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THE LARGEST CIRCULATED ENGLISH DAILY IN SOUTH INDIA HYDERABAD I FRIDAY I 3 APRIL 2020 WEATHER WORLD 5 TABLOID Max: 39.4OC NATION|4 | Min: 24.1OC RH: 36% Arunachal CM tweets about Trump doubts China’s Locked down in Rain: Nil lockdown’s end, deletes coronavirus figures an abusive home Forecast: Partly cloudy sky. Moderate rain likely Max/Min temp. 39/24ºC deccanchronicle.com, facebook.com/deccannews, twitter.com/deccanchronicle, google.com/+deccanchronicle Vol. 83 No. 93 Established 1938 | 16 PAGES | `6.00 CORONA C UNT Need lockdown exit plan: PM to CMs CASES DEATHS Curbs may continue in areas identified as hotspots; elderly and children may not be allowed to step out 2069 53 VINEETA PANDEY and sought their suggestions is arrived in consensus senior citizens above the ANIMESH SINGH | DC for a common “exit strate- with the states. age of 65 years and chil- NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 gy” to end the 21-day lock- Mr Modi has reportedly dren below 10. While the TS: 158 09 down in a phased manner PM mum on funds for states told the CMs that India's government and private Nine days after imposing after April 14. fight against coronavirus, sector may start start func- AP: 135 00 nationwide lockdown due “It is important to formu- DC CORRESPONDENT especially from non-BJP MGNREGA wages and in the backdrop of relapses tioning, restrictions on air to novel coronavirus late a common exit strate- HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 ruled states. states GS share. in Singapore and other and train travel will be WORLD CONFIRMED CASES (Covid-19) pandemic, Pri- gy to ensure a staggered re- Apart from Telangana Rajasthan CM Ashok places, will be a long- eased gradually. me Minister Narendra emergence of the popula- Prime Minister Naren- state and Andhra Gehlot said the Centre drawn affair and would Indications are that the Modi on Thursday indict- tion once lockdown ends,” dra Modi on Thursday Pradesh, chief ministers should release a com- continue in some form or government will allow 9,40,000 ed that a staggered end of the Prime Minister said, as remained non-committal of Chhattisgarh and bined package of `1 lakh the other till Diwali. domestic flights to start the lockdown is on the he asked the states to on releases funds to Rajasthan said they are crore for all states. Under a phased easing operating. “We are hoping DEATHS anvil. brainstorm and send sug- states despite a plea from awaiting the Central gov- down of the lockdown, that on April 15 the flights Mr Modi, who held a dis- gestions. The CMs will several chief ministers, ernment’s share in the ■ Another report on Pg 2 sources said people resid- can start operating,” MoS cussion with chief minis- come back with their sug- ing in areas identified civil aviation Hardeep 47,000+ ters of various states gestions which will be dis- hotspots may not be Singh Puri said. COUNTRIES, through a video confer- cussed in the next meeting. have a staggered plan to the country and economic ment is keen that any deci- allowed to move out imme- AREAS WITH ence on preparedness to It is learnt that the gov- end the 21-day lockdown activities to a standstill. sion on a staggered release diately. Restrictions will ■ Page 4: India reports 432 CASES 186 deal with coronavirus, has ernment is planning to period which has brought Sources said the govern- of population after April 14 also remain in place for new coronavirus cases

ASTROGUIDE Wedding ritual without devotees Sarvari; Uttarayana Telangana reports 27 Tithi: Chaitra Suddha Dasami till 12.54 am(Saturday) Star: Pushyami till 6.33 pm Varjyam: Nil Durmuhurtam: 8.39 am to new coronavirus cases 9.28 am; 12.43 pm to 1.32 pm Rahukalam:10.30 pmto12 noon HIJRI CALENDAR Sources claim all Covid-19 cases detected on Shabaan 8,1441 AH April 1 and 2 were those of Markaz attendees PRAYERS BALU PULIPAKA | DC Fajar: 5.08 am HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 Zohar: 12.29 pm Asar: 4.40 pm The total number of posi- ED notice likely Maghrib: 6.34 pm tive coronavirus (Covid- Isha: 7.43 pm 19) cases in Telangana SUNSET TODAY 6.29 PM have soared to 158 on SUNRISE TOMORROW 6.08 AM Thursday, with the gov- on Markaz chief MOONRISE TODAY 1.45 PM ernment reporting 27 new Covid-19 cases in the state. BHASKAR MOONSET TOMORROW 2.14 AM This is the second highest HARI SHARMA | DC number for a single day with bureau inputs after a 30-cases rise on NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 COUNTER POINT Wednesday. Of the 158 total cases, 128 As the coronavirus cases are currently under treat- traced to the Tablighi ment. A total number of 20 Jamaat gathering at patients recovered so far, Delhi’s Nizamuddin including three who have Markaz are skyrocketing been discharged post nationwide, a manhunt is recovery on Thursday. on for its 56-year-old Nine people have died leader Maulana Saad ● from coronavirus infec- Kandhalvi, last seen on Sources in ED said tions till Thursday even- “It is suspected the Priests wearing masks bring out the idols of Lord Rama and his consort Sita for conducting a wedding ritual as part March 28. An audio clip, ing in the state, according meanwhile, surfaced Tablighi Jamaat has of the Rama Navami celebrations at a closed temple in Hyderabad on Thursday. Most temples in Telangana and to the health department’s online Thursday in which links with certain Andhra Pradesh have performed the wedding ritual without the presence of devotees. — PTI official statement.w the maulana claimed he Pakistan and All 57 people found to be was in “self-isolation” as Afghanistan-based Covid-19 positive in the advised by doctors. Police organisations. state over Wednesday and sources said the maulana GOLDEN TEMPLE’S Thursday, hailing from may have been exposed to Investigative All healthcare staff set to different districts, are the coronavirus. agencies are probing from among the thousand In another audio clip, their links with EX-HAZURI RAAGI plus individuals who put out on the Markaz’s foreign organisations, attended the three-day YouTube channel, Maul- including Al Qaeda.” IN BRIEF DIES OF COVID-19 get paramilitary security Markaz of Tablighi ana Saad says “a mosque Jamaat that began on is the best place to die”. Amritsar, April 2: A March 13 in Nizamuddin Over 400 Covid-19 cases In another development, Jan Dhan A/Cs to Padma Shri awardee and Don’t spare anyone who attacks them: Centre in New Delhi, according to are estimated to be linked the Enforcement Directo- former Hazuri Raagi at government sources. to the gathering in March rate is thinking of initiat- get `500 today the Golden Temple who DC CORRESPONDENT ● In another important that there were reports All those who have lost at Nizamuddin Markaz, a ing a money-laundering New Delhi: Women, who was undergoing treat- NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 advisory to the states, that the main reason for their lives to Covid-19 so 100-year-old building in probe against Maulana have bank accounts under ment for coronavirus the Union home min- attacks on doctors and far in the state were also the crowded south Delhi Saad and Tablighi Jamaat the Pradhan Mantri Jan died early Thursday Taking serious note of medical teams was spread those who attended the locality. Officials believe to trace their source of Dhan Yojana, will start get- morning, taking the incidents of attack on doc- istry has further direct- of false and mischievous Markaz. nearly 9,000 of its mem- funds, including foreign ting `500 per month in Covid-19-related death tors and other paramedic ed the states to check information by certain The Central government bers, both Indian and for- funds, if any. their accounts from Friday toll to five in the state, a staff in some parts of the spread “fake news and groups by using different on Thursday acknowl- eign, are at risk. Sources said ED said, “It for the next three months health official said. country, the Union home false information or social media platforms. edged that it was the The police contacted 14 is suspected the Tablighi starting from April. Nirmal Singh, 62, had ministry has asked states propaganda.’’ Thus, the state police has Telangana government hospitals to track down Jamaat has links with cer- According to the Indian recently returned from to take immediate mea- also been asked to closely which first alerted it to the cleric. The crime bran- tain Pakistan and Afghan- Banks’ Association, `500 abroad and tested posi- sures to ensure a foolproof track various social media coronavirus cases from ch sent notices to all seven istan-based organisations. per month will be deposited tive for coronavirus on security for them, includ- facilities. All states have platforms and immediate- those who attended the people (named in the FIR) Investigative agencies are every month under PMGBY Wednesday, the official ing providing them with been directed to deal with ly identify any false or Markaz organised by to give a statement on why probing their links with will be debited between said. paramilitary cover along this firmly and ensure fake news and initiate Tablighi Jamaat. It was on the rules were not fol- foreign organisations, April 3 and April 9. Government Medical with that of the local that foolproof security “immediate and stringent March 18 that Telangana lowed by them. including Al Qaeda.” College principal Sujata police. measures are put in place action.’’ government took into its ■ Full report on Page 7 Sharma said his condi- Senior officials of the for the medical teams,’’ a “We are working at dif- custody 10 Indonesian tion started deteriorat- home ministry claimed senior ministry official ferent levels with the preachers from Karim- ● Some of the coron- uals. In all, 1,030 persons Gold price may ing on Wednesday even- that states have been said. states and closely co-ordi- nagar. Once they tested avirus cases found from the state attended ing and he was put on directed to be ensure that Police departments of all nating with them to positive, it informed the positive on Wednesday the event of Tablighi ventilator support. He stringent security mea- state shave been directed ensure that cases of coro- Centre that this group had and Thursday in Jamaat, where over 9,000 touch new high died at 4.30 am on sures are put in place at to register cases under na remain under check stayed at Tablighi Jamaat. people across the country Chennai: Veteran investor Thursday. The Gurbani hospitals especially when- stringent provisions of and the infection doesn’t The state government, in Telangana are said to had congregated violating and Rogers Holdings chair- exponent was admitted ever medical teams visit law against those involved spread to stage-3 or the its bulletin on Thursday, be from districts which the government’s direc- man Jim Rogers finds that to Guru Nanak Dev suspected hotspots of coro- in such incidents. community level. Thus only provided numbers form erstwhile Medak tion against organising gold will surpass its previ- Hospital here for chest na outbreak. In another important even on Thursday, we and no other coronavirus and Warangal districts event involving a large ous all-time high and go infection after he had “We have come across advisory to the states, the have asked state govern- infections related infor- number of people. “much much higher” as the complained of breath- reports and some inci- Union home ministry has ments to strictly enforce mation such as number of Some of the cases found equities plunge into bear lessness and dizziness, dents where medical further directed the states the lockdown and widely people tested, or number people attended Markaz positive on Wednesday market and world moves she said. He had held a teams have been attacked to check spread “fake publicise the penal provi- of suspects from each dis- from Hyderabad, it is and Thursday are said to into recession. He has also large religious gathering by the public when they news and false informa- sions for its violations,’’ trict or cases found in feared that a bulk of new be from other districts, predicted that he would see in Delhi and some other went to test them or to tion or propaganda.’’ the home ministry official each district. cases could well be from such as erstwhile Medak the “worst bear market” of places. — PTI shift them to quarantine Ministry officials said added. However, given that 603 this large group of individ- and Warangal. his lifetime as the outbreak has saddled governments and companies with debt. POLICE | BRUTALITY Constable was suspended after KTR disapproved of his action; video clip by cops goes viral ■ Full report on Page 7 A-I suspends 200 Wanaparthy cops beat father despite son crying for mercy pilots’ contracts JAYENDRA begging the police not to home minister Mohammed man and his son moving on pleading with and begging The police claimed that he stances. Request you to New Delhi: Air India on CHAITHANYA | DC assault his father, but little Mahmood Ali and a bike to check their pur- the police to stop his father was “misbehaving” with take strictest action on Thursday temporarily sus- HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 did the police care except Director-General of Police pose of travel. The video, to stop the fight. “Uncle, police after being ques- such incidents as this. All pended the contracts of to rain blows on a hapless M. Mahender Reddy to take captured by another cop at stop” the boy was continu- tioned on violation of lock- the exceptional good work around 200 employees In yet another incident of helpless man who was action against the police. the spot, shows the police ously screaming. down rules and on being of thousands of policemen including pilots, who were high-handedness of the offering absolutely no Subsequently, the police constable and a man argu- However, police officers asked to leave his bike is undone by erratic behav- re-employed after retire- police in Telangana, a man resistance. constable was “placed ing followed by the former forcibly put the man and with the police. iour of a few.” ment, as all domestic and from Wanaparthy was The video of the incident under suspension”. assaulting the later, push- his minor son in a As the video went viral, Minutes later, Wanapa- international commercial attacked brutally by the went viral on social media, The incident took place at ing him on the ground and patrolling vehicle, while IT minister K.T. Rama Rao rthy SP Apoorva Rao repli- passenger flights have been cops for violating the lock- and moved several neti- Wanaparty district head- beating him mercilessly. uttering abusive words. tweeted, “Home minister ed to the minister’s tweet suspended in the country down rules. What is more zens as well as politicians, quarters on Wednesday, Meanwhile, the young According to the police, Mahmood Ali saab and apologising to the people. till April 14 to curb the disturbing is that the including the ruling pink when a group of police offi- son of the man, being beat- the incident took place Telangana DGP garu, this COVID-19 pandemic, a man’s son, a minor boy, party politicos, who cers, including a constable en incessantly by the after the man picked up attitude of police is unac- ■ Page 2: Police say man senior official said. — PTI who was at the spot, was requested Telangana state in civil dress, intercepted a police, a minor, was seen arguments and got angry. ceptable in any circum- was angry for stopping him CITY DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 3 APRIL 2020 pg 2

