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Bollywood ------30 Classifieds ------28 NEW DELHI: The Union government will facilitate "The government of India will be facilitating the Community Post ------17-23 the return of Indians stranded abroad and the pro- return of Indian nationals stranded abroad on com- Edit Page ------29 cess will begin from May 7 in a phased manner. pelling grounds in a phased manner. The travel would Horoscope ------26 In a statement, the Home Ministry said only asymp- begin from May 7," it said. Immigration Post ------23 This week’s question tomatic people would be allowed to travel and it The government has prepared the standard oper- Life Style ------14-15 Is it best to open the lockdown would be arranged by aircraft and naval ships, and ating protocol (SOP), and the Indian embassies and Philosophy/Perspective ------27 in steps and stages? the facility will be available on a payment basis. high commissions are preparing a list of distressed Punjab Post ------9 Last week’s result After their arrival in India, medical examination will citizens, according to the ministry. Info/Highlights ------2 Will US take action against China Real Estate ------24-25 be conducted on everyone and they will be subse- "This facility would be made available on payment- in South China Sea? TechBiz Post ------10-11 YES 42% NO 58% quently put under quarantine for 14 days, either in a basis. Non-scheduled commercial flights would be Travel & Hospitality Post ------16 hospital or in an institutional facility, the ministry said. arranged for air travel," it said. Details on page 4 Wellness Post ------33 2 India Post May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com

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MUMBAI Nidhi Soparawala Correspondent Immigration: Wellness: Frank Fernandes Correspondent Indians benefit in UK US workers seek insurance VADODARA, GUJARAT Vaidehi Patel Correspondent Indians and other foreign health and Mass layoffs are pushing many Ameri- Priyanka Shah Correspondent care professionals on work visas across cans into an unfamiliar role: shopping for the frontline of the pandemic in UK are health insurance that isn't offered by an PUNJAB set to benefit from a free visa extension Raman Nehra Bureau Chief 33 employer. 12 Jaswant Singh Gandam Correspondent

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NEW DELHI: The Union government will facilitate the return of Indians stranded abroad and the process will begin from May 7 in a phased manner. In a statement, the Home Ministry said only asymptomatic people would be allowed to travel and it would be arranged by aircraft and naval ships, and the facility will be available on a payment basis. After their arrival in India, medical examination will be conducted on everyone and they will be subsequently put under quarantine for 14 days, either in a hospital or in an institutional facility, the ministry said. "The government of India will be facilitating the return of Indian nationals stranded abroad on compelling grounds in a phased manner. The travel would begin from May 7," it said. The government has prepared the standard operating protocol (SOP), and they will have to follow the protocols, payment-basis, by the concerned state ing for testing, quarantine and onward the Indian embassies and high commis- such as the health protocols issued by government," it said. movement of the returning Indians in sions are preparing a list of distressed the Health Ministry and the Civil Avia- COVID-19 tests will be done after 14 their respective states," the ministry citizens, according to the ministry. tion Ministry, it said. days and further action would be taken said. "This facility would be made avail- "On reaching the destination, every- according to health protocols, the state- India banned arrival of international able on payment-basis. Non-scheduled one would have to register on the ment said. flights beginning March 23. The 21-day commercial flights would be arranged ArogyaSetu app," the Home Ministry The Ministries of External Affairs and lockdown was first announced by for air travel," it said. said. Civil Aviation will soon share detailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Medical screening of passengers will "Everyone would be medically information about it through their March 24 in a bid to combat the novel be done before taking the flight and screened. After scrutiny, they would be websites, it said. coronavirus pandemic. It was first ex- only asymptomatic passengers will be quarantined for 14 days, either in a hos- "The state governments are being tended till May 3 and then again till May allowed to travel. During the journey, pital or in an institutional quarantine on advised to make arrangements, includ- 17. PTI

Pak summons senior Indian 150,000 Indians in UAE register diplomat over Gilgit-Baltistan issue to fly home ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has summoned to conduct general elections in the re- ABU DHABI: More than 150,000 In- medical emergencies, pregnant a senior Indian diplomat here to convey gion. The Gilgit-Baltistan Order of 2018 dians in the United Arab Emirates women and students, Vipul said. its rejection of what it called India's provided for administrative changes, (UAE) have registered to fly home dur- The Indian Embassy in Abu Dhabi "baseless and fallacious contention" re- including authorizing the Prime Minis- ing the coronavirus pandemic, as per and the Indian Consulate in Dubai has garding a verdict by Pakistan's Supreme ter of Pakistan to legislate on an array of the latest figures with the e-registra- begun the e-registration for forming Court on the holding of subjects. tion launched by the Indian missions. the database of their citizens wishing general elections in India said it has The Ministry of Ex- "As of 6 p.m. on Saturday (2nd May), to fly home. While there are Indians Gilgit-Baltistan. conveyed its strong ternal Affairs in New we received more than 150,000 regis- registering to return to various states, The move to sum- protest to Pakistan Delhi said a demarche trations," Consul General of India in the Consul-General told Gulf News mon a senior diplomat was issued to a senior Dubai, Vipul told Gulf News. that 50 per cent of the applicants were from the Indian High over Islamabad's ef- Pakistani diplomat A quarter of them want to return af- from the state of Kerala. Keralites com- Commission came forts to bring lodging a strong pro- ter losing their jobs, he said. prise more than one million of the 3.4 hours after India said it "material change" to test over the court rul- "About 40 per cent of the appli- million Indians in the UAE. has conveyed its strong ing and clearly con- cants are workers and 20 per cent are Vipul however, said the missions protest to Pakistan over territories veying that the entire professionals. Overall, 25 per cent have have not yet received intimations from Islamabad's efforts to union territories of cited job-loss as the reason for leaving the Indian government about the bring "material change" to territories Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh, includ- the country." About 10 per cent of the mode of transporting the stranded under its "illegal and forcible" occupa- ing the areas of Gilgit and Baltistan, are applicants are visit/tourist visa holders citizens, the pricing of the tickets or tion after the country's top court allowed an integral part of India. who were stranded after the flight sus- how the COVID-19 test results of ap- holding of elections in Gilgit-Baltistan. The MEA said the government of Pa- pension and lockdown in India. The rest plicants would be assessed for their In a recent ruling, the Pakistan Su- kistan or its judiciary has no locus standi of the applicants include those with journey.IANS preme Court allowed the government on territories "illegally and forcibly" oc- to amend a 2018 administrative order cupied by it.PTI May 8, 2020 Top Stories India Post 5 www.indiapost.com

India will respond to all acts of 3 more Indians in terrorism by Pakistan: Army Chief UAE lose jobs for 'Islamophobic' posts NEW DELHI: Pakistan is still following its "myopic" give proportionate response to all acts of infringe- and "limited" agenda of pushing terrorists into Jammu ment of ceasefire and its (Pakistan's) support to ter- DUBAI: Three more Indians based in the UAE and Kashmir, and India will respond appropriately with rorism. The onus remains with Pakistan to bring peace have either been fired or suspended from their precision unless the neighboring country gives up its in the region," the Chief of Army Staff said. jobs for "Islamophobic" posts on social media, policy of state sponsored terrorism, Army Chief Gen "Unless Pakistan gives up its policy of state spon- days after the Indian ambassador to the Gulf na- MM Naravane said here. sored terrorism, we will continue to respond appro- tion warned the expatriates against posting such In an exclusive interview to PTI, the chief of the 1.3 priately and with precision," he added. provocative updates online, a media report has million-strong Army said India will give "proportion- Gen Naravane said the recent infiltration attempts said. by Pakistan along the Line of Control in Chef Rawat Rohit, storekeeper Sachin Kinnigoli Jammu and Kashmir showed that Pakistan and a cash custodian, whose identity was with- is not interested in battling the held by his employer, are the latest additions to a coronavirus pandemic and is still follow- list of about half a dozen Indians who have faced ing its "own myopic and limited agenda action for their social media posts, the Gulf News of pushing terrorists inside India." reported. "The low priority given to the Pakistani "It seems that the warnings of the Indian mis- citizens by its own government and the sion have fallen on deaf ears as the list of Indian army is apparent by the exponential rise expats facing action over vile Islamophobic rein cases and massive shortages of medical equipment and supplies in Pakistan," marks on social media keeps getting longer," it he said. said. The Army Chief said even during the On April 20, India's ambassador to the UAE SAARC videoconference, Pakistan's nar- Pavan Kapoor had warned Indian expatriates row-mindedness was on full display when against such behavior. it used the platform to complain about "India and UAE share the value of non-discrimi- "non-existent" violations of human rights in nation on any grounds. Discrimination is against our moral fabric and the Rule of law. Indian na- Army Chief Gen MM Naravane Kashmir instead of finding ways to keep its citizens safe from the pandemic. tionals in the UAE should always remember this," ate response" to all acts of infringement of ceasefire "The increased intensity of ceasefire violations by he said in a tweet. and support to terrorism by Pakistan. the Pakistan army, where its targets innocent civilians Over the weekend, at least three more have On the Handwara encounter, Gen. Naravane said on the LoC, just shows that the country is a global risk been fired or suspended after their offensive India is proud of the five security personnel who laid and is not interested in providing relief to its own citi- posts were brought to the attention of employ- down their lives saving civilians from terrorists at a vil- zens," he said. ers by social media users, the report said. lage in the North Kashmir locality and particularly "In fact, Pakistan's removal of names of hardcore A spokesperson for Azadea Group that oper- complimented Col Ashutosh Sharma who led the op- terrorists from the terror watch list just proves that it ates Eataly, a chain of high-end Italian restaurants eration. still believes in exporting terrorism as an instrument in Dubai, confirmed that Rohit had been sus- "I would like to emphasize that Indian Army will of state policy," he added. PTI pended and was facing a disciplinary probe. Sharjah-based Pneumics Automation have also said they suspended their storekeeper Kinnigoli until further notice. "We have withheld his salary and told him not Al Qaeda urges Indian Muslims to come to work. The matter is under investigation. We have a zero-tolerance policy. Anyone to wage jihad against India found guilty of insulting or showing contempt for someone's religion will have to bear the conse- NEW DELHI/SANAA: Almost a year after its chief Jamaat Islamic proselytizers for being a super- quences," the firm's owner was quoted as saying Ayman al-Zawahiri asked militants in Kashmir to step spreader of the novel coronavirus infection in In- in the report. up terror attacks against India, Al Qaeda has urged In- dia. Dubai-based Transguard Group said they have dian Muslims to join the Is- Denouncing India's Citi- cracked down on an employee who had posted lamist jihad. zenship Amendment Act several anti-Islamic messages on his Facebook Yemen's Al Qaeda in Arab (CAA), the AQAP, which page under the name of Vishal Thakur. Peninsula (AQAP), the glo- perpetrated the Septem- "Following an internal investigation, the actual bally banned terrorist group, ber 11 terror attacks in the identity of this employee was verified and he was issued a statement accusing US, alleged that the Indian stripped of his security credentials, terminated India of being part of a glo- government had taken sev- from our employment and handed over to the bal war on Muslims. eral steps against Muslims. relevant authorities as per company policy. As of The Al Qaeda statement The terror outfit, whose this statement, he is in the custody of Dubai Po- comes days after the Organi- former chief Osama bin lice," a Transguard spokesperson said in a state- zation of Islamic Cooperation Laden was killed in his hide- ment. (OIC), the Kuwait govern- Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri out at Abbottabad, Pakistan, The new sackings and suspensions come days ment and many Arab activ- by the US in a covert opera- after both the former and current Indian Ambas- ists called India Islamophobic. The anti-India state- tion, urged Indian Muslims to "unite ranks, gather sadors to the UAE cautioned their countrymen ments in the Arab countries were a result of Paki- arms and wage jihad." about the UAE's strict hate speech laws. Similar stani propaganda against India over the Citizen- AQAP, primarily active in Yemen and Saudi Arabia, is warnings were issued by missions in other Gulf ship Amendment Act (CAA) and Kashmir and also considered to be the most active and dangerous Al Cooperation Council countries.PTI because of the widespread criticism of Tablighi Qaeda branch by the US government. IANS 6 India Post Top Stories May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com Alice Wells who termed Indo-US ties 'unshakeable', to retire this month

