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BriefNews COVID-19 Pandemic 25 persons test positive in JK, toll 639 Two injured No Buzz In Valley Tally of recovered patients soars too, 247 discharged from hospitals along LoC in Uri Jahangeer Ganaie Baramulla: A minor girl and a woman were on Friday injured along Srinagar: Twenty five the Line of Control (LoC) in Hajipeer Masjids, Shrines On 1st fresh cases of COVID-19 were and Churunda sector of Uri in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district. reported in Jammu and Kash- Official sources told a local news gath- mir on Friday taking the tal- ering agency that Pakistani troopers Friday Of Ramadan ly of total number of positive resorted to heavy shelling on Indian cases to 639. Army posts and residential areas, Jammu and Kashmir gov- which was retaliated effectively. ernment Spokesman in a tweet Locals reports said that panic gripped said that out the total number in Chrunda, Batgran, Hathlanga, of cases, 384 are active cases of Mothal, Sahoora, Silikote, Balkote, which 378 are in Kashmir and 6 Nambla, Garkote areas toady after- in Jammu adding that 31 more noon when the heavy shelling took Covid-19 patients had recov- place from both the sides. ered on Friday. mir -378)," tweeted Kansal. Kashmir stands at 247 includ- However, top police | More on P2 “Recoveries overtake new Pertinently, with the recov- ing 51 from Jammu division One Dead In cases- 25 New Cases, 31 Recov- ery of 31 more patients, the and 196 from Kashmir division eries; Total Cases now 639. Ac- total number of patients who besides that 8 persons includ- Sopore Mishap tive Cases-384 (Jammu-6 Kash- have recovered in Jammu and ing 7 from Kashmir | More on P2 Sopore: One person was killed and three others were injured after a tractor they were traveling in turned turtle at Yambren Hardushiva area of Sopore North Kashmir Baramullah Recovery Rate Rises To Lockdown Extended By Friday morning. Officials told a local news gathering 25%: Health Ministry More Two Weeks agency that a group of farmers from Hardshiva Yembran were on way to Agencies Agencies bury a dead cow at a far flung area of a forest and when they were returning Mubashir Aalam Wani tional prayers were wit- the religious clerics have ap- Srinagar: The Union Health Ministry said New Delhi: Amid the spiking number of back, their tractor turned turtle, nessed in any Masjid or pealed people to offer prayers that, 8889 patients have recovered after treat- coronavirus cases in India, the government on leaving one person dead on spot and Srinagar: For the first shrine on the first Friday at home to prevent the deadly ment and discharged from the hospitals, while Friday issued an order under the Disaster Man- three others critically injured. time in the holy month of here, witnesses told a lo- virus from spreading, which 1147 patients have died. agement Act, 2005 to further extend the corona- Hospital authorities identified the Ramadan, the Masjids and cal news gathering agency, claimed eight lives so far and A top Health Ministry official told a local news virus lockdown for two more weeks, until May deceased Ayazuddin Baba, son of shrines across Jammu and adding that even Dargah left 614 people infected. gathering agency that recovery rate has improved 17, with effect from May 4, the day when the Ghulam qadir baba | More on P2 Kashmir witnessed no buzz Hazratbal and historic The Masjids and shrines from 13.06 per cent to above 25 percent in 14 days lockdown was about to end. with all the religious places Jamia Masjid, which oth- in other districts besides Sri- which is a positive sign. “The doubling rate of nov- "Ministry of Home Affairs issues order under Driver Killed In remaining closed for over one erwise remain flooded with nagar also remained closed el Coronavirus is now 11 days compared to 3.4 days the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to further Gurez Mishap month now in wake of deadly devotees remained closed for the prayers. The religious before lockdown” the official said. extend the Lockdown for a further period of two Sajid Raina Coronavirus outbreak. today for prayers. places have been closed amid He said that states whose doubling rate is bet- weeks beyond May 4," MHA said in its order. No mandatory congrega- The authorities as well as lockdown across | More on P2 ter than national average and is | More on P2 However, the Home Ministry | More on P2 Bandipora: A tractor driver was killed in a road accident at Gurez area of north Kashmir’s Bandipora district on Friday evening. An official told a local news gathering Amid Lockdown, agency that a tractor skidded off the Srinagar among road and turned turtle at Izmerg area Over 1200 Industries CAT Will Hold Frequent Sittings in JK of Gurez in Bandipora. four JK districts He said the driver was trapped under Resume Operation in JK For Disposal Of Service Matters: Centre the tractor following which locals declared as Red Zones rescued him and shifted him to nearby SO News Desk Nasir Azam health centre where doctors declared 12 Districts Classified As Orange him brought death. He identified the Jammu: In order to mitigate the hardship Srinagar: Amid growing deceased as Mohammad Rafeeq to the public in the backdrop of COVID-19, chorus for setting up a sepa- Zones, 4 As Green Zones Samon, son of Gulam Ahmad Samon the Department of Disaster Management, rate regular bench of the Cen- Ejaz-ul-haq Bhat (38) of Izmerg Gurez. After complet- Relief, Rehabilitation and Reconstruction tral Administrative Tribunal ing all legal | More on P2 (State Executive Committee) Government in Jammu & Kashmir, the Srinagar: Government of India on Friday of Jammu and Kashmir notified Standard Government of India on Fri- classified four districts in the Union Territory of Produce Detention Operating Procedure for regulating activi- day said CAT’s Chandigarh Jammu and Kashmir as Red Zones in a bid to con- ties of industries /industrial /commercial bench will hold frequent sit- tain the spread of Covid-19. Record Of NC’s Ali /private establishments in pursuance to tings in the newly carved out As per the order, issued by Ministry of Health Sagar: HC to Govt measures being taken up during lockdown. Union Territory. and Family Welfare, Government of India, four As per the order, the Industries & Com- The Ministry of Personnel, districts which have been classified as Red Zones Nasir Azam merce Department has been vested with the Public Grievances and Pensions include Srinagar, Bandipora, Anantnag and authority for issuance of orders to permit today said the CAT will have “It is reiterated that earli- vice matters related to Cen- Shopian. These districts have been classified as Srinagar: The Jammu and Kash- operation of industrial units. The SOP has more frequent sittings in Jammu er also, the CAT bench used tral Government employees of hotspots/red zones based on the cumulative cases mir High Court on Friday granted specified the categories of industry to be per- & Kashmir to dispose off matters to hold its sittings in Jammu J&K. The only difference now reported and doubling rate. three weeks’ time to government mitted to operate during the period of lock- related to UT employees. & Kashmir to dispose off ser- is that it will also | More on P2 As per the order, 12 districts have been clas- to file its counter affidavit on a plea down which included Essential Commodities sified as orange zones which include Baramulla, challenging detention of NC general comprising Basic Food processing activities, Kupwara, Ganderbal, Jammu, Udhampur, Kul- secretary and five-time MLA Ali Muhammad Sagar under the Public Packaged processed food items, Pharmaceuti- mid growing resentment in Jammu & Kashmir over extending jurisdiction of the Central Ad- gam, Budgam, Samba, Kathua, Rajouri, Ramban Safety Act (PSA). cals, Soaps, disinfectant and detergents, Agro Ladakh A ministrative Tribunal’s Chandigarh bench on service matters of government employees in and Reasi while four districts have been classified Appearing on behalf of government, products, Packaging Material, Cold Storages, Aghast Over the Union Territory, anger is also brewing in Ladakh UT which will also come under same bench as Green Zones which include Pulwama, Kisht- Additional Advocate General, B. A. Packaged Drinking water and Cotton Masks. of the tribunal. Talking to a local news gathering agency, Chief Executive Councilor , Hill Council war, Doda and Poonch. Dar sought three weeks’ time to file In addition, some activities have also Decision Kargil, Feroz Ahmed Khan said he has written to LG R K Mathur to express his | More on P2 Pertinently, Bandipora district has reported counter affidavit. Justice Sindhu been permitted on case to case basis like Re- highest number of Covid-19 positive cases do far Sharma while granting | More on P2 pair of transformers and | More on P2 in the Union territory of Jammu | More on P2 With Zeal, We Can Make JK Corona free: Govt DySP’s Case Reviews arrangements for regulated movement of stranded persons NIA Likely to arrest Police Officer, Others Agencies MHA Allows Special Srinagar: A day after the ar- Trains For Stranded People rest of a man who according to Tasaduq Hussain BJP was fired from the party in 2018, NIA is likely to arrest more he Ministry of Home Affairs Friday ordered all the people including a senior police Tstates and union territories to allow special trains to officer from Jammu and Kash- ferry the stranded people across the county after proper mir, a local news gathering agen- guidelines from Ministry of Railways. cy has reliably learnt on Friday. According to a local news gathering agency, Ministry of The India’s premier agency Home Affairs (MHA) issued the order about run of special had arrested Tariq Ahmed Mir trains and asked Ministry of Railways (MoR) to issue detailed guidelines and protocols. | More on P2 of Shopian from Baramulla dis- trict in connection with DySP Davinder Singh’s case for pro- from north Kashmir and she is legedly driving them out of the viding logistic support to mili- actually from Pakistan. Kashmir Valley to outside J&K. Govt Issue Online Registration, tants in J&K. Mir, a resident of Meldoora He was suspended following his Sources said that during the Shopian was arrested from Chi- arrest and the case was later SO News Desk today visited Lakhanpur and took stock Helpline Numbers investigations, it has come to nad Delina Baramulla from his taken over by the NIA. of preparations being made by the Kath- ammu and Kashmir Government on Friday issued fore, he was supposed to pro- rented accommodation. Official Meanwhile, the Bhartiya Ja- Kathua: In order to make arrange- ua District Administration. Jonline registration and Helpline numbers to facilitate vide weapons worth Crores to sources said that he is a Sar- nata Party said Mir was “fired” Migrant Workers, Students & other Persons stranded ments for regulated movement of strand- At the outset, the Advisor said that militants who even paid him panch of Meldoora village and from the party in October last outside Jammu & Kashmir for their evacuation. A day ed people, students, tourists, pilgrims the performance of J&K in fighting after the centre gave the go-ahead to return of migrant more than Rs 50 lakhs. Howev- later joined BJP. Earlier this year and that he was never BJP’s and other persons stranded at different COVID-19 has been satisfactory till now. workers, stranded persons & students in different parts er, they said, he failed to pro- year, Davinder Singh was ar- Sarpanch as Panchayat polls places due to lockdown, Advisor to He said that with persistent zeal we can of the country to their respective destinations, the Jam- vide them weapons. rested by police along with two were held on a non-party basis. Lieutenant Governor, K. K. Sharma and break the chain of transmission and mu and Kashmir administration appointed seven officers Mir, as per investigations, militants and an Over Ground In a statement issued here, Chief Secretary, B V R Subrahmanyam make J&K Corona free. | More on P2 to coordinate and monitor the | More on P2 has married wife of a militant Worker (OGW) while he was al- J&K spokesman | More on P2 SRINAGAR 02 OBSERVER ....From the Front Page Srinagar / SaturdAY / 02 MaY i 2020 News

