey The estimate is based on the 2016 workers/entrepreneurs will be hit and if paying rent for a month and assured       "         (PLFS) data for 2017, a whopping 25 per cent of Supply Use Table (SUT) of the CSO, we consider that each of them supports wages for them during the lockdown peri-     #      ,      #   total workers in India are casual labourers (i.e. which indicates that foodgrain process- on an average four people, nearly 380 mil- od. This may no doubt lessen the burden. almost 93 million people) earning about 1,754 per ing and medical equipment contribute to lion people will face severe welfare However, foolproof implementation        +          week. Another 23 per cent of the total are regular about 10 per cent of the total GDP of the threats. This estimate is only for the direct would not be an easy proposition despite              ! wage earners who get an average 4,063 per week. manufacturing sector. Thus, about 45 mil- impact on income for a period of 21 days. the Government’s best intention.        The rest, 52 per cent workers, are self-employed ones lion casual workers (i.e. 50 per cent of total The economic loss will be much higher (Deb is with IFPRI and Pohit works @Uur v‡r v†h€r‡hyurhy‡ur‘ƒr ‡hq9v rp‡‚ ‚shryy that include own account workers, the self- casual workers) will be vulnerable, pro- if timely recovery does not take place and for the NCAER. 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of the threat of COVID-19? invoked Section 144 of the Code of of crisis. The majority of the police tions can be charged under Section 188 Yascha Mounk, a professor at who are found violating a Section 144 In order to understand the legal- Criminal Procedure (CrPC), no order force must be commended for their of the IPC and Sections 51 to 60 of the John Hopkins University, in his book order or the MHA guidelines on the ity of the incidents of police action, we has been issued which explicitly makes remarkable efforts in maintaining DMA, 2005. Section 188 of the IPC The People vs. Democracy, argues that lockdown. This can be done by the must first distinguish between a “lock- it criminal to step out of the house. This order in a situation of extreme panic provides for a fine and an imprison- a liberal democracy strikes a balance President or the Governor by promul- down” and “curfew.” A curfew is a is less so if one is rendering an essen- and for putting their personal safety at ment term for one month for the vio- between two fundamental principles, gating an Ordinance under Articles 123 short-term measure, where essential tial service or has ventured out to buy risk during a pandemic. However, lation of an order of a public servant. the “will of the majority” and the “rule and 213 of the Constitution respective- services are also disrupted, to keep peo- essential items. some errant policemen have chosen to Further, the DMA also prescribes of law”, which gives primacy to indi- ly, empowering local authorities to ple off the streets in times of riots or However, given the Coronavirus violate the law and strict action must penalties which can attract fines as well vidual rights. impose fines to violators. Such fines terror activities. outbreak, it is our duty as responsible be taken against them. Voluntarily as imprisonment up to two years for India’s constitutional framework must be based on a differential system, On the other hand, a lockdown is citizens to ensure that we don’t leave causing hurt to a person is a non-cog- violating orders issued under it. may allow for individual rights to be accounting for the socio-economic  3758 a relatively long-term measure, requir- our homes. But in the event that we do nisable offence under Section 323 of the However, these penal provisions curtailed but they cannot be complete- background of the violators. ing the closure of public and private have to, there is no justification for the Indian Penal Code (IPC) and provides must be invoked cautiously, with due ly sacrificed at the altar of the “will of Fines are being used effectively as n the aftermath of the commence- establishments, schools and religious police subjecting people to the for imprisonment of up to one year. application of mind. Consideration the majority.” In the face of a public a deterrent in the UK, the UAE and ment of the lockdown, various places in order to restrict the large-scale appalling treatment that we have wit- Victims of police violence should not must be given to the fact that it is dif- health challenge, it is all the more nec- Canada. In the UK, police officers have Iincidents surfaced where the police movement of people. As essential ser- nessed over the last few days. We live succumb to such blatant misuse of ficult for people to approach the essary to be vigilant about human the power to issue on-the-spot fines of lathicharged ambulance drivers, vices continue to operate, a lockdown in a country plagued by illiteracy and authority. Instead they must record courts, which are functioning on an rights, as history teaches us that the £60 for people found violating the lock- stranded migrant workers and other is less restrictive than a curfew. The poverty. There has been widespread such incidents, subject themselves to extremely limited basis. The State gravest human rights violations have down rules. Such fines, coupled with people for venturing out of their Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) confusion regarding what can and can- immediate medical examination, if must also take care to ensure that the taken place during wars, emergencies clarifications regarding the extent of the homes to buy essential items like milk guidelines, issued under Section not be done during the lockdown. The possible, and file a complaint before the punishment is proportionate to the and disruptive situations. The “major- restrictions and positive propaganda and groceries. These incidents have 10(2)(l) of the Disaster Management plight of the migrant workers, who nearest Magistrate under Section offence in question, as held by the ity” should be careful before applaud- like the “Corona Warrior” videos been recorded and circulated on social Act (DMA), 2005, despite having the were compelled by their poverty to 190(1) of the CrPC. If this is difficult Supreme Court in the Vikram Singh ing or normalising police excesses in shared by the Prime Minister, are most media by onlookers. However, this has effect of a lockdown, do not use the walk thousands of kilometres back to pursue during the lockdown, it must vs Union of India case, especially the name of public interest when effective and humane ways of ensur- resulted in not just physical but also term curfew or lockdown. Moreover, home as they could not afford to live be followed up once the restrictions are when the Government has not express- alternate and proportionate penalties ing that people understand the need for mental trauma for the victims. So, are the guidelines do not specifically state in the city without work, is a glaring eased. ly clarified whether a single person exist. social distancing. such police excesses justified, even if that people cannot venture out of their instance of why we must exercise com- The MHA guidelines clearly state walking on the street amounts to an The ideal approach in this case (The writer is a lawyer in the they have been committed in the face houses. Even in States which have passion and not violence in this hour that a person found violating stipula- offence. would be for the police to fine people Bombay High Court)     !"#$#$   
 