WASHINGTON: Alice G Wells, the others has served as the US consul gen- Wells led the Bureau of South and Cen- cluding enhanced military cooperation Trump administration's point person for eral in Mumbai. tral Asia in the State Department for the amidst China flexing its muscles in the South and Central Asia and a votary for This is for the first time that the posi- entire term of the Trump administra- Indo-Pacific and in the Indian Ocean, she strong US-India strategic ties, will retire tion of Assistant Secretary of State for tion, serving under the two secretaries has frequently highlighted the com- this month, Secretary of State Mike South and Central Asia has remained of State; Rex Tillerson and Pompeo. monalities between the world's big- Pompeo has announced, as he thanked vacant for more than three years. In January, Wells visited India and met gest democracy and the world's oldest the senior diplomat for her "wise coun- Indian-American Nisha Desai Biswal senior government officials to advance democracy. sel and dedicated efforts" to bolster She has said the quality and fre- America's bilateral relations with the quency of India-US naval cooperation, countries in the region. especially the information sharing, have Wells, the Acting Assistant Secretary reached unprecedented levels with of State for South and Central Asian Af- continued progress on defense coop- fairs, has also served as a political officer eration, peacekeeping operations, at the US Embassy in India and Pakistan. space, counterterrorism, trade, people- She has studied Hindi and Urdu. to-people initiatives, and more. Pompeo took to Twitter to announce Terming the bilateral ties as her retirement as he praised the vet- "unshakeable", she said that the US and eran career Foreign Service officer for India enjoy a close partnership that rendering her valuable services. grows stronger day by day. "After 31 years of dedicated service, Her significant travel to New Delhi Ambassador Alice Wells will retire from happened a month ahead of President @StateDept this month. I will miss Donald Trump's state visit to India on Alice's wise counsel and dedicated ef- February 24 and 25 at the invitation of forts to build relationships and address Prime Minister Narendra Modi. challenges across South and Central Wells has also been wary of some of Asia, he said. the Indian government's decisions on I personally came to admire Ambassa- Jammu and Kashmir and the Citizenship dor Wells' dedication to our team's mis- Alice G Wells Amendment Act and has publicly raised sion and her dogged pursuit of American them. excellence. We commend her service and was the last one to serve in this posi- the US-India strategic global partner- New Delhi has defended its move, wish her the best, Pompeo said. tion. President Donald Trump had nomi- ship following the success of the 2+2 saying Jammu and Kashmir is an inte- She will be succeeded by new act- nated Robert William for this position Ministerial Dialogue in December in gral part of India and the issue was ing assistant secretary Tom Vajda. A ca- but he withdrew himself. Washington. strictly internal to the country, and the reer foreign service official, he among However, for all practical purposes, A votary of strong US-India ties, in- special status provisions only gave rise to terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The Indian government has maintained that the CAA, which was passed by Parliament, is an internal matter of US demands justice for journalist Daniel the country and stressed that the goal is to protect the oppressed minorities of neighboring countries. Pearl's brutal murder in 2002 Wells has also been putting pressure WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD: The US leader Sheikh, who was convicted in the Daniel Pearl. We appreciate the Gov. on Pakistan to rein-in the terror groups has again prodded Pakistan by seek- abduction and murder of Pearl in 2002. of Pakistan's 4/22 appeal to reinstate on its soil and help lower tensions with ing justice for murdered American He has been in jail for the past 18 years. guilty verdicts against Daniel's mur- India. journalist Daniel Pearl, days after his The court also acquitted his three derers, now buttressed by the filing During her tenure, she has ex- family filed an appeal before the Su- aides - Fahad Naseem, Salman Saqib and of the Pearl family's appeal before the pressed concern over terrorist groups preme Court against a verdict by a Sheikh Adil- serving life sentences in Supreme Court," State for South and continuing to enjoy safe haven in Paki- court in Sindh province which acquit- the case. The bench announced the ver- Central Asian Affairs Alice Wells stan and asked the country to do more ted the prime accused and British- dict on the appeals filed by the four con- tweeted recently. against "externally oriented" extremist born top al-Qaeda leader Ahmed victs 18 years ago. On April 22, Pakistan's Sindh gov- outfits. Omar Saeed Sheikh and three others "On the eve of World Press Freedom ernment challenged in the Supreme She has also been critical of the USD in the case. Day, we honor the legacy of journalist Court the provincial high court's ver- 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Cor- Pearl, the 38-year-old South Asia dict that acquitted Sheikh and three ridor, a planned network of roads, rail- Daniel ways and energy projects linking bureau chief for The Wall Street Jour- Pearl others in the abduction and murder nal, was abducted and beheaded of Pearl. And on April 28, the govern- China's Xinjiang province with while he was in Pakistan investigating ment asked for an early hearing. Pakistan's Gwadar Port, saying there a story in 2002 on the alleged links On May 2, the parents of Pearl filed was no transparency and the firms between the country's powerful spy an appeal to Pakistan's Supreme blacklisted by the World Bank have got agency ISI and al-Qaeda. Court seeking reversal of the Sindh contracts which will increase the cash- On April 2, a two-judge Sindh High High Court verdict that overturned strapped country's debt burden. Court bench overturned the death convictions of four men in their son's Reacting to the retirement of Wells, sentence of 46-year-old al-Qaeda kidnapping and murder case.PTI South Asia observers here described it as a big loss. PTI May 8, 2020 Top Stories India Post 7 www.indiapost.com My coming to terms with my FARM WORKERS - "ESSENTIAL" BUT 'Indian-ness': Mindy Kaling LIVING IN FEAR PILAR MARRERO NEW DELHI: Actor-creator Mindy Kaling says her lat- "... Because I really want her to identify as Indian, est show Never Have I Ever gave her a chance to re- and that's kind of up to me, Kaling said about showing Above: Special feature of the heroes of the flect on her own Indian-ness while putting fellow the cultural and generational conflict in the show pandemic - 19 farmers in Oxnard, Ventura County, nerds from minority communities, the typical side through a gentle gaze. CA by Jesus Noyola. characters in American shows, in front and center. It was also by design that Devi's two friends Eleanor hey have very low wages, few benefits, no The Netflix show revolves around an academically Wong (Ramona Young), Fabiola Torres (Lee Rodriguez) Thealth care coverage, and no sick days. About competitive but hotheaded teen- half are undocumented. Yet they are deemed "es- ager Devi, played by Maitreyi sential" workers who harvest and package veg- Ramakrishnan, trying to catch the etables and fruits, work in meat packing plants, eye of the school heartthrob while pick up and transport the product. secretly grieving the sudden death They are farmworkers - so important to keep- of her father. ing the country fed and moving that they are ex- As someone who has always bal- empt from "stay at home" orders and even from anced two cultures, Kaling said the the Trump administration's recent two month ban coming-of-age story helped her fur- on new immigrants. The rules for seasonal ther explore her roots and religion. farmworkers have been relaxed and, if a recent My coming to terms with my In- proposal floated by the administration goes dian-ness' is a big part of the show. I through, farmers may be allowed to "lower the was born in the US, raised in a pretty wages" for them. white area, without speaking any In- Now these workers work in fear of dying of dian languages, so culturally I always Covid-19. So far very little has been done to stabi- felt I straddled the lines of two cul- lize their status, ensure they are protected and tures, Kaling told PTI in an email in- compensate them if they end of getting sick. terview. There is a growing push by legislators, trade The writer, who co-created the unionists and advocacy groups "to protect show with Lang Fisher, said a lot of farmworkers and the food supply chain," Follow- Devi's conflict and insecurities about Mindy Kaling ing reports in mid-April that 41 agricultural work- her Indian roots are inspired by her ers were diagnosed with Covid-19 in Monterey growing up experience as a first generation Indian- and even the school heartthrob classmate Paxton Hall- County, one of California's key agricultural areas, American. Yoshida (Darren Barnet) belong to minority communities. California assembly members Robert Rivas (D- So much of Devi's relationship with her faith is in- So many of my fellow nerds in high school were Hollister) and Eduardo Garcia (D-Coachella) intro- spired by my relationship with Hinduism. I consider minorities, yet we don't often see them on TV as leads. duced the first Covid-19 relief package in the na- myself Hindu, but I also feel insecure about my under- I wanted to put those typical 'side characters' front tion focused on farmworkers. The proposed legis- standing of my own religion," she said, adding that and center, she said. lation includes expanded paid sick leave, supple- the birth of her daughter made her "look at my faith Some of the best scenes in the show are between mental hazard pay to cover increased health and and culture in a new way". Devi and her dermatologist mother Nalini, (Poorna childcare costs, and other measures. Jagannathan) a strong headed, no-nonsense woman Meanwhile, the Congressional Hispanic Caucus finding hard to connect with her daughter. PTI wrote a letter to the leaders of both houses of Congress, urging financial assistance, support for Indian wins 10 million child care needs and additional funding for community health centers and direct financial assis- dirhams in UAE draw Singapore: 4,800 Indians tance for farm workers, reminding them that "our nation's food security depends on the ability of DUBAI: An Indian salesman in the UAE has won a COVID-19 positive, farmworkers to continue to work safely to pro- whopping 10 million dirhams at an Abu Dhabi draw, a duce our food." media report said. with mild conditions Relief couldn't come soon enough for the men Dileep Kumar Ellikkottil Parameswaran, from and women in California's fields. Kerala's Thrissur, works with an auto spare parts com- SINGAPORE: Nearly 4,800 Indian nationals, most of Honduran Jose Ramos works at a vegetable pany in Ajman and earns 5,000 dirhams (USD 1,361) a whom are living in dormitories for foreign workers, packinghouse in Santa Maria near Santa Barbara. month, Gulf News has reported. have been tested positive with the novel coronavirus Ramos, a 41-year-old father of four, goes to work Parameswaran, who won the 10 million dirhams in Singapore till the end of April, the Indian High Com- nervously because his company, he says, didn't (USD 2.7 million) prize at the Big Ticket draw in Abu missioner here said recently. say anything about COVID-19 until a few days ago. Dhabi, will spend a big part of the money to repay a The total number of coronavirus cases in Singapore is "Until recently they didn't give us any guidance loan of 700,000 dirhams (USD 190,574), according to 18,205 with 18 deaths, according to the figures released but many of us took our own measures, such as the report. by Singapore Health Ministry on Sunday (May 3). buying gel to bring in and making our own masks He said that a good part of the prize money will be "Almost all of the infection among Indian workers is because the bosses didn't give them to us," spent on the education of his two children. mild and their conditions are improving, Jawed Ashraf, Ramos explained. He noted that in his packing- Parameswaran, who has been a resident of the UAE Indian High Commissioner to Singapore, told PTI. house social distancing was nearly impossible. "In for 17 years, lives in Ajman along with his family. Over 3,500 Indian nationals, including students, have the area where I work there are four packers, two Big Ticket is the largest and longest-running also registered with the High Commission to return cashiers and 8 to 10 cutters in a small space, for- monthly raffle draw for cash prizes and dream luxury home or to seek assistance for accommodation and get about six feet. There are three feet at most cars in Abu Dhabi. food due to their unexpectedly long stay here, he said. between one person and the next." A live monthly draw is organized at the Abu Dhabi Over 90 per cent of the 4,800 Indians infected by For detailed story visit International Airport on 3rd of each month. the virus are workers, most of who are living in dormi- www.indiapost.com Tickets are sold for 500 dirhams (USD 136). PTI tories for foreign workers, he said. PTI 8 India Post Top Stories May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com

City of Fremont US Census Bureau: Social & City of Fremont Facilities Launches Fremont App Media Engagement Closed to the Public to Streamline Requests India Post News Service through May 31, 2020 India Post News Service ne Month after the official Census Day of India Post News Service April 1st, the US Census Bureau is launching The City of Fremont has launched Fremont App, a O City of Fremont facilities remain closed through it's national "Second Wave of Social and Media En- new CRM application that enables residents to report May 31, 2020. This aligns with the April 29, 2020, Shel- gagement" to promote the 2020 Census and Self- a wide range of local, non-emergency issues directly ter In Place Order, issued by the Alameda County Pub- Response on May 1st. Please join us in this great to City departments. By accessing Fremont App on lic Health Department, in coordination with six bay national campaign to get the final engagement their smartphone, tablet, or computer, residents can area counties and the City of Berkeley, announced for out to your communities. It's simple and easy! take a picture or video of local issues, such as potholes, residents in the Bay Area to stay home through May Here's what you can do on May 1st: tree hazards, malfunctioning streetlights or traffic sig- 31, 2020 to help slow the spread and reduce future Create a social media message: nals, add a message to describe each respective is- impact on local hospitals from Coronavirus Disease Record a PSA video or post to your social me- sue, and send it directly to the proper City depart- 2019 (COVID-19). Given some of the updated regula- dia pages the following messages: "California: I ment. tions in the new Order, the City will continue to pub- need 10 minutes of your time. The Census helps "We've heard from our constituents how important lish regular updates for the community. California get the national resources and repre- it is to foster positive and streamlined interactions A list of updated essential City services our depart- sentation we need. Today, those needs are crystal between community members and our local governments and divisions will be providing to the public clear. Help our state. Be Counted. Complete the ment employees, something that is of high impor- through May 31, 2020 is available on our webpage. The census online at 2020census.gov or call 844-330- tance to the entire Fremont City Council," said Fre- City will continue to evaluate its essential City services 2020. #2020census" mont Mayor Lily Mei. "This app will modernize our ser- delivery and adjust accordingly through May 31, 2020. Or use one of the following messages: vice request process for both residents and City staff." Current closures include: For Twitter: Did you know the #2020census is Through Fremont App, residents will be able to re- Drinking Fountains required by the U.S. Constitution? Respond online port a concern within city limits to address potholes, Picnic Tables now: www.2020census.gov #censusfacts tree hazards, streetlights, traffic signals, and more. The Dog Park For Instagram: Did you know the #2020census application uses geo-location technology to automati- Tennis/Basketball/Sand Volleyball Courts consists of 10 short questions and is used to count cally route the problem's exact location to the City, Skate Park every person living in the United States, the five simplifying the reporting process for users. In addi- Central Park parking lot closures will continue, but inhabited territories and the District of Columbia? tion, Fremont App gives residents access to additional will be eased restricting the overall parking capacity Respond online now: www.2020census.gov City services and resources. by 45% versus the prior 60%. The Alameda County #censusfacts For detailed story visit Health Officer has directed that City facilities must www.indiapost.com For Facebook: Did you know the census is re- comply with social distancing and health/safety pro- quired by the U.S. Constitution? Respond online tocols to reduce crowding and risk of transmission of now, #2020census: www.2020census.gov COVID-19. The City of Fremont cannot ensure social Don't have time or short staffed? Healthy Meals Santa Clara distancing requirements and the shared equipment Schedule and Re-post one of yours or an exist- India Post News Service or physical contact restrictions between participants. n Thursday, April 30, City officials accepted a ing Census social medial post or videos on May 1st. O$100,000 check from our nonprofit partner, Mis- For detailed story visit For detailed story visit sion City Community Fund, for the Healthy Meals Santa www.indiapost.com www.indiapost.com Clara program. The City is partnering with Santa Clara Unified School District to supplement their school meals program by distributing breakfast and lunch bags for the COVID-19 Regional Testing Site: New Hours Announced weekend. The supplemental program is possible, thanks to assistance from the School District, Spectra India Post News Service • Other chronic diseases or conditions, such as Venue Management, Levy Premium Food Services, eginning Monday, May 4, the COVID-19 Regional blood disorders; kidney or liver disease; diabetes; Intel and California's Great America. BTesting Site at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, heart, lung, or neurological disease; and compro- The Mission City Community Fund is a local non- will operate from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Monday mised immune system profit partner supporting the program. through Friday, with a maximum testing of 1200 in- Over the age of 65 The Healthy Meals Santa Clara temporary program dividuals during the week. The testing is done by Homeless is for ALL KIDS who live in Santa Clara. Stanford Health Care - ValleyCare (SHC - VC), in co- Pregnant or recently pregnant Program Information ordination with the cities of Pleasanton, Livermore, Distribution takes place every Thursday, 2-3:30 and Dublin, and the Alameda County Fairgrounds. Further Details: p.m., at the following locations until further notice: If daily capacity is reached prior to 1:00 p.m. All insurances are accepted and will be billed, Cabrillo Middle School, 2550 Cabrillo Ave. each day, signage will be posted at the gate 12 en- but there will be no out-of-pocket costs. Cash pay Don Callejon School, 4176 Lick Mill Blvd. trance of the fairgrounds. No appointment is fees are waived. Wilcox High School, 3250 Monroe St. needed. Testing is available to patients with or Test results may take up to 72 hours but may be Santa Clara Senior Center, 1303 Fremont St. without a physician order. available sooner. Intel made the generous donation to help support Testing site can accommodate 150 tests per day, the City's supplemental food distribution program for Criteria: or 750 for the week. youth as well as seniors as part of Santa Clara's COVID- Symptoms/conditions qualifying a member of the Patients will need to provide a phone number or 19 relief efforts. public (residents of Pleasanton, Livermore, and email address to receive results and follow-up in- Also, City employees serving as disaster service Dublin) for testing include at least one of the follow- formation. workers distributed 10,000 weekend meals to chil- ing: Must be 10 years of age or older to receive test- dren in our community at four locations: Cabrillo • Shortness of breath or other respiratory symp- ing. Middle School, Don Callejon School, Wilcox High toms To Access the Testing Site: School, and Santa Clara Senior Center. • Recent exposure to confirmed or suspected Enter through the Alameda County Fairgrounds To make a donation to the City's supplemental coronavirus case Gate 12, located off Valley Avenue, Pleasanton. Fol- meals program, visit the Mission City Community Fund • Fever above 100 degrees low signage to the testing location. online. May 8, 2020 Punjab Post India Post 9 www.indiapost.com Dubai-based Sarbat Da Bhala Trust to help needy in lockdown

the current month of May. 10 kg flour,3 kg rice, pulses, sugar and hospitals.The Trust would continue its This was disclosed here by Trust's tea leaves, sufficient for a month for an services till the situation prevalent due founder cum its global chief Dr. S.P. average family, he said. to dreaded corona turned normal, he Singh Oberoi, Dubai-based eminent en- He disclosed that 172 dialysis units, declared. trepreneur and renowned philanthro- donated and installed by Trust in 9 Dr. Oberoi spends all the money on pist. states, kept providing services to pa- these services from his own pocket, it Dr. S P Singh Oberoi The April rations, that cost Rs. one tients even during the lockdown. may be mentioned. crore and twenty five lakhs, were dis- The Trust had already provided He had also spent crores of rupees JASWANT SINGH GANDAM / RAMAN NEHRA tributed in various parts of Punjab and thousands of PPE kits, lakhs of three- as amount for 'blood money' given for India Post News Service some areas of Himachal Pradesh and layered washable masks, sanitizers and saving lives of hundreds of youths, PHAGWARA: After having distributed Rajasthan, he said.The May rations will N-95 masks to the frontline warriors of mostly Punjabis, from the gallows in dry ration kits to 22,000 needy families cover all the needy of the area, includ- Covid-19 pandemic, including the UAE in the past, it may be recalled. in Punjab and other areas in April during those belonging to middle class medicos, cops, mandi laborers and Trust's national President Jassa Singh ing the ongoing lockdown, Sarbat Da and will also be sent to Jammu and others, he added. Sandhu, General Secretary Gagandeep Bhala Charitable Trust will now distrib- Kashmir, said Dr. Oberoi. Trust has also supplied 8 ventilators Singh Ahuja and Ravideep Singh ute dry rations kits to 37,000 families in The 20 kg ration kit each included and 40 infrared thermometers to Sandhu accompanied Dr. Oberoi. Restarting after lockdown, a challenge

