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There shall be strict empowered to take a decision  Q       decided later. “Schools, colleges, educa- Containment zones’ geo- perimeter control to ensure that on not allowing this based on Bhopal: Madhya Pradesh Chief      3    The night curfew will tional/training/coaching insti- graphical area and demarcation there is no movement of peo- public health scenario, said Minister Shivraj Singh             remain in place and movement tutions etc will be opened after will be decided by the States ple in or out of these zones, the new guidelines. Chouhan said on Saturday that   8   *     of individuals shall remain consultations with States and and powers are given to local except for medical emergencies The guidelines insisted that the lockdown in the State to 8 *  *     9    strictly prohibited between 9 UTs,” the MHA said, adding authorities for house to house and maintaining supply of wearing of mask in public contain coronavirus will be :   & *    ;& < pm and 5 am throughout the that the States may hold con- and patient tracing. States are essential goods and services,” places is compulsory and also extended till June 15. The West  *           country, except for essential sultations at the institution empowered to demarcate said the guidelines, empower- said that persons above 65 and Bengal Government too &    *      services. level with parents and other buffer zones outside contain- ing local administration for children below 10 years and extended the coronavirus-trig-     Local authorities are per- stakeholders. Based on the ment zones were new cases strict implementation to con- pregnant women and patients gered lockdown in the State up         mitted to implement Section feedback, a decision on the re- likely to occur, said the MHA. tain Covid-19 pandemic areas. are advised to stay at home. to June 15 with relaxations and      #$ 144 in this regard, said the opening of these institutions “In the containment zones, There shall be no restric- Turn to Page 6 conditions.            % 0;                   " #$%&'  ()%     &             =               #  !"#$$ && ' &$&!$ (         0  *    &     !" %       foot to their native destinations.   !"       *  “In a crisis of this magni-         ne year into his second tude, it can certainly not be  # &         Oterm, Prime Minister claimed that no one suffered  "   % *  n a bizarre incident, an Air on Saturday any inconvenience or discom-        IIndia’s -Moscow Airbus   listed abrogation of Article 370 fort. Our labourers, migrant    A-320 Neo (VT-EXR) flight and inclusion of Jammu & workers, artisans and craftsmen  6 > Q : %   0   was forced to return midway wo doctors and a nurse at Kashmir into the mainstream, in small-scale industries, hawk- 7  Q    0 *    on Saturday morning after TCharak Hospital tested pos- criminalising the practice of ers and such fellow country- =          ground team realised that the itive for coronavirus infection Triple Talaq, Citizenship men have undergone tremen-   pilot was tested corona positive. on Saturday. The trio were on Amendment Act, and cross- dous suffering,” Modi said.      '(--9   The VT-EXR Air India emergency duty at the hospital. border air strikes as the “bold However, the PM said,  %%&Q    '(). '(+. Flight was on its way to Chief Medical Officer Dr decisions” of his Government, “We have to take care to ensure         * '(-- M Moscow, under the Vande Narendra Agarwal said he had which, he said, is on the path that the inconveniences we are      '((+M     Bharat Mission to bring back directed the closure of the hos- to overcoming the coronavirus facing do not turn into disas- #    *     stranded Indians. Somewhere pital till further orders. pandemic with the collective ters” and people have shown   3   ;       near Uzbekistan, the crew was The CMO also carried out resolve of 130 crore Indians. patience and followed rules Q       informed that one of the pilots a surprise inspection of com- Addressing the country and “this is one of the impor-      #$     * onboard has tested positive munity health centres and through a letter, the PM said tant reasons for India being    *  *  5 *  for Covid-19 and they were reviewed the work being car- clearing of several administra- safer and in a better state than      N  M   called back immediately as per ried out by ASHA workers tive bottlenecks, major many other countries”.   @ & %   protocol. under mohalla nigrani samitis improvement of infrastructure, nomic resources and state -of- world when corona hits it. But “This is a long battle but we  '(,)M    This was a ferry flight, so and arrangements made in and freeing the country from the-art healthcare system is today, through sheer confi- have started traversing the path > A.        only the crew was on board wards for COVID-19 patients, the swamp of corruption in the “besieged with problems dence and resilience, you have to victory, and victory is our @  >     with around 6 people. The women giving birth and for first term had given the right amidst a vast population and transformed the way the world collective resolve,” Modi said.      *      Director General of Civil regular vaccinations. momentum to the governance limited resources.” looks at us,” he said. He short-listed feats of his &;'(#    7 *   Aviation (DGCA) will probe As many as 36 CMO teams in the second term. The PM, however, assured In his address, Modi, for Government in the last one     '.     =  the lapses. “Prima facie, this under 13 supervisors sanitised Modi took note of the fact that the country was “on way to the first time, specifically men- year which also included “ami-       *   appears to be a lapse” as the Carriage and Wagon Colony, that the coronavirus had sud- overcome the crisis created by tioned the troubles faced by the cable solution” of the vexed and      5 *      pilot was not supposed to be on RPF Colony, Sewagram denly put brake on the speed of the pandemic.” He said India migrant workers due to the long-pending Ram Mandir-     *    the plane if he was found pos- Colony, Rest Camp Colony, development of the country must become self-reliant. lockdown announced on Babri Masjid dispute by the       ;& itive,” DGCA officials said. Cash and Pay Colony, which in comparison to nations “Many feared that India March 24 to contain the pan- unanimous SC verdict. ;&     Turn to Page 6 Turn to Page 6 with powers having great eco- will become a problem for the demic with many walking on Turn to Page 6  #  ;;   >             '     &   *        )'&$ #$  *      &         *  #      Q   *    +)(,      ,-  (.            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The :     :   * some alternative medicine or plus cases, followed by May 22 nearly two-months of lock- theaters of play — South wet spell is expected to contin-      ;     malarkey — could slow down when the world reported down, the virus gears up to take America and India. ue on Sunday. The state capital           the relentless march of coron- 1,07,000 cases. And then came advantage of the security Turn to Page 6 received 57.4 mm rainfall even           avirus across the globe seems Friday’s 35 per cent spike as the maximum temperature          to be misplaced. The hopes of above the monthly average is a 224 232/54 42 45344 was recorded at 35.3 degree             any approaching “global peak clear pointer to two things: , !6 Celsius, which was 4.9 degrees #        >   out” was dashed on May 29 Coronavirus is constantly on 1 #  #   23425 6470 65854 below normal. 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This was the down will come with a price. has forecast a wet Spell over  1        largest single-day spike since The global picture could be 232/ ;   42:32 488076:6 till May 31 and an >   #      7   the start of the outbreak five a serious cause of concern for + ;  # ! 5240 47:30:7 abatement of heat wave condi-           months ago in China’s Wuhan epidemiologists and world 1 "#  "# 0574 :9:9999 tions over the state. >   *     province. leaders who were expecting 54 ,! ,!8-7 Met Director JP Gupta said   %96 #   It was a black Friday for the that at some point in time the  "# 0084 64:9234 that an induced cyclonic circu-         DQ= 0 globe in its fight against the virus would lose steam and the 42 .!, .  )!&  34:8 :874708 lation lies over northwest    %96   '.  undead enemy. 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$    season. During the last cane crushing season, the sugar @ ; 44> 3  GRP Lines tested positive. On and worked there for the next   “District magistrates and he Uttar Pradesh govern- industry had cloaked produc-  Saturday, four cops at the IG’s six days. chief medical officers should Tment said that during the tion figure of 1.17 crore MT. office — confidential assistant On coming to know about n a fresh directive, Chief regularly make inspection to 38-month tenure of the Yogi The increase in UP’s pro- ixation of an IG-rank offi- (CA), chief record keeper it, the IG asked Kumar to IMinister ensure smooth running of Adityanath government, the duction is significant when Fcer in ensuring cent per cent (CRK) and two others — had return to Lucknow and join asked officials to provide finan- Covid hospitals and it must be sugar mills had cleared Rs seen in the national context, attendance at Railway Police to be quarantined. office. With no public transport cial help to all destitutes and ensured that coronavirus pos- 98,382 crore of the sugar cane which has posted a 19 per cent wing of DGP Headquarters Railway Police sources said running, Kumar rode a bike to also ration if they did not have itive persons are kept in Covid farmers. Sugarcane Minister decline in production from in Signature at Lucknow has that after the DGP’s circular, the city and joined office. ration cards so that nobody hospitals or quarantine centres Suresh Rana said here on 32.61 million tonne to 26.36 triggered a probable ‘corona ADG (Railways) Sanjay Singhal Similarly, constable Rajesh slept empty stomach in the while non-Covid hospitals Saturday that this amount was million tonne till May 15. Of bomb’ in the eight-storeyed implemented it in toto and gave Kumar was stranded in state. should be used for treatment of higher than the total payment the 119 sugar mills operational building. directions down the line in this Ghaziabad and hence he joined “Destitutes without ration other patients. The testing facil- made to the sugarcane farmers in the state, 94 had closed And the clock seems to be regard. But the IG continued to the GRP Lines there after should be given Rs 1,000 as ities should also be ramped up during the five-year tenure of down while 25 are still opera- ticking fast as the building is call every personnel of his 16- which he was put on station financial help and officials on regular basis,” he said the previous Akhilesh Yadav- tional. During the last season visited daily by hundreds of member staff to the office patrol duty. He too was ordered should ensure that they get a Yogi said that prior led Samajwadi Party regime. on the same day, 109 out of 119 officers and thousands of per- daily. by the IG to return and resume ration card so that they get food arrangements be made for next The minister said for the pre- stopped cane crushing. sonnel of over 25 wings of the The IG office on the third duty in Lucknow. The poor cop from the PDS shops,” the chief phase of food grain distribution sent cane crushing season For clearing the arrears of UP Police. floor has a CA, a CRK, a dri- had to reach Lucknow on a minister said during a review drive starting on June 1. which was at its fag end, the the sugarcane farmers, UP gov- Despite DGP HC Awasthi’s ver and a runner sitting in one bike. meeting on lockdown at his “Social distancing has to be sugar mills had so far paid Rs ernment has recommended to strict instructions on running room, while a reader, two sub- Even on Saturday, after the official residence here on maintained during the distrib- 19,328 crore to the farmers. the Centre to advise the offices with 33 per cent staff in inspectors and two constables four staffers were quarantined, Saturday. ution of ration and no irregu- The sugarcane minister Reserve Bank of India to early April, increased later to 50 share another. In the latter the senior official did not think Yogi said that if any desti- larity or under-weighing issued the statement in remove the sugar industry per cent in May, IG (Railways) case, all five sit in a 15x7 it prudent to roster the sched- tute suffered from a serious ail- should be sent to home quar- should take place,” he warned. response to the allegation by from the negative list. The SK Singh continued to direct all square feet room and social dis- ule and ensured that all his staff ment and was not covered by antine with ration kits and the The chief minister took Samajwadi Party president move will pave the way for his subordinates to attend office tancing is hardly ensured due attended office. Ayushman Bharat Yojana or unwell migrants should be sent cognisance of setting up 3,133 Akhilesh Yadav that the sugar- additional working capital without fail. to paucity of space. Asked to comment on the Mukhyamantri Jan Aarogya to medical facility. Home quar- cattle-feed banks and asked cane farmers were suffering through enhanced cash credit Interestingly, allaying Early in May, the DGP risk to the police personnel vis- Yojana, he or she be given Rs antined migrants should be officials to expedite it. He said due to non-payment of their limit (CCL) for the sugar staffers’ concern on getting had also instructed that if any iting Signature building daily, 2000 as immediate relief. “The given Rs 1,000 sustenance that the loss of lives due to dues by the sugar mills. He also industry thus facilitating the infected, Singh is reported to cop was stranded at some pulmonologist Dr Harendra treatment of such person allowance,” he said. lightning should be minimised said that the sugar mills were quick settlement of the arrears have said, “Corona police other place, he could report to Kumar said, “Each personnel should be arranged and the The chief minister further by using latest technology while mounting pressure on the sug- of the farmers. The price of the walon ko nahi hoga’ (coron- the nearest district police lines visiting the building could be family should get Rs 5000 if a said that surveillance commit- alerts could be issued by study- arcane farmers to harvest the molasses, a by-product crashed avirus will not infect police per- or office of the wing con- infected. destitute dies,” he said. tees were helping in containing ing weather forecast. entire cane crop within a week. to almost negative with the sonnel). But his prophecy back- cerned and continue to work They should isolate them- The chief minister direct- the coronavirus infection. Yogi also directed officials The sugarcane minister record cane crushing and sugar fired on May 26 when a consta- there till the situation nor- selves for at least four-five days ed officials to continue arrang- “Proper communication to spray chemicals to control said the two-month lockdown, production coupled with the ble/driver, residing at GRP malised. But throwing to winds and watch out for symptoms. I ing food and drinking water for should be maintained with the the impending locust menace which wrecked havoc on most lockdown led to the sharp Lines at Charbagh, tested pos- the DGP’s directives, the IG would suggest, senior officers migrant workers at state bor- committees to get regular feed- and asked officials to coordi- of the sectors of the economy, drop in sugar consumption itive for coronavirus infection. called his CRK from should ensure social distancing ders and make similar arrange- back from the ground. To nate with Maati Kala Board to had failed to stall the Uttar and lifting of the sugar stocks. The cop had been driving an and a constable from to say the least.” ments for migrants going back maintain supply chain and make clay available to potters Pradesh sugar industry. This has created arrears of Rs official Tata Sumo and ferrying Ghaziabad. Efforts to contact ADG to other states from UP. enforcement of lockdown, reg- by digging ponds. UP till May 27 has 15,000 crore for the current Railway Police personnel from Sources said that CRK (Railways) Sanjay Singhal for Yogi said that migrant ular police patrolling is neces- “The free of cost ‘mitti’ achieved record production of cane crushing season 2019-20. Charbagh to Signature build- Ashok Kumar got stuck in his version failed to yield result returnees should be taken to sary. Social distancing and (clay) will help potters finan- sugar — 1.25 crore MT — With the enhancement of the ing. Varanasi in the first week of as his official cell phone was quarantine centres for medical avoidance of crowd should cially and pond digging will against the previous highest of CCL the sugar industry will be In the next two days, some May. As per the DGP’s orders, attended by a Railway Police screening. “The healthy ones also be ensured,” he said. help conserving water,” he said. 1.20 crore MT in 2017-18 sugar able to clear the arrears. more of his colleagues in the he reported to SSP, Varanasi Control Room staffer. 3!'$ : $$ Q5   " R  

  Chairing a review meeting will provide seamless connec- Besides, the government is tion of 6,556 hectares of land in Lucknow, nodal agency, UP tivity between the backward now pursuing another mega and link 12 districts, including   &  ttar Pradesh government Expressway Industrial eastern UP districts to the project for Meerut, Amroha, Uhas directed private devel- Development Authority National Capital Region (NCR) an early launch. The UPEIDA Bulandshahar, Budaun, opers of the flagship (UPEIDA) Chief Executive via the already operational has recently estimated the civil Shahjahanpur, Farrukhabad, Lucknow (PNS): Taking advan- the dairy to enquire about his Bhadauria. , esti- Officer Awanish Kumar Agra-Lucknow Expressway and work and land cost of the 628- Hardoi, Kannauj, Unnao, Rae tage of the coronavirus scare aides and was nabbed by Sharma On Saturday morning, mated to cost Rs 23,000 crore, Awasthi, who is also Additional Agra-Greater Noida Yamuna km project at nearly Rs 21,000 Bareli, Pratapgarh and among cops, a cattle smuggler and handed over to the police. Bhadauria heard the children to provide employment to lock- Chief Secretary, asked the Expressway. crore and Rs 9,000 crore Prayagraj districts. It will be managed to flee a police station The accused, however, man- sobbing and as he went there to down-hit migrant workers developers to expedite the pro- It will also have an emer- respectively, thus totalling Rs divided into 12 different pack- in Meerut. The suspect warned aged to con the cops, urging enquire he found the body of returning from other states. ject and to actively absorb the gency airstrip for Indian Air 30,000 crore. ages for simultaneous develop- the cops not to hold his hand as them not to touch him as he was Kalawati hanging from the ceil- The construction of the 340- migrants in civil works. He Force jets at Kurebhar Currently, three express- ment by the concessionaires, he was coronavirus positive and coronavirus positive. As the ing. He later informed the local km expressway is on in full instructed these companies to (Sultanpur). Currently, Agra- way projects totalling over Rs who would be selected through made the most of the reprieve cops asked him to board their police station. The body was later swing after the suspension of promptly submit bills to UPEI- Lucknow Expressway has a 42,000 crore are underway viz. a competitive bidding process granted. jeep, the miscreant walked some sent for autopsy. The deceased civil works for a few weeks due DA so that payments could be 3.3-km-long runway at Unnao 340 km Purvanchal like the other ongoing express- Later, the cops tried to cover meters and suddenly jumped used to work as a labourer and to the lockdown. released on time. Involving for allowing landing and take- Expressway, 296 km way projects.With 2022 UP up their negligence, asking the over a wall and fled. she received four quintals of Eight different packages of the acquisition of 4,332 off of IAF fighter planes during Bundelkhand Expressway and elections less than two years complainant to forget the inci- Elsewhere in Hathras, nab- wheat from the farm owner the infra projects are being hectares, the expressway will emergency. 91 km Gorakhpur Link away, the Yogi Adityanath gov- dent as the accused failed to hus- bing some auto-lifters came in where she was working. developed by five private com- traverse nine districts viz. Meanwhile, 48 per cent of Expressway, which are esti- ernment is expediting all the tle his cow. But since the incident as a rude shock to the cops as In another incident, panies, namely, Gayatri Lucknow, Barabanki, Faizabad, the civil works of Purvanchal mated to cost Rs 23,000 crore, expressway projects, since they was recorded in CCTV cameras one of them turned out to be Bachchan Kushwaha (29) of Projects, PNC Infratech, GR Ambedkarnagar, Amethi, Expressway has been complet- Rs 15,000 crore and Rs 4,600 are the most visible specimen and the dairy owner met senior coronavirus positive. Kusmara hamlet of Kurara police Infra Project, Apco Infratech Sultanpur, Azamgarh, Mau and ed and UPEIDA is targeting 50 crore respectively. of development in the hinter- officers and sought action Cops from Sikendrarao station was found hanging from and Oriental Structural Ghazipur. per cent of the work is complet- The 16-lane Ganga land and spur local economy against the policemen, the cops’ police station nabbed three a tree in his farmhouse on Engineering. Purvanchal Expressway ed by the end of June 2020. Expressway will entail acquisi- along their course. plot failed to bear fruit. youths from Purdilnagar for Saturday morning. The police SP (City) Akhilesh Narain auto lifting last Tuesday. They claimed that a family dispute was Singh said that he would get the were sent to a temporary jail and the behind the suicide. matter probed and initiate action tested for coronavirus infec- -      ()% "67  if negligence was found on part tion. The cops came in for a of the policemen. shock when one of them tested   cial status to Kashmir,” Yogi said in a state- honesty. “The Congress has made a mock- vey of the industries but is also in talks with As per reports, Dewaki coronavirus positive on Saturday ment here on Saturday. ery in the name of sending buses for work- its different associations,” he said. Nandan Sharma of Agrasen morning. Now a list of all cops hief Minister Yogi Adityanath said He said during the coronavirus pan- ers, and people of the country know the Yogi said that Prime Minister Bhawan at Railway road cross- involved in the arrest is being Cthat in the first year of Prime demic, the Modi government worked tire- difference between its words and actions,” Narendra Modi’s resolve to make India a ing in Meerut runs a dairy. On made and they will be quaran- Minister Narendra Modi’s second term, lessly in providing relief to the people as he said. 5-trillion dollar economy would be fulfilled Friday night, three persons tined. many important decisions were taken well as formulating policy to check the The chief minister said that 30 lakh soon. “The Uttar Pradesh government entered his campus and stole a Meanwhile in Hamirpur, a that are in the interest of 135 crore peo- spread of the dreaded virus. “It was Modi migrant workers had returned to Uttar stands with the Central government on cow. As they dragged the cow man and a woman committed ple and the unity of the country. government which gave a package of Rs Pradesh so far and the goal of the state gov- this issue,” he added. Yogi said that the out of the dairy, Sharma woke up suicide on Saturday. Kalawati “Today, the country is capable of 20 lakh crore to give impetus to industry ernment was to give work to all of them Uttar Pradesh government had started and raised an alarm. Later, two (32) of was married to arranging food for every citizen as well as and this has been appreciated by one and in the state. “The government has set up working to realise Prime Minister Modi’s of the hustlers were nabbed Harishchandra Yadav of paving the way for construction of Ram all,” he said. a commission in the state to address the ‘Vocal for Local’ and ‘Local to Global’ while the third managed to flee. Mawaibazar in Hamirpur. Her temple. It was Modi’s resolve which paved Taking a dig at the Congress, Yogi said problems of workers and absorb them. vision. He said that UP had a large share The miscreants were later hand- husband left her a year back and the way for giving power to Muslim that dishonesty was in the character of the Also, in order to connect the workers com- of MSME sector. “Today, the state’s export ed over to the police. However she used to live with her daugh- women by criminalising instant triple talaq grand old party and even in times of dis- ing from outside the state to employment, is worth Rs 1.16 lakh crore from the early Saturday morning, the ter, Komal, and son, Heeranand, and repealing Article 370 that gave spe- aster, the party did not desist from its dis- the government is not only making a sur- MSME sector alone,” he said. third miscreant again entered in the rented house of Abhay / " -  1  1"6(8!  Lucknow (PNS): Bahujan the pathetic condition they Samaj Party chief Mayawati have been pushed into both by      ()% said that the first year of Modi the Congress and the BJP. 2.0 at the Centre was marked She claimed that the first by controversies and the ruling year of Narendra Modi’s second   today. does not lend items of daily party should to review objec- term as prime minister was In a tweet on Saturday, needs like sugar, tea, pulses, tively its policies and working controversial in many ways argeting the BJP regime on Priyanka posted, “In a painful vegetables, spices now. My style. which should be introspected Tthe completion of the first incident, Bhanu Gupta com- widowed mother and I too In a tweet on Saturday, upon in public interest. year of its second term at the mitted suicide by jumping in have been ill for a long time. Mayawati said, “Numerous The BSP chief posted, “The Centre, Congress general sec- front of a train in UP. Work We are living in distress due to claims were once again made as lives of most poor persons, retary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra had stopped. The individual poverty and have got no help the BJP government completes unemployed individuals, farm- referred to suicide by a person had to get himself and his from administration. We are one year at the Centre but none ers, migrant workers and due to financial crisis in mother treated. Only ration so poor that after my death, of their promises made during run away from ground reality women out of the 130 crore Lakhimpur Kheri and said was obtained from the govern- my family wouldn’t even have poll campaign was fulfilled.” and people’s expectations or population has been more that his suicide note may not ment but his letter states that the money to carry out my last The former chief minister understanding and take steps painful than before, which is reach everyone like the PM’s other things are also to be rites.” of UP said that it would be bet- accordingly so that people get extremely sad and cannot be letter but it was true that bought and there are other Gupta also claimed ter if the BJP leaders did not some relief, particularly from forgotten so easily.” numerous people were in trou- needs as well.” extended lockdown as one of ble like this in the country Attaching a copy of the the reasons for the extreme youth’s suicide note in the step as he was unable to get any , ''$,2#:  tweet, Priyanka said, “This job or other means of liveli- letter may not reach you like hood. He is survived by four   al representations, the jail authorities did not the one-year anniversary cel- children, his wife, and an allow party leaders and workers to meet Lallu, ebration letter but it should be unwell mother. ttar Pradesh Congress wrote to Chief who has been lodged in Lucknow district jail for read. Many people are in dis- District Magistrate USecretary RK Tiwari, urging him to allow the last 10 days. tress like this in the country Shailendra Singh said that the a party delegation to meet incarcerated UP Earlier, efforts of UP Congress leaders today.” The suicide was report- deceased used to work in a Congress chief Ajay Kumar Lallu. failed as the district and jail authorities refused ed at Maigalganj railway sta- hotel in Shahjahanpur and his Copies of the letter written by party’s their meeting with Lallu, using lockdown and tion of Lakhimpur Kheri and body was recovered at administration in-charge Sidharth Priya coronavirus pandemic as reasons. the deceased was later identi- Maigalganj railway line. Srivastava were also sent to the DGP, DG (Jails) Meanwhile, the hearing on the bail plea of fied as Bhanu Pratap Gupta of “Preliminary probe sug- and Assembly Speaker Hriday Narayan Dikshit. Ajay Kumar Lallu which came up on Saturday, Maigalganj town. gested that he was getting Srivastava mentioned that Legislature Party was deferred till June 1 as the police did not sub- A suicide note recovered ration through Antyodaya leader Aradhana Mishra Mona, office in-charge mit the case dairy. from the deceased read, card. Appropriate action will Anup Gupta, Lucknow city chief Mukesh Singh Lallu was arrested from Agra and later by “Wheat and rice is obtained be taken after probing the rea- Chauhan and lawyer Sanjeev Pandey be allowed Lucknow police outside Agra jail for allegedly from ration shop but all this is son behind the suicide, he to meet Lallu in jail. giving fake registration numbers of buses to ferry not enough. Even shopkeeper added. The Congress alleged that even after sever- migrant workers home.

