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" --./ pitals as dedicated Covid-19 hospitals having capacity of “PPEs, ventilators and ! he Centre on Saturday over one lakh isolation beds other critical medical supplies P Tclaimed that without lock- and 11,500 ICU beds. are being ensured by the Centre #$ ) & 7 down and containment mea- Similarly, the Indian to States. The containment ! ! # + sures, the country would have Railways is transforming up to action plan, contact tracing # !)) $ witnessed 8.2 lakh Covid-19 & ' ( ) * 20,000 old coaches into emer- and other planning are being ) # ) cases by April 15. The figure of +,- . ) 01 gency care units that can be ensured,” Agarwal said while $) ! &Q positive cases would have gone deployed to remote and hard- talking to reporters here. !# !$!! # up to 1.2 lakh with contain- Joint Secretary, Union Health 1.2 lakh till April 15,” said hit areas experiencing a short- While the Government has !#( ) * ment measures and no lock- Ministry, reiterated importance Agarwal, citing a statistical age of hospital beds. chalked out three-tier plan to !!$ * ! 7 down. of following social distancing model to capture the project- Emphasising that India has categorise the patients depend- ! , $ %! & + The country is in the third measures and containment ed cases. been deploying a graded ing on the severity of their $ ) ( 7 7 /77" week of the world’s biggest strategies which he said were He cited example of Agra response to fight coronavirus infections, private hospitals )0# ever lockdown involving 1.3 like a social vaccination that saying it has emerged as the outbreak, Union Health across India have been asked to % billion people with nearly 8,000 can help the country from finest example in best practices Ministry Joint Secretary Lav designate dedicated wings to ! Covid-19 cases. The virus has spreading the disease. in cluster management, where Agarwal said on Saturday, “At treat the affected patients, pre- #$ ,! 8 killed over 239 people from “Without these steps, a smart city control room was least 1,00,000 isolation beds pare for sample collection, dis- , ) )! # across the country with Covid-19 cases could have reg- converted into a war room to and 11,500 ICU beds have charge patients who are stable !) !# Maharashtra topping the list of istered a 41 per cent cumula- fight the outbreak of coron- been reserved for Covid-19 and divide medical staff into ! ) #!%#)! worst-hit (1,666 cases) and tive increase to 8.2 lakh cases avirus from a person who had patients across the country. two groups so that even if one !$ %!! 110 fatality. by April 15. With contain- returned from Italy on Also, 587 dedicated Covid-19 group gets infected, the other # ! !! & Talking to reporters here at ment measures and no lock- February 25. hospitals have been earmarked can work. # !! # a Press briefing, Lav Agarwal, down, it could have gone up to Turn to Page 4 at Central and the State levels. Turn to Page 4 ! !( . M M ' $(( " $ 0 Q ! " ( !& R " --./ " #$ % - Q .- & arents of a commando offi-
Pcer awarded with Shaurya !! --./ They were isolated at a n a repeat of the recent +'8) Chakra for gallantry had to quarantine centre in Gulabhi Iattempted exodus of thou- * 9 9 + drive more than 2,100 km he authorities in national Bagh, 8km from the locality. sands of migrant workers from from New Delhi to Bengalaru TCapital have increased vigil Turn to Page 4 the national Capital, hundreds : to attend his cremation there in the Walled City’s Chandni of migrant workers, stuck in on Saturday as red tape Mahal after three coronavirus Surat amid the lockdown, went between Defence and Home deaths were reported in last $ on a rampage on Friday night, & Ministries did not permit them three days. setting many vehicles on fire. to travel in a service aircraft. Taking the first step, on !% Mostly from Odisha, these & This happened despite clear- Friday the Delhi Government workers wanted to be provid- 7 ance by Defence Minister had sealed the area to control & $$ ed logistics for them to return
* Rajnath Singh, who alone can spread of Covid-19 after 102 to their native places and dis- 7 only authorise airlift for a civil- people, including foreigners $! ' bursal of their unpaid dues. +'80 M ian in a military plane. who had attended Tablighi Making a mockery of the lock- 34!0 ( /4#- The dilly-dallying between Jamaat meet in March, were Lucknow: A City Magistrate down, the workers took to the # +
the two departments that evacuated from mosques, in and two cops were injured streets and set ablaze handcarts. !! --./ According to police, those forced the 70-plus grieving the area earlier this week and when locals attacked a district Police have detained arrested were among the peo- " - duo to drive all the way from 52 of them were tested positive. administration team which had around 80 migrant workers. group of people staying at ple who created ruckus earlier New Delhi to Bengalaru has led According to officials, so had gone to seal a hotspot near This is the second time that the Ashelter homes in North in the day over the death of a . + to outrage amongst the veter- far out of 903 cases reported till Jali Kothi in Delhigate area of migrant workers have taken to Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate area on man who stayed in one of the ans. They gave vent to their Friday more than 450 are Meerut on Saturday. Four peo- streets in Surat. On March 30, Saturday pelted stones at police shelter homes. The fire per- feelings on the social media linked to Tablighi Jamaat while ple, including an imam, have over 90 migrant labourers were and volunteers and also set sonnel managed to douse the with former Army Chief across the country the gather- been arrested for the attack. arrested in Surat city for defy- ablaze three shelter homes on blaze soon after reaching the & General VP Malik tweeting ing has been linked to more Detailed report on Page 4 ing the lockdown. fire. Six men have been arrest- spot. No one got injured, it said. Turn to Page 4 than 1,000 coronavirus cases. Turn to Page 4 ed for the alleged arsoning. Detailed report on Page 4 +,- ,.,.
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( Just like Doordarshan has brought Ishita Ganguly went back in time and *) * %!$ ) back shows like Ramayan, a few other shared a nostalgic moment with Govinda #% $ ! channels are also geared up for the re- on the stage. The actor who is essaying ! !D( # run of some iconic shows in order to the role of Maa Kali in the show Jag $ D# !! maintain the daily dose of fun, laughter Jaanani Maa Vaishno Devi — Kahani ! and thrill. Mata Rani Ki is making the best use of !!( While Star Bharat is back with the quarantine. She has been in constant !# # ! !!$ laugh-riot — Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and touch with her fans on Instagram and is 8L */ Khichdi, from April 13 between 10 am motivating people during these difficult # !! #%! !!! and 12 pm, Zee TV is no less and Hum days. ! ! ! Paanch is back too from tomorrow — 7* ))! (5 #!#!$) Monday April 13, 2020. The re-telecast ! $!) ;23;( %! / )!$!D signifies how these shows are still in !!/ ) ! !$ ) )!% $ !$ ( / demand. %$!) ! ! ! ( !! $! 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Also, today’s comedy *6 #!! ! # !# that it never failed to surprise the shows are more of reality shows,” he says. P %!)!# )# !( !$ $!) ! viewers. A new issue was addressed every Sumeet Raghavan who played Dr E F6 $ ! ) !# 6!#J % $!)! ( ) single time and they were also dealt with Sahil Sarabhai in Sarabhai vs Sarabhai %! !$ % !!$ !! innovative solutions. This made it stand . ,./ agrees with Saraf and says that he is # ( P 7 ( out. As humans, our problems have 7--F -F- 59( waiting for the re-run of Buniyaad and # G#! * ! /O!$ !) !!$ D% remained more or less the same, we just Hum Log. #! $ %$!) !# !I# ! ! 7 * / $ !)! deal with them differently. The show .//-, - .- “All these shows have a special place ! 7 * ! ) !! !)%% !$ !$/ 6 !%! ;23>( depicts exactly that, with hilariously -7-7- ,. in the hearts of the people. We have # !6 !(/$ * !J, !$ !! ! ) :$ / accurate comic timing,” he tells you. grown up watching these shows therefore ! 6 # ! !* O!$!%# ! ;23=(% !# * He tells you that everyone on the sets F//57/- . .-9 there’s a different connect with them or %! !$ ! )% $ ! ! !( 8L )! used to listen to him since he was the for that matter with the characters ! (. $ $ !) 5# !! % ! % !$ !# ;3: :! ! eldest. “To be honest, everyday felt like ,7- -.5/ Sarabhai vs Sarabhai came in 2004. The !% $!! # # K FO # !*# !!# K a rollercoaster ride on the sets, it was so -7 . .- show is still evergreen. While these ,5F/:3H! !* ! %! !! % ! )!%! !) # much fun. I miss those days and since I shows are available on digital platforms !) !# D% !)! !! !! #! * 6 was the eldest, I remember everyone /-,-,5 there’s a different feeling of watching it # !) I !!#$#### ( ! ! used to listen to me. 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The financial help will be Teacher’ initiative under which panel,the focus in mission This will greatly help them in given through Direct Benefit of happiness classes to be con- buniyad is to strengthen the ! ! he Delhi Government has these times of distress.” Transfer in the Aadhaar linked ducted at home for students. foundational skills of the chil- Tinitiated the process of giv- The passenger transport bank accounts of the eligible Eight lakh student will join dren through basic and simple !! --./ ing one-time financial help of services in Delhi have been PSV holders in NCT of Delhi. special classes Happiness get to know themselves better. er,”Sisodia said. activities through which they 5,000 to Para-Transit vehicle stopped to prevent the spread of The one time ex-gratia Curriculum and Mission Mindfulness is practiced by all The Delhi Govt. has already can get to learn while playing it n an interaction with Prime drivers as announced by Delhi COVID-19. The restrictions are amount of 5,000/- will be given Buniyaad at their homes from 16 lakh students everyday in our started Online teaching for too. IMinister Narendra Modi, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in force since the announcement through on-line software devel- Sunday. schools.” Class 11 students (those await- Talking about Mindfulness, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind few days ago. of the lockdown. Consequently, oped by Government of Delhi. Deputy Chief Minister and “We are all gripped with ing results to join class 12) with Neeru Puri, Happiness Mentor Kejriwal requested him to According to Government a large number of persons “Only few entries needed to be Education Minister, Manish anxiety today. These are unusu- daily 1.5 hours session con- Teacher said, “We introduced extend lockdown till April 30. officials, the process of taking including the drivers of public made to file an on-line applica- Sisodia presided over the second al times and we do not know ducted online by the Govt the happiness curriculum two Just a few hours after the applications will start from April service vehicles. To mitigate the tion form as under:- PSV badge live session of ‘Parenting in the what to do as a fun activity,” said school teachers. Besides that, years back and it has reaped interaction with PM Modi, 13 (Monday). sufferings of this class of people, number, Driving Licence num- time of Corona’ discussing the Sisodia,”We cannot go out, can't Nursery to class 8 students are fruits today. In the turbulent Kejriwal tweeted, PM has The Aam Aadmi Party ( the Government of Delhi has ber,Mobile number,Date of importance of transforming go for movies, or sit in the parks, being given daily activities via times., parents always com- taken correct decision to AAP) Government had decided to grant one time finan- birth,Gender ,Aadhar number homes into engaging class- we are confined to our homes, SMS to which IVRS will be plain that kids don't concentrate extend lockdown. Today, announced that 'One-time finan- cial help of 5,000/- to the indi- linked with bank account,” a rooms for students with the hell with our family. In such situa- added to support Happiness and but we havent taught them how India’s position is better than cial help of 5,000' will be given viduals holding public service government official said. I of parent amidst the ongoing tions, it is possible to get irritated Reading, writing and numera- to. Its a moment of pride for us many developed countries to the persons holding Public badge (Drivers) and driving The applicants can file on- nationwide lockdown. with one another, and we don't cy activities from tomorrow. that we have been teaching our because we started lockdown Service Badge and valid driving licence of para - transit pas- line applications within fifteen “Starting tomorrow, par- know how to refresh our minds Talking about the impor- kids to concentrate since the early. If it is stopped now, all licence of Para-Transit vehicles senger vehicles i.e Auto rick- days of opening of the portal i.e. ents of students studying in as we are still restricted to our tance of using this lockdown as past two years. Going forward, gains would be lost. (i.e. Auto rickshaws, Taxis, shaws , Taxis, Gramin Sewa, from Monday (13.04.2020) itself classes up till Std 8. will receive homes.Under this circum- an opportunity to tutor kids at we will send specific activities to To consolidate, it is imp to Gramin Sewa, Phatphat Sewa, Phatphat sewa, Maxicab , Eco- at 10.00 a.m. onwards. The link audio calls (IVR) from the stances, Happiness class is all the homes, Shri Binay Bhushan parents to conduct the extend it. Maxi Cab, Eco-Friendly Sewa, E- Friendly sewa , E-Rickshaws is available at website ot Education Department to guide more important.” said, “We had planned to start Happiness class at home. According to sources , CM Rickshaws and School Cabs etc). and school cabs etc. Transport deptt , Govt of Delhi them through as to how to take The activities of Happiness Mission Buniyaad in April, but The live session included Kejriwal told PM Modi that Transport Minister Kailash The benefit will be given to at https://transport.delhi.gov.in/. on the role of teachers at home. class would be conducted at this could not happen owing to Binay Bhushan, Director, Delhi will follow the Centre on Gahlot said “Delhi Government all such PSV badge holders A helpline service shall also Step by step activities will be home everyday by the parents. the lockdown. So we now Education, Bhavna Sawnani- the lockdown but need two is committed to help our fellow who have been issued such be available for answering the shared through pre recorded “We will support, around 8 request the parents to start Mentor Teacher, Team Mission weeks to make Capital’s con- public transport vehicle drivers badges till March 23, 2020. queries of PSV badge holders. audio message on how to con- lakh students and their families coaching their kids to make Buniyaad, Delhi Government tainment zones airtight after like Auto, E- rickshaw, Taxi etc. “Further, in case of persons They can seek any clarifica- duct Happiness classes and to practise mindful meditation them start reading and writing school, and Neeru Puri, each and every contact of the in the extraordinary circum- whose driving licences have tion at these numbers from 9.00 Mission Buniyaad at their from tomorrow with the help of few lines everyday, and solve Happiness Mentor Teacher Tabilghi Jamaat has been ver- stances created by lockdown expired on or after February am to 6.00 pm (HELPLINE homes”, said Sisodia. our teachers. It is important to basic math problems. This will where they discussed how par- ified and quarantined. owing to Corona virus. The 2020, their cases will also be con- NOS. 011-23930763 and 011- “The purpose behind the turn the atmosphere positive in create a good environment at ents can aptly play the role of a Kejriwal pitch for a two- process would be quick and the sidered for grant of benefit,” 23970290) (Except Sundays till Happiness curriculum is to our homes and make the fam- home. It is also a good way to teacher and mentor for their week extension of the lock- money would get transferred Delhi government said. 27.04.2020). make children introspect and ilies spend quality time togeth- help tackle boredom if parents kids at home. down came amid mounting concerns in the city adminis- tration that the Government may not have yet been able to $88 ' " #88 ' locate every person who either was a part of the March con- gregation of Tablighi or their !! --./ stepping outside their resi- related to outside Delhi, which contacts. dence without wearing masks. have been referred to respective 3 4 " As no official word has he Delhi Police on Saturday A total of 634 movement pass- state helpline numbers. Fourty- come from Prime Minister Tregistered 200 cases and es have been issued,” police two calls were received related Narendra Modi, Kejriwal laud- detained 3,515 people across said. to no food/no money, which --./ Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality In the past two days, three ed him for extending the lock- the national Capital for violat- Since March 24, a total of have been forwarded to NGO Hospital. The Cancer Institute patients were found corona down period that was set to ing Government orders during 73,936 people have been for direct relief at their address- ith 24 people testing has stopped admitting new positive, including a Ferozabad end on April 13. While the the coronavirus lockdown. detained so far for violating es,” said police. “Two calls were Wcoronavirus positive on patients, as of now," the hospi- resident who was getting treat- AAP supporters termed According to the data order under section 65 of the received regarding medical its premises, the Delhi State tal management official said. ed for stomach cancer. He has Kejriwal's move as a master- shared by the police, 200 cases Delhi Police Act. However, On issues and have been resolved Cancer Institute has been The 70 persons deployed at since died. stroke, the opposition BJP said were registered under section Saturday Delhi Police received through proper guidance to closed to new patients and is the institute have since been Earlier, after a Cancer such a statement would add to 188 (for disobedience to order over 800 calls on their 24x7 proceed in case of such emer- being sanitised, an official said quarantined. Institute doctor was found confusion and could mislead duly promulgated by public helpline number to resolve gencies while 593 calls were on Saturday. Meanwhile, the institute corona positive, it was closed the public. BJP leaders said servant) of the Indian Penal issues related to lockdown. related to movement passes and Those found infected staff attributed corona positive and sanitised. modalities for second phase of Code till 5pm. Police said that total 17,449 were advised to apply online on included three doctors, 18 cases to different sources. Some The doctor had come in lockdown, if required, are still Police said that a total of number of calls received by website of Delhi Police,” said nurses, and three patients. said it was due to the central contact with 19 staff members, being chalked out and the 3,515 people have been police till Saturday on their police. The move comes fol- "After the death of one air-conditioning, though noth- who too were tested. Two nurs- same would be announced by detained under section 65 (per- been impounded under section helpline 011-23469526. lowing nationwide restrictions patient, the remaining two ing official has been said on the ing staff were then found coro- PM Modi or the Central sons bound to comply with rea- 66 of the Delhi Police Act. “Police received 828 calls due to complete lockdown have been admitted in the issue so far. na positive. Government. sonable directions of police “The police also registered from Friday 2 pm to Saturday imposed across the country to officers) and 400 vehicles have 100 cases against people for 2 pm. Out of 828, 60 calls were contain Coronavirus. )" 7)R " 6 "
!! --./ !! --./ of extra police force engaged in lock- down management, he said. n order to curb down the spread of coronavirus n view of the lockdown period due The official also said that pension Iin containment zones, South Delhi Municipal Ito coronavirus pandemic, New for old age, widow and handicapped Corporation (SDMC) carried out a ‘massive’ Delhi Municipal Council (NDMC) is also being released to 1,359 bene- action to disinfect areas in its all four zones on has given its community centers ficiaries amounting to 6,000 to Friday. The civic body deployed over 200 sanita- and baraat ghar to the district 7,500 each for the period January to tion workers, 20 tankers, 8 fire tenders and 16 jet- management for converting it into March 2020 is being released of an ting machines for sanitisation and disinfection in night shelters to accommodate home- amount of 1 crore. the containment zones, a senior SDMC official said, less people. All three working girls hostels adding that door to door sweeping and garbage col- The civic body has also given its (Aakansha, Indira Niketan and Swati) lection was also done at the location sealed after bharat ghar to police forces person- and three old age home hostels cases of Coronavirus traced. al, medical staff, disaster management (Sandhya, Aaradhna and Aashirwad) The official further said dedicatedly surveillance officers and old age, handicapped, of NDMC are running smoothly teams have been formed by the public health widow pensioner with the aim to pro- with smooth supply of food and other department of the SDMC to conduct door-to-door vide better livelihood in this crisis. essential items with strict enforcement survey and screening in the containment zones. “The NDMC has provided Barat of health protocol and social dis- In Ashok Nagar, the only containment area in Ghar at Sarojini Nagar and Palika tancing norms issued by the west zone, around 400 houses are sanitised around Dham Community Centre to New Government of India, he said. the area where three positive cases found by using Delhi district administration for set- A Relief have also been provided motorized pump. ting up of temporary night shelter for by NDMC to the inmates living in In Zakir Nagar, 35 Safai Sainik were deployed homeless people,” a senior NDMC these institutions (working girls hos- for proper sanitisation of the area, he said, adding official said. tels and old age home) by extending that disinfectants were sprayed through knapsack Nine community centres such as the date for payment of hostel fees till pump and power spray. Power spray through two Lal Bahadur Sadan, Babar Road, 31st May. fire tender was also carried out in the area, he added. Ullas-Laxmi Bai Nagar, Palika Niwas- All these institutions like NDMC In the Dinpur Village and Sector-11 Dwarka 50 Lodhi Road, Hailey Lane, North-West barat ghar, community centers and Safai Sainiks are dedicatedly deployed in the area Moti Bagh, Aditya Sadan, Krishna hostels are being sanitised by the and daily sanitation is being carried out, he said, Menon Lane and Club Daksh have Health Department of NDMC on reg- adding that daily garbage is also being removed by also been provided for night stay ular basis. five auto tippers from the locked area and the sent of officers and medical staff deployed All Staff of NDMC Welfare to Waste to Energy plant situated at Okhla. on essential services on the requisi- Department including the controlling The civic body also sanitised Malviya Nagar, tion of New Delhi district adminis- Staff in Head office has been kept on L Block, Sangam Vihar, Shastri Market, Nanak Pura tration, he said. alert for providing adequate services sanitisation drives are being carried out by deploy- NDMC Barat Ghar at Mandir during the COVID-19 epidemic ing 60 Safai Sainik, five tankers, one fire tenders for Marg and Bapu Dham has also been Disaster Management as Essential spraying disinfectants. provided to Delhi Police for staying Services. 5 $(!