JASWANT SINGH GANDAM / RAMAN NEHRA These views were expressed by an "Besides extreme adverse effects on India Post News Service industrial magnate, eminent education- industry and derailment of economy, PHAGWARA: "Idling humans tend to ist and philanthropist Gurdeep Singh, the lockdown will make us face other rust. The protracted lockdown/curfew Director/CEO GNA Gears Ltd. Mehtiana challenges", he remarked. will have a huge psychological impact (Hoshiarpur) and Pro-Chancellor and Listing these, he said, "Restarting in- on work ethos, besides giving financial President GNA University, Phagwara. dustrial units, which have been shut body blow. Workers have unlearned GNA is 100% exporter of auto parts, in- long, will be a major challenge. I think during the lockdown. They will have to cluding gears, axels and agro-industrial apart from cash challenges, gaining relearn and it will take 4-6 months for products, exporting these to America, momentum for workers and employees industry to be normal after the Europe, and Turkey etc. will be another issue. After lazing lockdown". In an interface with India Post, the 54 around during a long break, people will not be habitual of working at a fast pace. So after the lockdown, it will take some time for them to work with full S. Gurdeep Singh, Director/CEO GNA Gears NGO Sarab Naujawan Sabha continues Ltd. Mehtiana (Hoshiarpur) and Pro-Chancellor/ blast energy". President GNA University Phagwara He and his team have already made its 'langar seva' during lockdown a strategy to meet these challenges. old, down-to-earth, Gurdeep Singh Detailing it, he said, "We will start maintained that industry as a whole was with 30% of work and will keep on in- severely hit by the lock down but the creasing it after looking at the demand exporters were hit the hardest. He said in the market". the real loss would start when the in- "We are also doing much work on dustry resumed work. Research and Development(RnD) for Gurdeep said, "The volume will run developing new products", he adds. low for the first 4-6 months after we re- When asked about facing labor prob- sume work after the lockdown/curfew is lem, Gurdeep Singh said, "My grandfa- lifted. We have virtually to start afresh, ther S. Amar Singh was always of the right from where where we have left it considered view that we always have JASWANT SINGH GANDAM / RAMAN NEHRA Sabha's President Sukhwinder Singh pre-lockdown. Besides drastic economic local labor. So, not even a single migrant India Post News Service said that every day, langar was served turndown, the main problem will be is working for us. But we will definitely PHAGWARA: The 'langar seva' (free to 1000 needy persons.It was served psychological in the form of getting back face the problem of manpower". community meal service) by NGO Sarab Sunday May 3, in Jhapar colony, Nangal to normal momentum of work ethos". His grandfather S.Amar Singh Sihra, Naujawan Sabha continued on Sunday road and Palahi road, he said. "The industry will not be able to com- father S. Gursharan Singh Sihra and May 3, the 33rd day for facilitating the Both Dhaliwal and Johal lauded the pletely get back on track till the retail uncle S. Jagdish Singh Sihra had estab- needy during the ongoing lockdown to yeoman service of the Sabha during the trade is started. It may take six months lished GNA in 1946. The family now has combat the dreaded coronavirus pan- tough times of corona-infused for normalcy in the business. There will two companies. Gurdeep Singh is Di- demic. lockdown. be problem in performing regular work. rector and CEO of Mehtiana GNA Gears Carried on with the cooperation of Besides Dhaliwal and Sukhwinder, Earlier, if there used to be any problem Ltd., which has a 4000 workforce. GNA the UK-based Chardhikala Sikh Organi- Zila Parishad member Nisha Rani Khera, with the product, everything was on University has 300 core staff while its zation, the Sunday's 'langar seva' was Congress leaders Gurjitpal Walia, tips and instant solution was found. other employees for canteen, buses, launched by Phagwara MLA Balwinder Sarabjit Singh Sabhi, NGO stalwarts Now even I have forgotten where my sanitation etc. are outsourced. Singh Dhaliwal.Phagwara SDM Sohan Singh Parmar, Harjinder Gogna files are kept. This is also the problem For detailed story visit Gurwinder Singh Johal had launched. were also present, among others. that humans will face now". www.indiapost.com Tech News Foreign investors keen, India should seize opportunity: BJP leader Apple Watch KOLKATA: Foreign investors are looking to "de-risk" their busi- detects heart nesses in China, the origin of the coronavirus pandemic, and India condition in elder can take advantage of this proposition, a BJP leader said. TechBiz India has been able to contain the spread of the COVID-19 with LONDON: In another ex- "much less damage, given the potential of the disaster", the party's ample of how Apple Watch can national vice president and spokesperson Baijayant Jay Panda said save peoples lives, an 80-year- during an interaction with members of the Bharat Chamber of Commerce through a recently held video-conference. PTI old woman in Germany was 10 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 saved by the ECG functionality of Apple Watch for uncovering her heart condition that was missed by a hospital's own ECG At over $40 billion annual run rate, during a diagnosis. According to a study by Ox- ford University researchers published in the European AWS growing faster than ever Heart Journal, the elderly SAN FRANCISCO: Amazon 530,000 students - the online and will roll out to 1,200 uses machine learning, statisti- woman attended the Univer- sity Medical Center Mainz of Web Services (AWS), the cloud equivalent of 13,000 physical schools and 190,000 students cal analysis, and graph theory Johannes Gutenberg Univer- arm of ecommerce giant Ama- classrooms," said Amazon. in Delhi over this month. to build interactive visualiza- sity, Germany, with what was zon that started off as a side Matt Garman, Vice President AWS has announced the tions that help customers ana- described as "typical angina business, has grown into a behe- of AWS Sales and Marketing, general availability of Amazon lyze, investigate, and quickly symptoms." moth in itself, raking in $10 bil- recently informed that Detective, a security service identify the root cause of po- The patient also advised of lion in sales in the first quarter CareerLauncher is working that makes it easy for custom- tential security issues or suspi- two 'praesyncopy' episodes, a this year, with a super annual run situation where a person al- rate of more than $40 billion. most loses consciousness due The cloud computing ser- to reduced flow of oxygenated vice logged $10.2 billion in blood to the brain. sales this quarter, up from $7.7 Going through details of the billion from the year-ago quar- woman, doctors performed an ter - a growth rate of 33 per initial 12-channel ECG. The test cent. did not see any evidence for According to Amazon, AWS ischemia, which is a restriction now spans 76 Availability in blood vessels that can re- Zones within 24 geographic strict the blood supply. IANS regions, with announced plans for nine more Availability Zones and three more AWS Regions in Indonesia, Japan, and Spain. RBI cancels In these COVID-19 times, AWS is currently helping schools license of The CKP around the world quickly de- with the government in Delhi ers to conduct faster and more cious activities. Co-operative Bank ploy and transition to online to help train teachers on effec- efficient investigations into se- Also available is Amazon learning through its EdTech cus- tive virtual teaching tech- curity issues across their AWS Keyspaces (for Apache MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank tomers and partners. niques and technologies. workloads. Cassandra), a scalable, highly said it has cancelled the license "In India, EdTech startup A pilot program of the Amazon Detective auto- available, and fully managed of city-based The CKP Co-op- Impartus is launching virtual company's Aspiration.ai portal matically collects log data from database service for Cassandra erative Bank Ltd as its financial classrooms for more than went live just two weeks ago a customer's resources and workloads. IANS position is unsustainable and also not in a position to pay its depositors. The bank is not satisfying After Facebook, Silver Lake invests Rs 5,656 cr in Jio Platforms the stipulated minimum regu- NEW DELHI: Within days of gic and financial investments Facebook had bought a 9.99 company building a digital latory capital requirement of 9 Facebook's Rs 43,574 crore are likely to be made going per cent stake in Jio Platforms society for India by bring- per cent, the RBI said while deal, Silver Lake - one of the ahead. for USD 5.7 billion (Rs 43,574 ing together Jio's leading cancelling the license from the world's largest tech inves- "Silver Lake will invest Rs crore) at an enterprise value of digital apps, digital ecosys- close of business on April 30. tors - has agreed to invest Rs 5,655.75 crore into Jio Plat- Rs 4.62 lakh crore. tems and India's #1 high "Consequent to the cancel- 5,655.75 crore to forms," Reliance Strategic and fi- speed connec- lation of its license, The CKP Co- buy a 1.15 per said in a statement. nancial investors tivity platform operative Bank Ltd, Mumbai, is cent stake in bil- "This investment are to form 20 per under one um- prohibited from conducting lionaire Mukesh values Jio Plat- cent of Jio Plat- brella," the the business of 'banking' which Ambani's digital forms at an equity form, half of which statement said. includes acceptance of depos- unit that houses value of Rs 4.90 was picked by "Reliance Jio its and repayment of depos- India's youngest lakh crore and an Facebook. Silver Infocomm Ltd, its..." it said. but biggest enterprise value of Lake is one of the which provides With the cancellation of li- telecom firm. Rs 5.15 lakh crore investors and connectivity plat- cense and commencement of The invest- and represents a more such invest- form to over 388 liquidation proceedings, the ment in Jio Plat- 12.5 per cent pre- ments are likely. million subscrib- process of paying the deposi- forms is at a 12.5 per cent mium to the equity valuation of "Jio Platforms, a wholly- ers, will continue to be a tors of the co-operative bank as premium to the Facebook the Facebook investment an- owned subsidiary of RIL, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of per the DICGC Act, 1961 will be deal and more such strate- nounced on April 22, 2020." next-generation technology Jio Platforms." PTI set in motion.PTI May 8, 2020 TechBiz Post India Post 11 www.indiapost.com Tech Briefs Covid-19 may hit India's foreign Hacked: Open-source Android currency earnings from tea exports mobile platform LineageOS

GUWAHATI/AGARTALA: Drop tion (NETA) adviser Bidyananda In 2019 (January to Decem- SAN FRANCISCO: Hackers framework provided by in production due to Covid-19 Barkakoty said: "Exports of In- ber) India exported 248.29 mil- have broken into the core in- Saltstack that is usually de- pandemic, nation-wide dian tea may get affected. The lion kg of tea valued at Rs frastructure of LineageOS, a ployed and used to manage lockdown, besides govern- Out Of Home (OOH) consump- 5,610.65 crore with the unit free and open-source operat- and automate servers inside mental restrictions, may lead tion is almost negligible due to price of Rs 225.97 per kg. In ing system for smartphones, data centers, cloud server to a loss of huge foreign cur- the ongoing lockdown and it 2018, the country sold 256.06 tablet computers and set- setups, or internal networks, rency earnings as India used to would continue even after par- million kg tea worth Rs top boxes, based on the reports ZDNet. export tea to more than 30 tial relaxations of lockdown." 5,335.33 crore abroad, with Google Android mobile plat- Cyber security firm F-Se- countries, experts said. "There was no harvesting of unit price of Rs 208.36 per kg. form. cure has already disclosed The NETA adviser In a tweet, the company two major vulnerabilities in said that around 18 admitted the breach hap- the Salt framework that per cent of India's tea pened night of Saturday 2nd could be used to take over production is ex- May and it was Salt installa- ported whereas the detected well tions. rest 82 per cent is within time be- The two consumed domesti- fore the attack- vulnerabili- cally. ers could do ties which, Quoting the Tea any harm. when com- Board's records, he "Around 8PM bined, could said that the CIS PST on May allow attack- (Commonwealth of 2nd, 2020 an at- ers to bypass Independent States) tacker used a login proce- countries, including common vul- dures and run Russia, imports about nerabilities and exposures code on Salt master servers 50 million kg of Indian (CVE) in our saltstack master left exposed on the internet. According to economists tea leaves for three weeks fol- tea followed by Iran at about to gain access to our infra- There are currently more and experts, delayed start of lowed by skiffing of more than 40 million kg, China about 12 structure," said the company. than 6,000 Salt servers left various works in the tea gar- 35 per cent of tea bushes. And million kg, USA about 11 million "We are able to verify that: exposed online that can be dens, including plucking and now, only 50 per cent of the kg, UK about 10 million kg, UAE Signing keys are unaffected, exploited via this vulnerabil- processing, besides govern- workforce is allowed to work about 10 million kg, Germany Builds are unaffected, Source ity, if left unpatched. ment enforced restrictions, are by the government due to the about 8 million kg, followed by code is unaffected," added LineageOS extends the among the key reasons to give coronavirus pandemic. There- other countries. LineageOS. functionality and lifespan of a blow to export of tea in over fore the crop loss may be The NETA has done a SWOT According to LineageOS mobile devices from more 30 countries. much more than what was es- (Strengths-Weakness-Oppor- developers, the hacking took than 20 different manufac- North Eastern Tea Associa- timated," Barkakoty told IANS. tunities-Threats) analysis of place after the attacker used turers owing to its open- Assam tea industry due to the an unpatched vulnerability to source community of con- Indian-origin Cambridge Professor lockdown impact and related breach its Salt installation. tributors from all around the issues, to study both positive Salt is an open-source world. IANS elected Fellow of UK's Royal Society and negative attributes, de- termining how best to sustain LONDON: Professor Sir Ralf Past Royal Society fellows in this difficult time. Speth, the Chief Executive of include Isaac Newton, Charles Barkakoty said: "It would Apple iMessage users may Tata Motors' owned Jaguar Darwin, Stephen Hawking and take some more time for the Land Rover (JLR) and Professor Srinivasa Ramanujan. supply chain to stabilize. soon edit text already sent Vikram Deshpande from the Speth was recognized for Huge liquidity crunch is facing Cambridge University have his advocacy for UK research tea producers. The total rev- SAN FRANCISCO: The sage for all recipients, re- been elected as and develop- enue loss from March 23 to Cupertino-based tech giant ports MacRumors. new Fellows of ment and his April 14 is to the tune of Rs Apple has reportedly filed a The included patent the prestigious commitment to 1,218 crore. new patent for iMessage drawing shows a 'Show Ed- Royal Society in science, tech- The crop loss in March and where users can edit text mes- its' button that could show a the UK that re- nology, engi- April would continue till May sages that have already sent. history of changes. cently added neering and because of the necessity of The US Patent and Trade- Other new features in- more than 60 ex- mathematics skiffing of overgrown leaves mark Office recently pub- clude, acknowledge mes- ceptional scien- (STEM) educa- due to lockdown. The total lished a new patent applica- sages, display private mes- tists to its fold. tion, JLR said. crop loss would be about 80 tion by Apple that describes sages, synchronize viewing Active since Prof. Speth million kg. The tea gardens the ability to fully edit sent of content between users, 1660, the Royal Professor Sir Ralf Speth said, "I am hon- have resumed operations text messages via iMessage. translate foreign language Society is the ored to have from April 15 with 50 per cent It would work by selecting text and more. oldest scientific academy in been elected to the Royal Soci- workforce. Therefore, both the the message the user want The patent also intro- continuous existence. It is an ety for activities that are close crop and the revenue losses to edit by pre-defined touch duces improvements to cur- independent scientific acad- to my heart and fundamental would further increase. interface input that opens a rent iMessage features like emy made up of the most emi- to the society." Tripura Tea Development menu with a message editing bubble and full-screen ef- nent scientists, engineers and "Mobility will see more Corporation Chairman Santosh interface and a display of a fects and receiving money technologists from the UK and change in the next 10 years Saha also echoed Barkakoty's revised version of the mes- via Apple Pay. IANS the Commonwealth. than the last century.” PTI observations. IANS Health Line

Corona positive youth drinks sanitizer

KANPUR DEHAT (UP): A coronavirus positive patient in One can be said to be perfectly healthy in body and mind only if no part of the body or mind makes itself felt. A part makes itself felt only when there is something wrong with it. You know that you have a head only when it aches. India attempted suicide by Sri Atmananda (1883 - 1959) drinking sanitizer in Sarsaul isolation center in Kanpur 12 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 Dehat in Uttar Pradesh. The youth has been admitted to the Hallett hospital in Kanpur in a critical condition. Laid-off US workers shopping According to reports, the youth is a resident of Jharkhand and had been intercepted by the police some days ago. He for insurance was made to undergo medical screening and tested positive ass layoffs are push- that may help them. ketplaces, where monthly pre- to be able to touch it.'' for corona after which he was ing many Americans Some people also may miums also can be several hun- CONSIDER HELP put in the isolation ward. Minto an unfamiliar qualify for the government's dred dollars depending on the After being laid off April 1, Hours later, the youth drank role: shopping for health insur- Medicaid program, which coverage. Dianne Waldorf spent about an the sanitizer and his condition ance that isn't offered by an helps those with low incomes. But shoppers there can buy hour and a half bouncing be- started deteriorating. employer. tween websites and trying to Meanwhile, Hallett hospital A swirl of confusing terms figure out whether she quali- chief medical superintendent and options await inexperi- fied for Medicaid or if she Prof R K Maurya said that the enced shoppers as they sort should just buy individual in- condition of the youth was health insurance plans. And surance. The 54-year-old Boca critical. IANS there's probably no one from Raton, Florida, resident human resources available to needed coverage to deal with quickly answer questions. some health problems, includ- First ayurvedic The coronavirus pandemic ing a brain aneurysm that doc- has thrown 1 in 6 American tors are monitoring. telemedicine workers out of a job. 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Shoppers unless it is a dire emergency. income-based tax credits. should ask about fees or com- While social distancing and That window doesn't apply monthly bill for coverage plus thought into it,'' he said. ``Most missions when seeking assis- hand washing are some of the to people who lost a job that an administrative fee. That call us, and they automatically tance. AP keys to containing the spread didn't come with insurance. could cost more than $1,000 think that the insurance is go- of the Virus. Business Wire In- But several states are offering for a family plan. ing to be so outrageously ex- For detailed stories visit dia/PTI a separate enrollment period Then there's the ACA mar- pensive that they're not going www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 Wellness Post India Post 13 www.indiapost.com

