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facilitate the return of people bring back students from .  1 .%60 stranded in different parts of “If we depend on buses, the )     the country. Deputy Chief process could take months to middle aged man and his Minister Sushil Kumar Modi complete. I would therefore Ason hacked to death six made an appeal in a video mes- urge the Centre to run special  1 .%60 “The chief minister asked members of their family in a sage claiming that depending trains. These could be non-stop officials to bring workers from property/money related issue on the road route could take ones, with no halts between the hief Minister Yogi Gujarat, Uttarakhand and in Banthra on the city’s out- months because of the limited points of departure and the CAdityanath, on Thursday, Rajasthan as soon as possible. skirts on Thursday evening. availability and capacity of destinations. Seating arrange- asked migrant labourers of An action plan is being pre- The two later surrendered buses. Modi said the number of ments could be made for pas- living in other pared for it. The process of at the police station while those wanting to return is like- sengers in a way that social dis- states not to travel on foot and arrival of these people will holding the blood-stained ly to be huge. tancing is ensured. Food, water said that the state government start in two days. Directions weapon in their hands. According to officials of the etc could be made available on was preparing an action plan were also given to bring back It was only then that the Bihar Government, it is esti- board,” Sushil added. and communicating with gov- UP students studying in Delhi, police got an idea of the mated that there are 25-30 The Nitish Kumar ernments of other states for and to their crime and reached the village lakh people from Bihar, includ- Government has been facing their safe return. respective home towns. For for investigations. ing students and migrant work- criticism from all quarters over “Do not get panicky. We this, district magistrates and Police Commissioner ers, stranded across the coun- its handling of the migrant cri- will ensure your return to your district police chiefs of Noida Sujeet Pandey said the try and it needs at least one sis and its reluctance to bring native places,” Yogi said in his and Aligarh have been ordered accused seemed to be men- lakh buses to bring them back back their people who have appeal. to make arrangements. There tally unstable and were being by road. been stuck across the country With this announcement, will be a discussion with the interrogated. The CP said the In a related development, during the lockdown. the state government started Delhi government on prepar- motive and sequence leading Jan Adhikar Party leader Pappu Continued on Page 6 the process to evacuate work- ing a list of such students and to the killings were also being Yadav took the Twitter to ers from Madhya Pradesh and sending them back after con- probed. announce that he has sent 30 plans were afoot to bring UP ducting their health tests,” The accused were identi-                                      buses to Kota, Rajasthan to   natives working in Gujarat and Awasthi said. fied as Ajay Singh (50) of    Rajasthan. Officials, however, clarified Nananmau Godauli village   Besides, preparations are that only those people would be in Harauni of Banthra and his  %/0 /12 Sources said the Railway The Rajasthan CM said R also being made to bring back permitted to return whose son Avinash aka Ankit (20). Ministry is planning to run 400 more than six lakh migrants students studying in Delhi, health check-up have been Those killed were identi- day after the Centre special trains per day and may have registered with the      Noida and Aligarh. done. Therefore, whoever fied as Amar Singh (70) and Aallowed States to bring increase the number to 1,000 Rajasthan Government, asking Additional Chief Secretary intends to return to UP, should Ram Dulari (65) —parents of back migrant workers to their special trains. As safeguards, for help to get home. They are   Awanish Kumar Awasthi said report to quarantine centres of prime accused, Arun (40) respective States by roads, the the train will run to the pas- being screened for coronavirus   that during a review meeting their state and districts soon and his wife Ram Sakhi (35) logistical nightmare in arrang- senger-carrying capacity. symptoms and those who don’t : Chief Minister with officials of Team-11, the and register their names, and their children Saurabh (7) ing tens of thousands of buses Taking to Twitter, have any are being allowed to     Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday chief minister expressed con- addresses, mobile numbers etc. and Sarika (2). for this purpose has begun to Rajasthan Chief Minister proceed. said the Delhi Government is cern over the condition of after getting their health check- According to villagers, haunt the State Governments. Ashok Gehlot wrote, “Long- Telangana Animal Bengaluru: The Karnataka making arrangements to bring workers, labourers and stu- up done. Ajay and his family was stay- At least seven States — awaited demand of movement Husbandry Minister T Srinivas Government on Thursday back students of the national dents living in other states and In view of the evacuation ing away from his parents fol- Telangana, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, of migrant workers has finally Yadav also demanded that the decided to allow migrant work- Capital who are stranded in gave instructions for taking process, the chief minister lowing some differences Maharashtra, Rajasthan, been accepted by the GoI. It is Centre arrange special trains ers, tourists, students and oth- Rajasthan’s Kota due to the necessary steps for their safe ordered the authorities to between them. A few months Punjab and Bihar — have asked a welcome step but until GoI and provide free transportation ers stranded in different parts lockdown imposed to control return. enhance the capacity of quar- back, his father Amar had the Centre to run trains to allows Indian Railways to oper- for migrant workers to their of the State due to the ongoing the spread of coronavirus. Awasthi said that on antine centres in the state from sold part of the parental land move the migrants to their ate, practically it will not be native States. lockdown to return to their “Delhi Govt is making arrange- Thursday, 100 buses carrying seven lakh to 10 lakh on a war and Ajay had demanded his States citing the distance and possible to facilitate smooth The Bihar Government native places, a day after the ments to soon bring Del stu- 3,000 people departed from footing and set up big centres share of money which possi- the difficulty in logistics of trav- and hassle-free transport to also urged the Centre to allow Centre issued guidelines for the dents back home from Kota”, Madhya Pradesh for with all facilities in colleges bly lead to the killings on elling by bus. their home.” running of special trains to process. Kejriwal said in a tweet. and Prayagraj. with large campuses. Thursday.    #        +      ! "           "                     !     % '     # $%&       (                ,-              *    cases and 27 deaths. alarming 7,061. Of the 20   %/0 /12 Maharashtra recorded 27 deaths reported in Mumbai, deaths due to Covid-19 and 16 deceased had co-morbidi-      nion Home Ministry on  %/0 /12           !  with 583 fresh cases, the total ties. P  UThursday asked the States    !"      number of infected cases Out of 1,45,798 laborato- !        to facilitate easy movement of ongress leader Rahul         # $ "#!$  crossed 10,500 mark to touch ry samples, 1,34,244 tested    O      trucks to speed up the supply CGandhi has started apolit- %&'       " a tally of 10,498 cases. Of the negative, while 10,498 have       " of all items, including essential ical web-based talk show with latest 27 deaths, Mumbai tested positive for coronavirus         commodities. In a letter to internationally acclaimed per- The former RBI chief,  %/0 /12 accounted for 20 deaths, while until Thursday.      " Chief Secretaries, Union Home sonalities to discuss ways to speaking on the impact of the there were three deaths in There are 733 active con-  L      M Secretary Ajay Bhalla said all help ’s recovery post- coronavirus pandemic on the s citizens wait with the Pune, two in Thane and one tainment zones in the State inter-State as well as intra- Covid19 era. economy, also said a prolonged Abated breath for the each Nagpur and Raigad. currently. Total 10,092 sur-   "   State truck movements must go some State borders and Rahul held his first inter- lockdown would not be sus- Government’s decision on Of those dead on veillance squads worked on   #  on without any hindrance for harassment from authorities. action with former RBI tainable for the economy. lockdown on May 3, the num- Thursday, 19 were men while Friday across the State and $$% %&   the smooth movement of “The MHA has re-iterated Governor Raghuram Rajan As Indian economic activ- ber of Covid-19 cases in India 8 were women. “Fourteen of surveillance of 42.11 lakh      " goods. This is Home Secretary’s to all States/UTs that, as per the who said India needs around ity opens up after weeks, Rajan continues to surge. On the deceased were aged over population was done.     fourth letter on easy movement consolidated revised guide- 65,000 crore to help the poor said steps should be taken to Thursday, it came close to 60 years, while 13 were from As many as 1,773 patients '()*&    of truck movements. lines on lockdown measures, currently hit hard by the isolate new cases of coronavirus 35,000 mark with the age group of 40 to 59 have been discharged till date +, - "      The MHA also said empty no separate passes are required nationwide coronavirus lock- that emerge. Maharashtra alone logging years. “Twenty two out of 27 after full recovery. Currently,      trucks or trucks carrying any for through traffic of trucks and down. “A second lockdown will be more than 10,500 case and patients (81%) had high-risk 1,68,266 people are in home       item should not be blocked goods carriers, including empty The 27-minute-long video even more devastating and will 459 deaths. co-morbidities such as dia- quarantine and 10,695 people    anywhere, including at borders trucks etc,” the MHA said. clip was released on Thursday destroy people’s trust in the Maharashtra was followed betes, hypertension, heart dis- are in institutional quarantine.         of States. The letter also reiter- In order to ensure compli- by the Congress on Twitter measures taken by the by Gujarat and Delhi, the two ease, etc,” the State health Meanwhile, four teams .   ated that all trucks can carry a ance to these guidelines, the where the two had discussion Government,” he said. of the other States that have bulletin said. from Government of India person apart from driver in the MHA has asked all States and on economy and way out of the During the 30-minute been severely hit with more Mumbai, which continues visited various parts of      cargo carrying vehicles. Except UTs to ensure that district crisis situation. interaction, Rajan also asked than 4,350 and 3,515 cases to be the worst-coronavirus Mumbai to monitor and assess drivers’ licence, nothing should authorities and field agencies To a question on how Rahul how he compared the respectively. It was another affected city in the country, the prevention & control mea- The Press and Offices of be subject to checking by are sensitised about the above much money will be needed response in India and the US to day of big spike of Gujarat, continued to be in the vice sures undertaken by the The Pioneer will remain authorities, it said, adding that instructions, so that there is no help the poor currently hit which the Congress leader which added 303 new cases to grip of Covid-19, as the pan- Brihanmumbai Municipal closed on Friday, May 1, all transportation of non-essen- ambiguity at the ground level, hard by the nationwide coron- replied that he saw deep-seat- reach the total of 4,395 and demic claimed 20 more lives Corporation (BMC) at com- 2020 on account of May Day. tial commodities is allowed. and movement of through traf- avirus lockdown, Rajan said, ed inequality in India as the 214 deaths. Tamil Nadu also taking the total number of munity level and treatment The next issue of There were complaints fic of trucks and goods carriers, “India will need 65,000 crore, biggest difference between the saw a big surge on Thursday deaths in the metropolis to facilities in the month of The Pioneer will appear on from truck owners’ bodies that including empty trucks, is it is not that much to save the two nations. with the addition of 161 cases 290. Similarly, the total num- April. Sunday, May 3, 2020. they were facing checks from allowed without any hindrance. lives of the poor.” Continued on Page 6 . The State has now 2,323 ber of infected cases rose to Continued on Page 6 .  -  ! '    

&' %/0 /12 a flight of steps and was shown versatility in the second innings   '   -  into a reception lounge which of his life. But that day he want- ometimes you think you opened into a lawn encircled by ed a great conversation with a Sknow all about the stars. azulejo panels. The lounge journalist guest and to play  %/0 /12 asked to download the with Indian names to target Simply because you have seen itself was a tribute to European some word games on Literati. Aarogya Setu application to the Indian personnel. Given them larger than life onscreen tile art, with holy crosses of var- That year was 2012. So he was ven as the world, includ- help in the detection and this scenario, local comman- while growing up. Simply ious colours and sizes adorning most curious about what the Eing India, is fighting the checking the spread of Covid- ders were also asked to sen- because you have read so much the walls and pillars and a UP Assembly elections were coronavirus pandemic, 19. The app has been devel- sitise their troops about the about them. In the end, you blithe Mary and Jesus alcove going to throw up and whether Pakistan spy agencies are oped by Government agen- latest ploy by Pakistan. have formed a picture of them spreading benediction all governance would be an issue. resorting to nefarious designs cies. Explaining the implica- in your minds, just like the cin- around. He was clued in about politics by creating an application Elaborating upon the tions of Pakistan’s activity, ema projector, and have con- “I just love Portuguese and corruption, saying he never similar to the Aarogya Setu in challenge posed by Pakistan, they said once a vinced yourself that is as good ceramic tiles and have been col- missed the 9 pm news, a far order to trap the Indian Army sources said here on malicious software is installed as it gets. Till you meet them in lecting them whenever I trav- stronger addiction than the personnel by hacking their Thursday “inimical” intelli- on a device, it has the ability person. And they leave you el. It’s not religious though my food or drink he loved. Apart mobile phones. gence agencies have devised to extract sensitive informa- with a stray memory of their going to a missionary school from discovering a news Realising this threat, the an app by the name Aarogya tion about the forces and inner selves. Rishi Kapoor was %','-.