Follow us on: @TheDailyPioneer facebook.com/dailypioneer RNI No. TELENG/2018/76469 Established 1864 Published From OPINION 6 MONEY 8 SPORTS 12 HYDERABAD DELHI LUCKNOW REBUILD FROM S&P CUTS INDIA GDP GROWTH OLMPIC POSTPONEMENT MAY BHOPAL RAIPUR CHANDIGARH GROUND ZERO BHUBANESWAR RANCHI DEHRADUN FORECAST FOR FY21 TO 5.2 PC BE ‘INEVITABLE’: JAPAN’S PM VIJAYAWADA ` *LATE CITY VOL. 2 ISSUE 163 HYDERABAD, TUESDAY MARCH 24, 2020; PAGES 12 3 *Air Surcharge Extra if Applicable 14 REELS PLUS JOINS MAHESH'S NEXT { Page 11 } www.dailypioneer.com CENTRE TO CONSIDER SPENDING SEX WORKERS IN ALIPURDUAR SAY TRUMP PONDERS EARLY END TO SINGAPORE AIRLINES CUTS 96% OF ON COVID-19 AS CSR ACTIVITY THEY WON'T WORK FOR 2 WEEKS COVID-19 ECONOMIC SHUTDOWN CAPACITY ON TRAVEL DEMAND HIT pending by corporates to deal with the coronavirus outbreak will be ver 100 sex workers in West Bengal's Alipurduar district will not be resident Donald Trump hinted strongly on Monday that he is running ingapore Airlines on Monday said it will cut 96% of its capacity that Sconsidered as CSR activity under the companies law, the government Oworking for the next two weeks in the wake of the coronavirus Pout of patience with the economic shutdown caused by mass Shad been scheduled up to the end of April due to the tightening of said on Monday. In India, over 400 people have been infected by the outbreak, they said on Monday. People from several places, including quarantine measures against the coronavirus. "We cannot let the cure be border controls around the world to stem the coronavirus outbreak. The coronavirus and at least seven people have died, while many states have neighbouring districts, visit the red light area located in the central part of worse than the problem itself. at the end of the 15 day company along with its two subsidiaries -- SilkAir and Scoot -- will announced lockdown to curb spreading of the the district town. They said that the step period, we will make a decision as to which way we ground 185 aircraft out of a total 196, Singapore Airlines (SIA) said in a infection. Under the companies law, certain was taken to prevent the spread of the want to go!" trump tweeted overnight. The 15 day statement. The move comes "amid the greatest challenge that the SIA classes of profitable entities have to shell out at deadly virus. A local NGO that works for period he refers to was started last Monday, setting in Group has faced in its existence", it said. The company said it is unclear least 2 per cent of their three-year annual net profit the welfare of the sex workers said it motion a series of federal recommendations on social when it can begin to resu- towards Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) would provide financial assistance to distancing and other anti-coronavirus measures. It me normal services, given activities in a particular financial year. these women during the period. concludes a week from Tuesday. the prevailing uncertainty. DRASTIC MEASURES Karimnagar city emerging People ignore lockdown, govt as Covid-19 epicentre in TS PV KONDAL RAO Door-to-door checks Since this is a community n transmission, the scope of the imposes curfew across state KARIMNAGAR by medical and virus spreading its tentacles in With evidence of a state-2 health teams in the the region has widened and the No movement to be allowed from 7 pm to 6 am expect for medicare case, Karimnagar city is rapid- region have been preventive measures launched TRULY ly emerging as the epicentre of intensified, with by the authorities have been PNS n HYDERABAD Coronavirus in Telangana. intensified in Karimnagar SPEAKING Jameel, the man on whose about 100 teams Municipal Corporation limits. With people ignoring the lock- invitation the Indonesian deployed to screen Door-to-door checks by down, the Telangana state gov- preachers came to Karimnagar the people. medical and health teams in Modi leading ernment has announced cur- town, was on Monday found to the region have been intensifi- few from 7 pm to 6 am from be positive for the virus and ed, with about 100 teams dep- war on Covid-19 Monday. was ordered quarantine by the The information that loyed to screen the people. from the front Chief Secretary Somesh medical and health officials. Jameel was tested Initially, the Kumar told reporters on An institute run by Jameel positive for Karimnagar district Monday that in this time has about 50 students, who had Coronavirus authorities have frame, no movement of per- mingled with him after the for- has sent jitters expected to limit the 2 sons will be allowed for any eigners stayed in the town. The among the res- screening operations purpose expect accessing Indonesian team