Ramban has 01 positive case who is Active Positive; as 468 units have been permitted in Kashmir as per resentment over the decision. “People of Ladakh said, “Movement of migrant workers, pilgrims, tour- No Buzz In Valley Meanwhile, Reasi has 01 positive case who is Active provisions of the Standard Operating Procedure. Cor- should get the tribunal here so that they don’t face ists, students and other persons stranded at different India, called by the Prime Minister Narendra Modi Positive. responding to the above 786 units have resumed their hardships,” he said, adding that he is hopeful that the places is also allowed by special trains to be operated in wake of Coronavirus. The Bulletin said that the breakup represents dis- operation in Jammu whereas 455 units have become government will address the concerns of the people of by Ministry of railways (MoR)”. Unlike previous Fridays in Ramadan, no stalls tricts from which the patients have been traced or are operational in Kashmir. the Union Territory. “Ministry of railways will designate nodal officers were seen installed outside the Masjids and shrines ordinarily residing. The Department has facilitated operation of all Earlier on Wednesday, the Department of Person- for coordination with state/UTs for their movement as well as in the markets where people were usually Emphasizing upon the importance of wearing Pharmaceuticals and Oxygen gas bottling units. Oth- nel and Trainings (DOPT) notified that service mat- MoR will issue detailed guidelines for sale of tickets seen buying essentials and Attar, Miswak, Cap and masks, advisory issued in the media bulletin said er category of units which have been permitted to op- ters of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh UTs would be and for social distancing and other safety measures other things. people are informed that “wearing masks protects erate included Flour Mills, Rice Mills, Oil Mills, Pack- dealt by the CAT’s Chandigarh bench whose mandate to be observed at train stations, train platforms and Witnesses said that the lockdown continued to you and your family members from the COVID-19 aging Material, Dal & Besan, Animal/ Poultry Feed, was restricted to hearing matters of central govern- within trains”, it said. remain in force for 38th straight day in Jammu and infection.” Surgical bandage, Disposal Syringes, Cotton and ment employees in the erstwhile state of J&K. The It further said,”The rest of conditions stipulated Kashmir with authorities continue to deploy police Masks lower the chances of coronavirus enter- Dental material, Packaged Drinking Water, Iodized CAT will deal with matters like services, employ- for movement of persons vide Sub-clause (iv) [a,b,c,ef] and paramilitary troopers on roads to enforce the ing the respiratory system through droplets still in Salt, Agrochemicals, Spices, Cold Storage Facilities, ment, pension etc. Before re-organization of J&K, the will continue to apply to such movement”. (KNO) lockdown strictly. the air from an infected person when a person with Milk Processing, Soap Detergents, Sanitization Tun- service matters of employees of the J&K Government They said the large contingent of forces were de- COVID-19 coughs or exhales, the advisory informed. nels, Food Processing, Steel Rolling Mills/ Furnaces, were being adjudicated by Kashmir and Jammu Govt Issue Online movement of J&K residents in different States and ployed on ground, who had erected concertina wires It further said while wearing a mask ensure that Plaster of Paris, Cement, Paints, PVC Granules, Mos- wings of High Court. Union Territories due to lockdown imposed to pre- and put temporary barricades on the roads at many the mask fits around your mouth and nose and there quito Coils, Briquettes, Mattresses, Textiles, Cotton Former Member of Legislative Assembly (MLA) vent spread of COVID-19. places, thus thwarting the vehicular as well as pedes- is no gap between your face and the mask. Masks etc. Kargil, Asgar Ali Karbalie also echoed similar views, A SOP has been issued on 30th of April 2020, differ- trians movement in the respective areas. “Homemade face cover is good for maintaining The Industries & Commerce Department in uni- saying that the people of Ladakh should also get sep- entiating between regulated and non regulated move- It is worth to mention here that 105 red zones have personal hygiene. Do not share your face covers with son with the Department of Food Civil Supplies and arate bench of Tribunal. “The government should ment and quarantine procedures. been declared by the government so far, where the en- any one. If you are living in a family of several mem- Consumer Affairs has been able to ensure availabili- come clear on certain things. Recently, domicile law Online registration forms have been created as try and exit of people is strictly being restricted and bers, ensure each member has their own separate ty of essential commodities across J&K with effective was unveiled for Jammu and Kashmir but there is no under: monitored. face cover,” it added. maintenance of supply chain with no shortage of any such law for this region. We will soon come up with Migrant Workers: https://forms.gle/ The markets across Jammu and Kashmir contin- Masks are effective only when used in combina- item been reported from any part of J&K. The depart- details of discrimination meted out to the region,” he W48hL26Ew2eBv4mt5 ued to wear deserted look while as the business es- tion with frequent hand cleaning with alcohol-based ment has also facilitated operation of some warehous- said. Students: http://itss.uok.edu.in/Main/UserForm. tablishments and educational institutions including hand rub or soap and water. “If you wear a mask, es where the material was to be supplied for construc- Before October 31, 2019, Ladakh region spread over aspx?Form=Students_Outside#top Schools, Colleges and Universities remained closed then you must know how to use it and dispose of it tion of Government projects like Steel Authority of two districts was part of Jammu and Kashmir. (KNO) Other Stranded Persons: https://forms.gle/fm- in the Union Territory. (KNO) properly.” India Ltd. MZDCVR2MAVEGCk9 Stressing on the early detection of COVID-19 to However, permission for operating these units has Srinagar among 25 persons test and Kashmir. With one new case reported on These links are hosted on website www.jktpo.in & prevent the spread of disease, advisory said, “let us be been granted on the condition of following Social dis- and one from Jammu division have died so for due Friday, the total number of cases in the district now http://itss.uok.edu.in/. responsible for the well-being of ourselves and every- tancing norms as specified by the government under to covid-19 stands at 128. Persons desirous of returning are required to fill one around us.” the notified SOP. The commuting of workers has to be Officials said that out of 25 new cases 11 were tested After Bandipora district, Srinagar is on number in the relevant forms with the details and after due It further said that not disclosing symptoms could done with only 30% capacity of the mode of transport positive at SKIMS Lab while as 14 were tested posi- 2nd in the list of Covid-19 positive cases. The total process, the movement pass will be provided. put life of individuals and their families at risk. “In used. The owners are required to keep the premises tive at CD hospital Lab. Among the new 25 cases, 12 number of cases in Srinagar stands at 89 till Thurs- For facilitation as well as offline registration, peo- case of symptoms like fever, cough and difficulty in properly sanitized. The workers have to undergo are from Anantnag, 06 from Kupwara, 02 each from day. ple can contact the following helpline numbers:- breathing report early. Do not fear, call COVID-19 thermal screening twice a day and wear masks. Med- Srinagar and Shopian and one each from Budgam, Anantnag and Shopian districts, which have also Migrant Workers can continue to access the fol- helpline numbers and seek medical advice,” reads ical insurance of the workers has been made manda- Bandipora and Baramulla. been classified as Red Zones by the ministry of health lowing helpline numbers of Labour Department: the advisory. tory besides strict ban on use of Gutka and Tobacco Dr G H Yatoo Nodal officer for covid-19 at SKIMS and family welfare, have 83 and 73 positive cases re- For return to Kashmir division- Mr Za- Advisory urged people not to step out of home, un- inside the unit premises and provision of hand wash said that out of 642 samples tested at SKIMS labora- spectively. meer-9797172356 and Mr Showkat Shafi - 8899646373; less absolutely necessary. “If you have to move out for and Sanitizer at sufficient number of places inside the tory, 11 were found positive, adding that among them Kathua, Reasi and Ramban, which have been clas- For return to Jammu division- Sanjay Kumar unavoidable reasons, ensure that you wear a mask unit premises observed. 06 are from Kupwara, 02 from shopian and one each sified as Orange Zones have reported one positive Bhat, Labour Officer- 9419424281 Shivika Sharma, La- and practice social distancing, personal hygiene and It has been stipulated that the units shall operate from Budgam, Baramulla and Bandipora. Nodal Of- case each so far, while Kishtwar which has been clas- bour Officer- 7889663055 frequent handwashing.” with not more than one third of the staff and manage- ficer for covid-19 at GMC Srinagar Dr Salim Khan sified as Green Zone had also reported just one case, Students residing outside and desirous to come to Similarly, all social, religious and other gatherings ment to ensure maintenance of Social Distancing at said that out of 346 samples tested at CD laboratory, 14 who has now recovered. Jammu & Kashmir, may contact following Higher are strictly prohibited. the work place. Smaller units with strength of less were tested positive, among them 12 are from Anant- Baramulla, Kupwara, Budgam, Ganderbal, Kul- Education Department helpline numbers: In case of any emergency people can avail free am- than 20 persons and units where the labour resides nag and two from Srinagar gam, Jammu, Udhampur, Samba and Rajouri which For Return to Jammu Division, Mr. Gurdeep- bulance services 24x7 at their doorsteps by calling on within the unit premises are kept out of the purview Officials from Ganderbal said that 8 patients from also fall in Orange Zone category have reported 85, 55, 9419116424, Mr Omran- 9419167771; toll-free number 108 while as pregnant women and of this stipulation. Pharmaceutical units have been the district were discharged after complete recovery 20, 15, 11, 26, 20, 04 and 04 respectively. For Return to Kashmir Division- Mr. Ubaid: sick infants can avail free ambulance services by di- permitted to work with 60% of the workforce. and now there is only a single active positive patient Doda and Poonch which have been classified as 9469339499, Mr. Manzoor- 7006621243 alling toll-free number 102. The officers of the Industries & Commerce Depart- in the district. Green Zones have reported zero cases so far while Special Call Center Helpline, Kashmir: 6006333308; People can also call on toll-free national helpline ment, have been asked to inspect such units on week- Officials from Shopian said Hirpora village wit- Pulwama and Kishtwar which have reported 7 and Resident Commissioner office, Delhi- 011-24611210, number 1075; J&K COVID-19 Helpline Numbers 0191- ly basis to monitor the observance of norms of social nessed two more cases on Friday has taking toll of one cases respectively have also been classified as 011-24611108, 011-24615475, 9419080444, 9419193363, 2549676 (UT level Cell), 0191-2520982, 0191-2674444, distancing and related measures, inspected 221 units positive cases to 49. Ist case was reported on April 08 Green Zones because all the patients have been cured. 9717355186, 9910470404, 9810314773, and they can also 0191-2674115 (For Jammu Division), 0194-2440283 & in Jammu Division upon which on observation of in Hirpora village and total number of positive cases (KNO) mail at [email protected], jkhesdelhi@gmail. 0194-2430581 (For Kashmir Division) for support, discrepancy permission in respect of 01 unit has been in district are now 74 including 17 recoveries com. Officials from Anantnag said that among 12 new guidance, and response to health-related queries on withdrawn by the Director Industries & Commerce, With Zeal, We Can cases, 6 are from Kharpora Larnoo, 5 from Tailwani Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19). Jammu. CS while spelling out the initiatives undertaken NIA Likely to Achabal and one from Marhama Sangam and total Public is advised to strictly follow the advisories On the directions of Commissioner Secretary by the Government said that 30,000 to 40,000 people Altaf Thakur said that the arrested person Tariq cases in district are now 95 including one death. Offi- issued by the government from time to time and are Industries & Commerce, the J&K Handloom Devel- of J&K are stranded outside UT due to the lockdown. Ahmed Mir from South Kashmir was terminated cials from district said that among 12 new cases, 5 are urged to rely only on the information released by the opment Corporation and Khadi & Village Industries Thousands of them have been evacuated and ampli- from the party in October 2018 for his anti-party ac- male while as 7 are females. government through the daily media bulletin to print Board (KVIB) have also mobilized their units to aug- fied efforts are on the way to rescue more people so tivities. “The reports that he is a BJP Sarpanch are Among 7 females, there is 8 year old girl from and electronic media. ment mask production for meeting the demand from that they can be brought back to their home as soon far from the reality as Panchayat polls were held on and 60 year mentally unsound man from Kharpora People are also advised to refrain from spreading various district authorities. About 8 Lakh masks as possible, CS added. non-party basis in J&K. He urged media men to check Larnoo, they said adding that among 5 persons from rumours and pay no heed to them at the same time. have been manufactured by 28 units of the said Cor- In Lakhanpur, 3000 people can come at a time and facts before attributing someone’s affiliation with the Tailwani 04 are from single family. They further add- (KNO) porations after their operation during lockdown. 100 buses can ferry these people to their respective BJP,” he said. However, the GNS report never says he ed that there are a lady from Sangam area is the first Parallel to above news with one column space J&K SIDCO and J&K SICOP are regularly carry- districts, but now onwards 100% Corona testing is was BJP Sarpanch. But the report clearly mentions case in the area. ing out fumigation and sanitation drives in all their mandatory for all the incoming travelers- by taking that Mir was Sarpanch associated with BJP. Recovery Rate estates on regular basis to ensure proper hygiene in their blood sample- and necessary directions regard- “BJP is a party of principles and clean people. As per officials figures 128 positive cases includ- between 11 to 20 days are Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, the estates. ing this have already been given to the Mission Direc- Every single person associated with the BJP has a ing one death and 35 recoveries are from Bandipora, Jammu and Kashmir, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil The Industries & Commerce department has also tor, NHM, CS informed and stated that result of the clean track record and we don’t support people with 95 positive cases including one death are from are Nadu and Punjab. mobilized the Industrial units to come forward in blood test will be available within 24 hours. militancy links or criminal records. The BJP stands Anantnag, 91 including two deaths and 69 recoveries He added that states whose doubling rate is be- CSR Activities. The Industrial Units have distributed Elaborating various aspects of evacuation of for the people with transparent past, present, and fu- are from Srinagar, 85 including 26 recoveries and 3 tween 20 to 40 days include Karnataka, Ladakh, Hary- sanitizer, masks and gloves. The activities also in- stranded people, CS said that HP and Punjab are near- ture,” he said. deaths are from Baramulla, 74 including 17 recover- ana, Uttarakhand, and Kerala.“Assam, Telangana, cluded making arrangements of food for workers and er to J&K, that’s why the people stranded there were He said the arrested person who joined BJP was ies are from Shopian, 55 including 19 recoveries are Chattisgarh, and Himachal Pradesh have doubling labourers in the industrial areas. Some units have evicted first but there is no reason to worry for those immediately sacked after he was found involved in from Kupwara, 21 including 11 recoveries are from rate of above 40 days.The fatality rate is 3.2 percent also made monetary contribution towards J&K Relief people who are stranded at other, far off, places as a anti-party activities and indulging in acts that didn’t Budgam, 14 including thirteen recoveries are from and comorbidities was found in COVID-19 patients in Fund and PM CARES to the tune of Rs 50 lakh besides system has been put in place for evacuation and it is a suit the party. “It is once again clarified that he was Ganderbal, 11 including 02 recoveries are from Kul- 78 percent of the deaths” he maintained. (KINS) gam and 07 including 03 recoveries are from Pulwa- a Quarantine facility has been setup in Industrial matter of few days that all will get evicted. terminated and wasn’t associated with the BJP since ma. Lockdown Extended Estate Lassipora by the concerned Industrial Asso- For students, the CS divulged that, they flagged October 2018. So his name shouldn’t be linked with In Jammu division, all 26 patients have recovered also issued certain guidelines to regulate different ciation. Likewise, 4 COVID Sample collection booths their location using different online platforms and the BJP anymore,” Thakur said. (GNS) in Jammu district , 20 including one death and 17 re- activities during this period, based on the risk profil- have been donated to Health Department along with the UT administration formed several groups to facil- ing of the districts of the country into Red (hotspots), itate their regulated movement into J&K. Similarly, Two injured coveries are from Udhampur, 4 who all have recov- installation of Sanitization tunnels. official also confirmed the shelling along LoC, say- Green and Orange Zones. The guidelines have per- the left outs will also be facilitated at the earliest. ered are from Samba and 4 including three recover- The staff of Industries & Commerce Department ing that a minor girl and a woman were injured while mitted considerable relaxations in the districts fall- The Advisor and CS also inspected the quarantine ies are from Rajouri , one from Kishtiwar who has including various Corporations has also come for- a residential house has got damaged during the shell- ing in Green and Orange zones. centre at Lakhanpur. also recovered and one each active case from Ram- ward in fight against COVID Pandemic by making ing in Churanda village. In its order, the government said that all industri- Earlier, they also visited the Facility Centre of J&K ban, Kuthua and Reasi. contribution to J&K Relief Fund from their salary Meanwhile, the hospital authorities identified the al, construction activities in rural areas, including SICOP at Kathua and had a meeting with the officers As per the daily information bulletin 71,837 per- amounting Rs. 58.132 Lakh. duo as Shanaza Bano, daughter of Bashir Ahmad and MNREGA works, food-processing units and brick- of SICOP and District Industries Centre. sons in Jammu and Kashmir are under observation Meanwhile, Director Industries and Commerce, Thaira Bano (20), wife of Liyaqat Ali suffered injuries kilns will be permitted. They also visited two industrial units, Fena wash- while as 8109 persons have been kept under home Jammu on 27-04-2020, conducted surprise inspection at Churanda village. (KNO) quarantine besides that 384 persons are in hospital The Ministry of Home Affairs further said that in- of Industrial units at Industrial Growth Centre Sam- ing powder and Jackson generators. Also interacted isolation while as 185 persons are under hospital ter-district movement of individuals and vehicles will ba and Industrial Estate Kathua to ascertain whether with the managers of these industrial units and in- One Dead In quarantine. be allowed in Orange zones for permitted activities the units are following the guidelines prescribed un- quired about the difficulties faced by them during (PHE employee) of Hardshiva Sopore while as According to the bulletin, 54,721 persons have only. Four-wheelers will have a maximum of two pas- der the Standard Operating Procedure issued by the lockdown. three others were shifted to Sopore hospital for treat- completed surveillance period and 8,430 persons are sengers besides the driver and pillion riding will be Government, to ensure that the units are complying Later, the Advisor and CS also visited Seri vil- ment. (KNO) under home surveillance besides that so far results of allowed on two-wheelers, the MHA said in its order. with the social distancing norms, maintaining prop- lage of Billawar to oversee the agricultural activities Driver Killed In 21,695 samples are available. As per the MHA order, a number of limited activ- er hygiene in the unit premise and wearing of face in the area. To facilitate the farmers, six tractors, and medical formalities, the body of the deceased Out of 21,695 the number of samples tested negative ities will continue to remain prohibited across India, masks by the employees. thrasher, mobile vending cart, bore well and a diesel was handed over to his relatives for the last rites. stands at 21056 while as /639 have been tested posi- irrespective of the zone, including travel by air, rail, The unit holders were advised to highlight guide- plough was also distributed among farmers by them. Meanwhile, Police registered a case in this regard tive, among them 384 are active and 247 persons have metro and inter-state movement by road. Schools, lines and good hygienic practices in the shape of post- A delegation of farmers also raised several de- and have taken up the investigation, officials said. recovered and 8 persons have died. colleges and other educational institutions will also ers within the unit premises so that the workers are mands in front of them which mainly pertained to (KNO) According to the daily Media Bulletin on novel remain closed till May 17, the government said. reminded of the same more frequently and in case crop damage due to monkey menace, requirement of coronavirus (Covid-19), out of 639 positive cases, 384 It also said that places of large gatherings such they face hardship in getting the posters printed, the a vegetable mandi and poly house for growing plants Produce Detention are Active Positive, 247 have recovered and 08 have as cinema halls, malls, gyms and places of political, Federation of Industries, Jammu and other Associa- at controlled climatic condition. the time to Additional Advocate General (AAG), died. cultural gatherings will also remain shut during the tions have assured help to such units by getting the The farmers also urged them for getting urgent BA Dar, directed him to bring the detention record Moreover, 31 more COVID-19 patients have recov- extended period of lockdown. material printed. repair of the damaged hand pumps as 50% of the in- by May 20. ered and discharged from various hospitals, of Kash- “In red zones, outside containment zones, certain stalled hand pumps of the area are non functional and “Detention record be kept available on the next activities are prohibited in addition to those prohib- CAT Will Hold require immediate repair to prevent water crisis in date of hearing before the bench,” the court directed. mir Division. be disposing off matters related to UT employees ited throughout India. These are: plying of cycle rick- the ensuing summer season. The case is listed for hearing on May 20. The Bulletin further said that out of 21695 test re- and therefore will have more frequent sittings in UT shaws and auto rickshaws; taxis and cab aggregators; Later the Advisor and CS also inspected the facili- The veteran NC lawmaker is in detention from sults available, 21056 samples have tested as negative of J&K,” reads a handout issued by the ministry. intra-district and inter-district plying of buses, barber ties being provided at the quarantine centre set up in August 5 last year when BJP-led central government till May 01, 2020. The Ministry further said registration of cases can shops, spas and saloons,” the MHA order stated. the Degree College at Billawar. abrogated Article 370 and downgraded the erstwhile Furthermore, till date 71837 travellers and persons also be done locally either online or in the secretariat The government, however, said that in orange Commissioner Secretary, Jal Shakti Department, state into two Union Territories. After remaining in in contact with suspected cases have been enlisted office of CAT to be set up locally after the UT Govern- zones, taxis and cab aggregators will be permitted Ajeet Sahu; DC Kathua, O P Bhagat; Mission Director prevention detention under the Criminal Procedure for surveillance which include 8109 persons in home ment provides appropriate facility. with one driver and two passengers only. NHM, Bhupinder Kumar; Director Industries Jam- Code (CrPC) for six months, the government booked quarantine including facilities operated by govern- “Disposal of cases through CAT in UT of J&K will The decision to extend the coronavirus lockdown mu, Anoo Malhotra; Director Agriculture Jammu, Sagar under Public Safety Act in February this year. ment, 185 in Hospital Quarantine, 384 in hospital ensure fare and objective delivery of justice,” the has been taken amid the surging number of coronavi- Inder Jeet; MD SICOP, Atul Sharma; SSP Kathua , The counsel representing Sagar had submitted before isolation and 8430 under home surveillance. Besides, handout reads. rus cases. As per the data available at the Ministry of Shailendar Mishra; Nodal Officers of Lakhanpur the Court that he is an old-aged person and is suffering 54721 persons have completed their surveillance pe- The government further clarified that “neither the Home and Affairs, the dreadful infection has affected Control Room, Arun Manhas & Arvind Karwani; GM from many ailments like hypertension and cardiovascu- riod. petitioner nor the lawyer need to go to Chandigarh over 35,000 people and claimed the lives of more than DIC, Babu Ram and other concerned accompanied lar diseases which he developed during his detention. Providing district-wise breakup, the Bulletin said for filling petition or appearing before the tribunal-re- 1,100 while 9,065 have recovered and discharged from the Advisor. The counsel had also pointed out that as the that Bandipora has 128 positive cases with 01 fresh lated to service matters of employees”. hospitals. COVID-19 pandemic is spreading and since the NC case today, 92 are Active Positive, 35 recovered (in- “The term Chandigarh circuit is being misinter- MHA Allows cluding 11 recoveries today), 01 died; Anantnag dis- leader has pre-existing medical conditions, he is most Amid Lockdown, preted to mean that the petitioner/lawyer would In an order, issued by Ministry Of Home Affairs, it susceptible to the infection of the deadly virus. (KNO) trict reported 12 new cases which led to 95 positive Parts thereof, production of cardboard/ wooden have to go to Chandigarh, which is not so. All service cases with 94 Active Positive, 01 died; Srinagar re- boxes for apple/ fruit packing, Industries operating in matters of Central Government and UT employees ported 02 fresh cases today taking positive cases to 91 rural areas, Brick Kilns in rural areas and production of J&K and Ladakh will be heard and disposed off in with 20 Active Positive, 69 recovered (including 11 re- units requiring continuous manufacturing process. CAT bench in J&K itself,” it said. HDFC Bank releases song to keep coveries today), 02 died; Baramulla reported 01 new Besides, manufacturing activities within the Indus- The Centre’s statement made it clear that Jammu cases today taking total number of positive cases to 85 trial Estates have been allowed on case to case basis & Kashmir will not have a separate regular bench for hopes alive amidst Covid-19 pandemic with 56 Active Positive, 26 recovered(including 5 re- where the arrangement for stay of workers is possible adjudicating service matters of more than 4. 90 lakh coveries today), 03 died; Shopian has 74 positive cases within the premises or an adjacent building. employees. Mumbai: HDFC Bank today Chauhan, Harshdeep Kaur, support, courage and care that including 2 cases reported today, 57 Active Positive, Besides, the units manufacturing Medical/Health Instead, the matters relating to services and pen- released #HumHaarNahi- Mika Singh, Jonita Gandhi, Nee- are shining through in these 17 recovered (including 4 recoveries today); Kupwara infrastructure items, Sanitization Tunnels/ fumiga- sion of employees will be heard by CAT’s Chandigarh Maanenge (we will not give ti Mohan, Javed Ali, Sid Sriram, challenging circumstances. reported 06 new cases today taking its positive cases tion Tunnels are also to be permitted to operate on Bench in J&K frequently . up), a collaborative song of Shruti Haasan, Shashaa Tirupa- Through this track, HDFC to 55 with 36 Active Positive, 19 recovered; Budgam case to case basis if existing within the Industrial Es- As already reported, 31206 service matters cases reported 01 new positive cases leading to 21 such hope. The song is a tribute to ti, Khatija Rahman and Abhay Bank wants to show its solidar- tates. Specific manufacturing activities, if essential, from J&K High Court will be transferred to CAT’s the indomitable spirit of India Jodhpurkar. India's premier ity and support to the nation by cases of which 10 are Active Positive with 11 recov- for meeting requirement of the Government and proj- Chandigarh bench. ered cases (including 01 recovery today); Ganderbal and millions of Indians who percussionist Sivamani, sitarist encouraging more and more ects like development/construction and other works Before re-organization of J&K, the services matter are standing together to fight Asad Khan and bass prodigy people to donate to PM-CARES has 14 positive cases with 01 Active positive and 13 of industrial estates are also to be permitted. of the employees of the J&K Government were being the COVID-19pandemic. Mohini Dey are also part of this Fund. Every donation makes recovered (including 08 recoveries today); Kulgam Likewise, services including Print and electronic adjudicated by Kashmir and Jammu wings of High has 11 positive cases with 08 Active Positive and 03 media, IT & ITES, Data and Call Centres for Govern- Court. The song is composed by Os- esteemed project. a difference and the bank recoveries (including 1recovery today); Pulwama has ment activities only, CSCs, e-com companies, Cou- The Administrative Tribunal Act-1985, which gov- car and Grammy Award-win- The song was conceptual- appeals to one and all to con- 07 positive cases with 04 active positive, 03 recovered. rier Services, Cold Storage & warehousing, Private erns creation and functioning of CAT, became appli- ning musician A.R. Rahman, ized as a clarion call to spread tribute. It will also contribute Similarly, Jammu has 26 positive cases and all of Security Services, Hotels & Home Stays accommo- cable to both the UTs from October 31 as per the provi- and the lyrics are penned by hope, positivity and motiva- Rs 500/- each time the song is them have recovered; Udhampur 20 positive cases dating persons stranded due to lockdown and estab- sions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act. noted lyricist and poet, Prasoon tion. The powerful, emotional shared via social media as this of which 02 are Active Positive, 17 recovered and 01 lishments used for quarantine facilities would to be From October 31 onwards, the High Court stopped Joshi. The track also brings to- track reminds people that we small action will have a multi- died, while as Samba district has 04 positive cases and permitted to operate. hearing service matters of the employees and started gether an ensemble of musicians are in this together and we will plier effect on the amount that all the cases have recovered; Rajouri has 04 positive The Department of Industries & Commerce under the process of identifying cases to be transferred to from all over India. The featured get through it together. The is being contributed towards cases, 01 active positive and 03 have recovered; Kath- the guidance of Commissioner Secretary, Industries CAT. (KNO) ua has 01 positive case who is active positive; Kisht- artists include renowned names song brings to fore the many the PM-CARES Fund from & Commerce, has permitted 1007 industrial units to such as Clinton Cerejo, Mohit moments of kindness, hope, HDFC Bank. war had only 01 positive case who has recovered; operate during the lockdown period in Jammu while Ladakh Aghast SRINAGAR NEWS SRINAGAR / SATURDAY / 02 MAY I 2020 OBSERVER 03