//% may have had something to do junkie, he also appeared a Indian Army has issued Setu.apk. send it to the originator with- one such and more. He would 0  1 234- 22 with my love for the holy practicalist, saying though the warning to the troops to be Such apps were found to out the knowledge of the lay his heart bare. cross,” said the man who Kapoor eco-system was such cautious and download the be sent by Pakistan-based owner. Many years ago, when he showed up early because a that all members knew how to Aarogya Setu app only Pakistani intelligence opera- Also, the contact lists or was on the cusp of his second find a time slot that would early for Rishi Kapoor who was guest was waiting. make films by the time they through the Government tives to WhatsApp groups of any other sensitive informa- coming as an actor rather than allow him to talk at length on to meet me at 11 am. His office And the re-energised Rishi were 10, the sons of Raj Kapoor website (mygov.in) or Indian Army personnel, the tion inadvertently stored on the star by playing the brutal- his craft without the noise of staff was readying for the day, Kapoor, beginning the day didn’t know the niceties of Android Play Store or IOS Army said while issuing a device could be accessed by ly cold villain Rauf Lala in film promotions. I was early for shining up the awards shields with an earthy chaach, was not business too well and would Apple Play Store. warning to its troops. inimical intelligence agen- Agneepath, I had met him at my appointment at Krishna Raj and trophies, the cars had been done with the artiste inside, be have to ultimately sell RK stu- The directive came as all Moreover, Pakistan is cies with such malicious soft- home. He was old world that on 56 Pali Hill, fearing Mumbai lined up, indicating the it decorating his little comfort dios, which they did. forces’ personnel have been using social media accounts ware. way, relying on his secretary to traffic. Twenty minutes too denizens were in. I went down zone or experimenting with his Continued on Page 6     !"#"#  %  */9':31  +3=-      1 .%60 was murdered over a petty dispute on In area, the body of a youth -     Wednesday. in mid-30s was found inside Kisan wo separate cases were registered s per reports, Harsh Beniwal (22), Sahkari Sugar Mill campus. An employ- ;. R    1 .%60 Tagainst former MLA Guddu Pandit nephew of BJP general secretary of west- ee noticed the body and later informed and his supporters for violating lockdown ern UP, Mohit Beniwal, used to help at the police through a senior mill official. hree labourers, including a couple, in on Thursday. his uncle’s hotel in Khatauli. Due to clo- After preliminary enquiry, the police  1 .%60 Theaded to their native places were As per reports, Guddu Pandit sure of hotel due to lockdown, Harsh found that the deceased was not a sugar ++         ( killed in a road accident in Aligarh, while accompanied by 20-25 supporters returned to his home. On Tuesday mill employee and now it was being laiming that the spread of in , a home guard returning after reached Pagona village in Anoopshahr afternoon, Harsh entered an orchard at probed who killed the victim and how Ccoronavirus was under (PTI): Uttar Pradesh reported 77 new coronavirus duty was knocked down by an unknown on Thursday to express grief at the mur- Khedagadai village of Bhawan police sta- did his body find its way into the mill control in the state, the Uttar cases on Thursday, taking the total number of COVID-19 vehicle and succumbed to his injuries on der of two sadhus, violating lockdown tion area of and was plucking compound without the knowledge of Pradesh government said that patients in the state to 2,211, a senior official said. With one Thursday. norms. some fruits when a local nabbed him. His mill staff. the average increase of positive fresh death in , the state has reported 40 deaths due In Aligarh, Ranjeet Kumar (30) of Later, he and his entourage also went father Vinay Beniwal and other son A case was registered and investiga- cases in the state was decreas- to the virus so far, with one each in Bareilly, Basti, Bulandshahar, Ariyana hamlet of Oas (Fatehpur) and to Kaser village where an elderly woman Harshit rushed to his rescue but even as tions are on. In another incident, the ing substantially and was well Lucknow, , Aligarh, and Shravasti, two in his neighbour Dinesh Kumar (30) were had died earlier. The police on their part they pleaded innocence, one of the vil- body of a youth, who went out with his below the national average. , four in , five in , six in stranded with their families in Aligarh registered two separate cases against lagers opened fire at Harsh causing him friend two days back, was found float- “Coronavirus positive cases and 14 in . due to lockdown. Facing financial cri- Pandit and his aides at Anoopshahr and critical injuries. ing in a river on Thursday. have come down to around 5 “With 77 fresh cases, total number of cases reported in the sis, they decided to walk to Fatehpur late police stations. They were charged He was rushed to district hospital Amit (28) of Reti Nai Basti in per cent to 6 per cent and now state is 2,211 of which 551 have been treated and discharged. Wednesday night. But as they neared a under various sections pertaining to vio- from where he was referred to Meerut Ramchandra Mission police station area it has started flattening while Forty deaths have been reported so far in the state due to the railway over bridge in Padiyabali area of lation of lockdown. medical college where he succumbed to went out after some of his friends called the death rate is also less than virus. The number of active cases are 1,620,” an official release Madrakh (Aligarh), they spotted a trac- Reacting to the police action, Pandit injuries on Wednesday night. him on Tuesday evening. His friends one per cent. It has been pos- of the health department said here. It said of the total cases, tor-trolley loaded with foodgrains. told media persons that he would always A case was registered and efforts returned home in the night but he went sible only due to early detection 1,113 are linked to those who attended a Tablighi Jamaat event Ranjeet requested the driver to give them be ready for the people of his area and were on to identified the assailant. missing after which his family filed a of infected persons and effec- and their contacts. The Jamaat had held a religious congrega- a lift. visit them in times of grief or joy, no mat- Some locals were also detained in complaint. On Thursday morning, tive enforcement of lockdown. tion in Delhi’s Nizamuddin in March and several of those who While they were climbing the trol- ter how much he had to suffer in the this regard on Thursday. Amit’s body was found floating in In hotspot areas, only members attended it and travelled to other parts of the country tested ley, a speeding vehicle, rammed into the name of compliance with law. Elsewhere in , two Khannaut river at Hanumat Dham. The of medical team, sanitisation positive for the virus. trolley from behind, critically injuring Meanwhile in Shamli, the nephew of bodies were recovered from different body was later sent for autopsy and inves- workers and delivery boys are Ranjeet, his wife Ramwati, Dinesh senior leader places on Thursday. tigations were on. allowed,” Additional Chief Veterinary University and Cow “As there is no shortage of Kumar, his wife Sant Kumari and daugh- Secretary Awanish Awasthi Research Institute, Mathura, ventilators and oxygen, the ter Pinki. told media persons in Lucknow Central Drug Research institute patients should be given the Cops from Madrakh police station on Thursday. (CDRI), Lucknow, Indian best treatment at the start. rushed to the spot and shifted the !  $ # #   He said that of the total Institute of Toxicology Review the logistics on a daily injured to hospital where Dinesh Kumar, coronavirus positive cases, 75.5 Research (IITR), Lucknow and basis and ensure the availabil- Sant Kumari and Ranjeet were pro- Lucknow (PNS): A minor boy was sexually assaulted by the under sections 5 and 6 of the Protection of Children from per cent were males and 24.5 Birbal Sahni Institute of ity of protective gears, includ- nounced dead upon arrival while the director of a madarasa in and blackmailed into sub- Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act). The accused was arrest- females. Palaeobotany (BSIP) could be ing PPE, N-95 masks,” Yogi condition of Ramwati and Pinki was mission and silence with threats to share the explicit video ed and sent to jail. On Wednesday, 4,795 sam- considered for utilisation,” stressed. stated to be critical. on social media, Meanwhile, in Chitrakoot, a 24-year-old man drugged ples were tested and 520 pool Awasthi said. The chief minister also A case was registered against the dri- However, when the family members learnt about the a teenaged neighbour with a drink laced with intoxicant and testing of 2,255 samples were The additional chief secre- directed officials to procure ver of unknown vehicle and the bodies incident, they filed a complaint after which the miscreant raped her some time