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THE EDITORIAL PAGE SLEW OF DECISIONS TO TACKLE DELHI'S COVID CRISIS Nepal fast-tracks EQUALITYAND EXCELLENCEFOR AftermeetingCM&LG,Shahprescribes: UNIVERSITIES mapBill, brings it BY MANISH SABHARWAL PAGE 8 doubletests,bedsforlessinpvthospitals to Upper House

UNLOCKING THE Surveystomap amid calls for talks ECONOMY contacts, panelto WISHLIST&ROADMAP checkhospitals YUBARAJGHIMIRE BUSINESSASUSUAL ANEXPRESSINTERVIEWSERIES KATHMANDU,JUNE14 VIRENDRA MHAISKAR BY UNNY CHAIRMAN AND MD,IRB KAUNAINSHERIFFM NEPALFAST-TRACKEDSundaythe INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS NEWDELHI,JUNE14 passageofaconstitution amend- ECONOMY, PAGE 13 mentBillto approve thecountry’s FROM DOUBLINGtesting capac- newmap that includes Kalapani, ity in the next 48 hourstoapro- Lipulekh and Limpiyadhura posal to ensure that privatehos- whichfigureinIndianmaps. Arrest shield pitals provide 60 per cent of their The Bill, passedunanimously Covid bedsatlow rates, Union Saturdaybythe House of Home MinisterAmit Shah on Representatives,wastabledinthe for Dua but Sundayspelt out amultipronged RastriyaSabha, the Upper House, strategy forthe national capital, whereseveral members, while SC won’t whichisstruggling to copewith urging the government to the surge in novelcoronavirus “reclaim” the “encroached”terri- quash FIR infections. tories, calledfor early dialogue In viewofreports of shortage with India. EXPRESS NETWORK of hospital beds, Shah an- Movingthe Bill, LawMinister EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE nouncedafter areviewmeeting Shiva Maya Tumbahamphe said NATIONALPRIDE NEWDELHI,JUNE14 that the Centrewill immediately it is a"rare and historic moment" provide 500converted railway Delhi Chief MinisterArvindKejriwal, Lieutenant Governor AnilBaijal, Deputy Chief MinisterManishSisodiaand Health forNepal sinceParliamentis WILL NOT BE THE SUPREME Court Sunday coaches to the Delhi government MinisterSatyendarJain aftermeeting UnionHome MinisterAmitShah,inNew Delhi on Sunday. Prem Nath Pandey “solidly” behindthe government COMPROMISED: grantedprotectionfromarrestto to houseCovid-19patients. in itsattempt to reclaimterritory RAJNATH ON LAC senior journalist Vinod Duaina “Withthis,8,000 more beds currentlyunderIndian“posses- PAGE 7 case of sedition registeredagainst will be available in Delhi and sion”. himinShimla thesewillbeequippedwith allfa- After red flags, Delhi scraps ThepassageoftheBillappears over his YouTube cilities,”Shah postedonTwitter. TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE to be aformality giventhat 50 of Afteritsapprovalby theHouse broadcast on TheHomeMinisterwill chair an the 59 members of the Upper of RepresentativesSaturday, LOCKDOWN March30onthe all-party meeting to reviewthe DAY CASES: RECOVERED:1,62,378 |DEATHS:9,195 order converting nursing House arefromthe ruling Nepal Prime MinisterKPSharmaOli, Centre's “failure” management of the Covid-19cri- 82 3,20,922 TESTS:56,58,614 | DOUBLINGRATE:18.78** CommunistParty.Members whohadbeenverycriticalof India in implementing sis in Delhi on Monday. homes into Covid facilities cutting across party lines have over the boundaryissue, told re- the Covidlock- On Friday, theSupremeCourt already backedthe Bill. porters: "The firstcourseisnow down. The court, had asked the Delhi government structureatthese facilities. Under the procedurefor dis- over.AndnowdialoguewithIndia Vinod Dua however, de- to explain the reduction in test- SHIVAMPATEL Speaking to The Indian Express cussion and voting on the Bill,72 willbethenextcourse.Iamhappy clinedtostaythe ing numbers in recent days.On NEWDELHI,JUNE14 duringthe day, owners and ad- hoursisrequired forits maturity about this unprecedented unity." FIR againstDua. Sunday, Shah made twospecific ministrators of several nursing afterintroduction. But giventhe Delhi’s immediateresponse Inaspecial sitting conducted announcements:Testing will be ADAY afteritdeclared allnurs- homes had raisedreservations fast-tracking of theBill,thereis was frosty giventhatthe two through video conferencing, the increasedtwofold in the next ing homes in the Capital with ca- about the order —lackoftrained speculation that it maybesent countrieswerestaringatadiplo- courtalso issuednotices to the twodays,and trebledafter six KEYSTATES TOTAL SURGEIN 7-DAYAVG. DOUBLING pacities of 10-49bedsasCovid- staff,medicalequipmentandICUs Wednesday to President Bidhya maticcrisis. Anurag Srivastava, * Centreand the Himachal days;and afterafew days,in TOWATCH CASES 24HRS GROWTH RATE** only, theDelhi government to cater to coronavirus patients; Devi Bhandarifor assent. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Pradesh government, asking Delhi's containment zones, test- ■ Maharashtra 1,04,568 3,427 3.36% 21.42 withdrew the order amid red thefactthatmostsuchcentresare them to file areplyinthe matter ing facilities will be made avail- flags from owners of such estab- locatedinresidential neighbour- ■ Gujarat 23,078 517 2.35% 30.66 within twoweeks. able at eachpolling station. lishments, as well as apprehen- hoods; and that manyofthe doc- “Pendingfurther orders, the Sunday's reviewmeeting ■ Delhi 38,958 2,134 5.02% 14.35 sions raisedduring ameeting on tors areabove 60. Actor SushantSingh petitionershall notbearrestedin wasattendedbyUnion Health ■ Tamil Nadu 42,687 1,989 5.09% 14.14 Sundaymorning between Home Dr NKAggarwal, 71,owner connection with the present MinisterDrHarsh Vardhan, ■ Bihar 6,289 193 3.84% 18.75 MinisterAmit Shahand Chief of the 14-bed Shubham Hospital crime; However, the petitioner... Delhi Lieutenant Governor Anil MinisterArvind Kejriwal. in south Delhi's Kalkaji, who lives Rajput found dead, 454 4.74% shall extend fullcooperation Baijal, Chief MinisterArvind ■ West Bengal 10,698 15.20 Highlyplacedsources said it on the hospitalpremises,said, throughvideoconferencingoron- Kejriwal, and AIIMS Director Dr *Compounded Daily Growth Rate overlast7days**Calculated over 7-daygrowth wassuggestedtothe Delhi gov- “My wifeand Ihavebeen run- linemode,”aBenchofJusticesUU Randeep Guleria. CONCERN CAUTION AGLIMMER ernment during Sunday's meet- ning this hospital and we have police say suicide Lalit, Mohan MShantanagoudar Shah announcedthat house- LADAKH: 104 new HARYANA: Has TRIPURA: More ing that it should reconsider the been looking afteremergency and VineetSaran ordered. to-househealthsurveys would cases on Friday, slowed down abit, than 1,000 cases order since it could lead to mix- and routine careinthe residen- “...the Himachal Pradesh be carriedout in the contain- 198 on Saturday. but now among now, but growth ing of Covid patientswith exist- tial neighbourhood we arein. Police shall be entitledtocarry ment zones to improvecontact Before this, had top 10 states with significantly lower ing non-Covidpatientsatthese We don'thaveanICU or ventila- on the investigation including mapping, and the reportwould only 135 cases highest case load than last week nursinghomes.Besides, sucha tors or trainedstaff forCovid pa- interrogation of the petitioner at be available within aweek.“For Basedondaily data by Centre,ICMR, stategovernments move would also call foran tients. If the government wants, his residence aftergiving him CONTINUEDONPAGE2 upgradation of existing infra- CONTINUEDONPAGE2 prior notice of 24 hours and CONTINUEDONPAGE2 In time of Covid, HC slams Punjab cops: Never use the word Negro

to useit,andmuchlessthepolice”. lan papers presented under such. This is terrible thinking,” SOFIAHSAN Instructing the stateDGP to Section173 CrPC before the trial Justice Raina said. IITs looking at a SUSHANT SINGH RAJPUT CHANDIGARH,JUNE14 immediatelysensitise investi- courtinanNDPS case. This is a Saying visitors or students gating officers and police officers highlyoffensivewordacrossthe from Africa “deservedignity and 1986-2020 semester online SAYINGITis“appalled”thatpo- who recordFIRs, Justice Rajiv globe, and no one has anybusi- respect in aforeign land”, he said licemen in Punjabhavebeen us- Narain Raina, in hisJune 12 or- ness to use it, and muchless the India takespride that it has “peo- ing “theoffensiveterm ‘nigro’ or der,saidthis “unprintable word” police… This brings shame to plesofall coloursofthe skin, four triedcalling him. But he did RITIKACHOPRA ED ‘negro’ while referring to ‘black’ should neverbeused. India and hatred forthe country. ranging from whitetoblack and SAGARRAJPUT notrespond. Aftertwo hours, NEWDELHI,JUNE14 Twokey personsincase papers”, the “I am appalledtofind the The policeappear to have as- aboriginal”. In challan papers &ANUSHREEMAJUMDAR theyreachedout to his sisterin PLAIN E Punjab and Haryana High Court term ‘Nigro’ usedwhile referring sumedthat everyblack is adrug filedbeforeaJalandhar court MUMBAI,JUNE14 Goregaon,” said apolice officer, ● concerns WITH NO end in sight to the EX has said “no one has anybusiness to an Africannational in the chal- peddler and shouldbetreated as CONTINUEDONPAGE2 requesting anonymity. Covid crisis, IITsare looking at ACTORSUSHANTSingh Rajput The sistertoo could notreach conductingonlineclasses till the THE IITS have twomain (34) wasfound dead at his Rajput, and while she wasonher year-end, even as the govern- concerns. Socialdistanc- Bandraresidence in Mumbai waytohis house, the others called ment has tasked acommittee to ing requirementsare In UP huntfor ‘AnamikaShuklas’, two of those Sunday. He is suspected to have akeymaker and openedthe bed- draftacommon minimum strat- tough to implement in committedsuicide. According to room door to find him hanging. egy forreopeningthe 23 premier residential institutions, Mumbai Police officials, he died Rajput’sdeath comes days af- engineering schools. wherestudents share heldshare one story: Poverty, desire for govt job between 10 am and 1pm, and terhis former manager,Disha SeveralIIT directors, who hostelrooms and use therewas no suicidenote. Salian,committed suicide by spoketoThe Indian Express on common bathrooms. graduateinherfamily, whileAnita whose papers were faked, never Sincethe lockdown wasim- jumping offamulti-storey build- condition of anonymity,said the There is aworry over ASADREHMAN Devi, 35,had been struggling to joined duty at the KGBV where posedinMarch,Rajput had been ing in Malad on June 9. comingautumn semester, in all healthcarefacilities and LUCKNOW,JUNE14 raisehersix-year-oldsonsinceher shewas hired, as shehad justde- living in his apartment with two As news about his death likelihood, will be conducted vir- protocol even if one stu- husband’s death.OnSunday liveredachild. She is nowcount- cooks, ahouse helpand hisman- broke, tributes poured in from tuallyfor“continuing”undergrad- dent testspositive on AS POLICE look forthe several evening, police arrested athird ing on aprivate school job to ager.“His cook told us thatafter co-stars, directors and friends. In uatestudentsorthosealreadyen- campus. ‘Anamika Shuklas’ who got hired woman, Babli Yadav, who posed supporther family. waking up around 10 am, he atweet,Prime Minister rolled. Campus life, however, will as teachersinKasturbaGandhi as Anamika Shukla. Theyare col- The UP Police has established drank aglass of juice before go- NarendraModisaid,“Abright notcompletelyshutdownasthe BalikaVidyalayas (KGBVs) across lecting details about her,includ- that documentsofthe Anamika ing backtohis bedroom. When young actor gone toosoon…His IITsintendtobring backPhD stu- digitaldevice or robustInternet Uttar Pradesh using frauddocu- ing her claim that her sister-in- Shukla of Gonda hadbeen used one of the cookswent to ask CONTINUEDONPAGE2 dents wheneverfeasible. connection to access lectures on- ments, twoofthose theyhavear- Mahipal Jatav, father of law, SaritaYadav, had got aKGBV in schools across nine districts. what he would liketoeat,he The institutes arealso work- line.And to makeonlinelearn- restedhave onethingincommon: Supriya,one of the twoheld posting too, as Anamika Shukla. In three districts, the appointed found the door locked. When he ing on alternativesfor students ing moreeffective, somehave both were desperate forajob. forposing as AnamikaShukla Meanwhile, the real ‘Anamika Shukla’ did notjoin or didnot open the door foralong MORE REPORTS who maynot have access to a CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SupriyaJatav,22, is the only Anamika Shukla,fromGonda, CONTINUEDONPAGE2 time, which wasunusual, the PAGE 10

WORLD PAGE 1 ANCHOR As church reopens, adrive-in MassinBengaluru parking lot

aconceptof'Worship on Wheels “Starting this Sunday, we will cial distancing and the safetyof forall to wear masks and un- RALPHALEXARAKAL (WOW)', adrive-in Mass where hostsix services —two eachfor the devout. “Commontouch- dergo thermal scanning. BENGALURU,JUNE14 people could take partinthe thoseintheirvehicles andtwo pointssuchasseating facilities, Sanitisers were providedatthe service while in their cars or on insidethe church forthose using toilets,canteens,and resource church entrance to all," Johnson ALITTLE before the 9amSunday their bikes. public transport or those with- centres were notmade available. added. Mass, cars beganfiling into the RevJohnson V, pastor-in- out personal vehicles,” said Rev The church also issued an advi- The church had arranged for Temple of God ground, a3-acre charge of BAGCIWC, said that Johnson. soryfor theelderly and young volunteers to distributepackets ATLANTAPOLICE open parking area of the Bethel while the church live-streamed On Sunday, worshippers who children to stay at home and with items usedfor theHoly CHIEFQUITS AFTER AG Church International dailyprayers andthe Sunday came in cars attendedthe serv- attend the service online," Communion (a ritual where Worship Centre(BAGCIWC) in Mass throughout the lockdown ices at 9amand 7pm; those on Johnson said. bread and wine areshared to OFFICERSHOOTS Hebbal, NorthBengaluru. Each period, they decidedtocome up bikes at 7amand 5pm; while As the service began, volun- worshippers). BLACKMAN of the cars drove intoslots with an alternative arrangement twoservices were held insidethe teers ensured that the worship- MatthewAlex, amongthose NEW COVIDWAVE markedonthe ground, after once the church reopenedits church —at11amand 1pm. pers maintainedadistance of who attendedthe Mass in his car, whichtheir engines were turned doors. Church authorities said260 cars “six feet”—both betweenthe ve- said,“All of us gathering together FROMBEIJING off, the windows rolleddown. It While the Karnataka govern- turnedupfor the 9amsession hicles or among those inside the symbolicallyinour vehicles MARKET SPREADS TO wastime forthe SundayMass. ment had allowedplaces of wor- and 85 bikes forthe 7amprayers. church.Thoseinside cars were made us feel blessed. With the NEARBY PROVINCE Forits firstprayerservice ship to open starting June 8, Johnson said the church put At the‘Worship on Wheels’ organisedbyachurch in instructed to keep their phones weather pleasant, the experience PAGE 12 sincethe lockdown, the mostchurches waited foralmost in placeseveral measures ahead Bengaluru on Sunday. Express switchedoff. wascomfortable though we sat Protestant church came up with aweek before opening. of the SundayMass to ensureso- “Wealso made it mandatory with the car AC switched off.”