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/A&". # ' ; 8 cent to 18 billion yuan (USD from USD 95.7 billion in  $ $'% months. #  (ADB) sees India’s economic estimate of India’s GDP growth 2.5 billion), the state-run 2018. “Over the last 12 months, growth slipping to 4 per cent in during 2020 calendar year to he trade between China Global Times reported on The declining trade was s the Indian stocks markets the world’s market cap has ndia may post in 2020-21 a the current fiscal (April 2020 to 2.5 per cent, from an earlier Tand India fell 12.4 per Friday. largely attributed to the slow- Areels under the coronavirus decreased 12.3 per cent ($9.6 IGDP growth of 2 per cent, March 2021), while S&P Global estimate of 5.3 per cent and said cent year-on-year to USD 12 Bilateral trade fell by 12.4 down of the economies of the crisis, a report by Motilal Oswal trillion), while India’s market the slowest since the economy Ratings earlier this week fur- the coronavirus pandemic will billion in the first two months per cent to 85.17 billion yuan two countries. said India’s share in the global cap is down 31 per cent,” it said. was liberalised 30 years back, ther slashed its GDP growth cause unprecedented shock to amid the coronavirus out- (USD 12 billion) in the first The trade deficit for India market capitalisation is below The report also noted that Fitch Ratings said on Friday, as forecast for the country to 3.5 the global economy. break, according to the latest two months, the report quot- continued to be high the historic average. Currently, the market cap-to-GDP ratio of it joined a chorus of interna- per cent from a previous down- These growth estimates data from Chinese customs. ed Chinese Customs data. amounting to USD 56.77 bil- it is at 2.2 per cent below its his- India has declined swiftly from tional agencies that have made grade of 5.2 per cent. compare to an estimated 5 per From January to February, The lockdowns in both lion in 2019. toric average of 2.5 per cent. 79 per cent as on FY19 to 54 a similar cut in growth esti- India Ratings & Research cent growth rate in 2019-20 fis- China’s exports to India were the countries due to Covid-19 The trade deficit has The ‘Bull & Bears’ report per cent (FY20EGDP), much mates in recent days on con- too has revised its FY21 fore- cal that ended on March 31. 67.1 billion yuan (USD 9.5 bil- is expected to badly affect the become a major irritant in also noted that India’s market below its long-term average of cerns about the fallout of cast to 3.6 per cent from 5.5 per Indian economy also grew by lion), down 12.6 per cent on bilateral trade which declined India-China bilateral rela- cap has declined more, com- 75 per cent and closer to the COVID-19 outbreak. cent earlier. Moody’s Investors 5 per cent in the 2019 calendar a yearly basis and imports by three billion billion dollar tions, figuring high in the pared to the fall in the world levels last seen during FY05 Asian Development Bank Service last week slashed its year. from India dropped 11.6 per last year to USD 92.68 billion bilateral discourse. market cap in the past 12 and FY09.  BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 8356.55 8356.55 8055.80 8083.80 -170.00 Script Open High Low LTP NIITTECH 1167.55 1180.00 1014.45 1036.50 DIXON 3580.00 3580.00 3380.00 3419.85 RITES 248.80 248.80 235.00 238.00 TIINDIA 258.00 279.00 255.00 277.00 SUNPHARMA 343.95 389.80 340.00 376.45 32.90 RELIANCE 1130.00 1131.60 1057.00 1078.20 TVSMOTOR 278.00 279.05 251.60 252.00 HEG 520.00 520.00 484.00 489.10 WABAG 79.85 81.60 75.00 76.10 VRLLOG 144.00 147.00 141.10 144.70 CIPLA 425.00 454.70 416.25 448.00 34.25 SBIN 187.50 188.00 175.00 175.55 IDFCFIRSTB 20.35 20.65 19.50 19.65 STRTECH 63.70 64.20 62.00 63.25 PRESTIGE 183.95 188.25 177.00 180.90 HERITGFOOD 217.60 226.00 214.35 226.00 ITC 167.90 182.75 167.00 177.50 11.10 ICICIBANK 311.00 311.00 281.60 286.50 MGL 814.00 843.55 801.75 835.00 THYROCARE 508.75 544.95 501.00 516.00 RELCAPITAL 4.69 4.70 4.44 4.48 DCMSHRIRAM 216.00 216.85 204.10 205.00 GAIL 77.00 82.00 75.15 80.75 5.00 BAJFINANCE 2250.00 2341.75 2185.00 2207.35 MRF 55594.95 55761.50 54509.95 54935.15 NAUKRI 2042.90 2052.00 1934.95 2011.00 CHAMBLFERT 103.35 107.15 103.35 104.95 JAGRAN 45.80 46.80 44.25 44.75 ONGC 69.00 71.00 66.50 69.80 4.05 HDFCBANK 841.00 846.55 810.00 813.50 MARICO 270.00 275.55 257.60 261.60 UBL 920.00 920.00 861.10 887.20 JSWENERGY 44.00 44.50 41.60 42.55 TATAINVEST 648.20 648.20 620.00 633.90 BPCL 301.00 326.00 287.15 317.00 14.05 INDUSINDBK 350.80 350.80 310.40 313.25 MINDTREE 753.45 753.45 691.95 700.40 PFIZER 3970.00 4115.00 3873.95 4018.50 IBREALEST 41.55 41.55 39.10 40.75 KNRCON 215.00 215.00 187.20 190.20 M&M 274.00 290.00 271.35 281.40 8.55 KOTAKBANK 1183.00 1183.65 1090.20 1158.35 RECLTD 87.60 87.85 84.65 85.15 GMM 2480.00 2715.65 2374.45 2600.00 CARERATING 345.50 345.50 334.60 339.35 HAL 536.00 536.00 523.00 527.80 ZEEL 123.00 125.95 119.05 124.40 3.50 ITC 168.20 182.65 167.30 177.80 SPARC 100.00 109.10 94.50 103.00 GLAXO 1216.25 1244.00 1155.20 1223.00 COROMANDEL 525.00 543.05 502.55 506.95 GICHSGFIN 60.00 61.35 58.20 59.85 TECHM 513.75 533.15 510.10 524.00 12.80 AXISBANK 360.45 362.70 324.00 325.60 PAGEIND 16500.00 16743.85 16359.40 16530.00 HAWKINCOOK 3875.00 3900.00 3801.05 3895.05 PTC 39.25 39.60 38.45 39.30 SHILPAMED 267.40 269.50 267.00 269.50 INFRATEL 158.00 161.60 154.20 157.95 2.85 RBLBANK 141.50 141.50 109.35 110.95 GRASIM 475.00 477.35 451.10 454.00 AUBANK 497.00 497.00 465.00 465.00 ASHOKA 39.65 40.00 37.00 37.50 TNPL 88.05 89.35 85.00 87.30 HDFC 1584.40 1584.40 1483.15 1499.40 ADANITRANS 185.00 195.00 181.00 192.35 LTI 1379.70 1400.00 1350.00 1350.00 GODREJAGRO 369.80 369.80 342.05 354.90 FINCABLES 222.20 222.20 210.00 219.00 DRREDDY 3085.00 3218.85 3025.10 3146.85 51.85 TCS 1731.30 1740.00 1650.00 1654.40 CGCL 154.80 154.80 140.45 143.00 OMAXE 165.00 165.00 150.70 152.85 SUPRAJIT 132.90 134.00 115.05 117.95 SFL 1290.00 1340.00 1237.00 1240.00 POWERGRID 154.55 160.45 151.75 156.45 1.85 AUROPHARMA 352.95 412.00 333.35 382.35 MUTHOOTFIN 609.90 625.00 593.85 605.00 CROMPTON 207.35 217.75 203.45 205.65 IDFC 15.00 15.00 13.91 14.15 ASTERDM 94.80 97.95 93.00 93.00 LT 791.10 791.10 762.80 783.00 8.65 SUNPHARMA* 344.00 384.90 340.50 375.90 DEEPAKNI 380.15 391.00 370.50 381.00 GNFC 112.00 112.70 108.00 109.25 LEMONTREE 23.25 23.25 20.00 20.10 MAHLOG 