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3 CITY 4 THE POLITICS OF DECEPTION 7 STATE DRAMA AMID DIN: MAYOR AND CO. KEEP Politics is the game of deceptions and GANDERBAL ACHIEVES 100% VACCINATION the inhabitants of District Budgam TARGET OF ALL ABOVE 45 AGE GROUP COMMISSIONER OUT OF SMC have become the victims of it yet again. The Mayor Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC) Junaid Azim This time, the issue is the U-turn that The district Ganderbal has become the second district Matto and over a dozen corporators Friday created ruckus in the THINK the administration took in shifting the in Kashmir division to achieve the hundred percent Corporation lawns and stopped the Commissioner SMC Amir Athar... proposed DRDO 500 bed hospital from... vaccination target of all above 45 age group with at... AVOID COVID TALK, AVOID STRESS: Kashmir’s Top Psychiatrist

Auqib Javeed possible for virtual-meetings, How’s Kashmir’s third straight compensated. Even the European How has coronavirus cast grief-sharing, gossip and year of lockdown affecting countries with great health infra- its shadow on Valley’s s more and more people humour. people mentally? structure had to implement it. mindscape? are reporting mental health “Let’s not talk about Covid-19,” If there’s any relaxation at this Aissues in the second viral LET’S HAVE NEW Dr. Arshad Hussain reiterates. Undoubtedly lockdowns are moment it’ll invite devastation. As per many reports and stud- wave, Kashmir’s noted men- “We should’ve a normal talk. It bad but they’re necessary evils But yes, lockdowns will have ies, the pandemic has hit the tal health specialist, Dr. Arshad HABITS, proper sleep really releases the stress.” for survival, for saving lives and economic costs and that has its mental health of the people Hussain, says people should watch and an optimistic outlook In an exclusive conversa- at the end what only matters own negative effects on mental but let me tell you honestly, it less news regarding Covid-19 tion with Kashmir Observer, is life everything else can get health. had very little impact here in “since the important and neces- to avoid stress.” the distinguished psychiatrist Kashmir last year. sary information that one needs and professor at the Institute of Although our hospital, to fight Covid-19 is already there”. “So we need to avoid watching Mental Health & Neurosciences WE SHOULD SLEEP AND REST AND KEEP Institute of Mental Health and The only information that has news of death and destruction on (IMHANS), Government Medical ONE THING IN MIND that no difficult time lasts Neurosciences Kashmir, saw been added to Covid-19 is re- a daily basis because it will affect College, Srinagar, advises new forever and this too will pass and on the other side of it is over 77,000 patients in 2020, garding the vaccination, while your mental health,” he warns. habits, proper sleep and opti- they were mostly non-Covid rest is the same, the prominent Plus, he says, people should mist outlook as some measures light and happiness for everybody. We only have to survive mental health issues. psychiatrist says. use social media as much as to avoid stress. this time and for it we need to do whatever is necessary.” But somehow,  More On P6

Widom Corona Claims Change takes courage —Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Specially-Abled Minor, 55 Others 2803 New Cases In Government Medical College (GMC) Baramulla, where she 24 Hours, 1794 From was admitted for treatment. A Dr. Iqbal Saleem 55-year-old man also died at City Admin Seals Professor of Surgery, GMC Kashmir Valley the healthcare facility. Mahatta Cafe Besides them, officials said, SRINAGAR: Mahatta Diner Cafe Ajaz Ali a 75-year-old man from HMT in Srinagar has been sealed by the Srinagar, admitted to SMHS on If you value your life, stop J&K administration amid a property SRINAGAR: Coronavirus claimed May 26, died at the hospital, smoking. dispute, and for allegedly violating the lives of 56 more people, while a 55-year-old woman If you love your elders double Covid-19 norms. The cafe is owned by including a specially-abled mi- from Fateh Kadal also died at your effort to stop them from the Mehta family which had earlier nor in Jammu and Kashmir on SMHS hospital, a week after smoking. been running a famous photo studio Friday while 2803 new cases of she was admitted there. Covid related adverse effects on the Bund Srinagar. The owners have infection were reported across A 55-year-old man from are more common in smokers. accused former J&K Finance Minister, Relatives of a corona victim fold their hands while performing last rites at a cremation ground in the Union Territory during the Khudpore Budgam died a fort- SO RIGHT TIME TO GIVE YOUR Haseeb Drabu, of a land grab attempt, Srinagar on Friday. KO Photo, Abid Bhat last 24 hours. night after his admission to LUNGS SOME RESPITE. IANS reported Friday.  More On P6 According to the hospital, they said. Also, officials, 30 more they said, a 65-year-old Hizb Militant Nabbed people succumbed man from Bemina Dr Salim Khan In Kulgam: Police to virus in Jammu Srinagar died at Professor and HOD division on Friday SKIMS Bemina, 26 Community Medicine, GMC SRINAGAR: Police on Friday Decision On Kashmir while 26 others days after he was claimed to have arrested a Hizbul died of corona- admitted there. Mujahideen militant in Kulgam virus at different A 66-year-old man If you want no third wave district of south Kashmir. Zakir Bhat healthcare facili- from Tarathpora Villgam of COVID-19 comes in J&K, of HM was arrested after police and Unlock Shortly: Div Com ties in Kashmir Valley died at District Hospital everyone has to follow COVID army launched a joint cordon and raising the death toll in Baramulla, three days after Appropriate Behaviour for times search operation in the Frisal area Auqib Javeed pandemic to 3795. he was admitted there, they said, to come. Lowering guards in of the district following information Among the victims from adding that a 61-year-old man coming weeks would invariably about the presence of militants in the SRINAGAR: As the business fra- Saving Lives, Protecting Valley, officials said, was from Bemina who was admitted invite third wave. Ensure area, a police spokesman said. ternity in Kashmir upped the a 12-year-old specially to SMHS hospital on May 17 died behavioural change by following He said that the investigations have ante over the phased reopen- Livelihoods Is Our Priority: LG abled girl, who died at the at the facility.  More On P6 social distancing, wearing revealed that  More On P6 ing of shops and commercial masks & hand hygiene establishments citing heavy HC Quashes 3 PSA losses, the Jammu and Kashmir Detention Orders administration said on Friday Dr. Faheem Younus that the decision to ease lock- Govt Launches ‘Taskeen’ For VP/ CQO/ Chief of SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir down will be taken shortly. Infectious Diseases High Court has quashed three de- “The government is working tention orders under Public Safety to unlock Kashmir and the de- Covid Affected Children University of MD UCH Act and asked the authorities to cision regarding the same will Tele- Counselling Service release them “if not required in any be taken shortly,” Divisional during the pandemic. COVID treatment protocols do other case.” A bench of Justice Vinod Commissioner Kashmir, P K To Address Fear, Anxiety; The service was not vary based on variants. Chatterji Koul quashed orders against Pole told Kashmir Observer on Other Mental Health launched by the Divisional Don’t let someone give you a Sajad Ahmad Bhat son of Ghulam Friday. Issues: Div Com Commissioner Kashmir, drug claiming “it only works for Hassan Bhat of Nagam Chadoora, He said that the competent Pandurang K Pole on x variant.” Budgam, Aijaz Ahmad Dar son of authority will assess the situa- Observer News Service Saturday, an official Habibullah Dar of Nasrullahpora, tion and take a call on phased Observer News Service on Friday that saving lives spokesperson said. He said Budgam and Manzoor Ahmad Ganaie unlocking, including days of and protecting livelihoods of SRINAGAR: In an effort a team of Psychologists and Dr. Shafi Kuchay son of Ghulam Qadir  More On P6 relaxation and the activities to sserting that the strict the people was his priority. to address the growing resources persons on al- Endocrinologist 5 Gamblers Held be allowed. enforcement of test- Chairing a series of meetings concerns among parents, ternate days shall provide He further said that the ad- Atrack-treat protocol with Covid Task Force, Deputy the Jammu and Kashmir counselling to address fear, In Twin Raids: Police min is already giving relax- and vaccination is the only Commissioners and SPs of the administration on Friday anxiety and other mental Mild covid is a great opportunity SRINAGAR: Police on Friday claimed ation in those areas where less long term solution to stop the UT, here at Civil Secretariat on launched ‘Taskeen’, a tele- stress related issues among to make money, who wants to to have arrested five gamblers in COVID-19 cases are detected. spread of coronavirus, Jammu Friday, Sinha said called upon counselling service for the Covid-19 affected chil- exploit it. twin raids in Budgam and Ganderbal Pole’s comments come a day and Kashmir Lieutenant the officers to ensure no com- psychological support of dren by providing them districts of the Valley. after a trader’s body in Kashmir Governor, Manoj Sinha said promise on  More On P6 Covid-19 affected children psychological  More On P6 90 out of 100, who get covid, get Abdul Sattar Sheikh, Ghulam Moham- appealed to the  More On P6 ok without any medicine. mad Sheikh and Mohammad Yasin But u don’t know the 10 who Sofi, all residents of Peth Sharen Khag worsen over time. in Budgam district were arrested by China Blames Britain For Govt Hikes Salary So out of fear, u give medicine to a police team after receiving an input Two Month Old Militant Killed Of NHM Employees all 100, majority of whom don’t about gambling activity in nearby actually need it. Observer News Service village Hardu Suresh, a police spokes- In Shopian Encounter: Police Kashmir Quagmire #COVID19 person said Friday. An amount of Rs 5500 besides  More On P6 Another Gunfight said, police, army’s 44 RR and Press Trust Of India a number of issues, including SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Rages In Sopore, Two the personnel of CRPF 14 bat- Hong Kong and human rights. Kashmir government on Friday Pesticide Factory talion launched a cordon and BEIJING: Chinese Foreign If British India was the jewel approved a substantial hike in Gutted In Fire Militants Believed To search operation in Ganapora Ministry spokesman Zhao in the crown of the British salary of employees who are Mehta Officially Be Trapped area of Shopian district after Lijian created a flutter on Empire, then Kashmir has been working under the centrally UDHAMPUR: A pesticide factory receiving specific input regard- Friday by tweeting an official the biggest crack in it when the sponsored National Health Appointed J&K CS was gutted in a fire in the indus- Zaid Bin Shabir ing the presence of militants in media commentary blaming crown finally fell over on that Mission (NHM) scheme in the trial area of Jammu and Kashmir’s the orchards of the village. The the British colonialists for in- land, Zhao said in a series of Union Territory. Observer Monitoring Desk Udhampur district, officials said on SRINAGAR: A Lashkar-e- officials said that the militants jecting the "poison of hatred" tweets, quoting from a recent The decision, in this re- Friday, adding no casualties were Taiba (LeT) militant on Friday opened fire upon the search into Kashmir's body politic un- Xinhua commentary. gard, has been conveyed to SRINAGAR: Government on reported in the incident. was killed in an encounter team when they were given an der its "notorious" 'divide and The British Empire fell, but the the Union Territory in the ap- Friday appointed Arun Kumar It broke out in Dhanuka chemical fac- with government forces in opportunity to surrender. rule' policy. poison of hatred has been inject- proval received for Programme Mehta (IAS, AGMUT) as the Chief tory at Batal-Ballian industrial estate south Kashmir’s Shopian dis- “The joint search party retali- Interestingly, the article ed into the body politic of two Implementation Plan for the fi- Secretary of Jammu and Kashmir. around midnight on Thursday, they trict, while another gunfight ated to the fire leading to an en- 'Kashmir: A Crack in the Jewel peoples for decades to come, nancial year 2021-22 projected “Consequent upon the said, adding eight fire tenders were has raged in Sopore town of counter. In the ensuing encounter, in the Crown of the British Zhao, who previously worked as by the government, an official appointment of B.V.R. pressed into service along with the Baramulla district where two one militant was killed and his Empire' by state-run Xinhua China's Deputy Ambassador to spokesperson said Friday. Subrahmanyam, IAS army and the air force. local militants are believed to body was retrieved from the site news agency was published Pakistan before taking over as a As per the approval accord- (CG:1987), Chief Secretary, The fire engulfed the whole pesticide be trapped, officials said Friday. of encounter,” a police spokesper- amidst growing tensions be- spokesman of the foreign minis- ed by Union Ministry of Health J&K, as Officer on Special Duty factory, which was one  More On P6 Around 3:00 pm Friday, they son said.  More On P6 tween Beijing and London over try, tweeted.  More On P6 and Family  More On P6 in the  More On P6 Saturday| 13-02-2021

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We Would like to emphasise that the effects of self-control and cooperation emerged above and beyond the effects of variables such as personal cost of engaging in health- protective behaviours, perceived risk and anxiety, and political orientation.

