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The its upward trajectory across the Leo Tolstoy, was exactly the figure also included four deaths country, Prime Minister same in the modern context, reported from Delhi, Narendra Modi on Friday held the way Nirbhaya’s battered P + Karnataka, Punjab and a meeting via video link and soul and her grieving parents ,-# # ./# Maharashtra so far. deliberated ways to check its waited for the 7 long years to Presently, 6,700 people spread with Chief Ministers of see the rapists and killers being The brutality of the crime her on the road and left her for who came in contact with the various States. Union Health hanged. Justice was finally on a winter night more than dead on the cold winter night. patients are under rigorous Minister Harsh Vardhan and !"#$%& delivered when hangman seven years ago had shaken the Her friend who was with her surveillance. top Health Ministry officials ' Pawan pulled the lever of all the nation. After the execution of was also severely beaten and A spike in numbers were present in the meeting. four death-row convicts one the convicts, Prime Minister thrown out along with her. prompted the States and UTs to On the other hand, sever- which he briefed the partici- airlines to bring them back. after another at 5.30 am on Narendra Modi said justice She was so severely violat- reinforce its efforts to contain al Indo-Pacific nations on pants on the proactive steps “The MEA is working out , ! Friday morning and thus has prevailed. “It was of the ed that her insides were spilling the spread. While the Friday held a teleconference to taken by India to counter the the logistics with airline com- putting an end to the most utmost importance to ensure out when she was taken to hos- Maharashtra Chief Minister exchange their assessments pandemic. panies to bring back stranded ! talked about gangrape and the dignity and safety of pital and died in a Singapore said all workplaces in major about the coronavirus pan- On the issue of Indian Indians from EU countries,” the subsequent murder of a 23- women,” the PM said. hospital after battling for her cities, including in country’s demic and discuss ways to stranded in Europe in transit MEA said. , - %./ year-old paramedic girl in the While talking to the media life for a fortnight. commercial hub Mumbai and work in synergy to combat the due to the travel restrictions Continued on Page 4 independent India. at her home after a sleepless Of the six, Ram Singh Pune, will remain closed till global menace. Foreign imposed by India in the wake Mumbai: Snapping its four- Mukesh Singh (32), Pawan night that also saw the Supreme allegedly committed suicide in March 31, the Delhi Chief Secretary Harsh Vardhan of coronavirus scare, the day losing streak, equity bench- Gupta (25), Vinay Sharma (26) Court holding an extraordinary Tihar Jail days after the trial Minister announced shutting Shringla took part in a US-ini- Government said it is working ! mark Sensex rallied over 1,627 and Akshay Kumar Singh (31) hearing that continued till 3.30 began, and the juvenile was down of all malls in the nation- tiated teleconference during out the logistics with various " points on Friday in line with were executed at 5.30 am in am, Asha Devi, mother of released in 2015 after spending global markets as Governments Tihar Jail. Nirbhaya said they finally got three years in a correctional New Delhi: The Delhi Metro across the world took drastic Cheers went up after the justice but their fight will con- home. services will be closed on measures to combat the eco- hanging with some waving the tinue for India’s daughters. On Friday morning since 4 #$%& %&# Sunday in view of “Janata cur- nomic blowback of Covid-19. national flag and shouting slo- Nirbhaya was raped and am, hundreds of people start- few”, officials said. “The move After starting on a volatile gans of “Long Live Nirbhaya” brutalised by six men, includ- ed to gather in front of Tihar is aimed at encouraging public note and swinging over 2,485 and “Bharat Mata ki Jai”. The ing a juvenile at the time, in an prison. In view on execution to stay indoors and maintain points, the BSE barometer crowd even distributed sweets empty bus that was driven the authorities has also social distancing, which is ended 1,627.73 points or 5.75 amid chanting “Nirbhaya has through the streets of the increased its security in and Q' (R ) essential in the fight against per cent higher at 29,915.96. got justice, the other daughters national Capital on December around the jail premises. COVID-19,” DMRC said. Detailed report on P11 still await”. 16, 2012. They then dumped Continued on Page 4 # # R % ',-.,/01 resident of India, dozens of ',-.,/01 PParliamentarians, Union Ministers, and several digni- ing and results were awaited. Singh was among the he Indian Railways on taries have come under the Both of them have quarantined many MPs who attended a TFriday decided to stop the coronavirus scanner for com- themselves. breakfast meeting hosted by operation all passenger trains ing into contact with Lok Meanwhile on Friday, the President Ram Nath Kovind originating from any railway Sabha member Dushyant Lucknow Police booked on March 18 as well as a station in the country from Singh, who had earlier attend- Kanika for negligence and dis- Parliamentary panel meeting midnight to 10 pm on Sunday ed dinner in Lucknow with obedience to the order issued on transport, tourism and cul- in view of the “Janata curfew” COVID positive Bollywood by a public servant. “An FIR ture attended by around 20 announced by Prime Minister singer Kanika Kapoor, famour was lodged under IPC Sections MPs on Wednesday. Narendra Modi. for her “Baby Doll” number. 269 (negligent act likely to “While in Lucknow, I According to a railway Dushyant’s mother spread infection of disease attended a dinner with my son order, mail and express trains Vasundhara Raje as well several dangerous to life), 270 (malig- Dushyant and his in-laws. will also stop services from 4 top officials of the State nant act likely to spread infec- Kanika, who has unfortunate- am to 10 pm on Sunday while Government and UP Health tion of disease danger-ous to ly tested positive for COVID- all suburban train services will Minister Jai Pratap Singh were life), 188 (disobedience to 19 was also a guest. As a mat- be reduced to a bare minimum. present at the party attended by order duly promulgated by ter of abundant caution, my “All passenger trains orig- over 180 guests. public servant),” said Police son and I have immediately inating between midnight of Dushyant, who had attend- Commissioner Surjit Pandey. self-quarantined and we’re tak- March 21/March 22 to 22:00 ed Parliament proceedings for Several MPs, including ing all necessary precautions,” hours of March 22 (approxi- three days after Kanika’s party TMC’s Derek O’Brien and Vasundhara said in a tweet. mately 2,400 services) shall and also attended a dinner Sukhendu Shekhar Roy, and According to sources, after not be run. However, the pas- reception hosted by President Apna Dal’s Anupriya Patel, on attending the party in Lucknow senger train services already on Ram Nath Kovind where Friday went into self-quaran- along with Kanika who is now run at 0700 hours on the day Union Ministers Rajnath tine following the announce- undergoing treatment for coro- will be allowed to run to the Singh, Smriti Irani, Maneka ment by the BJP MP and his navirus, Singh attended birth- destinations. Divisions should Gandhi, VK Singh and others mother that they were self-iso- day party of an industrialist and keep a watch and trains which were present at Rashtrapati lating themselves. Former former MP. Dushyant also are empty could be short ter- Bhawan on Wednesday. The Union Minister and senior attended the BJP Parliamentary minated, if required,” the rail- samples of Dushyant and Congress leader Jitin Prasada Party meeting on March 17. way order said. Vasundhara have gone for test- too went for self isolation. Continued on Page 4 Continued on Page 4 * &#% *&+ 02 / ! " # ! $ & nding days of speculation Eover the survival of 15- month-old Madhya Pradesh Government after 21 Cong !" ' MLAs rebelled against their $ # own Government, Chief Minister Kamal Nath tendered ! L ! his resignation to Governor M Lalji Tandon around 1 pm on Friday. Later, the Madhya & Pradesh Assembly was ! adjourned sine die. The # Governor asked Kamal Nath to ! & continue as the caretaker Chief Minister until the next
Government is formed. The Congress veteran !" $ stepped down a day after the ' ! $ Supreme Court ordered the absent. Speaker NP Prajapati announced the sine Madhya Pradesh Assembly read out the agenda saying that die adjournment of the * !! Speaker to conduct a floor test the meeting was convened as Assembly. L !M& on Friday by 5 pm. per the directives of the apex Earlier on Friday while + As the House assembled at court. He said that since Kamal talking to the media, the CM ! 2 pm for the trust vote, only Nath has submitted his resig- announced that he is tendering !! ! & #$ BJP legislators turned up, while nation, there was no point in his resignation, hours ahead of the Congress MLAs remained holding the trust vote. He then the scheduled floor test.
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',-.,/01 Christmas together, but the woman cracking it open within five days and passed away on December 29, 2012 filed the chargesheet within 17 days. ramod Singh Kushwaha, the in Singapore during treatment. The police got their first break in the 0! 1 ! ! PDeputy Commissioner of Police Sharma said her family was like case when they checked the CCTV (DCP), Special Cell, who was during an extended family for him and they footage from the area in south Delhi Nirbhaya gang rape and murder in always had good things to say about where the two had been dumped. 2 ! - 3! ' ! 2012, the additional DCP (South) and the police team which investigated the "Overnight we located the bus headed the investigation team, said case. and then its driver and interrogated the hanging is a tribute to the depart- "During the trial, I lost my elder him. By the next afternoon, Ram ',-.,/01 back home and it was registered from the local police station joined ed soul and this will also act as a brother and father. While I was Singh confessed that he had been dri- with a service provider in the Delhi police team and they deterrent to other rapists. bathing my brother's body for last ving the bus," he recalled. or Delhi police inspector Aurangabad. decided to quietly recce Akshay's On Friday, as the four convicts rites, I got a call from a senior offi- Singh, who was subsequently FRituraj and his team, arresting This breakthrough led the village. Local intelligence gather- were executed in the premises of cer about the case, I immediately got jailed, allegedly committed suicide in the accused, Akshay Singh, in the police to believe Akshay could be ing suggested that Akshay could Tihar Jail, the investigators recalled up and attended it without telling him his cell in Tihar in March 2013. What Nirbhaya case, was not easy. The hiding in his village. Delhi police have escaped to his in-laws' resi- the challenges they encountered about the tragedy. That has been my made matters more difficult for the police team who had to visit a inspector Rituraj and his team dence, also in a naxal-infested while probing the case. level of dedication," he said. police was the mounting public and naxal-affected village in Bihar had rushed to Patna by flight and took area. Kushwaha said there was a sep- The then DCP (South) Chhaya media outrage over the crime, and the to keep a low profile to nab him. the road from there to reach Inspector Rituraj's team decid- arate investigation team that was des- Sharma had asked Benita Mary Jailer, demand for quick results. According to police investi- Aurangabad. ed to wait and sought help from ignated to follow-up of the case and students used to be sitting outside the an IPS officer fresh out of training, to "The juvenile involved in the gation, Akshay, the cleaner of the On December 19, 2012, three watchmen in Akshay's village in he was also part of that SIT. police station and police personnel remain with the family during that crime was apprehended from Delhi's bus in which the 23-year-old days after the gang rape, the Delhi nabbing him. Soon enough the "We ensured that the family was escorted the accused to court through trying time. Anand Vihar bus terminal by our physiotherapy intern was gan- police team contacted the Tandwa wait paid off. One of the chowki- kept informed about the develop- the rear entrance by crossing a drain, "It was a landmark investigation team. He was working as a bus con- graped, had left for his native vil- police station under whose juris- dars spotted the accused at ments in the case and the arrests so a slum cluster, through PVR Priya, all that was completed in just 18 days of ductor and his co-accused told the lage in Aurangabad district after diction Akshay's village fell. Tandwa railway station on that they remained confident in the while ensuring that they are not the incident. In first 18 hours, the police that he had a particular way of committing the ghastly crime. "The Delhi police team then December 21 and alerted the investigation," said Kushwaha. lynched by the angry public. accused were identified and three of hailing passengers. He was appre- "The police traced Akshay learnt that the village area was police who arrested Akshay. Anil Sharma was the Station "Apart from this, I also had the- them arrested as well. Over 100 hended on the basis of this clue," said through a mobile number of Ram affected by Left-wing extremism Rituraj contacted the district House Officer (SHO) of the Vasant job of collecting evidence in the case, policemen worked round the clock to former CP. Singh, the driver of the bus and the and the team members were magistrate to obtain a transit Vihar police station where the case handling her friend who was also crack the case and police collected Kumar stressed that he took "all first accused to be arrested in the required to tread cautiously with- remand and he introduced the was registered in 2012 which had led with her in the bus," he said. Sharma, unimpeachable scientific evidence," the brickbats" and ensured that his 2012 case. Ram Singh had shared out drawing undue attention," Delhi police official to the district to an outrage across the nation. who was also managing other cases Chhaya Sharma had said earlier. officers did not face public anger that number with the investigators Rituraj said. judge. The judge took Rituraj to "This is a tribute to the departed soul. at the time, said he used to visit the The arrest of the juvenile and grew as more and more gory details during interrogation," said police. "The police station in Tandwa his residence, called his staff and Finally, her soul can rest in peace. We victim and forged a bond with her. Akshay Singh required a massive about the crime came to light. According to Khaki Files, the had been attacked four times by dictated the order. are there for her family," he said. "I regularly spent time with her. manhunt because Akshay had "I faced the media outrage and book written by former Delhi naxals and was therefore heavily It was 9 PM on December 21 Sharma said he had not missed I had even told her O Henry's pop- escaped to a village in Naxalite belt the public wrath. I succeeded in Police Commissioner Neeraj fortified with personnel from Bihar when the police received the tran- a single hearing in the case and was ular story 'The Last Leaf' as her story in Bihar, she had said. shielding my officers. I told them, 'I Kumar during, who was also Military Police deployed on its sit remand but Rituraj left for still in touch with the victim's fam- was similar to it," said Sharma. The The then police commissioner, will face the brunt of the media trial police chief during the heinous rooftop, armed with light machine Varanasi the same night in dense ily. officer recalled how they had spoken Neeraj Kumar, said it was a chal- and all the criticism. You people carry act, Akshay had used the phone guns," according to the book. fog and low visibility with the Recalling his days, Sharma said about celebrating New Year and lenging case but they ended up on'," he said. number to speak to his family Sub-inspector Ajay Kumar accused and his team. 4 % ' ! ',-.,/01 "Anticipating that the convicts The convicts also did not before their execution but handed over to their families. might show some resistance, take a bath or change clothes they refused. Hangman Pawan per- s the clock ticked for the strongmen had been kept on before they were taken to the All of them were moved to formed his duty very effi- Aexecution of the four con- standby but the four convicts gallows, he added. isolation cells after the first ciently from tying the rope to ',-.,/01 4 dead, they were sent to Deen security arrangements inside victs in the Nirbhaya gang showed no signs of anxiety last Before the four were death warrant in the case was executing them, the official Dayal Upadhyay Hospital for the hospital, specially near the rape and murder case and the evening or put up any resis- hanged, the official said, they issued by a court. The cells said. he bodies of four Nirbhaya the post-mortem. Later, their mortuary. No person, except the Tihar Prison authorities tance while being taken to the were identified by the jail were being guarded by four- Hours before the execu- Tgangrape and murder con- bodies were handed over to hospital staff and the relatives of geared up for the process, gallows for hanging. Vinay superintendent and the death five security personnel, he tion, Gupta had approached victs were handed over to their their families," said Goel. convicts, was allowed near the none of the convict showed broke down when he was warrant was read out in the said, adding that all the pro- the Supreme Court to chal- respective families for the last According to a senior jail mortuary. any resistance while being being taken for the execution," presence of the district mag- cedures as per the jail manu- lenge the rejection of his sec- rites on Friday after the post- official, the body of Akshay will This is the first time that taken up to gallows on Friday the official said. istrate and other officials. al were followed for the exe- ond mercy petition by mortem conducted at Deen be taken to his village at four men have been hanged morning. According to the official, After the final death war- cution. President Ram Nath Kovind. Dayal Upadhyay Hospital on Aurangabad in Bihar. "The fam- together in Tihar Jail, South According to Tihar prison only Sharma and Mukesh rant was issued by a Delhi The four convicts were The court, in an unprece- same day. ily members of Mukesh will take Asia's largest prison complex authorities, the convicts also Singh had dinner on Thursday court earlier this month, all declared dead by a doctor dented late-night hearing that The convicts were executed his body to Rajasthan. The that houses more than 16,000 did not show any signs of anx- night. "Vinay and Mukesh convicts except Akshay half-an-hour after they were began at 2.30 am and lasted an at 5.30 am at Tihar prison. bodies of Vinay and Pawan inmates. iety on the night before their had their dinner properly on Kumar met their families. hanged, Director General of hour, dismissed his plea, According to Sandeep Goel, will be shifted to their houses at After raping and brutalising execution and skipped break- time (on Thursday night). Mukesh Singh's family last Tihar Jail Sandeep Goel had paving the way for the execu- Director General of Tihar Jail, Ravidas Camp in south Delhi," Nirbhaya, the men, one of fast on Friday. The meal comprised roti, dal, met him around 12 pm on said earlier. tion. the bodies were kept hanging he said. whom was a juvenile at the time, Mukesh Singh (32), rice and sabzi. Akshay had tea Thursday. The meeting lasted The bodies were handed It also refused to pass any for half an hour, a mandatory Earlier, their family mem- dumped her on the road and left Pawan Gupta (25), Vinay in the evening but did not for 30 minutes, he said. over to the convicts' families direction allowing Gupta and procedure after execution as per bers rushed to DDU hospital for for dead on the cold winter Sharma (26) and Akshay have dinner. All the four con- According to the official, after post-mortem at Deen Akshay Singh to meet their the prison manual. the necessary paper works night. Her friend who was with Kumar Singh (31) were victs did not have breakfast the four men were asked if Dayal Upadhyay Hospital. All family members before they "After the doctor exam- before conducting the post- her was also severely beaten and hanged at 5.30 am. (on Friday)," he said. they wanted to prepare a will their belongings were also were sent to the gallows. ined the bodies and declared all mortem. There were elaborated thrown out along with her. # 5 ! 6
',-.,/01 Following the hanging of the convicts, the security was cores of people, chanting beefed up outside the Tihar Jail. S'long live Nirbhaya' and "Justice has been finally 'Bharat Mata ki Jai' and car- delivered and it was a victory of rying tricolor in their hands the legal system," said Yogita gathered outside the Tihar Bhayana, a social activist who jail complex in the early hours was outside Tihar jail since 4 of Friday. The people were am along with her friends. seen distributing sweets after Akash Deep, who has been the four convicts in Nirbhaya associated with Nirbhaya's fam- gang rape and murder were ily, said he came to witness the hanged in Tihar Prison. The victory after a long-drawn legal people were even carrying battle that continued for over posters which read 'Nirbhaya seven years. "It was a tough + / # has got justice. The other fight. However, justice was won ./# daughters still await'. today," said Akash. # %1 , 7 - 2 ',-.,/01 ecalling the days when NEW DELHI: Quick action of they wished me and my sister RNirbhaya was treated in Delhi Police led to nabbing of get raped too, to make the Safdarjanj Hospital in 2012, the but it did not affect the treat- all the culprits within three police wake up," Ankita rem- doctors remembered her as a ment," he said. days of the gruesome inisced. brave woman and said that A doctor, who was part of 'Nirbhaya' rape, but the world Both mother and daugh- with the hanging of the four the team that treated her, said changed for us, recall the ter were critical of press and convicts law had taken its at that time, most of the younger daughter and wife of said the media only wanted to course. women resident doctors in former police chief Neeraj carry anti-Neeraj Ku Dr BD Athani, who was the hospital were traumatised Kumar. mar stories and anything that the medical superintendent of seeing what she had gone Talking to PTI, Ankita, did not pander to their Safdarjung Hospital when through. now in her late 20s and a rhetoric was never aired or Nirbhaya was treated, said "She was an adult and she pianist by profession, says she written. they have got "closure". was with her friend when the was dumbfounded after her "One day, I was at my "I was involved in the incident happened. It was not father briefly mentioned the piano school located in the medical management part of it. even that late in the night. All gruesome rape of the physio- basement of my house and a It was a very heinous crime that the resident doctors who were therapy intern on December journalist from a TV channel they committed. Law has taken on duty were shaken up. They 16, 2012. She says memories of walked in with his camera and its course. We had referred the felt it could have been any one that night sends shivers down asked me to comment on the patient to Singapore. We have of them in her place," she her spine even today. inefficient police headed by got closure as far as this patient recalled. Expressing relief at the my father. "I confronted him is concerned," he said. The doctor said they have outcome of the case, Ankita that he was in the basement of Athani said they were the same feelings as any and her mother, Mala Kumar, my house and he could easily under immense pressure at that woman who has followed the recall how the growing protests harm me, and my father will time and despite that medically, case closely would have at this against Kumar had made them only come to know once the the case withstood scrutiny. point. "She was a very, very suggest that he resign. damage has been done. I was "We did not spare any efforts brave woman. When I saw her "As pressure was building, trying to draw home a point, in treating her during her surgery, we didn't I did not want him to go but probably he never under- and tried till the end. I appre- know she had so many prob- through the ordeal. I wanted stood," she says. ciate the team of doctors. Right lems. She was so calm and him to quit because it was With four of the culprits from the senior resident who composed even after going becoming too much for me to finally hanged on Friday was on duty when through so much trauma. take. Everyone around me morning, the seven-year she was brought to the hospi- That's what we still remember was changing, I was getting struggle for justice has final- tal to the other doctors. They and admire her for it," the doc- threat calls and someone said ly ended. were all emotionally affected tor told.