230.00 230.00 215.40 219.50 IOC 81.00 82.10 76.60 79.60 0.65 MARUTI 4255.00 4255.00 4002.00 4011.65 RVNL 14.36 15.35 13.76 15.35 JUBILANT 275.00 275.00 256.00 270.90 FINOLEXIND 402.90 402.90 361.40 374.65 IEX 130.00 137.00 128.70 134.20 RELIANCE 1134.45 1134.45 1056.30 1088.00 7.55 CIPLA 425.00 452.70 417.10 449.10 APOLLOTYRE 82.00 82.00 76.85 78.75 CANFINHOME 272.35 278.65 253.55 261.65 MRPL 25.40 25.40 23.05 23.50 AAVAS 1154.70 1160.55 1121.50 1121.50 BHARTIARTL 432.00 432.00 415.60 424.10 2.75 HINDUNILVR 2225.00 2253.25 2128.65 2153.55 MANAPPURAM 95.00 95.00 91.35 92.45 CUB 120.00 122.45 111.50 115.55 JSL 24.30 25.25 23.65 24.00 BAJAJFINSV 4560.00 4646.00 4430.00 4520.05 18.15 BPCL 303.00 326.20 287.05 317.20 HSCL 37.95 42.00 35.10 42.00 JBCHEPHARM 492.00 492.00 443.00 448.20 ECLERX 367.00 377.85 366.15 377.85 BRITANNIA 2588.95 2610.00 2475.00 2572.00 7.15 HINDPETRO 185.70 192.80 175.60 184.25 BHEL 21.20 21.25 20.40 20.65 AMARAJABAT 488.00 488.00 456.50 460.25 ALLCARGO 61.00 63.40 57.05 60.30 VEDL 64.00 64.45 62.20 62.80 0.15 INFY 604.10 606.65 582.35 588.25 DMART 2092.00 2125.00 2010.00 2099.90 FDC 199.90 219.90 193.15 199.40 SUNDRMFAST 277.00 277.00 258.95 261.00 JSWSTEEL 143.25 148.15 132.50 143.00 0.00 APOLLOHOSP 1090.00 1216.35 1070.15 1191.20 IPCALAB 1400.00 1427.80 1379.40 1380.00 POLYCAB 735.00 757.35 720.65 735.25 JKCEMENT 918.00 925.00 904.00 910.00 ADANIPORTS 246.00 252.80 238.90 244.20 -0.60 TATASTEEL 266.45 268.45 251.05 253.85 OBEROIRLTY 323.55 340.00 315.00 318.20 BEML 450.05 458.70 435.00 435.35 SHANKARA 218.00 226.95 214.60 220.00 BAJFINANCE 2268.80 2343.70 2183.05 2211.00 -8.35 LT 786.30 790.00 763.00 774.85 ICICIGI 1115.00 1115.00 1013.65 1043.90 OFSS 1902.75 2185.45 1889.85 2027.00 CCL 177.60 180.80 175.25 178.65 NTPC 82.05 82.10 78.85 80.30 -0.70 HDFCLIFE 429.00 441.60 416.30 422.25 SBILIFE 643.00 665.00 627.35 650.50 MIDHANI 180.90 180.90 171.00 172.80 MMTC 12.30 12.40 12.00 12.11 HCLTECH 418.90 428.60 399.30 409.85 -3.70 ONGC 69.35 71.00 66.50 69.85 SHREECEM 16660.00 16660.00 15500.00 15534.90 EDELWEISS 42.05 42.05 41.40 42.05 FINEORG 1905.40 1905.40 1840.00 1840.00 HINDUNILVR 2234.00 2254.10 2127.95 2153.00 -26.65 BHARTIARTL 423.00 429.65 415.70 423.95 CUMMINSIND 312.00 313.00 296.30 297.60 GSFC 37.00 40.20 36.00 39.35 PRSMJOHNSN 28.95 31.20 28.55 30.25 COALINDIA 138.60 139.90 131.80 137.75 -1.70 DELTACORP 72.15 72.15 72.00 72.15 CHOLAFIN 143.00 147.15 122.60 125.75 ABCAPITAL 42.90 45.15 41.15 43.45 BRIGADE 138.00 138.10 126.15 130.95 BAJAJ-AUTO 2051.10 2056.30 1957.55 2020.00 -31.10 LUPIN 580.30 665.00 578.60 654.80 ALKEM 2275.00 2298.35 2238.10 2269.75 TORNTPOWER 280.15 282.05 272.60 278.00 GMDCLTD 31.20 31.25 30.55 30.95 UPL 306.15 307.50 295.00 300.00 -5.75 TITAN 936.75 936.75 856.60 862.70 GRANULES 142.00 148.00 138.05 141.05 METROPOLIS 1285.15 1285.15 1207.20 1246.15 DCAL* 58.90 59.05 58.75 59.05 KOTAKBANK 1181.65 1183.00 1087.00 1158.20 -23.45 JSWSTEEL 143.00 148.05 132.50 140.00 BALKRISIND 810.20 810.20 770.00 776.00 RAJESHEXPO 557.95 645.15 553.50 631.70 MAHINDCIE 73.90 75.20 72.00 72.50 HDFCBANK 843.00 844.00 810.00 811.00 -18.65 BAJAJFINSV 4515.50 4646.00 4437.00 4529.95 ADANIENT 133.85 133.85 128.10 128.90 GUJGAS 228.60 228.60 219.20 223.60 ZENSARTECH 90.75 91.30 88.15 88.55 ESCORTS 610.00 610.00 559.45 594.70 VOLTAS 472.00 479.00 461.25 471.40 CEATLTD 740.00 743.60 695.20 700.00 UFLEX 136.10 141.00 134.80 140.00 INFY 603.50 606.00 582.15 588.50 -14.30 TATAMOTORS 68.00 68.00 64.80 65.30 TRENT 469.00 469.00 431.80 451.80 FCONSUMER 6.33 6.33 6.33 6.33 TVSSRICHAK 915.00 919.35 881.00 899.00 TCS 1740.00 1740.00 1650.00 1659.00 -49.75 JINDALSTEL 74.00 74.80 62.10 63.20 STAR 318.00 318.75 303.85 307.40 INDHOTEL 72.50 72.90 69.05 69.40 BALMLAWRIE 86.90 86.90 83.30 85.40 DBCORP 81.70 86.00 80.95 84.25 EICHERMOT 13060.00 13099.90 12600.00 12615.00 -386.60 ASIANPAINT 1624.00 1624.00 1517.45 1521.30 MCX 1026.10 1035.30 983.75 990.00 ASTRAZEN 2390.00 2530.00 2380.00 2380.00 AKZOINDIA 2020.55 2147.65 2020.55 2050.00 ITDC 136.50 138.05 130.00 130.00 HEROMOTOCO1610.05 1623.00 1543.15 1589.00 -50.65 NESTLEIND 15706.00 15861.90 14989.10 15150.80 BLUEDART 2054.70 2059.00 1977.85 2001.80 INFIBEAM 39.50 40.85 38.00 40.60 SUDARSCHEM 346.00 362.80 346.00 350.25 MASFIN 550.00 559.00 505.95 505.95 HINDALCO 92.10 93.45 88.40 88.80 -2.85 M&M 275.00 290.00 271.45 280.90 PFC 90.00 90.05 85.85 85.85 GRAPHITE 140.10 140.10 135.80 140.10 EIDPARRY 138.00 140.40 132.70 133.15 SCHAEFFLER 3546.00 3564.75 3437.65 3551.50 ULTRACEMCO 3189.00 3191.00 3025.00 3032.95 -107.70 SRTRANSFIN 630.00 630.00 515.35 520.90 EXIDEIND 135.00 135.00 127.50 129.30 GSPL 182.00 189.50 173.10 175.05 NH 243.00 276.75 243.00 266.55 IIFL 78.10 81.95 78.00 81.95 TATAMOTORS 66.90 66.90 64.80 65.45 -2.50 AMBUJACEM 157.00 157.00 151.70 151.75 NATCOPHARM 499.80 545.25 495.60 515.00 INDIANB 46.00 46.00 43.50 44.70 CENTURYPLY 104.00 105.25 101.55 105.05 IOB 7.38 7.38 7.00 7.06 NESTLEIND 15939.70 15939.70 15005.00 15070.00 -584.55 IBULHSGFIN 99.35 99.35 93.55 96.70 ADANIPOWER 28.15 28.15 26.00 26.75 PGHH 10386.50 10500.00 10000.00 10450.00 AMBER 1290.00 1304.00 1180.00 1199.00 ESABINDIA 997.50 1086.80 974.75 974.75 TATASTEEL 267.70 268.90 251.00 254.35 -12.00 PEL 936.30 938.00 872.00 912.45 UJJIVAN 149.90 149.90 138.75 141.40 DCBBANK 92.00 94.80 83.15 84.00 VARROC 126.00 126.00 119.20 124.00 TATAMETALI 331.00 347.10 331.00 345.80 GRASIM 473.50 477.70 451.20 453.10 -23.05 INDIGO 1008.25 1008.25 915.70 952.30 KRBL 157.35 157.35 147.50 157.35 AJANTPHARM 1326.00 1414.00 1258.00 1311.45 NESCO 457.00 462.55 450.00 452.00 LAXMIMACH 2390.20 2403.50 2281.00 2373.50 WIPRO 188.00 189.60 177.75 180.15 -9.35 IOC 79.10 82.05 76.70 79.45 SUZLON 2.20 2.20 2.15 2.20 VIPIND 238.00 242.25 223.10 225.30 PIIND 1190.00 1190.00 1155.00 1182.10 NAVNETEDUL 61.95 73.00 60.10 60.10 ASIANPAINT 1615.10 1616.00 1517.25 1522.00 -81.20 ICICIPRULI 344.55 353.50 326.05 338.15 SPICEJET 40.60 40.60 40.00 40.60 RCF 27.50 28.60 26.55 27.70 CAPPL 279.95 279.95 264.00 266.50 INOXWIND 18.50 19.95 18.00 19.80 HDFC 1575.50 1578.80 1482.25 1499.75 -83.75 TECHM 512.90 532.50 510.20 520.65 SAIL 22.30 22.40 21.50 21.80 AVANTI 286.55 289.50 281.15 283.90 HINDCOPPER 21.60 22.35 20.80 21.35 TCNSBRANDS 302.00 340.50 302.00 340.00 MARUTI 4250.00 4267.00 4001.10 4011.50 -234.85 DIVISLAB 1890.00 1939.80 1824.15 1903.50 RAMCOCEM 495.00 496.55 470.20 474.10 BAJAJHLDNG 1761.50 1932.45 1706.25 1930.00 AEGISLOG 133.85 136.60 130.00 130.85 HFCL 8.80 8.95 8.65 8.78 SBIN 187.55 188.20 175.00 176.00 -10.55 BRITANNIA 2590.00 2607.65 2475.10 2561.10 WOCKPHARMA 179.85 194.00 174.00 185.20 HEXAWARE 228.00 229.20 218.00 222.65 BLISSGVS 101.80 102.05 98.00 101.10 INDOSTAR 248.50 253.10 248.50 248.55 SHREECEM 16661.20 16698.45 15410.00 15500.00 -1049.65 PIDILITIND 1319.00 1319.00 1197.10 1216.40 NMDC 78.60 80.60 75.95 79.40 GSKCONS 9549.00 9748.35 9284.00 9385.00 TTKPRESTIG 4650.00 4650.00 4450.05 4472.90 MHRIL 135.00 138.00 132.00 133.15 TITAN 930.00 930.05 855.95 870.00 -66.05 HDFCAMC 2186.00 2224.45 2140.00 2175.80 VSTIND 2685.00 2742.90 2685.00 2722.95 VMART 1434.20 1560.00 1344.60 1553.80 ERIS 370.00 371.00 369.00 369.00 ICICIBANK 309.50 309.50 281.50 288.00 -23.15 DRREDDY 3095.00 3218.55 3027.55 3150.70 JKPAPER 79.00 79.00 75.00 76.65 IFCI 4.00 4.00 3.91 3.95 ZYDUSWELL 1254.95 1254.95 1214.00 1221.05 INDUSINDBK 350.00 350.00 310.20 313.75 -28.50 COALINDIA 139.75 139.75 131.85 138.00 INOXLEISUR 272.00 282.90 256.00 259.15 KTKBANK 42.10 42.45 41.20 42.15 MAHABANK 9.00 9.02 8.66 8.91 PVR 1075.00 1075.00 954.50 1010.00 KEC 171.00 175.80 158.50 162.95 SONATSOFTW 177.50 177.50 161.00 162.90 UCOBANK 9.20 9.20 9.01 9.11 AXISBANK 360.20 362.30 324.00 326.90 -31.75 IDEA 3.08 3.30 3.03 3.15 DEEPAKFERT 72.90 75.90 71.30 74.95 GICRE 102.05 110.35 102.05 109.40 ENDURANCE 587.55 607.70 580.00 580.00   HEROMOTOCO 1619.95 1619.95 1544.90 1583.65 VGUARD 168.00 168.00 149.00 153.40 TATACOFFEE 55.05 56.05 54.05 54.70 MINDACORP 56.95 57.05 52.60 53.75 BANDHANBNK 198.00 198.00 180.10 181.60 UNIONBANK 29.00 29.30 28.10 28.55 SJVN 21.30 21.30 20.50 20.75 CENTRALBK 12.25 12.39 12.01 12.09 BIOCON 278.50 295.80 278.30 290.90 RESPONIND 81.05 82.00 80.25 80.25 KANSAINER 390.00 390.00 374.50 376.40 GEPIL 460.00 464.05 449.00 461.95 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE HCLTECH 427.50 428.10 399.65 408.00 NIACL 101.15 110.95 100.00 106.40 JAICORPLTD 48.95 49.20 46.90 47.50 EIHOTEL 65.85 68.25 65.00 65.40 NIFTY NEXT 50 20730.70 20744.30 20277.25 20399.70 -264.85 BANKBARODA 51.65 51.70 48.50 48.70 LAURUSLABS 325.55 351.50 318.20 342.15 JKTYRE 40.00 40.40 39.00 39.30 ITDCEM 30.00 31.20 29.15 30.40 LUPIN 582.45 665.90 578.00 662.00 82.95 BOSCHLTD 9236.00 9236.00 8725.00 8791.00 SUPREMEIND 837.00 839.55 791.15 796.00 JAMNAAUTO 25.40 25.40 22.65 23.15 LINDEINDIA 464.00 465.00 449.50 464.70 BAJAJHLDNG 1780.00 1930.00 1700.00 1927.00 172.45 GAIL 76.05 81.95 75.50 80.85 PNBHOUSING 172.00 172.50 161.55 161.55 PCJEWELLER 12.72 12.72 12.72 12.72 NBVENTURES 36.85 38.00 34.50 37.70 OFSS 1920.00 2209.20 1875.00 2022.05 101.05 ULTRACEMCO 3248.95 3248.95 3029.00 3040.70 ASTRAL 939.75 1017.95 915.00 978.65 SOLARINDS 927.75 927.75 882.35 892.00 VTL 625.00 632.95 592.90 625.00 GICRE 107.90 110.50 102.95 110.50 5.20 LICHSGFIN 233.00 234.35 216.10 218.85 TRIDENT 4.66 4.66 4.06 4.13 FORCEMOT 712.10 720.10 695.10 708.70 SHRIRAMCIT 778.85 782.00 720.00 749.00 BIOCON 278.10 295.85 277.90 289.70 11.30 DLF 132.65 136.00 130.50 132.65 ABFRL 150.00 150.00 142.10 146.75 WELSPUNIND 21.50 21.95 20.85 21.30 TAKE 37.95 40.05 37.25 39.00 CADILAHC 263.85 279.50 258.30 274.00 10.15 L&TFH 51.00 51.35 48.25 48.90 RAYMOND 228.00 228.10 218.00 219.55 JKLAKSHMI 191.35 193.00 183.95 186.75 KPITTECH 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102.45 98.95 102.45 SYMPHONY 812.00 822.50 785.00 796.00 TEAMLEASE 1536.55 1559.00 1519.00 1536.75 PGHH 10321.00 10500.00 9990.05 10500.00 89.35 BATAINDIA 1192.00 1213.05 1147.00 1190.00 MEGH 40.00 41.65 39.00 39.50 PNCINFRA 95.00 97.70 90.05 91.20 BDL 181.50 187.75 180.05 183.55 HINDZINC 167.00 167.00 151.45 161.45 1.00 JUBLFOOD 1383.00 1389.80 1264.65 1299.65 SOUTHBANK 5.89 5.89 5.65 5.72 FRETAIL 71.15 71.15 71.15 71.15 ARVINDFASN 137.00 151.80 135.00 136.65 COLPAL 1237.00 1282.90 1211.05 1249.70 7.20 BEL 73.70 73.70 68.50 70.00 PGHL 3664.00 3908.50 3629.00 3864.65 GAYAPROJ 9.09 9.09 9.09 9.09 HIMATSEIDE 59.00 61.50 59.00 59.65 NIACL 105.50 110.80 98.85 105.95 0.45 EICHERMOT 13005.15 13055.00 12600.10 12666.95 GODREJIND 279.00 283.10 273.05 277.50 GREAVESCOT 69.80 69.80 66.25 67.05 TCIEXP 540.00 540.00 520.30 528.50 NMDC 79.30 80.70 75.70 78.80 0.25 JSLHISAR 39.95 40.00 38.70 38.80 BANKINDIA 32.70 32.80 31.70 32.50 REPCOHOME 113.00 116.50 106.25 109.90 SIS 432.20 433.00 423.00 425.00 DLF 133.55 136.00 130.35 132.40 -0.15 IGL 387.40 409.15 382.80 406.60 MPHASIS 680.00 746.90 661.00 665.75 BASF 1060.10 1144.00 1060.10 1091.50 KEI 294.40 295.15 290.00 295.15 GPPL 55.20 56.30 53.45 55.25 HDFCAMC 2190.00 2224.00 2135.00 2182.00 -3.75 TATACONSUM 290.15 290.15 264.00 267.25 TATAPOWER 32.00 32.00 30.00 30.20 FORTIS 126.95 126.95 119.50 122.10 PHOENIXLTD 528.95 528.95 485.90 509.50 LAOPALA 150.00 152.10 147.00 150.00 ACC 960.00 969.80 936.95 958.05 -5.40 BAJAJ-AUTO 2052.00 2052.00 1959.00 2020.00 SANOFI 6472.85 7224.95 6449.95 6663.60 IRB 56.00 56.00 50.70 51.20 RPOWER 1.34 1.34 1.34 1.34 GARFIBRES 1024.00 1130.00 1021.00 1074.50 PAGEIND 17000.00 17000.00 16330.10 16490.20 -124.35 ADANIPORTS 246.95 252.30 239.25 244.55 NATIONALUM 28.45 28.65 27.55 28.20 GILLETTE 5155.95 5430.00 4984.10 5103.80 IBULISL 40.65 42.00 38.65 38.65 APLAPOLLO 1200.00 1210.05 1195.20 1202.35 UBL 895.00 899.25 860.00 882.10 -7.60 COLPAL 1240.00 1281.15 1214.95 1249.00 CASTROLIND 101.20 103.35 98.85 101.80 KAJARIACER 366.75 366.75 348.50 364.35 NLCINDIA 43.60 44.05 42.80 43.65 GDL 92.00 92.00 86.00 87.65 PETRONET 201.00 203.60 194.20 198.15 -1.85 HINDALCO 94.00 94.00 88.50 88.90 HINDZINC 165.05 165.90 151.70 161.45 WHIRLPOOL 1777.00 1809.85 1753.00 1806.35 MOTILALOFS* 476.50 486.60 474.95 480.80 JTEKTINDIA 39.05 39.65 35.25 35.65 DMART 2101.50 2119.00 2020.00 2062.00 -20.70 CADILAHC 265.00 279.30 258.60 273.40 OIL 82.90 85.50 80.30 84.25 IDBI 19.90 19.90 19.00 19.50 FSL 28.80 28.80 27.45 27.85 WABCOINDIA 6200.00 6200.00 6144.55 6144.55 HINDPETRO 184.00 192.80 175.55 182.00 -2.00 FEDERALBNK 41.30 41.30 39.50 39.85 BALRAMCHIN 114.55 114.55 104.55 114.55 ITI 64.40 64.40 59.70 60.05 CHENNPETRO 58.00 61.20 58.00 59.20 ORIENTREF 118.55 125.00 110.65 114.00 ICICIPRULI 341.50 353.80 325.65 338.00 -4.60 CANBK 90.00 90.00 83.55 84.10 VINATIORGA 778.50 780.40 750.00 763.00 VENKYS 843.25 843.25 807.15 814.80 SUNTECK 206.00 209.90 192.20 201.20 MAXINDIA 58.90 61.10 58.50 59.40 HDFCLIFE 428.50 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f you ask even a non-reader to guess the name of a literary festival which Itakes place every year at the Diggi Palace at Jaipur, the prompt answer would be Jaipur Literary Festival. That is the kind of traction the JLF, with its celebrity writ- ers, impressive background, cultural spread and large crowds invites. But then the last  is certainly an anathema in current times of social distancing. So then Teamwork Arts, the group behind JLF, which is known to keep abreast with changing times, has decided to evolves and announced a digital literature series.   