‘Not FEAR, but goal importance and others’ behavior makes one favour COVID-19 measures’

Agencies tion, meeting with friends, and participating in large gatherings, for the benefit of society esearchers have found that it means that people must practice self-control. is not fear but understating the People will only be willing to control their importance of the end goal as well desires and needs, however, if they value the as the way people perceive the higher goal, that is, managing the pandemic, R even though their own health-protective behav- behaviour of other people are what makes individuals and societies more or less will- iour might not affect them directly. ing to drastically change their lifestyle and In this sense, self-control in the service of a Psychologists at support government-imposed measures to societal goal is quite different from self-control mitigate spread of Covid-19. for a personal goal, such as sticking to a healthy the University of Zurich Psychologists at the University of Zurich diet or meeting career goals.: While exercising Charlotte Kukowski, Katharina Bernecker and career achievements are largely private Charlotte Kukowski, and Veronika Brandstatter took a different concerns, we all depend on each other's coop- Katharina Bernecker and perspective to study the impact on the impact eration when it comes to a societal goal like of people's perception of others' behaviour managing the COVID-19 pandemic. Veronika Brandstatter when it comes to the public good, as well as Therefore, in the context of the COVID-19 people's own self-control in sticking to behav- pandemic, higher goal importance and percep- took a different iour guidelines. tion of others' behaviour are key factors in Earlier research has mostly looked into practising health-protective behaviour. perspective to study the factors such as fear, perceived risk, age and "(...) we would like to emphasise that the impact on the impact of political views. effects of self-control and cooperation emerged By using data from the United Kingdom and above and beyond the effects of variables such people's perception of Switzerland, the researchers concluded that, as personal cost of engaging in health-protec- indeed, valuing fair contribution to the public tive behaviours, perceived risk and anxiety, others' behaviour when it good and the ability to practice self-control and political orientation. make people more likely to undertake health- If future work replicates these findings, comes to the public good, protective behaviour, though the effects for one might cautiously conclude that, in a time as well as people's own self-control are not entirely consistent across of crisis, people - including decision-makers the countries the authors sampled. - are indeed able to "rise above themselves" self-control in sticking to Further, people who are more concerned and lay aside political differences and per- with the cooperation of their fellow citizens sonal costs for collective goal attainment," behaviour guidelines. and expect them to do their own part are more say the researchers. supportive of government regulations, possi- The authors note that in collective actions, bly as a means of ensuring that others comply. it is essential that one sees others put in the However, the authors stress that future studies same effort. need to test this possible link. In conclusion, the scientists note that, in or- The study has been published in the peer- der to improve public efforts in combating the reviewed, open-access scientific journal Social COVID-19 pandemic, as well as other collective Psychological Bulletin. goals, including climate change mitigation, it is Successfully overcoming conflicting desires essential that we identify the factors contribut- and needs, such as taking public transporta- ing to successful self-control and cooperation in the service of higher, society-level goals. CITY Saturday | 29-05-2021 03 DIAL-EMMA • TRAFFIC POLICE : 9419993745, 01998-266686 • PCR: 0194-2452092,2455883 • PDD: 0194-2450213 Drama Amid Din: Mayor and Co. Keep • FIRE AND EMERGENCY SERVICES : 2479488,2452222,2452155 • CAPD: 18001807011 • SMC HEALTH OFFICER: 9469409081 Commissioner Out of SMC AIRPORTS JCP To File Rs 5 Cr 'Defamation Case' Against Mattu SHIEK UL ALAM AIRPORT: 01942303311 Aijaz Ali the city. They demanded the ditions of anonymity because RAILWAYS removal of the Joint Commis- he was not authorised to speak • SRINAGAR: 0194-2103259 SRINAGAR: The Mayor Srinagar sioner and said that the Com- to media, said that the Corpora- • ANANTNAG: 01932-228243 Municipal Corporation (SMC) missioner was causing impedi- tion had issued several build- • BARAMULLA: 0194-102029 Junaid Azim Matto and over a ments in their work. ing permissions but on ground • BIJBHERA: 01932-228243 • PAMPORE: 01933-294132 HIJRI dozen corporators Friday cre- Mattu accused JCP of adding residential buildings were con- CALENDAR ated ruckus in the Corporation to the miseries of people of Sri- verted into commercial build- • PATTAN: 01954-293507 lawns and stopped the Com- nagar who come here for want ings. He said that the proper • QAZIGUND: 01951-296153 missioner SMC Amir Athar of building permissions. procedure was not followed Khan and Join Commissioner He said that 62 elected Corpo- while the permissions were is- (Planning) Ghulam Hassan Mir rators have submitted a resolu- sued and the permissions were HIGHWAY STATUS from entering the Corporation tion to the Government stating granted after political interfer- • Sgrr-Jammu highway - (Open) 17 premises over the “so-called” that the Joint Commissioner, ence and pressures, therefore • Mughal Road - (Open) SHAWWAL allegations of corruption. Planning Ghulam Hassan Mir be the same have been cancelled. Tension has been prevailing relieved from his duties at SMC. Pertinetntly, the official said • Srinagar- Leh- (open) -UL- in the SMC after Commissioner The Corporators said that the that the Anti-corruption Bureau MUKARRAM Khan, last week formed a Task illegal constructions are result- has booked some officials for is- Force of seven officials of the ing due to the incompetence of suing such building permissions. SMC headed by the JCP Mir to JCP because he does not under- Attempts to contact did not This Day in History 1442 look into illegal constructions, stand that if he does not permit materialise. However media re- deviations and conversion of edly with the active connivance issued during 2018 and 2019 genuine constructions, the illegal ports quoted him saying that he residential buildings into com- of some Municipal officials and including of influential people. ones will come to the fore. “We would file a defamation lawsuit • 1988 - Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq mercial in Srinagar city. He also Corporators. “The drive that Levelling allegations of cor- are here for the betterment of worth Rs 5 crore against the May- dismisses government and disbands ordered their demolition and was started on May 21 will con- ruption against the Joint Com- the people of Srinagar. He has or for his character assassination. parliament recovery of the money lost by tinue till June 6 and it has irked missioner Mattu and the corpo- been issuing permits to the blue- The official quoted above said • 1989 - Student protesters in China such constructions from delin- the Mayor and Corporators,” rators also locked the gate and eyed people,” they accused. that the Mayor, during the protest, quent SMC officials. SMC had said in a statement. held a sit in protest raising slo- The Mayor last week had writ- did character assassination of Mir. construct a replica of Statue of Liberty The Task Force during the last Officials in the SMC told gans ‘down with bureaucracy’. ten a letter to Commissioner Calling the Mayor “mentally • 1990 - An earthquake hits Peru, killing few days demolished several il- Kashmir Observer that JCP The corporators alleged that SMC seeking removal of JCP Mir. sick” Mir said that Mattu is over 200 legal structures that were com- cancelled several building per- the bureaucrats were creating The official who spoke to used to indulge in character as- • 1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected President ing up during lockdown alleg- missions which were illegally hurdles in the development of Kashmir Observer on the con- sassination. of the Russian Republic PRAYERS THE CORPORATORS ALLEGED THAT THE BUREAUCRATS WERE CREATING HURDLES IN THE • 1996 - Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands development of the city. They demanded the removal of the Joint Commissioner and said that the Commissioner was causing • 1997 - Span scientists announce new FAJR impediments in their work. human species in 780,000 year old fossil • 1999 - Space Shuttle Discovery completes 3: 40 the first docking with the International ZUHR Space Station. 12: 28 APHC Demands Release Srinagar Witnessing Significant Dip • 2001 - Natural gas futures plunge 6% to a 10-month low on speculation that ASR Of Sehrai’s Sons growing US inventories will help power Observer News Service In Covid Positive Cases: DC plants meet summer demand for air- 5:26 Observer News Service With regard to ongoing Co- district administration Sringar conditioning SRINAGAR: All Parties Hurriyat Conference MAGRIB vid-19 vaccination procces, the has setup Covid care centres at (APHC) Friday expressed concern over late • 2004 - The World War II Memorial is SRINAGAR: The Deputy Com- DC informed that population of all 21 Panchayats of the district 7:38 Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai’s sons, Raashid dedicated in Washington, D.C. Ashraf and Mujahid Ashraf, testing posi- missioner (DC) Srinagar, Mo- over 2.80 lakh of target groups with all medical equipments, • 2012 - Facebook's problematic public hammad Aijaz Asad today said have been administered Co- oximeters, besides Medical and ISHA tive for Covid-19 in jail, and demanded listing could cost those involved $115 their immediate release so that they that the Srinagar district has vid vaccine doses in the district Paramedical staff to manage 9:16 would receive proper medical treatment. shown a significant decline in till date. He said vaccination and contain the Covid-19 effec- million from technical glitches Both sons of late Sehrai Sahib – Mujahid Covid-19 positive cases and centers have been established tively in rural areas, said the DC. • 2012 - Indonesian police make the Sehrai and Rashid Sehrai – were arrested covid related hospital admis- picked up at 83 percent. He said across the City to cover the rest He further informed that biggest drug bust in ten years after sions in past few days. there are about 5800 active Co- of targeted population. under different Social Security and booked by police just days after their seizing over a million ecstasy pills valued father died in custody “due to non-avail- The DC said this while giv- vid-19 cases in the district. It was also given out that schemes, financial assistance ability of medical treatment” at Udhampur ing a brief about the latest Co- The DC said that due to re- Srinagar district ranks at 3rd of Rs 5.60 crore have been dis- at $45 million jail in Jammu, an APHC statement said. vid-19 scenario in the district. lentless testing and vaccination place in terms of total vaccine bursed among 5222 beneficia- • 2014 - President Obama approves US “Hundreds of Kashmiri political lead- Giving details, he informed drives across the district there doses across districts of J&K. ries and Rs 2.19 crore have been military training of 'moderate' Syrian ers, activists and youth continue to be that the positivity rate of Covid was an overall reduction in Cov- The DC urged the people to also provided to construction rebels to fight the regime of Bashar al- behind bars for years altogether and are cases has declined from 36 per- id cases, however, there is need get vaccinated at an earliest to workers. Requisite number of not being released despite the second cent in mid of May to 8.7 per- to be extra cautious by strictly curb the Covid-19. Mandays have also been gener- Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups wave of Coronavirus pandemic wreak- cent on 27 May, 2021 whileas adhering to Covid-19 Appropri- Similarly, on the directions ated under MNREGA and pay- • 2015 - Heat wave in India centered in ing havoc,” the statement said. recovery rate of district has ate Behavior at all levels. of Lieutenant Governor, the ments also stand released. Telengana and Andhra Pradesh states Now as the reports appeared in media is reported to have killed 1800 people about the deteriorating health of Sehrai’s sons who have contracted Covid-19 in in a week jail, APHC demands their immediate re- lease, the statement said, “Their mother who is also not keeping well due to the tragedy and the arrest of her sons has From KO Archives added to the family's miseries.” APHC said it has time and again ap- pealed to those at the helm to release the political leaders, activists and youth who are languishing in jails in and outside J&K Separatist Leaders Get on humanitarian grounds in view of the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic. APHC said global human rights organ- Travel Forms isations, the United Nations and all na- tions of the world must use their influ- SRINAGAR - A day after the Centre gave clearance to the high- ence in at least securing the release of profile visit of the separatists to Pakistan-controlled Kashmir Kashmiri political prisoners in times of (PcK), the moderate Hurriyat and JKLF leaders were today issued COVID pandemic including its chairman forms to travel on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus on June two. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who continues to under house arrest since Aug 5 2019. The forms were issued to the separatist leaders by the Re- gional Passport office here this afternoon. "We have collected five forms for our leaders to travel on the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus on June two," a spokesman of Commercial Building the Hurriyat moderate faction led by Mirwaiz Umer Farooq told PTI here. Sealed In Rajbagh The DFP, led by Shabir Ahmad Shah took 15 forms for its Observer News Service slate-level delegation to PcK. a party spokesman said. SRINAGAR: Commissioner Srinagar The JKLF-led by Mohammad Yaseen Malik, who yes- Municipal Corporation Friday sealed terday announced his decision to undertake his trip, also col- a three-storey commercial building in lected the application forms for its 17-member delegation. Karsoo Rajbagh area of Srinagar city. Regional Passport Officer S L Sreeramulu said the forms have Officials at the SMC said that Com- been issued to the Hurriyat and other separatist leaders. ''Once missioner SMC ordered the sealing of the structure after taking cognisance they submit the forms, the verification process will start.” he of the report filed by concerned Ward added. Sreeramulu also made it clear that the applications of Officer that the building is coming up the separatist lenders would be processed as per the estab- without any permission and the owner lished procedures. is violating court directions. “Our position is that the Government, as per existing prac- “The Ward Officer had reported that the structure in question has been tice, will consider applications by individuals to travel by bus raised without permission. He further from Srinagar to Muzaffarabad. This would be the basis on reported that the offenders are carrying which the Hurriyat and other separatist leaders would apply inner construction in violation of the for travel on the bus." he added. court order and had recommended to Union Home Secretary V K Duggal had also said in New Delhi seal the said structure,” the official said. yesterday that the Centre is not averse to the Hurriyat lead- The building has been sealed and put ers visiting PcK, but asserted that they will have to go through under the ‘Superdari’ with the Station the necessary verification procedures for travelling on the Sri- House Officer Police Station Rajbagh nagar- Muzaffarabad Bus. and Ward Officer, Ward number 30. Mr Sreeramulu said the Centre has given the clearance to Issue forms to the Hurriyat and other separatist leaders. 