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"We are empow- Kejriwal also directed the Narendra Modi has urged peo- The size of gatherings has since * ! hospitals run by the ering all the MS to recruit freely hospitals to ensure that there ple to remain inside their been reduce to 20 people. !! : Government to ensure ade- under all the categories, under should be no escapes from houses under a self-imposed "It also applies to Shaheen ! quate availability of all the Delhi Epidemic Act 1987," their premises. "We will deploy curfew (janata curfew). Bagh," Chief Minister Arvind !! resources and medical staff in he said. more security and police per- The women have been Kejriwal had said. The pro- ! the hospital to deal with any Delhi Health Minister sonnel if needed. We will speak blocking a side of a road con- testers on Friday said not more ! & unprecedented situation in the Satyendra Jain said the autho- to the police authorities and ask necting southeast Delhi to than 50 women had been stag- national Capital. risation to recruit manpower them to deploy more police Noida since mid-December to ing protest at any given time. 4 Kejriwal also said the Delhi immediately to ensure that from those suppliers and man- will be given to all the hospi- personnel in front of all our 2 4%5 Government will take strict there is no delay in the pro- ufacturers. All the medicines tals till June 30. Budget provi- hospitals," he said. !" 1 actions against private players curement of the supplies. Delhi and consumables must be sions will also be managed in The Chief Minister also ,4-, ! or suppliers who are refusing to Government officials and cab- available with all the hospitals, the same manner, wherein the assured that the Delhi ! supply any essential com- inet will make sure that we pro- and there should be no short- cabinet and medical officials Government will talk to the ',-.,/01 regate activities and suspend ,. # modities like masks, sanitizers, vide immediate approvals for age if there is a bulk require- will ensure that the files are Central Government to ensure non-essential services. !! etc under the Essential the same. You can send the files ment," he said. signed immediately, he said mass procurement of testing ollowing the coronavirus out- The university said it would ! !!B Commodities Act, 1955. to our offices and we will sign He also instructed Health Kejriwal said, "We are in a kits to the Delhi Government Fbreak, the Jawaharlal Nehru remain closed till March 31 He directed the medical them at once, and you may Minister Satender Jain to critical phase right now, which hospitals. "The Government University (JNU) and Jamia with immediate effect. "All *! C& superintendents to provide contact our offices directly in ensure no supplier overstocks can lead to the expansion of the will speak to the Indian Millia Islamia have asked stu- activities in the university, !# . them with a list of such sup- case of any issues," he said. essential items like medicines, virus. We should also ensure Council of Medical Research dents to vacate hostels and said including services in the hostels, pliers who are refusing to pro- "All the ventilators must be masks, and other essential whether we have adequate and the central government to the mess facilities would only be schools and administration are : ! vide such essential commodi- in a working condition. All the items, those suppliers who medical facilities, equipment address this issue," he said. available for the next 48 hours. hereby suspended till the said * ,. #& ties. MS would also need to contact indulges in overstocking will be and sufficient number of iso- Kejriwal also instructed The directive came after date. Accordingly, all students # ! The Chief Minster also their suppliers as well as man- raided if required lation beds and wards available the PWD officials to resolve all Delhi Chief Minister Arvind are required to vacate the hos- ! ! asked all MS to immediately ufacturers of the medical The directions came in a to deal with the crisis." the issues pertaining to neces- Kejriwal had on Thursday said tels," said The JNU adminis- procure all necessary supplies, equipment to take note of the meeting chaired by the Chief "There has been no com- sary arrangements in the iso- Lieutenant Governor Anil Baijal tration said all such as medicines and ventila- current stock of the ventilators Minister to prepare to deal with munity transmission of the lation wards. He said that all had asked all government evaluation/examination/class tors. "All paperwork regarding that they have. We will procure the possible corona-virus crisis virus until now, but we should the protocols of all the isolation departments, autonomous bod- presentation activities had been * the same will be completed all the stock of ventilators in the city. be prepared to handle the wards must be followed. ies and public sector units to seg- postponed till March 31. & , !$ " ! ,* 4 ( ! . % ',-.,/01 ionised using the corona dis- machine will travel on the charge. 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SCorporation (SDMC) has next three days beginning Saturday across Delhi and more than 1 lakh devices are worldwide and claimed over tools which can sterilize the coat. But the alcohol-based “Right after assuming her office, Akhtar directed the officials concerned to prevent community transmission in the process under a Government project 9,357 lives, the scientists have entire city. Our technology hand sanitizer is useful for streamlined the administration, and brought to ensure the closure of saloons, of coronavirus. aimed at ensuring safety of women. come out with a technology. uses an optimal combination of individuals or for sanitizing transparency in everything, including beauty parlours, sports acade- "The markets in Delhi will "A total of three-lakh CCTV cameras According to the scien- electric energy and water atom- surfaces at a smaller scale admission process, appointment of new fac- mies, recreation centers, week- remain closed on 21, 22 and 23 would be installed in all 70 assembly con- tists, the device will fight the isation techniques to induce a (home, offices, etc.) in the ulty members and promotion of the exist- ly market till March 31 in the March. The trade leaders will stituencies under the ambitious project being coronavirus with corona dis- charge on water droplets while fight against Coronavirus. ing faculty members and other staff,” said wake of coronavirus outbreak. review the situation on evening of executed by the public works department. The charge. creating the most potent oxida- However, this is insufficient in members of Jamia Administrative Staff However, sale of fruits and 23 March and will decide actions for government is procuring buses that are Robo Sapien — human tive entities, Hydroxyl radicals such an emergency as it is Association (JASA). The Jamia Teachers vegetables and other essential future," said the Confederation of equipped with panic buttons, CCTV cameras like machine — will operate on that can oxidize and kill the impractical to use alcohol for Association (JTA) has also come out in sup- items are exempted from clo- All India Traders (CAIT) in a and global positioning system (GPS) device," the mechanism of charged or coronavirus." sanitizing cities." port of the V-C. sure list. statement. said the official. ionised water droplets which is The "Robo-Sapien" "Thus, to combat the virus !"#!$!$
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',-.,/01 August 2019. ratio by more than ten per that there was any evidence of Of the total expenditure of the Speaking on the occasion, cent to support Make In India. coronavirus having any ‘suspi- s many as 32 political par- 32 political parties on publici- n an effort to give a boost to the defence minister said the Also, use of raw materials, cious origin’ from China as Aties, including seven ty, 1223.71 cr or 81.83% per- I'Make in India' project of objective of the DPP is to special alloys and software being circulated in the social national parties have spent the cent was spent by the national the NDA Government in make India self-reliant and a incentivised as use of indige- media and asked Opposition highest of 1495.41 crore on parties and 271.70 cr or defence manufacturing, the global manufacturing hub. nous raw material is a very not to “press panic button” even say that origin of coronavirus rise after his address to the publicity, followed by 567.19 18.17% was spent by the draft of Defence Procurement The government is constant- important aspect of 'Make in as the Congress sought to say is surrounded with suspicion nation on Thursday night. crore on travel expenses, regional parties. Procedure(DPP) 2020 pro- ly striving to formulate poli- India' and Indian Companies there was spectre of hoarding, saying World Health Chowdhury suggested that 528.94 crore on lumpsum On the travel expenses, poses higher indigenous con- cies to empower the private are world leaders in software. and price rise after Prime Organization (WHO) was not government provide tempo- amounts paid to candidates the ADR has divided expendi- tent and incentives for local industry including MSMEs A new category Buy(Global- Minister Narendra Modi’s given access to Wuhan in rary assistance to daily wage and 399.03 crore on other or ture incurred by star cam- material and software. in order to develop the eco- Manufacture in India) is part address a day before and sug- China, the place from where earners, auto drivers , security miscellaneous expenses during paigners and the party leaders. The draft unveiled by system for indigenous defence of the proposed DPP with gested that the dispensation coronavirus first broke out and guards , vendors who have the Lok Sabha polls in 2019. Political parties have spent a Defence Minister Rajnath production. The defence minimum 50 per cent indige- provides temporary succour later affected the global popu- been hard-hit by the self- According to a report pre- total of 567.19 crore on Singh on Friday here also industry of India is a strate- nous content. to daily wagers, auto-drivers lation. Would India speak to imposed curfew of the people. pared by the Association for 'Travel'. Of this, national par- provides for making after sales gically important sector hav- and small vendors. the WHO and have the origin The Congress leader said Democratic Reforms (ADR) on ties have spent 487.33 cr support a part of capital acqui- ing huge potential for growth. Asking questions during of Coronavirus investigated advance wage payments should the basis of expenditure details (85.92 %) and regional parties sition contract, leasing of It needs to be the catalyst for the question hour on the pan- ?",the Congress MP asked and be made to MNREGA daily submitted by the political par- spent Rs 79.86 cr (14.08%). defence equipment introduced India's economic growth and demic coronavirus, members wanted to know "..whether it wagers. ties to the Election National and Regional for the first time and empha- realisation of our global ambi- wanted Government to clarify was naturally originated and Intervening from the gov- Commission, these political political parties collectively sis on product export under tions. whether it has prescribed not grown out of a scientific ernment aide, Parliamentary parties have recollected spent 98.53% of their total offsets. The proposed DPP With experience gained Aurvedic or homeopathy med- experiment ..?" affairs minister Pralhad Joshi 6405.59 crore in 2019. Of travel expenses or 558.88 also offers incentive under by the industry and the icines for curing the disease of Responding to Congress every one should honour the them, a major chunk of crore on their star campaign- offsets for units in Defence Ministry of Defence , it is now which there was yet no clinical member's question, good suggestions given by the 5544.34 crore (86.55%) was ers and the remaining 1.47% or corridor. time to take further steps to trial. N Uttam Kumar Reddy Harshvardhan said his Prime Minister in the light of received by seven political par- 8.31 crore on the travel of The main focus of the strengthen 'Make in India' (Congress) said having issued Government was in regular the global crisis. He denied ties while 25 regional parties their party leaders. DPP 2020 is to further initiative, refine Life Cycle an advisory the Ayush Ministry touch with the WHO and any there was any shortage of received 861.25 crore The 32 national and increase indigenous manu- Support of procured equip- contradicted itself saying there suspicion on the count of the essential commodities and (13.45%). regional parties together spent facturing and reducing time- ment and platforms and has- was "no known cure to origin of the virus was linked urged opposition to not to According to the report, 2591.39 crore during the 2019 lines for procurement of ten the defence acquisition COVID-19." to what was being circulated in "press panic button". political parties have declared Lok Sabha polls, of which an defence equipment. These and process by further simplifying The member sought to the social media platforms like Chowdhury , however, their expenditure under the expenditure of 2004.99 crore several other such innovative the procedures & reducing the know what advisory Ayush WhatsUp. The Minister said went on to say that Prime heads of publicity, travel (77.37%) was incurred by the measures were part the draft overall procurement time- Ministry has given on the issue. there was "no authenticity" in Minister's address " se Bazar expenses, other/miscellaneous seven national parties. finalized by a high-level com- lines, he added. Responding to queries, Ayush the report. Hashvarshan said main aag lag gayi.." There was expenses and lumpsum According to ADR, the mittee headed by Director The major changes pro- Minister of State (indepen- Indian research organisations an uproar and Congress mem- amounts paid to their contest- election expenditure statements General Acquisition, Ministry posed in the new DPP are dent) Shripad Naik said his are in touch with other global bers were seen walking out of ing candidates. The expendi- of 18 Regionalparties including of Defence that was set up in hike in indigenous content ministry's advisory never organisations on the origin of the house. Later, at Zero hour, ture on publicity is 49.94 per- DMDK, JD(S), RJD, JKNPP, claimed "effective treatment" of the virus. He maintained that Speaker Om Birla said cent of the overall expenditure RLD etc. for the 2019 LokSabha coronovirus by Aurveda (or India was the first to know Parliament is with PM's reso- declared under various heads elections are unavailable on the homeopathy) as it has sug- about the coronavirus on lution and his appeal fora while expensesincurred website of ECI till date. 555 gested that its treatment may January 8th a day after China "Janata curfew" on Sunday. towards candidates constituted Theexpenditure statements of help respiratory and immune established that there was a Kanimozhi (DMK) said 17.67 percent of the totalex- IUML and SHS are not avail- From Page 1 imum level only to cater to system of the patients. "new coronavirus" in Wuhan. economically poor section has penditure," it said. able for theAndhra Pradesh It also said the decision essential travel. Reacting to the concerns of Speaking on the been the worst hit due to coro- The ADR report said the Assembly elections 2019. has been taken in view of the The order stated that pas- members, Union Health Coronavirus issue Congress navirus pandemic and the 32 political parties analyzed "Regional Parties namely coronavirus outbreak and the sengers alighting from trains Minister Harshvardhan said MP Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury Economic task force spent the maximum on media MGP, MPC and MNS submit- fact that the demand will be already on the run, and whosoever is being tested, is said while his party was with announced by the Prime advertisement (1166.15 crore ted their election expenditure less due to ‘Janta Curfew’. desirous of staying at the sta- being tested with "perfect sci- the Prime Minister on the sub- Minister should take note of or 77.98 percent) followed by statements for the general elec- Suburban services in tion will be accommodated in entific rationale." ject, the government should the informal sector which is in expenditure on publicity mate- tions despite not having con- Mumbai, Delhi, Kolkata, waiting halls, waiting rooms At this stage, Manish take note of hoarding of essen- duress in the wake of the shut- rials (222.1 crore or 14.85 per- tested the elections — as Chennai and Secunderabad and concourse without cre- Tewary (Congress) sought to tial eatables and general price down. cent) and public meetings declared by them. shall be reduced to bare min- ating overcrowding condi- tions while provisions for drinking water, refresh- India stands at 196 so far,” Lav States continue to report Odisha has two cases while Union Health Ministry has ing their status. ments on payment shall be Agarwal, Joint Secretary, the cases. Maharashtra has 52 Uttarakhand has three cases also asked hospitals and med- There have been cases arranged. Union Health Ministry said cases, including three for- so far. West Bengal and ical education institutes to where people have been found “Adequate arrangements 555 here at a Press conference, eigners, while Kerala has Punjab each reported two procure sufficient number of running away from the test,” may be made to facilitate adding that 23 others have recorded 28 cases which cases while Puducherry, ventilators and high flow oxy- he said. However, while the hassle-free refund to pas- From Page 1 been cured/discharged/migrat- include two foreign nationals Chandigarh and Punjab gen masks and advised them UP Government is yet to ini- sengers affected by train The airlines did not let ed while four have died. Delhi while Karnataka has 15 coro- reported one case each. to decrease gatherings on tiate any action in Kanika cancellations. Zonal rail- them fly on board for the fear has, so far, reported 17 positive navirus patients. The number “A total of 14,376 samples their respective premises. Kapoor’s case, a resident of ways will keep a close watch of penalty, Additional cases, which includes one for- of cases in Ladakh rose to 10 from 13,486 individuals have Without naming singer Lucknow, a Punjab woman, on the situation at major sta- Secretary in MEA, Dammu eigner, while Uttar Pradesh has and Jammu & Kashmir four. been tested for SARS-CoV2 as Kanika Kapoor who evaded who had tested positive for the tions and where needed Ravi, told reporters here. recorded 23 cases, including Telangana has reported 17 on March 20,” Indian Council test by escaping from the air- coronavirus, and fled from the order special trains to clear He also clarified that no one foreigner. Meanwhile, a cases, which include nine for- of Medical Research (ICMR) port, and has been found pos- hospital has been subse- rush of passengers who may Indian diplomats and embassy 69-year-old Italian tourist who eigners. officials said. The sources said itive for the virus on Friday, quently booked for doing so. be stranded at stations officials or staff have been had “recovered” from the novel Rajasthan has also report- that the ICMR is likely to soon Lav Agarwal said that States Union Minister G Kishan despite advance public infected with COVID-19 as coronavirus died at a private ed 17 cases, including that of issue instructions to the are empowered to take legal Reddy has urged family mem- notice,” it stated. per the Government’s knowl- hospital in Jaipur after suffer- two foreigners. Tamil Nadu accredited private labs who action against those hiding bers to not resist the As of now, the Indian edge even in the worst affect- ing a massive cardiac arrest late has three cases so far while have been given nod to con- their travel status or medical Government move to test and Railways has cancelled 245 ed cities like Wuhan and Italy. on Thursday night, SMS Andhra Pradesh has three. In duct tests for the virus to cap treatment. “States are empow- quarantine people returning trains in order to restrict “The total number of Medical College principal Haryana, there are 17 cases, the price of each test between ered to take legal action from countries battling coro- unnecessary travel following active COVID-19 cases across Sudhir Bhandari said. which include 14 foreigners. Rs 4,500 and Rs 5,000. The against those evading or hid- navirus. the coronavirus outbreak. Q ! R 888 #$%& %&#