Called the Brave New World, it is perhaps the answer to testing times. But then lit- erature also has the power to instill hope when the bleak world doesn’t seem to hold out any. The aim of the virtual initiative is to it will not work,” says Roy and adds, “So celebrate the power and positivity of books much has gone online so quickly as there and rather than the backdrop of the are a plethora of options including music, Diggi Palace, it is powered by the border- programme, talkshow and more. These less Internet. Scheduled to kick off from have to be looked at differently and given April 4 which will see eminent author and a more of 360 degree look and feel.” advocate Abhinav Chandrachud and jour- He says that this has become essen- nalist Pragya Tiwari, in conversation on the tial since entertainment, as we know it, devastating Bombay bubonic plague epi- has changed for a long time to come. “An demic of 1896 and its repercussions today. American survey of about a thousand However, it is not just this particular  9 8 # people had 49 per cent of the respondents session but the others as well that are rel- saying that they would not go back to a evant to current times. When we are con- %  8 # film theatre again. We know that they are stantly hooked on to our phones all the more careful but the reality is that we time, another conversation is relevant % 8# aren’t getting a situation anytime soon where writer and broadcaster Bee Rowlatt %9#%#:&9 8 when people are rushing off to the will explore the need to protect the Kumbh Melas of the world,” he says. “forum internum” — our private mental %#' %  Incidentally, Teamwork Arts has sev- space — from the incursions of digital eral other successful cultural festival technology — at a session titled Freedom ;7 # %  including Ishaara Puppet Theatre, of Thought with Baroness Helena Kennedy. Mahindra Kabira Festival, The Sacred Similarly, there are writer, politician ' % Pushkar and many other national and and public intellectual Shashi Tharoor and    % international ones under its ever-expand- President of Observer Research ing belt. Foundation Samir Saran, co-authors of the  %:% Not just entertainment, but even recent The New World Disorder and the travel for business, entertainment and India Imperative, in conversation and will 7% &9& ' # destination weddings will change. He share their views on the current crisis the understand more of the move, he is his health crisis and focus on the economic However, Roy besides being pragmat- says, “The information coming out of avi- world is going through. erudite self. He enquires how newspapers aspect. So you need to address the former, ic and well-read also has a tendency to find %:%%8 ' ation ministry is that we would consid- JLF is known to be a forum open to continue to publish in current times and first. We need isolation, aggressive testing a silver lining in the situation. He points %' &%   er case by case basis where we can fly. We discussion, debate and dissent. Walls and goes on to quote examples from the like Japan and South Korea and try to con- out that, “The only good thing mentioned would not have into place a system that Bridges will be a session on dystopian fic- world to elaborate upon his understand- trol the spread by focussing on science and in the Boston Consultancy Report is that  %%&8%    would allow business as usual even after tion and its increasingly real and uncan- ing of the situation. “A report that I read technology to find a vaccine or a medicine entertainment will be consumed at a the lockdown, or the peak of infection dis- ny presence in our lives in which Prayaag said that the financial losses of this on to control this. The virus or flu won’t dis- greater level and will go online. And so ? 9%$%  appears.” Akbar, author of Leila (which was adapt- sports, arts and more has been gauged at appear on April 14 when the lockdown will the media. In the recovery, entertain- However, since human beings are ed into a Netflix series), and Amrita one trillion. And you are looking at ends.” ment would recover faster but media won’t # &%  # essentially social animals, the need to be Tripathi, author of The Sibius Knot will events like Dubai Expo, Olympics and Coming to the economy, Roy says that as it is dependent on advertising , which 7 ( &%  :% in touch and connected with others share their views. more. By the way, this calculation is just in order to ensure a resurgence the need is disappearing.” However, with social dis- remains. “Every evening there is either a One wonders if it was easy getting the for May-June! So there is no way we would of the hour is ensuring safe places. “There tancing and the fear of infection having % %  &# Zoom party or Houseparty that I am authors on board for such an exercise be able to compensate this through online has been a flight of labour which is not been inbuilt into the sub conscience, attending. These video chats would be the where they conduct the session online. business. But every crisis ensures that Man coming back in a hurry so supply and pro- entertainment will naturally not be on the  8 & need of the hour. Offline, people would “The lucky thing is that nothing is happen- tries to paddle furiously to stay alive and duction chains will be disrupted. lines of huge jamborees where success is come together but in much smaller num- ing these days as everything has been can- afloat like newspapers are doing by going Kickstarting the economy will take anoth- measured in terms of the number of foot- bers. When the virus began to spread two celled worldwide. JLF is not a new kid on online and what we are also doing,” he says. er three to six months after the situation falls. “We are looking more at online prod- Teamwork colleagues were getting mar- the block and people know what we do. We The change naturally would bring has become normal. But by that time ucts and those that are for online. It is cer- ried and there was a grand celebration have a fairly robust advantage to be able about drastic transformation in the world everyone would be so used to eating and tainly not a rehashing of what we had ear- across cities but then they had a quick to reach out to a fairly large audience the way we know it. “The consequences buying local that any demand would be lier. But really new stuff which is tailor court wedding with a lunch where there quickly and make these interactions fun, would be two or three-fold in the Indian kicked out of the window. These things made for this platform,” he says. were just the immediate family mem- interactive and allow the authors to get out scenario where social distancing norms certainly do not bode well for the reces- Naturally there arises the question of bers,” says he. there,” says founder and director of will be in place till October,” says Roy who sionary economic situation that we were financial viability. “Subscription, online Yes, entertainment will remain but the Teamwork Arts Sanjoy K Roy. is at pains to point out that, “We fail to see coming out of. This has further increased payment and all that will have to be put platform are all set to change in this new When we connect over a phone call to the pandemic outbreak as primarily a gloom and doom.” into place. We cannot do the same old as world.