IN BRIEF Movement restricted Covid-19: No juma PIL seeks facilities prayers on April 3 for jail inmates Hyderabad: No Juma con- gregation will be held in VUJJINI ● MR HARAGOPAL submit- mosques on April 3 for the VAMSHIDHARA | DC ted that the three central second consecutive Friday, HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 due to the lockdown. jails, seven district jails, 33 The general public will not Prof G. Haragopal and Prof sub-jails, a women’s jail, a be allowed to gather at P.L. Vishweshwara Rao on Boston school, one open jail mosques for Juma prayers, Thursday approached the and four special jails among but a few selected persons Telangana High Court in other detention facilities will fulfil this canonical obli- individual Public Interest and prisons were all gation in the mosques, while Litigations seeking direc- crowded beyond Muslims will say Zuhr (mid- tions to the state govern- permissible levels. day prayer) at home. ment to address the prob- Likewise, all congregations lems prevalent in the wake ● IN A SEPARATE PIL, Mr related to Shab-e-Barat (the of coronavirus crisis. Vishweshwar Rao sought night of fortune and forgive- G. Haragopal, convenor of directions to the govern- ness), which falls on April 9, Forum Against Repression, ment to supply perishable are also cancelled. Ulema sought directions to the gov- and religious scholars have ernment to take immediate goods in the present lock- appealed to the people to steps for protection of con- down period to the margin- ensure they abide by the lo- victs, under-trial prisoners, alised people, particularly ckdown and avoid congre- including prisoners of con- those who do not have gating as maintaining social science, against falling prey white ration cards. distancing is the lone solu- to Covid-19 pandemic. tion to combating Referring to the March 23 oners convicted of, or cha- coronavirus. order of the Supreme Court rged with, offences involv- in which it laid down elabo- ing jail terms of seven years rate steps for constituting or less could be considered MCEME supports ‘Under Trial Review for parole or interim bail. People stopped outside Gandhi Hospital after security was beefed up following the attack on a doctor on Thursday. — DEEPAK DESHPANDE Committee’, the petitioner Mr Haragopal submitted Thalessemia kids urged the court to direct the that the three central jails, State to follow the guide- seven district jails, 33 sub- Hyderabad: The Indian Army, lines by Interim Guidance of jails, a women’s jail, a Bos- responding to a call by Red Inter Agency Standing ton school, one open jail and Cross Society, organised a Committee, World Health four special jails among ot- blood donation drive to help Organisation titled “Covid- her detention facilities and children affected by Thales- 19: Focus on Persons prisons were all crowded be- semia. The drive was held at 170 returnees hospitalised Deprived of their Liberty”. yond permissible levels. The the MCEME in Secund- The apex court had direct- inmates will be vulnerable erabad. With the lockdown ed that “Each state/Union to the virus, he contended. affecting blood supplies, Territory shall constitute a In a separate PIL, Mr Red Cross sought army Unani hospital in Charminar refers 9 patients to Gandhi high-powered committee Vishweshwar Rao sought assistance to help Thales- ATHER MOIN | DC comprising of (i) chairman directions to the govern- semia-affected children. The HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 KURNOOL FINDS of the state legal services ment to supply perishable Military College of Electro- committee, (ii) the principal goods in the present lock- nics and Mechanical Engi- Government Nizamia secretary (home/ prison) by down period to the margin- neering, in a release, said General Hospital (Unani) RED ZONES AFTER whatever designation is alised people, particularly the blood donation camp in Charminar has admit- known as, (iii) director gen- those who do not have white that began on March 30 has ted 170 persons so far for DELHI MEETING eral of prison(s), to deter- ration cards. so far collected 200 units treatment under Level mine which class of prison- He also sought release of from all ranks of MCEME One Covid-19 on DC CORRESPONDENT ers can be released on funds to import Personal members. The camp will Thursday. Most of the KURNOOL APRIL 2 parole or an interim bail for Protection Equipment continue for ten more days. referred persons had such period as may be (PPE) to safeguard the field Volunteers are screened on a attended the Tablighi District officials have appropriate,”. staff dealing with Covid-19 daily basis for a full medical Jamaat meet in Delhi identified red zones at two It also suggested that pris- cases. inspection, before they can held in early March, places in the city — donate blood. where many infections Kappalabai and Roja were detected. street — after they found Based on initial symp- that several people from `181 cr released toms, doctors have these localities had referred nine patients to attended the Nizamuddin for HMDA works Gandhi Hospital for Markaz religious meeting superlative care. in Delhi. Hyderabad: The state gov- The additional director The district medical ernment has released `181.50 of Ayush and principal of health officer Dr Ram crore towards intensifying Tibbi College, Dr Moh- Giddayay said all sanitation works under the ammed Ahsan Farooqui, arrangements have been Land Regularisation Scheme said that on admission, made to declare these (LRS) to five districts com- samples of blood and sali- areas as red zones. The ing under the Hyderabad va were taken. final directive will be Metropolitan Development “We are waiting for the given by district collector Authority (HMDA) limits. diagnosis report. Persons G. Veera Pandian. According to Municipal who have been referred According to sources, 60 Administration and Urban here for medical check up colonies located in 23 of Development (MA&UD) and quarantine are not the 51 council wards of department, there are 36 ready to stay in the hospi- the Kurnool Municipal Cops thrash a man at Wanaparthy as his son tries to stop municipalities and corpora- tal without an attendant. Corporation were identi- them. tions in the five districts, They have asked the fied as quarantine red including Rangareddy, authorities to allow them District collector R.V. Karnan at the quarantine centre in Sarada Engineering zones. Medchal, Sangareddy, to leave the hospital if College on Thursday. The Old town area, Yadadri and Medak. their reports are found to Prakashnagar, Kallur, and The focus would be on for- be negative,” Dr Farooqui Muzafer Nagar are sus- Cops: Man angry eign returnees and tracking said. pected to be hotspots of their health status. the coronavirus. Officials have been instruct- ● THE ADDITIONAL Khammam collector visits Authorities have ed to provide gloves, masks director of Ayush and advised residents of these for stopping him and other precautionary principal of Tibbi College, areas to totally avoid com- equipment to sanitary Dr Mohammed Ahsan ing out of their homes for From Page 1 ● THIS INCIDENT is one of workers. Farooqui, said that on Tablighis under quarantine the next 14 days, while additional police has been Minutes later, Wanaparthy many incidents of police admission, samples of DC CORRESPONDENT discharged after fourteen quarantine. They will be deployed to see that they SP Apoorva Rao replied to brutality, high-handedness, Farmers unable to blood and saliva were KHAMMAM, APRIL 2 days. tested once again after 14 obey the quarantine the minister’s tweet, saying, violation of rights and taken. “The first report of sam- days. orders. “Sir, we apologise to public unlawfully preventing other transport produce ● BASED ON initial symp- District collector R.V. ples of Tablighi attendees The Collector asked Sources claim that nec- for such behaviour by an on- professionals allowed under Karnan, who visited the has come negative. It is a them to inform health essary measures are duty constable. This inci- lockdown norms to function Hyderabad: The All India toms, doctors have quarantine centre that relief to them as well as officials if any of them being taken to provide dent has been enquired into referred nine patients to and move like doctors and Kisan Congress (AIKC) vice was set up in Sarada the administration”, he suffers from cold, cough residents with grains and and strict disciplinary mediapersons. president M. Kodanda Reddy Gandhi Hospital for Engineering College, met said and added that every or fever. groceries at home for all action has been initiated on on Thursday said that farm- superlative care. persons who had person in quarantine He said that the officials the 14 days. person responsible. We will ● THE POLICE atrocities ers in Telangana are forced ● THE SUSPECTS were returned from Tablighi in should maintain physical are conducting tests on Sufficient medical staff ensure that such incidents have been viraling on social to leave their produce in the Nizamuddin. distance. their family members. is also available in red do not repeat.” not ready to stay in the media and citizens have fields as they were unable to He said that the suspect- Health officials noticed Provisions and vegeta- zones for medicines and When contacted, SP been expressing shock. transport the vegetables and hospital and sought to be ed persons need not 10 persons coming from bles will be supplied to other needs, district Apoorva said, “The person fruits to the market yards allowed to return home worry and they will be Delhi and kept them in them, he said. authorities say. was violating lockdown due to the lockdown. rules. He got angry when unlawfully preventing other In a press statement, police stopped him, which professionals allowed under he demanded that the state led to the incident. lockdown norms to function government should issue Disciplinary action has and move like doctors and identity cards for farmers to been initiated.” mediapersons. Several move their products to Modi silent on states’ request for funds The man and son were late media persons have been market during the set free though a case was beaten, pushed and threat- lockdown period. He asked DC CORRESPONDENTS Mr Rao and health min- severe financial stress on sonal protective equip- capacity but about the registered against him for ened by cops during this the state government to VIJAYAWADA/HYDERABAD, ister E. Rajender attended the state due to Covid-19 ment (PPE) while urging same time we cannot com- violation of the rules. No lockdown in Hyderabad instruct the police to allow APRIL 2 the video conference. and lockdown. the Centre to enhance promise on quality,” Mr case was registered against city and other parts of the farmers on the roads or per- Sources said that Mr Rao Revenues have drasti- supply of testing kits to Modi reportedly said. the policeman. state. mit them to sell the agricul- Prime Minister Narendra while during the issue of cally dried up, while cover more people. Further, Mr Modi sug- This incident is one of The police atrocities have tural produce in Modi on Thursday chose rising cases of Covid-19 expenditure to meet Reacting to CM Reddy’s gested to Chief Ministers many incidents of police been viraling on social the street markets. to remain silent on pointed out that that the healthcare needs have request on enhanced sup- to bring to the Centre’s brutality, high-handedness, media and citizens have Meanwhile, the Chairman release of funds to both Centre release funds to increased multi-fold. The ply of testing kits and notice specific leads on violation of rights and been expressing shock. Telangana Kisan Congress S. the Telugu states to fight the state to help curb the government has had to masks, Mr Modi said the availability of material Anvesh Reddy, in another Covid-19, during a video spread of the disease. defer 50 per cent salary to Centre had been obtain- anywhere in the world, press statement, appreciated conference he held with AP Chief Minister government employees, ing stocks from wherever and promised that he the state government initia- Chief Ministers and dis- Jagan Mohan Reddy he said. they are available across would ensure that they tions for the purchase of cussed measures in con- appealed to Prime He also brought to Mr the globe. are purchased and produce from the farmers. trolling the spread of the Minister Modi to take a Modi’s notice about short- “We are trying to brought to India immedi- virus. generous view of the age of N95 masks and per- enhance our production ately.

LIVING | HELL Houses owners, neighbours want them ousted, family asks them to quit present job Gandhi Hospital guards bear Covid brunt VIKRAM SHARMA | DC avirus, is not a pleasant masks and medical gowns or doctor consultation. HYDERABAD APRIL 2 one. They receive no com- or making them keep a safe “'They (patients or their pliments for their work like distance from each other. attendants) erupt in anger Their workplace is a “den” the doctors and nurses or Since there is a huge rush and frustration and vent it of coronavirus. On duty for even policemen do. On the at the hospital, patients and on us. Some of them get close to 10 hours and more, contrary, they face nasty those suspected of being very close, remove their they are on their toes insults on a daily basis and infected with the virus masks and then start abus- throughout as they go about have to put up with the are getting impatient due ing us. This is where things escorting, assisting and tantrums of patients and to certain inevitable get dangerous,” informs keeping a close watch on their attendants. delays which end up in P,L. Maraiah, a security coronavirus positive The owners of the houses arguments and fights with guard posted on the seventh patients or those arriving they rent, and their neigh- our guards,” says the floor outside the ward. for the swab tests, 24x7. bours, want them out and B. Pradeep Kumar P.L. Maraiah Chief Security Officer of In fact, Mr Maraiah was The life of each of the 100- pressure is building from Gandhi Hospital B. Pradeep the one who was hit by the member team of private family members to quit ing physical attacks as too scared to intervene Kumar. attacker at the hospital yes- security guards securing their jobs. well, as yesterday’s “We face insults and Trouble starts when there terday when he tried to pre- Gandhi Hospital ever since To make matters attack on a junior doctor abuses every day for insist- is a delay in conducting vent the attack on junior the outbreak of coron- worse, they are now brav- showed. The police were ing people put on their tests or arrival of reports doctor and nurses. CITY 3 DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 3 APRIL 2020 Umasankar pg

SHORT TAKES Violation of rules KTR APPLAUDS Full pay for FIVE YOUNG ENTREPRENEURS police, doctors S.A. ISHAQUI | DC He said the government DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 was making arrange- HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 ments for supply of per- Chief Minister K. sonal protection equip- IT and industries minister K.T. Chandrashekar Rao has ment (PPE) kits, N95 Rama Rao on Thursday con- decided on Thursday that masks, hydroxyl-chloro- gratulated five young entrepre- the government will pay quine and azithromycin neurs from Hyderabad who a full month’s salary to tablets, and medical kits made it to ‘30 Under 30’ Asia medical and health staff to conduct tests. 2020 list. The Minister congrat- and the police employees CM K. Chandrashekar ulated Prem Kumar, Ashwin for March. Rao said that all meas- Mocherla, Sandeep Bommi, According to a press ures are being taken to Vihari and Pawan Kumar release from the CMO, Mr provide treatment to Chandana for their success. Rao also decided to pay patients, protection of Congratulating them in a an additional incentive medical staff and achieve tweet, he said, “Congra- for the staff of the two a greater control over the tulations to five young departments, which the spread of the virus. Hyderabadis who have fea- Chief Minister will The Telangana govern- tured in 30 Under 30 Asia 2020. announce in a day or two. ment claimed that initial- Way to go guys. Five of 30 A decision to this affect ly the virus spread under 30 Asia are from taken by CM Rao at a among those who came Hyderabad.” review meeting held at from abroad, and then the Pragati Bhavan in the through them it spread to city on Wednesday. others. “They are all HEALTHCARE In another press recovering, several of release, the CMO them have been dis- GETS `370 CR TO informed that the CM charged and currently, held lengthy discussions none of those cases were TACKLE COVID-19 with senior officers serious or had proved regarding the extent of fatal,” the release from DC CORRESPONDENT spread of Coronavirus in the CMO said. HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 the state and reviewed But positive cases for various steps being taken past few days were all of The Telangana government to mitigate the risk. those who went to a reli- has issued administrative During the meeting, Mr gious congregation of sanction for ` 370 crore to the Rao said that the govern- Markaz Nizamuddin Health, Medical and Family ment was giving top pri- organised by the Tablighi Welfare department to meet ority to the protection of Jamaat in Delhi, because expenditure to control Covid- medical staff, who are of which the state gov- 19 virus in the state. providing treatment to ernment has decided to The Union Home Ministry people infected by or sus- identify, track and con- earlier issued instructions pecting to be having duct tests on all those Youngsters cut cake at a birthday celebration in Ashoknagar during lockdown in Hyderabad on Thursday. — P. SURENDRA and norms to state govern- Covid virus disease. who attended Markaz. ments to meet the expenditure under State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF) in the wake of Covid-19 outbreak. Accor- MAJORITY WANT dingly, the Finance depart- Drones used to ment has issued BRO for an Insurance needed for LOCKDOWN TO amount of `383.75 crore. After examining the matter, the gov- ernment released `370 crore END BY APR. 15 check lockdown with a direction to the special chief secretary of the Health, S.N.C.N. Medical and Family Welfare treating Covid patients ACHARYULU | DC JAYENDRA department to allocate the HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 CHAITHANYA .T | DC budget to authorised officers HYDERABAD, APRIL 2, as per their requirement. IMA says that attack on doctors must be non-bailable offence A majority of people sur- veyed by the Telangana The Cyberabad police KANIZA GARARI | DC ● IMA HAS appealed to doctors who were beaten tant. These problems led police want the national started using Drone cam- ESSENTIAL HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 the Prime Minister to and want the government to patients’attendants get- lockdown to end on April eras for surveillance in to ensure that these acts ting angry. Junior doctors 15. However, there was no the communities during SERVICES CENTRE The attack on doctors in insure families of med- are punished.” There are asked them to sit at one mention of what was the the lockdown period. The Gandhi Hospital in ical personnel to the challenges at the hospital place and not move size of the survey and high-resolution cameras AT DGP OFFICE Hyderabad and the gov- tune of `1 crore in case level as the number of around.” the methodology used. can fly at a height of 400 ft ernment hospital in Niza- of untoward death and ` people being tested have Many of them have been The survey conducted by and record the move- DC CORRESPONDENT mabad has been strongly increased and testing is complaining about the po- the Telangana police on ments of the public. Aerial view from drone HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 condemned by the Indian 50 lakh in case of infec- taking a lot of time. or infrastructure and hyg- the lockdown showed The cameras provided Medical Association tion. The same must be At the same time, sus- iene at the government that 61% of the popula- by Cyient company, also dents. The Telangana State police (IMA) of Telangana. applicable to all people pected cases are not told hospitals. Conditions are tion surveyed wants the have an additional fea- On Wednesday, the essential supplies facilitation A demand to strictly involved in care and their results which is challenging but doctors st- national lockdown to end ture of thermal screen- police have used the centre started a group on implement the law of making them restless. ate that they are trying th- by April 15. ing, however, it is not drone camera at WhatsApp with the samari- assault against doctors treatment of Covid-19 A senior government eir best to ensure that bas- These 61 % also send being used by the police, Shadnagar and tans who are helping the has been urged from the patients, like hospital doctor explained, “We had ics are followed properly. just one person in the and the current purpose Rajendranagar areas and needy people during the lock- central government. IMA staff, nurses, police per- about 300 people to test in The Telangana state family out to buy essen- of usage is only to record on Thursday, it was used down. The needy people can demands that an attack on sonnel and sanitation the last three days and it medical services and infr- tials. About 27% said lockdown violations.In at the Nizampet area in send a message on WhatsApp doctors must be a non- workers. became a major manage- astructure development that the lockdown should order to keep a check on KPHB. ‘9490617523.’ bailable offence. ment issue. People had to corporation has been app- continue for three mon- the errant persons who When contacted, a With the inputs received Dr. Sanjeev Singh Yadav, be segregated and the sup- rised by government offi- ths if two persons from are violating the lock- police official from from other departments and state secretary of IMA, shifts to ensure that there plies were also not suffi- cials to ensure continuous each family are allowed down rules, the Cyberabad commission- the public on requests of food explained, “Seniors, jun- is proper testing and also cient. At the same time, supply of disinfectants out. Only 5% said that Cyberabad police started erate said, “The drone supply, the information will be iors and medical students treatment provided. We all they came from a cluster and medicines to govern- the lockdown should con- using the drone-based camera is being used on a shared with the samaritans are working in different stand in support of the where testing was impor- ment hospitals. tinue for six months if surveillance. The technol- pilot basis. On the main and food will be supplied to lockdown is not followed. ogy has helped the police roads, it is easy to moni- the needy people. And about six per cent to monitor the situation tor the public movement, The police are coordinating had no opinion to offer. in by-lanes and densely but the camera is helpful with Women and Child 3 JOGGERS HIT The survey also revealed populated areas. in keeping a watch on the Welfare, MEPMA, media and IIT survey seeks formulation that people living in The drones are internal and remotely NGOs and volunteers, who are rural areas are following equipped with cameras, located areas.” sharing information about the BY VAN DURING the lockdown rules much thermal imaging pay- Responding to a query, migrant labourers, destitute more strictly than those loads and a sky speaker the official said, “The homes, construction workers LOCKDOWN of relevant policies for Covid living in urban areas. for public announce- drones do have the ther- and others who are in need of HARLEEN MINOCHA | DC crowded settings observed cities. While about 80% of peo- ments. The cameras help mal-imaging facility, but food. DC CORRESPONDENT HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 in public transport such as Emphasizing on the stu- ple in rural areas are str- in providing real-time sit- its accuracy needs to be “The information will be HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 buses, metro and trains. dy in shaping relevant po- ictly following lockdown uations on the ground tested, and we are not shared on the ‘food group,’ a A joint study conducted by Researchers studied data licies related to Covid-19, a rules, in urban only 50% and take the necessary using it for temperature WhatsApp group managed by Three students, includ- Indian Institute of of daily commute patterns member of the team said, of people are doing so. steps to address the inci- assessment.” the police along with the ing a 13-year-old boy, suf- Technology (IIT), Hyde- and visits behaviour col- “given the uncertainties in samaritans who are willing to fered injuries after be- rabad and Bombay, has lected through an online commuters regarding their supply the dry ration and food ing hit by a milk van made some otherwise basic questionnaire survey, with travel behaviour due to to the needy people,” said a during early hours on and intuitive conclusions over 1,900 participants social distancing, it is im- statement from the state Thursday. The trio, hail- including that the lock- which found that aware- portant for policymakers police headquarters. ing from Mekaguda vil- down has decreased the ness about Covid-19 was and local transport author- App to monitor fake news lage in RangaReddy dis- risk of exposure to coron- higher in tier-1 cities com- ities to understand change trict, were out on the ro- avirus due to decrease in pared with tier-2 and tier-3 in travel pattern.” T.S.S. SIDDHARTH the Epidemic Diseases taken against anyone dis- MV ACT VIOLATED, ads for a jog during the HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 Act, 1897. Disseminating seminating fake news, lockdown, said the information on social and rumours. 12,276 MOTORISTS Cyberabad traffic police. In a bid to confront the ris- media platforms without To this effect, ITE&C According to the ing tide of fake news the ascertaining the facts and Dept. of Telangana Gover- BOOKED police, at around 5.20 Cops donate `1.75l for deprived state government on obtaining prior clearance nment in partnership wi- am, K. Sandeep Reddy, Thursday launched a dedi- from competent authori- th Factly Media & Resea- DC CORRESPONDENT an engineering student, DC CORRESPONDENT The 150 IPS probationers formed at the academy to cated website ties is deemed a punish- rch has developed a dedi- HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 his brother K. Santosh HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 and 20 foreign trainees promote sensitisation https://factcheck.telan- able offence under the cated web portal htt- Reddy, a Class IX stu- have contributed `1.75 towards issues such as gana.gov.in. This they said Act and Regulations. ps://factcheck.telanga- Ensuring that the lockdown dent, and C. Bhargav Displaying responsibility lakh to purchase gro- gender, weaker sections, hope will prove vital in the The Supreme Court took na.gov.in. It is aimed at rules are strictly followed, the Reddy, a BBA student, towards society during a ceries and feed ragpick- children and minorities to fight against fake news serious note of the panic dispelling fake news cam- Hyderabad traffic police have were jogging on the out- crisis, IPS probationers ers, migrant workers, achieve the goal of a sen- regarding the Covid-19. created by fake news, but paigns on social media booked 12,276 motorists for skirts of the village. and foreign trainees at the transgenders and orphans sitised police force. The state government it stopped short of govern- platforms and providing involving in various viola- While they were on the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel covering about 1,500 peo- The faculty of the SVPN- has already invoked the ment censorship of news facts and context wherev- tions including the MV Act road near NATCO national police academy ple who have been severe- PA also contributed to the provisions of Section 54 of as asked for by the centre. er applicable. The website and the lockdown rule viola- Pharma company, a milk (SVPNPA), Hyderabad, ly impacted by Covid-19 tune of `1.26 lakh to feed the Disaster Management CM K. Chandrashekar hosts articles on widely tors. The police have seized van heading to Mekag- have contributed `1.75 lockdown for the last one displaced labourers and Act, 2005, and notified Rao in his recent briefing circulated posts on virus 4,459 vehicles temporarily for uda village from Mahab- lakh to feed marginalised week. migrant workers through Telangana Epidemic on the coronavirus lock- on social media platforms violations that would be hand- ubnagar hit the trio people, with the help of an The contributions are community kitchens Diseases (Covid-19) Regu- down also warned that and verifies the claims ed over to the owners only from behind. NGO. part of ‘Samvedi Society,’ organised by an NGO. lations, 2020 framed under stern action would be made therein. after the completion of the lockdown period. On Tuesday, about 1,024 cases were booked by the traf- STRONG | STAMINA Sportsmen seek permission to keep up their demanding physical excerise, practice regimen fic police, including cases where the motorists for dou- ble-riding, 1,814 persons were booked for not wearing hel- mets, eight were booked Athletes fear Covid would take toll on their fitness where the pillion riders were without helmets, 80 vehicles for violating rules laid under SANJAY SAMUEL outs and practice could ● VOICES ARE more important. Former any exemptions. As and restriction of movement, 703 PAUL| DC make them rusty. being international basketball when the lockdown ends, cases for not having valid doc- HYDERABAD, APRIL 2 The 20-year-old Anusha heard from athletes player Subbaiha Chow- the sportspersons can uments, 623 vehicles were Kondaveeti, a three-time saying the long lay-off dary, who is still an ace work extra hard and pre- seized for violation of lock- With the likes of the ace gold medallist in all-India from workouts and player for State Bank of pare for international eve- down rules. Indian sprinter Hima Das university tennis tourna- practice could make India, said: “Life is far nts as all of them have also A total of 12,27 cases were and other international ments and the 17-year-old more important than a been postponed because booked including 11,372 bik- sportspersons, who train Shaik Muba Shiram, who them rusty. fancy medal or two. We the entire world is impact- ers, 19 autos, 643 four-wheelers at the National Institute is the 2018 Federation Cup know that long breaks in ed by the disease.” Jeete- and 67 heavy vehicles. Sports in Patiala, seeking winning tennis player, worried that the current practice will affect the ath- nder Jain, a gym enthusi- From March 23 to April 2, a permission from the gov- have also said the gap in nation-wide lockdown, due lete’s abilities but every- ast said, the lock down total of 1,31,960 cases have ernment to keep up their practice would hurt their Hima Das Anusha Kondaveeti to the spreading of coron- one must realise that what rule should be implement- been booked and 4,459 vehicles demanding physical exer- preparedness and per- avirus, will ultimately we are facing is a global ed strictly, no exemptions have been temporarily seized cise and practice regimen, formance in the sport. win an international sil- rnational sportspersons take a toll on their fitness pandemic.” should be given to any for lockdown violations and similar voices are being According to Omkar ver medal in boxing, “Spe- with strict precautionary and performance, there Dr Ravi Kumar, the sportspersons as the whole traffic violations by the heard from athletes saying Yadav, who coached Nik- cial exemption should be measures in place.” are others who say observ- Indian volleyball coach, idea is to prevent the dis- Hyderabad traffic police. the long lay-off from work- ath Zarini who went on to given to probable inte- While some athletes are ing the lockdown is far said: “There is no need of ease from spreading. 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SHORT TAKES India reports JAMIA STUDENT HELD FOR 432 new cases DELHI VIOLENCE From Page 1 Andaman and Nicobar Islands, 47 from Delhi, 2 New Delhi, April 2: The Travel aggregators have from Puducherry, 22 from Delhi Police on Thursday already started showing Jammu and Kashmir, 33 arrested a student of Jamia airlines tickets availabili- from Telengana, 67 from Milia Islamia for allegedly ty and pricing from April Andhra Pradesh and 16 hatching a conspiracy to incite 15 onwards.India on from Assam. The official communal riots in northeast Thursday reported 432 said that these numbers Delhi, officials said. fresh cases of Covid and are increasing as more Meeran Haider (35), a PhD 15 deaths in the last 24 samples are being tested. student at Jamia, is the presi- hours taking the total in About 9,000 Tablighi dent of RJD youth wing’s country to 2069 positive. Jamaat members and Delhi unit, sources said. On Out of this 1,860 are their primary contacts Wednesday at 10 am, Haider active, 155 cured, 53 de- have been quarantined was called for interrogation by ath, and 1 migrated. Am- till now across the coun- the Special Cell at their Lodhi ong the new cases are two try. In Delhi little over Colony office and was subse- doctors from CRPF and 2000 people were found at quently arrested, the officials AIIMS. Both have no his- the Tablighi Jamaat gath- said. Rajya Sabha MP and RJD tory of travel or contact ering out of which 250 are leader Manoj Jha tweeted, with Covid-19 patients. foreigners. Total 334 with “Delhi Police called him for About 400 Covid-19 posi- symptoms of Covid have investigation and then tive cases have been been sent to hospitals for received orders from above found whose epidemiolog- treatment while 1804 have and arrested Meeran Haider, ical linkage can be traced been put on quarantine. who has been helping people to the Tablighi Jamaat In another scare for during the time of coronavirus cluster, the health min- health agencies, a second outbreak.” istry said on Thursday. case in Mumbai’s Chhatra RJD unit of JNU It was during intensive Dharavi has tested posi- also demanded the release of contact tracing of Covid tive for Covid-19 forcing Haider and said the police patients in Telangana the agencies to seal the should become ‘people-friend- Devotees perform rituals on the occasion of Ram Navami at Vrindavan in Mathura on Thursday during a nation-wide lockdown in the wake of that officials came to building that has 300 flats ly’ and not scare people. The coronavirus pandemic. Amid chant of ‘Jai Sri Ram’, thousands of devotees assembled in temples in various parts of West Bengal on the occasion know about this Tablighi and 90 shops. Around 4000 Jamia Coordination Com- of Ram Navami on Thursday, giving a thumbs down to social distancing norms prescribed by the government during the lockdown period. — PTI Jamaat cluster partici- health personnel are mittee, a group comprising pants. Out of the 400, 173 engaged in sample collec- students and alumni from the are from Tamil Nadu, 11 tion and contact tracing varsity, condemned the arrest from Rajasthan, 9 from in this area. and demanded his immediate release. “The country is facing a mas- sive health crisis, however, the 4 held for attack on med state machinery is busy HC stays liquor pass harassing and framing student activists in false cases to sup- press voices of dissent,” they said. team in MP; NSA invoked order for 3 weeks GILVESTER ASSARY | DC withdrawal symptoms. OFFICIAL CALLS FOR Shivraj Singh Chouhan says attacks on doctors will not be tolerated THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, Reacting to the verdict, APRIL 2 chief minister Pinarayi ROPING IN QUACKS, RABINDRA NATH Vijayan said here that the CHOUDHURY | DC The Kerala High Court on government would com- SUSPENDED BHOPAL, APRIL 2 Thursday stayed state ply with the court verdict. 