Air pollution worsens corona COVID-19 pandemic may be over in US by late June NEW DELHI: The air pollution has plummeted over the virus", said Kumar. A study was conducted on the many parts of India during nationwide lockdown, but air quality in Italy's northern provinces -- Lombardy NEW YORK: Researchers have created a math- the real challenge will begin after the lockdown, and Emilia Romagna -- which found a connection be- ematical model that showed the coronavirus which is likely to end on May 17, when vehicular mo- tween Covid-19 mortality rates and high levels of pol- (COVID-19) pandemic might be over in the US by bility is reinstated and factories are back in operation. lution. around late June this year. According to the Experts say after lockdown, steps have to be taken to Kumar, presently Chairman Centre for Chest Sur- study, published in the journal Mathematics, the gery and Director, Institute model accurately estimates the death toll of Robotic Surgery, Sir linked to the COVID-19 pandemic in the US and Ganga Ram Hospital said, could be used around the world. "The evidence we have is "Based on data available on April 28, the pretty clear that people, model showed that the COVID-19 pandemic who live in places that are might be over in the US, meaning no more more polluted, over time American deaths, by around late June 2020," they are more vulnerable to said study researchers Hoang Pham, a distin- coronavirus." guished professor at Rutgers University-New According to data com- Brunswick in the US. piled by IQAir AirVisual's 2019 "But if testing and contact tracing strategies, World Air Quality Report, 21 social-distancing policies, reopening of commu- of the world's 30 cities with nity strategies or stay-at-home policies change the worst air pollution are in significantly in the coming days and weeks, the India, with six in the top ten. predicted death toll will also change," Pham In the Indo-Gangetic Plain added. The model predicted the death toll (IGP), the air pollution is wors- would eventually reach about 68,120 in the US curb air pollution, which also include dust, as high pol- ened by geographical and other factors, highest popula- lution levels would make people vulnerable to tion density area coupled with industrial clusters. Ac- coronavirus infection, which manifests itself in the res- cording to the WHO outdoor air pollution kills 4.2 million piratory tract. people across the globe each year. Speaking to IANS, doctor Arvind Kumar, Founder Manoj Goel, Director Pulmonology, Fortis Memorial and Managing Trustee Lung Care Foundation said if Research Institute, said that due to air pollution, pa- the lockdown had not happened and the pollution lev- tients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease els have not dipped, going by the north Italy experi- (COPD) and asthma can have uncontrolled symptoms, ence, the coronavirus would have spread faster. and this group of people can have severe complications "Every effort should be made to keep the pollution due to coronavirus. "Historically pollution levels have level low, which also includes dust pollution. High pol- been high. We need to keep pollution levels low to con- lution level will contribute towards faster spread of tain the spread of coronavirus," added Goel. IANS Physical distancing as behavioral

as a result of the SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus that change: Health Ministry causes COVID-19. That's based on data available on April 28, and there was high confidence (99 NEW DELHI: The Union Health Ministry said that it is success but we have concerns also therefore we are per cent) the expected death toll would be be- very clear that the concept of social distancing will coordinating with states and where more cases are tween 66,055 and 70,304. stay even after lockdown is lifted. reported, we are stressing on physical distancing." The model's estimates and predictions Responding to a question at a press conference, He said that 1,718 new cases have been reported closely match reported death totals. According regarding extension of the ongoing lockdown, Joint in the last 24 hours, taking the total num- to the researchers, the next steps include ap- Secretary, Health, Lav Agarwal said that the ministry is ber of cases to 33,050. "630 patients plying the model to global COVID-19 death data coordinating with the state governments where there have been cured in the country in as well as to other nations such as Italy and are more cases. Spain, both of which have experienced thou- Asked what was the Health Ministry's take on ex- sands of deaths due to COVID-19. The model tension of the lockdown, he said: "From the Health could also be used to evaluate population mor- Ministry side, we are tality and the spread of other diseases, the very clear that we have study said. to ensure that the con- The US currently accounts for the highest cept of physical dis- number of coronavirus cases in the world, as tancing is adapted as well as deaths. As of Thursday, 30 April, the behavioral change in country recorded 1,039,909 cases, with 60,966 our day to day life so deaths, according to the latest tally by the Johns that we can break the Hopkins University. New York state, the epicen- chain of transmission. ter of the COVID-19 pandemic in the US, has re- It is equally impor- ported nearly 300,000 coronavirus cases, while tant to focus on con- its daily death toll fell to the lowest since early tainment measures." the last 24 hours. The recovery rate is now 25.19 per March, according to Governor Andrew Cuomo. Agarwal also said: cent, which was earlier 13.06 per cent 14 days before. IANS "Although we have A progressive recovery rate has been observed." IANS 14 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020

uring his career of close to five decades that has been predominantly defined by a lover Dboy image, Rishi Kapoor has romanced over 45 actresses on screen. He struck magic with each Insaan", "Phool Khile Hain Gulshan Gulshan" and "Do romantic shot, and managed to weave a dream Premee". "Zehreela Insaan" also starred Neetu with each song, opposite each of his leading ladies. Singh. The Kishore Kumar track "O hansini" featuring Yet, there are the ones who have seemed a little Rishi and Moushumi became an instant hit and is still more special than the others, facing the camera counted among one of Bollywood's best romantic with him. numbers. Moushumi Chatterjee later in her career has also worked in Rishi Kapoor's one and only direc- DIMPLE KAPADIA torial flick "Aa Ab Laut Chalen". Rishi Kapoor's first role as a hero in Bollywood was in "Bobby" opposite Dimple Kapadia and he nailed it POONAM DHILLON at the first chance. He proved he could be the lover Poonam Dhillon and Rishi Kapoor made another boy every girl craves for! His rocking chemistry with very popular pair of the eighties. They starred to- 16-year-old Dimple Kapadia in the film remains gether in movies like "Sitamgar", "Yeh Vaada etched in the songs and romantic Raha", "Zamana", "Biwi O Biwi", "Ek Chadar scenes. Maili Si", and "Tawaif".

NEETU SINGH MEENAKSHI SESHADRI They would carry their ro- Apart from the multiple award- mance onto real life, but not winning "Damini", Rishi Kapoor and before delivering films like Meenakshi Seshadri have to- "Kabhi Kabhie", "Khel Khel gether appeared in movies like Mein", "Amar Akbar Anthony" "Ghayal", "Hero", "Shahenshah" and "Zehreela Insaan" among oth- and "Ghatak". The actress, who cur- ers. Their sizzling on-screen chemistry rently resides in the US, paid a sur- transpired into off-screen romance and prise visit to Rishi Kapoor a few Neetu Singh eventually quit acting to years ago. The actor took to Twitter become Rishi Kapoor's wife Neetu to admit that he could not recognize his Kapoor. Their song "Ek main aur ek tu" Damini co-star for a moment! The songs in "Khel Khel Mein" continues to be a "Jab se tumko dekha hai sanam" and favorite across generations. "Gawah hain chand taare" in "Damini" featuring this jodi remain evergreen. SRIDEVI Rishi Kapoor and Sridevi will perhaps go down in MADHURI DIXIT Bollywood as one of the best looking pairs! Although Madhuri Dixit and Rishi Kapoor have appeared in Ghar Ki Kahani", "Gharana" and "Dhartiputra". The song "Nagina", "Chandni" and "Banjaran" were heroine- movies like "Sahibaan", "Yaraana" and "Prem Granth". "Dafaliwale dafali baja" in "Sargam" was a huge. centric films with Sridevi in title roles, their chemis- The song "Dil dene ki ruth ayee" from "Prem Granth" try was worth applauding. Their song "Chandni o enjoys a huge number of views on YouTube even TINA MUNIM meri chandni" - incidentally the only song Sridevi today. Last year when Madhuri Dixit tweeted wish- "Karz" cast Rishi Kapoor opposite Tina Munim. Each sang -- is a timeless hit. ing Rishi Kapoor on his birthday, the actor had re- song of the film is a super hit. And the film itself plied: "Thank you Madhuri. I have to make a super hit emerged a blockbuster. Movies featuring this pair in- JAYA PRADA film with you that's my mission. Love to the family." clude "Yeh Vaada Raha", "Bade Dil Wala" and "Aap Ke She was a frequent co-star. Jaya like Dimple Deewane" among others. Kapadia, made her Bollywood debut opposite Rishi JUHI CHAWLA MOUSHUMI CHATTERJEE Kapoor. Their first film together was in 1979, titled Rishi Kapoor and Juhi Chawla have featured to- Some of the popular movies featuring the Rishi "Sargam". Rishi and Jaya Prada have together ap- gether in several movies like "Bol Radha Bol", "Rishta Kapoor-Moushumi Chatterjee pair include "Zehreela peared in several movies including "Sindoor", "Ghar To Ho Aisa", "Ghar Ki Izzat" and "Saajan Ka Ghar" among others. This jodi deserves a special mention because Rishi Kapoor was shooting the last film of his life with Juhi, which he could not complete. The film titled "Sharmaji Namkeen" was being directed by Hitesh Bhatia. The actor fell sick while shooting for the movie in Delhi recently. Rishi Kapoor has worked with many other popular actresses including Rakhee, Rekha, Hema Malini, Shabana Azmi, Raveena Tandon, Divya Bharti, Manisha Koirala and Tabu. The actor with his looks and divine smile won the hearts of ladies from eight to eighty. IANS May 8, 2020 India Post 15

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with Irrfan from the Colin Ambani hospital with a colon Chris Pratt Trevorrow-directed adventure infection earlier this week. thriller, and condoled his However, unfortunately he suc- death. cumbed to his ailment. "Irrfan, you are an exquisite The Academy also mourned human being and we will all the loss. miss you dearly. These images "A mainstay of Bollywood are from the first and last day cinema and incredible talent in Irrfan Khan of filming, and I was lucky films like 'Slumdog Millionaire', enough to spend them work- 'Life of Pi' and 'The Namesake', NEW DELHI: Hollywood stars, Instagram. including Chris Pratt, Salma Pratt, who worked with "So sad to hear that Irrfan Khan passed away, I was Hayek and Bryce Dallas Irrfan on their 2015 block- Howard, are mourning the de- buster "Jurassic World", called a big fan and had the honor to meet him. He was a mise of actor Irrfan Khan by not him an "exquisite human be- great actor and a lovely man, may he Rest In only remembering him for his ing". Salma Hayek exceptional talent but also his "So sad to hear about the Peace," Hayek posted on Instagram good nature. passing of screen legend According to deadline.com, "So sad to hear that Irrfan @irrfank. Irrfan Khan played ing with you. Love to you and Irrfan Khan left his imprint on filmmaker Marc Webb, who di- Khan passed away, I was a big Masrani in 'Jurassic World'. He your family always," she global cinema. An inspiration rected Irrfan in 2012 super- fan and had the honor to meet was an exquisite actor and hu- posted. to millions, he will be greatly hero hit "The Amazing Spider- him. He was a great actor and a man. He will be missed," Pratt Irrfan breathed his last early missed," read a post on the of- Man", will always be a "dedi- lovely man, may he Rest In tweeted. on Wednesday April 29, at the ficial twitter account of The cated" fan of the actor's work. Peace," Hayek posted on "Jurassic World" Howard age of 54. He was admitted to Academy. "In Irrfan, power and gentle- ness co-existed perfectly. When he sings to his new wife Indian Tinder users at the bathroom door in 'The Indoor workouts up 40% in India match most in USA, Namesake' or speaks of his fa- UK, Australia ther in 'Life of Pi' his talent is as people stay home positively mystical. He is the most nuanced actor I've NEW DELHI: Newly worked with. I am forever his NEW DELHI: India witnessed In comparison, indoor activi- that collected data of over equipped with the option dedicated fan," he tweeted. 40 per cent increase in indoor ties such as floor climbing, 2,00,000 from its registered of matching with potential Oscar-winning filmmaker workouts in the first quarter yoga, and indoor cardio work- database, their smartwatch en- dates beyond geographi- Ang Lee called Irrfan "a great this year and the trend only outs showed an overall in- able users to track physiologi- cal boundaries, the users of artist, a true gentleman and a firmed up with lockdown and crease of 38.5 per cent in the cal data, providing daily in- Tinder are making interna- brave fighter" while mourning social distancing in March, a same period. sights to their health status. tional connections during his demise. new report has said. With travel and activity re- Garmin India has identified the lockdown. The global "His passing away is The report from US-based strictions implemented from five key health indicators to dating app features con- cinema's loss. We will miss him wearable major Garmin said March this year, overall out- enable its users to track and nections across the globe dearly. May you Rest In Peace the activity count for outdoor door activity count from Janu- manage their health profile. with the top countries be- my dear friend," said the direc- activities had an overall drop of ary 20 till April 21 was dropped The five health indicators ing the United States of tor of "Life of Pi". IANS 15.5 per cent, with activity by 71.2 per cent while indoor are heart rate, respiratory rate, America, United Kingdom, count for golf, hiking trail run- activity count increased by blood oxygen saturation, sleep The Netherlands and Aus- For detailed story visit ning and running decreasing 40.2 per cent in the same pe- monitoring and stress monitor- tralia. IANSlife www.indiapost.com by 87.6 per cent, 34.9 per cent, riod, the report said. ing. IANS 29.2 per cent and 18.8 per According to the company cent, respectively, in the country. 16 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020

sprawling expanse of A world heritage site, the val- exotic flora. When the monsoon thy watch spectacle. many high value medicinal 87 square kilometers in ley is situated at a very remark- clouds began to drizzle, the val- plants apart from the other ex- Athe Chamoli District of able area, which is the conver- ley shows its flowery face and TOURIST ATTRACTIONS tinct flora. Besides this, the park Uttarakhand, Valley of Flowers is sion point of Himalayan ranges, the entire region would glisten Nanda Devi National Park: comes within the ambiance of set in the backdrop of the ma- Zanskar and Western and East- like a colorful carpet. Stretched over a large ex- the Western Himalayas Endemic jestic Zanskar Ranges. This vir- ern Himalayas. A scenic place where the panse, Nanda Devi National Bird Area where some of the tual paradise on earth was un- This fairyland located in the nature blooms with its en- Park is a natural habitat to endangered bird species are known to the outside world till high altitudes of Himalayas is tire vista can be acces- bizarre and scarce species. spotted. the great Mountaineer Frank S protected by snowy moun- sible by a tedious but Beautifully placed in the Nanda Devi National Park is a Smith discovered it in the year tains. Bounded by the magnifi- lovely stroll. Eye catch- midst of snowy moun- part of the Himalaya Biographi- 1931. cent mountain ranges and glit- ing spectacles like the tain ranges of the cal Zone and it has got the ac- Bhyundar Valley, as the locals tering glaciers, this place un- cascading water- Himalayas, this Na- clamation of national park in named it, the Valley of Flowers folds the charisma and charm falls, small tional Park prof- the year 1982. bears a close association with of nature at its best. streams and fers the lovely Hemkund Sahib: A unique monkey god Hanuman. It is be- Unspoiled by human inva- above all companion- pilgrim centre where the Hin- lieved that it was from here sions this imposing land lay the flow- ship of ani- dus and the Sikhs go hand in that Hanuman brought iced up in the colder months, ery mal hand. Hemkund Sahib boasts of Sanjivani to the ailing and burst into its majestic mead- king- a rich tradition of religious tol- Lakshman. The presence of rare boom on the arrival of hotter ows await the visitors all dom and Mother Nature. A erance. Placed at an altitude of and exotic varieties of medici- months. During these months through the way. With the flam- lovely place that has been a 4329 meters, the Hemkund nal herbs in the valley upholds the valley sheds its somnolent boyant paddocks, crystalline dream destination of nature Lake houses Lakshman temple this legendary belief. nature with its multitudes of streams and majestic lovers and mountaineers, and a Sikh Gurudwara. It is be- peaks, this baroque of Nanda Devi National Park is suit- lieved that Guru Gobind Singh flowers is a wor- ably complimented by the ten- and Lakshman meditated on der countryside of the Valley of the banks of this majestic lake. Flowers. A sacred pilgrim centre This park is gorgeous with where people from all faiths the awesome paddocks of al- come and pay their reverence, pine orchards and majestic Lokpal or Hemkund reflects a scenery. Its large va- harmonious coexistence of var- riety of flora ied faiths. Enclosed by seven include snowy mountains and their al- lied glaciers, Hemkund Lake replicates its surrounding be- guilingly on its sparkling wa- ters.