From Page 1 and his ‘Hanuman Chalisa’ to that began at 2.30 am and last- rapists. As the clock ticked for the his family,” he said. ed an hour. Taking a counter view, execution of the four convicts “The bodies were kept It also refused to pass any human rights group Amnesty Q' (R ) in the Nirbhaya gang rape and hanging for half an hour, a direction allowing Pawan and International said death penal- murder case and the Tihar mandatory procedure after Akshay to meet their family ty is never the solution towards Prison authorities geared up for execution in accordance with members just before they are ending violence against From Page 1 Alarmed by the fact that the last four days. the process, none of the convict the prison manual. The bodies sent to the gallows. Outside women and called the execu- “This Government is Kanika tested positive on Soon after, Raje, O’Brien showed any resistance while were taken to the DDU Tihar Jail, hundreds of people tion a “dark stain” on India’s putting us all at risk. The PM Friday, the UP Chief Minister’s and Patel took to Twitter to being taken up to gallows on Hospital for post-mortem and gathered despite the unearth- human rights record. Recalling says self isolate yourself but office issued directives to sani- announce they have gone into Friday morning. later were handed over to fam- ly hour and the coronavirus the days when Nirbhaya was Parliament is on. I was sitting tise all the places in Lucknow, self-quarantine as a precau- According to Tihar prison ily,” said the official. scare to await news of the exe- treated in Safdarjanj Hospital next to Dushyant the other day Kanpur and Noida visited tionary measure. authorities, the convicts also This is the first time that cution. Union Women and in 2012, the doctors remem- for 2.5 hours. There are two either by the celebrity singer or “I got myself tested and it did not show any signs of anx- four men have been hanged Child Development Minister bered her as a brave woman more MPs who are in self iso- by those who were present in came positive for Covid-19. My iety on the night before their together in Tihar Jail, South Smriti Irani welcomed the and said with the hanging of lation. The session should be different parties with her. family and I are in complete execution and skipped break- Asia’s largest prison complex news. “I have seen Nirbhaya’s the four convicts’ law had deferred,” O’Brien tweeted after The singer and UP Health quarantine now and following fast on Friday. Vinay and that houses more than 16,000 mother’s struggle over the taken its course. The road to the news of Singh going in self- Minister were among 100 medical advice on how to move Mukesh had dinner but none of inmates.The executions were years, though it took time to get the gallows was a long and cir- isolation broke. guests at a party hosted by inte- forward. Contact mapping of the four had breakfast or a bath carried out after the men justice but it has been done cuitous one, going through Kapoor has become the rior designer Adil Ahmad, the people I have been in touch before they were led to the gal- exhausted every possible legal finally. It is also a message to the lower courts, the High first Bollywood celebrity to nephew of former BSP MP with is underway as well. lows. avenue to escape the gallows. people that you can run away Court, the Supreme Court and test positive for coronavirus in Akbar Ahmad Dumpy, at his “I was scanned at the air- “The meal comprised roti, Their desperate attempts only from law but cannot finally the president’s office before the country. There were reports residence recently in Lucknow. port as per normal procedure dal, rice and sabzi. Akshay postponed the inevitable by less avoid it. going back to the Supreme that the singer landed in Several VVIPs including top 10 days ago when I came back had tea in the evening but did than two months after the first Pramod Singh Kushwaha, Court that heard and rejected Lucknow from the United bureaucrats and political figures home, the symptoms have not have dinner. The four con- date of execution was set for the Deputy Commissioner of various curative petitions. The Kingdom and was admitted in across parties were present. developed only four days ago,” victs showed no signs of anxi- January 22. In last-gasp Police (DCP), Special Cell, death warrants were deferred a city hospital after she showed The UP Health Minister Kanika said in her statement. ety in the evening. Minutes attempts, one of the convicts who was during Nirbhaya gan- by a court thrice on the signs of flu. on Friday took a test for coro- Hitting out at the before the execution, Mukesh knocked on the doors of the grape and murder in 2012, the grounds that the convicts had Before that she attended navirus as it emerged that he Government, O’Brien said that had said he would like to Delhi High Court and the additional DCP (South) and not exhausted all their legal three well attended parties and was at a party thrown by on one side they are talking of donate his organs while Vinay Supreme Court just hours headed the investigation team, remedies and that the mercy hobnobbed with hundreds of celebrity singer Kanika Kapoor self-isolation and on the other wanted his paintings, done before the hanging. A Supreme said the hanging is a tribute to petition of one or the other was people. Kanika reportedly took who is now suffering from hand they are continuing with during his years in jail, to be Court bench dismissed Pawan’s the departed soul and this will before the president. help of some airport officials to COVID-19, while three BJP the Parliament session. given to the jail superintendent last plea in a late-night hearing also act as a deterrent to other On March 5, a trial court avoid quarantine protocol after MLAs who met him on “Parliament has hardly dis- issued fresh death warrants returning from London. Thursday went into self-isola- cussed coronavirus. The Lok for March 20 at 5.30 am as the Kanika also addressed a Press tion, sources said. Sabha and the Rajya Sabha dis- final date for the execution. conference in Noida. Noida MLA and BJP State cussed COVID19 for only 3 general secretary Pankaj Singh, per cent of total time. Is this Jewar MLA Dhirendra Singh how Governments inspire con- and Dadri MLA Tejpal Nagar fidence in crisis? Defer session! took to Twitter to say they are Stop conflicting messaging!,” O’ going into self-isolation as a Brien said. precautionary measure as they “I was present at an event had met the Health Minister yesterday and Dushyant Singh on Thursday in Greater Noida. was also present at the event. As District Magistrate a precaution, I am going for self Abhishek Prakash ordered isolation. I will follow the nec- closure of Taj Mahal hotel in essary guidelines by the gov- Lucknow till further orders. ernment,” tweeted Anupriya Though the official order gave Patel. no reason, sources said Kanika Earlier, MoS External had attended a party at the Affairs V Muraleedharan had hotel. self-quarantined after he visit- According to Kanika’s ed a Kerala-based medical father Rajiv Kapoor, she institute whose hospital later attended a few parties between reported a coronavirus case. March 13 and 15. Nearly 300 Former Union Minister Suresh people attended these parties. 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',-.,/01 groups to be avoided and it Scouts Regimental Centre in April. Leave of personnel be regulated and crowding and shall be ensured personnel are Leh as they had come into con- already on leave was extended bunching has to be avoided. rmy Chief General MM available on telephone and tact with the 34-year-old sol- till 15 April 2020 at the discre- Moreover, posting of all per- ANaravane on Friday electronic means at all times for dier. tion of Competent Authority. sonnel was deferred. reviewed preparations within exigencies of work. These *Meanwhile, the Army in All service personnel (less The Army also appealed to the force to meet the coron- advisories were firmed up after its advisory has asked the com- Army Medical Corps) attend- veterans and civilians living avirus pandemic challenge and discussions between Naravane manders to regularly hold ing courses terminating prior within and in the vicinity of ordered that at least 35 per cent and important functionaries at *Awareness Campaigns* on to 15 April 202were to be army cantonments and sta- of officers and 50 per cent the Army Headquarters here, precautions to be taken with- retained at respective training tions to adhere to social dis- jawans working in offices will officials said. in the Army and also for com- institution for which addition- tancing norms and to support observe home quarantine and These instructions come munities in near vicinity to al training programme to be additionalinstituted to prevent work from there for a week days after a Army jawan of Army establishments. issued. The annual Medical spread of COVID -19. starting March 23. The second Ladakh Scouts was tested pos- Among other measures, Examination(AME)/Periodic Moreover, those personnel batch will observe these pre- itive in Leh and now undergo- all conferences and seminars Medical Examination working in army offices will cautions from March 30 as per ing quarantine in a hospital postponed have been post- (PME)was postponed till 15 report for duty in staggered the new advisory'. there. AS a precautions, the poned till 15 April and April. timings to avoid The advisory issue on Army is now screening many Temporary Duty of all ranks Among other measures crowding/bunching at Friday also said intermixing of other soldiers of the Ladakh rescheduled/cancelled till 15 entry to the army canteens will entry/exit points. 1 * - ! ! ',-.,/01
',-.,/01 moment to act. Let us not ',-.,/01 He talked about the urgent everal Indo-Pacific nations on allow this moment to pass need of capacity building of SFriday held a teleconference enior Congress leader and without decisive action and rime Minister Narendra healthcare workers and aug- to exchange their assessments Sformer Finance Minister P regret later," he tweeted. PModi on Friday held video mentation of healthcare infra- about the coronavirus pandem- Chidambaram on Friday said He said he had offered conference with Chief Ministers structure. He suggested that ic and discuss ways to work in the war against coronavirus support to the Prime Minister’s to monitor and deliberate in the the Chief Ministers should do synergy to combat the global cannot be fought with "moral announcements yesterday, “but ways to check the spread of video conference with trade menace. armaments" and that lock- I am absolutely certain that the * - coronavirus and various mea- bodies in their states to prevent Foreign Secretary Harsh down was the only solution. PM will have no option but to sures of preparedness of the black marketing and undue Vardhan Shringla took part in a After he supported Prime come back with tougher social pandemic. Union Health price rise. He urged them to use US-initiated teleconference dur- Minister Narendra Modi on the and economic measures”. Minister Harsh Vardhan and soft power of persuasion as ing which he briefed the partic- steps suggested by him in his “Yesterday, I got the 9 2 top health ministry officials well as legal provisions, wher- ipants on the proactive steps address to the nation on impression that PM was testing were also present in the three ever necessary. taken by India to counter the Thursday, the Congress leader the waters. He should act bold- ',-.,/01 of travel restrictions and are nationals which have expired or hour long meeting held via "Prime Minister said that pandemic. said the PM must take tough ly. The war against coronavirus unable to exit the country dur- would be expiring during the video link, which started at the COVID-19 Economic Task The telephonic conference social and economic measures cannot be fought with moral he Government has decid- ing the validity of their visa. period from March 13 (mid- 4pm. Many Chief Ministers Force set up by Government of call, initiated by US Deputy and he should act boldly and armaments," he said on Twitter. Ted to extend till April 15 the It has been decided to pro- night) to April 15 (midnight) urged Prime Minister for ban of India will formulate the strate- Secretary of State Stephen Biegun not waste any time. There has been a buzz regular visa and e-visa of those vide the essential consular ser- would be extended till mid- international flights from sen- gy to devise suitable approach for discussions among some "ICMR says that the disease about the janata curfew being foreigners who are currently in vices by the office of the night of April 14 on 'Gratis' sitive countries for some more to effectively tackle the eco- Indo-Pacific nations on issues is still at Stage 2 (local trans- a dry run or trial for a complete India and unable to leave the Foreigners Regional basis after making online appli- time and demanded for finan- nomic challenge. He urged the related to countering COVID- mission) in India. This is the lockdown in the days to come. country due to the novel coro- Registration Officers and cation by the foreigner. cial packages to workers in the Chief Ministers to ensure that all 19, also included senior repre- navirus pandemic. Foreigners Registration "Exit of such foreign un-organised sectors. necessary steps are taken and all sentatives from Australia, South According to a Union Officers to foreign nationals, nationals, if so requested by Modi appreciated the steps advisories are adhered to in Korea, Vietnam, New Zealand, * % Home Ministry notification, a presently in India. them during this period, will be taken by the States and thanked order to ensure the safety of cit- and Japan, the Ministry of number of foreign nationals are "Regular visa, e-visa or stay granted without levy of overstay them for sharing their experi- izens in the country at large. No External Affairs said in a state- in the country since imposition stipulation of all foreign penalty," the Ministry said. ences and giving suggestions. stone should be left unturned in ment. The participants shared , our common endeavors to fight their assessments of the current COVID-19," said PMO in a situation with respect to ! statement. COVID-19, and discussed ways New Delhi: Amid the coron- ! % :; There was unanimous to synergise their efforts to avirus outbreak, a Bhopal- New Delhi: Parliament would opinion on need of awareness counter its spread, the MEA said. based counter-terrorism relat- meet at 2 pm on Monday and and training to the health work- "Foreign Secretary Shringla ed app developer has developed not at the usual 11 am on the ',-.,/01 more than one and half crore emergency was declared follow- asked people above the age of 65 ers in the field. Punjab Chief briefed the participants on the an android-based application request of members as they said masks every day. Therefore, fears ing coronavirus and flights were to remain at home but many Minister Amrinder Singh, proactive steps taken by India Corona Virus Monitor for they would be reaching late due he Government on Friday about shortage were unfounded, cancelled. MPs above this age were coming Maharashtra CM Uddhav both nationally and in the region tracking news and develop- to the changes in their air Tassured Parliament that there he said. The minister also Earlier in the day, Chairman to Parliament. He wanted to Thackeray, Uttar Pradesh Chief under the prime minister's lead- ments related to the outbreak flights. The decision was taken is no shortage of masks and hand assured the Elders that there was M Venkaiah Naidu announced know if Parliament was exempt Minister Yogi Adityanath were ership," it said. of the virus across the globe. after several members said they sanitisers which are necessary no paucity of sanitisers. that Sukhendu Shekhar from the government rules among those who attended the Shringla conveyed India's Through the application which would not be able to reach the preventive steps in the fight In another coronavirus relat- Roy(TMC) had sought permis- including imposition of section video conference. West Bengal desire to share its perspectives can be downloaded for free, the national capital from their against coronavirus pandemic. ed issues figuring in the house, sion of the house to remain 144 and Epidemic Act. Chief Minister Mamata with partners in the region and developer intends to provide respective constituencies in the This assertion came in the Rajya two MPs namely Satish Chandra absent and be self-quarantine Naidu and minister Piyush Banerjee reiterated for stop- to work together with others. real time developments related morning following relocation of Sabha after some MPs drew the Dubey and Kirodi Lal due to coronavirus. Goyal said essential services ping international flights to the The participants are expect- to Covid-19 pandemic and flights and cancellation of trains attention to reports of paucity of Meena(both BJP)sought imme- The House unanimously were exempted and Parliament state and demanded for finan- ed to continue the conference call spread situation awareness and due to coronavirus. Speaker these items since the outbreak. diate government intervention to lauded Prime Minister Narendra was fulfilling its respponsbility of cial packages to the workers and on a weekly basis, covering protection from the viral infec- Om Birla informed Lok Sabha Allaying their apprehen- bring back stranded students in Modi's address to the nation on passing the budget. Moreover, those working the un-organised issues like cooperation on vac- tion. The app http://app.apps- that the Question Hour would sions, Minister of Chemicals Philipines. 