back. He later started blackmailing the carried out, of which 14 were tary said that the chief minis- portable ventilators for emer- were sent for autopsy. was arrested by the police. victim and had his way whenever he wanted for the last one positive. ter also wanted that every divi- gency and make infra-red ther- In Bareilly, home guard Om Prakash As per reports, a 14-year-old boy was studying in a month. Fed up with the torture, the victim accompanied “The chief minister wants sional headquarters in the state mometers available in all dis- Rajbhar attached with madarasa at Muriyapur in Sikandarpur police station area by her brother approached the police and narrated her ordeal all resources of the state to be have a testing lab and one lab- tricts to check migrant labour- Paschim police station was returning of Ballia. Madarasa’s director, Wajid Ali aka Manzil, on Wednesday. An FIR was registered in this connection on used to ramp up testing and oratory to be functional in ers. from duty on Wednesday night. He sodomised the boy for over two months and when he start- Thursday and the miscreant was arrested. efforts should be made in that too. He also said that capable dropped a colleague and as he proceed- ed objecting, the abuser threatened to kill him and defame Elsewhere in Pratapgarh, a 22-year-old girl was found direction so that UP tops in Meanwhile, on Thursday, private nursing homes be ed towards his home, a speeding DCM him by uploading the video on social media sites. However, dead under mysterious circumstances on Thursday. highest number of testing in a Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath allowed to treat COVID-19 truck hit his bike causing instant death. when Wajid Ali tried to force the boy to come to the Poonam (22) of Jagdishpur area under Fatanpur police week. In order to achieve this, directed officials to provide best patients and if a patient want- After the incident, the DCM driver madarasa during lockdown and satisfy his lust, he narrat- station area who was pursuing an under-graduate course testing capabilities of high- medical facilities at the first ed to get treated in such hos- abandoned the vehicle and escaped. ed his ordeal to his family members. went missing last Saturday. After searching her at the hous- level research institutes like stage of treatment of COVID- pital, he/she be allowed after a The police registered a case and sent The victim’s father later reported the matter to the local es of friends and relatives, the girl’s father Rakesh reported Deen Dayal Upadhyaya 19. written request. the body for autopsy. police after which a case was registered against Wajid Ali the matter to the local police.  )("(((/- '<   

  1 .%60 precautions to save our person- personnel. police personnel, who are have nel from coronavirus,” the state “Policemen can contact past history of illness, free he police chief said. this helpline if they have any from frontline duties. Thas ordered over 10,000 Directives have been issued personal problems or if they are “Officers have been asked personal protective equipments to ensure that frontline police worried about their family’s to make a list of personnel and asked cops above the age personnel, especially in hotspot health. It will continue during above 55 years of age and scan of 55 years with health history areas, follow all security proto- the lockdown period for 24 their health history before to stay off the frontline duty cols using PPE kits, masks, hours,” the DGP said. putting them on frontline after 28 of them tested positive. gloves and sanitisers, according For the hotspots, after inci- duties. Director General of Police to Awasthi. dents of clashes with policemen “They have been asked to Hitesh Chandra Awasthi also “We have given money, is reported, the DGP has asked strictly follow these orders to asked district police chiefs to material, direction and guid- to take strict action against the protect subordinates from get- purchase necessary safety kits ance to local police chiefs to guilty including invoking NSA ting exposed to the deadly at local level wherever needed. save our personnel,” he said. against them. virus while performing their “Till Thursday, 28 police- “The districts have to access “The policemen have also duties and further infecting men have been found coron- and purchase things required been asked to remain in their others in the force,” the DGP avirus positive in different dis- and give it to their men.” protective gear and have shields said. It has been specifically tricts of the state,” Awasthi Asked about the number of to save themselves in such sit- told that personnel who are suf- told PTI. personnel under quarantine, he uation,” he said. fering from diseases related to “We have already ordered said: “This number continues In the state, there are over respiration, lungs, heart and 10,000 PPE kits. But due to to change, but we are doing 400 hotspots under 248 police diabetes should be kept free shortage, only 3,000-4,000 kits whatever is possible for saving stations in 57 of the 75 districts from frontline duties. have been received so far. Over our force from the virus.” having over 5.8 lakh houses Those deployed in the 6,000 PPE kits are being pur- A ‘police corona helpline’ and a population of over 34 frontline duties are being chased at the district level,” he has been set up at the DGP lakh, according to the police. briefed to strictly follow stan- *               *        said. headquarters in Lucknow for The DGP said directives dard operating procedures “We have to take extra guidance and counselling to the had been issued to keep those (SOPs) and other instructions. &      "    R  "       1 .%60 loading the app — around 30.68 per cent     of the population. At the second place is ven though the Central and Uttar where 6.87 lakh of the total pop-   >&27& / /   0(1 EPradesh governments continue to appeal ulation of 41 lakh, or 16.47 per cent, have to the people to download Aarogya Setu downloaded the app. here is a serious threat to the survival of thousands of  1 .%60 common man. App so that the Health department may Incidentally, both Gautam Buddha T‘teerth purohits’ in the country due to the lockdown “The common man is scared by monitor the risk of COVID-19, the appeals Nagar and Ghaziabad have high number of over the novel coronavirus pandemic, an office bearer of amajwadi Party president the treatment of the suspected have failed to cut much ice in the state as COVID-19 cases. In Ghaziabad, there are the All India Teerth Purohit Mahasabha said. SAkhilesh Yadav on Thursday COVID-19 patients and confusion only a handful, mostly government employ- 61 coronavirus positive cases while in “In absence of any immediate support from the gov- demanded an immediate special prevails over the number of peo- ees, have downloaded the app. neighbouring Gautam Buddha Nagar, the ernment, the existence of their family is in peril,” Mahesh session of the Uttar Pradesh ple affected by the virus as adequate In a population of around 24 crore in figure stands at 137. Pathak, president of the Akhil Bhartiya Teerth Purohit Assembly to discuss the crisis aris- number of rapid test kits are not the state, only 1.21 lakh have downloaded The two cities in the National Capital Mahasabha, said in a letter to Prime Minister Narendra ing out of the COVID-19 pandem- available,” Yadav said and added,” the app, which is merely 4.84 per cent of the Region (NCR) are trailed by Lucknow Modi. ic. “There is complete lack of coordi- population. The government figure also though it has the highest number of Pathak has requested Modi to grant some relief to The special session would nation in the state administration as shows that around six crore people of the Aarogya Setu App downloads of 7.86 lakh. the priests in the same way the Centre had given to indus- debate over the measures to fight a bus load of coronavirus positive state own smart phones. However, the percentage of download is trial units, traders, daily wage earners, labourers and oth- the pandemic and how to provide patients from Agra were referred to As per figures released by the govern- 13.72 points as the population of the state ers. immediate relief to the people PGI at in district.” ment on Thursday, only four districts — capital is around 57 lakh. The reason for the The Teerth ‘purohits’ earned a meagre amount of Rs worst affected by the crisis, he imposed to prevent the spread of the Yadav said the coronavirus pos- Gautam Buddha Nagar (Noida), Ghaziabad, high number of downloads could be that 10,000-15,000 per month by acting as a guide/custodian said. coronavirus. People are locked itive people were made to wait for Varanasi and Lucknow — have percentage the city has the maximum number of gov- of pilgrims, but tourism is halted ever since lockdown was “The Yogi Adityanath govern- inside their homes yet there is no let hours on streets of Saifai for their figures in double digits while in the rest of ernment employees. imposed, he said. ment should not hesitate in conven- up in the spread of the pandemic,” admission in hospital. 