For detailed story visit www.indiapost.com Desi News Neuberg to develop Covid-19 COMMUNITY vaccine in India BAPS Charities' PRAKASH M SWAMY euberg Supratech Refer ACROSS AMERICA comprehensive and global Nence Laboratory, response to COVID-19 Ahmedabad, a unit of Neuberg Details on page 19 Diagnostics Private Limited (a 17 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 StartUp in the PathLab chain segment) has signed a MoU with Gujarat Biotechnology Re- search Centre, a Gujarat Gov- ernment arm, for developing Indian-American nurses at the COVID-19 recombinant vaccine and diagnostics. The MoU was signed recently in the presence forefront of Corona fight of Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani. India Post News Service Details on page 18 NEW YORK: Mary (name changed for the report), who is an RN at a large hospital in the Sewa International state of Connecticut recalls. "I Bay Area Chapter was shocked to learn that a 41 distributes masks year old male patient I had admitted and had taken care of India Post News Service for over a week has come posi- MILPITAS, CA: Sewa tive for Covid-19, the deadly International's Bay Area Chap- virus that has affected over a ter donated 28,000 surgical, million people in the United N95, and KN95 masks to first States alone." responders such as healthcare This is not the first patient workers, police officers, fire Mary had worked with for fighters, and hospital staff. weeks/days, not knowing that They also distributed 1500 the patient had hidden symp- meals to families in need on toms of Covid-19 since the pan- May 3 in an invitation-only demic broke out over two drive-through event as part of months ago. The fear of being its COVID-19 relief efforts. exposed to the symptoms Indian Nurses (courtesy Ajay Ghosh) while serving patients who are Details on page 20 not diagnosed with but carry endangering the safety of their positive for the virus. Many with her husband and their the virus, has been devastating. loved ones at home.A vast ma- others from my Unit are still three daughters. Mary does not work on a jority of the nearly two-dozen recovering or struggling to re- The experiences of nurses, The lighter unit assigned to work with clinical staff at Mary's hospital cover from the deadly virus who are on the front line, car- and sad side Covid positive patients, but has unit have become positive for that has taken away nearly ing for patients, have been of Lockdown been unknowingly caring for the virus. Mary reports with 60,000 lives in the country." traumatic to say the least. many such patients, risking her anxiety and fear. "One of my Mary herself had shown Sumana Gaddam, President of A.Q. SIDDIQUI own life and that of her family. colleagues, with whom I have symptoms that go with people IANA-North Carolina, says, ockdown has forced many She was called to work on the worked for over a decade has diagnosed with Corona virus, "Nurses are the life and soul of Lwithin 4-walls for most of Corona Units, which have now been in the ICU for over two and has been self-quarantined the healthcare profession, pro- time, almost everywhere, ex- come to occupy entire five weeks now, struggling for her for the past six weeks, mostly viding comfort, kindness, and cept few affluent and richest floors in addition to the ICU/ life. Another colleague, and ev- isolating in her room after work care to patient's every day. It's who are holidaying in their EDs in her hospital, because of eryone in her family have been and with minimum contact indeed a challenging job that farm houses and resorts. How an overwhelming flow of requires hard work, dedication, did they reach there is any people diagnosed with the The experiences of nurses, who are on the front and a very thick skin. Nurses body's guess? Daily updates deadly virus. are the ultimate healthcare on social media and newspa- Inadequate testing for co- line, caring for patients, have been traumatic to monitors - vigilant observers pers have plenty of good and rona virus leads to healthcare say the least. Sumana Gaddam, President of and problem solvers, poised to bad stories about lockdown. professionals, who are heart take action whatever the chal- And now here is lockdown-3. and soul of healthcare delivery IANA-North Carolina, says, "Nurses are the life lenge. system; being exposed to and and soul of the healthcare profession Details on page 21 being infected themselves and Cont’d on page 22 18 India Post Community Across America May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com Neuberg to develop Covid-19 vaccine in India PRAKASH M SWAMY

euberg Supratech Reference bring the cost down to below Rs 1,000. tional diagnostics and medicine with also back up research to create new vac- Laboratory, Ahmedabad, a unit For this Neuberg Supratech will optimize path-breaking techniques and proce- cines and cures. The lab also has one of Nof Neuberg Diagnostics Private the RT-PCR testing consumables and dures that allow the diagnosis and treat- the most advanced centers for inherited Limited (a StartUp in the PathLab chain procedures that are presently being ment of COVID-19 with greater speed cancer genetics in India and has devel- segment) has signed a MoU with used. This will also increase the testing and precision. Towards this endeavor, oped a series of novel protocols to make Gujarat Biotechnology Research Centre, genetic screening affordable, he said. a Gujarat Government arm, for develop- In March 2020, Neuberg Supratech ing COVID-19 recombinant vaccine and commenced COVID-19 testing post ap- diagnostics. The MoU was signed re- provals from both ICMR and the Govern- cently in the presence of Chief Minister ment of Gujarat. The testing is fully com- of Gujarat Vijay Rupani. pliant to the guidelines set by ICMR, Dr. Sandip Shah, Executive Director, Government of Gujarat and other com- Neuberg Diagnostics Private Limited & petent government agencies. Director, Neuberg Supratech Reference The best-in-class laboratories from Lab, Ahmedabad said "Our competence across India, UAE & South Africa have to develop a COVID-19 recombinant vac- united under the banner of Neuberg Di- cine and diagnostics can be gauged agnostics to bring the latest technology from the fact that we are the largest di- and techniques within the reach of de- agnostics service provider in the state veloping countries. Utilizing their com- with presence in almost every major city. bined strengths, the Neuberg alliance With 20 labs and 100 plus collection brings capabilities to perform over 6000 centers, we have the distinction of be- varieties of Pathological investigations ing the only CAP and NABL accredited and will promote Prevention & Early Di- Genomics Center of Excellence in agnosis, Focused Wellness Programs and

Ahmedabad. The Neuberg Center for Dr. Sandip Shah Structured Disease Management pro- Genomic Medicine (NCGM) based out of grams for rare diseases using the most Ahmedabad is the only private lab in advanced technologies assisted by Data country to house the most powerful se- "Our competence to develop a COVID-19 recombinant science and AI tools, he said quencer, NOVASEQ 6000, which offers Neuberg Diagnostics is among the top high-throughput sequencing across a vaccine and diagnostics can be gauged from the fact diagnostics companies of Indian origin broad range of applications," says and the fastest growing healthcare start- As part of the five years agreement that we are the largest diagnostics service provider in up in India. The founding members of the effective May 1, 2020, Neuberg Neuberg consortium - Anand Diagnostic Supratech will work on two projects for the state with presence in almost every major city” Laboratory (Bangalore), Supratech the Government of Gujarat. The first Micropath (Ahmedabad), Ehrlich Labora- project is for COVID-19 vaccine develop- tory (Chennai), Global Labs (South Africa), ment, wherein Neuberg Supratech will capacity by 2 -3 times and even the turn- Neuberg is putting its best forward in and Minerva Diagnostics (Dubai) bring look for immune markers for the COVID- around times will be bought down to assisting the Central Government and their combined heritage of over 200 19 positive patients. The company plans within 2 hours. various State Governments in combating years and process over 20 million tests to use several of its in-house high "This MoU is indeed an honor for the virus." Says Dr. G. S. K. Velu, Chairman annually. Some of the best Pathologists, throughput sequencing machines for Neuberg. We have been part of the fight and Managing Director of Neuberg Di- Biochemists, Geneticists, Microbiolo- this project. against COVID-19 ever since it was de- agnostics Private Limited gists and several other Clinical Lab Pro- The second project involves develop- clared a global emergency by the World Neuberg Supratech houses the best- fessionals from around the world are ing cost effective post viral extraction Health Organization. The significant role in-class technologies in clinical lab medi- working closely, sharing knowledge and procedures. Currently the spend is that pathology and medicine play in cine. Specialist teams focusing on Virol- using the latest generation of diagnos- around Rs 3,500 for consumables for RT- healing is now at a high. The need of the ogy studies and research help track dis- tics techniques to take accurate and PCR testing. Neuberg Supratech aims to hour is to challenge the limits of conven- ease trends and forecast outbreaks, and timely diagnosis to the next level. May 8, 2020 Community Across America India Post 19 www.indiapost.com BAPS Charities' comprehensive and global response to COVID-19

early one million obstacles, we find hidden re- teers throughout the world in- people in the US have serves of courage and resil- cluding the United States, N been diagnosed with ience we did not know we Canada, United Kingdom, the COVID-19 disease and over had." Many individuals are South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, 50,000 have lost their lives - fighting the pandemic directly Tanzania, New Zealand, Austra- and the numbers continue to as healthcare workers and lia, and India. Through grow. Although it is a trying frontline responders, while grassroots efforts across each time for society, stories of com- others are serving society as one of these countries, BAPS munities and individuals com- ordinary volunteers doing ex- Charities and its affiliated orga- ing together continue to in- traordinary things. nizations have endeavored to spire all. In the words of the A global pandemic requires support local healthcare work- late president of India A.P.J. a global effort, and BAPS Chari- ers, hospitals, police and fire Abdul Kalam, "When we tackle ties has mobilized is volun- departments, seniors, children, amongst first responders such imperative to our response but as well as the most vulnerable as police officers. In Massachu- a great morale boost for our individuals. setts, BAPS Charities donated staff," said a representative of Key pillars of BAPS Charities' surgical masks, N95 masks, and the Lowell Police Department. efforts include donations of hand sanitizer across the po- Total PPE donated (USA): personal protective equip- lice departments of three cit- 49,300 ment (PPE) for medical facili- ies - Lowell, Tyngsborough, and This includes N95 and other ties, first responders and es- Chelmsford, Massachusetts. surgical level masks, nitrile sential workers, ensuring food "We are deeply touched by this gloves, bottles of hand availability for those affected initiative and grateful for BAPS sanitizers, protective eyewear or at-risk, providing assistance Charities stepping up to help / face shields, and other PPE. for essential equipment out during this critical time. For detailed story visit needed at hospitals, as well as Such strong support is not only www.indiapost.com assistance to organizations dealing with mental health and well-being. PPE Donations: From the initial assessment of the pandemic, volunteers found that PPE, surgical masks in particular, have been in shortage. Immediately BAPS Charities mobilized volunteers to provide for 5,000 N95 respiratory masks to some of the hardest hit hospital systems in the New York / New Jersey area. Joseph Chirichella, Presi- dent and CEO of Deborah Heart and Lung Center in Burlington County, New Jersey, called the donation a "wonderful gift at a critical time." In another instance, BAPS Charities donated 5,000 surgical masks to Washington Hospital in Fre- mont, California. Kimberly Hartz, Chief Executive Officer of Wash- ington Hospital Healthcare Sys- tem accepted the donation and remarked, "It is so important to ensure the safety of our patients and our staff, and this donation helps a lot... For BAPS Charities to think about us means a lot. We have wonderful people working here, but we couldn't do it without all the community support." Across the nation, BAPS Charities volunteers addition- ally recognized the need for PPE and other supplies 20 India Post Community Across America May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com Sewa International Bay Area Chapter distributes 28,000 masks to first responders

India Post News Service Sunnyvale, City of Cupertino, and the Mayor of the City of Sunnyvale. communities, Fremont families in need, MILPITAS, CA: Sewa International's Mountain View Police Department. Ten "I just wanted to say thank you to the Muslim Community Center of Bay Area Chapter donated 28,000 sur- volunteers and key donors were at the Sewa for the masks for the community. Pleasanton, the Alcosta Senior Center in gical, N95, and KN95 masks to first re- event to ensure that the event was a suc- We are currently seeing a tremendous Livermore, and many others. "Sewa In- sponders such as healthcare workers, cess. "We pledge to continue to support need out in the community for all the ternational and the Mountain View Po- police officers, fire fighters, and hospi- these essential workers each week until folks who need masks to do critical lice Department have been partnering tal staff. They also distributed 1500 the situation improves," said Mr. Somani. things, even go to the grocery store. For for about three weeks now to help our meals to families in need on Sunday, Mayor of Cupertino Steven Scharf, instance, all the cloth masks Sewa do- homeless population get the food that May 3 in an invitation-only drive- Mayor of Sunnyvale Larry Klein, San through event as part of its COVID-19 Mateo Medical Center CEO John Jurro, relief efforts. and the City Manager for the City of San "We wholeheartedly pledge to sup- Mateo Drew Corbett were present dur- port the courageous healthcare working the drive. ers, firefighters, police officers, and Building Community many others who are working hard to "I appreciate what Sewa is doing. It is make our community COVID-19 free. As bringing people together in our com- part of our pledge, Sewa International munities. I especially appreciate what has committed to provide these front- Sewa is doing today in handing out line workers with the personal protec- these masks and food to organizations tion gear (PPE) they need to stay safe," and different people in our community said Sewa International Bay Area Chap- who really need it. I appreciate Sewa's ter President Jayant Somani. building this community which is a criti- Supplies were distributed to 20 agen- cal thing, and I appreciate everything cies including San Mateo Medical Cen- they're doing around the bay and ter, Oakland Children's Hospital, City of around the world," said Larry Klein,

Volunteers at the Sewa International Bay Area Chapter’s drive-through mask drive on May 3 in Milpitas, CA

nated today will be delivered to our they need and the masks out to the vul- vulnerable senior population who are nerable population, and we really ap- not necessarily able to get their own preciate this partnership," said Police masks right now. They are helping serve Sergeant Wahed Magee with the City of a tremendous need in our community, Mountain View. and, on behalf of the city of San Mateo, I Prior to this event, the Bay Area chap- would like to thank Sewa for its gener- ter had distributed almost 20,000 KN95, osity during this difficult time," said N95, surgicaland hand-made masks and Drew Corbett, City Manager for the City face shields to the United States Postal of San Mateo. Service, Valley Medical Center, Kaiser Food to the Homeless Permanente, San Ramon Police Depart- In addition to the protective gear, ment and many other medical and Sewa volunteers also distributed over emergency service responders. 1500 food packets and meals to the For detailed story visit Oakland and Mountain View homeless www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 Community Across America India Post 21 www.indiapost.com The lighter and sad side Letter to editor of Lockdown A reader's letter to the Media omething macabre, something nence. But lynching of the two Hindu A.Q. SIDDIQUI Sdiabolic has happened. Two Hindu seers got censored by Telegraph. Suf- ockdown has forced many within never indulge too much in something seers of Varanasi Junah Akhara were ferings or the injustice or, wrongs done 4-walls for most of time, almost ev that really does not matter to you. The murdered by lynching in Palghar of to Hindus are not deemed right to print Lerywhere, except few affluent and fate often corners such a person. Maharashtra, by a mob of hundreds by Telegraph and they censor it. richest who are holidaying in their farm Much is said about increase in do- with a contingent of policemen as Similar situation draws different houses and resorts. How did they reach mestic violence. Where men are fre- mute spectators. In fact Swami fate. One Mohammed Aulakh, was there is any body's guess? Daily up- quently targeting anger missiles on Chekhani Maharaj Kalpabrikkha, 70 lynched in 2015 in Uttar Pradesh on dates on social media and newspapers helpless wives. But nobody has said a years old, was beseeching the police charges of carrying contraband cow have plenty of good and bad stories word about oppressed husbands at the officer to save them, by holding his meat in a small town of UP. The news about lockdown. And now here is hands of tyrant wives. There are many hand but the police betrayed the trust, attracted New York Times, 10,000 lockdown-3. men who only escape such wives dur- by handing him over to the blood- miles apart, that carried the news in Barbers are doing home service. They ing working hours. Now they are also at thirsty mob. condemnation of the acts; on the anni- are knocking door to door and asking if home and bearing all cannon fires 24 This happened the night of 16 April. versary of Aulakh's death, they carried someone needs a haircut? One barber hours. Videos of wives yelling at hus- Media reported it almost immediately out remembrance but surprisingly is claiming to have all sanitized tools. A bands and dumping small kids in their in couple of lines here and there. So- when in early 2019, 3 public lynching Delhi man sent his selfie to a friend laps are seen in social media. cial media was active and some TV was acted in and around Kolkata showing that he used barber's home There are more instances of lighter channels came up late on the 20th within a span of 30 days where 3 Hin- service and did clean shave his head, side of Lockdown but sadly, these with details. So anxiously I was prying dus were brutally killed, that news "You never know how long the Lockdowns are hardest time of life for for getting a written report in your was not reported in New York Times. lockdown will go on, so better to follow thousands of poor who have no liveli- paper. So on the 21st and since, I have So also we are not surprised that the Anupam Kher Ji and save money." hood, no money in hand, no food. There been anxiously looking for a full report. execution of these two seers is not a A social post said after losing case in are so many sad videos in social media I hoped that it will be reported in your testimony by the international news UK high court, Vijay Mallya has aban- that you will wonder do we still have a paper but it was not. This gory incident media. Unfortunately in India itself, the doned the idea for ap- humanitarian concept deserves the detailed attention the same pattern evolves when the Hin- pealing to UK Supreme A social post said among us? You are not public needed. It should have been dus are suffering, getting tormented Court and he is seri- a human being if your the first page headliner. or murdered in their own country; the ously contemplating to after losing case in UK heart will not cry out On 21st instead this was one of the newspapers are not carrying out the move to India. Preven- high court, Vijay when you look at the headline news - "Draconian law same news with such attention. NYT tion is better than cure. pictures of poor against PM - critic journalist" by almost always refrains from reporting Safer haven for him.He Mallya has abandoned people searching for Mujjaffar Raina, where The Telegraph terrifying torture and cleansing of Hin- knows that there are the idea for appealing discarded vegetables was expressly agitated that Masrat dus in Bangladesh, like the newspa- no reports of COVID-19 in a garbage spot, mi- Zahra was booked and an FIR filed by pers of India. in Indian jails. And he to UK Supreme Court grant workers walking the central police. A young journalist Thank you. can plan his own and he is seriously miles in hot weather was simply booked, not arrested, yet Pabitra Chaudhuri comfortin a personal with their meager be- the matter was given alarming promi- Brooklyn, New York 11218 cell. It will be less ex- contemplating to longings on their pensive, more com- move to India. heads. fortable and no risk. Prevention is better I wish someone take Indian association of surgeons But luck is not in fa- a bunch of money and vor of Bollywood than cure. Safer haven go on distributing help corona victims singer Sonu Nigam. for him them so they can buy Remember what he food of their choice at n any given week, approximately This group is self-funded and as tweeted in 2017? That least for a day. They are O1.2 million foreigners travel to little as $100-500 with free medical his sleep is disturbed everyday with not beggars. They are most hard-work- the United States for business, to visit advice to free samples could help early morning Azaan from a neighboring people. Let experts moot plans for family, or tourism. When COVID-19 hit, provide quality health care to those hood mosque. Everyone was surprised, resuming construction and small indus- U.S. flights shut down so quickly that stuck in the US for the foreseeable including actor Raza Murad, that how tries' work. an estimated 2-5 million foreigners future. Physicians from California, come he was disturbed in the tranquil- The social media also has a heart- were stuck in the U.S. Washington, Oregon, Utah, Phoenix ity of his airconditioned bedroom. rending viral video of a political leader Given the pandemic, health is an and Nevada are already seeing more The singer in controversy, is in news coming out of his air-conditioned bun- important concern for this group, not than 50 stranded patients a day and again. This time the luck is really not in galow and yelling at a vegetable ven- just for COVID, but also trying to get they're looking to expand their ser- his favor. He is forced to stay back in dor, "Do not come in this locality again." access to prescriptions and regular vices to those stuck on the East Dubai due UAE lockdown. An Islamic Even he did not have a heart to see that health care without U.S. health insur- Coast. country where all 5-times Azaan (call for a small boy is pulling the cart for his fa- ance. Working with embassies and "Our group of physicians has seen a prayer) is sounded on loudspeakers. ther. consulates across the U.S. the IASA very unusual surge of elderly patients During eerie silence of lockdown, only How much they make for the whole (Indian American Surgeons Associa- with chronic medical issues on life-sav- call for prayer is loudly heard all over day parading in different localities? My tion) has been working to help treat ing drugs for heart and diabetes stuck Middle East. advice to this MLA, be it known to you this vulnerable population. Particu- in the US, with lack of medicine and No wonder, before anybody pull his that Creator for you and that vegetable larly as telehealth has opened up, lack of care providers," Vyas says. leg, Sonu Nigam has deleted his twitter vendor is same. And Creator was watch- doctors from all over the country can Dr. Dinesh Vyas account. But fact remains that now he is ing how you oppressed an innocent virtually meet with stranded interna- Surgeon, Chair, Department hearing Azaan 5-times a day and much person. Think in line of your faith what if tional travelers and help treat com- of Surgery, California North louder than what he heard in his bed- the Creator decides that in next birth mon health concerns and fill prescrip- State University room in Mumbai. you will be the vegetable vendor and tions. Vice President, IASA Here we have a lesson that teaches he will be in your place? 22 India Post Community Across America May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com Indian-American nurses at the forefront of Corona fight