'There is no problem in this regard now." he added. Man Attempts Suicide By The Regional Passport Officer said one form had been given Jumping Into Jehlum, Rescued to each applicant as per the set procedure. Asked 'if the Hurriyat and other separatist leaders will be Observer News Service allowed to travel beyond PcK, Mr Sreeramulu said as per the SRINAGAR: River Police Friday rescued a agreed procedure between India and Pakistan, no person man from Srinagar who allegedly tried aboard the Srinagar- Muzaffarabad bus can travel beyond PcK. to commit suicide by jumping into the 'Talking to UNI senior Hurriyat leader Prof Abdul Ghani river Jehlum near Abdullah Bridge. Bhat said the only formality left for them is to submit the Eyewitnesses said that a man jumped travel forms now. into the river but was quickly rescued by ''We have to submit forms. Rest depends on Indian and River Police present there. the Pakistani governments...also the PcK administration,” he The man was retrieved alive. He has added.. been identified as Rashid Yousuf Dar, a resident of Indira Nagar Sonawar. (Kashmir Observer, 29 May, 2005) Saturday| 29-05-2021 4

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Printed & Published by Sajjad Haider on behalf of the Unlike a pandemic that Kashmir Observer LLP puts rich and poor alike at risk, Published from: # 5- Boulevard, Srinagar-190001 the kind of economic crisis currently simmering in much of the developing Printed at: KT Press Pvt. Ltd, Rangreth Ind Area, Srinagar. world does not affect the rich as RNI Registration No: 69503/98 much and therefore does not Postal Registration No-L/159/KO/SK/2014-16 generate headlines and is easy to disregard – that is, until it can no Editor-in-Chief : Sajjad Haider longer be ignored Legal Counsel: Tasaduq Khwaja Switchboard: (0194) 2106304 Editorial: (0194) 2502327 Email editorial: [email protected] The Politics of Deception olitics is the game of deceptions and the in- habitants of District Budgam have become the victims of it yet again. This time, the issue is the U-turn that the administration Ptook in shifting the proposed DRDO 500 bed hospital from Reshipora in Budgam to Khonmoh in Awanti- Altaf Hussain pora.The land for this developmental project in the said district had been designated 10 years back. The site was left unutilized over these years leaving land donors in a conundrum with the uncertainty sur- The eleventh rounding crude plans. Now, the cock and bull story spiraled around the shifting plans of the project are hour shift of some technical reasons — that the soil testing re- port has indicated that the land is unfit for such a place intelligibly project and hence the sumersault. The district Budgam is popular for its tourist at- gives a sense of tractions. Even as it has been significantly near to the summer capital, it has invariably been ignored regional favoritism, in terms of progress and has as such faced develop- mental issues. Those incharge and entrusted with a story not too rare the responsibility of the district have ironically been the biggest roadblocks instead of being game- in the case of changers. The case of the land meant for the new hospital is a case in point. district budgam One can only wonder, what made the Govern- ment change its plan at the eleventh hour? People which has often (land donors) are up in arms against the State Admin- istration for hoodwinking them. They had provided been a casualty of almost 78 kanals of land for the hospital that too free of cost. Instead of rewarding this goodwill gesture, This incident should be a wake-up call for people cases in the District is huge, standing 2nd in a row such political the Admin in turn betrayed them last minute. Upset- of Budgam especially for Reshipora residents whose of all other Districts, the 500-bed covid hospital ear- ting it must be, as time and again the land donors' land designated decades ago for a hospital, property marked should come up at the designated place. maneuvers. hopes were discouraged by successive governments. worth lakhs in the form of poplar trees which were The Administrative manoeuvre on the horns of a It is a grotesque dereliction of duty. Let’s even axed for the proposed construction and land-filling dilemma is discriminatory in nature. This kind of suppose there are some technical issues behind went down the drain. inimical approach may kindly be ceased and a delib- this administrative flip flop. However, there are So implausible is this last minute sumersault erate attempt to let the District Budgam lag behind still feasible sites in the adjoining areas of Patwav, that some Budgam residents aren’t in the wrong in in development should halt now. Paller, Ichgam, Rakhe arath in the District which their speculation that an incognito business group are geographically fit for construction. Recently, a is involved to secure huge dividends at the cost of Views expressed in the article are the author’s own high-level delegation led by Divisional commission- the livelihood of thousands of land donors. and do not necessarily represent the editorial stance er assured land donors of all possible benefits. How In absence of responsible supervision (from of Kashmir Observer can one buy their argument now? ministries to magistrates), Budgam constituency The eleventh hour shift of place intelligibly continues to suffer from Institutional and struc- The author is a Mass communication gives a sense of regional favoritism, a story not too tural lapses. It deserves the needful and its equi- student at Kashmir University rare in the case of district budgam which has often table share. It is lagging far behind in terms of its ... been a casualty of such political maneuvers. Tertiary health care services. As the surge in covid The Post-Pandemic Whiplash Awaiting the World’s Poor KAUSHIK BASU ficial data are also beginning to flash warning signs. Last month, Indian nlike a pandemic that puts wholesale price inflation climbed to rich and poor alike at risk, 10.5%, the highest rate in 11 years. This the kind of economic crisis reflects mismatches in demand and currently simmering in much supply, which, if not corrected soon, Uof the developing world is easy to ig- could become a major crisis, causing nore. But unless national governments macroeconomic imbalances that can and multilateral organizations act affect trade and financial flows. India quickly, today’s looming threat will be has a highly capable central bank, but tomorrow’s front-page news. many of the country’s current prob- ITHACA – The world is current- lems will be difficult to rectify through ly transfixed by the second wave of monetary policy alone, because they the COVID-19 pandemic sweeping arise from poor governance. through many regions, especially India therefore urgently needs Asia, Africa, and South America. But, policy blueprints for dealing with the focused as we are on the public-health crisis. Policymakers should recognize crisis, we risk overlooking pandemic- that when basic goods such as medical related economic problems that could oxygen, vaccines, or food are in short plague developing countries long after supply, pure financial interventions the wave has receded. may not work, because the rich will be At the global level, the Interna- prepared to spend whatever it takes to tional Monetary Fund has warned of get what they need (and more as a pre- a “Great Divergence,” whereby rich cautionary buffer). Providing the poor countries recover strongly while oth- with cash support to make sure they ers flounder. Recent evidence suggests can meet their basic survival needs will that several advanced economies, mean that the price of the good rises notably the United States, and a few like a pandemic that puts rich and poor began in India became discernible only poverty would they abandon this effort until the rich have what they want. The developing countries, like Vietnam, alike at risk, the kind of economic cri- in late March. Although systematic and throw corpses into the river. poor will thus be back at square one. Thailand, and Bangladesh, seem to be sis currently simmering in much of the data regarding its economic impact are Another sobering account comes We see this kind of problem at both pulling out of the crisis and could grow developing world does not affect the not yet available, anecdotal evidence from the two women who run Nan- the micro and the international levels, faster than they did before the pandem- rich as much and therefore does not paints a gloomy picture. According ritam, a remarkable NGO that oper- notably with COVID-19 vaccines. Where- ic. But many emerging economies and generate headlines and is easy to dis- to the Centre for Monitoring Indian ates a school and an eye hospital in a as many rich countries are buying up low-income countries are likely to lan- regard – that is, until it can no longer Economy, the seven million jobs lost remote part of West Bengal. They told doses to secure ample stocks that go well guish for a long time. be ignored. in April caused the national unemploy- me how registration at their school is beyond their basic needs, poor coun- A Great Divergence is visible even Sure enough, evidence of trouble is ment rate to jump to 8%, from 6.5% in down to nearly half its normal level. tries, including large parts of Africa, are within economies. The pandemic has beginning to mount. Emerging econo- March. Moreover, youth unemploy- Furthermore, the pandemic has forced left without any access to supplies. punished sectors such as hospitality, mies everywhere face rising debts, and ment in India already reached an all- thousands of the region’s tribal chhau Just as national governments in travel, and tourism, and boosted oth- some, like Zambia and Argentina, have time high of 23.75% last year. dancers and jhumur singers – whose India and other developing countries ers like pharmaceuticals, digital plat- already defaulted. In 2020, Latin Amer- The regular reports of dead bodies only regular income is the Rs1,000 ($14) have a lot to do, multilateral organi- forms, and networking technology. It ica’s economy contracted by 7.7%; the being dumped into the River Ganges per month they receive from the state zations such as the World Bank, the is therefore not surprising that many Philippines and India took even bigger and washing up in small Indian towns government – to resort to begging. IMF, and the G20 also must act quickly rich people, including those who are hits, registering growth rates of -9.5% and cities indicate the tragic severity. When Nanritam recently announced to build up policy buffers and help co- good at navigating equity markets, and -9.6%, respectively. And the World But they are also tell-tale signs of a its usual simple relief dole for the poor ordinate support. Otherwise, today’s have actually emerged from the crisis Bank estimates that the pandemic may brewing economic crisis. For Hindus, living around their campus, the NGO looming economic threat will be to- better off, while the poor have borne have pushed up to 40 million people in not being able to acquire logs and find was taken aback by some who walked morrow’s front-page news. the brunt of its impact. Africa into extreme poverty. space to cremate the dead is a desper- and cycled for miles to get it. Therein lies the real danger. Un- The current wave of COVID-19 that ate situation. Only in cases of extreme But, aside from such evidence, of- Project Syndicate Saturday| 29-05-2021 5 Scribe’s Rise as Satirist Bereft of slapstick comedy, the radio jockey’s social media jesting is setting him apart from the crowd of comics. Zaid Bin Shabir The young RJ claims to have inherited his eu- IS latest performance shows him in phoria through the indomitable alleys of Kashmir. a quintessential koshur avatar down “Kashmir’s alleys are the most buzzing alleys with heavy Iftaar meal. I’ve seen anywhere else,” he continued. “There’re In the state of trance, he delivers stories in every corner of these alleys. The elders Hpuns with precision. Sans sounding off-put- sitting outside the shops and laughing themselves ting, he states: “I’m ok, I’m ok. It’s just that I out, trying their best to overcome the rampant ate too much of rice.” Before ending the act, he that they had experienced during the 90’s, is effortlessly delivers his best line: “Was it ka- enough to serve as a motivation.” bab or cocaine!” Vijdan is not one of those entertainers who Days before this hilarious act, the humorist resent to expect others that he’s also funny off- was playing true to his social media jovial char- screen. On the contrary to this, he remains a jo- acter. It was a wilting afternoon fasting time, and vial person who adjusts himself among any group. he was playing cricket in his office pathway with “I’m a very moody kind of a person,” Vijdan zest and zeal of a teenager. The office overlooked said. “But, that’s only while I’m working. Other- the City’s forlorn at Hyderpora area. wise, I try my best to laugh myself out wherever I But while he batted and remained oblivious can and maintain a friendly and jolly self, so that of his growing online cult, those in streets were others would love to sit by my side.” laughing their hearts over his enactments. He lately created one such moment at the ghats of Dal Lake where Javed Ahmad, a middle-aged man had arrived for a recreational run on Srinagar’s cherished trail. Just ahead of him were his ‘fitness friends’ maintaining a pretty normal speed. “You’ve to see this!” he called them out. Wonderstruck, three of his friends halted their run and gave a collective sense of tentative confusion and an exhilarated look, before a calm but vigorous voice overtook the languorous sur- rounding of the British-built Boulevard. There was a young, bearded and a handsome man dressed in a crewneck