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  banana chips units could be encouraged in the Kushinagar ttar Pradesh government region of eastern UP,” an offi- Uhas initiated the process cial said. to review of the policies frame- Besides, the CM stressed work for the labour-intensive upon spurring the dairy sec- industries for rebooting the tor by strengthening the dairy industry hit by lockdown and committees at the local level. creating more employment “We have to create a robust opportunities. The move has dairy supply chain and the also been prompted by the farmers need to be provided immediate challenge to absorb with high quality milch cattle.” more and more migrant work- The UP government has ers in the industrial units in the already initiated the process state. The policies for the for accommodating the industries under migrant labourers within the review/amendment include state. The government has food processing, textile, dairy, signed memoranda of under- tourism, handloom, and phar- standing (MoU) with four maceutical. The UP govern- industry chambers for provid- ment has already amended UP ing employment to nearly 11 Agriculture Produce lakh migrant workers. The Marketing Act, making the MoUs were signed with Indian process of procurement of Industries Association (IIA), agriculture commodities for FICCI, Laghu Udyog Bharati food processing much less (LUB) and National Real cumbersome. The state gov- Estate Development Council ernment has also suspended (Naredco), which have the the operation of as many as 35 mandate of generating labour laws for three years. 300,000; 300,000; 250,000 and Official sources said Chief 250,000 jobs respectively. Minister Yogi Adityanath had The government will asked officials to fine-tune share the migrants’ database the existing policy framework with these chambers so that to make it more “dynamic and the workers could be absorbed competitive” so that lock- in different industrial, real down-hit industrial activity is estate and manufacturing units re-energised for job creation. depending upon their voca- The CM said that appropriate tional skills and experience, amendments to the existing especially the micro, small policies be made to suit the and medium enterprises contemporary needs, espe- (MSME). So far, the state has cially against the backdrop of completed the skills mapping the COVID-19 challenge. of 18 lakh migrant workers, The policies on the anvil who have been found to be for the proposed amendment possessing skills in varied seg- include UP Food Processing ments viz. real estate, textile, Policy 2017, UP Milk Policy electronics, electrical, farming, 2018, UP Tourism Policy 2018, machine tools, paramedics UP Handloom, Powerloom, etc. “Till now, these people Silk Textile and Garment were contributing towards the Policy 2017 and UP development of other states, Pharmaceutical Industry now we will harness their Policy 2018. The CM has skills for building a New Uttar instructed officials for speedy Pradesh,” said an official of the clearances to the food industries department. UP processing proposals, so that government has also they could be set up speedily announced to set up Migrant and enriching the farm Labour Commission value chain. ‘Kaamgar/Shramik (Sevayojan “The maize crop is grown Evam Rozgar) Kalyan Aayog’ in abundance in the western for facilitating jobs and social and central parts of UP. security to the workers. The Therefore, corn-based food state will integrate district processing industries be pro- level employment exchanges moted in such regions and with the Commission.     + ,-. /0/0 #$ $'&$&$ /    "  &$#       69  3444;454 + said that people need to remain Level-3 hospital. had been stepped up and the 3444;454C+ ment is that the mortality rate vigilant till June second week. The divisional commis- teams were moving round the in the region is still 1.32 per anpur Divisional He said with the sudden sioner said it had come to city and collecting samples midst the announcement cent which is much better than KCommissioner Sudhir M spurt in coronavirus infection light that the new coronavirus from all quarters. Aof extension of lockdown other regions. Besides, the Bobde has asked Covid hospi- cases after the return of the positive cases were either Meanwhile, the divisional till June 30 with several relax- recovery rate which was over tals to prepare categorised migrant workers, it had become migrant workers or they were commissioner ordered an ations and restrictions after 60 and declined around 20 inventory showing 50 plus all the more important and linked to close relatives of the inquiry into the alleged attempt the end of 4.0 on Sunday, the once has started seeing patients, critically ill patients necessary to strictly maintain infected persons. He said 250 of a safai karmachari to molest Railways and other depart- improved by reaching around and those on ventilators sepa- lockdown norms and social cases had been identified a woman admitted at ments have intensified their 32 per cent. Meanwhile, SDM rately and submit it to the chief distancing. through contact or link tracing. Maharajpur quarantine centre. activities to bring back all the (Raja Talab) Vikramaditya medical superintendent and Dr Bobde said in Covid He said the tests carried out by He said special directives relaxations to normalcy includ- Singh Malik, along with SP LLR Hospital to be forwarded hospitals, there was a need for private laboratory were positive had been given to the district ing running of their scheduled (RA) Marthand Prakash Singh to control room and division- regular sanitisation of the but they need to be recon- magistrate to ensure foolproof special trains from June 1. and others reached dispatch al commissioner’s office every wards and all the ventilators firmed by the medical college safety and security of women in With some restrictions lock- centre at Bhirbhanpur and saw day. He also stressed on micro should be made sterile so that laboratory. quarantine centres. down period has been extend- the arrangements of providing tracing of coronavirus infected they could safely be used for Dr Bobde said orders had In most of the places there ed till June 30. District food to the migrants there. persons. other patients. He said all med- already been issued that those has been complaints of male Magistrate (DM) Kaushal Raj They also checked the arrange- He said the doctors of ical officials should remain on suspects whose sample were class four employees misbe- Sharma visited Varanasi ./'(    #   0  1"   ( " )  ments of shifting these Kanshiram Hospital along with alert and from day one if they negative be informed through having with women. In a num- Junction (Cantt.railway sta- migrants to their home districts the paramedical staff need to be come across a COVID-19 SMS. He said in case a migrant ber of quarantine centres the tion) here on Saturday and held Barauni arrived here and then from several highly-infected in buses. Besides, at Patalpuri re-trained and intensive train- patient, the treatment should had been identified as positive, women toilets do not have meeting with Station Director went to their home districts by cities continued, there is no Math under the leadership of ing be imparted to them imme- be as per Level-1, Level-2, and his/her history be traced and doors and in some there are no and ADRM to discuss about buses. sign of any decline in number Peethadishwar Mahant Balak diately. Level-3 hospital specifications. the details passed on to the offi- latches. This had been brought the arrival of migrants by sev- Meanwhile, Varanasi of COVID-19 cases being Das, the Vedic students offered Indirectly hinting at exten- He said the critical patients cials concerned. to the notice of the authorities eral Shramik Special trains. Division of North Eastern detected daily in this belt of yagya appealing to the gov- sion of lockdown, Dr Bobde should be sent only to the He said random sampling but to no avail. DM said that under the lead- Railway (NER) has informed Purvanchal comprising 10 dis- ernment to open the temples ership of district administra- that Special Shiv Ganga Express tricts of three divisions. Even and religious places on condi- tion, Shramik Special trains (02559) will be departed from on Friday, 45 new cases were tion of maintaining social dis- :     would only be run till June 2 Platform No. 8 of Manduadih found. The most alarming con- tancing. and then the passengers can railway station as per its sched- dition is of Varanasi division as Earlier, as many as 180  -  ,$  travel in other running trains. uled time on June 1, while by Friday, there were 457 cases stranded people from the UAE During his inspection, DM 02260 Special will also arrive at and out of four districts, there landed at Lal Bahadur Shastri checked the quality of food same platform from New Delhi were more than 100 patients in International Airport, 3444;454 + materials being supplied to the next day. The passengers will three as the number of patients Babatpur, here by Dubai '#$ passengers and instructed the enter and exit from the station in Ghazipur also crossed the Airlines FZ-4176 at 9.25 p.m. wo more persons tested Chief Medical Officer (CMO) from Second Entry side of three figure marks. Now on Friday and after thermal Tpositive for coronavirus to ensure availability of ambu- Manduadih station. The divi- Jaunpur with169 cases is on top scanning and completing infection in the district on 3444;454 + lance on call round-the-clock sion has also finalised its entry followed by Varanasi 166, immigration and other for- Saturday. at railway station. According to and exit gates at all its major Ghazipur 101 and Chandauli malities, all the passengers Chief Medical Officer Dr embers of Cantonment him, at Manduadih railway stations and appealed to the 21. Out of total 685 cases, were shifted to hotels for insti- AK Shukla said the new coro- MBoard discussed imple- station, all the arrangements passengers to wear masks and there were 151 cases in tutional quarantine. On May navirus positive cases had been mentation of the developmen- including thermal scanning reach station 90 minutes prior Azamgarh divisions with 88 in 18, as many as 82 passengers identified in Sujatganj and tal works at a meeting held on and installation of health to scheduled departure of their Azamgarh, 40 in Ballia and 23 came here from London under Gujaini, taking the tally to Friday. booths would itself be looked trains. The passengers with in Mau, while 77 in this Vande Bharat Mission. 367. He said two COVID-19 Brig Navin Singh chaired after by Railway administra- confirmed tickets would only Vindhyachal with 39 in Besides, 1,184 passengers came patients were discharged from the meeting. tion. Meanwhile, the migrants be given entry into the station Bhadohi, 31 in Mirzapur and here by eight domestic flights, hospital after testing negative It was decided that a bud- from some Shramik Special premises. seven in Sonbhadra. while only 386 went from here on Saturday. With this, 303 get of 22.89 crore would be trains including Ratnagiri- As the arrival of migrants The only positive develop- to other cities. people have been cured of sent for approval of the high- coronavirus infection and only er authorities. 53 active cases remain in the Cantonment Board Vice district, which has witnessed 11 Chairman Lakhan Lal Omar COVID-19 deaths so far. said the major developmental ",+;( !6' & Dr Shukla said the health works to be carried out includ- workers scanned the contain- ed purchase of life-saving ment areas, including Deputy- equipment worth  63.71 lakh 3444;454C+ Piyari, under the Chowk Pathani Tola, while among the number of patients to 23. In ka-Parao, Munshipurwa, for the Board’s hospital; con- police station. 58 active hotspots, 22 are in Mirzapur, two new patients Babupurwa, Chhedi-ka-Purwa, struction of pumping station ,&  (         , -)  wo new COVID-19 He is a retired govern- orange zones, while 35 are still have been found. Both of Vaishanav Nagar, Bilhaur, near the Ganga Barrage for Tpatients including one lab ment employee and he went in red zones. In the district, as them, returned from Mumbai Ishwariganj, Kalyanpur Kala, Krishna Nagar water line at a footpath at a cost of  70 lakh, and laying new water line, technician working in Bhadohi to BHU himself after feeling many as new 117 samples recently. Azad Nagar, Railway Colony, cost of  4.76 crore; renovation construction of bungalow area reboring of hand pump, con- but a resident of the district some problems. were collected on Saturday Earlier, as many as 70 visiting 10,204 houses and of Board’s school premises at road at a cost of 2 crore; struction of park divider, rail- have been found here on The second positive and sent for testing. persons have been arrested made the residents aware of a cost of  80 lakh; repairing repair of civil area road at a ing, LED light. Saturday. With this, the total patient (44) is lab technician Out of total 5,634 sam- under Section 151 CrPC on coronavirus and the safety and white washing of staff cost of  3 crore and con- Members were unanimous number of positive patients in working at Aurai CHC in ples, the reports of 5168 have Friday, while action was taken social distancing and hand quarters, office premises and struction of CC roads at a cost on the budget proposals placed the district has increased to 168 Bhadohi district. After giving received, while of 466 are against 64 under Section 51 of washing provided. They also other buildings at a cost of 1.5 of  2 crore. in the meeting. Col AK Rai, and out of them, 53 are active his sample for testing in awaited. Out of received Disaster Management Act. discussed symptoms. The crore; repair and white The other works to be Col UK Vaishya, Prastavna as 111 have been recovered and Bhadohi on May 25 last he reports, 5,000 were negative During checking at 14 CMO said 344 swab samples, washing of hospital staff carried out include work Tewari, Anita Yadav, Rajiv four have died. According to came to Varanasi for home and 168 positive. border points and 49 police including 75 of migratory and doctor’s residences at under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan Sonkar, Jishan Khan and the District Magistrate (DM) quarantine at his Pragya Meanwhile, the number barriers, 1,472 vehicles were labourers, were sent for testing a cost of  30 lakh, in bungalow area, construction Pushpendra Kumar were pre- Kaushal Raj Sharma, as many Nagar Colony, Sundarpur of positive cases in Ghazipur, challaned and seven seized. on Saturday. construction of army area of store, repair of old water line sent in the meeting. as 171 reports have been (Lanka) house. His sample which touched triple figure Since the imposing of lock- received from Microbiology was found positive on late mark a day ago, saw further down, 293 FIRs have been Lab of BHU and 170 of them night on Friday. The num- hike in corona positive as two lodged against are negative while one is posi- ber of hotspot shas increased more patients have been 674 persons; 2,073 were tive. Besides, one sample of to 85 in the district. Pragya found. The total number of arrested under Section 151 of ' !#$   $  local resident taken in Bhadohi Nagar Colony (Lanka) and patients in the district has CrPC, while action was taken has also been found positive. Badi Piyari (Chowk) are the increased to 103 with 73 against 3,784 under Section With this, there are two new two new hotspots. active, while 30 have been dis- 188 or Section 51 of Disaster COVID-19 patients. Out of which 28 have charged from the hospitals. In Management Act. Besides, so  $ $  One positive patient is a become green zones including Mau, a new positive patient far 76,839 vehicles were chal- resident (aged 67) from Badi Kamalpur, Daranagar and was found increasing the laned and 990 were seized.

3444;454 ) dated May 17, 2020, Ministry help you as always (Helpline was like a jail in any case. In of Railways makes an appeal number - 139 & 138), the the video women patients at the ailways has been running that persons with co-morbidi- CPRO pointed out. hospital also voiced their anger. 0 '$ ' ;$ RShramik special trains on a ties (for example - hyperten- DM VISITS HOSPITAL: It may be pointed out here daily basis throughout the sion, diabetes, cardio-vascular After the video including lack that COVID-19 patient at L1 adjoining districts after the plan to revive traditional weav- tional weaving industry by country to ensure that migrants diseases, cancer, immune defi- of clean drinking water, supply Hospital in Kotwa came out of <2< 2C+ government gave some relax- ing (both powerloom and using their skill. The proposed can travel back to their homes. ciency conditions), pregnant of half cooked food, lack of san- their ward and protested ations during lockdown-4.0, it handloom) industry and give a Textile Park would provide It has been observed that women, children below the itation on the hospital premis- against gross irregularities o bring a new hope in the posed a challenge before the boost to the trade of Banarasi opportunity to weavers to pre- some people who are availing age of 10 years and persons es of COVID-19 at L1 Hospital including lack of clean Tlife of migrant weavers of state government and district saree by using the skill of pare and also sell their prod- this service have pre-existing above 65 years of age may avoid in Kotwa went viral, District drinking water, supply of half Varanasi and its adjoining dis- administration as well to pro- migrant weavers and labourers ucts. medical conditions which travel by rail, except when it is Magistrate Bhanu Chandra cooked food, lack of sanitation tricts, the ‘Textile Park’ would vide job to them. returned from Surat and other It would also provide an aggravates the risk they face essential. Goswami visited the hospital in the hospital premises on be developed in the district. It In such situation, the Chief cities. opportunity to generate jobs during the COVID-19 pan- Indian Railway parivaar is and assured patients about Friday. would be like panacea to revive Minister Yogi Adityanath The concept to develop and it would benefit migrant demic. A few unfortunate cases working 24X7 to ensure that improving the facilities. In a video that went viral the weaving sector and textile announced to use the talent of Textile Park came to fore dur- weavers and workers as well, he of deaths related to pre-exist- rail services are provided to all He also interacted with on Friday evening, patients industry which is the only these skilled migrant ing the meeting. The minister said. ing medical conditions while the citizens of the country patients from a distance and claimed that they were being source of livelihood of about workers in the development of gave presentation regarding Padma Shri Dr Rajnikant, travelling have happened. needing to travel. But safety of heard their problems. Another treated like animals. An old five lakhs people associated to state. the Textile Park to be developed engaged with weaving industry Chief Public Relations our passengers is our biggest youth was seen asking patients man is repeatedly asking for this industry directly and indi- In this order, the Minister before Adityanath in state cap- indirectly for years and is GI Officer (CPRO) Ajit Kumar concern. So, we seek the coop- to leave the hospital and return officials to visit the place as rectly. of State for Tourism, Culture, ital on Friday and the CM gave expert, informed that about 2 Singh said that in order to pro- eration of all citizens in this home, as all that the adminis- there was no drinking water in It may be mentioned here Religious Affairs & Protocol Dr his approval to proposal lakh people of Varanasi and its tect the vulnerable persons matter. In case of any distress tration could do was lodge the hospital for more than a that the Banarasi saree was Neelkanth Tiwari held a meet- regarding this. adjoining districts are associ- from COVID-19, in line with or emergency please do not FIR and put them behind bars. day, while half cooked once famous worldwide ing with few associated to Dr Tiwari informed that ated to powerloom directly Ministry of Home Affairs, hesitate to reach out to your He said that it would make food was also being served to because of its traditional weav- weaving industry and the MLC the CM directed the Additional and indirectly and similarly, Order No 40-3/2020-DM-I(A) railway parivaar and we will no difference because hospital them. ing art, but during the last few and leading sarree trader Chief Secretary, Handloom about 2500 persons are associ- years it lost its lustre. Similarly, Ashok Dhawan also attended it. and Textile Industry Rama ated to handloom and added Varanasi lost its top place in Dr Tiwari discussed about Raman to draft out a detail that about 4 lakh people are weaving its industry and Surat reviving the traditional weav- report regarding this. associated to textile industry +)$     8  replaced it after the weavers ing industry of district and also The minister informed that and the proposed Textile Park migrated there and other places give a boost to Banarasi saree he had directed the district to would prove beneficial for in search of better opportuni- as to it could regain its top posi- search land to develop Textile them. The proposed Textile 3444;454 ) control. Chattarpur (16 trains) , included cooked lunch and ty and remuneration of their tion again. Park and said that it would not Park would also stop exploita- Besides, officers are also Manikpur (1 train), Mirzapur dinner packets as well as pack- skill. Dr Tiwari informed ‘The only give job to migrant tion of weavers migrated to ore than 1.7 lakhs deployed at important stations (11 trains) Tikamgarh (4 aged food items and water When these migrant Pioneer’ that the main objective weavers and labourers as well Surat, Mumbai and other Mmigrants and other to oversee all arrangements trains), Chitrakoot (2 train) bottles. weavers and labourers started behind to hold meeting was to but also give opportunity to places. It would also help in stranded persons ferried related to watering of trains, and Subedarganj (1 train) .- Thus in 606 trains North returning to Varanasi and its chalk out a comprehensive contribute in revising tradi- improving their life style. through originating Shramik free meal & water distribution, These trains have ferried Central Railway has served Specials from North Central arranging emergency medical migrants from cities like 8,42,729 and IRCTC in 882 Railway (NCR) here on assistance etc. to passengers of Sabarmati , Surat , Ahemdabad trains about 13,00,354 meal/ Saturday. Shramik special trains. ,Palanpur, Godhra, Viramgam, food packets and water bottles "             For clearing outward pas- Till May 29, 2020, a total Mehsana, Morabi, Anjar , till 29.05.20. A total of 1,488 sengers, total 3 trains are of 2,67,470 migrants and other Navsari, Dahod, Vadodara, trains served with total planned on Saturday from stranded persons have been Surendranagar, Kanhangad, 21,43,083 meals/ food packets 3444;454C+ office here with officials to dis- would have to run their vehi- would install their stalls on Jhansi to Gorakhpur, Jhansi to safely brought back at different Junagarh, Kurnool, mainly at Prayagraj Jn. , cuss about to bring an improve- cles to zone allotted to them. fixed places, informed the DM. Varanasi and Dadri to Aluabari stations of North Central Ankleshwar, Bengaluru, Pune, , Prayagraj, Chheoki , here will be complete ment in traffic system and The auto drivers would have to Municipal Commissioner stationcarrying approximately Railway in 178 terminating New Delhi, Rewadi, Rohtak , Manikpur, Mirzapur, Tundla , Trestriction on the entry of developing vending zone and use sticker of colour of zone in thi informed that there are five 4800 migrants. With these trains and 45 passing trains Gurgaon , Firozpur, Ludhiana, Jhansii, Agra Cantt , Agra Fort, heavy vehicle in city areas from directed for imposing complete which the vehicles would be vending zones and 110 shops in NCR will operate total 128 with stoppage at stations over Thivim, Kopergaon, Jodhpur, Mathura etc. Besides serving June 1 and the cities have been restriction on the entry of run, informed the DM. Adampur zonal area, and there originating Shramik special NCR. These 178 trains were Borivili, Bharuch, Katra, water bottles, Railway staff and divided in three zones for the heavy vehicles in city areas The e-rickshaw and are 15 vending zones and 400 trains ferrying 1,73,269 terminated at various stations Sambalpur, Ghatkesar, Udaipur, volunteers of Scouts & Guides plying of autorickshaw. The from June 1. autorickshaw would not be shops in Bhelupur zonal area migrants and other stranded of North Central Railway like Lingampalli, Madgaon, Vapi, are also providing water auto driver will apply online on The city has been divided allowed to ply on main GT while 14 vending zones and 481 persons. Sonbhadra( 2 train) , Prayagraj Lokmanya Tilak Terminus etc. through extended pipes in website of municipal corpora- in three zones-yellow, orange Road, Cantt-Gurudham-BHU shops are in Dashaswamedh Each of average 200 daily Jn.(62 trains) , Fatehpur (10 North Central Railway water containers available with tion and app to be launched on and green for the plying of route, Andhrapul-Gilat Bazar- zonal area. Similarly, there are Shramik trains including empty trains), Etah (1 train) , Etawah along with IRCTC has made passengers. At all watering sta- Google to allot the zone to run autorickshaws. The autorick- Tarana route and Cantt- nine vending zones and 150 coaching rakes operating on (2 train) Aligarh (6 train) , elaborate arrangements to serve tion of North Central Railway autorickshaw. shaw drivers will apply on cor- Ashapur, informed the DM. shops in Kotwali zonal area North Central Railway are Kanpur (21 trains) , Agra food and water to migrants in watering of trains is being The District Magistrate poration website and app to be The vending zone has been set and 20 vending zones and being monitored round-the- Cantt. (6 trains), Gwalior (10 all Shramik trains at different done to ensure availability of Kaushal Raj Sharma on Friday launched on Google for the in five zonal areas of corpora- 1547 shops are in trans-Varuna clock by Senior officers trains), Jhansi (4 trains), stations of Prayagraj, Jhansi and water in toilets and wash- chaired a meeting at his camp allotment of zone and they tion and roadside vendors zone. deployed in divisional and HQ (3 trains), Banda (16 train), Agra divisions. Meals served basins.     + ,-. /0/0

O+  "  # 5   R      8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $. /0#, doing commendable work in nations. He made arrangement way track, unloading of three such a situation are being hon- for the Sharmik Special trains racks of ballast, 38 km destress- eeping the Covid-19 infec- oured by being declared at the station and sending ing work, welding work of 52      #  "P Ktion in mind by the North ‘Corona warriors of the day’ them to their respective desti- joints, work of overhauling Eastern Railway (NER) admin- daily by the NER administra- nations after getting their and packing of 14 points, prun- istration was making several tion for boosting their morale. maintenance done. For these ing of trees obstructing railway 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '() had engaged seven depart- possible attack of locusts in effective efforts to prevent it In the same sequence on May commendable works of Arun track, work of overhauling of ments to prevent the possible Chitrakootdham division. and ensuring protection from 28 such railwaymen on NER Kumar he was honoured by two level crossings, 54 km ommissioner attack of locusts in the division. Commissioner said that these it in which its employees were were honoured, Chief Public being declared as the ‘Corona ERC greasing work besides CChitrakootdham Division Dayal said that these depart- locusts eat crops, vegetables, engaged wholeheartedly. Relations Officer (CPRO) Warrior of the Day’ of Varanasi making about 200 railwaymen Gaurav Dayal said that all ments were Agriculture, Fire flowers and green leaves of all During the countrywide lock- Pankaj Kumar Singh said. division. Loco pilot/Mail, were made aware about Covid- District Magistrates of Brigade, Nagar Vikas, Gram trees and fly from 8 am to 9 am. down, along with freight and In this sequence Arun Gorakhpur, Birendra Yadav 19 and distributed masks, san- Chitrakootdham Division had Panchayat, Horticulture Giving details about the pre- itizers, soaps, bleaching powder been directed to get connect- Revenue besides Agriculture ventive measures the and towels among them. For ed with one another through University. He said that these Commissioner said that the these commendable works of WhatsApp numbers to remain departments had been direct- farmers had been advised to Zaheer Ahmed he was hon- alert on the possible attack of ed to keep the tankers filled produce noise with the help of oured by being declared as locusts in the division. Madhya Pradesh like Satna, with water ready and mix utensils and drums etc. He said ‘Corona warriors of the day’ of Commissioner told ‘The Chhatarpur, Chitrakoot, chemicals and pesticides in it that this would help in pre- Izzatnagar division. In order to Pioneer’ on Friday that all DMs Reevan, Panna, Niwari were in order to sprinkle it on the venting the attack of locusts. He boost the morale of its per- of Chitrakootdham division, also connected in this locusts. Commissioner said said that DMs have been direct- sonnel the railway administra- Jhansi division and some DMs Whatsapp group. that all preventive measures ed to keep him updated on an tion will such awards in the of bordering districts of Commissioner said that he were being taken to prevent the hourly basis. lockdown period in future too. The railway administration is proud of its such personnel.