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troupe to perform at the week or twowhentheyare back In August2018, Supriyawas Nepal FilmfareAwardsin2005, where on campus," said an official. hired at the KGBV in Kasganj. spokesperson forthe Ministryof he dancedwith Aishwarya Rai. After meeting CM &LG, Shahprescribes: On June 6, Supriyawas ar- External Affairs, said: “This artifi- Soon, he droppedout of col- rested whenshe came to the cialenlargement of claims is not legetopursue his dream to be Punjab school to resign and collect her basedonhistoricalfact or evi- on stage, this time as an actor. double tests, beds for less in pvt hospitals dues. ASP PavitraKumarTripathi dence and is nottenable. It is also Likemanyaspiringactors, he about acase registeredin said, “Aftermedia reports about violativeofour current under- firstjoinedatheatregroup, effective monitoring, all resi- including projections forthe would setupacommittee of pitals in the capital, and submit December 2019,police used the the racket,she wasadvisedby standing to hold talksonout- Ekjuterun by NadiraBabbar. dentswill be asked to down- next twomonths. senior doctors of AIIMS so that areport on thehealthinfra- word “Nigro”. According to the Pushpendratoresign.” standing boundaryissues.” “With us, he did the playPukar load the AarogyaSetuapp on The capital wasalso in focus the“best practicesinthe fight structure andpreparedness. FIR registeredatpolice station TripathisaidthatSupriyagave The Nepal Ministryof and Romeo and Juliet. Even af- their mobile phones,” Shah during the Cabinet Secretary’s againstCorona arecommuni- “India is fighting againstco- Maqsudan, the accusedpersons the names of Pushpendraand Foreign Affairs appeared to be terhestarted doing films and said. meeting with statechiefsecre- cated to the lowest level”, rona withfull strength. The were found to be in possession Jaswant, whom police believe to waiting forthe Bill to become became acelebrity, he stayed in Acommittee ledbyDrVK taries and health secretaries on meaningclinics and minorhos- government is sad about the of 500grams of heroin. be themasterminds. “Thebroth- lawbeforeresponding to the touch. He waswell brought up, a Paul, Member NITI Aayog, will Thursday. Projections forJune pitals in Delhi. loss of lives, and sympathetic Incidentally, noneofthe accused ers knewsomeone who knew Indian statement. nice, decent and simple person. submit areport on Monday on basedonavailable datashowed Following Shah's directions, towardsthe families that have is aforeigner. Supriya’s family, and thatishow Opposition Nepali Congress If he ever sawme, he would makingavailable 60 per cent of that Delhi mayalreadybefac- AIIMS has setupa24x7 Covid- lost lovedonestothe pan- Justice Raina’s June 12 order theycontacted her.” and some senior leaders, includ- touchmyfeet. He wasfamily to dedicatedCovid-19 bedsinpri- ing ashortageofICU beds, and 19 helpline, wherecallers can demic. The government has de- waspassedonthe bail petition Kasganj Basic Shiksha ing former Prime Minister us,”Babbarsaid. vate hospitals at lowerrates, is hitting critical thresholds take OPD appointments, and cidedtoreleasenew guidelines of an accused. Adhikari (BSA) Anjali Agarwal MadhavKumar Nepal, aresaid Rajput spent nearly three andfixingthe costoftesting with regard to ventilators and talk to volunteers, while doc- forconducting the lastrites, AdvocateSahil Puri, whohas said Supriyawas agood teacher. to be in favour of an early dia- years with Ekjutebeforehewas and treatment. isolation bedswith oxygen. tors can talk to consultants. whichwill reduce the waiting beenrepresentingtheaccusedin “Wealwaysreceived positive re- logue with India. castbyEktaa Kapoor in two At areviewmeeting chaired Basedoncurrent trends, the The central government period,” Shah tweeted. the case, told The Indian Express: ports about her.” Dr MinendraRizal, former soaps –Kis Desh Mein Hai by Prime MinisterNarendra presentationmadetothe states would deputefivemoresenior Sunday’sreviewmeeting “The police,inthe ministerand leaderofthe Nepali Meraa Dil and PavitraRishta. He Modi on Saturday, adetailed projected 91,419 cases in Delhi officers to theDelhigovern- wasfocussedonthe national challan/chargesheetandotherof- AnitaDevi Congress, said this is no time to achieved immensepopularity. discussionwas held on the by June 30. The Cabinet ment, and would commission capital, wherethe number of ficialdocuments, have used the An onlyparent since her hus- blame pastrulers forterritory His appearances in dance com- challengesespeciallyinthe ur- Secretaryhad flagged possible services of the Scoutsand cases has risen from 9,333 on word ‘negro’. One of the accused, banddiedinanaccidentin2017, lossorheap praise on anyone petition shows suchasZara banhotspots,the strategy to infrastructureshortages,not- Guides, NCC, NSS, and health May17to38,958 on June 14. inhisdisclosurestatement,issaid Anitahad been facing financial leader –alluding to Prime Nachke Dikha 2and Jhalak augment testing, and on the re- ingthat Delhi had been short of servicesvolunteers, Shah said. The decisions takenatthe to have stated that hepurchased difficulties. MinisterOli –and theright Dikhhla Jaa 4in2010also sig- quirement of bedstomeetthe ICU bedssince June 3, and Ateam of doctors from the meeting,however, providea theheroinfroma‘negro’inDelhi.” Pushpendraallegedly ap- move willbetoholdan“effec- nalled to Bollywood that he was dailysurge of cases. would see ashortage of ventila- health departments of the templatefor the focus areas Observingthat police appear proachedher at abus-stop in tive dialogue” with Indiawith ready forthem. During the meeting,which tors from June 12 and isolation GovernmentsofIndia and when the PM has another to have assumedthat “every Mainpuri,whereshe lives, offer- the entirenation backing the In 2013,Rajput made his wasattendedby Shah and pub- bedswith oxygen from June 25. Delhi, AIIMS,and the three round of video conference with black” person is adrug peddler ing to gether ajob at aKGBVin government. Bollywood debut in Abhishek lic health experts, the PM took Shah also announced on Municipal Corporations of the chief ministersearly next and should be treated as such, Ambedkarnagar.Anitahas told Meanwhile, Oli’s problems Kapoor’sKaiPo Che!,whichmade stockofthe situation in Delhi, Sundaythatthe government Delhi will visit all Covid-19hos- week. Justice Raina said: police that while she did not continue to mount. Ameeting of both critics and audiences sit up “All Africans areour friends knowPushpendra,she agreedas the 9-member central secre- andnote hiseasycharmandlike- and when theycometoIndia ei- she wasdesperate. tariatofthe Nepal Communist able screen presence. It wasthe ther as visitors or students, they ShejoinedtheKGBV inAlapur, Partywas calledoff Sunday startofacareer thatboastedof Delhiwithdrawsorderonnursinghomes areour valuable guest… India is Ambedkarnagar, in March 2019. morning. praisedperformances in films richinits traditions of 'mehman AnitawasarrestedonJune12. The meeting had been called suchasShuddh Desi Romance theyshould take over the hos- fromSaturday, failingwhichac- ice during the lockdown, drawal of the order,said,"These nawazi' and 'attithi AmbedkarnagarSPAlok to iron out differences forparlia- (2013), Detective Byomkesh pital and run it, because Ican't tion would have been initiated whichhad causedasharpfall aresmall nursinghomeslo- sanskar/satkar' and prides itself Priyadarshisaid,“Pushpendragot ment’sratificationofthe Nepal Bakshy!(2015),andacareer-best do it,"DrAggarwalhad said. againstthem. Exempted from in revenue. cated inside residentialareas, on this. Theyshould simplybe an account openedinher name. Compact agreement with the turn as MS Dhoni in 2016’s MS The government order is- theorder were nursinghomes Dr Vipin Talwar,medical mostlyrun by ahusband-wife referred to by the countryof The salarywould come to the ac- Millennium Challenge Dhoni: The Untold Story. sued to medicalsuperintend- foreye and ENT,and dialysis director of a30-bed hospital doctor couple living insidethe their origin in case papers.” count, and he would give Anita Corporation –the agency’s grant The mood in Patna wassom- entsofall nursing homeson centres and maternity homes. in West Delhi's Tilak Nagar, premises... Afterthe order came Recalling Mahatma Gandhi’s DeviRs10,000fromtheRs22,000 is intended to propel economic breonSunday as locals gathered Saturday said thatasper the Dr Anil Sabharwal, 65,pae- said theyhad been struggling out, some residentswenttothe fight in South Africa against salary.” growth and reduce povertyin outside Rajput’s family house in Delhi Nursing Homes diatrician and ownerof to payrentoverthe pastfew hospitals to tell them they “colour discrimination”, he said: the country. RajivNagar.Former Madhepura Registration (Amendment) Sabharwal Hospital, a30-bed months. should notconvert it intoCovid “Weare,professedly, atolerant Anamika Shukla While Oli has made adoption MP Pappu Yadav, who knows Rules, 2011,theyare required facility in Old Delhi's Darya "Half of our staffhad leftfor facilities.Mostdon't have an sub-continent of ‘browns in all Aresident of Gonda, 27-year- of the grant agreementaprestige thefamily well, said,“Sushant to provide assistance thatis Ganj that he runs with his gy- their hometowns duringthe ICU and ventilators." itsshades’, but moreoften than old Shukla says she got to know issue, senior members including wasthe pride of Bihar.Weall are considered essential at the naecologistwife, had said, "I lockdown and we arenow fac- Dr PawanSharma, medical not, displayaperverted and throughthemediathathername formerPrimeMinistersJhalanath tooshockedtoreact.” time of anatural calamity. don't have aphysician or an ICU ing amanpowershortage. superintendent of Aakar primitive mind-set looking wascaughtupinanappointment Khanal, Pushpa Kamal Dahal In Bandra, fans gathered out- "In order to avoidintermin- facility right now. In the Walled Some hospitals in the area Hospital in northeastDelhi's down on others without looking scam. On June 9, she went to ‘Prachanda’ and MadhavKumar sideRajput’s apartment build- gling of Covid and non-Covid City,thereare limitedfacilities, have put up boards saying they Mandoli, said that while they within ourselves.” Gonda BSAIndrajit Prajapati’sof- Nepal have warned the govern- ing. “I have been watching his patientsinsmall and medium and in the middle of the night can't take in patientsdue to want to extend all help to the “For manycenturieswehave fice to submit her original docu- mentthatitshouldnotbecleared films since Isaw him playMS multi-speciality nursing if someone requires assistance, lackofstaff.The ones that re- government, theywould not been slaves. Freedom does not mentsand lodgeapolice com- without modifications. Dhoni,” ArunYadav, who kept homes, and alsotoaugment theygotothe nearestnursing main arenow worriedabout be able to turn away their ex- lend itswings to our country- plaint. Meanwhile, thereisnolet- vigil with afriend, said.“We the bed capacity forCovid pa- home. Wherewill theygoif contracting the virus(afterthe isting non-Covid patients. men to flyanywheretheywish Her husband Durgesh told up in the protests on the streets. want to see him one lasttime.” tients, all nursing homes hav- thereissuchanorder?" order to convert them into "These arepatientswho and in anymanner theylikeand TheIndianExpressthatAnamika Youths and studentsheld arally Lastyear,Rajputhad twobig- ing bed strength of 10 to 49 The order had come at a Covid facilities) and having no have been coming to us for30 abuse foreigners on the street wanted to join the IAS or IPS. But, in the Bouddhaareaonthe out- screenreleases, thecritically-ac- bedsare declared as Covid time when mostsmall-scale financialsupport," Talwar said. years.Wedeliveredsomeone's calling them ‘kalla’. To the con- aftermarriage in 2017 and afirst skirtsofKathmandu, accusing claimedSonchiriya,and thepop- nursinghomes," theorder said. hospitalsand nursing homes Dr Girish Tyagi, presidentof baby, or attended to them af- trary, freedom teaches love for child, she gave up that ambition, the government of turninga ular hit Chhichhore; Drive,afilm Nursing homeswerere- were beginning to see OPD pa- the Delhi Medical Association teranaccident. Howcan we human dignity andrespect for anddecided to take up ajob as a blind eyetoalleged corruption producedbyKaran Johar,went quired to turn themselvesinto tientsafter temporarilysus- that wrotetothe government saynototreatment if theyap- fellowmen,”hesaid. teacher.The familyneededthe in the purchase of medical straight to Netflix. He is due to Covidfacilitieswithinthreedays pending their out-patient serv- on Sundayseeking the with- proachus?" he said. Observing thatcorrections moneyasDurgesh is unem- equipment as partofCovid-19 appear this year in Dil Bechara, a needtobemadebyordering ployed. pandemic measures. Bollywoodadaptation of John strict action againstpolicemen Whentheoffercameforasci- Green’s bestselling novelThe Benchsaid it wasnot inclinedto subject matter of aFIR in Delhi”. to the Institute. Even when this seatsfor accommodatingthe 10 who indulgein“character assas- ence teacher’s job at the Gonda Fault in OurStars,inwhatwould stay the investigation. This FIR wasstayedbythe Delhi becomes possible, with just per centEconomicallyWeaker sination” basedonphysical fea- KGBV though, Shukla could not Sushant be his lastscreen appearance. The court, meanwhile,told High CourtonJune 10. about 6,000 hostelrooms on a Sections(EWS) quota, mainly tures, the High Courthas asked appearforcounsellingasshehad —WITHINPUTSFROM Solicitor GeneralTushar Mehta, Dua said in his plea that single-occupancy basis, we ex- duetospace constraintsamid the statetoinformitabout the justhad her second baby. “On riseinthe worldofentertain- DIPANITANATHANDSANTOSH who appeared forthe Centre, Himachal policereachedhis respect thatonlysome of the con- the pandemic. action proposed to be taken. The Friday, she got an appointment ment inspired many and he SINGHINPATNA that the complainant will also idenceand asked him“to appear tinuing studentscan return to "It'snotjustsocialdistancing, matter will be heardnexton letter from aprivate school,” leavesbehind severalmemo- have to be impleadedinthe case. at Kumarsain Police Station the campus," he wroteinthe howdothe IITsensureeachstu- June 18. Durgesh said. rable performances.” In his plea, Dua referred to whichis21kmbeyond Shimla email. dent is quarantined for14days BSAPrajapatisaid he had The BMC issuedastatement Dua his video as “a critical analysis of on the 13th of June, 2020 at 10 The director wrotethatPhD before sending him or her to the ‘Anamika checkedthe documents Shukla saying Rajput’sbodyhad been the failureofthe Union of India a.m. sharp”. studentswill be the "firstones hostelroom? What if astudent submitted on June 9.“They are brought to the emergency of complying with the Social in conducting the nationwide The petitionerpointed out to return",followedby"fresh in- gets infected,how does an IIT sit- genuine.” Cooper Hospital, Vile Parle, at Distancing norms prescribed lockdown and the manner (in thatHimachal had mandated in- take forthe academic year 2020- uatedin ahotspotassuremedical Shuklas’ around 3:30pm. “The medical during Covid-19Pandemic,”the which) it wasimplemented”. stitutional quarantine of 15 days 21". help when health systems areso Pushpendra, Jaswant officer declared the actor dead courtruled. The video also “mentioned” the forpeople coming from the red "Continuing students who overwhelmed? Even if we re- remained absent, but in six, It wasnot the firsttimethe at around 4pm. After complet- Issuing the notice, the Bench “politicizing”ofthe cross-LoC zones.Hewas aresidentofDelhi, areable to return to campus at open, we don't think parentswill theydid. twobrothers -- Pushpendra,33, ing the paperwork,the body was also said that “the affidavit in re- strike“during the lastelections”. whichisaredzone,andtravelling some point during the next se- be keen to send their children and Jaswant, 42 –nativesof handedovertothe Mumbai plyfiledonbehalf of theState Dua said that “thereisare- to Himachal would violatethe mestercan continue with the back,"said another IIT director. Supriya Jatav Mainpuri, mayhavepulledoff Police. The autopsy is expected shall indicatethe steps taken centtrend againstthe media government order,the plea said. online classes once theyare IIT-Guwahati, forinstance, Alabourer,Supriya’s father fake identityinaUP government to be completedbylatetonight." during investigation and acom- where stategovernmentswho here, or maybewecan conduct startedinviting itsresearch MahipalJatav says thefamily, be- school. The onlyson and youngest pleteStatus Reportshall be filed do notfind aparticular telecast some classes f2f (face to face) scholars backtothe campus. But longing to Kaimganj in According to Kasganj ASP among five siblings, Rajput was before the next dateofhearing”. to be in sync with their political IITs along with live- sources said that while 150in- Farrukhabad district, put every- Tripathi,Jaswanthadbeenwork- born in Patna in 1986. He was It asked the Investigating ideologies registerFIRs against streaming/recording foronline vites were sent, onlyabout a thing intoher education. Supriya ing as aheadmaster at agovern- particularly close to his mother, Officer to be present if the hear- persons of the media primarily startedtweaking the curriculum students. We do notknowhow dozenstudentshavereturned. is the eldestoffoursiblings.“She ment school in Kannauj since and afterher untimelydemise ing is resumedinopen courtor to harass themand to intimidate to push lab work to thespring things will panout, givensocial IIT-Bombay, meanwhile, is is the only onetohavestudied so 2015 as ‘Vibhav Kumar’, drawing from brain haemorrhagein be available if the proceedings them so that theysuccumb to semester. distancing constraintsinclass- already tapping itsalumni net- much, she worked very hard,” Rs55,000.Policedon’tthinkany- 2002, the familymoved to Delhi. aretaken up throughvideo con- the line of the stateorelseface Lastweek, thestandingcom- rooms," the email states. work to help studentsaccess Jatav says. oneby thenameof VibhavKumar Rajput wasadiligent student ferencing. the music at the hands of the po- mittee of the IIT Councilset up a At IIT-Bombay, various heads online classes. IIT-Delhi is plan- But, aftergraduating from a exists. and pursuedabachelor’s degree Dua had movedthe court lice”. sub-committeeofdirectorsto of departmentshaveasked stu- ning to offerthem the option of government collegein WhileJaswant washeld on in mechanical engineering at Saturdayseeking quashing of The plea urgedthe courtto discuss operational challenges dentsfor suggestionsonhow to either dropping asemesteror Farrukhabad, Supriyakeptwait- June8,Pushpendraisabsconding. Delhi Technological University theFIR registered on May6at “direct that henceforth FIRs in starting the new academic "maketeaching effective"iflec- accessing classes onlineintheir ing forajob. ASP Tripathi said, “it seems (formerly DelhiCollege of the Kumarsain police station in againstpersons belonging to the session and provide solutions. tures go online next semester. hostelrooms. In early 2018,Pushpendrare- Pushpendraand Jaswantgot Engineering).Whilehe wasastu- Shimla. The FIR wasregistered media with at least10years The sub-committee's reportis Directors citesocial-distanc- Referring to lab courses, the portedly approachedthe family. morethan20teachersrecruited”. dent there, Rajput enrolledin on acomplaint filedbyAjay standing be notregistered unexpected this week,following ing norms to justify keeping at IIT-Madrasemail states that they “It wasadream come true, a Talkingabout Sunday’s arrest Shiamak Davar’sdanceclasses as Shyam, who wasidentified by less clearedbyacommitteeto whichitwill be tabledfor ap- leastsome aspectsofthe cam- “stand postponedtothe time teacher’s job is respected,” says from Bijauli area in the city, well as BarryJohn’s acting classes. Dua's counsel,Senior Advocate be constituted by everystate proval of the Council, whichis pus remote forthe year. studentscan return to campus”. Jatav. AligarhSP(Crime)ArvindKumar “He wasastudent at our act- Vikas Singh, as aBJP spokesman. government, the composition of headedbythe HRDMinister. "Giventhe recentincrease in “Since theycan be conducted ApplicantsneedaB.Eddegree said Babli Yadav, who is around ing school but forabrief time. He Singhsaid that the transcript whichshould comprise of the IIT-Madras has officiallyin- student strength (due to EWS in acompressedmannerover2- and to have cleared the Teachers’ 30, wasworking as ‘Anamika did apart-time three-month of the video wasavailable, ar- Chief Justice of the High Court or dicatedits intention to continue quotaand supernumerary seats 3weeks...weneednot worry EligibilityTest foraKGBVposting, Shukla’ataKGBVinavillagein course with us. Iremember him guedthatitdid notamountto aJudgedesignated by him, the lecturesvirtuallyfor the coming forwomen), IITsare pressedfor about them now. We will also earning Rs 22,000amonth. Aligarhsince October 2019.“She as abright, lively and handsome sedition, and offeredtoplayitfor leader of the Opposition and the semester. In an emailsenttostu- space,and many of our students deal with the half-finishedlab Jatav says they agreedtogive namedBallu Yadav, Rajbetiand man with alot of potential,” John the court. He arguedthat if what Home Ministerofthe State”. dentsaweek ago, director sharehostelrooms. Even if we courses of Jan-May2020semes- PushpendraRs1.5lakhforthepa- Pushpendraashaving prepared told The Indian Express. Dua said amountstosedition, Dua said in the plea that he Bhaskar Ramamurthi wrotethat manage to provide eachofthem teratthat time," the mail states. pers. “He took Rs 50,000,withRs fake papers to gether the KGBV Davarsaw asimilar sparkin then onlytwo channels will “has been critical of the govern- they"will mostprobablyhaveto with asingle room, the mess and According to administration 1lakh to be paidininstalments. I posting,for Rs 3lakh.” him,Rajput had saidininter- work in the country. ment on certain issues and has continue with online classes for the bathrooms arecommon," officials, IIT-Roorkeeand IIT- sold one of our twobuffaloes.” Anative of Kanpur Dehat, views,and though he wasn’t the SeekingastayontheFIR,Singh raisedthe sameinhis YouTube one moresemester". said an IIT director. Delhi arealso considering put- Pushpendra reportedly told Babli has atwo-year-old son. best dancer, placedhim in the said: “Whatever the government telecast” and “one suchtelecast "Weare notsurewhenthe The Indian Express had re- ting the practical componentfor them, “For one year,Supriya Policesaidtheywerecheckingher front.Infact,dance gave him his does notfind palpable,harass- (on March 11,2020)was with re- Institutewill be permitted to re- portedonJune 3that the IITs the next semesteronhold. would work as AnamikaShukla, claims aboutsister-in-lawSarita firstbrush with fame, with ment continues. HowmanyFIRs gard to the North-EastDelhi ri- open and who amongstour stu- have sought ayear’s extension "Laboratoryexperiments will be and afterthat, she can work as having got ajob similarly,in Rajput travelling with Davar’s will Ibeharassedwith?” But the otsand thesamebecame the dents willbeable to travel safely to the 2021deadline to addnew done by thestudents overa herself.” Prayagraj.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 3 THECITY THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE15,2020 TARGET 10K TESTS PER DAY 75% of Gurgaon’s Jamtara gang behind ‘booze delivery scam’ NewDelhi: Days afterthe Delhi cial media accountshad become ordersandtakingonlinepayment. Police lodged an FIR over a active afterthe Delhi govern- ButIconfrontedhimafterinform- Facebookpostthatfalselyclaimed ment announcedane-token de- ing him that Iamthe real owner, Testing,surveysto cases in June, tests to deliverliquor at people’s livery system to avoid chaos at and he cut the call.” doorsteps, investigation has re- liquor shops, policesaid. An FIR alleging cheating was vealedthat the gang wasoperat- The complainant, Raja Som then registeredatDwarka yet to pickuppace ingfromJharkhand’sJamtaraand Sehrawat(58),said,“Idon’thave a (north) police station.“Aletter bescaledupincapital Hazaribagh. socialmediaaccount,butafriend wassent to Facebook.Police An FIR wasregisteredin calledmeuptoinformthatsome- were informedthat the post Dwarka police station last one had postedpictures of my originated from Jamtara. The call COVIDSURGEINGURGAON month afterthe owner of two shop,offeringdeliveryof liquorat detail records were scannedbut wine shops found the postonso- people’sdoorsteps.Hesharedthe the number wasissuedona MALLICAJOSHI& BETWEEN MAY31&JUNE 13 cial media with his shop’s pic- screenshots andIcalledthenum- forged ID,” police said. The inves- ABHINAVRAJPUT tures. Severalwebsites and so- ber. Thecallerwasreceivingallthe tigation in the case is on. ENS NEWDELHI,JUNE14 Total 774 ■ May31 ■ June13 cases 3,125 DELHI PLANS to hold door-to- Active 487 door surveysinall containment cases Deaths zones and increase itsCovid test- 1,940 ing capacity to 10,000per dayin Recovered 284 3 25 the next twodays.The Delhi 1,160 Chief Secretaryheld ameeting with district health and admin- Samples sent fortesting Containment Zones istration officers on Sundayafter May31:13,647,June13:18,891 May31:63,June13: 98 the Union Home MinisterAmit Shah directed that Delhi’s testing capacityberampedupinthe SuspectedCovid-19patientswait to be examined by medics of revenueand disaster manage- city in the coming week. at Lok Nayakhospital. Amit Mehra SAKSHIDAYAL ment department, Vijay At present, Delhi can test GURGAON,JUNE14 Vardhan, on Saturday,Sonal Goel, 8,600 samples aday.According who is the Nodal Officer for to theDelhi health bulletin, Delhi CORONAVIRUS IN THE CAPITAL WHILE COVID-19cases have Facilities and BedManagement tested 7,353samples between surgedinGurgaon, with 75 per in Hospitals during the outbreak, Fridayand Saturday.OnSunday, centof thetotal3,125casesemerg- had reiterated theavailabilityof 2,224new cases and 56 deaths TOTALCASES: 41,182| NEWCASES: 2,224 ingthismonth,thedistrictadmin- facilities. She said the district had were reported. istration has maintainedthat it is atotal of 38 hospitalslistedfor Shah also held ameeting Cases RecoveredDeathsTests well equippedtocombat the out- treatment of coronavirus, with with mayors and officials from June 12 2,137667 71 5,947 break andcater to itspopulation 17 others settojointhe listsoon. municipal corporations, along June 13 2,1341,547575,776 of over15 lakh.Thetotalnumberof “In these hospitals, atotal of with the L-Gand Chief Minister cases until May31was774 . 4,314 bedsand 329 ventilators are June 14 2,224878 56 7,353 in the evening. The number of cases has in- available, along with 625 bedsin According to MayorofNorth Total24,032* 15,823 1,3272,90,592 creasedfour-fold since May31, ICU… work is being done to fur- Delhi Municipal Corporation, *Total activecases but the testing has notseen acor- ther increase medical facilities,” Avatar Singh, Shah said thatthe respondingincrease. As per the she had said. Delhi administration should timelydecision making.” risen, Delhi has come intofocus. dailybulletins, while 13,647 sam- Officials said with “around 85 reachout to everyhouse in con- Eachcommittee will have The Centrecan’t ignorefor too ples had been sent fortesting till per cent” of the cases being tainment zones to trackthe in- four members,one eachfromAI- long that the spread has taken May31, this figure has increased asymptomaticandinhomeisola- fection and address issues being IMS, unionhealthministry,Delhi suchadeepholdinthe national to only 18,891 tillSaturday, indi- tion, the facilities areadequateas facedbyresidents. Therewere government representative and capital. Manyofits ownofficers cating atotal of 5,244 samples of now. However, healthbulletin 242active containment zones in the municipal corporation. The have been infected.Insuchasce- were sent fortestingduring this showsthatonly1,466of1,940ac- the city on Sunday. teams will work with big dedi- nario, leaving everything to the period. Almost45% of thesam- tive cases,alittleover75%,are in The Centre, meanwhile, also cated Covid facilities that are stategovernment wasnot some- ples tested this month, hence, home isolation presently. constituted three teams to in- handling abulk of the cases. thing that the Centrewas willing have returnedpositive. Aweb pagelaunchedbythe spectDelhi hospitals to assess Withthe number of Covid to do anymore,” said an officer Officials, however, saidthere Haryanagovernmentraisesques- capacity and patient carefor cases in the city growing rapidly on condition of anonymity. is no need to panicasthe district tionsonthe district’s claim of hav- Covid cases. The city has over over the pasttwo weeks, the ADelhi government official has sufficient healthfacilities to ing enoughfacilities. As of Sunday 100hospitals, and nursing Centrehas become morein- said the government went into deal withthe outbreak,and they evening, the websitesaid only homes with over 50 beds, where volvedinthe management of the meetings on Saturday and arealso working towardsex- 386bedswereavailableforcoro- Covid patientscan be admitted. the pandemic in Delhi. Sundaywiththe aim to work panding facilities in the days naviruspatientsinthe district, Union Health MinisterHarsh According to sources, while alongside the Centre.“The ahead. Earlier this week,the whilethe administrationclaimed Vardhan tweetedonSunday: the Centrehas so farlargely let Centre has shiftedits focus to Deputy Commissioner had di- thereare 4,314 hospital bedsand “Thegovernment has consti- Delhi government handle the Delhi onlynow,eventhough rected all “public/private hospi- 625 ICU beds, and since only474 tuted threeteamstoinspect Covid crisis, backtobackmeet- the Delhi government has been tals” in the district to ensurethat of the total 1,940active casesare Delhi hospitals to guide them on ingson Sundaywithvariousfunc- seeking their help forsome “at least25% of bed capacity” is hospitalisedasperthe healthbul- clinical management of Covid-19 tionariesspeltachangeinstance. time in different ways.Atatime “dedicated forCovid-19cases letin, the district should have at cases. The teams will make rapid It also deputed sixIAS offi- likethis, we were surewedid with adequateavailability of hu- least3,800free beds. assessment of existing capacity, cers to the cityto“assist” the notwantany bickering. The man resource and logistics”. VSKundu, the monitoring patientcareamenities and asso- Delhi government in managing Centre hasheardour demands At ameeting betweensenior officer forCovid-19, however, ciated aspectsofCovid19toen- Covid-19. and assured us of allhelp,” an officials of the administration said the webapplication is still able informed, efficientand “As the number of cases has official said. and the financial commissioner “a work in progress”.

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GOVT SELECTS 40 HOTELS TO BE ATTACHED WITH PVT HOSPITALS Video callstowiping tears, Staffcrunch,ACtrouble:Hotels how healthcare workers forCovidpatientsflagissues connect patients,families SOMYALAKHANI to Radha Soami Satsang, where vate-run hospitals, out of which NEWDELHI,JUNE14 SOURAVROYBARMAN the government plans to put up 5,422wereoccupied. Thereare NEWDELHI,JUNE14 around 10,000beds. 1,470bedsinfive Centre-runhos- WITH NO family membersofpa- “Wewill take it forwardafter pitals, out of which1,156 are tientsallowedinside Covid MANPOWER SHORTAGE, dys- assessing challenges and overall taken. At five Delhi government wardsathospitals, healthcare functional air-conditioning, dis- feasibility.All thevarious require- hospitals, 1,370out of 4,360 beds workersoften have the addi- tance from health facilities — mentswill be examined," Baijal areoccupied, andatprivate hos- tional task of serving as the link these areamong the issues told reporters. The Indian Express pitals 2,896 out of 4,902 bedsfor between patientsand atten- flagged by hotels, recentlyiden- had on June 13 reportedthat the coronavirus patientsare full. dants—fromfacilitating phone tifiedbythe Delhigovernment to government is planning to use Whilethereisnowordyet on calls to sometimeswiping their be attachedwith hospitals for the area under the sprawling tent whetherthe stay at banquethalls tears. Their stories: Covid patients. The government at the centre, typicallythe site for will be free of cost, those availing has identifiedaround 77 banquet spiritualcongregations,forcreat- the facilities at hotels will be ex- DR ABHISHEKDESHWAL (37), halls across 10 districts, where ing around 200enclosures with pectedtoshellout over Rs60,000 SHARDAHOSPITAL,GREATER 11,229 bedscan be put, while 40 50 bedseach. per week in caseofthree-orfour- NOIDA hotels, with combinedcapacity South district officials said the star categoryhotels and over Rs Recently, theCovid ICUin- of 4,628 beds,have alsobeen ear- Abanquethall converted intoaCovidfacility plan wastooperationalisethe fa- 70,000in case of five-starhotels. charge at the hospital arranged markedtobeattached with pri- cility within the next fortnight. The makeshift hospitals at foratinyspeakertoplaythe (Clockwise from top-left) Dr Abhishek Deshwal, Dr Varun vate hospitals. However, in viewofDelhi’s heat, banquethallsand stadiumsare GayatriMantrafor a66-year-old Bajaj, Dr Chhavi, nursing officer DulychandYadav As per official records, the is- Paschim Vihar. basedRWA willbepresent in a maintaining suitable tempera- going to mostlyfall under the cat- patient, at the behestofhis atten- sues raisedbysomeofthe hotels The stategovernment had on scheduledmeeting of the Delhi tureinside the enclosures using egoryofCovid health centres for dant. Apartfromthis,Deshwal include “manpowershortage;AC May29directedthat five premier DisasterManagement Authority air coolers will beadaunting task, patients withmoderatesymp- has briefednursing officers in the save my relative’. Theyask if they Sometimes, theyrealise the per- plant is notoperational and the hotels be converted intohospi- on Tuesday. As reportedbyThe officials said. toms requiring oxygenation. The ICUtoensure patientsget to cansend homemade food,fruits, son on the adjacent bedhas died, owner is reluctant to invest in tals.Oneof thehotelsapproached Indian Express,some RWAs have As reportedbyThe Indian other twocategories areCovid speak to their familymembers milk,evenclothes.Wedon’tallow and that tooscares them... In one making thehoteloperational; ho- the Delhi High Courtagainstthe already takenmatters intotheir Express,the Delhi government carecentres forpatientswith through adedicated phone in- it.We aretheironlylinktothepa- case, apatient’s relative handed telisaround 10 km away from the move,and thematter is currently ownhands. will also use 500Covid isolation mild symptoms and Covid-des- side the ICU.Hesaid, “Patientsare tient, and we take eachcallwith- overanon-cameraphonetous, hospital, howeverthereisnobet- pending. At leastone hotelhasal- Apartfromhotels,thegovern- coaches of the Indian Railways to ignatedhospitals forthosewith in amorbidenvironment, they out getting irritated.” and we made them talk.Wetell teroptionavailable in the nearby ready been converted. ment has also identifiedthe cen- supplement the medical infra- severe symptoms,requiring ICU can’t meettheirspouseorchil- attendantsbeforehand about area”. Thegovernmentalsoplans to treofaspiritual organisation at structureundergrowing strain. supportand ventilators. dren. Theyworry about death, NURSINGOFFICERS AT RAJIV this,” said Bajaj. He recalledatime Among the major hotels iden- rope in RWAs, manyofwhom South Delhi, as well as Pragati On Sunday, the NorthMCD’s According to the govern- and the onlything thathelps is GANDHI SUPER SPECIALITY he had to counselapatient, who tifiedbythe government are have proposedusingtheir com- Maidan and TalkatoraStadium to Hindu RaoHospital wasalso des- ment's corona dashboard, as hearing afamiliarvoice. So nurs- AND LOKNAYAK HOSPITALS wasalsoadoctor,tonot insiston HotelOberoiMaidens in Civil munity centres and arranging beusedas makeshiftCovid hospi- ignated as aCovid-onlyfacility. manyas406 out of 611ICU/ven- ing officers hold the phone and Apart from doing hernursing leaving theICU.“He wassorest- Lines, HotelHyatt Regency in bedsattachedwith oxygen cylin- tals. L-GAnil Baijal Sundayvisited As onSunday, Delhihad 9,828 tilator bedsinthe city areoccu- help with ashort video-call.” officer duty,a36-year-old who less,Ihad to convince him to stay, Vasant Vihar and Radisson Blu in ders.One suchGreater Kailash- the South Delhi centre, belonging bedsacross state, Centreand pri- pied. Deshwal saidthe idea came did notwish to be namedsaid read abook.Arelative then sent whenthe ICU admitted itsfirst she also plays theattendant abook,whichwas firstsanitised, Covid case, a44-year-old man, some days.Asenior citizen pa- and then handedover.” Budgethotels whose wifetoo had tested posi- tientslippedin the toiletrecently, BRIEFLY IRS officer kills himself, police tive but wasnot in the ICU. and the nursing officer found NURSINGOFFICER offer premises herself tending to him. “In pre- DULYCHAND YADAV(25), Samplestobe DR CHHAVI (29), SAFDARJUNG Covid times, patientswouldusu- AIIMS saynotementions Covid fears HOSPITAL allyhaveanattendant around; Coconut waterand juice for senttoNCDC for hospitals OnTuesdayasthedoctorwent nowthatjob restsonus.” ateenager,and areligious thread MLC(medico legalcertificate) sayifthe man had the virus or not. about hernight duty in the Covid At Lok Nayak hospital, a40- around the bed postofanother labagain EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE showedheingestedapoisonous Apost-mortemexamination will NewDelhi: As tusslebetween ICU,thelandlinerang,andtheson year-old nursing officer said she young patient —Yadav has been NEWDELHI,JUNE14 substance around 5pm,” said a be conducted on Monday. four-and five-starhotels and of apatientwept andaskedherto helpedaCovid patient quickly playing akey role in helping at- NewDelhi: The Delhi gov- seniorpolice officer. Meanwhile, a45-year-old se- the government continues over conveyamessagetohis father. meethis 70-year-old uncle,who tendantsremain in touchwith ernment has decidedto A56-YEAR-OLD IRS officer al- Preliminaryinvestigation re- curity guardatthe home of apri- the decisiontolink them with “Theattendantaskedmeto tellhis also had Covid and wasbeing patients, especiallychildren. restartsending Covid legedly committedsuicidebyin- vealedhewas withhisfamilybe- vate resident in Gurgaon al- hospitals and use rooms to fatherthat‘humyahantheekhain, rushedtothe ICU. “It wasn’t “Mothers areallowedtostay samples to theNational gesting acorrosive substancein fore leaving at 4.45 pm. “Around legedly committed suicide by house patientswithmild symp- aapbasjaldisegharaajao.’Thepa- much, but the nephewwas over- with toddlers who test positive, Centrefor DiseaseControl his car, police said on Sunday. 5pm, he consumedthe sub- shooting himself in the head late toms,the DelhiHoteland tient told me he wasnot worried whelmedand startedcrying,” but theyhavetowear aPPE. The (NCDC)lab withimmedi- Initial investigation revealedthat stance. Within afew minutes, he onSaturdaynight.Police said the Restaurant Owners’ Association anymore,” said Chhavi. The ICU said the nurse. older children have to stay alone, ateeffect.Earlier,the gov- he leftbehindapurportedsuicide got out and startedscreaming for guardleftbehindapurportedsui- has written to Chief Minister hasalandlinethatrings24x7,said they’retough to handle.They ernment had decidednot note stating he wascommitting help. Security guards informed cidenote,wherein hesaidhe was ArvindKejriwal, offering to give the doctor.“No one is allowed DR (MAJOR) VARUNBAJAJ (35), want to go out, theymiss their to send samples aftertest suicide over coronavirus fears. the family, who rushedhim to a taking the extreme step due to a their premises. “If theyare phones inside, even healthcare SAFDARJUNGHOSPITAL parents. Ilet their parentsknow reports laypending. The Policesaidthemanwasposted hospital,” said the officer,adding fear of having contracted Covid- linked to hospitals or if arrange- workers. The disease causes alot “Patientsfeelabandoneddue their demands and send anurs- government has also in the Income Taxdepartment at thatthesuicidenotewassubmit- 19.Police said he hailedfromUP mentsfor healthcareworkers of anxiety and we getcallsfrom to lackofcontact with family, and ing orderly to pickitupfromthe linked private labs with CR BuildinginRKPuram. He lived tedbyhis son to police. and had been working forthe and other staffcan be made, attendantswho justsay ‘please develop apsychosis of sorts. gates,” he said. eachdistrict to ensurethe with his familyinDwarka. Police said the purportednote familyoffourfor 10 years. “The these premisescan be used,” samples areprocessed “Around 6.30 pm, we receivedin- said he wasfearful of thespread familytestedpositive earlier this the association has said. easily. formationfromahospitalof aman of the virus and didn't want it to week.His sample had also been Asenior Delhi government whohadconsumedanacidicsub- infecthis family. Policerecovered collected,” said ASI Vinod Kumar, official said theywilllookatthe HC refuses to declare Defence stance.Bythetimewe reached,he abottle from the spot, whichwill the case’s investigating officer, representationofbudget hotels Twoguards wasdeclared dead. The victim’s be sent to the FSL. Police did not adding that his result is awaited. if the needarises in future. ENS beatento Colony acontainment zone death NewDelhi: Twosecurity EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE guards outside acom- NEWDELHI,JUNE14 mercial complexwereal- legedly beaten to deathby THEDELHIHighCourthasrefused agroup of men in Outer to declare DefenceColonyasa Delhi’s Narela, said police containment zone while dealing Sunday, adding that acase withapetition seeking enforce- has been registered. ment of stricter clustercontain- ment. The order waspassedbya divisionbenchofChief JusticeDN FaridabadDM PatelandJusticePrateekJalanina ropesinRWAs petition movedbyone Hemant Singh, an advocate. Gurgaon: With Covid The petitioner, through his Thecout observed that the affected partofDefence Colony cases in Faridabad surg- advocateMridul Chakravarty, has been declaredacontainment zone. TashiTobgyal ing, the District Magistrate pointedout that in spiteofthe has ropedinelected presence of Covid-19cases in Residents’ Welfare Block-C, the Delhi government "In viewofthe aforesaid ar- in joints... Suffice to saythatthe Associations (RWAs) in had notdeclared Defence Colony guments... also looking to the fact respondentsappeartobeaware the district to assistinim- as acontainment zone as per the thatthe affected partofDefence of the fact that thereisaneedfor posing rules and regula- Centre’s guidelines. Colony...has already been de- morebedsfor Covid patientsand tionsbeingimplemented In response to the petition, clared as acontainment zone, thereforetheyare issuing direc- by the administration. the Delhi government informed we seenoreasontodeclare the tions from time to time.” the courtthatasper the Centre's wholeDefence Colonyasacon- "Considering the gravity of guidelines, if thereisconcentra- tainment zone," the order read. the situation, we herebydirect DUteachers tion of Covid-19patients in one The petitioner also soughtto the respondentstoincrease the writeto or twohouses in aparticular increase the number of bedsfor number of the bedsfor Covid pa- SAFETY FIRST colony, or in aparticular area Covid-19patientsinhospitals. tientsand also trytoincrease the principals within the colony, the whole The courtsaid, "In amatter number of ventilators so that all Sanitisation in progress at Gaur Citymall in Greater Noida, Sunday. GajendraYadav colonyneednot be declaredasa likethis, government should be Covid patientsinneedcan get NewDelhi: The Delhi containment zone. givensomedegreeofmovement these facilities," the order read. University Teachers’ Association (DUTA) Sundaywrotetoprinci- pals of all DU colleges, asking them notto“suc- NORTH MCD’S BIGGEST HOSPITAL cumb” intoconducting mockopenbookexami- nationsasthatwould not As Hindu Rao HospitalturnsCovid-only, many challenges “address anyproblem” the studentsandteachers have pointed outwithit. biggestundertheMCDwithastaff first. If she has Covid symptoms, available,we were referredto RML Thehospitalhas17 ventilators, She alsosaidsampling has ABHINAVRAJPUT of 600doctors, 350nurses and then the doctor should wear a Hospital... we want to stay home 8ICU and 4HDU beds, and250 startedagain: “It wasstoppeddue NEWDELHI,JUNE14 300alliedworkers, wasturned PPE before treating her.” atthistimebuthave to move from bedswithoxygen. However, of the to the email receivedfromthe 18-yr-old into aCovid facility on Sunday. “Atthefeverclinic,theinfrared one hospitaltoanother.” 980beds, 37 areunavailable due IDSP,Delhi government, dated killedtryingto AN AUTO-RICKSHAWferrying When The Indian Express vis- thermometerisn’t working. We The MCD hospital wasshut to aportion of the building being June 3. We were informednot to threepeoplestoppedoutside itedthehospitalearlierthisweek, had suggestedthat fever screen- in April foraday afteranurse declared dangerous,said aNorth sendsamplesto NCDC.However, stopfight NorthMCD’s Hindu RaoHospital itfoundchallengesthatmaystand ingbedoneatthegatessothatpa- tested positive.Since then, 61 MCD official. NorthMCD stand- in the interestofpatient care, the earlier this week,one of the oc- in the way—when the woman tientsorrelativeswithsymptoms healthcare workers have con- ing committee head Jai Prakash hospitalhas startedcollectingand NewDelhi: Twomen cupantsawomaninher 30s cry- came in fortreatment, threedoc- areseparated... but it hasn’t hap- tracted the virus. Amid claims of also saidall arrangementsare be- sending samples from June 14.” were arrested and two ing out in pain. The twoothers, tors and aparamedical staffer penedsofar,” said the doctor. lackofPPE kitsand salaries de- ing made. Director,Press and On the thermalscanner not juveniles apprehended her relatives, pausedmomentar- wearing masks, but no PPEs.Ravi The clinic forcollecting Covid layedfor threemonths, hospital Information, NorthMCD high- working, asenior official said: forallegedly killing an 18- ilyatthe gate before going inside Kumar (22), one of Kumari’s rela- samples near the casualty ward staffhaveanuphill road ahead. lightedanother challenge:209 “As per the in-charge at the fever year-old youth who tried to getastretcher to carry the tives, said, “She complainedof wasempty as well.“Thereare The hospital has 980beds, Medical Superintendent of patients currentlyadmittedat the clinic, it wasworking till 4pm to intervene in ascuffle woman, GulabiKumari,tothe vomitingyesterday... we came at veryfewsamples being collected 17 ventilators. Abhinav Saha Hindu RaoHospital, Anu Kapoor, hospital willbeshiftedelsewhere. (Friday). The batterymay have over moneybetween the casualty ward.Onthe way, her night but she wasnot admitted. forthe past fewdays as some labs said all arrangementswould be “Modificationswill be made in been neededtobereplaced, twoparties, said police. mask came off, and one of them We were asked to come today.” areshut,” added the doctor. made to turn the hospital intoa manpowerdeployment,infra- whichhas been done.” The incident took place in struggledtoadjustitwhile bal- One of the doctors said, InthewaitingareawasSuresh bite. His wifeKaushal said, “We Covid facility by June 16.She also structureand facilities related to Adoctor said, “Wehope our Rohini. ENS ancing the stretcher. “Ideally, thepatient and their at- Kumar (55), an Old Delhi resident were givensome medicinesand said all medical staffare being patient careand healthcarework- salaries will be paidnow,else it The 980-bed hospital, the tendantsshould be screened who camefor treatmentfor adog injections.Forthosethatwere un- givenPPEsasperICMRguidelines. ers,” she said. will demotivateusevenfurther.”