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We essential services like drinking Uddhav Thackeray on Friday April 15. “However, the ongo- down further the limit of will ensure that there is no water supply, sewerage ser- ordered closure of all shops, ing SSC examinations for the employees attending the gov- dearth for funds”. vices, banking services, RBI, business establishments and remaining subjects will be held ernment offices from the earli- Meanwhile, Mumbai telephone and internet ser- private firms in Mumbai as scheduled. All teachers er 50 per cent to 25 per cent”. Municipal Commissioner vices, rail and transportation Metropolitan Region (MMR), except those taking classes for Meanwhile, interacting with Praveen Pardeshi announced services, food, vegetables and Pune, Pimpri-Chinchwad and the 10th standard have been mediapersons at Pune, Deputy restrictions on vehicular move- groceries, hospitals, medical Nagpur till March 31 and asked to work from home,” the Chief Minister Ajit Pawar ment in the areas of Isolation centres, medical stores, reduced the employees’ atten- minister said. exhorted people not to con- centres and quarantine centres Electricity, petroleum, Oil, dance limit in government With three more persons tribute to crowds by inviting declared by the Brihanmumbai energy, media, Port, IT services offices to 25 per cent, even as testing positive for Coronavirus people for marriages and Municipal Corporation (BMC) provided for essential services the total number of confirmed in different parts of the state on ensure against crowds at funer- like Kasturba Hospital, KEM have been excluded from the Covid-19 cases rose to 52. Thursday, the total number of als. “During the period of clo- Hospital and Seven Hills shut down. Production/ man- Hours after the chief min- confirmed Covid-19 rose to 52. sure for shops, business estab- Hospital. ufacturing processes which ister made an announcement Pune and the neighbouring lishments and private firms, I Through an amended require continuity of process about the lockdown till March Pimpri-Chinchwad have request the owners to pay remu- order for “social distancing” may continue to continue at 50 31, Deputy Chief Minister Ajit accounted for a maximum of neration to daily wage earners”. issued under the rule 10 of the per cent staff strength,” the Pawar said in Pune that all 21 cases, the break-up of pos- “Since the next 15 days are Regulations for Prevention and amended order stated. shops, business establishments itive Coronavirus cases else- very crucial, I request the peo- Containment of COVID-19 Among other things, and private firms in MMR where in the State is: Mumbai- Addressing the people drugs and supply of milk have owners of the business estab- ple to co-operate with the gov- framed under the Epidemic Pardeshi asked the police to and three other cities in the 11, Nagpur-4, Yavatmal-3, Navi across the State live through been spared from the lock- lishments who are closed down ernment in implementing mea- Diseases Act, 1897, the BMC issue advisories to not to gath- state will remain closed not just Mumbai-3, Kalyan-3, Panvel-1, social media, the Chief down,” Uddhav said. their units as per the sures to combat Coronavirus,” Commissioner also announced er in masses at sea beaches and till March 31 but the closure Thane-1, Ulhasnagar, Minister said the order closing “In case there is confusion Government orders pay the Deputy Chief Minister said. the closure of schools, cinema public places and said that order would remain in force till Ahmednagar-2, Aurangabad-1 down all shops, business estab- about the closure announce- minimum wages to the affect- Pawar said the collectors halls, swimming pools, gyms, spitting at public places, further orders. and Ratnagiri-1. Of the patients lishments and private firms in ment, the affected people may ed employees,” the Chief and divisional commissioners malls/mill compound, Spa premises and road would Simultaneously, State who had tested positive for MMR and three other cities in contact the local district col- Minister said. had been given powers to pur- Centres, Clubs, Pubs, dis- attract a fine of Rs 1000. He Education Minister Vasha Covid-19, a 63-year-old dis- the state would come in force lector and divisional commis- Uddhav said there were no chase whatever drugs needed cotheques, Sanjay Gandhi said that the sanitary staff and Gaikwad announced the can- ease-infected had died at the at 12 midnight. “The sale of sioner. I have a request to immediate plans to discontinue from the market. “We have lift- National Park, Amusement police would enforce the penal- cellation of examinations for Kasurba Hospital on Tuesday. essential goods, food grains, make to the shopkeepers and operation of suburban trains and ed all the restrictions on the pur- Park and banning of mass con- ty on spitting strictly. &'% %( ! -R % % ? 6 >2/>+ the country for a week begin- has to come from there.” sector which is expected to be head of ‘Janta curfew’ on ning March 22. Banerjee also said she had worst-hit due to a considerable ASunday, the entire Jammu amata Banerjee has Banerjee’s appeal came placed demands for food grains drop in economic activities as district locked down complete- Mappealed to the Centre to within hours of a second youth during the coming months of part of containment efforts. ly on Friday to ‘effectively’ fight “immediately stop all the inter- was found to be infected by crisis. The Chief Minister “I have requested the PM coronavirus pandemic. Though national flights.” The Bengal coronavirus. The 22-year-old announced that the to come up with a plan for the no fresh case tested positive in Chief Minister who interact- who had returned from Government will provide 5 unorganised sector, suffering the last 24 hours in Jammu and edwith Prime Minister London on March 13 and had kgs of ration free to the people due to COVID-19 pandemic,” Kashmir, the Government agen- Narendra Modi through video- been in home-isolation was till the month of September. she said, adding her cies reviewed their preparedness conferencing later told the reported positive after he vis- “Either we will supply it home- Government was taking all the to ensure success of the ‘Janta media on Friday that she had ited the hospital with flu-like to-home or we will ask the precautionary steps to handle curfew’ on Sunday. “told the Prime Minister to stop condition on March 17, sources corona preparedness the Chief guardians to come and collect the pandemic. In Srinagar, all out efforts all the international flights” to said, adding all the 11 members Minister said, “I reported him it from the ration shops which “We have a near-seven star were being made to sanitise the Bengal. of the jointly family he lives in about how our demands for have been asked to remain facility at Rajarhat New Town densely populated areas and “The coronavirus is com- have been quarantined in a necessary kits have thus far open at least five-and-a-half for those who will have to be tracking down any suspected ing from outside the country. Government facility. been ignored.” On how the days a week.” quarantined. This facility can case of coronavirus who may Why should the people of A third person a plastic Prime Minister responded to The Chief Minister also accommodate about a thou- have come in contact with the India suffer for the disease surgeon who had visited Dubai her allegations she said “he said said she had requested the sand people,” she said adding lone positive case. that is coming from outside?” had also beenquarantined with that he was taking note of it but Prime Minister to come out a all the districts have been asked In Jammu, all the local the Chief Minister said adding suspected corona infection. did not give any assurance… I plan for the unorganised sec- to create such isolation centres. markets wore a deserted look Maharashtra and Telengana His pathological samples have said that all the equipment we tor that is likely to suffer from As on Friday she said about as shops remained closed. too had made similar requests been sent for tests. are manufacturing here in loss of jobs in case of bigger 5.63 lakh people had been The district administra- to the Central Government. Alleging that New Delhi Bengal through MSMEs but eventualities in the coming screened in the State. Out of tion also suspended public The concerned head of the persons have been kept under The Centre had on was not cooperative enough some other things like per- weeks. She is also said to have them 57 people have been quar- transport mini buses on dif- departments were directed to home quarantine while as 44 Thursday announced a ban regarding the State mission for setting up labs requested the prime minister antined and 18,700 people have ferent routes across the district draft a weekly roaster of duty for are in hospital quarantine. on all international flights to Government’s requisitions for that only the Centre can give for a plan for the unorganised been kept in home isolation. to prevent movement of com- all employees till further orders. Persons who are under mon people. All the religious In order to strictly enforce home surveillance stand at 416 places are also observing com- the lock down, the District while as 405 persons have plete shut down. Administration, also sealed completed their 28-day sur- 7 A Late in the evening, the gov- two business premises for veillance period. The Bulletin ernment ordered that the violating the Orders of District added 186 samples have been /6#>'2- on Friday. employees shall attend their Disaster Management sent for testing of which 178 Yogi also appealed to all offices on alternate weeks Authority (DDMA). tested as negative and only four sking people to follow the guide- religious leaders to spread awareness excepting those who are asso- According to the Media cases have tested positive, so far Alines of Uttar Pradesh and Central about coronavirus and how dangerous ciated with Coronavirus control Bulletin on novel coronavirus while as four reports are await- Governments for preventing the spread it was. efforts and essential services. (COVID-19), at present 2465 ed till March 20, 2020. of coronavirus, Chief Minister Yogi “Religious and social functions Adityanath said that people should can- should be deferred till April 2 and in cel all religious and social functions till case of marriages, the number of invi- April 2. tees should not be more than 10. The Chief Minister also ordered Efforts should be made to minimise that the State-run hospitals provide only crowding at one venue. People should emergency services to avoid unneces- stay at their homes and avoid meeting sary crowding. people,” the chief minister said. “Non-essential tests and OPD con- Yogi said that orders had been sultations should be postponed till issued to intensify checking at bus and March 31. This is being done to ensure railway stations and in buses entering there is no unnecessary crowding in UP from different states. hospitals,” he said. “Important cities “It is mandatory to observe social like Lucknow, Noida and Kanpur quarantine to prevent spread of coro- should be sanitised. Schools and col- navirus. People should follow the leges should remain closed and teach- guidelines issued by the Union and state ers and non-teaching governments in letter and spirit,” Yogi staff too should not come to school till said in a statement issued in Lucknow April 2,” he said. % !"#!$!$ & 2#3
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ing. The data from the Central Pollution farm and cattle waste runoff. Regulatory drains would stop discharging filth into water could be reused in replenishing water for non-potable purposes can treating the wastewater and putting it Control Board (CPCB) indicate that authorities do not monitor these pol- the river but this seems difficult to the local water bodies. Further, such sys- reduce its deleterious impact on dwin- to use for irrigation, landscaping and so there was no change in the water qual- lution sources and the focus is only on achieve unless the focus changes from tems have several advantages such as dling water resources. Decentralised on, which will reduce the burden on ity of the river between 2014-2018 in monitoring sewage-related contami- centralised solutions to a decentralised lower costs, the potential to gradually systems in such scenarios can be freshwater resources. It is also a way of terms of bacteriological parameters. The nants. ones. increase the capacity, environmental dependable and cost-effective solutions adapting to the mounting stress of cli- CPCB has also been monitoring the There clearly exists a gap in the One of the main interventions by benefits and also increased opportuni- and the treated effluent can either be mate change. organic load in the priority drains enter- effective implementation of this mission the Government was setting up efflu- ties for reuse of the effluents. reused in some application or for The emphasis should be on break- ing the river. In 2018, the pre-monsoon mode programme. The main objective ent/sewage treatment plants at a city Decentralised systems that can be replenishing the drains/channels which ing down the puzzle of river cleaning data showed that the drains discharged of this flagship programme was to stop level i.e. the centralised systems. This undertaken for wastewater manage- feed into the rivers. into smaller problems and the provision water of biochemical oxygen demand direct dumping of waste into the river was because a greater population could ment include septic tanks, waste stabil- India has also been able to build the of sewerage infrastructure cannot be a % (BOD) varying from 2.48 tonnes per by having effluent treatment plants and be served and also to maximise the isation ponds, constructed wetlands, technologies of constructed (floating) one-size-fits-all solution. Each smaller , + ' day (TPD) to as high as 241.17 TPD. sewage infrastructure in all major environmental and social gains. Such membrane bioreactors (MBR) and wetlands such as the Phytorid problem should have a customised solu- Further, the CPCB has also installed riverine cities. Under this objective, the systems have been able to improve the land treatment. A constructed wetland Wastewater Treatment, which has been tion addressing it locally. Local bodies ith March 22 being celebrat- real-time water quality monitoring of target was to create sewage treatment quality of the river to some extent and in Pompia, Greece is one example designed especially to treat industrial, play a crucial role in this and they ed as World Water Day each the Ganga near the ghats and the drains capacity for 3,700 million litres per day also reduce further deterioration. But where it was used for treating the waste- municipal and agricultural wastewater. should be empowered to participate in Wyear, it is pertinent to take entering the river, which highlights the (MLD). However, by February 2019, the at many places, these treatment plants water generated by the local commu- Siddheshwar Lake in Pachpakhadi, the process of decision-making, imple- stock of India’s efforts to clean the most areas with BOD higher than three Government could only create a capac- were designed according to the future nity. Due to the wetland, the treated Dawala Lake in Ovala as well as mentation and facilitation to reuse treat- revered river of the country, the Ganga. mg/L. Further, the data from CPCB ity of 480 MLD. needs and hence involved huge costs, effluent was equivalent in terms of qual- Dativali Lake in Diva are a few exam- ed wastewater. Namami Gange the flagship pro- indicates that most of the river water Some of the reasons for ineffective while running under capacity. The ity to the tertiary treated municipal ples in Thane, where this decentralised There is a need to undertake the gramme which aims to clean Ganga on from the stretch between Uttar Pradesh implementation can be sourced from Government’s plan to clean the river on wastewater. There were high removal system has been used and was success- cleaning of individual watersheds of the a mission mode, gets considerable to West Bengal is unfit for drinking and the report of the Comptroller and mission mode might not lead to the rates for Chemical Oxygen Demand ful in reducing BOD and COD in the basin on a decentralised basis, provid- attention from the Central Government at some places for bathing as well. Auditor General in 2017, which high- desired results unless there is a shift (COD), Total Suspended Solids (TSS), wastewater. ing local solutions to local problems/ori- in terms of funds and priority. Namami Another major cause of concern is lighted unused funds, lack of staff and towards the decentralised systems Total Kjeldahl Nitrogen (TKN), phos- Such systems can be replicated at gins of pollution. Tapping pollution at Gange lays much emphasis on pollu- the non-point source of pollution. The the absence of long-term planning. which is further strengthened through phorus, Total Coliform (TC) and Fecal most of the places, especially the 100 the local level will not only help in curb- tion abatement through the improve- Government’s effort, in this case, has Because of this mismanagement a active stakeholders’ participation. These Coliform (FC). Hence, it has a poten- riverine cities at the bank of the river ing it at the source but will also make ment of sewage infrastructure. only been restricted to provide toilets large amount of solid and liquid waste systems should be supported by the bye- tial to be reused in several areas, espe- Ganga. These systems can help India in the system sustainable. However, despite the concerted efforts in the villages at the bank of the river still finds its way into the river laws of city management rules. It helps cially irrigation. Given that the world solving two major problems of the sec- (Grover is Fellow and Seth is being made towards cleaning the river, but there has been no strategy for other unchecked. The extended deadline of to treat the wastewater generated in is facing the exacerbating effects of cli- tor — wastewater pollution and a Research Associate, Water Resources, the results have not been very promis- non-point sources of pollution such as 2020 has promised that most of the small localities. The treated waste- mate change, the availability of treated declining availability of the resource by TERI) !"#!$!$ -./