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It showcases the day-to-day adventures of the father-son duo. Based in ‘Dilwalon ki Dilli’ they are the coolest family in town. Soggy runs a DVD rental shop and earns a sizeable chunk by rent- ing blue films to boisterous lunching ladies of Delhi’s posh societies. Prem becomes an overnight star with the women patrons of the DVD world and followed a line — ‘Just be.’ You just have is totally different. In terms of the stuck and you have to choose the best the duo runs a successful business until to be yourself and play it simple.” father-son relationship, I do relate to out of what comes your way. So I their world turns upside down. 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Bleak Hope, a collection Mexico-US border. or at casual conversations in of poetry written by teenage author, Anwesa Luiselli accepted the prize diners in Arizona. “I started Chaudhury, as she lives in anguish and views at a ceremony held online asking myself how (the the destruction of the world with a heavy because of Coronavirus pan- migrant) children of this gen- heart has been published by Notion Press. demic. The 36-year-old writer eration were going to eventu- Excerpts of the interview: said she’s sad that she could not ally tell this story, what were be in London to receive it in they going to say about this How did you first conceptualise the we paused and thought about their situation. and existence of humanity. I believe in pos- positivity and ray of hope. person but grateful to see peo- reality — that on one hand was book? What was the idea behind it? The poem presents a contrast between itive affirmations. Though I read and see We often feel a plethora of emotions look- ple keeping the faith in books. very real but on the other I have always loved reading poetry. I my life and theirs as it’s a dream a lot of negativity, I always feel that there ing at the harsh realities of the world. But “The fact that the literary seemingly implausible — about started penning my thoughts when I saw how that I saw lying on my com- is room for positivity where people help how difficult is it to make an emotion come community is still in full thousands of children in a disturbing these real life situations have fortable bed. one another, a world of love and kind- alive through words? swing, even from their homes, migratory limbo,” she said. become. Today, it is easy to call teenagers On The ness. I have seen people going out of For me it is not difficult because when and behind their screens, is In New York, she started oversensitive, entitled and babied. Though, Streets was about their way to help others. I feel in my I feel a particular emotion, words come nat- moving and encouraging,” she volunteering with nonprofits as to some extent, this criticism is not wrong, the homelessness heart that there are silver linings. urally to my mind. I feel I am blessed with said, speaking in Spanish. “I an interpreter in immigration however, if looked at closely, they face chal- in California. The My poems express the despair the ability to express. Not everybody has that think it is my duty, and the court, writing down the inter- lenges that could be difficult for anyone. Unwanted was writ- and despondency that shrouds kind of power. duty of every writer, whether views she did with migrant They are living in a completely different ten after reading the and suffocates us, speak of that is a science-fiction writer, a children so attorneys could world, as compared to few decades ago. news that Algeria glimmer of hope, the feeling of Which authors have influenced you? journalist, a poet, each at their help them out. That experience There was no agenda to publish my feelings expels refugees and asks love and the chance for new Right from Rabindranath Tagore, Robert own pace and within their led to an essay about immigra- but when I had finished writing about 40 to them to walk through the beginnings. These poems Frost, PB Shelley and John Keats to modern own capacities, to document tion, Tell Me How It Ends, in 45 poems during the last three years, my par- Sahara. Real Men Don’t stand tall as a witness to poets like Rupi Kaur are my source of inspi- this moment,” she said. 2017. Lost Children Archive ents said, ‘why not publish them?’ They Hurt is all about violence the hope that struggles to ration. Lost Children Archive has came in February 2019. encouraged me to do so because I wanted to against women. strive, fights to breathe also won the Andrew Carnegie Born in Mexico City, reach other kids of my age. I wanted them All these are inspired and accomplishes to What does the future of written world Medal for Excellence in Luiselli grew up in South to feel that they are not going through the from real life incidents. thrive in the midst of look like since we are swamped by digital Fiction, an American Academy Korea and South Africa, roller coaster ride of emotions alone. all the gloominess. entertainment? of Arts and Letters Award, and among others. She speaks both Publishing my thoughts was the only way On one hand there are deaths Things have moved rapidly into a digi- a Vilcek Prize for Creative English and Spanish and can out. and suffering, wars and destruc- As the book explores the lines: tal world. It’s true that ebooks save space on Promise in Literature. It is a write in either language. In tion, rapid degeneration of the Even as the world seems to be bookshelves and provide convenience, selec- finalist for The National Book addition to writing during her Are there any real life incidents that you environment and child abuse while engulfed in the wave of negativity, the exis- tion and portability. However, there are Critics Circle Award for seclusion, she’s reading out can share with the reference to the book? on the other there are glimmer of tence of hope cannot be denied. 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#  when the total number of self-discipline, positivity and COVID-19 positive cases in self-belief, which are essential rime Minister Narendra India has crossed 2,000. to sports, are crucial tools to Modi on Friday turned “Your suggestions will be combat the spread of the Pto India’s sporting taken note of. We are fighting virus as well. heroes for support in the her- this pandemic like Team Olympic-bound archer culean battle to contain the India. I am confident that Deepika Kumari said the PM COVID-19 pandemic and India will be rejuvenated by advised the athletes to keep more than 40 accomplished the inspiration provided by their immunity levels high champions such as Virat Kohli you,” the Prime Minister can during a time when they are and P V Sindhu responded by be seen telling athletes in a clip not getting enough training vowing to raise awareness shared by shuttler B Sai exposure. and spirits amid a national Praneeth, a world champi- “PM Sir urged us to post lockdown. onship Bronze-medallist, who videos about the awareness The athletes, along with also attended the call. campaign. He gave us a few 95! #     9#J' sports minister Kiren Rijiju, All sporting activities are everyone to be united in the pointers like Laxman Rekha participated in nearly an hour- currently shut in the country fight to combat the pandem- (Don’t cross the line while # #    long video call which started and it is still not clear when ic. “The PM asked us to maintaining social distanc- at 11am. normalcy will resume. spread awareness on social ing); Sankalp Lena (Taking a From Sachin Tendulkar When Ganguly was asked distancing and hygiene. He pledge not to step out) @95! stressing on the need to keep about the development this spoke about how we need “He said Dhairya Rakhna the vigil even after the lock- morning, he said, “Yes, I will Virat’s (Kohli) fighting spirit (don’t press the panic button). , %& # down ends on April 14, to be joining our Honourable to win this battle,” added vet- He also advised us to boost sprinter Hima Das expressing PM via video call.” But he eran table tennis player our immune system and stay EFA and Europe’s top clubs have stated sadness at the recent attacks refused to go into the details.  )     ) (       8 2
 