sweater, with a zip down, fur-coated jacket over it. He was sitting in a room, with a dustbin next to his ear, imper- sonating it as a telephone receiver. The man ap- peared to have no idea of what he was doing, un- RJ Vijdan during the comic act. KO Photos by Special Arrangement. til his alluring voice buzzed with: “Hello..Haan, Bashir Sa’eb!” Then, he knew exactly what he was doing gam of concurrent happenings and the political and immediately turned into a fictional vexed There was a awareness he had developed over years. Kashmiri character, who comically made wrath “Everything is political in Kashmir,” he said of an Indian Director’s “Vegetarian Wazwan” young, bearded and a few seconds before recording his show. “People comment. in Kashmir have always done satire depending “Yiha Chu aasi hui (He’s just like us),” Ja- a handsome man dressed on what political bent they maintained based vid blurted laughingly while others nodded in in a crewneck sweater, on which they could shape their performance. I A portrait of the sketch-comedian. acceptance. think my satire is shaped as per political ideology As the young sketch-comedian’s four years The man with dustbin was RJ Vijdan, shar- with a zip down, fur- of majority of Kashmiris.” of experience has catered to his satire, it has also ing a unique satirical criticism on his Insta- helped him with maintaining tip-off with his gram profile. coated jacket over it. He viewers on a good-intention. And now, Vijdan’s “After the classic characters like Aha’ed Raaz was sitting in a room, comedy has turned out to be a sentimental relief and Bashir Kotur, this young man [Vijdan] has a for the conflict-ridden selves finding daily means great promise to woo the masses by his satirical with a dustbin next to his of escaping the growing animosity. character,” said Javid, as he kept on chatting to ear, impersonating it as a his mates about the RJ’s funny but true self. “Vijdan’s comedy acts as a rest-stop for many Back in his office where he took a break from telephone receiver. The of us, who are always waiting for some warm a quick refreshing bat-ball session, Vijdan turned heartedness amidst these dreadful times,” said somber—a characteristics of a comedian who man appeared to have no Uzair Farooq, a juvenile fan of Vijdan’s sketch- owns the stage and time—to assert that a great idea of what he was comedy. performance is an amalgam of satire and political Even though Vijdan tries his best to remain awareness. doing, until his alluring careful while walking on a thin line, his “love” This RJ is a great believer of abatement be- comedy is sometimes capable of creating a frisson fore recording his trademark funny videos. For voice buzzed with: for few with the audacity of his anti-tabooness. more than four years since he has been in show “Hello..Haan, Bashir When he had uploaded a love-themed sketch business, he has already allured his comrades by comedy and hosted a show based on “Falling in his early punch to the work. Sa’eb!” Love before marriage”, some hotheads were trig- “Vijdan is like a fighter who kicks open the gered and threatened the young man of moral po- dressing room door before a fight, enters in and licing. then laughs-out unnecessarily, creating a jolly ner—Vijdan wanted to be a journalist. He became “For me, these caustic characters don’t mat- mood,” said Ibrahim Mussa, Vijdan’s close-friend. a newsman and worked for many business stan- ter because soon after that show my phone was There has always been a strong tradition in dard newspapers operating outside the valley filled with calls from young couples appreciating Kashmiri humour of “remaining hostile to the but by then this struggling scribe who rallied in my work,” said Vijdan with a satisfactory smile world”, what one may call as an underdog com- the alleys of Delhi, had already lost his interest on his face. “That’s what matters to me the most.” edy done by a nebbish guy struggling to gain mass in this self-chosen field as the love for his home, But behind the impact of these collective attention. the aroma of city alley’s and above all his intense procedures of producing an elegant piece of But Vijdan is neither nebbish nor an underdog. longing for his mother with whom he terms his sketch-comedy, this jovial person had an emo- He’s a harsh power confronter, who admires relationship “joined at the hips”, had already tional start before his life would become a sym- calmness in his act, influxed with an enormous forced Vijdan to travel back to his homeland. During recreational times. bol of satire in Kashmir. “Kashmir is a roller- quantity of finesse. A unique finesse, is what It was in Kashmir, Vijdan’s career really had coaster ride,” he whispered. makes the main subject of Vijdan’s resilient per- started to take-off or as many of his tribesmen say One late April evening, while Vijdan was re- In 2018, when Vijdan was to host his first ever formance against the hostile world. “It was here where his life came together.” questing his colleague Nasir to have an Iftar party show in Kashmir, his uncle was killed in a fatal Vijdan’s “Anti-Taboo acts”, as masses refer with him in the office, his other friends were busy shootout outside his office in Srinagar. The fall of During an act to it, has never been an aficionado of Kashmir’s watching his new upload—“Tulip-Garden Jam”, the veteran journalist, Shujaat Bukhari had sent theoretical comedy and he himself remains high- a satirical video representing a boyfriend sharing down tremors for this upcoming RJ. ly uninterested in theorizing his satire. This all his comical ordeal with a friend. Soon his first programme from 98.3 FM’s has developed after his body of work maintains a “This guy is a genius who knows the pin-point Srinagar relay station was broadcasted with “Street Smartity”. in his acts and that’s why his viewership increases Vijdan speaking on “Death”. It was the main To refer to Vijdan, as Kashmiri people al- day by day because his content makes them crave theme of his show. ways have, “a street smart guy”, won’t be per- for his next delight,” said a close-friend of Vijdan. “I wanted to share the agony which I was suf- haps a little far-fetched. When in old times, the The anti-conservative Kashmiri stereotypes fering through at that time,” said Vijdan while re- Kashmiri comics were struggling hard to press in which Vijdan’s satirical trades are, have un- membering his late uncle. “That’s why, my goal towards a new way of making people laugh, mistakably proved his comedy flawless. is to provide solace through my comedy to every they lacked an important ingredient for produc- “Love at first sight”, “Piles has a cure” were single Kashmiri who is agonised one way or the ing a legendary satire cuisine, it was “street some of his Instagram videos that acted as a base- other.” smartness’, that years later their own tribe ball bat against the old prevailing taboos. member introduced among the masses through Among many of his caricatures—the heart- his sketch-comedy. broken lover, a Kashmiri craving for meat, a

Being born as a sole son to a privileged Bandipora family, Vijdan Saleem’s father had thought that his “chubby” son would live his life akin to a prince’s but by then the turbulent times had already shifted sands towards a tumultuous future for these 90’s generation kids—many of whom, years later, were forced to leave their “meadows” towards a Being born as a sole son to a privileged Band- ipora family, Vijdan Saleem’s father had thought new life in the busy world of Delhi and Mumbai. that his “chubby” son would live his life akin to a prince’s but by then the turbulent times had Recording the show. already shifted sands towards a tumultuous “I’m the same guy who had used love as a tool father declining a journalist’s relation for his Back in the streets, Javid was once again laugh- future for these 90’s generation kids—many of for comedy and at the same time I’ve used Ram- daughter—that have remained antique for view- ing himself out after watching another of Vijdan’s whom, years later, were forced to leave their zan in my satire,” said Vijdan while making a log- ers, the caricature of Bashir Sahab has positively satirical video where he was calling Bashir Sahab “meadows” towards a new life in the busy world sheet for his upcoming show. acquainted itself among masses. with a new prop, a pressure-washer gun imperson- of Delhi and Mumbai. Being street-wise isn’t rocket science, he “I was brought up playing in the alleys, sitting ating it as a phone, next to his ear. He laughed him- In 2010, when another bloodshed was smear- continued. “A satirist needs to always check the with friends on ‘waani paenjs’ [shop-fronts] and lis- self out until his throat turned soar. ing the streets of Kashmir, Vijdan Saleem was en- people’s meter before delivering anything and tening to elders discussing Kashmir,” Vijdan said Before his voice would utter “Malal is not ha- rolled as a Bachelors of Arts in Pune’s renowned should keenly observe the acceptance quotation while expressing his immense love for his roots. lal” a theme for his Sehri show, from a large win- Fergusson College and then in 2014, Jamia Millia of his act, so that his joke remains a joke without “That’s how Bashir Sahab came to rise. He’s dowpane of his studio, Vijdan stood silent looking was the resting stop for him. dismaying the mass.” just another elderly Kashmiri who shares his ex- outside at the high-rise mountains with a calm After serving as a student for 6 years—an Vijdan’s largely anti-conservative perfor- perienced thoughts with others. In simple words, and a satisfactory smile on his face as if he could experience he refers to in a very cheerful man- mances aren’t just street-smart but also an amal- Bashir Sahab is my alter ego.” hear Javid’s cheerful laugh. NEWS Saturday | 29.05.2021 1006 CONTD. FROM FRONT PAGE

Avoid Covid Talk and this too will pass and on the other side efforts to augment vaccination progress Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh said that while of this increment in favour of NHM employ- the last six weeks have been really bad. of it is light and happiness for everybody. with focus on priority groups. the Covid pandemic has affected the fight ees for recognition of their services. We see 5 to 6 patients with mental health We only have to survive these moments and He said that the bank employees, Airport against militancy in the valley, government “He added that in these tough times of the issues because of Covid-19 every day.And for it we need to do whatever is necessary. & Railway staff, shopkeepers, farmers, ser- forces are focussed and the operations pandemic, “COVID warriors” of Health and that’s huge for us, as mental health prob- vice providers would be vaccinated on pri- against the ultras will be stepped up in the Medical Education Department, including lems mostly show an iceberg phenomenon. What about the impact of constant ority. The LG, he said, also called for ensur- coming time. NHM employees, have risen to the challenge There’s not a single day I don’t see a pa- campus closures on students? ing Covid Testing facilities at the Sub-Centre and are selflessly providing holistic health tient with a mental health issue because of level. Govt Launches care services to counter the spread of coro- Covid-19. See, these things will have a long term im- While reviewing the district-wise status navirus and treat the infected,” he added. However, I’ve also said in many seminars pact on the development of kids. The effects of vaccination drive, Sinha, as per the offi- first-aid and emotional support. The official spokesperson further said that and workshops that let’s not bother about are usually either neutral or positive or neg- cial spokesperson expressed satisfaction on Quoting Pole, the official spokesperson it is pertinent to mention that the Jammu mental health right now and let’s focus on ative. Such traumatic situations might go being informed that Jammu, Ganderbal, and said that a team of psychologists, experts and Kashmir government in its employee how to control mortality and morbidity. If into the development of kids. Some of them Shopian had achieved 100% saturation of 1st shall cater to children in quarantine, isola- friendly measures had also recently an- we’re able to limit mortality and morbidity might become good human beings or some dose of vaccination for above 45 age group. tion and in Covid Care Centres. nounced grant of loyalty bonus for contrac- because of Covid-19, mental health is going might succumb to the pressure and live with “The Lt Governor asked other DCs to make “The counselling shall also be given to tual staff of the National Health Mission to be fine. lots of fear. So there’re all possibilities. concerted efforts to achieve 100% saturation the children who have their parents or near (NHM) for the financial year 2020-21. But sadly, we failed to do so, and we The parents have to play an important in their respective districts at the earliest,” ones as covid positive, besides also to those reached a point where mortality has become role here. They shouldn’t inculcate fear into he said. children who have lost their family mem- Mehta Officially a reality and this is what we feared because children, rather teach them being cautious The official spokesperson further said bers to the virus,” he said. we knew once mortality sets in, the mental without getting fearful. For example, we that the meeting was informed that Covid He said that the panel shall also be avail- Department of Commerce, Government of health is going to be the consequences and need to teach children how to cross the road Care Centres have been activated in 80% able to all children and parents seeking psy- India, Arun Kumar Mehta, IAS (AGMUT:1988) that is what is happening now. by looking to the right and then left to verify Panchayats of the UT. He said that the LG chological support though phone, audio and is hereby appointed as Chief Secretary, J&K Covid-19 has reached every home and it is safe from both directions. When you be- Emphasized on proper utilization of CCCs video calls. from the date B.V.R. Subrahmanyam relin- everyone is struggling. It has hit our cop- lieve it safe to proceed, you look left again and called for effective functioning of these Giving more details about the service, the quishes the charge,” reads the order. ing and defences, social networking,social before proceeding to make sure it is still safe centres through mobilization of resources. official spokesperson said that resource BVR Subrahmanyam was on Thursday ap- bonding and most importantly grief-sharing to go. Rather than telling them you will die if “Mere development of infrastructure is persons can be reached on their contact pointed J&K Officer on Special Duty in the process and this is why there’s a rise of men- you don’t learn how to cross the road. not going to serve any purpose. We have numbers Department of Commerce, Government of tal health issues due to Covid-19. Don’t watch television in-front of