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419.30 435.85 REPCOHOME 160.55 161.65 145.70 151.90 CCL 168.50 182.50 166.25 181.35 ULTRACEMCO 3185.00 3656.80 3140.35 3561.00 394.95 SBIN 205.45 215.60 200.10 209.65 BAJAJ-AUTO 2225.00 2297.95 2157.00 2251.65 CHOLAFIN 178.85 200.65 175.40 193.75 ARVINDFASN 156.95 166.95 151.75 162.70 LAURUSLABS 362.55 379.75 359.25 364.90 RELIANCE 939.50 1034.90 930.00 1028.00 110.30 KOTAKBANK 1223.00 1282.00 1147.40 1263.35 TATACONSUM 247.25 273.65 235.60 264.15 IDBI 20.60 22.75 19.95 22.15 JKPAPER 78.05 82.25 78.05 79.90 PHOENIXLTD 648.00 664.65 585.90 646.80 GRASIM 495.00 564.70 488.05 543.55 52.50 BAJFINANCE 2750.00 3043.60 2623.95 2962.70 TATAELXSI 581.15 631.65 572.80 599.10 POLYCAB 757.00 797.60 757.00 774.70 APLLTD 507.55 553.00 507.55 545.10 VMART 1701.00 1807.95 1667.30 1700.05 HDFC 1624.00 1776.90 1535.20 1776.90 159.30 IBULHSGFIN 92.35 114.30 81.25 91.10 LTI 1340.00 1598.95 1320.55 1520.55 VENKYS 644.00 699.25 634.95 684.45 BLUESTARCO 630.00 630.00 553.00 561.55 DRREDDY 2641.00 2949.00 2641.00 2879.80 255.85 THERMAX 690.00 765.00 656.45 718.20 BANKINDIA 36.00 36.65 34.70 35.25 DELTACORP 61.00 66.20 61.00 62.85 SCHNEIDER 67.00 68.50 66.00 66.95 WIPRO 163.10 185.80 162.50 178.00 15.65 TCS 1637.00 1867.95 1627.00 1798.00 TORNTPOWER 271.60 294.00 263.25 287.10 HONAUT 24998.70 27000.00 24000.10 25177.45 GUJALKALI 202.60 232.50 202.00 223.80 MARUTI 4929.00 5222.00 4815.35 5077.10 OMAXE 162.90 164.40 158.10 163.10 NOCIL 60.60 66.30 59.70 64.00 TIINDIA 387.50 401.60 377.50 385.65 VEDL 72.40 78.00 70.40 76.00 6.65 HDFC 1640.00 1778.00 1536.05 1753.90 BEL 67.00 73.75 64.45 71.80 SUNTECK 241.65 248.05 212.30 227.80 JYOTHYLAB 95.00 100.00 93.00 98.35 TCS 1630.00 1869.00 1627.00 1792.95 156.60 INDUSINDBK 453.00 479.25 405.00 439.95 BIOCON 259.80 276.95 253.70 274.85 UBL 887.70 930.15 864.00 895.30 DALBHARAT 503.95 519.20 494.25 511.10 ITC 165.10 176.50 165.10 176.35 14.50 AXISBANK 434.70 449.50 414.05 428.35 AUBANK 640.00 682.95 598.55 650.00 RADICO 299.90 311.30 293.00 304.05 TTKPRESTIG 4759.10 4953.70 4578.20 4603.35 TATASTEEL 279.70 305.00 274.15 296.00 24.15 ONGC 63.55 74.30 62.75 72.45 DMART 1760.15 1923.10 1740.00 1923.10 BEML 502.00 527.10 465.25 473.00 LEMONTREE 31.00 32.45 28.70 31.30 JSWSTEEL 167.00 179.10 164.65 177.65 14.35 ITC 164.00 176.55 164.00 175.55 DEEPAKNI 360.00 398.80 347.60 380.10 BOMDYEING 42.55 45.80 42.00 43.85 PNCINFRA 118.75 130.00 112.50 123.85 ASIANPAINT 1610.00 1757.40 1570.55 1737.30 136.10 LT 852.00 878.30 832.00 864.75 GMRINFRA 16.05 17.60 16.00 17.20 ABCAPITAL 46.50 48.45 45.45 46.00 IOB 7.05 7.19 6.94 7.12 BAJAJFINSV 5725.20 6391.95 5700.00 6240.00 454.50 TATAMOTORS 74.30 79.55 72.70 77.40 BALKRISIND 779.00 845.90 734.50 826.50 WELCORP 74.65 79.20 71.70 72.05 ESABINDIA 1086.30 1147.00 1070.00 1132.50 HCLTECH 413.50 461.95 411.85 444.70 31.25 TATASTEEL 277.70 305.00 274.70 298.05 NAM-INDIA 240.00 258.15 233.00 257.00 EDELWEISS 38.10 43.25 38.10 40.80 BLUEDART 2101.05 2435.00 2047.05 2315.25 NESTLEIND 13198.00 14433.10 13150.00 14100.00 979.70 BAJAJFINSV 5780.00 6373.60 5700.00 6263.25 GLENMARK 206.20 218.50 203.90 210.50 ALKEM 2210.00 2365.85 2190.00 2351.35 PERSISTENT 530.00 555.00 480.00 507.50 BAJFINANCE 2799.85 3044.00 2621.65 2950.00 203.90 HINDUNILVR 1846.00 2080.00 1846.00 2052.50 PTC 34.50 37.85 34.50 36.25 IRCON 336.00 362.40 326.95 355.90 BDL 172.00 190.00 172.00 182.65 BPCL 305.00 323.00 298.60 322.00 21.75 POWERGRID 149.50 161.40 149.00 157.50 BERGEPAINT 403.00 455.85 400.70 452.15 GSPL 170.00 189.20 156.80 186.90 CENTURYPLY 105.00 119.90 101.25 113.00 COALINDIA 124.50 135.80 122.65 132.40 8.85 BHARTIARTL 449.90 472.15 437.00 461.90 SAIL 25.70 27.00 25.35 26.75 ITI 48.00 57.80 48.00 56.85 KNRCON 217.45 224.95 207.65 221.00 TECHM 525.10 595.45 525.10 567.00 37.00 SHILPAMED 290.25 309.40 290.25 291.65 BRITANNIA 2366.60 2507.00 2297.70 2471.20 NATIONALUM 30.35 32.55 29.80 32.35 NILKAMAL 1035.00 1126.50 1016.05 1097.35 TATAMOTORS 74.00 79.60 72.65 77.80 4.85 JUSTDIAL 328.00 335.50 305.40 332.95 ADANIENT 131.00 141.45 128.70 137.20 TV18BRDCST 14.70 15.10 13.85 14.65 VARROC 180.00 189.70 169.10 183.35 INFY 549.50 617.45 548.00 580.90 35.35 CUMMINSIND 424.00 436.25 415.55 421.00 ATUL 3987.00 4300.00 3744.90 4210.75 ALKYLAMINE 1148.00 1293.90 1094.45 1250.75 ALLCARGO 69.30 74.75 67.90 68.55 SHREECEM 17385.00 19186.30 17026.75 18880.00 1148.55 APOLLOHOSP 1178.60 1399.90 1160.90 1363.95 MINDTREE 725.00 879.45 711.75 848.30 DEEPAKFERT 76.00 87.20 76.00 78.90 HERITGFOOD 198.35 198.35 181.40 184.90 HEROMOTOCO1725.00 1845.70 1675.00 1822.00 109.55 ESCORTS 595.00 700.50 562.65 675.20 STAR 277.00 303.10 271.00 303.10 NBCC 16.00 17.05 15.40 17.05 FINCABLES 216.40 216.40 180.00 202.30 BRITANNIA 2341.30 2500.90 2294.25 2455.80 137.65 IDEA 3.58 3.58 3.32 3.46 MRF 58967.50 60998.50 57479.65 59191.85 BLISSGVS 101.45 104.70 99.65 101.60 RATNAMANI 1066.00 1066.00 990.70 1013.60 HINDALCO 101.20 107.70 98.70 105.50 5.75 ASIANPAINT 1614.00 1757.45 1574.15 1745.85 SHK 85.00 89.25 68.90 82.20 GUJGAS 230.05 245.00 225.00 241.75 DCAL* 58.40 60.70 58.00 59.75 MARUTI 4869.00 5225.00 4812.60 5094.00 274.45 HDFCLIFE 423.05 442.00 411.60 419.15 SHREECEM 17732.00 19133.50 17122.70 18945.70 PNBHOUSING 207.90 211.20 190.00 192.10 EIDPARRY 116.80 129.00 115.00 127.10 ZENSARTECH 92.80 93.00 85.95 87.85 RBLBANK 177.50 187.20 167.90 171.50 HEXAWARE 217.05 245.45 203.95 238.30 PFIZER 4094.10 4140.00 3970.00 4020.85 NATCOPHARM 516.65 554.25 516.65 533.65 ITDC 114.60 123.80 114.40 116.25 POWERGRID 148.25 161.85 148.25 154.70 7.55 JUBLFOOD 1206.10 1596.40 1166.00 1466.80 COLPAL 1115.15 1209.95 1115.15 1188.30 ABFRL 188.00 189.00 174.55 186.85 QUESS 257.35 267.30 247.20 247.20 JSLHISAR 36.15 39.30 35.75 38.35 EICHERMOT 15394.50 15999.00 14465.65 15750.00 703.55 INDIACEM 98.00 104.00 97.00 98.15 PAGEIND 18304.80 19000.00 17956.80 18096.95 LTTS 1210.05 1267.95 1152.50 1240.45 BALMLAWRIE 79.90 84.85 78.00 79.65 ESSELPRO 151.90 156.65 149.65 154.65 KOTAKBANK 1217.00 1283.60 1146.50 1266.95 56.10 INDIGO 860.00 955.65 836.00 871.90 CIPLA 380.00 399.75 372.95 393.60 ASTRAZEN 2110.00 2429.00 2080.00 2357.75 NIACL 85.10 94.00 83.00 89.05 DHANUKA 326.65 344.95 318.50 319.15 BHARTIARTL 445.00 472.00 436.65 461.60 16.85 M&MFIN 204.55 218.80 189.30 210.50 BHARATFORG 305.25 327.45 292.90 301.35 CUB 153.00 165.95 141.25 163.35 AEGISLOG 141.35 154.15 132.30 140.75 UCOBANK 10.25 10.25 9.65 9.71 IOC 89.00 92.95 88.10 90.90 2.95 ASHOKLEY 49.70 49.70 41.10 43.90 IGL 335.00 349.05 326.00 344.10 GODREJIND 318.25 325.20 313.50 315.00 BAYERCROP 3600.00 3828.15 3415.00 3519.10 AAVAS 1300.00 1325.00 1233.95 1305.10 NTPC 78.50 82.35 76.35 80.95 2.60 SUNPHARMA 369.80 379.10 362.80 365.80 GODREJPROP 656.50 724.95 612.00 711.85 BALRAMCHIN 88.35 90.85 86.00 89.25 SOBHA 179.75 200.00 176.00 180.70 MMTC 12.40 12.65 11.65 12.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 2189.90 2298.90 2153.95 2228.20 61.60 NAUKRI 1949.95 2072.30 1865.85 1943.05 DIXON 3540.00 3698.00 3274.55 3589.00 RITES 239.00 249.80 226.35 245.25 KRBL 164.10 174.95 164.10 169.05 MINDACORP 57.70 62.85 57.30 62.85 CIPLA 379.80 399.80 372.45 385.20 10.50 CERA 2095.00 2467.50 2095.00 2401.50 MFSL 381.00 413.80 371.00 407.85 IDFC 17.20 17.45 15.40 16.15 RELCAPITAL 4.35 4.53 4.15 4.30 SKFINDIA 1565.00 1600.15 1493.15 1546.85 SBIN 205.55 215.70 200.00 208.85 5.20 IBREALEST 43.70 48.20 43.70 45.10 SIEMENS 1120.75 1177.60 1085.40 1168.85 BAJAJHLDNG 2320.00 2411.40 2211.60 2299.75 WABAG 110.20 112.00 100.20 102.05 ECLERX 358.95 405.00 356.20 377.45 M&M 316.00 328.20 308.25 321.30 7.10 ICICIGI 1020.00 1057.70 953.70 1004.45 TORNTPHARM 1830.50 1934.15 1798.60 1906.30 ASTRAL 970.35 973.75 910.00 934.55 RALLIS 182.90 203.90 179.25 187.90 VRLLOG 150.00 160.00 143.20 146.65 ZEEL 144.20 153.30 136.20 144.00 2.80 WESTLIFE 285.15 336.95 285.15 323.95 MCX 945.00 1050.00 935.00 1041.35 JKCEMENT 1038.00 1060.95 946.65 987.10 FINOLEXIND 374.35 388.70 343.90 381.95 CENTRALBK 12.35 12.70 12.05 12.45 ICICIBANK 328.00 359.80 323.00 344.40 5.85 OIL 79.90 85.55 75.20 81.50 NHPC 18.65 21.70 18.50 21.20 AMBER 1151.20 1250.95 1128.05 1221.25 VGUARD 165.00 186.25 162.00 179.10 AIAENG 1402.50 1430.10 1350.45 1379.20 UPL 294.00 320.65 287.00 300.00 3.25 TITAN 910.00 934.05 866.25 906.55 CONCOR 292.10 351.90 289.65 331.05 VIPIND 237.00 237.90 213.00 231.55 KALPATPOWR 217.45 217.45 206.80 211.95 MAHINDCIE 78.10 78.10 74.40 74.90 LT 849.00 877.80 831.30 852.00 8.90 MOTHERSUMI 65.00 69.35 62.75 66.75 BOSCHLTD 9600.00 9833.20 9204.75 9661.65 FORCEMOT 751.55 784.90 733.25 760.80 VSTIND 3242.00 3502.75 3208.90 3231.10 SYNGENE 242.95 259.00 235.30 238.60 SUNPHARMA 365.20 379.50 362.20 363.05 2.65 HDFCAMC 2300.05 2534.00 2280.00 2411.95 SPICEJET 34.50 35.80 32.50 35.25 RELAXO 560.00 607.85 538.60 597.75 LINDEINDIA 474.30 484.85 441.90 471.70 VAIBHAVGBL 780.00 780.00 748.50 764.60 TITAN 906.10 934.00 866.00 905.00 1.50 THYROCARE 505.70 519.40 485.45 505.75 NAVINFLUOR 1136.40 1215.00 1122.20 1189.25 KTKBANK 45.50 49.45 45.50 47.90 MPHASIS 665.00 707.00 655.00 699.40 ZYDUSWELL 1228.35 1250.80 1202.00 1230.05 AXISBANK 431.40 449.70 414.20 425.00 -3.25 PETRONET 194.65 208.80 179.30 207.70 MIDHANI 183.50 191.90 170.95 175.30 PGHH 9650.00 10001.00 9460.00 9842.40 SUNDRMFAST 286.95 295.80 283.65 294.45 JKLAKSHMI 230.30 238.50 222.15 229.75 INDUSINDBK 444.05 478.90 405.25 440.10 -3.95 NTPC 79.00 82.20 76.30 81.50 PFC 89.20 94.60 88.20 91.85 HEIDELBERG 147.00 159.05 140.00 152.40 JCHAC 2220.15 2527.55 2210.05 2408.40 JSL 28.00 28.75 26.25 27.90 ADANIPORTS 257.60 264.50 247.20 255.20 -3.15 ZEEL 143.60 153.25 136.35 144.80 APOLLOTYRE 87.95 92.35 84.80 89.10 GSFC 37.40 39.50 36.70 37.10 MEGH 38.00 40.35 38.00 38.70 HIMATSEIDE 61.05 69.00 58.20 62.00 PVR 1200.00 1367.10 1162.80 1313.95 WHIRLPOOL 1832.80 2073.45 1794.05 2016.20 CROMPTON 209.85 226.75 203.20 211.45 UFLEX 150.25 157.85 146.25 155.25 HDFCBANK 875.00 914.60 824.55 881.25 -14.30 EICHERMOT 15648.00 15960.80 14474.85 15661.30 PIIND 1182.50 1272.90 1160.00 1199.40 DCMSHRIRAM 238.00 254.00 230.65 249.45 ENDURANCE 714.75 742.35 709.00 729.55 FDC 203.00 208.95 194.20 202.65 ENGINERSIN 55.95 58.30 53.70 57.20 PARAGMILK 55.90 62.60 55.00 58.45 ERIS 370.00 391.60 370.00 379.85 JINDALSTEL 95.15 106.95 92.90 104.70 INOXLEISUR 261.70 283.55 259.00 283.55 DISHTV 5.12 5.27 5.10 5.14 SFL 1369.00 1470.00 1300.00 1358.05 BANDHANBNK 207.00 236.40 204.30 232.35 HINDCOPPER 21.60 23.70 21.60 22.80 GHCL 87.85 93.35 86.00 89.85 NAVNETEDUL 58.20 61.25 49.00 58.50 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE VEDL 71.90 77.95 70.50 75.35 IRB 58.05 60.70 57.15 58.45 ADANITRANS 215.00 215.00 195.45 195.50 GALAXYSURF 1160.05 1200.00 1110.00 1184.50 NIFTY NEXT 50 20421.75 21369.40 20071.05 20982.90 744.65 BPCL 306.80 323.05 298.65 318.50 GNFC 115.50 117.45 109.00 115.75 JBCHEPHARM 529.40 540.80 502.00 506.95 ORIENTREF 150.50 160.40 147.00 149.85 BANDHANBNK 203.75 239.85 203.75 235.00 34.25 PEL 780.00 818.55 663.30 684.80 RVNL 13.80 14.80 13.60 13.90 EIHOTEL 70.85 73.90 63.00 73.15 GET&D 79.90 81.25 70.05 73.15 CONCOR 288.45 352.35 288.45 334.55 48.65 DLF 129.90 141.85 121.40 139.90 LUXIND 1043.00 1056.70 982.45 1016.00 BAJAJELEC 320.00 370.40 307.80 341.05 TCNSBRANDS 410.20 498.10 340.90 461.80 CADILAHC 252.00 290.00 252.00 285.20 39.35 ADANIPORTS 259.00 264.60 247.65 257.05 AJANTPHARM 1199.25 1254.00 1156.60 1203.20 NH 266.00 282.85 240.95 247.55 CENTRUM 9.00 9.80 8.90 8.95 NHPC 18.70 21.75 18.45 20.85 2.40 NESTLEIND 13430.00 14425.95 13206.20 14148.85 3MINDIA 17051.00 17576.00 16932.05 17316.25 CYIENT 281.00 287.50 266.00 270.30 IFBIND 283.00 289.45 268.25 270.10 BERGEPAINT 413.90 456.00 400.00 450.40 46.35 MUTHOOTFIN 585.00 636.00 584.20 625.45 HUDCO 21.50 22.25 21.15 21.65 JMFINANCIL 67.00 73.80 65.50 73.15 GPPL 58.55 68.00 57.85 58.45 HINDPETRO 195.40 212.45 189.60 210.00 19.90 DRREDDY 2750.00 2946.35 2650.00 2898.10 JUBILANT 265.00 280.65 250.00 280.65 TATAINVEST 713.50 756.55 696.00 737.35 ORIENTCEM 48.45 49.60 46.00 49.00 DLF 129.00 141.75 121.35 141.00 12.55 JSWSTEEL 169.85 179.35 164.85 176.45 PCJEWELLER 10.20 10.60 9.40 9.65 NETWORK18 16.60 17.60 16.50 17.05 TEJASNET 36.50 39.65 36.50 36.90 HINDZINC 130.00 142.50 127.30 138.65 11.40 PIDILITIND 1450.00 1543.00 1420.70 1501.85 AKZOINDIA 2000.00 2189.00 1970.55 2143.30 SWANENERGY 100.65 102.00 100.00 100.00 TCIEXP 614.20 639.25 592.00 614.80 BIOCON 258.20 276.95 253.50 275.15 22.25 COALINDIA 124.70 134.50 122.60 132.45 PHILIPCARB 61.00 67.15 61.00 66.80 WABCOINDIA 5800.90 5980.55 5766.45 5966.00 KPITTECH 48.80 48.80 42.90 44.95 COLPAL 1125.00 1212.00 1115.00 1197.15 84.60 TECHM 535.00 583.90 528.00 576.45 HINDZINC 130.00 142.65 127.25 135.95 GRINDWELL 472.00 479.95 444.45 461.50 MAGMA 20.80 20.80 19.40 20.00 ICICIPRULI 288.00 313.00 282.10 302.20 20.65 ISEC 308.70 312.95 273.00 282.75 PRESTIGE 160.30 175.00 153.00 157.95 ORIENTELEC 164.05 180.00 164.05 172.65 MAHABANK 9.12 9.16 8.81 9.05 NMDC 67.00 74.80 66.20 71.50 4.85 UNIONBANK 29.50 29.90 28.60 29.20 APLAPOLLO 1211.00 1419.95 1211.00 1309.05 GARFIBRES 1022.85 1138.55 1020.85 1070.30 ITDCEM 31.20 32.90 30.00 31.70 DIVISLAB 1875.55 2017.15 1864.40 2000.05 129.10 WIPRO 165.00 185.60 162.60 179.40 EMAMILTD 176.00 193.60 176.00 184.45 TATACOFFEE 59.45 60.95 58.40 59.90 MAHSEAMLES 224.45 241.00 220.10 237.75 DABUR 419.00 452.70 415.00 446.50 27.65 AMBUJACEM 154.00 168.65 151.95 160.90 EXIDEIND 140.00 149.25 137.40 146.40 HFCL 8.95 9.60 8.95 9.36 SHANKARA 285.15 304.35 285.15 285.15 CHOLAHLDNG 426.60 433.95 406.10 414.55 OFSS 1782.10 1950.00 1782.10 1880.00 114.60 L&TFH 59.65 62.40 56.85 59.55 UJJIVAN 185.00 200.80 177.80 186.25 SOUTHBANK 5.50 5.73 5.45 5.67 HSCL 34.80 36.10 32.60 34.75 MHRIL 148.20 156.40 145.95 149.25 IDEA 3.60 3.60 3.30 3.50 0.20 MANAPPURAM 85.35 100.00 85.35 97.20 TATAMTRDVR 32.65 34.10 31.95 32.55 NLCINDIA 42.85 47.20 41.55 45.65 SJVN 19.50 21.00 19.50 20.50 MAHLOG 250.45 252.05 233.90 242.60 PGHH 9750.00 10000.00 9478.80 9999.00 492.00 GAIL 69.55 82.30 69.55 80.90 GODFRYPHLP 815.00 880.00 810.00 850.50 JAICORPLTD 51.30 53.60 49.35 52.90 CAPPL 243.95 248.15 231.00 238.90 TEAMLEASE 1845.00 1991.75 1834.10 1963.80 DMART 1790.00 1916.10 1733.70 1916.10 91.20 IDFCFIRSTB 21.00 21.65 18.60 20.60 DCBBANK 109.00 112.60 105.45 108.85 SUDARSCHEM 368.00 384.00 345.00 367.40 TVSSRICHAK 919.00 982.65 910.00 949.95 TNPL 109.60 112.50 105.85 107.85 ACC 1085.10 1146.50 1060.60 1142.90 52.95 BANKBARODA 62.20 66.80 61.90 63.25 CEATLTD 719.50 748.15 708.00 714.25 BBTC 729.00 768.00 726.90 738.90 TIMKEN 800.00 841.70 734.40 824.00 FLFL 187.05 187.05 187.05 187.05 NIACL 86.00 94.75 82.75 89.00 4.05 LAXMIMACH 2701.75 2701.75 2476.70 2546.75 GODREJCP 485.00 509.35 475.55 500.05 INDHOTEL 85.00 92.00 82.50 90.65 MINDAIND 252.00 292.00 238.00 269.80 JAGRAN 46.00 46.00 41.40 42.70 SIEMENS 1120.55 1178.80 1085.00 1165.00 51.80 INFRATEL 125.05 155.45 123.30 149.80 METROPOLIS 1560.00 1609.00 1455.00 1550.20 FINEORG 1823.00 1915.00 1775.45 1852.15 RAMCOCEM 553.20 597.00 551.00 593.00 DBCORP 95.00 95.00 81.05 84.05 HDFCAMC 2313.00 2533.00 2272.30 2405.00 105.55 FORTIS 122.60 136.00 121.90 131.75 HAVELLS 536.10 554.80 522.00 538.80 GODREJAGRO 307.60 332.20 303.15 315.00 BIRLACORPN 505.00 519.85 497.20 508.15 INDOSTAR 254.45 272.55 250.05 260.05 PETRONET 193.90 208.75 179.25 205.90 8.25 IOC 90.00 92.95 88.30 90.60 GRAPHITE 131.10 134.85 124.95 129.65 FCONSUMER 9.98 9.98 9.98 9.98 JKTYRE 42.20 44.35 41.30 43.05 GICHSGFIN 61.15 65.00 60.00 61.55 MOTHERSUMI 64.10 69.45 62.60 66.70 2.55 M&M 315.05 327.25 308.25 322.95 INFIBEAM 34.50 37.00 32.10 33.25 VINATIORGA 740.00 804.85 735.00 785.95 J&KBANK 14.15 14.35 11.30 12.80 NBVENTURES 39.25 41.15 38.00 39.30 MCDOWELL-N 500.00 529.95 499.10 519.00 19.55 BATAINDIA 1090.05 1284.80 1090.05 1230.10 RAJESHEXPO 599.95 604.20 578.00 583.50 COCHINSHIP 235.00 272.90 230.60 270.15 MOIL 96.50 99.85 93.15 97.15 CARBORUNIV 229.15 230.35 220.00 221.85 PIDILITIND 1459.00 1543.95 1423.10 1499.95 54.25 DIVISLAB 1899.90 2010.00 1866.70 1993.60 CANFINHOME 319.00 347.25 310.60 336.45 COROMANDEL 525.00 560.00 475.40 555.20 CGCL 182.40 199.90 169.50 178.80 SADBHAV 39.50 39.70 37.60 38.05 PFC 91.40 94.80 88.15 92.40 3.30 ULTRACEMCO 3200.00 3657.20 3144.70 3580.45 TATAPOWER 34.55 37.50 34.10 36.80 JSWENERGY 47.00 50.50 42.55 46.65 OFSS 1860.00 1924.00 1810.70 1871.85 FRETAIL 112.50 112.50 112.50 112.50 GODREJCP 488.20 509.80 475.55 499.85 16.80 SRF 2925.00 3320.00 2866.05 3221.00 HEG 560.00 600.00 532.85 554.85 GLAXO 1202.45 1256.55 1182.10 1235.30 OBEROIRLTY 432.00 450.90 412.20 431.25 MAHLIFE 225.00 262.60 220.00 241.00 AMBUJACEM 153.95 168.55 151.40 159.10 5.15 MGL 757.00 817.15 731.30 792.35 VOLTAS 547.65 585.20 547.65 566.30 KANSAINER 375.00 380.75 360.10 370.35 HAL 568.70 582.80 555.55 572.50 TIMETECHNO 30.95 31.10 28.60 29.35 BANKBARODA 62.05 66.90 61.85 63.25 1.80 HINDPETRO 192.10 212.40 189.60 209.25 STRTECH 74.50 79.95 72.10 72.85 GESHIP 191.00 205.05 186.65 197.50 SOLARINDS 970.70 981.20 922.10 962.20 KPRMILL 404.50 421.20 402.05 418.05 MARICO 250.55 260.90 247.80 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China’s fight against the epi- Thursday, all of which were and the Trump administration more fatalities have been Trump charged on demic, and shift the blame imported taking the total of warned Americans abroad to reported, taking the death toll Thursday that the world is onto China,” foreign ministry confirmed cases of people com- return home or risk spending an in the country to 3,248, the “paying a big price” for China’s spokesman Geng Shuang said. ing from abroad to 228. “indefinite” period away. And Chinese health authority said lack of transparency on Trump has defended his Of them, 14 were reported the income tax filing deadline on Friday. the outbreak when it emerged description of the virus, saying in the Guangdong Province, was moved from April 15 to July No new domestically trans- in the central city of Wuhan late it was “not racist at all”. eight in Shanghai, six in Beijing 15. mitted cases of the novel coro- last year. China achieved a new and three in the Fujian Province. Meanwhile, John Hopkins navirus disease were reported China has been criticised milestone in its efforts to con- Provincial-level regions of University’s coronavirus on the Chinese mainland on for suppressing information tain the spread of the COVID- Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, resource centre says that over Thursday, the National Health and punishing whistleblowers 19 in the last three months by Zhejiang, Shandong, Guangxi, 86,000 infected patients have Commission (NHC) said. during the early stages of the reporting zero cases on Sichuan and Gansu each report- been recovered to date. from entering or leaving after 40 tunes of East and West have Hopkins University tally. Italy, Meanwhile, Beijing contagion, which an AFP tally Wednesday. ed one case. The World Health elderly residents became infect- shifted, a Chinese Red Cross with 60 million citizens, has Organization noted the dra- ed. At a convent on the outskirts official heading an aid delegation recorded 3,405 deaths, exceed- Bernhard Nocht Institute for matic speed of the virus’ spread. of Rome, 19 of 21 nuns were to Milan castigated Italians for ing the 3,248 in China, a coun- Tropical Medicine, offered -6*7 )8%()" )8() 0,F 861" “It took over three months to infected, according to the Italian failing to take their national try with a population over 20 another reason for Italy’s high reach the first 10,000 confirmed daily Il Messaggero. The Vatican lockdown seriously. Sun times larger. Spain, second mortality rate: “That’s what hap- Rome: Italy has recorded its 19-related deaths. The total ing the official total in Italy to cases and only 12 days to reach published a decree absolving the Shuopeng said he was shocked behind Italy in Europe, report- pens when the health system highest day-to-day-rise in the now stands at 4,032. 47,021. The soaring numbers the next 100,000,” the UN health sins of the faithful who are sick to see so many people walking ed 1,002 deaths and 19,980 collapses.” number of deaths of people Authorities said most of come despite a national lock- agency said. or in quarantine as well as their around, using public trans- infections. The US death toll More than 86,000 people infected with the new coron- the people who died had exist- down that drastically limits More than a quarter of a caregivers if they met certain portation and eating out in rose to 206. have recovered, mostly in avirus. Civil Protection Chief ing health problems such as when residents are allowed to million cases of the new coron- conditions. hotels, adding: “All people “Certain medical centres China. Recovery takes two Angelo Borrelli said Friday the heart disease and diabetes leave their homes. Police have avirus have been recorded across Wuhan, China, where the should be staying at home in are suffering stress that is weeks or so for mild cases but country recorded 627 more before they were infected with issued citations to thousands of the globe, according to a tally outbreak began, offered a ray of quarantine.” reaching the limit,” said can be up to six weeks for those deaths in the 24 hours the virus. people for being out and about compiled by AFP at 1700 GMT hope with no new infections China also sent medical Fernando Simón, director of that turn serious, according to since Italy surpassed Borrelli says Italy also saw without valid reasons, such as on Friday based on official reported for a second day in a equipment to the Czech capital, Spain’s center for health alerts the WHO. China on Thursday as the a staggering increase of 5,986 going to work or shopping for sources. row and only 39 cases reported Prague. Governments are trying and emergencies. “The difficult Iran’s official toll of more nation with the most COVID- cases from a day earlier, bring- food. AP In Bergamo, the epicentre of nationwide — all of them to balance locking down resi- days in which we must bear than 1,400 deaths was rising the virus in Italy, cemeteries were brought from the outside, the dents with the need to keep down are coming now. We quickly as well amid fears it is 5%88%) overwhelmed. Sky News video Government said. food, medicine and other essen- must keep our focus.” underreporting its cases. Tehran from inside the city’s main hos- The effects of a global econ- tials flowing. 