     )(7K* J' Sharath Kamal. fit by doing daily exercises,” Utheir determination that the current foot- on frontline warriors such as Cricketers formed a World championship she revealed. ball season should be played to a conclusion health care workers and police major chunk of the participat- shuttler Sindhu, javelin throw- out revealing the names of the “I told him that it is sad Silver-winning shooter Tennis player Ankita and threatened that teams may be excluded officers, to others sharing ing list. er Neeraj Chopra, chess wiz- chosen athletes. that health care workers and Abhishek Verma said the PM Raina said the PM equated the from the next Champions League if their their experience of being in a Apart from Tendulkar, ard Viswanathan Anand, It was later learnt that police have been attacked,” urged athletes “to be positive virus to an unknown opposi- domestic competitions are ended premature- lockdown, the sportspersons Ganguly and Kohli, others in sprinter Hima Das, boxing Tendulkar, Ganguly, M C said Asian Games medallist and spread positivity”. tion. ly. had lots to offer during the the call included top batsman star Amit Panghal, wrestler Mary Kom and Kohli were Hima Das, who is employed “He said appreciate and “(He) told us that athletes In a joint letter released late on Thursday, interaction. All these athletes Rohit Sharma, former pacer Vinesh Phogat, and teenage among those who were to with Assam Police as a DSP. highlight the work of frontline are stronger mentally and UEFA, the European Club Association (ECA), have been generous donors to Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh. shooting sensation Manu speak during the interaction. However, six-time world workers. Take good care of have the quality to adapt to and the European Leagues body representing the funds being raised to The names of World Bhaker were among the other “I suggested that as much champion Mary Kom could yourself and family at home. different conditions and in nearly a thousand clubs in 29 countries, said fight the crisis. Cup-winning former captain accomplished athletes who as possible, I will use our way not connect to the call due to He asked us to e-mail any sug- unknown territories. So he that they were working on the possibility of The Prime Minister, on Mahendra Singh Dhoni and took part in the video call. of greeting — saying Namaste network issues. gestions we have on how to wanted us to spread the pos- playing on into July and August if need be. his part, sought their support K L Rahul were in the list of “Of these, 12 have been instead of shaking hands, Among those who man- handle the situation better,” itive and encouraging message The Champions League and Europa League to raise awareness about the participants but it is learnt that given three minutes each to even after we overcome this aged to, former world cham- Verma said. since this is also an unknown — both of which are frozen in the last-16 stage need for social distancing they could not attend the speak and present their view,” pandemic,” Tendulkar said pion weightlifter Mirabai The Prime Minister said territory (fight against coron- — could be completed once the domestic sea- and personal hygiene at a time call. Olympic Silver-medallist a ministry source said with- after the interaction. Chanu said the PM urged the ability to face challenges, avirus),” she said. sons are finished, and “stopping competitions should really be the last resort after acknowl- edging that no calendar alternative would allow to conclude the season.” #%.-- ". G..5/  ! !' !5!5&$#  The joint response came after the Belgian Pro League announced on Thursday that it rec- # ; %#' &8 form the tests returned negative the players their training pro- ommended declaring the season over with the results,” Manjra was quoted as say- grammes. +  # #! #! # present table accepted as final. ll the South African players, ing by ESPNCricinfo. “We’ve got time now to work It is the first European league to take such Awho returned from their The first match in Dharamsala with players in terms of addressing #   a measure, although more could follow. incomplete ODI tour of India, on March 12 was washed out while the small niggles that they may That means Club Brugge would in theory were found to be symptom-free of the second and third games to be have. They have got time to rest and he IPL can wait till millions go straight into the next Champions League coronavirus and those who under- played in Lucknow and Kolkata — also to do the strength work,” he of lives, which are at risk group stage, but UEFA, the ECA and the went tests returned negative, on March 15 and 18 respectively — said. Tdue to the outbreak of European Leagues indicated that they may be according to the team’s chief med- were called off indefinitely. “But the one big thing is the COVID-19 pandemic, are saved, barred from continental competition if the ical officer Shuaib Manjra. South Africa is in the midst of running volume, the aerobic capac- feels veteran India batsman Belgian league decision is finalised. The Proteas, who returned a 21-day nationwide lockdown, ity base, which I am going to try and Suresh Raina. “It is of paramount importance that even from India on March 18, complet- which prohibits leaving home build up in the next two weeks, so Raina has already done his a disruptive event like this epidemic does not ed a 14-day period of self-isolation except to buy food or medicine and that means lot of running, or a lot bit in this fight against the dead- prevent our competitions from being decided on Thursday, but will remain in does not allow for any outdoor of cardio work, cycling or swim- ly virus by donating 52 lakh. on the field, in accordance with their rules and lockdown for the next two weeks exercise. ming.” Ask him about the IPL, that all sporting titles are awarded on the basis just like the rest of the country. CSA’s focus now is on main- The South African team does- which has been postponed to of results,” the joint letter said. “All the players were symptom- taining the players’ fitness and n’t have any international match April 15 but is unlikely to take “We are confident that football can restart free and those who opted to per- trainer Tumi Masekela has sent all lined up until June. place in the near future, Raina in the months to come — with conditions that says “it is all about life” at the will be dictated by public authorities — and moment. believe that any decision of abandoning domes- “Life is most important at tic competitions is, at this stage, premature and 2  6   !<