71 districts, the download figures are mea- Varanasi is at the fourth place with Appreciating the prime minister for steps taken by him ing a special session of the state the SP chief said. He said the battle against the gre. 11.25 per cent of the population download- to contain the deadly COVID-19, he said: “Teerth Purohits assembly as two special sessions He said the public health infra- pandemic was going to be a long The Aarogya Setu App launched by the ing the app, followed by Kanpur (8.82 per have contributed in his mission by providing all possible were convened in 2019 to debate the structure of the state was unable to haul and the government was rely- Union government is a tracking app which cent) and Agra (7 per cent). help to stranded pilgrims.” millennium development goals set cope with the crisis caused by the ing only on the bureaucrats. uses smartphone’s GPS and bluetooth fea- On the other hand, the lowest In absence of pilgrimage, their income through acting by UNO and the Constitution Day COVID-19 pandemic and the The SP chief said the opposition tures to track coronavirus infection. downloads have been recorded in as a guide has turned zero, Pathak said, adding that even on November 25’,”Akhilesh Yadav patients having other diseases were parties could give useful suggestions The UP government said that Gautam Shravasti, and Hardoi, where it the priests were also passing through the state of poverty. said here on Thursday. suffering due to the pandemic. to the government in the hour of Buddha Nagar topped the chart with 6.31 ranges between 1.75 per cent and 2.60 per Pathak requested Modi to consider their case sympa- “Over a month has passed since He said the long lockdown had crisis and it would go a long way in lakh people of the 20 lakh population down- cent . thetically and provide them assistance. the nation-wide lockdown was aggravated the crisis faced by the controlling the pandemic. 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The patients includ- ed a 90-year-old resident of he lockdown imposed to Model House and a 30-year- Tcontain the spread of coro- old woman of Phoolbagh area. navirus has added to the woes The lane in Model House of the near and dear ones of where the 90-year-old woman those who died after the pan- resides was sealed while CMO demic hit the country. The urns Narendra Agarwal said he has containing the ashes of those given orders for closure of cremated at Bhainsa Kund cre- Nishat Hospital in Lalbagh mation ground are lying in where the woman was admit- lockers and the near and dear ted. She was later shifted to ones are waiting for the lock- SGPGI where she was said to down to be lifted to immerse be on oxygen support. the ashes in river Ganga at A senior official said that Kanpur or at Sangam in the woman was the mother of Prayagraj district. have around 200 ‘asthi-kalash’ coronavirus victim. There was a private medical practitioner The lockers of the now- stored in these lockers.” the one suspected body this in Model House. “She had desolate Baikunth Dham in caretaker said. As per the week but it was cremated in the been admitted to Nishat Lucknow are brimming with Indian traditions, the immer- crematorium. Hospital where she tested pos- the ‘asthi’ (ashes) as families of sion of the ashes in the river is The Lucknow Municipal itive for Covid-19. Samples the deceased are unable to col- considered to be essential for Corporation’s counter for issu- were also taken from over 22 lect them for immersion in the salvation of the deceased. ing death certificates at the members of her family living holy river. The cremation The caretaker said the Baikunth Dham is not func- in four houses in close prox- ground lies almost empty along number of bodies coming for tional since the imposition of imity. Her daughter-in-law is the river Gomti since the cremation varied every day the lockdown. A middle-aged also a doctor,” he said. nation-wide lockdown came and the space for storing the man sitting outside the LMC He said it was not clear *#         ,         into force. urns containing the ashes was office said, “This office is where she caught the infection The caretaker of the lock- limited. He said very few peo- closed since lockdown started, from because there were few year-old woman tested posi- and Civil hospitals selected for Covid-19 treat- 16. The third one was a 70- ers said that the chests had ple had so far got the permis- nobody from LMC has come patients who came to her son’s tive. She is the mother of a 4- for non-Covid treatment. He ment. year-old, who is a resident of never been so full ever before. sion to move out of the city and here since then. So how will clinic. She might have also year-old. The official said that added that Lok Bandhu and Meanwhile, KGMU dis- Baghpur. He was shifted from He said as per the rituals, the carry the ashes for immersion. people get the death certifi- contracted the infection from details of how the woman Ram Sagar Mishra hospitals charged three coronavirus Saifai Medical College in ashes must be taken directly for The lockers at the Baikunth cates? The priest is noting the maids working at the caught the infection were have been selected for Covid- patients after they tested neg- Etawah. A total of 14 patients immersion in the Ganga river, Dham, or Bhainsa Kund, are down all the details in the reg- house. He said that over 30 being worked out. 19 treatment. ative. Head of Infectious have been discharged from but due to the lockdown, peo- managed by a private firm and ister, so whenever the office houses would be impacted in Meanwhile, District The DM said that Era Diseases Centre (KGMU) Dr KGMU so far. ple are unable to travel. Some people have reportedly request- opens up, death certificates will the area which has been Magistrate Abhishek Prakash Medical College, Integral Himanshu said they included Meanwhile, state surveil- go to Gaya, some go to ed them to keep the ‘asthi be issued then. “Ab to bhaiya sealed. said that KGMU, RML Medical College, TS Mishra a 44-year-old from Sadar who lance officer Vikasendu Prayagraj while some go to kalash’ of their loved ones till lockdown ke baad hi moksh The second case of coro- Hospital and SGPGI have been Medical College, Prasad was admitted on April 15 and Agarwal said that 77 fresh . “The lockers here the time the lockdown is in milega (Now salvation will navirus was detected from selected for both Covid and Medical College and Career a 35-year-old resident of cases took the toll in UP to never used to be packed to the place.The cremation ground attained only after the lock- Phoolbagh area where a 35- non-Covid treatment while Medical College have been Aminabad admitted on April 2,211. capacity. At the moment we has so far not received any down),” he said. / + !      7               /    Lucknow (PNS): Club of Lucknow secretary general    4*   Ravi Bhargava has suggested the opening of MSMEs so that  1 .%60 starts from above,” he said. the sector is able to revive itself.  1 .