Cont’d from page 17 week. He had come to the hospital for serving as the President of NAINA, the this association." kidney transplant, and had subse- foremost organization for all profes- As U.S. health care facilities struggle Our mindset is one of preserving the quently developed Covid and was sional nurses of Asian Indian heritage in to fill current registered nurse staffing unique attributes of our roles while em- faced with several complications. the US since 2006, said. vacancies, a more critical nurse bracing the progress that helps us excel." There are several nurses who have SumanaGaddamrightly points out, undersupply has been foreseen over the During this pandemic affecting the sacrificed their lives while caring for the "Nurses aspire to create a kind of cul- next few decades. Nurses who migrate entire world, the role of Nurses has be- patients with Covid 19. Aleyamma John, ture that "Everyone Matters", a culture from India to the US undergo both socio- come even more challenging in every 65, a registered nurse at a New York that puts people first and where true cultural and workplace adjustments. possible way. A nurse observed, "The City Queens Hospital Center, passed success is measured by the way we They deal with loss, change and sacrifice. stress level at work is unprecedented. Workplace adjustments include commu- We work hard to keep people alive. It's nication issues, dealing with a new painful and traumatic to watch my pa- healthcare system and adapting to an tients die without being allowed to see expanded role of nurses. However, in a their loved ones even at their death bed. very short time, they adapt and master Working in ICU wearing N95 mask for 13 the skills and shine as the best among hours gives me terrible headaches. I get the nursing community. home and cry in the shower because I Nurses from India and those of Indian don't want my family to see it." origin have made an impact on the pa- The experience of thisnurse is shared tients they care for. In recent decades, by many around the country.Shyla who the US has been looking to India to alle- works in the Medical ICU at a leading viate its shortage for nurses as Indian healthcare facility in Connecticut says, schools are churning out professionals "In the past few weeks, the entire unit matching American standards. "India is is filled with only COVID patients now. now being recognized as an area which The large ICU has been turned into ex- offers bachelor-degree nurses and a clusively for treating COVID patients, good health care system with an abun- calling it now Covid-ICU." dance of nurses," Mary Prascher, HRD Describing that all the patients with manager at Texas- based Triad Hospitals are "extremely sick, and most of them Indian Nurses (courtesy Ajay Ghosh) was quoted as saying by the Dallas are on the ventilator for weeks, it is very Morning News. depressing to work with patients dur- away on Tuesday, April 7. She began her touch the lives of people in which all ''It is the next revolution,'' said ing this pandemic," Shyla says, "We are career at Parker Jewish Institute for members can realize their professional SujanaChakravarty, secretary general of working hard all day and night, don't Health Care and Rehabilitation, before and personal gifts matters, and share the Trained Nurses Association of India, see the progress in several patients." moving on to the NYC Health + Hospi- those gifts with others. Everyone mat- a trade group in New Delhi. ''And nurses Kavya from Long Island, New York tals system in 2003. ters is about everybody's value, that we are already outwitting software pro- who works in a Rehabilitation Unit at a "We honor Aleyamma's record of ser- all count, that we all should stand tall grammers by getting paid a lot better.'' local hospital says, "Now we are treat- vice to the patients of New York, and her for who we are, as we are. At the end, it While expressing deep sorrow for ing only post Covid patients on my Unit. career spanning record of National As- is about truly caring for every precious the loss of Asian American Nurses and Among all the patients and negative sociation of Indian Nurses of America human being whose life we touch. It's several others, who have been diag- news about the losses, I was glad to dis- (NAINA) membership and participa- all about bringing our deepest sense of nosed with Covid positive, Agnes charge a 68yrs old patient home last tion," Agnes Therady, RN, and currently right authentic caring and high ideas to Therady says, "As we look to the future, I am confident that we can work together to improve our lives and that of others, innovate our practice, and rise to the top as authentic leaders and exceptional nurses. The success of NAINA is largely driven by the dedication and commitment of its members, their countless hours of selfless service and hard work." Nurses such as Mary, Shyla, Ciji and Kavya continue to play a critical role to alleviate patients of their illnesses, especially during this time of pandemic,and provide critical care to the patients in this country. During these testing times, it's a challenge to stay positive at work and at home. Kavya and her husband who also works in the healthcare field, were both positive for Covid. They have now recovered from the deadly virus and have re- turned to work. Kavya says, "I hope we have some antibodies at home. My two daughters are doing their on-line classes, which they are not excited about. But this is the new reality we have to live with day in day out." May 8, 2020 Community Across America India Post 23 www.indiapost.com Sewa International volunteers help preparing masks GEETHA PATIL

Masks for health care workers

promoting volunteerism -said one of world in which all people live in harmony, the volunteers. They really stand out as free from suffering. It has a mission to an exemplary volunteer group and in- serve humanity in distress, aid local com- SEWA helps making masks spire many people around the world munities, run developmental projects for wishing to offer help to the needy com- the underserved, and assist people in BOSTON: A group ofdedicated volun- unteers how to make facemasks but munities. They are truly our Public He- the transformational change through teers from the Sewa International, USA, also gathered and distributed clothes roes! the power of innovation by mobilizing Boston chapter started a project called and machines to them without their Sewa International is a Hindu faith- partners, donors, and volunteers 'DIY masks for healthcare professionals physical contact. All the volunteers are based, humanitarian, nonprofit service For more information about Sewa In- in the wake of Corona crisis The aim is using the technology more efficiently organization founded in 2003. Its vision ternational, USA, Boston Chapter, please to address a severe shortage of face and effectively to communicate with is to serves selflessly and create a posi- visit their website at https:// masks in Massachusetts each other, and to pickup and delivery tive impact. Its volunteers strive for a sewausa.org/chapter/boston/ Sewa volunteers recently scheduled materials from end-to-end. They are a virtual hands-on session for teaching strictly following the hygienic and so- sewing and making of facemasks. More cial distancing procedures while mak- than 50 volunteers from the community ing and delivering facemasks. Transparency: Pardarshita Parents are in- volving their children in this com- documentary released munity service SURENDRA ULLAL while working CHICAGO: A political documentary ity that counts in the end is the inter- from home. These series with6-Episode in Hindi lan- pretation, which is profound, and that young children are guage titled "Transparency: interpretation can only be enhanced lending their help- Pardarshita" has just been released. with the presence of songs which re- ing hands in mea- The series documents the sentiments verberate the true emotions associ- suring and cutting of the India Against Corruption ated with a story. the fabric. They are Movement (Anna Andolan) and ex- A very soulful and melodious also helping their plores the trajectory of the move- songs bearing on the narrative of this mothers and ment along with the backstage sce- Documentary is grandparents to narios that led to subsequent politi- Bol Re Dill Bol - Singer: KailashKher, finish their task cal developments. Music Composer: PraveshMallick, Lyr- Volunteers at stores professionally. The Directed and Produced by Dr. ics: AnnuRizv. One can listen to this commitment of MunishRaizada, it highlights the issue song here: https://youtu.be/ ranging from kids to elderly actively Sewa International volunteers is com- of political funding done by the EKtddPWnp8E participating in the project and pro- mendable in this critical time. They are AamAadmi Party (AAP) whose gen- "Bol Re DilliBol" reflects the senti- duced more than 800 masks so far for determined to accomplish and foster esis lies in the famous Anti-corruption ments of all those who had a vision to the healthcare workers. the Sewa International's three-fold mis- Movement. see the change in Indian political sys- The Sewa international volunteers sion of serving the community in dis- The power and appeal of a docu- tem through AamAadmi Party (AAP). not only taught these community vol- tress, aiding the local community and mentary is the way it alters and plays After coming to power, AAP gradually with the way in which a viewer re- dismantled its core principles, aban- lates to and understands the subject, doned its idealism and slaughtered NEWS and so to the appeal of songs and the trust of thousands of people who music. In documentaries, we deal dreamt of a corruption-free India, on your desktop with the actual and in one sense with says Dr.Raizada. The song is a call for the real but the really "real", is some- every common man to speak up www.indiapost.com thing deeper than that. The only real- against injustice and fiddle promises. Realty Tidbits Padam Dugar elected CREDAI Chennai chapter President Govt to safeguard CHENNAI: Real estate developers body Confedera- interest of tion of Real Estate Developers'' Association of India homebuyers: Puri Real Estate (CREDAI) has announced the appointment of Padam Dugar as new president of its Chennai chapter. NEW DELHI: Union minister Dugar succeeds W S Habib and would be holding Hardeep Singh Puri has said the post till March 2022, a press release said. Mehul the government will soon issue H Doshi and Mohammed Ali have been elected Vice- an advisory to states about Presidents while M Arumugham is the new secre- special measures that need to 24 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 tary. PTI be taken to safeguard the interest of homebuyers and all other real estate industry stakeholders. South India's No. 1 real estate company - In a statement, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) said COVID-19 has al- Alliance Group rolls out Lockdown offers ready disrupted construction CHENNAI: Business Wire In- lockdown period. activities due to reverse migra- dia The present financial insta- The best investment option during these 145 customers have re- tion of labor at large-scale and bility across the globe has uncertain times is definitely investing in a 'REAL posed their trust in the Alli- disruption of supply chain of raised serious concerns about ance by booking properties various construction materials. ASSET REAL ESTATE'. It is safe, secure and also the safety and security of the worth Rs. 61.5 crores in the Several real estate projects guarantees good appreciation and different investment options first 21-days (25th Mar 14th have been affected due to the available. Crashing stock mar- consistent returns Apr) of the lockdown. coronavirus-induced nation- kets, fluctuating gold prices Alliance with over Rs.14,000 wide lockdown. and some banks going bust are crores worth of projects translat- An urgent meeting of the The best investment option a happy ending during this giving investors nightmares ing to 36 million Sq. Ft. (3.6 crore Central Advisory Council (CAC) during these uncertain times is lockdown period. and fear regarding the Sq. Ft.) under various stages of ex- constituted under the provi- definitely investing in a 'REAL Alliance Group, South India's safety of their invest- ecution in Chennai, Bengaluru, sions of the Real Estate (Regu- ASSET REAL ESTATE'. It is safe, renowned real estate devel- ments. Hyderabad and Visakhapatnam. lation and Development) Act, secure and also guarantees oper and its flagship brand Our new customers have ben- 2016 (RERA) was held recently. good appreciation and consis- Urbanrise have come up with efited from amazing offers like, The meeting was also at- tent returns. Individuals look- never before seen offers. These No Pre-EMI till handover and Free tended by NITI Aayog CEO ing for the right investment offers are applicable for Gold Gift Vouchers. Amitabh Kant and ministry sec- option and home seekers on the bookings dur- The Pioneer Property Devel- retary Durga Shanker Mishra. the lookout for their dream ing the oper Urbanrise has been ad- There was a demand for pro- home have reasons to re- judged as #1 Real Estate Brand viding special relief for the real joice as their quest in the Aspirational Home Seg- estate sector so that it is able to would come to ment in South India; by the cope with adverse impact of Times group in 2019. Alliance the current crisis, it stated. and Urbanrise projects are "The MoHUA will soon issue funded by the World's& India's an advisory to all RERA/states best financial institutions; about the special measures hence buyers can rest assured that need to be taken to safe- of the on-time completion of guard the interest of the projects. All the projects of homebuyers and all other real Alliance and Urbanrise are ap- estate industry stakeholders," proved by RERA and hence Puri was quoted as saying in give ample security to buyers the statement. PTI and investors. No Pre-EMI (PEMI) offers No pre-EMI offer by Alliance Hospitality, retail, construction hardest hit Nevada jobless and Urbanrise is very attractive and appropriate at this junc- LAS VEGAS: The number of Gov. Steve Sisolak's office 16.8%, was the highest in state week, told a state Legisla- ture of time when buyers face people filing new claims for and the state Department of history. In January and February, ture budget panel the state the tough task of managing jobless benefits in Nevada is Employment, Training and Re- the state unemployment rate jobless office used to handle the rent and PEMI. Depending closing in on 390,000 since habilitation didn't immediately was a lowest-ever 3.6%. 10,000 claims per month, on the project they chose, from casinos and other businesses respond to emails about the Heather Korbulic, who was but now sees an average of the wide options available, were shuttered to prevent data. The department last week named the department's new 10,000 claims per day. buyers would save about Rs. 2 spread of the coronavirus, reported the jobless rate, at interim director earlier this Staff members said they lakhs to 6 lakhs on the book- the U.S. Department of Labor are trying to automate and ings done during this said. streamline processing with lockdown period. More than 45,000 people methods including having 100% Refund of booking ad- filed first-time claims for un- employers submit lists of vance employment benefits last workers who have been Many of the customers who week. That equates to more idled rather than individually booked during this period have than one in four workers with certifying each person's em- not been able to visit the project jobs in Nevada in February fil- ployment status. AP location owing to the lockdown, and have booked their houses ing for benefits since the For detailed story visit week of March 21. www.indiapost.com without visiting the project. Business Wire India/PTI May 8, 2020 Real Estate Post India Post 25 www.indiapost.com Sell inventory at 'no-profit, Investment in Indian realty reach $6 B in 2019: CBRE no-loss': Gadkari to realtors NEW DELHI: Investments into the Indian real estate sector surged 27 per cent in 2019 to $6.06 billion, according to a CBRE report. MUMBAI: Union Road Transport and Highways Min- come forward with some plans that can be proposed In 2018, the sector had received a total invest- ister Nitin Gadkari has asked real estate developers to to the government, it will certainly help the development of around $4.76 billion. clear their inventory without looking for high profits ers with liquidity. The investment activity in all the key segments to save interest costs. NAREDCO national President Niranjan Hiranandani was led mostly by foreign players who contrib- In his address at a webinar organized by the Na- said: "His suggestion about real estate developers also uted to the tune of 65 per cent, said the report. tional Real Estate Development Council (NAREDCO), diversifying from plain residential real estate to infra- According to the report, the investment activi- Gadkari said that developers are sitting on huge in- structure and new asset classes like warehousing, in- ties were dominated by office sector and devel- ventories and they should sell flats at 'no-profit, no- frastructure, logistics to keep liquidity flowing and opment sites or land, with each commanding loss' or whatever price they get for a liquidity boost functional was a brilliant suggestion." around 40 per cent inflow of funds. It was fol- and then move ahead. lowed by 11 per cent investment in hotels. He also suggested to The investment in development sites and lands the industry body that real in 2019 saw a 5 per cent increase as compared to estate companies could 2018. have their own NBFCs in Anshuman Magazine, Chairman and CEO, India, the line with automobile South East Asia, Middle East and Africa, CBRE, said: companies. "The healthy investment activity in the real estate "(Many) Automobile sector is a testimony of its performance and resil- companies like operating ience. With the industry becoming more orga- their own finance compa- nized, transparent, and profitable, it will continue nies for benefiting the cus- to attract investments from global as well as do- tomers. Even associations mestic players." should form their own The report said that Mumbai, National Capital NBFCs to run the business. Region (NCR), Bengaluru and Hyderabad led This will help developers to among the cities in terms of investments. IANS provide cheaper loans to home-buyers with faster approvals," Gadkari said. "The real estate industry should adopt new technologies and reduce their Nitin Gadkari construction cost which will help the sector to generate more demand and Construction and real estate provides employment sell inventory at a low cost," he added. to around 15 per cent of the labor force in India, con- The Minister also said that the Central and the state tributing nearly 8 per cent of India's GDP, and his sug- governments are planning to purchase housing quar- gestions will definitely take the share to higher num- ters for employees on a large scale and if associations bers, Hiranandani added. IANS Dunleavy signs bill lowering US pending home sales sank rates for Pioneer Homes JUNEAU, Alaska: Gov. Mike Dunleavy has signed legislation that would undo rate increases for 20.8 per cent in March state-supported elder-care facilities implemented last year by his administration. The state last year expanded from three to five BALTIMORE: US home sales showed signs of collaps- buyers are now also coping with a rattled stock market the levels of care offered at its Pioneer Homes ing in March, as the number of contract signs plunged and an uncertain job outlook, as 26 million people have and raised rates between 40% and nearly 140%, sharply because of the coronavirus outbreak. filed for unemployment aid in the past five weeks. to levels officials said was more in line with the The National Association of Realtors said that its pend- Still, the Realtors expect sales to begin recovering cost to provide services. ing home sales index, which measures signed buyer con- once the outbreak subsides because mortgage rates In March, the Legislature passed a bill reduc- tracts, plummeted a seasonally have been historically low. ing prices for the first four levels and allowing for adjusted 20.8per cent in March Housing had been looking up inflationary increases. The bill allows Alaska's from the prior month to a read- before the virus spread. The health department to set a monthly rate it deems ing of 88.2. Census Bureau has said the sufficient to compensate the state for care and That is the lowest level since home ownership rate climbed support for residents receiving the most compre- May 2011, when the housing during the first three months of hensive level. The cost for that tier currently is market was still dealing with this year to 65.3per cent, up $15,000 a month. foreclosures and crashing from 64.2per cent a year earlier. The state health department, in a fiscal analy- prices from the Great Reces- The share of people under sis, said the bill sets rates that are an average of sion. Pending sales have fallen 35 owning homes has jumped 26% less than the costs of providing services. 16.3per cent from a year ago. to 37.3per cent from 35.4per Dunleavy spokesman Jeff Turner said the The economic shutdown recent a year ago, though they governor's office had nothing to add beyond con- sulting from COVID-19 has hit real estate hard. have been less likely than prior generations to own a firming Dunleavy had signed the bill. AP Sales listings were already tumbling, but would-be home. AP 26 India Post Horoscope May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com Your Weekly Future