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1 <$ 5 !$ $" 81 9 Q@ , 5 suffered injuries. A case was registered and efforts were behind made to arrest $ ! !! --./ embers of a police and medical the miscreants. Mteam who had gone to seal a Meanwhile, Additional Chief n a suspected case of arson hotspot near Jali Kothi in Delhigate Secretary, Home, Awinish Awasthi !!$ Iand rioting, a group of peo- area of Meerut were attacked by the said more than 14,000 FIRs were reg- ple staying at shelter homes in local residents on Saturday. A magis- istered under Section 188 of the IPC North Delhi’s Kashmiri Gate trate, along with a sub-inspector and for lockdown violation against 45,483 Rishikesh: A group of area on Saturday pelted stones several other cops and paramedics, persons and 35,000 were sent to jail. foreigners was made at police and volunteers and were injured in the attack. A total of 367 FIRs were registered to write "sorry" 500 also set ablaze three shelter Later, the police arrested four peo- deputed in the area and they were under EC Act against 463 offenders. times for flouting the homes. The Fire department ple, including an Imam, and a case was patrolling the area. Similarly over 20,000 vehicles were lockdown guidelines said that the blaze was con- registered against them and National Elsewhere in Mathura, ten per- seized and Rs 6 crore was collected as here on Saturday. trolled before it could cause any Security Act was invoked against sons were arrested for violating lock- fine for violation of traffic rules dur- Ten foreigners damage and no casuality has them. down and pelting stones at a police ing lockdown. from different coun- been reported. District Magistrate, Anil Dhingra team in Govardhan area on Saturday. Speaking on Tablighi Jamaat tries were caught tak- Meanwhile, police said that 0 and SSP, Ajay Sahani, rushed to the SSP Gaurav Grover said the police members, Awasthi said 2,428 Jamaatis ing a stroll in the Tapovan area here amid the they have arrested 6 six prsons area and initiated action against the was informed that lockdown was in 20 districts were identified in UP ongoing 21-day lockdown to curb the spread involved in the incident and queue for food but they were by the people living in these attackers. As per reports, three Jamaat being violated in Bhim Nagar village and 2,231 were quarantined. A total of the novel coronavirus and not maintaining registered a case of rioting and not following it,” said APRO. shelter homes. They claimed it members came to Meerut on February after which a police team reached of 259 foreign Tablighis were in UP social distancing, Sub-Inspector Vinod Kumar arson against them. “The volunteers and police to be with them but so far the 24 and stayed at Dariwali Mosque in there. He said not only were shops whose passports have been seized. Sharma said. According to Anil Mittal, took an action following which man has not been identified,” Jali Kothi area and tested corona pos- open in the village people were also Meanwhile, UP Shia Central Waqf Each one of them was made to write a sen- Additional Public relation some 4-5 people had jumped in Mittal said. itive on Friday. The local administra- playing cards in the open. Crowds had Board directed its caretakers to imme- tence of apology 500 times as a punishment, Officer (APRO), Delhi Police, the yamuna river though they “The crowd set on fire the tion then decided to seal the area and gathered outside shops and norms of diately inform police if they come to he added. the incident occurred at around came out after a short span and shelter homes and even pelted the team was sent there on Saturday. social distancing were being flouted. know about the presence of any per- "I did not follow the rules of lockdown so 5:15 pm on Saturday when a said that one of them is miss- stones at the Police Control However, a mob suddenly As the police team tried to con- son who attended the Jamaat in I am so sorry," each one of them wrote 500 body was found floating near ing. Police had called divers but Room (PCR) van and volun- attacked the team in which Sub- vince the crowd gathered there, the Delhi's Nizamuddin area. times, Sharma said. Nigham Bodh banks of Yamuna during search operation no teers. A case under relevant Inspector Mukesh Shukla was injured mob suddenly became violent and In a statement issued here, chair- Around 500 foreigners are staying in the river near shelter homes. body was found in the river,” section of law has been regis- while City Magistrate, Sushant Jain attacked the cops with lathis, rods and man of Uttar Pradesh Waqf Board Tapovan area these days and they are often “Earlier, while distribut- said APRO. tered at Kashmiri gate police suffered a fracture. even pelted stones at them. Later addi- stressed on attention to be paid in seen violating the lockdown rules, throwing ing food, the volunteers had “On Saturday, a body of an station and the body has been Later additional police force tional was rushed to the area and 10 mosques and madrasas on the India- caution to the wind, he added. The operation asked the people staying in unidentified man, which police sent to hospital,” said Mittal rushed to the area along with senior persons were arrested, while 28 iden- Nepal border. The muttawali (care- to penalise them was conducted to send out shelter home to follow guide- suspect came floating from adding that further investiga- officers after which the attackers tified and 24 unidentified persons takers) were warned against shelter- a strong message to those who tend to take the lines while standing in the some other place, was taken out tion is going on. escaped. Heavy police force has been escaped the spot. In the process a cop ing Jamaatis. lockdown lightly, Sharma said. PTI &1 ) 9' 0 ;! $ ' ! " :1& ! +A;0 New Delhi: The Central since neither the advocates, nor Administrative Tribunal (CAT) the employees of the tribunal Leh: With the Srinagar-Leh ited vehicular traffic after people not to enter the region Mumbai: Budget carrier IndiGo has clarified that the decision were in a position to attend to national highway reopened for remaining closed for over four unless the government gives on Saturday said one of its staff regarding its functioning amid the work. The principal bench limited vehicular traffic, the months owing to heavy snow- them the clearance. Hyderabad: A COVID-19 patient dis- passed away due to coronavirus the Covid-19 pandemic would in fact was scheduled to be on Ladakh administration on fall along the Zojila pass. As per the schedule issued charged from a State-run hospital here infection in Chennai. depend upon the stand the gov- a mini vacation from April 2- Saturday warned of stern legal A convoy of 18 oil tankers by the Divisional Commissioner after he tested negative was called back While the airline did not ernment takes with regard to 12," it said. action against anyone attempt- carrying petrol, diesel and of Ladakh for the first week dur- after a second test result turned out to be provide details, a source told PTI the extension of the ongoing The tribunal attempted to ing to enter the Union Territory kerosene oil reached Kargil ing the transition of vehicles into weak positive, a medical official said on that the employee was an aircraft nationwide lockdown. function in these tough times without permission. after starting their journey from the UT, a maximum of 10 Saturday. maintenance engineer and he passed away on Friday. "The future course of but it failed in doing so. "The “The highway was only Sonamarg in Ganderbal district trucks would be allowed to "The patient, who tested positive on The engineer was in his mid-50s and had been action would be decided sittings were arranged keeping opened for limited traffic to of central Kashmir. cross Zojila on April 13, maxi- March 23, was discharged after the test working with the carrier since 2006. He was posted in depending on the steps the gov- in mind that social distancing replenish essential supplies in “Even if you manage to mum 14 HPCL trucks carrying result came out negative. Chennai, the source said. ernment takes with respect to was maintained. However, even the twin districts of Leh and reach Sonamarg, you will not LPG cylinders on April 15, But it came weak positive in a second "We are extremely sorry and saddened by the demise the period from April 15 that became impossible in view Kargil…It is not open for nor- be allowed to enter Ladakh. If maximum 15 trucks on April test. So we called back, admitted him in of one of our beloved employees in Chennai due to onwards. Even if there exists of the steps taken by the gov- mal traffic for the time being so somehow, you manage to reach 17, maximum 15 trucks on the hospital and again sent (the samples) infection of Covid 19 virus," an airline spokesperson the slightest possibility to con- ernment from March 24 we reiterate our appeal to the Drass (after crossing Zojila April 19, maximum 15 trucks for testing, the official said. told PTI on Saturday. duct the courts, the same would onwards," the statement read. people, including local resi- into Ladakh), you will be sent on April 21 and maximum 15 The man was discharged on Thursday This is possibly the first case of death of an avia- be availed," a statement issued The option to conduct the dents staying outside, not to try to quarantine for 28 days there trucks on April 23. and was again admitted to the hospital on tion personnel due to coronavirus infection in the by the tribunal read. hearings through video confer- to enter Ladakh,” Commissioner besides action as per law will Regarding the management Friday, he said. country. Until then the CAT will ence was not available, firstly Secretary (Health) Rigzin be taken for violation of the of COVID-19 in the region, The patient did not go around much "This is a heartbreaking moment for all of us at continue with its mini vacation because the necessary equip- Samphel told reporters here. Code of Criminal Procedure Samphel said only four patients and those who came in contact with him IndiGo and in this time of sorrow we stand with his which began on April 2. ment and infrastructure were The 434-km highway, (CrPC), Natonal Disaster – two each in Leh and Kargil - have been put in quarantine, the official family and request that we respect the privacy of our "With the imposition of not in place and secondly, it was which is the only road linking Management Act and out of 15 cases are still under said. An enquiry was held and a report on employee and his family," the spokesperson said. lockdown, it became impossi- not possible to procure them in Ladakh with Jammu & Epidemic Diseases Act,” treatment and three of them the matter had been sent to the authori- The number of infections in the country has crossed ble for the benches to function view of the lockdown. IANS Kashmir, was reopened for lim- Samphel said and urged the have also tested negative. PTI ties concerned, he said. PTI 8,000 and more than 260 people have died. PTI 1 13& ) : ;2 # : CCC From Page 1 ''; The Indian Council Of Medical Research < (ICMR) said 1,71,718 samples had been tested. On New Delhi: A group of doctors and sci- for not providing masks and protective Friday, 16,564 tests were conducted through a net- Noida (UP): The Gautam “Strict action will be taken New Delhi: The Telecom entists have sought support from their gear to medical staff and doctors work of Government and private labs. Buddh Nagar police on against the violators,” he added. Regulatory Authority of India colleagues in demanding revocation of treating suspected patients went viral. Maharashtra which reported over 200 cases on Saturday issued prohibitory He said this pressure from on Saturday recommended that the suspension of an Andhra Pradesh "PMSF requests to various medical Saturday is severely affected by the coronavirus pan- orders under a central law to landlords and society managers the reserve price for FM radio medico for allegedly complaining associations and professional bodies to demic with total 1,666 cases. With 13 news deaths, prevent landlords and residen- will adversely affect the delivery channels for 273 new cities has about shortage of protective gear for write letters demanding immediate the death toll in the State surged to 110. Maharashtra tial societies from pressuring of essential services provided by been fixed at 80 per cent of the medical staff at a hospital. revocation of the suspension of Dr D accounts for over 45% of the total coronavirus deaths doctors and paramedical staff to the medical staff to the com- valuation for each city. The group under the banner Sudhakar such that he can continue in the nation. vacate premises, officials said. munity as a whole. The reserve price will be 80 approaches which are based on 'Progressive Medicos and Scientists serving the people of the backward After Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu confirmed the The prohibitory orders have Violators will be booked per cent of the valuation except population of the city, per capi- Forum' (PMSF) has called upon med- tribal area where he is posted and make highest number of Covid-19 patients. As many as been issued under the National under Section 51 of the National for the cities in the northeast ta gross state domestic product, ical associations and professional bod- his contribution in the fight against 58 people in Tamil Nadu tested positive for the coro- Disaster Management Act, Disaster Management Act, 2005 region, and Jammu & Kashmir listenership of FM Radio, per ies to oppose punitive measures against COVID-19 threat," the body said in its navirus in last 24 hours, taking the total tally in the 2005, said Ashutosh Dwivedi, and also under the Epidemic for which it has been fixed at 40 capita gross revenue earned by doctors and other health workers for "call" letter. The health personnel of the State to 969 while Delhi also witnessed a steep rise Additional Deputy Diseases Act, 1897, he said. per cent of the valuation for the existing FM Radio opera- raising the issue of lack of personal pro- country are doing their utmost in this in coronavirus patients. The national Capital Commissioner of Police, Law “There is also a provision to each city. tors, and market intensity index tective equipment and other issues per- valiant fight against the virus. There recorded 166 new cases on Saturday and its total and Order, Gautam Buddh invoke the National Security The Ministry of of various cities. "The reserve taining to fight against COVID-19, its already have been several reports stood at1069. Nagar. Act, 1980 against the viola- Information and Broadcasting price for FM radio channels for chief Harjit Singh Bhatti said. from across the country that health Kerala, which had reported first coronavirus case “According to these orders, tors,” Dwivedi said in a state- (MIB) had sent a letter to TRAI each of the 273 new cities has A senior doctor of a hospital in personnel engaged in care of COVID- in the country, has registered 364 cases while action will be taken against ment. in August last year, requesting been fixed at 80 per cent of the Andhra Pradesh's Narsip at nam 19 patients have contracted the disease, Madhya Pradesh confirmed at least total 678 cases. landlords and society man- Also in public interest, it to furnish recommendations valuation for each city except area was suspended after a video of him including in the national capital Delhi, The death toll in the State stood at 39. Uttar Pradesh agers if they create pressure on orders have been issued under on fresh reserve price for 283 for the cities situated in North purportedly criticising the government the letter stated. PTI confirmed over 400 coronavirus patients. doctors and paramedical staff to CrPC Section 144 (which bars cities — 260 new and 23 exist- East (NE) region, Jammu & Andhra Pradesh recorded 405 Covid-19 cases. vacate premises. Doctors and assembly of four or more peo- ing, under FM phase-III policy. Kashmir for which reserve Gujarat registered 90 fresh cases in last 24 hours, paramedical staff are playing a ple), so that delivery of essential TRAI finalised its recom- price has been fixed at 40 per through public announcement system raising the total count in the State to 460. 22 peo- crucial role in preventing the services is ensured across Noida mendations after considering all cent of the valuation for each ! ! %CCC police teams are repeatedly request- ple died in Gujarat since the outbreak emerged. spread of coronavirus and also and Greater Noida, he said. comments received from stake- city," TRAI said. ing residents to stay indoors,” said a More than 215 cases have been reported in treating patients who are infect- “These orders will remain holders during the consultation For 10 cities of 'others' cat- From Page 1 senior police official. Karnataka and 224 in Jammu & Kashmir. Himachal ed with the virus,” Dwivedi said. effective till April 30,” he added. process and further analysis of egory, having a population Meanwhile, after a few reports The Municipal Corporation Pradesh, Haryana and Punjab too reported new He said the police have Gautam Buddh Nagar, the issues. less than 1 lakh in the border regarding people gathering in the area authorities have started door-to-door cases. taken cognisance of a few adjoining Delhi, has so far TRAI recommended that areas of Jammu & Kashmir and and mosques surfaced the Delhi supply of essentials in the Chandni In the meantime, the Union Health Ministry reports that some landlords recorded 64 positive cases of the valuation of FM radio the northeast region, the Police has increased its presence in the Mahal. The authorities have also ini- maintained that no community transmission is tak- and society managers were ask- coronavirus, the second highest channels in 273 new cities has reserve price is kept as 5 lakh area and they are also using drone tiated sanitisation of the area under ing place as yet in India. The World Health ing doctors and paramedical in UP after Agra (92), accord- been worked out as a simple for each channel of each city, surveillance. the containment plan to prevent fur- Organisation has put India in a category named ‘clus- staff to vacate premises. ing to official figures. PTI mean of the three valuation the TRAI said. PTI “The area is cordoned off and ther spread of the deadly disease. ter of cases’.
' $(( medal during peace time, in and children were in )! ! in setting up testing and treat- 2008 for counter-terrorist Bengaluru, so his parents ment facilities and isolation cen- operations in Jammu & wanted to travel there instead, RCCC tres, said the Health Ministry. 7!" CCC Kashmir. His father Lt Colonel sources said here. From Page 1 Agra had a total of 38 epi- From Page 1 KS Bal is a retired officer Following this, Defence “Hundreds of workers, mostly from centres of the coronavirus impact From Page 1 “Deepest condolences! from the Garwhal Rifles. The Minister Rajnath Singh report- Odisha, hit the streets demanding that From Page 1 were identified, and 10 epicentres In his discussion with the PM, Delhi Chief Have a safe journey. Sad GOI deceased officer is survived by edly gave the permission to they should be sent to their native In the management plan have been closed so far. Minister Arvind Kejriwal favoured extension of the (Government of India) did wife and two sons aged 8 and airlift the parents to Bengaluru places. They also claimed that the food under slogan “Corona Haarega, A total of 4,054 quarantine lockdown till April 30, saying “if the lockdown is not help. Rules are never writ- four respectively. in a C-17 plane which was on served to them by an NGO is tasteless and Agra Jeetega’’ (coronavirus will centres were made functional -- eased, all kinds of transport, either rail or road, ten on stone. They are modi- A day before he passed a scheduled flight there after they have to stand in queue to get the lose, Agra will win)”, a frame- 566 paid institutional quarantine should not be allowed.” fied or changed in special cir- away, the commando officer Chief of Defence Staff General meal,” ACP CK Patel said. work where all the city authori- centres, 3,060 free institutional Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder cumstances.” clicked a selfie from his hos- Bipin Rawat brought the mat- “Out of anger, they torched some ties coordinated, was deployed quarantine centres and 428 offi- Singh and Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot also There was a deluge of pital bed which went viral on ter to his notice. handcarts and tyres in Laskana area. We for a data-driven active contact cial quarantine centres. Till April argued for extending the lockdown for one fortnight messages from the former sol- social media. He was highly However, it was felt that have detained 80 migrant workers. Heavy screening and isolation of coro- 11 in Agra, 5 cases have recov- and urged the Centre to provide special concessions diers offering condolences to respected in the Army for his due to the lockdown concur- police deployment and strict vigil by the navirus cases. ered and 87 are under watch. for industry and agriculture sectors and faster sup- the father and condemning leadership abilities. He diag- rence of the Home Ministry administration has brought the situation A total of 1,248 teams were Agarwal said, “Contact trac- ply of rapid testing kits. They also said that prop- red tape that came in the way nosed with a rare form of can- was needed and the Home under control, he said. deployed, which surveyed over ing began after February 25, er strategies should be made to help farmers in har- of t giving permission in such cer in 2018, and in 2019 his Ministry had requisitioned The Surat episode will send alarm 9.3 lakh population by screening after the arrival of a positive per- vesting Rabi crops. exceptional circumstances right hand was amputated to the transport plane. While bell ringing in other cities also where 1.65 lakh households in Agra, the son from Italy. Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh when there is a lockdown and contain the spread. Despite verbal approval was given by migrant workers have been staying and first cluster in India where oper- “The authorities tracked his Rawat and UP CM Yogi Adityanath have also asked rail and air travel are closed. this amputation, Bal led his the Home Ministry, some offi- are desperate to get back to their homes ations were carried out under movement in Agra at his resi- PM Modi for an extension of the lockdown peri- The deceased Special men in an exercise in cials in the Defence Ministry amid uncertainty about the duration of containment and rapid emer- dence, at the restaurant he vis- od. Forces officer Colonel Navjot Rajasthan last year. insisted on a written approval the lockdown. gency response. ited and also the factory he had Goa CM Pramod Sawant said he also suggest- Singh Bal, 39, died fighting After he succumbed to which Home Ministry officials On Saturday, , the number of coro- In this initiative, the private gone to. The district adminis- ed that the lockdown should be extended but eco- cancer in a military hospital in cancer, his family was given were not sure they could navirus cases in Gujarat rose to 468 after sector also contributed, and the tration identified the epicentre nomic activities should continue. “From Monday, Bengaluru on April 9. He was the option to airlift the mor- provide. Bal’s parents had no addition of 90 more cases. The death local authorities maintained the and hotspot and then a cluster OPDs of private and Government hospitals will awarded Shaurya Chakra, tal remains to Delhi to per- option but to take the road toll due to coronavirus reached 23, offi- essentials supply chain. Active containment plan was pre- begin to function. While from today, fisheries activ- nation’s third highest gallantry form the last rites. Bal’s wife route. cials said. public-private partnership helped pared.” ities have started in the State,” he said. +,- ,.,. ( % !! 1 ' )
--./ supply essential commodities including perishable horticul- fter Prime Minister tural produce, agricultural $! ANarendra Modi’s sugges- inputs, milk and dairy products tion for agriculture and allied at fast speed which will facili- sector, including modification tate farmers/FPOs/traders and % additional funds, for rate.” of Agriculture Produce Market companies for continuity of --./ which the Prime Minister Ahead of Modi’s meeting Committee (APMC) Act to supply chain across the coun- did not respond,” with the chief ministers, former facilitate sale of farm produce, try. ongress Chief Ministers on Naranswamy said. Finance Minister P the Ministry of Agriculture has According to the ministry, CSaturday demanded finan- On another question that Chidambaram had urged those asked the States to suspend cer- the Central Insecticide Board cial support from the Centre the Centre says corporate of the Congress-ruled to unan- tain provisions of their respec- & Registration Committee during a video conference wouldn’t be allowed to con- imously demand for transfer of tive APMC Laws to allow farm- (CIB&RC) through Virtual meeting with Prime Minister tribute their CSR funds to cash to every poor family. ers to sell their harvest from Private Network (VPN) have Narendra Modi convened to Chief Minister’s relief fund, He said the poor have lost multiple locations and to any Union Territories, PM Modi Any relaxation in the provi- al agriculture markets, an issued 33 Nos. of Import per- discuss the future strategy of Narayanasamy said on behalf of their jobs,exhausted their sav- buyer. Any relaxation in the has suggested that direct mar- sions of the Act will have to be online trading platform that mits for import of more than the Covid-19 lockdown. But his counterparts: “In fact, I ings and now standing in lines provisions of the Act will have keting for farm produce can be done through state govern- has been updated to meet the 1.25 lakh metric tons of various Puducherry CM V wrote to the Prime Minster, this to get free food. Chidambaram to be done through state gov- incentivised to prevent crowd- ments. The APMC Act needs of farmers during the chemicals. 189 certificates for Narayanasamy alleged that issue was raised in the meeting. said remonetising the poor ernments. The APMC Act ing in mandis, for which model empowers state governments to lockdown. exports have also been issued the PM refused to respond on The PM Cares for which the would cost only Rs 65,000 empowers state governments to APMC laws should be specify market areas - operat- Officials of agriculture to facilitate exports of pesti- the issue. money is being paid by the cor- crore, which is economically specify market areas - operat- reformed swiftly. Such steps ed and regulated by market ministry also informed that cides. 