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  45657'8 admit such cases in the future. &R )  “Fever and coughing nly five per cent of patients would fall under mild symp-  & (  Oaffected by Covid-19 toms. If a person’s breathing require hospitalisation, Indian rate is more than 15 counts in /0 1  Council of Medical Research a minute, it indicates moderate Director-General Balram Covid-19 infection whereas Bhargava said on March 22. over 30 breathing counts in a 11   45657'8 The Union Health minute would fall into the Ministry slightly revised the severe category,” the Delhi elhi Chief Minister Arvind figure on May 21. At a Press Health Minister said at a Press DKejriwal on Sunday briefing, Joint Secretary in the conference on Saturday. announced that the hospitals Health Ministry Lav Agarwal It’s shocking that the hos- run by the Delhi Government said out of the total number of pitals kept admitting such cases and private entities will only active Covid-19 cases in the when the Union Health treat Delhiites during the coro- country, 6.39 per cent needed Ministry on May 14 issued a set navirus crisis while the city’s $   )  * ./   %   # hospital support. Out of these, of revised discharge guidelines borders will be reopened from $   %& about 2.94 per cent needed which said Covid-19 patients Monday. oxygen support, three per cent with mild and moderate symp- Addressing an online want Delhi hospitals to treat Safdarjung Hospital. intense care units (ICU), and toms need not be tested before media briefing, Kejriwal said patients from the national The Delhi Government 0.45 per cent required ventila- discharge. the hospitals run by the Centre Capital during the coronavirus hospitals have around 10,000 tor support. The guidelines said all mild will have no such restriction, pandemic. beds while the Centre-run hos- On June 6, Delhi had a      !! " !   #$   %& and moderately-ill patients and if the people from other “Hence, it has been decid- pitals have almost the same 27,654 active cases. If we go by should be discharged without states come to the national cap- ed that Government and pri- number of beds, Kejriwal said, the ICMR assessment of five coronavirus patients were health institutions as on Friday. A senior official of the testing from hospital 10 days ital for specific surgeries, they vate hospitals in Delhi will adding that it will strike a bal- per cent hospitalisation admitted in hospitals across Of them, 12 patients, consti- ICRM told The Pioneer on the after onset of symptoms — if can get medical treatment at only treat patients from the ance and protect the interest of requirement, Delhi should Maharashtra on Friday last tuting less than 0.6 per cent of phone that 5-6 per cent hospi- there is no fever and no oxygen private hospitals. national Capital,” Kejriwal those belonging to the nation- need around 1,400 beds. If we when the total number of cases the total active cases, are crit- talisation is a universal trend. support needed for three days. The announcement comes said. al Capital and other States as follow the national trend of in the State stood at 80,000. It ically ill and have been put on He felt that throwing the hos- In the case of the severely ill a day after a five-member panel The Chief Minister had last well. hospitalisation of 6.3 per cent, means around 20 per cent of the ventilator and oxygen sup- pitals open for all patients was patients, negative testing is constituted by the AAP week sought views of the peo- then Delhi should need around the patient required hospitali- port. the reason behind the highly must after clinical recovery. Government suggested that ple in Delhi on the issue, while     1,700 beds. sation in Maharashtra. The reports from these inflated figures in these Before these guidelines, the health infrastructure of announcing the decision to On June 5, Delhi Health In Mumbai, which had affected States make a mockery States. two consecutive negative tests the city should be used only for close the city’s borders.   ) ' Minister Satyendra Jain 37,500 positive cases on Friday, of the ICMR estimate of the “It’s not for me to comment within 24 hours was a must treating Delhiites in view of the “Delhi’s health infrastruc- claimed that Delhi has 5,000 of the total bed capacity of hospitalisation requirement. on this issue. Hospital author- before a patient could be dis- raging Covid-19 crisis. ture is needed to tackle the   /+  hospital beds, nearly six times 9,092 in dedicated units, 8,570 The figures also show that in all ities will better speak about it. charged. Till March, all the hospitals coronavirus crisis at the more than what the State beds were occupied whereas of these three States, four to five But I do feel that not all cases It’s obvious that Delhi hos- of Delhi were open to all. The moment,” Kejriwal said on 2'3 required, going by the assess- the 1,097 ICU beds, except 20 times more patients have land- require hospitalisation. In Japan pitals willfully flouted the residents of Delhi never denied Sunday. ments of the ICMR and Health all beds were occupied. In ed in hospital as against the and several other counties, Healthy Ministry’s discharge treatment to any person ever, There are around 40 Delhi New Delhi: Two days after an Ministry. That raised the all- addition, 378 patients were on national average. they never admitted mild or policy because they treated the the Chief Minister said, adding Government-run hospitals in FIR was filed against Sir important questions: Why ventilators. That means around What could explain such a asymptomatic cases in hospi- Covid-19 pandemic as a wind- that at any given time nearly the national Capital including Ganga Ram Hospital (SGRH) crowding in the hospitals when 10,600 hospitalisations, which mad rush to hospitals in the last tals. Why are we doing it in fall. That’s why States such as 60-70 per cent of patients in LNJP Hospital, GTB Hospital for allegedly violating Covid- so many beds are on offer? comes to more than 30 per cent few weeks? Panic of the ?” he asked. Maharashtra, Kerala, and Tamil Delhi hospitals are from other and Rajiv Gandhi Super 19 regulation norms, sources Now take the case of of the confirmed cases. patients, the greed of hospitals, Not surprisingly, the Delhi Nadu have fixed a cap on the States. Speciality Hospital. at the facility on Sunday said Mumbai. According to a daily In Haryana, around 30 per connivance between labs and Government has directed hos- fees the hospitals could charge “Nearly 7.5 lakh people Among the major Centre- there was a “clerical mistake” Covid-19 report published by cent of the total Covid-19 hospitals, and a possible under- pitals to discharge all mild and from the patients for their have sent their suggestions to run hospitals in the city are and the matter is “being sort- the State Government, 16,801 patients were admitted in 12 reporting of cases. asymptomatic patients and not stay. us and over 90 per cent people RML Hospital, AIIMS and ed out”.                                       R                45657'8                       0<&-2< ,&/./ ,-&,3= $%         ndia’s Covid-19 caseload ! !" # 4  ,3&.02 121 3.&--- Izooms past 2.50 lakh on P    Sunday, a week after crossing  10&-,. /0+ 3/&--- &'(        the 1.75 lakh milestone, as %!  1/&/-2 3&1=-3,&.=,  !"#$!%           !  new infections touched 10,114 :!  3/&<-- 1,-2&2<= # )&  and 241 deaths in the last 24    #     hours. India at 2, 57, 238 is now      3/&<,. 12<.&30<    $# the fifth worst affected country   +(,-(+./      -&=/3 =31.&,,3   45657'8 %         by the coronavirus pandemic 6 > 0&302 ,-.,&,/, with over 7,207 total    -(+*- nion Home Minister and #   #   &'  deaths.  + <&<=1 .31&3,1 Uformer BJP president Amit '    (!   While Maharashtra con-     >  <&/2/ ,/1&=/< Shah on Sunday launched the        #$L M tinue to hold the tag of the       =&.<- 2<1&..- poll campaign for the year-end badly-affected State, record- 0(+.(/00 Bihar Assembly polls address- +    ing 3,007 new cases and 120 '  =&==0 103&=2= ing a political rally via video deaths taking the total count to 9?  =&/02 =33&13. conference and slammed the   '(!)  *!      + !, 85,975, including 37,390 dis-  0(+)(+*-  ,&.Jharkhand due Loharadga Deputy national mortality rate is 2.81 based on door-to-door screen- Aby a top commander of from carrying out anti-terror to influx of migrant workers in Commissioner Akhanksha per cent. ing by medical team in these pro-Pakistan Hizbul operations. razil’s Government has State. So far 1,102 corona pos- Ranjan said, “All the corona On one hand cases of micro containment zones. Mujahideen terror outfit were At the same time, local Bstopped publishing a run- itive patients have been iden- infected persons have been infection is increasing in dis- Also the test of report of eliminated in a successful oper- police officers were seen mak- ning total of coronavirus deaths tified in State till filling of this admitted at Covid hospital and tricts due to migration of peo- people having symptoms of ation by the joint teams of secu- ing announcements from loud and infections in an extraordi- reports. On Sunday, 73 new all medical and security ple from Maharashtra, Gujarat, corona infection was also found rity forces in the Reban area of speakers warning people nary move that critics call an Covid-19 cases surfaced arrangements are being taken.” Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu to be negative. The Shopian on Sunday. against stepping out of their attempt to hide the true toll of from across the State, with Lohardaga DC added the cases and other states, on the other deputy commissioner, Rai Since January 2020, the homes to disrupt the anti-ter- the disease in Latin America’s Simdega recording 13 and which were found on Sunday hand more areas are becoming Mahimapat Ray after the security forces have killed rorist operations. largest nation. Lohardaga recording maxi- are from Kairo and Kuru block free from containment zones release of seven micro con- over 90 terrorists, including An A++ category terrorist, The Saturday move came mum 11 positive cases. of districts. in the State capital. Based on tainment zones once again several top commanders, in Farooq Ahmed Bhat alias Nali, after months of criticism from Cases also surfaced from Earlier, on Saturday a total State Government directives, appealed the people to follow anti-terrorist       hailing from Yaripora in kul- experts saying Brazil’s statistics Dhanbad, East Singhbhum, of 116 people tested positive for seven areas of state were made lockdown guidelines seriously. operations.       ,  gam is believed to have been are woefully deficient, and in Latehar, Koderma and other the coronavirus in the last 24 free from micro containment Ray said, “No one should vio- During the intense gun-     %& killed in the encounter. some cases manipulated, so it districts. Majority of cases hours in Jharkhand, taking the zones. These areas were made late the rules of lock down, it fight, which continued for sev- However, a police spokesman may never be possible to gain reported on Sunday were of total number of cases to 1,028 free from micro containment is necessary to protect every- eral hours during the day, the suffering any collateral damage. claimed they were still ascer- a real understanding of the migrant workers and they have in the State. zones as not a single case one. Follow social distancing security forces eliminated all However, two houses in the taining the identity of the ter- depth of the pandemic in the been put in home quarantine. Though the number of of infection was found in last completely, use masks and the hiding terrorists without area were completely destroyed. rorists. country. The count of migrants testing positive case in State has gone 21 days. sanitizers.”   !"!"   /3    &  : &     

:'!52"2 crossed 173 after 15 cases were addressing the increasing under the Cash For Work pro- reported by late Friday night requirement of tests in the gramme to collect 1000 kgs of  !"# ! ,**2&525:&%"! and eight more on Saturday future. old newspapers for making alone. Of these, 45 have so far Additionally, Tata Steel paper bags and ensuring 150 $ % %&%!'   9 '5 : recovered and have been dis- Foundation (TSF) has reached households earn a minimum charged from TMH. out to 6.10 lakh people in the one-time income of 1,500. Yet Jamshedpur: District admin- isolation ward into a Covid-19 hough corona positive The hospital is fully last 67 days through its various another income generating istration has plans to take the ward and are now gearing up Tcases are on the rise in the equipped with infrastructure CSR initiatives. TSF reached activity includes creating number of dedicated beds for to create a 100-bed ward in the city, simultaneously patients required for Covid-19 cases out to 51,000 returning migrant awareness on Covid-19 corona patients to 1000. new building. MGM authori- recovering from deadly virus and has made arrangements for workers across 24 states and through making wall paintings. Currently the district has ties have formed a four-mem- are also on the recovery mode. 600 beds for the same. provided them with informa- So far, 17000 wall paintings around 600 dedicated Covid- ber team to better maintain the As on date, Tata Main Hospital Tata Steel is stepping-up its tion and support as per their have been made by 2800 19 beds ready but with the 100-bed isolation ward. Dr. RY (TMH) has 166 Covid-19 pos- efforts to reach out to more need. households across Kolhan number of cases rising every Chaudhary, Dr. P. Sarkar, Dr. itive patients out of which 45 people impacted by Covid-19 Data collection and analy- region of Jharkhand. 13000 day the administration needs Balram Jha, Dr. VK Sinha Covid-19 positive patients . With the rise in the number sis of 9,000 migrant workers kgs of fresh vegetables have to have additional beds. The have been included in this have been discharged till today. of Covid-19 cases in East reaching East Singhbhum is been sold till date through officials have also decided to committee. The hospital is fully equipped Singhbhum district in being done with the help of dis- “From the Farm” initiative of convert the Homeopathy The new building of MGM with infrastructure required Jharkhand, TMH Jamshedpur for Covid-19 per day in its lab- Automated RNA Extraction trict administration for pro- TSF, providing livelihood College into a quarantine cen- would be separated and devel- for Covid-19 cases and has is all geared up to enhance its oratory. It has conducted 3700 Kits for conducting atleast 500 viding them with livelihood opportunities to 350 farmers. tre as well. MGM Medical oped as a COVID Hospital made arrangements for 600 testing facilities. Presently, the tests since April 24. tests per day. These kits have opportunities based on their TSF is looking at creating a per- College Hospital superinten- with a new boundary wall so beds for the same. hospital is conducting about The hospital is in the twice as much output than skill sets. manent model for providing dent Dr Sanjay Kumar said that additional number of The district’s tally has 150 RT-PCR diagnostic tests process of procuring manual ones and will help in TSF has initiated a drive regular income to farmers. they have turned the 100-bed patients can be treated. PNS #     #    #  %&'        $  DALTONGANJ: Palamu police, making SDPO Gupta as its head to crack this case too fast and submitted to our team with-     a major breakthrough in the day light mur- and in just 90 hours or so from the time out making any fuss. der case of a notorious gangster Kunal of commission of crime the most wanted On being asked if for a deal of 15 lakh ! ()*     Kishore Singh, nabbed one of the suspects suspect was caught far away from was there paid any advance to kill Kunal >5: ; identified as Vijay Sharma alias Guru ji in Daltonganj in Ranchi on Saturday. SDPO Gupta said “ Sharma is tight lipped DALTONGANJ: An FIR was lodged in Palamu Ranchi who was brought down to Gupta said it was by no means an easy on this point. We are to get another dread- against five persons for attempting to organise a t a time when people Daltonganj on Sunday for his judicial task to nab Sharma in Ranchi where he was ed face Annu Vishwakarma but un con- cricket match amid restrictions in the wake of Aare considering social remand. SDPO Sadar Sandip Kumar Gupta living in a two room accommodation. firmed report said there was a cash down Covid-19 pandemic, police said. Prompt action distancing as an effective said one more accomplice of Sharma, iden- Gupta further said the police had had of 5 lakhs of rupees to kill Kunal.” by the local administration, however, led to aban- measure to check the tified as Rajesh Verma alias Fantus, too has a photo of Sharma which was some 4 or 5 If the murder of Kunal was as tricky as donment of the match well before the batsmen spread of coronavirus, been sent to judicial custody. years old and in this intervening period any crime film where there took place head padded up and the ball hit the pitch, they added. crowding at places like Gupta said Sharma have five cases Sharma had put on lots of weight and has on collisions between the vehicles of the Palamu Superintendent of Police Ajay Linda fruit and vegetable whole- against them while Verma has has cases had small hair too making SIT difficult to victim Kunal and his killers Sharma’s nab- said the Chainpur police have lodged an FIR sale markets of against him. SP Palamu Ajay Linda said a get him but we got him. Gupta said once bing is no less a thrilling one for police in against five named accused and scores of others BokaroThermal and special investigation team was formed with Sharma saw us his entire criminality sunk Palamu said sources. PNS for this cricketing event which could not be held. Kathara continue. Many Linda said there is an embargo on holding traders, in this regard, at such events like cricket match, football match, vol- these local markets, have   ley ball match, chess match etc. This cricket match raised this concern with !%! )""%P! ! was to be played between two teams of Palamu the local police and district adminis- often found to be wearing them   !! and Garhwa, and a huge crowd of spectators vio- tration. improperly and leave the masks hang- lated social distancing norms to witness the game. “Daily scores of retail vegetable and ing around their necks only to be lift-   Q ! !  .%  Sources said Chainpur police have made fruit vendors arrive at these markets to ed up on sighting officials or police.   