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2!C&'G2 2 Kasturba’s life and work can’t even eoses — and dealt with more critical- t was 1995 when Salman Khan and Shah Rukh be imagined or assessed indepen- ly. IKhan shared screen space together for the first *G2G20 &9552 dently; it was enmeshed in the day-to- Kasturba’s life and work call for time in the film Karan Arjun. Whether it was the day engagements of her husband and the same critical approach. Her story Mere Karan Arjun aayenge dialogue or the songs or ! ! the alchemy of his life. Her situation has to be read in terms of the strug- the actors’ performances, the Rakesh Roshan direc- did not allow her to initiate any action gle of Indian women for identity, torial became a huge hit for several reasons. outside her home. All initiatives and equality and self-empowerment. The Reminiscing about the film’s 25 year long jour- %! innovations were initiated by her hus- data for the book has been sourced ney, Salman said: “Karan Arjun was a special film. band and obeying his dictates became from Gandhi literature, his complete It is the first time that Shah Rukh and I had come ! an opportunity for her to learn, react works in 100 volumes and historical together on-screen. I have so many beautiful mem- and resist. So the facts about her life narrations. But in Kasturba’s case, ories attached to this film. Karan Arjun is a com- ! ! and work are part of the history of the interpretations are more important as plete entertainment package and even 25 years after eventful years in the 19th and 20th the data has its limits. its release, fans can sit together with their families century in South Africa and India. and enjoy it.” !! An author has to cope with the How do you think womanhood The film also featured Raakhee Gulzar, Kajol and huge material about Gandhi’s struggle was neglected during India’s free- Mamta Kulkarni in the lead roles. Rakesh Roshan ! with himself and the mighty forces dom struggle? How does the book too shared his experience of working on the icon- against which he pitched himself. present it? Also, given ic film. ! Kasturba was a perpetual partner in today’s nationwide “When I had written Karan Arjun, I knew I had these struggles. Her life and protests, most of which to write a different kind of a story he has always been looked at work can only be are being led by women from all the work I had done. through the prism of her husband. assessed in an imag- (for instance, at Shaheen Reincarnation as a topic was SCommonly called ‘Ba’, Kasturba inative and contextu- Bagh), how do you doing the rounds since the Gandhi was an ideal model, great sup- al framework of this think the understand- black-and-white era but when port and the perfect co-voyager of historical epoch and it ing of women’s role in I decided to make a film on the Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s jour- is indeed a challenging challenging times has theme but using two brothers, ney from South Africa to India and his task for any author. evolved? I faced a lot of criticism and transformation into the Mahatma. The struggle of rejection. So, I wrote the She devoted herself to the dharma of An author who is pen- women for emanci- film with a different being a true Hindu wife and followed ning a biography always pation started with lens like that about a it her entire life. However, as author has this pressure of show- the spread of mother-son bond. I RM Bhalla argues, “she was much casing his protagonist in democracy and had immense belief more than that.” She weathered one the right light since ques- technological in the story and storm after another and successfully tions could be raised later development somehow knew faced unexpected challenges. She over the accuracy and actu- all over the that my audience emerged to become one of the bright- ality of the facts presented in world and it is would feel and est faces of womanhood during India’s the book... still continuing in India believe every dia- freedom struggle while remaining A biographer is an inter- and in other countries. Women logue narrated by within the precincts of her home. preter of events in respect of his pro- were not neglected during India’s the characters. The While the Father of the Nation has tagonist and he has to decide what the freedom struggle. Rather they were reaction the film been the topic of many debates and “right light” for his interpretation is. brought out of the confines of the received then and discussions by various authors and by The facts presented in the book have four walls of their homes to the even today is still Gandhi himself, not many accounts to be documented and the events as public arena and they participated overwhelming. The mention Kasturba and her life at they unfold in the life of the protago- both in the revolutionary struggles fact that a mother’s dia- length. People know her through a few nist should be presented accurately. Yet and the social reform movements. logue like Mere Karan- letters written to her by Gandhi that the author’s own set of values gives a After Independence, the unfold- Arjun aayenge got the status he has talked about in his certain slant to his interpretations. ing of the democratic process, spread it has, is all because of the Autobiography. However, she has no How convincingly he argues in pre- of education and different move- conviction it was delivered personal memoirs about her thoughts senting the facts is a matter of his art. ments across India have resulted in with. If at that time they and experiences. Bhalla, in his book women’s participation in all walks of returned from an unimagin- Kasturba Gandhi: A Biography, talks along with a large contingent of une- Kasturba was not educated. She Kasturba Gandhi’s life experiences life. Different groups are now vying able place, it would have been about how her contributions to India’s ducated poor Indian women there. Her herself left no records of her thoughts, have never been properly document- with each other for a share in eco- accepted by the audience. struggle for independence have not story is very relevant today because feelings, struggles, associations, expe- ed or even talked about much. Where nomic and political power and Conviction is the one element been given the critical importance they uneducated poor women are still riences or any details of events she was did you source your data from? women are trying to become a vote that is behind the success of the deserve. Excerpts: struggling for their rights. a part of. She never thought of it nor Yes. It is a fact that the Gandhi bank to achieve their rights. movie and the milestone being was she intellectually equipped for it. industry has definitely expanded celebrated today,” Rakesh Why Kasturba? How is she relevant Documenting a prominent per- So we don’t have Kasturba’s version of worldwide but any bibliography deal- How long did it take to compile the added. today? son’s life could be challenging, espe- the events in which she was involved. ing with Kasturba would not list more work into a book? As Karan Arjun completed The book deals with the life of cially if s/he is related to the history Not many detailed accounts or remi- than a dozen entries even today. The book was conceptualised 25 years a few months ago, Zee Kasturba, who took her own conscious of the nation. How did you gather niscences have been left by the mem- However, in the last few decades, over many years and it was out of my Cinema will air the film to cel- decision to participate in the information for the book about bers of her family or friends in public Gandhi has been rescued — to some interest in the life and work of ebrate the milestone. 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After I made Mission: Snakes Necessary? a crime novel he 2019’s Domino, had financial dif- wide screen filmmaking is still Impossible, Tom asked me to start penned with his partner, Susan ficulties and wasn’t released in the being practised? working on the next one. I said: “Are Lehman, a former editor for The New US. The things that they’re doing you kidding?” One of these is York Times. The book, full of snap- It’s a very sad situation. It was now have nothing to do with what we enough. Why would anybody want py dialogue and sharp knives, bears under-financed. I was there 100 were doing making films in the 70s, to make another one? Of course, the plenty of the hallmarks of De Palma. days and shot 30. They weren’t pay- 80s and 90s. The first thing that dri- reason they make another one is to Films are baked into it (the title refers ing anybody and I had a whole ves me crazy is the way they look. make money. I was never a film to a book Henry Fonda is seen read- bunch of people working for me. We Because they’re shooting digitally director to make money, which is the ing in The Lady Eve). Martin finished it. But I was so disenchant- N+0,$#++0++0, they’re just lit terribly. I can’t stand the big problem of Hollywood. That’s its Scorsese sums it up in a blurb: “It’s ed with the people who financed it darkness, the bounced light. They all corruption. like having a new Brian De Palma ... that I said, “Guys, here it is. Good 6.1,'#,.1.'O+ look the same. I believe in beauty in picture.” luck.” And I didn’t do any publicity ", 2'.+2826" ever reached the pinnacle that he did cinema. Susan and I were looking at Women in your films has always Just over two weeks ago, I drove for it. after Psycho and Vertigo. Gone With the Wind the other day and been a flash point. Some have out to East Hampton to meet De $1/ '.:8," you’re just struck at how beautiful the called your films misogynistic. 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Visual sto- That was the film that was The conversation spanned his was starting to make independent like me to say this, but you get older. rytelling has gone out the window. attacked relentlessly when it came new book (a John Edwards-inspired films like Sisters, which I think was /-8 You have a very good creative peri- out, but I can’t tell you how many tale about a senator having an affair budgeted at $150,000. 7"+1$81'7&+0, od, but if you’re making decent films Is that what irks you most about people come up to me and talk to me with a young staffer), his grim after you’re 60, it’s kind of a miracle. today’s films? about Body Double. thoughts about the advent of stream- What struck me reading your $1/ 826 >,1 The whole system is changing. ing (The industry is eclipsing the book is how enduring your obses- What’s that pinnacle for you You used to go out and make a film. Do you feel time has disproved artistry) and his plans for a film part- sions are. Vertigo, for instance, ,6",. then? Our generation, we wanted to take those criticisms? ly inspired by Harvey Weinstein. makes a cameo. In the book, it’s 71'++0, In my mid-50s doing Carlito’s over the studios. Which we did. I They always considered I was An abiding passion for cinema being remade. Way and then Mission: Impossible. It think what’s so interesting about the somehow a misogynist director coursed through De Palma’s reflec- It was a very influential film. I $012'2$+0, doesn’t get much better than that. You generation I came up with, they got because I had women as focal points tions. Lately, he’s been soaking up saw it in 1958 in Vista Vision, I .8&+0+ have all the power and tools at your very rich, extremely rich, working in my thrillers. Well, I’m sorry. I pre- westerns. The day before, he said, he might add, at Radio City Music Hall, disposal. When you have the within the studio system. Now, we’re fer to photograph women walking watched John Ford’s My Darling I believe. It left a very strong impres- 026/.'O++2 Hollywood system working for you, into this endless streaming. around rather than men. (laughs) I Clementine again — a film De Palma, sion on me, obviously. As I’ve got- 826$"2 +"81'7O you can do some remarkable things. Everything has 10 parts and six sea- think some great philosopher once noted, that knew how to shoot a ten older and made a lot of films, I But as your films become less success- sons. It’s sort of moved back to the said: The history of movies is of men shoot-out. can see there’s always lessons to be ful, it gets harder to hold on to the old studio system where the produc- photographing women. I’ve always learned from Hitchcock the way he power and you have to start making ers and the writers are the king. The said: “If I have to follow somebody, Why is Are Snakes Necessary? a sets up certain sequences. And compromises. I don’t know if you directors, who knows who directs I’d rather it be a beautiful woman than book and not a film? Vertigo is the whole idea of creating even realize you’re making them. I one of these things from another? Arnold Schwarzenegger.” I’m sorry. Too many ideas and not enough an illusion and getting the audience tend to be very hard-nosed about this. Then you have the whole Marvel uni- time to make all the films. You write to fall in love with it and then toss- If you have a couple of good decades, verse, which is digital action stuff, all Scorsese has wondered before a lot of stuff that never makes it into ing it off the tower twice. Very, very that’s good, that’s great. computer generated. When I made how many films he has left. What’s a film. With my partner, Susan, we good idea. Mission to Mars and spent a year your expectation? just basically did it because we had You must have gotten accus- working on these shots with three or I think we’re getting near the end fun doing it. We had never written Are there any Hitchcock films tomed to your films, years after crit- four digital houses — one was work- here. I have a bad knee. William a novel before, neither of us. I had you don’t like? ical or commercial disappointment, ing on the ship, one was working on Wyler said when you can’t walk, it’s an idea for a script I had never devel- I thought the late Hitchcock reemerging as cult classics. the smoke, one was working on the over with. Now, if you write these oped based on the Edwards cam- stuff was not that good. When he got You’ve got to believe in the dust — I would storyboard a shot and books, that can use up our creative paign and the girl (Rielle Hunter, the finally discovered by the French films when you make it. The fact that it would keep coming back to me for imagination. But as long as I can do woman he had an affair with) mak- and all the critics started to write the audience didn’t respond to it and a year as they added things. The shots it, I will do it. But I’m not going to ing webisodes, those little intimate about him, that’s when he was in his 30 years later they think it’s a master- are hopelessly expensive. You say: miss not doing it. (laughs) things she shot. As I was watching decline, I thought. I don’t think he piece is always gratifying. Your “What am I doing?” That’s when I L & #; 18 G:6)6.-.8 8 8
5 Q%%%8'55'5 ctor Kartik Aaryan, who .2 1.) 1 :.21.) Amade a splash with his famous monologue in Pyaar Ka Punchnama, his 2011 debut film, has come up with anoth- . "20,'7,"O ! ! !! ! * ! er non-stop one in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak. In a ! !!&+, 515 video that the actor shared with his fans on social media, he uses the monologue to advise people How did you conceptualise the someone who brings out the best in to stay at home in order to limit film, Sir? you. And of course, respect is cru- the spread of the disease. The questions the film asks have cial as there is no love without that. His monologue begins with, “Problem? Problem ye hai ki hum been with me for almost my entire sab genius hain. Aur kya problem hai! Problem ye hai ki hume kisi life. I was aware of class divisions as Do you think financial differ- ki sunni hi nahi hai. Subah shaam Netflix and chill ke sapne dekhne a child... While growing up, many ences or class hierarchy are a bar- hai, lekin jab do hafte ghar baithne ko mil raha hai, toh hume kaam of us need caretakers and we are rier for love? pe jaana hai.” Posting the video, Kartik writes, close to them but there is always a I think they act as a barrier, “#CoronaStopKaroNa. My Appeal in my style. Social Distancing barrier when it comes to love. especially, when people stick to is the only solution, yet.” As an adult, I employed women prescriptive roles in society — in my home, women who I grew what men and women ought to ' 9Q % ))5 close to... There is tremendous inti- be and so on. (Often in our soci- macy when one shares a home, ety we accept it if a man mar- outh Indian actor Trisha, also a though of course it is a bit one-sided. ries a woman who has less but SUNICEF brand ambassador, took to For instance, someone who works the opposite is more complicat- social media to share an advisory against for you can read your moods, they ed). the pandemic. In a video that the actress know if you’ve had a bad day, or if I feel that it’s important to posted in Tamil and English, she informs you don’t eat well, or if a phone call change your gender in your her followers about ways to avoid contact- suddenly changes your demeanour. head before taking certain ing the virus, which includes the basics Perhaps, even though we do not decisions. I ask myself some- respect to their fam- Given the pandemic of such as washing hands with soap and con- read them carefully but a bond that times, would I do this if I was ily or society? How Coronavirus, which is not going tacting the medical helpline if the symp- develops over time. a man? If the answer is accountable do we to go away anytime soon, how do toms begin to show. The presence of two complete- unchanged by gender, I need to be? That you think delaying film releases “Novel coronavirus or COVID-19 ly disparate worlds within a single know I am on the right is a personal is going to affect the industry, can be stopped. Together we can do it,” she home is what I find most interest- path but if it changes, then decision. especially the small budget films? said. In 2017, Trisha Krishnan became the ing — such different realities and I have to stop and think. Also, each It’s very hard to say as nobody first south-Indian to be bestowed with the concerns but a human connection. One can overcome person has knows how long this will take. I am UNICEF celebrity