960 Tablighi foreigners blacklisted government’s order of “We were not insisting Patna, April 2: An overzeal- In a major development, providing liquor to people on providing liquor to the ous medical officer in Bihar Madhya Pradesh govern- New Delhi, April 2: The Act. “The Home Ministry headquarters located at missionary works.So far, a suffering from alcohol people having drinking ended up being suspended for ment on Thursday decided government on Thursday has blacklisted 960 for- Delhi’s Nizamuddin total of about 400 Covid-19 withdrawal syndrome for habit. We made earnest floating the idea that the fight to invoke National blacklisted 960 foreigners eigners and their Indian despite the 21 days lock- cases and about 12 deaths three weeks. appeal to the family mem- against coronavirus pandemic Security Act (NSA) and cancelled their visas visas have also been can- down. in the country were found The order came on a bers that such people be ramped up by roping in against those who after finding that they celled for their involve- More than 300 of these to have links with the bunch of petitions filed should be taken to the quacks. attacked medical person- were involved in Tablighi ment in Tablighi Jamaat Tablighi Jamaat activists Nizamuddin Markaz. by various organisations nearest Vimukti de-addic- The Bihar health department nel in the state. Jamaat activities violat- activities while coming on were tested positive for Most of these foreigners including Indian Medical tion centre for treat- in its suspension order MP is the first state to ing their visa conditions. tourist visas,” the home Covid-19 while others came to India on tourist Association and Kerala ment,” he added. Wednesday, rapped Ashesh invoke NSA against the The Home Minister’s minister's office tweeted were put in different quar- visa, which prohibits Government Medical Earlier the excise Kumar, the civil surgeon of attackers of medical per- Office asked Delhi Police in Hindi. antine centres. involvement of any reli- Officers Association. The department had issued an Siwan district, for issuing a sonnel in the wake of coro- and police chiefs of other Action against the for- At least 9,000 people had gious activities. petitioners argued that order to issue liquor pass- circular to the effect on March navirus outbreak. states, where these for- eign Tablighi Jamaat participated at a congre- The government has also alcohol cannot be pre- es after six deaths were 25 last, screenshots of which Chief Minister Shivraj eigners are currently liv- members was taken after gation at the Nizamuddin decided not to issue scribed as treatment reported in various parts had gone viral on the social Singh Chouhan made the ing, to take legal action over 2,300 activists, includ- Markaz last month and tourist visa to any foreign- method for those facing of the state. media. announcement late on against them under the ing 250 foreigners, of the after that many of them er who wishes to visit In the notification, whereby Thursday evening. Foreigners Act and the Islamic organisation were have travelled to various India and take part in Kumar has been suspended Earlier, four people were Disaster Management found to be living at its parts of the country for Tablighi activities. — PTI with immediate effect and on Thursday arrested in MUMBAI HAS 212 attached to the office of a spe- Indore on charges of cial secretary here, the official assaulting a team of med- ‘CONTAINMENT has been pulled up for under- ical personnel while they THREE CONVICTED mining the state governments were carrying out screen- ZONES’ efforts by calling for roping in ing of locals in the wake of Asha workers manhandled “jhola chhaap doctors” coronavirus outbreak. FOR VIOLATING BHAGWAN (quacks) which was “against Police on Thursday M. K. ASHOKA | DC station limits as one arayan visited her resi- PARAB/HARSHAD medical protocol.” sealed the locality and BENGALURU, APRIL 2 patient is quarantined in dence and assured her of LOCKDOWN A. PARAB | DC The notification also conducted house-to-house the adjacent Sarayipalya action against culprits. MUMBAI, MARCH 28 rebuked the official for acting search in the locality Asha workers deployed to locality. The team has Locals feared that they DC CORRESPONDENT “without seeking permission where the medical staff hold a coronavirus survey been collecting health visited the area to collect MUMBAI, APRIL 02 Alarmed with ris- or bothering to inform” his were attacked to arrest the in a few minority domi- reports for last 10 days. data for NRC. ing cases of coron- higher ups about the move and accused. nated areas here were According to Krishna- Dr Sharanappa, DCP The first conviction in the avirus across the pointed towards the “criti- “We have taken the inci- allegedly manhandled on veni, an Asha worker, East, said, “Our team has country for violating the city, the BMC has cism” the department faced dent very seriously. Four Thursday, prompting the a mob surrounded them arrested three accused in lockdown has come from identified 212 ‘con- when the bizarre circular people, including the key Karnataka government to and snatched her mobile this regard and they are Pune. A court in Bara- tainment zones,’ went viral on the social media. accused, were arrested in issue a stern warning to phone. being questioned based on mati, Pune has awarded where the move- Prominent among those who connection with the inci- the offenders. “Announcement was the complaint of the three-day imprisonment ment of people has had trained their guns at the dent. We have identified The incident occured made from local prayer health inspector. We have to three people for violat- been curtailed. The Nitish Kumar government other accused from the when a group of Asha hall to attack us,” she booked case in Hennur ing the lockdown. civic body has also OBITUARY over the episode was the Chief footage of a video which workers visited Sadiq alleged. Deputy Chief police station under rele- The three accused were sealed some of Ministers arch rival Lalu captured the incident. Nagar in Hennur police Minister Dr Ashwathn- vant sections. booked under IPC Section these areas com- Prasad. They will be arrested 188 after they were found pletely with the soon”, Indore deputy roaming in Baramati city help of police. inspector general of police ● POLICE SEALED the of Pune district without The BMC made AIR INDIA TO FLY Hari Narayan Mishra said locality, conducted any reason public the GIS map on Thursday. house-to-house search Magistrate’s car Judge J.J. Bachulkar on of Covid-19 affected CARGO FLIGHTS A team of doctors and where the medical staff Wednesday ordered that areas in the city on paramedical personnel was attacked to arrest the accused Afzal Attar its website on TO SHANGHAI were attacked in Tatpati accused (39), Chandrakumar Shah Thursday. Bakhal colony in Indore attacked in Assam (38) and Akshay Shah (32) The containment DC CORRESPONDENT late on Wednesday how fled the area to save serve three-day imprison- zones are the areas NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 evening when they were our life. We failed to com- Guwahati, April 2: Two when the magistrate was ment or pay a fine of `500 where either one or Mrs. SANTOSH DHANDA conducting health screen- prehend as to what persons attacked a magis- closing down shops at the each. more Covid-19 cases Expired on 25-03-2020 Almost a month after Air India ing of locals. A video prompted the assailants to trate’s vehicle and injured market in Bhabanipur Baramati’s deputy were found or sus- In Grief: suspended its commercial showed the doctors includ- attack us”, a doctor who his driver in Assam’s area, which were open superintendent of police pected patients Sandeep Dhanda Kavita Dhanda flights to Shanghai and Hong ing a woman and other was in the team told this Bajali district when the during the lockdown Narayan Shirgaonkar lived. They include Sakshi Dhanda Kong due to novel coronavirus paramedical personnel newspaper on Thursday officer was enforcing the imposed nationwide to said, “The three persons slums, isolated Ph: 9849064989 pandemic, the national carrier being chased by a group of requesting not to be quot- lockdown in a market on contain the coronavirus were found loitering dur- buildings, nursing (L/2021/D00001) will be operating special cargo assailants who later pelted ed. “We will not tolerate Thursday, police said. outbreak, police said. ing the lockdown and homes and housing flights between April 4 to 9 to stones at them forcing attack on doctors and The two who pelted the Security personnel were arrested during a colonies. bring medical supplies. India them to flee from the area. other medical personnel magistrates vehicle with reached the area and regular patrolling round. The civic body has has ordered PPEs, ventilators, “We were carrying out who are working tirelessly stones injuring the driver intensified patrolling. This is perhaps the first installed CCTV masks, testing kits and other medical examinations of to save lives of people”, were arrested. The total number of case of conviction for vio- cameras in these pharmaceutical items. people in the locality. Chief Minister Shivraj The vehicle was also coronavirus cases in lating the lockdown order. areas to keep a Air India Chairman-cum- Suddenly, a group of peo- Singh Chouhan said on damaged. Assam is 16 so far. The conviction will serve close watch on local Managing Director Rajiv ple attacked us. We some- Thursday. The incident occurred — PTI as an example for other.” residents. Bansal said on Thursday that so far approvals have come from the Chinese authorities to operate cargo flights to Shanghai and Hong Kong to Khandu deletes bring medical supplies on DRDO develops bio-suit for medics April 4 and 5 while permis- sions from April 6-9 is awaited. PAWAN BALI | DC ● DRDO IS making all suit in large quantities. an alternative to seam “We have applied to Chinese tweet on lockdown NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 efforts to ensure that M/s Kusumgarh sealing tape based on the authorities to commence these suits are produced Industries is producing sealant used in subma- freighter operations to two Itanagar, April 2: will to move out on Defence Research and in large numbers and the raw material, coating rine applications. destinations — Shanghai and Arunachal Pradesh Chief streets. We all must be Development Organ- material, with the com- Presently, bio-suits pre- Hong Kong — from Delhi. Minister Pema Khandu responsible in slowing isation (DRDO) has serve as robust line of plete suit being manufac- pared using this glue for There have been a few regula- on Thursday said the down. Lockdown and developed a bio-suit to defence for the medics, tured with the help of seam sealing by an tory challenges from the nationwide lockdown will social distancing in (sic) keep health professionals paramedics and other another vendor. The cur- industry partner has Chinese side. I am happy to end on April 15, soon after the only way to fight fighting Covid-19 safe. personnel in the frontline rent production capacity cleared test at Southern announce that an hour back, he participated in a tele- #Covid-19, he tweeted. Scientists at DRDO lab- combating Covid-19. is 7,000 suits per day. India Textile Research we got the approval for launch- conference with Prime He deleted it minutes oratories have applied Another vendor is Association Coimbatore. ing the freighter operations to Minister Narendra Modi later and clarified, “The their technical know- synthetic blood exceeds being brought in with the This can be a game Shanghai from Delhi for two but deleted the tweet min- tweet with respect of how and expertise in tex- the criteria defined for experience in garment changer for the textile dates — April 4 and April 5. We utes later, blaming it on lockdown period was tile, coating and nan- body suits by Ministry of technology and efforts industry. have applied for subsequent an officer handling his uploaded by an officer otechnology to develop Health and Family are on to ramp up the The DRDO can mass dates also for 6, 7, 8 and 9. We Twitter account whose whose comprehension in the Personal Protective Welfare. capacity to 15,000 suits produce this glue hope to get those approvals comprehension of Hindi Hindi was limited. And Equipment (PPE) having The DRDO is making per day, said defence min- through industry to sup- also within a day,” Bansal said. was “limited.” therefore same was specific type of fabric all efforts to ensure that istry. port the seam sealing He added approvals for Hong Modi chaired a meeting removed.” Speculation with coating. these suits are produced The bio-suit production activity by suit manufac- Kong came faster and a group with the Chief Ministers was rife that the shut- The suit has been pre- in large numbers and in the country by DRDO turers, said officials. of freight forwarders and con- of different states to take down might be extended pared with the help of serve as robust line of industry partners and DRDO has developed a signees have been informed stock of the situation in beyond April 15, especial- the industry and subject- defence for the medics, other industries are number of products and about the flights to Shanghai the aftermath of the ly after the exponential ed to rigorous testing for paramedics and other being hampered due to technologies for defence and Hong Kong. They have Covid-19 outbreak. jump in the number of textile parameters as personnel in the front non-availability of seam against Chemical, been asked to book their con- Completion of lockdown coronavirus cases after well as protection line combating Covid-19. sealing tapes. Biological, Radiological signment on these flights that will end on April 15 next. the Tablighi Jamaat con- against synthetic blood. The industry is geared The DRDO has pre- and Nuclear (CBRN) Air India would be operating. But it doesn’t mean free gregation in Delhi. — PTI The protection against up for production of the pared a special sealant as agents. WORLD DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 3 APRIL 2020 pg 5

IN BRIEF Oz scientists WHO: 95% of Europe’s virus dead over 60 test vaccines Young shouldn’t be complacent, says health agency as 10-15% under 50 have moderate or severe cases Melbourne: Scientists in Aus- tralia said on Thursday they Geneva, April 2: More THE VERY notion have begun testing two pote- than 95% of those who that Covid-19 only ROWS OF BARRICADES SPLIT WUHAN ntial vaccines for Covid-19 in have died of covid-19 in affects older people is “milestone” lab trials as part Europe have been over 60 Wuhan, April 2: “It’s def- ly re-emerging from more Global cases near 1m as of a global race to halt the but young people should factually wrong. Severe initely not as intimate,” than two months of lock- pandemic. The scientists at not be complacent, the cases of the disease sighs a woman dressed in down. But rows of plastic the Commonwealth Scientific head of the World Health have been seen in a raincoat, mask, gloves barriers run along streets. and Industrial Research Org- Organization's office in people in their teens or and visor after speaking to The fences, erected to help Spain sees record deaths anisation, Australia’s national Europe said Thursday. Dr 20s, with many requiring a friend over one of the guard against the spread science agency, said they are Hans Kluge said age is not intensive care and some imposing barricades that of infection, are about six Madrid, April 2: Confir- form of lockdown. And it on head Tedros Adhanom testing the Covid-19 vaccine the only risk factor for get- passing away. have sprung up all over feet. But some grab the op- med Covid-19 cases appro- continued to wreak havoc Ghebreyesus said there candidates for efficacy. They ting a severe case of the Wuhan. The Chinese city, portunity when nobody is ached one million around on the global economy, had been a “near exponen- are also evaluating the best virus that has put billions HANS KLUGE, Head of the epicentre of the Covid- looking to brazenly fashi- the world on Thursday as with Spain reporting its tial growth” in new cases way to administer the vacci- under lockdown and upen- WHO’s office in Europe 19 pandemic, is very slow- on a way through. — AFP Europe reeled from the pa- biggest monthly increase over the past five weeks ne for better protection, incl- ded the world economy. ndemic and the US prepar- in jobless claims on record and a doubling of deaths uding an intra-muscular inje- “The very notion that ed for what President Don- and the US expected to rev- in the past week alone. ction and innovative approa- Covid-19 only affects older Ghebreyesus. The health some unfortunately passi- than 60 years,” he said, ald Trump warned would eal more massive job loss- “In the next few days we ches like a nasal spray. people is factually wrong,” agency says 10% to 15% of ng away,” Kluge said. He with more than half of the be “horrific” days ahead. es. Since emerging in Chi- will reach one million con- he said at an online news people under 50 with the said recent statistics show- dead over 80. The virus claimed thous- na in December, Covid-19 firmed cases and 50,000 de- conference in Copenhag- disease have moderate or ed 30,098 people have been He said more than 80% of ands more lives in its rele- has infected more than aths,” he told a virtual Free of Covid, en. “Young people are not severe cases. “Severe cases reported to have died in those who died had at least ntless march across the gl- 940,000 people — including news conference on Wedn- invincible.” Those comme- of the disease have been Europe, mostly in Italy, Fr- one other chronic underly- obe, including nearly 1,000 at least 500,000 in Europe esday, warning that Africa insists N. Korea nts echoed similar statem- seen in people in their tee- ance and Spain. “We know ing condition like cardiov- new deaths in Spain, desp- — and claimed more than and Latin America needed Seoul: North Korea remains ents from WHO Director- ns or 20s, with many requ- that over 95% of these dea- ascular disease, hyperten- ite more than half of the 47,000 lives. to be prepared for a wider totally free of the Covid-19, a General Tedros Adhanom iring intensive care and ths occurred in those older sion or diabetes. — AP planet subjected to some World Health Organisati- impact. — AFP senior health official in Pyo- ngyang has insisted, despite mounting scepticism over- seas. The already isolated, nuclear-armed North quickly Trump doubts shut down its borders after the virus was first detected in neighbouring China in January, and imposed strict containment measures. Pak Chinese figures Myong Su, director of the anti-epidemic department of Washington, April 2: the North’s Central President Donald Trump 16,000 NEW Emergency Anti-epidemic cast doubt on the accura- Headquarters, insisted that cy of official Chinese fig- the efforts had been com- ures on its