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Regarding the eligi- FIH and the participating National conference and were expected to text, voice and video mes- wall practice, skipping, period deadline is June 29, reflect, where possible, the bility criteria for the lower age Associations (NAs) have decided to con- push that the date back. are capable of being physically sages. small exercises, breathing 2021 and IFs can define their allocation method/pathway limit, if any, the IOC recognis- sider the month of July and the beginning “One of the important ready within a fortnight.” “We can only do fitness exercises, it is more like sim- own qualification period of the original qualification es the full authority of IFs to of August 2020 to play matches of the FIH things is that all the clubs resume Ancelotti, who took over at (training) because nobody ulating the actions whatev- deadlines should the deadline systems for each sport. This assess the eligibility of those Hockey Pro League, if the health situation training at the same time, that Everton in December, has won has access to courts so we er is possible at home to stay be prior to this date,” said the principle encourages IFs to athletes who are not eligible in improves,” FIH CEO Thierry Weil said. there are no disparities, that no the Champions League as a are doing what we can. I am sharp. IOC in a letter addressed to follow a like-for-like approach July 2020 but meet the lower “At present, all matches planned in the one has an advantage over the player and coach and has led sending the players videos “Every alternate day, the National Olympic by replacing those lost oppor- age limit in 2021,” said the current schedule are on hold until further others,” the 60-year-old Italian teams to league titles in Italy, of what to do in our we also have Dinaz taking Committees (NOC). tunities that were allocating IOC. notice. told L’ E q u i p e . “Players nowadays Germany, France and England. Whatsapp group,” our fitness classes. She gives Gopichand said. us very interesting and dif- “It is a generic pro- ferent fitness programs, so gram but it is tuned in such it is fun. Almost everyone is 0  O    ? 5     #   a way that it caters to the there, Sikki (Reddy), people (Olympic bound) Ashwini (Ponnappa), Sai  % @ British distance great Mo Farah a delay was preferable to trying to fit in an who are important,” (B Sai Praneeth), Guru ,    in Paris a week after the final of the has insisted he still intends to compete at Olympics without sufficient training time explained the 46-year-old, (RMV Gurusaidutt), US Open in New York) can take the Tokyo Olympics even though they and warm-up races. who is waiting for his three- Kashyap (Parupalli) and imbledon chief Richard Lewis place,” he added. have been delayed a year by the coron- “In a way we could have been in a far week isolation to be over on (HS) Prannoy,” Satwik said. Wadmitted that he feared the “The optimist in me — and I am avirus. worse situation, there are no races lead- Saturday. While online sessions remainder of the 2020 tennis season often not optimistic — still hopes the Farah will have celebrated his 38th ing up to it, athletes can’t test themselves,” Apart from Gopichand, can keep the shuttlers fit could be wiped out. American hard-court season, the big birthday by the time of the rescheduled he said. Jamshedpur-born trainer mentally and physically for Tennis has been in lockdown tournaments, the Masters and the Games and there are concerns that athletes “I would probably need about six, Dinaz Vervatwala, who has the time being, to get back since early last month and is not Premiers, will take place: Montreal, who had planned to be in peak form this seven, eight races beforehand to see what worked with London to being match ready might scheduled to return until July 13 at Toronto and then Cincinnati. year may not reach the same heights in 12 kind of shape I am in,” explained Farah. Olympics Bronze-medallist be challenging once BWF the earliest following the cancellation “But we all know that’s probably months’ time. “It is what it is and it gives us another year Saina Nehwal, is also taking restarts the international of Wimbledon on Wednesday. tenuous at the moment. But the four-time Olympic Gold of preparation. fitness classes for the Indian calendar. “I don’t think it’s unrealistic to Earlier, the president of the medallist backed the postponement and “At the moment, nobody is thinking shuttlers via Zoom app, a However, Gopichand say that there may be no more ten- Spanish tennis federation, Miguel was adamant it would not affect his abil- about that. I am still running every day, platform for video com- assured that players will get nis this year,” said All England Club Diaz, said he hoped the sport could ity to compete. just trying to get through this crisis time. munication. at least six weeks to prepare chief executive Lewis. return to the courts “in the last quar- “The Olympics was about the last “It is not just sport, it is affecting every- The men’s doubles pair for tournaments once there “But I would like to think that ter of the year”. thing to get cancelled. In a way obvious- thing we do. It is a difficult situation for of Chirag Shetty and is resumption. things will settle down so that tour- “I think that in the last quarter ly it’s disappointing it has been cancelled everyone and particularly for the older Satwiksairaj Rankireddy, “We don’t know when naments can be played sooner rather season’s next Grand Slam, the US of the season we will be able to see but I am glad it has been cancelled,” Farah people, the more vulnerable. who were assured of a place the badminton circuit will than later. Who knows what will Open in August-September could tennis again, we don’t know if it will told Talksport radio on Friday. “We just have to stay together, stay in the Olympics, is also start but whenever it starts, happen?” take place. be with fans in attendance or with- Farah, who won Olympics Gold in the strong. We just have to get through this. part of the group which is they will give you 6-8 weeks Lewis told the Guardian that, “Let’s hope the US Open and out, but I think our sport will return 5,000 and 10,000 metres at both the It is a test for everywhere in the world and following the tips. of headstart,” he said. despite his fears, he hoped that the Roland Garros (rescheduled to start to the courts,” said Diaz. London 2012 and Rio 2016 Games, added it is growing.” AFP