%60 evolve in the coming days,” he The official said they Bhargava said that the Covid- said. He added that CDRI was ttar Pradesh State Road came up with the idea while 19 pandemic has wreaked entral Drug Research also working on the repurpos- UTransport Corporation having discussions with local havoc on human lives and CInstitute (CDRI) scientists ing of drugs for Covid-19. (UPSRTC) carried out trials engineers and found that it economic activities, causing said the presence of mutant “Currently, there is no drug for automatic sanitiser show- could be implemented in this huge deterioration in future versions of coronavirus is like- available and the whole world er in two buses at Kaiserbagh manner. He said they would economic prospects. ly in Uttar Pradesh considering is searching with various drugs bus station on Thursday. A use it in over 400 buses. However, he said that the study of national data being used for treatment pur- senior official of UPSRTC “We have 18 litres of sani- MSMEs should be allowed to which shows that there are poses. As research scientists, we said passengers entering the tiser. If we give a 40 litre jar in open with all the safety guards. mutant versions in the country. understand the fastest way of buses would be sprayed with a bus, it can be sufficient for “MSME units should be facil- Chief scientist Ravi getting the drug was through alcohol-based sanitiser. 2-3 days on long routes also itated with control measures Shankar said it would be stud- repurposing of drugs and The official said it was one and sanitise several passen- like testing of the employees. ied while carrying out the through the computational amongst the many initiatives gers,” he said. He added that Government should make sequencing of the virus under method, which means studying which they were taking in though they have not estimat- guidelines to adopt control a memorandum of agreement models on the computer, we terms of precautions which ed the cost of this arrange- measures like arrangements of which they have signed with will see how the mutant pro- need to be followed once the ment, but it would not be too hand wash and hand sanitiser, KGMU. “To kill the virus, we teins of the virus will behave in lockdown opens. He said have much. “A minimum of 2-5 ml use of face masks, gloves and need to know everything about a different manner with differ- carried out the trials and of sanitiser will be used every metricular plan to ensure dis- the virus such as the mutation ent drugs,” he said. would now make a detailed time and the sensor and tancing while working in the rate and what is its Achilles The senior scientist it needs presentation in front of senior sanitiser showers will also be office, and engage not more heel. “One of the important to be studied because some of officials at the UPSRTC head- cost-effective,” he added. than 50% of employees. Also, things to know is how the virus these mutations may make the quarters. The official said that they the employees called by mutates. If it mutates very fast, virus less susceptible to some of Elaborating on the man- were also planning seating employers should not be com- it will be very difficult but for- the frontline drugs which we ner in which it works, he said management in the buses after ing from hotspot areas,” he said. tunately the virus does not may like to use for coron- there are sensors on the stair- lockdown and it was in the He added that one must seem to be mutating rapidly. avirus. “Based on the mutation case which are attached to the finalisation process. He said remember that the closure of However, there are 3-4 pre- study and the availability of battery of the bus. “When they were also exploring the units was due to the dominant strains in the coun- drug, we can use some of the someone steps on the stair- use of thermal scanners at bus pandemic and not because of try as per the present data and other drugs in an alternate case, sanitisation showers stations. anything else. we do not know how it will manner,” he said.                            -     #       !" $ 9     &>  / 6 6)) -  Lucknow (PNS): Deputy Chief were affected. “With this chan- %&"! '!) '" !  3    1 .%60 Minister Dinesh Sharma said nel, children can learn two that under the new initiative for lessons every day. This pro-  1 .%60 Prem Narayan, Prince and Meanwhile, a youth was he Department of Posts is e-learning, the students of class gramme will be telecast from 11 Vivek snatched the spade from accused of attempting to rape Treaching out to more than X and class XII (Madhyamik am to 1 pm and there will be a group of men attacked his hand and hit it on his head. a minor girl in Mohanlalganj.      80,000 people in villages and Shiksha) can benefit from the repeat telecast from 4.30 pm to Atheir rival and his family They also hit Kalawati when After a case was registered in remote areas of Uttar Pradesh direct telecast of Swayam 6 pm. Students will be taught in over cleaning of a drain out- she intervened and also this connection, police arrest-  1 .%60 Shantipuram on Talkatora in lockdown everyday. Chief Prabha channel from May 1. a simple manner and videos side their houses in Vikas attacked Rakesh with the shov- ed the accused on Thursday. road and Alambagh. Postmaster General of UP He said the government have been prepared for differ- Nagar on Thursday morning. el before fleeing the scene. The accused, identified as ice-Chancellor Lucknow Head of the department Kaushalendra Kumar Sinha was committed to ensuring ent subjects,” the Deputy CM After the attack, the accused Mohit said he was clean- Rinku aka Kariya of VUniversity Alok Rai Gurnam Singh made a per- said that postmen and ‘gramin that the studies were not said. were said to have absconded ing the drain choked for a Mohanlalganj, was arrested released the university’s first- sonal visit to road and dak sevaks’ in rural areas impacted. He said that the gov- Sharma added that a while the admitted to a longtime. “Prem Narayan and from Gopal Kheda locality. ever virtual cultural magazine apprised the local vendors have disbursed more than Rs ernment was carrying out the helpline (18001805310) has also hospital. his family had a long-standing As per reports, father of titled ‘Hope in the Times of about the safety measures to 140 crore to the needy online learning programme been started by the Secondary Complainant Mohit enmity with us and they used the girl had lodged a com- Covid-19’. The e-magazine is be taken to avoid exposure to through Aadhaar-enabled through many WhatsApp Education department through Kumar Shukla of Secretariat to bully us off and on. They plaint against Rinku on a presentation of the univer- coronavirus and further payment system. With this groups but there were several which the students can get Colony (Sector D) in the area had a good rapport with some Wednesday. He told the police sity students’ myriad perfor- spread. He gave away masks service, the beneficiaries of students who did not have information and they can also said he was cleaning the drain cops at Vikas Nagar police sta- that Rinku also issued threats mances. and gloves to them. He also social security schemes are smartphones and their studies e-mail their reactions. outside his house when his tion and they would often to entire family. The police In a message to the stu- made a visit to the depart- able to withdraw money at neighbour Prem Narayan threaten us with dire conse- also booked him under dents, Rai said that during ment’s rural research centre in their doorstep through post- Shukla objected. While they quences,” he alleged. A police POCSO Act. A team conduct- these times when collective Faizullahganj village and men. Sinha said that this ini- 7 6     indulged in a verbal duel, two spokesman said that a case was ed the raid at Rinku’s house human spirit and enthusi- informed the locals about the tiative is benefiting the poor, members of Prem Narayan’s registered in this connection but he had escaped by then. asm has taken the biggest hit, system and benefits of social disabled, elderly, patients, Lucknow (PNS): The Research Ministry of Railways and family — Prince Shukla and and a manhunt launched for “Later, on a tip-off, a team led the showcasing of talented distancing. farmers and labourers. Design and Standard Alstom Manufacturing India Vivek — joined in. In the the accused. He said the by sub-inspector Bajrang students makes