BMW Group India announces Pollen not a worry in times of special services for doctors COVID-19, say medical experts ‘Advisory already issued to wear masks when not indoors’

• Tasaduq Hussain pandemic situation persist- ing due to Coronavirus that Srinagar May 01: The med- has engulfed a huge popula- ical experts on Friday said tion, people have been appre- • SO NEWS DESK pledged its contribution to hospitals and clinics owning that pollen emerging from hensive that the cotton shed fight COVID-19 through its a BMW or MINI or a BMW Russian poplar trees doesn’t from trees may turn to be a JAMMU MAY 01: BMW various CSR initiatives and Motorrad vehicle can reg- a pose a threat of being a cause of worry for people and Group India has announced by providing critical care ister themselves at www. carrier of deadly virus and it might act as silent carrier a special aftersales service equipment and services for bmw-contactless.into avail that people should use masks of COVID-19. initiative exclusively for medical facilities in Delhi the service. Vehicles with while out of their homes. A story about in COVID-19, doctors who own a BMW NCR and Chennai. Doctors engine oil service due as With the growing cases of pollen a new worry for Kash- or MINI car or a BMW Mo- have been tirelessly working per Condition Based Service coronavirus in union terri- mir taking medical experts torrad bike and have been every day to ensure public (CBS) will be eligible to avail tory of Jammu and Kashmir advice following which the selflessly working round the health and safety. Compli- the complimentary service particularly in Kashmir, Divisional Commissioner clock to fight the unprece- mentary engine oil service within 90 days post the lock- people from different parts especially generated from stance) and get transmitted. protective gear is already on. Kashmir order the axing of dented COVID-19 pandemic. is a small gesture of appre- down period. Existing BMW were under tight grip of fear Russian poplar trees would He said during this pan- "Once you're wearing a mask all Russian poplar trees (Fe- As a gesture of appreciation, ciation from us and our deal- or MINIService Inclusive- as the spring pollen and act a Covid carrier. demic situation government even if Covid attacks, the cot- male). BMW Group India along er partners, for the selfless package or warranty exten- other plants have stated to They said that there is no has already issued advisory ton (pollen) won't impact the A Public Interest Ligation with its dealer partners will service of our patrons from sion holders will be offered blossom and can increase the study as on date to prove that asking people to wear mask individual", Dr Naveed said. (PIL) was filed in High court offer complementary engine the medical fraternity. It’s free sanitisation of the car in effectiveness of coronavirus pollen would act as carrier. and has made it mandatory Pertinently, during the Srinagar against the regu- oil service at its dealership a JOY for us and our dealer lieu of engine oil service. and may act as carrier and Dr Naveed Shah, Head when someone is out (not in- spring season the Russian lar felling of tress, later, the service centres across the partners to take care of their Further information on contract a huge population Of The Department (HOD) doors). poplars shed seeds coated court directed to gather ex- country. BMW, MINI cars and BMW the terms and conditions silently. Chest Disease (CD) Hospital "A person is wearing mask, with cotton-like tufts of seed pert advice about the impact Mr. Arlindo Teixeira, act- Motorrad bikes during this can be availed by contacting While the medical experts said that there is no study even if a cotton comes in con- hair, which have the poten- of pollen in times of corona- ing President, BMW Group unprecedented times.” the nearest BMW, MINI and have dispelled the apprehen- about COVD-19 can attack tact how come he would be af- tial to cause allergies. virus, which is yet to be put India, said, “Earlier this Doctors registered with BMW Motorrad service cen- sions by people that pollen the pollen (Cotton like sub- fected by Covid-19 when the While during the ongoing in public domain. (KNO) month, BMW Group India Indian Medical Association, tres.