1263 certificates of reg- He said the CMs talked porate, why not to the Chief viable. ed and regulated by market will help farmers sell products committees - where farmers Railways introduced 67 routes istration have been issued in about lack of funds in the Minister’s relief fund, for which Congress Chief Ministers committees - where farmers at their doorstep. He also sug- bring their produce for sale. for running 236 Parcel various categories to facilitate state. Not only the Congress- there was no reply from the who participated in the PM bring their produce for sale. gested that direct marketing for Farmers in many states Specials(out of which 171 are indigenous manufacturing of ruled States but even other PM. But we are going to meeting were Amarinder Top sources said that the farm produce can be incen- have been forced to dump per- time table parcel trains) to pesticides. Chief Ministers conveyed to write to the Prime Minister and Singh, Ashok Gehlot, Bhupesh move is aimed at encouraging tivised to prevent crowding in ishable harvest due to lack of Prime Minister that they don’t the corporate would like to Baghel, V Narayanasami. social distancing and also end- mandis, for which model buyers, which has also have the sufficient funds to contribute money for the Chief Chidambaram had also ing farmer distress during the APMC laws should be depressed farm gate prices. meet the expenditures in their Minister’s Relief Fund. It should urged Congress alliance ongoing lockdown to fight the reformed swiftly. Such steps Most farmers in northern and %:8"= States, he maintained. not be prevented by the Central chief Ministers Uddhav coronavirus disease, with dis- will help farmers sell products central India are in the middle “The Prime Minister Government, when they are Thackeray, Hemant Soren and rupted supply chains forcing at their doorstep. of harvesting the biggest win- should give the package to all allowing the foreign countries E Palaniswani to tell the prime many producers to destroy The APMC Act regulates ter staple, wheat. The govern- the States, increase their to contribute for the spending minister that just as lives are their harvests. buying and selling of farm ment has kept over 300,000 Q !R FRBM and also give moratori- the money for Coronavirus important, livelihood of the During an interaction with produce in about 5000 mandis trucks ready to ferry harvests um on the debts and also give treatment, why not the corpo- poor is important. chief ministers of all States and or markets across the country. under the aegis of the nation- ! !.9 " < the spread of Covid-19 pandemic. )=' “As per further reports --./ ities,” the Ministry of Home received from security agen- Affairs (MHA) said in a state- - 8 cies, gradual dilution of lock- mid the prevailing gloom ment on Friday. --./ down has been reported from Adue to the coronavirus pan- Briefing the media on West Bengal with an increase demic, fish lovers have some- Saturday, Ministry of Home - ;" - he Centre and West in the number of exceptions thing to cheer them up. The Affairs spokesperson Punya TBengal Government being provided by the State Centre has allowed activities in Salil Srivastava said that district --./ --./ locked horns on Saturday. Government. For instance, the fisheries sector, including authorities would oversee the The MHA shot off a letter to shops relating to non-essential the sale of fish by exempting it functioning of the activities in nion Ministers and officers from the rank of Joint he Union Home Ministry on Saturday wrote to the Chief the Mamata Banaerjee dis- items have been allowed to from the lockdown rules. the marine, aqua culture and USecretary and above will start working from the offices from TSecretaries and police chiefs of the States to provide securi- pensation over the “gradual function. There is no regula- “The 5th addendum sale of fish in the markets. Monday in what is being seen as a move to ensure the wheels ty to doctors and other health workers. The Ministry said that dilution” of lockdown rules in tion in vegetable, fish and exempts from lockdown restric- Social distancing norms should of Government machinery continue to roll on. According to the hospital staffers and doctors must be given security during the State by allowing reli- mutton markets where people tions the operations of the be maintained in the markets officials, the Prime Minister’s Office on Saturday directed that their visits to the homes of quarantined patients and screening gious gatherings in mosques have been thronging in com- Fishing (Marine)/Aquaculture and States and District admin- other officers will start working from offices on rotation basis. of patients. The Ministry reminded that the Supreme Court on and ruling party TMC to dis- plete violation of social dis- Industry, including feeding and istrations will organise and The functioning of Ministers and senior officers will be strict- April 8 passed necessary orders to give protection to all health tribute food to large gather- tancing norms,” said the maintenance, harvesting, pro- monitor.” ly adhered to the norms of social distancing and visitors will workers, who in line of their duty have been attacked and assault- ings besides permitting flower, Ministry of Home cessing, packaging, cold chain, For the past few days, all not be allowed for time being. ed in several States. sweet and pan shops to open Affairs (MHA). sale and marketing; hatcheries, Chief Ministers from coastal in many areas. It pinpointed the huge feed plants, commercial aquar- states were demanding the due to the lockdown for the past the coastal zones till date. residents but banned its sale in 1.6 crore people in the country In the letter to the State crowds in Kolkata’s ia, movement of fish/shrimp exemptions citing the plight of 18 days. In Assam, the Kamrup dis- the open market. and seafood exports brought in Chief Secretary and DGP, the Rajabazaar, Nakel Danga, and fish products, fish seed/feed crores fishermen communities They pointed out that trict administration has allowed The Fisheries sector is said $6.7 billion to the country’s Union Home Ministry Topsia, Metiaburz, and workers for all these activ- and fishing industry’s troubles Covid-19 has not yet affected a door-to-door sale of fish to the to provide livelihood to around exchequer in 2018-19. expressed displeasure over Gardenreach, Ikbalpur and the violation of lockdown Maniktala. Incidentally, the rules and asked them to stop stated areas are it immediately. The MHA minority-dominated pockets #%),!# $ 8882 #8 888 also sought an action taken — including large slums— of report from them. Kolkata. The Home Ministry’s let- In the strongly-worded # ,/! --./ cadets is in Tamil Nadu. ing that all the cadets are provid- NCC cadets are sensitising the pub- ter was shot to the State soon letter, the MHA pointed out As the lockdown continues, ed with proper safety equipment lic against COVID-19 by sending after Chief Minister Mamata that Narkel Danga is already n the relentless fight against the more and more states are in the like masks and gloves during their messages on social media platforms Banerjee took up the alleged witnessing more Covid-19 #)) ! Icoronavirus pandemic, more process of requisitioning NCC deployment. The cadets are being like Twitter, Instagram and abuse of power by Governor cases. The MHA said, “It has than 2,000 National Cadet Corps cadets for various tasks. employed under the supervision of WhatsApp, etc. Jagdeep Dhankhar in her been reported that police have New Delhi: The Supreme Court Bar Association (NCC) cadets are now assisting the Headquarters Directorate General Officers and Junior Commissioned The NCC is 14-lakh strong and video conference meeting been allowing religious con- appealed to Chief Justice of India SA Bobde and his civil administration in various NCC is monitoring the number of Officers to ensure safety and secu- has a reach throughout the coun- with Prime Minister Narendra gregations. Free ration has companion judges on Saturday to cancel the sum- States and nearly 50,000 more cadets volunteering for the cause. rity of the cadets. They are not try, with its 17 directorates cover all Modi. been distributed not through mer vacation this year and treat it as a working peri- cadets are on the standby if the Around 50,000 cadets have so far being employed in areas which are the 29 states and nine union terri- “Corona is a deadly dis- the institutional delivery sys- od in the larger interest of litigants and justice. national effort has to be ramped up volunteered to contribute in sealed or are earmarked as hotspots tories. These directorates are fur- ease a dangerous virus and not tem but by political leaders. The lawyers’ body said now that restrictions are in the coming days. This apart, ‘Exercise NCC Yogdaan’. by the respective State ther divided into 99 groups and 826 a communal virus and so This may have resulted in likely to continue after the first phase of coronavirus more than 5,000 ex-servicemen are Volunteer NCC cadets above Governments. units, thus ensuring availability of they should refrain from com- spread of Covid-19 infec- lockdown ends on April 14, the CJI and the com- also pitching in the endeavour. 18 years and from Senior Division The cadets are deployed for cadets to the district administration munalising the issue,” tions.” panion judges should take more proactive steps to Giving details of the deploy- (For boy cadets) and Senior Wing various duties like, traffic man- in all the states. As the instructions Banerjee said in an apparent The Home Ministry said mitigate the distress of litigants. It also urged the ment of the NCC cadets, defence (For girl cadets) are being employed agement, supply chain manage- have reached various district head- reference to the letter. such activities are in violation judges to take measures to gradually restore the full ministry officials said here on for these duties. The cadets are vol- ment, preparation and packaging quarters, to utilise the cadets for Later in the evening, the of the Central government’s functioning of the top court. Saturday the cadets above the age untarily contributing to the cause. of food items, distribution of food logistics and supply chain man- Governor came out with a orders issued from time to Accordingly, the Executive Council resolves to of 18 are working shoulder to It is ensured that the cadets are and essential items, queue man- agement duties, the district admin- video message in social media time under the Disaster appeal to the CJI and his companion judges to can- shoulder with civil, defence and trained and properly briefed about agement, social distancing, man- istration is seeking their support, by appealing people of the state Management Act, 2005, and cel the summer vacation and treat the period “as police personnel in 12 States. The the tasks before being deployed. ning control centres and CCTV requisitioning them from the NCC to keep lockdown and social are liable for penal action working of the Supreme Court of India”, the resolu- maximum deployment of the The State machinery is ensur- control rooms. Apart from this, directorates. distancing norms to prevent under the Act. tion passed unanimously by the bar association said. It said it is “deeply concerned” about the distress caused to litigants because of the restricted func- tioning of the courts throughout the country– first #:+ ) due to Holi recess and then due to the nationwide lockdown, which necessitated very limited hearing of only urgent matters through video link. The SCBA resolves that all lawyers practising in * & the Supreme Court will give up the summer vaca- tion scheduled from May16 till July 5 and make them- selves available for work, the association said. --./ developed fumigation chamber patients afflicted with the --./ tion, which means patients often patients from receiving intuba- It demanded that the temporary video-confer- for the purpose of sanitisation. It Coronavirus (COVID-19). need ventilator support. tion, the researchers said. ence facilities be improved for live-streaming of court he Ordnance Factory Board is fully portable and can be shift- Hitherto, this test was available delay in receiving mechan- The research, published in Third, they said, a medical proceedings using an efficient multi-user platform T(OFB) has come up with a ed with ease. It is installed at the only with South India Textile Aical ventilation— the device the Journal of the American team which is not dominated by such as those being used by the Council of Ministers cost-effective solution for isolation main entrance of OFAJ Hospital. Research Association (SITRA), that becomes the decider Medical Association, assessed intensivists may not receive crit- and government officials. wards with the manufacture of Ordnance Factory Dehradun Coimbatore in the entire country between life and death-— has data obtained from 21 hospitals ical care training and may be “It is only if all contesting lawyers, instructing two-bed tents with medical equip- handed over indigenously made and testing of the fabric for man- been a major reason for death of in Wuhan, China, about the uncertain on the timing for Advocates in Record, and litigants can have simul- ment for screening, isolation and pedal-operated handwashing sys- ufacture of coveralls had emerged the majority of the Covid-19 demographic, comorbidity and when a patient requires intuba- taneous access to the video-conference proceedings, quarantine. These special tents tem fitted with soap dispenser to as a critical bottleneck especially patients, a study has found. respiratory support provided to tion. that the same can become an effective system for con- can be used for medical emer- the police authorities on April 7. during the nationwide lockdown Ventilators’ shortage is 168 patients who died of The study also validated ducting full-fledged court proceedings at par with gency, medical screening, hospital Ordnance Factory Dehu Road, and in the absence of logistics. endemic in the developing coun- COVID-19 between January 21 earlier findings that hypertension those which our judicial system requires should nor- triage and quarantine purposes. Pune distributed food kits amongst With the latest development, tries, including India. and 30. is the most common chronic mally be conducted in open courtrooms,” the These tents with floor area of 9.55 labourers at Dehugaon village on another test facility has been cre- The study, which assessed According to the scientists, comorbidity among patients lawyers’ body said, adding, that its President square metres are made up of April 6. ated in South India and the first the clinical characteristics of including those from Zhongda who died. Dushyant Dave should bring this resolution to the waterproof fabric, mild steel and Two units of OFB namely the such facility has been established patients with novel coronavirus Hospital, Southeast University in Based on earlier studies, the notice of the Chief Justice of India. aluminium alloy. Small Arms Factory (SAF) Kanpur in north India. This will not only infection in China, noted that China, while all patients received scientists said the novel coron- The bar association said it fully supports the These tents can be set up in in Uttar Pradesh (UP) and the enable the OFB to ramp up pro- only about one-fifth of patients oxygen therapy during their avirus infects the lungs through restrictions, which were unavoidable in the unprece- any place & terrain and help in cre- Heavy Vehicle Factory (HVF) hospital stay, 46 patients only the angiotensin-converting dented situation faced by all in the first phase of the ating additional facilities other Avadi in Tamil Nadu (TN) have received nasal or face mask oxy- enzyme II receptor. lockdown. On Saturday, advocate Ashok Arora, sec- than those in conventional hospi- been granted accreditation by the gen before they died. However, they said further retary of SCBA said the CJI will review the func- tals within a short period of time. National Accreditation Board for About one-third of patients, research is needed to find the tioning of the apex court every three-four days in con- Ordnance Equipment Factory, Testing and Calibration they said received high-flow mechanism of COVID-19, sultation with other judges and officials of the Health Kanpur has manufactured these Laboratories (NABL) for con- nasal oxygen therapy, and 72 adding that clinical studies are Ministry. tents. Fifty such tents have been ducting the ‘Test for Blood patients received non-invasive also needed to confirm whether He said the demand from bar leaders and other sent to Government of Arunachal Penetration Resistance’ as the test ventilation. angiotensin-converting enzyme bodies that summer vacation this year be preponed Pradesh. equipment manufactured by them The study noted that only 34 inhibitors and angiotensin recep- can wait for a while and till then status quo is to be Moreover, Opto Electronics met the ASTM F 1670:2003 and patients were intubated and tor blockers could be beneficial maintained. Factory, Dehradun, a unit of ISO 16603:2004 standards. received invasive mechanical for patients with COVID-19. “I spoke to Chief Justice of India on April 10 at12 Ordnance Factory Board, has The equipment was devel- ventilation. Noting the limitations of the noon and was informed that he was going to review donated 2,500 bottles (100 ml oped by a number of Ordnance Based on these findings, the study, the scientists said the data the situation after every 3/4 days after consulting the each) of hand sanitisers and 1,000 Factories in a competitive mission scientists believe that many analysed were from patients other Judges and health ministry. Till then status quo. face masks to the Governor, mode in a record time of a fort- patients had delayed intubation. who died during late January So better, we wait for a while,”Arora said. Meanwhile, Uttarakhand, on April 6, 2020. night. So far over one lakh people have 2019, and they may not be rep- senior advocate Dinesh Goswami has written to the Cordite Factory Aruvankadu, The basic principle of the test died across the world. resentative of later cases of CJI, requesting suspension of summer vacation. The another unit of OFB, handed over is to expose the fabric, used as a They said several reasons COVID-19. top court on March 23 virtually went into the lock- 100 litres of sanitisers to the raw material to manufacture cov- may explain this low proportion. According to Johns Hopkins down to prevent the spread of coronavirus and sus- Nilgiris District Police authorities eralls to ‘synthetic blood’ at dif- First, the study said some University, the demand for ven- pended for indefinite period the entry of advocates in Tamil Nadu on April 08 while ferent pressure levels for specified patients with critically low lev- tilator can be as high as 1 million and other staff in the high-security zone on the basis High Explosives Factory (HEF) in periods of time. The test is essen- duction of coveralls in the cloth- who died of COVID-19 received els of oxygen in the blood did not in the country. Current avail- of their proximity cards. On April 9, the Delhi High Pune despatched the first batch of tially required to facilitate bulk ing factories, four of which are in invasive mechanical ventilation have other symptoms, such as ability in India is estimated to court decided to suspend the summer vacation this 2,500 litres sanitisers to M/s HLL, manufacture of coveralls by man- UP and one in TN, but will also and further aggressive respira- shortness of breath or dyspnea. have between 30,000 and 50,000 year, previously scheduled from June 1 to 30. The high Belgavi on April 9. ufacturers all over the country in enable other agencies engaged in tory support prior to death. The lack of enough invasive ventilators. It says, the US has court also cancelled the summer break of subordi- Also, Ordnance Factory large numbers for health workers the manufacture of coveralls to Covid-19 can lead to severe mechanical ventilators was also about 1,60,000 ventilators and is nate courts in June this year. 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A 9)4! !" !6 ,$!! ! .5 ' !! N !6!# " * 6 ! ! " .9-7 Chennai: DMK President M.K. standing by the states was boost- Stalin on Saturday urged Tamil Amaravati: Even as he Speaking about the ing their morale. He exuded con- - 7 because if the situation worsens, we have to Nadu Chief Minister K. favoured continuation of state's COVID-19 strategy, elangana Chief Minister K. fidence that India will win this bat- face the consequences as a nation," Palaniswami not to delay the the lockdown in the state's the Chief Minister said 141 TChandrashekhar Rao on tle against coronavirus. he 21-day lockdown to contain Covid-19 Yediyurappa cited Modi as telling the chief decision on extending the lock- red and orange zones, and clusters have been identified Saturday urged Prime Minister Claiming that lockdown Tspread would be extended by 2 weeks from ministers during the interaction. down period to prevent the relaxation in areas unaf- for focused containment Narendra Modi to extend the proved helpful in controlling the April 15 in Karnataka too, said Chief Minister The Prime Minister also hinted that spread of coronavirus in the fected by COVID-19, measures. He pointed out nationwide lockdown by another virus, he felt that it should be con- BS Yediyurappa on Saturday. lockdown would be lifted after April 30 in a state. Andhra Pradesh Chief that of the 676 mandals in two weeks to check the spread of tinued for another two weeks. "In the prevailing circumstances, it has graded manner to ensure the country passes He also said the "one Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan the state, 37 are red zones or coronavirus. KCR laid special emphasis become inevitable to extend the lockdown by through the virus crisis with minimal loss of nation, one corona and one Reddy, on Saturday, assured severely affected areas, and He also suggested that the on the need to help the farmers 15 days more to break the chain of coron- life and damage to the economy. procurement" policy should his support to implement 44 are orange zones which food processing industry be saying they are key to the coun- avirus," Yediyurappa told reporters here after Claiming to be doing well with everything be avoided as it delays the mea- Prime Minister's decision are partially affected. allowed to continue its operations try's food security. a 4-hour marathon meeting with Prime under control, Yediyurappa earlier said Modi sures to prevent the spread of on the matter. In all, 81 mandals are so that farmers don't suffer and at He called for steps to ensure Minister Narendra Modi through video con- also gave tips to deal with lockdown in force the virus. In a letter to During the course of the categorised as red and the same time supply of essential that food processing units operate ference. since March 25 to contain the virus spread in Palaniswami, Stalin, the Leader PM's interaction with chief orange zones. The remain- commodities is maintained. smoothly. He said efforts should Asserting that lockdown would be imple- the state. of Opposition in the state ministers across the country, ing mandals are unaffected During the Prime Minister's be made to operate rice mills, oil mented strictly, Yediyurappa said Modi would "We are doing well and everything is in Assembly, said there should be Jagan Reddy appraised him and denoted as green zones, video conference with all state mills and various agro based announce the lockdown extension from April control to fight Covid. The Prime Minister enough time for the people to of the measures taken in the he explained to the Prime chief ministers, Chandrashekhar industries. 15-30 in a nationwide address at 8p.m. on gave suggestions to deal with the lockdown sit- mentally prepare for the lock- state and the impact of Minister. Rao made various suggestions. He demanded linking agri- Saturday. uation," tweeted Yediyruppa in Kannada down extension. coronavirus on farming "Lockdown should be KCR, as Rao is popularly culture to MNREGA to help the "The Prime Minister has received sug- after his interaction with Modi. Demanding adequate pro- activities in the state. limited to red zones. known, gave his suggestions with farmers in the distress. He said if gestions from chief ministers of all states across State cabinet ministers also attended tective equipment for the med- Pointing out that the Restrictions can be contin- regard to saving people's lives, farmers pay half of the wages from the country to extend the lockdown till April Yediyurappa's video conference with Modi on ical professionals treating state is largely agrarian con- ued in places with mass agriculture and economy, said a the labour from their pockets 30, as the next 2-3 weeks are critical to over- steps to be taken to contain the pandemic after Covid-19 patients, Stalin also tributing to 35 per cent of gathering. Social distancing statement from the Chief other half should come from come the pandemic crisis," said the 21-day lockdown ends on April 14. said the Government should Gross State Domestic can be continued in other Minister's Office. MNREGA. Yediyurappa. "We discussed vital strategies and actions give a special assistance of Rs Product (GSDP) and places. Stating that India is unitedly Stating that crores of tonnes of Hinting that agricultural and industrial to implement in our state. We will do every- 5,000 to the poor and also rice, employing nearly 65 per While I have given my combating COVID-19, the chief agricultural produce is ready to be sectors would be given relaxation rules, the thing in our control to tackle the crisis. oil, pulses and other essential cent of the workforce, Jagan opinion, the country should minister called for moving ahead harvested in the country, he said Chief Minister said the Centre would issue in Measures to control the infection were also items free of cost. Reddy apprehended that move ahead with one single with the same spirit. He noted that warehouses were not available to 2-3 days guidelines to be followed during the discussed," he said in another tweet. Stalin also said that face lakhs of farm-families strategy. Whatever strategy international journals are lauding store the produce. He suggested lockdown extension to ensure supply of The Chief Minister also urged the people masks and sanitisers should stare at destitution, if the you suggest, we will go India for its efforts in tackling the that people be supplied ration for essentials and revival of production. to stay home and maintain social distancing also be provided to the people present circumstances con- ahead with it," he assured situation. three months so that some space "We must not compromise on lockdown to get out of the Covid trouble. free of charge. IANS tinued. the Prime Minister. IANS KCR said the Prime Minister can be created for storage. = % + 7 4 >?>
Kashmir. Total positive cases now patient during surgery". with one more patient suc- Shanmugham. met this evening was of the stage- 3,” he said. It was also 224". "There was no need to be pan- ,.-/ cumbing to the pandemic at He said the Chief opinion that the lock down disclosed by the chief sec- young woman from Khour area Speaking to The Pioneer, Head icky as our team of doctors and other Erode. Minister had told the Prime should continue for a peri- retary that the PCR test Aof Akhnoor in Jammu tested of the Gynaecology department at staff members were fully equipped to he number of patients Shanmugham said that Minister that air, train and od of two weeks but the kits ordered by the positive for coronavirus, a day after SMGS hospital, Dr Surinder Kumar handle the patient". "The sample of Ttested positive for coro- the Chief Minister had par- road services should remain decision about the period of Government had reached she delivered a baby here at Shri said, "a pregnant lady was admitted the newly born was yet to be taken navirus in Tamil Nadu ticipated in the video con- suspended for the next fort- extension has been left to the State and this would Maharaja Gulab Singh hospital in the hospital on April 9. A day later while fresh sample of the mother was reached 969 by Saturday ference convened by the night in the backdrop of the the Prime Minister,” said the bring down the time taken (SMGS) on Saturday. she delivered a baby by C-section. Dr taken on saturday", Dr Kumar added. evening, according to K Prime Minister in the unabated spread of the dis- Chief Secretary. for testing the samples to 30 She was among seventeen fresh Kumar said, "she showed no symp- Meanwhile, out of 12 fresh cases Shanmugham, Chief morning and had an ease. According to minutes. The chief minister cases of novel coronavirus reported toms of cough and fever at the time in Kashmir, six were reported posi- Secretary of the State. exchange of information The chief secretary Shanmugham , 58 persons reminded the Prime in Jammu & Kashmir on Saturday, of admission and even during her tive from Bandipora, 3 from Speaking to the press with the latter. “Any decision pointed out that Tamil Nadu tested positive for corona Minister that the State was taking the number of infected per- surgery". He said, post surgery the Kupwara and one from Budgam dis- after an-hour long meeting regarding the extension of was the State with second virus on Saturday. yet to get any financial assis- sons in the J&K to 224. patient complained of fever and trict. The Government agencies con- of the Tamil Nadu Cabinet the lock down would be largest number of corona “Containment and quaran- tance despite pleading with Spokesman of the Jammu & cough and her sample was taken. We tinue to focus on red zones and presided over by Chief announced by the Prime virus patients and it cannot tine activities are in full the Centre for Rs 9,000 Kashmir Government, Rohit Kansal quarantined her immediately in the screening the patients by conducting Minister Edappadi Minister when he address- take a decision on its own swing all over the State. crore for the rescue, relief in a tweet said,“17 new cases report- separate room. Dr Kumar said, "we door to door monitoring of sus- Palaniswami, he said the es the nation and Tamil about the extension of the Our priority is to check the and rehabilitation package ed in J&K on Saturday. 5 from have intimated names of surgeon and pected cases to prevent spread of death toll due to COVID-19 Nadu Government would lock down period. “The progress of the corona virus arising out of the corona Jammu division and 12 from his assistant who had handled the coronavirus. reached ten on Saturday abide by what he says,” said council of ministers which from the present stage -2 to pandemic. . ;< 1 >1 & ?