covid-19 out- YORKERS MAY pletely successful. break after US lawmak- ers, citing an intelligence DIE: GOV CUOMO report, accused Beijing of Saudi extends a cover up. New York, April 2: New “How do we know” if York Governor Andrew curfew curbs they are accurate, Trump Cuomo has urged fellow Riyadh: Saudi Arabia on Thu- asked at a press conferen- governors in the US to rsday extended curfew res- ce. “Their numbers seem take quick action against trictions on Islam’s two holi- to be a little bit on the li- Covid-19, cautioning that est cities to 24 hours to stem ght side.” Trump insisted their cities could also the spread of Covid-19 as that “the relationship face situations like that the number of deaths from with China’s a good one” in New York where some the disease rose to 21. The and that he remained clo- 16,000 may die by the time announcement comes amid se to President Xi Jinpi- the virus runs its course. uncertainty over the hajj ng. However, controversy Cuomo cited fatality est- which is due to take place at around Beijing’s trans- imates projected by a gro- the end of July, after author- parency has strained ties, up funded by the Gates ities this week urged Musli- adding to bad feelings Foundation that said ms to temporarily defer pre- triggered by a conspiracy 93,000 Americans will parations for the annual pil- theory in China that the pass away. grimage. “Full 24-hour cur- US military was to blame few in Mecca and Medina st- for the virus. Mobile morgues set up arting from today until fur- Republicans in Congre- New York is setting up ther notice,” the official Sau- ss, pointing to a report by mobile morgues to deal di Press Agency reported. A pedestrian wearing a mask as a precautionary measure against Covid-19, walks past closed-down shops on an empty Regent Street in London Bloomberg citing US int- with corpses as hospitals on Thursday, as life in Britain continues during the nationwide lockdown to combat the pandemic. — AFP elligence, expressed out- and funeral homes begin rage that Beijing appar- to be overwhelmed by the Cardinal Pell gets ently misled the interna- growing number of casu- tional community on Chi- alties. — PTI new day in court na’s infections and deaths Brisbane: Australia’s High TJ members test positive, Pak locks Raiwind that began in late 2019 in ● ACCORDING TO Court said Thursday it will the city of Wuhan. Johns Hopkins Covid-19 rule on Cardinal George Pel- Lahore, April 2: Pakistan ers of the Jamaat, includi- the Sindh and Punjab poli- with its annual congregat- several Tablighi Jamaat Resource Center, the l’s appeal against child sex authorities have placed ng five Nigerian women, ce have picked some mem- ion in Raiwind, Lahore activists have tested posit- US wages all-out war number of Americans to abuse convictions on April 7, the entire city of Raiwind suspected to be carriers of bers of the Jamaat from against its ‘advice' that the ive for Covid-19 and they President Donald Trump giving the senior cleric anot- under quarantine, shutti- Covid-19, are admitted to a the mosques and its Raiw- gathering might spread caused spread of it,” Lah- assured the nation that have been infected by her chance to clear his name ng down all general and quarantine centre in Kas- ind Markaz (headquarters the virus. ore Deputy Commissioner his administration was Covid-19 stood at over and leave jail. The 78-year- medical stores, and compl- ur, some 50 kms from Lah- of the Pakistani faction of Pakistani authorities Danish Afzaal said in a waging an all-out war ag- 216,000, and 5,137 oth- old former Vatican treasurer etely restricted the mobili- ore. In Hyderabad city of Jamaat) and locked up in had urged the cancellation statement. “The health te- ainst the Covid-19 epide- ers lost their lives from is trying to overturn a six- ty of people within or out- Sindh province, 38 Covid- the police stations in conn- of the five-day Tablighi co- ams have so far sent sam- mic that has claimed over the deadly disease by year sentence for sexually side the city after at least 19 cases of local transmis- ection with violation of ngregation, which was att- ples of around 110 of them 48,000 lives and infected Thursday morning. assaulting two 13-year-old 40 Tablighi Jamaat preac- sion among members of the lockdown. ended by thousands of pe- for lab analysis and of 950,000 others across the choirboys in the 1990s. Pell, hers tested positive, offici- the Tablighi Jamaat were According to the govern- ople from several countri- them 41 preachers have world. “America contin- who once helped elect pop- als said on Thursday. reported on Thursday. ment, in March the Tablig- es. “The government’s ap- been tested positive for ues to wage all-out war to es, is the highest-ranking Ca- Similarly, some 50 memb- There are reports that hi Jamaat went ahead prehensions stood true as Covid-19,” he said. — PTI defeat the virus this hor- massive $2 trillion infra- tholic Church official ever rible, horrible virus. You structure plan, along with convicted of child sex crim- see how terrible it is, several other measures es. He maintains his innoce- especially when you look like corporate deductibil- nce. Judges could yet deny DANIEL PEARL at the numbers from yes- ity for restaurants and Pell’s appeal, order a retrial GLOBAL IMPACT OF CONTAGION SPREAD terday,” he told reporters. entertainment facilities or quash his conviction. The to stimulate the Americ- case relied largely on the MURDER: DEATH  UK to massively  An Indian- $2trillion infra plan an economy ravaged by testimony of Pell’s surviving ramp up Covid-19 origin He has also proposed a the pandemic. — Agencies victim. The second choirboy SENTENCE OFF tests, says PM Singaporean — who is not known to have Boris Johnson was sentenced ever spoken of the abuse — Karachi, April 2: A to two months’ died of a drug overdose in Pakistani court on Thur- jail on ISRAEL’S HEALTH MINISTER 2014. Neither man can be sday overturned the dea- Thursday for identified for legal reasons. th sentence of British- shouting “corona, born top al-Qaeda leader corona” and spit- TESTS POSITIVE FOR COVID-19 Ahmed Omar Saeed She-  Philippine ting on a hotel floor ikh, who was convicted President at the Changi Airport. Jerusalem, April 2: Isra- wife, who also has contra- Rodrigo BETTER GOVT in the abduction and  A pledge by el’s Health Minister Yaak- cted the virus, are in isol- murder of US journalist Duterte has ov Litzman has been put ation, feeling well and are warned he Japan’s Prime Daniel Pearl here in Minister into isolation after being being treated, the health SUPPORT: US 2002. Pearl, the 38-year- would order tested positive for Covid- ministry said in a statem- the country’s Shinzo Abe to old South Asia bureau send two reusable cloth 19, pushing all the top ent, adding that it will re- chief for The Wall Street police and 3,160 officials, including Moss- quest all those who came HOSTAGE KIN face masks to every Journal, was abducted military to 44 ad chief Yossi Cohen and in contact with the minis- household as the country Washington, April 2: Relativ- and beheaded while he shoot dead is the total deaths in Iran students of National Security Advis- ter in the past two weeks anyone “who after the country reported 124 new Covid the University battles the covid-19 out- es of Americans who are wron- was in Pakistan investi- break has been met er Meir Ben Shabbat, at to also do the same. gfully imprisoned abroad or gating a story on the all- creates trou- fatalities on Thursday, as President Hassan of Texas in the forefront of fight aga- “The team of advisers, ble” during a Rouhani warned that the country may still the US have online with derision and held hostage by militant grou- eged links between the humour. inst the deadly virus into assistants and secretarial ps say in a report issued Thur- country’s powerful spy month-long have to battle the virus for another year. tested posi- self-quarantine. staff in the minister’s off- sday that the US government agency ISI and al-Qaeda. lockdown of tive for the  A man has been jailed Prime Minister Benjam- ice will continue to work still must do better in commu- Sheikh was arrested the island of  The personal security of Dr Anthony deadly Covid- for six months for steal- in Netanyahu had earlier from home and will main- nicating with them, though im- from Lahore in Februa- Luzon Fauci, the top US expert on infectious dis- 19 after they ing personal protective gone into self isolation af- tain telephone communi- provements have been made ry 2002 and sentenced to enforced to eases, has been enhanced after he received returned from equipment, including ter a close aide was found cation with the minister, over the last five years. death five months later halt the threats following his pleas to Americans to a spring face masks, from an to have contracted the vir- who is managing this Several of those interviewed by an anti-terrorism co- spread of the follow strict social distancing rules to help break trip to ambulance, police in us, but he has so far tested event from his home,” the for the report say they don’t urt. The incident came Covid-19. slow the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mexico. London said on Thursday. negative. Litzman and his ministry said. — PTI feel their loved one’s cases three years after Sheikh, have the attention of the high- along with Jaish-e-Moh- est levels of government. ammad chief Masood In particular, family mem- Azhar and Mushtaq Ah- NO | MERCY IS, al-Qaeda fighters eye this period to not only get supporters but strike harder bers of Americans who are med Zargar, was releas- detained by foreign govern- ed by India in 1999 and ments on trumped-up charges given safe passage to Af- say they feel those cases are ghanistan in exchange less of a priority to the US gov- for the nearly 150 passe- For extremists, global virus chaos offers chance ernment than cases involving ngers of hijacked Indian hostage-taking by militant or Airlines Flight 814. Johannesburg, April 2: time in quarantine to lea- Though analysts said it The officials spoke on con- and Somalia, where the US some AFRICOM activities criminal groups. On Thursday, the Sin- Both the Islamic State gro- rn about Islam. But in a was too soon to say which dition of anonymity beca- military already worried have been adjusted to The report from the James W. dh High Court commut- up and al-Qaida see the sharp commentary in its attacks can be blamed on use they were not authori- allies in recent months by ensure the safety and pro- Foley Legacy Foundation is ba- ed the death sentence of Covid-19 as a threat, but al-Naba newsletter in mid- militants exploiting the sed to brief the media. contemplating cuts to foc- tection of forces — both sed on interviews with 25 for- Sheikh, 46, to seven yea- some of their fighters also March, IS urged followers Covid-19, Islamic extremi- While Syria and Iraq us on threats from China US and partner nation — mer hostages and detainees as rs in prison. Sheikh has see the upheaval from the to show no mercy and lau- sts in late March carried have seen no uptick in att- and Russia. our commitment to Africa well as their relatives and adv- been in jail for the past pandemic as an opportuni- nch attacks in this time of out their deadliest assault acks by IS since the virus “Any state that was inter- endures.” She did not give ocates. It cites improvements 18 years. ty to win over more sup- crisis. In a commentary, yet against the military of spread there, the pandem- ested in pulling back in details of affected operati- in the government’s response A two-judge bench porters and strike harder the International Crisis Chad, a significant contri- ic has prompted the US-led Africa will take the opport- ons but said AFRICOM since the government overhau- headed by Justice Moha- than before. Group warned that the pa- butor to Africa’s growing coalition to halt training unity to do so,” said Clion- still has about 5,200 forces led its hostage policy five years mmad Karim Khan Messages from the Islam- ndemic threatens the glob- counterterrorism efforts, activities in Iraq amid a pl- adh Raleigh, executive dir- on the continent at any gi- ago, but says relatives still Agha also acquitted the ic extremist groups show al solidarity that is key to killing at least 92 soldiers anned pullout from several ector of the Armed Confli- ven time. want more complete and accu- three others — Fahad concern about the virus fighting extremists. near the border with Nige- bases. There are signs else- ct Location & Event Data The British army missi- rate information and clarity Naseem, Salman Saqib mixed with bravado, asser- “It is almost certainly co- ria and Niger. where that the US, British Project, which tracks extr- on in Kenya, which provid- about which agency is suppos- and Sheikh Adil — serv- ting that it is punishment rrect that Covid-19 will ha- In Egypt, two military of- and other militaries are emists’ activities worldwi- es counterterrorism train- ed to help them. Some, for ing life sentences in the for non-Muslims while ndicap domestic security ficials reported a spike in pulling back because of de. “That will be unbeliev- ing and other skills, this instance, want the government case. It also dismissed an also urging followers to efforts and international IS attacks in March in the the virus, leaving a possib- ably bad.” week announced that all to declassify more information appeal of the state seek- repent and take care of th- counter-ISIS cooperation, restive northern part of le opening for the extremi- A US Africa Command army families are return- so that it can be more easily ing enhancement of life emselves. Al-Qaida sugges- allowing the jihadists to the Sinai Peninsula but se- sts. That’s a danger in Afr- spokeswoman, Lt. Christi- ing to the UK because of shared, or to provide limited term of the three co-ac- ted in a statement that better prepare spectacular curity forces foiled at least ica’s hot spots of the Sah- na Gibson, said that “whi- the virus. security clearances. cused. — PTI non-Muslims use their terror attacks,” it said. three other major assaults. el, the Lake Chad region le the size and scope of — AP EDIT DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 3 APRIL 2020 pg 6

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Disquiet in J&K on Subhani jobs for outsiders he Centre’s decision announced on Tuesday to permit people from all over India to apply for government employment in all categories except the lowest non-gazetted (Level-IV) in the recently created TUnion territory of Jammu and Kashmir is apt to be unpopular in the extreme not only in the predominantly Muslim region of the Kashmir Valley but also in Hindu-dominated Jammu, where the ruling BJP has electorally done well in recent years. After Independence, when other princely states within India’s borders joined the newly independent country after Partition, the RSS and its affili- ates active in the Jammu area did not seek to persuade the ruler of the then princely state of J&K to attach his domains to India. These outfits had close links with the Dogra royal family and waited on the ruler to make his deci- sion — to even remain independent if he could. He could not as events showed, and joined the Union of India on certain conditions embodied in Article 370 of the Constitution. But with the end of princely rule and the rise of Sheikh Abdullah, the Hindutva outfits insisted on the scrapping of Article 370. That process, after an ideological and political campaign of decades, was LETTERS brought to fruition by the Narendra Modi government on August 5 last year. What has transpired as a consequence of the Centre’s order notified on April Why did govt react late? COVID-19 PANIC 1 is the ending of the category of “permanent subject” of the Maharaja’s peri- od, and its substitution with the category of “domicile” in the current UT of It’s unfortunate that rela- J&K, to which the former state of J&K was reduced last August through a tives of a patient attacked questionable procedure that is under challenge in the Supreme Court. doctors (Patient critical, The definition of “domicile” leaves the door wide open for people from other parts of the country — for instance, children who have done their India will pay the price kin beats up doctors, DC schooling for seven years in J&K and have taken the Class 10 or 12 exami- April 2). They are attend- nation from there qualify. They will be eligible in time to apply for any gov- lenge were tardy the basic objective — ing to patients by risking ernment job in the UT, including for the lowest non-gazetted posts, such as throughout February social distancing and dis- their lives. Though such police constable and lower division clerk. and the first half of ease prevention. For The people of the Jammu region, who had principally gone along with the Nilanjan March, energy and atten- much of his first address, attacks have been taking BJP’s agenda of ending J&K’s constitutional autonomy to express their tion was expended on the Prime Minister place for a long time, the resentment toward the Centre for its perceived partiality to the Valley, Mukhopadhyay three issues — the visit reminded citizens of government has not appear to have developed doubts since August last year, with realisation of US President Donald their duties without dawning that the end of autonomy for the Valley would also mean the end of Trump, the communal specifying the plans the framed any rules to punish their own privileged status which applied to all of J&K. The thinking taking riots in Delhi and the government had drawn such behaviour. It is