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Kamlesh Srimal, 56, has seenlittle businesssince he opened Abdul Hamid, 70,polishescauldrons manuallyand is among his jewelleryshop after81days.The fewcustomers who the fewstill leftinthe trade. Business has takenahit,but visited backed out owing to high gold prices. Deepak Joshi Abdul is hopeful of aturaround in fortunes. Rohit Jain Paras NOIDA: 11AM MOHALI:2PM

Umesh Shah, 32, has resumedhis work of making fruit crates Asanitiser waitsatthe entrance of Rajesh Ojha’s(40) bookshop in Daryaganj, but thebooklovers aremissing.Ojha, the Raja, 19,boughtthisauto-rickshawlastyear on aloan. With no after80days. Hailing from Bihar,hemakes Rs 500aday. Why second generation to run the familybookshop, has tiedahandkerchief on his face as masksmakehim feel suffocated. incomeduringlockdown and little afterit, he has turneditinto is the mask missing? “I work alone” is his reply. GajendraYadav With sales low, he wonders howhewould paythe semester feefor the BCAcourse his son is pursuing. AbhinavSaha amakeshiftvegetablestall to payfor food and EMI. Jasbir Malhi Mumbai local trains to start today In Sikkim InGujarat,Rajasthan, hospital, for essential service workers andMP,dailycasesand moms swap kids to guard IRAMSIDDIQUE MUMBAI,JUNE14 deathslargelyconstant from Covid STARTING MONDAY, booking windows at select suburban rail- waystationsinMumbai areset And Madhya Pradesh has re- troughs too,” he said. PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA to reopenasboththe Central and AMITABHSINHA portedbetween five and10 Rajasthan, Singh said, has GANGTOK,JUNE14 Western Railway will run train PUNE,JUNE14 deaths on 20 out of the 30 days been very transparent in report- servicesfor the firsttimesince since May13. ing death numbers. “Out of the ONE HAS a27-month-oldchild March 23, but only forthe 1.25 SINCE THE thirdweekofMay, Nationallyand in other 280 odd deaths, about 60 were with the coronavirus. The other lakh commuters identifiedby the growth of novelcoronavirus states, these numbers showa brought dead to hospitals. is aCovid-positive mother of a the stategovernmentasessen- infections in Gujarat has been greater randomness. (Manyof) those deaths were six-year-old. Forthese two tial service workers. crawling at less than 3per cent In India as awhole,the num- due to suicide and accidents, etc. women from Sikkim, therewas The train services will notbe —onSaturday, it was2.35per berofnew cases usuallyremains Still,wetestedthem, and if they one waytokeepthemselvesand available forthe general public, cent, the slowest in the country, within asmall rangefor about 4- turned out to be positive,were- their children safe—a ajoint press release from along with Chandigarh, 7days before finding anew portedthem as Covid deaths. straight swap. Western and Central Railways Andaman and Nicobar Islands, bracket. And in Maharashtra Manyother statesare notdoing This curious arrangement lateonSundaysaid. and Madhya Pradesh. since May1,daily newcases it,” he said. wasmade at the STNM Hospital Officialssaidseveralcheckswill In Rajasthan, the growth rate were in the1,000-1,500bracket Asked about the consistency in statecapital Gangtok.Doctors be put in place to ensure that only of the infection is now2.66per on eight days,between 1,500 in dailycasenumbers in May, placedthe state's youngestcoro- private as well as government offi- cent,and in MadhyaPradesh, and 2,000 on five days,and be- Gujarat Principal Secretary navirus patienttemporarily in cials involved in essential services just2.06per cent. tween 2,000and 2,500cases on (Health) Jayanti Ravi said, the careofawoman who tested and healthcareworkers identified Along with this remarkable 13 days. “Positivity is afunction of test- positive forthe viraldisease, si- bythestateandtheBrihanmumbai Health workers during acheck-up drive in aslum in Mumbai. Reuters/FrancisMascarenhas slowing of the infection, these Alimit on testing capacities ing. We had basically saturated multaneouslyuniting the Covid- MunicipalCorporation(BMC) are three states have also been re- could have been apossible ex- our testing capacity and had free woman and child. allowedtotravel. portinganunusual consistency planation forthisunusual uni- plateauedataround 3,000- “All the other familymem- Afterday-long meetings be- in the number of newcases formity.However, Rajasthan has 3,800per day(in May). Of bers of the six-year-old have tween officialsfromthe state everyday.For over amonth now, increased itstesting capacity course, we were also pool test- tested positive forCOVID-19. government and the Railways, Schools set to virtuallyreopen these numbers have been largely rapidly—from5,000-7,000 ing. We did see greater incidence Therewas no onetolook after Central and Western Railway of- confinedtonarrowranges –be- samplesdailyatthe beginning (of Covid-19) in Ahmedabad, the child. Then we came to know ficials said they were fullypre- tween300 and 400inGujarat, of Mayto13,000-14,000now— Surat and Vadodarainthe initial of the woman whose baby pared to run the trains foressen- today, no govt guidelines yet 200-300inRajasthan, and 150- and is testing numbers that are days,anearly peaking, but we tested positivebut she is COVID- tial service workers but were 250 in Madhya Pradesh—offi- behindonlyafter Tamil Nadu have nowseenareduction in the free. She wasworriedabout awaiting approval from Railway Theproposal,however, hasnotre- and studentssothat“they won’t cial datashow. and Maharashtra. inner city limitsofAhmedabad.” her baby. Board. The green lightcameon ABHAGORADIA ceivedapproval from the Central loseout on education forlackof In Gujarat, the number of Madhya Pradeshtoo, has in- Asked whether Gujarat’s “So the twomothers optedto Sundayevening. MUMBAI,JUNE14 government so far. resources”. daily newcases fell outside the creasedits testingcapacityfrom sample positivity rate had been temporarilyswitchtheir babies Railways officials had urged WhilemostICSE,CBSE,andIB Of the 1,800studentsinthe rangeononlyfivedays in May. about 2,500to about 6,000sam- uniform foramonth, Ravi said, forbettercare,” apaediatrician the Maharashtragovernment to WHILE MAHARASHTRA School boardschoolshave alreadybegun Marathi-medium government- In June, dailycase numbers in ples aday; Gujarat’s testing has, “I am notsurewecan saythat at the STNM Hospitalsaid. provide alistofall employees in EducationMinisterVarsha newacademicyearvirtually, most aidedschool,only30per cent the statehavefound anew however, remainedconstant be- because everydistrict maynot The 27-month-old babyis advance, muchlikeShramik Gaikwad had announcedthat all stateboardschoolsareyet to com- have android phones. bracket—between 400and 500 tween2,500and 6,000samples have been uniformlytestedbut nowinthe isolationwardofthe Special trains running across state-run schools —barring those plete admissionsforthenewaca- Manyschools in thestate, —and onlyonfour days this dailythrough this period. small deviations in (testing) hospital with the corona-positive states, and makeabulk payment in Vidarbha region —willreopen demic year due to thelockdown. sources said, have no plan in month has the number of cases Rajasthan Additional Chief weightages (district-wise) may woman, while the Covid-free fortheir tickets to avoid crowd- virtually in the state from June 15 SchoolsinVidarbharegionare place forreaching outtostudents fallen outside this range. SecretaryRohit Kumar Singh have cancelledeachotherout.” child and woman arelodged at ing at the booking windows. and aStandardOperating dueto reopenvirtuallyonJune26. who will notbeable to attend on- In Rajasthaninthe last one said the uniformity in numbers An official spokesman for the Paljor Namgyal Girls' Senior “Thereisnouniformity of (iden- Procedure(SOP) will be released Stakeholders, meanwhile, line sessions. Their manage- month beginning May13, the could be due to the fact that theMadhyaPradesh govern- SecondarySchool quarantinefa- tity) cardsofessential workers. by theCM’sOffice,noguidelines have blamedthe educationde- mentsare alsoyet to train teach- number of newcases has fallen these were stateaggregates, and ment said that the increase in cilityinGangtok,officialssaid. This makes it difficult to control were issuedtilllateSunday, leaving partment fornot making any ers on howtoconduct online outside the 200-300rangeon thatthere wasmuchgreater ran- testing means the positivity The children were swapped who should be allowedtoavail stakeholders anxious. provision forthe underprivi- sessions forstudents. onlysix days. domness at the “local” level. rate has declined, notremained on Fridaymorning. the services,” said an official. Additional Chief Secretary leged students–alarge number When contacted,School In Madhya Pradesh, the “Mostpeaksthat we encoun- constant. The death rate had in- Meanwhile, five morepeople, However, the stategovern- Vandana Krishna said the guide- of studentsdonot have access to Education Commissioner Vishal number of dailynew caseshas teredinthe last 100-odddays creasedrecently, but has now who arereturnees from Mumbai ment had neithermadeabulk lineswillbereleasedbythe Chief internetconnectivity,android Solanki said,“Theguidelines will remainedwithin the 150-250 have been episodic—alane in come down, so that is notcon- and Delhi, tested positive for payment nor arranged acom- MinisterMonday. phones or computers –and for bereleasedinacoupleof days.It’s rangeonall but five days since Udaipur,atoll plaza in Pali,a stant either. coronavirus infection in Sikkim, prehensive listofessential work- Sources in theeducation de- the state-run schools that lack underprocess in Mantralaya.” May10. small geographyinPratapnagar “Better treatment is the ex- takingthe total number of active ers. So fornow,Railwayswill al- partment had said the guidelines basic infrastructuretoconduct BMCSchoolEducationOfficer Dailydeath numbers have in Jodhpur,asmall area in planationfor declineindeath cases in the stateto63, asenior lowthe passengers to purchase would applydifferentlyfor each online classes. Mahesh Palkar said the depart- been similarly consistent. Jhalrapatan and Pokharan, a rate.The deaths and positive health department officialsaid. ticketsonvalidmunicipal and school basedontheir local situ- On Sunday, Maruti Mhatre, ment waswaiting forthe state Thus,in33out of the44days burstofmigrantsinPali and cases arebeing reportedfrom Of the five,three arefrom stateIDs independentlyfromthe ation, andasper thedecisionof principal of Bhandup-based guidelines. “Weare notinaposi- since May1,Rajasthan has re- Nagaur, etc. The problem with newareas. It is true thatunlike West Sikkimdistrict andtwo booking windows. the SchoolManagement AmarkorVidyalaya,said,“Starting tionto issueany directivesto BMC portedbetween three and seven aggregating numbers over aday other states, MP has notseen a from EastSikkim, Director- The stateand the Railways Committee (SMC). onlineclassesfromMondayisnot schools on the matter.Assoon as deaths everyday. is that unless the local peak is re- surge in the unlockperiod,”the General of Health, PempaT are, meanwhile, exploring asys- The departmenthad alsosaid possible.”Theschoolcatersto stu- guidelines arereleased,wewill Gujarat, whichhas the coun- ally accentuated,itgetslostin spokesmansaid. Bhutia said. Theyhad been temofintroducing e-passeswith thestate governmenthadapplied dentsfromnearbyslumsinPratap forwarditour schoolsfor imple- try’ssecondhighest death num- theoverall number.Had some (WITHHAMZAKHANIN lodged in various quarantine BMC as the nodal agency.The foradedicatedtelevisionchannel Nagarand other areas.From mentation.” bers afterMaharashtra,reported episodes likethat occurred si- JAIPUR,SOHINIGHOSHIN centres and nowtheywere Mumbai Police is being asked to forstudentswho do nothaveac- MondaytoWednesday, the Gaikwad remainedunavail- between 20 and 30 deaths on 32 multaneously, we would seen AHMEDABAD,ANDMILIND shiftedtothe STNM Hospital in setupaportal. cess to internet or smartphones. school planstomotivateparents able forcomment. of these 44 days. sharp peaksand maybesharp GHATWAIINBHOPAL) Gangtok. Embassies must arrange testsfor expats:Kerala to Centre Punjab weekend lockdown sees deserted roads, markets Covid-19 in the region. June20.Thetest wasmadeacon- SHAJUPHILIP On Sunday, Chief Minister dition foroperatingchartered THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, PinarayiVijayan,inalettertoPrime flights,andthedecisionwascom- CASE COUNT PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA JUNE14 MinisterNarendraModi, said the municated to theMinistryof THE CHANGING PICTURE CHANDIGARH,JUNE14 Centreshouldensuretheavailabil- External Affairs. THE KERALAgovernmenton ity of test kitsincountrieswhere AbuLaiseEdappal, asocial Alook at howCovid-19 case counts in states ROADS AND marketsinmost Sundayurged the Centretoen- expatslive, andIndian embassies workeramong migrantsinDubai, arechanging as migrants return home parts of Punjab wore adeserted surethat Indian embassies make should beentrustedwiththe task said, “Atfirst, theUniongovern- lookonSundaywiththestategov- arrangements for aCovid-19test of conductingtheCovid-19 test for Kerala CM PinarayiVijayan ment failedtoaddress the expats’ ernment imposing stricter lock- forexpatsflyinghomeonchar- those who cannotaffordit. wrote to PM NarendraModi issue by suspending flight opera- down restrictions on weekends. tered flights. The move comes In the letter,Vijayan said in- tions in March.Now,the state KEY SAMPLES POSITIVE MIGRANTS FOREIGN Police personnel were de- AviewofThikriWala days afterthe state came under fected people and others should government has also abandoned STATES TESTED CASES ENTRANTS ployedinadequatenumbers ChowknearPunjab CM fire from expatriates and opposi- notbeallowed to travel together, Chief Ministerwoulddiscuss the us... we suspect thereisacon- across the statefor implement- AmarinderSingh’s house in ■ Uttar Pradesh 15,762 499 93 0 tion parties formakingaCovid- and special flightsshould be con- issuewiththePrimeMinisterdur- certedattempt to bring down the ing the lockdown strictly, offi- Patiala. HarmeetSodhi negative certificatemandatoryto sideredforthosewhohave tested ing their video conference on flowofexpats. ■ Tamil Nadu 18,782 1,974 23 10 cials said. flybackhome from the Gulf. positive forthe virus. Tuesday,’’ she said. “Onlyfew services have been ■ Rajasthan 13,966 293 108 NA Inter-district movement was While Kerala had so farman- Health MinisterKKShailaja On June 11,the state govern- operatedunderVandeBharat.The barredexceptfor peoplewith e- In Ludhiana, therewas no ■ Kerala 4,233 54 25 23 aged to control the Covid-19 saidtheCovid-negative certificate ment’s NORKAROOTS—the de- charteredflightshavebeen the passes, theysaid, adding that no rush of peopleatChaurabazaar, graph, thereisanxiety in house- wasmade obligatoryonsafety partment forthe welfareofnon- lastray of hopeformanypersons, ■ AndhraPradesh 15,633 294 39 2 pass wasrequired forsuchtravel which is one of the busiestmar- holdsacrossthestatewithrespect grounds.“Positive casesboarding residentKeralites —told the although ticketrates were high. ■ Karnataka 7,451 176 88 6 in case of amedical emergency. kets.HoshiarpurSenior to their relativesinWestAsian flights would increase infectivity. sponsorsof charteredflightsfrom Manycannot afford theCovid All shops dealingwith non- Superintendent of Police Gaurav ■ Punjab 8,916 77 13 0 countries. However, thestate wouldfactor West Asian countries that Covid- test... Morepeople would be left essential items stayedshut while Gargsaidpolicewerestrictlyim- Accordingto reports,220peo- in the suggestion of the Union negative certificates should be to diehere dueto thisstandof the States’ datafor last 24 hours, updated up to 9pmonJune 14 chemistshops and departmen- plementing the lockdown re- ple from Kerala have diedof government in this regard.The mandatoryforallpassengersfrom government,”hesaid. talstoresremainedopen. strictions.