0 some seizures like wickets, bats etc. Officer in get stock and then to get dispersed in “The situation is very bad. There   : 4'8     break divine,” he charge of Chainpur police station Sunit Kumar different shops of the thermal city. In is hardly any social distancing here. The >; :; added. said, “We are trying to find out as to who were such condition, if even one person has retail markets seem to be better; but the n awareness programme on pre- According to the the people behind this event as we have named coronavirus, then he could put many vegetable market seem to be emerging Avention of Covid-19 epidemic was roups of rumour, Corona Mata five accused of this event.” in danger,” said Surendra, a vegetable as a potential hotspot for spreading the organized in the Coke Oven and By- Gwomen have told the people that, Sources said the Daltonganj BJP MLA Alok seller from inside vegetable market. corona virus,” said an employee of Products Department of Bokaro Steel started worshipping do not be afraid of Chourasia is in the eye of the storm as his polit- Some even suggested that whole- DVC, BokaroThermal and a resident Plant on Sunday. On this occasion, ‘Corona Mata’ to me, worship me, I ical adversaries are charging him with arranging sale mandis should be closed for at least of the locality. Executive Chief General Manager eliminate the effects will leave on Friday, this cricket match where social distancing was one or two weeks.Many shopkeepers Some local residents of GM colony (CO & BPP) NC Saha, General of Coronavirus not said Ojha adding given a full toss by a very large gathering of spec- and buyers of central market and veg- said that a large number of dumpers Manager (CO & BPP) KN Jha, only in the rural “even through tators who had lined up there for this cricket etable market neither wear face masks and vans are being parked along the Departmental Security Officer & pockets but also in several parts in the urban WhatsApp messages, this story is being match that did not start even. nor maintain distance. Poor social dis- road making the entire stretch highly General Manager (CO & BPP) Shiv areas across the Coal and Steel belt of spread and the method of worship is being MLA Chourasia has pooh-poohed the alle- tancing norms followed at temporary congested at the residential colony. Shankar, Manager (Security) BNK Jharkhand. Branding the Coronavirus pan- told.” Influenced by this rumour such prac- gation against him saying, “This is a murky dirty Sunday markets, especially the veg- “I was shocked to find hectic traf- Shyamala, including 50 personnel demic the wrath of ‘Corona Mai’, women tices were also spotted in several parts of game of some people belonging to a particular etable market functioning along fic and a traffic jam on the Jharkhand were present. started ‘seven days worship’ in a bid to appease Dhanbad, Hirapur, Katras, Sindri, Bermo, caste who always drag my name in anything that Bokaro Thermal station road in the chock to station road. Not many were In the programme, Saha called the goddess and escape the wrath of the virus. Nawadih, Chandrapur and in Chandankiyari they think does them good.” city,and Kathara market has caused wearing face masks. It was a very upon the employees to apply face On Saturday, several groups of women found too. Dozens of women also offered prayers The MLA said the play ground is almost near concern among many residents,said pathetic situation and makes all talk of masks, observe social distance and worshipping at the bank of the canals, rivers there and then put nine laddus, nine cloves, Kinni and he lives 3 kms away from there at Willson Francis a trade union leader. maintaining social distance a big joke,” pay special attention to wash hands and ponds in many spots across twin cities hibiscus flowers and other worship material Majhagawan village and big of all he said, “I never The authorities, after clamping observed , a M.K. Chaudhary a colony at regular intervals. The keynote in Dhanbad and Bokaro. along with them in a one-foot deep pit in the knew there was any event arranged at Pathra High prohibitory order last month to check resident. speaker Jha elaborated the person- Ranju Devi (48) along with her three ground near the water bodies. School ground. I have no role in this match even the spread of the COVID 19 pandem- Attributing the crowd to a large nel about the prevention of infection other friends rushed to Two tank Garden It’s worth mentioning that superstition, by any stretch of imagination.” ic, had sought to decongest the any number of small vegitables traders from this disease. The HRD hall was Lake to worship the Corona Goddess. “Sharp rumours and largely unscientific nature have The BJP MLA said, “I refute all baseless and market and announced the opening of coming in cycles from nearby villages completely sanitized before the pro- at 7.35 am we rushed near the lake for wor- continued to dominate people after the out- unfounded allegations against me where I am temporary retail markets at various to sells their vegetables at reliable gram was organized. ship, to conciliate Corona Mai,” she said. break of the Coronavirus virus. Social media being linked to this event with a political dirti- parts of the city. prices here, locals suggests that the Also series of awareness pro- “We also offered Laddu, Phool, Akshat, pages were flooded with videos claiming the ness.” Since then the Central market of market be spread out further along the grams were organized in the BSL’s Lowang (cloves) to the goddess and later pandemic was nature’s revenge on mankind DC Palamu Shantanu Kumar Agrahari, tak- Bokaro Thermal and Kathara chock football ground decongest it. SMS-2 and CCS departments to take buried in a small ditch on the bank of the lake. for eating non-vegetarian food. ing a serious note of this event telephoned MLA have been attracting a large number of “Alternatively, the DVC or local care of the operation of electrical We prayed for normalcy and end of the pan- Instead of observing precautions to pre- Chourasia and wanted to know if the MLA had traders and buyers. Complaints abound police authorities can reopen the equipment and to make them aware demic,” added Laxmi another woman. vent the spread of the virus, some performed had any role in it. “DC Agrahari telephoned me on lack of personal distancing by Central market allowing only small of the safety aspects, following social Binod Ojha a resident of Nirsa said, this pujas. In Agra, prayers were offered to the and inquired about this event. I told him I have traders and customers at the market. shops with necessary restrictions and distancing. In the program, Chief belief originated and spread out from Chapra Yamuna River, which according to Hindu no role in it. I also asked him to get it thoroughly Most of the traders and buyers do enforcement of personal distancing General Manager (SMS-2 & CCS) P. (Bihar) village.The story, a cow grazing in a mythology is the sister of Yama, the god of inquired into.” PNS not wear face masks. Some who do are norms,” they said. Deva, General Manager Rajesh field suddenly turned into a woman at death. There were also reports of a puja where Bahadur, Deputy General Manager Chhapra district, now going through many an effigy of the virus was ‘fed’ halwa puri to (CCS-Electricity) SK Suman, districts of Jharkhand after Bihar. This satiate its hunger. %',  + & ) /# (+3R ;  Deputy General Manager (SMS-2- rumour has now started taking root in the Meanwhile, some religious preachers, in Electricity) Naveen Tete and officers urban areas like Dhanbad and Bokaro too, he clips circulating on social media, claimed God of Security Department and said. “Instead of considering corona as a dis- sent the Coronavirus to punish and destroy   issued the Draft Corporate Social rules restrict the administrative expenses Contract workers were present. ease, women are starting to consider the out- his enemies. Responsibility Rules, 2020 (“Draft Rules”) to 5% of total earmarked funds. An inci- ince the COVID-19 outbreak began, for inviting comments from the public. dental effect of such a provision read along SCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR) The Draft Rules mandate ‘CSR with the penal & coercive enforcement has been making rounds in both news Implementation’ either by the Company mechanism is that it would disincentivise  ,)1,   )!* !   /  reports and academic circles. This renewed itself or via three modes, firstly, through companies from active planning and focus on CSR has been due to the overar- a ‘not-for-profit’ company incorporated by implementation of CSR to a passive one.     >; :; ching societal expectations of business, that the principal company; secondly, by part- After all, why would a company invest its the corporate sector shall be helping the nering with any statutory body formed by resources both pecuniary and human in he scientists from Central society to heal in this pandemic. the Central or the State government and CSR, when it has the option of simply TInstitute of Mining & Fuel The unique ‘experiment’ of CSR was thirdly, by engaging international organ- depositing the earmarked amount into a Research (CIMFR) are provid- started with the enactment of Companies isations for planning & implementation. Fund, terming it ‘unspent’? The latest data ing their immense support for Act, 2013. It was called unique in the sense Mandating implementation of CSR from the MCA’s CSR portalsuggests that the Mumbai-Ahmedabad that India became the first country to legal- activities through the company itself or the government exactly intends this to hap- Bullet train project. ly mandate Companies to spend monies through a not-for-profit company by the pen.In FY 2017-18,a whopping74.37% of The bullet train project under CSR. Companies which crossed cer- Draft Rules seems to be well-intentioned. total number of companies either didn’t will have 21 kilometres long tain financial benchmarks are mandated It is aimed to bring transparency by curb- spend a single penny or spent less than underground corridor from to spend at least 2 per cent of their net prof- ing shell NGOs and trusts, which are mandated. BKC to Kalyan Shilphata in its. engaged by companies in round-tripping The Draft Rules once implemented Maharashtra. Around 7 kilo- The CSR Draft Rules: Another Nail in of funds earmarked for CSR. Since may transform CSR into a mandatory tax, metres of this underground the coffin? Charitable Companies incorporated under reducing it to an item of checklist of com- corridor is under the Thane The Companies Amendment Act, Section 8 of the Companies Act are sub- pliances, which must be paid to conduct creek while 1.8 km long section 2019 (“Amendment Act”), inserted inter ject to similar obligations and compliances business. By doing so, it does not incul- will be developed under the sea alia, penal provisions for non-compliance of limited companies, it shall bring a cate valuesof doing business in a socially bed, while the remaining part of CSR regime. Experts view this move as majority of CSR activities under the reg- and ethically responsible manner. of the stretch is to be built detrimental. Christopher Hodges, ulatory purview of MCA. However, it may The way forward under the mangroves marsh- Professor of Justice Systems, University of be argued that the legal structure of a com- CSR was implemented not to monitor land on either side of the creek, Oxford, notes that compliance in ethical pany is not best placed to serve the aims but to have an enabling and encouraging official sources said. Speed Rail Corporation Scientist, Pushpedra Patel was done for deriving a seismic issues of business should be based on and purposes of CSR. environment for corporates to conduct CIMFR extended valuable (NHSRC) required a scientific Technical Officer, Abdur wave prediction model and mutual trust and collaboration between NGOs are important stakeholders in business in a socially responsible man- contributions by providing study to assess the effect of Rahman and Banti Kumar calculated possible TBM regulators and the industry and any puni- bringing social change. Most NGOs are ner.The case in India remotely seems so. technical support. The scientist Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) Dhar Technical Assistant con- vibrations while tunnelling, he tive action for non-compliance could be legally structured as societies and trusts. In an era of neoliberalism wherein impe- conducted a study and sug- induced vibrations on the near- ducted a study there. said. counterproductive Globally, NGOs are collaborating with tus should be on collaboration between gested mitigation measures to by Mangrove Creeks and Experiments were con- CIMFR recommended Contrary to the recommendations of leading companies together to herald government and private entities, a regu- avoid any possible disturbance Mudflats, where there are set- ducted on ‘Rock Mass charac- restricting the Thrust Force of a 2018 report of a high-level committee on social and environmental change. For latory model based on coercion and to flora and fauna and also pro- tlements of migratory birds, terization by seismic profiling TBM to contain the vibration CSR, The Amendment Act mandated the instance, Coco Cola and World Wildlife penalty does not fit in. Adopting the right vided technical supports on the said Dr Ramulu adding for assessment of vibration levels below threshold limits to depositing of unspent CSR amount either Fund have been working together for set of incentives and adhering to experts’ impact of Tunnel Boring “CIMFR was assigned to con- attenuation characteristics’ by ensure safety to Mangrove in a Fund under Schedule VII or in a spe- almost a decade to conserve fresh water opinions is the key to increase the social- Machine (TBM) induced vibra- duct a study and suggest miti- generating surface waves along Creeks and Migratory birds set- cial account to be opened by the compa- resources. A blanket ban on NGOs and isation of businesses. Hopefully, the law on tions on Mudflat and migrato- gation measures to avoid any the tunnel alignment on the tlements during tunnel con- ny if such unspent amount relates to an trusts won’t serve the purposes of CSR. CSR shall be rationalised as part of the ry bird sanctuaries at the tun- possible disturbance to flora ground surface, said Dr struction below 20 meter ongoing project. The High-Level Regulation is one thing; blanket ban is broader reforms to boost ease of doing nel alignment of the Mumbai and fauna.” Ramulu. depth, said Dr Ramulu. Committee report suggested that trans- another. business under the Atamnirbhar bullet train project, informed A team compromising of The surface wave attenua- “This scientific study is ferring the CSR monies in Central Apart from these, partnership with BharatAbhiyan. Dr. More Ramulu Senior Dr. P.K. Singh, Director tion characteristics helped to going to facilitate the NHSRC Government funds to ensure compliance statutory authorities may compel the (The writer is a IV YEAR, B.A., LL.B. Principal Scientist and Project CIMFR, Dr. More Ramulu, simulate the TBM vibrations in getting environmental clear- does not serve the intended purpose of companies to carry out those financial (Hons.) student at National University of Leader. Senior Principal Scientist & and to assess the likely damage ances from National Green CSR. obligations which were essentially gov- Study and Research in Law, Ranchi and For the construction of Project Leader, Dr. Partho B. to Mangrove trees and Tribunal (NGT),” added Dr In furtherance of the amended CSR ernment’s, thereby transforming them the views expressed in the article are his the tunnel National High- Choudhury Senior Principal Mudflats; Regression analysis Ramulu. regime, the MCA on 13th March 2020, into secondary exchequers. The draft own.)

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Hospital, Greater Noida is cur- dose of confidence amongst the $  #,2/    $!   # ries of government jobs and About 30 other persons, After the Central rently managing treatment of demoralised cadres the groups    #       #   facilitation from the forces in including the entire probe team Paramilitary forces that have so 23 ITBP, seven BSF and 13 have been directed to carry out 9?     the Valley. and Control Room personnel, far reported over 1,300 positive CRPF personnel besides a civil- suicide attacks against the have home been home quar- cases, the infection is now ian and seven family members forces and resist the setting up (JeM), Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, the Valley to their families, al to set up any Hindu colonies antined. spreading to the Central Police of paramilitary personnel of Hindu colonies following the Tehreek ul Mujahideen, Al according to the statement cir- as such, the terrorist groups are Meanwhile CBI SP Rohit Organisations (CPOs). including five of ITBP men and abrogation of Article 370 that Umar Mujahideen, Al Bad and culated in the Valley, a copy of seeking to amalgamate the Kapoor has also tested positive Besides the CPOs like NIA one each of CRPF and SSB per- granted special status to Jammu The Resistance Front are which has also been recovered cadres amid the continuous for Covid-19, his doctor wife and CBI, the Bureau of Police sonnel. & Kashmir. directed to do only suicide by the security agencies. reverses at the hands of the and mother have also also Research and Development, a Presently, there are 26 Hizbul Mujahideen chief in attacks on the Indian forces. The Hizbul has also artic- security forces by claiming that infected with the novl federal think tank on police active Covid19 positive cases in Valley Gazi Haider has in a Everyone is directed to do ulated the setting up of Hindu such colonies pose a challenge Coronavirus. Residents of the reforms, has reported one pos- ITBP and 186 others have statement urged all the suicide attacks like Lethpora colonies in Kashmir as rallying to save Islam. CBI colony here who have itive case besides four cases in recovered from the disease. Kashmiri fighters of terror attack because the forces are point to amalgamate cadres of The Hizbul Mujahideen been traced to be in contact the National Disaster Response Beg, (39), a Kashmiri groups like Lashkar-e-Tayyeba not even handing over the different groups. has been at the receiving end with the infected official have Force (NDRF). woman was arrested by the (LeT), Jasih-e-Mohammad bodies of the terrorist killed in While there is no propos- among the terrorist groups been advised home quarantine The elite Central paramil- Delhi police in early March on itary force National Security suspicion of being associated Guards has also reported 18 with Islamic State and organ- Covid-19 positive cases. All ising anti-CAA protests. * 2  # / !  ! 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A novel coronavirus that claimed the latest data, had over 1,550 Khorasan terror case. got them tested for Covid-19 jawan suffering from cancer his life, the officials said. coronavirus cases, out of Besides quarantining the and they were found negative. succumbed to Covid-19 a This is the third death due which more than 1,100 have persons in contact with Beg or However, during interrogation couple of days ago, taking the to Covid-19 in CRPF, which recovered. the officials involved in ques- Beg developed symptoms and total number of deaths due to has about 3.25 lakh personnel, These forces, with a com- tioning her, the agency has also was tested again along with her the disease in the country’s and 11th among the Central bined strength of about 10 closed the Control Room at the husband and Basith. While largest paramilitary force to Armed Police Forces (CAPFs), lakh, are deployed in a variety NIA headquarters here fol- the two other accused tested three, officials said on Sunday. or the paramilitary forces. of roles in internal security and lowing the report of infection. negative, Beg contracted the They said the jawan, a The Central Industrial border guarding domains Reports of others are also infection. She has. now been constable of the 141st battal- Security Force has reported under the Union Home awaited, sources said. shifted to LNJP Hospital here ion, died at a hospital here on four deaths, the Border Ministry. The CAPF Referral for Covid management.