shape now is that the employment-related new order may just be the pre- ongoing anti-CAA agita- up to minimise people’s mandatory to protect doc- view of things to come. The apprehension is that those granted the “domi- tions across India which hardship. The speech, as tors and boost up their cile” status will be able to buy property. Since it is widely believed that not ndia reported its ratories, besides the only had riveted the nation. well as the next one on many outsiders would be ready to invest in property in the Kashmir valley first case of coron- one in the National The last instalment of March 24, when he morale so that they can on account of the political troubles and violence in that part of the UT, the avirus, or Covid-19, Institute of Virology in the political melodrama announced a complete work without fear. property-seekers from other states are likely to eye the Jammu region. on January 30. Pune (this, however, did was yet to come, and nationwide lockdown Dr Malkaiah All political parties in J&K have expressed themselves strongly against the What preventive not happen till very late). when it began shortly from midnight that day, new order. The Jammu BJP too is thought to be apprehensive. Imeasures were taken to Third, plans began to be before Holi as the rebel- was more about political Hyderabad ensure that the disease drawn up to evacuate lion against the Kamal messaging and less about It is distressing to know the trouble did not spread and rear stranded Indians in Nath government in impressing upon people India is going through to procure its virulent head in the Wuhan and quarantine Madhya Pradesh snow- what was expected for protective equipment (India scouts Missing Wimbledon country in the 40-odd facilities were being set balled, it was clear that them in return for what for protective equipment around days between then and up. Despite the rising the Centre was giving the government was world, DC, April 2). The prepared- he Wimbledon championships, the oldest tennis championship March 12, when a 76- threat, the primary focus priority to political inter- doing. ness or the lack of it of a country in (1877) and held every year without a break since World War II, are year-old male returnee of political leaders, espe- ests over what was neces- The “reverse migra- times of a pandemic speaks a lot. I Tan all-time favourite of tennis buffs and sports lovers who marvel at from Saudi Arabia cially the government, sary. By early March, tion” that set in even hope the government pays heed and the aesthetic surroundings of the southwest London suburb. They will not became the first victim of was on the Union there was a realisation in before Prime Minister equip the hospitals better. be held this year because the world is battling the coronavirus. At a time the virus in the country? Budget, that was present- the top echelons of the Modi’s total lockdown Naseema Shaik when the US Open venue in Flushing Meadows is lending some of its There are just two words ed on February 1. As far government that the address indicated that the Suryapet courts to make a Covid-19 field hospital in New York, it would have been for this: precious little. as the threat from the script was going awry. government had betrayed inappropriate to even consider holding Wimbledon in June-July. Also, On January 17, Dr Harsh coronavirus was con- Evidence of this was the the people’ s trust. People When the whole world is combating Wimbledon is a summer event because of its natural turf surface, which Vardhan, the Union min- cerned, the Indian gov- entire political leader- walking back to their vil- coronavirus, the irresponsible criti- needs a lot of preparation time to get the rye grass courts in perfect shape ister for health and fami- ernment was celebrating ship, Prime Minister lages in lakhs for the past cism of Tablighi Jamaat’s event by for the two weeks of the Grand Slam. ly welfare, reviewed the the “heroic” return of Modi downwards, few days is a stark reflec- Union minister Mukhtar Abbas The championships are a sentimental favourite of fans and aficionados government's prepared- two Air India planes car- announcing that they tion of the failure of Naqvi and VHP is unnecessarily who lap up the drama of aggressive tennis on a serve-and-volley support- ness for the first time. An rying 647 Indian students would not celebrate Holi understanding the imme- raising religious frictions. It is ing fast surface. And who can forget the transcendental nature of last official release made and seven Maldivians to prevent mingling with diate impact of the clo- unfortunate that minorities are year’s final when Novak Djokovic and Roger Federer duelled for a record three primary points. from Wuhan. Nearly 70 others. Citizens respond- sure of all commercial made scapegoats to garner votes by number of hours on the fabled Centre Court and had to be separated by the One, “public health pre- Air India staff were ed with a subdued festi- activity on the lives of the BJP. In the last election first time use of a 12-all sudden death tie-breaker in the fifth and final set. paredness is being hand- val, people. The Prime Pathankot became an issue. No In the women’s final, Simona Halep destroyed “supermom” Serena reviewed on a day-to-day ed ov- but Minister also seems to wonder in the next few elections the Williams 6-2-,6-2. The two great all-time tennis greats Serena and Federer basis and the core capac- er let- TACKLING COVID-19 this have forgotten that the same tactics will used to pit one sec- have between them won 15 Wimbledon titles. At 38, they can only con- ities to timely detect and ters of did line between raising fear tion of society against the other. template what may have been had their favourite championships on grass manage importation of appreciation duly signed not cover the policy and creating panic is very Kolikonda Sarath Babu been held as scheduled. the nCoV”. Two, screen- by Prime Minister deficit or what was not thin. The announcement Khammam As millions sit out the 21-day lockdown at home, the “cabin fever” is ing of international trav- Narendra Modi a fort- done at the action level. of the lockdown was already high. They would be missing most live sport which, as a sus- ellers from China was night later and the civil Eventually, when the made near the end of the The Centre and states are using the penseful series of unscripted and unpredictable events, offers some of the started at the airports in aviation minister lauded Prime Minister decided month, close to payday. Delhi religious event to hide their finest entertainment. Otherwise, it’s back to watching the repetitive New Delhi, Mumbai and the personnel for “inten- to steer the nation With factories, shops and failures in handling the unplanned reruns of old soaps, movies, serials and documentaries. Despite an ubiq- Kolkata. A separate trav- sive commitment”. To towards a complete lock- other business establish- lockdown (City has 603 Tablighi uity of satellite channels and OTT platforms, boredom is never far away, el advisory was issued cut a long story short, down, it was clear that ments shut, wages could suspects, DC, April 1). There were especially now that sports enthusiasts can only wistfully long for live regarding “do’s and some urgency became the government had not have been paid in many activities that took place sporting action. don’ts” for those travel- visible in the govern- stirred itself without time. Consequently, the between March 10 to 23 in India ling to and from China. It ment’s responses and assessing the overall migrants decided to with huge gatherings including was restricted to actions only after March impact of a complete return home. religious activities, MLAs and MP DECCAN CHRONICLE responses in the event of 11, the day the World lockdown on the econo- The primary reason for meetings. Blaming a Muslim organ- feeling unwell. By this Health Organisation my and on people’s lives. India staring at a possi- isation exposes the Islamophobic The “janata curfew” on ble lockdown extension ADITYA SINHA T. VENKATESWARLU time, 41 cases had been declared the outbreak as system we have in this country. Editor Printer & Publisher reported in China, one a “pandemic”. 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n less than three months, the The pandemic has significantly fast-track energy supplies from predicted climate-induced endemics immediately vulnerable are the poor, Covid-19 pandemic has engulfed reduced carbon emissions released renewable sources to propel climate and pandemics. marginalised, women, children, the entire world. As the number into the atmosphere. Ironically, it compatible development. Unlike past pandemics, Covid-19 elderly, and people living off nature, Ali Tauqeer Iof infections and deaths continue has cut emissions faster than 25 Under the Paris Agreement, all sig- and the climate crisis go hand in in low-lying coastal areas, islands to increase, it has brought the global years of global climate negotiations. natories are expected to announce hand. There is no scientific evidence and high-altitude glacial terrains, or Sheikh economy to a screeching halt. This According to the New York Times, new pledges to reduce emissions. that the pandemic was caused by engaged in subsistence agriculture. pandemic combines an unfortunate the reduction of emissions in China The pandemic has already disrupted global warming, yet it is too early to In other words, while the pandemic triple jeopardy: rapid loss of human since January has surpassed the the crucial negotiations process rule out that it was not ignited by cli- has a stronger bias against the urban lives, fast economic recession, and total emissions of New York City for ahead of COP-26. Preparatory meet- mate change. There is growing scien- elite that has shared and defined the structural disruption in efforts to a year. NASA’s monitoring satellites ings have been called off. tific evidence that changing weather size of the ecological and carbon foot- combat global warming. Never have shown a dramatic fall in Additionally, Covid-19 threatens to patterns are driving species north- print over the last half century, vic- before had these three factors coin- nitrous oxide, a pollutant emitted hamper policymakers’ ability to ward, towards higher altitudes, tims of climate change are often cided to determine the gravity of a from fossil fuels. This abrupt reduc- make ambitious commitments. It is potentially putting them in contact those who have contributed little to pandemic. This year was regarded as tion has an illustrative value of what important to note that economic with diseases for which they have lit- climate emissions. Climate-induced critical for international climate the world would need to do to sta- measures being taken in response to tle immunity. We have witnessed disasters visit them often, though, Covid & climate: action, centred on COP-26 in bilise global temperatures at less the pandemic will have a long-term this in Pakistan as both malaria and and hit them hard through extreme Glasgow, but the pandemic has dis- than 2°C. bearing on addressing climate miti- dengue have steadily moved towards events such as droughts, floods, heat- tracted world attention. Climate Similar past events, such as the gation and adaptation. Covid-19 has higher altitudes. waves, and seawater intrusion. change is the defining challenge of 2008 recession, did not affect the made a bad situation worse. But it A watertight demarcation between The global drive to start reducing Containing one our time. overall atmospheric pollution has also provided a rare opportunity these two crises is not desirable. Yet, carbon emissions before 2030 gives a While Covid-19 is affecting humans because of the carbon stock that had to make some hard decisions. the parallels between the response to 10-year window to begin decarbonis- directly and its impact is tragically already been released into the atmos- For decades, the scientific commu- the coronavirus and climate crisis ing the world economy. All govern- will show us how visible, climate change is affecting phere. As the pandemic is contained, nity has listed seven broad areas in are compelling. While pandemics ment policies will now be seen the ecological system within which hopefully, in the coming months and which climate change will affect affect everyone, the most immediate- through the prism of Covid-19. A sim- humans live and upon which their the world economy begins to health: temperature-related death ly exposed to Covid-19 are elderly ilar climate lens should be applied to very survival depends. But perhaps resurge, global emissions will also and illness, air quality, extreme people, mostly men, and the middle mitigate climate risks. Our ability to to manage other Covid-19 will forever change our pick up as factories will be expected events (such as disasters), vector- classes that are more closely tied to manage Covid-19 will show that it globalised lifestyles — something cli- to make up for lost time. The recent borne diseases, water-related illness, the global economy through interna- can be done. mate change has so far not been able sharp decline in oil prices, however, food safety and nutrition, and mental tional travel. Climate change, on the to do, despite its seriousness. has provided a rare opportunity to health. Several WHO studies have other hand, also affects everyone, but By arrangement with Dawn FRIDAY | HYDERABAD | 3 APRIL 2020 pg 7 quick  Ace investor forecasts crisis in next 2-3 years to support gold Crude jumps 30% over Jim Rogers sees gold Trump’s mediation bid BITES SANGEETHA G Saudi crown prince. "No. CHENNAI, APRIL 2 There was no such conver- moving to new highs sation," Peskov told INDICATORS % Crude oil prices soared Sputnik. This saw prices over 30 per cent on cooling down a bit, but still Sensex 28,265.31 -4.08 SANGEETHA G It might be higher than health of global economy. Thursday after US holding on 18 -20 per cent Nifty 50 8,253.80 -4.00 CHENNAI, APRIL 2 what everybody expects," "In a bear market of President Donald Trump gains. S&P 500* 2,514.26 1.77 he said when asked stocks and other assets, tweeted saying he had spo- "We have to wait and Veteran investor Jim whether gold will move gold will also go low as peo- ken to Saudi Arabia and watch whether Saudi and Dollar (`) 75.67 -0.00 Rogers believes gold will beyond $2,000 an ounce. ple have to sell everything expected Saudi and Russia Russia will be able to stom- Pound Sterling (`) 93.53 0.00 surpass its previous all- Gold had touched its all- and they sell gold too. But to cut their supplies by 10 ach 10 million barrel per time high and go "much, time high level of $1,920 an eventually, gold will go up million barrels per day. day and it will put a lot of Euro (`) 82.78 0.00 much higher" as the equi- ounce in September 2012. much, much higher and Brent futures rose $8.04, fiscal pressure on them," Gold (Oz)* ($) 1,619.20 2.60 ties plunge into bear mar- According to him, it can this will happen. This time or 33 per cent, to $32.78 a said Hitesh Jain, vice pres- Brent crude ($/bbl)* 29.56 19.48 ket and the world moves happen this year or next too when the markets fell, barrel, while US West spoken with the crown ident, Yes Securities. into a recession. The co- year. But the next few years they sold their gold and sil- Texas Intermediate (WTI) prince of Saudi Arabia, Oil prices had plunged IN 10-Yr bond yield 6.138 0.000 founder of Quantum will see the yellow metal ver. But they will turn- crude rose $6.62, or 33 per Mohammed bin Salman, after a production cut US 10-Yr T-bill yield* 0.594 -6.45 Funds with George Soros Jim Rogers shining much brighter around," he asserted. cent, to $26.93. who in turn had spoken agreement between Opec and chairman of Rogers than other asset classes. Rogers also believes the Saudi Arabia later made with Russian president and Russia fell apart last * As of 10:00 pm IST Holdings has been accumu- Rogers told Financial The designer of Rogers dollar too will remain firm, a surprise call for a meet- Vladimir Putin. "I expect month. Saudi Arabia and lating gold and will keep Chronicle in a telephonic Commodity International though gold and the green- ing of the Opec+ oil pro- and hope that they will be Russia have been waging a accumulating as and when interview from Singapore. Index has been using dips back usually have an ducers to "stabilise the oil cutting back approximate- price war. opportunities emerge. He has also predicted that in the market to accumu- inverse correlation. market." ly 10 million barrels, and However, the hopes of BIS nod must for "Gold will go up very very he would see the "worst late the yellow metal. "Sometimes gold and dollar "The kingdom calls for an maybe substantially more revival in crude prices post high. When people lose bear market" of his life- "I own gold, I buy and I go together, sometimes urgent meeting of Opec+ which, if it happens, will the tweet of US President confidence in governments time as the outbreak has have been buying gold they do not. I think, going and a group of other coun- be great for the oil and gas kept the market buoyant more electronic and money, they will buy saddled governments and since summer. If there are ahead, both will be strong. tries with the aim to try industry!" he said. despite the demand side gold. Sometime in next companies with enormous opportunities to buy gold, I But I don't know which will and reach a fair deal to However, later Russian pressures continuing. products two-three years we are debt. will buy more," he said. be stronger," he said. restore