chil- to ensure that facilities are utilized to their Dr Sadaqat will be available on Monday India. He was also named Secretary in the dren, showing Covid-19 related stuff. Just optimum capacities to achieve the desired on: 7006519806 Commerce Department with effect from Has this Covid mental crisis initiated any make them responsible and inculcate ad- results on ground,” Sinha said, as per the of- DrAijaz on Thursday on 7006314064 and June 30 when the incumbent superannuates. research in your department? visories in their own way to deal with the ficial spokesperson. Dr Masood on Saturday between 10 am to 4 The union Home Secretary later approved crises.Allow them to play, meet and have fun “Ensure CCCs linkages with PHCs and pm on 6006175373. Mehta’s appointment as new J&K Chief Yes, in the last year we did over 6-7 Covid- within their own bio-bubble. other health centres, ample distribution of “The Covid Control Room Kashmir has Secretary and asked the local administration related research projects. Covid Kits, Tele-medicines facilities, besides taken various measures to address mental to issue orders to this effect. Our hospital was the only mental health What will be the mental impact of prioritizing functioning of centres estab- related issues among children and parents institution which was running physically Covid-19 in the long run? lished in the peripheries. Speed up training arranging tele- consultation of doctors, psy- City Admin Seals throughout the year. As I told you, we saw of ASHAs, Anganwadi workers, ANMs and chologists and field related experts to reach over 77,000 patients with mental health It’ll have long term effects and there’s a lot other ancillary staff,” he added. out the general public in the pandemic,” the The cafe on Residency Road was set up issues. of research regarding the same. The LG, official spokesperson said also laid official spokesperson added. by the Mehtas in a joint profit-sharing ven- We managed to run the hospital very I believe there’ll be mental health issues emphasis on taking requisite precautionary ture with Haseeb Drabu and his wife, Roohi smoothly despite so much influx of patients in the longer run where we witnessed more measures and carefully monitoring areas China Blames Nazki, who owns popular tea joint “Chai Jai” and we had a detailed research and wrote mortality and mobility. with higher positivity rate and directed for in 2016, the report said. about how we managed it. And the areas where it remained under micro-containment zones to isolate such ar- The land once as pristine as its famous We also started Electroconvulsive therapy control, the mental health issues will be eas, besides timely monitoring and respon- Kashmir Sapphires was carved by innumer- Hizb Militant (ECT), a lifesaving and emergency procedure temporary. sive action to break the spread chain. able scars, cracked by the greed of imperial- in many of the patients. We also wrote a pa- Corona Claims “Meanwhile, the Lt Governor also re- ists and soaked by the tears of people in fear, Bhat was a native of neighbouring Kulgam per on how we did it throughout the year. viewed the installation and functionality of he tweeted from the article. district and was living in Shopian from last We were the first institution who started At Government Medical College (GMC) oxygen generation plants, and availability of China’s official position on the Kashmir 8 years. talking about post Covid delirium. We wit- Anantnag, a man from Sarnal, a woman buffer stock across the UT,” he added. issue as articulated by the Chinese Foreign The police spokesperson also claimed that nessed about 49 cases where memory and from Akad, a man from Matipora and a man He said that the Principal Secretary to the Ministry is that it is an issue left over from incriminating material including arms and consciousness of elderly Covid-19 patients from Khanabal died of Covid related compli- Government, Industries & Commerce de- history between India and Pakistan. ammunition have also been recovered from started getting affected. cations, officials said. partment briefed the LG about the ample It should be resolved peacefully and prop- his possession. We also set-up a full Telepsychiatry ser- Among others, the victims from Jammu availability of oxygen stock in the UT. The erly according to the UN charter, relevant “In this regard, a case has been registered vice through which we saw around 20,000 division included a 36-year-old man from LG, he said, called for utilization of buffer Security Council resolutions and bilateral and further investigation is in progress,” he patients. It was the first of its kind in Nihalpur Simbal, a 70-year-old woman from stock of oxygen cylinders for oxygen supply agreements, Chinese officials have said added. Kashmir. Gadigarh, a 65-year-old man from R.S Pura, in the Covid Care Centres in rural areas as previously. Presently, we’re working on two impor- a 58-year-old man from Udhampur besides per requirement. The Xinhua article noted that, “Tragedy HC Quashes 3 PSA tant projects — the mental health morality two others who were brought dead— a The official spokesperson said that the was planted when the British Empire at- among Covid patients and the mental health 56-year-old from Ramgarh and 68-year-old LG appreciated the efforts of Health depart- tempted to consolidate their rule and pre- Ganie of Koil Pulwama, District Pulwama. conditions among the families of those who from Chatha Old Satwari Jammu. ment for effective handling of the pandemic vent the emergence of the Indian indepen- “Preventive detention cannot be resorted lost their loved ones due to Covid-19 with About the fresh cases detected Friday, situation. dence movement by applying the same to when sufficient remedies are available regards to stigma, shame etc. officials said that 1009 cases were con- Earlier, he said, the Financial notorious plot that has claimed millions of under general laws of the land for any omis- firmed from Jammu Division and 1794 from Commissioner, Health & Medical Education lives not only in India but also on the vast sion or commission under such laws,” the What kind of patients and issues are Kashmir Valley, taking the overall tally to Department, Atal Dulloo gave a detailed lands of Africa, Middle East and Asia. The court observed while disposing of the peti- you dealing with these days? 284431. overview of bed occupancy in hospitals, plot is named “divide and rule”. tion filed by Ganie. Giving district wise details, the offi- containment activities, status of vaccination “The imperial past is far from being dead. Referring to Apex Court’s judgment V. Severe anxiety and depression are the cials said that Srinagar reported 382 cases, drive under different age groups, district- We should not be surprised when British Shantha v. State of Telangana and others common issues in pandemic.And most of Baramulla 204, Budgam 223, Pulwama 179, wise daily and weekly trends of Covid-19 foreign policy interests and interventions (2017), the court said that the preventive the patients come from families who lost Kupwara 228, Anantnag 207, Bandipora cases, testing & positivity rate, recovery rate today are perceived by many as “neo-colo- detention cannot be used as an instrument their members due to Covid, since they 57, Ganderbal 168, Kulgam 94, Shopian etc. nial” in their nature,” it said. to keep a person in perpetual custody with- couldn’t share the grief after the loss of their 52, Jammu 320, Udhampur 71, Rajouri 107, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to Lt As long as the bloodshed in Kashmir con- out trial. loved ones. Doda 82, Kathua 79, Samba 71, Kishtwar 30, Governor; BVR Subrahmanyam, Chief tinues, Britain can never clean itself from its “Recourse to normal legal procedure Also, young entrepreneurs who lost their Poonch 92, Ramban 77 and Reasi 80. Secretary; Dilbag Singh, DGP; Arun Kumar bloody colonial past , Zhao, who is also the would be time consuming and would not business due to lockdown are also arriving Moreover, they said, 3637 more patients Mehta, Financial Commissioner, Finance Deputy Director General of the Information be an effective deterrent to prevent the (de- for the checkup. have recovered—1741 from Jammu Division Department; Shaleen Kabra, Principal Department of the foreign ministry, tweeted tainee) from indulging in further prejudicial The patients who were isolated after their and 1896 from Kashmir. There are 41382 Secretary to the Government, Home from the article. activities, affecting maintenance of pub- tests came positive are also among the visi- active positive cases—16142 in Jammu and Department; Bipul Pathak, Principal China’s relations with the UK deteriorated lic order or security of the State, and that tors. But many of them coped up with the 25240 in Kashmir. (With GNS inputs) Secretary to Government, Department of especially after London took a strong stand there was no other option except to invoke pressure, while others are still coming-up Rural Development and Panchayati Raj; against Beijing’s move to pass the contro- the provisions of the preventive detention for the follow-up. Decision On Rohit Kansal, Principal Secretary, Power versial Hong Kong national security law last Act as an extreme measure to insulate,” the We must understand that Kashmir has a Development Department & Information year to take firm control over the former court said, adding, “No doubt the offences culture of grief-sharing.And the way deaths administration to opt for unlocking claim- Department; Shailendra Kumar, Principal British colony. alleged to have been committed by (detain- happen now, one can’t visit the families, par- ing that the continued lockdown would Secretary to the Government, Public Works Zhao, an admirer of Pakistan, who in his ee) are such as to attract punishment under ticipate in the funeral. The families struggle leave many to starvation. (R&B) Department; Nitishwar Kumar, official briefings stated Cheen-Pakistan the prevailing laws but that has to be done to deal with it and it leads to several mental In a statement issued on Thursday, Principal Secretary to the Lt Governor; Dosti Zindabad while replying to questions under the said prevalent laws and taking re- health issues. President Kashmir Retailers Association Ranjan Prakash Thakur, Principal Secretary on relations between the all-weather allies, course to preventive detention laws would So, it’s very important for all of us to con- and General Secretary Joint Coordination to the Government, Industries & Commerce is known for courting controversies. not be warranted.” trol the spread of diseases. Once the deaths Committee of City Center Traders (JCCCC) Department; Mukesh Singh, ADGP; Ms. Dubbed as part of China’s new band of Preventive detention involves detaining are under control, the mental health will be Farhan Kitab said the lockdown has bad- Sarita Chauhan, Commissioner/Secretary to wolf warrior diplomats, Zhao’s tweet last of a person without trial in order to prevent fine. ly affected the livelihood of people who the Government, Labour and Employment year alleging US Army may have brought the him from committing certain types of of- At the same time, mental health has to along with their families are at the verge of Department; Pandurang K Pole, Divisional coronavirus to Wuhan created furore and fences, the court said. “But such detention be always made available, accessible and starvation. Commissioner, Kashmir; Ms. Sheetal Nanda, the Chinese Foreign Ministry later distanced cannot be made a substitute for the ordinary acceptable. Most importantly, right now, He said from traders to transporters, the Secretary to the Government, Social Welfare itself. law and absolve the investigating authori- anyone with any difficulty should avail the business community is badly affected espe- Department; Vijay Kumar, IGP Kashmir; Dr. His yet another tweet showing the picture ties of their normal functions of investigat- help immediately, so that the mental crisis cially for the city centre shopkeepers. Raghav Langer, Divisional Commissioner of an Australian soldier apparently holding ing crimes which the (detainee) may have doesn’t become a pandemic, like Covid-19. The Valley is under a strict lockdown for a Jammu; Deputy Commissioners and SPs, at- a knife to the throat of an Afghan child, also committed. After all, preventive detention I say, we’re already witnessing three pan- month following the second wave of dead- tended the meeting, in person and through created a furore as the Australian govern- cannot be used as an instrument to keep a demics currently: Covid-19, mental health ly virus that has claimed 3795 lives. There virtual mode. ment said the image was doctored. person in perpetual custody without trial. issues due to it and economic deprivation are 41382 active positive cases—16142 in In all these judgments, the court directed due to lockdown. Jammu and 25240 in Kashmir. Two Month Old Govt Hikes Salary authorities to set them at liberty forthwith Since all the three are feeding on each Partial restrictions to contain the Covid provided they are not required in any other other in a vicious circle, we should not leave were imposed on 27 April and a complete He identified the killed militant as Aitmad Welfare, he said, in addition to annual in- case. (GNS) the other two unattended while dealing curfew was imposed in Kashmir on 29 April. Ahmad Dar resident of Awend Shopian as- crement budget of 5 per cent, for the first with Covid-19. Last Saturday, the Jammu and Kashmir sociated with Lashkar. Dar, he said, was ac- time, an additional increment of about 12 5 Gamblers Held administration extended the curfew, which tive since March this year and was involved per cent has been approved as hike in salary How should people engage themselves was supposed to end on May 23, by another in several militancy cases. for NHM employees through restructuring playing cards were seized from the at home in order to avoid stress? week till May 31 in all 20 districts of the “Arms and ammunition including 01 AK- and rationalization. accused. Union Territory amid no letup in the num- 56 rifle & other incriminating materials He further said that the exact amount of “All three accused have been arrested and I would suggest people watch less news ber of fresh coronavirus cases and deaths. were recovered from the encounter site. All individual increment in this regard shall shifted to police station,” the police spokes- regarding Covid-19. Because I believe the the recovered materials have been taken be notified by the Executive Committee of person said. important and necessary information that Saving Lives into case records for further investigation State Health Society headed by Financial “A case vide FIR number 38/2021 under we need to fight Covid-19 is already with us. and to probe his complicity in other crimes,” Commissioner, Health and Medical relevant sections has been registered in this We need to follow it and avoid unnecessary Covid appropriate