+" /" (  ("    7  ,  5    544423 '    +   )   )   43 544  " 0    " QDPI@@S I@XT T@SWD8@  - (*+ should be done apart from The advance reservation sanitisation of station building, and assistant loco pilot, period (ARP) of special trains n view of starting of train ser- circulating areas, computerised Gorakhpur, Parmatma Prasad being run by the railway Ivices from June 1 apart from reservation centres, retiring Maurya, in collaboration with administration for the conve- the ongoing run of some halls, foot over bridges, water Brijesh Kumar Srivastava, nience of the passenger public Special and Shramik Special booths etc. In an informal chat guard/mail, Lucknow Junction, from June 1 as per the timetable trains, Divisional Rail Manager with media personnel, DRM while showing alacrity averted of regular trains has been (DRM) of North Eastern said “NER is determined to fol- an accident by using firefight- increased from 30 days to 120 Railway (NER) Vijay Kumar low all the Covid-19 protocol ing equipment and separating days from 8 am on May 31, Panjiar inspected the facilities strictly and create awareness the burning wire on seeing CPRO said. Apart from it the and arrangements at some among the passengers towards smoke coming out of the bat- facility of booking luggage and important stations of Varanasi coronavirus pandemic.” tery box of the fourth coach of parcel in special express trains division on Friday. He was accompanied by train no. 04187 which was has been started, Along with senior officers ADRM (Operations) SPS Yadav, standing at Karnailganj on May 9 +/ ((24   4424 of the division, the DRM vis- senior divisional commercial ,3/" (   24 this year. Therefore the crew ited Mau, Deoria Sadar, Siwan, manager Sanjeev Sharma, divi- *    and guard were honoured by Chhapra and Ballia stations sional security commissioner the Lucknow division for their In different departments and asked the officers con- (RPF) Rishi Pandey and some parcel trains Shramik Special Kumar, who was working as commendable work. and units of NER headquarters, cerned of these leading stations others. trains are also being operated station superintendent, On the other hand, Zaheer Gorakhpur, a total of 48 about the arrangements they Meanwhile Varanasi for the past few days to take the Manduwadih, while ensuring Ahmad Khan, working as employees, including 28 non- had made to follow the lock- Division continued running of migrant workers to their native the uninterrupted operation senior section engineer/per- gazetted, 14 of mechanical down guidelines. As many special inter-state Shramik places. Apart from it face masks of the Sharmik Special trains at manent way at Fatehgarh sta- workshop, one of signal work- trains scheduled to start run- Special trains from Jalalpur rail- and relief materials are being the Manduadih station made a tion, during this difficult peri- shop and five of accounts ning from Monday will origi- way station in Gopalganj district distributed among the needy commendable contribution in od for ensuring the safety and department who were to retire nate/terminate at these sta- of Bihar. Two of these trains car- persons by the railway person- the safe deboarding of passen- security of the railway track on May 31 were given settlement tions, Panjiar inspected these ried migrant workers to Saharsa nel in this odd situation. gers from them and sending between Fatehgarh and Patiali dues and gold-plated medals on stations apart from the rail sec- while one to Katihar. These Railway workers who were them to their respective desti- got the packing of 26 km rail- Friday, CRPO PK Singh said. tions, including Varanasi-Mau; three trains carried 1,021 pas- Mau-Deoria Sadar; Deoria sengers. During the travel every Sadar-Siwan; Siwan-Chhapra passenger was given a food and Chhapra-Ballia. packet and one litre bottle of "" (+     5R He instructed the station mineral water. Each of these officers to ensure separate gates &2'.'0/) 3    ,       0  .  trains comprised 21 coaches, for entry and exit of passengers 4 -  including nine sleeper, 10 gen-  #  '  ;  apart from ensuring barricad- eral and two SLR. Earlier, when ing in station premises, prop- exit gates and ask passengers to water should be ensured. a Chennai-Madhuwani Shramik 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  01+ #, er cleanliness of station premis- wear masks and maintain social Panjiar said that all these Special train arrived at 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '() es, platforms, public places, distancing. He said that booths arrangements should be com- Manduadih railway station in ue to family feud, three booking counters, stairs, of health staff should be set up pleted before the arrival of Varanasi, the representatives of Dpersons tried to commit social worker of the dis- benches, trains etc. He also in station premises for thermal train there. He said that for Tata Project Limited distrib- suicide by consuming poiso- Atrict, Dilip Sngh, met Uttar instructed them to ensure reg- scanning of all passengers and maintaining social distance uted food packets among 1,200 nous substances. They had Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi ular sanitisation of entry and arrangements for drinking among the passengers marking passengers. been admitted to community Adityanath in Lucknow on health centre (CHC) in Rath Thursday and handed him for treatment. over a cheque for 21 lakh According to a report towards Chief Minister’s 6       received here, Pooja (28), wife Distress Relief Fund. of Manbahadur, a resident of Social worker Dilip Singh 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  30(),+ mortem examination. while trying to overtake them soon as the news of his untime- Kargawan village under the told The Pioneer that his aim According to a report and was was seriously injured ly death reached his wife, Rath police station, Man Singh was to contribute to Chief (   #.(     !"   #    n a tragic incident the prad- received here, Vijay Bahadur when he was knocked down by Indravati Devi, she was incon- (50), a resident of Girwar vil- Minister’s Distress Relief Fund 5 +   P.' 4"  7" #  "  Ihan of Sehar village under Yadav (52), pradhan of Sehar one of them. Taking advantage solable. Police took his body lage under the Majhgawan for the welfare of the needy and the Ilya police station was village, had gone to Ilya in con- of the darkness, the drivers into custody and sent it to the police station, and Priyanka poor people at this crucial area to UP Chief Minister. tunities in the division. killed when he was knocked nection with some work on managed to flee from the spot district hospital for the post- (26), son of Sandeep, a resident juncture in view of Covid-19 Singh said that Chief Minister Dilip Singh said that he was down by a tractor near the Friday. He was returning home along with the tractors. On get- mortem examination. of Malhata village, consumed outbreak. Yogi Adityanath appreciated his making available diesel to the bridge located in Kharoujha from there on a motorbike ting information the personnel On the other hand, Ilya some poisonous substance due Dilip Singh said that he was gesture of donating money to ambulances of the Health village around 7.30 pm on around 7:30 pm. As soon as he attached to Ilya police station police station incharge to family feud. After their con- serving the residents of entire help the people of the state. department free of cost since Friday. On getting information reached close to the bridge near sent the injured pradhan to the Mithilesh Tiwari said that the dition worsened, their family Chirakootdham division for Chief Minister assured him of the announcement of the the police rushed to the spot, Kharoujha village he came in District Joint Hospital in tractor has been recovered and members got them admitted to the past 15 years. He said that best possible support to resolve nationwide lockdown. Rahul took the body of the victim into between the two tractors com- Chakia where the doctors on the errant driver would be the CHC in Rath where they he had conveyed the basic the basic problems of the peo- Singh ‘Guddu Bhaiya’ was also custody and sent it for the post- ing from the opposite direction duty declared him dead. As arrested soon were given primary treatment. problems of the people of this ple by creating more job oppor- present on the occasion. 9   "    5 "+. *       8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1+ 2#, Manish Kumar Bind, brother of address he asked to the LDM 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  *+($ ,+ team is also in regular touch workplace as well as public A control room has been has so far allocated a fund of the victim, a first information to coordinate with the bankers, with the district administration places. Public gatherings and set up for taking regular more than 4 crore under its n a shocking incident a report (FIR) was lodged in this achieve the target and inform orthern Coalfields Limited of Singrauli. A team of 93 doc- celebrations have been discon- updates related to Covid-19. CSR initiatives for prevention Iwoman was battered to death connection. On Friday the him on June 10. Speaking on N(NCL) is Singrauli-based tors along with 291 paramedics tinued. All the meetings are Team of employees has been from Covid-19. With the help by her husband in an area accused Shivapoojan was the occasion Chief Miniratna company of staff was there at NCL. being conducted through video deployed at HQ as well as in all of district administration needy under the Dehat Kotwali police arrested by the police and sent Development Officer (CDO) and a On the other hand, round- conferencing and through areas/units of NCL, who are people had been provided more station. to jail. Avinash Singh made it very subsidiary of Coal India the-clock sanitisation, disin- other digital modes. All coal working round the clock in than 27,000 food packets with As per the reports received clear that the arbitrary working Limited (CIL). It contributes to fection, and fumigation was mines are equipped with wire- three shifts for maintaining daily ration items like rice, here, Rajkumari Bind (38), a 44;4 of the banks would not be tol- 15 per cent of national coal being done in all three work- less radio networks communi- records related to attendance of flour, and lentils, salt, potatoes, resident of Birmaua village erated and asked its officials to production from its 10 highly ing shifts at various places like cating with walkie talkies. The employees as well as data of oil, spices, etc. Door to door under the Dehat Kotwali police District Magistrate Sushil mend their ways in the larger mechanised open cast coal office premises, canteens, rest biometric attendance of suspected cases and quaran- delivery has been ensured to station, had a clash with her Kumar Patel expressed his dis- interest of the farmers. mines. The company utilises shelters, washrooms, machin- employees has been discontin- tined people.An apex team the needy in blocks identified husband Shivapoojan Bind on content over the tardy progress modern infrastructure like ery, shift buses etc. Necessary ued. Employees of NCL head- consisting of higher authorities by district administration.NCL Thursday night. During the in the issuance the kisan cred- 55 4 @@4 rapid loading system for load- precautions are being taken in quarters are also practicing was constituted for monitoring has encouraged and provided scuffle he suddenly hit her it cards (KCCs) by the bankers. ing and merry-go-round and canteens. Sanitisers are being work from home and are in of all the activities undertaken livelihood to women trained with a heavy stone on her Reviewing the Pradhan Mantri The Padari police nabbed belt pipe conveyor systems for for prevention from Covid- under the ‘Kaushal Vikas head. Kisan Samman Yojana the DM an accused under the Gangster coal transportation and 19.As many as 15,000 employ- Unnayan Yojana’ by purchasing On hearing her cries their was apprised by the agriculture Act here. Reports received here despatch. The company has ees contributed their one day masks/ face covers for distrib- neighbours rushed to her res- department that against the tar- said that Station Officer of come up with initiatives amid pay of theirs to PM CARES ution to needy ones. It may be cue and immediately took her get of 50,000 the achievement Padari Manjay Singh was the pandemic for employees as Fund. Several other employees pointed out here that the com- to a hospital for treatment was less than 50 per cent which patrolling along with his team well as for the society in and also made their individual con- pany’s coal helps in about 10 where the doctors on duty was unsatisfactory. The DM in order to control crime when around their operational tributions to PM Cares Fund per cent power generation of declared as brought dead. On warned the truant bank man- the accused, Dheerendra Singh, region. Awareness campaigns after getting inspired by CMD’s the nation with mostly from getting information about the agers and asked the authority a resident of Dhanahi village, about Covid-19:- NCL runs (NCL) appeal. Ideas to beat pithead plants located in matter Station Officer Abhay concerned to write a letter to was arrested from Dhanahi several campaigns across its 10 Covid-19 have been invited and Singrauli region completely Singh reached the hospital and the Reserve Bank of India turn. The SO said that the opencast coal projects and employees being encouraged to relying on NCL for daily need took the body for completing (RBI) for such laxity in the accused was at large since the three units to communicate the come up with innovative sug- of solid black fuel. In the thrust legal formalities. scheme which was on the pri- case under the Gangster Act causes, the practice of main- gestions to tackle and prevent of energy security of nation, On the application of ority of the PM. Concluding his was registered against him. taining social distancing, using its spread through various e- miners are working round the sanitisers, washing hands forums. As a responsible cor- clock to meet coal demand of through the display of posters porate citizen, NCL is also the nation. Amid Covid-19 :#  *. ! and banners at workplace and taking hosts of initiatives for outbreak and lockdown, the colony premises. NCL has provided at the entry/exit gates contact over the phone and the residents of its surrounding company continued coal pro- utilised its social media and of office premises in order to other electronic equipment. villages.NCL has donated 20 duction in its mines with due 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1+ 2#, Ramashray Pandey (32), driver, necessary legal formalities. digital platforms to make peo- avoid the transmission of dis- Roster system, staggered and crore to Madhya Pradesh Chief safety and norms and broke its Aniruddh (35) and Ashok (32) In yet another incident an ple cautious about the disease. ease. The availability of suffi- flexi working was being fol- Minister Relief Fund to fight own record of highest-ever hree persons were injured who were on it were sent to aged man sustained serious NCL has set up a 200-bed quar- cient handwash has been lowed. Thermal scanning is against Covid-19. This finan- production in a day and in a Twhen a pick-up overturned Trauma Centre in Varanasi. injuries when a bull suddenly antine facility for admitting ensured at suitable places like being done at workplaces to cial aid will help the Madhya year. NCL achieved its annual in Deori village under the Meanwhile a driver was attacked him in an area under suspected cases of Covid-19. washrooms, canteens and every ensure the fitness of the Pradesh government to fight coal production and despatch Halia police station on Friday. injured when a tractor collid- the Jigna police station here. As The arrangement has been washbasin for frequent hand- employees.NCL has constitut- coronavirus. More than 56,000 targets way ahead of schedule. As per the the received ed with a trailer near Bharehta per the reports, the victim made at various places of NCL. wash while working. ed a high-level quick response masks/face covers and over In the financial year 2019- reports, the pick-up carrying village under the Chunar police identified as Shivanand All the doctors, as well as Sanitisation of all residential team for reviewing the situation 5,000 litres of sanitisers had 20 108.05 MT of coal was pro- grains was on its way to station. As per the received Chaubey (62), a resident of paramedical staff of NCL, are areas is being done by NCL and mobilising the actions to been distributed to nearby vil- duced with a growth rate of Mirzapur from Phuliyari. In reports, a tractor going on Bhaurupur Satanpatti village, ready to fight Covid-19. They with the help of 12,000 litres be taken under any circum- lagers till date. Relentlessly 6.45 per cent and 107.42 MT of order to avoid collision with Mirzapur-Varanasi Road was was doing his routine work had been provided with suffi- high-capacity mist spray guns stances. The team is also mon- each day NCL is making huge it was despatched with a cattle the driver lost control hit by the trailer. In the collision when the bull attacked him. He cient personal protective equip- and manual modes in order to itoring the arrival of employees efforts to prevent the spread of growth rate of 5.45 per cent. over it and it overturned. the tractor was damaged but was rescued by the locals and ment (PPE) for their safety. safeguard people. and their family members from Covid-19 in coordination with Till May 25 this year the NCL Somehow the locals rushed to the driver, Kailash, sustained admitted to a local hospital. Medical team officer has been Various measures had other states/areas and ensuring the local district administra- has produced 16.08 MT of their rescue and got the three minor injuries. On getting After primary treatment he appointed to look into the taken in order to maintain such people are quarantined tion. NCL has extended its help coal and despatched 13.64 MT out from the vehicle. In view of information the police reached was sent to Varanasi, last cases related to the disease. This social distancing norms in the after arrival. to people of nearby villages and of it. their serious condition the spot and completed the reports received here said.     + ,-. /0/0 ,  & !, 0  * $# &$ $ '$$ $'$$      '    the parameters under which was bound to take permission   locals reached there and she was felicitated while hun- from the executive before rushed the injured to   bery case. The robbers had ucknow Municipal dreds of LMC workers who taking any decision,” Srivastava group of youths stormed a hospital.     1 looted cash and ornaments LCorporation’s decision to have been working tirelessly said. Aa grocer’s shop in Chinhat On the information, a olice on Saturday arrested + C +  from the house while holding felicitate an anti-CAA activist were ignored,” asks BJP leader The BJP leader further and thrashed him and his son team led by sub-inspector Pthe mastermind of a rob- Ashish’s two minor children with ‘Corona Karmyodha’ cer- and corporator from said that the act of the when the victims on Friday Ram Kishor Kaushik reached bery case in the house of a ?0  hostage. tificate and cash award has Maithilisharan ward in Municipal Commissioner evening. Police allegedly tried the scene for investigation. Health department employee, +1  +  Meanwhile, a youth sparked a row with BJP corpo- Lucknow, Dilip Srivastava said. transgresses laid rules and to hush up the case and Kaushik said Gaya Prasad Ashish Singh, and his aides arrested on Saturday in con- rators questioning the parame- The corporator said that procedures. “In every area, advised the shopowner to had a rivalry with neighbour- five days after one of the  C +   nection with the murderous ters for such awards. the woman, who claimed to be LMC workers are working strike a compromise with the ing shopowner Kuldeep. accused was nabbed following +?C 1) assault on one Satyendra “This is disgusting to a social worker, was given a ceaselessly. The Yogi govern- attackers. However, the news “Kuldeep developed a grudge a encounter. Those arrested Yadav, who was found lying know that LMC gave a certifi- cash prize of Rs 11,000 and a ment is providing medicines, went viral on social media and against Gaya Prasad after cus- were identified as Arunesh    in a pool of blood at his cate signed by the Municipal sodium hypochlorite machine. machines and other contrap- the police were forced to reg- tomers started visiting latter’s Kumar Yadav, Meraj (both of + .+C + house in Sarojininagar on Commissioner to Mrs Syed “No rules were framed to tions, then what is the contri- ister a case in this connection. shop and he held Gaya Prasad Sitapur), Guru Prasad Yadav May 28. Yadav is under treat- Uzma Parveen, who had led felicitate workers, neither was bution of this lady,” he asked. As per reports, Gaya responsible for that. The brawl of Chinhat, Sajan Yadav and ment and his condition is anti-CAA protests and levelled permission taken by the Srivastava appealed to the Prasad Gupta and his son took place over this issue,” Mukesh (both of Barabanki). accused were arrested on improving. The accused was baseless charges against Prime Municipal Commissioner Chief Minister to act against Akash were closing their shop, Kaushik explained. The team recovered a Virendra’s tip-off. “They were identified as Sandeep Kumar Minister Narendra Modi and from the LMC executive. The LMC officials who were out to located on Satrikh road in Other shopowners in the cash of Rs 7 lakh, ornaments distributing the looted goods Raidas (20) of Unnao. The Chief Minister Yogi LMC works under the Nagar felicitate a person who spread Chinhat, around 7 pm when locality said both Kuldeep worth several lakh, a car, five when the team raided the accused confessed to his Adityanath. We corporators Nigam Act, 1959 under which lies against the BJP govern- their rival shopowner Kuldeep and Gaya Prasad were not on mobile phones and two house,” the police claimed. crime and said he attacked want to know as to what are the Municipal Commissioner ments at the Centre and in UP. aka Tillu, along with his aides good terms for the last few screw-drivers. On May 25, the ADCP Rajesh Srivastava said Yadav with a spade over an — identified as Santosh, months. The police said a police had arrested a gang Arunesh is the son of a for- old enmity. The Police Aniket, Pankaj, Dheeraj Vikas case of rioting and threatening member, Virendra Yadav of mer block pramukh and he claimed to have recovered Gupta and several others — was registered against the Sitapur. The police said the masterminded the house rob- the spade. 8 &    ()  # reached there and picked up a above-named persons and a fight with them. They then manhunt had been launched Lucknow (PNS): Agra was hit by where many trees were uproot- " " started beating Gaya Prasad. for them. “The accused went a severe thunderstorm on Friday ed. Areas like Jaipur House and His son Akash intervened but into a hiding after their names night that left trees uprooted and Shahganj were also badly O P  he was also thrashed by the surfaced in the case and the the marble railing of Taj Mahal affected. attackers with sticks. After police are searching for them,” damaged, while three people died Three people, including a the attackers fled the scene, a police spokesman said. and 20 others were injured in rain- six-year-old girl, died in inci- ,1)  related incidents across the state. dents of house collapse. Two Officials said that winds blew at houses collapsed in Jaiveer in Lucknow (PNS): Police on a speed of around 123 km per Nagla Karmveer area, under Saturday arrested two 8     hour, uprooting 200 trees and Sadar police station, in which Samajwadi Party leaders for numerous houses. The thunder- the six-year-old daughter of putting up posters in Para storm was followed by rain and Jaiveer died and his kin were claiming that BJP MP Rajnath     hailstorm which wrecked havoc at injured. Besides, Kailashi (60) Singh and MLA (Lucknow several places in Agra. of Dauki area and Ramshankar West) Suresh Kumar Lucknow (PNS): Shia College the gap between legal order The maximum damage was (50) in Fatehabad died in inci- Srivastava had gone missing. of Law organised a national and social order existing in the reported on Agra-Jaipur highway dents linked to the thunder- Earlier, an FIR was registered webinar on ‘Media as a fourth society. storm. Chief Minister Yogi against several SP leaders and pillar of Indian democracy: A The keynote speaker of Adityanath announced Rs 4 workers. The police said hunt socio-legal perspective’ on the event was dean, University lakh each ex gratia for the fam- was on for others. Saturday. The welcome School of Law and Legal ily of the deceased and direct- Those arrested were iden- address was given by manag- Studies (New Delhi), Amar Pal ed officials to ensure proper tified as Sameer Khan of er of Shia PG College Syed Singh. He laid emphasis on the treatment to the injured. Kanshiram Colony and Jay Abbas Murtaza Shamsi. The role of media and media free- Meanwhile, the Singh Yadav of Para. On inaugural address was given by dom. Other speakers stressed Archaeological Survey of India Saturday morning, some res- Vice-Chancellor of that in a democracy like India, (ASI) officials said that the idents spotted posters claim- Dharmashastra National Law the media should work storm damaged the railing of ing that Rajnath Singh and University (Jabalpur) Balraj responsibly for it has a great the Taj Mahal mausoleum but Suresh Kumar Srivastava had Chauhan, who happens to be impact on the society. They expressed confidence that it gone missing. The news flew an alumnus of this college. He stated that for media to render would be restored soon. The thick and fast and a huge started with memories of his its responsibility fairly and only concern was that a part of number of BJP workers alma mater when he was a stu- without external pressure, it the railing had fallen towards thronged the spot. Later, BJP dent of Law. Chauhan stressed should be free from govern- Yamuna river and had to be worker Vijay Kumar Shukla of the need for an independent ment and corporate houses remodelled with stones in Para lodged a case in this con- media whose job is to bridge intervention. +    " "  #  %   3 ( "  )  Mughal style. Earlier in 2018, nection. two pillars and stones fell off In his complaint, Shukla the Taj Mahal. On April 11 and said SP workers Sameer Khan May 2, in 2018, the Royal Gate, aka Sultan and Jay Singh north-west Guldasta pillar of Yadav had put up the posters South Gate collapsed, Guldasta to tarnish the image of the BJP pillars also had fallen in tombs leaders. He said the accused   D )  based on our own abilities, in our own way, and were discharged, increasing the figure to 4,651. of Sirhindi Begum and put up the posters in west cir- there is only one way to do it -Aatmanirbhar Meanwhile, two patients died in Meerut, three in Fatehpuri Begum. cle of Lucknow as well. 3(8 Bharat or Self-reliant India”. Firozabad, one each in Moradabad, Hapur, After the news of the There is no mandatory rule for downloading The recent Rs 20 lakh crore package given for Siddharthnagar, Jhansi, Farrukhabad and arrest of Samajwadi Party controversial Aarogya Setu App and the MHA said `Aatmanirbhar Bharat Abhiyan`, he said is a Auraiya. leaders became public, a huge it as an only advisable one. major step in this direction. number of SP workers The MHA insisted for social distancing with “This initiative will usher in a new era of  ?