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4-   )1)1 + #     +=.7%2   >   &  : 0   ,)889      0   the samples collected by Palaniswamy said that '544 8 the team of health workers. the mortality rate in Tamil Guwahati: A three-member central team, on   ;'8 A total of 15, 671 persons Nadu was the lowest when a week-long visit to Assam, is studying the ith 1,515 persons were tested across the State compared to even foreign state's Covid-19 management and has held oronavirus cases continued Wtesting positive for on Sunday while the num- countries besides other a series of discussions with senior state offi- Cits unabated hike in Kerala, coronavirus on Sunday ber of persons tested till Indian States. “We have the cials, a top official said on Sunday. With 92 despite the State Government’s which took the total num- date reached 5.66 lakh. best recovery rate too,” fresh cases on Sunday, Assam's coronavirus claim that it has done an excel- ber of positive cases in the Chennai continued to said the chief minister. He tally climbed to 2,565 with 1,943 of them lent job to check the spread of State to 31,667, Chief be the district which test- also said that the State’s active cases. the pandemic in its initial stage Minister Edappadi ed the highest number of economy has been affect- Principal Secretary, Health and Family itself. Sunday saw 107 persons the State went up to 144 as Palaniswamy had to come positive cases. Out of the ed badly because of the Welfare, Samir Kumar Sinha said that the testing positive for Covid-19 more and more places came out with a statement 1,515 persons tested pos- pandemic. But we have three-member team from the Union Health pandemic. This is the third day under the spell of the coron- claiming that all was well itive on Sunday, 1,155 were initiated many measures and Family Welfare Ministry, is now study- in succession the State is expe- avirus. Hotels in Kozhikode with Tamil Nadu. from Chennai. to being the economy back ing disease management in Assam. riencing an increase of more and Kannur districts decided to According to the med- This shows that the to its original health. Many “The central team has been in the state than 100 cases in the number suspend operations for the ical bulletin issued by the deployment of a team of companies are going to since Thursday and held a series of discus-   9  precision. of persons tested positive. next one week in the backdrop Government of Tamil five ministers and one make big time investments sions with senior officials including Chief Damages suffered by the According to a release of the increase in the number Nadu on Sunday, there more IAS officer to mon- in the State because of the Secretary Kumar Sanjay Krishna over the he Pakistan Army on Pakistan Army were not issued by the Government of of cases. were 14, 396 active cases of itor and streamline the steps taken by the Covid-19 situation in the state. After visit- TSunday resorted to multi- known immediately but local Kerala, as on date there were The Government release Covid-19 in the State. Till progress of the virus has Government,” said the ing the State, the central team would sub- ple ceasefire violations along residents in the area claimed 1,095 patients undergoing said that out of the 107 cases date 16,999 persons have not paid off. Chief Minister. mit a report,” Sinha told IANS over phone. the line of control in Keran they saw a thick screen of treatment in the State. On tested positive on Sunday, 71 been discharged from hos- As the number of “So far, the govern- Another senior Health Department and Rampur sectors of smoke billowing out from Sunday, 277 persons were hos- were those who reached the pitals fully cured and this covid patients moved ment has allocated over Rs official said that the central team, during the frontier Kupwara and enemy positions across the pitalised with complaints of State from foreign countries is being shown as a posi- upwards, the Chief 4,033 crore towards vari- past four days, had visited various medical Baramulla districts in Kashmir line of control. fever, cough and respiratory while 28 were from other States tive development. Minister issued a release ous efforts regarding colleges and hospitals, Covid-19 care cen- valley. Srinagar based Defence issues. in India. The number of per- stating that the pandemic Covid-19, even as the tres and quarantine facilities in and around According to ground Spokesman, Col Rajesh Kalia There are 1.91 lakh persons A total of 1.87 lakh persons sons tested positive on was fully under control health infrastructure has Guwahati and various other districts. reports, the Pakistan Army in a statement said, “at about who are under observation as have reached the State by air, Sunday is the highest to be and there was nothing to been strengthened with The central team comprises Ajay Tiwari, initiated ceasefire violations 11.00 and 12.40 p.m Pakistan on date. Thrissur, the district sea, rail and road. Till date 83, registered in the State till be worried about. measures, including Joint Secretary, Labour and Employment and around 11.00 a.m in Keran initiated an unprovoked where the first coronavirus 875 samples have been sent for date. The day also saw 18 “The lockdown and appointment of more doc- two senior public health specialists -- N.N. sector followed by similar vio- ceasefire violation along the case was detected in the State testing. Though the persons succumbing to related curbs have helped tors and nurses,” Naskar and Snigdha Basu from All India lations in Rampur sector of line of control in Keran and way back in January, saw 26 Government had allowed the the pandemic, taking the keep the pandemic under Palaniswamy disclosed Institute of Hygiene and Public Health.Assam Baramulla district after a gap Rampur sectors of Kupwara persons testing positive for the opening up of places of worship death toll till date to check. Moreover, 86 per and further stated that the Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said of more than one and half and Baramulla district”. pandemic with eight members from Monday, many religious 269. cent of the covid-19 cases number of testing labs and that around 2.50 lakh people returned to hour. In both the locations, “Army retaliated befit- of a same family getting afflict- groups have decided not to The bulletin said that in the State were found to hospitals in public and Assam so far from 14 states across south and Indian army gave a befitting tingly and targeted enemy ed with the disease. open their institutions in the 76 laboratories were work- be asymptomatic,” the private sectors have been north India, leading to the heavy rise in coro- reply and targeted enemy positions with high precision”, The number of hotspots in prevailing situation. ing round the clock to test Chief Minister said. increased. navirus patients in the State. IANS positions with high he added. & '"   $ 

#& :      O P$  !.34%$ %5  9  the state at 43591. there were 105 deaths on   45657'8  > 8 Of the deaths reported May 27, 85 deaths on May    9  rose from 1,150 cases on May 28 to on Sunday, Mjumbai 28, 116 deaths on May 29 , -. ongress slammed the BJP 2830 on June 7. n a drop in the number of accounted for 61, while and 99 deaths on May 30, 89 Cfor online Bihar rally by he Union Territory of Jammu & According to the media bulletin, Ifatalities and increase in there were eight deaths in deaths on May 31, 76 on 9   > 8 Thackeray government, the Home Minister Amit Shah, TKashmir on Sunday recorded with two more deaths the death toll the infected cases, as many Solapur, six deaths in Pune, June 1, 103 on June 2, 122 BJP’s credibility had gone down saying that promises made in the highest ever tally of 620 fresh due to covid-19 has gone up to 41 in as 91 people died of Covid- five deaths in Ulhasnagar, on June 3, 123 on June 4, major controversy broke in the minds of the people. At pandemic are unfulfilled by the cases of coronavirus and two more Jammu and Kashmir. 19 and 3,007 others tested four deaths in Mira- 139 on June 5, 120 on June Aout on Sunday over Sonu the same time, there was con- government and voters are deaths across Kashmir valley. With According to the media bulletin, positive for the pandemic in Bhayandar, two deaths in 6 and 91 on June 7. Sood’s recent efforts to help siderable anger about the Modi going to punish the ruling this, the total number of positive 37 cases were reported from Jammu various parts of the state. Kolhapur and one death With 61 new deaths migrant workers reach their government in the minds of the alliance of the BJP-JD(U) cases have surpassed the 4,000 mark division while 583 cases were report- A day after 120 people each in Palghar, Nashik, and 1420 fresh infections, respective States from migrants. But, in 'Thugbandhan' in Bihar for and the total number of active cases ed from Kashmir division on sunday. succumbed to the pandem- Jalna and Akola. In addi- the total number deaths Maharashtra, with the ruling Maharashtra, the BJP put the betraying the people.” are now inching closer to 3000. Moreover, 90 more Covid-19 ic and 2739 others tested tion, one person from West mounted to 1638, while the Shiv Sena accusing the Thackeray government in the Former Union Minister Over 54 percent positive cases in patients were recovered and dis- positive for Covid-19, the Bengal died in Mumbai. total infected cases rose to Opposition BJP of using the dock. Making use of the con- and senior Congress leader Jammu and Kashmir have been charged from various hospitals, 9 number of deaths came *Out of those dead, 64 48774. The Brihanmumbai Bollywood actor as a fusion, has the BJP made Akhilesh Prasad Singh said reported from across five districts of from Jammu division and 81 from down to 91, while the were men while 27 were Municipal Corporation “face” to project a picture that Sonu Sood wear the the Prime Minister Srinagar, Kulgam, Anantnag, Kashmir division. infected cases rose to 3,007 women. Forty six of the (BMC) said that there were the Uddhav Thackeray mask of a great social worker?,” had locked the country to save Baramulla and Kupwara. Out of According to the media bulletin, in the state. deceased were aged over 60 25,940 “active cases” in the Government had failed in help- Raut asked. the countrymen from Covid-19 4,087 positive cases, 2,247 cases are out of 4087 positive cases, 2830 are With fresh deaths and years, 41 were from the age metropolis. ing the stranded migrant Sood has come in for praise but those people do not see reported from these five districts Active Positive, 1216 have recovered infections, the total number group 40 to 59 years and 4 Some of the key obser- workers. from various quarters in recent anything other than politics only. and 41 have died; 05 in Jammu divi- of deaths mounted to 3060 were aged below 40 years. vations made in Sunday’s In his Sunday column efforts to reach the stranded and the result of that is despite The situation turned grim in the sion and 36 in Kashmir division. and the total number of “Sixty seven out of 91 report were: The recovery ‘Rokhtok’ in the Sena mouth- migrant workers to their pandemic BJP has started pol- last 10 days. Between May 28 and According to the media bulletin, infected cases rose to 85975 patients (73.6%) had high- rate in the state is 45.72 per piece Saamna, Shiv Sena’s MP respective states from Mumbai. itics in Bihar even the date of June 7, the total number of cases have in Kashmir valley, out of 583 positive in the state. risk co-morbidities such as cent and the case fatality and Sanjay Raut – who is the So much so that Sood met the election not announced doubled in Jammu and Kashmir. cases, Kulgam district recorded a After taking into diabetes, hypertension, rate in the state: 3.55 per newspaper’s Executive Editor – Maharashtra Governor Bhagat yet. According to the media bulletin, maximum number of 160 cases tak- account 3060 total deaths heart disease,” a state health cent. Currently, as many as said: “Using Sonu Sood as a Singh Koshyari on May 30 at “The kind of language and on May 28, the total positive cases ing the district tally to 527 cases, fol- and 39314 patients dis- bulletin said. 5,58,463 people are in home face, a political outfit in Raj Bhavan in Mumbai and speech by Home Minister in his were 2,036 and on June 7 the tally lowed by 132 cases from Baramulla charged from various hos- There have been a total quarantine. There are Maharashtra is attempting to briefed the Governor about party rally is nothing but des- touched 4087 cases, recording a and 87 from Srinagar. pitals ever since the out- of 1289 deaths in 77,654 beds available in project a picture that the his ongoing work to provide peration that they now under- jump of 2051 cases. Jammu district has so far report- break of pandemic in the Maharashtra during the quarantine institutions Thackeray Government has food and help the migrant stand they have a very bleak Meanwhile, the active cases ed 222 positive cases followed by state, the state health previous 13 days. On May while 28,504 people are in failed. To an extent, the outfit people to reach their home future in the State. His rally is recorded a jump of 1,680 cases dur- Ramban with 168 cases and authorities pegged the 26 (Tuesday) the state had institutional quarantine has succeeded in painting Sonu states The Governor applaud- virtual but the real problem of ing the same period as active cases Udhampur with 130 cases. number of “active cases” in witnessed 97 deaths, while now. Sood as `Mahabali’ , `Bahubali’ ed Sood for his good work and Bihar has been put under wraps and `Super hero’. Some sections assured him of his fullest sup- with all false promises and of the BJP have adopted Sonu port in his efforts. fake Governance over the years. in an effort to win over the “We would like to know as The ruling alliance both at ,  ,> 2!2!   .  migrant workers”. to what kind of machinery that Centre and State are Thugs,” Raut, in his headlined Sonu had to reach thousands of Singh said through a video “Ekta Sonu Sood Khara”, (Only migrant workers to their Press conference from Bihar in   ;'8 require 40,000 for Sonu Sood is real), also homes.... He is the president of reaction to Shah's poll call in a single fill. I am yet slammed the actor by saying Rashtriya Banjara Seva Sangh. the state. he name Union of Soviet to check the that as an actor, the latter was He is just a face. Who is behind “Whether the election will TSocialist Republics (USSR), mileage but it is not used to taking money to deliv- him? To that extend that the be held on time or not due to Soviet Union as it was known that important. A er dialogues and he was being Maharashtra this epidemic but earlier, is alien to the new gen- vehicle like this used by the BJP. Governor calls Sonu to Raj these people are doing a virtu- eration. The collapse of the who has seen many “The Maharashtra govern- Bhavan, seeks information al rally in Bihar,” Singh Communist Party resulted in actions has its own ment had set up a special cell about the work he is doing, remarked. the disintegration of USSR into importance,” he to transport migrant workers to appreciates him and offers the The Rajya Sabha member smaller countries and the said. their native states. At that time, actor fullest from Raj Bhavan,” alleged that the Shah as second beginning of a new world ZiL stands for a campaign was run – under Raut said, head of the Union govern- order. Gone are the memories We need not go in search of Zavod Imeni Likhachyova which the migrant workers wondering as to why the actor ment should have addressed of Josef Stalin, Nikita service stations to fill them with which went bankrupt following were told – those wanting to go was getting such preferential the real problem but he was Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, air. Even if the tyres get punc- the disintegration of the Soviet back home should send a mes- treatment at a when doctors, best in jumlas. the leaders who ruled Soviet tured , there is a system which Union. In its heydays, the com- sage on a particular number nurses, police personnel, civic “Where are the talks of Union with their iron hands. helps us to drive the vehicle till pany used to manufacture ZiL with your mobile number. body workers and NGOs were package announced by the The USSR was the biggest roar of a military vehicle. The liner and clutch plater etc,” said the nearest puncture specialist,” limousines for the exclusive use Sonu Sood will send you home. doingCentre earlier in a massive supplier of armaments to 3.5 tonner Zil had joined the Naveen explaining how he said Naveen about the ‘six- of the rulers and polit bureau For this, a huge political so much work to battle Covid- way. The Government had Indian defence forces. From Indian Army in 1967 and was restored the truck to showroom wheel drive’ truck which has members of the Communist machinery was put on the job 19 in the state. announced industrial corri- aircraft to artillery, from in service till 1982. This six- condition. joined the fleet of his classic Party of Soviet Union . The from behind. A picture was “I would not be surprised dor, where are these. But they armoured vehicles to heavy wheel drive truck could be used “The ZiL trucks have been and vintage collection. USSR and Indian communists sought to be created to project if Sonu’s name figures in Prime did best they are know for. load trucks, you ask for any- even as a mobile rocket launch- built for life long use. That’s the But the ZiL will not idle had claimed that they were the that the Thackeray govern- Minister’s Man Ki Baat. I would Only creating a virtual world thing with the Made in USSR er. uniqueness of Russian tech- away his time in the garage. Soviet equivalent of Rolls Royce ment is doing nothing but it is also not be surprised if Sood and the BJP workers distrib- tag, the Indian forces had them. Doraiswamy Naveen, a nology. Only parts that get Naveen is planning to use the and Mercedes Benz. The ZiL Sonu Sood who is doing every- meets Prime Minister uted mobile phones in rural Sunday saw people in vehicle aficionado based near worn out need be replaced. truck as a recovery as well as a 131 in possession of Naveen got thing,” Raut Narendra Modi in Delhi. I areas to enable them to listen Kerala-Tamil Nadu border Valayar in the border, bought This 3.5 tonner truck is a dou- carry away vehicle which a number of red salutes in the wrote. “At one stage during the would also not be surprised if to the speech of Amit Shah. But watching in awe as a young vin- it from a dealer who got the ble axle vehicle with single would help him to ferry vintage Kerala side of the border on Corona crisis, the BJP was he will move around in this time people in Bihar have tage and classic car restorer truck in an auction. “When I leaf spring system which makes and classic cars from far away Sunday. “It is as comfortable fighting a battle for its own MumbaI, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh made up their mind and would drove a USSR built ZiL 131 got the truck, some of the manoeuvring an easy job. locations to his restore shop. and safe as driving a modern existence. Because of its con- and Bihar as a star campaign- teach this NDA gang a lesson,” truck retired from the Indian parts had been worn out and it There are six tyres and each of The truck has a diesel tank of car,” Naveen says about his new tinued criticism of the er of the BJP,” Raut wrote. Singh said. Army with the characteristic took me a while to get the brake them is equipped with inflator. 