BMO Pulwama fiddling with lives of "Illegitimate DGP sanctions welfare relief/loan order issued in haste" • SO NEWS DESK Among these 312 police per- tioned in favour of J&K Police Dental Surgeons & Patients : SDSJK sonnel, 39 personnel suffer- personnel to meet the expens- JAMMU MAY 01: Continu- ing from different ailments, es of different natures includ- • SO NEWS DESK of BMO to issue such life highlighting regarding diffi- home. ing with an aim to provide have been provided loan ing self-treatment, treatment threatening order without culties faced while handling SDSJK stresses Director more and more welfare mea- and relief for self-treatment. of dependents, education of SRINAGAR MAY 01:Soci- obeying the Covid Guide- Covid/Non Covid Patients. Health Service,Kashmir to sures for police personnel Similarly, 38 police person- wards, self-marriage and mar- ety of Dental Surgeons,J&K lines and standing orders Dr Imtyaz furthermore immediately revoke this or- and to give financial assis- nel have been provided loan riage of wards, circumcision/ (SDSJK) in an emergency from Directorate of Health said that BMO has rendered der and stress for implemen- tance to meet the urgent and relief for the treatment yognopavit of son. The loan video conference meet took Services Kashmir,wherein it a casual approach while is- tation of Directorate order in needs, Director General of their dependents. sanctioned to the Police per- a strong note of the order is- has been strongly mentioned suing such order without this regard. Moreover there of Police, J&K Shri Dilbag 219 police personnel have sonnel is refundable and is sued by Block Medical Offi- not to shift or mix Covid/ taking the interest of Dental should be a justified sam- Singh sanctioned welfare been provided loan to meet recovered in monthly install- cer(BMO) Pulwama wherein Non Covid Staff which can be Surgeons or patients into pling roster duties in which loan in favour of 312 officers the expenses of their own tioned rupees five thou- ments from their salaries. he is directing Dental Sur- a source of disaster. consideration.He simply has professionals are kept in a and personnel of J&K Police. marriage, marriage of wards. sand each to Const. Rayees Pertinent to mention that geons to carry normal OPD Dr Adil Wani Spokesper- defied the Goi MOHFW & Di- balanced way and proper The amount has been sanc- Two police personnel were Ahmad, SPO Aijaz Ahmad Rs.20.61 crore loan / relief routine after performing son SDSJK said that while rectorate's guidelines.Such training & protective gears tioned out of Central Police provided loan for circumci- and rupees one lakh to SPO has been sanctioned and Covid Sample Collection du- Dental Surgeons are doing a negligence can lead to spread be given as per the guide- Welfare Fund. sion of their wards and one Vishal Singh out of Central disbursed among 2150 J&K ties. commendable job during cur- of Corona Virus & threat to lines.Moreover they should As per the PHQ order for mundan. 13 police person- Police Welfare Fund and Po- Police officers and personnel Dr Imtyaz Banday, Pres- rent covid crisis there has be the public , doctor & families be utilised as per their exper- welfare loan/relief of nel have been provided loan lice Pariwar Fund who were during the last financial year ident SDSJK said that it's a no heed to their genuine de- of the Dental Surgeons who tise during the current crisis Rs.3,19,60,000/- has been for higher education of their injured while performing to meet their urgent needs gross negligence on the part mands which they have been have aged/ailing parents at as per guidelines. sanctioned in favour of 312 wards. their legitimate duties. and the needs of their respec- police personnel. The DGP J&K also sanc- Welfare loan/relief is sanc- tive families. OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE ENGINEER PWD 4G Internet Restoration In J&K is MGNREGA work resumes the Need Of The Hour: Darakhshan (R&B) DIVISION VAILOO with SoPs to kick-start rural NOTICE INVITING TENDERS • IMRAN KHAN dia education portals. The NIT No. 01/ 54-61 of R&B/Vailoo /2020-2021/e-tendering/ DATED:- 23.04.2020 parents throughout the state economy at Shopian For and on behalf of the Lieutenant Governor of Union Territory J&K e-tenders (In Single cover system) are invited on item rate basis from approved and eligible Contractors registered with J&K State Govt., RAJOURI MAY 01:Chair- are also feeling irritated by CPWD, Railways and other State/Central Governments for the following works:- person of Waqf Development this low-speed of internet,” S. Name of Work Est. Cost Cost of T/Doc.in form Earnest Time of Time &Date Class of Major Head Committee of Ministry of Mi- said Dr Darakhshan. She No (Rs. In Lacs) of Treasury challen / Money completion of Opening Contractor of account nority Affairs, Govt of India, said that with needed checks Dr Darakhshan Andrabi has on the use of internet in the Receipt (in Rs ) (in Rs ) of Bid demanded the restoration UT, the government should 1 PL of WBM GIII patches/stretches for restoration of road surface of 7.98 300 7980 12 days 12.05.2020 Self Help Group 3054M&R of 4G internet services in restore 4G in J&K. “We know Utrsoo Krad road , Deethu Buchan road & Oh Shergund Bonard Road. 11.00 AM Jammu & Kashmir now. In that internet has been used 2 P/L of WBM G-III for restoration of Interior roads of Hardtooru 7.18 300 7180 12 days 12.05.2020 Self Help Group 3054M&R her letters addressed to the for subversive activities and 11.00 AM Prime Minister Shri Naren- anti-social propaganda in 3 P/L of SDBM 25mm thick incld tack coat and 6mm seal coat in patches/ 5.00 200 10000 10 days 12.05.2020 Regd.HotMix 3054M&R dra Modi, the Union Home J&K for long in the past and stretches for restoration of road surface of kraad Ranipora Road. 11.00 AM Plant Holder/ DEE Minister Shri Amit Shah and a few people may misuse the 4 P/L WBMG-III and SDBM 25mm thick incld tack coat and 6mm seal 12.00 600 24000 15 days 12.05.2020 Regd.HotMix 3054M&R • SO NEWS DESK the Lieutenant Governor of facility is the apprehension zones. However, if any new coat in patches/stretches for restoration of road surface of Imoo Bre- 11.00 AM Plant Holder/ BEE/ J&K Shri G C Murmu, Dr which can be dealt-with eas- area is included in the cate- inty including Breinty Batpora road , Thajiwara Sunsuma Road and CEE/DEE Andrabi has requested the ily by strict cyber control SHOPIAN MAY 01: Rural gory of containment zones, Takyibal Hajipora road, Bulbulnowgam Watrigam road. Central Government & the laws. But the huge majority Development Department, then MGNREGA activities 5 P/L WBMG-III and SDBM 25mm thick incld tack coat and 6mm seal 10.00 600 20000 15 days 12.05.2020 Regd.HotMix 3054M&R UT Government to re-consid- population is suffering be- Shopian has recently re- allowed in that area have to coat in patches/stretches for restoration of road surface of Kehribal CS 11.00 AM Plant Holder er the decision of limiting the cause of a controllable appre- sumed works including be be immediately suspend- Pora road including CS pora Interiors. /CEE/DEE internet facility to 2G only in hension of misuse by a few,” de-silting of major irrigation ed. J&K. “Amid the Corona cri- said Dr Andrabi. She said canals and khuls. They were also asked to 6 Restoration of road surface by way of providing and laying of WBM 9.11 600 18220 12 days 12.05.2020 Regd.HotMix 3054M&R sis lockdown, the students that after devising a possible The labourershave been ensure allocation of works G-III and 25mm thick compacted premix carpet with 6 mm seal coat in 11.00 AM Plant Holder/ community is relying only check & control-mechanism, asked to follow the Covid-19 in such a way that social dis- patches/stretches on Badura Hakura Road 1 Km and Damhal Hardpora CEE/DEE on internet for the education government can restore the protocols including main- tancing could be maintained Road 2 Km and 2G is troubling the stu- facility of 4G-internet in the taining social distance and at the work sites. During the 7 Restoration of road surface by way of providing and laying of WBM 4.15 200 8300 07 days 12.05.2020 Regd.HotMix 3054M&R dents beyond imagination,” UT. “The majority of the wearing face masks. allotment of works, it shall G-III and 25mm thick compacted premix carpet with 6 mm seal coat 11.00 AM Plant Holder/ DEE said Dr Darakhshan Andrabi population of J&K wants the Irrigation and water con- be ensured that the on-go- in patches/stretches on Interior Links at Akingam 3 Km in her communications. She facility for its unavoidable servation works, construc- ing and incomplete works 8 Restoration of road surface by way of providing and laying of 25mm 3.35 200 6700 07 days 12.05.2020 Regd.HotMix 3054M&R requested the government to use at this point of time. The tion of ponds, wells and other should be completed first. thick compacted premix carpet with 6 mm seal coat in patches/ 11.00 AM Plant Holder/ restore 4G in student community will be related activities, are main The farmers expressed stretches on Hangalgund Pooru Road(1km) and Bidder Irkumoo Road DEE J&K keeping in view the grateful to the government focus of the resumed MGN- their gratitude to the District 1.25 Km impact of the low-speed of for this decision,” said BJP REGA works. Administration for resum- 9 Restoration of road surface by way of providing and laying of WBM 5.12 300 10300 10 days 12.05.2020 Regd.HotMix 3054M&R the internet on our students. leader. She also appealed to The concerned officers ing MGNREGA works espe- G-III and 25mm thick compacted premix carpet with 6 mm seal coat 11.00 AM Plant Holder/ “The low-speed internet has the people of the UT to en- have been directed to under- cially de-silting of important in patches/stretches on Hiller Khalhar Sagam Road 3 Km CEE/DEE become troubling for the sure that the misuse of the take the works in the district irrigation Canals and khuls 10 Restoration of road surface by way of providing and laying of WBM 9.42 600 18840 12 days 12.05.2020 Regd.Hot 3054M&R students who fail to take facility is stopped so that we as per the demand of wage in view of approaching Hor- G-III and 25mm thick compacted premix carpet with 6 mm seal coat 11.00 AM Mix Plant Holder/ advantage of online classes, can enjoy the high-speed fa- seekers for areas outside the ticulture and Agricultural in patches/stretches on Bidhar Khrity road 2.75 kms CEE/DEE video-learning and socialme- cility of the internet. demarcated containment season. 11 Restoration of road surface by way of WBM G-III in km 2nd of Hallan 4.53 200 4530 10 days 12.05.2020 Self Help Group 3054M&R link road 11.00 AM Women SHGs 12 Construction of PCC Drain at spots on Interior Shangus Roads. 4.00 200 8000 07 days 12.05.2020 DEE 3054M&R GOVERNMENT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR 11.00 AM produce 5.14 lakh 13 construction of PCC Drain at Mir Mohalla Achabal 1.48 200 2960 07 days 12.05.2020 DEE 3054M&R face masks OFFICE OF THE MATERIALS MANAGEMENT 11.00 AM 14 construction of PCC Drain covered with RCC slab at Pushroo 1.00 200 1000 07 days 12.05.2020 Self Help Group 3054 M&R in Kashmir OFFICER (PURCHASE-I) 11.00 AM 15 construction of retaining Walls at spots on Brakpora Gopalpora Road 3.00 200 6000 07 days 12.05.2020 DEE 3054M&R • SO NEWS DESK SHER-I-KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, 11.00 AM 16 construction of Retaining Wall in Stone Masonry on Sagam Hayatpora 2.61 200 5220 07 days 12.05.2020 DEE 3054M&R SRINAGAR MAY 01: Women SOURA, SRINAGAR-190011 FAX: 0194-2403929 Road 11.00 AM Self Help Group of (UMEED) Email Id:[email protected] 17 Construction of Breast Wall in Stone Masonry on Sunbrari to Takiya 2.63 200 2630 07 days 12.05.2020 Self Help Group 3054M&R Kashmir Division have manu- Magam Road. 11.00 AM factured more than 5.14 lakh Sub: Invitation of Bids for supply of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE Kits). 18 Restoration of damaged approach wall to 1x 15 m span bridge and 2.48 200 4960 07 days 12.05.2020 DEE 3054M&R face masks during the last 22 Quotations are invited from the manufacturers & authorized dealers for supply of Personal Protective Equipments (PPE kits) as construction of Brest wall at Gowran link road 11.00 AM days and handed over them to per the specifications annexed at Annexure "A" to combat COVID-19 pandemic. The quotation should reach through return mail Position of AAA/TS: - Submitted the respective District Admin- on our registered mail id: [email protected] before 06-05-2020 up to 2:00 pm . The detailed specifications of Kits are available on SKIMS website. Position of funds: Demanded istrations. Additional Mission No quotation shall be entertained after the above mentioned date & time. 1. The Bidding documents Consisting of qualifying information, eligibility criteria, specifications, Drawings, bill of quantities (B.O.Q), Set of terms and conditions of contract and other details Director, Kashmir, JKSRLM, Sajid Terms & Conditions: can be seen/downloaded from the departmental website www.jktenders.gov.in as per schedule of dates given below: Yehaya Naqash said that due 1. The rates quoted must be F.O.R. to SKIMS. 1. Date of Issue of Tender Notice 23.04.2020 to the threat of Novel Corona 2. The rates quoted should be inclusive of all taxes. 2. Period of downloading of bidding documents From: 02.05.2020 from 11.00A.M To:- 11.05. 2020 up to 4.00 Pm virus, the use of face masks has 3. Quote both Indigenous/ Imported brands. 3. Bid submission Start Date 02.05.2020 from 11.00 A.M become compulsory in public 4. The approval of the item shall be purely on the basis of sample/brand. 4. Bid Submission End Date 11.05.2020 upto 4.00 P.M places. He said that to meet the 5. The supplies shall be accepted totally on the basis of specifications/ brand/approved sample. 5 Date & time of opening of Bids (Online) 12.05.2020 at 11.00 A.M in the Office of the Executive Engineer R&B Division vailoo growing demand of face masks, 6. Supplies have to be arranged within the period of 7 days from the date of issuance of confirmed supply order. these SHG members of JKSLRM 7. You will certify that the rates charged are lowest at present. 15. All other terms conditions are as per PWD Form 25 (Double agreement Form) 8. 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Dated: 30-04-2020 Materials Management Officer Purchase I DIPK-507/20 PWD(R&B) Division Vailoo/zulfkar SRINAGAR 04 OBSERVER SRINAGAR / SATURDAY / 02 MAY I 2020 EDIT How the pandemic endorsed leftist politics EDITORIAL HELP PRIVATE JANA TSONEVA EDUCATIONAL ALJAZEERA INSTITUTIONS he urge to predict the post-pandemic future is irresistible and it seems to often accompany he private educational insti- major outbreaks. tutions in Jammu and Kash- T As scholarly and literary works on plagues are making a massive comeback these days, I decid- mir especially in the Valley ed to open up Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year. At some point Defoe takes aim at the “plague have got badly hit since Au- prophets”: T “Nay, some were so enthusiastically bold as to gust 5 last year and in the revenant run about the streets with their oral predictions, situation, most of the schools as per pretending they were sent to preach to the city; and one in particular, who, like Jonah to Nineveh, cried reports are on the verge of closing in the streets, ‘Yet forty days, and London shall be de- down their institutions due to finan- stroyed.’ I will not be positive whether he said yet for- ty days or yet a few days. Another ran about naked, ex- exorbitant fines for smoking in the park, but one can Exceptional exceptions cial crunch, resulting in irreparable cept a pair of drawers about his waist, crying day and go to work, go shopping for food and stop by the phar- Be that as it may, it will be a massive simplifica- night, like a man that Josephus mentions, who cried, macy. As a friend of mine joked, “Isn’t that where the tion to claim that everything is going on as before loss to the society at large. Some of the ‘Woe to Jerusalem!’ a little before the destruction of majority of working people go during normal times between our porous lockdowns. But those who mourn States have assured financial support that city. So this poor naked creature cried, ‘Oh, the anyway?” the death of organising fail to register that a lot of or- great and the dreadful God!’ and said no more.” In some German cities, park usage more than dou- ganising has been going on already. of 60 per cent to the private schools The genre of post-plague predictions may have bled since the introduction of the lockdown. In fact, New terrains for class-based intervention are to help them overcome the present shed some of its past dramatic expressions, but it per- Germany has already started relaxing restrictive breaking open to address the abysmal failure of states sists. The vastly divergent scenarios put out there all measures and so has Austria. Sweden, on the other not only to prepare for but also handle the pandemic. unprecedented situation. Similarly, share the same realisation - that the world will not be hand, did not even impose a lockdown. In the US, workers in a General Electric plant the same. Most fear it will change for the worse. In April, the pre-corona normality irrupted even walked off the job and demanded to make ventilators. the schools are also shut in Jammu For example, the Bulgarian philosopher Ognian more forcefully and demanded open borders for cheap In France, McDonald’s workers occupied their work- and Kashmir even from August 5 last Kassabov fears that working from home will spell the labour. Harvest times approached for asparagus and place and turned it into a free food distribution point. end of the eight-hour working day. strawberries and Western European countries rushed Tenants facing eviction are organising, too. (See year. The schools hardly opened for a Others, like British academic Philip Cunliffe, offer to break travel bans. Kim Moody’s excellent compilation of successful in- month after the winter break in the bleaker scenarios, as if taken from the typical dystopi- On April 2, Germany announced it would fly in stances of class struggle.) an anime about the world after thermonuclear war: a 80,000 agricultural labourers, mostly from Eastern Polish women staged a pro-abortion protest from Valley. But, for a little period as the powerful corporation lords over an atomised citizenry Europe via emergency “green corridors”. Shortly their cars - an ingenious way of protesting without which works and communicates from home, while a after thousands of Romanian workers from the coun- breaching lockdown restrictions. outbreak of deadly Coronavirus has wretched underclass staffs the unvirtualisable profes- try’s worst-hit regions crowded into buses and board- Even in self-isolation, some organisation is still prompted the government to close sions (deliveries, farming ...) and exposes itself to con- ed charted flights for various German states. Many possible. Macedonians and Serbs have turned their tagion. Such an order precludes mass organising for had to face appalling work conditions and exploit- homes into factories and make personal protective down the educational institutions progressive ends, cementing an alienated capitalist ative, sub-minimum wages, and little protection from equipment (PPE) with their 3D printers and distrib- again. The future of economical pri- future infinitely worse than what neoliberalism had the virus. At least one of them has already died of a ute them for free to hospitals. A pizzeria in Chicago on offer. coronavirus infection. rekindled its ovens to make medical helmets. vate schools which comprises more This hinges on an understanding of the lockdown The UK has also made overtures to the East and its Such practices reveal the extent to which the lock- and social distancing as both temporally and spatially endless reserves of cheap agricultural workers. It has down depends on mobilisation and consensus from than 75 percent of the total schools in complete. gone as far as calling Bulgaria “our little beacon” - a below, which disproves a lot of the totalitarianism-in- the sector was bleak. These economi- Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben fears it will country in that same Eastern Europe with its pesky flected theorising. usher in a state of exception and permanent curtail- “Polish plumbers” and “welfare scroungers” which The crisis has also upended the limits of the pos- cal schools are caught in a dilemma. ment of rights. Some authoritarian responses to the the Brits were so eager to break with in the 2016 Brex- sible in neoliberalism. While austerity was the pre- These are the schools where the fee crisis certainly lend themselves to such interpreta- it referendum. ferred “solution” of the previous great economic tion: Hungary, for one, just completed its transition Unfortunately, Bulgarians like Romanians are also crash, today staple items from left-wing recipe books structure doesn’t go beyond Rs 300 to to fascism. eager to risk contagion, hard pressed by the galloping like direct monetary transfers, unlimited spending on The left worries that the consequences of the lock- unemployment and the fact that the Bulgarian state healthcare, temporary debt freezing, rent and mort- Rs 700 per month per child. Their sur- down will extend far into the future. Leftist scholar hasoffered workers no social protection during the gage caps compete with traditional fiscal conserva- vival will be challenging post lock- Anton Jager augurs the postponement of history in crisis. tism. words connoting finality and death: “We will see lit- Austria has also looked East to fill in its pandem- Socialist solutions are unceremoniously imposing down period. The Private Schools tle to no mobilization, and probably no ‘counter-he- ic-induced labour shortages. It has alreadybrokered themselves. Britain effectively nationalised the rail. Association Jammu and Kashmir gemonic’ subject. The death of face-to-face sociability charter flights for Bulgarian and Romanian care New York City put an abrupt end to years of help- is unlikely to give a fresh impetus to new organiza- workers urgently needed to fill vacancies in nursing less hand-wringing that not much can be done about (PSAJ&K) has although approached tions”. homes. In the free European labour market, sought-af- homelessness by housing thousands of homeless peo- I, however, beg to differ. It seems to me the “old ter medical workers go to the highest bidder. Not even ple suffering from COVID-19 in hotels. the J&K government for financial as- normal” is very much still present in various pleas- a pandemic lockdown can upend the competition. It Portugal suspended the byzantine asylum categori- sistance to keep the private schools ant and unpleasant ways. It is also too early to despair makes it all the fiercer. sation regime and afforded its refugee population res- and conclude that the emergency will be a permanent The problem is that the East has haemorrhaged idency benefits. California set up a disaster relief fund afloat, it is hoped that the government fixture of our lives. The lockdowns are neither so medical staff for so long that its capacity to cope with for undocumented migrants. will consider their submission keep- sweeping everywhere, nor do the ongoing mobilisa- the COVID-19 outbreak may be seriously diminished. US cities are restoring water access to households tions allow us to speak about the “death of face-to-face In Bulgaria, where doctors and nurses receive their falling behind on their bills. And who would have ex- ing in view of the situation of schools. sociability” - for now. education for free before they emigrate, the median pected that Donald Trump, of all people, would roll out Except for the exception, everything is normal age of the remaining medical staff is so high that a a variant of universal basic income for a few months? The government should take steps Throughout March most countries in Europe en- large chunk of them falls within the “high-risk” cat- Countries that are highly dependent on global in this regard to ensure that the stu- forced hasty and little-thought-out lockdowns, issued egory. trade like Singapore are starting to produce food lo- state of emergency declarations and closed the bor- Thus, these very partial lockdowns, under relent- cally. The staggering shortages and PPE bidding wars dents enrolled in these schools would ders. less (and successful) attack from capitalists, have left have made it abundantly clear that globalisation and not get affected educationally. However, it quickly transpired that in some places enough space for exploitative practices from the sta- free trade have failed us. the panicked and supposedly draconian state of excep- tus quo ante to continue unabated. Radical changes af- Developed countries realise they must bring the tions is less than exceptional. ter corona are not (yet) the problem; the rapid return production of essential goods back from cheap labour In my native Bulgaria, the lockdown is enforced by of pre-corona normality is. destinations. Child Labour In India: An Unavoidable Dilemma