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holding in Meininger out from thereafter. In comparison, the ef- and work in accordance with JAYMAZOOMDAAR under the Education Division” of fective corporatetax rate payable governments’ laws andregula- nation’ssecular fabric NEWDELHI,JUNE14 Holidaybreak,C&K chalked up a in Germany ranges between 29 tionsasweassistour clientsin restructuring plan with consult- per cent and 33 percent. effectively managing their busi- barredthe right and remedy EXPLOITINGAloophole in the ing firm Deloitte. Appleby,the The emphasis,recordsshow, ness affairs. We fullydisclose our EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE againstencroachment made on UK taxrules that riledthe offshorefiduciaryservice wasonoffshore taxresidencyas clients’ taxpositions to taxau- NEWDELHI,JUNE14 religious property of Hindus” by European Union, renting abase- provider under the lens in the the company“could be consid- thorities as required.Weapply invaders and others before ment room forquarterly meet- Paradise Papers investigation, ered UK taxresidentifcentral strict principles of conduct that THE JAMIATUlema-I-Hind has August15, 1947. ings to ensureoffshoreresi- washired to put the structurein management and control were ensureethical safeguards in the approachedthe Supreme Court Opposing this, the Muslim dency,creating appropriate place. exercisedfromthe UK”. work we do forour clients. againstapleabyaHindu outfit, body said “itisapparent that the paperwork to dress up commer- According to Appleby To ensure that, Applebydrew Deloittedoes notcommenton challenging The Places of present petition seekstoindi- cial rationale —these were part records, the restructuringplan up arental agreement for“one individual companies or clients Worship (Special Provisions) Act, rectly target placesofworship of the meticulous restructuring involved incorporating twostep- of the rooms in the basement”of due to confidentiality.” 1991. whichare presentlyofMuslim UNDER TREATMENT put in place by the nowbelea- down subsidiariesofthe UK’s itsofficeinDouglas, the Isle of In October 2017,the The impleadment applica- character”. guered Cox&Kings group to Holidaybreak —one eachin Man, wherethe directors of European Commission opened tion filedthrough AdvocateEjaz It contendedthat the Actwas FORMER SAMAJWADI PartyMPDharmendraYadavhas tested minimisetax liabilitywhile Germany and Isle of Man.The Meininger Finance Company an in-depth investigation to ver- Maqboolsaid “evenissuance of enactedtofulfilltwo purposes. positive forCovid-19. Amember of MulayamSingh Yadav's channeling profitsfroma German companywould di- Limited would meetfour times ify whether the UK’s Group notice in the... matter will create “First, it prohibitsthe conversion family, Dharmendra has been admitted to the Uttar Pradesh German hotelchain it owned rectlyhold the Meininger busi- ayear.For GBP 6,000 annually, Financing Exemption complied fear in the minds of the Muslim of anyplace of worship. In doing University of Medical Sciences, Saifai, whichwas builtbythe through aUKsubsidiary. nesses and receive aloan —GBP Applebyalso agreedtoput up a with EU Stateaid rules. Community with regard totheir so, it speakstothe futureby then Samajwadi Partygovernment in itsbastion. On Sunday, On June 8, the Enforcement 10.8 million in Euros —from nameplate forthe company“on Following the adoption of the places of worship, especiallyin mandating that the character of Dharmendratweeted about his healthand saidheisfeeling Directorate(ED)searched the of- Meininger Finance Company the door/outside the room” and Anti-TaxAvoidance Directive the aftermath of theAyodhya aplace of publicworshipshall well. He also praisedthe doctors and staffofthe hospital. fice of Cox&Kings, the resi- Limited incorporated in the Isle provide “lockable cupboards (ATAD), all EU member states, in- Disputeand will destroy thesec- notbealtered.Second, the law dences of itspromoterAjayAjit of Man. withcompany records/ docu- cluding the UK, introducedor ular fabric of the nation”. seeks to impose apositive obli- Peter Kerkar and other senior ex- This wouldensure taxeffi- ments/ files inside”. modifiedCFC rules since January It contendedthat if the peti- gation to maintain the religious GOING DIGITAL ecutivesunderthe Prevention of ciency at three levels: i) Paying The restructuringplanalso 2019. tion is entertained, “it will open character of everyplace of wor- MoneyLaunderingAct in con- interestbacktothe Isle of Man involvedappropriate“transfer However, the European floodgates of litigation against ship as it existedon15August THE COVID-19outbreakisforcing politicalparties to think nection with aRs3,642 crore would cut profit and taxin pricing documentation…tosup- Commissioninvestigation con- countless mosques in the coun- 1947 when India achievedinde- outside the box. So the Congress,gearing up forthe Bihar fraudatYes Bank Ltd. Germanywheretotal netinter- portthe arm’s lengthpricing” cluded in April2019thatthe UK try andthe religious divide from pendencefromcolonial rule”, it Assemblyelections scheduledfor later this year,isset to launch On the listofalleged mal- estexpense up to Euro3million and the “commercial rationale” gave “certainmultinationalsase- whichthe countryisrecovering said, adding that this wasrecog- adigital membership drive this week.The party wastill some practices by Cox&Kings, the ED wastotallytax-exempt. ii) There of the intra-companydebt so lective advantagebygranting in the aftermath of the Ayodhya nisedbythe Supreme Courtin time agoreluctant to embrace newerformatstoenrol mem- has addedthat the bankrupt would be no taxoninterest that payment of interestwas not them an unjustifiedexemption” disputewill onlybewidened”. itsAyodhya judgmentlastyear. bers. Nowitisset to roll out digital membership through an travel firm “siphoned offmajor- earnedinIsle of Man. iii) The tax at riskofbeingreclassifiedas andsoughtrecoveryfortheperiod The petition by the Lucknow- Thecourt had notedinthe app that can be easilydownloaded. What’s more, the ity of the money” afterselling its liability would also be minimal “hidden profit distributions” 2013-2018.InJune 2019,the UK basedtrustVishwa Bhadra judgment that theAct protects Congress’s social media department is also planning to hold UK subsidiaryHolidaybreak in the UK, thankstothe Group whichwould triggeraGerman Treasurylodged an annulment Pujari Purohit Mahasangh and and secures the fundamental adigital rallysoon, maybebythe end of this month, which EducationLimited forRs4,387 Financing Exemption in the withholding taxliability. application againstthe decision. some followers of “Sanatan values of the Constitution and would be addressedbyRahul Gandhi. crore. country’s ControlledForeign While Meiningerdeclinedto (In 2018,C&K sold the Vedic Religion” has contended wasalegislative instrument to Cox&Kings (C&K) had ac- Company(CFC) rules forcertain comment, emails to Coxand Holidaybreak educationbusi- that the Actbars the “powerof protect secularism, the Jamiat quired amajority stakeinthe incomeincluding interestpay- Kings, Holidaybreak and ness to Midlothian Capital remedy” of judicial review, plea said. It also pointed out that GAINING TRACTION UK’s Holidaybreak Group in mentsonloans receivedby Applebydid notelicit anyre- Partners, aUK-basedinvestor. whichisabasicfeatureofthe the apexcourthad said lawcan- 2011.Inthree phases between multinational groups. sponse. “Wedonot comment on Meininger,accordingtoareport Constitution, and that the notbeusedasadevice to reach THE ISSUE of non-functional financial upgradation foroffi- 2010 andApril 2013,C&K took As aresult, records showthat the topic,”wroteaMeininger in Times of London in February Parliament acted outside its backintime and provide alegal cers of the Central ArmedPolice Forces (CAPF) seems to be over Germany’s Meininger hotel theC&K group “wouldbesubject Hotels officialinanemail. 2020, wasplanningtogopublic powerinbringing about sucha remedy to everypersonwho picking up political traction. It has receivedsupportfromtwo group through Holidaybreak. to aUKeffectivetax rate of 5.25 Aspokesperson forDeloitte on AIM, asub-marketofthe legislation. disagrees with the course which keypoliticiansofShivSenaand Congress.While ShivSena MP Ostensiblytomove “the percentinFY2014 and5percent” in the UK said: “Weare bound by London StockExchange.) The Hindu body also said history has takenand that the SanjayRauttweeted on FridaythatSupreme Courtjudgment Section 4ofthe Act, by insisting courts of todaycannottakecog- on granting CAPF officers better paymustbe“implemented that the character of areligious nizance of historical rights and in letter and spirit”, Congress leader RajBabbar said CAPF were Rajasthan HC structure as on August15, 1947 wrongs unlessitisshown that nation’s pride and their “serviceinkeepingnational flag aloft will notbechangedand barring their legal consequences areen- is unparalleled”. Both said service rules forgrant of organised grants protection all legal remedies againstit, “has forceable in the present. service toomustbeamended. It is an issue on whichIPS and CAPF have been fighting as changeinservice rules will de- from arrest to prive them of deputation opportunities in CAPF. journalist in Naidu:Jagan taking defamation case GUJARAT revenge against Oppn Man arrested for casteist HAMZAKHAN for exposing corruption JAIPUR,JUNE14 remarks against Dalit THE RAJASTHAN High Courthas granted temporaryprotection SREENIVASJANYALA Home Guard personnel from arrest to aPali-basedjour- HYDERABAD,JUNE14 nalist andgiven hima“basicop- portunityofexplaininghis case TDP PRESIDENT and former EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE Police said the accused before theinvestigating author- AndhraPradesh chief ministerN AHMEDABAD,JUNE14 insulted the man for ity withoutfear of arrest”. Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday VeerendraRajpurohit(32), accusedthe incumbent CM, YS A26-YEAR-OLD man wasar- posting on Facebook a who runsthe digitalnews por- Ahmedabadresidents move out of their houses to an open area following the earthquake. PTI Jagan Mohan Reddy,of“taking rested from avillageinGajarat’s photo of him sporting tal News 30 Rajasthan andisas- revenge” againstOpposition Amreli district on Sundayfor al- sociated with afew vernacular leaders forexposing the ruling TDP chief NChandrababu legedly making casteistremarks amoustache newspapers, wasbooked in a YSRCP’s “massive corruption”. Naidu on aDalit Home Guardperson- defamation case afterheraised 5.3-magnitude earthquake Addressing an online meet- nel forsporting amoustache. that Ishould notpostpictures of questions over the death of a ing of TDP’s elected representa- According to police, the inci- mine with moustachesince Ibe- labour leader in judicial custody tivesand villagecommittee in- ment, Naidu claimed, former dent occurredinNana longtoalowcaste,” said Parmar and allegedlyusedoffensivelan- shakes 12 districts in Gujarat charges, Naidu claimedthat ever AssemblySpeaker Kodela Machiyala village in Amreli rural in his complaint. guageagainstlocal police. sinceJagan waselected the CM, Sivaprasada Raowas forced to on June 11 when Vipul Parmar, “I told him that Iwould re- Rajpurohit had sought agewas reportedfromany- In some parts of Kutch, heavy he onlypromotedhis owncom- end his life. He also alleged that 24,aHome Guardpersonnel move thephoto from Facebook quashing of the FIR and his coun- EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE where, the officials said. rain and poweroutageaddedto panies and wasrobbingthe state nine TDP activists were mur- with the Amreli Taluka police, once Ireachhome as Ihad left sel, Rajak Haider,appearing via AHMEDABAD,JUNE14 “Theepicentre of the quake thepaniccreated by the tremors. of itsnatural resources. dered andfalsecases were filed postedonFacebook aphoto in phone behind. Afew minutes video call before thecourt,had is reportedtobenear Sikravil- The epicentreofSunday’s Naidu alleged that the ruling against60TDP leaders.Seven whichhewas sporting amous- later,two of my friends and a said the petitioner wantstosub- AN EARTHQUAKE of magnitude lage... tremors were felt in six out quakewas some 25 km from the YSRCPgavethe rights of lime- TDP leaders were forced to com- tache. Upon seeing the photo,he cousinalso arrivedatthe spot mit arepresentation along with of 5.3onthe Richter scale shook of 10 talukas of Kutch. However, epicentreofthe January26, 2001 stonemines worthRs1,300crore mit suicide, Naidu said. wasinsulted by one Rohitbhai and Rohit told them to makeme all the relevant documentsbe- 12 districtsofGujaratonSunday no damagetolifeorproperty earthquake. In Bhuj, whichwit- to Jagan’s ownfirms, claiming Naidu also claimedthat Jagan Vala, the complainant said. understand to notpostpictures fore theconcernedinvestigating evening, with itsepicentrenear wasreportedfromanywhere,” nessedlarge-scale loss of lifein that the CM had been collecting had targeted thefamilies of TDP "On June 11,Rohitalong with likethose,” he added. authority to redress the issue. BhachauinKutchdistrict, offi- KutchDistrictCollector Praveena 2001,people said the tremors Rs 5,000 crorethrough commis- leadersKAtchannaidu in North his friend Yuvraj came to my Police booked the accused The court did notquash the cials said.The quakelastedthat DKtold TheIndian Express. brought back the memoryofthe sions from liquor brands. He al- Andhraand JCPrabhakar family house in Nana Machiyala village underIndian Penal Code section FIR but said that “it would be ap- lastedfor 12-14seconds, and was Chief MinisterVijay Rupani disaster. “Thoughthe tremors leged that cement forexecuting in Rayalaseema because theydid around 5.30 pm and asked me to 504for intentionalinsultand propriatetogrant protection followedbythree aftershocks. immediately called up the dis- were felt fortwo-three seconds, government projectswas being not“surrender to his induce- hop on to hismotorcycle... We sections of the ScheduledCastes from arrest to the petitioner as it According to theNational trict collectors of Rajkot,Kutch it wasveryscary,"said Kalpesh purchasedfromJagan’s company. mentstochangeparties”. went towardsVarsadaroad. and ScheduledTribes will be awaste of energy and re- Centrefor Seismology,the quake and Patantotakestock of thesit- Goswami, district government He also claimedthat scams The TDP chief claimedthat Rohit stoppedhis bikealong (Prevention of Atrocities) Act. sourcesofthe police department wasrecorded10kmnorth- uation. An officialstatement said pleader who livesinBhuj town, worthhundreds of crores were ever since he went to jail, Jagan ‘Sojitrani Dela’ outside the village "Basedonthe complaint, we to run afterthe accusedtocom- northeastofBhachauat8.13pm. that the CM asked thecollectors districtheadquarters of Kutch. committedduring the purchase held agrudgeagainstothers and and told me that Ihavekeptmy arrested Rohit from Nana pletethe related investigation...” Tremors were felt in Morbi, Gir to stay alertand getdetails of any The quakewas felt in Morbi of coronavirus kits, masks and wastaking his“revenge” against Facebook ID profile name as Machiyala villageonSunday. Thecourt,however, saidFriday Somnath, Gandhinagar,Patan, damagecaused. The statement also, while slighttremorswere bleaching powder. opposition leaders even during Virendrasinh Parmar and have Further probeisgoing on in the thattheinvestigatingofficer“shall Banaskantha, Porbandar, addedthat the CM instructed to also felt in Ahmedabad. The former CM also accused the “dangerous coronavirus postedapicture of mine with case,” said JY Pathan,in-charge have thelibertyof custodialinter- Jamnagar,Amreli, makethe control rooms of dis- In Rajkot,tremors were not the current regime of slapping times”. He claimedthat Jagan moustache. He used an expletive officer,Amreli rural police rogation aftergiving 15 days’no- Surendranagar,Ahmedabad, astermanagement cellsofthese strong but manypeopleran out false cases againstTDP leaders, wasusing Covid-19for “harass- to describe my casteand told me station. tice before arrest if required”. Kutchand Rajkot,but no dam- districtsfunction moreintensely. of their homes. pointing to the booking of for- ment of political rivals”. mer statefinanceminister “It is nothing butsadism to YanamalaRamakrishnudu and saythe ongoingarrests were just ASSAMGAS LEAK AND FIRE home ministerNChinarajappa atrailer while the real cinema lay on Fridayfor attending the al- ahead. If false cases and arrests leged second marriageofaparty look likecinema, then thereisno Centre assures adequate compensation to those affected legislator’s son. greater political bankruptcy than Duetofalse cases andharass- that of YSRCP,”Naidu said. PradhantravelledtoBaghjan, vis- pointeda-levelinquiryheaded TORAAGARWALA iting three relief camps where by Additional PCCF (wildlife) MK GUWAHATI,JUNE14 residentshavebeenrehabilitated Yadava to look intothe impact on following the incident. the ecology and environment of UP: 7heldfor duping MP THE CENTRE on Sundaysaid that Pradhan said, “OIL is acom- the area. adequatecompensation will be panythatbelongs to Assam. It has ASunday statementbyOIL businessman of Rs 9.7 cr giventothose affected by the worked here formanydecades. said experts were at the well site Assam gasleak and subsequent TheAssamgovernmentas wellas “for assessment of siteprepara- ing that in 2018 he wasdupedof fire,and those responsible for the Centrehaveconstitutedhigh- tion forwell controloperation”. EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE moneybyagroupofpeople who the incident would be appropri- levelinquirycommittees.” The fire at theBaghjan well; “Everything is going as per LUCKNOW,JUNE14 floated afakecontract in the atelypunished. “Allthose who losttheir (above)CMSonowal and plan. Right nowthereisnodelay name of the UP animal hus- On May27, ablowout of nat- homes, farmlands,ducks,hens, Petroleum MinisterPradan and in 20 days the blowout THE UP Special Task Force(STF), bandrydepartment. The depart- ural gaswas reportedatthe fisheriesetc—whateverhasbeen at the site. Courtesy:OIL shouldhopefullybeplugged," in ajoint operation with the ment has notissued anysuch Baghjan 5well ownedbyOil lostwill be adequatelycompen- said TridivHazarika, OIL PRO. Lucknowpolice, on Sundayar- contract, police said. India Ltd (OIL) in Tinsukia dis- sated for,”said Sonowal, adding The fire is nowlimited to the rested sevenpersons foral- Hazratganj Assistant trict. The well, situated at an aer- thathehad requestedPrime 625families. “The original list well. Ateam from NorthEast rounding ecology —the siteofthe topofthe well-head, he said. A legedly duping aMadhya Commissioner of Police Abhay ial distance of 900mfrom the MinisterNarendraModitotake had 1,610names —restwillbe InstituteofScience and disasterislocated closetoana- radius of 1.5kmfromthe sitehas Pradesh-basedbusinessman of Mishrasaid one of the arrested, Dibru-Saikhowa National Park, strong steps so that suchaninci- givennow,” he said, adding that Technology (NEIST), Jorhat tional parkand the Maguri- been cordonedoff."People can Rs 9.72crore. Rajnish Dixit, wasagovernment caught fire on June 9. Twofire- dentdoesnot occuragain in any therewere11,000people spread reachedthe siteonSundayto Motapung wetland, and has al- still go in to collect their things According to the police, employeeand presentlyholds fighters diedinthe blaze. oilorgasproductioncentresagain. across 13 relief camps at present. study the tremors. ready ledtothe deathsofa because thereare anumber of ManjeetSingh Bhatia, aMadhya the postofprivate secretaryin On Sunday, Chief Minister As per Tinsukia DC Bhaskar Since Wednesday, therehave Environmentalists have also Gangetic dolphin, aparticoloured homes that fall within that area, Pradesh-basedbusinessman, had the UP secretariat, while another Sarbananda Sonowaland Union Pegu, interim relief of Rs 30,000 been intermittent tremors felt raisedconcerns overthe impact flying squirreland avariety of fish. but thereare twono-gozones,” registeredanFIR at Hazratganj accused, AKRajeevclaimedthat Petroleum MinisterDharmendra has already been transferredto up to adistance of 3km from the of thegas leak andfireonthe sur- Sonowalsaidthat he had ap- he said. police station in Lucknow alleg- he is ajournalist.

New Delhi WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE15,2020 EXPRESS NETWORK 7 We don’t want land ‘Indianolongerweak,national Soldier killed in Pakistani from Pakistan or ceasefire violationinJ&K Sringar/Jammu: An armyjawan official said. pridewillnotbecompromised’ waskilledafter aceasefireviola- These fresh exchanges of fire China, only seek tion by Pakistani troopsalong come aftera40-year-old woman the Line of ControlinJammu and waskilledand another woman Control. On Jammu and Kashmir,the Kashmir’s Poonchsector on wasinjured in cross border ARUNSHARMA “In ademocratic set-up, we Defence Ministermentioned Saturdayevening. shelling along the Line of Control peace, says Gadkari JAMMU,JUNE14 understand the importance of initiativesbythe government SepoyLungambuiAbonmei (LOC) in Uri. the Opposition and we respect fordevelopment of the new wascriticallyhurtand latersuc- Another Armypersonnel was AMID TALKSwith China to them as well… adisputehas Union Territoryinthe month cumbed to his injuries, said killedonWednesday night. Naik EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE lowertensionsalong the Line arisen between China and afterthe abrogation of Article Defence PROLtColonel Gurcharan Singh diedinmortar GANDHINAGAR,JUNE14 of Actual Control in eastern India, talksare in progress at 370. Devender Anand. The Indian shelling and small arms fire in Ladakh, Defence Minister the militarylevel,’’hesaid. The pictureofJ&K, he said, troops retaliated to the Pakistani TarkundiareainNowshera sector. ASTENSIONSwithChinasimmer Rajnath Singh on Sundaysaid “India is no longer aweak willchange to such an extent in firing and shelling, he added. Police officials in Baramulla at the Line of Actual Control, that “India is no longer aweak nation; itspowerhas increased. five years that even people in On Sunday, too, Pakistanvi- said that Sunday's shellingtook Union MinisterNitin Gadkari nation” and “national pride” Rajnath Singh at the virtual But we do notwant to use this Pakistan-occupiedKashmir olated ceasefire, this time along place in Boniyar area in Sundaydirected aveiledbarbat will notbecompromised. rallyonSunday. PTI strength to frighten anyone. It will be envious. the LoC in Baramulla district of Baramulla district. No damage Beijing,sayingIndianeversought Addressing aJammu and is only to secureour country,” “Therewill be ademand Jammu and Kashmir,adefence wasreported. ENS to “usurp” theland of itsneigh- Kashmir virtual rally, Singh he said. from PoKitself that we want boursand onlywanted peacein said: “While China has ex- “Wewill notkeep anyone in “I can saywithconfidence to live with India, and notwith the region. Gadkari addresses the pressedthe desiretoresolve the dark, neither Parliament thatwewillnot do anysortof Pakistan… wait forthingsto Gadkari also said that secur- digital rally. Twitter the(LAC) issue throughtalks, nor anyone else. We willdis- compromise with our national come... the dayithappens, our ingthecountry’sbordershasbeen our effort tooistofind asolu- closeeverything at an appro- pride. Iassureyou about it,’’ he Parliament’s resolve (on PoK) Corporate Identity No: L28920MH1919PLC000567 the biggestachievement by the tion to the trouble between priatetime,’’ he said, referring said. will getfulfilled,’’ he said. Regd. Office: Bombay House, 24, Homi Mody Street, Mumbai 400001 NarendraModigovernment. lemof naxalism isnearing itsend China and India through talks to questionsbeingasked by the Tel: +91 22 6665 8282; Fax: +91 22 6665 8801 Email: [email protected] Website: www.tatapower.com This became possible due to in thecountry. at themilitaryand diplomatic Opposition Congress on the sit- NOTICE the seriousnessgiven by the gov- “Weare certainlyfeeling levels.'' uation at the Line of Actual Transfer of Equity Shares held in the Company to the Investor Education and Protection ernment to external and internal proud that whether it is Maoist Fund (“IEPF”) This has reference to the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013, as amended, ("the Act") read security,added Gadkari. naxalism or terrorism. Ourinter- with the Investor Education and Protection Fund Authority (Accounting, Audit, Transfer and The UnionMinister forRoad nal and external borders aresafe. Refund) Rules, 2016, as amended, ("Rules") thereto. Pursuant to the Act read with the said Rules, unclaimed dividend for past 7years shall be transferred to IEPF and all shares in respect Transport, Highways and MSME, Ourbrave soldiersare protecting of which dividend(s) has not been paid or claimed for 7consecutive years or more shall also be wasaddressing avirtual rallyof our country.And the country has transferred to the IEPFAuthority. The dividend amount(s) declared by the Company for the financial years 2012-13 to 2018-19 BJP workers fromNagpur to cele- witnessedchangeinthetwositu- is/are unclaimed in respect of your shareholding in the Company.Details of such unclaimed bratethe completion of the first ations in lastfiveyears; it did not dividend(s) are available on the website of the Company on www.tatapower.com Shareholder are requested to immediately claim the unclaimed dividend(s) due to you by year of BJP government’ssecond comeinpast50-55years.We returning the enclosed request letter,duly signed, with the supporting documents, to TSR term. could achieve internal and exter- Darashaw Consultants Private Limited, Registrars and Transfer Agents of the Company,onor before September 14, 2020, at the email address [email protected], Speaking about the external nalsecuritybecause of theprior- you can send the letter and the documents to our RTAatthe address mentioned below. boundaries with Pakistanand itygivenby usto it.Itisourbiggest Shareholders are requested to note that in case the dividend is not claimed by September 14, 2020, those Equity shares in respect of which the dividend remains China, Gadkari said, “On one side achievement,”said Gadkari. unclaimed, shall be transferred to IEPF Authority without any further notice to the we have China, and Pakistanon In his over half-an-hour-long shareholders and no liability shall lie against the Company in respect of the Equity shares so transferred. the other.Wewantpeace.We speech, Gadkari also referred to Mode of transfer of equity share(s) to IEPF: want non-violence.” the Covid-19pandemic and ex- Where shares are held in physical form: New share certificate(s) will be issued and transferred in favour of IEPF on completion of necessary formalities. Hence, the originalshare He thencited reference from pressedoptimismthat avaccine certificate(s), which stand registered in your name, will be deemed cancelled and non- anotednovel—Mrutunjay— againstthe disease will be in- negotiable. Where shares are held in demat form: The Company shall inform the depository by way of pennedbyMarathiwriter,Shivaji vented soon. corporate action for transfer of shares lying in your demat account in favour of IEPF. Sawant and said that peace and “This crisis is notgoingtolast Attention of the shareholders is drawn to the fact that if the unclaimed dividend(s)/Equity non-violence can be established long..Whatever information I Share(s) are transferred to the IEPF Authority,the same can be claimed by you by making an online application electronically (e-form IEPF-5) (now it's web form IEPF –5from 20th onlybythose who arecapable. gather,Icansayitwithconfidence September 2019), as per the new rules of IEPF also available on the website of the Ministry of “Wewant to makeIndia em- that avaccine (againstCovid-19) Corporate Affairs at www.iepf.gov.in and sending physical copy of the same, duly signed, to the attention of the Nodal Officer,The Tata Power Company Limited at the Registered Office powerednot because we areim- will be availablesoon. Andonce address (Bombay House, 24 Homi Mody Street, Mumbai 400 001), along with acknowledgement/challan and requisite documents enumerated in eform/web form IEPF -5. perialists.Wenevertriedtousurp thevaccineistaken,we don’thave Please note that the e-form/web form is also available on the website of the Company at landof Bhutan.Wedonot wantto to worryaboutthiscrisis,”hesaid. www.tatapower.com Members are further informed that, due to successive lockdowns imposed by the take the rightful land of Pakistan. Gadkari also mentioned vari- Government, we are sending these letters through email to such shareholders whose We do notwanttotakeland of ous developmental worksdone email addresses are registered with the Company.The Company shall send physical Chinaeither.Weonlywantpeace, by of theModigovernmentinlast letters once normalcy resumes. For any queries on the above matter,shareholders are requested to contact either of the amity and love,” said Gadkari. six years. 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Mistry India raises with th Date: 13 June 2020 Nodal officer and Company Secretary Nepal killing of Place: Mumbai (FCS 3606) EX-SERVICEMEN CONTRIBUTORY HEALTH SCHEME (ECHS) ECHS desires to engagefollowing staffoncontract basis(Ex-Serviceman &civilians) &creatingareserve panel for ECHS Polyclinic at Khanpur,Air Force Bihar man at border Station, Tughlakabad, New Delhi as per the following details:-

Sl Appointment Basic Qualification Vacancy Work Experience Desirable Upper age Reservation Contractual Fee Place, Date No Attribute limit for for Ex- (per month) &Time of SHUBHAJITROY contract Servicemen Interview NEWDELHI,JUNE14 01 Medical MBBS 01 Minimum 05 year after Merit in MBBS, PG qualification. Exp. of 68 years 60% Rs.75000/- Officer internship. Preferable additional more than 10 year INDIA HAS raisedthe issueofthe killing of aBihar qualification in Medicine/ surgery man at the Nepal border earlier this week,sources 02 Nursing GNM Diploma/ Class1 01 Minimum 05 yrs experience Any diploma/course in specialty 58 yrs 70% Rs.28,100/- ECHS said. This has been conveyed to the Nepalese side Assistant course (Armed Forces) nursing. Experience of more than 10 yrs Polyclinic Kanpur at through diplomatic channels. 03 Lab Assistant DMLT/CLASS ILaboratory 01 Min. 05 Years experience in Experince of more then 10yrs 58 yrs 70% Rs.28,100 1000 hrs on On Friday, Nepal ArmedPolice Force, which Tech Course (Armed Forces) laboratory 07 Jul 20 guards the border,killedanIndian civilian and in- juredtwo others near the border across Sitamarhi 04 Driver Education-8 Class 1MT 01 Minimum 05 yrs Experience as Heavy Veh. Drivinglicense. Experience 55 yrs 70% 19,700/- Driver(Armed Forces) Driver of more than 10yrs district of Bihar. The development comes againstthe backdrop of Note:- For the above postsapplication to be submitted by 05 Jul 20 at the address mentioned in Gen inst at SI No. 06. Change in interview date if any due the increasingtension betweenIndia andNepal over to any unforeseen circumstance will be intimatedtoapplicantstelephonically. the latter’s claim to the strategically-important General Instructions:- Kalapani and Lipulekh areas, among others, on the 1. The age so specified is upperage beyond which continuance of contractual employment is not allowed .Person applying for first time in ECHS should border. have 24 months balance to serve from maximum age given above. Minimum oneyear will be needed for eligibility by persons if they have been employed Sources said the incident occurredinsideNepal in with ECHS est. at any stage for minimum 12 months or more provided no adverseagainst them at any stage. 2. Contractual Terms and Conditions: The contractual employment will be for aperiod of two years where second year employment is granted on Sarlahi area, across theborderfromSitamarhi. satisfactory performance in the first year.Incase said vacancies not filled by ESM,will be tenable for civilians and will be eligible to serve only till 11 months Members of afamily from Sitamarhi, whichhas rela- from date of appointment. The services of the staffcan also be terminated before expiry of the contractualperiod by either side after giving 30 days notice. tivesacrossthe border,had entered Nepal when they ECHS will be at liberty to terminate the contract of the staffwith immediate effect by paying the contractual remuneration of one month in lieu of 30 days were stoppedbyNepal APF.Analtercation ensued. notice period in the circumstances warrantso. The selection is purely contractual in nature and does not confer anyright for regularization and permanent Thedeceasedhas been identifiedasVikesh Yadav absorption. Detailed Terms &Conditions available www.echs.gov.in. and the injured as Umesh Ramand UdayThakur. 3. Working hours: The working hours for the staffwould be 48hours per week (8X6) from Monday to Saturday. The Indian establishment had chosen to play 4. Leave: The staffwillbeentitled for leave @2.5days for every completed month during the contractualperiod which will lapse, if accumulated at the end of six months besides Sundays &Gazetted holidays. down the incident. “This is acompletelylocal issue 5. The applicants will report to the place, date &time of interview as indicated above along with the duplicate application form, Medial fitnesscertificate from with no country-to-countryorforce-to-force rami- SMO/CMO, Original degree certificate and experience certificate with photocopies. Application form can be obtained from ECHS website www.echs.govin fications. The issue arose on the spotand thelocal po- ""Downloads' " "Application Form For Employment in ECHS" Resultsofthe interview will be availableon25Jul 20, 1100hrs at Main Guard Room Notice lice from either side areengaged with eachotherto Board at Air Force Station Tughlakabad and is subjected to approval of competent Authority and will be intimated by registered post to selected candidates. sortthe matter out. OurDIG is also in touchwith DIG 6. All application to be addresses to ECHS Cell, Air Force Station, Tughlakabad, MB Road, New Delhi-110080 and can also be 'dropped by hand in drop box of Nepal APF andthereisabsolutelynotension on placed at Main Guard Room of this station or complete scanned copy may be sent at the given e-mail. For any queries contact on 011-21820078 or e- the border,” SSB DG Chandra had said. mail at [email protected]/DA will not be admissible for interview. NIA arrests V-P of Telangana Praja Front for aiding Maoist activity

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THE NATIONAL Investigation Agency (NIA)Sundayarrestedthe Vice-President of the Telangana PrajaFront forallegedly aiding the proscribed CPI (Maoist). “Nalamasa Krishna, 41,was ar- ¸fû°fe»ff»f³fZWXøY SXfáÑXe¹f ´fiüôûd¦fIYe ÀfaÀ±ff³f BX»ffWXf¶ffQ rested from Khammam district of ´fi¹ff¦fSXfªf -211004CX.´fi.,·ffSX°f Telangana,” an official of the pre- Motilal Nehru National Institute of Technology mier investigation agency said. Allahabad Prayagraj –211004 (UP) India The case wasoriginallyregis- teredonOctober 8lastyear in Ph.D./M.Tech. (Part-Time/Sponsored )/MBA Hyderabad basedonthe seizureof (Part-Time) Admission for Session 2020-21 “incriminating material” from the Applications are invited for admission to Ph.D., M.Tech. (Part- residenceofBandari Maddileti, the Time/Sponsored) and MBA (Part-Time) programmes of the president of the Telangana institute for the academic session 2020-21. Eligible candidates Vidyarthi Vedika. may apply online through URL www.academics.mnnit.ac.in/ Later,NIA took over the case. admission2020 from June 15, 2020 to July 19, 2020. The Hyderabad-resident Krishna application fee is Rs. 1200.00 (Rs. 600.00 for SC/ST). For more regularly visited the topleaders of details, please visit the institute website www.mnnit.ac.in, the CPI (Maoist) in Chhattisgarh http//mnnit.ac.in/index.php/admission#doctoral and the forestsand passedontheir direc- admission portal www.academics.mnnit.ac.in/admission2020 tions to Maddileti, the NIA official DIRECTOR said.