500 litre capacity. “You may “toy”.   !"!" " / 6 #"!%% 6$! #$+#A   @     #A  A 6#683@ $6#++ 5! +  (  4 +  + + "-':.          $                   :##   ! #       * %      #   * % ;  &   &  #  # #  !  )   %  ,  8*% !)%9        4                     4                        0            4                   (    0,                0      ,              ( ast Thursday, a District and                     Sessions Judge at Patiala House, ,     !        *    ( New Delhi, denied bail to a 27-       =::::           ( year-old sociology student, Safoora Zargar, now six months   $   #      >::::      ( Lpregnant and one who has been accused in          =:67(=: + 0  ,     ( the Delhi riots along with many others. In                    its order, the court examined the facts as placed by the prosecution. Taking note of 8* 00   9   (            it, the court said that there is evidence that  (            #    there existed a “conspiracy” to block a road,                    which the accused was involved in. The tone of the order, especially the words used there-          #        in, give an impression that Zargar, along   ?@             ?@@    ( with others, “conspired to cause disruption   *               A  of an unprecedented scale.” Some WhatsApp messages and disclo-  (   ,   + $   3  0  4  sure statements were enough for the *  $    -            ( learned judge to come to the conclusion              #     ( that on the face of it, a “conspiracy” was hatched to cause “disruption” to such an             (        extent and such a magnitude that it would      6B      #    6::(     lead to disorderliness and disturbance of                 law and order at an “unprecedented scale.” The judge said, “...when you choose to play     (   0!         with embers, you cannot blame the wind  (            BC     to have carried the spark a bit too far and       S     (      spread the fire” and that consequently, the “acts and inflammatory speeches of the co- 6@          *% !)%    ,  conspirators are … admissible against the %        =D           accused.”       6::         Presumably, he pointed out that the ground that she had formed an Government protesters, refusal of bail with how an , *% !)%               ( embers of this conspiracy led to the “anti-fascist front” along with Facebook has said that his accused in the Rajiv Gandhi engulfing flame, ie, the Delhi riots, where some of the co-accused and statement “serves as an exam- assassination case, who was                    more than 50 people lost lives. I will not that this front planned to, ple” of the kind of content that pregnant, was refused bail. Or # 4                 talk about the legal merits of such an order among other things, “topple the ;45'  they would take down because what do we say of videos cir-           , =:6=  6D      ( because frankly, I am not the best person democratically elected 5N 55'5 it, in a more direct way, encour- culated by social media heads to do so. However, I recommend one Government.” ages supporters to be violent. of Zargar, which were several      *% !)%            should read what legal experts have said I am not sure what the NIA ;785 4'5 Further, as opposed to months older, where she was          )         ( about it over the past few days. They have is admitting here. But I’ll let the 48 ;  ;:5 Zargar or Bharadwaj, does seen raising slogans, to show         6>:@B       6  talked at length about the legal shortcom- readers make their own infer- Anurag Thakur’s videos, where that she seems completely fine. ings of the order. In this article, I want to ences. Then there is also the 84'58 %5;D he is seen shouting, “Desh ke I do not want to comment on    EF =:=:(=6        D@:::    talk about how the executive deals with two example of Bittu Sonowal '5%;(>'5 gaddaron ko,” while the crowd the intelligence of these obser-               ,     sets of people differently. One in favour of against whom the NIA has chimes in repeatedly with the vations but I’ll let the readers                   0   its yes men, often those part of the ruling slapped charges under the 988 :E'  phrase “goli maaro saalo ko,” make their own inference. party, and the second critics of the UAPA for using phrases like lal >554D;4 not form part of a conspiracy So what is the way for-                  ( Government. Along with this, it is also salam and “comrade” as proof to carry out disruption at an ward? Where should the com-      :@C      %$ #     important to reflect on who we can hope to show that he is a Maoist. 5N:5 57E unprecedented scale? mon man go? Is it a given that  3  0S    6C       will check this arbitrary exercise of power. Even owning books written by 6 484%&;;&84 This is just about the exec- the State’s position is always The Delhi police charged Zargar with Karl Marx or Lenin that are utive. Unfortunately, one had right? When the district judge #             ,     the non-bailable Unlawful Activities freely available could possibly 5: ;D7 E84% expected the police and the says, “When you choose to play                3     (Prevention) Act (UAPA). This means that be a reason to slap charges ;6475 : NIA to act more in the image with embers, you cannot blame           (%        at some level, the State believes that by under the UAPA now. It’s sur- of the Government but the the wind to have carried the blocking a road during the anti-Citizenship prising then that books by MS 9:8 :545 judiciary has been found spark a bit too far and spread       #           Amendment Act (CAA), Zargar, as also Gowalkar (a proponent of extremely wanting, too, in the fire”, are we supposed to            6::       ( another accused in the case, threatened the maintaining the caste system) D;:> 87>9  terms of laying down clear blindly trust the Government            @C   *      ( unity and sovereignty of the country. are not taken as evidence for : %E ' :& jurisprudence for bails. They to be the weatherman telling us However, this treatment is not unique to being casteist. are, of course, not helped by the where the wind blows?              0    Zargar alone. Take the example of human This is where the problem 7; 4 5 executive, which sought to One thing that can be done               3  ( rights activist and lawyer Sudha Bharadwaj, lies: The Government often 45: &6  charge dissidents under the is that when the Government  ,                   against whom the National Investigation acts brazenly in treating some %: 45> 87 UAPA. But it boggles one’s tells us where the wind is blow-               .      Agency (NIA) has slapped charges under people as rioters and slaps mind that BJP MP Pragya ing, I recommend we step out the UAPA. She, too, was recently denied charges under the UAPA. Is 6'875 :5%4 4 Thakur, also an accused under and see for ourselves. And the (2    (  ,       E     bail despite the fact that she had diabetes. there any difference in the way UAPA for the Malegaon blasts, pillars of our democracy should                  ( She also came under a vulnerable catego- it treats its leaders like Kapil O :% :6 4O was granted bail while close to note that what we sow in the                     ry of people, who are at risk of contract- Mishra or Anurag Thakur? To six-month pregnant Zargar wind, we reap in the whirlwind. ing COVID-19 while being incarcerated. cite an example, with reference was not. (The writer is a former IPS                  What’s more amusing is the fact that one to the threat issued by Kapil However, heads in the BJP’s officer, a former MP and cur- of her bail applications was opposed on the Mishra against anti- social media cell compare this rently a member of the AAP) #& (B  1  2 3 45 >8   #  #   8        5#   ;    +  R #  # # #&$$   &8    8 $    #       $       < $  +#   $    & 8  +  #  $  #    $    $ +8  #   #      *           (  #>  $ + #  #+         )        #   !#  #  #+  # #     #       2%&!5%&% 2% &:&%2 '&!"&%         K  K8 K #: K! E      +, $    #  -                        5 5   5 1 55 6   3451  .  (    ((      /  0 . ,     approach instead of taking shelter  Q   under the excuse of man-animal       1 2 .  ( conflict, tragic incidents like the      (    Sir — It was heartening to read         & L5  $M one in Kerala will keep occurring.         1 #  about the Rajya Sabha parliamen- K9=L  +  Bhagwan Thadani tarian, Sanjay Singh, who used the  O  ++    #  Pune  (  (             34 domestic flight tickets he is ###   8       #     "      ( annually entitled to as a Member  $$& ##+ $                  .    of Parliament to fly 33 migrant  # #+      ##  #  workers from Delhi to Patna. This  7#   $      .     (    (     2 is the sort of exemplary service we          Sir — It is an undeniable fact that  .                expect from our elected represen-   +##   the Coronavirus pandemic has    2     2            3  tatives. Leaders must use their &  O# #7   emerged as the single biggest power and privileges to help      ## #  challenge that the modern world  !  /                ordinary people, which is what 5 & $ $ &   $!# '    #  has faced in many decades. With  4                  Singh is doing.  # #    #    #+   6    a majority of the countries under           4-52(67 .     Delhi Chief Minister Arvind #  ##   + & #  8O      preventive lockdown, several Kejriwal, too, lauded this move.   + + &+$      L M$  functions of everyday life have    "   8 9 /  0 .    ( He took to the social media and      !  &$     # &  >9   taken a hit. Children being most      said that Singh’s gesture will set a     #         + 9 +   +%   $ susceptible to infections and edu- 0       #         precedent and that it is inspiring    #+  #  ; 7D%      :%  cational institutions being crowd- for all. Thousands of migrant  #           # #$#  ed places where social distancing   *              677: 0 workers have been stranded in       $ 9!#"#'2 goes for a toss, colleges and         2   )     PQ many parts of the country owing    #        schools were the first to be shut     0   *   S   2   )  ( to the lockdown that was put in down. The Government has been   2            "     place to combat the Coronavirus pro-active in managing the epi- contagion.   instant case, the elephant tragical- of the country. While electric demic till now. It should be      2    0 %       S Migrant workers are in dire ly turned out to be a case of col- fencing is expensive, opposition equally conscious of providing       ,  S    "    ( need of the kind of help extend- lateral damage as the explosive was from conservationists to the adequate infrastructure needed       .   S     0 ed by Singh. One hopes that other Sir — This refers to the editorial, actually intended for wild boars culling of small wild animals has for practising social distancing in leaders, who have been blessed “Elephantine problem” (June 4). ravaging fields with standing left the farmers in the lurch, forc- educational institutions. .S             * with means and privilege, will use The death of a pregnant wild ele- crops. Though this is no justifica- ing them to protect their crop and Mohd Najib                  their resources in the service of phant in Kerala’s Palakkad district tion for the painful death of the livestock through unconvention- Patna     #  *          " ( others. after it bit into concealed explo- elephant, it cannot be denied that al means, often leading to the Ibn-katib sives that exploded in its mouth is wild boars account for almost 70 death of endangered species.   2 7        S        # S  (1 Azamgarh a gut-wrenching incident. In the per cent of crop loss in some parts Unless States adopt an integrated '&22&%52:#&&%E$     + $ #    Q #                         #   (              2       (          G25 2,       $                      #                        "   0   (                                         4-52(67  "                         3             0,        ,                 0   iven the precarious combination of pop-             ulation density, poverty and poor sanita- #               Gtion, India’s urban areas have long been        #         susceptible to infectious diseases. The world’s first        3            ( cholera outbreak began in Kolkata in 1817 and India saw an excess mortality of 4.5 per cent dur-        0          ing the 1918 flu pandemic. This is almost twice      A           as high as any other developing country for which    H G      1 , data is available. Now, more than 100 years later,                 1 2   the country is standing in the middle of a con-           tagion, facing a storm of virus waves infecting )         I       more than 9,000 people every day. With the eas-   P  Q    %    I   ( ing of the lockdown, the country is ascending the     "              global list of worst-hit countries fast. But in spite G             P#   of the numbers, India is now reopening its econ-    %       %   omy even as the hospitals are getting inundated with COVID-19 patients.      Q I       S  Among countries with a death rate of more %     I         than 4,000, India has recorded the fastest          increase in confirmed cases and the biggest jump #            in the death count over the last week. The num-   2           ber of deaths has nearly doubled in the last 17              ( days and the number of infections is twice what   +                 it was 15 days ago. It took about 111 days to reach 84 85;D>55:         the first one lakh cases but it only took 14 days :5;(5:E: 584 #         4-52(67   ( to hit the two lakh mark. Though socio-econom- ;:;4:E&                   ic and administrative factors are the major con- was eased off. There are two other crit- So far SARS-Cov2 is known to be scientists should now focus on develop- tributors to this surge, there are other factors as '5:58877 ical observations that are unique to our a stable virus in terms of the rate of ing strategies against the virus recruit- * J          7:     well that may have been impacting the disease ;45:4D;: country: First, most of the cases are mutation. According to experts, the ing innate and adaptive arms of the           #     curve. 5; 756';' (5 asymptomatic/of limited clinical sever- Coronavirus has differentiated into immune system. A recent study found                Over 60 per cent of the total cases are in just :5;(5:5;:'  ity and second there are higher recov- about 10 clades as it spread globally. that some people who have never been           five cities — Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, >7848 7 ery rates which are indicative of the Scientists at Hyderabad’s Centre for infected with COVID-19 harbour T- 3               Ahmedabad and Thane — and more than half 85 5(8: 7 effective adaptive immunity fighting the Cellular and Molecular Biology have cells (part of our innate immune sys-              the total number of cases across the country are 84D58;4 pathogen as well as inherent innate discovered that a clade (I/A3i) is found tem) that fight this virus, indicating that       #        ( traceable to these cities. Delhi ranks the first in 5P57 5 :5 immunity. A major area of concern/sus- in about 41 per cent of genomes they might have previously been infect-   P  Q             terms of the highest spike in cases in the last seven P85; ;4 picion of the disease worsening is viral sequenced in India and is a milder form ed with other Corona viruses sharing         (        days. Mumbai holds the first position in the num- 4 4>56;:5 mutations. The COVID-19 is a single- than strains found in other parts of the similar characteristics. *                   ber of deaths and total infections. ' 4'58488 7 stranded RNA virus with a protein shell. world. This clade (I/A3i) has four vari- Researchers should work on mak-   ,                India’s response to the current pandemic has When the virus enters the human ants out of which one variant, C13730T, ing a skin test akin to the Mantoux test arguably been swifter and more decisive than that 85 56'8' body, it starts making new copies of is a more virulent strain, which may be for tuberculosis available to test T cell    ,             ( of other developing countries. But in spite of all E>5 87 itself within a cell in order to infect other causing the surge in deaths and the rate response (type-IV cellular response).                 efforts, with the phase-wise easing of the lock- 5P57 5 cells. In the process, the virus makes of infections recently. The serological antibody tests may be             $    down over the last couple of weeks, the number ;>5:(584 : mistakes in its genomes leading to per- This strain is likely to have emerged weak and wane off over time but a T cell              , of cases started soaring exponentially, raising the ;>:5 65:5 manent mutations. through a mutation in India in differ- response measured by a skin test will              Corona curve. Though the lowest in the world 7 ;4 :E Mutations are part of a virus’ life ent genetic material. The study is cur- remain with a longer memory.                 at 2.8 per cent, the death rate is also on the rise.  %5K 8 5 cycle and in general, RNA viruses tend rently under peer review by BioRxiv Scientists around the world observe     The country was adding on an average 15 deaths 5: 454L 4 to have high mutation rates than DNA journal and clade (I/A3i) is not known that India may be seeing a lesser viru- #       P   Q P   per day in the first week of April, it has now ;5;45:;8 viruses. Most mutations do not cause to be seen in any other country. lent disease due to a non-specifically  Q   P    Q    #    ( increased to 225 deaths per day as on June 2. KD:; '8%';5 any advantages or disadvantages either As we dive deeper into the causes strengthened T cell response from the             S   Policy makers crafting the lockdown exit plan to the virus or the host. As of now, the of the steep rise of the positive cases routine use of BCG vaccination at partially attribute the worsening status to migrant 5:;8 COVID-19 virus is said to be mutating with gradual easing of the lockdown, the birth.     #          ( labourers bringing the virus into suburban and :5  54L slowly. COVID-19 originated from relation of air quality index of our high- Lastly and most importantly, in        #         rural India. Besides these migrants, vegetable ven- mutations within the Coronavirus fam- ly-polluted cities to disease vulnerabil- spite of better recovery rates in our              3   dors and vegetable/fruit and flower markets are ily which leads to the thoughts that as ity needs to be considered, too. In a country, there is still a concern for peo-                     ( known to be a major source of spread of the con- it spreads around the world, it paper published in Elsevier’s journal of ple who have recovered or had a sub-   #             " ( tagion. Resumption of cross-country trans- might/will have mutated into various Environmental Pollution on April 4, sci- clinical disease. Viral infection seque-   P Q  P  Q        portation and industry has led to previously green forms in various geographies leading to entists pointed out that mortality was lae are quite common and can be                 States confronting imported cases. Test results for a more transmissible, more virulent 12 per cent in northern Italy, as com- worse than the initial disease which may            #     ( thousands of migrant workers who travelled from form or both. This apparently poses a pared to 4.5 per cent in the rest of the be mild. Sequelae observed in SARS    (              Maharashtra and New Delhi to Bihar last month threat of worsening the global health country. Northern Italy is one of outbreak were pulmonary damage (at                     found that one in every fourth person had con- crisis. Europe’s most polluted regions based on times permanent) and osteonecrosis tracted COVID-19. Bihar now has one of the Scientists have explored this by data from NASA’s Aura satellite. (from high dose steroid treatment).          #    steepest infection curves in India (next to analysing about 13,000 samples in Another recent study explains how Given the panoply of symptoms #               Delhi) and infection clusters have also been Britain since mid-March and found that air pollutants cause hyper-activation of seen in sick patients and one prominent                ( tracked to labourers travelling to their homes in new mutations appear roughly twice a the innate immune system. A small disease sequela MISC (multisystem         K         Uttar Pradesh (UP). month. The rate of mutations is impor- cohort of mice was exposed for months inflammatory syndrome in children)               ( The disease trajectory of the contagion in tant because the faster a virus mutates, to air pollutants. The fine particulate seen in the western world, I hope that          India has emerged differently from other coun- the more unpredictable it is. Though matter (PM 2.5) are seen to impact the healthy, young people will restrain the 2               tries. In contrast to China, US or European coun- most mutations have little effect, some immune response, causing significant urge to “go out and have fun” as there             (  ( tries that saw a steep initial rise of cases followed of them — single or multiple mutations increase in inflammatory cytokines in is every reason to worry that there                   by a lockdown and then flattening of the curve, — can build up over time making the both serum and as well as lung might be an Act-II in this contagion   G             there has been a gradual increase of infections virus more successful in thriving in peo- parenchyma. This leads to high systemic drama waiting to unfurl. in India since mid-March and then a steep rise ple of varied ethnic origins and genet- inflammation, impairing heart function (The writer is an author and doctor 8          9 of the curve from mid-May when the lockdown ic variations. as well. In the current context, Indian by profession) !     $  $ G„tyq„‰qˆux•† sˆyu‰yvxu•s „tuƒ„ˆqsy‰ƒy„YWq„ts „y„‘u ty‰sˆyƒy„qu „xurq‰y‰ vwu„tuˆs ‚ ‘ˆq„tsq‰uy„xuyˆ “„s ‘„ˆ• !1 4-28

tion is what moral right do we Indians or has an affair with a White woman, altogether different dimension when The brutal killing at Varmor village deeds against a section of our own have to condemn racism or any kind it may be frowned upon by some racists the institutions of law-governed soci- in Gujarat’s Ahmedabad district came countrymen/women, we surely have no of discrimination in any part of the but it is unlikely that the couple will be eties themselves become a site of six months after Haresh and Urmila got face to protest and comment over such world? Because we ourselves are racist physically attacked. In India, if a Dalit racism. married against her family’s wishes. incidents of racism that happen glob- to the core and discrimination of every boy marries or has an affair with a non- A few years ago an unelected all- Even the police force, which is supposed ally. Attacks on Dalits are reportedly kind thrives in our midst. We discrim- Dalit girl, the likelihood is that both will male village council in India ordered a to be neutral and fair to everyone, can most common in Uttar Pradesh and inate on the basis of colour, race, gen- be killed by the girl’s relatives or her 23-year-old SC woman and her 15- no longer be trusted to enforce the law Tamil Nadu (TN). In TN, Dalits have ;4OD;:%5 der, religion, caste, region and even caste members who feel they have been year-old sister to be raped. The “sen- in a fair and just manner. been attacked for not performing cer- social class. “dishonoured.” tence” was handed down as punish- Because of this special nature of tain humiliating tasks in temples which '5 O;4  8  8 To quote from The Holy Bible: Articles 15, 16, 17, 23 and 29 of the ment after their brother eloped with a racism, which is experienced at every they earlier traditionally performed.   #  05) 034 “Why do you look at the speck of saw- Constitution, all of which serve as mea- married non-SC woman. They had also stage, from the initial prejudices and There are often clashes between Dalit dust in your brother’s eye and pay no sures against both caste and racial dis- ordered for the sisters to be paraded attacks to the police and hospital and non-Dalit students in TN univer-    attention to the plank in your own eye?” crimination, remain only on paper. We naked in the village with blackened authorities, there is often no choice for sities and colleges. Educated youth are  #   #   n May 25, a White Minneapolis So how can we point at the West and are still not able to abide by our faces. Nothing could justify this abhor- the victims and their supporters but to surely expected to be more liberal    # police officer, Derek Chauvin, shout “racism” and “discrimination” Constitution which “guarantees” equal- rent punishment, humiliation and mobilise and pressurise the authorities minded, but it is often these who are    + Opressed his knee into the neck when caste discrimination and atroci- ity irrespective of caste, creed, colour abuse of human rights of the innocent at every stage to come to a semblance found to be the most casteist.    of a Black man George Floyd as the lat- ties against Dalits, Scheduled Castes and gender. victims of hate. of justice. People have to come and agi- If the youth of the country cannot ter begged that he could not breathe. (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (STs) con- These racial prejudices that Indians Last year we witnessed the brutal tate in front of police stations, hospi- be the change and cannot rise above this      $   The Black man ultimately died and the tinue unabated in India even today? have also take the form of colourism, death of 25-year-old Haresh Kumar tals and courts. feudal mindset, then the future of the   $   video of the murder by the man in uni- Even over seven decades after which the number of “fairness” prod- Solanki, a SC who dared to fall in love Rohit Vemula’s death once again country is not very bright. We will con- > O % 8 form has gone viral on the internet, Independence, for a Dalit daring to fall ucts available in the market testify to. with and marry a woman from the exposed the deep-seated caste dis- tinue to live in the dark ages till we don’t #    # leading to widespread protests not in love with a non-Dalit is inviting a Then we also have to contend with upper caste. Eight family members of crimination in higher educational insti- stop discriminating on the basis of # $ &   $ just in the US but in Australia, Brazil horrible death. Can we stop this infamy regionalism and gender discrimination his wife Urmila, who was two months tutions — both among students and colour, race, gender, religion, caste, and Canada, too. Indian celebrities and in our own country? Can we eat, play which starts with the killing of the girl pregnant, killed this man while a teachers. region and social class # 8  students too, condemned the racist US and live equally with every human we child in the womb itself. women’s helpline team was trying to Discrimination and atrocities are (Katju is a former judge of the    # police force on social media. It is good come across in India? The answer is a The social stigma created in soci- negotiate with the father, Dasrath destroying our nation. If we cannot Supreme Court of India and Kapadia is   +# that there is universal condemnation of resounding “no.” ety to victimise a Dalit has never seen Singh Jhala, to send his daughter back change the feudal mindsets of our own a Solicitor and Advocate-on-Record of K     L this outrageous incident. But the ques- In America, if a Black man marries a full stop. The problem assumes an to her husband’s home. people, who commit such barbaric the apex court)   !"!"  9 2) (  & 

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But Africa’s long-distance truckers where the line of trucks waiting to be he much-needed vaccine to ing a running total of coron- ing the coronavirus outbreak, say- is the worst affected country with inary laboratory testing results. say they are increasingly being accused of cleared stretched into the distance and Tcombat the coronavirus will avirus deaths and infections. ing the virus was first noticed in over 1.9 million cases and more “The conclusion was that they carrying something else: the coronavirus. wound around the lush hills overlooking take at least one year before it Critics called the move an Wuhan on December 27 as a viral than 1,09,000 deaths, while the total were cases of viral pneumonia,” it While hundreds of truckers have test- the crossing at Namanga. becomes available widely, extraordinary attempt to hide pneumonia and human-to-human number of cases in China stand at said. ed positive for the virus in recent weeks, the Tanzania closed the border there this Singapore Prime Minister Lee the true toll of the disease ram- transmission was discovered on 84,177. Researchers from a high-level drivers say they are being stigmatized and week, protesting Kenya’s efforts to re-test Hsien Loong said on Sunday, paging through Latin America’s January 19, after which it took swift The contagion has also battered expert team organised by the treated like criminals, being detained by all incoming truckers, including those urging the people to “learn to largest nation. actions to curb it. the world economy with the IMF National Health Commission governments and slowing cargo traffic to who even had certificates showing they had live” with COVID-19 for a Brazil’s last official num- A whitepaper released by the saying that the global economy, (NHC) confirmed that the virus a crawl. been tested in the previous 14 days. It was long time. bers recorded over 34,000 Chinese government gave a lengthy which was in a sluggish recovery was transmissible among humans That has created a challenge for gov- the second time the frontier was closed in He asked Singaporeans to virus-related deaths, the third- explanation to refute the allegations even before the coronavirus out- for the first time on January 19, ernments in much of sub-Saharan Africa, less than a month and was taken after many play their part in limiting the highest toll in the world behind of cover up and delay by Beijing on break, is now bound to suffer a hours before they notified the pub- where many borders remain closed by the Tanzanian truckers with negative results spread of the virus by main- the US and Britain. reporting the COVID-19 outbreak “severe recession” in 2020. The lic, and less than a month before the pandemic, on how to strike a balance started testing positive at the border. taining personal hygiene, wear- Worldwide, at least 6.9 last year in Wuhan. World Bank has also called for experts were alerted by the newly- between contagion and commerce. Many truckers must sleep in unsani- ing masks, observing safe dis- million people have been US President Donald Trump countries to step up efforts to fight discovered disease, it said. Countries are struggling to reach common tary motels and interact with many people, tancing rules and avoiding infected by the virus, according and leaders of several countries have the disease and improve the econ- Before January 19, there was ground. increasing their risk of contagion. They’re crowded gatherings. to Johns Hopkins. The US has accused China of not being trans- omy. not sufficient evidence to indicate “When I entered Tanzania, in every often stuck for days at a border waiting for “It will take at least a year, seen nearly 110,000 confirmed parent in reporting the deadly dis- According to the whitepaper, that it could be transmitted by town that I would drive through, they virus test results, mingling in crowded park- probably longer, before vaccines virus-related deaths and ease, leading to huge human casu- after the COVID-19 was identified humans, said Wang Guangfa, a would call me, ‘You, corona, get away from ing lots. become widely available,” said Europe has recorded over alties and economic crisis across the by a hospital in Wuhan on leading Chinese respiratory expert here with your corona!’” said Abdulkarim Some told The Associated Press they Lee in the first of six national 175,000 since the virus world. December 27, the local government who was among the first group of Rajab, a burly Kenyan who has been dri- try to elude authorities or switch off their broadcasts on Singapore’s future emerged in China late last According to Johns Hopkins called experts to look into the experts dispatched by the NHC to ving trucks for 17 years and recalls when phones when they enter Uganda so they after the COVID-19 pandem- year. AP Coronavirus Resource Center, the cases through an analysis of the Wuhan in early January. PTI drivers were being accused of spreading can’t be ordered to pull over. AP ic in the coming days. .    +  Q  R , AAA  

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     $  @92A    '   & )  +      >  !:! Berlin: Thousands of people Floyd, a black man, died took to the streets of Barcelona, after a white Minneapolis Islamabad: Pakistan has government body has set the Madrid and Rome on Sunday police officer pressed a knee on approved the strategic $7.2 bil- stage for the final negotiations in support of the Black Lives his neck even after he pleaded lion railway line upgradation with China for financing the Matter movement, which has for air while lying handcuffed project between Peshawar and project and talks with the drawn large protests against on the ground. Karachi under the CPEC, International Monetary Fund racism and police brutality More demonstrations were paving the way for the final (IMF) to address its concern around the world. being held Sunday across the negotiations with China for the over a big loan from Beijing. The rally in Rome’s sprawl- UK, including one outside the finance, a media report said on Pakistan will also have to ing People’s Square was noisy US Embassy in London just Sunday. seek relaxations from the IMF, but peaceful, with the majori- south of the River Thames. The approval of the project as under the existing deal with ty of protesters wearing masks In Berlin, police said 93 to upgrade the 1,872 km-long the global financial body, it to protect against coronavirus. people were detained in con- railway track from Peshawar to does not have space to provide Participants listened to speech- nection with a demonstration Karachi is a big milestone for sovereign guarantees to the es and held up handmade plac- in the German capital on the second phase of the China tune of Rs 1.2 trillion (USD 7.2 ards saying “Black Lives Saturday — most of them after Pakistan Economic Corridor billion), the report said. Matter” and “It’s a White the main rally of 15,000 had (CPEC), said Lieutenant It was for the fourth time Problem.” ended. General (retired) Asim Saleem that the project came before the The rally came a day after Police said several officers Bajwa, chairman of the CPEC CDWP for approval. The largely peaceful anti-racism and one press photographer Authority. CDWP considered the project protests took place in cities were injured in Berlin when The Central Development for the first time in 2016. from Australia to Europe to the bottles and rocks were thrown Working Party (CDWP) on After the approval, the pro- US in response to the May 25 from a crowd that had gathered Saturday approved the Pakistan ject would go to the Executive death of American George despite police orders to clear Railways’ Mainline-I (ML-1) Committee of National Floyd. the city’s Alexander Square. AP Project, The Express Tribune Economic Council for further reported. approval, the Ministry of 4  - The approval by the key Planning said. PTI      " (    +B    ( (( Washington: President Donald “dominate” the streets after Q&R  R Trump says he’s given the order some instances of looting and %      *% #  R for National Guard troops to violence. DC Mayor Muriel Berlin: Germany’s top diplomat begin withdrawing from the Bowser last week called on says ties with the United States    nation’s capital, saying every- Trump to withdraw National are “complicated” and he fears thing now is “under perfect Guard troops that some states 1 P     11  that America’s domestic dis- Sydney: A 60-year-old surfer control.” sent to the city. cord could further fuel interna- was attacked and killed by a 10- The District of Columbia Trump tweeted on Sunday Houston: Houston’s police services and burial on Tuesday His death has inspired tional tensions. foot shark off the coast of government requested some that “They will be going home, chief says the body of George in the suburb of Pearland. protests around the world and Foreign Minister Heiko northern New South Wales Guard forces last week to but can quickly return, if need- Floyd has arrived in Texas for Floyd, who was handcuffed served as a rallying cry against Maas said in an interview pub- state on Sunday, Australian assist law enforcement with ed.” He also ordered more than a final memorial service and and black, died May 25 after a institutional racism. lished Sunday that if the US goes police said. managing protests after the 1,000 active duty troops to be funeral. Police Chief Art white Minneapolis police offi- Previous memorials were ahead with plans to withdraw Several people tried to help death of George Floyd. But flown to the D.C.