@=)' *7 D! ' .R : 1( >Q< 5 war against the Corona… but period,” she said. Jaipur: With 63 new cases, the at the same time we have Meanwhile, amid claims - 7 $% ((&()&() +)(& number of coronavirus cases in amata Banerjee has asked requested him to see the made by the BJP that the State 5 & (( *?:)($ * the Rajasthan capital reached MPrime Minister Narendra humanitarian side of it,” Government was not sharing erming the sudden 21-day lockdown hasty - 7 286, the highest for any city in Mori to earmark 6 per cent of Banerjee said adding Bengal the real facts regarding corona Tand unplanned, Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S) ) :()+$ = &5 the state, said Additional Chief India’s Gross Domestic Product too will extend its lockdown till infections the Chief Minister supremo and former prime minister HD ive contacts of a Mysuru pharmaceutical com- &+)& ) +& Secretary Rohit Kumar Singh, for the country’s war against April 30. said that Bengal had recorded Deve Gowda on Saturday said lakhs of farm- Fpany worker are among 8 new Covid-19 && + (#+ here on Saturday. corona. The Chief Minister told in six new infections in the past ers and workers were reeling under its domi- cases, raising Karnataka's tally to 215, accord- $ The 63 new cases were The Bengal Chief Minister the meeting that workers com- 24 hours taking the total num- no impact. ing to an official here on Saturday. found in Jaipur's Ramganj area who attended the Prime ing under the 100-days’-work- ber of cases to 95. Out of these "The lockdown was a hasty decision taken "Till date, 215 Covid-19 positive cases have Agartala/Aizawl: In view of during the house-to-house sur- Minister’s video conference scheme should be paid two 95 affected patients 70 without foresight and proper planning due to been confirmed. It includes six deaths and 37 dis- the lockdown and closure of vey as well as from Rajasthan with other Chief Ministers has months’ wages. Besides, a com- belonged to 16 families, she which lakhs of farmers, labourers and work- charges," said a health official. educational institutions for an Univeristy Health Services also asked the Centre to device posite management of the maintained dismissing the ers across the state are suffering untold hard- Currently, 166 Covid-19 patients, including indefinite period, Tripura and where suspected patients have a Corporate Social migrant workers stuck in dif- BJP’s allegations. ship as their life has been disrupted as never a pregnant woman, are isolated at designated hos- Mizoram Governments in been quarantined. Responsibility (CSR)-like ferent states should be prepared A delegation of the saffron before," Gowda said in a letter to state Chief pitals and are stable, and four patients in ICU. innovative steps on Saturday All over the State, 117 new mechanism where tax benefit she said. outfit on Saturday met Minister B.S. Yediyurappa in Kannada. Karnataka's 208th coronavirus positive case announced teaching through coronavirus cases were report- is provided to those who “I have also asked for a Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar Though Gowda assured Prime Minister is a 32-year-old man from Bengaluru, a contact television channels and online ed during the day, taking the donate in the Prime Minister’s complete suspension of inter- with complaints of irregular Narendra Modi of his support to the central of 196th case. A 46-year-old man from Mysuru platforms. total to 678. Relief Fund. national flights and long-dis- distribution of relief and sup- government's war against the virus when the is 209th case. He is a contact of the 88th case, Tripura Chief Minister In the number of new The CSR benefit scheme tance trains, apart from sealing pression of facts regarding the latter spoke to him on Wednesday, he did not an employee of Jubilant Generics, from where Biplab Kumar Deb in a cases, next to Jaipur was Tonk should also be extended to of the borders … Bengal is a number of infections in the mince words in saying the state government several cases emerged. Facebook post said the that reported 18 cases taking those who donate in the Chief crucial for its location. If our State. should have consulted experts, farmers, traders Next, a 43-year-old man from the same Education Department has the city's total to 45, and Kota Minister’s relief Fund, Banerjee border is not sealed and if “According to the number and other stakeholders before clamping the place with similar contact history has emerged taken another important deci- 14, raising the town's Covid-19 is known to have told the Bengal gets largely affected given by the central govern- lockdown overnight, with buses, trains and as the 210th case. A 50-year-old woman from sion to continue teaching dur- tally to 33. Prime Minister besides then the disease can spread to ment the total number of coro- flights suspended. Bidar is 211th case. She is the wife of 122nd ing the lockdown. Banswara, another small demanding special packages for the North East from here,” she na cases is 116 whereas this Though the central government tweaked case's brother. "There are many students town, reported 13 new cases the workers of unorganised maintained. Government is bringing it the guidelines to allow farmers and growers to The state's 212th case is a 27-year-old man in the State who do not have that took the total Covid-19 sector as also the moribund Apart from the general down to 95,” said State BJP carry on their activities, including harvesting from Mysuru, another contact of the pharma private tutors. Teachers would cases to 37. With four new medium, small-scale and lockdown all schools and col- president Dilip Ghosh while the crops and sowing for intermediary crops, company employee. give coaching to students cases, Bikaner's total reached tourism industries which were leges of the State will remain another senior leader Rahul the absence of transport and curbs like social Similarly, a 31-year-old man from the same through different media (like 24. Dausa reported one case suffering because of the lock- closed till June 10, the Banerjee Sinha said that the State was distancing have hit them hard. place and similar contact history is the 213th case. TV, online). The schedule increasing the tally to 8. down, sources said. said. “This we will do consid- not giving the rice, dal and "With 60 per cent of the state's 6.5-crore Likewise, the last case for Saturday morning and would be informed later. In the Number of Covid-19 cases “When the Prime Minister ering the approaching summer other relief items provided by population dependent on the agriculture sec- Karnataka's 214th case is also a contact of Jubilant new system, students would in Jaisalmer and Karauli dis- suggested an extension of lock- vacations… instead of opening the Centre. tor despite its 3-4 per cent contribution to the Generics employee, a 26-year-old man. feel like normal school classes tricts increased to 28 and 3, down because the next two the schools for a few days we Bengal Government has GDP," Gowda said farmers and growers were In the next five hours, one more Covid pos- at their homes. All parents in respectively. weeks are very crucial and will let the educational institu- requisitioned kits for “rapid facing acute financial distress due to the lock- itive case emerged, a 26-year-old man from the state would take a leading Singh said 24,857 samples critical I told that we have no tions be closed till June 10 … tests which will help us to down and the inability to sell their produce. Bengaluru, son of 92nd case. role in this matter," the Chief had been tested and 1,586 tests reason to oppose the proposal with a provisions that online identify the areas,” better the Minister added. IANS were under process. IANS as we are fighting a common classes will be held during this Chief Minister said. / " : $A $ A
/ and heart disease. recovery” Hopital Aundh and YCM reports and positive asympto- Following the fresh deaths, “Similarly, 38,800 people Hospital Pimpri-Chinchwad matic. n yet another horrible day the death toll in the state due are in home quarantine and over the last two days. “Eleven isolation facilities Hyderabad: A Hyderabad- cloned in a plasmid as positive technology. Too much experi- Ifor the Covid-19 battered to Covid-19 has risen to 4964 people are in institutional Dr. Dilip Mhaisekar, Pune termed as Dedicated Corona based lifesciences company has control. The primers set is mentation can't be done at Maharashtra, as many as 17 127. quarantine. As per the guide- Divisional Commissioner held Health Centres for mild or developed coronavairus test cross-verified for specificity this point because of non- persons died of the pandemic There has not been any lines of the Government of a discussion with this team on moderate symptomatic Covid- kit named Quantiplus COV with several RNA and DNA availability of too much data on taking the total number of respite from either the con- India, cluster containment Saturday. 19 positive patients are func- that can give the result in two viruses and bacteria," he said. sequences." he said. deaths to 127 and with 187 tinued increase or substantial action plan is being imple- In a major revelation, the tional. Similarly 26 Dedicated hours. Designed to exclusively Only difference with other fresh cases, the total number of cases in a day. As many as 187 mented in places where clus- Brihanmumbai Municipal Corona health Centres are Huwel Lifesciences on detect the Covid-19, it can companies was Huwel infected cases rose from 1584 more persons tested positive ters of patients have been Corporation said in its medical functional for critical or mor- Friday received approval from also detect SARS-CoV and bat Lifesciences makes its own to 1761 in the state for the Coronavirus taking found in the state,” the bulletin bulletin on Saturday that of the bid patients,” a daily medical the Indian Council of Medical SARS related CoVs. enzymes. "We make every- As has generally been the the total number of infected said. total cases in Mumbai, 75 bulletin put out by the Research (ICMR) for the test According to Huwel thing except one component case, Mumbai accounted for a climbed to 1761. “There are total 4641 sur- cases had the history of trav- Brihanmumbai Municipal kit. Lifesciences, all high-quality which is imported. It's maximum of 12 deaths, while Of the total infected cases, veillance squads deployed elling to Coronavirus-affected Corporation (BMC) Its production would begin reagents required for the test, scaleable, quality can be con- there two deaths in Pune and Mumbai accounted 136 fresh across the state and surveil- countries and “as the available said. at the company's Narsingi and including enzymes, are made trolled and consistency can be one death each in Satara, cases. With the fresh cases, the lance of over 17lakh popula- information, 531 cases have “We have screened 2248 Kokapet facilities on Monday, in-house. The company calls it maintained," he said. Dhule and Malegaon. total number of positive cases tion has been done,” the bul- been detected as a result of people during the fever clinics Huwel Lifesciences Director a one-stop solution for detec- A test using Quantiplus Of the 17deaths reported in Mumbai has risen from letin said. contact tracing, containment we held from April 5 to 10. Shesheer Kumar told IANS on tion kit, extraction kit, molec- COV kit costs Rs 1,000 and the on Saturday, 11 were men and 1008 to 1146. A three-member Rapid measure, fever clinics etc”. During this period, we have Saturday. ular transport medium and result will be available in two 6 women. Six of them aged Meanwhile, a medical bul- Response Team under the In a related development, collected 861 swab samples Quanitplus COVID-19 swabs for sample collection. hours. "We have a single for- over 60 years, while 8 patients letin put out by the State leadership of Dr. P K Sen the BMC has – as per the from these suspected cases,” detection kit is based on pub- He said all testing tech- mulation where you don't need were from the age group 40 to health department said: “Of (Additional Director General, guidelines of the Government the BMC bulletin said. lished protocol of the Centers nologies for Covid-19 were to add separate components 60 years and 3 were less than the 36,771 laboratory sam- Government of India) is cur- of India -- identified 186 Meanwhile, the BMC con- for Disease Control and based on three different while setting up reactions. It's 40 years old. ples, 34,094 were negative and rently in Pune to review the “cororna care centres” for quar- verted Acworth Municipal Prevention (CDC), the nation- reagents of virus updated by easy to set up and also avoids Sixteen out of these 17 1761 have been tested positive prevention and control mea- antine of two levels of patients Hospital at Wadala in north- al public health agency of the World Health Organisation contamination and reduces patients (94%) had high-risk for coronavirus until today. As sures of Covid-19. The team – high-risk contacts from con- central Mumbai into a well US. (WHO) and the CDC. "Based time of reaction," he co-morbidities such as dia- many as 208patients have been visited BJ Medical College, gested areas and suspect equipped 30 bed Covid-19 "The kit has synthetic gene on that you need to decide the said. 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AFP B$> *! $ ? . ! 0 . + " ' @ 0' ) 01 / comprising senior officials of -// A . minimise the risk of an epidemic the coronavirus. 8 all provinces and Pakistan- rebound, Mi Feng, a spokesper- On Saturday, China report- akistan said on Saturday occupied Kashmir (PoK). hina’s health authorities on son for the National Health ed 46 new coronavirus cases, &)$+& ! 322 Pthat it will take a decision “We will make a national CSaturday asked the public Commission (NHC) said. including four local and 34 # E $ on whether to extend the ongo- decision on the lockdown,” to strengthen protective mea- Noting that cluster infec- asymptomatic infections, while # # ! $ $ ing nationwide lockdown or said Umar. 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( Umar said that Prime Minister that Pakistan had lower num- All localities should inten- Concerns about the second cases as of Friday. Of them, 449 ) # # Imran Khan will take a decision ber of cases than projected but sify screenings and detection of wave of coronavirus cases grew have been discharged from # !) > ! 1 ! after his meeting with the people should not relax and fol- Covid-19 cases, targeting key as hundreds of Chinese citizens hospitals after recovery, and ) ! L ! !M & ! 3 ) 1 3 National Coordination low the restrictions. “It will be places and groups with high returned from abroad, includ- 734 are being treated with 37 in ! )! !# ! ) &0 Committee on COVID-19, a mistake to relax,” he said. risks of infection, in order to ing from countries hit hard by severe condition. ! %!( + +,- ,.,. % @,7 $ ! ' ' :@ 4 " O2 ) P & car theft — decrease by 12% 7/9. stabilise energy markets from February to March. In Los in order to support the growth of London: Breweries from across the UK were com- ' Angeles, 2020 key crimes sta- audi Crown Prince Mohammed global economy. ing together to “buy the NHS (National Health tistics were consistent with last Sbin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al The phone call was made after Service) a pint” to recognise its contribution during ,./, 5 year’s figures until the week of Saud and Russian President the ninth Extraordinary OPEC and the coronavirus pandemic, a media report said. March 15, when they dropped Vladimir Putin have reviewed efforts non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting that At least 10 companies were so far taking part in he coronavirus pandemic by 30%. to stabilize the energy markets, the was held via webinar on Thursday. the nationwide initiative, which allows drinkers to ‘Pay Tthat has crippled big-box “There’s a lot fewer oppor- Saudi Press Agency reported In the meeting, the OPEC and a Pint Forward’ for health workers, who can then retailers and mom and pop tunities for criminals to take on Saturday. non-OPEC oil-producing countries, claim their reward in person once the COVID-19 shops worldwide may be mak- advantage of,” said Joe In a telephone call, both sides except Mexico agreed to cut their lockdown was over, the Metro newspaper said in the ing a dent in illicit business, too. Giacalone, a former New York stressed the importance of the coop- overall crude oil production, so the report on Friday. In Chicago, one of Police Department sergeant eration of all producing agreement is valid per the approval Each brewery has created an option to donate 5 America’s most violent cities, who now teaches at John Jay countries to support the growth of of Mexico. pounds to NHS workers in their online stores, which drug arrests have plummeted College of Criminal Justice. the global economy, reports Xinhua They plan to cut their overall will later be redeemable in pint form in pubs and tap- 42% in the weeks since the city “Most burglars, they wait for news agency. production by 10 million barrels per rooms. shut down, compared with the you to leave the house.” In a joint phone call on Friday, day for two months starting The co-founder of one company involved, Sam same period last year. Part of Policing has also changed Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al from May 1. McMeekin from Gipsy Hill Brewery, told the Metro that decrease, some criminal in the face of the pandemic. Saud, US President Donald Trump Mexico’s contribution represents newspaper: “As small, independent brewing busi- lawyers say, is that drug deal- Officers are increasingly getting and Putin reviewed efforts in the a 5.5 per cent reduction in its oil pro- nesses, we don’t have an abundance of PPE or raw ers have no choice but to wait sick; the NYPD, the country’s light of the OPEC+ meeting and the duction, less than the 23 per cent that materials to donate, and feel we can’t do much to help out the economic slump. largest department with more importance of joint cooperation to had been requested by OPEC. except keep providing beers to all of you. IANS “The feedback I’m getting than 36,000 officers, has more is that they aren’t able to move, biggest turnarounds in is likely driving it down further, than 7,000 officers out and to sell anything anywhere,” American history, crime according to analysts and more than 2,000 diagnosed ;! ! !! # said Joseph Lopez, a criminal dropped about 40% over three national statistics. with COVID-19. lawyer in Chicago who repre- years. That makes the drop-offs In Peru, where crime levels And U.S. authorities say sents reputed drug dealers. occurring now — in a period fell 84% last month, Lima mor- they’re issuing citations instead $ $! 11B. ' Overall, Chicago’s crime of just a couple of weeks — tician Raúl González usually has of making low-level arrests, declined 10% after the pandemic even more seismic. as many as 15 bodies a day — policing social distancing and 7 Indonesian Time],” Agus /A But turning down the struck, a trend playing out glob- Across Latin America, many are homicide victims. putting detectives into patrol Wibowo, head of the National request on Saturday, the ally as cities report stunning crime is down to levels unseen This week he napped on a cars — which could, in turn, he Indonesian Anak Disaster Mitigation Agency fghanistan on Saturday Afghan Foreign Ministry said crime drops in the weeks since in decades. bench after six hours without a bring down crime rates. TKrakatau volcano erupted (BNPB) said in a statement on Aturned down Pakistans Farooqi was involved in the measures were put into place to “Killings are down, and the client. “There are almost no While departments are expelling ash and plumes of Saturday. request to handover Aslam killing of hundreds of Afghans, slow the spread of the virus. gangsters aren’t harassing so killings or car accidents these unlikely to announce they’ve smoke that travelled Authorities said they were Farooqi, leader of the Islamic therefore, he should be tried Even among regions that have much,’’ Eduardo Perdomo, a 47- days,’’ González said. backed off policing certain more than 500 metres high, closely monitoring the vol- State of Khorasan Province under the law of the country, the highest levels of violence out- year-old construction worker, In South Africa, police crimes, “that’s going to be the local authorities report cano which is located on an (ISKP), an affiliate of the ISIS The Express Tribune reported. side a war zone, fewer people are said while getting off a bus in reported a stunning decline case,” said Bowling Green State on Saturday. uninhabited island in the terror group, a media report The Ministry further said being killed and fewer rob- San Salvador. “I think they’re during their first week of lock- University criminologist Philip The Centre for Sunda Strait. said. that Afghanistan and Pakistan beries are taking place. afraid of catching the virus, and down measures. Police Minister Stinson. “In many respects, Volcanology and Geological On December 22 2018, a The Pakistan Foreign have no extradition treaty and Still, law enforcement offi- they aren’t going out.’’ Bheki Cele said reported rapes over the next weeks, they’re Disaster Mitigation (PVMBG) strong eruption caused a land- Office had made the demand of Kabul was under no obligation cials worry about a surge of El Salvador reported an were down from 700 to 101 really in survival mode,” he said. said the volcano, one of the slide that triggered a tsunami handing over Farooqi to its to hand over the ISKP chief. unreported domestic violence, average of two killings a day last over the same period last year. But while narcotics arrests country’s most active, killing hundreds of envoy in the Afghanistan on On April 4, Afghanistan’s and what happens when restric- month, down from a peak of Serious assault cases plummet- are down, drug sales continue, erupted twice on Friday night people who were spending the Thursday, said The Express intelligence agency, the tions lift — or go on too long. 600 a day a few years ago. ed from 2,673 to 456, and mur- with dealers likely forced to for a total of 40 minutes, Christmas holidays on the Tribune. National Directorate of It’s rare for a city to see a Much of the decrease has ders fell from 326 to 94. change their strategies, said reports Efe news. coasts of Java and Sumatra. It emphasised that Security (NDS), announced double-digit drop in crime, taken place because of tougher The US virus epicentre in Rodney Phillips, a former gang “PVMBG monitoring At least 439 people died Islamabad had been expressing that they had arrested even over a much longer peri- security policies and gang New York saw major crimes — member in Chicago who now shows that the eruption con- and more than 7,200 were its concerns over the activities Farooqi, whose real name is od. During New York City’s truces. But the imposition of murder, rape, robbery, bur- works as a conflict mediator in tinued until Saturday morning injured, according to official of the ISKP, which were clear- Abdullah Orakzai, in Kandahar 1990s crime decline, one of the near-total limits on movement glary, assault, grand larceny and the city. at 5:44 WIB [Western figures. ly detrimental to Pakistan. province. $
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Each qualifying shop ! *%<4 to the US is likely to start next op oil producers struggled Commerce Minister Piyush guidelines,” the letter said, adding erage industry is the fact that should be given 3-4 move- week, a leading pharma indus- Tto finalise production cuts Goyal to allow phase-wise that trucks are stranded, distri- excise policy for many states ment passes for home delivery try body has said. during a virtual summit held by opening of the alcoholic bev- bution warehouses are locked come to an end on March 31. personnel. Customers may --./ ly in their account. As many as Hydroxychloroquine is G20 energy ministers on erages industry as the sector with stock and retail shops are Prior to that date, there are sev- place order online on over 19.86 crore women Jan Dhan being touted as game changer Friday, despite US President may face financial difficulties sitting on unsold stock. eral statutory requirements phone, along with an ID proof ore than 30 crore poor account holders received 500 in fight against COVID-19 Donald Trump’s mediation and job losses due to the lock- “The industry which con- that ought to be met by com- establishing age. Government Mpeople have received each in their account. The pandemic efforts to end a standoff with down on account of Covid-19 tributes almost Rs 2-lakh crores panies for them to keep conti- may limit amount of liquor 28,256 crore financial assis- total disbursement under the “The shipments of hydrox- Mexico. The final G20 com- pandemic. by way of various taxes, sus- nuity of operations,” he said. delivered or frequency of deliv- tance under Pradhan Mantri head was 9,930 crore, it said. ychloroquine to the US are like- munique appeared to gloss In its letter to the tains livelihood of nearly 40 He added that a prolonged ery as it deems fit,” he noted. Garib Kalyan Yojana The National Social ly to start next week. Indian over simmering divisions over Commerce Minister, the lakh farmers, and employs shut down of industry will not Giri said that since social announced by Finance Minister Assistance Programme (NSAP) pharma companies are com- energy policy, making no men- Confederation of Indian nearly 20 lakh people directly only have a huge economic cost distancing will be new normal Nirmala Sitharaman last month disbursed about 1400 crore to mitted to meet both, domestic tion of output cuts and pledg- Alcoholic Beverage Companies and indirectly is in dire straits,” on companies, it may also going forward, the govern- to protect them from the about 2.82 crore old age person, and export commitments,” ing simply to ensure oil “mar- (CIABC) said that since the CIABC Director General force lakhs of workers into ment should consider institu- impact of 21-day nationwide widow and disabled person, the Indian Pharmaceutical Alliance ket stability” amid the coron- lockdown was ordered, all Vinod Giri said. joblessness. tionalising home delivery as a lockdown. As part of 1.70 lakh ministry added. Each benefi- Secretary General Sudarshan avirus pandemic. wholesale and retail trade has He also demanded exten- “Shops should be asked to separate channel administered crore relief package, the ciary received an ex-gratia cash Jain said. Mexico was the lone hold- been closed. sion of excise year for three enrol for home delivery online. Government announced free of 1,000 under the scheme. This is in line with India’s out in a record OPEC-led foodgrains and cash doles to As many as 2.16 crore con- role as pharmacy of the world, agreement reached a day ear- women and poor senior citizens struction workers received he added. lier that would see output ;! *! and farmers to mitigate hard- financial support from the India manufactures 70 per slashed by 10 million barrels ship faced due to the lockdown. Building and Construction cent of the world’s supply of per day in May and June fol- !!$ $ “More than 30 cr benefi- Worlers’ Fund managed by hydroxychloroquine. lowed by a gradual reduction in $! ! ciaries have been directly given state governments. Under this Companies like Zydus cuts until April 2022. B support through Direct Benefit 3,066 crore were given to Cadila and IPCA are the major The standoff had cast 7! Transfer amounting to 28,256 beneficiaries. The Government, manufacturers of hydroxy- doubt on efforts to bolster oil --./ vide relief to discom to keep pared to 170.52 crore under under the Pradhan Mantri chloroquine in the country, prices, pushed to near two- them afloat during the lock- GW on the same day New Delhi: Taking note of #PradhanMantriGribKalyanPa Garib Kalyan Ann Yojana, is in Jain said. decade lows by the demand- he government may soon down, especially when the last year. restrictions imposed on move- ckage,” a tweet from the the process of releasing 12 The Indian pharmaceutical sapping pandemic and a Saudi- Tannounce more steps — demand is low and their bills The demand was down ment of people during the Finance Ministry said. million MT of food grain dur- industry earlier this week has Russia price war that rattled like cheaper working capital collections is negligible,” mainly due to lower require- lockdown, India Posts on Of the total disbursement, ing April-June. said there is enough stock of global markets. The subse- and lower tariff — for power according to a source. ments from industry and state Saturday extended the last date 13,855 crore have gone “It will provide for 80 crore hydroxychloroquine in the quent G20 meeting — hosted discoms to ensure uninter- The power demand has power distribution companies of paying premium for postal towards payment of first people @5 kg per head per country and drug firms are by Riyadh — was expected to rupted electricity supply during came down by almost one (discoms). life insurance and rural postal installment of PM-KISAN. month at no cost. Free rations ready to ramp up seal the deal more widely with the lockdown to contain third during the lockdown. The peak power demand life insurance till June 30. Under the scheme, nearly 6.93 have already reached 2 crore the production to meet domes- non-OPEC countries in the COVID-19. The demand met was met is the actual highest ener- The postal department said crore out of 8 crore identified beneficiaries,” the Ministry said tic as well as export require- group including Mexico, the “The Power Ministry is down by about 29 per cent at gy supply during the day across there is complete lockdown beneficiaries got 2,000 direct- in another tweet. ments. United States and Canada. working on a proposal to pro- 121.38 GW on April 10 com- the country. across the country in view of the threat posed by the outbreak of coronavirus governments have 7 5 B ) issued several advisories and 1#5B51C#D imposed restrictions on the New Delhi: The Government on Saturday said Indian Railways movement of general public. E B$> is running special trains to transport perishable food items and “As a measure of conve- seeds across the country for ensuring availability of these prod- nience to all the PLI / RPLI cus- New Delhi: Northern Railways all divisions and workshops are ucts during the lockdown. tomers, Directorate of Postal New Delhi: Jute is the important cash crop in India which sup- working 24x7 to fight against Covid-19. In its continuation efforts “Indian Railways has identified 67 routes (134 trains) for Life Insurance has given an ports livelihood of 5 million people of the country and earn for- to fight against Covid-19, apart from running of freight trains Parcel Special Trains since the start of the lockdown for perish- extension of period for pay- eign exchange of Rs 2,500 crore annually through export. The to ensure supply of essential goods to different parts of coun- able commodities including fruits, vegetables, milk and dairy ment of their due premium of sowing of jute crop is in full swing in different jute growing States try, Northern Railway’s life-saving efforts yields manufacturing products and seeds for agriculture purpose,” the agriculture min- March 2020, April 2020 and like West Bengal, Bihar, Odisha and Assam. of 3,779 liters hand sanitiser, 20,256 face masks, 621 coverall and istry said in a statement. May 2020 upto June 30, 2020 The lockdown declared by the Government in order to pre- 540 coaches converted into isolation wards till April 11. Till 1il, 62 routes have been notified and 171 time-tabled trains without charging any penal- vent spread of deadly Covid-19 virus has been coincided with Northern railway is fully committed to save the life of peo- are being run on these routes. The special trains have been ty/default fee,” the Department sowing period of jute and allied fibres and normal sowing and ples and to manufacture the above essential items and conver- planned to connect all the major cities of the country. PTI of Post said in a statement.PTI farming operation are getting hampered. PTI sion of coaches into isolation wards.