was quaran- idents of to just the 3-km emergency medical care. tined and isolated by the Karimnagar as radius, but conse- Addressing a press conference authorities after being identi- his is a case of quent to the identifica- here, Somesh Kumar said that fied as the overseas visitors last secondary trans- tion of fresh local trans- no shop or establishment, week. Karimnagar was cor- mission. Jameel is quite mission case, they have except hospitals and pharma- doned and an area of 3-km well-known and usually meets expanded screening across the cies will be allowed to operate radius from the bus station was about 50 to 100 people on a town and surrounding areas. after 6:30 pm. He asked people locked down. regular basis. 2 to purchase all essential com- A large number of vehicles seen in Hyderabad on Monday, despite a lockdown being in place. modities in the daytime and confine themselves to their people, the police have set up be allowed on a two-wheeler wheeler," said DGP Mahender homes by 7 pm. check posts across the state. and not more than two people Reddy. Son skips To restrict movement of "Not more than one person will will be allowed in a four- 2 quarantine, Case against DSP booked In worst-ever market crash, n PNS KOTHAGUDEM Quarantine of a 4 for violating Acting tough against the for- large number of Sensex plunges 4,000 points eign returned people roaming people worries quarantine free, the police on Monday Yediyurappa PNS n DANTALAPALLI registered a case against the Investors in sell-off mode as recession fears mount DSP here for violating the Ep- The police on Monday regis- idemic Diseases Act of 1897. PNS n MUMBAI Global stocks too roiled tered cases against four persons A traffic jam is witnessed in Hyderabad on Monday as citizens ignore lockdown The DSP had taken his Lo- after nations across the world who violated the mandatory ordered by the state government to curb spread of the dreaded Coronavirus. ndon-returned son home 4 The Indian stock market suf- announced lockdowns in an 14-day home quarantine, using his office vehicle, fered its worst-ever single-day effort to mitigate the spread of thereby increasing the risk of instead of sending him to crash on Monday, with the be- Covid-19 pandemic, spiking others contracting the quarantine. nchmark indices plunging as fears of a mammoth global Coronavirus. Recently, two A day after Janata The DSP and his family much as 13.15 per cent, as recession. couples from Qatar visited the members were subsequently panicked investors remained in On the Sensex chart, Axis residence of their respective sent to Warangal Governm- sell-off mode amid lockdowns Bank was the top loser, tank- mothers-in-law in Datla village curfew, traffic jams ent Hospital for testing for in several states in the country ing over 28 per cent, followed in Dantalapalli mandal of Coronavirus. The DSP's son due to mounting Coronavirus by Bajaj Finance, IndusInd Mahbubabad district. Officials PNS n HYDERABAD ing on city roads as if the threat tested positive and the news cases. In the very first hour of Bank, ICICI Bank, Maruti and have sensitised the couple and of Coronavirus never existed. created a sensation among The BSE benchmark Sensex trade on Monday, trading on L&T. their in-laws on the potential Paying no heed to the govern- People opted to travel in pri- the police circles. plummeted 3,935 points or the BSE and the NSE had to be All sectoral indices ended threat of the virus and advised ment's advice to stay indoors, vate vehicles, after the Centre Moreover, the DSP's fam- 13.15 per cent to close at halted after the benchmark significantly lower, with BSE them to stay indoors under a sizeable number of people cancelled train services and the ily recently attended a house- 25,981.24; while the NSE indices Sensex and Nifty hit bankex, finance, capital goods, home quarantine. Paying no were seen going about on the state, bus services, thereby warming ceremony at barometer Nifty cracked the 10 per cent lower circuit- basic materials, industrials and heed to the advice of officials, roads on Monday morning. throwing caution sounded by Raghavapuram in 1,135.20 points or 12.98 per breaker. auto indices plunging up to the couples left the place to visit Private vehicles and auto-rick- government to the winds. Chintalapudi mandal of West cent to settle at 7,610.25. As trading resumed after a 16.82 per cent. other areas. shaws were seen freely roam- Godavari district. On the currency front, the 45-minute freeze, losses Broader midcap and small- 2 Indian Rupee plunged below widened on bourses due to cap indices tanked over 12 per the 76-level (intra-day) for unabated sell-offs across sec- cent each.