behaviour, an official the police spokesperson said. Education Department, Atal Dulloo, shortly. regard and further investigations taken up,” videos, stories etc. spokesperson said. The meetings, he said, He said that Police have registered a case While complimenting the NHM employ- he added. The only information that has been added were the latest in the series, where LG took under relevant sections of law and initiated ees for the incentive, Dulloo, as per the of- In a separate raid, police arrested two to Covid-19 is regarding the vaccination, rest a comprehensive review of the Covid situa- investigations in this regard. ficial spokesperson said that this endeavour gamblers from Shadipora in Ganderbal is the same. So we need to avoid unneces- tion across J&K. “People are requested to cooperate with of the government is aimed at to boost the district and recovered Rs 3300 from their sary stuff because it will affect your mental Sinha, he said, has been issuing directions police till the area is completely sanitized morale of the employees and encourage and possession. health. from time to time to strengthen the efforts and cleared off of all the explosive materi- appreciate their contribution towards work- A police spokesperson identified the ac- Plus, for a change I as a mental health pro- and undertake immediate interventions to als, if any,” he added. ing tirelessly in curbing Covid-19. cused as Mohammad Hanief Guru resident fessional advocate use social media as much tackle the ongoing COVID Pandemic based Meanwhile, another gun-battle broke “Such perks are always being given by of Latti Authkhuroo and Nazir Ahmad Dar as possible for virtual meetings, grief-shar- on the regular assessment of evolving situ- out between militants and state forces in the government to recognize the services of resient of Latti Gund Roshan. ing, gossip and humour. All that lessens the ation and inputs from experts. Sopore town of Baramulla district on Friday those who put their selfless services for the “They have been shifted to Police Station burden of distress. “With substantial addition of Medical evening. cause of humanity and set examples for oth- Ganderbal where they remain in custody. Let’s not talk about Covid-19.We should’ve Infrastructure and stabilizing positivity rate According to a police spokesperson, ers to follow”, he said. Accordingly, a case FIR No. 86/2021 under a normal conversation. It really releases the across UT, the way ahead is to minimize around 7:30 pm, a joint party of police and The official spokesperson also quoted relevant sections of law has been registered stress. health risks through stringent regulations, central forces came under fire when they Mission Director NHM, J&K, Mohammed in Police Station Ganderbal and investiga- Also, we should develop new hobbies and Covid SOPs and maximize economic health were laying a cordon of a suspected house Yasin Choudhary, as saying that the salary tion has been initiated,” he added. teach our children new things. We must and social security for people,” the LG said, in Usmanabad village of Warpora in Sopore. hike, particularly the salary revision was talk to our families to avoid loneliness and as per official spokesperson in the meeting. “Militants fired upon our party and es- one of the long pending demands of NHM Pesticide Factory social isolation inspite of practising physi- During the meeting, he said, the LG sought caped from the house during a brief ex- employees working in the Union Territory. cal distancing. Put your faith in God and do feedback from Divisional Commissioners, change of fire. Reinforcements came and “It was under consideration of the of the biggest in the union territory. practise precautions and then let go of all IGPs, Deputy Commissioners, and SPs on nearby orchard cordoned and search is go- Government and was actively pursued It started moving towards a nearby worries. Covid situation across the UT and directed ing on. Further details shall follow,” the po- by the UT administration in the National village but timely action prevented it to I would say follow the saying of Prophet them to ensure the impactful enforcement lice spokesperson added. Programme Coordination Committee spread any further, fire officials said, add- Muhammad (Pbuh) that is going viral on so- of all Covid protocols in their respective According to the reports, two militants are Meeting for 2021-22 with the Union ing the operation to douse the blaze were cial media nowadays: “Tie your camel first, jurisdictions. believed to be trapped in the area which has Ministry,” he said. on till 5 am. and then put your trust in Allah.” Follow the The official spokesperson said that the LG been placed under tight siege by the govern- Choudhary, as per the official spokesper- The exact cause of the fire was yet to necessary advisories and then be at peace. laid special emphasis on intensifying testing ment forces. son also thanked LG, his Advisor Rajeev Rai be ascertained but it appeared to be a re- We should sleep and rest and keep one and vaccination and directed the DCs and Friday’s twin encounters came a day after Bhatnagar and Financial Commissioner, Atal sult of a short circuit in the building, they thing in mind that no difficult time will last other concerned officers to make synergized Jammu and Kashmir’s Director General of Dulloo, for their efforts in ensuring approval said. News Saturday | 29-05-2021 07 ...DOCTOR SPEAKS JAKEDA Installs 2200 Solar ‘Self Administered Steroids Street Lights In J&K Observer News Service remaining time period of two Trigger Mucormycosis’ months are being made in the JAMMU: The Ministry of New remaining districts of J&K. Observer News Service medicines and insulin. Most and Renewable Energy (MNRE), Inspite of emergence of second of such patients get rid of the Gol has sanctioned 19000 Solar surge of Covid-19 Pandemic mak- JAMMU: Endocrinologist at medicines post recovery’, un- Street Lights (SSLs) in favour of ing the inter and intra District Government Medical College derlines Dr Kotwal. J&K with a central financial sup- movement of men and material Jammu, Dr Suman Kotwal has The doctor also shed light on port of Rs.42.06 crores against difficult, JAKEDA has managed to urged diabetic patients to strict- Black Fungus and said that it the total project cost of Rs 47.84 install 2200 SSLs within a short ly keep their blood sugar levels is not related to Covid directly crores with the remaining proj- span of 45 days with 285 SSLs under check. Diabetes is one and may also occur due to high ect cost of Rs 5.78 crores to be in Reasi, 206 in Kishtwar, 230 in major cause of high morbidity blood sugar, cancer, low immu- provided by J&K UT. Ramban & other districts of Jam- and mortality among Covid pa- nity or post organ transplant. ‘It The project is being imple- mu Division and 565 SSLs in Kul- tients, he says. just happens and infects some mented by Jammu and Kashmir gam, 499 in Anantnag, 159 in Ban- Dr Kotwal has advised such Covid patients, and persons Energy Development Agency dipora & other districts of Kashmir patients to religiously follow who have self administered (JAKEDA), Department of Sci- Division, after following all SOPs their medication routines and high doses of steroids without ence and Technology under relating to Covid-19 Pandemic. keep stock of their medicines in doctor’s advice. Moreover, even the active support of Principal The Solar Street Lights, being THE RELATIVES OF A PERSON WHO DIED advance. Diabetic patients must steroids have always been given of covid-19 perform his last rites in Srinagar Secretary, S&T Department, highly energy efficient, conform always have their medicines to patients with a number of on Friday. KO Photo Abid Bhat Alok Kumar and directions of to the latest technical specifica- stocked as it is not advisable for non-Covid health issues’, he Chief Executive Officer JAKEDA, tion as per the Ministry's guide- told. In Covid patients, the fun- Babila Rakwal to ensure that the lines, and are equipped with gus can infect during treatment Solar Street Lights are installed Lithium Batteries for better per- or post recovery also. Government Suppressing expeditiously at public places formance and longer life. The ‘Black Fungus is not commu- in consultation with the District SSLs are fully automatic, and op- nicable, ie. It does not infect by Administration of J&K. erate from Dusk to Dawn with- simply coming in contact with a Out of the total sanctioned out the requirement of switch- person suffering from Black Fun- J&K’s Tribals: NC quantity, each District in J&K is ing ON and OFF. The installation gus. Keeping in touch with a doc- being provided 950 numbers of of these SSLs shall help in sav- tor and avoiding self medication Condemns Use Of 'Brutal Force' Against GBs In Shopian SSLs. During the last financial ing 8.4 units of energy annually can largely provide protection year, 9107 Nos. of SSLs in 12 resulting in saving of Rs.61.32 from it’, informs Dr Kotwal. Observer News Service acts explains it all. measures in the first place should Districts of J&K were installed lakhs annually. The solarization The symptoms of Rhino-oculo “The gruesome images of trib- have mandatory sanction of the by JAKEDA. of J&K by installation of SSLs them to frequently go out into the Cerebral Mucormycosis, the SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kash- al men drenched in blood have tribal affairs department and lo- During the current financial will contribute towards reduc- market for purchases amid wide- medical term for Black Fungus mir National Conference on Fri- troubled every person having cal community leaders. The need year, all efforts to install the tion of 840 tonnes of Co2 emis- spread Covid infection, he said. Infection, includes stiffness or day condemned the use of “bru- even a modicum of humanity in of the hour calls for recognizing balance 9893 SSLs within the sion annually. Similarly, in case of medical blood stained/ black discharge tal force" by the administration needs, patients must prefer con- from nose; pain, bulging (pro- against Gujjar-Bakarwal commu- THIS HAS TO STOP. SUCH MEASURES in sulting their doctor telephonical- ptosis), restriction in movement, nity during an eviction drive in the first place should have mandatory sanction of the ly instead of meeting in person. drooping of eye/s, swelling, black the Zampahri-Shopian inflicting “tribal affairs department and local community leaders. Reassuring, Dr Kotwal says, lesion around eye/s and loss of severe injuries to many and said The need of the hour calls for recognising the symbiotic Positivity Rate, Bed Occupancy ‘Even if a diabetic person be- vision; and death if in case the the measure is a continuing case relationship of tribals with the forests.” comes Covid positive, still there is infection reaches brain. of oppressing tribals across J&K. On Decline In Kulgam: DC no need to worry. In some cases All Covid-related queries Denouncing the use of brute his heart. JK tribals have been the symbiotic relationship of trib- their blood sugar might rise dur- and doubts are answered on force against the tribal community feeling under siege ever since the als with the forests. The incidents Observer News Service areas Covid Care Centers (CCCs) ing treatment, which is later con- helpline number 0191 2571616. during an eviction drive by the for- ruling dispensation has had its of tribal bashing have become a with capacity of 5 beds have been trolled with insulin injections’. Phone numbers of the Divi- est department at upper reaches hands on power in Jammu and norm now; not even a day passes KULGAM: Deputy Commission- made functional at 150 panchay- ‘Similarly, some non-diabetic sional Control Room at 0191- of Shopian district, Party’s Senior Kashmir. These tribals who live in without any tribal hutments be- er (DC) Kulgam, Dr Bilal Mohi- persons may develop diabetes 2520982, 2549676, 2674444, leader and state secretary Sakina and around forests have managed ing forcefully attacked upon by Ud-Din-Bhat during a press during Covid treatment which 2674115, 2674908 can also be Itoo, District President Kulgam and conserved the biodiversity of the administration. Why is it that brief on Friday said that the needs to be controlled with reached for the purpose. Abdul Majeed Bhat Larmi, and their niches since long. The un- tribals of J&K are receiving a raw coordinated efforts are showing Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar in wise decision of dislodging them deal while as their counter parts in positive results and the situa- BLACK FUNGUS IS NOT COMMUNICABLE. a joint statement termed the act from their niches will affect their the rest of the country are enjoying tion is improving day by day in It does not infect by simply coming in contact with a brutal and incongruous with con- lives in numerous ways besides cultural, land and property rights the district with positivity rate “person suffering from Black Fungus. Keeping in touch stitutional norms. that the dimwitted measure will under various favorable constitu- and bed occupancy on decline with a doctor and avoiding self medication can largely provide The mammoth of intimida- impact the scientific conserva- tional provisions. The discrimina- across the district. protection from it.” tion, and violence, which was let tion of forest resources as well. tion speaks volumes particularly at He said 65 percent of the loose in Jammu previously, the We in our party value conserva- a time when there are restrictions population above the age of 45 leaders said in the statement, has tion but not at the cost of mar- on residential evictions in view of years already stands vaccinated reached Kashmir now to haunt ginalized tribal or forest dwelling the current global pandemic. It is in the district and efforts are on the indomitable and peace loving communities. There ought to be a expected that the incumbent ad- to cover the rest of the target tribals. “Voicing against the cru- balanced approach to protect the ministration will act sensibly to group. Besides, vaccination for Second Covid-19 Vaccination elty meted out to the poor tribal people and the forests,” they said. ensure that the poor tribals aren’t the age group of 18-44 years ats and these CCCs are equipped families, the leaders stated that it The functionaries said that the subjected to injustice,” they said. will be initiated soon, he added. with Oxygen concentrators and Drive Held At IUST is under a well hatched plan that incumbent government cannot act They also demanded compen- With regard to availability of other requisite equipment besides Observer News Service Earlier, the University vac- these peace loving people are blind to the human miseries and sation to the injured and strict Oxygen in the district, Dr Bilal primary Covid related drugs have cinated 68 teaching and non- subjected to violence and intimi- go on with its reckless programme punishment against the erring said that the 1000 lpm Oxygen also been made available there. AWANTIPORA: COVID-19 