+) 1  thronged the Para police sta- minimum distance of 6 feet in public places. opportunities for every Indian, be it our farmers, tion demanding their release. Gathering for marriages is limited to 50 only and workers, small entrepreneurs or youth associat-  +  The police brought the situa- 20 persons are allowed for funerals. Consumption ed with start ups. The fragrance of Indian soil tion under control. of liquor, smoking and chewing pan in public along with the sweat, hard work and talent of our Health experts were hopeful that the success places are continued to be banned. workers will create products that will reduce India’s of lockdown in taming the surge of coronavirus The guidelines also asked companies for dependence on imports and will move towards across Europe would give them much-needed time staggering of working or business hours and fre- self-reliance”, Modi said who signed off as to develop a vaccine or cure to permanently erase quent sanitisation and ensure social distancing on “Pradhan sevak”. the sign of corona from the face of the globe. office premises. But the way France reported 3,000-plus cases  .1 ?   on Thursday, a three-week high number, has given + :08+11+1 way to a renewed fear that any relaxation in lock-  )1A((( down would unlock the deadly potential of the 16(8?   virus to spread and strike. Sources in Air India said the aircraft landed Statistics released by the French authorities on “The decision on Article 370 furthered the back in Delhi around 12:45 pm, and was deep- Friday show that around 100 virus clusters have spirit of national unity and integration. The Ram cleaned and sanitised as per protocol. The infect- emerged around France since the Government Mandir judgment, delivered unanimously by the ed pilot and the rest of the crew have been quar- started easing confinement measures on May 11. Supreme Court, brought an amicable end to a antined. Similarly, Singapore and South Korea, which debate persisting for centuries. The barbaric “Air India Saturday morning recalled its air- had achieved remarkable success in containing the practice of Triple Talaq has been confined to the craft operating Delhi-Moscow without passengers corona outbreak through intensive testing and dustbin of history. The amendment to the immediately when it was noticed that one of the effective lockdown, have started showing signs of Citizenship Act was an expression of India’s com- cockpit crew had tested positive in the pre-flight the return of the virus. The fact that both these passion and spirit of inclusiveness,” he said. Covid-19 test,” the airline said in a statement. “On countries left a little loophole in the lockdown Remembering BJP’s second successive victo- return, immediately after landing, all cockpit and enforcement, shows that the virus is able to spread ry in 2019 , Modi said “this day last year began a cabin crew have been tested and all laid down swiftly the moment it found even a little room to golden chapter in the history of Indian democra- medical precautions are being taken to ensure their manoeuver. cy. It was after several decades that the people of health and safety. The case of Brazil is also a warning to those the country voted back a full-term Government Another aircraft has taken off today to oper- who argue for aggressive relaxation of norms. Here with a full majority”. ate the Vande Bharat flight for Moscow to Delhi,” is a country whose own President , Jair Bolsonaro, Through the 2014 to 2019, he said back in Air India said. led a protest against lockdown proposals. The 2014, the nation saw “how the administrative The aircraft without passengers took off on result has been an unmitigated disaster. Brazil is apparatus broke itself free of the status quo and Saturday morning. Over two hours into the now on the second spot in global tally and report- from the swamp of corruption as well as misgov- flight, another person double-checking the crew ed nearly 30,000 cases in a day on May 29. ernance.” test result that a pilot who had tested positive was The US has also paid a heavy price for Modi said from 2014 to 2019, India’s stature mistakenly cleared for the Moscow flight. Air India enforcing a”patchy” lockdown and showing undue rose significantly, the dignity of the poor was then took a conscious call, instead of trying to haste in opening up several of its State. The result enhanced and the nation achieved financial cover it up, to call the aircraft back from over has been on the predictable line. The deadly virus inclusion, free gas and electricity connections, total Uzbekistan to Delhi. has now spread out to far flung parts of the coun- sanitation coverage, and made progress towards Before every flight, it is an SOP to conduct try after enacting mayhem in New York. ensuring “Housing for All.” Covid tests of the operating crew. Only when the The spike in certain countries can be attrib- “India demonstrated its mettle through the tests are negative, are they given clearance to board uted to increased testing, but the fact remains that surgical strike and air strike. At the same time, the aircraft. It was at this stage that the mistake the virus has spread from one continent to decades-old demands such as OROP, One Nation was made and the pilot’s report was ‘misread’. Air another in a very systematic manner, starting with One Tax and better MSP for farmers were fulfilled,” India will be sending another aircraft to Moscow China, then to Europe, then to the USA, then to he said. later this day. South America, Middle East, and India. The Prime Minister said in 2019, the people On Friday, Air India announced additional As the things stand the world will have to of India voted not merely for continuity but also flights between June 4 and 6 to bring back Indians closely watch how the virus behaves after Europe “with a dream - of taking India to new heights. A stranded abroad amid the coronavirus pandem- reopens and India further relaxes its lockdown dream of making India a global leader”. ic. The flights will evacuate Indians from the US, norms. In his second term, he cited the creation of the UK, Germany, South Korea, New Zealand, and As of now, more than 60 per cent of the cases post of the Chief of Defence Staff as a long pend- Sweden. are reported from the USA, Brazil, Russia, and ing reform that has improved coordination among India on a daily basis. For example on Friday out the Armed forces. At the same time, India has 6 +  + of 1.25 lakh new cases, nearly 75,00 came from stepped up preparations for Mission ‘Gaganyaan’, these four countries with the USA and Brazil con- he said.      C tributing 29,000 plus cases and India and Russian Modi said, “PM Kisan Samman Nidhi” now 8,000 plus cases each. includes all farmers. In just one year, more than Mawaiyya West, Mal Godam, Pandariba and In the next few weeks, in addition to these four Rs 72,000 crore has been deposited in the accounts Punjab Nagar Railway Colony, covering over countries, the world will have to keep a close eye of over 9 crore 50 lakh farmers. The Jal Jeevan 12,000 people in 2,868 houses. Nearly 224 swab on the spread of the virus in Argentina, Colombia, Mission will ensure supply of potable drinking samples were collected under contact surveillance Mexico, Peru, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, water through piped connections to over 15 crore and sent to KGMU for testing. and the United Arab Emirates. rural households. On Saturday, six COVID-19 patients recovered Amid fears expressed by the medical commu- A huge campaign of free vaccination is being and were discharged from various hospitals nity that the world could see a fresh wave of coro- conducted for better health of our 50 crore live- across the city. na in winter, one has to wait and see if the first stock.” Meanwhile, one migrant worker, who had been wave itself dies out by then or not. Friday’s mark- Again focussing on the coronavirus in his admitted to Civil Hospital on Friday night, died er is ominous in that context. address, the Prime Minister said India has “sur- on Saturday morning. However, he had tested neg- With the world in the “opening up’ phase, the prised” the world with its resolve to tide over the ative for coronavirus infection. coronavirus is sending a clear message that it crisis and is the need of the hour that “we must Meanwhile, in the state, 262 patients tested would test the resolve of mankind to fight it out become self-reliant. We have to move forward positive taking the tally to 7,701, while 241 patients in a protracted high-priced battle.     + ,-. /0/0

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The combination of genetic shuf- cent to the RBM, suggesting Venugopal said the economy had been misman- fling and evolutionary selection that common evolutionary he Congress on Friday Government “is totally insen- aged to the point of ruin long of near-identical genetic mechanisms shaped these dis- Tdescribed the first year of sitive” to the plight of migrant before Covid-19,” he said. sequences among specific bat tinct viral strains. the Modi Government as a labourers and farmers. “The way in which the and pangolin coronaviruses Together, evolutionary “year of disappointment, dis- Surjewala also demanded Prime Minister holds talks may have led to the evolution selection and frequent recom- astrous management and dia- that a virtual session of with the chief ministers of the deadly virus and its “Proximity of different authors wrote. novel coronavirus, with a spe- bination among coronaviruses bolical pain.” Parliament be convened imme- through video conferencing, introduction into humans. species in a wet market setting, By analyzing 43 complete cial focus on genes related to from bats, pangolins, and Congress leader KC diately to discuss pressing why cannot the standing com- The study is published in for example, may increase the genome sequences from three the virus’’ spike protein com- humans may have allowed the Venugopal said the six years of issues and the due process be mittees and Parliament also be the peer-reviewed journal potential for cross-species strains of SARS-CoV-2-like plex, - a critical component that closely related viruses to read- the Modi dispensation have set in motion for holding of allowed to convene important Science Advances. spillover infections, by enabling coronaviruses from bats and facilitates viral entry into host ily jump between species, lead- seen fraying of bonds meetings of various parlia- meetings through virtual ses- The team led by Duke recombination between more pangolins, Li and colleagues cells. ing to the introduction of of empathy, fraternity and mentary committees. Modi sions,” he said. University in North Carolina distant coronaviruses and the delineated which strains were They found evidence of SARS-CoV-2 in humans, said brotherhood with increase in and his cabinet had taken oath Venugopal also said that showed that the virus’ entire emergence of mutations,” the most and least similar to the strong evolutionary selection the study. acts of communal and sectar- on this day last year for a sec- the six years of the Modi gov- receptor binding motif (RBM), ian violence. ond term in office. ernment witnessed “loan write- a component that plays a key Party’s chief spokesperson The Congress also high- offs” for bank fraudsters to the role in viral entry into host  #.#  Randeep Surjewala said that at lighted the failure of the tune of Rs 66 lakh crore from cells, was introduced through $!$  !$ ''  !" !" # ! the end of six years, it appears Government on the economic 2014-2015 to September 2019. recombination with pangolin  !"  # the Modi Government is at war front, saying the Prime He pointed out that in the coronaviruses. '$, . (,72 ! !!"!& with its people and is inflicting Minister announced two crore last six years, India witnessed Understanding the origins , , !""  wounds on them, instead of jobs whereas India witnessed 32,868 bank frauds involving of SARS-CoV-2 is critical for  !"!&! # healing them. “It is the highest unemployment rate public money to the tune of Rs deterring future zoonosis, dis-     guide appropriate public . !! ! inflicting wounds on Mother in the last 45 years which 2.70 lakh crore and stressed covering new drugs, and devel- health intervention. The ICMR  #  # India,” he said. reached in 2017-18 to 6.1 per assets of the banks rose to Rs oping a vaccine. he ICMR has advised the has provided an indicative list ! ! ! ! !!" “This Government is try- cent overall — 7.8 per cent in 16.5 thousand crore. “Bank “We show evidence of TStates to conduct sero- of different groups to be test- !",,! 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Congress playing politics over unprecedented 27.11 per cent “The most shocking reve- golin, and human coron- stand the proportion of pop- the IgG ELISA test, ICMR has  ,! # the Covid-19 crisis, Venugopal (CMIE),” he said. lation of write-offs came on aviruses, suggesting similar ulation exposed to the virus individual has recovered after transferred this technology to  ! ! ,  "" # said the Opposition party did He said under the Modi April 24, 2020, in an RTI reply. evolutionary constraints in dif- infection including asympto- infection and last for several many pharma companies viz.    ! & ! not indulge in any politics and government, the GDP has In the midst of Covid-19, the ferent host species,” explained matic individuals. months. Therefore, while the Zydus Cadila, J Mitra & # !",1+#  gave suggestions instead. become synonymous with Modi government wrote off Xiaojun Li, the lead researcher Depending upon the level IgG test is not useful for Company, Meril Diagnostics,  "# " " " ! “Being a responsible oppo- ‘’Grossly Declining loans worth Rs 68,607 crore for from Duke University. of sero-prevalence of infection, detecting acute infection, it Voxtur Bio, Trivitron   #  ,  sition, it is our duty to raise the Performance’’. the likes of Mehul Choksi, “We also demonstrate that appropriate public health indicates episode of SARS- Healthcare, Karwah ! ! problems faced by the common “Most international and Nirav Modi, Jatin Mehta, Vijay SARS-CoV-2’’s entire RBM was interventions can be planned CoV-2 infection in the past. . Enterprises, Avecon &!  !   people. As Opposition, we national rating agencies have Mallya and others,” Congress introduced through recombi- and implemented for In an attempt to decide the Healthcare, etc. !#&#* ! alleged. nation with coronaviruses from prevention and control of the future course of action against The technology has been  #.&" The Congress also pangolins, possibly a critical disease. Periodic sero-surveys the pandemic, ICMR has transferred to various entities  #  # slammed the Government over step in the evolution of SARS- are useful to guide the policy already shared a detailed plan without exclusivity clause and ! ! ! 9/6   the Rs 20 lakh-crore Covid-19 CoV-2’’s ability to infect makers, said the ICMR in a to all the States to measure therefore can be further shared relief package touted by the humans,” he added. statement here. coronavirus exposure in gen- with others as per demand and  !      # Prime Minister as 10 per cent The study joins ongoing IgG antibodies generally eral population as well as in capability. IgG ELISA tests from &    1+#  of GDP to be a mere 0.83 per efforts to identify the source of start appearing after two weeks high risk populations. other USFDA/CE-IVD/indige-  !" # #!&      cent of GDP in reality. the virus that causes Covid-19. of onset of infection, once the This sero-survey will nous sources are also available. , !# , , !     lakh crore package, the WHO 8<6= accepted that India is the JP president JP Nadda on country which has shown that    BSaturday applauded Prime economic aspect is also to be Minister Narendra Modi-led taken into consideration dur- *2?    0 @A  +>)#( 7:.(  Government for completing ing the time of Covid-19 cri- the first year of its second con- sis,” he said. secutive tenure and called it a Nadd said the Modi- #    *           year of “accomplishment with Government took bold deci- unimaginable challenges” say- sion and did not stop at ifs and        *   he Enforcement ,    ing that a “cultural change” in buts. “If we felt it was right then TDirectorate (ED) has political arena is very much we went ahead with a decision 5  32    Adviser, Tobacco Free Initiative attached movable and immov- visible with the BJP dispen- and did not waver,” he said. 2 (  (WHO SEARO) added pro- able assets worth Rs 14.32 sation showing its capacity to BJP president listed abro- atch them young! The tecting youth from tobacco crore of Srijan Mahila Vikas $&!&& take bold decisions unlike gation of Article 370, CWorld Health Organization $ $,1*,8  use, new and emerging tobac- Sahyog Samiti Limited the paralysis reflected during Citizenship Amendment Act, (WHO) on World No Tobacco  co and nicotine products and (SMVSSL) and others under the Congress regimes. criminalisation of triple talaq, Day on Sunday is reaching out  $   the tactics of tobacco industry the Prevention of Money     He said Prime Minister’s resolution of Ayodhya temple to Generation Z — the kids and   $  is of paramount importance for Laundering Act (PMLA) in a leadership has been acknowl- dispute and cross-border air school students to make them    ' a tobacco free generation. case relating to embezzlement ith tension continuing at edged globally and in the strikes as the major achieve- aware and alert about the nefar- According to the WHO, of Government funds. Wthe Line of Actual time of global pandemic, he ments of the Modi- ious tactics adopted by the  $(  every year the tobacco indus- The attached assets Control (LAC) in Ladakh, has led the country with a Government. tobacco lobby to lure them to    try invests more than USD 9 includes 20 flats at Noida, Defence Minister Rajnath “timely lockdown” and situa- He charged the Congress their nicotine and tobacco  $ billion to advertise its products. Ghaziabad, Pune, Ranchi, Singh said on Saturday India tion has been “stabilised.” of putting hurdle on the way products.     Even during a global pan- Bhagalpur and Patna, 19 Shops and China are engaged at resolved as per the five agree- “This has been a year of to the resolution of court It will launch school kits  $$$9 demic, the tobacco and nico- at Noida, Ghaziabad and diplomatic and military levels ments on border management accomplishments and we have decision on the temple issue exposing the tactics such as par- tine industry persist by push- Bhagalpur, 33 Plots/Houses in to resolve the face-offs. Making signed between the two coun- also faced unimaginable chal- and “delaying” it. ties and concerts hosted by the  $ ing products that limit people’s Bihar, a Volkswagen Car and it clear that the issue is bilater- tries between 1993 and 2013. lenges. The Prime Minister led BJP president said while tobacco and related industries, $ $! ability to fight coronavirus and available balances in bank al, he also said this was con- Without going into the from the front to give a vision the Government did all to e-cigarette flavours that attract  *'B! $ recover from the disease. The accounts amounting to Rs 4.84 veyed to his US counterpart specifics, Singh said “India is try- to the country and managed the contain coronavirus, the youth like bubble-gum and (   industry has offered free brand- crore. Probe under PMLA has Mark Esper in telephonic con- ing to ensure that this tension coronavirus crisis well. Starting Congress sought to politicise candy, e-cigarette representa- ed masks and delivery to your revealed that during 2003-04 versation on Friday. It is the does not escalate. Engagements from testing facility to devel- the pandemic and described tives presenting in schools, and door during quarantine and onwards funds to the tune of first time in the last 25 plus are on with China both at the oping PPE kits and ventilators Congress leader Rahul product placement in popular has lobbied for their products Rs.557 crores have been days since the four stand-offs military and diplomatic level. in the fight against Covid-19, Gandhi’s comments as “irre- youth streaming shows. every year. to be listed as ‘essential’. Little siphoned off from the that a senior Central Minister Even China has said it wants to the country under Prime sponsible” and “without prop- The kit for school students Dr Poonam Khetrapal wonder that over 40 million Government accounts after has given a statement. settle this via dialogue.” Minister Modi’s leadership is er facts and study”. aged 13-17 has a set of class- Singh, Regional Director, WHO young people aged 13-15 have being illegally transferred to the Making these assertions, On the current situation on heading towards indigenous Nadda said in last six- room activities including one Regional Office for the South- already started to use tobacco. bank accounts of SMVSSL Singh also said “the country the LAC, he said “India’s poli- and self-reliant India. A holis- years, Modi has moved the that puts the students in the East Asia (WHO SEARO) in “Educating youth is vital The ED initiated investi- should be assured that we will cy has been very clear that we tic package was also announced country from the indecisive shoes of the tobacco industry her message on the occasion because nearly 9 out of 10 gation under PMLA against not allow India’s dignity to be should have good relations by our Government,” BJP pres- and paralytic mood prevailing to make them aware of how the advised the countries of the smokers start before age 18. We SMVSSL and others under hurt under any circumstances” with all neighbours. This has ident said addressing a digital during the Congress industry tries to manipulate South-East Asia Region that want to provide young people PMLA on the basis of FIR reg- adding “India has always tried been a long-standing effort. But Press conference from BJP Government to a culture of them into using deadly prod- schools can raise awareness of with the knowledge to speak istered by Central Bureau of to maintain a peaceful relation sometimes, circumstances arise headquarters. decisiveness. ucts. It also includes an educa- the dangers of initiating nicotine out against tobacco industry Investigation (CBI) for com- with its neighbours. We do not with China that things like this Nadda said his party Former BJP president and tional video, myth-buster quiz, and tobacco use by providing manipulation,” said Ruediger mission of offences under seek to challenge any nation.” happen,” he said. would conduct 2,000 virtual Union Home Minister Amit and homework assignments. information resources and mak- Krech, Director for Health Indian Penal Code Sections Elaborating upon the To a question on China’s rallies through one month as Shah also congratulated Prime The focus of World No ing their campuses tobacco and Promotion at WHO. relating to criminal conspiracy, Government’s plan of action to ability to exert pressure on he accepted that coronavirus Minister on the first anniver- Tobacco Day, this year, is “pro- ENDS free. Countries can protect chil- cheating, criminal breach of address the ongoing con- India, the Minister said there has created a problem for sary of his government’s sec- tecting youth from industry “Youth groups can organ- dren from industry exploitation trust and forgery besides pro- frontation in Ladakh with was no question of this hap- future political campaigns and ond term. manipulation and preventing ise local events to engage and by putting in place strict tobac- visions of the Prevention of China also bolstering its troop pening since the country had a activities. “We have seen that He described the second them from tobacco and nico- educate young people on the co control laws, including reg- Corruption Act. Late Manorma strength besides intruding into strong leadership and the peo- this Government is responsive, term of PM Modi as “historic” tine use”. Health experts say many harms of tobacco use, ulating products like e-ciga- Devi was the Secretary of the the Hot Spring area in Galwan ple knew this. Asked about receptive and has the capacity and claimed that that the rul- that industry eye children in a including its impact on per- rettes that have already begun society SMVSSL since its incep- valley, the minister in an inter- reports that Chinese troops to take bold decisions. With ing Government has correct- bid to replace the eight million sonal finances,” she said. to hook