-area in reserve, Acevedo tweeted early Sunday cer pressed his knee into Floyd’s held for Floyd in Minneapolis thousands of troops stationed in the surfer and fought off the Trump ordered thousands but they have begun returning that Floyd’s family also arrived neck for several minutes as and Raeford, North Carolina, Germany then Berlin would shark before taking the injured more troops and federal law to their home bases after days of safely. Floyd is planned for Monday in Floyd begged for air and even- which is near where he was “take note of this.” Maas told man to shore at Salt Beach in enforcement to the city to peaceful protests. AP A six-hour viewing for Houston, followed by funeral tually stopped moving. born. AP weekly Bild am Sonntag that South Kingscliff, police said. Germany “values the coopera- He was given first aid for tion with US forces that has serious injuries to his left leg grown over decades. but died at the scene. $      It is in the interest of both Nearby beaches were our countries.” The Wall Street cleared of swimmers and Journal reported Friday that surfers and will remain closed >      President Donald Trump has for 24 hours. ordered the Pentagon to reduce Kingscliff resident Stuart Detroit: Black activists believe work to deepen their relation- Black Lives Matter. the number of U.S. Troops in Gonsal had just arrived at the the police killing of George ship with residents. “This (coronavirus) pan- Germany by 9,500. beach ready for a surf, when he Floyd and the nationwide civil But others are advocating demic pulled back the curtains Currently there are 34,500 found out about the fatal attack. unrest that followed could be for more sweeping responses, on decades of disinvestment, American service members per- “We came down and we the catalyst for overhauling the such as defunding law enforce- decades of devaluing and also manently assigned in Germany hadn’t got in the water and police criminal justice system. ment agencies or even disman- now one of the major issues that as part of a long-standing were immediately hauling peo- Following Saturday’s mas- tling police departments. black communities face is vio- arrangement with America’s ple in,” Gonsal told Australian sive demonstrations against Tens of thousands of people lence at the hands of the police.” NATO ally. Maas said Germany Broadcasting Corp. Radio. racism and police brutality, marched in places from coast to Many activists believe the and the United States are “close “We found out there was a some are pushing for incre- coast Saturday in what was unrest could be an opportuni- partners in the trans-Atlantic fatal shark attack on the south mental change, such as requir- perhaps the largest one-day ty to press Democratic leader- alliance. But it’s complicated.” He side of the rock wall. We were ing more rigorous training, mobilisation since Floyd died on ship, including presumptive voiced concerns that the U.S. going to get in, we’re not going reviewing policies and man- May 25. “What we’re facing is a presidential nominee Joe Biden, Presidential election campaign to now for sure.” It was at least dating that officers live in the real reckoning on a lot of levels,” to address criminal justice in a could further polarize America the third fatal shark attack in %           1    )   1  *% communities in which they said Alicia Garza, co-founder of deeper way. AP and stoke populist politics. AP Australia this year. AP   !"!" $: 3    7'  <-  <00 < J   minus income tax refunds. cent stake in its digital unit to made an additional investment ,';    34  In 2018-19, net direct tax Abu Dhabi Investment to take its stake to 2.08 per cent. collection stood at 11.36 lakh Authority (ADIA) for  Established in 1976, ADIA     45657'8 crore. “It is a fact that the net 5,683.50 crore, taking the is a globally-diversified invest- direct tax collection for FY cumulative fund raising to  ment institution that prudent-  &  $<    he gross direct tax collec- 2019-20 was less than the net 97,885.65 crore that will help ly invests funds on behalf of the Ttion in 2019-20 fiscal direct tax collection for the FY pare debt at the oil-to-telecom Government of Abu Dhabi   ?" >' dipped 4.92 per cent to  12.33 2018-19. But this fall in the col- conglomerate. through a strategy focused on )  $   " 41 lakh crore on account of reduc- lection of direct taxes is on “This investment values long-term value creation. It tion in corporate tax rate, expected lines and is temporary Jio Platforms at an equity value manages a global investment increased standard deduction in nature due to the historic tax of 4.91 lakh crore and an portfolio that is diversified olution, poised to benefit from and Davis Polk & Wardwell and personal I-T exemption reforms undertaken and much enterprise value of 5.16 lakh across more than two dozen major socio-economic devel- acted as legal counsel. limit, the Income Tax depart- higher refunds issued during crore. ADIA’s investment will asset classes and sub-categories. opments and the transforma- Ambani, 63, chairman and ment said on Sunday. the FY 2019-20,” the Central translate into a 1.16 per cent Mukesh Ambani, tive effects of technology on the managing director of Reliance, The Central Board of Board of Direct Taxes said. equity stake in Jio Platforms on Chairman and Managing way people live and work. had in August last year set a tar- Direct Taxes (CBDT), in a As per data released by the a fully diluted basis,” the com- Director of Reliance Industries, “The rapid growth of the get of March 2021, to make his statement, said the fall in tax CBDT, the actual gross corpo- pany said in a statement. said, “I am delighted that business, which has established conglomerate net debt-free. collection is on expected line rate tax and Personal Income With this investment, Jio 0.93 per cent stake in Jio picking up a 9.99 per cent stake ADIA, with its track record of itself as a market leader in just But thanks to the Facebook and temporary in nature. The Tax (PIT) revenue mop up Platforms has raised  Platforms. in the firm that houses India’s more than four decades of four years, has been built on a deal, a 53,125 crore rights gross direct tax collection in stood at 6.78 lakh crore and 97,885.65 crore from leading With these investment, youngest but largest telecom successful long-term value strong track record of strategic issue, private equity invest- 2018-19 fiscal stood at 5.55 lakh crore, respectively, global investors including Reliance has sold all of the tar- firm on April 22 for 43,574 investing across the world, is execution. ments, and more stake sale to 12,97,674 crore. in 2019-20, taking the actual Facebook, Silver Lake, Vista geted 21 per cent equity in Jio crore. Within days of that deal, partnering with Jio Platforms Our investment in Jio is a companies such as Saudi The Govt had lowered the gross direct tax collection to  Equity Partners, General Platforms ahead of a potential Silver Lake - the world’s largest in its mission to take further demonstration of Aramco, the target is likely to net direct tax collection target 12,33,720. Atlantic, KKR, Mubadala and IPO. tech investor — bought a 1.15 India to digital leadership and ADIA’s ability to draw on deep be achieved by December. for 2019-20 fiscal to 11.70 lakh In FY 2019-20, refunds ADIA in less than seven weeks. Jio Platforms, a wholly- per cent stake in Jio Platforms generate inclusive growth regional and sector expertise to At the end of March quar- crore in the Revised Estimates, worth 1.84 lakh crore were The AIDA deal comes owned subsidiary of Reliance for 5,665.75 crore on May 4. opportunities. invest globally in market lead- ter, Reliance had an outstand- from 13.3 lakh crore project- given by CBDT, a 14 per cent within days of Abu Dhabi sov- Industries Ltd, is a next-gen- On May 8, US-based Vista This investment is a strong ing companies and alongside ing debt of 3,36,294 crore and ed in Budget presented in July increase over 1.61 lakh crore ereign wealth fund Mubadala eration technology company. Equity Partners bought 2.32 endorsement of our strategy proven partners,” Hamad cash in hand of 1,75,259 crore. 2019. Although CBDT has not given in FY 2018-19. However, Investment Co picking up 1.85 Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd, per cent stake in Jio Platforms and India’s potential”. Shahwan Aldhaheri, Executive After adjusting cash, the net made public the actual net gross collection would have per cent in Jio Platforms for  with 388 million mobile sub- for 11,367 crore. On May 17, The transaction is subject Director of the Private Equities debt came to 1,61,035 crore. direct tax collection in 2019-20, clocked a 8 per cent growth to 9,093.60 crore on June 5. On scribers, will continue to be a global equity firm General to regulatory and other cus- Department at ADIA, said. Of the outstanding debt,  adjusting the gross collection 14.01 lakh crore in 2019-20 if that day, private equity fund wholly-owned subsidiary of Atlantic picked up 1.34 per cent tomary approvals. Morgan Stanley acted as 2,62,000 crore is on Reliance (12.33 lakh crore) with revenue foregone in corporate Silver Lake invested another  Jio Platforms. stake in Jio Platforms for “Jio Platforms is at the financial advisor to Reliance books and 23,000 crore is with refunds (1.84 lakh crore) show tax and PIT is taken into 4,546.80 crore for additional The deals follows Facebook 6,598.38 crore. This was fol- forefront of India’s digital rev- Industries and AZB & Partners, Jio. net collection of around 10.49 account. "/&#)   !# $)$ " / ($12 ?BC2  !  >  # 8  1 *     2 32&2/<# 2  #      !&!$!)%%/!!    > 8 able to add 2.5 lakh new cus- tomers in the last 40 days         45657'8 Under the campaign, CAIT time to time for boycotting espite the lockdown, the through an online facility     5  ?A?A will not only motivate traders Chinese products for the last Dlargest private sector which helps open savings raders’ body CAIT on to not sell Chinese goods but four years on the back of gov- lender HDFC Bank has been accounts instantly, sources said.   45657'8    45657'8 TSunday said it would also urge Indian consumers to ernment’s strong push for launch a nationwide campaign buy indigenous products in ‘Make in India’ programme. ublic sector banks (PSB)   45657'8 ujarat, Tamil Nadu and to boycott Chinese goods place of Chinese goods, and in “As a result of these ini- Phave so far sanctioned  GMaharashtra have topped across the country from June this way PM Narendra Modi’s tiatives, imports from China 17,705.64 crore worth of loans hennai-based public sector an index that ranked States 10. The campaign call by the call ‘Vocal for Local’ will also have dropped from $76 billion under the 100 per cent Cbank Indian Overseas ensuring food safety in 2019- Confederation of All India be fructified, the traders’ body in 2017-18 to $70 billion at pre- Government guaranteed Bank (IOB) on Sunday said 20, Food Safety and Standards Traders, which claims to rep- said in a statement. sent. This $6 billion import Emergency Credit Line that it has reduced its interest Authority of India (FSSAI) resent 7 crore traders and CAIT Secretary General decline tells the true story of the Guarantee Scheme. rate on loans linked to MCLR said on Sunday. 40,000 trade associations, Praveen Khandelwal said the use of indigenous goods and The scheme is part of the by 30 basis points (bps) in The index ranks states on comes amid border tensions traders’ body has been con- changing consumer senti- Aatmanirbhar Bharat eco- overnight tenor and by 20 bps five parameters of food safety: between India and China. tinuously campaigning from ments,” Khandelwal said. nomic package. As per the in one month to one year human resources and institu- government, banks would pro- tenors with effect from June 10. tional data, compliance, food vide collateral-freeloans to the In a statement, the bank testing facility, training and $    Q2# &  eligible MSMEs loans upto  3 said that loans linked to mar- capacity building besides con-     lakh crore in total in a bid to ginal cost of funds based lend- sumer empowerment. +  # ) #?   overcome the financial crisis ing rate (MCLR) will become Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and    caused due to the coronavirus cheaper. IOB has also reduced Maharashtra have topped in   A0A0  (  R pandemic and the nationwide its interest rate on loans linked the list of larger States on the lockdown. to repo-linked lending rate index.      > 8 As of Friday, June 5, out of (RLLR) from 7.25 per cent to Among the smaller States,   87 >  the sanctioned amount,  6.85 per cent per annum.”Retail Goa came first followed by isruption in the airline 8,320.24 crore has been dis- loans (housing, education, Manipur and Meghalaya. #  akistan witnessed the high- Dindustry due to COVID- bursed, said a tweet by Finance vehicle etc.), loans to micro, Among UTs, Chandigarh, Pest inflation in the world in 19 has not impacted GoAir’s Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s small enterprises and medium Delhi and Andaman Islands   45657'8 the fiscal year 2020, forcing pol- plan to retire its Airbus office. enterprises, which are linked to secured top ranks, FSSAI said icy makers to increase interest A320ceo fleet and it “As of 5 June 2020, #PSBs RLLR will now be available at in a statement. elecom operator Airtel has rate, the State Bank of Pakistan remains on track, an airline have sanctioned loans worth cheaper rates,” it said. This is the second index on Tsaid its retail stores have (SBP) said on Sunday. official has said. 17,705.64 crore under the food safety, which FSSAI now opened across most loca- According to the Inflation The Wadia group-owned 100% Emergency Credit Line released on the occasion of tions and that measures such as Monitor for April issued by the airline has at present 43 Guarantee Scheme, out of World Food Safety Day with ‘Concierge Service’ have been SBP, Pakistan witnessed high- A320neo planes and the rest 13 which 8320.24 crore have the theme “Food Safety is rolled out for delivery of SIM est inflation not only in com- A320s in the fleet of 56 aircraft. been disbursed,” said the tweet. everyone’s business” that was card at customers’ doorsteps or parison with the developed GoAir had launched the Data shared in the tweet dedicated to those in the sup- for installation of broadband economies but also with airline in November 2005 showed that the State Bank of ply chain who have ensured the and DTH. In a note to sub- emerging economies, the Dawn with A320s but later switched India (SBI) contributed a major uninterrupted availability of scribers, Airtel CEO Gopal News reported. to more fuel-efficient A320neo chunk of the amount sanc- safe food during this COVID- Vittal said that while restric- The SBP pushed up inter- in 2016. tioned and disbursed so far. 19 pandemic. “Food safety is a tions are lifting in large parts of est rates to cool down the Of the 19 such planes the SBI, as of Friday sanctioned a shared responsibility. The call the country, “there seems to be inflationary pressure during airline inducted in the first total of 11,701.06 crore and to action for safe food on this even more uncertainty” as peo- the fiscal year but high rates phase of its fleet expansion, it disbursed 6,084.71 crore of day is: Ensure it’s safe, Grow it ple are worried about safety of proved counterproductive as has already phased loans. safe, Keep it safe, Eat it safe and their loved ones, and there is they further increased inflation out six as part of the plan, The sanctioned and dis- Team up for safety,” Health growing concern about while the private sector stopped which is aimed at cost-cutting bursed amounts under the 100 Minister Harshvardhan said incomes and jobs. borrowing costly money ham- by way of fuel saving and per cent government guaran- in a webinar organised by “At Airtel, we empathize pering industrial growth and low-maintenance cost, the offi- teed scheme are the highest in FSSAI. with this uncertainty. services. cial said. Tamil Nadu so far. -+     7 $%#%& % &  .  49):! !8    45657'8 “If there was a time to this,” his note said. make a bet on India, there Noting that there is no dani Group Chairman may not be a better time way of predicting the short or   45657'8 AGautam Adani is of the than now. What I can predict mid-term possible economic view that there may not be a is that on the other side of this outcomes of COVID-19 he oftware Technology better time to bet on India than crisis will emerge massive said, there cannot be any deny- SParks of India (STPI), now. new opportunities, will ing of the fact that India over an autonomous organi- In his message as the emerge great new leaders, the next several decades will be sation under the Ministry Chairman in the annual report will emerge terrific business- a market continuously on the of Electronics and of Adani Gas for the financial es, and will emerge a few up and one that simply cannot Information Technology year 2019-20, the billionaire stronger nations. be ignored. (MeitY), commemorat- industrialist said that as the Those that succeed will be “It will be one of the world’s ed its 29th Foundation coronavirus crisis subsides, the ones that understand that top consumption centres, man- Day on June 5, 2020. In the inaugural address, Ajay new opportunities, new leaders resilience is built on the other ufacturing and service hubs Speaking on the occasion Dr Prakash Sawhney, Secretary, MeitY, and a few stronger nations side of the tunnel of crisis and and a beacon of stable demo- Omkar Rai, Director General, STPI reminisced the STPI journey of three would emerge. we are already getting ready for cratic governance.” shared “The exports clocked by STP- decades. registered units stands at 4, 21,103 “STPI is designed to succeed and crore during 2019-20 from 52 crore in designed to help the industry succeed, 1992-93. In last 3 decades, the deter- both of which go hand in hand. STPI mined efforts of STPI in promoting IT has been our partner in implementing industry and boosting software exports many exciting schemes we are recent- essentially reflect STPI’s commitment ly brought out. It has been instrumen- towards economic progress of the tal in aiding the growth of Business nation, and team STPI will unswerv- Process Outsourcing industry not only ingly continue to fulfil the aspirations in cities but also in rural hinterlands. of the ‘New India’ in times to come”. E-governance and digital expansion in A day-long webinar witnessed live sectors such as health, agriculture, streaming of sessions on three topics education present huge opportunities viz. ‘Role of Government in Driving for India. It is time to reimaging the role Innovation & Product Development’, of STPI for the coming decade.” ‘Rechristening the Narratives of Indian Established on June 5, 1991, Software IT Industry’ and ‘India Ahead with Technology Parks of India has since Transformational Ideas, Disruptive emerged as one of the growth driver of Innovations and Pool of Talent.’ Indian IT/ITeS/ESDM industry.   !"!"  ?