Vac- teaching staff members aged dation and the recurrence of such of eviction. “This has to stop. Such officers behind the violence. generation plant at District Hos- He said the establishment cination Drive for teaching and 45 years and above during the pital is functioning properly and of CCCs in the rest of the pan- non-teaching staff members of adequate bulk cylinders, concen- chayats will be completed in the Islamic University of Science trators are available in the district. next few days. and Technology (IUST) for age He said to curb the spread of Meanwhile, the DC appealed groups between 18-44 years Multiple Lockdowns Have Crippled virus there is a robust and ag- people to get vaccinated at an started at the University Cam- gressive testing mechanism in earliest besides strictly fol- pus on Thursday. place across the district. low the Covid related SOPs and “The drive is being organised Kashmir’s Poor: Tarigami The DC said that in order to guidelines so that spread of this by the University Health Centre ‘Rs 1000 Covid-19 Relief Inadequate’ strengthen Covid care in rural disease is curtailed further. in collaboration with Sub-district Hospital Pampore. The Univer- Observer News Service lief and the actual situation on sity has already issued a notifica- HIT HARD BY the the ground which needs to be tion instructing all the employ- 1st Vaccination Drive held at SRINAGAR: CPI (M) leader Mo- lockdown, a majority of addressed on priority. A hunger Engineering Associations ees aged between 18-44 years to the University campus on 9th hammad Yousuf Tarigami Friday “these informal workers alarm seems to be ringing loud get themselves vaccinated com- April this year. said that the payment of Rs 1000 have no savings and extra with rising food prices. It could Welcome Appointment pulsorily during the said drive.” Meanwhile Registrar IUST, per month as COVID-19 relief to income to purchase food at mark the beginning of a dual crisis Medical Officer IUST, Dr. Prof. Naseer Iqbal expressed registered construction workers, higher prices.” for the poorest families in J&K.” Zahida Rasool informed that satisfaction with respect to the Shikarawalas/Ponywalas/ Dandi- With lakhs of people in the Of New CS 131 employees of IUST have participation of employees dur- walas/Palkiwalas/ Tourist guides is ciated with the transport industry unorganised sector staring at a Observer News Service been vaccinated on 27th and ing both the vaccination drives. inadequate as a double whammy have been crippled as they had loss of livelihood, there is a need WE WHOLE 28th May 2021. Dr. Zahida He also thanked the authorities of unemployment and rising food taken the vehicles on loan from the to increase the working days un- SRINAGAR: Joint Action Commit- heartedly welcome Arun also informed that the 2nd of Sub-district Hospital Pamp- prices have crippled the poor sec- banks for which they have to pay der the Mahatma Gandhi Rural tee of Engineering Graduates As- “Kumar Mehta as the drive will also continue dur- ore for their collaboration in tion of the society in Jammu and instalments and interest, though Employment Guarantee Scheme sociation an amalgamation of J&K Chief Secretary of J&K and ing the next week. making the drives successful. Kashmir. A huge number of con- they have hardly got any working (MNREGA) from the existing 100 Civil Engineers Graduates Asso- extend our full support and struction workers who are not yet days in the last almost two years. days to 200 days. A fund to ex- ciation (JKCEGA), J&K Mechanical cooperation in taking the registered with the Board and mi- Similarly, he said, the multiple tend financial assistance to all Engineering Graduates Associa- Jammu & Kashmir to new grant labourers have been left out. lockdowns have made the survival workers in the informal and un- tion (JKMEGA) and J&K Electrical heights of the development,” In a statement, he said, ever of thousands of families who are organised sectors, whose liveli- Engineering Graduates Associa- Lockdown Violations: 190 since August 2019, the incomes of dependent on the handicrafts sec- hood is affected besides a mora- tion (JKEEGA) Friday welcomed Secretary of J&K and extend our people associated with the infor- tor difficult. People are eking out a torium on bank loans for a year the appointment of Arun Kumar full support and cooperation in mal sector, consisting of low wage tough existence in Kashmir. Thou- for small and medium enterprises Mehta as the new Chief Secretary taking the Jammu & Kashmir Arrested, 92 FIRs Registered workers have dwindled sharply sands of businesses can’t pay their and retail traders, is the need of of Jammu and Kashmir. to new heights of the develop- Observer News Service the Kashmir valley. due to a major job loss wave. Some staff or keep them on their rolls. the hour, he said. A statement issued by the as- ment,” read the statement. The drive against the viola- of the severely affected people in- “Similarly, people associated “The public distribution sys- sociation, praised the new Chief The presidents of JKMEGA Er. SRINAGAR: The Jammu and tors of Covid-19 guidelines/ clude construction workers, auto with the tourism industry are tem (PDS) should be expanded to Secretary of the decisions he Firdous Ahad Bhat, JKCEGA Er. Fa- Kashmir police Friday said rules continued throughout all and bus drivers, small shop own- finding it hard to earn livelihood cover all essential commodities. took as the Financial Commis- rooq Ahmad Ganie, and JKEEGA that during the last 24 hours, the districts of Kashmir Valley ers and daily wage labourers. since August 2019. With food Free ration through PDS to people, sioner, Finance department to- Er. Munshi Majid expressed hope it arrested 190 persons, to ensure that people adhere to “Hit hard by the lockdown, a prices rising, these people are now including people living below the wards the development of J&K, that the new Chief Secretary will lodged 92 FIRs and also real- SOPs/ guidelines envisaged by majority of these informal workers facing a dual crisis during the Co- poverty line must be provided in while terming them “revolu- address the issues of engineers, ized fine of ₹1,22,920/- from government to curb COVID-19 have no savings and extra income vid-19 pandemic. this hour of crisis. We demand all tionary and historic”. in particularly the much awaited 964 people for violating the pandemic, police said in a to purchase food at higher prices.” “There is a large gap between jobless be provided at least Rs. “We whole heartedly welcome issuance of SRO for the already guidelines/rules throughout statement. The statement said people asso- the government’s inadequate re- 6000 per month for six months.” Arun Kumar Mehta as the Chief approved ACP Scheme.

She describes what it's like to coaster ride when you saw got the opportunity to serve as ‘Covid Patients Need Compassion Not Just Medicines’ be on the frontlines of the pan- many improving and respond- ICU Nurse in Government Super demic, admitting that her fellow ing well to the treatment but Specialty Hospital, Jammu for 3 Observer News Service Twenty Six year old Priyanka nurses at first were little wor- few of them losing battle at the years on contractual basis, before Kumari, a Staff Nurse work- ried and afraid of doing duties same time' she said this with getting selected as Staff Nurse KATHUA: Ever since the second ing in Gyne, OT of GMC Kathua in Covid wards but also knew mixed expressions on her face. and posted in GMC Kathua. wave of Covid Pandemic lapped was asked to switch her duties 'this was our calling'. Daughter of a serving CRPF of- “Being single, away from fam- in the suburbs and rural areas of in Covid Isolation Ward in view “It looked quite challenging ficer, a native of Phalain Mandal ily and staying in isolation after Kathua district, the challenges the increasing Covid positivity when we first joined the Co- village of Satwari Block of Jam- a 6 hours shift in PPE Kits daily for Doctors and Paramedics of rate in the district. vid dedicated duties and went mu, Priyanka Kumari has done sometimes gives you anxiety the Associated Hospital, GMC Youngest among three sib- through the routine which was al- her schooling in Kendriya Vidy- and a lot of stress. But the cause Kathua increased manifold. The lings, Priyanka Kumari narrates together different and demanding. alaya Chandigarh, Pinjore and drives you through as you feel positivity rate in rural areas her tale of being on duty at Co- Though dealing with risky situ- Hyderabad at different stages, you are required for your servic- witnessed a steep rise with the vid ward. “It requires highest ations has always been part of a as the family move along with es more than before especially start of May month. vigil as the ailing patients who Nurse's day to day work, but Covid father when and where got new when we are in the middle of a Being the premier health- are emotionally drained and brought daily routines and sacri- place of posting. pandemic, she added. care institution of the district, scared of the deadly disease fices that are different, life altering After my schooling we moved During the last two months, GMC Kathua touched its capac- also need compassion than just and far reaching,” she added. back to our native place Phalian I haven't visited my family in ity admission for Covid patients medicines” she said. Nursing was among the top vid related duties, She said she is Sharing experiences of her Mandal in Jammu from where I Jammu just to minimize the risk as the second wave turned out While expressing her heart choices she wanted to pursue grateful to be spending time car- short stint of nearly one month pursued my Nursing from Bee Enn of getting Covid infection in tran- to be a lot more contagious as out, Priyanka Kumari said that to fulfill it without any second ing for and being with patients in Covid related duties, Priyanka Nursing Institute, Chak Bhalwal, sit and that has even cost me a compared to 1st phase of Co- her passion of serving people thought in her mind. during the first ever Pandemic said the six hour shift in Co- Jammu added Priyanka Kumari. meeting with my father who was vid-19 upsurge. was her childhood dream and Sharing her experiences of Co- she witnessed in her life. vid ward is an emotional roller Graduated in Nursing, Priyanka on leave at home a few days back. SPORTS Saturday | 29.05.2021 08 England-Bound Indian WTC Final: India, NZ To PCB Gets Permission To Women's Team Gets First Land Chartered Flights Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine Be Adjudged Joint Winners From India In Abu Dhabi

Press Trust of India landed in Abu Dhabi from Karachi In Case Of Draw Or Tie and Lahore. DUBAI: The Pakistan Cricket Board “The players, officials and other Press Trust of India (PCB) is all set to hold the remain- stakeholders have already entered ing PSL matches in Abu Dhabi next quarantine at their hotels so now the DUBAI: India and New Zealand will month after getting permission from PCB is in a position to announce the be adjudged joint winners of the in- UAE authorities to land its chartered fresh schedule of the remaining 20 augural World Test Championship if flights from Mumbai and Johannes- matches of the PSL,” the official said. their final clash in Southampton ends burg carrying members of the broad- He said now there were no in a draw or tie, the International casting crew, players and officials. hurdles in organizing the league in Cricket Council (ICC) said on Friday. The sixth edition of the Pakistan Abu Dhabi. According to the playing condi- Super League appeared to be in doubt “We are still awaiting some 20 tions unveiled by the global body, till Thursday when the UAE authori- visas for some players and officials "A draw or a tie will see both ties had not issued permission to the of some franchises and we will get teams crowned as joint winners..." PCB for landing of chartered flights them tonight and they will also leave The ICC has also allocated a Re- from India and South Africa. by tomorrow on a chartered flight.” serve Day to make up for any lost Press Trust of India get vaccinated as soon as they can! time during the regular days of the #GotTheDose #We4Vaccine #Co- Final, scheduled to be played from NEW DELHI: All members of the vidVaccine," she had tweeted. June 18 to 22, with June 23 set UK-bound Indian women's cricket The source said most of the players aside as the Reserve Day. team have been administered the received Covishield vaccine and they "Both these decisions were first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine will be administered their second made in June 2018, prior to the ahead of their upcoming away series dose by the UK health department. commencement of the ICC World the Reserve Day may be used. will automatically review any call against England beginning June 16. The Indian women's team will Test Championship." The final decision on whether of a 'short run' by the on-field um- The Indian team, which is cur- depart for UK along with the men's The Reserve Day has been the Reserve Day needs to be used pire and communicate the decision rently in quarantine in Mumbai, squad, led by skipper Virat Kohli, in scheduled to ensure five full days will be announced at the scheduled prior to the next ball being bowled. will begin its UK tour with a one- a chartered flight on June 2. of play, and it will only be used if start of the last hour on the fifth day. Player Reviews – The fielding off Test in Bristol from June 16. It The members of Indian men's lost playing time cannot be recov- While India play at home with captain or the dismissed batsman will be followed by two T20Is on team, including Kohli, Moham- ered through the normal provi- SG Test and New Zealand use will be able to confirm with the July 9 and 11 in Northampton and med Shami, Ajinkya Rahane, sions for each day. Kookaburra at home, the final will umpire whether a genuine at- three ODIs beginning June 27. Cheteshwar Pujara, Umesh Yadav, "There will be no additional day's be played with Grade 1 Dukes balls. tempt has been made to play the "All the players of the women's Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and play if a positive result is not achieved The final will also feature the ball prior to deciding whether to “The Abu Dhabi sports council Those still awaiting visas in- team have got their first dose of Rishabh Pant, have taken the first after five full days of play and the implementation of three changes initiate a review for LBW. has now written a letter to its im- clude former Pakistan captain Sar- vaccination. Most of them got it in jab of COVID-19 vaccine at differ- match will be declared a draw in such to international playing condi- DRS Reviews – For LBW reviews, migration authority to allow the faraz Ahmed, who leads the Quetta their respective cities, while a few ent centres in the country. a scenario," the ICC stated. tions, which were brought into the height margin of the wicket landing of the chartered flights Gladiators franchise