a new generation of tion till her death on February view with a private television have crossed into Indian terri- the announcement of Rs 1.70 ed many “historic wrongs.” people that its products kill Dr Jagdish Kaur, Regional young people, said the WHO. 13, 2017. channel said he told the US that tory in Ladakh, Singh said India will resolve the issue there were differing percep- with China bilaterally. tions on the alignment of the “Yesterday (Friday) I spoke LAC due to which both sides            /  ;*. to the Secretary Defence of the patrol across the LAC till their US and I told him that India has lines of perception. a set mechanism under which Singh also referred to the     soon over Kerala. The mon- southwestwards thereafter. are met. Finally, the 4-month we resolve our disputes with Doklam stand-off between the soon had hitched a hike on an “Another low pressure area is long festival begins for Indian. China, both at the military and two armies in Sikkim plateau in he India Meteorological eventual super cyclone very likely to form over south- #HappyMonsoon (sic),” the pri- diplomatic level. The mecha- 2017 and said “it appeared at TDepartment (IMD) on Amphan to enter the Bay east & adjoining east central vate forecaster tweeted. The nism is in place and our talks are that time that the situation was Saturday said conditions are almost 10 days ago. Arabian Sea during next 48 onset of monsoon over Kerala on with China,” Singh said. very tense. But we did not step still not right to declare onset According to the IMD hours. It is very likely to move marks the commencement of His comments come days back… Ultimately, we were of monsoon over Kerala. director general Mrutunjay north-northwestwards and four-month rainy season in the after US President Donald able to resolve the situation.” The IMD’s reaction came Mohapatra, conditions are still concentrate into a depression country. The country receives Trump said he is willing to The eyeball to eyeball con- after the private forecaster not right to declare onset of over east central and adjoining 75 per cent of the rainfall from mediate between India and frontation there last for nearly Skymet Weather announced monsoon over Kerala.” southeast Arabian Sea during June to September. China to resolve the ongoing 73 days and intervention at the that the southwest monsoon Conditions are becoming subsequent 48 hours,” it said. Skymet had predicted that dispute in Ladakh region and highest diplomatic level led to has arrived in Kerala before its favourable for further advance of Earlier, Skymet Weather monsoon will hit Kerala on May termed it “raging border dis- the two armies stepping back. onset schedule. After this, in a Southwest Monsoon into some CEO Jatin Singh said all condi- 28 with an error margin of plus pute.” The foreign ministries of Asked about dispute with tweet Ministry of Earth more parts of south Arabian Sea, Punalur, Kollam, Allapuzha, the Out wave Longwave tions such as rainfall, Out wave or minus 2 days. Whereas, the India and China had rejected Nepal over Lipulekh and Sciences secretary Madhavan Maldives-Comorin area, south- Kottayam, Kochi, Thrissur, Radiation should be below 200 Longwave Radiation (OLR) India Meteorological his offer two days back and said Kalapani regions, Singh said, Rajeevan said the news about west and the southeast Bay of Kozhikode, Thalassery, watt per square metre (wm-2). value and wind speed have been Department (IMD) had said the parleys were on. “Nepal is our brother. We will monsoon onset over Kerala in Bengal during next 48 hours,” Kannur, Kudulu and The IMD said that twin met to declare the arrival of the monsoon will make an onset At least seven rounds of settle our difference via dialogue.” social media is not correct. the IMD said. Mangalore - report rainfall of depression has been tracked southwest monsoon over Kerala. over Kerala on June 5, four days talks at the local commander Kathmandu is protesting against Monsoon has not arrived over According to the IMD, 2.5 millimetres or more for two over south coastal Oman and “#JUSTIN Southwest after its normal onset date. level of two armies have already opening of nearly 100 km long Kerala. The IMD also issued a there are three major condi- consecutive days, the onset adjoining Yemen. It is very like- #Monsoon2020 finally arrived However, earlier this week, it taken place in the last fortnight. road near Lipulekh in twin depression alert for the tions to declare the onset of over Kerala will be declared on ly to intensify further into a on the mainland of India, said a cyclonic circulation in the However, the face-offs are still Uttarakhand by India thereby Arabian Sea as the latter read- monsoon. The first is if, after the second day. The second is deep depression during next 12 #Monsoon arrived on Kerala Bay of Bengal will help in on as there is no breakthrough reducing Kailash Mansarovar ies to match the Bay of Bengal May 10, 60 per cent of the 14 the depth of westerlies should hours. It is very likely to move before the actual onset date. All advancement of the monsoon so far. The external affairs yatra by more than ten days. in terms of the build-up for a weather stations -- Minicoy, be maintained up to 600 hec- slowly west-northwestwards the onset conditions including and it could reach Kerala on ministry had said some days Incidentally, Singh had inaugu- spectacular onset of the mon- Amini, Thiruvananthapuram, topascals (hPa) and the third is during next 12 hours and west- rainfall, OLR value, wind speed, June 1, its normal onset date. back that the issue will be rated this road earlier this month.     + ,-. /0/0 53 *,-3 2@4:

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It is also not possible  <11 pandemic till date reached avirus related issues more private labora- Government of Kerala said 58 said on Saturday that now it was tern of its behaviour. Whatever to lift the lockout at one go. It 21,184 on Saturday, according were trickling in a high level tory getting commissioned for persons tested positive in the the responsibility of the gener- information we have gathered , could be done only in phases,” n yet another successful to a release issued by the medical board led by Dr testing coronavirus. State for coronavirus on al public to ensure coronavirus we have conveyed to the said Dr Kaur. She said Chennai Ioperation, two terrorists Government of Tamil Nadu. Prabhdeep Kaur of the ICMR Except for a 37 year old Saturday. In addition to this, pandemic does not spread. Government as well as the peo- and surrounding districts are were gunned down by the The Government release reportedly told Chief Minister female who breathed her last at seven members of Air India “The Government is doing ple. The Covid-19 virus has dif- having large number of coron- joint teams of security forces said as on Saturday there were Edappadi Palaniswamy on Rajiv Gandhi Government cabin crew who were evacuat- whatever it could to prevent and ferent characters and it could be avirus patients and hence the in Jammu & Kashmir's 9,021 active cases in the State Saturday that except in the four General Hospital due to car- ing expatriates from West control the disease. But it is for understood from the manner it region should be put under tight Kulgam district on Saturday including those in isolation. districts of Chennai, diopulmonary arrest and Asian countries to Kerala too the public to play an important which spreads in various places control. Dr V Ram morning. The day also saw 687 per- Thiruvallur, Kancheepuram, Covid-19 pneumonia, the were tested positive. Out of the role in preventing the disease in Tamil Nadu. The situation in Subramanian, member of the According to police sons getting discharged from and Chengalpattu, the State remaining five were in the 54 58 persons who were tested from spreading further,” said Dr cities and rural areas are differ- committee, who is a leading spokesman, “on a specific various hospitals in the State. may relax the existing curbs but to 72 years of age underscoring positive on Saturday, 17 were Prabhdeep Kaur, deputy direc- ent and this is one of the char- specialist in infectious diseases, input generated by Kulgam Till date 12,000 persons have with restrictions. This means the Government’s stance that returnees from foreign coun- tor, Indian Council of Medical acteristics,” she said. reiterated the need to wear Police, a cordon & search been cured and discharged that Chennai and the four people above the age of 50 were tries while 31 were from other Research (Chennai) while The ICMR boss said the masks to ward off operation was launched joint- from hospitals. neighbouring districts have vulnerable to the pandemic.’ States. addressing the media after the pandemic could be controlled infection. ly by Kulgam Police, 1 RR and CRPF 18 Bn at Wanpora Khudwani area of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district   ;0"   >   ).2D 9FG'--  late Friday night. During the search opera- = >>   tion, the hiding terrorists     fired on the joint search party. * C*A,' The fire was retaliated leading 2> 2  1 1) 2> 2  1 1) Corporation (MSRTC) and Regional to an encounter. Transport Office (RTO) for making  <11 Udhampur districts reported 14 and 13 “In the ensuing oronavirus has so far claimed the lives of at least 26 police mid the continued lockdown and available for the transportation of cases respectively while Samba district encounter, 2 terrorists were Cconstables and officers in Maharashtra and left Aconsequent unemployment caused migrant workers. “They not only made he Union Territory of Jammu & reported 7 and Rajouri 6 cases. Jammu killed and their bodies were 2,355 other personnel infected in by an unprecedented coronavirus-trig- available buses but also stopped the TKashmir on Saturday recorded 177 district reported only 2 cases on retrieved from the site of various other parts of the State. gered situation in Maharashtra, the migrant workers heading towards their fresh positive cases, taking the total tally Saturday. According to the media bul- encounter. The identification Giving details of fatalities and infections among the state MVA Government has transported as states by foot and ferried them in their of coronavirus cases to 2,341. letin, “ out of 2,341 cases, the total num- and affiliation of the killed police personnel, Maharashtra Home Minister Anil Deshmukh many as 5.08 lakh migrant workers liv- buses. We are grateful to the officers and Out of these 177 cases, 125 cases ber of active cases stood at 1,405. Out terrorists is being ascertained”, tweeted on Saturday: “2,355 police personnel have tested pos- ing in different parts of the State to the employees of the MSRTC and RTO for were reported from Kashmir division of these 1405, 36 cases are active posi- police spokesman added. itive for Covid-19. Of these 999 have recovered & 26 have trag- borders or the nearest railway stations of serving migrant workers in their hour of while 52 cases tested positive across tive in Jammu division while 1,037 cases Police spokesman said, ically succumbed”. their respective native states. crisis,” the chief minister said. Jammu division. are active positive across Kashmir divi- “Incriminating material “There's been a steady rise in the number of #Covid_19 “Till yesterday, our Government As part of its drive to help the A total number of 33 cases were also sion. including arms & ammuni- calls on the police helpline 100. As many as 96,875 such calls ferried as many as 5,08,803 migrant migrant workers to return to their discharged from different hospitals in In Jammu, large number of drivers tion were recovered from the have been received. 255 instances of assaults on policemen have workers in 41,874 State transport buses respective states, the Maharashtra gov- the region on Saturday. of SRTC buses, ferrying stranded pas- site of encounter. All the seen 833 arrests, Deshmukh tweeted. to the borders or nearest railway stations ernment has ferried migrant workers According to the media bulletin, sengers from different destinations to recovered materials have been “1,323 offences have been registered for illegal transport,” of their respective states. The State from various parts of the state to borders “Baramulla district recorded highest their quarantine centres alleged that they taken into case records for he tweeted. Government has borne 100 per cent or nearest railway stations of Madhya number of 40 positive cases followed by have not being paid their monthly further investigation and to “5,71,434 people have been quarantined & 706 were found expenditure amounting to  94.66 crore Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Chhatisgarh Srinagar where 26 cases were detected. salaries for last three months and despite probe their complicity in violating the quarantine The state govt is running 832 relief on the transportation of migrant work- and Karnataka. 19 cases were reported from Anantnag, this they are discharging their duties. other terror crimes”. camps where 38,437 migrant labourers have been given refuge ers to their respective states,” Chief “Among the migrants who have 16 from Shopian and 10 from central Several drivers, while blaming the A case FIR No. 30/2020 with food & necessities,” the Home Minister tweeted. minister Uddhav Thackeray said here on returned to their states from Kashmir district of Budgam”. concerned agencies for ignoring their under relevant sections of “As many as 1,19,222 offences have been regd. u/s 188 of Saturday. Maharashtra, scores of them have taken According to official sources, plight also claimed that none of the dri- law has been registered in IPC since the lockdown leading to 23,533 arrests and seizure The Chief Minister thanked the advantage of the shramik trains being majority of patients who tested positive vers have undergone screening despite Police Station Qaimoh and of 76,189 vehicles. Rs 5,91,74,271 has been collected in fines officials and employees of the state-run run the to ferry strand- were not returnees. ferrying several positive cases to differ- investigation has been initi- from offenders,” the Minister added. Maharashtra State Road Transport ed labourers,” the Chief Minister said. In Jammu division, Ramban and ent locations in the recent days. ated. / "   0 <5 "  +-& @ @3// ;33 5233 33 <442< >    %C      B- GQ  Gandhinagar: Gujarat's Covid- Of the total deaths, 798 (39), Gandhinagar (13), Anand 19 death toll is set to touch the (81.42 per cent) have been (10), Bhavnagar (8) and 1,000-mark. With an average reported from Ahmedabad, Panchmahals (6). 0  26 deaths a day in May, the toll which also accounts for the But why this high mortal- has soared to 986 with highest number of cases at ity despite toll claims made by  )   + Ahmedabad accounting for 80 11,597 in the state. The mor- the state government that per cent of it. It has reported tality rate in Ahmedabad is 6.88 patients are being treated with arnataka will not observe a almost 800 deaths. per cent. utmost care? Ktotal lockdown on Sunday, The Covid-19 toll in the The first coronavirus death “The State Government is unlike a week ago, an official state is far higher than any was reported on March 23. An doing its best. You should also said on Saturday. Last Sunday, other state when compared elderly man from Surat died consider that people's mental- Karnataka Government had with total cases detected. after getting infected during an ity and lifestyle also play a observed a total lockdown. Gujarat's mortality rate at inter-state air travel. It was major role. Most deceased in “On the request of the 6.14 per cent is far higher than four days after the first two pos- Gujarat had comorbidity due to public and in the interest of the the national 2.85 per cent rate. itive cases were detected in lifestyle diseases, like state population, there will be ,    ( "(       <  ,  (  It's also far higher than other Gujarat on March 19. hypertension and diabetes. no total lockdown on Sunday,” /   ' 3,   "  ( " -(  <    " developed States, like According to sources, the Gujarat has the largest number Chief Secretary T.M. 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Cell. least 3,500 buses of the & 3! ments in office during the first Defence PRO in Jammu, Lt Telangana (2.92 per cent) and The Gujarat High Court in “The awareness and con- Karnataka State Road year of rule, the Pakistan Army Col Devender Anand said, Andhra Pradesh (1.73 per its interim order had lambast- sciousness about health is also Transport Corporation     resorted to 'unprovoked' cease- “Pakistan army initiated unpro- cent). ed Health Minister Nitin Patel low among Gujaratis com- (KSRTC) will operate on   * fire violations using heavy cal- voked ceasefire violation Even the states, consid- and Health Secretary Jayanti pared with people of other Sunday. ""  ibre guns along the line of around 10.00 a.m in Qasba, ered not so developed, like Ravi for the laxity and the ris- states,” Mehta said. On Friday, Karnataka  550 control in Poonch on Saturday. Kirni sectors of Poonch using Rajasthan (2.19 per cent), MP ing number of deaths in the Amid rising cases and recorded 248 new Covid-19 Hyderabad: In a shocking inci- Two different incidents of small arms firing and mortar (4.36 per cent) and UP (2.69 hospital. deaths, Gujarat Chief Minister cases, the highest single-day Agra: With one more death the dent, an octogenarian woman ceasefire violations were shells. Later in the evening, Pak per cent) have fared better Such is the situation that Vijay Rupani had sought help rise. number of victims succumbing was not allowed to enter the reported from Qasba, Kirni army resorted to intense than Gujarat. Covid-19 patients now fear from Union Home minister Meanwhile, the state to the Covid-19 in Agra has house by her son after she and Khari Karmara sectors of mortar shelling in Khari Only West Bengal has getting admitted to that hospi- Amit Shah. It led to visit of a Health and Family Welfare gone up to 39, health officials returned from Maharashtra, Poonch. The Indian Army gave Karama sector around 7.45 higher mortality rate at 6.27 per tal. two-member team from the All Department has decided to said on Saturday. the State worst affected by befitting reply to the Pakistan p.m. He added, Indian army cent. But it has never made any So far, Surat has account- India Institute of Medical cease issuing morning Covid- District magistrate P.N. coronavirus. Army in both the sectors. was giving befitting reply. claims of being a model state. ed for 67 deaths, Vadodara Sciences (AIIMS). IANS 19 bulletin. Singh said with five new cases, The incident occurred in the total number of coronavirus Telangana's Karimnagar town cases has gone up to 887, out on Friday. On the suspicion of which 783 have recovered that she may be infected by .66#$"6@A '    8  and discharged. Covid-19, Katta Shyamala's The SN Medical College, son refused to allow her into meanwhile is gearing up to the house. 2> 2  1 1) ber of deaths in the State veillance of 68.51 lakh popula-  D  broad-base and streamline the Her son and daughter-in- mounted to 2,197 and total tion was done medical infrastructure to cope law even locked the gate from he Covid-19 triggered fatal- infected cases jumped to a Meanwhile, the Amaravati: Andhra Pradesh's 2  $ with the possible surge in the inside, forcing the hapless Tities hovered shockingly staggering 65168. Brihanmumbai Municipal Covid-19 tally on Saturday number of cases in June and woman to sit on the road with around triple digit mark for the With 54 fresh deaths and Corporatiohn (BMC) came up shot up significantly with 70 $    July. a bag. After several hours and fifth consecutive day on 1,510 new infections, the total success stories in the treatment positive cases detected from $$ 8#  New wards for Covid-19 following intervention by the Saturday, as 99 more people number of deaths in Mumbai of Covid-19 patients at LTMG tests conducted in the past 24 patients and new passage ways local public representatives and succumbed to coronavirus and rose to 1,227, while the infect- Hospital at Sion in north-cen- hours.  "6 for the medics Have been the police, the son relented and 2,940 others tested positive for ed cases jumped to 38,442. tral Mumbai. The state nodal officer, ! C opened. allowed her in. the pandemic in various parts As many as 1,084 patients improved to 17.5 days. The In one case, a 90-year-old however, said that 71 cases were Divisional commissioner Shyamala had gone to her of the state. were discharged from various same for the country is 17.1 female patient from Dharavi identified from returnees from "!-66-99 Anil Kumar said those in quar- relative's house in Solapur some Of the total deaths, hospitals on Saturday. With as days. The recovery rate in the having Hypertension came other states. $ antine would be penalised if three months ago to attend a Mumbai accounted for an many as 28,081 patients having state is 43.07 per cent. The with· breathlessness, fever, and Saturday's Covid-19tally they were found violating the family function. However, she astoundingly day’s highest of 54 so far been discharged after full mortality rate in the state is 3.37 cough and oxygen saturation figure includes three persons Wednesday. restrictions. got stranded there due to the deaths, while there were seven recovery, the state authorities per cent. Currently, 5,51,660 less than 84% with X-ray shad- with travel histories to the On Saturday, 55 persons District authorities were lockdown. deaths each in Vasai-Virar and pegged the total “active cases” people are in home quarantine. ows. She was treated with oxy- Koyambedu market in were discharged from hospitals, drawing up plans for opening With the recent relaxation Panvel, six deaths each in in the state at 34,881. There are 72,681 beds available gen, antibiotics, steroids and Chennai. resulting in a cumulative tally up markets and facilities after in the lockdown facilitating Thane, Pune and Solapur, three Of the dead on Saturday, 62 in quarantine institutions. As other medicines. After almost The State nodal officer of 2092 cured persons in Monday. In many areas shop- inter-state transport, her rela- deaths each in Raigad and were men while 37 were many as 35,420 people are in 1 week she improved and final- reported that with the addition Andhra Pradesh. With this, the keepers have started cleaning tives arranged for her travel to Jalgaon, two deaths each in women. Forty eight of them institutional quarantine cur- ly oxygen was stopped, she of 70 new cases over the past 24 number of active cases stands up their establishments and Karimnagar. However, on Navi Mumbai, Kalyan- were aged over 60 years, 49 rently started walking and speaking. hours, the State's tally was at 792. carrying out repair and main- reaching the house in the early Dombivli, and one death in were from the age group 40 to Out of 4,33,557 laboratory She was later discharged. 2,944 at 9 a.m. on Saturday. All The nodal officer reported tenance. hours of the day, she was Nagpur. In addition, two per- 59 years and 2 were aged below test samples, 65,168 tested pos- In the second case, a 57 three cases with the that 9,504 samples were tested Late Friday evening's storm denied entry by her son and sons belonging to Rajsthan 40 years. “Sixty six out of 99 itive for Covid-19 until year old male hypertension Koyambedu connection were during the past 24 hours as with heavy showers has ran- daughter-in-law. and Bihar died in Mumbai. patients (67%) had high-risk Saturday. There are 43 govern- patient came with breathless- reported from Chittoor district. against 11,638 samples that sacked and devastated not only The woman explained to There have been a total of co-morbidities such as dia- ment and 34 private (77 total) ness, fever, and cough with oxy- The Koyambedu market were tested during the preced- urban areas but also the rural them that she underwent a test 502 deaths in Maharashtra betes, hypertension, heart dis- laboratories functioning in the gen saturation of 76 per cent. which has since been closed, ing testing cycle. hinterland which reported before leaving for Karimnagar during the last five days. On ease, etc,” a state health bulletin state currently. As many as “He was given oxygen was identified as one of the With no deaths reported three deaths and injuries to and was negative for Covid-19. May 26 (Tuesday) the state had said. Out of the total deaths 3349 tests per 10 lakh popula- treatment with special system biggest spreaders of Covid-19 from any district, the death toll dozens. She also assured them that she witnessed 97 deaths, while reported today, 40 deaths tion are being conducted. called HFNC (High Flow Nasal cases in neighbouring Tamil in the state remained at 60 on High velocity wind, 124 would confine herself to her there were 105 deaths on occurred in the last two days At the national level, it is Cannula) along with other Nadu. Saturday morning. km per hour lashed the city for room but they refused to open Wednesday, 85 deaths on and the rest are from the peri- 2523 tests per 10 lakh popula- medicines for 8 days and his In a positive sign, on Meanwhile the cumulative more than two hours, uproot- the door. Thursday and 116 deaths on od May 6 to May 27. tion. There are 3,169 active saturation improved to 98 per Friday, Andhra Pradesh's tally of Covid-19 cases among ing trees and hoardings. With nowhere to go, the Friday. The Covid-19 toll on In some of the key obser- containment zones in the state cent finally patient is comfort- cumulative tally of foreign returnees from other states Roads were blocked and power woman sat in front of the Saturday was 99. vations, patient doubling time currently. Total 17,917 surveil- able and ready to be dis- returnees to the state remained climbed to 406 from 345, even supply disrupted till midnight house. Moved by her plight, With the fresh fatalities for the state was 11.3 days dur- lance squads worked across the charged,” a BMC medical bul- unchanged at 111. This figure as the tally of active cases fell in many areas of the neighbours arranged food and and infections, the total num- ing the last week, it has now state on Saturday dand sur- letin said. has remained unchanged since to 217 in this category. IANS city. IANS water for her. IANS     + ,-. /0/0 9