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he doctors and nurses are busy treating Then there is the problem of keeping track of COVID-19 patients. Away from hospitals, those people who have recovered from COVID-19 entrepreneurs, IITs and even school stu- but their movement needs to be restricted. To meet dents are busy giving their ideas wings to this challenge, start-ups and entrepreneurs from IIT come up with gadgets that will keep peo- Roorkee have come up with a surveillance system. Tple safe and healthy during and after the epidemic. GADGETS Raven Eye, an incubated start-up founded by Their motto: Prevention is better than cure. Professor Kamal Jain, Department of Civil D Venkatesh, an entrepreneur from Tirupur, Engineering, IIT Roorkee, has developed a system to Tamil Nadu, who runs a water treatment business fight COVID-19 through a tracking mobile applica- (WTT Technology Services India Pvt Ltd), is one such tion. Using geo-fencing technology, the system gen- person. Even though Venkatesh was staying home erates alerts if any individual violates quarantine. because his factory is shut, it didn’t stop him and his GO VIRAL There are some in-built guards against hacking. friends from talking about the Coronavirus impact. In case the network is not available, the app will send Long phone chats led him to explore options an alert through SMS. In case the phone is switched through which he could contribute. It was not until handwash reminder that beeps every 30 minutes as off, it will send a message to the main server. If the March 29, 2020 that he finally decided to do some- well as a temperature sensor that alerts via an SMS person steps beyond the Lakshman rekha, it will send thing about it. in case their body temperature crosses the prescribed a message. If the person tries to delete the app, it will “It was a Sunday. I had not stepped out of the limit. send a message. “In no case can the person try to side- house since the lockdown was announced. We need- Dr Lovi Raj Gupta, Executive Dean of Science step the system which we have been using in track- ed some household items and went to the market. The and Technology, LPU, tells you that, at present, there ing vehicles even before GPS came to India. So, track- scene shocked me. It looked like a mela. There must are three pressing issues to COVID-19. First, to main- ing COVID-19 patients will not be a big task. The have been over 1,000 people at the farmers’ market tain distance. Second, to wash and sanitise hands. surveillance system is a plug-and-play device which in total disregard to social distancing. I had seen a Third, and most important, to monitor one’s health. allows tracking with an accuracy of +/- 5 metres tunnel structure on YouTube spraying people in “People forget to maintain social distancing with through notifications at two, 10 or 20 seconds. Besides Turkey with a disinfectant using the humidifying family and friends. The battery-operated device helps live tracking, the administrator can view the entire method. That fascinated me and got me thinking. on all three counts. It gives an alert after a specific movement history of an individual,” Jain says. Next day, on Monday, I opened my factory and time to wash hands and beeps if the one-metre dis- The IIT Roorkee has also developed a low-cost worked on a tunnel that suited us. On March 31, 2020, tance is breached. The device also keeps a record of portable ventilator. Named Prana-vayu, the closed- the 16-foot tunnel was ready,” Venkatesh says. one’s health because we know it is not possible for loop ventilator has been developed in collaboration Making the structure was easy but what came people to monitor their temperature every few hours. with AIIMS, Rishikesh, and is equipped with state- next, to figure out how to spray the disinfectant on To get an alert on one’s health, one needs to pair it of-the-art features. The manufacturing cost per ven- the people was tricky. The tunnel uses one of the two with a device like one would do with a Fitbit,” Gupta tilator is estimated at 25,000. disinfectants — hypochlorite and Chlorine. “I had explains. Helyxon, a health tech start-up that works in close started my career working with an Italian company He also tells you that they realised the collaboration with IIT Madras Healthcare Technology and hence the attitude that human safety comes first. Coronavirus doesn’t discriminate and it was neces- Innovation Centre, has come with AI-enabled I had to ensure that the spray didn’t affect the eyes, sary to keep the cost low. Building the prototype cost devices for better management of the pandemic. Vital nose and skin. This meant that no water droplets the team approximately 500. Gupta and his team @ ' health parametres like temperature, oxygen satura- touched the skin. I made a system with a pump of hope once the lockdown opens, they will be able to tion as well as heart rate offer critical clues to the health 70 bar pressure with tiny holes of three microns. With introduce this locket at a cost of 400. condition of the patient and this can be done via two such high pressure and tiny holes, the solution of water It is not just the safety of masses that is in ques- digital solutions – OXY-2 and 98.6 Fever Watch priced and hypochlorite becomes a mist. Another challenge tion here. Several doctors too, who had been work- at 5,799 and 2,499, respectively. “The AI-backed was to ensure that the mist covered the entire human ing with COVID-19 cases, fell prey to the virus. In biosensor devices reliably capture trend of parame- body — from hands to feet,” Venkatesh tells you. order to keep the medical staff safe, three students tres like temperature and alerts the remote medical The test was done in the local market after — two from KIIT World School in Pitampura and staff or an attendant in case of anomaly. This allows Venkatesh managed to speak with the Collector who one from Modern School, Barakhamba Road in the immediate intervention when needed. It also cuts gave him the go-ahead. He used hypochlorite with Capital, have come up with an innovative idea. down the work of regular manual monitoring which a PPM of 0.5, what is used in swimming pools. Saurav Maheshkar of Class XII, Nishant Chandna is, in any case, impossible for thousands of patients,” Venkatesh also had to ensure that this misty disin- of Class X and Aditya Dubey have conceptualised, Vijai Shankar Raja, founder, Helyxon, says. fectant actually killed the virus and people didn’t carry designed and built the robot — Prithvi — a battery In the North-East, the Indian Institute of it with them. So, people needed to raise their hands operated prototype, a programmable board and basic -5-"57 - 5 Technology Guwahati has developed a low-cost UVC with palms out when they walked through the tun- motors at a cost less than 5,000. Due to the lock- LED-based disinfectant system for surfaces. Dr nel. Just like one has to take a shower after a swim, down, the trio had to make the bot with cardboard. / /5,/ Senthilmurugan Subbiah, Department of Chemical a shower after the tunnel walk is also must after one However, when it goes for mass production, the bot / ,/ / ."/9 Engineering, IIT Guwahati, says that the aim is to dis- gets home. But Venkatesh was not sure how many would require a sturdier built. The aim here is to infect surfaces — be it homes, hospitals or malls and people would actually do so, hence the low PPM. reduce contact between healthcare workers and "7/-( ,..* even water. “This system works the same way a vac- “It is judicious to shower once you are home. The COVID-19 patients. uum cleaner works. It has wheels at the bottom and contact time inside the tunnel is three seconds — Maheshkar tells you that the idea came after their .- -79:5-7 - one needs to move it to clean the floor. There is a enough to kill the virus but not harmful to humans principal asked students to come up Corona fight- -F/,-.-5 .- velocity at which it needs to move. Anything faster if they don’t shower. There is also a reason why I kept ers. “The robot is meant to deliver food and medi- and it won’t work. A certain area needs to be exposed the tunnel that long. I know that people don’t have cine to those in quarantine. It can be programmed "55/ ,5 (/ for 30 seconds for the UVC LED light to kill the virus the time or patience to stand in a queue. The 16-foot to go to the patient deliver food, medicine and if the /F--7 " -7 at the dosage that has been pre-set,” explains Subbiah tunnel means that there is a steady flow of people person under quarantine wants, he can speak with whose team had started working on the mop back doing away with long queues,” Venkatesh explains. his family via video conferencing. We have used — -,/"/, /- 5. in mid-February. Since his test run on April 1, 2020, Venkatesh has arduino controller — openly available chips that peo- .--/" .- The normal UV rays can damage the eyes, but been busy and has sold 50 such tunnels that cost ple use to make codes with motors to run the bot with this device will stop working the minute one lifts it 85,000 each to various cities, including Bengaluru, a 25-volt battery that can run for an hour of contin- 5-:- 7-/ ,-/ from the floor. The idea is to protect people from the Kochi, Calicut and Hyderabad. His idea was to make uous work. One can increase the battery volt to 7-,.-( .--F/,- harmful rays. The rechargeable in-built battery-oper- five such tunnels and donate them. But the over- increase the working hours,” Maheshkar says. The ated system will have variants depending on where whelming response that his invention got ensured that three are now looking for help from universities to 5 --7-,575" it has to be used. Unlike for home where the mop will he is working long hours to make many more. He is better their bot. Interestingly, Maheshkar and 5-6.- . be manual, the ones for commercial areas will be auto- getting queries from mall owners, the Railways and Chandna met Dubey at an activist meet to protest mated and programmed to go wherever necessary. cinema hall owners. He is also getting calls from against the rising air pollution levels in New Delhi, K75F/7 The team is also in the process of making a device Ministers, Collectors and MLAs. last year. -M-, /F--5",/-,- that can be used to clean doorknobs. The team ains Up North, 2,845 km away, a team at Lovely Chandna tells you that there were some challenges at ensuring that the device is not expensive by keep- Professional University (LPU) in Phagwara, Punjab, even though this was not the first bot they had built -,.55 9* ing the cost under 1,000. has been busy trying to find answers on how to ensure for the healthcare sector. “The challenge came when “The COVID-19 is protein-based with RNA and social distancing. Prabin Kumar Das, a BTech student I had to make the body. I had to use cardboard. We DNA. The UVC LED system interchanges the (Electronics Communication and Engineering) at the have been working on robotics for the last two-three structure of the protein. Once its changed, it is more university, along with his professors, has developed years. Our team had won the nationals — we had ear- or less dead. If 36 Joules of a dose is given to a cer- an IoT device — Kawachh — to promote safe social lier made a bot for the physically challenged. But this tain surface, it kills 90 per cent of the virus sitting on distancing. The device, a pendant, vibrates and glows bot has been modified keeping in mind the virus it. This mop gives 4-log dose killing 99.99 per cent in case someone breaches the user’s safe space of a patients. It took me around two weeks to complete D E1 + +,- of the virus. Whatever is left will not harm,” Subbiah metre. Not only that, the device is equipped with a the bot,” Chandna says. D E:( 9! D E says. ./001122
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/ the Jharkhand dasher to make an international return anytime 1 " 1'! he doubting thomases soon after such prolonged sab- “should be careful” about batical. & Twhat they wish for as there But Hussain, who led is no second coming for a once- England from 1999-2003, feels / difficult time getting back into in-a-generation player like otherwise. the team for the T20 World Cup. Mahendra Singh Dhoni if peo- “Is MS Dhoni still good he 13th edition of the Indian Let’s be very honest about it. He ple “push him into retirement”, enough to get in the Indian TPremier League was set to is absolutely fit, he is a legend, former England captain Nasser side? It is as simple as that. That be a testing ground for former he is brilliant. I am a great fan Hussain said on Saturday. should apply for anyone across skipper MS Dhoni. While some of Dhoni myself. But the ques- Hussain, one of the most the board. What I have seen of felt he was past his prime, head tion is for the World Cup team. respected voices in world crick- Dhoni, I still think MS Dhoni coach Ravi Shastri had made it So you’ll have to put the Indian et feels that the soon-to-be 39 has a huge amount to offer for clear that the IPL will decide team first and then the individ- year old former India captain Indian cricket,” he said. Dhoni’s fate along with some uals.” still has a lot to offer in Indian However one of England’s others who were vying for a spot Meanwhile Gautam ) ? $8,-09 09F1 cricket. shrewdest captains admitted that in the team for the Twenty20 Gambhir has backed former “Once Dhoni is gone, there Dhoni did err on a couple of World Cup at the end of the India star all-rounder Yuvraj ? O P ! is no getting him back. There are occasions during World Cup year. Singh claim that there is not some legends of the game, appre- where he couldn’t force the pace Speaking on Star Sports’ enough role models in the cur- < ' ciating while around, because of the innings. show Cricket Connected, rent Indian team besides Virat they are once-in-a-generation While Hussain’s comments Srikkanth said: “I am not going Kohli and Rohit Sharma, adding 9-9 cricketer and don’t push him into didn’t specify which match he to be diplomatic. I am talking that the line of respect for retirement too early. Only Dhoni was talking about but it is in all about if I was the chairman of seniors has become thin. ustralian all-rounder Shane Watson said knows his mental state and in the likelihood the games against the selection committee, what “I agree with Yuvraj that Athat the ability to trust players and keep faith end the selectors select and play- West Indies and England where would I do. If the IPL does not there is a dearth of role models in them is what sets Chennai Super Kings apart ers turn up when asked to,” 52- he failed to force the pace of the happen then his chances are in the Indian team currently, from other franchises. Watson had won the Indian year-old Hussain told Star Sports Indian innings. very, very bleak. Because like in the 2000s, we had Dravid, Premier League title in the inaugural season with on its new show Cricket “Yes, its been one or two straightaway, in my opinion, KL Kumble, Laxman, Sourav and the Rajasthan Royals and a decade later, he won Connected. occasions where he (MSD) got it Rahul will be the wicketkeeper- Sachin to guide the team. It is it again with CSK in 2018. Dhoni last played for India wrong in run chases, there was batsman. Rishabh Pant, I still important to have senior play- “You can go for 10 games not scoring runs in the World Cup semi-final a World Cup game in England think he might be a bit of a ers around you who can help and still get picked. Last season, thank you to MS against New Zealand in July. where he sort of blocked at the doubt, but I believe that Rishabh you when you're going through Dhoni and Stephen Fleming for keeping the faith,” Since then he hasn’t played any end for some unknown reason, Pant is highly talented. a rough patch. Right now, I don’t he said in an Instagram Live session on CSK’s han- competitive cricket with former but in general MS Dhoni is still “So, I wouldn’t mind taking think there are enough seniors dle. legends like Sunil Gavaskar and a really good talent and be care- him along with the squad, but in the Indian camp, who will set “Every other franchise would have been ‘You Kapil Dev making it clear that it’s ful what you wish for,” elaborat- definitely, if the IPL doesn’t aside their self-interest to help are gone. Thank you for coming, but you are sit- getting increasingly difficult for )! P $8,- ? C F1 ed Hussain. happen, then Dhoni will have a youngsters,” he said. ting and you are running the drinks’,” he said. He smashed 117 off 57 balls in an innings that included 11 fours and eight sixes in the 2018 final against Sunrisers Hyderabad to almost single- 1 ' + ;9 handedly take CSK to victory. He almost repeat- ed the heroics the next year against Mumbai Indians, scoring 80 off 59 but CSK fell incredi- 9-9 ed their first Test series loss to life, when he was dropped as dropped from the Australian team at bly short of MI’s total of 149. India on home turf. Virat a player at the start of 2001 31 years of age I thought that was the Watson had experienced a lean run in the ustralia’s unprecedented home Kohli’s men handed them Ashes. end. That was the making of me as a early part of that season but started firing ATest series defeat to India in a 2-1 defeat. Used to playing at cricketer and a person. It was amaz- towards the latter stages. 2018-19 served as a “wake-up call” for “That was a massive wake- number three, Langer was ing what lessons you can learn in “Through that period, unfortunately I felt like Justin Langer, who reckons the series up call and a really tough time picked to open the innings adversity,” he said. I was batting well but I was just not scoring runs will prove as the defining moment of in my life,” Langer was quoted as with Mathew Hayden later in The former opener believes dif- and that kept going on and on. At some stage I his coaching career. saying by the Australian the series which served as a ficult situations are opportunities to was feeling after a couple of games that they are Langer was appointed as the Associated Press. turning point for him. learn lessons of life and shouldn’t be going to have to move me on, but they didn’t,” said Australian coach in May 2018, follow- “I’ve got no doubt in 10 Langer’s career was squandered. Watson. ing the infamous ball tampering years’ time, I will look rechristened as he “In adversity, like in the great cri- “And then when things turned around, ) N ! O!7! 6 scandal that saw skipper Steve Smith back on that period became the sis we are going through right now which I knew it would at some stage, I thanked )) $!) and his deputy David Warner slapped and it will be the mak- country’s most (with the coronavirus). Like the cri- MS and Fleming for keeping the faith, and they with year-long bans. ing of my coaching successful open- sis of the Australian cricket team said there was never any doubt,” he said. / Without their star batsmen, the career.” er, scoring 16 of when sandpaper on the ball, in adver- “And that’s phenomenal. That made me feel Australian side struggled to maintain The 49-year- his 23 Test cen- sity never waste it.” 10-foot tall. That’s the power of amazing leader- he Wisden while naming the Five Cricketers its high rate of success with Langer at old compared it turies. “Because great lessons come from ship. To know when to stick with people you Tof the Year in 2019 gave Indias ODI deputy the helm. to another diffi- “In 2001 them and if you grasp them you will believe in, and that’s amazing for me. And I am Rohit Sharma a miss and it came as a huge sur- The men from Down Under tast- cult phase of his when I got be a better person.” forever indebted to those guys.” prise because Rohit hit five hundreds in the 2019 World Cup and former India batsman VVS Laxman has said the same, calling the move a shocker. ! ! < R Speaking on Rohit Sharma not featuring in Wisden Cricketers of the Year list, Laxman said on --./ for Royal Challengers Bangalore in the Star Sports show Cricket Connected: “I think any- IPL, is struggling to come to terms with  # one who follows the game of cricket will be sur- he coronavirus-forced lockdown is now the lack of activity. prised and shocked not to see Rohit Sharma’s name Tgetting into India spinner Yuzvendra “I will live in a nearby hotel but in those five players list. The Ashes is an impor- Chahal’s nerves, so much so that he says he will not stay at home, that’s it for me tant series, the World Cup is bigger than Ashes. And can do with staying away from home for three now, can’t bear anymore lockdown someone who has scored five hundred; remember years once it is lifted. days.” the first hundred was on a tough wicket in “I will get lock-downed from my In the absence of sporting Southampton against South Africa and none of the home, I will not come back to my action, Chahal has been busy other batsmen got runs. And he played another home. I can’t take this anymore, on social media platforms. important knock against Pakistan. I am really can’t stay at home for longer “I am going to the shocked and surprised, and every cricketer will be now. These days of staying at ground, I really want to shocked and surprised by this announcement from home will suffice for the next bowl. When there is a lot of Wisden.” England’s Ben Stokes and Ellyse Perry of three years now,” Chahal said cricket to play we say ‘there Australia were on Wednesday named the Leading during a chat with a television is so much going on’ but 7,./ and players cannot sit at home Cricketers of 2019 by Wisden Almanack. cricket presenter. we start missing it when for months and no cricket is Across the 2019 calendar, Stokes hit 821 Test The cricketers, who would have been there is no action. akistan’s centrally-contract- held. runs at 45, including an Ashes hundred at Lord’s, playing the IPL had it not been for the “I miss bowling, I am what I Ped players are mentally pre- “Yes at some stage if this sit- and 719 in ODIs at almost 60. ? 2 ,& C unprecedented global health crisis, are am because of cricket only. I will pared for pay cuts if the health uation persists the option of Along with Perry, Wisden named Pat 3 < 7 1 instead confined to their homes for surely go and bowl at least a ball crisis created by the coron- playing in front of empty stadi- Cummins, Marnus Labuschagne, Jofra Archer and & ' ' more than a fortnight. on the day lockdown gets over,” he avirus pandemic persisted for a ums can be discussed but only Simon Harmer as the Five Cricketers of the Year. ' India leg-spinner Chahal, who plays said. few months, Test captain Azhar if proper health and preventive Ali said on Saturday. measures are put in place by In a video interaction with authorities for all stakeholders,” the media, Azhar said he and his he added. < % R colleagues are aware that the sit- “It is unfortunate that fans uation is not ideal due to the are not watching any action even ;" & COVID-19. on TV and if cricket is played “It is not a good situation for behind closed doors, it will pro- Ravichandran ner, but I love the way both con- Former Pakistan wicket-keeper Moin lot of cricketers these days due to T20 cricket so any country and we know that vide fans with an opportunity to Ashwin is a prolific performer tinue to improve there games Khan feels that current players don’t believe in consistency is a bit difficult for players these days,” if this lockdown situation con- (at least) watch some cricket, but but former Australia chinaman and not be complacent where idolising or comparing themselves with their said Moin. tinued for a few months, the the health of the public should bowler Brad Hogg feels that they are at. #hoggytime,” Ho g g heroes that have played in previous sides. Wasim said that his aim when he first broke Board might ask us to take pay not be compromised,” he said. Nathan Lyon has upstaged the tweeted. “People come and tell us your generation had into the team was to consistently take more wick- cuts in the old or new central The PCB has so far said it Indian tweaker as the best off- Probably Hogg drew his amazing players. My personal opinion is that we ets than captain Imran Khan. contacts,” Azhar said. would ensure payment of the spinner in longest format. conclusion from the fact that used to idolise great players who came before us,” “When I broke into the team, my aim was “If such a situation arises monthly salaries of all central- Just like most international Ashwin hasn’t had great overseas Moin told Wasim Akram in a video uploaded on to take more wickets than Imran Khan. When that we are asked to take pay cuts ly-contracted payers and those players are doing during lock- success as compared to Lyon, BSport Pakistan’s YouTube channel. you came into the team your mindset must be we are mentally prepared for it who have been given domestic down, the 49-year-old Hogg, Ashwin and Lyon does he con- who has got wickets in all con- “We tried to reach their standard and set the to take more catches and effect more stumpings and we will sit down with the cricket contracts at least until who played 7 Tests and 123 sider better in Test cricket, Hogg ditions. Ashwin has so far taken bar high for ourselves. Nowadays, players tend than your heroes,” Akram said. Board and take the best deci- end of June. ODIs for Australia, had a Twitter replied: “I feel Lyon has taken the 365 wickets from 71 Tests while not to compare their performances against oth- Moin said that it was the same with sions.” But the board has made it Q&A session for cricket lovers. mantle from Ashwin over the Lyon has 390 wickets from 96 ers. Maybe they are just playing for themselves, Inzamam-ul-Haq, with whom he used to share The veteran of 78 Tests also clear even it is not sure what sce- When asked whom among last year just as the best off spin- Tests. PTI that could be one of the reasons. Also, there are rooms. IANS said that cricket playing nations nario would emerge after June. ! #)% 7 !8$ , 9