the explosive material. The bangle and pencil making in- ment needs to assure that it provides basic amenities to all Bachao Andolan, an organization dedicated towards the dustries make the child susceptible to different respiratory its citizens and there is an equal distribution of wealth. It eradication of child labour and rehabilitation of the rescued problems and lung cancer, in the worst cases. Besides, chil- needs to generate sufficient jobs to assure employability to former child workers. Educated citizens can contribute sig- dren are employed as labourers in the garment, leather, jew- the poor. The Indian Government has eroded many laws to nificantly in doing away with child labour. They can play ellery and Sericulture industry. protect child rights, namely the Child and Adolescent La- an important role in spreading the word about the harmful A number of other factors could be attributed to the bour ( Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, the Factories effects of child labour on the overall development of a child. rise of this menace. In the poor and lower strata families, Act, 1948, the Mines Act, 1952, the Bonded Labour System Affluent and high income group families can pool in funds children are considered to be an extra earning hand. These Abolition Act and the Juvenile Justice( Care and Protec- to support the education of the poor children. In fact, the families have a conviction that every child is an earner so, tion of Children) Act, 2000. Most of these prohibit the em- schools and colleges can come up with innovative teaching SYED MUSTAFA AHMAD more the number of children. The children are expected to ployment of children below the age of 14 years in factories, programmes for the poor children. The principle of ‘ Each [email protected]. shoulder their parents’ responsibilities. Parental illiteracy hazardous occupations or in bondage. The Right of Children one, teach one’ can be followed. is also one of the contributors to this problem. The unedu- to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 mandates free Conclusion cated parents consider education as an investment in com- and Compulsory education to all children between the age There should be a total ban on the employment of small hildhood is considered to be the golden period of parison to the returns which they get in the form of earn- groups of 6 to 14 years. Apart from this, it also reserves children in any activity other than going to school and get- one’s life but this doesn’t hold true for some children ings of their children. The children labourers are subjected 25percent seats in every private school for Economically ting educated. who struggle to make their ends meet during their to unhygienic conditions, late working hours and different Weaker Sections of the society. The Government needs to ensure that it has fool proof Cchildhood years. At a tender age, which is supposed atrocities which have a direct effect on their cognitive de- The National Policy on Child Labour, 1987 looks into laws and they are properly executed as well as implement- to be an age of playing and going to school, they are com- velopment. The young and immatute minds of the children the rehabilitation of children working in hazardous occu- ed. Strict measures need to be taken against those who en- pelled to work in factories, industries, offices, or as domes- find it difficult to cope with such situations leading to differ- pations. The Article 39of the Indian Constitution declares courage child labour in any form. Children are the future tic helps. Child labour means employment of children in ent emotional and physical problems. Employers also prefer the duty of the state to provide the children the facilities to of a country and it is the childhood which has profound any kind of work that hampers their physical and mental child labourers in comparison to the adults. This is because develop in a healthy and congenial environment and in con- impact on the future of a child. So, it becomes the collective development, deprives them of their basic educational and they can extract more work and still afford to pay the chil- ditions of freedom and dignity. responsibility of the citizens, society and the Government to recreational requirements. It is a blot on our society and dren lesser amount. Bonded child labour is one of the most In May 2015, the Government approved a proposal allow- provide then an environment which helps them to bring out speaks volumes about the inability of our society to provide forms of child labour. In this, the children are made to work ing children below 14 years of age to work in family enter- the best of their capabilities, thus participate in the nation a congenial environment for the growth and development of in order to pay off a loan or debt of the family. It can be con- prises or entertainment industry with specific conditions. building process. the children. sidered as a form of slavery where the children assist their At the same time, NGOs can provide vocational training to The need of the hour is to expand themachinery for en- Earlier, the children used to help their parents in agri- parents as they inherit the debt from them.Bonded labour- people in order to get them good jobs. forcing the various laws on Child labour. If child labour is cultural practices such as sowing, harvesting, reaping and ers are most commonly employed in the agricultural sector. The Government, in collaboration with NGOs, should to be eradicated from India, the Government and those re- taking care of cattle, etc. But industrialization and urban- Bonded labour has resulted into trafficking of the children reach out to the poor people to make them understand the sponsible for the enforcement, need to do their jobs sincere- ization have in a way encouraged child labour. Children are from rural to urban areas in order to work as domestic helps importance of education. The parents as well as the chil- ly. Success can be achieved through social engineering on employed in hazardous work such as bidi rolling, cracker or in small productive houses. dren should be made aware of the Government’s initiative a major scale combined with broad based economic growth. industry, pencil, matchbox and bangle making industries. What Is The Role Of The Government And The Individ- to provide free education to all the children between the Let us pledge to save our children from the scourge of child In the bidi industry, children are expected to perform all the uals? age of 6 to 14 years. The parents must be encouraged to send labour and offer them a sustainable world. They need it des- chores of rolling, binding and closing the ends of bidis us- The Government of India in particular has an important their children to the schools instead of work places. To pro- perately. ing their nimble fingers. The cracker industry poses threat role to play in the fight against child labour. As poverty is hibit the child labour in India, Noble Prize winner Kailash Everything is not over. Still, we can do a lot. Let us em- to the lives of the children due to their direct exposure to one of the major causes of child labour in India, the Govern- Satyarthi took an initiative. He is the founder of Bachpan bark on this path , whatever be the situation.

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COVID-19 lockdown ACR, ACD, visits Labour Deptt Transfers Rs 15.24 Cr @ Bemnipora Red zone Rs 1000 Each To 1.52 Lakh Workers

SO NEWS DESK labourers for procuring essen- and other basic amenities. The dis- due to COVID-19 pandemic. districts, state and bank details tial commodities during the trict administration in coordina- 700 calls were received up to as per a devised format in three JAMMU: In order to support la- duration of the disease’s spread. tion with Labour Department has 29th April 2020 by helpline in- categories and till date 69864 la- bourers and construction workers It is worth mentioning that provided ration to 12,066 labourers volving around 40160 migrant bourers were identified as per during Covid-19 pandemic, the Advisor to Lieutenant Gover- in the UT on April 29, 2020. workers of Jammu and Kash- category wise. Labour Department J&K has dis- nor, Farooq Khan has already The department has also ded- mir requesting for food, shelter, Similarly, the Labour Depart- bursed an amount of Rs 15.24 crore issued several directions to the icated seven help lines estab- transportation, evacuation etc. ment has also shared the call among more than 1.52 lakh labour- department to provide relief lished for migrant inter-state Further, the departmental details received with Resident ers @ Rs 1000 per worker during and also to mitigate problems workers and two for labourers nodal officers apprised the callers Commissioner’s office, J&K, New the month of April this year. and issues faced by the labour from J&K stranded in various about the SOP issued by the Gov- Delhi. Moreover, the data is be- The Jammu and Kashmir force of the country and J&K in parts across the country. ernment subsequently approach- ing shared on daily basis, so that The ACR directed the con- Government has announced a the time of COVID-19 pandemic. The callers through its help ing the control room & nodal of- RC office at their level can also SO NEWS DESK cerned that in addition to slew of measures to combat the The Advisor, who holds the lines were apprised about the stan- ficers of the State/UT where the approach the respective States/ COVID – 19 positive patients, COVID-19 pandemic and among charge of Labour Department, dard operating procedure issued callers are stranded for adequate UTs for appropriate help to dis- SHOPIAN: Assistant Com- ensure healthcare facilities those is one-time relief for reg- has also asked the depart- by the Government and according- relief-cum-arrangement. tressed labourers of J&K. missioner, Revenue, today vis- and treatment to the patients istered constructions ment to extend medical assis- ly connected with the concerned Last month 297 calls were Apart from the helplines estab- ited red zone area of Bemnipo- with severe ailments. workers and tance-cum-facilities to these district administration for ade- received by the nodal officer in- lished by the department, Assistant ra, to take stock of the facilities He asked the concerned to stranded labourers. quate relief-cum-arrangement. volving 13318 labourers. Labour Commissioners, who are put in place. Assistant Com- extend exclusive treatment The department During April 2020, the nodal Also, the department has closely working with the District missioner Development, Te- for pregnant women report- has reached out to officers have received 1994 calls started a process for interstate administrations were also assigned hsildar Shopian and SHO Sho- ing from red and buffer zones, Interstate Migrant on these helpline numbers in- migrant workers housed in the the job of help-cum-assistance to the pian accompanied the ACR. besides for devising a birth Labourer loca- volving 56705 migrant labourers camps run by Govt or NGO, in- interstate migrant workers and Mi- He directed the concerned plan for the pregnant women tions while putting up in various parts of the dividually on rented accommo- grant workers of J&K stranded in to ensure availability of all the so that they could be screened ensuring J&K UT. Likewise, the depart- dations and those whose have various parts of the country. essential services to the inhab- for COVID – 19 well in time. that no one is ment also established help line been provided shelter by em- Subsequently a total of 35460 itants of the area at their door- He added that pregnant wom- left without for migrant labourers of J&K ployers, including information/ interstate laborers have ap- steps, adding that complete lock- en from red zone areas must ration, safe stranded in various parts of the data regarding their occupa- proached the District Officers for down must be imposed and no be treated separately and drinking water country in view of the lockdown tion, residence address, native help assistance till April 29, 2020. inward or outward movement asked for using services of of the public should be allowed ASHAs for proper identifica- to avert any further COVID – 19 tion of the pregnant women. ICICI Bank Donates Masks, Police Officers Donate Disinfectant infection in the district. Sanitizers To District Tunnel, Kits To Doctors JKBOSE Announces Mass Promotion For Administration Jammu IMRAN KHAN police officers shall provide pro- police officers said that it was a tection to the doctors against humble support to the medical Students Of 11th Standard in Ladakh UT RAJOURI: As a gesture of good- any possibility of getting affect- fraternity from them. will, support and appreciation ed while handling the cases . The officers welcomed the Tasaduq Hussain reappear candidates of higher sec- for the front line warriors Besides preventing the risk contributions of the local busi- ondary part-1 (class 11th) 2019-2020 against the deadly corona, of infections to the doctors , nessman Sh Saurabh Kumar LADAKH: The Jammu and Kash- annual-biannaul belonging to La- some police officers donated the disinfectant tunnel shall , who contributed in this ef- mir board of school education Fri- dakh numbering 575 (446 of kargil a disinfectant tunnel and full also help all the visitors in- fort . The officers said that the day announced mass promotion and 129 of leh) was slated to be held protective kits to the doctors cluding patients to become safe work of Sh Saurabh Kumar for the students of higher second- during the month of April 2020. serving at sub-district hospital after passing through it before was an example for the civil so- ary part-1 (11th standard) 2019-2020 “In view of the prevailing sit- Sunderbani . reaching the hospital premises. ciety and hoped that more and annual-biannual private of Union uation, it is apparent that the SO NEWS DESK District Development Com- Sh, S.D.Singh Jamwal IGP Se- The police officers said that more charity givers shall come Territory of Ladakh. conduct of the mid examination missioner Jammu, Sushma curity, Sh Mohd Yaseen Kichloo the medical fraternity was all forward to contribute their According to the news agen- is impossible in the near future JAMMU: Under the CSR initia- Chauhan while appreciating S.S.P Security and Sh Sourabh out to fight the deadly corona share to put up united combat cy, JKBOSE announced the mass and the delay in the conduct of tive Regional Head, ICICI Bank the act highlighted that the ma- Kumar donated the disinfectant to keep the society safe . " Our against the deadly virus. promotion for the students of 11th said examination may adverse- Jammu, Kuldeep Gupta has do- terial will be further distribut- tunnel and the kits to the hos- doctors and paramedics are The administration, civil standard in view of the prevail- ly affect the academic career of nated 5128 cotton masks and 300 ed to frontline workers to con- pital authorities in presence of the first to handle such cases" , society and the local populace ing situation due to coronavirus candidates who were supposed to sanitizers of 250 ml each to Dis- trol the spread of COVID-19 in some senior citizens . therefore it is necessary to help appreciated the generous do- pandemic. As per the order the ex- participate in the said examina- trict Administration Jammu. the district. This goodwill gesture of the in their protection first . The nation of the officers. amination of private fresh/failure/ tion”, reads the order. J&K Bank fully compliant with RBI guidelines, Executive Level Committee Of Bank Clarifies To Trade Federation