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Trump’s whiplash com- cede the spotlight even as the into a crowd of people protest- other cities — came despite Trump’s repeated condem- ments came after protesters battered nation tries to make ing George Floyd’s death in Minnesota Gov Tim Walz vow- nation of the killing and out- torched a Minneapolis police sense of another killing and Minneapolis custody, a Detroit ing Friday to show a more reach to the man’s family was a station on Thursday night, cap- reels over the mounting police spokeswoman said forceful response than city marked change in tone from his ping three days of searing COVID-19 death toll. Saturday. The shooting occurred leaders had the day before. But earlier comments that also demonstrations over the death Trump, in his tweets, bor- about 11:30 pm on Friday by early Saturday morning, invoked a civil-rights-era phrase of George Floyd, who was cap- rowed a phrase once used by near Detroit’s Greektown Walz said he didn’t have fraught with racist overtones. tured on video pleading for air former Miami Police Chief entertainment district as officers enough troops, even with some “When the looting starts, as a white police officer knelt on Walter Headley in a 1967 were confronted with dozens 500 National Guardsmen. the shooting starts,” Trump his neck for over eight minutes. speech outlining his depart- of protesters, said Sgt. “We do not have the num- had written in a tweet that was And they underscored ment’s efforts to “combat young Nicole Kirkwood, a police bers,” Walz said. “We cannot quickly flagged by Twitter as Trump’s complicated relation- hoodlums who have taken department spokeswoman. She arrest people when we are try- violating rules against “glorify- ship with race as he tries to advantage of the civil rights said an officer wasn’t involved in ing to hold ground.” Walz said ing violence.” maintain a law-and-order campaign.” AP the shooting. AP he was moving quickly to )  &  <"     2 7 #( +) mobilize more than 1,000 more Guard members, for a total of Criminal charges filed weren’t secure. chanted, and “Say his name: 9       1,700, and was considering the Friday morning against the Shortly before midnight, George Floyd!” Some protest- * " ""  @(  potential offer of federal mili- white officer who held his scores of officers on foot and in ers sprayed graffiti on buildings.  & :  tary police. But he warned knee for nearly nine minutes on vehicles moved in to curb the Anger filled the streets of  +   #" 4  that even that might not be the neck of Floyd, a black man violence, one day after city and Minneapolis. enough, saying he expected who was handcuffed at the state leaders faced blowback for Ben Hubert, a 26-year-old Washington: Joe Biden lament- truths.” Biden announced his bid Johannesburg: As Minneapolis kind of protests over Floyd’s another difficult night Saturday. time, did nothing to stem the their handling of the crisis. On local resident, said he wasn’t ed the “open wound” of the for the presidency last year burns over the police killing of killing that have erupted across The Pentagon on Saturday anger. Derek Chauvin, 44, was Thursday, protesters had surprised people were breaking nation’s systemic racism on arguing he’s uniquely positioned George Floyd and shock and the United States, but many ordered the Army to put mili- charged with third-degree torched a police station soon curfew and setting fires. “I’m Friday as he responded to the to unite a deeply divided coun- disappointment in Africa grow, Africans have expressed disgust tary police units on alert to murder and second-degree after it was abandoned by police outraged,” he said of the Floyd police killing of a black man in try. He pointed to Trump’s some US embassies on the and dismay, openly wondering head to the city on short notice manslaughter. and went on to burn or van- case. “But I’m also sad. The Minnesota. He drew an implic- response to a white supremacist continent have taken the when the US will ever get it at President Donald Trump’s Minneapolis police said dalize dozens of businesses. injustice has been going on for it contrast with President rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, unusual step of issuing critical right. “WTF? ‘When the loot- request, according to three shots had been fired at law The Minnesota Police and so long. It’s been swelling for Donald Trump, who has sug- as unworthy of America’s peo- statements, saying no one is ing starts the shooting starts’?” people with direct knowledge enforcement officers during Peace Officers Association urged years.” gested authorities could respond ple and values. above the law. tweeted political cartoonist of the orders who did not the protests but no one was Gov Walz to accept any help. Chauvin was also accused with violence to the protests that As the country endures The statements came as the Patrick Gathara in Kenya, want their names used because injured. “You need more resources,” of ignoring another officer followed George Floyd’s death. another spasm of racial unrest, head of the African Union which has its own troubles they were not authorized to dis- As the night dragged on, the group said in a tweet. “Law who expressed concerns about “The original sin of this the central premise of Biden’s Commission, Moussa Faki with police brutality. cuss the preparations. The rare fires erupted across the city’s enforcement needs leadership.” Floyd as he pleaded that he country still stains our nation campaign is being tested. Biden Mahamat, condemned the He, like many, was aghast step came as the violence south side, including at a Not all the protests were violent. could not breathe, while today,” Biden, the presumptive is responding by positioning “murder” of Floyd and said at the tweet by President spread to other cities: A man Japanese restaurant, a Wells Downtown, thousands of Chauvin pressed his knee into Democratic presidential nomi- himself as an empathetic counter Friday the continental body Donald Trump, flagged by shot dead in Detroit, police cars Fargo bank and an Office demonstrators encircled a bar- his neck for several minutes. nee, said in remarks broadcast to Trump, who often struggles rejects the “continuing dis- Twitter as violating rules battered in Atlanta and skir- Depot. Many burned for hours, ricaded police station after the Floyd had been arrested on sus- from his home in Wilmington, to convey emotion or connect criminatory practices against against “glorifying violence,” mishes with police in New with firefighters again delayed 8 p.M. Friday curfew. picion of using a counterfeit Delaware. “It’s time for us to take on a personal level during black citizens of the USA.” that the president later said had York City. in reaching them because areas “Prosecute the police!” some $20 bill at a store. AP a hard look at uncomfortable moments of crisis. AP Africa has not seen the been misconstrued. AP E8&E- 2 -  8  5  "   3*$ 0$#'$ 

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PTI   Washington: The European able to lead the international 1!!    citizens have enjoyed and Russia, slammed the US for Union on Saturday urged US response to pandemics, current deserve like all freedom loving the killing of George Floyd, an E8  2 -  President Donald Trump to and future,” she said. “For this, United Nations: The US and people, or are we going to African-American man who "  @( rethink his decision to cut the participation and support UK raised the issue of China’s allow the Chinese Communist died this week in Minneapolis American funding for the of all is required and very controversial security law for Party to violate international after a white police officer Q    R65 2   World Health Organisation much needed.” The US is the Hong Kong during an emer- law and force its will on the kneeled on his neck while he amid global criticism of the largest source of financial sup- gency discussion in the people of Hong Kong who was handcuffed and pinned to 2 ) < Chinese territory. S President Donald Trump move, as spiking infection port for the WHO, and its exit Security Council, angering look to us to preserve their way the ground, triggering vio- It was the “firm determi- Uhas issued a proclamation rates in India and elsewhere is expected to significantly Beijing which said the UN of life and their freedoms?” US lent protests. he mouthpiece of China’s nation of all Chinese people” to banning the entry of Chinese served as a reminder the glob- weaken the organization. organ should instead pay atten- Ambassador to the UN Kelly “It’s our view that, instead of Truling Communist Party oppose interference in Hong students and researchers hav- al pandemic is far from con- Trump said the US would be tion to the US’ excessive use of Craft said. wasting time on this issue, the said US moves to end some Kong affairs by any external ing ties with the People’s tained. “redirecting” the money to force against protesters in Craft said that the US is Council should pay more atten- trading privileges for Hong forces, the paper said. Liberation Army to dismantle Trump on Friday charged “other worldwide and deserv- Minneapolis and its racial dis- resolute and calls upon all UN tion and even take action on Kong “grossly interfere” in “This hegemonic act of China’s efforts to use graduate that the WHO didn’t respond ing urgent global public health crimination against black com- member states to join it issues more relevant to inter- China’s internal affairs and are attempting to interfere in Hong students to acquire intellectu- adequately to the pandemic, needs,” without providing munities. in demanding that China national peace and security. “doomed to fail”. Kong affairs and grossly inter- al property and technology accusing the UN agency of specifics. The 15-nation Council dis- immediately reverse course “Just to name a few, the Saturday’s editorial in the fere in China’s internal affairs from America. being under China’s “total con- The WHO wouldn’t com- cussed Hong Kong in an infor- and honour its international impact of the Brexit on inter- newspaper People’s Daily was will not frighten the Chinese Trump’s announcement trol.” European Commission ment on the announcement but mal virtual meeting after the legal commitments to this national peace and security, responding to an announce- people and is doomed to fail,” came amidst escalating con- President Ursula von der Leyen South African Health Minister US and United Kingdom institution and to the Hong the unilateral sanctions ment from President Donald it said. frontation between the US and on Saturday urged Trump to Zweli Mkhize called it an brought the issue for emer- Kong people. imposed by the US and other Trump, after China’s ceremo- Attempts at “forcing China China over trade, the origins of reconsider, saying that “actions “unfortunate” turn of events. gency discussion under “any Beijing shot back, saying countries, the excessive use of nial Parliament bypassed Hong to make concessions on core the novel coronavirus pan- that weaken international “Certainly, when faced other business” on Friday. the adoption of the legislation force against protesters in Kong’s local legislature to interests including sovereignty demic, Beijing’s security crack- results must be avoided” and with a serious pandemic, you “Today I asked the Council is purely China’s internal affair Minneapolis, the killing of an advance legislation that could and security through black- down in Hong Kong and the that “now is the time for want all nations in the world to one simple question: are we and has nothing to do with the African American young man severely curtail free speech mailing or coercion...Can only communist giant’s aggressive enhanced cooperation and be particularly focused ... 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The and here I am. myself but to test myself and how much I in 1987. Despite being a Sunday pain is still there but bearable now. It will  How did you come on board for can push myself. It was not taken up to people would be up early and take time, around two months before all is Khatron Ke Khiladi 10? entertain anybody. bathe. After all, they were about back to normal; I cut my tendons. It was I never did it because of the name. It  You have also done a music video. How to see Lord Ram come alive. In such a freak thing and happened in a was due to what the show represents. It has much fun was it? fact, many people would not eat fraction of a second. I slipped and I tried been eight years since I have been in this It was definitely a different experience. till after the episode ended since to break my fall and fell on a glass top table. industry and it had been coming my way From the very beginning I never restricted they had to do puja and eat Though I knew that the injury was serious again and again. This time I asked myself myself to a medium. Acting is acting. I am prasad before starting their day. I was calm and drove myself to the asked if I am interested in TV or films. I have Such was the craze for the hospital. done three music videos till now. I am happy show that over the years almost  Did playing Ranvijay Sampooran to explore myself and happy with my every channel since then has run Singh propel you to stardom? choices. a mythological show. For many Initially, when I started my first show,  Usually films are the endgame. Is it the it is a recollection of the takes Suvreen Guggal-Topper of The Year, I same for you? that they had heard from their wasn’t aware of how things worked. I am For me, it is always the work. I believe grandparents, for others it is the from Delhi, didn’t know how the industry we are infinite but the world tries to limit back story to a story and for shows that are happy and one worked and was entering a new world. It us by giving you titles. It has always been some others it is the best way for can learn from them. But from was the love for my craft that made me goal to do diverse work. I have done ads, the kids to know more about mythological shows, one can stand where I was at that time. The good music videos, TV shows and a film as well their culture, Gods and learn life lessons and are a visual was that it was a hit show and realised that on Hotstar. Goddesses. treat too. There is so much people liked my work. Then came  People watch you in series. What do you Tarun Khanna who has positivity in them,” he says. Ranvijay. The kind of craze and how watch? played Lord Shiva eight times Arpit Machhar, head of people connected with me as the After work, I of course don’t watch my and is currently seen as marketing, Enterr10 Television character and the series was own shows. I watch whatever looks Mahadev in Devi Aadi Network tells you that totally different. I got to see promising and pick up stuff as an Parashakti on Dangal TV tells historically, mythological shows first-hand mass following. It audience rather than to critique it. I you that this generation doesn’t especially Ramayan has always was a changing experience. watch regional show as well. I try to know much about our history. had a strong appeal with viewers. This show made my image — be neutral and not dissect it. I love “Ram and Krishna, I believe “Re-runs of some popular that I was more than a pretty to see English shows since you were real people. That is why we mythological and costume face and could act. learn from them. celebrate Diwali. These are true drama shows like Chandragupt  What made you take  Your best fan moment. events but there is no one Maurya, Mahima Shanidev Ki to acting? There have been so many. written record. There are so and Dwarkadheesh, Devi Adi There was Over time, you take each fan many versions of Ramayan. Parashakti were already being attraction towards moment in your stride and When you don’t know your broadcasted before the cinema and acting thank God for putting me history and you want to know lockdown. The re-run of 2008 like any other person. there. You take it as a about it, these programmes in Ramayan during the lockdown But I knew that fame gesture of kindness and the name of mythology shows was soon extended to one hour many of the mythological stories VFX, the research that goes was never the get a sense of gratitude. give you a sneak peek of the past, a day because of viewership revolve around Ramayan, into costumes and character, it trajectory. I was not Wherever I go, whether people watch them because they interest. Within the first week Mahabharat or on Shiv and takes time to flesh these out. the kind who wanted in India or aboard, I want to stay connected to their itself, the slot grew by 45 per cent Krishna. “These are the most Also, for the audience to see a to do a reality show get so much love. I roots. In this mythology are their indicating enthusiasm. We have common stories that people God whom they pray to come to get recognition. I have even done a Gods — Vishnu and his avatars understood that mythological have heard at least once. The alive, is a pull. was attracted to the show in Indonesia, and Shiva. People want to watch content appeals to viewers and audience tends to resonate more For the children, such world of acting and the fans are so nice them again and again and the they find a connect with these with them,” Machhar tells you. shows are the perfect way to filmmaking. I took and good to you. I got stories of their manifestations,” shows,” Machhar says. Ishita Ganguly who plays know about our mythology to modeling and got so many messages Khanna explains. One is told that producing Mahakali/Goddess Uma/Parvati since both parents are working the offer doing a TV. enquiring after this Another attraction is to see a mythological show is a very in Jag Jaanani Maa Vaishno and live in nuclear families. When I heard the injury. It was how an actor will play a certain different ballgame as compared Devi-Kahani Mata Rani Ki that The idea of listening to stories script and took it up overwhelming. This character and how the makers to regular fictional shows since airs on Star Bharat tells you that from grandparents is a thing of to look how things makes me work will interpret the era. “When I the audience has a preconceived the reason why she chose to be the past. Such shows are not only worked. I gave my 100 harder towards my tell you a story, there is some part notion about the costumes of the part of mythological shows is entertaining because there is a per cent to the show. My craft. in that story where the person characters, the look and feel of because our epics have so much story behind a story but you get journey was a fairytale. First will have his own interpretation the sets and it is the makers to tell and very few people to learn life lessons as well,” day in Mumbai and first day  What was your while narrating it. These responsibility to stand up to their know everything about our Ganguly tells you. of shoot. international project alternations make things expectations. “The mythological Gods and Goddesses. “I am Sha points out a case. “Take  Was it tough for a about? interesting. People want to know stories tend to have a lot of from Kolkata and devout of Ma the Jag Jaanani…. We talk about Delhi boy to be in It was a TV show. how the makers and the actors versions in different parts of the Kali. The role is so challenging woman empowerment. Maha Mumbai? I was offered this would play it on the screen,” country and people are also and I get to play many shades. Kali is the perfect roop that talks It was tough. project because Khanna says. Vishal Karwal, sensitive about it. Hence, the The drama, colours and about how a strong energy can Taking a Veera was such who plays Lord Krishna in research becomes the most costumes come alive so kill negativity and false ego. decision to a hit in Dwarkadheesh-Bhagwan Shri important part of the whole beautifully that it attracted me to When you watch such shows, it leave Delhi and Indonesia. Krishna that airs on Dangal TV process. Additionally, the the show,” Ganguly says. gives out a message to women go to a new It was says that the when he used to grandeur of a period drama is at She agrees that the same that they can be strong and city from fun to do watch TV back in the 90s, the a different level, in terms of set holds true for the audience too. positive. Men also need to realise where one had and a shows were so good and size, location, costumes, number “The characters in mythological this. As a woman, if I can make got a call not different progressive. 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In case a patient wants to consult the Ito get her relief, the pain became so unbear- He points out that though Coronavirus innovations, and telemedicine is no excep- same doctor again, there is no room for it. able that Saxena had to rush her to hospi- has made people follow social distancing tion,” Pandey adds. The app will connect you only to the doc- tal. seriously and avoid going to hospitals Dr Yash Gulati, Senior Orthopaedic, tor who is answering queries at that time. Both were denied entry at many hospi- unnecessarily, visiting hospitals for minor Indraprastha Apollo Hospitals, tells you that “Our doctors are available 24 hours a tals. Saxena was advised to keep his moth- issues is not a good option as they pose a telemedicine has been here for 20 years, if day in case of any emergency but we haven’t er away from hospitals due to the threat of cross-infection not just for not more and has been occasionally used by introduced a way in which the patient can Coronavirus scare. Looking for a doctor Coronavirus but for other infections as well. doctors and patients. “When I say telemed- consult the same doctor twice. We will be became a Herculean task and the night Practo has grown five times since March icine, I refer to teleconsultation that can be working on this and try to introduce the became the longest one for the duo. 1, 2020 and the team is working late hours through messages, voice calls or even video facility soon,” he says. After hours of being a helpless witness all week to respond to health needs. Many calls. Many hospitals around the country Though telemedicine is doing wonders to his mother’s suffering, it struck Saxena doctors are showing interest in working with have been using this technology. Yes, the sec- for now, there are many challenges. If a that he could tap a doctor online. The ENT the platform. tor has picked up pace and is now being patient is in a need of an injection, there is specialist he contacted, immediately pre- “We follow a stringent process when it widely used but that doesn’t mean that it can no way telemedicine can help. “In such cases, scribed the painkillers and eardrops that comes to getting doctors registered with the substitute hospitals visits. That can never be we ask the patient to visit a hospital on pri- worked magic on his mother. app. We make sure that all their degrees and the case because of the restrictions it poses ority. But, for blood pressure and tempera- Cooped up in their homes and with certificates are verified and available on the when it comes to the need for a physical ture checks, the patients are trained enough most hospitals being out of bounds due to platform for users. We have separate sections examination. At best, telemedicine can only to do it by themselves. Nowadays, most of the pandemic, many have either switched to for Ayurveda, Allopathy and Yunani med- be a primary introduction to the patient and the people keep a BP monitoring machine home remedies or telemedicine, not want- icines so that the patient can figure out what a way to know more about his history. Also, or a glucose meter at home, so it serves the ing to catch an infection from a hospital. Dr he wants to opt for. Given the surge in the it can be used to confirm a diagnosis in cer- purpose. But for severe issues, we advise peo- Alexander Kuruvilla, Chief Healthcare last two months and the response strategy    + tain cases. If you don’t take the history of the ple to go to the hospital and get a check-up Strategy Officer, Practo, tells you that about we had, we are ready to handle any situation patient, you don’t know where in the sea you done,” Garg explains. 60 per cent of the population has access to in the near future,” he explains.     will sail in and if you don’t do physical exam- Dr Anand Bansal, Medical Director, only 30 per cent healthcare facilities in India. Amit Pandey, senior scriptwriter at )   A ination then you haven’t sailed at all,” Action Group of Hospitals, says that tech- Though telemedicine is on an all-time Cosmos Maya, who writes scripts for cartoon  )   Gulati says. nology has always been making things eas- high, not much will change in the sector shows, see telemedicine as a gift of technol- He adds that it is beneficial in two cases ier and efficient. “When the entire country post-pandemic, he warns. ogy, especially for people who can’t compro-  M 1    — one, when the patient lives far away from is in the grip of COVID-19, lockdown is a “For a patient in Arunachal Pradesh to mise on work.  )    the doctor and travelling is not an option, necessary step to curb the virus spread but, take the opinion of a doctor in Delhi, you “As the world struggles to come to terms +  and two, in taking a second opinion from in the process, patients suffering from cannot have better technology than telemed- with the outbreak, at a granular level it has doctors on surgeries or in general. “The tech- other diseases are having a tough time as icine. But not much will change in the brought a drastic change in life across the   C ( nology is successful in cases where you can hospitals are out of bounds. In such cases, telemedicine sector. We as a country, despite globe. While businesses across different sec-   C +) skip a physical examination. Like, if a telemedicine has emerged as a boon. having the best doctors, are struggling for tors are reeling and people gradually getting   )   ? patient has suffered a fracture or has under- Recently, the Health Ministry issued guide- them in villages. The doctor-patient ratio is used to the new lifestyle, the healthcare sec- gone a knee surgery, the doctor can observe lines for telemedicine, considering it helps skewed. Therefore, telemedicine will help tor has emerged as a crucial part of our lives.  +  +  the movement via a video call and the treat- in reducing the risk of virus spread. In the people in rural areas to have access to doc- Most people have been trying to avoid hos-    1  ment can proceed. It can also help the doc- past few decades, there has been a constant tors and better healthcare facilities,” he says. pital visits. However, since health check-ups A tors in following up with the patients dur- effort to promote telemedicine but in this In urban areas, the time taken to com- cannot be compromised, medical profession- ing the treatment. So it is boon for prima- pandemic, it has automatically picked up mute to a hospital pushes many a patient to als have swiftly adopted telemedicine as their D1 ? ry diagnosis and for some general ailments pace,” he says. the chemist next door or self-medication, way to connect with their patients for vir-    ( )   like the common cold, flu and allergies,” he He agrees with Gulati to add that without professional advice. Under these cir- tual consultations wherever possible,” he ) +1+A explains. although it makes the process easier, faster cumstances, telemedicine is the way forward. says. Rajat Garg, co-founder and CEO, and saves resources, it cannot be considered “Through telemedicine, the treatment He recalls his first experience with the  +  ?  myUpchar, an Indian language health infor- to be future of healthcare. starts early. Also, doctors are availabe even technology: “A few days back, I had to get    A  mation platform delivering medicines “Regular OPDs and physical presence in off-duty hours, on weekends and holidays in touch with a doctor virtually with the help 1+ ) nationwide and teleconsultation facility, are still needed for better and correct treat- too. It saves patients from searching for doc- of an app when one fine morning I noticed tells you that the platform saw a 50 per cent ment. In the time of emergency, one needs tors in an emergency. There are multiple some allergy on my skin. I could not visit a  +A increase in traffic in the last few months. to rush to the hospital. For telemedicine. one ways in which telemedicine helps and will hospital. I tried booking an appointment K+A   “Most queries were related to cold and entirely depends on technology, availabili- continue to help even after the pandemic is with a dermatologist through an app and I  +   flu symptoms, allergies and gynaecology ty of Internet which may fail at times and a over,” he asserts. received a call from the doctor within 20 +  ++  related issues. There was no one pattern. major population is still not that tech-friend- The growth has paved way for new play- minutes. Soon I got a prescription on the app     Earlier the platform was pressed into use for ly, especially the weaker sections of the soci- ers in the field, and a sudden surge in users itself making it a seamless experience. I seeking second opinion but in the last two ety,” he tells you. for the existing ones. However, there are ordered the medicine online using another months, more generic queries have poured The medicine delivery and sample col- chances that post-COVID-19, people will app and within an hour, I was good to go. I in. We were anticipating more COVID-19 lection from home facilities of these apps and follow the traditional route of visiting a doc- paid for both transactions online. Similarly, related queries, however that didn’t happen. platforms comes in handy for patients in sit- tor and telemedicine may see a decline. the other day when my wife complained The surprising fact was that queries related uations like these when stepping out of the “It will not grow at such a pace as now. about splitting headache, I used the same app to sexual issues dropped by 50 per cent,” house is not an option. So, if you have devel- The growth will be slow, but it will not fade to e-consult a doctor and got the initial med- Garg says. The platform mostly attracts cus- oped an allergy lately or, for that matter, a out. Take for example, the US and Canada ications with the help of the prescription. tomers from Tier II and III cities. To lever- cold or flu, then fret not, a doctor is just a have adopted telemedicine as a common way The best part about this was that the sup- age the growing demand, the platform has click away.     + ,-. /0/0 32

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4; 4/  The IPL is a tourna- 8 &     <  ment with global appeal and it does not make sense to host it 2    without foreign stars, says Kings G     XI Punjab co-owner Ness ndia’s prolific limited overs vice-cap- Wadia, who also feels that it’s too tain Rohit Sharma was on Saturday early for the BCCI to decide on Inominated for the prestigious Khel the fate of the T20 league, given Ratna award by the BCCI for his stu-     60  the unpredictability caused by pendous performance in 2019 when he Covid-19 pandemic. dazzled with five hundreds in the 50- 2    tance in ourselves. I think cricket will Franchisees have expressed over World Cup. be back to normal. Yes, there will be mixed opinions on how they Rohit’s opening partner Shikhar he world was in a “sheer shock” in some changes in schedule but I think would want the cash-rich event Dhawan and Ishant Sharma, the most- Tthe past few months due to the the BCCI and the ICC will be hell bent to be organised this year with capped Test cricketer in the current set- Covid-19 pandemic but BCCI presi- to get cricket back to normal. Rajasthan Royals proposing an up, have been nominated for the dent Sourav Ganguly is confident that Ganguly believes once the vaccine IPL of only Indian players, con- Arjuna Award. life will be back to normal once the vac- is out, the virus will be like any other sidering the travel restrictions in In the women’s section, Deepti cine for the virus is developed. health issues like flu or jaundice but place. Sharma got BCCI nomination for her “This is something that has got the with a cure. “Cricket will be very Three-time champions CSK consistent show across formats in the world in sheer shock. I think things will strong. There will be different tests, have already rejected Royals’ last three years. be back on track. We did not have the medical examinations for players, but idea and now Kings XI Punjab that the pandemic is likely to Dhawan was nominated in 2018 medicines to take care of it. But over I don’t see it coming in the way of sport too have echoed the same sen- peak in India in July-August, alongside Smriti Mandhana for Arjuna a six-seven months’ period once the and it will go forward. As the vaccine timent. Wadia said it is premature to talk but missed out on the award. vaccine comes up everything will be comes out, it’s going to be normal life “IPL is an international about IPL. As skipper Virat Kohli has got the normal,” Ganguly said during a Live I think. If you fall sick, whether you tournament made by Indians. It “The most important thing highest sporting honour, Rohit with his class on Unacademy app. have fever, jaundice you pick those is the premier cricketing event for all of us is to deal with the magnificent white-ball record over the “We have this tremendous resis- medicines and get better.” in the world, therefore it needs current situation. It could last years was an automatic choice. Having an international platform and another month or two, may be scored 9115 runs in 224 ODIs with 29 international stars,” Wadia said. more. Once the virus diminish- hundreds and 43 fifties. expected to be second pacer in the man to reach 2000 and 3000 runs in “But it remains to be seen es, then we can have more clar- He also has 2141 runs in 32 Tests country after Kapil Dev to complet 100 ODIs and second-fastest Indian to which of the foreign players are ity on when the IPL can be held with six hundreds and 10 fifties. In 108 Test matches. score 4000 and 5000 runs in ODIs. allowed to travel at that time and where it can be held. T20Is, the 33-year-old has scored 2773 “Fast bowlers are prone to injuries In 136 ODIs, he has scored 5688 (considering the restrictions). I “I am sure the Indian runs with four fifties apart from being and Ishant has had a fair share of them runs with 17 hundreds apart from 2315 feel there are too many variables audience will happy to see the ICC’s Cricketer of the Year. “We feel he is worthy of getting the pres- Indian team with distinction in Virat but he has fought hard to be back on runs in 34 Tests (7 hundreds) and 1588 for the BCCI at the moment to IPL after what we have been “We went through a lot of data and tigious Khel Ratna award for his com- Kohli's absence,” Shah was quoted as the park every time,” Ganguly com- runs in 61 T20 Internationals. even have a calculated guess on through. Football in Germany considered various parameters before mitment, conduct, consistency and saying in a BCCI press release. mented on his nomination. The 24-year-old Deepti has already when it might happen. has already started and EPL is shortlisting the nominees. Rohit his leadership skills,” Ganguly added. For 31-year-old Ishant, it was a long The 34-year-old Dhawan holds the played 54 ODIs and 48 T20 “What if tomorrrow the starting soon but they have Sharma has set new benchmarks as a Secretary Jay Shah termed Rohit as wait to earn the nomination as he is the record for the fastest Test century on Internationals for the country. She cases keep rising, what happens already peaked while we have batsman and achieved scores people perfect “teamman” who led well in senior-most member in the current Test debut and is the only batsman in the also holds the record of highest indi- then? It would be unwise to not. “I see the possibility of IPL thought were not possible in the short- absence of regular skipper Virat Kohli. set-up with 97 Tests under his belt apart world to have won two consecutive vidual score by an Indian woman in think of anything other than happening but it is all about er formats of the game,” BCCI president “In the last five years, Rohit Sharma from 80 ODIs and 14 T20Is. golden bats (for most runs) in the ICC ODIs — 188. She has so far scored 1840 Covid-19 for the moment,” he combatting the virus for the next Sourav Ganguly said, referring to his has not only raised the bar with his indi- Ishant has 297 Test wickets to his Champions Trophy. international runs and taken 117 wick- said. two months at least,” added three double tons in 50-over cricket. vidual performances but has also led the name and by the end of the year is He is also the quickest Indian bats- ets across two formats. With some experts pointing Wadia. 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Is it going to dis- only from the revenue point Asked about the the finest minds in the game. options is to cancel the T20 World Cup appear like SARS and MERS, or is this of view, but also for domes- possibility of the IPL “During a match you would see irat Kohli on Saturday said his this year as many questions around the something that’s going to come back tic cricketers. being moved away from him asking a player to move to his Velevation to captaincy has a lot Covid-19 pandemic remain “unan- seasonally? Chaudhry also backed India keeping in mind right, and then to the left. The play- to do with Mahendra Singh Dhoni swered”.Sangakkara, who is the presi- “Will we have to live with this par- MS Dhoni, saying one of the the health crisis, er would end up standing in the keenly observing his cricket smarts dent of the prestigious Marylebone ticular virus or different strains of it greatest cricketing brains Chaudhry said: “Even if same place, but the idea is to make for six-seven long years. Cricket Club (MCC), feels the situation from time to time or do we have to live still has much to offer to Indian the GC decides to shift the match- him alert. Before that his mind During an Instagram chat with needs to be monitored. with it long term?” Sangakkara asked cricket. es...it has to be in a country where might have been wavering a bit,” teammate Ravichandran Ashwin, “Everyday, there are new learnings, on Star Sports show Cricket Connected. “It is the IPL GC’s decision, but time difference is not too much. Chaudhry said. “If I would be a Kohli spoke about how he was new things being found out, so we will The former Sri Lanka captain my view is that effort has to be made Broadcasters will want that 8 pm decision maker, I would have him always keen on taking responsibil- have to wait and see, but the options added, “If that’s the case, then some of to try and have that situation where slot. It is important for them.” in the team.” PTI ity and becoming the India captain may be to cancel it this year, postpone the changes that we have seen in our was a part of that process. it to another year, but to have in lives now, may be the new normal for “I think a large portion of me place anticipatory procedures us for a few years until a vaccine is becoming captain was also to do that take into account health found or until there’s enough immu- *  " Q     R=  with him (MSD) observing me for and safety of both the players nity globally among the people to a long period of time. It just can’t and the spectators, and make withstand this. happen like he goes and selectors sure that’s iron clad,” he said. “So, those are really questions 2  <M support staff, using private charter say ‘you become captain’,” Kohli Sangakkara said there that I don’t think anyone can planes and conducting medical replied to a specific question on the are many unanswered answer at the moment. he West Indies cricket board has screenings and individual Covid-19 process of becoming the leader of questions around the We will get more clarity Tapproved next month’s tour of testing for all members of the tour- the team. pandemic, which has as time goes by.” England where the regional side will ing party,” read the statement. “The guy who is there, he takes play three Tests in a “bio-secure” All games will be played behind responsibility and says okay I but he would discuss a lot of environment. closed doors without spectators. think this is the next guy and I will things as well, so he got a lot of The series, if it gets the nod of “CWI has also received and tell you how he is going and then confidence that I can do this (cap- 2,#"    * the UK Government, will mark reviewed detailed plans for players slowly that transition is formed. tain) after him,” the skipper said. resumption of international crick- and staff to be kept in a bio-secure “I think he played a big role in Taking responsibility is some- /3 3 The cricket considerations from an illnesses, a substitute et which has been suspended due environment for the duration of the that and that trust you have to thing he has always liked, Kohli authorities in England ICC perspective about a fielder may be permit- to the Covid-19 pandemic. tour, with all matches being played build over, say six seven years, it said during the interaction. are hoping that ICC Covid-19 replacement. ted, but that player can- “The Board gave approval in 'behind closed doors.” just doesn’t happen overnight,” “I was inclined to taking would allow coronavirus That still needs to be not bat or bowl. principle for the proposed upcom- Kohli said. responsibility. Becoming captain of replacements when the agreed. I would hope The ICC has ing West Indies Test tour of PAY CUT FOR PLAYERS The transition happened when India was not even in my wildest West Indies and that would be in place banned the use of saliva England,” Cricket West Indies Cricket West Indies (CWI) has Kohli would station himself at dreams, to be honest. We all start- Pakistan travel the coun- well before the Test to shine the ball amid (CWI) said in a statement. announced a temporary 50 percent the first slip and pick Dhoni’s ed playing at a similar time, I made try for upcoming Test series starts in July,” ECB the coronavirus pan- “The decision comes only after salary cut and funding across the brains on tactical moves. my Test debut before you, you series. director of events Steve demic. CWI medical and cricket-related entire regional cricket system, effec- “I think that is the transition (Ashwin) made it just after in the The England and Elworthy said. “From a planning representatives and advisors have tive from the start of July, due to that slowly happens, then with next series. Wales Cricket Board The change would point of view, we have been involved in detailed discus- which have on-site hotels. financial crunch caused by the your entry in the game you start “And after that it was all about (ECB) is in talks with apply to Test cricket but got everything in place. sions with the England and Wales “CWI’s management is now in Covid-19 pandemic. talking to the captain regularly. wanting to play, wanting to be in the world governing not ODIs and T20Is. We’re ready for it, but Cricket Board (ECB), and their own the process of seeking to put all of The decision was made after “I was always in MS’s (Dhoni) the XI regularly, wanting to put my body (ICC) over As of now, a player clearly we don’t want to medical and public health advisers.” the approvals and logistics in place CWI’s Board of Directors received ears, standing next to him, ‘yeh kar foot down and say I didn’t play all changes to the playing can be replaced in a stray outside of Govt The ECB has proposed two within the Caribbean, including recommendations from the sakte ho, woh kar sakte ho (can we the games but I wanted to be dis- conditions, according to match if he is suffering guidelines & Govt deci- venues for the Test series starting seeking permission from the vari- Financial Strategy Advisory try these things), what do you cussed whether this guy is good a BBC report. from a concussion. For sion-making,” said July 8, Hampshire’s Ageas Bowl and ous National Governments to facil- Committee (FSAC) during a tele- think, he would deny a lot of things enough to play or not.” “There are still some all other injuries and Elworthy. PTI Lancashire’s Old Trafford, both of itate the movement of players and conference.    *&"",!  2 )   +   "!,! ! ormer world chess champion FViswanathan Anand finally 2 < ) + Year and T20 Cricketer of the Year. returned to India on Saturday after In addition, the wicketkeeper- being stuck in Germany for over imited-overs skipper Quinton batsman has been nominated Test three months due to the travel Lde Kock and speed merchant Cricketer of the Year along with restrictions imposed in the wake of Lungi Ngidi dominated the nom- Kagiso Rabada and Anrich Nortje the Covid-19 pandemic. inations for the 2019/20 Cricket as well as for the SA Men’s Players’ Anand was in Germany to play South Africa (CSA) men’s interna- Players award, while Ngidi has 9' $  in the Bundesliga chess league in tional awards. been nominated for the Streetwise February and was to return to India All-rounder Marizanne Kapp Award. A C  in March, but was forced to stay put 566 and Laura Wolvaardt have both Nortje, in his first year of inter- after the Covid-19 outbreak disrupt- won nominations in four cate- national cricket, has also been ormula One’s truncated coronavirus-hit season will ed sporting schedules across the 4; 3: NBA commissioner Adam Silver told team own- gories in the women’s sec- nominated in the South Africa Ffinally get underway with the Austrian Grand Prix on July globe apart from restricting move- ers he’s targeting a July 31 return to play, US media report- tion. Men’s Cricketer of the Year. 5, the Austrian Government announced on Saturday. ment ed, although the format for completing the season “The gala event to hon- Makhaya Ntini (2005/06), The Spielberg circuit has also been given the green light The Chennai-based chess mae- and later he will be home quaran- remains unclear. The Los Angeles Times was among the out- our South Africa’s top per- Jacques Kallis (2004/11), Hashim to stage a second race the following weekend. stro arrived by an Air India flight (AI- tined for 14 days, a Health depart- lets reporting Silver suggested July 31 as a potential re-start forming professional crick- Amla (2010/13), AB de Villiers “The two Formula One races on July 5 and 12 at Spielberg 120) from Frankfurt via Delhi and ment official said. date when speaking on a conference call with the board eters over the past year (2014/15) and Rabada will be staged without spectators,” announced Austrian Health reached the Kempegowda Anand left Frankfurt on Friday of governors, citing unnamed sources familiar with the call. will take place on (2016/18) have won the Minister Rudolf Anschober. International Airport in Bengaluru night and reached Bengaluru on The NBA suspended play on March 11 in response to Saturday, July 4 South African cricket He said that the two races had been approved after F1 around 1.15 pm. Saturday afternoon. the coronavirus pandemic and multiple scenarios for 2020, in a virtual of the year award organisers “had presented a complete and professional plan” “Yes...Anand has arrived. He is The flights from Germany are resuming and completing the season are still being con- ceremony twice. to combat the spread of Covid-19. fine and settling down,” his wife scheduled to land only in Delhi and sidered. because of the Other South Anschober added a caveat to Saturday’s statement, insist- Aruna Anand said. Bengaluru. One option would be to bring back all 30 teams to com- restrictions African men’s players ing the season’s belated restart would only go ahead if all the According to her, Anand said he Anand was staying near plete the tail end of the regular season before staging the imposed by nominated in the health assurances made by F1 were fulfilled. is fine and happy to be back in India. Frankfurt and did online commen- playoffs — an idea that appears to have little support with the coron- various categories “In addition to strict hygiene measures the plan also “We are happy that Anand is tary for the Candidates tournament many of those teams out of post-season contention. Also avirus,” the are Temba Bavuma involves regular testing and health check-ups for teams and back after a long time. He will com- in Russia before it was called off mid- under discussion is the return of 20 teams, with compe- CSA said. (T20 Cricketer of the all the other employees,” he said. plete quarantine procedures and way due to the pandemic and led the tition being split into World Cup-style pool play that vir- De Kock and Year), Heinrich “The crucial element will be the close coordination come to Chennai as per protocol,” she Indian team in the Online Nations tually serves as the first round of the playoffs. Ngidi have both been Klaasen (ODI Cricketer between the organisers and the regional and local health had said earlier. Cup earlier this month. Another suggestion would bring back up to 22 teams nominated in the fol- of the Year), David Miller authorities,” he added. As per the protocols for those He had been in touch with his — all that were within six games of a playoff spot when lowing three cate- (SA Men’s Players’ Player of The F1 season was thrown into chaos with the cancel- returning to Karnataka, Anand will family in Chennai on a regular basis play was halted. The scenario would include some regu- gories: SA Men’s the Year) and Vernon lation of the traditional curtain-raising Australian Grand Prix be under institutional quarantine for via video calls and kept himself busy lar season games and a play-in tournament for berths in Cricketer of the Year, Philander (RAM Delivery in March only hours before practice was due to begin. seven days until he is tested negative with chess related work. the playoffs to follow. AFP ODI Cricketer of the of the Year).     + ,-. /0/0 78383 P>  Q