advocate status. I decided to explore it as a love financial differences if peo- his/her own trying to focus on the positive story to see how far I could take it ple are self-aware and will- needs. For aspects. The trailer has received an and make the two characters more ing to actively fight preju- some, a deep overwhelming response, the film equal. I feel that when you are in love dices, even when it emotional has been trending on IMDb with someone you see the world comes to the bond is more (Internet movie database) as the through their eyes. It happens eas- ones we have important most anticipated Indian film. Of ily, automatically... and that’s inter- internalised while for some course, the release schedule will be esting as the individuals on either in our own a structurally very crowded whenever cinemas side of the barrier want to see each heart. viable life, open but I feel Sir… is a film that other’s points of view. where families is quite different from mainstream The film and lifestyles are films, so we can coexist. Is the film inspired by real-life compels one similar. It is I have spent years on this film instances? What were the refer- to think — we again, a very and I will do what it takes to get it ences that you took? all believe in personal choice. to its audience. But right now, I feel Q It is inspired from real-life love but can we there are bigger issues at stake. For instances. The details are all from really love across Most of your a lot of people, it’s going to be a he 73rd edition of the Cannes Film Festival has been postponed life, from my observations of peo- class? And if we can, films have struggle to make ends meet or have Tin the wake of Coronavirus outbreak. The festival organisers ple, life and society... Let’s say it’s a how far do you revolved around two square meals a day. We need issued a statement, confirming the delay in the gala, which was ini- sort of heightened reality. think one can go? different dimen- to be conscious of that and try to tially scheduled to take place in May. People can sions of love... reach out to the most vulnerable “At this time of global health crisis, our thoughts go to the vic- What is your definition of love? love across class... I guess I love love around us. tims of the COVID-19 and we express our solidarity with all of those How do you think our society Love is a human stories and I believe who are fighting the disease. Today, we have made the following deci- understands it? emotion and I in the transforma- How do you plan to tide over sion — The Festival de Cannes cannot be held on the scheduled dates In the film I wanted to explore believe it can tive power of love. it? from May 12 to 23. Several options are considered in order to pre- ideas of love. What is it really, how transcend class Like I said, when Right now, I am spending serve its running, the main one being a simple postponement, in do you know it is real, who is the if we allow it you love someone time with my family and am Cannes, until the end of June to beginning of July 2020,” the state- one? to. The ques- you see the world extremely grateful that we are ment read. For me, it is about finding tion is how through their eyes, able to be together. I am trying to Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, on March 8, the French gov- someone who sees you for who you free does an you see differently. enjoy living a slow life... and I am ernment banned public gatherings of more than 1,000 people to limit are and enables you to be all that you individual That is incredibly writing again, which helps me stay the spread of the disease. —IANS can be. And vice versa. Simply, feel with powerful. sane. !"#!$!$ ) 1 /#
0 %- <><> ! @/ /2'.2' “That’s (personal training + schedule) the best thing for t was supposed to be a everyone, that we do it every record 22-race world cham- /2'.2' “In order to guarantee the day,” Laporte said, quoted in Ipionship but with seven participants safety at this time, The Times on Friday. Grands Prix already either post- ormula One’s drivers will each driver will join the race “They trust in you and poned or cancelled, Formula Fbattle it out in an Esports remotely.” you have to be professional. You One in 2020 has become a Virtual Grand Prix series in a F1 drivers Max Verstappen have to follow what they say shorter, tightly-packed and eco- bid to give fans their racing fix and Lando Norris took part in and we have to be responsible nomically challenging sprint while the season is delayed by two separate virtual races last in this case. “When we return for the title. the coronavirus. weekend following the cancel- to normality, when we start The season-opener in Formula One chiefs are lation of the Australian Grand training again outside, we have Australia and F1’s iconic Riviera aiming to start racing in Prix. to be ready.” showpiece in Monaco have Azerbaijan on June 7, but to fill The races will be run for 28 Premier League chiefs on been axed. the void for now the sport has laps for around 90 minutes and Thursday fixed a planned Races in Bahrain, Vietnam, asked current F1 drivers to play will take place at the same time resumption of domestic football China, Netherlands and Spain a racing game featuring as-yet as the postponed Grands Prix for April 30. Britain has only have also been shelved but with unnamed celebrity guests. would have occurred. just begun to take the same organisers still hoping to shoe- “Featuring a number of The events start this week- restrictive measures as other horn them into a breathless current F1 drivers, the series has end with the Virtual Bahrain European countries to fight finale once the threat of the been created to enable fans to Grand Prix run on the official the pandemic. Laporte said coronavirus had subsided. continue watching Formula 1 2019 F1 video game. City players had been advised A season which should races virtually, despite the ongo- Viewers will be able to to adhere to the guidance on have started in Melbourne on ing COVID-19 situation that tune in via YouTube, Facebook avoiding social contact. March 14 will now not start has affected this season’s open- and Twitch with a qualifying “We have the same proto- until Azerbaijan on June 7 — at ing race calendar,” a statement session to determine the grid '#0,+," col as has been given out in all the earliest. said. preceding the race itself. countries: stay at home as much “It’s super complicated to “The first race of the series Results will not count rench defender Aymeric as possible, don’t go out in the redo a calendar because you will see current F1 drivers line towards the F1 world champi- FLaporte has urged his street, don’t shake hands with don’t know when everything up on the grid alongside a host onship, but the plan is to run Manchester City teammates to anyone,” said Laporte. will be operational,” Frederic of stars to be announced in due the virtual tournament until keep up their home training Laporte said he was wor- Vasseur, the team principal of course. real racing can return. routines during their self-isola- ried about City’s ban from the Alfa Romeo F1 team, said. . # . - - %7 tion — but admits he cannot European football for two years “You need to have a global stop thinking about the club’s for breaching financial fair- vision. England is not too affect- only Australia, Bahrain, ritory. I’m pretty optimistic that sprint rather than a nine-month F1 experimented with three have a quiet start. I’m sure the possible exclusion from the play rules, although the club has ed at the moment but it could Vietnam and China had been we can have a good 17-18 race marathon. races in a row in 2018 but sup- teams will be flexible to allow Champions League. appealed to the Court of be when Italy is less affected,” he dropped. championship or more,” Brawn To rescue the calendar, port was lukewarm from teams us to fit those things in.” The 25-year-old is present- Arbitration for Sport (CAS). added in reference to the two On Thursday, the Dutch told Sky Sports. there is an option of two races who sweated over staff fatigue. More than ever, bank bal- ly recovering from a hamstring “We are waiting for a final countries which play host to Grand Prix, slated to make its “I think we can squeeze organised on the same weekend. “I think what we need from ances and income will be key in problem, the latest in a litany of decision,” said Laporte “We are most of the teams in the world return to the calendar for the them in. But it depends on “It’s possible,” said Brawn, the teams this year is flexibili- 2020 as teams and organisers injuries that has limited him to going to see what happens next championship. first time since 1985 on May 3, when the season can start.” eyeing the three weeks between ty, I think they’ve got to give grapple with the implications of eight appearances this season. season. There are still 15 races left and the Spanish event, set for There is wriggle room. the Hungarian Grand Prix on some scope to do these things,” a shorter, crammed season. City’s players have had to “Obviously it would hurt us on the schedule before the con- May 10, were postponed. The traditional three-week August 2 and at Spa in Belgium added Brawn. “The costs are not necessar- stay at home and been given a lot if we aren’t in the cluding race at Abu Dhabi on The Monaco GP, an annu- summer shutdown in August on August 30. “Because we are in very ily much lower if you do 18 training plans since the reign- Champions League next season. November 29. al showstopper since 1955 and has been scrapped to be “One thing we have also unusual circumstances, and races rather than 22,” said ing Premier League champions “I am very happy here at Last weekend, Ross Brawn, set for May 24 this year, was replaced by a 21-day break in been talking about is two-day we’ve got to make sure we’ve got Vasseur. closed the training ground fol- Manchester City. I am enjoying the sporting director of F1, cancelled completely. March and April while the rac- weekends, and therefore if we a season that gives a good eco- “Also, our income will be lowing British government my football here. We are doing said he was optimistic of a “17- ing season hunkers down. have a triple header with two- nomic opportunity for the less — we do fewer races, we advice on Monday to avoid all great things here. In the last two 18 race” championship. ‘UNCHARTERED TERRITORY’ The championship now day weekends, that could be an teams. will have less commercial non-essential travel and con- years we have won eight tro- However, that was when “We are in unchartered ter- becomes a frantic six-month option.” “For sure we’re going to rights.” tact. phies.”
- ! A 6 ,C 3 $# D ) - % Former India captain have them,” he said. Sunil Gavaskar believes the BCCI has The former Indian skipper also taken the right decision to suspend lashed out at a BCCI official for the the 13th edition of the Indian Premier suggestion that they did not want IPL League (IPL) amid the ongoing to be like a Mushtaq Ali tournament coronavirus outbreak. without the participation of foreign “The decision by the BCCI to players. suspend the IPL till April 15 is a laud- “Having said that, for a so-called $/ able one. The health and safety of a top BCCI official to comment that nation are more important than ‘the BCCI has to ensure the quality sport and it’s wonderful that the usu- of the game is not poor. We did not ally much-maligned BCCI has put want a Mushtaq Ali tournament,’ is that before anything else,” Gavaskar an incredibly insensitive statement if $1 wrote in a column for Sportstar. indeed it is true,” wrote Gavaskar. Gavaskar also said that the fate “Firstly, it’s insulting to the great %? " of the IPL depends upon how quick- man after whom the tournament is $ @<> at all depends on how quickly the can light be shed on why the quali- spread of COVID-19 is controlled. ty of the tournament is poor? Surely Till April 15 overseas players won’t it’s not simply because there are no get a visa so it may take a bit longer international players in it, but also B 6B for the tournament to take off. because there are no Indian interna- Foreign players bring a different tionals in it! That is a scheduling issue % Former Pakistan captain and flavour to the tournament and add that the BCCI has to look at,” he current bowling coach Waqar Younis said to the excitement, so it’s important to C . +"D added. IANS that he won’t mind putting his papers if he is unable to deliver set targets. Waqar, who has a three-year contract with the Pakistan Cricket Board said he ? G would review his own performance as bowling coach after a year. “I will be reviewing myself after a ,"+0 ers as the coronavirus pandemic grips world sport,” the year and let me make it clear, if I feel I website reported. am not good enough for the job and I am tar Australian opener David Warner has reported- Warner at a fee of GBP 125,000 was the highest paid not doing justice to it I will resign and horses for courses policy. Pick those who Sly decided to pull out of England Cricket Board’s The player for the 100-ball-a-side spectacle which was set leave myself,” he told a YouTube channel are in form for us.” Hundred league as it is clashing with national team’s to be held from July 17 to August 15. CricketBaaz. He said so far he was satisfied after limited overs series against Zimbabwe. “His decision to withdraw from the competition “It is not as if because I have a three- taking over as bowling coach last According to Australian website WAtoday, Warner’s was unrelated to the COVID-19 outbreak, his manag- year contract I will hang around. I have October. manager James Erskine said that the decision has got er James Erskine said as he confirmed the move on some set targets in mind and I want to “We have got some exciting young nothing to do with prevailing COVID-19 pandemic that Friday,” the report further stated. help and groom the young fast bowlers. fast bowlers like Shaheen Shah, Naseem has caused a global lock-down of cricketing activities. Erskine on Thursday had said that Warner will be “The way I look at it my plan is pre- Shah, Muhammad Hasnain and we are “David Warner has pulled out of the Hundred in playing IPL if the COVID-19 pandemic is under con- pare a settled bowling attack for test looking at more talent. That does not what could be the first of multiple withdrawals from trol and the league gets rolling after April 15, the time cricket and keep a rotation policy for the mean I will ignore those who had done England’s new franchise league by international play- till which the league has been suspended. white ball formats. Where we adopt a well in domestic cricket.” PTI .72 7 : P)51. .) 8 .1<..2 .) & ( $$ ,
>2/>+ He pulled off a heist as Mohun ,- ) Bagan coach when they famously K Banerjee, a footballing colos- held New York Cosmos 2-2 in an % Pakistan Cricket Board is confident of Psus of his time and a raconteur for exhibition match starring Pele in gaining profit from the Pakistan Super League life, died here on Friday aged 83, hav- 1977. despite the T20 competition was suspended at ing dribbled and dazzled for a good The star of Indian football when the semi-final stage. part of his mind-boggling 51 years the sport was at its peak, Banerjee According to official sources, the PCB is set of service to the game. never played for Mohun Bagan and to make profits from four major commercial He was suffering from respira- East Bengal, representing Eastern deals, including broadcasting and digital media. tory problems due to pneumonia and Railways all his life. “We will earn more compared to the four had an underlying history of A FIFA-certified coach, Banerjee previous editions because majority of the Parkinson’s disease, dementia and had a coaching career as illustrious matches (in earlier editions) had to be held in heart problem. Banerjee, who was on as his playing one, beginning with the UAE where we generally had low crowds and life support at a hospital here since Bata SC and Eastern Railway. commercial deals were also not very profitable,” March 2, breathed his last at Having struck gold as a player, a source said. 12:40pm. a young 35-year-old Banerjee was “The losses will come from four matches Born on June 23, 1936 in made a joint India coach with G M being held behind closed doors in Karachi and Moynaguri on the outskirts of Basha, and they delivered a Bronze Lahore but the gate money receipts are minimal Jalpaiguri in West Bengal, Banerjee’s at the Bangkok Asiad in 1970. compared to the profits we will make from com- family relocated to his uncle’s place Within a year at the helm, mercial, sponsorship and broadcasting deals.” in Jamshedpur before partition. Banerjee guided India to a joint tri- The PSL was on Tuesday suspended after the The 1962 Asian Games Gold- umph at the Singapore Pesta Sukan PCB revealed that a foreign player showed symp- medallist’s best days as a player Cup in 1971. toms of the dreaded COVID-19. The PCB had coincided with Indian football’s East Bengal won five CFL titles also shortened the league by four days consid- golden era. He scored 65 internation- greatest. Guru Dutt Sondhi’s remark that it on the trot under his tutelage. ering the worsening coronavirus situation but al goals in 84 appearances for the A member of the holy trinity, was ‘Jakarta Games’, for barring He also delivered at Mohun was forced to call it off on Tuesday. national team. that also included Chuni Goswami countries like Taiwan and Israel. Bagan, guiding them to a treble — One source said 24 off the 30 matches held His contribution was duly recog- and Tulsidas Balaram, Banerjee was Banerjee scored the opener in IFA Shield, Rovers Cup and Durand before the semi-finals and final were full hous- nised by FIFA which rated him as the last surviving scorer of the 1962 that game. Cup — in 1977. es in Multan, Lahore, Rawalpindi and Karachi India’s greatest player of the 20th cen- Asiad Gold-winning team. He was captain of the Indian He was coach of the Mohun and gate money earnings were very good. tury, bestowing him with the Another one his bright moments team that last played the Olympics Bagan that famously held the then “But yes, some matches were hit by bad Centennial Order of Merit in 2004. with the national team was a fourth- in Rome 1960. Soviet Union team, Ararat Yerevan, weather and reduced overs but we will still make From his debut for Bihar in the place finish at the 1956 Olympics, He retired as a player in 1967 in the 1978 IFA Shield final. good profits from the PSL this time despite four Santosh Trophy as a 16-year-old in where India beat Australia 4-1. after being laid low by recurring Back at East Bengal, Banerjee matches being held in empty stadiums,” he said. 1952 to a stint as Mohammedan In the final of the 1962 Asiad, injuries. But then went on accumu- oversaw their famous 4-1 win over He also said the Board would refund Sporting coach 51 years later, India prevailed in front of a hostile late a staggering 54 trophies as a the arch-rivals in the 1997 Federation money to ticket holders of the semi-finals and Banerjee takes leave as one of India’s crowd angered by chef de mission coach. Cup semifinal. final. PTI !"#!$!$ ) 1 /$ ‘Premature’ to postpone Tokyo Games: IOC chief