by VANEET SHARMA MAY 8TH to MAY 14TH 2020

MAR 21 to APRIL 20 JUN 21 to JULY 22 SEP 23 to OCT 22 DEC 22 to JAN 19

he first half of the his week will be n the beginning of ou shall be free T week is highly T better for your I the week you Y from all ten- favorable, the mid state of mind, health shall get relief from sions in this week and frustrating whereas and happiness as com- your mental tensions. would come out of all the weekend shall be pared to the previous You would be doing types of problems. great for your success. As per planetary week. you might suffer from the prob- some experiments in your love life. Your health shall be great. In the first half transit you shall be getting great results lems of mood swings in the beginning Initially in the first half of the week of the week you shall enhance your as- without any damages to any area of life. of the week. But later it shall be a great there shall be probability of improve- sociation with family members whereas Domestic atmosphere shall remain un- period for achieving something special ment in education, love life and in the latter half of the week you would certain. Mid of the week is average for in the area of work. The last days of the children's affairs. You shall earn lot of be concentrating more on your social life your happiness and health. You are ad- week are showing more gains. As per reputation in society. The last two and work area. It would be a wonderful vised to keep your patience intact and if planetary transit you shall be getting days of the week shall be very bad week for your progress at work but you you do that then this week shall bring in great results without any damages to any for your happiness and decision-mak- need to put a check on your being extra excellent results. area of life. ing. generous and carefree in this week.

APRIL 21 to MAY 20 JULY 23 to AUG 22 OCT 23 to NOV 22 JAN 20 to FEB 19

his week is excel irst half of the week eginning of the n the beginning of T lent for travel, F is average for your B week indi- I the week love and finance. In happiness and health. cates some mental there might remain this week and the be- You are advised to keep tensions, which shall little stress however ginning is good for your patience intact and disappear completely from 10th April every- work area and decision-making. From 9th if you do that then this week shall bring after some time. You are advised to be thing shall be alright. The 12th & 13th of May you shall become amazingly ac- in excellent results like tremendous ap- cautious about your domestic atmo- are good dates for decision making and tive and focused. You shall be doing very preciation for rendering excellent sphere in this week. In the mid of the it shall be a great period for achieving well professionally especially with the consultancy service and giving advice to week you might have to go on a journey something special in the area of work. support of partner/spouse. Your spouse people. There shall be tremendous im- to meet some influential person. The last The last days of the week are showing shall be playing key role in shaping your provement in your emotional relations day of the week indicates enhancement more gains. There is probability of get- destiny. Your social life, relation with especially with spouse. The last day of the of your strength with the help of a female. ting injury etc too therefore you are ad- friends and relatives shall help you do week is giving an indication of attainment You shall be spending money on yourself, vised to be cautious. Avoid getting into better in all areas of life. of great recognition in work area. your family and on journeys in this week unnecessary argument with people.

MAY 21 to JUN 20 AUG 23 to SEP 22 NOV 23 to DEC 21 FEB 20 to MAR 20

n this week you are he beginning of n the beginning of he beginning of I likely to face T the week shall I the week you T the week is not serious anger and ag- mark lot of activity in are likely to spend auspicious for your gression related is- matters related to time with family mem- happiness and state of sues. Sudden financial children. In the first bers. You shall be hav- mind. You need to gains are indicated but you might have half of the week you shall be getting op- ing enough funds and you shall extend keep your patience intact and work some unnecessary arguments with fam- portunity to travel but you might not one or other type of help to all who are on your anger management issues. ily members. You shall be happy with avail it because of the attainment of com- dependent on you. Your competitive After the mid of the week towards some relief in financial matters with plete favor of destiny with lot of plea- spirit shall be at its best and you would its end you shall see tremendous in- some sudden gains and betterment and sure at your place. You might have some continue to increase your personnel, so- crease in your domestic happiness expansion in work area. You shall shine mental tensions and for that reason you cial and political influence. In your social because of sudden and impressive in your social circles and you would be might seek support of family members life you shall continue with your lead role progress on financial front. You shall able to solve your issues with your ac- to get rid of tensions. The last days of and your confidence level, immunity and be taking interest in the study of oc- tive involvement in social activities. the week might remain full of tension. happiness shall also be at its peak. cult.

Kindly read the predictions from your ascendant sign. If you do not know your ascendant sign then read the VANEET same from Moon sign. If Moon sign is also not known then read it from the Zodiac sign. The ascendant sign which is SHARMA calculated from the birth details viz. date, month, year, time & place of birth gives 85 % accurate predictions. The 510-648-4899 accuracy of predictions from Moon sign get limited to only 50 %. The predictions from Zodiac sign are only 25 % “Felicitated and accurate. In nutshell the predictions from ascendant sign are most accurate. In getting personality analysis the traits honored by then President of India Shri given by ascendant sign are 100 % accurate and that is the essence of Vedic Astrology. Pranab Mukherjee" May 8, 2020 India Post 27 www.indiapost.com Philosophy Perspective

ANANDAMAYI MA vided it is accepted as an asrama. Lived in this spirit, it helps man to Policing above political verything is in God's hands, and progress towards Self-realization. Eyou are His tool to be used by Him Nevertheless, if you hanker after as He pleases. Try to grasp the sig- anything such as name, fame, or posi- correctness nificance of "all is His," and you will tion, God will bestow it on you, but immediately feel free from all bur- you will not feel satisfied. The kingdom ADITYA SATSANGI dens. What will be the result of your of God is a whole, and unless you are ot everything has to be politics. conscience of many Americans as to surrender to Him? None will seem admitted to the whole of it you can- Especially, Policing. Law en- the effectiveness of Indian policing. alien, all will be your very own, your not remain content. He grants you just forcement is the single biggest There were other pictures of police Self. a little, only to keep your discontent N duty of the Head of State as mentioned running away from rioters, arsonists Either melt by devotion the sense alive, for without discontent there can in my second book, the Making of a and criminals showing India in a poor of separateness, or burn it by knowl- be no progress. Statesman. It is the duty of the govern- light. Indian nationalists may not like edge-for what is it that melts or You, a scion of the Immortal, can ment to provide security to all sections interference of American agencies but burns? Only that which by its nature never become reconciled to the of society. But especially more to that they also need to know that human can be melted or burnt; namely the realm of death, neither does God al- section which supports nation building. rights apply to all sections of society idea that something other than your low you to remain in it. He Himself The law has to protect the rights of all and not just a few who can make more Self exists. What will happen then? kindles the sense of want in you by citizens. No nation can become great if noise. You come to know your Self. granting you a small thing, only to they ignore the security of its citizens. Americans also know that a particu- By virtue of the guru's power ev- whet your appetite for a greater one. Politics and law enforcement are two lar section of Muslim community erything becomes possible; there- This is His method by which He urges separate subjects. Politics is for making worked against the state working even fore seek a guru. Meanwhile, since all you on. laws to protect citizens. Law enforce- against the government guidelines. ment is to protect the laws. Political cor- This criminal act was not publicly acted rectness is almost like compromising upon by Indian state agencies. That's Without discontent there law and law enforcement both. It is also why most Americans are not attracted against Dharma that stands for truth and to invest in India. American investors can be no progress justice. When justice is delayed the gov- will prefer Vietnam, Cambodia, ernment loses trust of the people it in- Myanmar and Thailand to India because By virtue of the guru's power tends to govern. of their stronger law enforcement. Po- The USA is strong because the sys- litical correctness in the matters of everything becomes possible; tem of Law Enforcement is very inde- state policing reflects India very poorly pendent of the influence of lawmakers. in international circles. No amount of Anandamayi Ma therefore seek a guru The prosecution via District attorney is excellent work being down by its For- almost impenetrable by lawmakers. eign office will dilute that fact. Even though political correctness and India hoping a business & invest- names are His Name, all forms His The traveler on this path finds it dif- accompanying corruption is creeping ment windfall from America or Europe Form, select one of them and keep it ficult and feels troubled, but one who into American justice system, nonethe- will remain illusory unless Indian polic- with you as your constant compan- has eyes to see can clearly perceive less it is still pretty clean of political in- ing improves. Indian leftist Media will ion. At the same time He is also name- that the pilgrim is advancing. The dis- terference in most areas of law enforce- do everything possible to disrupt that less and formless; for the Supreme it tress that is experienced burns to ment. The forensics departments of investment. China has everything to is possible to be everything and yet ashes all pleasure derived from American justice system are highly ad- regain the trust of Americans and Eu- nothing. worldly things. This is what is called vanced and justice is promptly deliv- ropeans, particularly because of their So long as you have not found a tapasya?. ered. Media still cannot influence the jus- law enforcement and stability in social guru, adhere to the name or form of What obstructs one on the spiritual tice and law enforcement. That makes justice. Their methods of governance Him that appeals to you most, and path bears within itself seeds of fu- the US a fertile ground for innovation are the least of concern for investors ceaselessly pray that He may reveal ture suffering. Yet the heartache, the and economic growth. A state, which has because for investors profit is all that Himself to you as the Sadguru. In very anguish over the effects of these ob- a compromised system of truth and jus- matters. truth the guru dwells within, and un- structions, are the beginning of an tice, cannot survive for long. The public perception of China to- less you discover the inner guru, awakening to consciousness. Policing is an important aspect of day is the worst for Americans because nothing can be achieved. Excerpted from 'The Essential Sri keeping sanctity of law. Proactive polic- of social media. However, the main- If you feel no desire to turn to Anandamayi Ma: Life and Teachings of ing depends on a sound intelligence stream media of the USA has largely God, bind yourself by a daily rou- a 20th Century Indian Saint' by and in today's world even social media remained neutral because of Chinese tine of sadhana, as school children Alexander Lipski. The 124th birth an- especially WhatsApp & Facebook mes- dollars. India has to tame their anarchist do, whose duty it is to follow a fixed niversary of Anandamayi Ma was ob- senger. In recent times it has been vali- section of the population to be taken time-table. When prayer does not served on April 30. dated by all American case studies seriously in international circles. spontaneously flow from your where the criminals have extensively Indian military hasn't been used out- heart, ask yourself: "Why do I find 50 SPIRITUAL APPETIZERS used free messenger services to coor- side India to proactively protect India's pleasure in the fleeting things of Vinod Dhawan dinate their nefarious actions. Police interests. That fact also hasn't gone this world?" have always kept an upper hand on ar- down well with American policy mak- If you crave for some outer thing “It’s a lovely book. It feels en- sonists and Terrorists. The riots have ers. Terror emanating from Afghani- or feel specially attracted to a per- ergetically clear and light. It’s been effectively dealt with from their stan, Pakistan and Bangladesh are the son, you should pause and say to easy to read, dip in and out and perspective whether it was Ferguson or issues that Indian policy makers must yourself: "Look out, you are being fas- most importantly it offers information without fluff! Blessings Seattle. address. The world expects not only a cinated by the glamour of this!" Is on this project.” The recent pictures of two Hindu sound national policing but also inter- there a place where God is not? Jac O’Keeffe saints being brutally handed over to national policing from India if India has Family life, which is the asrama Spirituality teacher based in killers by Indian police has shaken the to be taken as a serious global player. (life stage) of the householder, can USA. also take you in His direction, pro- Available on AMAZON, FLIPKART Disclaimer: Views expressed are personal to the author 28 India Post Classifieds May 8, 2020 www.indiapost.com