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It shows that it did notuse lockdown well. AAP government A1968ARTICLE aboutIITsbyCRajagopalan stratedbycontrasting the financing of Delhi define the qualifications,roles andnumbers in the Economic and PoliticalWeekly sug- University (disclosure: my alma mater) and of teachers required,andclause4to recognise musturgentlyget itsact together gested that while no student wasintention- the Gujaratgovernment’s skill university(dis- industryexperience as ateachingqualifica- allyprecluded from admissionintoIIT,many closure: my PPPpartner).Bothare similar —Rs tion. TheUGCOnline Regulations2018 needto NSUNDAY, HOME MinisterAmitShah announcedseveral measures to disablingfactorsensured that apotential 700crore plus in annual costs withonly3per berewritten: Clause 4(2) and 7(2)(3) to allow address Delhi’s worsening COVID-19 crisis.The Modi government will elitewas being recruited from the higher cent of thiscoveredby student fees.Thediffer- innovation,flexibility,credit frameworks,and provide 500railwaycoaches to Delhi in viewofthe shortage of beds, strata of society almost to the neglect of the ence lies in who funds the gap—97per cent relevance in onlinecurriculums and clause testing will be doubledinthe next twodays and tripledafter six, acom- lowerstrata. Hindsight suggests that IITs of DU’s budget comes from taxpayers and 97 7(2)(2) to allowuniversities to work with any Omittee under the chairmanship of Niti Aayogmember VKPaulhas been were amasterstrokefor India’shuman cap- per cent of the skill university’s budget from technology platforms. ital,but the social mobility goal of higher ed- employers. Contrarytothe myth about em- Similarly,NAACIQACRegulationsneed tasked withfinding ways to ensureavailability of larger number of bedsinprivate hospi- ucationhighlighted by Rajagopalanisimpor- ployernegligence in carrying theirskilldevel- rewriting: Criteria 1and 1.2.2 to include tals at lowerrates, andtofix the rate of coronavirus testing and treatment.These much- tant. The virus lockdown has exposed the opment load, the Gujaratexperience shows work-basedlearning and work integrated neededmeasures also draw attention to the Delhi government’sinability and failureto urgency of moreinclusive employment, em- howemployersenthusiasticallyadopt univer- learning, criteria 1.1.3toinclude life skills and use the 10-week lockdown to bolster the city’s healthcareinfrastructure. With Delhi record- ployability,and education. Yetskill universi- sity productsthat meettheirneeds. proctored/evaluated internships, and criteria ing in excess of 1,000cases daily formorethan twoweeksnow,hospitals areevidently ties that deliveremployability and employer Globally,universitiesare broken in many 2and 2.3.1tointegrateonline learning with struggling to cope with the emergency.Therehavebeen severalreportsofpatientsrun- financing areheld backbyregulatorycho- ways.Firstisbrokenpromises. The world university programmes. Criteria 2and 2.4.1, lesterol; three Acts and tworegulations. producedmoregraduates in the last35years 3and 6needtobemodifiedtorecognise ning from pillar to postinsearch of hospital beds—manyhavereportedly succumbed to Twenty changes will enable 20 million new than the 700years before and graduatesnow teacherswith industry experience,and in- the disease in the process. Lastweek,the SupremeCourtupbraidedthe Delhi government employer-financeduniversity students. include 60 per cent of Korea’s taxi drivers, 31 clude industry-basedresearch,criteria 4and forits handling of the crisis anddirected it to “takeimmediate remedial action”. The question “can we be equal and excel- per centofUSretail check-out clerks,and 15 4.1.2toinclude industry workplaces andon- According to the Delhi government’s estimate, 5.5 lakh people arelikelytocontract lent?” asked by educator John Gardner’s per cent of India’shigh-end security guards. line classrooms as campus extensions, and the infection by the end of July. The Kejriwal government estimates that the city will re- 1961 book captures the contradictoryobjec- Second is broken financing. Morethan 50 per criteria 5and 5.2.1needs to be rewritten to quiremorethan 80,000 bedstodeal with the patientupsurge —nearly nine times its tivesofuniversities.Weneed, and can have, centof$1.5trillion in student debt wasex- incorporate apprenticeships. Clause 2, 8, 9, both equality and excellence.But this may pected to default even before the COVID pan- 21 and 23 of TheApprenticeship Actof1961 current capacity.Ithas reportedlystarted making arrangementstodeal with this emer- needtwo different systems. The differential demic. Indian bank educationloans have also needs to be modifiedtoallow and lift gency —multi-specialty nursing homes,railwaycoaches, hotels, banquethalls, and sta- lockdown outcomes forskilledand unskilled highNPAs. the licenceraj fordegree-linked apprentices diums will be converted intomakeshift COVID care centres. But these plans to augment workers highlightour university system’s The thirdisbrokeninclusiveness. The sys- and recognise skills universities. the city’s medical infrastructureseem to be lagging behind the spread of the infection. It pre-existing conditions —brokenemploya- temworksforprivileged urbanmales study- Education reforms areanendeavour of seems,now,that the Delhi government drasticallyunderestimated the intensity of the bility promises, poor employerconnectivity, ing full-time, but today’s studentsare likely profound optimism but have been stifledby crisis. Moreworryingly,its decisions in the wake of the easing of the lockdown conveythe and poor return on private investment that to be female, poor,older,rural, or studying purists,vestedinterests,and regulators.Itis impression that it is notincontrol of the situation. There have been accountsofunder- frustrateparentsand students. An exasper- part-time. Fourth is broken flexibility. illogical to denythepoornaswarajthatcomes ated mothervented to me at ajob fair —“why Employedlearners will cross traditional with the Institutes of EminencetagtoAshoka reporting of COVID-19deaths, the government’s pandemic datahas nottalliedwith that can’t our universities be 1/4th college, 1/4th Education reforms are an learners in three years, but theyneedon-de- University and Ahmedabad University or pur- of the city’s municipalities and frequent changes in testing protocols have createdcon- ITI,1/4th apprenticeship,and 1/4themploy- mand,on-the-go, always-on, rolling admis- sue regulation-drivenstandardisationforour fusionamongstlaboratories, hospitals and patients. ment exchange?” Skill universities can never endeavour of profound sions, continuous assessment, and qualifica- 993 universities. Delhi, sadly, is notthe only area struggling to come to gripswith the surge in infection. substitutefor traditional universities, but optimism but have been tion modularity.And finallyisbroken RonaldRoss, theAlmora-bornNobelwin- According to the Centre’s projections, at least10states—including Delhi, Gujarat, theycan surely meetthe aspirationarticu- stifled fordecades by purists, openness. Google knowing everything ning physicianwho discovered mosquito- Maharashtra,Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh, the five worstaffected states —will fall short lated by this parent. vested interests, and makes learninghow to learnakey 21st-cen- borne malaria transmission while living in Askill university differs from atraditional turyskill. Yettoo many universities arestuck Bangalore, said: “It takesatleastadecade to of ICU bedsand ventilators between June and August. But the national capital’s failureto university in four ways.Itpraystothe one god regulators. It is illogical to in knowing. understand anew idea”.But even Ross would utilise the lockdown effectively is bound to raise largerconcerns, and send out wider of employers;forgovernance,faculty,curricu- denythe poorna swaraj that Skill universitiesare ascalable,sustainable, have agreedthat history lurched over thelast dispiriting signals.It’salsounfortunatethatthe AAP government’scredo of making med- lum,andpedagogy.Ithasfour classrooms;on- comes with the Institutes of andaffordable vehicleto massifyhigheredu- 60 days andCOVID hascompressedeverycal- ical amenities moreaccessible to the common people —ithas showcasedthe institution campus, on-line, on-site,and on-the-job. It of- Eminence tagtoAshoka cation by innovationsinfinance. But theyneed endar.However, acrisis doesn’t do the work; of the mohalla clinics as itsachievement —hasn’t yettranslated intoeffective action when fers modularity between four qualifications; regulatorychange. The UGC Actof1956needs it exposes problems but can’t choose among the country is facing itsworstpublichealthemergency in decades. It’s time the Delhi certificates,diplomas, advanced diplomas, Universityand Ahmedabad rewriting: Clause 8.2.6 needs to be rewritten alternatives. Poorna swaraj forIndian univer- anddegrees.And ithasfour sources of financ- to equalisefour classrooms (online, on-site, sitiesisadecade overdue. But 20 reforms with government gets itsact together.Thereisnotime to lose. Universityorpursue ing —employers, students, CSR, andloans regulation-driven on-campus, and on-job) and section 22 (3) to aflick-of-the -pen that liberateskill universi- (though employers contributemorethan 95 recognise apprenticeship linked degree pro- ties can be completedin90days. per cent of the costs). standardisation forour 993 grammes. The UGC Teacher Regulations of THE DOWNPOUR The crucialpoint of financingisdemon- universities. 2018 need rewriting: Clause 3.3.(I),(II) to re- The writer is co-founder of Teamlease Services

Double challengeofCovid andMonsoonisbaring gaps in Mumbai infrastructurethat mustbeaddressed NASEASON of disturbinglytelling social media posts by wearyresident doctors TWO ROADS IN AMERICA in municipalhospitals amid the COVID-19 curve’s continuedsharp rise,Mumbai welcomedthe south-westmonsoon over the weekend.With the firstdownpour has come arising tideofworriesregarding howthe viruswill behave in the wet African-Americansremain divided between dreams of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X Imonths andhow thecity’s annual delugeofmalaria, gastroenteritis, leptospiro- sis and dengue willimpact health infrastructurethat is barelyholding up right now. Densely populatedareas and slum colonies, wherethe maximumnumbers of COVID-19 cases have Ramin Jahanbegloo been recorded, alsotend to reporthigh incidenceofwater-borne and vector-borne diseases everymonsoon. Municipal health staffwillsoon beadditionallytaskedwith screen- THE PROTESTSWHICH have followedthe quicklyinthe worldofcrime and violence. and all that. But the danger is that whitepeo- ing and surveying families in areas thatwitness floods, fordistribution of doxycycline and death of George Floyd, a46-year-old black However, as agreat speaker and atalented ple use King. Theyuse King to satisfy their azithromycin to prevent outbreaksofleptospirosis. Morethan 20 lakh families were man killedbyawhite police officer in activist,Malcolm couldcreate, empowerand ownfears. Theyblowhim up. Theygivehim Minneapolis, showusclearly that theques- sustain resilience within the blackcommu- powerbeyond his actual influence.Because screenedinJulylastyear,but suchanextensive exercise this year will bedifficult. EveryJune, tion of blackemancipationisonthe table as nity.But he certainlylackedanethical gram- theywant to believe within themselvesthat lakhs visit municipal clinics and requirediagnostic testswith viral and malarial feversymp- it was60years ago. TwoAfrican-American mar whichcouldexplorethe frontiers of a Negroes arenonviolent and patient,and toms. Testing facilities, feverclinics, municipal health outpostsand hospitals, all stretched leaders, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm moralcommunity.Though Malcolm culti- long-suffering and forgiving. Whitepeople impossiblythinalready,are preparing foramore demanding challengeahead. Xcontinue to represent twodifferent dreams vatedthe proper lifestyle of an anti-racistac- want to believe that so bad, cause they’reso COVID-19 has exposedMaximum City’s harsh, unacceptablelevels of inequality of forblacks in America. tivist, it wasKing who captured the eyes and guilty.But the danger is, whentheyblowup access to even basicamenities.Ithas also drivenhome middleclass urban India’s com- King’s dream wasthat of asouthern black ears of whiteAmericans around the country. King and fool themselvesintothinking that middle-class Baptist priest, whichbecame King waslooking forwhat he calleda Negroes arereally nonviolent, and patient, plicity in hidingthese inequities out of sight.Poor health indicators arecloselylinked to the expression of the struggle forcivil rights “coalition of conscience” among Americans, and long-suffering, they’vegot apowder keg patchy access to waterand sanitation, and as has been underlinednow,Mumbai’s hous- in America and apivotal moment of nonvi- whichwould connect whiteand black in their house.” ingand sanitation crises do notendanger slumdwellers alone.The acknowledgement of olentresistance againstinjustice around the Christians. As such, King’s gospel of freedom The fact is that MalcolmXnever used vi- interconnectedness is hopefullyheretostay. For, it’s plainlyvisiblenow that the health globe. Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little in became the inner church and a“thermostat” olenceagainstthe whites, though he became of the migrant worker in theshantytown, her accesstoadecentliving standard,her abil- Omaha, Nebraska, wasaproduct of the forall those who wanted to see social the spiritual father of the BlackPanthersaf- ity to nurture her familysafely, areintegraltothe health of homesand businesses else- northern poor blackghettos.Unlike King, his changes in America. But manyblacks con- terhis assassination in 1965. Malcolm’s ba- whereinthe metropolis.The poor cannotbethe onlystakeholders in the battle forequal dreamwas essentiallyanightmare, in which sidered MalcolmXasbeingmoreradicaland sicperspectives were Pan-Africanistcom- African-Americans had no chance and no closer to their African roots. UnlikeKing, binedwith ThirdWorld socialism. In that access to areasonable life. Additionally, these lastthree months have demonstrated that hope of finding dignity and justice. Though a Malcolmevaluated the US as asociety where sense, he wasmuchcloser to Frantz Fanon, tele-workability norms areimplementable, and rainydays can be work-from-home days. believer(he converted to Islam), the seeds of no brotherhood between blacks and whites the author of The Wretched of theEarth. UddhavThackeray,the state’s firstMumbaikar chief minister, mustrecognise that a Malcolm’s blacknationalistsentimentswere would ever be possible. “Thisisasociety WithoutMalcolm’s help, King and his asso- comprehensive approachisneededfor an inclusiverecovery.Public transport,healthin- notsowninChristian or Gandhian nonvio- whose government doesn't hesitatetoinflict ciates might nothavesucceededinpassing lence.Hehad experiencedviolence by the the mostbrutalform of punishment and op- thecivil rightsbills of 1964 and 1965. frastructure, access to amenities, affordablehousing —itcannotbebusiness as usual on Malcolm X, born Malcolm anyofthese. Thackeray, who has notbaulked from admitting his government’s short- whites in his youth. Later in life, he had to go pression upon dark-skinnedpeople all over Today, more than 50 years afterMalcolm through violence in prison, wherehespent Little in Omaha,Nebraska, the world,” he arguedfirmly. X’s assassination, the destinyofBlack comings, promisedwhen he took charge that his focus would be on Mumbai. The Shiv severalyearsfor armedrobbery. It wasin wasaproductofthe King realisedthe dangers of complete Americans remains dividedbetween the two Sena’s campaign tagline wasapt,“hichtivel". Indeed,the time is now. prison, in early the 1950s, that he became a northern poor blackghettos. separation and isolation of African- dreams of Malcolm Xand Martin Luther politicalactivistand joinedthe blacknation- Americans from the social, political and eco- King. Fiftyyearsago,Americachose King’s alistreligious group, theNation of Islam. UnlikeKing,his dream was nomic lifeinthe US. dream. But today, America is once again di- Freeze Frame EPUnny While King wasgetting the good educa- essentially anightmare,in Malcolm’s problem with King’s nonvio- vided betweenKing’sAmericandream and tion of aBaptistministeratCrozerSeminary whichAfrican-Americans lent philosophywas that he believeditweak- Malcolm X’s African dream. in Chester, Pennsylvania and later as aPhD had no chance and no hope enedthe blacks in their self-defence against student at BostonUniversity,Malcolm was the whites. In an interviewwith Claude The writer is professor-vice dean and struggling to survive in NewYorkCity's of finding dignityand Lewis in December 1964,hedeclared:“King director,MahatmaGandhi Centrefor Peace, Harlem neighbourhood, whereherose justice. himselfisprobably agoodman, means well Jindal Global University

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AAGSP VS AASU to the 1951 NRCand waspreparedtoaccom- sentativesoftheir branchoffices. THE GANA SANGRAMParishad joinedissue modateeventhe post-1951immigrants. withits students' allies, saying it will not US ARMS FOR INDIA favour anyflexibilityonits basic stand of ad- LOCO STRIKE END THE UNITED STATES intends to sell India 62 hering to the 1951 National Register of AFTERTWO ROUNDS of talkswith the lead- launchers, 630 practice missiles and 3,724 Citizens in seeking asolutiontothe foreigners of the striking locomen, the railway au- regular towmissilesand associated spare ers problem. In arejoinder to yesterday’s thorities claimedthat an agreement has been parts and training equipment.Theywillcost statement by the AllAssam StudentsUnion, reachedtoend the strikebyasection of the $32 million.The Pentagon said the towmis- the Parishad said, “Without adherencetothe Northern Railway locomen. Aspokesman of siles will “assistthe Indian Armytoimprove NRCof1951, therecan be no question of a the Railways said that thestrike would prob- itsanti-tankcapability and will help foster settlement. Identification of foreigners ablybecalledoff tomorrowafter therepre- an improved relationship between the would be next to impossible if the NRCisnot sentativesofthe Loco Running Staff United States and India”. The soldier firing takenasthe basis.”The AASU had yesterday Association sign the agreement. The signing the towkeeps the tank in the crosshairs of shown amarkedflexibilityinits basic stand of the agreement has been postponedtoto- hissight, and the missile flies intoitthrough on the controversial cut-offline in declaring morrow becausethe leaderswantedtodis- impulsestransmittedbywires whichtrail that it would notinsistonstrict adherence cuss the details of the agreement with repre- out from the missile.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE15,2020 WHATTHE OTHERSSAY “Putting moneyinthe hands of the poor and unemployed means it will return to the economyinthe form of demand,and that demand should be thesignal 9 THE IDEAS PAGE forwealthyinvestorsfor wheretoinvest.” —DAWN Theirherd, our immunity ACentre that

Indian inflection of “herdimmunity” has deepcultural roots. In itscoronaversion, poorare infected in gives morespace sufficientnumbers to produce immunity whichaccruestothose who have done nothing to earn it Covid exposes limitsofcentralisedapproach, Finance Commission mustresetthe balance

pensation cess. The GSTcouncil, in which the Centreeffectivelyhas aveto, is yetto clearly spellout itsviews on the extension of the compensation cess to offset states lossesbeyond thefive-year period.The Alok Rai Commission will have to weighinonthis too. At atime when the Centreisstruggling to fulfil itspromise of assuring statestheir MY EPIDEMIOLOGISTDAUGHTER is apublic GSTrevenues,will theCommissionarguein health professional. On what turnedout to Ishan Bakshi favour of extendingthe compensation pe- be the eveofthe fourth lockdown, she asked riod, as states desire, but, perhaps, lowering me in some alarm as to whatwas up with the assured 14 per cent growth in compen- India’s COVID-19policy.The followingismy THE FISCAL STRESS that has been building sation and linking it to nominal GDP attempt to grope my waytowards an answer. up at various levels of the government has growth? As GSTrevenueaccountsfor asig- Forcountries around the world, thereisa been aggravated by the COVID-19pan- nificant shareofstates' income, howthis difficult choice to bemade between twobroad demic. The collapse in general government plays out will also have abearing on their policy options: Containment, possiblyvia revenues, and the consequent rise in the ability to bring down their debt levels. lockdown; or,alternatively,allowing the in- deficitlevelshasnotonlydisruptedtheglide Next comes the issue of taxdevolution to fection to spread, in the hope of achieving path of fiscal consolidation, buthas also states. In some sense, accepting the recom- “herdimmunity”. Thereare costs involvedin deepenedthe faultlines in Centre-state fis- mendations of the 14th Finance both strategies. As forthe lockdown, it im- cal relations. Againstthisbackdrop,the15th Commission wasafait accompli. However, poses asevereeconomic cost—how severe, Finance Commission is expected to submit the present dispensation’s unease with ex- we will discoverinthe coming months and itsreportinabout four monthsfromnow. tending greater fiscal autonomytostatesis years. But the immediatecosts areall toovis- CRSasikumar That the terms of reference of the apparent in the framing of the terms of ref- ible —not onlyinterms of lostjobsand closed way. But the term “herdimmunity” is typi- sufficienthosts to produce an epidemic. But Commissionwere contentiousto begin with erence of the 15th Finance Commission. But businesses, but in India, in the form of home- callyusedinthe contextofimmunity pro- the biological immunity earnedby the once- is beyond debate. Attempts by the Centreto is clawing backfiscalspace nowaprudent lessness and hunger,the searingtorment of ducedthrough vaccination, and notbyletting infected members of the herd—the maids clawbackthe fiscal space cededtothestates approach? Acash-strappedCentrewill the epic caravans of workers who have been an infection rip through apopulation —a and drivers —through the production of an- andassertits dominanceover thecountry’s surelywelcome greater sayoverthe dimin- forced to become migrants.The ostensible mode of thinking moreappropriatetoour tibodies, this does notosmoticallytransfer to fiscal architecture, nowcoupledwith the fis- ishedresources.And notonlyistherea “gain” in this lockdownstrategyisslowing genocidal imagination. Still, whatwehave, the bosses. Individual members of the herd cal constraintsexposedbythe pandemic strong argument forthe Centre to have far downthe rate of spread of theinfection so that whether in the milling crowds at railway sta- —the properly savarna locked-down house- have made itharderto maintainthe delicate greater fiscal space than it currentlyenjoys “the health servicesare notoverwhelmed”. tionsand bus depots or in the trucksin which holderstemporarilysharing “herd-hood” balanceneededtomanagethe contesting —the fiscal multiplierof central government (This is an Indian joke: Thereare no health theyare piled,desperate to getback“home”, withthe unfortunatesout thereinthe slums claims of the Centre and thestates.Itwillbe capital spending is greater than that by the services worthspeakingabout.)But the even- is significantlydifferent. Theseare hothouse andonthe burning roads —donot become ironic if the ongoing health crisis that has states —but the nature of politicsmay well tual goal, even in the lockdown strategy,isthe situations —placesofconcentrated,intense immune. Theyremainvulnerable. endedupexposing the limitations of acen- push in that direction. Centralisation of po- controlledspreadofthe infection, until an ad- infection. Then, ever so gradually, these peo- This subtlyIndian inflection of “herdim- tralisedapproach, ends up reversing the litical powermay well lead to demands for equateproportion of the population has been plewillmeltaway, or stumble, intothe hinter- munity” has, Isuggest, deep cultural roots. trend towardsfiscaldecentralisation. centralisation of resources. However, surely infected and,hopefully,becomeimmune. land —exceptthat the onlygiftwhichthey These roots go back deepereventhan the in- The Commission’sreportwillbecritical fiscalspace canbecreatedby areviewofthe Giventhis proportion —whichvariesfrom in- arebringing from themetropolisthis time is sensitivities produced by inequalityand the on twocounts: First, it will determine how Centre’s ownspending programme. fectionto infectionsodifferentbugs, different a“Chinese” virus. Of course, on the other side class divide. Isuggestthat this ties in with the India’s fiscal architectureisreshaped, and Over the pastdecades, therehas been a numbers —the infectivevirusisunable to find of these tidesofinfection —and, of course, brahminicaltraditionoftransferredmerit — second,howCentre-state relationsare reset substantial increase in the Centre’s spend- asufficientnumber of hosts in whomto repli- mortality —there lies the desired heavenof this is the pandit who performspuja on your as the countryattemptstorecoverfromthe ing on items on the stateand concurrent list. cateitself, and the individual infection does herdimmunity.Orsowehope. behalf, this is the lala who pays some tone- COVID-19shock. While political considerationsmay well nottranslateintoanepidemic. However, thereare acoupleofthingsthat deaf kathavachak to regale the neighbour- To begin with, the glide path of fiscal have forced central governments, irrespec- With apureherdimmunity strategy on have to be clarifiedbefore we startcheering. hood, and cleanse lalaji’s conscience. In the consolidation laid out by the FRBM review tive of ideology,togreatly expand spending the other hand, as in Sweden, thereisnosig- The firsthas to do with numbers. The propor- corona versionofthis tradition, the poor are committee had envisaged bringing down on these items, this shifthas occurredeven nificant economic cost, but the infection tion of apopulation that has to be immune, Now, ‘herd immunity’ has infected,and either die —theyare expend- generalgovernment debt to 60 percentof as grantsbythe Centre to statesexceedthe spreads morerapidly, with aconcomitant in- whether through vaccination or infection, for able anyway —ortheybecomeimmunein GDP by 2022 —this is unlikelytomaterialise former’s revenue deficit. This, as some have crease in mortality.Sweden’s public health herd immunitytobepossible varies from something of the rhythm of sufficient numbers to produce that very now. Factoringin the additionalborrowings, pointed out, effectively means that the professionals were confident aboutthe abil- pathogen to pathogen. However, even acon- nature about it —the Indian herdimmunity which, mysteriously the debt-to-GDP ratio maywellbeover80 Centre is borrowing to transfer to states. ity of their public health system to handle the servative (for COVID-19)estimateof60per happily grazing herd,living but also typically, accrues to thosewho have per cent this year.Thus the fiscal consolida- Surely, arelook at the Centre’s expenditure anticipated tide of infections. However, the cent, in apopulationofover1.3 billion, adds through the cycles of birth donenothing to earnit. tion roadmapwillhavetobereworked,and prioritieswould creategreater fiscal space virus has wreaked significanthavoc in terms up to alot of humanbeings. And, again, even Vikram Patel, of Harvard’s School of as per itstermsofreference, the Finance forit. of mortality in the carehomes forthe elderly. if thepercentageofpeople whodie as acon- and death, and acquiring Public Health, has described India’s erratic Commission will layout the newpath to be Anyattempt to shiftthe uneasy balance Anyway,backtoIndia. While some of “us” sequence of infection is assumedtobeacon- immunityalong the way.But lockdown policy as “insane” —lockdown followedbybothCentreand states. But the in favour of the Centrewill strengthen the have been lockeddowninrelative comfort, servative1per cent, that still addsuptoalot the term ‘herd immunity’ is when infection levels arelow,but in sucha question is: Will the burden of debt reduc- argumentthatthisgovernment’stalkof co- cocooneddiscreetlyinour “innocent” privi- of bodies—infact,nearly 8million. The ac- mannerthat producesintensifiedinfection tion fallequallyupon the Centreandstates? operative federalismserves as auseful mask lege, the mostvisibleeffect of the lockdown tual numbers maywell turnout to be much typically used in the context among the forciblydisruptedmillions of in- Or will the Commission allowthe Centre to to hide itscentralising tendencies. As aneu- has been the crystallisation of vast mobs of higher.But Ihavegreat confidence in the sto- of immunityproduced formal workers. Then, when the infection have greater leewaywhen it comes to fiscal tral arbiter of Centre-state relations, the hungry, desperatepeople who,undernormal icism of the Indian middle-class, as evident through vaccination, and not has been properly incubatedand intensi- consolidation? Finance Commission should seek to main- circumstances, work to keep the wheels of in the ease with whichtheyhaveaccepted by lettinganinfection rip fied,through some combinationofincom- Then thereisthe issue of stateborrow- tain the delicatebalance in decidingoncon- our “normal” lifeturning. Theyhavebeen the sufferingoftheirformer servants, their petence and callousness, allowthese mil- ings. Recently, the Centreeasedthe states’ testing claims. This maywellrequiregive- wrenchedfromtheir normal,gruelling lives, maids and their handymen, thepeoplewho through apopulation —a lions to be disseminated intothe hitherto budget constraint,allowing them to borrow aways especiallyifstatesare to be and forced ontothe burninghighways —or, built their homes and servicedtheir vehicles. mode of thinking more relatively uninfected hinterland. In this way, morethis year,conditional upon them im- incentivisedtopush through legislationon indeed, ontothe by-ways, walking alongthe Theywill,Idobelieve, find the moral strength appropriate to our genocidal the actual policy,asenacted on the ground, plementingreformsinlinewiththeCentre’s items on the stateand concurrent list. railway tracks,because thepolice have forced to bear up to the mortality of others,evenin imagination. Still, what we maximises both the economic catastrophe, priorities. Despiteprotests, most states are The fiscal stress at various levels of the them offthe regularroads.Alternatively, they suchnumbers. and the ferocity of the epidemic. likelytocomplywiththe conditions, to vary- government necessitates arealistic assess- have been confined in “homes” that are, ba- Thereishoweverone further,cruel, twist. have,whether in the milling But, to return to my daughter’s original ing degrees. But the issue is: As the hit from ment of the country’s macro-economic sit- sically,detention facilities, in circumstances The aforementionedmiddle classes —prima- crowds at railway stations question:Whence this brilliant policy,this the ongoing crisis spreads over multiple uation, the preparation of amedium-term that renderthemrathermorelikelytoboth rilyHindu savarna —are notnotablefor their and bus depots or in the hybrid of lock-down and herdimmunity, years, stategovernmentsmay want to main- roadmap, as well as careful calibration of the contract andcommunicate infection than affection forthe “herd”,any herd. But the se- trucks in whichthey are whichgives us the worstofbothoptions — tain their expansionaryfiscal stance next framework that governs Centre-state rela- theywould have been under normal circum- cret and, Ifear illusory,hope nurturing in their economic disaster, andarampaging epi- year as well. Then, will the Finance tions. At this critical juncture, the Finance stances. So, we have some weirdhybrid of breasts is that the herdout there—dying or piled,desperate to get back demic? Could it be the civil (and uncivil) ser- Commission, in line with itsterms of refer- Commission should present the broad con- lockdown, and accelerated infection, in the notdying, that’simmaterial —willgenerate ‘home’, is significantly vantswho are, we know,the fount of allwis- ence, go alongwiththe Centre’s stance and tours of the roadmap. Though it could re- hope of producing herdimmunity. herdimmunitywhichwill,somehow,be different. These are dom? Or is it another masterstrokefromthe recommend imposing conditions on addi- questfor another year’s extension to pres- Now, “herdimmunity” has something of transferredtothem. This is, quitesimply, false. hothouse situations — Master,Himself? tional borrowing and formalise this arrange- ent itsfull five-year reportciting the the rhythmofnatureabout it —the happily Herdimmunity is astatistical concept. It only ment? It is difficult to seesuchanarrange- prevailing uncertainty. grazing herd, livingthrough thecyclesofbirth means that, because acrucial proportion of places of concentrated, The writer taught in thedepartment of ment being rolledbackonce formalised. and death, and acquiring immunity along the the herdisimmune,the pathogencannotfind intense infection. English,Delhi University Thereisalso the issue of the GSTcom- [email protected] Good cop, better cop LETTERSTOTHE EDITOR MALE REALITY IDEAS Spikeinpublic trust offers room to reimagine people-policecompact Thisrefers to thearticle,‘Journeytosame oldbadlands’(IE, June 12). The writer ap- ONLINE Maja Daruwala and Ritika Goyal propriatelycallsout thewell-meaning makers of “realitymirroring” webseries ONLYINTHE EXPRESS and films that areall therage. Webse- IN THE AFTERMATH of GeorgeFloyd’s tions of work,and the burden of multiple responses imaginable towardsapeopleal- metryofpower and muchless recourse to ries, as the writer says,havescenes of all ● RETHINKING killing, awaveofaccountabilitymay be on activities —combinedwithlong-term, sub- ready in the grip of trauma. The policeman remediesand justice. kinds of brutality againstwomen. Male HEALTHCARE: itsway to cleanse the police forceinthe US. optimal living conditions and health — beating hapless people at stateborders, But it neednot be so. Therefreshingblip makers, as also male viewers, of such PRABHATJHA The protestsinthe US areavaccine against have takentheir toll. In Maharashtraalone, thrashing emaciated old men, filing of approval from the public validates the idea shows mustintrospect. Arguably, they similar violence in the future—violence over athousand police-persons have tested chargesheets on patentlyfalse reports,con- of the police being aservice embeddedinthe aremoreabout powerand virility than ● TOTHEMANOR that has, fortoo long,been achronic conta- positive. stitute“the usualresponse” by the police. interestofsociety —ratherthan being seen empathyorindignation. Formakers,this NOT-BORN: gion grippingour ownpolice in India. Inevitably, their expandedscope of re- This is the result of severalpre-existing as aself-isolatingforce with loyalty to extra- is something that sells likehotcakes. DHANMANJIRISATHE However, developments in the US stand in sponsibilities during this pandemic has conditions: Comingintothe forcewith caste neous influencers. Yet, the police have always Ironically, mostsuchdramas have littleto sharp contrasttothe quiescence closer brought the police intouchwithmanymore and class bias and acomfortlevel with vio- been encouraged to stand apartfromthe do with women’s conversations. home to the killing of someone likeFaizan, peoplethanduringtheir usualduty hours lencewhichisnever broken during their public. This crisis offers amomenttoreview MAbdullah Ghazali, Patna www.indianexpress.com during the Delhi riots. preventingand investigating crime,attend- training is one. Regimentation that requires that compact, so that the community and its But at the same time, the resultsofan ing courtorattending to some VIP. unthinking obedienceisanother.Athirdfac- police service arebothinvestedinpositive FREE YOURSELF IANS-C voter tracking survey showed, in This uptickinpraise forthe police forces torisinternal authoritarianism, that forces localoutcomes, andaccountability becomes public commentsonthe issue. May, that over twoyears, public trustinthe —bysurveysorotherwise —does notcome the acceptance of ano- longer-justifiable hi- alocal concern rather than amatter forre- THIS REFERS TO theeditorial,‘Let's Consideringits sensitivity,any misstep police has rocketed from around 30 per cent from aspace of attemptsatgoodPR. Their erarchybasedonclass andcolonial privilege. mote powercentres. break the silence’ (June 12). Racism is might makeDelhi’s caseunpopular to almost70per cent in 2020. manysmall actsofkindness —beingpubli- So, onceapoliceman is out in the field, such The approval as reflected by the survey is notanact by prejudicedindividuals — among thepeople of Nepal. Though During the lockdown, the police have cisedproactively now—can be tracedin- pathological worldviews providethe justifi- also avote forpermittingthe cop on the it is partofour social conditioningand thereisroom forbackchannel diplo- been required to guardcontainment zones, stead, to thehumane instinct of the man on cationfor exercising all the micro-tyrannies ground muchmorespace forinnovation in mental slavery.Weblame societybut macy,Nepali leadership must be ap- monitor thousands of home quarantines, go the ground who, in this moment of misfor- to which he himself has been subjected.He the line of duty.Till date, in the nameof we aresociety.That’s whyweneedto prisedofIndia's willingness to address door-to-door to help theelderly and isolated, tune and distress, empathises with the mul- quicklylearnsthat the local powercentres “maintaining discipline”, the trend has been makeaconscious effort to notbeaslave this issue bilaterally. distributefoodtowomen’s shelters, ferry titudesoffellow workers, lefttofend for call the shots,and that conformityand collu- to pressthe constabulary intocookie-cutter to such discriminating ideologies, Sudip Kumar Dey, Kolkata medication and essential commodities to re- themselves. sionare keytosurvival andprogress. As afor- conformity,robbing theindividual of anyini- whichonlyfurther the divides between mote tribal communities, assistthousands Past the hurdles of the lockdown, though, mer senior putsit: “The policeman’s train- tiative andexpecting the same insensible people. MISPLACED PRIORITY of strandedworkers or facilitatetheir safe newchallengesawait policing. ing and sub-culturepreventshim from Pavlovian reflextoevery situation. DivyaSingla, Patiala, Punjab passagehome. Several statepoliceestablish- Pauperisation, dislocation,competitionfor seeing himself as the living embodiment of The police will needtostrivetobecome THIS REFERS TO the report, ‘Cities get mentslaunchedhelplines,usedsocial me- strainedresources, unemployment, and constitutional values.” aforce of socialcohesion benignlyinfluenc- STRATEGIC SILENCE newTamil names’(IE, June 12). The dia to spread awareness aboutthe needfor stress and violence at home, will requirere- Indeed, thereisevery indicationthat past, ing politics, rather than politics influencing it TamilNadu government seems to have physical distancing, circulatedstay-at-home doubledhumane responses from agroup unrepaired experiencesofillegality and vio- in order to divide us and rule. This refers to thearticle, ‘Drawingthe embarkedonanunnecessaryjourney videos, and even launchedawebsiteto that is, largely speaking, ill-prepared to deal lence will combine with surveillance tech- line’(IE, June 12). The current political of renaming cities and towns. At atime counter fake news. with it. nologiesand ever moredraconianlaws— Daruwala is boardmember and senior leadership in Nepal has built itscareer of when the coronavirus is threatening All these non-regular duties have been Toomanyreports and videos tell us that whichwillbecoupledwithofficial intoler- advisor, CommonwealthHuman Rights out of fanning anti-Indiasentiments. to wipe out humans, is this apriority? piledonatatime of great stress forthe police asustainedsocial orientation and exposure ancefor anyself-expression contesting those Initiative; GoyalisaBAL.L.B student at India should refrain from making any Melville XD’Souza, Mumbai forces. The establishment has neverbeen a towardseasy violence and uncheckedpower in authority —and will createanevenmore National University of Study and respecter of the constable’stime nor condi- have ledtothe development of thecruellest domineering police. This means moreasym- Research in Law, Ranchi