SO NEWS DESK ciated the pro-active role of bank in available to the borrowers from reaching out to all the segments of business fraternity through com- SRINAGAR: In line with the strong society to understand their prob- mitted phone numbers for resolu- directions from Chairman and MD lems arising due to Covid-19 in or- tion of their grievances regarding R K Chhibber to proactively en- der to devise a way forward. How- implementation of RBI’s Covid-19 gage with various stakeholders to ever, the delegation stressed upon regulatory package. assess the immediate as well as the the management to sensitize the The committee also informed long-term effects of the Covid-19 operational levels to implement the delegation that the EMI de- pandemic on borrower segments the guidelines issued by the bank duction system has been centrally Dear brothers and sisters in Islam, and business sectors in the UT, as per RBI directions. realigned to meet the new morato- J&K Bank officials today held de- The delegation demanded for ex- rium guidelines. However, in case liberations with the members of tension of moratorium period from of the incidences where the deduc- Asalaam-ale-kum! Kashmir Traders and Manufactur- three to six months besides request- tions have taken place, the same ers’ Federation (KTMF) here at the ing the bank to increase the limit of will be looked into and appropri- As we are all facing unprecedented times following the Corona virus bank’s headquarters. additional funds of fund based work- ately addressed. The bank’s Executive President ing Capital (from 10%). The KTMFqaaa The Bank officials also high- pandemic that has claimed tens of thousands of lives world over, we Arun Gandotra – who heads the delegation raised many concerns on lighted the schemes like Covid-19 bank’s newly formed Executive the occasion, which were duly re- Working Capital Demand Loan earnestly beseech Allah SWT for his divine intervention and mercy in the Level Committee – along with the sponded to by the committee. that have been tailored by the bank Executive President Ghulam Nabi After listening patiently to the in the wake of ongoing pandemic. Holy month of Ramadhan. Teli, Vice Presidents Fayaz Ah- concerns expressed by the mem- “Together, we have braved so mad Zargar, Peer Masood, Manzo- bers of the delegation, the bank many situational challenges and or Hussain, Tasaduq Ahmad and officials assured the members that natural disasters in the past; so Tradionally Ramadhan is a month of collective prayers and pious gatherings Tabasum Nazir and AVP Riyaz all the necessary measures would shall we overcome this unique Ahmad discussed the post-Covid be taken to address these issues on calamity through support and at Jama Masjid and across other Masajid of the valley but given the current 19 situation and its immediate priority basis. “In order to ensure cooperation. J&K Bank shall con- circumstances, it's in our very interest that we strictly observe social and long-term effects on the en- that the available balance in work- tinue to extend its maximum pos- tire spectrum of trade and manu- ing capital accounts does not de- sible support to all its stakeholders distancing and say our prayers at our home. facturing activities within the UT crease due to application of month- within the limits of its institution- threadbare with the KTMF dele- ly interest, BU Heads have been al guidelines besides complying gation led by its Acting President authorized to raise proportionate completely with the regulatory re- Manzoor Ahmad Bhat. Other mem- adhoc facility in such accounts to quirements”, asserted the bank’s However to make the most of this blessed month, Mirwaiz Foundation has bers of the federation present on facilitate smooth transactions”, committee on the occasion, adding curated a series of recorded sermons from previous Ramadhan Majalis by the occasion were Bashir Ahmad the committee reiterated. that the Chairman and Managing Kongposh, Farhan Jan Kitab, Ab With a view to further stream- Director was monitoring the situa- Mirwaiz Umar Farooq who has not been able to take to the pulpit since Majeed Bhat, Qazi Tauseef, Lateef line the coordination between the tion on daily basis so that the busi- Ahmad Sofi, Farooq Ahmad Shah, bank and its borrowers, the com- ness facilitation to our customers August, 2019 and continues to be under strict house detention till date. Raja Fida Hussain Khan and Ash- mittee also decided that the bank remains uninterrupted during the faq Ahmad Mahajan. has designated nodal officers at ongoing pandemic while following The delegation of traders appre- zonal/cluster level, who shall be the related advisories. Along with his sermons, Mirwaiz Foundation will be sharing rare audio clips of Majlis e Waz by Mufasir e Quran Mirwaiz Muhammad Yousuf Shah (RA) DC G’bal reviews progress on door-to- and Shaheed e Millat Mirwaiz Molvi Muhammad Farooq (RA) for the door survey through SwasthyaNidhi app benefit and saa'dat of the listeners. SO NEWS DESK Please watch this space as we will be sharing these sermons on special GANDERBAL: The Deputy Com- occasions and dates over this Ramadan. missioner(DC), Ganderbal, Shafqat Iqba,l chaired a meeting with the supervisors and Medical Superviso- Wasalam. ry Teams (MSTs) to review the prog- ress on door-to-door survey, screen- https://www.facebook.com/mirwaizmanzil/ https://twitter.com/mirwaizmanzil ing and conduct of health audit through Mobile app SwasthyaNidhi in the district in the lawns of Mini ensure that the vital health audit is being monitored on daily basis and the https://instagram.com/mirwaizmanzil https://bit.ly/3d64ZJy Secretariat Ganderbal, here today. conducted in shortest possible time. data collected is shared with the Medi- Among others, the meeting was at- It was informed that more than cal Supervisory Teams through super- tended by ADC Ganderbal, Farooq 42 thousand households and a pop- visors in a consolidated manner. Ahmad Baba, CMO, Dy CEO and ulation of around 2.33 lac citizens The DC urged the nominated su- other concerned. have been covered under the ongo- pervisors to cross check and moni- Notably, the District Adminis- ing COVID-19 health audit since its tor the work of BAGs by evaluating tration has pressed 242 Booth Level commencement in the district. data randomly to check authenticity Awareness Groups (BAGs) besides During the meeting, DC was in- of the data collected besides ensure supervisors and Medical Supervi- formed that the door-to door health au- that the health audit is completed sory Teams (MSTs) into service to dit and survey are in full swing and is within the stipulated time frame. SRINAGAR 06 OBSERVER SRINAGAR / SATURDAY / 02 MAY I 2020 BUSINESS

Despite lockdown, 91 people Work from home may become new norm, bought Royal Enfield bikes in April says Ravi Shankar Prasad at G20 meeting

New Delhi: Work from home being practised in a statement said the G20 digital ministers during the ongoing coronavirus-induced agreed to leverage the potential of digital me- lockdown might become a trend in coming dium to contain the pandemic and protect days, IT and Telecom Minister Ravi Shankar people. Prasad on Thursday said at a meeting of G20 MeitY said that Prasad during the meet- ministers. ing emphasised the importance to revive the The minister highlighted India's action economy while continuing the fight against plan to fight coronavirus by leveraging digital COVID-19. technology and called for a coordinated global "He impressed upon the G20 ministers that digital response to fight the pandemic. the present situation also demands greater New Delhi: Niche bike man- For the month of April, "Work from home may become a new norm. collaboration among stakeholders for provid- ufacturer Royal Enfield on Royal Enfield's manufactur- Spoke about the tremendous role played by ing solutions that can address issues related Friday said it sold 91 units ing facilities across Tiruvot- Indian IT/ITeS industry in providing unin- to social distancing, distributed workforce last month due to suspension tiyur, Oragadam and Vallam terrupted support to global businesses during and the changing nature of global supply of production activities amid Vadagal in Chennai and the COVID-19 by switching to the work from chain," the statement said. coronavirus pandemic. entire supply chain includ- home mode," Prasad said on social media plat- Prasad also urged G20 to come out with a Due to complete halt in op- ing the company's dealer- form Twitter. concrete digital action plan to fight the global erations, Royal Enfield has ships across India, remained An extraordinary virtual 'G20 Digital Econ- pandemic. reported sales of 91 units for closed in compliance with omy Ministers' meeting was convened on "At the end of the summit, a G20 Digital the month of April, the com- the government directives, Thursday to discuss the challenges posed by Economy Task Force COVID-19 ministerial pany said in a statement. it added. the COVID-19 pandemic that has killed over statement was issued which called for a co- The company, a part of The company will contin- 2.17 lakh people globally and to forge a global ordinated global digital response to fight the Eicher Motors, said it sus- ue to closely monitor the sit- coordinated response harnessing digital tech- veloping digitally connected and more resil- has developed the Aarogya Setu mobile app, pandemic, adopting measures to strengthen pended operations and pro- uation and take appropriate nologies. ient global supply chains supported by inno- using geo-fencing for quarantine manage- communication infrastructure and network duction across its factories, action as per the regulatory The death toll due to coronavirus rose to vations. ment. connectivity, non-personal data exchange technology centres in India and administrative guid- 1,075 and the number of cases climbed to 33,610 "India is an attractive destination for busi- The app has been made mandatory for gov- in a secured manner, use of digital solutions and the UK, all company of- ance, it noted.dealerships. in the country on Thursday. nesses who are willing to set up such resilient ernment employees and people applying for for healthcare, cyber-secured world and mea- fices and dealerships in the They also demanded policy While Prasad talked about work from home supply chains," Prasad said. e-pass in some jurisdictions. sures to strengthen resilience of businesses," country starting March 23, steps for revival of demand culture, he also spoke about the need for de- He said that to handle coronavirus, India The Ministry of Electronics and IT (MeitY) the statement said. 2020. in the sector.

Finance Ministry issues modified circular on Oil slips to $26 as weak Centre asks NTPC, Tata Power to reduce coal salary contribution to PM-CARES Fund demand, supply glut weigh imports, suggests sourcing domestic fuel

loNDoN: Oil slipped to around from April, the oil market New Delhi: The Centre has $26 a barrel on Friday as weak is not magically fixed,” said asked generating compa- demand due to the coronavi- Rystad analyst Louise Dick- nies, including NTPC, Tata rus crisis and excess supply son. “The storage issue still Power, Reliance Power to pressured the market, even looms large,” she said, refer- reduce the import of dry-fuel as OPEC and its allies began ring to oil tanks around the for blending purposes and a record output cut. world rapidly filling up. replace it with domestic coal, The global oil benchmark, Demand is likely to un- an official said. Brent crude, has collapsed 60 derperform, analysts at JBC The development assumes percent in 2020 and reached Energy said, offsetting pro- significance in the wake of a 21-year low last month as ducer efforts to tackle the Prime Minister Narendra the coronavirus pandemic supply glut. Modi yesterday giving direc- squeezed demand and OPEC “Crude demand is likely to tions to target thermal coal MuMbai: The finance minis- cer intimating their unwill- to next March, the circular and other producers pumped disappoint even if the more import substitution, particu- try has issued a modified cir- ingness to make the contri- said. Any officer or staff at will before reaching a new optimistic demand recovery larly when a huge coal stock cular to staff regarding con- bution. "willing to contribute has supply cut deal which began forecasts for end-user con- inventory is available in the can be resolved, the official supply of fuel from state- tribution of one day's salary In the modified circular to write to the drawing and on Friday. Brent for July fell sumption materialise, due to country this year. said. owned Coal India Ltd (CIL), every month till March 2021 issued on 29 April , the De- disbursing officer of the rev- 46 cents, or 1.7%, to $26.02 the high inventory pressure "All the generating com- Thermal power plants which has the fossil fuel in to the PM-CARES Fund. partment of Revenue has enue department," it noted. at 0825 GMT. U.S. crude that has built over the last panies (Gencos) who are have been exhorted to im- abundance. A circular issued on 17 appealed to all the officers The government has set for June slipped 2 cents to month or so,” JBC said. importing coal for blending port coal for blending pur- In a bid to give a boost to April had urged all the offi- and staff to donate their up the Prime Minister's Cit- $18.82. Both benchmarks A Reuters survey on purposes may make best ef- poses, if and only if, the req- coal demand hit by the on- cers and staff of the finance one-day's salary to the PM- izen Assistance and Relief in rallied sharply on Thurs- Thursday showed that in ad- forts to replace their imports uisite quantity and quality going lockdown, the govern- ministry to contribute one- CARES Fund to fight the Emergency Situations Fund day. Brent rose 12% and U.S. vance of the new output cut, with domestic coal," an offi- of domestic coal is not made ment has also announced day's salary every month to COVID-19 pandemic which (PM-CARES Fund) which crude gained 25%. OPEC sharply raised output cial said. available, the official said. a slew of measures like in- the fund till March 2021, be- has already taken the lives of would be utilised to deal with Output cuts of 9.7 million to the highest since March The government also said On one hand, the country creased dry-fuel supply for ginning with May salaries. over 1,000 people and infect- any emergency or distress barrels per day by the Or- 2019, adding to excess supply that in case the generating has more than enough coal linkage consumers. Making changes, the new ed more than 33,000 people in situation such as the corona- ganization of Petroleum Ex- on the market. [OPEC/O] companies find difficulty in stock while on the other Joshi had also announced circular has said those will- the country. virus outbreak. porting Countries, Russia And underlining the diffi- getting the requisite quan- hand it is grappling with several relief measures for ing to donate must write to Free Games on Deccan Departments under the and other producers began culties some producers will tity and quality of coal from falling power demand due CIL consumers, including the drawing and disbursing Chronicle. No Installing, No ministry include that of eco- on Friday. Reflecting that ef- face in meeting their com- the coal companies or logis- to coronavirus-induced lock- the power sector, in the wake officer of the revenue depart- Charges. Stay Home Stay nomic affairs, expenditure, fort, the imbalance between mitments, Iraq will struggle tics bottleneck the matter down. of situation arising from ment. Safe. Click the Banner to revenue, financial services, supply and demand is set to to meet its quota of cutting may be brought in the knowl- Coal Minister Pralhad coronavirus. The earlier circular had play Now. and disinvestment and pub- be halved in May, according output by nearly a quarter, edge of the Centre. Joshi had last month writ- The ministry also ap- said those "not willing to The donation running lic asset management. Of all, to Rystad Energy. industry sources said. Iraq The matter will be taken ten to state chief ministers proved relaxation in quan- donate" should write to the through the entire fiscal year the revenue department em- “While this may seem is OPEC’s second-largest up with the appropriate in- asking them not to import tity of coal for linkage con- drawing and disbursing offi- can be made between May ploys around 50,000 people. like a drastic improvement producer. stitution so that the problem dry-fuel and take domestic sumers.

Non-subsidised LPG cylinder price slashed Nearly half of global work force at risk of in metros. Here are the latest rates losing livelihood due to covid19: ILO

New Delhi: The price of Geneva: The continued sharp de- above 9.5 per cent. Worldwide, more than 436 million en- non-subsidised liquified pe- cline in working hours globally due As a result of the economic crisis cre- terprises face high risks of serious dis- troleum gas (LPG) cylinder to COVID-19 outbreak means that 1.6 ated by the pandemic, almost 1.6 billion ruption. was cut between Rs 135 to Rs billion workers in the informal econ- informal economy workers (represent- These enterprises are operating in the 192 on Friday across metros omy that is nearly half of the global ing the most vulnerable in the labour hardest-hit economic sectors, including in the country for the third workforce stand in immediate danger market), out of a worldwide total of two some 232 million in wholesale and retail, consecutive time in three of having their livelihoods destroyed, billion and a global workforce of 3.3 bil- 111 million in manufacturing, 51 million months, news agency ANI the International Labour Organisation lion, have suffered massive damage to in accommodation and food services, reported. (ILO) has warned. their capacity to earn a living. and 42 million in real estate and other Non-subsidised LPG cylin- According to the ILO Monitor Third This is due to lockdown measures and business activities. ders price has been reduced Edition: COVID-19 and the World of because they work in the hardest-hit The ILO has called for urgent, tar- by Rs 162.50 per unit in Delhi, Work, the drop in working hours in sectors. geted and flexible measures to support Rs 190 in Kolkata, Rs 135.50 in the current (second) quarter of 2020 is The first month of the crisis is es- workers and businesses, particularly Mumbai and Rs 192 in Chen- expected to be significantly worse than timated to have resulted in a drop of smaller enterprises, those in the in- nai. previously estimated. 60 per cent in the income of informal formal economy and others who are Consumers in Delhi will Compared to pre-crisis levels (Q4 workers globally. This translates into vulnerable. have to pay Rs 581.50 for a 2019), a 10.5 per cent deterioration is a drop of 81 per cent in Africa and the Measures for economic reactiva- 14.2kg non-subsidised LPG now expected, equivalent to 305 million Americas, 21.6 per cent in Asia and the tion should follow a job-rich approach, cylinder from Rs 744 with ef- full-time jobs (assuming a 48-hour work- Pacific, and 70 per cent in Europe and backed by stronger employment policies fect from Friday. ing week). Central Asia. and institutions, better-resourced and The LPG cylinder will cost had been rising consecutive- age of LPG cylinders in the LPG cylinders free to more The previous estimate was for a 6.7 Without alternative income sources, comprehensive social protection sys- Rs 579 as compared to Rs ly every month since August country as there is enough than eight crore beneficia- per cent drop, equivalent to 195 million these workers and their families will tems. 714.50 in Mumbai after the last year. This time, LPG stockpile of the gas to meet ries of the Pradhan Mantri full-time workers. This is due to the pro- have no means to survive. International co-ordination on stim- rate cut. In Kolkata, the rate price has been cut due to a local demand. Ujjawala Yojana (PMUY) longation and extension of lockdown The proportion of workers living ulus packages and debt relief measures will be Rs 584.50 and in Chen- slump in the global energy The price of LPG cylinders from April to June this year. measures. in countries under recommended or will also be critical to making recovery nai, it will cost Rs 569.50. market. in India depends on inter- Cooking gas is available The situation has worsened for all ma- required workplace closures has de- effective and sustainable. International Similar price cuts have Reports of panic buying of national benchmark rate of only at market prices across jor regional groups. Estimates suggest a creased from 81 to 68 per cent over the labour standards, which already en- also been announced for oth- LPG cylinders have come in LPG and the exchange rate of the country and every house- 12.4 per cent loss of working hours in Q2 last two weeks. joy tripartite consensus, can provide a er cities across the country. from most parts of the coun- the US dollar and rupee. hold can buy 12 cylinders for the Americas (compared to pre-crisis The decline from the previous esti- framework. The rates of LPG cylinder try after the March 25 coro- The central government of 14.2kg each at subsidised levels) and 11.8 per cent for Europe and mate of 81 per cent in the second edition "As the pandemic and the jobs cri- are revised on the first of ev- navirus-related lockdown. has started a new Pradhan rates in a year. The subsi- Central Asia. of the monitor is primarily a result of sis evolve, the need to protect the most ery month. Retailers have been empha- Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana dy is transferred directly to The estimates for the rest of the re- changes in China. Elsewhere workplace vulnerable becomes even more urgent," The price of LPG cylinder sising that there is no short- (PMGKY) to provide three bank accounts. gional groups follow closely and are all closure measures have increased. said ILO Director General Guy Ryder.