the promise of Meanwhile, a webinar for Director of Postal Organization (RDSO) has Ltd) at Madhepura in Bihar,” he meantime, Mohit’s uncle accused had also been chal- Prasad Gupta nabbed Rinku,” sustaining humanity through engineering students on ‘How Services, Lucknow developed world’s most power- said. He added that all the Rakesh Shukla and his grand- laned under section 188 of the police said. The girl was hope and positivity. to prepare yourself for cam- Headquarter Region, Krishna ful locomotive (WAG 12B of designs were reviewed by mother Kalawati also reached CrPC for violation of pro- sent for medical test and later The e-magazine was pus placements’ was organ- Kumar Yadav said that post- 12,000 hp) which can run at the RDSO to ensure compliance the scene. Mohit alleged that hibitory orders. handed over to her family. released on the eve of ised by Amity University in men are facilitating withdraw- maximum speed of 120 kmph. with IR/RDSO specifications Ayushman Bharat Diwas as a which a senior recruiter from al of money from bank The work was symbolic prayer of health, a private company interacted accounts through AEPS from carried out happiness and prosperity of with students and gave them the kitchen to farms, from the under the guid- 5/       the nation as well as the tips. He said Covid-19 has streets of villages to the boat ance of director world. The magazine has been suddenly changed the entire in the rivers. In coordination general  1 .%60 him and his colleagues, and tionable photo of his friend on conceptualised and visualised employment environment with the district administra- Virendra thrashed them. social media in Gudamba on by director of LU’s cultural and anyone seeking a job has tion, people are being facilitat- Kumar. A ower pilferers attacked a The Para police said a Thursday. Reports said the wing ‘Sanskritiki’ Rakesh to change himself or herself ed to withdraw money by spokesman said Pscribe and his colleague case for rioting while armed accused, identified as Ish Chandra, and edited by Madri according to the current sce- organising camps in various this loco was an when they were covering their with deadly weapons and for Mishra of Sitapur, was staying Kakoti from the department nario. “Now recruiters in schools and panchayat build- ideal choice for misdeed in Para police station causing grievous injuries to in a room at the girl’s house on of Linguistics. every sector are looking for ings. Yadav said that in this hauling longer area on Wednesday. Police the victim was registered rent and both became friends Meanwhile, teachers of workers who can work with phase of the epidemic, postal and heavier arrested four of the attackers. against the accused. “We iden- in due course of time. On the department of Social changing technology and employees are working with freight trains on As per reports, Gyanendra tified the attackers and nabbed April 22, he posted his photo- Work came forward to pro- manage high levels of stress,” dedication while ensuring pre- main line as well as dedicated and practices. The RDSO also Singh of Alambagh, along them around 2 am on graph showing himself with vide masks, gloves and food he said. cautions and social distancing. freight corridor (DFC). “The conducted oscillation trial after with his team, had gone to Thursday,” the police said. the girl on Facebook. When items to street vendors, daily Meanwhile, a webinar He said up to Rs 10,000 can be loco is able to start and achieve which the Chief Commissioner Fatehganj village in Para on Those arrested were iden- the issue came to the notice of wagers, home quarantined was also organised by AKTU withdrawn by a person from 75 kmph balancing speed on Railway Safety recommended Thursday after he was tipped tified as Vinod, Mahesh, the girl, she complained to her families and children affect- under the chairmanship of Aadhaar-linked bank DFC and start and run through the Railway Board for sanction off about power theft in the Surendra Kumar (all of Para) parents and later, they called ed by the coronavirus pan- Vice-Chancellor Vinay account through micro ATMs feeder routes. It has been man- of WAG12B locomotive on area. Singh alleged that when and Kamlesh Kumar of Ish to seek an explanation. It demic in the adopted vil- Kumar. The purpose was to available with postmen and ufactured by Madhepura March 5. The sanction was he was capturing a katiya Alambagh. was alleged that he issued lages — Faizullahganj, Gaur educate the teachers regard- there is no charge for the Electric Locomotive Private obtained on April 28 for oper- connection in his camera, a Meanwhile, a man was threats to them before fleeing Bheet, Naya , Daud ing robotic process service. Limited (a joint venture of ation at 100 kmph. group of youths confronted accused of defaming an objec- the house. Nagar — and other areas like automation.    !"#"#  4  >    

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He said 248 special drive had been samples, including the samples launched on Thursday for of police personnel, had been thermal screening of all cops. sent for testing and the reports He said in suspected cases the                 #     were awaited. swab samples would be sent  .    Dr Shukla said under the for testing. intensive testing drive, more The district magistrate that 12 policemen and two paramedics and police per- areas were being covered and said all police personnel sub-inspectors have tested sonnel, who are on the front sampling had been speeded up deployed in hot spot areas positive for coronavirus in the line in the fight against the           -      in other areas as well. would be provided personal district. deadly virus. Meanwhile, LLR Hospital’s protective equipment and it Since then, the focus of Tiwari said several teams Chief Medical Superintendent would be compulsory to wear the district administration is had been formed for door-to- Dr RK Maurya said that the the PPE on duty on preventing the spread of door identification of coron- reports of the junior doctor and It may be mentioned here coronavirus among doctors, avirus suspects. his 30 contacts who were sus- +        pected to have contracted coro- been issued to ensure full and Municipal Commissioner (north), McRobertsganj, navirus infection were negative. proper care of doctors, resi- Akshay Tripathi said that apart Souterganj, Tilak Nagar, He said a committee had dents and paramedical staff. He from the hotspots, the Kanpur Swaran Jayanti Vihar, Gandhi been formed to streamline the said as a precautionary step, the Nagar Nigam was sanitising Nagar, Ashok Nagar, Rajiv functioning and coordination GSVM Medical College Boys’ every ward in the city. Nagar, Naubasta, Beconganj,     9   among various departments Hostel-3 had been locked down He said on Thursday, the Benajhabar, Colonelganj, Lajpat in the management of coron- and 144 students of NRH had KNN carried out sanitisation Nagar and surrounding areas, avirus suspects. been put in quarantine. drive in Old Kanpur, Gwaltoli, including all hospital and nurs-     C&7&%& Chittupura (Ghanti Mills) was of Gosaipur Mohav. He recent- CHC Shivpur has been stopped He said directives had also Meanwhile, Kanpur Chunniganj, Paramat, Sisamau ing homes as well. also found corona positive. ly boarded a truck which went and the same would now be he heartbeats of the resi- This 40 years old man was to Mumbai and two days ago done at ESI Hospital at Tdents of parliamentary con- familiar to the cops of adjacent after some problems, he visit- Pandeypur. CHC Shivpur will stituency of Prime Minister police outpost. The screening ed ESI Hospital for screening now be used as only quarantine Narendra Modi have increased of two cops found positive and sampling. Out of 60 centre. He said that any person <          in the manner during the last was done two days ago prior to COVID-19 patients in can visit ESI Hospital for exam- six days, the number of positive sealing the outpost. The other Varanasi, 51 are active while ination, screening or OPD con-     .