.57- here. So, this message will get particularly produces great against England in recent years in 8! ! ) passed back and that will encour- bowlers. I suspect it has some- England. ormer England skipper turned age more and more players and thing to do with the relative lack “They’re always a valuable 55 hit his stumps every ball. I was not going Fpundit Michael Atherton vis- teams to come,” he told the PCB’s of infrastructure. In order to pro- team to come and they get good to try and swing it away from it as I felt ited Pakistan during the Pakistan media team during an interview. duce lots and lots of great bats- support from the crowds. The ngland pacer Stuart Broad dis- that gave him width, I was just going to Super League and the former Commenting on the Pakistan men, you’ve got to have facilities cricket should be good and high- Emissed Australia opener David scramble the seam.” opener believes that while it was team which has over the years and infrastructure and coaches ly competitive. We’re looking for- Warner seven times in 10 innings in the Broad said that after the dismissal indeed sad that cricket returned produced greats, Atherton said: and a very formal system, but I ward to seeing Pakistan in last Ashes and it was almost a given that at Lord’s, he believed that he was win- to the country after a long hiatus “When I played against them, think bowlers can spring and England this summer. Babar every time Broad had the ball in his ning the battle between the two crick- due to security issues, the turn out they had some great bowlers in emerge from anywhere and that’s Azam looks a fabulous player to hand in the series, he had Warner’s eters. during the PSL was also a positive particular. The last attack that I probably why Pakistan produce so me. He looks so skillful and the number. The pacer has finally revealed “Once I got him at Lord’s, the third sign as the country gears up to played against on my tour here of many.” game looks so easy to him at how he got the better of the destructive time in a row, I just got that feeling like host more international cricket in 2000, they had Wasim and Waqar Asked about Pakistan’s times. opener as Warner finished the series I was getting a bit of a competitive edge the future. (Younis) then Mushtaq (Ahmed) upcoming tour of England in the I am very much looking for- with only 95 runs. over him,” said Broad. “Well, you only have to look and Saqlain (Mushtaq). Now you summer, Atherton said that he is ward to watching him play. “He is such a dangerous player and The pacer has 485 wickets from 138 around: the crowds, enthusiasm have got four great match-win- looking forward to seeing the likes “It is a challenge for players one of the best third-innings opening Tests and has a brilliant camaraderie and packed houses for every ning bowlers there. of Babar Azam shine in condi- when they come from the sub- batsmen in the world,” Broad said in a with opening bowling partner James game. Importantly, all these for- “Pakistan, of course, have tions which won’t be easy. continent to England. The last Sky Cricket podcast. Anderson. eign players will now know that produced great batsmen, but I “It should be terrific. It’s a big two, three years conditions, in “Having played against him a lot Commenting on what makes them it is safe here and they will be able C& 0 C think in recent times, the strength summer for England. It won’t be England, have been extreme actu- over the last eight or nine years, I found successful, Broad said: “I love the com- to take that message to the play- and depth of their bowling and as big as the last summer because ally: the Duke’s ball and the that, as I am a taller bowler, when he sat petitive side of cricket, the moment of ers from their own countries. Gregory, Liam Dawson and they particularly the kind of wicket- that was the World Cup and the floodlights and, you know, the back in the crease he was cutting and winning, working a batsman out, get- “I was at the hotel and there were all saying how much they’ve taking bowlers — pace bowlers Ashes, which are always slightly way the ball has moved around, square driving me a lot to the bound- ting a wicket, but he just loves any sort were about eight to nine English enjoyed the competition, the and mystery spinners — have set different. But, this year, we’ve got so it's going to be a challenge for ary. of bowling and is at his happiest just players like Moeen Ali, Ravi tournament’s standard has been them apart. Pakistan and West Indies coming. all Pakistan’s batsmen, but I think “I decided I was just going to try and trucking in.” Bopara, Tom Banton, Lewis great and they feel perfectly safe “I don’t know why Pakistan Pakistan have a very good record they will be up to it,” he smiled. +,- ,.,. , 66 - " Q : & "
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Coming through trophy, but the capital club be the ‘real victory of the sea- this would be the real victory have still not reached the son’, with most professional of the season.” semi-finals since 1995. football shut down due to the Football players have A last-16 victory over pandemic. come under pressure to take Borussia Dortmund last France's Ligue 1 was sus- salary cuts, with Barcelona, month, though, having trailed pended on March 13, with Real Madrid, Juventus and after the first leg, raised hopes PSG sitting 12 points clear of Bayern Munich stars all that PSG could finally make a ( ' 4 ,8 . 01F< 0 Marseille at the top of the among those to accept a serious tilt at European foot- table, while having also reduction in pay. ball’s greatest prize. reached the Champions And Sarabia says that the “It was a difficult time 1 League quarter-finals for the French clubs are also planning when we lost in Dortmund first time since 2016. to take similar measures. but everything that has hap- P But Spanish international “All that is in our hands, if pened has shown how united Sarabia says public health has we can help, donate some- we all are as a team,” said --./ these tough times,” Sharif, who run to come first ahead of getting thing, do what is in our hands, Sarabia. the indianshooting.Com portal back onto the pitch. (we will),” he said. “I could see in the eyes of ome of the world’s elite shoot- said. “No, I’m not afraid about “We are talking about it 0 ) +. 0 ) P + &0 my teammates that we were Sers will transform their living “This one is only for the elite that (the season not restart- and our captains are in discus- going to get through, you rooms into competition ranges on shooters but later we will organ- ing), it’s not the thing I am sions and all we can do to help French champions from La unexpected free time to can’t communicate that frus- could feel it. April 15 for a first-of-its-kind ise competitions which will be worrying about,” he said. PSG and the country in gen- Liga outfit Sevilla last year and improve his French, having trates me a bit,” said Sarabia. “(But) there is still a long international online championship, open to all once every quarter with “I am thinking about my eral, we will try to do that.” has impressed in Paris, scor- signed a five-year contract “I’m trying to make the way to go before the final, and the coronavirus lockdown trigger- a prize money.” family first and foremost and ing 14 goals in all competitions with PSG. most of these days to study as I said before I don’t think we ing another out of the box think- All participants will shoot at then about getting this sorted. EURO HOPES ON ICE so far this season. “I like to talk and if I don’t and come out with a better should be thinking about that ing. the same time from their respec- This is a critical situation. Sarabia, 27, joined the He is hoping to use his understand the language and level of French.” just now.” An electronic target setup, tive homes and it will be streamed beside a mobile phone with inter- live on internet through an app net connection, is all they require which “makes the competition to shoot in the championship. very transparent”. %! $!!! # ) From India, the event has The world’s first internation- attracted big names such as Manu al online championship will also Bhaker, Sanjeev Rajput and be streamed Live on the indian- ! /F-755 European Cups during a glit- - ;7 Divyansh Singh Panwar, whose shooting.Com Facebook page so tering 13-year stint as a play- Tokyo Olympics dreams have been that more people can watch Live iverpool legend er and in two managerial spells. away at Euro 2000 to ask me if I would be put on hold for a year after the action. LKenny Dalglish has In his Liverpool playing interested in going to Inter Milan but that’s Games’ postponement last month There will be a panel of jury tested positive for coro- career, he scored 172 goals in the only phone call I ever had. I never heard due to the COVID-19 pandemic. who will also be logged in to mon- navirus but is not 515 games. anything after that and the manager (Sir Alex An initiative of former India itor the shooters throughout and showing symptoms of As well as his role in Ferguson) never said anything to me. marksman Shimon Sharif, the keep a track of scores. the disease, his family Liverpool’s golden era in the “I was playing at my boyhood club, I was championship, which will be live The competition will be held said on Friday. 1970s and 1980s, Dalglish a Manchester lad, we were winning trophies streamed on the internet, will see at 4:00 PM India time. Shooters The 69-year-old former received plaudits for support- all the time,” he said. about 50 shooters, including dou- from different countries and time Scottish international striker, ing victims’ families after 96 Scholes was an integral part of the ble Gold medallist at the 2019 zones will all have to join in and who started his career at fans died in the 1989 Manchester United side that won the treble World Cup in Delhi Veronika shoot at the same time. Celtic, was admitted to hospi- Hillsborough stadium disaster. in 1999 and dominated English football in Major (Hungary), Nicolas Fraga “The idea is that without trav- tal on Wednesday for treat- He also went on to coach the early part of the 21st century with Corredoira (Spain), Emila elling abroad and spending so ment for an infection which Blackburn Rovers to the Former Manchester United and Arsenal. He said that he never felt the need Faulkner, Isobel Mactaggart and much on travel etc shooters can required intravenous antibi- Premier League title in 1995. England midfielder Paul Scholes has revealed to go to any other big club in Europe and Lucy Evans (all Scotland), among compete against each other from otics. Former Liverpool skipper that Italian club Inter were interested in buy- would have done so only if Ferguson want- others. their home or their local ranges. “He was subsequently test- od together with his family. Steven Gerrard, now manager ing him in 2000. Scholes said that apart from ed him out. To make it more interesting, “All they need is an electron- ed for COVID-19 despite hav- “He would urge everyone of Glasgow Rangers in that he has never really had any club calling “If the manager said to me that he did- there will be live commentary by ic target set up and a mobile with ing previously displayed no to follow the relevant govern- Scotland, posted a picture to him up enquiring about a potential move. n’t want me I would definitely have gone if Olympian Joydeep Karmakar. internet. It could be very motivat- symptoms of the illness,” said ment and expert guidance in his Instagram page of Dalglish Scholes said that he was with England there was a big club abroad who wanted me This comes after the unprece- ing for a junior shooter to shoot a family statement. the days and weeks ahead.” with one of his daughters, at Euro 2000 when he got to know about the but there was never any need to ever think dented global health crisis forced alongside a world class shooter,” “Unexpectedly, the test Dalglish won the Scottish with the message: “Get well interest. about Barcelona, Real Madrid or AC Milan the International Shooting Sport Sharif, who has competed in an result was positive but he league title with Celtic as a soon king.” “I was never ever made aware of any because I was at the biggest club in the world Federation (ISSF) to cancel all their ISSF World Cup in Korea, said. remains asymptomatic. player on four occasions before Dalglish, who also made team coming in for me,” Scholes told BBC anyway,” said Scholes. tournaments this year, including Besides India, shooters from “Prior to his admission to signing for Liverpool in 1977. more than 100 international Radio 5 Live. “We didn’t win as many Champions the World Cups. Hungary, Spain and Scotland have hospital, he had chosen to At Anfield, he captured appearances for Scotland, was “I did have one phone call off an agent, Leagues as we should have but we were “This competition is an effort already confirmed their participa- voluntarily self isolate for eight English league titles, knighted by Queen Elizabeth (former Manchester United captain) Bryan every inch as good as those teams, if not to keep our sport alive even in tion. longer than the advised peri- three FA Cups and three II in 2018. Robson’s old agent, he rang me while we were better.” IANS ! !# !! . ! 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In 2012 and again in 2016, and is scoring goals and the record itself LAssociation chief exec- are targeting 100,000 each or possibly years” to recov- going to be able to sell their president in future. future, I will definite- unlikely to be eligible to fight for speaks a lot. utive Richard Bevan has day by the end of the er from the damage caused tickets, or if people can’t Bhutia retired in 2011, after ly consider it (the AIFF the top job this year under the “The midfielder who has real- said that the English season month. by the coronavirus pan- afford to buy them because being Indian football’s posterboy president’s post),” said Sports Code. ly impressed me this year is can only be restarted if all “Our managers do not demic. they’ve lost their job or for for more than a decade. the legendary strik- The 43-year-old Bhutia, Brandon Fernandes of FC Goa. He footballers are tested for want to be back on the Frampton believes other reasons. “That is definitely something to er who was known who was the first Indian has really done well for FC Goa. coronavirus. pitch unless the players once boxing returns sports “I think it’s going to be considered in future,” he said as Sikkimese Sniper footballer to have played The way he had controlled the mid- “Tests must be made have been tested.” fans will be cautious about change a lot once we come when asked if he wants to become for his goal-scoring 100 international field for FC Goa (in ISL) and linked available first to National Clubs in the spending money due to out the other side of this.” the AIFF president one day, while abilities. matches, picked India up with the upfront has been fan- Health Service (NHS) Championship, League the financial impact of the Frampton, 33, echoed a answering questions on Facebook. The current and FC Goa player tastic. He is also in the national workers and patients,” One and League Two were pandemic. suggestion from Tyson “At the moment I am focussing AIFF president Brandon Fernandes as team.” Bevan told the BBC. sent a letter by the Football The Northern Irish Fury’s promoter Bob Arum “Once that’s happened, League this week revealing fighter also expects people about the likely need to by all means let’s access it that the governing body to be slow to return to sta- reduce the cost of tickets to in sport.” hope to complete the sea- diums in case there is still encourage fight fans to $8$8 P Football has already son this summer despite a risk of catching the virus. return. been shelved for a month the on-going pandemic. Frampton, a former “I’m glad that a pro- The 2020 International confirmed the cancellation in a let- 5 due to the virus which has But Bevan insists boss- super-bantamweight and moter has said that. The Champions Cup (ICC) football ter to fans, noting that the health and killed nearly 9,000 people es should have been con- featherweight world cham- UK ticket prices are astro- tournament has been cancelled due safety of players, staff and fans Aaron Ramsey and things like that in Britain. sulted. pion, is also concerned fel- nomical compared to to the ongoing global coronavirus would take priority. might have recently and shooting. Football League chiefs “You’re going to have low boxers in the lower lev- America. It’s definitely pandemic, organisers have “The lack of clarity of when joined Juventus from “You don’t need believe they can finish the to get the support of the els will be forced out if something that needs to be announced. social distancing and shelter- Arsenal, but he can- me to tell you how season in 56 days once it is coaches and managers. You prize money drops. thought about,” Frampton The ICC is a series of pre- in-place restrictions will be not stop praising good or driven he is, safe to resume. do not do that by not talk- “It might take a long said. season friendly matches that lifted and the uncertain inter- teammate Cristiano he’s unbelievable, he’s “We’re not really going ing to them,” Bevan said. time to recover. I’m talking “If you suddenly put a take place primarily in North national football calendar Ronaldo, calling him one of the greatest in to see more accurate fore- “You’re going to have months and possibly years fight on once this is all over America and Asia, and has fea- with the potential for unbelievable. the history of the casting about when we can to get the goodwill of the away from getting it back to how are people going to tured some of the world’s European domestic leagues In an Instagram game.” get on the pitch until the players because you’re what it once was,” afford it if the pricing isn’t biggest teams since the tour- and UEFA tournaments being Live with singer and Earlier, Juventus end of April,” added Bevan. going to have at least three Frampton told BBC Radio reasonable?” nament’s inception in 2013. played into August, means songwriter Niall goalkeeper Wojciech “In Germany, if you weeks of training to get Five Live on Saturday. Frampton was prepar- Already, planned summer planning a Men’s Horan, Ramsay said: pitches. He’s a winner, Szczesny praised his look at discussions about back on the pitch at least. “In my position most ing for a planned world title competitions like Euro 2020, the International Champions Cup this “He’s an exceptional wants to win every teammate saying that coming back in May, that’s “The most important of the money and the purse bout against WBO super- Copa America and the Olympics summer is unfeasible,” he said. athlete. He’s first in single game, every the Portuguese “is probably a direct result of thing guiding every princi- I received comes from TV, featherweight champion have been postponed and now the “We look forward to bringing the gym, he goes small-sided game, obsessed with win- some very clear thinking ple is health, and getting but there are guys fighting Jamel Herring slated for ICC has joined that list. the best clubs and most iconic through his whole whatever it is, then ning and he thinks from their government back on the pitch without on non-televised shows mid-June, but there is no Danny Sillman, chief executive matchups in the world to the US and routine first and then he’ll be out there prac- just about work, even because they’re doing ensuring fully-fit players is that need bums on seats new date for the clash. of organisers Relevent Sports Group, Asia in 2021,” he added. IANS he's out onto the tising his free-kicks on trainings”. IANS 50,000 tests a day. a very big call to make.”