Trump threatens new tariffs on China as US crafts retaliatory measures over virus washiNgtoN: U.S. President Donald tions against China were under discus- taking priority for now over his efforts by China as a way to strike at Beijing for Trump said on Thursday his hard-fought sion, but cautioned that efforts were in to build on an initial trade agreement perceived shortfalls in its candidness on trade deal with China was now of sec- the early stages. Recommendations have with Beijing that long dominated his the COVID-19 pandemic. ondary importance to the coronavirus not yet reached the level of Trump’s top dealings with the world’s second-largest Trump’s top economic adviser denied pandemic and he threatened new tariffs national security team or the president, economy. the report. “The full faith and credit of on Beijing, as his administration crafted one official told Reuters. “We signed a trade deal where they’re U.S. debt obligations is sacrosanct. Pe- retaliatory measures over the outbreak. “There is a discussion as to how hard supposed to buy, and they’ve been buy- riod. Full stop,” White House economic Trump’s sharpened rhetoric against to hit China and how to calibrate it prop- ing a lot, actually. But that now becomes adviser Larry Kudlow told Reuters. China reflected his growing frustration erly,” one of the sources said as Wash- secondary to what took place with the Asked whether he would consider with Beijing over the pandemic, which ington walks a tightrope in its ties with virus,” Trump told reporters. “The virus having the United States stop payment has cost tens of thousands of lives in the Beijing while it imports personal protec- situation is just not acceptable.” of its debt obligations as a way to pun- United States alone, sparked an econom- tion equipment (PPE) from there and is The Washington Post, citing two peo- ish Beijing, Trump said: “Well, I can do ic contraction and threatened his chanc- wary of harming a sensitive trade deal. ple with knowledge of internal discus- it differently. es of re-election in November. Trump made clear, however, that his sions, reported on Thursday that some I can do the same thing, but even for Two U.S. officials, speaking on con- concerns about China’s role in the ori- officials had discussed the idea of can- more money, just by putting on tariffs. dition of anonymity, said a range of op- gin and spread of the coronavirus were celing some of the massive U.S. debt held So, I don’t have to do that.” SRINAGAR Srinagar / SaturdAY / 02 May i 2020 OBSERVER NENewsWS SRINAGAR /SATURDAY / 02 MAY I 2020 0607

WHO Wants Invite 10-year-old To China’s Probe Gangraped In Bihar’s Into Virus Origins WHO Is Like A PR Vaishali, Accused NEW YORK: The World Health Organiza- Absconding tion said Friday it hoped China would invite it to take part in its investigations into the PATNA: A 10-year-old girl was lured away with animal origins of the novel coronavirus. Agency For China: Trump a promise of chocolates and allegedly raped by “WHO would be keen to work with interna- four men in a village in Bihar’s Vaishali district tional partners and at the invitation of the Chi- WASHINGTON: US President transmission of the virus. on Friday morning, police said. nese government to participate in investigation Donald Trump has said the World They alleged the WHO pro- The four men forcibly took the girl to a around the animal origins,” WHO spokesman Health Organisation should be longed declaring COVID-19 a Pub- maize field in the village under Goroul po- Tarik Jasarevic told AFP in an email. “ashamed” of itself, as he likened lic Health Emergency of Interna- lice station area of the district and raped He said the UN health agency understood it to a public relations agency for tional Concern, chastised efforts her there, officials said. there were a number of investigations under China amidst the coronavirus pan- to restrict travel, and continued to The girl was later found unconscious way in China “to better understand the source demic after it originated in Wuhan. praise China as a global leader in and profusely bleeding in the field by of the outbreak”, but added that “WHO is not The Trump administration has public health despite mounting ev- some farmers. She was rushed to the near- currently involved in the studies in China.” launched a probe into the role of idence to the contrary. by community health centre from where Scientists believe the killer virus jumped the WHO on coronavirus, and has “The WHO’s inaction and delay she was referred to the Sadar Hospital for from animals to humans, emerging in Chi- temporarily suspended the US’ fi- undoubtedly cost American lives. better treatment. na late last year, possibly from a market in nancial assistance to it. For these reasons, we commend “The girl is in deep trauma. We are Wuhan selling exotic animals for meat. “I think that the World Health the President’s decision to tempo- waiting for her condition to improve so But US President Donald Trump has fu- Organisation should be ashamed rarily pause the WHO’s funding,” that we can find more details,” Nurul elled speculation and rumours -- generally of themselves because they are the lawmakers said. Haque, Mahua’s deputy superintendent of rejected by experts -- that the virus may like the public relations agency Congressman James Comer, police (DSP), said. have emerged in a top-secret Chinese lab. for China,” Trump told report- Ranking Member of the Subcom- Police have registered a case against WHO has also faced scathing criticism ers in the East Room of the White mittee on The Environment, said it the four unidentified men based on a com- from Trump, who earlier this month sus- House on Thursday.Ever since would be an utter failure of the Com- plaint lodged by the girl’s family. The men pended Washington’s funding after accusing the virus outbreak came to light mittee to not investigate the WHO’s are on the run, officials said. the WHO of downplaying the seriousness of in Wuhan in December last, spec- shouldn’t be making excuses when A single mission: To prevent the failures to address the worldwide The case has been registered under sec- the outbreak and of kowtowing to China. ulation has been rife on whether people make horrible mistakes, es- spread of a pandemic. We know COVID-19 pandemic and its effect on tion 376D (gangrape) of the Indian Penal The UN health agency chief Tedros Ad- the viral strain originated from pecially mistakes that are causing that the leader of that organization the American people. Code (IPC) and the relevant sections of hanom Ghebreyesus did travel with a team China’s premier Wuhan Institute hundreds of thousands of people travelled to China and then de- Congressman Glenn Grothman, the Protection of Children from Sexual Of- to China in late January, where he met with of Virology (WIV) or from its near- around the world to die.” clined to declare it a pandemic un- Ranking Member of the Subcom- fences (POCSO) Act. Chinese President Xi Jinping to learn more by Huanan Seafood Market. The “I think the World Health Or- til everyone in the world knew that mittee on National Security, said While the forensic team has collected about the response. This paved the way, Tedros US has launched an investigation ganisation should be ashamed of was already true,” Pompeo told that like many international orga- samples from the crime spot, local police explained earlier this week, for an international into whether the deadly virus “es- themselves, said the President. Fox news in another interview. nizations, it appears that the WHO are on the lookout for the accused. team of scientists to travel there in February to caped” from the WIV. The US is the worst affected na- “It’s unfortunate, but this is not has been “infected” by anti-West- Report of crimes, especially sexual investigate the situation, including experts from China has come under increasing tion with a death toll of over 63,000 the first time there has been a virus ern bureaucrats. abuse, against girls and women have been China, Germany, Japan, the Republic of Korea, global pressure over lack of trans- and 1,069,400 confirmed cases of the go around the world from inside of “Had they stood up to the Chi- on the rise in the state in the last month. Nigeria, the Russian Federation, Singapore and parency in its handling of the corona- coronavirus. The economic fallout China, and it’s not the first time the nese and their wet markets at some A 15-year-old girl was raped by five men the United States of America. virus pandemic, which has so far in- is huge, with nearly four million WHO has failed in its mission. We point in the last 10 years, I believe in Qadirganj police station area in Nawada But as investigations into the origins of fected over 3,257,000 people and killed more Americans filing for jobless have an obligation to the American hundreds of thousands of people district on April 29. Two days before that, a the virus have picked up pace in China, the 233,400 others across the world. benefits last week. people to do our best to make sure would be alive today,” he said. 16-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped for WHO has not been involved. The ongoing Besides the US, the UK, Austra- Secretary of State Mike Pompeo that we fix that, that we prevent The WHO deserves a thorough four days by two men who later abandoned investigations are believed to be looking at lia and Germany have also called alleged the WHO failed to deliver those things from ever happening congressional investigation for its her in a village in Gaya district. “human cases with symptom onset in and for more transparency from Bei- and misled the world on coronavi- again,” he said. alleged mishandling of the corona- Siwan Police arrested four men for the around Wuhan in late 2019, environmental jing on the COVID-19 origin. rus. “The World Health Organisa- Meanwhile, several Republican virus response, and for accepting alleged gang-rape of a minor under the sampling from markets and farms in areas The US, Trump reiterated, pays tion simply failed to respond in this lawmakers demanding a Congres- and promulgating a communist Darauda police station area on April 12. where the first human cases were identi- the WHO almost USD500 million a case,” he told Scott Sands of The sional hearing alleged that the WHO Chinese propaganda, said Con- Another minor girl was allegedly molest- fied, and detailed records on the source and year and China pays them USD38 Scott Sands Show in an interview. parroted the Chinese regime’s “dis- gressman Chip Roy, a Ranking ed at Sakurabad police station area in Je- type of wildlife species and farmed animals million a year. “Whether it’s a “With respect to the WHO, we information” on multiple occasions, Member of the Subcommittee on hanabad district when she was returning sold in these markets,” Jasarevic said. lot more, it doesn’t matter. They know that they had one job, right? including denying human-to-human Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. home from a grocery shop on April 10.

MHA okays ‘Shramik COVID-19 PANDEMIC ‘Curbs to continue in Special trains’ for migrants, Pak Speaker Asad Qaiser tests positive Mumbai, Pune, Nagpur after ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Na- May 3’: Uddhav Thackeray detailed guidelines soon tional Assembly Speaker Asad Qaiser has become the latest top MUMBAI: Maharashtra related activities were not un- politician to be tested positive chief minister Uddhav Thac- der restrictions before and will for the coronavirus on a day keray on Friday said that the continue to remain exempt in when authorities announced a lockdown in the state would areas where restrictions may record 990 new COVID-19 cases be lifted gradually after May continue after May 3. in the country. 3 when the second phase of Thackeray added that the The Ministry of National the national lockdown ends. lockdown had helped to keep the Health Services on Friday said However, restrictions will not spread of coronavirus in control. that 24 people have died in the be lifted in Mumbai, its sur- He said that the “speed breakers” last 24 hours, taking the death rounding areas, in Pune and have helped contain the spread toll in the country to 385. its surrounding areas as they which would have grown expo- A record 990 new infections fall under the red zone. Com- nentially had lockdown not been were reported during the peri- paring the red zone areas to imposed. He said that though the od, taking the country’s tally to an active volcano, Thackeray numbers of cases are increasing in 16,817, it said. and sister were also diagnosed to conducted, including 7,971 on said that lifting restrictions is Maharashtra, they are increasing Qaiser is the second high-pro- be infected with the virus. Thursday. A total of 3,706 patients “not in our interest”. among the contacts and in a clus- file politician and a member Qaiser had reportedly hosted were admitted in 717 hospitals Thackeray addressed the state ter. He said that 75% to 80% of the of the ruling Pakistan Teh- an Iftar dinner at his residence with COVID-19 facilities across the on Maharashtra Day via Face- Covid-19 cases in the state do not reek-e-Insaf party to be infected on Monday, in violation of the country. The rest of the patients book Live and said, “The red zone show any symptoms or show mild with the virus. Earlier, Gover- government’s social distancing were in isolation at their homes. is like an active volcano, orange symptoms of the disease. NEW DELHI: Migrant workers, (on May 1), the government has nor of Sindh Imran Ismail tested guidelines, the report said. Other leading politicians suf- zone is like a dormant volcano, Outlining the work done by students and others stranded in decided to run “Shramik Special” positive for the deadly disease. Meanwhile, Advisor to Prime fering from the disease include and the green zone is where the the Brihanmumbai Municipal different parts of the country trains to transport migrant work- The speaker went into self Minister Imran Khan on Health Pakistan Peoples Party lawmak- volcano will not erupt. Naturally, Corporation, Thackeray said are allowed to return home by ers, pilgrims, tourists, students isolation after he got his test re- Zafar Mirza on Thursday said er from Tharparkar and a leading Mumbai, Mumbai Metropolitan that in the past few days the civic special trains that will be run by and other persons stuck across sults on Thursday. that the country could reach the Hindu leader Rana Hamir Singh Region, Pune, Pune Metropolitan body has screened 2 lakh people the Indian Railways, the Union the country due to the lockdown I tested positive for corona- peak of the pandemic by the end and Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) lawmak- Region, Nagpur and Aurangabad in the slums for low oxygen level home ministry said on Friday, triggered by the coronavirus dis- virus and quarantined myself of May or middle of June. er from Karachi Abdul Rasheed. fall in the red zone as cases are and other diseases including di- expanding the scope of an earli- ease (Covid-19) outbreak, the rail- in my house. I urge the entire But it can be different also as Sindh Education Minister increasing daily. Here, to start abetes, high blood pressure, etc. er order that said such transpor- ways ministry said. nation to take preventive mea- we are not sure and monitoring Saeed Ghani was the first poli- something is not in our interest. Such people are susceptibility to tation can happen only by buses. “These special trains will be sures, he tweeted after he re- the situation closely, he said. tician to be diagnosed with the In orange zones, there are a few the coronavirus. The railways ministry will des- run from point to point on the re- ceived his test results from the The health ministry said that coronavirus in late March. He active cases in some areas; we “In Mumbai, 272 people ignate nodal officers for coordina- quest of both the concerned state National Institute of Health a total of 4,315 people have re- has recovered from the disease. are looking at lifting restrictions have been found with low ox- tion with states and Union Territo- governments (those sending and (NIH) in Islamabad. covered from the disease. Prime Minister Khan tested leaving aside areas where there ygen level and other ailments. ries, the home ministry order said. receiving the passengers) as per Qaiser’s brother Abdul Wa- Punjab province reported negative for the virus last week. are more cases. In the green zone, BMC is not only providing ox- Soon after, the railways ministry the standard protocols for send- hid was quoted as saying by The 6,340 cases, Sindh 6,053, Khy- He agreed for the test after we have already started lifting ygen but doctors are treating released detailed guidelines on the ing and receiving such stranded Express Tribune that the speak- ber-Pakhtunkhwa 2,627, Ba- Faisal Edhi, the son of late philan- restrictions gradually.” He out- their other ailments,” he said. sale of tickets, and on the social-dis- persons. The Railways and State er’s son and daughter also test- lochistan 1,049, Islamabad 343, thropist Abdul Sattar Edhi and lined that lifting of restriction Thackeray said that besides tancing norms to be followed at sta- Governments shall appoint senior ed positive for the disease and Gilgit-Baltistan 339 and Paki- chairman of the Edhi Founda- will be done “cautiously”. ramping up capacity of beds in tions and inside trains. officials as Nodal Officers for coor- were quarantined. stan-occupied Kashmir 66 cases. tion, who met him last week test- The chief minister added the state, doctors and nursing On the occasion of Labour Day dination...,” the ministry said. Earlier, Qaiser’s brother-in-law So far, 182,131 tests have been ed positive for the coronavirus. that farming and agriculture staff have been inducted. 3.8 million more in US apply for jobless aid On Kim Jong Un’s Health And Whereabouts, WASHINGTON: More than 3.8 million laid-off workers applied for UN Chief Says ‘We Have No Information’ unemployment benefits last week as the US economy slid further into UNITED NATIONS: UN Secre- “It is clear for me that the US a crisis that is becoming the most tary General Antonio Guterres and China are two extremely devastating since the 1930s. said on Thursday that he had “no important elements in the inter- Roughly 30.3 million people information” about the health of national community both from have now filed for jobless aid in Kim Jong Un, amid unconfirmed the economic dimension, from the six weeks since the coronavi- reports that the North Korean the political dimension, from rus outbreak began forcing mil- leader is unwell. Guterres was the military dimension. These lions of employers to close their responding to a question on are two absolutely vital coun- doors and slash their workforces. whether any UN official had tries,” he said The contribution That is more people than live in spoken to any North Korean of China and the United States the New York and Chicago met- official about the health and to fight the Covid-19, and all oth- ropolitan areas combined, and it’s whereabouts of Kim. er aspects in the development of by far the worst string of layoffs on “We have no information international relations is “abso- record. It adds up to more than one about the situation of Kim Jong lutely essential”, he said. in six American workers. ment claims. A poll by two ac- for benefits, either because they Un,” Guterres said during a vir- satellite images, a train like- porters at a White House news Trump has lashed out at China With more employers cutting ademic economists, Alexander couldn’t get through their state’s tual press briefing. ly belonging to Kim has been conference Monday. over its handling of the Covid-19 payrolls to save money, econo- Bick and Adam Blandin, found overwhelmed system or they There have been unconfirmed parked in his compound on the The UN chief also said the US pandemic, which has so far killed mists have forecast that the unem- that the US economy may have didn’t try, perhaps because it reports that Kim is not in good country’s east coast for a week. and China were “absolutely vi- 229,447 people across the world ployment rate for April could go lost 34 million jobs since mid- was too difficult. health. The rumours began after US President Donald Trump tal” countries in the internation- and infected more than three as high as 20%. That would be the March, when the coronavirus “These findings imply the of- he missed the April 15 commem- has said he has a “very good al community and their contribu- million people. In a interview highest rate since it reached 25% shutdowns began. ficial count of unemployment oration of the 108th birthday of idea” about the status of Kim tion to fight the Covid-19 as well on Wednesday, Trump said he during the Great Depression. A key reason for that emerges insurance claims likely drasti- his grandfather, North Korea but he cannot talk about it. as in development of internation- believed China’s handling of the Some outside reviews suggest from a survey by the Economic cally understates the extent of founder Kim II Sung. “I can’t tell you exactly - yes, al relations was “absolutely es- coronavirus pandemic was proof that the number of job losses is Policy Institute. It found that up employment reductions,” wrote North Korea has not dispelled the I do have a very good idea but sential”, amid mounting tensions that Beijing “will do anything likely even higher than is cap- to 12 million more people have Ben Zipperer and Elise Gould, rumours of ill health of its ruler. I can’t talk about it now. I just between Washington and Beijing they can” to make him lose his tured in the weekly unemploy- lost jobs but haven’t filed a claim economists at EPI. According to reports, citing wish him well,” Trump told re- in the wake of the pandemic. re-election bid in November. SRINAGAR SATURDAY OBSERVER SPORTS 02 MAY 2020 SRINAGAR Quality of cricketers not the same any more: Abdul Razzaq