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www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 Edit Page India Post 29 www.indiapost.com Why has Pakistan deployed LY-80 missiles near the India border? JAI KUMAR VERMA he Prime Minister of Pa- sues. Kashmir and there was extraor- kistan, Imran Khan has Islamabad took Kashmir is- dinary military movement and Tmiserably failed in all sue to different international India may attack Pakistan Occu- spheres. The economy is in forums but most of the coun- pied Kashmir (POK). Foreign shambles, unemployment is tries made it clear that it is an Minister Shah Mehmood NEW WORLD ORDER skyrocketed, and the country is internal matter of India. The In- Qureshi stated in December ovid-19 will be remembered for centuries - how a tiny unable to pay its debts. The Fi- ter-Services Intelligence (ISI) 2019 that he wrote to United Cvirus disabled the entire world population. How vulnerable nancial Action Task Force (FATF) made futile attempts to carry Nations Security Council (UNSC) we are despite having progressed exponentially in science and which sponsors policies to out terrorist activities in J&K but that it should task UN observer human development. In his recent statement, Bill Gates said, "The combat financial crimes includ- failed as the Indian security mission in India and Pakistan to vaccine may take at least 2 yrs. to be developed, which usually ing terrorist financing, money forces eliminated a large num- conduct an inquiry and put all takes 5 to 6 yrs.; if we are lucky, may be less." laundering, etc. is about to ber of terrorists under Opera- facts to UNSC for its consider- Everything will change from now, how we work, eat and downgrade Pakistan from 'grey tion All Out and Operation Cor- ation. live. Even though the world has been developing virtual plat- list' to 'black list'. Imran Khan's don and Search. As the vigil on Pakistan also claimed that In- forms, one never realized that, we would be using this tech- problems are multiplied be- the border was considerably dia deployed missiles just to di- nology to its fullest as seen these days. From now on virtual cause of spread of coronavirus. enhanced it became difficult to vert international attention meetings, WFH and home deliveries will be the new mantra, Most of the countries in the infiltrate the terrorists. India's from its latest moves in Kashmir. and become standard practice for all businesses. Courier world took precautions and en- foreign reserve was growing Pakistan and India have already companies will be delivering everything from groceries to forced lockdown and congre- and was producing more de- fought three wars and India high-tech items. gational prayers were sus- fence items under Make in In- submitted several irrefutable Due to lockdowns, the carbon footprint and other dan- pended. Even Saudi Arabia dia while Pakistan was going proof that Pakistan has gerous chemicals present in the atmosphere are at their banned congregational prayers down and now reached on the launched a low-intensity war lowest in decades. One suddenly realizes, what we have in mosques, but fanatic clerics verge of bankruptcy. against India and infiltrates ter- done to the earth. In the past ten years we have seen tem- of Pakistan refused to obey gov- In view of its failure at almost rorists in the country to carry perature rising, rivers drying up, forest fires and melting of ernment orders and insisted all fields and impending dan- out terrorist activities. our arctic regions. that prayers will be held in ger of more reverses because Pakistan wants to fulfill sev- Aviation industry has been one of the worst hit as per re- mosques. The holy month of of escalating coronavirus, the eral objects by placing LY-80 cent data. At least half of the airlines around the world will Ramadan began from 24 April Imran Khan government has missiles near Indian borders. go bust. Warren Buffet has recently sold all his shares in- and during the month there will deployed LY-80 missiles on the First of all, it wants to win over vested in airlines. The aviation boom, we saw in the last few be more assemblies in outskirts of Lahore, which is less the support of Pakistani masses years, will be undone. The few who survive will have to be mosques and more get- than 23 km from the India-Paki- by saying that country is in dan- supported by their respective governments to stay afloat. togethers for Shari and Iftar. stan border. LY-80, or HQ16A, is ger and India can attack Paki- Seat capacity, being central to profitability, will shift to safety There are fights between secu- a medium-range surface-to-air stan; hence all must support the of passengers, pushing airfares further upward making it rity forces and worshippers defence missile system (SAM). It government, and the public difficult for the average traveller. near the mosques in Karachi was produced by China Aero- should not care about the day- Who are the gainers? Food deliveries will see major growth and other places, as police were space Science and Technology to-day difficulties they are fac- followed by companies like Amazon and other online players. trying to stop mass prayers and Corp (CASC) and introduced in ing. Secondly, the Imran Khan WFH will be a buzzword from now on. Universities and schools were forcing to lock the Chinese armed forces in Sep- government wants to keep the have already been conducting their curriculums online dur- mosques. In these events, dis- tember 2011. The LY-80 can be Kashmir issue alive in national as ing the lockdowns and will see further increase in this sector. tance cannot be maintained, used from mobile ground ve- well as the international field. US universities and other global players can now offer online and it may result in the spread hicles as well as by ships and it Pakistan did 646 ceasefire degree courses on virtual platforms, requiring very little pres- of the pandemic. can engage aerial targets at violations in January and Febru- ence on campuses. Fees will reduce and there will be more Pakistan's government raises high altitude. The mid-range LY- ary 2020 and alleged that In- space in already crowed universities. The same goes for com- the Kashmir issue to gain sup- 80 can also intercept very low- dian forces violated ceasefire panies that do not require staff to attend office daily. The de- port from the masses. Here the flying targets at a distance of 708 times in 2020. mand for commercial real estate will fall and new start-ups Imran Khan government failed up to 40 km. Thirdly, Pakistan also claims will greatly benefit from this. Employees will spend more time miserably as India defanged Ar- The Stockholm International that both India and Pakistan are with families and go on shorter vacations driving rather than ticle 370 and transformed Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) nuclear powers and a war be- taking long flights to distant destinations. There will be more Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir mentioned that three units of tween them will be disastrous money for savings and health related issues. into two independent Union LY-80 were delivered to Paki- not only for the region but for Eating habits will see a major change as the Covid-19 territories. The Indian govern- stan in 2015-2016 and it was in- the whole world; hence interna- started due to countries desiring rare and exotic meats. ment passed the Amended ducted in the Pakistan Army on tional powers must interfere Many will turn vegetarian, out of their own choice. The meat Citizenship Act 2019, under March 12, 2017. Pakistan Army and settle the Kashmir issue. industry will be hit badly from now on. People around the which Indian citizenship was of- conducted its first live firing The deployment of missiles is world are already conscious about organic food and this will fered to few tormented reli- test during exercise Al Bayza- intimidating as well as a threat- further push them towards organically grown food refusing gions minorities, excluding 2019. The missile is also ening gesture to India. How- the use of dangerous pesticides in the industry. Muslims, from three Islamic equipped with six firing missile ever, there will be no war as Pa- Recycling of waste products will be another area of countries including Pakistan. containers locked in two rows kistan is aware it cannot match growth. Even more people will start recycling everything The long-pending Ayodhya of three and it can shoot at a India in a conventional war. from plastic to household goods and even apparels. temple-mosque case was also speed of 600 mph or more. (The author is a New Delhi- The world having witnessed clear skies, minimal carbon and other harmful chemicals footprint after decades; will fi- resolved. Although all these is- In the past Pakistan also al- based strategic analyst and nally opt for switchover to cleaner fuel and renewable en- sues are the internal matter of leged that India has deployed member of USI and IDSA. He ergy systems. The primary dependence on oil will diminish India, the Pakistani government medium-range supersonic can be contacted at as seen already with global oil price. Countries that have in- always interfered with these is- cruise Brahmos missiles in [email protected]) vested with R&D in information technology and healthcare Disclaimer: Views expressed are personal to the author will benefit from the new world order. TOPTOP TENTEN HINDI SONGS

1 Dus Bahane 2.0: Baaghi 3 2 Muqabla: Street Dancer 3D 30 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 3 Illegal Weapon 2.0: t was a disori- Street Dancer 3D enting experi 4 Haan Mai Galat: Love Aaj Kal ence for actress I 5 Bhankas: Baaghi 3 Taapsee Pannu when she tried virtual reality 6 Shayad: Love Aaj Kal (VR) for the first time. 7 Mere Liye Tum Kaafi Ho: Taapsee took to Shubh Mangal Zyaada Savdhan Instagram to speak 8 Do You Love Me: Baaghi 3 about how technology can take us over. 9 Mehrama: Love Aaj Kal (2020) "Trying VR for the first time 10 Dheeme Dheeme: Pati Patni on a holiday was quite disori- Aur Who enting. Bumping into walls n people around made me feel how technology can take us over n make us run into a wall, literally! And losing the level in the end didn't really redeem technology for me," she wrote. Along with it, Taapsee shared a picture that shows her wearing a VR headset. On the film front, she ctress Karishma Tanna has has plenty of projects in her kitty. After giv- A shared her new interest amid ing a stellar performance in "Thappad", she lockdown break due to the will be seen in "Haseen Dillruba", "Rashmi coronavirus outbreak. Rocket" and "Shabaash Mithu". IANS Karishma, who is known for her roles in TV shows like "Naagin", "Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu ctress Dia Mirza has joined women world Thi", "Naagarjuna - Ek leaders, including Melinda Gates and Norway A Yodha" and "Qayamat Ki Prime Minister Erna Solberg, to support the global Raat", took to her Instagram plan for social and economic recovery from the stories, where she shared a coronavirus pandemic. photograph of a guitar Dia, a United Nations Advocate for Sustainable Devel- and described it as her opment Goals, has teamed up with the women world lead- "new interest". ers as part of a global advocacy effort called 'Rise for All'. Recently, she Convened by UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina shared a photo- Mohammed, 'Rise for All' aims to mobilize support for the graph of herself UN roadmap to tackle acing the compli- the development cated inversion emergency emerg- pose of yoga. ing out of the Covid- She is cur- 19 pandemic, and to rently part of the fully fund the UN Re- action reality sponse and Recovery Trust show "Fear Fac- Fund. tor: Khatron Ke Dia is part of an initial Khiladi 10" group of nine prominent (KKK 10), women joining the UN which has Deputy Secretary-General been shot in raising their voices to in Bulgaria save lives and protect with actors livelihoods, urging Ada Khan, Amruta leaders in all coun- Khanvilkar Karan tries, across all sec- Patel, Shivin Narang, tors, to address Tejashwi Prakash, the humanitarian Amruta Khanvilkar crisis of the pan- and Rani demic. IANS Chatterjee, along with co- median Balraj Syal, RJ Malishka and choreographer Dharmesh Yelande. IANS May 8, 2020 India Post 31 www.indiapost.com

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It is not parties, although they continue to push QUICK GLANCE AT THE RESEARCH about Hydroxychloroquine at all. It is their agenda funded by foreign-spon- STUDY about resisting President Trump and sored globalist organizations. Recent Research Study was posted on undermining every single word that desperate stunts by so called Indian- MedRxiv.org (a preprint server), that (1) comes from the President to mislead American elected Democrat officials was NOT peer-reviewed (2) nor pub- people, inciting extreme division and and compromised organizations such lished in a medical journal. ousting President Trump from his as United States Commission on Inter- Patients - Risk of death: 'Compared to seat...a vicious political agenda propa- national Religious Freedom (USCIRF) the NO-HC group, the risk of death from any cause was higher in the HC group' was not considered in the conclusion Study conclusion: (1) Although, the Purnima Nath HC patients had a higher risk of death, the study concluded that 'An associa- xtreme-short-attention-span tion of increased overall mortality was syndrome of individuals has identified in patients treated with forced media businesses to re- hydroxychloroquine alone'. (2) Notice, E think strategies to attract read- the rates of ventilation are higher in No- ership. Their effort has resulted in de- HC vs. HC group patients but the study ceitful, dishonest publications, some- did NOT mention that. times. It has become important that readers use judgment to validate the SO, HERE ARE MY QUESTIONS report. In essence, it can be proven that WHY do you suppose MedRxiv.org true journalism is under tremendous drew such an alarming conclusion? Or danger. In the information age, readers rather, NOT draw some obvious conclu- don't take time to investigate stories. sion? Often, people read the headlines and WHY CNN missed disclosing impor- gated by the liberal media and commu- and United Nations Human Rights form a dangerous opinion. So, whose tant information about the fact that HC nication arms such as CNN, MSNBC and Council (UNHCR) by issuing outrageous fault is it? The media outlets that propa- patients were much sicker and their NPR. CNN or the media channels are not anti-Hindu and anti-Indian statements gate lies? Or is it the consumers who risk of death was much higher from any alone in this conspiracy. Everything is in a deliberate attempt to defame Hin- blindly accept the lies? What about the cause. connected. Here, we can clearly see, dus and malign India (Hindustan), on the organizations in between? Media successfully pushed narra- even the study conclusion was faulty. world stage, was their awful last-resort. On April 21, 2020, (CNN) published tives to malign President Trump for the President Trump was utterly criti- Although 95% Indian-Americans are tra- the article: Study finds no benefit, last 3.5 years. When such articles are cized for restricting international ditionally democrats and support higher death rate in patients taking published, the 'never-Trumpers and flights, when leaders of the opposition democrat candidates, as a Hindu- hydroxychroloquine for Covid-19 with Trump-haters' are quick to dump the political party (Democrats) deeply American, I optimistically see this as a rightful push for the Indian-Americans shifting towards the conservative Re- publican party and overwhelmingly supporting President Trump in 2020. Until next time. *** Briefly about Purnima Nath: An In- dian-American entrepreneur and a Data provided in the MedRxiv.org study community leader. She is an Engineer, strategy and management consultant, an opening statement, "Coronavirus pa- headlines on the rest. An example is mocked him, called him 'racist', and re- and she obtained her MBA from presti- tients taking hydroxychloroquine, a here. India supplies sisted his every directive. What do you gious Northwestern University. She is treatment touted by President Trump, Hydroxychloroquine to 55 Chinese- think CNN (mainstream media) is influ- the founder of Spindle India, Inc., and were no less likely to need mechanical coronavirus-hit countries, including the enced by? I call the global liberal media creator of IndiaFest Milwaukee in State ventilation and had higher deaths rates United States. CNN contributors, Eliza- outlets as the communication arm of the of Wisconsin. Purnima writes on various compared to those who did not take beth Cohen and Dr. Minali Nigam con- Democrat Party. topics including management, global the drug, according to a study of hun- tinue to push theories, such as - 'Grow- Ask yourself - Who are these media issues, politics, policies, philosophy dreds of patients at US Veterans Health ing body of evidence suggests drugs outlets working for? Where is journal- @PurnimaNath www.NathPurnima.com Administration medical centers." may not help patients at all, Trump has ism? Can we expect honesty? Or is it www.PurnimaNath.com

Disclaimer: Views expressed are personal to the author In Brief These key workers, including midwives, UAE Indian missions radiographers, open e-registration for expats Immigration social workers and pharmacists with visas DUBAI: Indian missions in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) due to expire before have opened e-registration for October 1 expats wishing to travel back 33 India Post www.indiapost.com May 8, 2020 home amid the COVID-19 pandemic, it was reported. In a tweet, the Indian Em- bassy in Abu Dhabi announced Indians to benefit from free the details of data collection through the website of the In- dian Consulate in Dubai, reports Gulf News. visa extension in UK In the notice, the mission stated: "All Indian nationals in LONDON: Indians and other ics. Now we are going further Surcharge (IHS) for the dura- In total, approximately the UAE are hereby informed foreign health and care profes- by extending this offer to hun- tion of the extension. 3,000 professionals working that the Embassy of India, Abu sionals employed on work visas dreds of other frontline health The minister also confirmed within the health and care sec- Dhabi and the Consulate Gen- across the frontline of the and care workers, both in the that family members and de- tor and their families are set to eral of India, Dubai, have up- coronavirus pandemic in the NHS and in the independent pendents of healthcare work- benefit from the further visa loaded a form for (the) collec- UK are set to benefit from a extension. tion of data to create a data- further free visa extension an- The complete list of NHS base of Indians who wish to nounced by Home Secretary roles being granted this option travel back to India under Priti Patel. includes nurses, midwives, COVID-19 situation." These key workers, includ- pharmacists, medical But Minutes after posting ing midwives, radiographers, radiographers, paramedics, the tweet, the mission deleted social workers and pharma- therapy professionals, occupa- it citing "technical issues" as cists with visas due to expire tional therapists, podiatrists, some users were having before October 1, will receive speech and language thera- trouble accessing the page. an automatic one-year exten- pists, psychologists, biological Early morning the next day, sion. scientists and biochemists, the Consulate General of India The Indian-origin Cabinet medical practitioners, dental in Dubai reposted the link, minister said that the exten- practitioners and social work- warning that it may take "some sion will apply to those workers. time for the page to load due ing both in the National Health UK Health Secretary Matt to high traffic". Service (NHS) as well as the in- Priti Patel Hancock said: Frontline health Several Indians in the UAE, independent sector, and also in- and social care workers from cluding pregnant women, elderly clude their family members. sector, she said. ers, who sadly pass away as a overseas are doing extraordi- patients, stranded visit visa hold- The latest move builds on Patel added that all the ex- result of contracting the nary work in responding to this ers and those who lost jobs, have Patel's announcement last tensions would be automatic, coronavirus, will be offered im- global outbreak.AP been requesting their govern- month of a similar fee-free ex- free and include exemption mediate, indefinite leave to re- ment to help them fly back home For detailed stories visit tension for NHS doctors, nurses from the Immigration Health main, or permanent residency. www.indiapost.com during the travel restrictions and and paramedics on the COVID- lockdown imposed to prevent 19 frontline. the spread of coronavirus. We are incredibly grateful As first reported by Gulf to all overseas health and care US citizens with immigrant News, the Indian missions workers fighting this invisible were readying to compile the enemy, said Patel. spouses should get help details of those wishing to re- We have already announced turn home following reports the extension of visas for NHS PHOENIX: The Mexican The lawsuit was had their share deposited into from India. AP doctors, nurses and paramed- American Legal Defense and their accounts in the last Educational Fund has sued the filed in Maryland on couple of weeks. federal government over its behalf of six American It's estimated that 2 million denial of coronavirus relief pay- citizens who were U.S. citizens or lawful perma- PRADEEP ROY-SINGH ments to U.S. citizens who are nent residents are married to B.A. LL.B. 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