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Those days were just right --/ - 9 Loveyatri, it was like teenage kind of society. He doesn’t need to be perfect. I I didn’t expect. I am happy and excited for having and maintaining good rela- romance now when I did Manjha, I want to experiment with that, now that people like the audio and the lyrics tionships. 7/ ./-7/5/ changed my approach and my physique. whether I will land such a role is a dif- and the song by and large. Because it is Now, once can find a partner or social ,. / 9 I had to look like a mature man. So, I ferent conversation altogether. different from the kind of music that is media. The chase and the desire to be need to keep working hard and improv- Does that mean you would like to play coming out these days. with your partner is lost in a way. . -76/-7* ing myself. No actor at any point can say a character like Kabir Singh? The song talks about the love for kites Couples, even if they are together, are /F/ .-7"55* that I have learnt it all. 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Having said that, there is also a side of the Talktime evolving with work with her? / -5F/- What are some of the milestones that society who are not influenced of what AAYUSH SHARMA every decade. She is an extremely pleasant person you aim to achieve? we are doing and they do certain things. With the to work with. She brings a lot of positive / ../ I want to bring in new things with What is right and wrong is a parameter He made his debut with Loveyatri in 2018. evolving energy on the sets. This is my first expe- every project that I do. I want to explore that depends on the relationship of the He now features in the recently released music technology, rience working with her and all I can say the field and just surprise the audience person. The society can’t tell what is right video Manjha. Sharma speaks with we are defi- is she is extremely sweet. She has a lot of with everything that I do. I want to play or wrong, it depends on the relationship Musba Hashmi about the success of the nitely losing humour. And more than everything else, We are all quarantined right now and an antagonist, a grey character and at the end of the day and what people are song, how he is spending time with the essence of a she is an qualified actor. She is a differ- the only thing that is keeping me busy is explore comedy. In the long run, I just okay with and what not. I don’t see any family during the lockdown and basic relation- ent person when the camera is not changing my daughter’s diapers, giving want to come forward and say I have done problem with Kabir Singh because such ship. When was I rolling and the moment the director says her food, carrying her around, spending it all. The milestone I want to achieve is characters are already there, you can’t roles that attract him a teenager, that time ‘action’ she becomes serious and just gets time with Ahil (son) and watching ani- that a person should turn around and say deny the existence of such characters. I we didn’t have social into the skin of the character. At times, mated movies with him. That’s what I am that we cannot imagine Aayush in just don’t mind playing a character like Kabir media, there was no direct I used to make funny faces in between the doing until the lockdown is over and post one thing. He can do everything out there. Singh. The kind of success the film has way of getting in touch with the shots to make her laugh. But she just this, once everything is settled in the What kind of roles attract you? seen shows that people do associate one you love. If somehow one is to sticks around her character and didn’t country we will be revealing the pre-pro- Like I said, I want to play a grey char- with him. If not, they wouldn’t have manage their contact number, then the even pass a smile. duction of my next film, which I am very acter. Films are very much made keeping decided to see the film. It shows that they confusion was how to call them up, what What is keeping you busy these days? excited about. The announcement shall in mind what appeals to the maximum understand that such characters do exist.
here is a difference between dis- ability and inability. While some P Tfail to identify it and surrender themselves to the circumstances, oth- ers decide to walk an extra mile and Q overcome the challenges that time has posed on them. A case in point is Aditi Sharma, a 20-year-old hearing impaired from Madhya Pradesh. She is a kathak dancer and is pursuing Bachelor of Fine Arts. She recently won the title of Miss Deaf India International 2020, organ- ised by Wheeling Happiness Foundation, a brainchild of Devika Malik and co-founder Deepa Malik, and All India Deaf Arts and Cultural Society (AIDACS). “I feel comfortable in expressing my inner beauty through modelling,” she says. Sharma never had any apprehen- sions in taking up the field, all thanks to her sky high confidence. “I stepped in to the field because this is what makes me happy. I am performing kathak since my childhood and have been on stage many times, therefore I built up that confidence in me over time,” Sharma tells you. Another reason behind Sharma’s confidence is her family who supports )#5/#75#,#! her through thick and thin. “My fam- ily has been extremely supportive. My ((N# / father learned tabla and kathak todas for my kathak practice, my mom ! $8$8L& ) ! ? $8$8L) @ ! ? $8$8L : ! $8$8L3 3 /#!171#.;7# " learned speech therapy to help me and my elder brother, Ankit Sharma, who others are trying to convey and at times is working in the US is my partner in I receive phone calls which I can’t crime,” she says. answer and have to depend on my fam- Coming from a small town, ily for that. But I cannot run from these What is the latest single about? Sharma faced many difficulties in 5#'1+0' things. All I can do is to accept the fact It is a sad song about a boy who is put in a friend zone, a story finding a training institute for kathak. and never let anything pull me down,” of many people out there. It has beautiful lyrics. Usually, I put out That’s when she decided to take the dig- he asserts. a song every Valentine’s Day and even during monsoon season. ital route. “I tried finding training insti- ../% $#!$!$ % : !# * Beauty is something you acquire But this time instead of releasing it on that day, I decided to release tutes in my city, but couldn’t find any. naturally, everyone is beautiful in one post the day. That’s when my family advised me learn ! )% ) or the other way, he says. “For me inner You have composed the song as well. How did that happen? it online and it worked,” she tells you. beauty is more important than physi- I have always been singer-song-writer-composer. In between Sharma had to go through a lot of March 14, 2020. All this recognition up my mind to do modelling,” Ramesh cal one. But still there are a lot of peo- I collaborate with songs. But when it comes to independent songs, indifferent behaviour in school. “I have brought about a positive change tells you. ple who value both equally and there’s I compose all my songs. Tere Zikr, one of my biggest hits has also faced a lot of difficulties in class. It was in the behaviour of people towards me,” Like any other person, he too was is nothing wrong in it. The key is to been composed by me. There are others who pen down the words hard for me to understand what the she tells you with a smile. / ! a bit apprehensive to explore the know what suits you. Nothing expen- but for Kaash Aisa Hota besides composing it, I have written it as teacher was saying or teaching. I used Another man who stole the lime- ! ! unchartered waters. “Being a special sive can make you look good unless it well. to feel alone and left out. My classmates light at the event and won the title of / person, I had the feeling that may be I go well with your personality and I understand that you have been releasing a Valentine’s Day thought that I was abnormal. It was dis- Mr Deaf India International 2020, is couldn’t pick up beats and match my physique. So anything that makes you and monsoon single for the last 5 years. Any particular reason? heartening,” she recalls. Ramesh R. A 24-year-old from a village steps with the music while on the ramp. look good is fashion and in trend,” he Like every festival people prepare for the festivities, I do a song But now things have changed. — Sivasubramaniyapuram in ! But like people say — Practice makes opines. for February and July. My fans wait for the song. People know that People have started recognising and Tirunelveli district, Tamil Nadu is able / a man perfect. I too overcame all the He has a piece of advice for those I will release a song on monsoon and Valentine’s Day. It has become respecting her. “After I won the title, to live his dreams through modelling < challenges,” he tells you. who fear to rise above the challenges. a tradition. They even know the date and the time I will release it. there was a change in people’s behav- but is still searching for a permanent Ramesh doesn’t like to recall the “Don’t follow the herd. Know who you No song for winters and summers since I am busy singing for iour towards me. They understood that job. “I had that self-confidence since my ! hardtimes whatsoever. For him what are, do what you like to and follow your Bollywood (laughs). I was not abnormal but specially- childhood that even I can present / $ defines one’s personality or destiny is passion. Challenges are there in every- Is it tough to keep a balance between Bollywood and indie abled and there’s nothing to feel myself well in front of others. Clicking / passion. “With passion nothing is hard one’s life but remember that every space? ashamed of. I got felicitated by Thavar selfies was my favourite pastime and I or impossible. I love the field I am in ordeal has a solution. Try to find it. If It is not tough. This is because I am particular about the kind Chand Gehlot, cabinet minister of received a lot of compliments on my L so it gradually became easy for me to not, then just believe in that it will van- of project I take up for the industry. I don’t take up a song just for Social Justice for winning. Saksham, an picture from friends and family. I make my way. Having said that, as being ish one day or the other. Follow an opti- the sake of it. I do because I identify with it. organisation that works for divyangjan knew that I can try my hand at mod- differently abled, I have to face certain mistic approach in life and see every- Why is it that most love songs centre around break-ups? (differently abled people) honoured me elling but that compliments came as a problems in communication. day as a new beginning. Lastly, never Love is a pure form of emotion. Any pure form of emotion as the State Brand Ambassador on validation for me. That’s when I made Sometimes, I can’t understand what lose faith in yourself,” he tells you. brings sadness and happiness. Love songs that are on a happy note as just as popular. Sad songs on the other hand touch the hearts of the people. I make sad songs because I want people out there ) " who are upset feel that there is someone out there who understands them and it with them. I want my songs to be like a friend to the 07)#G'1H7;;5 people. - .- .9 Do you think that music connects people at a personal level? " I was sceptical before. But when my songs started becoming popular, I was not able to gauge if there was a connect with the people even if the song was a hit. But for the last one year, after I % 0 D started doing concerts, I came to realise that people find a con- E! nect. My song Tu Mileya has no video, just an audio and when I sing that song people cry. This is an emotional moment for me. I )! 3 +$)( C )$) now know that they live the song. )! $ ;! What is the good, bad and ugly of the situation where two- 3) ,!!#) 3#% , !%% !8 ;2 ) three singers sing the same song? ,! = ) # 3A?#% , !%% 8 ;2 ) Earlier, people used to have one composer. Now, you have four- )! 3 7 #% 3 %!! % # 8 ;2 ) five composers and each has a favourite voice that they want to ! )! $ ;:1 .!) !%!#8 322 ) use. Some time, you have one composer and four-five singers. This ,! = ) ,! 8 12 ) depends on the makers and what they are looking for. More peo- )#&+ ; ) 5 %! 8 ?2 ) ple means more people get a chance. Also, this keeps the artist on " ;:1 ,#) 8 = ) his toes. ! ! !%% 8 = ) What is the attraction of doing independent songs? !% % A!$#( !%% 8 = ) One main reason is to connect with the fans. I have been doing ,# % A!$# ! $ )#&+ 8 G# $!)$ ) !!( independent songs for the last nine years. There is more freedom $ %( . 8 G# ! ) #*! in this space. 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First because it contains beta-glucan, calming that has wreaked havoc all over the world from instance, to consume no more than one a fibre with potent immunity boosting activity every spreading. So how does one stay safe ? Is there processed food item a day. That should be a properties and second because it delivers the day — gardening, even a way? Well clearly information is the key. good start. difficult to score trace mineral selenium that cooking, pickling, Thankfully, a few things have been Fourth, boost your immunity. Strong has a powerful positive effect on our immune solving puzzles, craft, substantiated by now. So it is only safe to follow immunity helps. It could well be the difference system. sewing, meditating, what is known and understood. between you catching the infection or not, and ● Chickpeas: Time to bring back khatte chole reading that pile of books First of which, without doubt, is the fact if you do catch it, then in deciding the severity on the menu. That’s because chickpeas deliver a on your bedside. that social distancing or staying away from of the symptoms and your pace of recovery. A .8):4+D,:820) lot of antioxidants and mineral zinc that helps Sixth, sleep. Yes, it’s important. Just like our other humans is the best known way to avoid thriving immunity is, in fact, your best ally in to control inflammation in your body. schedules for eating, working and exercising, it infection. Simple solution for that is to stay put these trying times. It is the body’s ability to ● Garlic: Swallowing a clove, or two of crushed is important to follow a regular sleep routine. It in your homes to stay safe. That’s the mantra protect itself from foreign invaders like viruses, garlic every morning was a norm earlier, and can help keep you calm, in a better mood and that needs to be taken very seriously — chant it disease and infection. It is a system that for good reason. Garlic stimulates the activity of with more stamina, plus help maintain a sense and practice it, strictly. After all your life may constantly patrols our body to detect and “natural killer cells” and thus helps destroy of normality. By the way, sufficient sleep doesn’t depend on it. destroy infectious microbes. viral-infected cells. Garlic also contains sulfur just allow your body to recuperate, it also Secondly, soap and water are our first line Since we can’t just depend on the natural )-84;20++,) which assists the body with zinc absorption. boosts the immune system. During the slow- of defence. And a very effective one at that. So immunity that we are born with, specially ● Sweet potato: There’s a reason why wave sleep phase, neurotransmitters are wash your hands obsessively and don’t be because we keep devaluing it due to our toxic shakarkandi ki chaat was so popular. Sweet released and the immune system springs into embarrassed about getting obsessive about lifestyle, it is important to keep optimising its potato is high in vitamin C, which is a brilliant action. Sleep deprivation during this time can hygiene. Washing with the soap is found to be function — all the time, and specially now with antioxidant and also delivers a lot of vitamin A, affect your health negatively, seething you can even more effective than using a sanitiser. The the threat of coronavirus on our heads. an ace immunity-boosting vitamin. In fact, one afford these days. virus is a self-assembled nanoparticle and the We must take this crisis as a wake up call to medium sweet potato provides your body with Seventh exercise every day. Exercise makes weakest link is the lipid bi-layer. When you begin working on our immunity proactively. To the complete recommended daily allowance of us feel good and is also linked to better sleep wash your hands with soap it dissolves the fatty share a food list that would help you boost your 820;54+D82R-*,8-;3 vitamin A and then some. and reduced stress and anxiety. Agreed you membrane and the virus falls apart thus immunity, people who eat the most fruit and )+;8/0;)-82;2 ● Mushroom: This food was probably not part can’t move out and all the gyms are closed, but becoming “inactive”. So please wash your hands vegetables have the healthiest lung function. of your traditional food platter, but it makes there lots that one can do at home. For instance, and keep washing them! Our lungs need all the support as this organ is sense to include it now. This is one of the rare you can: Third, and equally important, is to eat clean the biggest casualty in this pandemic. The food sources of vitamin D, a vitamin essential ● Walk in the house. Break that up into three and right, Our body is under assault from a connect is due to vitamins C and E that this for good immunity. Plus it helps increase the 10 minute sections — 10 minutes in the deadly virus. And if there is one thing one must food group delivers in plenty — both are production of cytokines in the body, the cells morning, 10 in the afternoon, and 10 in the do right, it is to begin eating clean. There are known immunity boosters and thus help ward that help fight off infection, and contains evening. There are online classes being offered enough red flags about processed foods to off flu. Here’s a list of easy, inexpensive foods polysaccharides, compounds that support our for everything — yoga, pilates, dance teachers convince anyone who values their health, to go that you need to include regularly in your diet :3/*+D--:3 immune system. — some for free. Look them up and follow. off them. And this holds true specially now, to boost your immunity: 3/03,/4 Back to the pointers, fifth don’t forget your ● Walk up and down the stairs in your home, when we need to give the body all the help ● Amla: This humble, inexpensive food is mood. It is important to understand that eating or in your building. possible to avoid and fight the virus. Eating actually the richest natural source of vitamin C. healthy is important not only for our physical ● Do some shadow boxing, or jumping jacks, or clean is truly the most effective way to go, to It is a powerful antioxidant and due to its health, but our psychological well being as well. sit-ups, or push-ups. give our body a fighting chance. antibacterial and astringent properties, it helps The best foods for our mental health are ● Play hide and seek with your children. Clean eating means cutting down on to fight against various infections, thus, making generally the healthiest foods. Just follow these ● Do gardening processed foods and eating only real foods. So the immune system strong. steps, and you would be good: ● Housework — moping, cleaning, washing focus on local produce — fresh fruits and ● Flaxseeds: These have always been revered ● Focus on complex carbohydrates, found in clothes etc are good workouts too. vegetables, legumes, nuts and seeds and whole and for good reason. They contain alpha- ,3%3%93,-++2/4 fruit, vegetables, whole grains and lentils. These Eighth, maintain social connection. Now grains, keep an eye on sodium, and cut down linolenic acid, omega-3 fatty acid and -+D:4+D,583 nourish our body and mind, as they release more than ever, we need our friends — even if on sugar, and meat consumption. And just stop phytoestrogens called lignans — all these .;-:/382:820) energy slowly and help to stabilise our mood. we can’t really go meet them. Social interactions eating out of packets, cans and tins. This will ingredients are important for an efficient ● Eat foods high in vitamins A, B, C, D and E, don’t have to be face to face to be meaningful. also help to keep the weight in check. immune system. as well as the minerals — iron, zinc and The need of the hour is to invent and pursue Another benefit you can score during this ● Lemons: Lemons are the ideal food for selenium. Get in enough B vitamins, found in new ways social connectivity. Meet up through time is that you be able to break your addiction restoring acid alkali balance. It helps maintain green vegetables like broccoli and spinach, video calls — you could organise a virtual to processed foods. All processed foods are the body’s internal “climate” at a pH which beans, bananas, eggs, poultry, fish and beetroot, dinner via apps like Zoom, Google Hangouts, designed to be addictive, to attack the reward supports healthy bacteria instead of the viruses as they are needed for the functioning of the or take a friend on a virtual walk or do a centre of the brain, and not really to provide and harmful bacteria which thrive in more happiness chemicals, serotonin and dopamine. housebound activity together, like craft or you nutrition. So be careful, take a good look at acidic environment. Get lemons and make 89+A38//-8<38,3 Their deficiency is in fact linked to depression. drawing. what you are eating, and start pruning the toxic some lemonade everyday. +54+D,:38/-: ● Care for your gut. The state of our gut has an The writer is a Delhi-based weight manage- foods from your diet. 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We need to learn that our empow- ered soul is the one who is really fac- ing our challenges. If we connect with our empowered soul, we will overcome all fears and gain a lasting sense of peace and security. Our empowered soul, being one with God, is there for us. It is there to help us through the challenges of life. We just need to sit in silence and experience our empow- ered soul. Q Meditation is the process by which he threat from the tiniest of the creations of nature we take our attention away from the shows where homo sapiens stand in the scheme of world outside and focus it within our- Tthings of the mighty universe. Pushed to the wall inside selves. In doing so, we defocus from the the homes, the haughty humanity seems to be at its wits end turmoil of our surroundings and con- trying to tone down its ambitions of conquering the sun, the nect with our soul which is a part of moon, the stars and the oceans. Once again, we learn the God, source of all love and all joy. We basic lesson that survival of humanity is a formidable chal- cannot put an end to life’s challenges. lenge that economic prosperity may not help in fighting. But We have no control over the outer uni- against this backdrop comes an important realisation that verse. There is a lot happening in the what our ancestors practiced during the ages which we lost world currently that might not be with- in history and complacence made much more sense than in our control. But there is something what we thought, inebriated by the power of modern sci- that is within our control. Amidst the ence. As the pleasant and mild Namaste becomes the norm uncertainty and ambiguity, we can con- replacing a hot and vigorous handshake, we understand the trol our attitude. What we can do is face importance of social distancing. The present scenario takes these challenges with a sense of fear- me back more than 5 decades in the time machine when my lessness so that we are not incapacitat- mother had quarantined me after the infection from chick- ed by fear and despair. What we can en pox virus and those painful and itchy eruptions had made do is take a break from constantly read- life miserable. I was lodged in a room where only my moth- ing, watching or listening to news sto- er would enter and give whatever was required. No outsider ries, including social media and spend was allowed to visit the house nor anyone from the house time in meditation and experiencing would leave station. It made little sense to me as I had start- our empowered soul. This is the time ed studying everyday science in my standard 6 class. But my here is a lot of turmoil in the birthright. There is a place you can go of life are temporary. They will pass. for us to be positive, and to spread pos- Quarantine was religiously followed in the name of Goddess world right now. Television, to relax far away from the sadness and When you see for yourself that there itivity around us. Shitala and no chappals were allowed. My clothes would be newspapers, magazines, suffering. You can renew your spirits is a place of peace and joy within, you The upliftment we receive in taken and dipped in boiled water. The treatment, though blogs, the internet, smart- and come in contact with a place free are strengthened with fortitude to pass meditation stays with us throughout largely palliative would involve warm water in which Neem phones, tablets, and all from sorrows. through the difficult times knowing the day. This may not change the outer leaves ware soaked to wash my face and body, and a few otherT devices, are buzzing with break- Where can you find that place free that happiness is accessible to you suffering of the world, but we are able branches of thin Neem twigs with new leaves to brush and ing news about the catastrophe that we of sorrows? That place free of sorrows within. to spend some time daily in a place of fan the rashes that had erupted. It all appeared so archaic. are dealing with today. It’s hard to go is within you. It is a place where you Through meditation you can find joy and positivity that we can spread But I was given no option. The other regular feature of those through any social media without can connect with the peace of your relief from the sorrows of life. While to others. Our own spirits are lifted and days was that just in the beginning of first month of the Hindu hearing of the suffering that people are soul. You can find relief from the suf- the wheel of life keeps spinning, you we can then make others feel good. calendar, the chaitra month, for the first 7 days we were all undergoing around the world. ferings of life. You can find the peace - 5 "57 - can take some moments to jump off When we realise there is a place free made to drink a few spoonful of juice of Neem leaves which within you by sitting in meditation. the wheel to enjoy relief during the of sorrows within, we can help others was too bitter to consume. Again no option. Of course to In meditation, you have a period . .-, 77- time you meditate. You can enjoy a few to access that place too. We see life counter bitterness we were given a few small pieces of sugar The news seems to be filled with of time during which you are not bom- / /5 . - minutes, a half hour, or an hour or two, from a different angle. candy or jaggery. Similarly, there were many such practices the tragedies being faced by the world. barded with news of the sorrows of the free from breaking news of the world’s that appeared meaningless but were religiously followed. One We are continually hearing of existing world. It is a concentrated time when 7-",/ / sufferings. You will get a boost to help thing was always emphasised. The religious significance of and impending financial and econom- you can focus on your soul, on the -5779(- you soar above the realm of suffering, Through meditation we will also those practices that made us adhere to them. As modern sci- ic calamity. The stock markets have spiritual treasures within. Immersed in order to experience realms free of realise that all things are transient in ence now explains the significance of many of those prac- crashed. The very thought of health within, you are filled with peace and / - .75 . pain and sorrow. life. This knowledge can help us tices we come to realise that our ancestors, too, had wisdom danger to us and our close ones is caus- joys. ./(/"-/ / maintain a sense of balance when we and scientific temper. It was our attitude towards those prac- ing immense worry and anxiety. face the highs and lows of life. We can tices and the assumptions ingrained in our minds that West A lot of us have started believing /-,- stay at an even keel through the was best led to dismissing our traditional knowledge as triv- that life brings nothing but sorrows. 7---7 5 These are stressful and confusing storms and sunny days of life by find- ial. But we need to revisit the treasure trove of our tradition- People facing these challenges accuse In meditation, you can experience times for many of us. Fear and anxi- ing a calm center. We can reach this al knowledge and use them scientifically. Traditional knowl- life of bringing only suffering. Is that calm and bliss. You realise that with- /9*-/5 ety can be overwhelming and cause still point through meditation. edge and modern scientific information need not be two dis- all life is but a series of disasters strung in you is a place where there is no pain strong emotions in people. Daily life So let us not forget that the cur- crete bodies of knowledge but a Continuum for the benefit together? Is there any cure for the sor- and suffering. Meditation can help you - 75 -9 is disrupted completely for everyone rent situation that we are facing is tem- of humanity. We need to understand, as we struggle to buy rows of life? awaken to the realisation that your ./ -5779 across the globe. People are feeling porary. We will get through this. If we hand sanitisers, that the potash alum the village barber used existence is more than the outer world uncertain about what could happen in sit in silence and remember God daily, as after shave was quite effective and cheap. Similarly, the Q in which your body and mind under- .-5"/"- the coming weeks. Feelings of anxiety, we will not be troubled by this tem- everyday practice of lighting lamps at dusk, with camphor There is a place of safety where go suffering. You have a spiritual side uncertainty and fear are very common porary phase of life. We will find a still pieces, also had a scientific basis. The rituals which we prac- you can find refuge from the sorrows which is connected to the peace and today. People are worried about their center, filled with peace and balance, tice were not just rituals. They had meaning. It is time to reca- of life. There is a life raft to make it happiness within you. own health and the health of their which will provide us with permanent pitulate what has been gradually obliterated from our mem- safely through the stormy seas of life. When you emerge from medita- loved ones. How can we deal with all happiness despite the outer variations ories as a result of interventionist informational onslaught. You can sail away from the sorrows of tion, you see the world in a different our fears under the current circum- of life. 0 ' life to attain the happiness that is your light. You know that the outer sorrows stances? 1 ' ' G 7 9!# ) !# ! ) $# $ ! $ * % ) :#% ! !) !# * 7F-7* # 1% %%! !!# $!) !! $ !% * / 7/.5/ ave you wondered about why times. As for the proverbial question of the world is in such a mess right glass half-full or half empty, I would always Hnow? Why has the climate be grateful for it being half-full and be total- change become such a burning issue? ly pumped up to make it completely full. Why has plastic become such a men- The second step that helps one bounce ace? Why are powerful nations compet- back is abandoning the fear of failure. The ing with one another rather than co- truth is that most of us are too afraid of fail- operating? The answer is that perhaps ure, too afraid of being labeled foolish or they are trying to become bigger than dumb. This fear never really allows us to others. Let us examine this issue using express ourselves in a free-flowing manner. an example that will shed light on this It is like driving a car with the hand-brake question. Heady after the success of a on. Have you ever wondered why certain few films, an upcoming actress began sports teams always choke under pressure ? accepting whatever films were offered Well the reason behind it is that they are too to her. She became ambitious and over-awed by the occasion. Even when they wanted to be the biggest star. Some of are in a winning position, the fear of losing these films were doomed to fail. Surely, continues to lurk in their minds. We have to her health suffered but she ignored the and has succeeded beyond belief. In reality applies here also. God is the one abandon this fear of failure. There is a rea- warning signs and continued till there today’s virus affected world, who is able and only independent entity and wise son why Lord Krishna told Arjun on the was a serious breakdown. Her film to control the situation? Big leaders are persons take His shelter. In the battle-field that ‘Karma’ (action) belongs to career was ruined by her ambition to either themselves stricken or are crying Bhagavad Gita, Lord Krishna has stat- him whereas the fruits of the action belong race to the top. in public regarding their helplessness. ed very forcefully this fact. In case any- to the lord. This basic understanding of the Unfortunately for all those who are Sooner we realise the reality of our one wants peace, etc. he or she must take fact that all we have control over is our trying to become big, there are ready severe limitations, being small souls, God’s shelter, otherwise they be ready effort, instills in us a fearlessness. It traps opening up. A small soul will eter- better for everyone that will be. God is to suffer, just as humanity is suffering haracter and resilience of a human strength to keep on going when nothing is strengthens our mind to a point where we nally remain small, a brief period of feel- the only controller and will remain the presently. spirit is truly tested in tough times. working out. As the author of the recently are so consumed by the process that we stop ing big does not last long. We see the only one. Have you ever wondered why God has given us a wake up call. We CThose who capitulate in the face of released bestselling novel titled Dhruv — thinking about the result. mighty getting humbled on a regular so few people genuinely take God’s shel- have become godless and damaging the adversity become dispirited and there are Love Story of an Alchemist, which is an ode The third approach is the one that cata- basis. Why don’t we try to become bet- ter? Because they want to control and, very nature, which sustains us. We have also those who tap into something deep to everyone who has survived through pults you to a league of the extraordinary. I ter or simply good, which will help all therefore, endlessly keep on thinking become too addicted to sense pleasures. down and rise above the difficulties. In one tough times, I believe that three things help call it — loving the grind! Those who of us? What is wrong in doing that? about different matters hoping to con- We are in a self-destruct mode. We must voice, they decide to be tougher than the us immensely in bouncing back from accomplish great tasks in life are the ones Bigger does not help anyone, better trol. change our attitude. A small soul can toughest times and rise above to realise abysmal depths. Let’s be honest when we are who can take both the bouquets as well as does; good does. This brings me to the third major never either become big or become con- their destiny. How do they do it? It is not hit by adversity in our gut, it pains and it the brickbats with equal grace. They love the Similar is the problem of becoming fault of us, we humans wish to be troller or absolutely independent. God because they are biologically or genetically pains hard. I suggest we should initially crests as well as the troughs cause most controllers. It is a natural tendency for absolutely independent. Being indepen- occupies that position. We, small souls, different. What is different is their mental accept the pain for what it is but we should importantly they love the game of life. Every human beings. We try to control events dent as far as maintaining self goes is should accept this reality. It is never too conditioning and the will to win. be quick to re-group ourselves and start adversity for them is an opportunity to rise and we are unable to do so in the ulti- fine, because one should, but when we late. God gives ample opportunities to The reason some people give up too preparing for a bounce back. above to the next level. They push the enve- mate sense. Couple of examples will don’t wish to accept God’s position, we reform ourselves. As a small soul, our easily is that they either indulge in self-pity The first approach that always helps is lope, they are pumped up all the time and help here too. Silver has been a target are in serious trouble like right now. hope to exist well in this impermanent and paint themselves as victims or they just having gratitude. Stepping back and count- when the hovering dark clouds of adversity for many investors; they have tried to Why is social distancing necessary in miserable world (9.33) is to take God’s don’t feel that their cause is worth fighting ing your blessings gives us immense pass by, they shine like the stars above. purchase large stocks of the precious today’s troubled time? Why not contin- shelter. (18.62) I have personally real- for and so they choose the easy route of giv- strength in bouncing back. As long as one’s These hustlers keep hanging in there metal, and have hoped to manipulate its ue to do what pleases us as we were ized this truth and am beginning to reap ing up. Truth is that your dreams, your health is intact, gratitude is the key to during the toughest times cause they know price to their advantage. Time and again doing. Why submit to lock downs? Why some of its benefits. Please take advan- hopes and your right to live a meaningful immense mental strength and it fires up our that the darkest nights produce the brightest they have failed in their attempts. On even Presidents and Prime Ministers are tage of God’s instructions. life is always worth a fight. The moot point spirit to soaring heights. It is the secret drug stars! the other hand, Bill Gates has chosen submitting to restrictions on what they C however remains — how does one get the that makes one fearless in the face of testing 1 ' to serve the humanity in a sincere way can do and they shouldn’t? The same G4 uvitiut ) ( % 211616 ! - ! ! !