balance to the oil news agency Sputnik "The tweet had a senti- The government notified 12 elec- going to have crisis and "Gold will go above all- However, gold too has Rogers too has accumu- market," said a statement reported that Kremlin mental impact on the mar- tronic products, including exter- gold will definitely go high- time highs during the seen a slump along with lated dollar and is holding carried by the Saudi Press spokesman Dmitry Peskov ket, though it does not nal hard drive, wireless head- er. For the next two-three times of turmoil. For the equities as the Covid-19 on to it. "I don't think dollar Agency. had refuted Trump's claim solve the glut in the mar- phone and earphones, TV other years are going to see a next two-three or five years spread across geographies, will ease from these lev- Trump had tweeted on about a phone conversa- ket, which is driving down than plasma, which would bear market in equities," it is going to go very high. raising concerns about the els,” he said. Wednesday that he had tion between Putin and the prices," said Jain. require mandatory registration under the Bureau of Indian Standards before sale in India. This will curb sale of spurious imported products. LED mod- ules for lighting, induction stove, Novartis scraps asset sales to Aurobindo Pharma musical system and external storage devices above 256 GB Rotkreuz (Switzerland), avirus treatment, in its Aurobindo in September will also require BIS clearance. April 2: Novartis AG on Sandoz generic unit's 2018 as he hoped to shed Thursday scrapped the $1 portfolio. Malaria drug not showing much effect: Paris hospital generics assets in the billion sale of US generic Novartis is donating 130 United States that have pill and skin drug assets to million hydroxychloro- MARTHE FOURCADE Pitie Salpetriere was rated bly not effective." Hydroxychloro- faced fierce price pressure India's Aurobindo Pharma quine doses to support APRIL 2 France's best hospital in a 2020 quine showed promising results in and dragged down Ltd as regulators balked, efforts against the epidem- Newsweek ranking one small study in France, but its Sandoz's profitability. setting back the Swiss ic, though the European Hydroxychloroquine, the malaria "We've used it a fair bit because it methodology has been challenged. In 2019, the US assets drugmaker's shift to more Union has so far said there medicine that some doctors have was one of the hopes," Eric Caumes, In another small trial in China, the continued to weigh on profitable medicines. is no proof it works. been trying as a treatment against head of infectious diseases at the drug was no more effective than con- Sandoz's performance, as Ritesh Agarwal The cancellation leaves Novartis said the Covid-19, hasn't shown encouraging hospital, said on TV. "But we don't ventional care. For now, "we have the generics division's hydroxychloroquine, an Aurobindo deal's collapse results so far at France's Pitie have the impression that there's more studies showing it doesn't sales fell 1 per cent to $9.7 to forego salary older malaria drug that was not coronavirus-relat- Salpetriere hospital. spectacular efficacy. It's even proba- work,” Caumes said. —Bloomberg billion as price erosion in Novartis chief executive ed, from its perspective, the US cancelled growth for rest of year Vas Narasimhan is tout- but stemmed from the US ssion's not giving approval The transaction was sup- pleted last year but was Narasimhan announced elsewhere. ing as a potential coron- Federal Trade Commi- within expected timelines. posed to have been com- delayed repeatedly. the transaction with —Reuters

Moody’s changes outlook on MARCH FACTORY India Inc’s credit ratio drops ACTIVITY AT banks to negative from stable FOUR-MONTH LOW to 3-year low in H2: Crisil FC BANKING BUREAU "Growing solvency stress Mumbai, April 2: Crisil sectors with a debt out- Oyo Hotels and Homes founder MUMBAI, APRIL 2 among non-bank financial Bengaluru, April 2: on Thursday said India standing of Rs 23 lakh and group CEO Ritesh Agarwal institutions will increase The country's manufac- Inc's credit ratio fell to an crore. has decided to forego 100 per Global rating agency risks to banks' asset quali- turing activity expand- over three- year low for Chhatwal said economic cent of his salary for the rest of Moody's Investors Service ty because banks have ed at its slowest pace in the second half of FY20, activity will begin only in the year. The executive leader- on Thursday said that it large exposures to the sec- four months in March and gave a negative out- the second quarter. ship team also has taken a 25 expects deterioration in tor," it added. and is likely to get worse look for FY21 expecting The analysis says that per cent pay cut, but other Indian banks' asset quality Domestic rater Icra said as demand and output downgrades to continue auto dealers, and compa- employees will be receive their due to the disruption in the asset quality pressure take a hit from the coro- outpacing upgrades due to nies in the gems and jew- salaries and benefits. Many have economic activity from the for banks and non-banks navirus outbreak, put- the Covid-19 pandemic. ellery, airlines, real estate opted for an additional coronavirus outbreak and (NBFCs) is expected to ting a severe dent in The credit ratio, or the and steel sectors do poorly uncapped amount and some changed the outlook for the increase in FY2021. business optimism, a number of companies because of leveraged bal- going up to 50 per cent cut. banking system to negative By Icra's estimates, the private survey found. upgraded to those down- ance sheets and depend- This would be effective from from stable. them. "Disruptions to eco- GDP growth is expected to The Nikkei graded, slipped to 0.77 for Its president Gurpreet ence on discretionary April 2020. The rater said the deteri- nomic activity from the slow down to 2 per cent Manufacturing Purcha- the September 2019-March Chhatwal said the pan- spending for survival. oration in asset quality coronavirus outbreak will during FY2021 (-4.5 per sing Managers' Index, 2020 period, down from demic has slammed For a few sectors like would be across corporate, exacerbate a slowdown in cent during Q1FY2021) compiled by IHS Markit, 1.21 in the preceding six brakes on economic activ- telecom and fast moving small and medium enter- India's economic growth," from estimates of 4.4 per declined to 51.8 last months. ity and also has the possi- consumer goods, the crisis prises (SME) and retail seg- Moody's said. cent in FY2020. On the back month from February's However, from a quan- bility of human suffering, can get turned into an ments, leading to pressure According to Moody's a of a slowing GDP growth 54.5, its lowest since tum of loans perspective, which is unprecedented. opportunity as well, the SBI relaxes on profitability and capi- sharp decline in economic and curtailment of discre- November but still the debt-rated credit ratio It is a black-swan event analysis said. tal. It said if the govern- activity and a rise in unem- tionary expenditures above the 50-mark that rose to 1.24 from 0.25 in and we are very early into In what can come as a payment timeline ment makes more capital ployment will lead to a across the value chain, it is separates growth from the preceding six months. the crisis, making it diffi- relief, Crisil said the non- infusions into public sector deterioration of household believed that borrowers contraction for a 32nd There is little scope for cult to model the econom- bank lenders it rates have for biz loans banks, as it had in the past and corporate finances, will continue to face chal- month. optimism in FY21, due to ic impact, he said, adding adequate liquidity to man- few years, it would miti- which in turn will result in lenges for some time, the —Reuters the overhang of the Covid- that the agency has done age repayments for the State Bank of India has relaxed gate capital pressure for increases in delinquencies. rating agency said. 19 crisis, the agency said. an impact analysis on 35 next two months. —PTI the payment obligation time- line for one-time settlement (OTS), Rin Samadhan and gen- eral compromise schemes by three months amidst business WOMEN TO GET disruptions faced by compa- HUL sets April 17 Bengaluru biz joins Covid-19 fight nies due to the lockdown. The Rin Samadhan Scheme covers `500 IN JAN loans provided to SMEs, farm- as share swap date CHANDRASHEKAR G are dealing with the ill- ers and companies upto Rs 20 BENGALURU, APRIL 2 ness. This is a small effort DHAN ACCOUNT lakh while the OTS covers loans RAVI RANJAN PRASAD SKODA, MERC TO SET UP HOSPITALS by the foundation to ranging from Rs 20 lakh to Rs MUMBAI, APRIL 2 The ever compassionate ensure that the under- FOR 3 MONTHS 50 crore. Bengaluru business MICHAEL GONSALVES Hospital in Pune. It has served people of our socie- Hindustan Unilever (HUL) groups and entrepreneurs PUNE, APRIL 02 pledged Rs 1 crore for ty get access to clean, FC BUREAU has set April 17 as the have come forward to help German automakers facilities at the hospital. hygienic accommodation NEW DELHI, APRIL 2 record date for share swap the nation and the metrop- Skoda Auto Volkswagen Similarly, the Pune- as well as appropriate for completing the merger olis fight the formidable and Mercedes-Benz are headquartered Mer- medical treatment." Women under the process of Covid-19 challenge. setting up dedicated hos- cedes-Benz India is set- Infosys co-founder Pradhan Mantri Jan Future Retail GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Wipro, Azim Premji pitals to fight the Covid- ting up a temporary hos- Narayan Murthy family Dhan Yojana have rea- Consumer Healthcare Foundation, Infosys foun- 19 pandemic. pital with isolation has committed Rs 10 crore son to cheer as they will downgraded, put India that owns health food dation, Atria University, Skoda, with its largest wards for Covid-19 to Akshaya Patra for start receiving Rs 500 drink brands like Horlicks Embassy Group and a few factory in Pune outside patients in Mhalunge- Covid-19 relief. per month in their and Boost. others have come up with Germany, is setting up a Ingale village, Chakan Akshaya Patra respective accounts on watch list The merger became effec- resources to tackle the Covid-19 facility with Khed, near Pune. This Foundation has been serv- from Friday for the next Fitch Ratings said it has down- tive from April 1. "unprecedented health and 1,100 beds at the state- facility will take care of ing cooked food and dis- three months, starting graded Future Retail's rating The share swap ratio has humanitarian crisis" and run Sassoon General 1,500 patients. tributing essential gro- from April. and put the company on been fixed at 4.39 HUL sha- December 2018. support the police, desti- ceries boxes for the As per the notification Rating Watch Negative (RWN) res for every share of GSK Brand rights in the rest of tute children, manual ly on the most disadvan- launched a 100-room quar- migrant labourers and issued by the Indian list reflecting heightened risk Consumer Health-care. the 19 countries are being scavengers and pourakar- taged of our society, Wipro antine facility for Covid daily-wage earners. Banks' Association to its liquidity position. “The HUL promoter Unilever's acquired by Unilever Plc, mikas tasked with enforc- said. patients in the vicinity of Akshaya Patra plans to (IBA) on Thursday, the expected rating is based on the shareholding in the according to a Motilal ing the nation-wide lock- The activities will be Narayana health city in distribute 1.33 lakh essen- banks have been direct- yet-to-be restructured Future merged entity will be 61.9 Oswal Institutional Equiti- down to prevent the virus coordinated with govern- Bengaluru. The patients in tial grocery boxes, which ed to start depositing Rs Retail Ltd's (FRL) entity; under per cent compared to 67.2 es analyst who attended spread. ment institutions and exe- the isolation facility will will serve 55.86 lakh meals. 500 per month for Jan the restructuring, FRL will buy per cent prior to the merg- the conference call. In a communique, Wipro cuted by the Azim Premji be monitored by the doc- The Embassy Group has Dhan women account- the in-store infrastructure er. GSK PLc (including "HUL now need not pay Ltd, Wipro Enterprises Ltd Foundation's 1600-person tors and nurses of reached out to the city traf- holders. "The remittance assets it leases from Future group companies) will own royalty to GSK or parent and Azim Premji team, in collaboration Narayana Health City. fic police, offering to assist under the recently Enterprises Ltd and the cross- 5.7 per cent in the merged Unilever for the use of the Foundation, have on with many of its over 350- Earlier, Infosys the task forces on the announced Pradhan guarantee will cease. entity. Horlicks brand in India Wednesday together com- strong civil society part- Foundation announced its ground during this diffi- Mantri Garib Kalyan Sanjiv Mehta, chairman which they would have had mitted Rs 1,125 crore ners. commitment of Rs 100 cult time. The group has Yojana (PMGBY) will be and managing director, to pay if Unilever had towards tackling the Of the Rs 1,125 crore, crore to help the govern- set up four hydration sta- debited between April 3 HUL said, "Brands such as rights for the brand in unprecedented crisis aris- Wipro Ltd's commitment ment with relief efforts. tions where the police per- and April 9," the IBA Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 Horlicks and Boost are India. Also, there will be no ing from the pandemic out- is Rs 100 crore, Wipro Mrs. Sudha Murthy, sonnel can take refreshing said in the statement. Printed and Published by T. iconic, and we are excited royalty on R&D as break. These resources Enterprises Ltd's is Rs 25 chairperson, Infosys time breaks. In addition, The IBA said there is Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed at to have them in Hindustan research is done in-house will help enable the dedi- crore, and that of the Azim Foundation, said, the group has procured no need for beneficiaries Deccan Chronicle Press situated at Plot Unilever Fold." in Indian operations of cated medical and service Premji Foundation is Rs "Diseases often hit the hand sanitizers, dispos- to rush for withdrawal No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh Nagar Taluk, Hindustan Unilever also GSK Consumer Health- fraternity in the frontline 1,000 crore. underprivileged the hard- able masks and nutritional as the money is being Medchal Malkajgiri Dist. Telangana and announced that it has care. The company will of the battle against the Infosys Foundation, the est, because not only can snacks and handed over to deposited into their Published at 36, S.D. Road, the headquarters to equip Secunderabad-3. acquired the India market have to pay royalty only if pandemic and in mitigat- philanthropic and CSR they not afford proper bank accounts and can RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. brand rights for 'Horlicks' it uses Unilever's shared ing its wide-ranging arm of Infosys and treatment, but they also 44 stations and their 3,800 be accessed by them at Editor: Aditya Sinha in addition to the compa- services for technology," human impact, particular- Narayana Health, lose livelihood when they personnel. their convenience. ny acquisition in said the analysts. GAMES pg 8 DECCAN CHRONICLE | HYDERABAD | FRIDAY | 3 APRIL 2020