their ordering and payments softwares to incorporate the same. There would be cer- tain added costs to building the digital WEATHER THE infrastructure, but it’s something well worth the money spent. Impact: Use of technology in this fash- ion would foster a sense of security for con- sumers, thereby building trust and conve- ' $   nience. The entire experiential flow while dining out would change for the better with    judicious use of technology. Alternate solution: None, since the   + guideline is bang-on and logical.  $       #  STORM SAFETY AND HYGIENE #  9+  Purpose: To minimize contagion. # & O Temperature checks, hand sanitisation,     %     periodic disinfection of high touch sur- faces, wearing of masks, kitchen supply dis- $        infection, social distancing, protection for   +# #  people over 60 and under 10 years of age  $     + are some of the guidelines that would have      to be adhered by all. These are welcome  $  steps and essential in providing a safe and   +   + secure environment for things to return to any semblance of normalcy. 6       Impact: These measures would help #  reduce the fear psychosis among people in  &L8     general, and help bring confidence back ++    for businesses to rebuild. Therefore, it’s R very essential to kick-start the economy.  >   Costs of operating a business would E+8 increase and operators would have to fac- R8O    tor the same while pricing their services # # 8 and products. The age of discounts would  O+     cede ground to a philosophy where cus-   .C&C.CB#. tomers would be willing to pay a premi- 8# um for safety. Alternate solution: - None, since pro- 8O s the lockdown is now being lifted tection and safety are non-negotiable. # K  layer by layer, it appears to be a stag-   &#& Agered re-opening of the country. The For restaurants to weather this storm &# &# government is making an attempt to walk and revive, the government would have to $  the fine line between ‘saving lives’ and ‘sav- ease restrictions with a sense of pragma- & K ing livelihoods’. The recent MHA order, tism and practicality to ensure that the allowing restaurants to reopen, is a step in desired objectives of economic revival are   that direction — one that brings hope as met. # # +9+ M well as monumental challenges for the In a nutshell, the move to kick-start restaurant industry. the economy, opening restaurants is a MHA guidelines specific to re-open- much-awaited and welcome step. O,  ing of restaurants are as follows: However, some of the above restrictions  placed on operability and sustainability of SEATING CAPACITY TO BE the restaurant sector is something that "  REDUCED TO 50 PER CENT needs a quick, logical and decisive re-look   < Purpose: To facilitate social distanc- before it becomes too late. While restau- ing within the premises. rants have suffered mammoth losses dur-  $  Even at 100 per cent capacity, most ing the lockdown that can never be  ;  restaurants struggled to eke out a mea- recovered, the glimmer of hope at re-open- ' ; ger profit. Add to this, the substantial ing also seems shrouded under dark losses during the period of complete clouds, as explained above.  ' $< lockdown. With capacity reduced to 50 A lot has changed since that historic   ';$@! per cent, losses would mount. No restau- address to the nation on March 24. The rant would be able to afford rents, staff sunk cost of the lockdown, the anticipat- $<   costs and other fixed expenses required ed operational losses during the re- open-  $<;    to operate at a 50 per cent capacity. 5 am requires a re-look. Majority of BAR OPERATIONS NOT ALLOWED empty, sustainability for bars would now ing phase coupled with poor consumer $  <  Impact: It would be difficult for most restaurant sales happen between 8 pm to Purpose: Not yet clear. have to rely entirely on food sales, which confidence would debilitate restaurant bal- operators to survive with the restriction 12 midnight. Hence, re-opening with There are enough restaurants that do is going to be a tough shot. For a customer ance sheets and possibly push many to    in place. The longer this restriction these time restrictions would serve no not serve liquor. For these operators, this who enjoys his/her tipple, the experience extinction. "     @4 lasts, the faster would restaurants disap- purpose as the revenue-generating hours restriction is immaterial. However, for would be compromised. As a result, it’ll It is only logical to assume that there pear. would be eclipsed by the curfew. liquor licensed-restaurants, alcohol sales impact the very basis of re-opening, which would never be a perfect time and strat-  $   Alternate solution: Allow restau- Impact: While restaurants would account for as high as 50 per cent of total is to kick-start the economic activity. egy to re-open. A start needs to be made      rants to operate for longer hours, there- open during the day, the dinner seating sales, sometimes even higher. Furthermore, Alternate solution: Allow sale of somewhere, and therein lays the silver lin- by staggering guests over time and would be inconsequential since last the purpose of this restriction contradicts liquor in licensed premises that have ing. Hopefully, the dark clouds would clear   4 $$  hence, achieving the purpose of social orders would have to be taken by 7 pm the re-opening of liquor vends across the social distancing norms in place. sooner than later, and the sun would shine   @P distancing as a factor of time rather than to ensure diners as well as staff reach back country. If liquor can be sold at vends in all its glory on the sector. L' $  as a factor of only space. home without violating the 9 pm curfew (where long queues were witnessed), then USE OF DIGITAL / ONE-TIME USE Till then, most restaurants would deadline. it would be fair to assume that the same MENUS AND ONLINE MODES OF probably serve your favourite cappuccino HOURS OF OPERATION TO BE Alternate solution: Consider the liquor can be sold and enjoyed safely in the PAYMENT with a smile, the one that hides more than # 9 CURTAILED option of doing away with the curfew confines of a licensed premises that follows Purpose: To minimize touch-based it reveals.   + Purpose: Not yet clear. entirely, as the logic behind imposing the all norms. infection spread. (The author is the director of Pebble > The concept of curfew from 9 pm to same is anyway unclear. Impact: With the bucket of liquor sales Restaurants would have to re-engineer Street.) #$    &3   + % D   && !  &%% "# % +     #& $      ;(83-#    #     #$       #  #&   &      13    L8 $## sports or be healthy. This is not true. $  $  Some of the top sportspeople do not consume any animal products. #  6  These myths have been around >  #$  for so long that we have   #  +&  started believing in them.    #   This needs to change. After 17 years, a woman returns home with her teenage Therefore, Plants are twins. When she mysteriously vanishes, her children must # 8 G+ Power is a movement reckon with a shadowy family legacy. Starring Valeria Bilello,   # # to remind all of us Luca Lionello and Federico Russo, the Italian show releas- #    #M that plants have a es on June 10 on Netflix. power that other foods don’t have. This is to inspire ; ; Indians to switch  5 5 to a healthier lifestyle and to #   ! ++ help us realise $  # & that in doing so ecently, on World Environment we make an       RDay, various Bollywood celebri- immediate   ties, business leaders and sports stars impact on the LG 8 lend their support to various envi- planet and the ani-  #&M ronmental campaigns. mals.” # Adding one more to the list is Consumption of another digital campaign by Ahimsa meat and other animal   $   Trust — Plants are Power, to educate products is damaging  people on the multiple benefits of a our planet, apart from   plant-based diet and inspire them to raining cruelty on the ani-    make a switch for a healthier, more mals. Most of us what happens With Rio de Janeiro under a zombie attack, reality '  $&1& sustainable and ethical living. Kick- in slaughterhouses – it is cruel and show contestants shelter in a TV studio, where they starting the campaign, Lisa Haydon, unhealthy. The campaign aims to must deal with more than flesh-eating hordes. Starring '%  & Neha Dhupia, Kris Srikkanth, bring the goodness of plant-based Ana Hartmann, Sabrina Sato and Luellem de Castro, it 0 & Naveen Jindal and Sunil Munjal will diet in the spotlight and debunk releases on June 10 on Netflix.  ' soon be seen taking part in a series myths associated with consumption  &31 of social media activities to encour-   # $ &3&/1/   of animal products. It advocates the L8 age people’s participation. #        $   # #O +& benefits of a plant-based diet for Speaking on it, Lisa Hayden # 6'; ,&1.<     # human health and its cascading    says, “If you agree that it is our +$ +   3<&=3< effect on animal and environmen-   responsibility as keepers of the           # tal health. Emphasising on this very  earth to protect our planet, then we  # + $ notion the campaign goes by   must accept that waste, greed and  #ForYourBodyForEverybody. over-consumption are habits we  5  &   &21$ To facilitate the switch the cam-  #  can no longer indulge in. I believe       31  paign brings a 21-day challenge, &M  $      #  +  backed by the Federation of Indian my children deserve a healthy plan-  $ &#  &   & &#    $  et and so do yours. There is some-     $    $& Animal Protection Organisations 8 thing we can do about this. Right    2/ & (FIAPO), which urges people to sign now. we can be more conscious in up for a plant-based diet for 21 days.      8+ ,11    #     $  our consumption of animal products + 31&.//  Participants can either go for their Evidence found on the body of a homicide victim   &  to drive towards a change.”   #+  own dishes or can use the recipes    sparks hope in a prosecutor that his sister who The co-founders of the trust, provided on the campaign website disappeared 25 years earlier could still be alive. Starring    Sethu Vaidyanathan and Parag change our food habits. There are nutrients like protein and vitamins; and through e-mailers. This chal- Grzegorz Damiecki and Agnieszka Grochowska, it is   $  6  Agarwal say, “The current health cri- myths around the food we eat. there is also a misconception that we lenge can be the first step towards adapted from the novel by Harlan Coben. Season 1 sis due to COVID-19 is a stark Most people believe that a plant- need to eat meat to build muscles a healthier lifestyle, with a positive releases on June 12 on Netflix. reminder to us that we need to based diet does not provide adequate and become stronger to do well in impact on our planet.   $  ??   !"!" THUDS OF BULLETS SCAR CLASSROOMS  #      #   $    # 9?#   + #  P    #&  E;D 9 557 8 O# #     $ ith the spread of the first thing to suffer come what COVID-19 in India, may — a pandemic or a prolonged      Wgovernments had conflict.  ## &  : 9E;%8 announced the shutdown of While parents fight for safety schools and education institu- of their children from pandemic, >: '  : 4849 98 tions in March, before the nation- parents in Poonch are facing a wide lockdown was implemented. double challenge. The ceasefire ecently, two back to back cyclones in India – Two months later, on May 30, violation is the second devil that RAmphan and Nisarga — reminded us of an 2020, the Ministry of Home they are dealing with when the important lesson that, nature, like time, is a great Affairs (MHA) released a notifi- world is trying to save itself from leveller and highly unpredictable. In May 2020, the cation saying that in the second the Coronavirus. On May 30, east Indian city of Kolkata was devastated by a pow- phase of lockdown relaxation, according to a report published on erful cyclone, which killed at least 84 people across opening of schools and colleges a national news website, “Pakistani India and Bangladesh. Thousands of trees were will be possible. It added, “The troops resorted to unprovoked fir- uprooted in the city, electricity and telephone lines decision will be undertaken in July ing and shelling at the LoC in parts were brought down, and houses were flattened. after consultation with states and of Jammu and Kashmir’s Poonch Many of Kolkata’s roads were flooded and majori- union territories.” The suggestion, district on Saturday.” There have ty of the people were left without power. In one however, is being opposed by been many ceasefire violations on stroke, nature dealt a blow that evened out not only parents across the states who fear the international border since certain geological edges but also a lot of human irreg- that re-opening of schools will risk August 2019 and have continued ularities. the lives of their children. to wreak havoc in the region even Historically, humankind has been ravaged by An online petition was filed during the pandemic.” natural disasters and every single one of them has against the notification which, Abdul Rashid Shahwari, a somehow influenced the way our society has within two days, was signed and social worker from Village turned out. That applies to the recent cyclonic storms endorsed by over two lakh parents. Shahpura located near the border, as well as the worldwide natural disasters that shook They urged the government to not says, “This isn’t the first time that administration apathy — it is the the earth tens of thousands of years ago. But what re-open the schools until there are children of our village are forced children who are at the receiving can we learn from these natural calamities? Well, very less or next to zero to stay at home because of school end of suffering.” one thing that humans should understand clearly Coronavirus cases. The anxiety of shutdown. Whenever there is a While expressing his con- is that for sheer power, nature has no rival. Within the parents is well understood by ceasefire violation at the border, cerns towards the future of chil- a few minutes, any one of the nature’s elements can those residing in the border dis- schools are the first to have been dren in Poonch, Abdul Ghani, a erase all traces of life, property and habitation on trict of Poonch in Jammu and locked. This induces fear and village youth, says, “Here, children any scale. Days after the cyclone, the governments Kashmir. Well, they don’t even panic among parents who consid- start recognising sounds of bullets of respective states are still have an easy access to such plat- er it appropriate to keep their chil- quite early in their lives and spend trying to pick up some forms where they can voice their dren at home instead of sending their childhood under the uncer- clues from the shambles for concerns regarding their chil- them to school,” even if and when tainty of a prolonged conflict. pre-empting such disasters dren’s education. they re-open. They hear bullet sounds more in future. Several scientific In states, well-connected with According to him, the educa- than nursery rhymes, poems and studies and technical inter- internet, online classes have kept tion for children residing in such stories. All the government ventions have been pro- the semester running, allowing villages goes for a toss every time schemes aimed at improving the posed to this end but we teachers to provide tuition to the cross-border situation gets literacy rate tend to lose the objec- cannot overlook the fact pupils. Broadband services, 4G edgy. “Firing usually takes place tive here, in these border conflict- that natural disasters have network, cable, etc, help them with ringing of the first bell of the prone villages.” their origin in human activ- attend classes being run on a vir- class. Fearing for their lives, teach- There are also children who ities. tual platform. In this district, ers and children return to their instead of going to school are But how? It’s simple! which is separated from Kashmir houses immediately. This has made to sit at their homes with- We humans have been valley by the enormous Pir Panjal severely affected the quality of out any provision of online class- slaughtering the elements of nature like the gold- range, it is only recently that its whatever little education our chil- Every parent residing in these bor- mar the education scenario in the appointment of high-school staff. es. There are others who risk send- en egg-laying goose. For long, nature has been bear- inhabitants have started receiving dren receive, especially our daugh- der villages share my fear. Those region. Abdul’s village also has a Of the six posts allocated to teach ing their children to school, fear- ing the ruthless onslaught by greedy humans on its phone calls on a ‘strong’ 2G net- ters,” shares Abdul, whose daugh- who can afford, send their daugh- school located in close proximity students of Class 10, only two ing for their lives. Their concerns vital resources. It is this over-exploitation that has work in most of its villages. ter is enrolled in a senior sec- ters to study in Poonch city or pro- with the border and around 215 teachers have been appointed till get lost amid loud thuds of bullets. resulted in grave ecological imbalances, which have However, to have online classes ondary school which is five km vide them private tuitions. Others children from far-off villages date. And only eight out of 14 This pandemic will, hopefully, get brought the world to the brink of unpredictable dis- running in these hilly, remote from their village. are simply forced to discontinue attend it. According to the head- posts are filled by teachers who are over but the parents in Poonch asters. Since years, scientists and environmental hamlets is still a distant dream. He adds, “As a father, I am sending their daughters to school.” master Lal Hussain, “While the supposed to teach the students want to have a life without vio- activists, on their part, have been warning us about Parents feel helpless for their chil- always afraid that something Apart from border conflicts, school was upgraded to Class 10 from the junior grades. Whatever lence. the unpredictable disasters that our callous activi- dren whose education has become might happen to my daughter. the other administrative issues also in 2005, they still await the it is — pandemic, conflict or L  2 1   ties could bring. However, despite their repeated warnings, the truth seems to elude human reason- ing. The blind carnage wrought upon nature by our oga is today proving useful to the ities, in prison.” crass consumerism continues unabated. We still con- Ymodern society in many different In another interview, Maria Adelaida tinue to over-indulge in materialistic pleasures, con- ways. It is, of course, a path towards find-  #;)%"% $%.