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In Bengal, two kids thrown off ‘Hewas trying tomake it on his own in aworld building for playing, one dies structured around nepotism and cronyism’ EXPRESSNEWSSERVICE KOLKATA,JUNE14 ALAKASAHANI ‘Tendulkar was A55-YEAR-OLD man wasar- MUMBAI,JUNE14 rested on Saturday forallegedly throwing twochildren,agedtwo Blurred pastevaporating from stunned when he and six, from the fourth floor of a teardrops building at Burrabazar area in Unending dreams carving an Kolkatabecause theywereplay- arcofsmile saw Sushant bat’ ing in acommon area, said Andafleeting lifenegotiating KolkataPolice. between thetwo IREMEMBERthe moment when The two-year-old child was SachinTendulkarwasleftstunned declared brought dead at ahos- THIS WASactor SushantSingh when he sawSushant Singh bat- pital while the other wasbeing Rajput’s lastInstagram post, up- ting.Sushantwas working on the Kiran More treated. loadedonJune 3along with a biopic of MS Dhoni and Iwas Accordingtopolice, the inci- sepia-tonedcollageofhis late asked by the director Neeraj dentwasthefallout of verbalspat mother and him. Unlikeother Pandeyand theproducer Arun member telling him,‘if youwant with thedeceased’sfather and ac- celebrities, the posts of the34- Pandeytocoachhim on wicket- to be acricketer, youhavetobe- cusedShivKumar Gupta afort- year-old actor areablend of “self- keepingandbatting.Afew weeks have likeone’. night agooverusing commonar- musings” and “meditations”. intothe training, Iremember He took it to his heart. From eas forplaying by thechildren. Thereare severalposts about the Sushant practising the famous the next day, he would carry his Afterseeingthe children playing galaxy,planets,moon,darkmatter helicoptershotofDhoni. That’s ownkit bag and walk intothe in acommon area around 6pm and even of him peering intohis whenTendulkar came to the arena. It wasn’t an easy role at all on Saturday, Gupta flungthemon telescope pointedatthe darksky. training ground at BKCBandra, a ashedidn’tjustwantto hittheball the road, said police. Well-readandwithascientific Mumbaisuburb. likeacricketerbuthewanteditto “The children from bentof mind,hehadplansto visit Tendulkarwaswatchingfrom do in the wayDhoni does. Burrabazar area near Nandaram NASA as partoftraining forthe the galleryand when Imet him Inever thoughthewouldbe Market were rushed to the hos- role of an astronaut in anow- Outside Sushant Singh Rajput’shome in MumbaionSunday. Nirmal Harindran later,after practice, he askedme, so good, to be honest. pital wherethe two-year-old was shelvedproject. At the ageof18, “Who is this boy? He is batting so He usedtosendmebatting declared brought dead. Locals he quit engineering to become a well.Itniachibattingkarrahahai!” videosthathewould do in his and the familiesofthe children dancer and soon turnedhis focus on his firstcase where everyone Itold him that it’sthe actor building compound.“Sir aaj yeh alleged that one ShivKumar to acting.Afteractinginplays and else dismissedhim as arookie.” ‘HetoldDhoni:Everybody is Sushant, who is preparingfor a shotkiya, aaj wohshotkiya. (Idid Gupta have thrownthe children doingasiderole in aserial, the Banerjee, however, wasn't in biopiconDhoni.Tendulkarwasso thistoday, didthat).” Iremember from the roof. He wasinterro- 1986-born actor sawmass popu- touchwith himfor the lastyear- shockedand said,“He can play he usedtotalkabout wantingto gatedand arrested,” said asenior larity as Manavinatellysoap, and-a-half. “That’s somethingI going to search for you in me’ properprofessionalcricketifhe shifthomes from Versova to officer of KolkataPolice. PavitraRishta.His breakout role, will nowregret forthe rest of my wantsto. He seems thatgood.” Bandra... He wanted to buy apar- however, wasthatof IshaaninKai life. It’s abody blow. He shouldn't SPECIAL Ihad firstmet Sushant at the ticularcar.Hewantedthegoodlife Po Che(2013).DeepaBhatia,who have gone. He should have been TajHotelBandra. It wasachal- and wasreadytoworkhardfor it. Classifieds edited Kai Po Che!,says:“As an alive.Ican'tprocessitstill,”hesays. TO THE EXPRESS lengeformeto makeanactorplay Iwasmovedbyhiswork ethicand editor,when yousee the rushes Speaking to TheIndianExpress, likeacricketerandthattoosome- gave him my India tracks and he youcannoticetheaura thatsome Nitesh Tiwari, who directed ARUN PANDEY, agent of MS one unorthodoxlikeMSDhoni. lovedit. Whatastoryhehad and PERSONAL actors have.Sushant had that en- Rajput in his lastouting Dhoni and producer of his biopic Sushant came with his spotboy, that storysadlyisnow tragically dearingquality.You could see his Chhichhore (2019), said: “I’mtoo speaks aboutthe time he spent securityguard,andahelperforthe cut short. I,Gurcharan Singh commitment the wayhis body shockedand numbedto sayany- withSushant: firstsessionandItookhimasideto (Kiran More, retired India Sandha,S/o.Late Sh.Ranbir Singh Sandha,R/o-D1-B,38-AD- language was. Iremember dis- thing. Isaw the news on TV and Istillrememberthatchild-like tell him that from next day, he wicket-keeperand former chair- Block,Janakpuri,New-Delhi- cussing with Gattu (director thenreachedout to afew people.” smile on Sushant’s face when should come on his own, pickthe man of national selection commit- 110058,have changed the Abhishek Kapoor)thatone could In Chhichhore, the actor plays a Mahi, afterwatching aclipofthe kitbag,andentertheground.Ire- tee, spoke to DevendraPandey) name of my minor noticehishungerto dobetter.We middle-aged fatherwho makes actor playing the helicoptershot daughter,from Nek Sandha to knewsomeone talentedisenter- desperateefforts to save his on his phone, said in jest, “Arretu ‘Oncehe(Sushant)was signedup, we both were together Nek Kaur TRIBUTESPOURIN Sandha,permanently. ingthe movies.” teenageson, who attemptssui- to bilkul photocopy kar diya, Ranji everyother day. He had so manyquestions, he wanted to Rajput followedupthe suc- cide afterfailingtoget admission Trophykhel jaogetum.” knoweverything aboutDhoni’ 0040539353-2 He lovedmesomuch... I Sushant, youweretoo cess of his big-screen debut with in IIT.Tiwari said,“Sushant was It has been justafewhours will miss him so much. His young and brillianttohave I, Ambica Jain,D/o Shri.Amit the small-townboy Raghu of like ayoung brother to me.We since Igot acall informing me energy,enthusiasm and gone so soon. I’m so sad Jain,R/o-126, C-8/1, Central- ShudhDesi Romance before slip- exchanged afew messages a about his death and the otherde- in amovie called KaiPoChe in tions kept on coming. If he wasn’t Avenue, Sainik-Farm, New- his full happysmile. May and upset knowing that ping intothe role of the fictional week ago, and Igot no such hint tails. Iamright nowinastateof whichhis characterwas acricket satisfiedwith anyanswerorif Delhi-110062.have changed Allah bless his soul and my we livedinan Bengali detective Byomkesh thathewas notfeeling well. Ihad shockbut stillthatearnest coach. IspoketoMahialso, he Dhoni wasevasive,hewould my name to Ambica Rana condolencestohis near environment that could Jain,for all,purposes. Bakshy(2015). Another high no idea about his battle with de- Sushantsmile isn’t leaving my had alsoseen KaiPoChe so it was slightlytwist the samequestion and dear ones. This is nothelp you...May your point forhim wasplaying the pression. Had Iknown Iwould mind.Me, Mahi and Sushanthad finalised. So even before ap- and tryhis luckagain. 0040539353-1 extremelysad... and so soul rest in peace eponymous role in the commer- have been the firstperson to travelledalotfor thepromotion proachingdirector Neeraj OnceIremember,Dhoni shocking!! PUBLICNOTICE cially successful biopicMS Dhoni: reachout to him.” of themovieMSDhoni:TheUntold Pandey, Ihad decidedthat rolled his eyes and said: “Arre ANUSHKA SHARMA SHAH RUKH KHAN The Untold Story (2016). Dibakar Rajput,whohailedfromBihar, Story.Beforethatwhilethemovie Sushant would playDhoni. bhai, kitne questionspoochta No matter howmuchI PUBLIC NOTICE Banerjee, who found Rajput to be isoneofthefewactorswhomade wasbeing conceptualisedand Once he wassignedup, we hai tu!”Iremember Sushant’s re- Ihavesuchstrong think about it, Idon't have This is to cerfy thatmyclient, “vulnerable and intense”, cast it big in the movies afterstarting made, me and Sushantwereto- both were togetherevery other ply. He said, “Bhaisaab, every- SubhashChander,S/o Shri B.L. memories of thetimes we the words. I’m totally Vasisht,agedabout 61 years, R/o him in the titular role in Detective their career in television shows. gether formorethan ayear-and- day. Hehadsomanyquestions,he body is going to search youinme, have shared… Ican’t devastated. You’veleftus 519, MainChowk, B.S. House, Byomkesh Bakshy! (2015). He wasthe runner-up of the a-half.Whenthethoughtcameto wantedto knoweverythingabout Iwillhavetodoeverythingthe believe this... Rest in peace toosoon.You willbe Bijwasan,SouthWest, Delhi Banerjeeadmired the fact that dance reality show, JhalakDikhla me of making the movie, Ifirst Dhoni. Howdoes he react to a same wayasyou do.” He got 110061 andKiran W/oShri my friend... when the missed... My deepest Subhash Chandra, R/o519, Main Rajput was“trying to makeiton Jaa 4 (2010-11).One of the judges wantedto decidewhowouldplay happysituation?Whatdoeshedo everynuance of the batting so shocksubsides onlythe condolences to Sushant’s Chowk, B.S. House, Bijwasan, his owninaworld structured of the show, Remo D’Souza, re- the lead in the biopic. Ihad asked when thereispanic? Howishe perfectly. Everysmall detail of South West,Delhi110061, being best memories will family, lovedones, andhis of sound and disposing mind, out around nepotism, cronyismand members him as a“jovial, ener- oneof thepersonsworkingforme whenheissad?Whatarehislikes Dhoni’s batting he captured.Like remain fans of our ownfreewill, disown and camps”.The writer-director says: getic and talented dancer”. to give me alistofactors who and dislikes? that shrug of theleftshoulder KARAN JOHAR ALIA BHATT disinherit our son Ashish Kumar “This is what ledmetocast D’Souza says,“At that time, we couldpossiblyplayDhoni.Among He would have longsessions and the wayhepulls theleftshirt born on 02.07.1991.Neither Ashish Kumar nor his wife Varsha Sushant as avulnerable, inexperi- knew he wasaspiring forbig themwasSushant.Ihadseenhim with Dhoni too. Again, the ques- sleeve,hegot thatright. shallhaveany right, tle or claim encedand intense Byomkesh out screensuccessand we were con- to anyofour assets and/or belongings. AnydealingofMr. fidentthathewoulddowell.He Ashish Kumar,his agents, hiswife went on to achievethat.” or employees with respect to Thechoreographer-director Man kills farmer inside UP police House No. 519, MainChowk, B.S.House, Bijwasan, South West, lastmet Rajput when he had Delhi 110061 is speciﬁcally come to D’Souza’s show Dance prohibited inasmuchasthe said station, threecops suspended house is in exclusive ownership Plus to promoteChhichhore. and possession of Shri Subhash “Everythingmightlookperfect Chander.General public is hereby but celebrities toohavealotof anydocumentsrelated to his the office room of the police sta- cauoned and put to noce of disowning and disinheritance by pressuretodealwith.” MANISHSAHU medicaltreatment,saidpolice. tion when around 2.00am, SubhashChander andKiran LUCKNOW,JUNE14 Pal, who has nowbeenar- IndraPal pickedupashovelkept abovenamed of AshishKumar. rested forthe murder,has been nearbyand attacked Mithai Lal. Gaurav Srivastava Advocate A48-YEAR-OLD man, who was sent to judicial custody. He hit him in the stomach,” said detainedfor trying to commit Police said that MithaiLal StationHouse Officerof PUBLIC NOTICE suicide, allegedly killedafarmer and his younger brother Sewa Raniganj Police Station Be it Known to General inside apolicestationin Lal were broughttothe police MritunjayMishra, whose role in Public That We,Ashok Kumar Kochhar And Raj Rani PratapgarhdistrictonSaturday. stationfromtheir village the incident is also being probed. Kochhar,Related to Each Superintendent of Police Amarpur on Saturdaymorning Agroup of policemenimme- Awaterlogged street afterheavy rain at Amraivadi in other as Husband and wife (Pratapgarh) Abhishek Singh in connection with aclashthe diatelyrushedtooverpowered Ahmedabad on Sundaymorning. Express and Both Residents of 18/5, has ordered the suspension of duo had reportedly duringa Pal. Avideo of theincident has Ashok Nagar,New Delhi- 110018 Do Hereby Disown three constablesand directed land dispute. gone viral on socialmedia. our Son Himanshu Kochhar Additional Superintendentof While police officialswere MithaiLal wasthentakento and Disinherit him and His Police SP Dwivedi to probethe tryingtoresolve the matterbe- agovernment hospital in Monsoonprogress Family Consisting of his Wife matter. tween the twobrothers with the Pratapgarhwheredoctorsre- and Children from Claiming any rights over the Movable According to the police, they help of the villagesarpanch, an- ferred himtoPrayagraj.Helater and immovableproperties areyet to ascertain whythe ac- other police team brought Indra died. Meanwhile, Palhas been likelytoslow this owned and possessed cused, Indra Pal, killed50-year- Paltothe station afterhewas bookedfor murder.Among the by Both of us includind oldMithai Lal. Pal’s family found trying to jumpinfront of three suspendedconstables, Baldev Krishan (Advocate) Code No B-133 Delhi High Court New Delhi claimedthat he wasmentally atrain. twohad brought Paltothe po- unstable, but couldn’t furnish “All the three were kept in licestation. week, says IMD

helpedinthe progress of mon- PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA soon lastweekisweakening. So, NEWDELHI,JUNE14 the progress of themonsoon will be slowfor aweek,” Mohapatra MONSOONHAScoveredasignif- said. However, another lowpres- icantpartofwestandcentralIndia sureareaislikelytoform over the butitsprogresswillbeslowerthis BayofBengal next week which week,the Indian Meteorological will help in the progress of mon- Department (IMD) said on soon,Mohapatraadded. Sunday. Alow pressureareaisacy- The Southwestmonsoonhas cloniccirculationthathelpsinthe advancedtoparts of the central progression of monsoon. ArabianSea, some partsofnorth- Fairly widespread to wide- eastArabian Sea, Gujarat, Dadra spread rainfall is very likelyto andNagarHaveli,remainingparts continue over Maharashtra, of Maharashtra(including Gujarat, mostparts of central and Mumbai), some parts of Madhya eastIndia during next 4-5 days Pradesh, mostparts of with isolatedheavy to veryheavy Chhattisgarhand Jharkhand and falls over Konkan and Goa, somemoreparts of Bihar,astate- Madhya Maharashtra, Gujarat, ment from IMD said. the IMD said. “Conditions arebecoming Isolated heavy rain showers favourablefor further advance of over southMP, Vidarbha, the SouthwestMonsoon into Chhattisgarhand Marathwada somemorepartsof NorthArabian arelikelyduringnext2-3days,the Sea,GujaratandMadhya Pradesh, IMD statement added. remaining partsofChhattisgarh, AccordingtoIMD data,the Jharkhandand Bihar and some countryasawhole has received partsof East UttarPradeshduring 31 percentmorerainfall so far. Of next 48 hours,” the IMD said. thefourmeteorologicaldivisions, Thereafter, the progress will the south peninsula has received be slowfor aweek, IMD 20 per cent morerainfall; central Director-General Mrutyunjay Indiahas94percentmoreprecip- Mohapatrasaid. itationandnorthwestIndiahas19 “The lowpressureareathat per cent morerainfall.

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SIMPLY PUT CORONAVIRUS DASHBOARD THE WORLD 236,989 528,267 How India tests for Covid-19 297,342 187,518 United Kingdom Germany Italy Russia While RT-PCR remains the standard, ICMR has widenedthe rangeofoptions fortesting forCovid-19, 193,746 includingthe familiarELISAand atechnology so farusedfor TB tests. When is whichoptiontobeused? France 2,077,888 US 225,132 TABASSUMBARNAGARWALA THETESTS, THEIR RUNTIME AND THEIR COST Peru 320,922 MUMBAI,JULY14 India 850,514 RT-PCR RapidAntibody ELISA TrueNat Brazil 243,928 THE INDIAN Council of Medical Research Use To diagnose Forsurveillance, Forsurveillance, To diagnose Spain (ICMR)recentlyapproved ELISAtestkitsfor to detect exposedtodetect exposed Covid-19developedby twocompanies.These population population were the firstELISAtestkitsapproved other TOTALCONFIRMED:7,824,985 DEATHCOUNT:430,766 than thosethatuse the ICMR’s owntechnol- Time takentotest3hours30minutes 60 min 60 min Source: Johns Hopkins University, updatedat11pmonJune 14 . JHU’s India tally and Health ogy, and add to the basketofchoices fortest- CostEarlier cappedat`600Not fixed`1,000-1,500 Ministry’s tally (below) maynot matchasthese areaccounted at different times. ing forCovid-19.Alookatthesechoices: at `4,500, now ELISA no pricecap Developedin1974, ELISA stands foren- When patients swab themselves zyme-linked immuno-sorbent assay. It de- tectswhether aperson’s immune system RT-PCR rapid test,hehas to undergo aconfirmatory has to be treated as negative;ifittests posi- has producedantibodies againstaparticu- WhileELISA is expectedtorelatively inex- RT-PCR test before treatment. ELISAismore tive,asecond test calledRdRp gene confir- RESEARCHERS AT the lected theirown speci- larinfection —suchasHIV.The test is called pensive and is fast,its use is limited to mak- accuratethanarapid test. matoryassay has to be performed. StanfordUniversity mens at Stanfordby “enzyme-linked”because it usesenzymes ing population-basedestimates that can in- Rapid antibody test involves taking ablood The TrueNat machine is small and Schoolof Medicinehave swabbing both nostrils. to detect presence of antibodies in ablood form policy decisions. Forindividual sample from thefinger and putting it in atest- portable, mostlyrunning on batteries, and suggestedthatpeople Then, aphysician col- sample. diagnosis and treatment of Covid-19, the test ing template. It costRs600.Plasma or serum provides result within 60 minutes. It involves canbetaughtto dotheir lected twoadditional An ELISAtestisoftwo types depending usedworldwide is RT-PCR (real time-poly- can also be used to test instead of blood. taking nasal or oral swabs. Across India there ownnasal swabs forac- PAPER samples from the nose on the antibodies tested for—immunoglob- merase chain reaction). Earlier it wasalso The ICMR has evaluated 46 rapid testing areover800 machinestotestfor TB; hence curateCovid-19testing. and throat. All three ulin G(IgG) and immunoglobulin M(IgM). usedfor Ebola and Zika diagnosis. kits, and approved 14 so far. Elevenofthe the government will nothavetoinvestfur- In theJournal of the samples were tested “IgG detectsantibodies developedinlater In India, RT-PCR remains the final confir- manufacturers arebasedinIndia. According ther in machines. American Medical CLIP forthe presence of the stageofinfection, and IgM detectsantibod- matorytestfor Covid-19. Thetestinvolves to ICMR,aperson maytestpositivefor anti- Association,theyhave coronavirus. ies producedinearly stages of infection,” said taking swabs from the nasal and oral tracts, bodies 7-10days aftercontracting Covid-19 When to use which NEWRESEARCH reportedthat samples Of the 30 partici- Dr SujataBaveja,microbiologistwithSion extracting theviral RNAinaprinter-like ma- infection and maycontinue to showpositive To understand whichtesttouse,the pur- collectedbypeoplewho pants,29(11 positive , Hospital. CurrentlyonlyIgG testing kitshave chine and amplifying it to detect SARS-CoV- resultsfor several weeks. While apositive re- pose has to be defined. Aperson maytest swabbed theirown nasalpassages 18 negative)receivedidentical results been approved in India. 2, the virus thatcausesCovid-19. sult indicates the person has been exposedto positive in these testsatdifferent point of yieldedresultsthatwere asaccurate as forthe three samples. One person’s In India, the ELISA test forCovid-19 is only RT-PCR is expensive, while free in govern- the coronavirus, anegativeresult maynot time duringaninfection. Afterthe person is samplescollected by adoctor. self-collected swab tested positive, approved forserosurveys— whichestimate mentlabs.UntilMay end,theICMRhadcapped entirelyrule out Covid-19 exposed, the viral load maybehigh in the The 30 study participantsprevi- whereas the physician-collected two the proportionofthe populationexposedto the costofatest at Rs 4,500for privatelabora- “Rapid test kitsare usefulfor givingre- respiratorytract within afew days,and an ouslyhad tested positive forCovid-19. swabstestednegative. infection— and forsurveysinhigh-risk areas tories, but has since removedthe cap forpri- sultswithin 30 mins but the resultsare not RT-PCR or TrueNat test mayreturn positive. Providedwith instructions, theycol- Source: StanfordMedicine and segmentslikecontainment zones, im- vate labs,allowingstatesto fixtheirownprices. 100% reliable as theycan give false positive But if thepersonhas not developedantibod- munocompromisedindividuals, and front- ICMR has evaluated 97 kitsofvarious results.Thoughthe antibody testsonELISA… ies, both arapidtestand ELISAwill return line and health workers. “Depending upon manufacturers forRT-PCRtesting, of which take alittle moretime than rapid teststogive negative.Inafewdays,say over aweek later, the levelofseroprevalenceofinfection, hem 40 have so farbeen approved. results, theyhavebetterspecificities as the antibodies startgetting produced, at which INDIA COUNT: 3,20,922 (9,195DEATHS) matching public health interventions canbe Apartfromnasalororalswab, another reagent formulation is different… Hence point RT-PCR mayshownegative but ELISA implemented forprevention andcontrol of option forRT-PCRisthe bronchoalveolar theseare morereliableindiagnosis than and Rapid will showpositive. RESTOFINDIA the disease,” the ICMR says. lavage (BAL) method, whichabronchoscope rapid tests. Probablythisisthe reason ICMR To diagnose and treat, doctors rely on RT- TOP10STATES AndamanandNicobarIslands 38 AndhraPradesh5965 In May, ICMR designedaCovid Kavach is passedtoobtainfluid from lungs or spu- has notyet approved useofrapid testsindi- PCR, whichimplies active infection. Once ArunachalPradesh87 ELISAIgG test through theNational Institute tum.Sputum orBAL has ahigher viral load, agnosis yet,” said Dr KKrishnan,Technical confirmedthe person has to be isolated,and Assam 3718 of Virology in Pune. Sevencompaniesare so thereisahigher chance of virus detection Expert, Ortho ClinicalDiagnostics, whichre- treated if symptoms emerge. Chandigarh 345 12,401 38,958 Delhi Chhattisgarh 1512 manufacturingkitsusing thistechnology in than nasalororalswab. centlygot ICMRapproval. Apositive result from ELISAorrapid an- Rajasthan DadarNagarHaveli 35 India —ZydusCadila,Meril Diagnostics, tibody test maynot mean thepersonneeds 13,118 UP Goa523 Haryana 6749 Voxtur Bio, Trivitron Healthcare,JMitra& Rapid antibody test TrueNat isolation or is infectious; it maysimplymean HimachalPradesh502 Co, Karwa Enterprise, and Avecon This, too, looksfor antibodies in the blood, This is aprivatelydesignedtestthat the person wasexposedtothe virus and has JammuandKashmir4878 Jharkhand 1711 Healthcare. takeshardly20-30 minutes, and is the worksonthe same principleasRT-PCR, but developedantibodies.These twotests,be- 10,641 Kerala 2407 Earlier this month, ICMR approved ELISA cheapest. But arapid test involves ahigh risk with asmaller kit and with faster results. ing cheaper than RT-PCR, areemployedin 23,038 MP 10,698 Ladakh 437 kitsfor Covid-19testing designed by of false results—itmay detect antibodies TrueNat, designed by MolBio Diagnostics Pvt large-scale population surveys. According to Gujarat Manipur 449 West Bengal Meghalaya 44 Transasia Bio Medicals(based in Mumbai) againstofsomeotherinfection and show Ltd, Goa, is commonlyusedfor tuberculosis Dr Archana Patil, Additional Director in the Mizoram 107 and Euroimmun US Inc. “Wecan produce 3 that the sample is positive forCovid-19. and HIV testing. Recently, the ICMR ap- DirectorateofHealth Services, Maharashtra, 1,04,568 6,290 Nagaland 163 crorekitsinamonth,” said Suresh Vazirani, Hence this test is onlyusedfor population proved TrueNat forscreening and confirma- rapid or ELISAtests aretoolsthat onlyshow Maharashtra Bihar Odisha 3723 Puducherry 176 Transasia managing director. surveys. If aperson testspositivethrough a tion forCovid-19. If asample test negative,it howwidespread the infection is. Punjab 3063 6,824 Sikkim 63 42,687 Karnataka Telangana4737 Tamil Nadu Tripura 1046 Uttarakhand 1785 Will monsoon impact coronavirusspread? Union Health Ministry update as of 11 pm, June 14. Some states may have reported higher numbers. Only states/UTs with at least one case listed above. 1,62,379 PATIENTS DISCHARGED IN 35 STATES AND UNION TERRITORIES have shown that excessive rainscould dis- decisive impact. Many other factors likesun- Seasons &human behaviour ANURADHAMASCARENHAS ruptthe mosquito’s reproductivecycle and light, and Vitamin Dlevelsinpeople arealso Dr Subhojit Sen, ascientistwithCentre Have aquestion on the COVID-19outbreak and whatyou should/shouldnot do? PUNE,JUNE14 flush out itsbreeding sites. responsible in howthesediseases spread. In forExcellenceinBasic SciencesinMumbai, [email protected] But the comparison that is being made is addition, it is notveryclearhow muchtrans- saidthe viraldisease spread depends on SOME MONTHS ago, when the novelcoron- that with influenza, which, likeCovid-19, is mission happens through surfaces (as three major factors —seasonal changes in avirus epidemic wasstill emerging in India, it arespiratorydisease, though thereare im- againsthuman contact, or through air). Most environment (temperature, humidity,sun- washopedthat risingtemperatureinthe portant differences in the waythe two people areofthe opinion that onlylittlecon- light),humanbehavioural patterns, and in- summer months would weaken the potency viruses replicateand affect human beings. tamination happensthrough surfaces. And, trinsic characteristics of the virus, likeits in- of the virus and slowdownits spread. That did The problem, as Dr Marc-Alain that duringthe rainyseason, it would notaf- fectiousness, pathogenicity and survival. nothappen. Nowthatthe monsoon season is Widdowson, an infectious disease epidemi- fect indoor surfaces at all,” he said in an email. He pointedout some of the thingsthat can here, the likelyimpact of rain on the virus, and ologistwho worked withUSCenters for Dr MSChadha, former Deputy Directorof beexpectedduring therainyseason that can itstransmission, is the subject of discussion. Disease Preventionand Control and is now National InstituteofVirology who has have an impactonhow such diseases spread. Since it is anew virus, scientists arenot yet Director of the InstituteofTropical Medicine, worked on theseasonality of the respiratory “For example, spittingonthe streetsisa surehow the rain might affect itsbehaviour. Antwerp, Belgium, pointsout, is thatevenin synctial virus (RSV), said it could take several common problemthat increasesthe risk of Sotheeffortisto lookforcluesinthewayother the case of influenza, and severalother viral years to determine hownovel coronavirus is virus transmission. The hope is that rains will similarvirusesbehave duringtherainyseason. respiratorydiseases, the drivers fortheir sea- affected by different seasons. “Since RSVin- wash or dilutethis offthe streets,” he said. sonal behaviour arenot fullyunderstood. fection and other respiratorydiseases usu- Also, during rains, people spend an extended Muchstill unknown “In the United States,for example, it is allydofollowseasonal patterns, carryingout period of time within closedspaces, like Rain bringswithitseveral vector borne very difficult to predict the flu season. There year-round Covid-19surveillance forseveral homes or offices, and thereislikelytobea diseases likemalaria, dengue and chikun- is no single factor liketemperatureorrain- years would be the key to determining its lowernumber of people in crowdedpublic gunya.Inthe case of dengue, some studies fall, or staying indoors that can be said to have seasonality,” he said. spaces. HowtheOscarAwardsaregoingtobedifferentonceagain,andwhy