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he rising Coronavirus cases mountains is courage, patience, value and deaths around the world are of nature and love for all. There are a Tmaking headlines every day. million life lessons that one can learn During this time people are yearning just by being on the mountains. My to hear some positive news. But, love for them is infinite and it can sadly there are not many. To give you never fade away,” he tells you. a break from all that and also to salute Ahluwalia has written 15 books, our heroes who are not in the lime- including his autobiography Higher light these days but have served the than Everest while others focus on country all their life, here is a piece of mountaineering and the Himalayan positivity and courage. range’s flora and fauna. He has also Meet 83-year-old Major Hari Pal authored two books on disability Singh Ahluwalia, a 1965 war veteran rehabilitation. @7F'=-2F&   and an Arjuna and Padma awardee, The turning point in Ahluwalia’s who is a part of the first Indian team life came when he suffered a bullet   -&   to climb Mount Everest on May 29 injury during the 1965 Indo-Pak war (celebrated as International Everest resulting in his confinement to a E89282    Day), 1965. wheelchair for life. “I suffered a spine For those of you all who don’t injury. I was suggested to go to NF  R)8  -  know what it is — at 11:30 am on May England for rehablitation. That was 29, 1953, Edmund Hillary and time, when I realised that the coun-         Tenzing Norgay, a sherpa of Nepal, try is in dire need of a good rehabil- became the first explorers to reach the itation center and we came up with What is your role in Mrs. Serial Killer? summit of Mount Everest. Nepal The Indian Spinal Injuries Centre, I play Anushka Tiwari, a young, tough and uncompromising decided to observe the day as New Delhi,” Ahluwalia, who cur- girl. It is an exciting role to play. Although she is a victim but one International Everest Day since 2008, rently resides in the hospital campus doesn’t look at her like that because she comes out of the problems when the legendary climber Hillary and is the Chairman, tells you. that she is put in. When I read the script, I thought of how differ- passed away. But that doesn’t mean, he gave up ent I am from the character. But then slowly, I started getting into Ahluwalia comes from an army on his passion for mountains. “I the skin of the character. So this was like I could live out my fan- background, his father and grandfa-  3 %)(+"    " 2"  give up. After a healthy discussion, he drew strength and inspiration from tasy. It was great fun. ther both served the armed forces. It    => agreed. And we started our journey,” mountains. Life is all about conquer- Since this is your debut, did you have to do any extra prepa- goes unsaid that Ahluwalia was to join he tells you with much enthusiasm. ing the other summit — the summit rations? the forces too. He was intially inter- member of the first Indian team to do Ahluwalia along with a sherpa of the mind. I continued doing that,” I had done theatre for three years before bagging this project, ested in joining the Merchant Navy so,” Ahluwalia recalls. and a team member, also became the he tells you. Ahluwalia after his so acting was not much of a concern. But the bigger challenge was but destiny had something else in Back then, with no advanced first three people to reach the summit return from England continued to do martial arts. I had never learnt it in my life. So I had just one place for him. He got selected as a equipments, scaling the highest peak together. “People usually do it one by organising adventure sports events. and a half month for the preparations and I joined martial arts class- Second Lieutenant in the Indian in the world seems a herculean task. one. Like, when one reaches the sum- Ahluwalia’s 36-year-old daughter, es. I never missed out on a single class. Then I would go to the gym. Army’s Electrical-Mechanical But Ahluwalia feels they have the best mit, he returns and then the other one Sugandh and wife are proud of him. It was like a total of four hours of workout regularly. I was that Engineering Branch in 1958. equipments they could have had at goes up to the top. However, we three “He is a fighter. Giving up is not his obsessed. That was about the physicality. Talking about the lines, What got him interested in moun- that time. “We had as advanced did it together,” he tells you with a thing. He still talks about mountains dialogue delivery and characterisation, Imran bhai, helped me get taineering were the trainings that he equipments as possible, back then. We smile. with the same enthusiasm that he had through it. I would go to his place and rehearse. He would play had to undergo in his army camp. never felt we needed something bet- During the walk up to the sum- back then. I grew up listening to his Jacqueline’s part and help me revise. He gave me a lot of guidance Following an advanced training at the ter. Also it is more about one’s deter- mit, not even for once did Ahluwalia stories of the mountains,” Sugandh as this was a completely new medium for me. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, mination. We were determined to do felt to return. “I had only one thing in tells you. Some best moment from the sets of the film. Darjeeling, at the age of 26, he then that, hence nothing felt like an obsta- mind, that I have to do that. And Ahluwalia’s success mantra, she This project was like a dream come true. Working with became a member of the first Indian cle to us,” he says and tells you that the nothing could stop me. I had faith that says, is a quotation from Guru Granth Jacqueline Fernandez was great as she was always sweet and moti- team to scale Mount Everest. Government beared the cost of the us to return to the base camp because I could do it,” he says. Sahib — Mann Neeva, Matt Uchchi, vating. Getting a chance to work with Manoj Bajpai and acting right “Those were the days. I still expedition. it was not safe to go ahead. The team During the descend, Ahluwalia’s meaning one should always be hum- in front of him and seeing him act was a fantastic experience. But remember the feeling that I had However, scaling the highest peak members started preparing for the oxygen got finished due to a leak in ble but keep his thinking high. one moment that will always stay with me is how Jacqueline and when I was on top of the mountain. is not a bed of roses. It comes with its return. I insisted to give it a try. I told the cylinder and it made him hallu- “My only advise to the young gen- I would run down the streets, chasing each other while shooting The view was fascinating. I was left share of challenges. “We started the the leader if we won’t try at all then cinate. His team members managed to eration is to be respectful of the nature in Nainital in the freezing weather. spell-bound. That’s when I truly felt expedition on May 24. There was a we won’t have an answer to give to the bring him to the camp safely and he and if they have a passion for some- The film is trending No 1 and many memes are also being the beauty of the nature. 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t was business as usual in Paris. The cafes were crowded. Pavements busy with hur- rying office goers and students. The manicured parks filled with more adults than children. Long queues at bakeries. IJoggers out in the winter sun as much as in the gyms and health clubs. Subway trains packed. The shops luring in customers to the last dis- counts of the winter sale. Only the media was abuzz with around 800 new COVID cases being discovered in France every day. So much so that the Indian government announced that the country would close its borders to any foreign national entering from France. My family and I had to scramble to get our air tickets for the very next day to leave Paris where we live three months every year to return to our home in Goa — my husband and toddler son are New Zealand citizens. It was March 13, 2020 when we landed at Delhi international airport, where COVID related messages to socially distance were blasting on loudspeakers and all passengers had to undergo thermal tests. At that time India had 74 cases in total. India has about 12 million children on the streets. Migrant workers often live in over- crowded temporary rooms in our cities. India is home to about one-third of the global slum population, with an average of one in six city residents living in slum zones where popula- tion densities vary between 277,136 persons per square kilometre (sq km) in Dharavi to 125,000 persons per sq km at the Rasolpoora slum in Hyderabad. In fact, in Dharavi, there is one toilet per 1,440 residents. How are they expected to ‘socially distance’ themselves? Yet in India, that was our best bet and worth a try because with our size of popula- tion and low healthcare facility, we clearly have our own unique challenges to beat the Coronavirus. Testing is expensive and if the number of cases increase at the pace it did in Italy and France, then India would not have adequate numbers of beds to treat patients. It was for this reason that on April 2, at the time that India had about 2,543 cases of COVID-19, that my team at Anant National University submitted a detailed proposal to the Prime Minister’s Office about how to trans- form vacant community halls, marriage halls, office spaces, and residential buildings into temporary hospitals and quarantine facilities for COVID-19 patients in an effective yet highly affordable way. I set up the Anant Centre for Sustainability as a think-teach-do tank about two years ago, and since the past 10 months the team there had been collecting primary data at a city level to unravel the reasons why 7.5% homes in India are vacant as well as what we could do with them to close the housing gap in the country. In our proposal to the PMO, we included intricate details about the vacant spaces that were suited for specific COVID-19 conditions, room layouts, list of equipment required, costs, vendors, as well as a financing beds in Mumbai in to quarantine facilities, at each entity is contributing in money or in autorickshaw — once again offered by a uni- structure that did not require the government one tenth of the cost of traditional quaran- kind. This is very different from a transac- versity and therefore at only the exact cost of to pay for the costs to set up COVID-19 recov- tine centres. Milind Deora generously tional approach where the funder is the the materials needed to manufacture it. We ery facilities in vacant buildings. arranged for CSR funds from Godrej. Dhaval owner and the provider of goods is seeking a are putting mobile x-ray and swab collection Yet wondering if we would ever even hear Monani, Director of Affordable Housing at profit. Another example is the ability for the centres upon an autorickshaw platform using back from the Prime Minister, I also reached AnantU came up with an incredibly inge- three entities to tango, given that each would insulated tarpaulins. It dramatically brings out to friends who I thought might help us nious design of making hospital furniture out have their unique interests and concerns. down the cost of testing while bringing the implement our proposal. Anil Antony, who is of laminated corrugated cardboard that were And finally, the role of universities anywhere opportunity to test at the doorstep of resi- national coordinator of the Parliamentarians durable, water proof, priced at 10% of the    in the world is to further knowledge, with no dents living even in overcrowded zones. for Innovators of India, a multi-party parlia- cost of a steel bed. The equipment is at man- C +1  . bias and without seeking profit. The under- In the wake of the relaxation in the lock- mentarian organisation to which I too serve as ufacturing cost and the cheapest in the mar- C + A.+C standing of this is still at a nascent stage and down in India, we must be prepared to live a mentor, readily connected me to the Kerala ket, while mine and the university team’s   +1 must be mainstreamed in our country. At a with the virus for an extended amount of state government. Milind Deora, former efforts are at zero cost and completely on a time when some individuals and organisa- time. Being prepared will help India avoid Minister of State, immediately connected me voluntary basis. Due to the relentless efforts   + tions (even while declaring to be non profit) the path that France initially took with their to the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation of Professor Monani and the team, within +  +  might be trying to make a buck out of the ‘business as usual’ aporoach. Unless there is a (BMC). three days we built up the capacity of manu-   A desperation that this crisis creates, the advan- vaccine, the virus is not going away. The rate Before the end of the week, I did hear back facturing 2,500 beds, tables, room separators  +)   tage of partnering with good universities is of spread might flatten at some point and from the Ministry of Commerce who request- every week, and transporting them to any that its mandate is only to push new thinking then spike again. No amount of modelling ed immediate assistance for creating new cate- place in India. Now every week we are setting 1 A+( and research instead of profiteering. and simulations can predict the course of gories on GeM, GOI’s e-market for govern- up about two new facilities across India. C +A Overcoming these minor hiccups in govern- this. 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Despite the Trends Panel, finds broad public sup- lars in comparison with other African papers and other Government and it’s not President Trump but any President Trump has dedicated all his reading of the international media, port for giving voters the option of and Latin American groups which public opinion documents prepared other President would have had to go energies in opposing former US immigration amendments, the judges’ voting by mail — and less wide- amount to annual incomes much by himself and his Governmental through the same firestorm and the President Obama’s health-care plan recruitment and his acerbic replies spread but growing support for con- below the 80,000 benchmark for the team which posits him undeniably as outbreak does not categorically poses and the immigration conundrum and tweets might not become brick- ducting all elections by mail.” The other bevy of immigrants in the an insider. The archives of Joe Biden questions for the Presidential poli- and other electoral battleground bats for Democrats to beat and chide poll further suggests, “Overall, 70 per American homeland. had been transferred to the University cies, but, for the larger preparedness issues such as the context of the ter- President Trump with, as it’s a stable cent favour allowing any voter to vote The Vice President’s kitty of of Delaware in 2012 which can serve of the American health infrastructure ror outfits and other geo-economic constituency of homeland and by mail if they want to, including 44 votes is formidably constituted by as a treasure trove of his seat success and attendant resources. And, this is non-State actors and institutions inward-looking Americans which per cent who strongly support this African Americans while other in the upcoming elections. no laughing matter by any context. +&+&..?*02.* operating in the larger internation- stays intact with President Trump and policy. 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It can also be surmised that the Trump squarely in the face of the fol- tigative reporters. The Guardian nation would want a military conflict threat should go down well with the The question that can be raised Asian Americans are the largest lowing enjoyed by the Democratic cites three such grey areas which are at the cusp of these testing times but American electorate in the upcom- is that will the US elections be dis- growing electorate in the US and have Presidential Candidate, Joe Biden. of the order of, “His long political other predominant issues are up for ing Presidential elections. rupted by the intervention of the to be wooed by both the political par- The rally behind the flag phenome- career includes the 1991 confirma- the tasking. Candidate Joe Biden’s job The Democrat presumptive can- Covid-19 outbreak which as a pos- ties, but traditionally this ethnic non has been marred by both tion hearings for supreme court eradicating Green New deal in the didate has hopped on to the popular sibility has been negated as a non- group has been voting for the democ- President Trump and Joe Biden justice Clarence Thomas, accused of past, his support for NAFTA and bandwagon which tarnishes President probability in one of the policy rats since they found their feat in the containing themselves to campaign sexual harassment, as well as his sup- TPP and his repeated nonchalance Trump’s striving at containing the statements of President Trump while homeland. The number of Asian indoor and to shun the rallies at least port for a 1994 crime law that con- over the fact that the Chinese are Covid-19 malady through a grand Democratic Presidential candidate American electorate has nearly dou- for the time being. tributed to mass incarceration. Then responsible to a certain extent for the American lockdown along with other Joe Biden has ranted otherwise. bled since the benchmark year of 2000 The presumptive candidate Joe there was his 2003 vote authorising employment scenario in the palliative measures. Such a partisan Moving away from it, it has to be kept till the rabid and Covid infected con- Biden has already faced a key alle- the invasion of Iraq, which he has American homeland are some of the way of politicking will not go down in mind that the Pew Research temporary context in 2020. They gation of debauchery by a Capitol Hill since said he regrets.” power keg themes which have been well for the Democratic Presidential Centre, a public opinion think tank, make up for a handsome and decisive staffer in 1993 and if Richard Nixon President Trump has made a rumbustiously ratcheted up by the candidate, Joe Biden, though it can be reports in one of its releases that the 5 per cent of the total American elec- had the debilitating tapes and can- comeback with his slogan and acts Republic election war room. contended that during the intra- American electorate prefers voting torate and are mostly constituted by didate Hillary Clinton in 2016 had of MAGA, which in the expanded for Democratic primaries, none of the mail, which as a rankling theme by the naturalised citizenship and not her emails serving as their bête amounts to, “Make America Great” (The writer teaches at candidates posed a viable threat to his the Opposition in the America’s originally born in the American noire, it is yet to emerge as to what and will definitely echo in the hearts International Relations and nomination for the Democratic hustings. The Pew Research Pool homeland. Indian-origin denizens will prove to the failing of the and minds of the homeland elec- International Organisations, IIPA, Presidential candidature. The current contends, “The national survey by are the largest section of the Asian Democratic Presidential nominee, Joe torate but for the Covid outbreak and New Delhi)

       

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Under the ing to such a tactical change in leadership of Basavaraj, who    the Maoists’ approach can be was also the chief of Maoists’ attributed to the new leadership Central Military Commission "     under Namballa Keshava Rao, (CMC) prior to his elevation as alias Basavaraj. chief, the Maoists are carrying   Considering the involve- out “spectacular” attacks, choos-     ment of the District Reserve ing elite commandos and high- Guard (DRG), Special Task profile political leaders, to   Force (STF) and the elite scotch the growing under- Commando Battalion for standing that the Maoist move- Resolute Action (CoBRA) of ment is on its last legs. Ever the Central Reserve Police since Basavaraj has taken over Force (CRPF) in a joint oper- the leadership, the Maoists have ation against the Maoists, the carried out four major attacks in Maoists carried out the brutal the last two years. On May 1, attack with surgical precision. 2019, the Maoists killed 15 per- It is important to mention that sonnel belonging to the com- Sukma district continues to be mandos of the C-60 force of the a hotbed of Maoist activities as Maharashtra Police and a civil- it accounts for 25 Maoist-relat- ian with an improvised explo- ed deaths so far in 2020. At a sive device (IED) in Gadchiroli time when the State has been district. Preceding the incident, claiming the Maoist violent the ultras had torched 26 vehi- The surgical precision of instilling fear through the rights and entitlements of the Maoists seem to expose their the Maoists under this new +&(%@+&,,2%2'+ movement is on a terminal cles used for construction work these attacks is stressed as the attacks, especially against the local communities. These state vulnerability like never. leadership would continue to decline in terms of its dimin- at the National Highway-136 Maoists are believed to be in a state machinery and leaders. measures have prevented the When it comes to carrying resort to such attacks now and ishing activities and reducing site to lure the security forces in Tactical Counter Offensive This is a critical shift in the ide- Maoists to garner local support out guerrilla attacks, the Maoists then. The important motives of number of recruits, the Sukma their trap. Earlier on April 9, Campaign (TCOC) under the ological framework that instils and recruit trusted cadre. seem to have an edge over the the Maoists behind killing the attack, the audacious acts 2019, the Maoists attacked the new leadership of Basavaraj. As new tactics into the new Ganapathy was held security forces which have been security personnel in large against the elite security forces, convoy of Chhattisgarh BJP the Maoist activities have been recruits and legitimise the “rev- responsible for not being able a major drawback that the later numbers are to highlight the warrants revisiting the Maoist MLA Bhima Mandavi, killing largely contained, the new olutionary causes” via violent to spread to the new areas and must overcome sooner. In more vulnerability of the state and to movement. Also, as the Maoists the MLA and two others just leadership aims to revive the activities. Such a tactical shift for losing the areas of influence. than five decades of their exis- boost the morale of its cadre so are continuously losing their before the first phase of the gen- strength and reclaim the areas also highlights the shrinking This was a major factor for tence in multiple forms and that they could plan a possible support base substantially and eral election. A critical com- through militant activities. space of the Maoists which Ganapathy to step down. shades, the Maoists have never revival of the movement. are limited to a few pockets, the monality among all the above- Considering his experience as have caused the state whole- However, as the ideology takes been so delegitimised before in high-level attack confirms a mentioned attacks is the surgi- the chief of the Central Military some measures — security, a backseat under the new lead- terms of popular support. 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man thinks himself the master of others mortals are born unique, each being’s t is in human nature to look towards available to other species. Remember, but remains more of a slave than they mind pre-programmed one way or the a better tomorrow. So, invariably we the freewill option grants you with the are.” other, coming as they may as Karmic Ibegin life with high hopes and aspi- freedom to make choices. It needs to be The obvious question now is: Is carry-over from the past. Remember, rations. Accordingly, we set our dream appreciated here that if there is choice in there any scope to come out of the one’s Karmic cycle keeps running in suc- destination. Dreams are necessary for hand, the probability of its use and mis- binds of fate? The answer is ‘yes’ and cession, transgressing birth-death cycles. reaching heights one is capable of, as use becomes equal. And there is nothing ‘no’. Well, the choice option you have So, ordinarily, we are all born fated, each they serve a focus to reach an objective. like a free lunch in this world. You have also enjoins upon you with the capacity manifesting varying desire and mind- Since time immemorial, the Moon fasci- to own up and bear with consequences to make necessary amends. You can trends. That leads us, all through the run nated and evoked man’s curiosity, seen of the choices you make. This way, you make a conscientious choice purported of life, unless otherwise consciously every day — yet unknown. A longing to become stuck to a cause-effect chain, to deny the implication of fate. modified, which is not easy. Not that we know and understand, it led scientists to which runs in succession. In this scheme Remember, what is fated is imprinted in can’t change. Our indwelling faculty of send man on the Moon. Yet, not every- of things, there has to be a cause behind your memory in the form of thought- discriminate intelligence empowers us to body’s dreams get fulfilled. Non-realisa- every effect, which, in turn becomes the seed, which when gains a congenial dispassionately see things in perspective tion often brings in frustrating experi- cause of future happenings. ground, it comes into play. Remember, a and make necessary amends. But it can’t ences. Why? Are we so helplessly fated? Someone curious to understand the seed if kept on a table will remain inert. come into play involuntarily. It has to be If so, what is the relevance of freewill, we relation between freewill and fate sought The same seed when planted into earth consciously invoked for due diligence, are supposed to be endowed with? a wise man’s help for the answer. The mass may breed a plant. which is the prerogative of Ahamkara The obvious question now is: What wiseman asked the questioner: Stand on It is pertinent to note here that (ego consciousness). The irony, however primarily drives our lives — freewill or one feet with the other raised in air. The human mind is empowered to self- is that often our ego plays the spoiler by fate? This debate has been ongoing since questioner followed. The wiseman then reflect upon its own space and identify identifying itself with the indwelling ages, which finds reflection in asked him to raise the other leg also. undesirable thought-trends. Following desires, and is tempted to pursue it as an Ramayana, Yoga Vashishtha, and even How can I? I will fall. Now you have the which, you could consciously deny the end game. It then doesn’t leave scope to Mahabharat. The rationalists and those answer said the wiseman. Freewill ground necessary for its fruition. Or you look beyond for a better option if any. belonging to science fraternity have option gave you the choice to raise either could modify it by feeding the mind The topic continues... often challenged the relevance of the left or right leg, or not raise any. If, with fresh educative inputs. Therefore,      " "  Astrology, which primarily deals with however, you raise one leg, you are stuck in so far as human potential is con- "  "  -??   fate. Little reflection would reveal that it and so fated. To sum, the exercise of cerned, one is capable to come out of the < ,,  &&  &&44    is the exercise of freewill option, which freewill binds you to fate. binds of fate. It is, however, easier said &.. > is an exclusive human privilege, that So said Rousseau: “Man is born free, than done. ;  DD FDFDA>E F FAA binds you to fate. This option is not and everywhere he is in chains. One The fact of life is that all ordinary 2 ;  "    G - 

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