#" ) Lopez, NGO Dunna, Bogota, Colombia, tinue to make bigger cars, dams and buildings, dig ing sublime unity of the body and says: “In Colombia nowadays, we have deeper into the earth and ocean for resources, release mind with the spirit which is within us around seven million victims of the more and more toxins into the air, water and soil and pervades the whole creation. armed conflict. Out of these, 70 per cent and explode deadlier bombs under the earth and Simultaneously, it proves to be of ;         $   have lost their lands, houses, and hence- the ocean. Instead of taking serious note of our immense help to the medical system, as      :-6 5:C3      forth source of income. We are con- wrong actions and corrupt attitude, we have been well as, acts as an effective therapy in vinced that yoga is a very useful tool for trying to explain away calamities as aberrations that reform institutions and jails. Some of the    +        ++    developing inner peace. We can not cre- can be tackled by some technology or smart calcu- countries most affected by violence and ate peace in our society without inner lations. Isn’t it pathetic? crime have been discovering the great peace.” Recent cyclones, brought in their wake, disas- value of yoga in rehabilitating themselves In an interview in the film, Dr Sat ter management measures for future like better early as their lives have been disrupted. Bir Khalsa, Brigham & Women’s warning systems, etc. But that does not strike at the Sujata Chatterji and I have travelled Hospital, Boston, USA, Yoga Researcher root of the problem. If humans do not stop med- across the world to shoot the film, Yoga & Expert says, “A lot of people that have dling with nature, one day, all its elements may react for Health & Global Harmony, including adopted the yoga lifestyle are much more together with greater force, making the predictions in cities which have suffered from environmentally conscious. They are of the doom’s day a reality. Then it will be impos- extreme crime and violence, such as Cali, much kinder, generous and embody sible even to provide relief and rehabilitation. Medellin and others. Yoga blossoms like gratitude and compassion in their lives. We should never forget a fact that the outer a lotus flower, even in the murky waters So basically it helps you become the best world is a reflection of our inner world. In reality, of difficult and challenging situations. I version of yourself. This transformation the epicentre of natural calamities lies in the human might mention that I was also invited to means better behaviour, better mental mind. It is mental pollution that leads to environ- give a lecture on it for the Head Quarters attitude and perspective in life. It means mental hazards. The human minds of today have of the National Police of Colombia, at less violence, henceforth, less crime and become so vicious that natural disasters of much Bogota. It is fortunate that they are real- less war. So, consequently, when you greater magnitude are imminent. Most of the excess- ising the importance of yoga and med- change the individual, you change the es committed by humans upon nature stem from itation for police officers, engaged in the society.” vices such as greed, ego, anger, lust and attachment. most difficult tasks and against violent Yoga takes us back to who we real- Hence, the lasting remedy to all these problems lies crimes. ly are. Amidst all the noise and clamour in the purification of human minds by the removal In a world where strife and conflict of the material world, it takes us to a of these vices. It’s still not too late. Even now, there has been growing, yoga has proved to be peace, which can be found within us, to is time to change our course towards more sustain- of exceptional value. It has provided a stillness, a state in which we have able, nature-friendly practices. It only requires a solace to prisoners in jails. gained mastery over ourselves. change in our mindset — from that of acquisition In an interview with Danielle At the end, the path of self-transfor- and consumption to one of sharing and caring. Doprado, Government of Sao Paolo, mation is the reward of true knowledge. Remember, the recent hazardous events may well Brazil, he says, “The partnership between When we would be deeply aware of our be nature’s warnings for us. If we continue living the Sao Paulo and India is an amazing oneness with all that there is, only then way we have so far, we may very well bring bigger opportunity to bring yoga to the women, we would have achieved the state of disasters upon ourselves and of the kind that will who are facing conditions of vulnerabil- yoga. change the face of the earth, forever. 1''  $   '@ L0 -; 

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1        7 ‘Pandya’s availability will help Ind against Aus’ E!.    57>;:45 would necessitate Rishabh Pant added.    > 8 keeping and batting at six.” For the home side, Chappell ustralian great Ian Chappell Chappell feels Indian selectors feels the choice of bowlers is ew Zealand feels India should pick will have to make tough calls straightforward. However, the for- Ncaptain Kane AHardik Pandya in the Test while zeroing in on spinners with mer captain is not too confident Williamson consid- side when they make the trip the likes of Ravichandran Ashwin, about the abilities of opener Joe ers himself “fortu- Down Under later this year as the Ravindra Jadeja and Kuldeep Yadav Burns. nate” to have played temperamental all-rounder would to choose from. “The pace bowling is in great the game along side be crucial to handling the challenge “Choosing a spinner will prove shape, with Pat Cummins, Mitchell Virat Kohli, and said posed by a strong home batting LS848 G>8%%5 a major headache for the Indian Starc, Josh Hazlewood and James he has been closely line-up. selectors. R Ashwin has a great Pattinson forming a potent quar- following his Indian Pandya hasn’t featured in Tests ' 7754%56877 overall record, but not so much in tet. The spinner is a simple decision counterpart's jour- since 2018 and has only recently >54 (8% 84% Australia. - Nathan Lyon and then daylight.” ney from a young recovered from a career-threaten- “Ravindra Jadeja’s all-round “The batting line-up is not as age. ing back injury. The big-hitting :;4% talents and improved bowling clear cut. The recently announced Both Williamson and Kohli featured in the medium pacer is a vital cog in form make him a legitimate chal- contract list suggests Joe Burns will 2008 ICC U19 World Cup in Malaysia, which India’s limited-overs set-up. India : 78 4 lenger, while Kuldeep Yadav’s wrist- be Warner’s opening partner. Burns was lifted by India and since then went on to and Australia are set to clash in a > 84%7845  spin is the biggest wicket-taking is vulnerable early and this is become modern day greats of the game. full series, including four Tests, threat on Australian pitches. The India’s big opportunity to first get “Yes, we are fortunate to play against each beginning October and lasting till 84 88;4; decision will call for brave selec- at Labuschagne and then Smith other. It has been great to meet at a young age January 2021.  8' 4 tions,” he reckoned. while the ball is new. and follow his (Kohli’s) progress as well as his “It will help if Hardik Pandya Chappell said India’s biggest “Australia’s middle order is an journey,” Williamson said on Star Sports show is available. He gives India an extra 6 :45:&'5 challenge in the Test series will be uncertain quantity, with Travis ‘Cricket Connected’. bowling option to maintain the navigating through a strong Head, Matthew Wade and Mitchell Infact, it was Kohli’s India that beat pressure when the leading fast 55;:8:85;D Australian batting line-up, which Marsh vying for two spots. That Williamson’s New Zealand in a close semifi- bowlers need a rest,” Chappell :4 now doesn’t rely too heavily on middle-order fragility highlights nal of the 2008 U19 World Cup, which also wrote his column for David Warner and Steven Smith. the rewards on offer for keeping featured players like Ravindra Jadeja, Trent ‘ESPNCricinfo’. 7 >' %45  Under Virat Kohli, India Smith, Warner and Labuschagne in Boult and Tim Southee. Pandya had recently spoken scripted history when they earned check.” “Warner’s opening partner Williamson, who led New Zealand to the about the challenge that Test crick- 4;,' '57 5 their maiden Test series triumph is an area of weakness that India 2019 ICC World Cup final, said he and Kohli et is for him now given his injury- ;788DE'5 Down Under in 2018-19, after try- need to fully exploit, but keeping have shared honest opinions about the game prone back, which needed surgery ing for seven decades. the 'big three' quiet should be the over the last few years. last year. He said that he under- > 84%&S “India’s biggest challenge will attack's main focus,” he said. “It’s been interesting, we’ve had to play stands his importance in limited- be navigating a strong Australian “Australia’s strong attack should against each other for a long period of time,” overs format. batting line-up. In addition to restrict India’s scoring to reasonable he said. “This is Pandya’s chance to Smith and Warner, the meteoric levels despite the daunting presence “But actually, probably over the last few gradually build up overs in the rise of Marnus Labuschagne at No. of Virat Kohli and Cheteshwar years we just shared our views on the game, three Tests before the SCG match, 3 has helped solidify the batting,” Pujara. some honest thoughts and found some com- where he could act as the third Chappell wrote. “This heavyweight bout will be mon grounds despite, perhaps, playing the seamer so that a second spinner “Australia are now far less decided by who punches above game little bit differently in terms of physical- can be included,” Chappell said. reliant for success on big contribu- their weight - Australia’s ‘big three- ly and may be our on-field characters I sup- “Having Pandya at seven tions from Smith and Warner,” he ’or India's 'big bats’.” pose,” added Williamson. 7 lines and in close coordination   45657'8 with the ICC, WHO and the op Afghan players, including ministry of public health of ndia’s Olympic-bound boxers will have to Tstar all-rounder Rashid Afghanistan to avoid the spread Iwait for some more time before resum- Khan and Mohammad Nabi, of COVID-19,” an ACB media ing training as the national federation’s plan resumed training on Sunday release said. to restart the camp on June 10 in Patiala has with the Afghanistan Cricket On Saturday, a COVID-19 been delayed by at least a week because of Board (ACB) beginning a awareness meeting was held for administrative issues. month-long camp despite the players and other relevant offi- The camp, which was slated to restart rising coronavirus cases in the cials at ACB head office to edu- for both men and women, is yet to get the country. cate them about health guide- “requisite clearances”. According to information lines to be maintained during “We are awaiting a response from the shared by the Board, none of the the camp. Sports Authority of India (SAI) on our pro- players attending the camp are Apart from competing at the posal and they are awaiting a response from being tested for COVID-19 but T20 World Cup, fate of which is the government. The clearance might come only those who haven’t shown still shrouded in uncertainty, in a day or two but we need at least a week any symptoms like fever, have Afghanistan are scheduled to to work out the logistics,” Boxing Federation P  ! been allowed to join. play a one-off Test against of India's Executive Director R K Sacheti told “This camp will be held Australia in Perth, starting PTI. under the relevant health guide- November 21. The nine boxers, who have qualified for the Tokyo Games are Amit Panghal (52kg),  7%2 Manish Kaushik (63kg), Vikas Krishan (69kg), Ashish Kumar (75kg), Satish Kumar   9;' 445>:% the conditions of their bodies change,” & !  !2! 2&  2 (+91kg), M C Mary Kom (51kg), Simranjit Pollock told the 'Following On Cricket Kaur (60kg), Lovlina Borgohain (69kg), and ricket can resume normally and Podcast’.   84%;4 by ‘Jamaica Observer’. Thomas said he has received Pooja Rani (75kg). Ceven use of saliva to shine the ball “And if there are no symptoms, it “Test cricket is really the ulti- some words of encouragement The men traditionally train in Patiala, won’t pose any health risk if the match- doesn’t really matter about shining the mbitious rookie West Indies mate that everyone wants to play from West Indies head coach Phil while the women's camp is based in Delhi. es are played inside bio-secure environ- ball then, because you’re in the bubble Apacer Oshane Thomas wants to be great. You don’t want to just Simmons. The decision to combine the two in Patiala ment, reckons South African pace great and no one you come into contact with to be counted among greats and be an average cricketer; you want “Coach Phil (and I), we always from June 10 was taken on May 23 after a Shaun Pollock. will have coronavirus. So you can just get knows that Test cricket is the route to be among the greats.” Thomas have a talk. He says I can't be bowl- video conference between top BFI officials, The ICC Cricket Committee recent- on with normal proceedings.” he needs to follow to realise his had earned a call-up in the Test ing that fast — probably bowling the boxers and national coaches. ly recommended a ban on the use of sali- The England and Wales Cricket dream. squad during last year’s home the fastest in the Caribbean — and “There are logistics that need to be va to shine the ball but allowed sweat as Board (ECB) is planning to put up a set Thomas was named a reserve series against England which West not play in his Test team,” said the worked out. The boxers have to be brought an interim measure to counter the coro- of safety measures to prevent spread of in West Indies’ 25-member squad Indies won 2-1 but the youngster Jamaican, who has so far scalped to Patiala, they have to be tested as well. All navirus threat. the contagious disease. It includes lim- for the England tour. didn’t get a game. 27 wickets in 20 ODIs and claimed these things will need at least a week, so let’s England will make bio-secure iting travel by picking venues with on- The 23-year-old has so far rep- “I didn’t get to make my debut, 15 wickets in 12 T20Is. see, we are hopeful of things moving ahead arrangements to host the West Indies site hotels, mandatory 14-day quarantine resented West Indies in white-ball but hopefully (I will) this time “I just want to relax, bowl, put in the second half of the month,” Sacheti said. behind closed doors for a proposed period for the visiting team, doing reg- cricket after bursting onto the around,” he said. the ball in the right areas and let the Sporting activities in the country were three-Test series and Pollock said such ular check-ups. scene in 2018 but he is yet to play Besides the 11 reserves, West ball do the work. Even if I'm not halted after the imposition of a lockdown environment would not require banning “I’d presume that there'd be no in the traditional format, consid- Indies have announced a 14-man playing I’ll be training and keeping to contain the deadly COVID-19 pandem- any activity. crowds in place, every single environ- ered to be the holy grail. squad to tour England next week my fitness up. If I’m not playing I ic in March. “I think the environment that’ll end ment they go into would be cleaned “I definitely want to play Test for the proposed three-Test series want to learn as much as a can.” However, the home ministry allowed up being created is almost going to be down and sprayed, and everything along cricket; I want to do well in all three which will be held behind closed Thomas was in good nick opening of sports compleaxes and stadia, like a bubble. People will get tested, those lines,” said Pollock, who has has formats,” Thomas, who has played doors in a bio-secure environment before the coronavirus pandemic without spectators, in relaxations announced they’ll go into a two-week camp where played 303 ODIs and 101 Tests for South 20 ODIs and 12 T20Is for West to reduce the risk of transmission forced a cricket shutdown across last month. they’re just going to sit and monitor how Africa. Indies so far, was quoted as saying of the coronavirus. the globe. 3    + Man City face critical appeal " #! ;  !  $ who wanted to honour Floyd or support the protests which have against two-season European ban raged across the USA. Sancho and Hakimi had also avoided punishment by 1    the DFB following their on- pitch calls for justice last week. anchester City’s appeal Union Berlin’s Nigerian Magainst a two-year ban striker Anthony Ujah said he from European competition will was “proud” of the Bundesliga be heard by the Court of players who staged on-pitch Arbitration for Sport (CAS) protests, and pledged to do the from Monday in a case of wide- same if he scores against Schalke reaching repercussions. on Sunday. City are accused of overstat- “I am proud of the players ing sponsorship revenue to hide who are taking a stand. I am that they had not complied 1 >5:784 up in honour of Floyd, a black proud of Jadon Sancho. I am 1 758 O8% in Germany and England this with UEFA’s financial fair play American man who died in proud of Weston McKennie. I week, Werner has agreed to (FFP) rules between 2012 and orussia Dortmund and Minneapolis last month while am proud of Marcus Thuram. B Leipzig on Saturday cast move to Chelsea at the end of 2016 and were also handed a 30 BHertha Berlin took a knee being arrested by police officers. I am proud of Achraf Hakimi. Rdoubt on news that the season, with the Premier million euro ($34 million, £27 in solidarity with the Black Jadon Sancho and Achraf The whole world saw their Germany striker Timo Werner League club ready to pay around million) fine. However, billions of invest- and key players like Kevin de Lives Matter protests on Hakimi wore the messages “no message,” wrote Ujah in an was closing in on a move to 50 million euros (£44.5 million). UEFA’s case was prompted ment in players and managers Bruyne and Raheem Sterling. Saturday as players across the justice, no peace”, while mid- article for German daily FAZ. Chelsea, saying that the widely On Saturday, Mintzlaff said when German magazine Der has not yet been able to deliver “Two years would be long. Bundesliga showed support for fielders Axel Witsel and Emre German champions Bayern reported transfer was far from a he was pleased that Werner had Spiegel published a series of the club's first ever Champions One year is something I might demonstrations sparked by the Can’s T-shirts displayed the Munich became the highest- done deal. renewed his contract last sum- leaked emails in 2018 that pur- League title. be able to cope with,” De Bruyne death of George Floyd. words “black”, “white” and “yel- profile club in the country to "Timo Werner hasn't trig- mer to avoid Leipzig losing ported to show how City man- City are still involved in this told Het Laatste Nieuws last With thousands assembling low” crossed out, with the word show their support for the gered the (release) clause (in his him on a free transfer. ufactured extra sponsorship rev- season’s competition and will be month. in Berlin and Munich to “human” below. protests. contract), and we haven't He added that he did not enue from a series of companies allowed to compete should the City banked 93 million demonstrate against police bru- Earlier Pierre Kunde “As players, we always have received a transfer contract from expect any complications over with connections to the club's 2019/20 edition of Champions euros from prize money and tality and for racial equality, Malong also took a knee after the same message: we are tol- any club," said Leipzig's sporting Werner's departure due to the Abu Dhabi-based owner Sheikh League return in August no mat- television rights alone by reach- Dortmund and Hertha’s start- scoring the second goal in erant, we are open, we are director Oliver Mintzlaff. changes in the football calendar Mansour. ter the outcome of the appeal. ing the quarter-finals of last sea- ing line-ups gathered around Mainz’s 2-0 win at Eintracht open to the world," Bayern "Timo Werner is in the brought about by the coron- Under the Sheikh's owner- son’s Champions League. the centre circle at Signal Iduna Frankfurt. captain Manuel Neuer told Sky driver's seat now, not us," avirus crisis. ship, City's fortunes have been 1     The added loss of gate Park before dropping to one The Cameroonian will face after the game. Mintzlaff said, adding that "We are sure that we will transformed from perennially But a two-season ban from receipts and commercial rev- knee. no sanction from the German Bayern’s players also wore Werner "indicated a few weeks find a solution with his new club living in the shadow of local the competition would represent enue would make it extremely Dortmund players also Football Federation (DFB) for black armbands bearing the ago that he was looking into a which allows us to end the rivals Manchester United to a huge blow to the club's pres- difficult for the club to meet FFP wore messages on their T-shirts the gesture after it gave the green words “Black Lives Matter" transfer". Bundesliga season with Timo," winning four Premier League tige, finances and hope of hang- regulations in the future without during their pre-match warm- light on Wednesday to players during the match. According to media reports he said. titles in the past eight years. ing onto manager Pep Guardiola cutting costs.