The Lockdown to Contain the Coronavirus Outbreak Has Disrupted Supply Chains
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JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 The lockdown to contain the coronavirus outbreak has disrupted supply chains. One crucial chain is delivery of information and insight — news and analysis that is fair and accurate and reliably reported from across a nation in quarantine. A voice you can trust amid the clanging of alarm bells. Vajiram & Ravi and The Indian Express are proud to deliver the electronic version of this morning’s edition of The Indian Express to your Inbox. You may follow The Indian Express’s news and analysis through the day on indianexpress.com DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA JOURNALISM OF COURAGE MONDAY, JUNE 15, 2020, NEW DELHI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `6.00 (`8 PATNA &RAIPUR, `12 SRINAGAR) WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM 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