SHORT TAKES CORONA | CONTRIBUTION D/L inventor Lewis dies aged 78 Gambhir gives up Dubai: The International Cricket Council (ICC) on Thursday con- The buck stops! doled the death of mathemati- cian Tony Lewis, who co-devel- two years’ salary oped the Duckworth-Lewis sys- tem of calculating target scores Olympic sports fret over lost Games income New Delhi, April 2: ● R. Sridhar, fielding in weather- Donations continued to coach of the Indian affected lim- Lausanne, April 2: The pour in from the sporting ited-overs postponement of the fraternity with cricketer- cricket team, has matches. Tokyo Olympics and the turned-politician Gautam pledged `4 lakh Lewis died shutdown of the sporting Gambhir on Thursday towards the fight on Wedn- calendar because of the deciding to contribute his against Covid-19. esday. He coronavirus pandemic are two years’ salary as an was 78. going to hit international Member of Parliament to “Tony’s sports federations hard the Prime Minister-CARES contribution financially. fund to tackle the Covid-19 Rajasthan Chief Minister’s to cricket is Many sports that are pandemic sweeping relief fund — to fight the huge. The part of the Games depend through the country. pandemic. present day Tony Lewis heavily on the payouts The BJP’s Lok Sabha POREL DONATES `50K system of every four years from the member from East Delhi resetting targets in internation- International Olympic made the announcement Bengal pacer Ishan Porel al cricket is based on the one Committee (IOC). on his Twitter page, urging on Wednesday contributed developed by him and Frank “The situation is tense people to come forward `50,000 in country’s fight (Duckworth) more than two and very gloomy. An and donate generously. against Covid-19, which decades ago,” said Geoff assessment will be made, “People ask what can has forced a 21-day lock- Allardice, ICC General Manager but clearly some posts are their country do for them. down in India. - Cricket. under threat,” said an offi- The real question is what The talented young pacer “His contribution to the game cial of a major interna- can you do for your coun- has donated `20,000 each to of cricket will be remembered tional federation. try? I am donating my two the State Relief Fund and for years to come and we send The 28 international fed- year’s salary to Prime Minister’s Relief our condolences to his family erations (IF) of the sports #PMCaresFund. You Fund, and `10,000 to a local and friends,” he added. — PTI that were due to be pres- should come forward too,” hospital for buying masks, ent at the Tokyo Gambhir said. gloves and sanitisers. Olympics, would have SRIDHAR FIELDS `4 LAKH “We need to help people Boateng breaks received substantial sums fight this dreaded disease from the IOC. The Indian cricket team in whatever way we can. I confinement, fined However, the postpone- fielding coach R. Sridhar am doing my bit. I am also ment of the Games until also took to the social net- arranging basic food like Paris: Bayern Munich have fined 2021 could lead to a freeze working site to announce a rice, cereals and grocery defender Jerome Boateng for of their payment. donation of `4,00,000. for 100 people near my leaving the city “without per- The five additions to the “As a proud Indian citi- locality,” he added. Tokyo Games programme mission”, an act in breach of zen, I’m Duty-bound and UMPIRES COME TOGETHER the strict rules of confinement karate, surfing, skate- honoured to contribute imposed due to the coronavirus boarding, climbing and `200,000/- to @PMCares, With cricket matches sus- outbreak. baseball/softball — are People wearing face masks stand in front of the Olympic Flame which was passed from Tokyo 2020 to Fukushima `150,000/- to pended in the city owing to According to TVO television, not eligible. Prefecture at the J-Village National Training Centre in Naraha town on Thursday. — AFP @TelanganaCMO & the lockdown a lot of local the 31-year-old had left the city The Olympic payout `50,000/- to Sec Cantt umpires and scorers, who in order to visit his son who totalled $520 million after Board,” Sridhar tweeted. are solely dependent on it, suffered minor injuries in a road the Rio Games, four years APURVI GIVES `5 LAKH are facing financial prob- traffic accident on Tuesday. ago. lems. A group of umpires “Bayern defender Jerome The federations receive 2014 Commonwealth have created a fund for the Boateng left Munich yesterday money on a sliding scale English board may lose big Games gold medallist and umpires and scorers. “We, without permission from the determined by their audi- multiple World Cup-win- umpires have formed a club,” said the German champi- ence and size. London, April 2: The ● The England and et-less season could make ning rifle shooter Apurvi group ‘Lending a Hand’ to ons in a statement. The three largest (athlet- England and Wales a severe impact on ECB’s Chandela also contributed help umpires and scorers “Boateng has transgressed ics, swimming and gym- Cricket Board stands to Wales Cricket balance sheet. CASH GOES OFF `5,00,000 — `3,00,000 to whose livelihood depends the guidelines issued by the nastics) can expect lose over £300 million if Board stands to “....by way of offering an Prime Minister-CARES on cricket,” Ganesh Iyer club by being too far away from approximately $40 mil- the Covid-19 pandemic lose over £300 indication of the potential fund and `2,00,000 to said. — PTI his home. These guidelines gov- lion. prevents the upcoming million if the scale of the loss to the TENNIS TABLE ern the behaviour of the FC For the second tier, made season from going ahead, game, losing an entire Bayern players in the current up of cycling, basketball, said its chief executive upcoming season cricket season — which is situation in line with govern- volleyball, football and Tom Harrison, who is does not go ahead. not an outlandish sce- WORLD OVER ment directives on restrictions tennis, the sum is $25 mil- among the ECB employ- nario — will cost cricket Lausanne, April 2: The IOC CHIEF THANKS PM on movement and the recom- lion. ees taking a pay cut to in England and Wales well entire staff of the mendations of the health For group three, which deal with the crisis. term impact of the pan- in excess of 300m,” International Table authorities,” the statement contains eight sports, In another development, demic. In this communi- Harrison wrote. Tennis Federation (ITTF), MODI FOR SUPPORT added. — AFP including boxing, rowing, England’s centrally con- cation, Harrison claimed There are concerns with including its president, judo and table tennis, it is tracted players appear to he himself will be taking regards to whether the has opted for a voluntary Lausanne, April 2: International Olympic $17 million. have said no to the ECB’s a 25 percent pay cut for at county season, scheduled pay cut to deal with Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach has thanked Sport can wait, The nine sports in the offer of taking a 20 per least the next three to start on April 12, can be severe financial chal- India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his next level (including sail- cent pay cut as part of months. salvaged this year amid lenges arising out of the unflinching support to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, ing, canoing and fencing) board’s plans to combat “The pandemic is the uncertainty. “Our Covid-19 pandemic. which has now been shifted to 2021 because of the says Morgan receive $12 million. the financial challenges biggest challenge the absolute priority in the Sporting events around global coronavirus pandemic. London: Sport can wait for now For the three in the last arising out of the pan- sport has faced in the face of this challenge is the world have either In a letter to Modi, dated April 1, Bach said he was but on resumption, it could play category (rugby, golf, mod- demic, reported modern era although the firstly, to ensure the pub- been cancelled or post- “grateful” to the Indian Prime Minister for his support a massive role in “uplifting the ern pentathlon) the pay- ESPNCricinfo. full extent and impact of lic safety of our people — poned in the wake of the to the Tokyo Games during the recent G20 Leaders’ world” from the effects of the out is $7 million. The ECB on Tuesday the pandemic on cricket is our staff, players and col- outbreak. Earlier this Summit which was held via video conference in the Covid-19 pandemic, feels The international swim- announced a 61 million as yet unknown, it is leagues around the game, week, the ITTF extended wake of the pandemic, which has left the world in dis- England’s limited overs captain ming federation will have support package to tackle already clear that it will but secondly, that the the suspension of all its array. Eoin Morgan. to do the same for its the ongoing crisis. be extremely significant,” cricket network remains activities until June 30. “Please accept my sincere thanks for the support you Sporting activities the world World Championships In a letter of wrote Harrison. intact, and emerges from “The knock-on financial have given to the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, over came to a grinding halt in scheduled next summer in Professional Cricketers’ With its reserves going this crisis in a state to implications of an expressed in the Extraordinary G20 Leaders’ Summit the wake of the pandemic that Japan, when they would Association chief Tony down to £11 million in resume our trajectory extended period of not Statement, commending the International Olympic has claimed more than 47,000 probably clash with the Irish, Harrison expressed 2018-19 from 73 million towards a bright future,” hosting events has led to Committee for contributing to the containment of the lives. Tokyo Games. — AFP his concerns on the long- pounds in 2015-16, a crick- Harrison said. — PTI all ITTF staff and presi- Covid-19 virus,” Bach wrote in his letter. “Sport could play a huge role dent to decide taking vol- “I am really grateful for your support for the Olympic in uplifting the world and peo- untary salary reductions Games and their unifying role, which the G20 Leaders’ ple’s perspective on things,” in 2020, with the ITTF Summit had already expressed at your meeting last Morgan was quoted as saying Executive Committee year in Osaka.” by the ICC. reducing its expenses, to After their initial reluctance, the IOC and Tokyo “Isolation encourages idle Latinos want all the money help support the sport Games orgainsers were forced to bow before the minds. Sport can create that during these challenging unprecedented challenge of the Covid-19 pandemic, theatre and that level of expec- Sao Paulo, April 2: Stars players until the end of times,” said the ITTF in a and reschedule the 2020 Tokyo Games to 2021. — PTI tation around what it’s like to in some big Europe the pandemic. Executives statement. be outside again and be active. leagues are taking deep SHARP CUT FOR DRIVERS of the even the richest “During a video confer- If it came to it, I think it would pay cuts amid the coron- clubs fear the season shut- ence on Wednesday 1 be a huge step forward.” avirus pandemic but in London, April 2: McLaren drivers Carlos Sainz and down will spook sponsors April 2020 in which all Till the time the situation South America, where Lando Norris have taken voluntary pay cuts as part and debt levels will soar. ITTF staff were in atten- becomes manageable, the top most clubs and players of a raft of cost-cutting measures to help the team But players, including dance, ITTF CEO Steve English cricketer is ready to aren’t nearly as wealthy, survive the coronavirus crisis with Formula One in those who have been paid Dainton underlined the Oz’s randy rugby wait. — PTI local footballers want to lockdown. The British-based team will also use the late in the past, haven’t need for all ITTF staff to be shown the money. All of UK government’s furlough scheme to guarantee 80 given way and have asked stick together and make it. per cent of salary for staff up to a maximum of for the oversight of the the sacrifice in order to In Brazil and Argentina, £2,500 ($3,000) a month. national soccer confedera- help table tennis emerge players are sacked players aren’t budging, “The McLaren Group is temporarily furloughing a tion. The union did give stronger once the pan- despite cuts to staffing number of employees as part of wider cost-cutting some ground in terms of demic finally clears.” Sydney, April 2: ● Forward Corey FROM HOCKEY and wage bills in other measures due to the impact of the Covid-19 pandem- early vacations. So far, the “The ITTF is constantly Australian rugby league domestic leagues while ic on its business. These measures are focused on the Brazilian soccer con- evaluating the financial may be shut down due to Harawira-Naera and FIELD TO THE the season is suspended. protecting jobs in the short-term to ensure our federation has not inter- implications of event Covid-19 but that didn’t winger Jayden In Brazil, negotiations employees return to full-time work as the economy vened. postponements, while spare the scandal-plagued Okunbor of the between an association of recovers,” said an official spokesperson for “I don’t think there is a exploring ways in how it sport more bad news as Canterbury Bulldogs VIRUS WARD clubs and the players’ McLaren. — AFP reason (to cut). We are can work with various two Canterbury Bulldogs Perth: The coronavirus pandem- union failed to reach any stopping because we need governments around the players were sacked over were suspended for ic ended any chance of Rachael deal on pay and early to,” Atltico Mineiro’s world to minimise the an escapade with “young taking two “young Lynch competing for Olympic vacations. Now team cap- country has registered ed for the next few weeks. Guilherme Arana told Fox financial impact. Until females”. women” back to gold in Tokyo this year. Now tains and executives are more than 240 deaths There have been no pro- Sports. then, the ITTF is doing all New Zealand Test for- their hotel rooms she’s switching into the medical trying to reach individual related to Covid-19, and fessional matches in He spent the first it can to support the table ward Corey Harawira- mode to take on the virus. decisions that legal ana- the Pacaembu stadium in Brazil for two weeks. months of the year at tennis community in Naera, 24, and winger during a pre-season Lynch, the goalkeeper for lysts expect to end in the Sao Paulo has been trans- The first pitch by Italy’s Atalanta, near the these challenging and Jayden Okunbor, 23, were trip. Australia’s women’s field hock- courts. formed into a hospital to Brazil’s top clubs was for European coronavirus completely unforeseen suspended in early March ey team, is a registered nurse. South America’s biggest handle mild cases expect- a 25 per cent pay cut for hotspot. — AP times,” it added. — PTI after taking the women and club officials, our So after the Olympics were back to their team hotel on hosts in Port Macquarie postponed to July of next year, a pre-season trip. and fans of the game Lynch applied to work as a reg- Australian media said everywhere,” it said. istered nurse at two Covid-19 they met the women, Rugby league in clinics in the Western Australia described by the club as Australia has long been state capital. “young females of a con- dogged by scandal and the Lynch was already working a 20 men in India’s 2011 Cup trip sensual age”, while visit- National Rugby League day a week in a neuro-rehabili- ing a school in the New has been working hard to tation ward part of her of work- New Delhi, April 2: For ters in Indian cricket and jersey one last time. these days, is far removed South Wales beachside improve its image. life balance with training for the reticent Gautam they all cherish that even “Dhoni hits a six, India from social media remem- town of Port Macquarie. The build-up to the 2019 elite sport. She initially didn’t Gambhir, India’s 2011 though lives and careers wins the World Cup,” is bers the funny side of The Bulldogs announced season was overshadowed have any scheduled shifts last World Cup triumph was a have gone in different among the most famous April 2. “Even if I forget the pair had been deregis- when Panthers’ playmaker week because the national journey of 20-odd people, directions in the past nine lines spoken on air by the World Cup final, I tered by the National Tyrone May was suspend- squad the Hockeyroos were not one freeze-frame years. Ravi Shastri, whose com- can’t forget April 2. It’s my Rugby League on ed after being charged for supposed to be in Europe moment that social media Sachin Tendulkar, since mentary otherwise was marriage anniversary Wednesday and subse- allegedly filming and shar- preparing for the Olympics. makes it look every year then, has retired but is no littered with cliches. today,” he starts laughing. quently had their club con- ing images of sexual acts “As soon as we finished up on on this very day. less revered by one and all But does that one Harbhajan agrees with tracts cancelled. with two separate women Monday I went in and saw my Harbhajan Singh can’t who can still watch the 46- moment defines India’s Gambhir that it was a “The club fully supports without their knowledge. boss, the 33-year-old Lynch fathom why those 11 play- year-old pad up even if it’s entire campaign at the team effort. “Zak’s per- the determination made by It followed Bulldogs star said. — AFP ers never played as a team for five minutes in a char- World Cup? Not at least formance against the NRL in defence of the Dylan Napa being fined 10 in a single international ity game. for Gambhir, whose 97 in England. We would have reputation of our game percent of his 2019 salary game after that. The man who carried the final was priceless as lost that match had he not and the conduct of the for appearing in several Regd. No. H/SD/509/2018-20 Ashish Nehra is not a him on his shoulders, Indian team after winning he weathered the initial bowled and got a tie for us. majority of players who sex tapes. Printed and Published by T. man with too many Virat Kohli, has taken the 2011 World Cup. storm after Sehwag and Yuvi’s tournament and represent their respective After those incidents, the Venkateswarlu on behalf of Deccan regrets as he missed the Tendulkar’s place as Tendulkar’s dismissal. that knock against clubs in the right way,” the NRL introduced new rules Chronicle Holdings Limited. Printed final with a finger frac- world cricket’s premier chise coaching as well as “High time media learns Australia. Sachin in the team said in a statement. where players charged at Deccan Chronicle Press situated semifinals. Gautam and at Plot No. 9 Alwal Village, Vallabh ture but April 2 is a day batsman with a game that donning the role of an that,” Gambhir said after “The conduct of the two with serious criminal Nagar Taluk, Medchal Malkajgiri which better half Rushma brings thousands into the analyst while S. his tweet on how the Mahi in the finals. You players, on the eve of our offences are automatically Dist. Telangana and Published at 36, ensures that he “better stadium. Sreesanth, after all the World Cup was won by a look around and you will final trial match, demon- suspended instead of being S.D. Road, Secunderabad-3. not forget”. Zaheer Khan has settled taint, shame and horror of team not an individual, find significant contribu- strated an unacceptable able to play while awaiting RNI Registration No. 3081/1957. They were heroes in one into a nice post-retire- match-fixing, may be just went viral on the day. tions,” Harbhajan recol- lack of respect for their the outcome of their court Editor: Aditya Sinha of the most glorious chap- ment life with some fran- hoping to don the Kerala Nehra, whose life in Goa lected. — PTI teammates, their coach cases. — AFP