New Delhi: Former Pakistan all-rounder Ab- same. Mohammad Amir did not work hard One of the most prolific all-rounders to have dul Razzaq thinks the standard of cricket has enough and his performance dipped." come out of Pakistan, the 40-year old also said gone down in the recent times. He said the Razzaq had courted controversy last year by India will continue to enjoy an unbeaten re- kind of all-rounders, batsmen and bowlers the calling Bumrah a "baby bowler" in compari- cord against his team at the World Cup, as world has seen during his time are not coming son to the fast bowlers of his times. The Indian Indians handle the pressure of the big game any more. pacer has gone on to become one of the world's much better. "Take Kapil Dev and Imran Khan for in- leading bowlers across formats after making Pakistan were the stronger team in the 90s stance. They are the best all-rounders of all his debut in 2016. but India have enjoyed an upper hand over the time. It’s funny that people draw comparisons Razzaq clarified that his comment was mis- arch-rivals in the last decade. India have also between Hardik Pandya and Kapil paaji. Pan- construed. extended their unbeaten World Cup record dya is nowhere near that league. Even I was "I do not have anything personal against against Pakistan to 7-0. an all-rounder but it doesn't mean that I would Bumrah. I was simply comparing him with the "India will continue to maintain that re- compare myself with Imran bhai. likes of Glenn McGrath, Wasim Akram, Curtly cord," said Razzaq, who played in three In- "Kapil paaji and Imran bhai were in a league Ambrose, Shoaib Akhtar. It would have been do-Pak World Cup games (1999, 2003, 2011). of their own," said Razzaq, who played 46 much tougher to face them. My comments "It is rare that India and Pakistan play each Tests, 265 ODIs and 32 T20 Internationals. were misconstrued. other in knock-out matches of ICC events. One needs to work harder to become a "He (Bumrah) is heading towards becom- They play mostly in the league stage and world-class cricketer, Razzaq said referring to ing a world-class bowler. But in our times, India are favourites. Our players are not able Pandya, who has been battling fitness issues the bowlers were of much higher calibre. Not to absorb the pressure that comes with such of late. many can dispute that." games. "Pandya is a good player but he can be a "You don't feel the same pressure facing the "We used to win a lot against India in Shar- much better all-rounder. It is all about hard current crop of pacers. Overall, there is a bad jah, beat them in Canada twice. I remember work. When you don't give enough time to the patch in world cricket. We are not producing the 1999 World Cup, people and media put pres- game, it drifts away from you," Razzaq told world class players the way we used to 10-15 sure on the players before the game and we PTI. years ago. wilted. It has stayed like that unfortunately. "He has to prepare better mentally as well "You had Tendulkar, Dravid, Laxman, Za- "The pressure builds on the players though as physically. As you have seen, he has been heer, Sehwag, Ganguly in the same team. They it is like any other match. The players are not getting injured a lot of late (underwent back would have walked into any team. Maybe too confident of beating India in World Cup," he surgery last year). When you earn a lot of mon- much T20 cricket is responsible for this de- said, adding Pakistan had the best chance of ey, you tend to relax. For most players it is the cline," he said. beating India in the 2011 edition.

Australia restricts use Final Frontier: Justin Langer’s ultimate Umar suffers from of saliva, sweat to shine ball epilepsy, is outside all discipline: under Covid-19 guidelines goal is to beat India in their backyard Najam Sethi

MelbourNe: Reclaiming the beat the best and we’ve got top spot in Test cricket has some really tough opposition brought smiles back on their to come,” Langer put his pri- faces but Australia coach orities in place. Justin Langer says beating The team he insists needs India in their own den re- to get better as now others mains the ultimate test and will come gunning for them. their numero uno status “Getting to No.1 is a great will be put to test when they thing, but when you’re No.1, clash with the Virat Kohli- you’re always the hunted,” led team. Langer said. “We’ve been After a tumultuous transi- the hunters for a while, now tion phase post the ball-tam- we’re the hunted and we need pering scandal, Australia to get better and better.” Karachi: In a startling reve- but later on we sent the med- New Delhi: Australia will drills involving unnecessary on Friday displaced India as Langer also hoped that lation, former PCB chairman ical reports to the selectors not allow the use of saliva or person-to-person contact. number one side in Test for- “We’ve got lots of work to of character. white ball team under Aar- Najam Sethi has claimed and left it to them because sweat to shine the ball once No shining cricket ball with mat but Langer is aware that do to get to be the team that “Certainly a goal for us has on Finch will win the World that banned Test batsman I didn't like to interfere in cricket training resumes in sweat/saliva during train- it does not take long for situ- we want to be, but hopefully been the World Test Champi- Cup. Umar Akmal suffers from their work." the post Covid-19 world, says ing." ation to change. over the last couple of years onship ... but ultimately, we “I know how hard it is to epilepsy for which he had re- Epilepsy is a central ner- a framework released by the The third and final 'Level “We recognise how fluid not only have we performed have to beat India in India win World Cups ... every- fused to take treatment. vous system (neurological) federal government regard- C', to be permitted later in these rankings are, but at well on the field, but also off and we’ve got to beat them thing has to go right. One Umar was slapped with disorder in which brain activ- ing the return of sports in the year, is outlined as: "Full this time it was certainly the field,” Langer added. when they come back (to day, I’d love to see Aaron a three-year ban for not re- ity becomes abnormal, caus- stages amid the pandemic. training and competition. No nice to put a smile on our The former left-handed Australia). Finch with all his mates lift porting corrupt approaches ing seizures or periods of un- There is speculation that ball shining with sweat/sali- faces,” Langer told Cricket opener underlined what he “You can only judge your- that T20 World Cup above his before the start of the Paki- usual behaviour, sensations, use of saliva to shine the ball va in training." Australia website. felt will be the ultimate test self as being the best if you head.” stan Super League (PSL). and sometimes loss of aware- will be stopped to cut down The framework also pro- Sethi, who was Pakistan ness. Sethi also claimed that the risk of the highly conta- vides guideline for training Cricket Board (PCB) chair- Umar put himself above the gious infection with reports and management of illness man and head of executive team despite being a supreme- suggesting that the ICC is in elite sports. committee between 2013 and ly talented cricketer. considering the possibility of "The approach to training Badminton World Championships after Olympics 2018, said when he took over "...but he refuses to accept allowing the use of artificial should focus on 'get in, train, the reins of the cricket body, discipline and he is an indi- substances to polish the red get out', minimising unnec- New Delhi: The badminton year. But, with the 2020 To- the first problem he faced vidualistic player prone to ball under the supervision of essary contact in change world championship slated kyo Games postponed to next concerned Umar. play with instinct. He plays umpires. rooms, bathrooms and for August next year in Spain year owing to the Covid-19 "We had medical reports for himself not for his team. According to ESPNcricin- communal areas. Prior to will now take place from No- pandemic, it will be the first that confirmed he suffered He is outside all discipline." fo, Australian Institute of resumption, sporting organ- vember 29 to December 5, time that the prestigious from epilepsy fits and we The former official also Sport (AIS) in consultation isations should have agreed the sport's apex body said on event will be conducted in the called him back from the feels the three-year ban im- with medical experts, sport- protocols in place for man- Friday, postponing its show- Olympic year. West Indies. When I met him posed on Umar would even- ing bodies and federal and agement of illness in athletes piece event to avoid a clash The decision means reign- I told him it was a serious tually end his career. state governments, has come and other personnel," it said. with the Olympics. ing champion P V Sindhu problem and he needed to "I am afraid his career is up with guidelines, restrict- "Individuals should not re- "The Badminton World will get a chance to defend take a break and get proper threatened and it appears to ing the use of saliva and turn to sport if in the last 14 Federation (BWF) and Span- her title when the tourna- treatment. But he was not me to be the end of the line sweat to shine the ball. days they have been unwell ish Badminton Federation ment is held at the Carolina willing to accept this. He was for him. Umar has always The framework, which or had contact with a known (FESBA) can confirm the place at the end of 2021 from The world championship Marin Stadium, the arena mentally not there," Sethi been someone outside all dis- outlines a staged return to or suspected case of Covid-19. BWF World Championships Monday 29 November to Sun- has traditionally been an named after the three-time told a TV Channel. cipline and this three-year play, has three stages -- Level "Any individual with re- 2021, traditionally scheduled day 5 December," the BWF annual event, which is, how- world champion in her native "Anyway I stopped him ban was going to happen," A, Level B and Level C. spiratory symptoms (even if for August, will now take said in a statement. ever, not held in an Olympic city of Huelva in Spain. from playing for two months he said. Currently, restrictions on mild) should be considered a sport are outlined as being potential case and must im- at 'Level A', which restricts mediately self-isolate, have all training except that of the Covid-19 excluded and be individual kind. medically cleared by a doc- But in little more than a tor to return to the training Australia unseat India from number MCC chief Sangakkara wants week from now, restrictions environment. will be moved to 'Level B' "Athletes returning to England, Australia to tour Pakistan which will allow the follow- sport after Covid-19 infec- one Test spot in latest ICC rankings ing: "Nets -- batters facing tion require special consid- bowlers. Limited bowlers eration prior to resumption Dubai: Australia have moved per net. Fielding sessions of high intensity physical to the top of the Test and T20I -- unrestricted. No warm up activity." rankings for men while En- gland continue to lead the men’s ODI rankings after the annual update carried out on Friday, which eliminates re- sults from 2016-17. Boris Becker urges In the latest update, that rates all matches played tennis bodies to come together since May 2019 at 100 per cent and those of the previous two in the hour of crisis years at 50 per cent, Austra- lia (116) have taken over from loNDoN: Tennis legend and enough to give jobs for a India as the top-ranked side Laureus Academy member thousand people. Until the in the ICC men’s Test team South Africa have suffered 2011. Pakistan, who had over- Boris Becker has acknowl- crisis started, the answer rankings with New Zealand the biggest rating fall of eight taken New Zealand to reach edged that his sport is in was yes, but I'm sure a lot (115) remaining in second points, which sees them drop top position in January 2018 crisis due to Covid-19 and of smaller tournaments that place. India are now third below Sri Lanka into sixth and then spent 27 months loNDoN: England and Aus- place,” Sangakkara told The kistan. “I don’t think you are has urged governing bodies couldn't take place are strug- with 114 points. place. They had won three there, are now fourth with tralia must tour Pakistan to Cricket Show on Sky Sports ever going to see in the near to come together to find a gling to come back financial- With only two points sep- series in the period culled, 260 points. facilitate regular interna- Cricket. future a five-Test match se- solution. ly. They've lost a lot of money arating them, this is the while they have lost eight of England have moved into tional cricket in the South “I think it’s important that ries coupled with a one-day The six-time Grand Slam by not hosting. So it's also a second closest the top three their nine Tests since Febru- second position with 268 Asian country, Marylebone England or Australia, even series played back-to-back,” winner, in an interview on question of time," he added. teams have been since the ary 2019, playing against Sri points while India are up one Cricket Club (MCC) presi- South Africa, make up their said the former Sri Lanka Laureus.com, said: "Since Becker also said he did not Test rankings were launched Lanka, India and England. place to third, just two points dent Kumar Sangakkara has minds to actually tour when captain. March there hasn't been any think it would be wise for the in 2003. The closest for the top India still lead the ICC behind. said. security is assured and they “I think it will be more tennis, so I call this a chance, US Open to go ahead in Au- three teams were in January World Test Championship, a Afghanistan are down Top teams have shunned have those discussions; the a case of you play two test a unique situation, for all the gust. 2016, when India had led Aus- league comprising six series from seventh to tenth while Pakistan since the 2009 at- MCC tour will be a precursor matches, you take a break, governing bodies to come to- "It's the only Grand Slam tralia and South Africa by a played by each of the top nine Bulgaria are the biggest gain- tack on a bus carrying the to that.” you go back and play three gether." still standing, but New York single point. Test sides. ers, up 12 places to 51st in Sri Lanka team in Lahore In December, Pakistan one-dayers. "I think we are having a was pretty much the worst India have yielded the top In the ICC men’s ODI team the 84-country list of teams in which six players were played their first Test match “It’s not exactly the right moment in Covid-19 crisis. city hit by the virus a couple spot for the first time since rankings, reigning World that played the requisite six injured and eight Pakistanis, on home soil since 2009 when time for extended tours, but Apart from, let's say, the top of weeks ago. October 2016. champions England (127) matches in the past three including six policemen, they hosted Sri Lanka in I’m sure that with the right ten, the top 50 and maybe I don't think it would be This is largely because have increased their lead years. were killed. Karachi while Bangladesh communication and the mea- the top 75 men and women, wise to have a tournament India had won 12 Tests and over India from six to eight When the global T20I Batting great Sangakkara, also played a Test match in sures in place that players the rest of the professional there," he added. lost just one Test in 2016-17, points. New Zealand remain rankings were launched 12 who was part of that team, Rawalpindi in February. can go back and play some players need their weekly This is the first time that the records of which were in third place, three points months ago, there were 80 returned to Pakistan with Bangladesh split their tour great quality cricket, have a paycheck. Wimbledon has been can- removed in the latest update. behind India. ranked teams. Since then sev- an MCC team in February in three parts even though great time and bring cricket They need their prize mon- celled since World War II. They had won all five series The top ten rankings re- en teams have joined the table this year but top teams have the final leg was called off back to Pakistan.” ey. The fact is they can't play, The tournament was slated during this period including main unchanged. (Bermuda, Cayman Islands, stayed away with security in March due to the Covid-19 Pakistan have offered to they can't even go to a club to begin on June 29. against Australia and En- By contrast, the updated Italy, Norway, Portugal, Ro- apprehensions. pandemic. host global flagship tourna- and give lessons because of Earlier, the French Open gland. ICC Men’s T20I team rank- mania and Turkey), while “It doesn’t matter an Asian Sangakkara, who has ments after the governing In- social distancing," Becker was postponed to September. On the other hand, Austra- ings see plenty of changes. three countries (France, Isle side going there or a second- scored more than 28,000 in- ternational Cricket Council said. Becker played as a junior at lia had lost to South Africa as Australia (278) top the list for of Man and France) have lost ary side in terms of world ternational runs for Sri Lan- invited expression of inter- "We have to ask ourselves Wimbledon in 1982, then won well as to India in the same the first time since the T20I their rankings having played prominence when it comes to ka, agreed it was too early est for events in the 2023-31 whether tennis is good in 1985, 1986 and 1989. period. rankings were introduced in insufficient matches. having security measures in for any extended tour of Pa- cycle.