hina is on its own course. CThis year it is completing the 71st year of its Independence. From Mao Zedong to Xi Jinping, China has travelled a long distance. Dispelling fears among the world powers that its rise is absolutely peaceful. Despite its domestic problems and mount- ing global challenges, the coun- try’s communist leadership has been able to make friends and allies and keep the enemies at bay so far. However, its neigh- bours in the Asian continent and the rest of the world view China with suspicion. China is working hard to ensconce herself in a desired global order so that dominant powers, like the US, find it dif- ficult to drag her away. Following the teachings of Sun Tsu, the veteran Chinese war strategist, Taoist philosopher and general of the 6th century BCE, the successive Chinese leaders have been able to over- come troubles since its birth as an Independent nation on October 1, 1949. Mao Zedong, known pop- ularly as “Chairman Mao” who ruled China from 1949 to 1976, established a Communist regime and ruled the country with iron fists. Marking a stark contrast from the then existing Communist regime in the USSR which was purely based on the teachings of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, Mao pro- claimed his brand of socialism as “socialism with Chinese characteristics”. But then in reality, this socialism was none other than a kind of socialism that reflected Marxism- Leninism adapted to the Chinese circumstances. During Mao’s “Great Leap Forward” from 1958-1962, as many as 45 million people died from his failed attempt to convert small family firms to communes while pushing them into steel production at the same time. And another disas- ter that Mao heralded was the “Cultural Revolution” from ( ' 0 I= M? N ' 9 ' ' ? 7 &,, &0 1966 to 1976. What Mao did was another blot on the mod- ern Chinese history. He indeed surpassed the record of the defaulters under his very nose Today it has been realised ing its business and allowing rapid economic development. try’s current strategy seems His over-ambitious One country’s first emperor Quin even as he is raging a war that the 5G network developed people to come out. If it is so, All other major powers, Britain benign and calm. But it Belt One Road (OBOR), China Shi Huang, who buried 460 against corruption, misman- by China with at least its three Beijing must come out openly and France, Germany and remains unclear the course Pakistan Economic Corridor scholars alive thinking them as agement and nepotism. At this telecom giants is 20 times and help the rest of humanity Japan, the United States and the that China will follow if its cur- (CPEC) and rapid encircling of P threats to his power. juncture, the Western econo- faster than 4G network. The 5G to stop this menace. If it is not Soviet Union, have engaged in rent “peace and development” India in and around the Indian However Mao’s campaign mists come to realise that network can enable better con- doing this, there must be some outward expansion, assertion, strategy fails to succeed. Ocean are simply starting new to eradicate both cultural relics China’s state- owned enter- nectivity among all kinds of ulterior motive behind the and imperialism coincidental When we flip through the great game in the continent. O P and the traditionalism they prises could easily devour bad devices starting from smart- spread of the virus. Only time, with or immediately following pages of history, what we expe- High investments in Maldives, bring and academic intellectu- loans the way it can’t be phones to driverless cars. On adequate scientific research the years in which it went rience is more of a pessimistic Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bangladesh, alism led to the killing of near- thought of in a market econo- the other hand, the 5G network and smart intelligence could through rapid industrialisa- scenario of China’s rise. In Myanmar, and finally making ly 46,000 scholars. And this my. Many analysts believe that developed mostly privately and establish the fact in due course tion and economic growth. 2006, John Mearsheimer, in his Pakistan an all-weather friend eventually brought down Chinese banks may have ten regulated by the federal and of time. No reason exists to think that seminal article in the “Current can be regarded as the begin- industrial production by 14 per times more bad loans than they state agencies in the US has Keeping these in mind, the acquisition of economic History” rightly highlighted ning of a new war theatre in the cent in 1967. Though Mao era actually report in public and to been allowed to play a much today it is uncertain whether and military power will not that China’s rise would not be sub-continent. ended with more of chaos and the outside world. smaller role than the Chinese China’s rise will be absolutely have comparable effects on peaceful. It is very much evi- China’s rise or re-emer- internal disorder, China had The ongoing trade war ones. These all have added to peaceful. In fact, it can’t be China”. This indicates that dent from the policies and gence can be laced with high HH made its unique mark in the between the US and China the growing business war judged solely by its rhetoric or China will have a direct strategies adopted by Xi since probability of big falls for sure. comity of nations. revolves around many key between the US and China. It its politically framed narratives encounter with the West or the time he took over from Hu The threat of a Red China as By 1979, Deng Xiaoping issues. But initially President may be a conspiracy on the released by the Communist with the rest of the established in 2012. propagated by the West during 1 adopted the historic “Open Donald Trump was really part of the Western Party. When we go by the tra- dominant powers in interna- He has rightly moved from the Cold War era cannot be Door Policy” which spear- unhappy about the fact that Governments and trading ditional liberal and conserva- tional politics. the earlier strategy of peaceful brushed aside. Its journey from 3 headed the process to bring in American export to China was companies to pull down a tive frameworks offered by Hu Jintao, the predecessor rise to his grand “China peaceful rise to peaceful devel- a real economic miracle in the more than $540 billion where- Chinese company that is fast global experts, what we gath- of Xi, advocated for “peaceful Dream” wherein he aspire his opment is today viewed with country. However the biggest as China to the US was $120 taking both their business er from them is that a country rise” and “peaceful develop- nation to be simply a globe- apprehension in many irony was that the Communist billion per annum in 2018. But space and network. will be willing to use peaceful ment”. But many international trotter very much like him. quarters. China could not find its mira- this trade war includes range of The Covid-19, a Chinese means to resolve any conflict observers remained puzzled China has re-emerged for Its money, muscle power ?? cle within the tenets of its very other controversial issues such originated epidemic from the situation provided it is in the as to whether this was a tacti- quite some time when the and authoritarian leadership all own trilogy of Marxism- as theft of intellectual proper- heart of its wet market in national interest of the nation. cal or strategic move in that world has witnessed almost the together have given what it has ?? Leninism-Maoism, but finally ty rights to state subsidies. Wuhan, has taken a deadly toll But then history does not time or for future. downfall of the liberal order. achieved today. Its attempt to rediscovered it in the heart of Around the same time, the across the world. Today many bear any single route for a Also it was broadly dis- Many say the West has experi- expand beyond borders can capitalism only. The China controversy around the tech- in the West and around the nation to become a dominant cussed around the world enced in many of its countries create insecurity not only for advocates boastfully say that nologies made by Huawei, a world are simply branding this power with a peaceful rise. And whether such a strategy is the rise of the illiberal order. itself but also for the rest of the the country’s success comes Chinese software giant came to new virus as a kind of “bio- herein the rise of China cer- going to last or to be changed And around the same time, the world. from an effective hybridisation the forefront of trade tensions logical weapon” launched by tainly raises some pertinent as per the global and regional Eurozone is facing a debilitat- If China is strictly follow- of both capitalism and social- between America and China. China to put the rest, especially questions as to its real inten- situation demands. ing financial crisis accompa- ing what Sun Tsu said many ism. And it’s not simply China’s The US suspicion regard- the US and Europe, behind. tions while engaging the rest of Alongside, many sceptics nied by a looming Brexit crisis. centuries back: “the supreme & + taste of capitalism. For exam- ing Huawei predated the cur- Some of the China sceptics the world. While echoing the argued that when China Undoubtedly, China has art of war is to subdue the ple, the hallmark of such rent trade dispute but the legal are labelling this disease as a postulations of American the- obtains primacy in the global filled this gap. Its doom as pre- enemy without fighting and all ,- hybridisation could be direct- battle around the arrest of the new type of “Red War” or orist Hans J Morgenthau, one affairs, will it continue to seek dicted by many liberal theorists warfare is based on decep- ly pointed out at the state- company’s chief financial offi- “Red Threat” released by the can safely say that it is very nat- reciprocal relationships with with its entry into the era of tion”, it would certainly lose the owned enterprises (SOEs) that cer Meng Wenzhou added the Communist leadership in ural that a new rising power other dominant powers and market economy has not so far rare chance of leading world single-handedly dominated the tensions between Trump and Beijing to teach the world a les- will definitely challenge the sta- maintain a benign position in come true. Rather China and once and for all. At this Covid- country’s economy in the Xi. The main controversy son. It is alleged that China has tus quo. And this will lead to the Asian continent. its Communist leadership have 19 moment, China must come beginning, but then their roles behind the Huawei is that its fought the Third World War the rise of the new power less But when we analyse adequately placed its socialist out transparent so that the were gradually reduced in suc- founder, and current CEO, even without fighting a single peaceful unless there is some today’s China and its leader- system in tandem with the global community can repose cessive years. Strikingly, the Ren Zhengfei, was previously bullet. How has this dreaded kind of balance of power to ship, we could visualise two dif- country’s capitalist expansion. faith in its leadership. SOEs once again have received an officer in the People’s virus challenged the scientific tame the new one. While ferent situations: first, the advo- Sadly, with Xi, the country Truly speaking, by the the same treatment now under Liberation Army (PLA). inventions and discoveries that advancing his thesis for a fierce cates of a revisionist China or has seen an extraordinary level beginning of the last decade of the Xi regime. And many companies and have failed to stop its assault on power struggle between the sta- China threat theory clearly of animosity not only with its the 20th century, Wilsonianism What exactly operates in Governments who normally the mankind around the tus quo and the new power, he points out that China will neighbours but also with the seemed triumphant because China is that sovereign help mistrust the Chinese world? Is it not unbelievable strongly rejects the liberal the- obviously try to alter the exist- major powers of the world. He the Russophobia and the preferential financing, and Government and its enterpris- that despite the world fast sis that advances in education, ing global order and its rule and his regime as dubbed cor- Communist ideological trap large subsidies normally offer es veer around the idea that the turning out to be a graveyard, culture, and technologies book as to suit its own rectly as a reincarnation of had been overcome by the cre- a big boost to Chinese firms in Huawei’s huge database of cus- China is opening up the enhance the prospects for demands. “Chairman Mao” is simply dentials of liberal democracy. comparison to firms in other tomers may be used by Beijing Wuhan wet market and busi- peace and stability. But theo- And in fact, this was done brewing infighting within the But then, with the start of countries. With the coming of for espionage network. ness activities across the Hubei rists such as Samuel P by the major powers in the Party and chaos around the the 21st century, when we Xi in 2012, China has main- The first of such espionage province? Surely, scientific Huntington believe that it is not past. During the time of Hu, overseas territories of China largely encounter a downfall of tained a 6 per cent plus GDP charges came out in 2012. research and technology can the power trajectory but there China was more or less non- such as Hong Kong, Taiwan, the liberal order, an Asian growth. What critics say is Then a US Congressional panel easily find a solution soon for could be an obvious clash with aggressive and today under South China Sea, East China order under the leadership of that he has done it at the cost concluded that both the Covid-19. China from cultural perspec- Xi, the country is fast appear- Sea and most prominently, China (though many in Asia of massive debt. Under his Huawei and ZTE Corporation, China’s fast opening of the tives. ing to take a more dominant within the country in the will simply reject Beijing’s men- tutelage, the building of ghost a rival Chinese telecom com- Wuhan province seems little Huntington argues that rule, taking the advantage of restive province of Xinxiang. torship) could have shown a cities and roads have continued pany, could pose a security mysterious when the whole “China’s history, culture, tradi- the decline of the US and the His truly authoritarian new path to the international in the name of expanding threat to the country. And it world is grappling with the fear tions, size, economic EU’s roles at major global plat- style of functioning and mak- community. It seems China infrastructure facilities and was followed by the UK, of a virus originated in that city dynamism and self-image all forms and circumstances. ing him the President for life may rightly lose the same. increasing employment oppor- Australia, New Zealand, etc, by only. It means China must impel it to assume a hegemonic That’s why many of these i.e. lifting the two years presi- tunities. His regime has allowed excluding Huawei and the ZTE have made a new drug to con- position in East Asia. This China threat theorists under- dential terms is indicating the (The writer is an expert on &@ &2))&@& select companies to remain as from their 5G network. trol the virus and hence restart- goal is a natural result of its lined the point that the coun- return of a Mao-era. international affairs) 95 7/-/ /F-95 5/ /F-,5 -,- . / --5-"-- axu ! ,5"57 -75 95 K-75 ) ( % 211616
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42 1 .7 . .-5 directly or indirectly been affected. The distant planets to figure out their future present pandemic has overtaken the implications in the world and over our obody, not even doctors were ings of large scale. In fact, ever since entire world. country. aware of coronavirus before it Uranus, in course of its periodic motion, Having said that, let me make it I am afraid, the impact of Uranus Ntrapped the whole world into its entered Aries sign in April 2017, I have clear, Uranus alone can’t play that big a won’t be over even after this pandemic is fold. Only after pandemic broke out that been wondering its probable implications devil. Other planets carrying negative brought under control. It has still to stay the medical scientists have begun their in world matters during its seven years of implications have to join hand. In this in Aries for another four years. research to find the right medicine and stay there. For, earlier during Uranus’s respect, Pluto is believed to be most Meanwhile, Saturn and Pluto are there in vaccine to checkmate this menace in transit through Aries sign, have been lethal. Saturn, Mars, Rahu, and Ketu Capricorn sign. Jupiter too is there for a future. So remains true about astrologers marked with major issues confronting forming adverse alignment further add while but will be soon back to Sagittarius also. None could foresee this pandemic. I the world. Bear in mind, when astrologi- on killing propensity. During all sign. Once again, Jupiter will enter could just see possibility of mass death cal chart of the world is drawn, Aries unprecedented events, the chart drawn at Capricorn in November this year. So, from eclipse chart of December 26, 2019. sign is taken as lagna, as it is the first the time of major eclipse during the year, during next year, Saturn will be degree- Now we are trying to analyse data relat- house of natural zodiac. Pluto has been found to be either with wise placed square to Uranus (an adverse ing to pandemics in earlier times to fig- From 1933 to 1940, Uranus was Jupiter, Saturn, or Ketu. placement sometime in 2021. At some ure out planetary alignment pointing to there in Aries. Second world war hap- During 1720 pandemic, Pluto was point of time, Mars may also join hands possibility of such pandemics. Major pened during this period which took there with Jupiter and Uranus. In 1820, with them. Such planetary alignment pandemic broke out every 100 years — about 16 million valuable lives. In the Pluto was with Saturn, another death sig- again points to possibility of a difficult 1720, 1820, 1920, and now in 2020. In process world economy was devastated. nifying planet. In 1920, Pluto was oppo- situation, in what way, time ahead will between also, pandemic broke out on It took years to bring back the economy site Mars in the death indicating 8th speak. So, we can’t afford to be compla- various occasions, already discussed in on rails. Period from 1849 to 1856 is house, which was ill-disposed off to cent. The purpose of this deliberation is one of my earlier issues. marked with Taiping rebellion in China, Uranus. The Sun and Moon were placed not to scare you. It is, however, the need In course of the study, it came out which cost more than 10 million lives. adverse to mischievous Neptune. During of hour to consolidate ourselves as much that the distant planets — Uranus, Pluto, Second British Burma war took place eclipse that happened on December 26, as would be possible, so that we are well and Neptune — play a very important during this period. Crimean war hap- 2019, Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn, and Ketu prepared to take on the challenges ahead role in so far as catastrophic events of pened. Period from 1765 to 1773 is were together on the eclipse axis. The in strength. large dimension are concerned. marked with American revolution. Now result is there to see. More than a million 1 Unfortunately, most of Indian astrologers we are faced with the present pandemic. people have already been found infected. ?? don’t pay any attention to these planets. It is nothing short of a world war like sit- The death toll too has been mounting .+,,8$ CC 22 22 << Fact, however, remains that but for tak- uation. During world wars, apart from every day. The economic recession there- 2 !! +,,,888$# ing them into consideration, it would not the major players in the war theatre, of needs no elaboration. So, we need to 1 ;--,+,,,+LL-MLMLN#F-M,M8"N$N" be possible to explain unusual happen- about 20 to 30 countries would have keep a watch on the movement of the ; G
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