and some who didn't, got their first jabs on The players are expected to take In the event of time being lost effect with the ongoing World Cup zone has been lifted to the top of from Mumbai and Johannesburg,” other players as well. Thursday," a BCCI source said. their second dose of Covishield in during the match, the ICC match ref- Super League series between Ban- the stumps to ensure the same a PCB official said. A reliable source said the PCB Spin all-rounder Deepti Sharma the UK. eree will regularly update the teams gladesh and Sri Lanka: Umpire's Call margin around the He said after that clearance, char- was set to bear a lot of heavy ex- on Thursday shared a picture of her Kohli and Co. will face New Zea- and media about the way in which Short Runs – The Third Umpire stumps for both height and width. tered flights will be allowed to fly penses on hosting the matches in taking the jab on Twitter. land in the World Test Champion- for Abu Dhabi. The PCB faced a long Abu Dhabi but they have convinced "Though I am a little scared of ship final in Southampton on June delay getting visas for the Indian and the franchises to take a small cut on needles, but I still got myself vacci- 18 before taking on England in a South African broadcasting crew their share from the league earn- nated today. I urge people to please five-Test series. members but finally got visas for ings for season six. BCCI’s Special Meeting To Officially Lock them on Thursday before the land- The PSL 6 matches are held in Abu ing permission issue cropped up. Dhabi after the PCB had to postpone In IPL Window, Ranji Compensation On Thursday, two chartered the league in early March in Karachi Our Preparation Far From flights carrying around 250 play- due rising Covid-19 cases among Press Trust of India ers, officials, PCB employees and players and officials with just 14 official broadcasters and their staff matches completed at that time. Being Ideal, Expected Lot NEW DELHI: The BCCI will lock in a three-week window between More From Qatar FA: Stimac September 15 and October 15 for the resumption of the currently- Naseem Shah To Press Trust of India aware that Qatar is future host of the suspended IPL in the UAE, when World Cup, and we all know about it holds a Special General Meeting KOLKATA: Livid with the strict the great facilities for football teams. (SGM) virtually on Saturday. Re-Enter Pakistan Super quarantine arrangements in Qatar, "But, as a coach, personally I ex- The agenda of the meeting Indian football team head coach pected a lot more from this organ- is "discussing on the upcoming Igor Stimac on Friday said their isation. I know that we changed all cricket season in the view of pan- League Bio-Bubble preparation is "far from being our plans due to the pandemic. I say demic prevailing in India". Press Trust of India ideal" for the upcoming World Cup a big thank you to Qatar government The wider scope of the agenda and Asian Cup Qualifiers. for allowing us to come over here." permits the members to also dis- ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Cricket Already out of contention for a Under the current circumstances, cuss the ICC T20 World Cup and the liberations will also happen on Only Hanuma Vihari and Ab- Board has apparently compromised World Cup berth, India will face Asian the Indian players are forced to prac- much-delayed compensation pack- how to procure the services of the himanyu Easwaran are expected on its COVID-19 protocols and al- champions Qatar on June 3 before tice on the corridor, in front of their age for domestic cricketers for the overseas players and other logis- to go home as they don't have IPL lowed fast bowler Naseem Shah to taking on Bangladesh (June 7) and Af- respective rooms, the 53-year-old cancelled last Ranji Trophy season. tical aspects including bubble-to contracts for the time being. re-enter the bio-secure bubble be- ghanistan (June 15) in their remaining Croatian World Cupper said. BCCI also wants to host the T20 bubble transfer. fore returning to play in the coun- group E matches, with an aim to quali- "I didn't expect this. I expected as World Cup in India and during the "England Cricket Board director Ranji Trophy compensation try’s premier Twenty20 league. fy for the 2023 Asian Cup in China. a coach that we're going to have a June 1 ICC Board meet, it would of cricket Ashley Giles has already The 18-year-old Shah was ex- The Sunil Chhetri-led Blue Tigers, possibility of using the gym. ask the global body to wait on the said that England players won't be Close to 700 senior domestic pelled last Monday from the remain- who were originally slated to reach "We are doing our morning ses- COVID-19 situation here before allowed to play IPL as they would cricketers (men) have suffered after der of Pakistan Super League after Qatar on May 30, advanced their sions in the hall in front of our any call is taken. follow the international commit- the cancellation of the Ranji Trophy arriving at a team hotel in Lahore arrival to May 19. As per the strict rooms, and our players are eating BCCI president Sourav Ganguly ments ahead of ICC T20 World Cup. last season due to the pandemic. with an outdated negative test for quarantine, they are not allowed to delivery food, which is left in front of is expected to chair Saturday's "Hopefully, the president and While BCCI had agreed to a com- COVID-19. The last 20 games of the train in gym, use the meeting hall or our rooms. meeting from Mumbai. The IPL is secretary would tell us how the pensation package in January last postponed tournament are being even eat together. "That's not proper preparation for expected to restart between Sep- situation of English players will be year but the formula to distribute played in the United Arab Emirates. "If I knew that everything will be a football players, I'm quite sure that tember 18 and 20 and end on Oc- handled," a franchise official, who the package is yet to be worked out. The PCB’s protocols required all like it is today, I would never accept the Qatari team is not in the same tober 10 with three venues in the would be tracking the develop- "Only 73 uncapped domestic players traveling to Abu Dhabi to player for Quetta Gladiators in the to be honest. We could organise such position." UAE, Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Shar- ments, told PTI. cricketers currently have IPL con- present a negative test taken not PSL. He rose to the fame with his pace games in such way in India also. At Stimac said they are forced to go jah hosting the matches. The likes of Jos Buttler, Ben Stokes tracts. Playing Vijay Hazare and more than 48 hours prior to arrival when he made his test debut against the end we lost possibility of playing through all this despite being tested "Obviously, the main issue (if fit), Jofra Archer (if fit), Jonny Syed Mushtaq Ali trophy (Rs 35k at the team hotel. Shah presented a Australia in November 2019 and then two home games," Stimac told re- COVID-19 negative three times. would be the IPL schedule. We are Bairstow, Sam Curran, Eoin Morgan, per match) can't make up for the report on Monday from a test that grabbed a hat trick in a test match porters during a virtual interaction. "We were tested three times al- expecting 10 double-headers and Moeen Ali are all first team players financial losses that these players was conducted on May 18. against Bangladesh at Rawalpindi "Here we are now, not in great ready, all the tests are negative. Why seven single headers apart from for their franchises and getting their suffered," a state unit official said. But after meeting with franchise last year. He has played in nine test conditions. This is far away from a we don't have a proper meeting four play-off games (2 qualifiers, replacements won't be easy. "I guess the most feasible solu- owners, the PCB allowed Shah to re- matches and grabbed 20 wickets. proper preparation for the World hall, so we can discuss and analyse one eliminator) including the fi- The Indian team's commit- tion would be to hand over a lump turn to the team hotel after return- The PCB has not yet announced Cup qualifiers, but it is what it is. our opponents, why we don't have nal. The resumption game and ments in England end on Septem- sum compensation package to the ing another negative test COVID-19. the schedule of the remaining 20 This is not a proper football work a possibility of spending more time final will be held on weekends," a ber 14 with the last day of the final state units and they would accord- Shah will then have to clear two PSL games in Abu Dhabi. The league which needs to be obtained before together, eating together. senior BCCI official told PTI on the Test in Manchester and it would ingly distribute among their play- more COVID-19 tests before board- was postponed in March when the World Cup qualifiers." "Instead of that we have one eve of the meeting. directly fly to Dubai aboard a char- ers as per their roster from previ- ing the last charter flight to Abu several players and support staff Frustrated with the arrange- chance going out in the evenings for It is expected that a lot of de- ter flight after the series ends. ous season,' the senior official said. Dhabi for the tournament. among the six franchises tested ments, Stimac continued: "I'm well the training session, that's all." Shah is supposed to be the key positive for COVID-19. Couldn’t Sleep, Had To Pullout Of IPL: Ashwin Japan Extends Virus Emergency Recalls His Family's Fight With COVID With Safe Olympics At Stake There were three tests on May 14th, Agencies Press Trust of India 16th and 18th and we (his family) left from Chennai on May 19." TOKYO: Japan extended a corona- MUMBAI: Ravichandran Ashwin "From Chennai, next we landed virus state of emergency in Tokyo had "sleepless nights" inside the IPL in Hyderabad. Fielding coach R and other areas for 20 more days bio-bubble when most of his fam- Sridhar, Indian women's captain on Friday, with infections still not ily members were suffering from Mithali Raj and others also joined slowing as it prepares to host the COVID-19 and said he "had to" leave us. The flight that took off at 2 pm Olympics in just over 50 days. the tournament midway to help his from Chennai, landed in Mumbai at Cases remain high and medi- close ones fight the deadly virus. 6 pm on May 19th." cal systems in Osaka, the hardest- Ashwin is now back in another Ashwin also recollected how the hit area in western Japan, are still bubble, this time with the Indian weather impacted their chartered flight. overburdened, Prime Minister team which leaves for a 104-day UK "The flight was there in the run- Yoshihide Suga said in announcing trip on June 2. way for a while and the reason was the decision. "I couldn't sleep for almost 8-9 staying at a luxurious five-star ho- While most of the Indian play- that was due to the heavy rains on The current state of emergency days. Since I couldn't sleep, it was tel. But it is not that easy. Like I said ers have received their first jabs, that particular day, the bus that in the capital and eight other met- really stressful for me. I was playing earlier, it is not 7 days, but 14-days Ashwin has got two jabs of Bharat was supposed to pick-up one of the ropolitan areas was to end next matches without getting any sleep. quarantine," the star spinner said. Biotech's Covaxin. players got stuck. Monday, but hospitals in some ar- And since I found it really taxing, I "So, basically, we came here on Ashwin also narrated the expe- "And to arrange another bus, the eas are still overflowing with CO- pected to begin around then, ac- planning missteps and shortages. had to quit IPL and go home midway. 19th and we are leaving to England rience of reaching Mumbai bubble driver should have been in the bub- VID-19 patients and serious cases cording to media reports. Only 2.3% of the population has "In fact, when I left around at that on only June 2 from Mumbai. So, from his Chennai residence. ble and they should also sanitize have recently hit new highs. The Olympics are scheduled to been fully vaccinated, and the cur- time, I had thoughts on whether I basically, we will finish our 14-day "The way we reached Mumbai the bus and since these problems The 20-day extension covers start July 23 after a one-year post- rent phase targeting older adults is will be able to play cricket thereaf- quarantine here in India. And we in itself was a different experience. were also there. It took one to one nine areas ranging from Hokkaido ponement due to the pandemic, not scheduled to finish before the ter. But still, I did what was required will have a test here every two days With each passing day, the struggle and half hours and after that, we in the north to Fukuoka in the and worries about new variants games start. at that point of time," Ashwin said once," Ashwin said. is only getting worse. Hopefully, you got picked in another bus. We came south. A 10th area, the southern and Japan's slow vaccination roll- Still, Suga and his government on his YouTube channel. Ashwin also explained that bub- will get joy as we play. Seven days here and checked-in at the hotel." island prefecture of Okinawa, is out have triggered calls from the are determined to host the Olym- The IPL was eventually suspended ble breach doesn't mean that some- quarantine, three tests in seven After seven days of room quarantine, already under emergency status public, medical experts and even a pics. The International Olym- after multiples cases were found in one has entered the bubble. days and after that, we can practice. Ashwin is now allowed to hit the gym. through June 20. sponsor to cancel the games. pic Committee has also said the its bio-bubble. Talking about the on- "Many of you would have heard It is difficult, but when compared to "So, I have my done my first gym Olympic organizers must de- Experts have warned that the games will go ahead even if host going 14-day quarantine in Mumbai, about the term bio-bubble breach. what people are going through, it's session on the 25th. They have made cide at about that time whether to variants are infecting more peo- city Tokyo is under emergency Ashwin gave an idea of Indian team's Bio-bubble breach doesn't mean nothing," he said. the equipment available in our allow any fans at all, after overseas ple, leaving them seriously ill and measures. life in the protected environment. someone from outside has entered "From Chennai, we took one char- rooms too. The gymnasium has been spectators were banned months flooding hospitals. Japan has reported about "It's really difficult, guys. It might the bubble. This is a virus and we ter flight. Before taking the charter, made ready for us. Everyone have ago. A plan to prioritize vaccina- Japan has lagged on vaccina- 730,000 coronavirus cases and look from the outside that we are still don't know how it enters." we had to take three (RT-PCR) tests. been allotted different time slots." tions for Japanese athletes is ex- tions due to bureaucratic and more than 12,700 deaths.