amend ourrulestoensurethat all voices are Academyannouncedmajor changes to its “the representationofunder-represented Cesar Awards Then, forawhile nominations were domi- SHALINILANGER heardand celebrated.” membership, seeking to bring in more groups”. These include “on-screen represen- Earlier this year,the entire boardover- natedbyarthousefilms,withthe Academy NEWDELHI,JUNE14 The task forcewilldevelopthe new representation. tation,themesand narratives; projectlead- seeing the Cesar Academy, whichdistrib- seenasshunning acclaimedhitslike The standards in collaboration with the Incidentally, this year,amidthe criticism ership and creative practitioners; industry utes France’s equivalentofthe Oscars, re- Dark Knight. FALLING VIEWERSHIP, goof-ups by anchors, Producers Guild of America. over onlyone acting Oscar nomination for access andopportunities; and opportuni- signedfollowing industry-widebacklash However, whenthe numberswent to 10, mix-upsbypresenters, OscarsSoWhiteac- “Unconsciousbias training”, already un- peopleofcolour —Cynthia Erivo,for her role ties fordiversityinaudience development”. over 12 nominations going to controversial some members complained it diluted the cusations, and nowthe pandemic that has dertakenbythe Academy’s Boardof as slave-turned-abolitionistHarriet BAFTAalso announced changes in its director Roman Polanski’s An Officer and a prestigeofabest picture nomination.So,two rippedthroughthe heart of moviebusiness Governors,willbemade mandatorynow Tubman —some media reports men- membership process to include more Spy (about Alfred Dreyfus, the Jewish officer years later,the Academydecidedtomakeit and put itsown shownextyear under a formostofthe senior Academystaff,aswell tionedAntonio Banderas. He wasnom- women and ethnic minorities. It has also wrongly persecuted fortreason by the flexible, between five and 10 nominations. cloud —the AcademyofMotion PictureArts as offeredtoits nearly 9,000 members. inated forbestactor forhis role in Pain been conductingunconsciousbias Frencharmy). Academyhead Alain Terzian and Sciences has been struggling to get On Wednesday,the Academyunveiled andGlory.Banderas is actually training forits senior executives. had justifiedthe choice saying the academy The reaction things right the pastfew years. Post George anew boardofgovernors, includingdirec- from Spain,and does notidentify Welcomingthe Academy’s an- “should nottakemoral positions” aboutgiv- An AcademyAward voter,bestselling Floyd though, it can afford fewmistakes. torAva DuVernayand LynetteHowell as aperson of colour. nouncement, BAFTAsaid it hoped ing awards. writer Stephen King setoff afirestorm in So, came the announcement Fridaythat Taylor,increasingthe number of women to theycould together reachauniform In the wake of theuproar, Polanski, who Januarythis year when, asked aboutthe fact the Academyisaimingtodevelop new“rep- 26 in the 54-member board, and peopleof The precedent setofdiversity requirements. faces severalsexual assault allegations, did that thejust-announcedOscar nominees resentation and inclusionstandards” for colour to 12. While howthe Academywill notattend the awards ceremony, wherethe includednowomen directors or actors of awards, with atask forcetocomeout with go about itsinclusion standards will The impact film, incidentally, wasabig winner. colour,hesaid, “I would neverconsiderdi- these by July31. Films submitted this year The background be clearonlybyJuly31, it couldtake BAFTAnominations in the years Many industry executiveshighlighted versity in matters of art. Onlyquality. It will notbeaffected.The Academyalso an- It took 73 years afterthe Oscars started some cues from BAFTA(British since have shownthatinthe categories the lackofgender parity,diversityand seems to me that to do otherwise would be nouncedthat the best picturecategorywill forthe best actress awardtobe wonbya AcademyofFilm andTelevision setaside formeeting diversity stan- transparency withinthe Cesar’s voting wrong.” nowbefixed at 10 films, rather than the blackwoman,with Halle Berry getting it for Awards) that became the firstmajor dards, smaller filmshavemanaged to body,aswellasthe academy itself.The Director Martin Scorsese lastyear re- fluctuatingnumber of nominations since Monster’sBall in 2002. This was62yearsaf- awards body to introducediversity getafootin, though women directors Cesar Academylater vowedtoreform its jected aquestion on the lack of prominent the 2010 Oscars. terHattie McDaniel became the firstBlack and inclusioncriteria in 2018.Areport continue to be under-represented. operating model. roles forwomen in his films, saying, “that’s personevertowin an Oscar,incidentallyfor that year showedthat 94%ofall BAFTA But as PrinceWilliam,the president notevenavalid point”.His films would in- The notification GoneWith theWind,which is itself seeing a film awardnominees had been white. of BAFTA, notedinhis speech at the Oscar BestPicturenominees clude suchroles “if astory calls forafemale The newrules arepartofthe Academy’s renewedbacklash over itscasual racism. Since 2018,all entriesintwo cate- awards this year,the nomination of only In 2009, the Academydoubledthe num- lead”,hesaid. “Aperture2025 equity and inclusion”ini- The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag followed gories in BAFTAawards—outstanding whiteperformers in actingcategoriesin berofbestpicturecontendersto10, to Oscar winnerwriter-director Joel Coen, tiative,toaddress “institutionalisedin- the 2015 nominations,all 20 of whichinact- British film, and outstanding de- 2020 showedtherewas along counter accusations that itsvoting was while underlining thatdiversitywas impor- equity” within the organisation and indus- ing categories went to whiteperformers. The but by aBritish writer,director waytogo. “BAFTA have launched tilted in favour of box-office favourites like tant, said in 2016,“Youdon’t sitdownand ... try. Announcing the rules, AcademyCEO nextyear,onlyone nominee in the major act- or producer —are required to afulland thorough reviewof Titanic and The Lordofthe Rings.In2018, the say, ‘I’m going to writeastory that involves Dawn Hudson said, “The needtoaddress ing and directing categories wasnot White. meetatleasttwo of four the entireawardsprocess,” Academytried to addacategory for‘popu- four blackpeople, three Jews,and adog’ — this issueisurgent. To thatend,wewill In the wake of thecontroversy,the standards, forincreasing he said. lar films’, but thatidea wasquicklyjunked. right?”

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TOPOFTHE COVID-19 PANDEMIC WORLD Atlantapolicechiefquitsafter New wave of cases from Beijingmarket officershoots,killsblackman spreads to Liaoning Protesters setfire YEWLUNTIAN to Wendy’s, where &RYANWOO BEIJING,JUNE14 DenverRigglemanis incident took place from Virginia AFTER WEEKSwithalmost no newcoronavirus infections, Effortstostopa RICHARDFAUSSET, Beijinghas recordeddozens of ‘secondWuhan’ USA JOHNNYDIAZ&NICHOLAS newcases in recent days,all GOPlawmaker BOGEL-BURROUGHS linked to amajor wholesale food ATLANTA,JUNE14 market, raising concerns about WITH 51 coronavirus cases whoofficiated aresurgence of the disease. since June 12 afternot report- LESS THAN 24 hours afterawhite Therehadbeenalmostnonew ing asingle case fornearly gaywedding police officer shotand killed an cases in the cityfor almosttwo twomonths, Beijing has im- losesprimary African Americanman outside a months until an infection wasre- plemented measures that it fast-food restaurant,Mayor ported on June 12,and sincethen hopes will contain the spread Lynchburg: Afreshman Keisha Lance BottomsofAtlanta the total number has climbed to of theXinfadi marketcluster. Virginia GOP congress- announced Saturday that the 51,includingeightmoreinthefirst Chinese experts saythatthe man who angered social city’s police chief had resigned. sevenhours of Sunday. measures can help Beijing conservativesinhis dis- Early Sunday, Sgt.JohnChafee, According to the city’s health notbecomea‘second trict when he officiated a aspokesmanfortheAtlantaPolice authority,contacttracingshowed Wuhan’,theChinesecitythat gaywedding losthis Department, said the officer who allthe infected peoplehad either washardesthit by Covid-19. party’s nomination. US shotthe manhad been fired. workedorshoppedinsideXinfadi, Alongwith intensive contact Rep. DenverRiggleman The shooting leftmanyinthe said to be the largest foodmarket tracing, Beijing has ordered lostaGOP convention city once again incensed by the in Asia, or had been in contact all companies to supervise Saturday that wasdone deathof anotherblack manatthe with someone who wasthere. 14-dayhome quarantine for via drive-thru because of handsofthe police—and nerv- “Beijing has entered an ex- all employees who visited the coronavirus pan- ous about the potential formore traordinaryperiod,” city Xinfadi or were in contact demic. He wasdefeatedby destructive flare-ups. By Saturday spokesman Xu Hejian told a with anyone who had done Bob Good. Good won58% night, protesters had blocked news conference on Sunday. so. The city has also required of the vote.Riggleman, a roads and an interstate nearthe The marketwas closedbe- anyone who had contact member of the conserva- restaurant, aWendy’s,andappar- fore dawn on Saturday and the with the markettoreportat tive House Freedom entlyset it on fire,accordingto districtcontaining the market their placeofworkorresi- Caucus, upsetmany news reports, with police firing put itself on a“wartime” footing. dential unit to gettestedfor Republicans in his district tear gasand flash grenades to try The Beijing outbreak has al- the coronavirus.Ithas also lastsummer whenhe offi- to disperse the crowd. ready spread to the neighbouring been declaredthatanyone in ciatedtheweddingof two Authorities said the man, northeastern province of the city who has afever will male campaign aides. RayshardBrooks, 27,had run (Above)This screen grab Liaoning. According to theprovin- be givenCovid-19tests. from police Fridaynight afterfail- takenfrombody camera cial healthauthority,thetwonew ing asobriety test andgrabbing a videoshows Rayshard cases confirmedinLiaoning on Taser from an officer during a Brooksspeakingwith Sundaywerebothpeople who cluding Harbin and Dalian, have AFRICA struggle with him. Bottoms said officer Garrett Rolfeinthe hadbeen in close contact with urgedresidents nottotraveltothe Ethiopiarejecting that security footageappearedto parking lotofaWendy’s confirmedcases in Beijing. capital or to reporttoauthorities showthatBrookshad firedthe restaurant in Atlantalate At least10Chinese cities, in- if theydid so recently. REUTERS ‘fundamental Taser toward the officer,who was Friday. Rolfehas been fired issues’onNile chasing him before he waskilled, following the fatalshooting butthatshe did notconsider that of Brooks. The Wendy’s (left) dam,saysEgypt ajustificationfor theshooting. wasset on fire by protesters Cairo: Egyptand Sudan Chafee identifiedthe officer Saturday. AP,Retuers saidtalksoveracontrover- in the shooting as Garrett Rolfe sial massive Nile dam and said he had joinedthe de- would be resumed partment in October 2013. Monday, amid Egyptian The resignation of Atlanta’s Ablack man was found hanging from Fox removes accusations that Ethiopia police chief, Erika Shields, who is has sought to scrap “all white, wasthe latest in aseries of digitally altered agreements and deals” shake-upsatseveral largepolice atree, acommunity wants answers theyhad previously departmentsamid the protests image of protests reached, and that“many afterthe May25killing of George Familydemands independentprobe as officials saysuicide fundamental issues” re- Floyd, ablackman,byawhite FOXNEWSremovedphotosac- main rejectedbyEthiopia, Minneapolis police officer. her brother hanged himself did companying itscoverageof thethird partyto thetalks. The encounter at the Wendy’s MICHAELLEVENSON notmakesense. Seattle’s demonstrations from its Natalie Bin Narkprasertdistributing food at arailway-side The construction of the beganaround 10.30 pm Friday &JENNYGROSS “Everything that they’ve websiteonFriday afteracknowl- community in Bangkok. AP $4.6 billion Grand when police officers were called JUNE14 been telling us has notbeen edging that one wasacombina- Ethiopian Renaissance to therestaurant because Brooks right,” she said. tion of severaldifferent images Dam on the Blue Nile, had fallen asleepinhis vehicle, CITYOFFICIALSinPalmdale, She added: “My brother was and asecond photo wasofafiery Thailand entrepreneur whichisover70per cent whichwas parked in the drive- California,said Saturdaythat notsuicidal. He wasn’t.” sceneinadifferent city. complete andpromises to thru, the Georgia Bureauof theysupportcalls by activists ApasserbyfoundFuller’s On Friday, Foxpostedonits provide electricity to Investigation said in astatement. and residentswho have de- body hanging from atreeacross siteaphoto of aman armedwith connects Michelin Ethiopia’s100millionpeo- Brooksfailedasobriety test, mandedanindependent inves- from Palmdale City Hall, at arifle standing in frontofthe ple,hasbeenacontentious authorities said, and then strug- tigationintothe death of a24- Robert Fullerwas 24 around 3.39 am Wednesday, ac- shattered glass of astorefront. pointamong Ethiopia, gledwithofficersashewasbeing year-old blackman who was cording to theLos Angeles The Seattle Times notedthat it bistros to those in need Sudan and Egypt. arrested.One officer appeared to found hanging from atreeina County Sheriff’s Department. wasacombination of severaldif- trytostunhim with aTaser after public squarethis pastweek. wide protests againstracismthat “Although the investigation ferent photosfromGetty Images SOUTH AMERICA Brooksthrew apunchathim. As The death of the man, Robert were setoff by thedeathof is ongoing, it appears Mr Fuller, takenovernearly twoweeks. Aid, says it has reachedmore Brooksran away,appearing to Fuller,whichofficials initially George Floyd. tragically, committed suicide,” Also on thewebsite, Foxalso JERRYHARMER than 30,000peopleinmorethan Venezuela hold theTaser,one officer chased deemedasuicide, has deeply At arallyfor Fuller on the Sheriff’s Department said postedaphoto of aburningstore- BANGKOK,JUNE14 100locations with carepackages demandsrelease afterhim,holding anotherstun shaken the city in northern Los Saturday,his sister, Diamond in astatement Friday, adding frontandcar, accompaniedby the and freshlycookedfood. gun. Then, in onevideo, several Angeles County and has rever- Alexander,said that the initial that afull autopsy wasex- headline “Crazy Town”. But that NATALIE BIN Narkprasert’s busi- On arecentafternoon, the ofbusinessman gunshots were heard. NYT beratedfar beyond amid nation- determination by officials that pected soon. NYT imagewas notfromSeattle. NYT ness wasinParis. Butshe was 28-year-oldwas frontand cen- lockeddownbyCovid-19restric- terinthe Bangkokheat, helping linkedtoMaduro tions and stuckinThailand. distributemeals in asmall, low- Miami: Venezuela on Herheartwas in Thailand, income community beside a Saturdaydemandedthe Pakpresidency budget Militants kill 60 in Nigeria attacks too—and it achedfor her com- railway line. release of agovernment- patriots who were suffering in “It means alot to us.Weare connected businessman cut by over 60 per cent and three residentstold Reuters The sources said the militants the pandemic. She thought of facing difficulties,”said Jintana whowasdetainedinCape REUTERS that militantsarmedwith heavy alsoset fire to the local police sta- her owngrandmother. Jantornsri, one of the community VerdeonUScorruption The Dawn newspaper re- MAIDUGURI,JUNE14 weaponryincluding rocket tionandburneddowntheUnited “She’s 94 years old, and then elders. “Wecan’t even payrent. charges, calling his arrest SAJJADHUSSAIN portedthatthetotalbudget of the launchers arrivedinMonguno, a Nations’humanitarianhubinthe Ireallyworried about her during Manyhavenojobs and can’t sell an illegal act of aggression ISLAMABAD,JUNE14 PresidentHouse wasRs992 mil- MILITANTS KILLED at least20 hub forinternational non-gov- area,althoughaUNspokesperson Covid, likehow is she going to anything.Everything is tough.” by theTrumpadministra- lionfortheoutgoingfiscalyearbut soldiers and morethan 40 civil- ernmental organisations, at said the facility sustainedonly cope and do things, so Ijust Includedinher networkisa tion.AlexSaab’s arrest THE OVERALL budget of PresidentArif AlvireduceditbyRs ians and injured hundredsin roughly11amlocal time. They lightdamage.Fightersdistributed thought about all the people string of top-rated Bangkok while en routetoIranwas Pakistan’s presidency has been 597million, or 60.18 per cent for twin attacks in northeast overrangovernment forces, tak- letters to residents, in the local who arestruggling during this restaurants. Forthis day’s mis- amajor blow to President slashedbymorethan 60 per cent 2020-21, andthe reductionwas Nigeria’s Borno stateon ing some casualties but killing at Hausalanguage, warning them time who might notevenhavea sion, chefsfromfiveeateries Nicolás Maduro’sgovern- for2020-21, while the expendi- shown in personal expenditures Saturday, residentsand acivilian least 20 soldiers and roaming the nottoworkwith the military, familyorahome,” she said. gathered at Bo.lan, whichoffered ment. US officials believe tures of the Supreme Courtand of thepresidentalongwithcutsin task forcefighter said. area forthree hours. whiteChristian westerners or So she recruited anetwork of up itskitchen. Theyprepared he holds secretsabout the Islamabad High Courten- allowances of the human re- The attacks,inthe Monguno The sources said hundredsof other “non-believers”. volunteers, including Michelin- 300servingsofpad krapowgai, howthe leader allegedly hancedfor the same period, ac- sources working there. andNganzailocalgovernmentar- civilians were injured in the BokoHaram and itsoffshoot, starredchefs, to help those in her spicymincedchicken, forthe siphonedoff millionsin cording to thebudget document. It also appeared that eas,camejustdays aftermilitants crossfire, overwhelming the lo- Islamic StateWestAfrica homeland whose already mod- rail-side community. government contracts Pakistanannouncedits President Alvi is nottakingany killedatleast69people in araid cal hospital and forcing some of Province, have killedthousands estincomes were shattered by Three of the restaurantsin- amid widespread hunger. budget for2020-21onFriday salary, which had been Rs 10.75 on avillageinathirdarea, Gubio. the injured to layoutside the fa- and displacedmillions in north- the pandemic restrictions. volvedhaveearnedMichelin and itsdetailsare still emerging. million in 2019-20. PTI Twohumanitarian workers cility awaiting help. eastern Nigeria. Her group, Covid Thailand stars. AP

ALTHOUGH EUROPEANS MAYBE ALLOWED TO TRAVEL,MANY MAY NOT BE WILLING TO Europe reopensmany of its borders, but not to Americans and Asians

affairs commissioner,Ylva complicated,shifting patchwork sawonly183 deaths. Overall, have already wound down. Italy picking up, nervousness about GEIRMOULSON Johansson, told member nations of different rules. And although Europe has seen morethan openedits borders on June 3and newoutbreaksabroad and un- BERLIN,JUNE14 lastweek that they“shouldopen touristregions aredesperately 182,000 virus-linkeddeathsthis towns on the German-Polish certainty about social distanc- up as soon as possible” and sug- counting on them, alot of year,accordingtoatallybyJohns border celebrated early Saturday ing at touristvenues,this may EUROPE IS taking abig step to- gested Monday wasagooddate. Europeans maydecide to stay Hopkins University that also as Polandopenedthe gates. At be agood summer fordomestic ward anew normality as many Manycountriesaredoingjust close to home this summer. shows Europe had 2.04million of midnight, the mayors of Goerlitz, tourism. countries open borders to fellow that, allowing travel from the EU, That’ssomethingtourism-de- the world’s 7.8millioninfections. Germanyand Zgorzelec,Poland German Chancellor Angela Europeans afterthree months of Britain and the rest of Europe’s pendentMediterraneancountries Spain, whichisn’t endingre- cut through chains on a Merkeland Austrian Chancellor coronavirus lockdowns —but usually passport-free Schengen such as Greece arekeen to avoid. strictionsondomestic travel for makeshiftfencethat had divided Sebastian Kurz arebothplan- even though Europeans love travel area, whichincludes non- Prime MinisterKyriakos another week and will restart the towns. ning to vacation in their home- their summer vacations, it’s not EU countries likeSwitzerland. Mitsotakisacknowledged foreign tourism in full on July1,is Germany, likeFrance and landsthisyear. clear howmanyare ready to Europe’s reopeningwon’t be Saturdaythat“alotwilldependon allowing thousands of Germans others, is lifting remaining bor- “The recommendation is travel again. arepeatofthe chaotic free-for- whether peoplefeelcomfortable to flytoits Balearic Islands fora der checks on Monday and still,ifyou want to be really Touristsfromthe US,Asia, all in March when panicked, un- to travelandwhetherwe canproj- two-week trial run starting scrapping arequirement that ar- safe, avacation in Austria,” Latin American and the Mideast coordinated border closures ect Greece as asafedestination.” At Little Venice on the Greekisland of Mykono. Residents say Monday—waiving its14-day rivals mustprove theyhavea Austrian Foreign Minister will justhavetowait,for now. causedtraffic jams that Greece has emphasisedits theyare keen forbusinesses to reopen,despite the risks. AP quarantine forthe group. good reason to enter. Alexander Schallenbergsaid The EuropeanUnion home stretchedfor miles.Still, it’s a handling of itsoutbreak,which Border checksin some places With flights onlygradually told citizens. AP