-01'7+2' L !M nternational Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach said it 2! Iwould be “premature” to postpone the Tokyo Games but admitted the 8.',8 body was “considering different scenar- ios” as the coronavirus pandemic ustralia’s swimmers are more con- advances. Acerned about a level playing field The IOC will act on advice from its than ruling the pool at the Olympics. own taskforce and the World Health Due to travel bans, isolation Organization, Bach told the New York requirements and other issues thou- +<><> E - - $ Times, after a week when the IOC has sands of athletes still haven’t qualified 7 + 5 E weathered criticism over its response to for their events. the crisis. “We are still preparing for the But he remained optimistic about Olympics and Paralympics to the , holding the Tokyo Olympics on sched- best of our ability but we absolutely ule from July 24 to August 9, and said understand that for a lot of our peers 01701 +601 giving priority to their safety,” there was no question of cancelling the and colleagues this isn’t the reality any- Mori said. Games altogether. more, as it may not be for us soon,” he Olympic flame arrived in The actual torch relay “Of course we are considering dif- Swimming Australia said in a release TJapan on Friday to a muted begins on March 26, starting ferent scenarios, but we are contrary to co-signed by head coach Jacco reception, what should have from the J-Village sports com- many other sports organizations or pro- Verhaeren on Friday. been a joyous celebration dra- plex in Fukushima that was fessional leagues in that we are four- “We hope the IOC and matically scaled down due to commandeered as a base by and-a-half months away from the (Paralympic organizers) are consider- the coronavirus pandemic. workers scrambling to contain Games,” Bach said. ing everything they can to ensure that The flame landed on a spe- the fall-out from the nuclear “For us, (postponement) would not there is a level playing field, with ath- cial charter flight into meltdown. be responsible now and it would be pre- letes being able to perform in healthy Matsushima Air Base in Miyagi “The Olympic flame relay mature to start speculation or make a " + D conditions.” province, chosen as part of the is the biggest event ahead of the decision at a time when we do not have The key theme? It would be fair- “Recovery Olympics” to show- Olympics. It is very important any recommendation from the task er to postpone the Olympics. case the region’s revival after the for us to carry it out at any cost,” force,” he added. Swimming has been a regular 2011 earthquake, tsunami and said Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Speculation has been growing over ( source of medals at the Olympics and nuclear meltdown. Muto ahead of the ceremony. the Games, scheduled to start on July world championships for Australia, Former Japanese But organisers have been 24, after the COVID-19 outbreak +2>82 medal for judo at the 1988 Seoul she said. where the climate, location and rela- Olympians Saori Yoshida and forced to scale back what closed sports competitions around the Olympics, is the first JOC board The Olympics should not be tively high number of Olympic-size Tadahiro Nomura collected the should have been a key event to world, and paralysed many countries he Tokyo Olympics should be member to call openly for a post- held “if people across the world can’t pools is an advantage, but not an insur- flame from the aircraft and took raise awareness and excitement along with international travel. Tpostponed, according to a senior ponement of the Tokyo Games. enjoy themselves,” she said. mountable one. it to a cauldron in the shape of ahead of the July 24 opening Olympic qualifiers are among the member of the Japan Olympic Yamaguchi criticised the IOC “What I’m most scared of is that “At the heart of the Olympic and a cherry blossom on a stage in ceremony. tournaments affected, with 43 percent Committee, adding her voice to a stance, saying the body “is putting we force an opening and have peo- Paralympic competition is the notion front of selected guests. While spectators are of athletes yet to book their spots. But growing chorus calling for Tokyo athletes at risk.” ple question the Olympics, asking, of fair play — a value we hold very But some 200 local children allowed to watch from the Bach said the situation was still too 2020 to be delayed. “By asking them to train under ‘Why only the Olympics’?” she said. close, and we do not want that to be that were due to welcome the roadside, fans have been urged uncertain to make a decision about “It should be postponed under these conditions, the IOC is open- She also urged the IOC to at compromised,” the statement contin- flame were kept away as part of to “avoid forming crowds”, with Tokyo. the current situation where athletes ing itself up the criticism that it is least set a deadline for its final deci- ued. “We know athlete preparation is what organisers called the organisers warning there could “What makes this crisis so unique can’t be well prepared,” Kaori not putting athletes first,” Yamaguchi sion. being severely compromised. “heartbreaking” decision to be a change of programme in and so difficult to overcome is the Yamaguchi, a JOC executive board told the newspaper. Yamaguchi said she plans to Friendship and solidarity are impor- pare back events as the world the event of “excessive conges- uncertainty. Nobody today can tell you member, told the Nikkei daily in an “Unlike other sporting events, argue her position when the JOC tant Olympic and Paralympic values battles the virus. tion”. what the developments are tomorrow, interview published on Friday. the Olympics symbolise the ideal meets Friday next week, the business and we stand with you in this time of After a speech by chief Daily arrival and departure what they are in one month, not to Yamaguchi, who won a Bronze that sports bring about world peace,” daily added. uncertainty.” organiser Yoshiro Mori, the ceremonies are closed to the mention in more than four months,” he former Olympians lit the caul- public and all torch-bearers will said. dron with the torch, also have their temperatures taken “Therefore it would not be respon- Athletes lashed out at IOC advice be determined by any financial inter- Despite remaining hopeful of start- nize future Olympic Games”. designed to represent Japan’s before participating in the relay, sible in any way to set a date or take a this week to continue training “as best est”. “For us, while not knowing how ing the Games on time, Bach said the “The IOC has no cash-flow prob- cherished cherry blossom. which is scheduled to visit decision right now, which would be they can” but Bach said health consid- long this tunnel will be, we would like IOC’s risk-management policies and lem,” he added, when asked about the “Children had planned to every part of Japan on a 121- based on the speculation about the erations were “first and foremost”, the Olympic flame to be a light at the insurance “will make it possible for us potential problem of broadcast pay- welcome the Olympic flame, day journey before entering future developments.” adding “the decision of the IOC will not end of the tunnel,” he said. to continue our operations and orga- ments not arriving in July. but we decided to scale it down, Tokyo. G !G ',-.,/01 “It is a very big challenge for said. me and being the leader, I had to “When you have got an ormer India hockey coach set the example for the team, opportunity to serve the country, FHarendra Singh finds himself groom and motivate them. I you can’t take a step back. Life on a different turf in the country’s would like to congratulate all threat is there but I am enjoying battle to contain the COVID-19 those from Air India who are asso- every bit of this challenge,” said pandemic — supervising arrange- ciated with this mission.” Harendra, who is often seen run- ments for Indian evacuees from He said his team has been ning from the terminal to the tar- coronavirus-struck nations as Air working round the clock and at mac wearing a decontamination India’s General Manager. times 72 hours at a stretch. suit. The former India player from “I am thankful to my family Harendra said being in charge Bihar is drawing from his for supporting me in all my on the ground, his job is to ensure immense coaching experience at endeavours. They have never smooth and hassle free transfer of the Indira Gandhi International stopped me.” the passengers after they land here. B ; Airport’s Terminal 3 here to over- Harendra, who guided India He said conducting opera- see smooth transit of people being to the 2016 Junior World Cup title tions at the airport was a com- - % The Badminton Championships were rescued by the government. in Lucknow, said his 3C principles pletely different ball game but his World Federation (BWF) scheduled in Ukraine, while ! : ., “I am stationed here from the of communication, commitment hockey experience is definitely on Friday suspended five Asia event was to be held in first flight that evacuated Indians and coordination, which he coming handy in his current more tournaments, includ- Philippines. from Wuhan, the epicentre of employed as a hockey coach, assignment. ing three continental cham- The Asia coronavirus. It is my duty and I am have played a key role in his work “Both the experiences are pionships crucial for Tokyo Championships had already . /%$- privileged to have been given this so far at the airport. challenging but are completely dif- Olympics qualification but relocated once, switching opportunity by the Air India “In this mission too, I just fol- ferent. But I must admit my expe- stripped of that significance from Wuhan, China to ',-.,/01 Yadav said. management,” Harendra, who is lowed my 3C formula. It is the rience as a hockey coach is defi- now, in view of the Manila due to the COVID- “She has competed in five Air India’s GM (Commercial) same formula which I employed nitely giving me an edge,” COVID-19 pandemic in 19 outbreak in that city. All eightlifting’s Olympic qualifying events but the sixth said. ' 5 +" during the Junior World Cup,” he Harendra signed off. the host cities. top Indian shuttlers, includ- Wqualifying schedule has one, the Asian Championships The announcement ing PV Sindhu, Saina gone haywire due to the Covid- in Tashkent was cancelled. I came a week after the BWF Nehwal, B Sai Praneeth 19 pandemic but India’s think there will be no more put a halt to all of its events and Kidambi Srikanth were Mirabai Chanu is a sure-shot qualifying events and the world & 0 $, $ , ; till April 12. scheduled to compete at the for the Tokyo Games, if they are rankings is set to be based on “...A further five tour- event. held, while young Jeremy what it currently is.” naments have also been “Badminton Pan Am Lalrinnunga is also set to make Under the new rules, to 3 , * cancelled or postponed,” also said it was no longer the cut for the mega sporting qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, BWF said in a statement. feasible to stage the XXIV spectacle. a weightlifter must compete in ',-.,/01 and Asian Games, Mary Kom ',-.,/01 “This includes the sus- Pan Am Individual Former world champion at least one event in each of the would be competing in her last pension of the three Championships 2020 in Chanu currently occupies third three periods of six months he COVID-19 pandemic has Olympic Games if it goes ahead as tar javelin thrower Neeraj Continental Confederation Peru because of health and place in the women’s 49kg (spread over November 2018 to Tisolated her from the world scheduled in July-August in Tokyo. SChopra has been ordered by championships scheduled safety fears linked to world rankings following the April 2020), at least six events outside but iconic Indian boxer M “I don’t think the Games will Sports Authority of India (SAI) for week 17 on the BWF COVID-19. cancellation of the Asian overall and in at least one gold C Mary Kom says the forced be postponed or cancelled. It is too to remain self-isolated for 14 Tournament Calendar — “The tournament was Championships, the last and silver-level event. slowdown of life as usual has also huge an event to be shifted just like days at the NIS-Patiala after his one of the last chances for originally planned for Olympics qualifying event of The 25-year-old Chanu has redefined the meaning of freedom that. It will cause chaos. In any return from a training stint in athletes to gain qualification Guatemala City,” BWF said. the continent due to the coro- now collected 3869 Robi points for her. case, it’s not in my hands. So, it’s Turkey. Indira Gandhi International air- for Tokyo 2020 Olympic All five tournaments navirus outbreak. — the IWF’s official calculation Mary Kom has self-isolated at better I don’t say much,” she said. Chopra, who has qualified port. Games before the April 26 were to be played within the She has taken part in five method — to be placed third her Delhi residence since return- But will the current situation, for the upcoming Tokyo “At the airport, everyone deadline,” it added. Tokyo Olympic Games events out of the six mandated behind Hou Zhihui (4703) of ing from the this month’s Asian in which travel restrictions by Olympics, has been told by the was screened and cleared but The suspended tourna- qualifying period, but will in the new qualification rules. China and Ri Song Gum (4209) Olympic Qualifiers in Jordan most countries have nearly SAI to stay at his hostel room when they reached NIS, the SAI ments are Croatian “no longer contribute to In a meeting of the of North Korea. where she booked herself a second brought the world to a halt, have without mixing up with other said all the returning athletes International (April 16-19 ), Olympic qualifying as they Executive Board of the Regarding the 17-year- Olympic berth. a bearing on her preparations for athletes at the NIS if he has to and coaches should remain in Peru International 2020 will now fall outside the International Weightlifting old Jeremey (men’s 67kg), The precautionary measure Tokyo? be at the premier sports facility isolation for 14 days. AFI said it (April 16-19), European qualification window.” Federation held on March 17- who won a Gold in 62kg in was necessitated by a training trip “Some planning is required. I of the country. was all right since they have C’ships (April 21-26), “BWF will make a fur- 18 via video conference, the the 2018 Youth Olympic to Italy before landing in Jordan haven’t yet made up my mind, He returned to India from been screened and cleared at the Badminton Asia C’ships ther announcement on any world body has made some Games, Yadav said, “In the even though the entire Indian Training here is also pretty Turkey on Wednesday. airport but SAI insisted.” (April 21-26) and Pan Am implications related to the recommendations to the Olympics, there will be 14 team got COVID-19 negative cer- smooth. There is nothing missing. Another Olympics-bound The 22-year-old Chopra Individual Championships Olympic qualification peri- International Olympic competitors in each weight tificates from the IOC. We will see how the situation is in javelin thrower Shivpal Singh qualified for the Tokyo Games 2020 (April 23-26). od at a later date,” BWF Association (IOC) regarding category, men and women. “I am chilling, doing my exer- the next couple of weeks before has left NIS as he preferred to in a competition in South Africa The European said. PTI the Olympic qualifying events. Besides the top eight from the cises, taking care of my fitness and deciding on whether going outside stay at his home. in January with a throw of One of the key recom- world rankings, the top ranker playing with my children after is an option,” she “SAI said if Neeraj wants to 87.86m, having made his return mendations, sources said, may from each of the five conti- being away from them for explained. stay at the NIS, he has to remain from an elbow surgery last year. close the qualification process nents will also qualify. Jeremy almost one month,” Mary Kom “Till then, every- in self isolation for 14 days with- He then went to Turkey for a " as all the five continental cham- is at the top of Asian rankings said. one please stay at out mixing with others. He and training stint as part of prepa- pionships were cancelled. and if the international feder- “That’s the best part of this home and don’t forget Rohit Yadav who returned from rations for the Olympics. ',-.,/01 Government of India This would mean the ation’s recommendations are isolation, I am with my family to wash your hands,” Turkey have been given hostel He was supposed to take guidelines for safety mea- Olympics qualification slots accepted by the IOC, he will through the day without having she laughed. rooms separated from other part in the elite Diamond he Badminton sures, Badminton will be decided based on the also qualify.” to think of anything. My appeal to trainees. They have also been League series beginning in Doha TAssociation of India Association of India (BAI) current world rankings. The Jeremy is at the top of everyone is don’t panic, try and given an old gym facility near on April 17 but the World (BAI) on Friday has decided to shut down IOC will, however, take a final Asian rankings with 3119 stay at home if you can and their hostel room,” a source at Athletics announced its decision announced its office will their office from March call on the recommendations of Robi points, far ahead of sec- spend time with your family,” the NIS Patiala said. to postpone the first three legs. shut down from March 23 23,” a media release said. the International Weightlifting ond-placed Mohammed she said. “Shivpal and Vipin Another Indian javelin owing to the COVID-19 BAI General Secretary, Federation. Almazyadi Nawaf (2672) from “In my case, I have felt a Kasana who returned thrower Shivpal also qualified pandemic. Ajay K Singhania added “Mirabai is certain to the Saudi Arabia. He is set for his sense of freedom with this iso- from South Africa for the Tokyo Games while BAI is the latest that the situation will be qualify for the Olympics, she is maiden Olympics. lation. I have realised that I am wanted to leave for training at Potchefstroom in National Sports Federation reviewed on March 31. currently at third spot in the The last slot will be from not feeling the stress of a daily home. They left NIS South Africa. (NSF) to shut down its “After assessing the world rankings. The top eight the host country, if that coun- schedule right now.” Patiala yesterday,” he added. The 24-year-old crossed premises in the wake of situations and discussions from the world rankings after try (Japan) has not qualified A five-time The source said SAI insist- the qualifying standard of 85m novel coronavirus out- with various stake holders, the end of the qualification from this method. But if a Asian champion ed that Neeraj and all those who by hurling the spear to a dis- break. it was observed as the best period automatically qualifies weightlifter from the host besides being a returned from abroad should tance of 85.47m during the “In the wake of the solution and health and for Tokyo Olympics,” Indian country has qualified, the last Gold-medallist remain isolated for 14 days ACNW Meeting at Corona Virus outbreak wellbeing of our staff is of Weightlifting Federation slot will be given through the at the even though they were screened Potchefstroom earlier this and the advisories issued prime importance for Secretary General Sahdev tripartite commission process. Commonwealth for coronavirus symptoms at the month. by the Sports Ministry and BAI,” Singhania said.