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RBI EXPECTS ASPIKE IN NET FINANCIAL ASSETS OF HOUSEHOLDS IN Q1 FY21 For Atmanirbhar Bharat: Govt NetfinancialassetsofIndianhouseholds agencies across sectorstweak rules, form policiestopush local riseondeclineinborrowingsfrombanks directed to reworkatender for PRANAVMUKUL, CHANGESBY 4G equipment issuedinMarch flowfrommutual funds and a AANCHALMAGAZINE& SOMEAGENCIES to effectively ensurecompliance SANDEEPSINGH FINANCIALASSETSANDLIABILITIESOFHOUSEHOLDS flight to currency holdings. ANILSASI with promoting ‘MakeinIndia’. NEWDELHI,JUNE14 Whilethe financialassets as a NEWDELHI,JUNE14 Further,the Department of percentageofGDP have declined ■ On Friday, theDGFT Chemicalsand Petrochemicals DRIVEN BY reducedbank bor- 2017-18 2018-19 2019-20 in the lastyear,the reportexpects LESS THAN amonth intothe issuedanotification has also prescribed minimum 60 rowings by Indian households in NetFinancialAssets(A-B) 13.29(7.7) 13.73(7.2) 15.62(7.7) aspikeinsavingsincurrenttimes Centre’s ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ changingthe import per cent for2020-21with the year endedMarch 2020, the A.GrossFinancialAssets 20.6(12.0) 21.23(11.1)21.63(10.6) of slowdown and income uncer- Notahealthy pledge, government depart- policy of tyres, requiring regard topublic procurement of netfinancialassets of Indian tainty. mentsincluding the additional permissions local chemicals and petrochem- householdsrose to 7.7per cent of B.FinancialLiabilities 7.31(4.2) 7.5(3.9) 6.01(2.9) The reportsaid, “Going for- trend, Department of Commerce, and licences for ical contents, 70 per cent for GDP.The netfinancialassets as a Amount in Rs lakh crore; Figures in parenthesis areasper centofGDP ward,aspikeinnet financialas- reflects Department forPromotion of importing tyres 2021-23 and80per cent local per centofthe GDPhad moder- Source: RBI sets of households is likelyinthe Industryand Internal Trade content for2023-25. ated to 7.2per cent in FY19from firstquarterof2020-21 on ac- slowdown (DPIIT), the MinistryofCivil ■Aweek earlier,the Lastmonth, exhorting that 7.7per cent FY18. countof asharpdropinlockdown Aviation, alongside utilities such DPIIT had modifiedthe the COVID-19crisis had “ex- DatafromtheReserveBankof that in bank deposits, the central 3.8 per cent to 3.4 per cent in the inducedconsumption.Lagsinthe THE RISE in netfinancial as BSNL and some stateelectric- public procurement plainedtousthe importance of India (RBI)datashows that in the bank in itsarticle titled‘Quarterly same period. Savings into life in- pickupofeconomic activity may assets of households on ity boards, have either issued norms to give additional local manufacturing,local mar- year endedMarch 2020, the net Estimates of Households’ surancefunds and mutual funds cause the financialsurplus of account of adecline in policydirectivesorare working preference to domestic ketand localsupply chain”, financialassets—definedasgross Financial Assets andLiabilities’ as aper cent of GDPalso declined householdstotaper offinsubse- shareofborrowings is to tweakrules to push domestic companies in Prime MinisterNarendraModi financialassetsless financiallia- said that the decline in bank bor- from 2.2 per cent to 1.9per cent. quentquarters.Withconstruction notahealthytrend as it manufacturing and services. government contracts had calledfor increased“self-re- bilities—jumpedfrom13.73lakh rowings is reflective of the slow- However, depositsintosmall activity at astandstill, thereisa reflectsslowdown in the On Friday, the Directorate liance” on domestic goods and croreinFY19toRs15.62lakhcrore down in economyin2019-20. savings instruments(excluding possibilityof ashiftbyhouseholds economy, decline in General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) ■On these lines, the services. lastfinancialyear.Whilethegross “A significantdecline in the PPF) rose from 1.1per cent of the from physical to financial assets.” credit demand by issuedanotification changing MinistryofCivil Aviation Anumber of stateelectricity financialassetsrosefromRs21.23 shareofborrowings from the GDP in FY19to1.3 percent in The RBI reportfurther noted households and even risk the import policy of tyres,requir- has issuedalistofitems boards arealso working on re- lakh croretoRs21.63 lakh crore banking sector in total liabilities FY20. The percentageofhouse- thatwhilehouseholdsectoristhe aversion by banks. It can ing additional permissionsand that AirportsAuthority vising the norms to dissuade for- lastyear,the financialliabilities during2019-20reflectedtheeco- holdassetsintheformof currency mostsustainable and self-reliant also be seen in the credit licences forimporting tyres. of India can procure eign companies from bidding for witnessedasharpdeclinefromRs nomic slowdown and risk aver- also declined from 1.5per cent to source of financingfor the Indian growth dataofbanksin Aweek earlier,the DPIIT had from local suppliers transmission anddistribution 7.5lakhcrore to 6.01 lakh crore, sionofbanks,” the RBI said. 1.4per cent in the same period. economy, “Itsrole is likelytobe- FY20, whichstood at 6.8 modifiedthe public procure- (T&D) contracts, whichaccount therebycontributingtotherisein Whilegrossfinancialassets of Pointingthatcurrencyandde- come critical in the contextofthe per cent. Forthe personal ment norms to give additional forabulkofthe recurrent orders. netfinancial assets. households as aper cent of GDP positswith banksaccounted for policy effort gathering critical loan category, credit preference to domestic compa- Authority of India (AAI) can pro- According to sources with Pointing that the improve- declinedfrom11.1percentinFY19 bulk of total financial assets (66 mass to liftthe Indian economy growth was15per cent niesingovernmentcontracts, curefromlocal suppliers.For knowledge of the matter,some ment in netfinancial assets of to 10.6 percent in FY20, acloser per cent),followed by insurance from the vice-likegripofaslow- lastyear—lowest in at barring companies with less goods, services or works, of electricity boards aredebating a households hasoccurred due to look intothe savings datashows fundsandmutualfundsthereport down and, morerecentlythe life- leastfiveyears. thanafifth of localisation from whichthe estimated value of cut-off limit, belowwhichonly moderation in household bank thatthetotaldepositswithbanks saidthatCOVID-19relateduncer- threatening COVID-19pan- participating in mostgovern- procurement is less than Rs 50 domestic players willbeallowed borrowings being sharper than asapercentof GDPdeclinedfrom tainties, have resulted in an out- demic.” ment tenders. lakhand wheresufficient local to bid. This is in addition to infor- According to the newnorms, capacity andlocalcompetition mation being sought from T&D suppliers were classifiedinto is available,onlylocal suppliers players regarding percentageof BRIEFLY three categories —those with shallbeeligible to bid. goods usedbythemthat is man- India Inc’s foreign borrowings $3.16billion: $98.51million:Adani over 50 per cent local content, These include items suchas ufactured locally. DGFTissues AmountraisedbyIndiaIncfrom InternationalContainer those with local content be- automatic messageswitching According to Friday’s DGFT plunge over 68%inApril overseasmarketinApril2019 Terminal tween 20 per cent and50per systems, desktop computers, notification, nine classifications warningabout cent and those with less than 20 laptops, photocopiers, earthing of tyres —including those for Majoroverseasborrowingsby $49million:VeritasSoftware per cent localisation, whichhave pitsand other such office and en- cars, buses, lorries, motorcycles, ‘fake’websites Overseas borrowings by Indian companies fell 68.5 per somecompaniesthisApril: TechnologiesIndiaforstarting been designatedasnon-local gineering goods. etc—havebeen movedfrom cent to $996.04million in April, according to datafrom $300million:REC,thefinancial newproject suppliers.Earlier,onlythose with Additionally,for someofthe “free” to “restricted”category. NewDelhi: TheDirectorate theReserveBank of India (RBI) serviceproviderinenergy morethan 50 per cent localisa- technical equipment suchas Anygoodsunder the restricted GeneralofForeign Trade sector,viaapprovalrouteofECB $40million:HPCL-Mittal tion could participateingovern- satellitephones, digital auto- categoryrequirethe importerto (DGFT)hascautionedexpo- $304,462: foron-lending EnergyLtd,whichisengagedin ment contractsbelowRs50lakh matic terminal information obtain alicence or permission rters and importers against FUNDSRAISEDBYWAYOF manufacturingofcokeand and as per the newnorms, only service (DATIS), oscilloscope,and from the DGFT prior to import- “fake” websites and plat- RUPEE-DENOMINATED $179.10million:SicalLogistics, petroleumproducts,forrupee these suppliers will be allowed avariety of radio equipment, in ing. During the April-February forms whichare allegedly BONDS(RDBs)INAPRIL2019 whichisengagedintransport expenditure to bidfor contractsinsectors case the lowest bidder is afor- 2019-20 period, $260.72million charging fees and collecting throughlandandpipeline,for with “sufficient local capacity eign player, alocal bidder will be worthofthese tyres were im- their confidential data. $696.04MILLION: overseasacquisitionvia $32.79million:Automotive and local competition”. To this invitedtomatch the lowest price ported. AMOUNT RAISED THOUGH automaticroute ElectronicsPowerPvtLtdfor extent, the nodal ministries and forthe applicable quantity of “With arequirement of now AUTOMATIC ROUTEOF workingcapitalrequirementsand departmentswill preparealist goods or workssubject to thelo- obtaining alicense/approval for S&Ptogive EXTERNAL COMMERCIAL $139.30million:Mahindra& newprojectneeds of goods whereonlydomestic cal supplier’s quoteprice falling importing tyres, thereshould be credenceto BORROWINGS (ECB)IN MahindraFinancialServicesfor suppliers will be allowedtobid. withinthe margin of purchase an indirect promotion on de- APRIL2020 on-lending Source: RBI/PTI On these lines, the Ministry preference. mand of domesticallymanufac- reforms of Civil Aviation has issuedalist State-ownedtelecommuni- turedtyres,” said Abhishek Jain, of items that the Airports cation companyBSNL has been taxpartner,EY. NewDelhi: Rating agency S&Pwillgive credencetore- forms in agricultureand Petrol, diesel INTERVIEWWITHCHAIRMAN&MD,IRBINFRASTRUCTUREDEVELOPERS labourmarket aswellaseas- SAILtop brass tests positive for COVID, ing of badloan stress of prices hiked ‘Pandemic has caused adeferment bankingsectorwhiledecid- employee unionalleges inaction ing futurerating action on for 8th straight India, S&P Director &Lead reopeningofgovernmentoffices, 19 positive,andthathelosthislife in our economy... pushing AnalystSovereign &IPF AASHISHARYAN& we hadallbeenaskedto reportto “obeying orders thrustuponhim Ratings APAC Andrew MAHENDERSINGHMANRAL work.Therewerestrict orders. andall employees of SAIL in gen- day in Delhi Wood said. He addedthat NEWDELHI,JUNE14 Barely 10-15peopleare comingto eral”bythe Chairman’s office. everything by couple of months’ said return of insolvency the office now,”anemployee The employeeunion letter, PRESSTRUSTOFINDIA provision under the NEARLY40senior and mid-level working at the corporateoffice signedby itsgeneralsecretaryRaj NEWDELHI,JUNE14 THOUGHTHE lockdownhashad What kind of government Insolvency and Bankruptcy executivesofSteel Authority of said on the condition of anony- Solanki,alsosaidthatthepressre- asevereeconomic impact and supportwould cushion Code and stronger regula- IndiaLimited(SAIL),includingthe mity.Atleastthreesenioremploy- lease informing everyone of the PETROL PRICE on Sunday was has impacted trafficmovement UNLOCKING THE COVID’s adverseimpacton tory framework would be Chairman and anumber of itsdi- eesconfirmedthatscaleof spread passing away of Srivastava was hikedby arecord62paiseperlitre and toll collections on highways, your companyand the important in improving the rectors working out of the corpo- of the disease at the steel com- sentevenbefore thefamilymem- andthatof dieselby 64paiseasoil VIRENDRAMHAISKAR, chair- ECONOMY industry? healthofIndianbanks. PTI rate headquarters of theDelhi- pany’s corporateheadquarters. bers were informed. companiesfor the eighthday in a man and MD, IRB Infrastructure WISHLIST&ROADMAP At present, industryisinafix basedstate-ownedcompany, are On the company’sDirector “Infact,thereisaclearattempt rowadjustedretail ratesinline Developers told SANDEEP SINGH due to lackofadequatefunding reportedtohavetestedpositive (Personnel) passing away,SAIL to suppressfactsandthereisade- with costsince ending an 82-day that traffichas been rising with ANEXPRESSINTERVIEWSERIES supportand growth opportuni- ‘SaudiAramco forCOVID-19orare underpreven- had at 03:47 on June11issueda liberateattempt to showthe hiatus in rate revision. everypassingweek and should ties. Anysteptoimprove situation buysSABIC tive homeisolation, according to statement saying that Srivastava deathofLateSri Srivastava, as a PetrolpriceinDelhiwashiked be backtopre-COVID levels in a in these aspects, through inter- companysources.OnJune10,one had passedawayatthe hospital death due to natural causes. to Rs 75.78 per litrefromRs75.16 month of two. He, however, vention of NHAI or other govern- sharesonmkt’ of the company’s directors — due to “cardiacarrest”. Further, we have come to know while diesel rateswereincreased addedthatasinfrastructure comment agencies, would be the key Director (Personnel) Atul “Shri Srivastava, diagnosed thatthedeathcertificateissuedby to Rs 74.03 alitrefromRs73.39, panies have been hit by tightliq- requirement. Riyadh/Dubai: State-owned Srivastava—passedawayat Corona Negative,was running the concernedagencies has also accordingto apricenotificationof uidity scenario and lackofade- Lifting of lockdown and facil- SaudiAramcobought2.1bil- Delhi’s Apollo Hospital. feverof101+for thelastfew days. mentionedthatthedeceasedwas state oilmarketing companies. quatefunding support, an itation of liquidity in the system lion shares of Saudi Basic SAIL ChairmanAnil Kumar Earlier in the dayon10th June, COVIDpositive,”theletteralleged. Rateshavebeen increased intervention from NHAI or other is the basic requirementto pump Industries (SABIC) on the Chaudharyisalsoreportedto when he wasexperiencing diffi- SAILlaterrespondedtothelet- acrossthe countryand vary from governmentagencieswould hold prime the economyand become stockmarket onSundayasit have testedpositive forCOVID-19 cultyinbreathing,hewasadvised terinanotherpressnote,sayingit statetostate dependingonthein- key. Edited excerpts: the self-reliant India that the completedits deal agreed andhasbeeninhomeisolationfor admissioninthe Hospital,”the was“unsubstantiated”, and that cidence of local sales taxorVAT. countryisnow workingtowards. lastyear to buy70per cent thepast10days,sourcessaid.SAIL companysaid in anote. Solanki,thesignatoryoftheletter, The 62 paise alitre increase in What arethe three ways in VIRENDRA MHAISKAR CHAIRMAN AND MD of the petrochemical giant, did notrespondtospecificques- The company’s employee was“demanding personal gains petrol and 64 paise hike in diesel which the pandemicand the IRB INFRASTRUCTURE DEVELOPERS What arethe challengesfor accordingtosources and tionssentby TheIndianExpresson union,however, releasedaletter from the topmanagement”. price is thehighest surge in rates subsequent lockdown affects your companyand the market data. REUTERS the issue. the next day, whichclaimedthat Solanki could notbereachedfor since the dailypricerevision was your company? Whilethispandemic industryinthe current “FollowingtheMHAorderson SrivastavawasdiagnosedCOVID- comments forthis story. startedinJune 2017. Three areas where the pan- hashittheeconomy financialyear? demic has affected are: financial, andstretchedgovernment Largely,acceptance and im- operational andstructural.While balancesheetforcoming plementation of the newstan- AstraZeneca to supply NCLT allows Jet Corporate profit forecasts the financial impact willbecom- quarters,ithasalso dards and ways of working across pensatedby government/author- providedastrongcasefor construction labour and toll op- Airways to sell ities making the event NPV neu- erators would be the key chal- Europe with400 million for 2020-21 being pruned tral fordevelopers, it willhavea BOTmodeltobe lenge. This will also impact costs office in Bandra lasting impact in the ways indus- reinstatedaspreferred as well as pace of construction tryoperates and business is done. modeofawardincoming versus that budgeted earlier. doses of COVID vaccine Kurla Complex ENSECONOMICBUREAU Consensus estimates Effectively,this event has caused roundsofbids With astrong balance sheet, “This will ensure that MUMBAI,JUNE14 of earnings per share adeferment or shiftinour econ- we arewell poisedforgrowthand REUTERS hundreds of millions of Mumbai:TheNCLT hasallowedJet omy—pushingeverything by tapopportunitiesasand when ROME,JUNE14 people in Europe will have Airways to sell itspremisesin WITHTHEdisruptionto theecon- forNifty 50 are couple of months —and India has stalledwith lockdown. With theycomein —the same waywe BandraKurlaComplex to settleRs omyfromCOVID-19expected to hovering around `560, managedthe situation extremely gradual opening up of economy, bagged largest TOTinIndia, ASTRAZENECAPLC has signeda access to this vaccine, of 360croreduesof mortgagelender be severe,corporateprofitesti- well with one of the mostaggres- things arecoming backontrack Mumbai Pune project, in Feb contract with European govern- course if it works and we HDFC, clear overseas debt and mates forFY21are being pruned. down from close to sive lockdowns to contain the slowly. 2020. mentstosupplythe region with will know that by the end covercorporateinsolvency reso- Consensus estimates of earnings `700 in February spread—resultinginleast impact Tighteningofliquidityinthe itspotentialvaccine againstthe of summer” lution process costs. pershare(EPS)fortheNifty50are to lifeand well being. system forcompanies ratedbe- What makes youfeel coronavirus, the UK drugmaker’s JetAirways’insolvency reso- hovering around Rs 560, down Economicslowdowncreated lowAAhas posedsome chal- optimistic? latestdeal to pledge itsdrug to PASCAL SORIOT lution professional Ashish from close to Rs 700inFebruary, some have movedtopre-COVID temporarysoftness in traffic lenges. Mostofthe infracompa- While this pandemic has hit help combat the pandemic. CEO, ASTRAZENECA PLC Chhawchharia had movedthe or adropofabout 20 percent. levels,earningsareexpectedto be movement and hencetollcollec- nies areinthis categoryand the economyand stretchedgov- The contract is forupto400 NCLT to seek approval to sell its “Wehavecut ourFY2022E further reviseddownwards once tions.Mostofthe loss in collec- hence sitting tight on funds avail- ernment balance sheetfor com- million doses of the vaccine, de- The deal is the firstcontract thirdand fourth floorinGodrej volume/revenue assumptions earnings season is over. tions with respect to COVID will able at present. Moratorium and ingquarters, it has also provided velopedbythe Universityof signedbyEurope’sInclusive BKCbuilding to clearoverseas and netprofitestimates formost Giventherecould beafurther becompensatedby NHAI andwe additional funding supportef- astrong casefor BOTmodel to be Oxford, the companysaid on Vaccines Alliance (IVA), agroup debt to transfer the title of six air- stocks underour coverage given contraction in the Nifty earnings areseeing strong pickupintraffic fected by RBI helps to some ex- reinstatedaspreferred mode of Saturday, addingthat it was formedbyFrance, Germany, Italy craftunder Export-ImportBank the riskstodemand across sec- —the consensus is baking in a2 with everypassing week and are tent,butit willtakeafewmonths awardincoming rounds of bids. looking to expandmanufactur- and the Netherlands to secure of the US to the corporatedebtor, tors,” analysts at Kotak per cent fall as of now—itwould already above 50 per cent pre- forthe system to startfunction- China has reportedanin- ing of the vaccine,whichitsaid it vaccine doses forall member whichwouldhelp in maximising Institutional Equitieswrote. makemarketsevenmoreexpen- COVIDlevels—evenaslockdown ing. Forus, closure of thedeal crease in sale of passenger vehi- would provide fornoprofitdur- states as soon as possible. value of the defunct airline. Theyaddedthecutshadbeen sive unlessthereisacorrection. is continuinginkey states.Webe- with GIC and inflowofRs3,700cr clessincethe lifting of lockdown, ing the pandemic. “This will ensurethat hun- The insolvency professional sharp in the case of automobiles, Analysts at Jefferies arepro- lieve once lockdown is lifted, we wasverytimely—thathelped in as people have startedopting for The vaccine is still in clinical dredsofmillions of people in had sought permission of the tri- banksand diversifiedfinancials, jecting a12per cent earningsde- should see areboundtoearlier deleveraging and improving our personal transport over trials. If the trial resultsconvince Europe will have access to this bunal forthe sale of the premises commodities, and modestfor clineinFY21fortheNifty.Thebro- trafficlevelswithin amonth or financials in this grim situation. public/hired transportoptions. regulators that the vaccine is vaccine,ofcourse if it worksand afteraresolution waspassedat consumerstaples. While several kerage’s earnings forecasts for two. As lockdown is liftedand all sites And accordingly,traffic growth safeand effective,deliveries we will knowthatbythe end of the 10th committee of creditors high-frequency indicatorshave financialsarewellbelowthecon- Delays have setinfor under become fullyoperational, stabil- has meaningfully bouncedback should be expected startbythe summer,” the company’s CEO, meetingheldonApril24 withap- been improving following the sensusestimatesby anywherebe- construction projects and the ity and funding cycle will be re- —expect the same trend in Indian endof2020. Pascal Soriottold journalists. provalof 74.45percentvotes. PTI gradual lifting of lockdown, and tween 13-89 per cent. FE working cycle wheel has been stored. industryaswell.

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THEINDIANEXPRESS,MONDAY,JUNE15,2020 SWIMMER KHADE CONSIDERSRETIREMENT Frustrated at not being able to resume training,AsianGames bronze medallist VirdhawalKhade on Sundaysaid he mayconsider retiring from thesport if swimming pools continue to remain shut due to 14 restrictions. Khade said the delay in resumption of training would put SPORT the Indian swimmersatahuge disadvantage ahead of TokyoOlympics.

Closed doors not The Deal is in the Duel an obstacle for With big-ticket eventstoo risky,one-on-onesporting contestsatasecurevenue maybethe best option forsporttosurvive selfie-seeking Messi fan SHIVANINAIK THE DUELLERS UNLOCKING SPORT MUMBAI,JUNE14 AN EXPRESS SERIES REUTERS IF TRAVEL restrictions persistand mega Saina vs Sindhu: Indian badminton’s MALLORCA,JUNE14 eventsremain difficult to pull offdue to the high-octane rivalry, lastseenatthe With television currentlystruggling with Covid-19 pandemic, sportmight be forced 2019 Nationals content and banking on re-runs and fuzzy NO SPECTATORS areallowedatLaLigagames to tapintothe hyper-localisedoption:a nostalgia, these duelscould provide live ac- to curbthe spread of thenew coronavirusbut prize-fight duel. Logisticallynot as mucha Anshu Malik vs Pooja Dhanda: tion. Lydia Buthello, formerly of Star Sports, therestrictions could notdissuade one Lionel nightmareascircuittournamentsneeding Technicallysound and cunning on the who helpedsteer kabaddi and Indian Super Messi fanfromsneaking in to Barcelona's large numbers of players to travel,and easily mat in 57 kg,the baby-facedAnshu is a Leaguefootball on the network, is sceptical. matchawaytoReal Mallorca on Saturday. manageable in bio-securespaces with only relentless lawn mowerwho can fight at “The answer is notassimpleastaking any Clad in an Argentinashirt with Messi's officials, twoplayers and perhapsatight sup- high intensity forthe full sixminutes. sportand puttingitonTVfor aconsumer to number 10 on thebackandholdinghisphone, portstaff neededwithbroadcast cameras Pooja, aWorld Championship lap it up, because thereisalackofinterna- the fancalmlywalked onto the pitchinthe augmentingthe rest of the razzle dazzle, The medallist, has been thwartedby tional sporting content. Be it international or 52nd minuteand approachedBarca defender Duel couldbethe one-offconteststhatkeep Anshu’s mat-craftinthe past national, thereisacertain production qual- Jordi Alba before heading towardsMessi.The thesporting economyand interest alive. ityand certain games that bring in viewer- intruder wastackledbysecurity guards be- Imagine astand-alone PV Sindhu Vs Saina Sushil vs Narsingh: Apity that the ship andparticipation. The prize fight in my fore he couldmakeany contact with the six- Nehwal rematch in Hyderabad with aweek- maverickRamesh Gulia isn’t around to opinionwouldbeonTV/digital platforms ir- times worldplayerofthe year,while twopo- long build-up. On the athletics track, it could boss over them both, but what wasleft respective. Idon’tthink it’sgoingtofill any lice officers helpedremovehim from the pitch. be Hima DasagainstVKVismayafor theulti- unfinishedcirca 2016 Olympics needs a vacuum that’s been created by anyother La LigaleadersBarcelona wonthe match mateone-lap one-on-one. Or amouth-wa- firecrackerfinish. sport,” she says. 4-0, with Messi scoring the lastgoal in stop- tering javelin jam session featuring Tokyo- Illustration: Suvajit Dey But giventhe lockdown restrictions, it’s pagetime. He alsohad twoassists in the game. bound stars Neeraj Chopraand Shivpal Singh. KSrikanth vs Lakshya Sen: Apast the best option. Though, the moneyonoffer La Liga'sorganisingbodyhas saiditisfiling The options areendless(see box). WorldNo. 1and the one snapping at his MaryKom vs Nikhat Zareen: All tional sprintsonthe runwayand the will needtobegood enough forathletesto forcriminalaction againstthe man. Astate- Athletics Federation of India president heels, can’t wait to watchacreative bravado needs to be rewardedin soaring metaltip that makesfor great TV. leave their hibernations, train hardgearing ment from La LigaonSundaysaid the man ac- Adille Sumariwalla says he is open to the idea stroke-maker being pushedtothe limit boxing, and the trials that went behind towardsaone-offand risk high-intensity du- cessedthe pitch"without anyauthorisation as the global body of trackand field triedout by adetermineddefender closeddoors deserveaTVpremiere. Mirabai Chanu vs 212kg els in apre-Olympic year. anddisobeying the protocols establishedby something similar in pole vault recentlyand She is aforce of natureand needs no On the flip side, India has always lacked health legislation, as well as disobeying the garnered amillion views. “The idea of one- Apurvi Chandela vs Elavenil BombayvsDelhi T20: It’s Rohit opponent. Haunted by afailure at the Rio the scalding domestic testsahead of an orders of security staff". "La Ligaalso wishes on-one duelsneeds to be lookedat. It’ll need ValarivanvsAnjum Moudgil: The SharmavsVirat Kohli,ofcourse. But Olympics in the 48kg, and having Olympics that sharpens the edge of Games- to show itsabsolutecondemnation forthis someone to take leadership, put moneyon Olympics allow foronlytwo per country really, youcould put anyone from the crossed200kg twice this year before the bound athletes who emerge from the ultra- type of conduct that putsthe health of others the table and bring me amarketing plan. We in the 10mair rifle.But what does onedo twocities that can’t stand eachother, pandemic struck, theweightlifter was competitive trials in Jamaican sprintsor at risk and risksdamaging the integrity of the are100 per cent open,” he says adding that when acountryhas gold -silver-bronze and you’dget drama to lastafortnight. primedtolift90kginsnatchand 120in American gymnastics or Iranian wrestling. competition," the statement added. merelyhaving agoodcropofjavelinthrow- capabilities? And theyare all dressed up clean &jerkinKazakhstanatanAsian Prize fightsthatbegan inrenaissance The fanlater toldaSpanish radiostation he ers or quarter-milers might notsuffice. andnoOlympicstogo. Neeraj ChopravsShivpal Singh: The meettopickthe gauntletfor Tokyo. No London and morphedfrombare-knuckle wasaFrenchnational living in Mallorca and “I understand javelin has agood crop in javelin duo is amongst the firstcropof matter.She coulddothat foradomestic blood sporttocivilised,rule-bound boxing that he had scaledatwo-metre fence to enter India,but sportwithout entertainment Vikas Krishan vs Duryodhan Negi: spearmen to have raisedhopes of the big TVaudience that’ll stay rivetedonevery bouts, can offerIndian sports broadcasters a thestadium shortlybeforehalftime. "I had cannotexist. It’s notabout thequalityofX, Vikas starts as the favouriteevery breakthrough in trackand field at the sinewand muscle of the wonder woman compact format with justtwo adversaries to plannedthis ever since Iknewthe matchwas Y, Zinthe field. Someone will needto single time. And underdogs don’t come Olympics. It’s arace to 90m between as she chases the target —set by China’s build their weekend big fightsaround. happening,Iwantedaphoto withMessiandto take apuntonaduel likethis and make morespirited than Duryodhan. Messrs 86.23 and 88.06, but it’s the sensa- Jiang Huihua. However, ShailendraSingh takesapin to meethim because he's my idol," he said, de- it the biggestcompetition inthe country,” the bubble. clining to give his name. "I got aphoto but it he says. “India is traditionallyalandoftraders, wasn'taverygoodoneandthepolicemademe Former playerpromoterShailendraSingh Athleteshavetwo motivations -they Take Europeanfootball or American boxing something whichcan alwaysbeexplored. notinnovators. So, there’s ahabit to say‘No’ delete it. IstoppedwithJordi Alba to tell him I reckons it’s asensationaltime to reboot love to playand they reallyliketoget paid. or IPL,” Singh argues. But whathappens alot of times is that an ex- to things soon as theyare suggestedand wasgoing forMessi. It wasanice experience." sports.“Sportisentertainment and I’d be The Duel fulfills both,” he says.There’s athird While Sumariwalla is unsureabout what hibition matchbecomes an exhibition sticktothe known. So, expect resistance Mallorca did notrespondtoarequestfor game to watchaone-on-one duel between —playing forthe country, but the Olympics sort of numberswill actuallytuneintomake match.You enjoy sportwheneveryone is giv- from all sides,”says theplayer-promoter comment on howthe fanwas able to access India’syoung athletes. Sportspersons are got postponed. suchaventureprofitable fortelevision,Tuhin ing their all, so when youare playing atour- from yesteryear. the stadium. AS newspaper reportedthat the warriors -theyplayfor medal,moneyor “Olympics has itspedestaland it’s very MishraofBaselineVentures -who manage nament, achampionship, thereissomething But, hemmedinonall sides by the con- club said he got in via the south stand aftera pride. Forgenerations,sporthas glamourised traditional but the biggestidea that worksin Sindhu -iswarythe conceptcould go down attachedtoit,otherwise everything becomes stricting threat of the virusinwhatisanight- lapse insecurity.Only229people areallowed the battle, so if there’s an opportunity forced sportiscreating rivalries between twoindi- the slipperyslope of ‘exhibition matches’. a‘masalamatch’. At anygiven pointoftime marefor international sportin2020, aduel to enter stadiums formatches from nowun- on youduring an adversity,thiswould be the viduals or cities. Everyevolvedsporting so- “It could be done. Iamnot commenting we rather watchthem playsome serious might well turnout as the onlyoptionlefton til theend of theseasonunderthe league'slat- best time to do it. ciety has been about sportthat’smega-local. in terms of Sindhu versus Saina, but it is stuff,” Mishrasays. the table. estprotocolonresumingthe campaign.

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