&%7 cials said she had tested posi- even allowed to perform the Dehat had sent him to the COVID-19 patients has new COVID-19 patients are 50 eight have been discharged sultation but the sampling tive for the deadly virus and the last rites. Sarsaul CHC on Wednesday jumped up more than thrice. years old powerloom operator while one has died. With the would only be made of those ity’s prominent wholesale entire family was put in quar- CORONA POSITIVE evening. On Thursday morn- Last week there were just 19 of Jaitpura under same police detection of eight new patients, showing some corona symp- Cmarket in Generalganj antine. YOUTH ATTEMPTS SUI- ing, the youth made an attempt patients but now the number station who was referred to Sir the administration has intensi- toms. reopened on Thursday after President of the CIDE IN CHC: Panic pre- to commit suicide by consum- has increased to 60, with eight Sundarlal Hospital (SSH) in fied its efforts to seal all other The DM also informed remaining closed on Generalganj wholesale traders’ vailed among the medical staff ing sanitiser. When his condi- new corona positive cases. Banaras Hindu University new hotspots. that the SSH is providing Wednesday in protest against association, Ashish Mishra when a coronavirus infected tion became serious, the doc- Earlier the rise was seen main- (BHU) from Jamia Hospital Meanwhile, District telemedicine facilities to the the forcible quarantine of nine and its general secretary Pawan youth admitted in the isolation tors referred him to Kanshiram ly as many came into the con- with some chest infection. Magistrate (DM) Kaushal Raj patients. Earlier, the health members of a family. Gupta had given the call to ward of Sarsaul Community Trauma Centre at Rama Devi tact with those attended For the first time a health Sharma inspected newly-con- teams examined 5792 patients The entire family of a cloth close wholesale markets on Health Centre made an attempt but the doctors there refused to Nijammuddin’s Tablighi Jamaat worker has also been infected structed 100-bed women’s wing in various wards on wholesale merchant was Wednesday in protest against to commit suicide by consum- admit him. He was then sent to Markaz (Delhi) but now a sim- as 50 years old ward boy post- in Government Women’s Wednesday. Out of them 91 forcibly put in quarantine fol- the highhandedness of the dis- ing sanitiser on Thursday LLR (Hallet) hospital. ilar trend is being witnessed as ed at Community Health Hospital at Kabirchaura which were found suffering from gen- lowing reports that a woman of trict and health officials. morning. Superintendent of Sarsaul several COVID-19 patients are Centre (CHC), Shivpur was would be used as new COVID- eral flu, while three were the family who died at a Mishra said when the He was immediately shift- CHC, Dr SL Verma, said the those who came into contact also found positive. He is also 19 suspected patients’ ward. For referred for corona tests. COVID hospital had tested woman was admitted to the ed to COVID hospital of LLR youth was suffering from with affected medicine whole- suffering from diabetes and a the safety of doctors and para- Besides, thermal screening of positive for coronavirus. hospital in a serious condition, (Hallet) Hospital. epilepsy. saler and police personnel. resident under the Lanka police medical staff, the DM has 8022 persons was done. So far, The merchant alleged that her first test report was nega- The youth from Jharkhand Kanpur Dehat District The eight persons who station. The other COVID-19 instructed the Chief Medical thermal scanning of more than when they had admitted the tive but after she died, it was had come to Kanpur Dehat Magistrate Rakesh Kumar were detected positive include patients include 24 year-old Officer (CMO) Dr VB Singh to 2.70 lakh people has been done woman to hospital she was not declared that she had tested some time back. After he test- Singh said efforts were on to three cops of Sigra police sta- Sujabad resident (Ramnagar provide 200 PPE kits there in the district. The DM also infected by coronavirus and positive for coronavirus. He ed positive for coronavirus, ascertain the place and dura- tion posted at police station and police station) who is an immediately apart from ensur- informed that under ‘medicine- after her death, the health offi- alleged that the family was not the health officials at Kanpur tion of his stay in the district. its Nagar Nigam police outpost. employee of earlier found pos- ing regular sanitisation and at-door step’ scheme, 80 deliv- Besides, one postal staff work- itive medicine wholesaler of sufficient masks and medi- ery boys of 38 medical stores ing at Nagar Nigam Post Office Sapt Sagar market and 20- cines there. According to the had distributed medicines to and a resident of Chanduwa year-old truck staff and resident DM, the sampling collection at 10,425 persons at their homes. 5     # ##

KANPUR (PNS): While the fully tapped so that not a sin- During this period, the the overflow, it was necessary district administration, health gle drop of sewage fell into the nullah again started discharg- to pass the rainwater in the 8,;     and pollution control officials river People, including seers, ing sewage in the Ganga, much river by opening the channels are busy in containing the fishermen and boatmen, living to the dismay of local residents. otherwise the overflowing spread of coronavirus, the 128- on the bank of the Ganga were Officials deputed on the sewer would have inundated a   & 'C&7&%& (PIMER Chandigarh). For the trees but in the fast process Prof Dubey said that the year-old Sisamau nullah has upbeat about the success of the job said the Sisamau nullah had large area of the city. BHU unit, Prof SK Dubey of of urbanisation when we cut study would also see the once again started discharging Namami Gange Project as it been tapped in such a way that District Magistrate BR n wake of increasing threats Department of Botany, Institute trees, we have also deprived impacts of various wastes com- sewage into the Ganga after the had helped in reducing the pol- in normal days all its effluent Tiwari said the tapping was Iof worldwide coronavirus of Science, will be the princi- them of their natural homes. ing from hospitals and other recent heavy downpour in the lution in the holy river to a could pass to the sewage treat- designed for normal climatic pandemic, Banaras Hindu pal investigator , while Prof J Many bacteria have their nat- places on the environment, city. great extent. ment plant (STP) but the sys- conditions. He said if the flow University (BHU) will be a part Pandey will be the co-investi- ural homes on such birds and praising the Prime Minister It may be recalled that But the COVID-19 pan- tem failed to bear the load of of the nullah increases due to of select international institu- gator of the prestigious pro- if they fail to get the same, they Narendra Modi for his Clean during the visit of Prime demic and the prolonged lock- excess water. rain, then channels have to be tions to conduct the study of gramme. often shift to other places India Mission as we had seen Minister Narendra Modi about down has kept all district As there are no separate opened so that excess water can various aspects of spreading of ‘The proposed study is not including on human beings,;’ how unhygienic conditions six months back to review the administration, health and pol- channels in the city to control be discharged otherwise the antimicrobial resistance gene. directly related to coronavirus he said, adding that despite our had caused spreading of many progress of the Namami Gange lution control officials busy in rain and domestic water sepa- localities situated under the A major research project has as it is for going through the huge research it is still a fact diseases. project aimed at cleaning river containing the spread of the rately, and even deep sewer line tapping point can be hit by been approved by United aspects of spreading of antimi- that we do not know much He also hailed the efforts of Ganga, the Sisamau nullah was coronavirus in the city. of the city is not able to balance water-logging. Kingdom Research & crobial resistance gene,’ said about 99 per cent bacteria Central Government as unlike Innovation (UKRI, UK) and Prof SK Dubey while talking to being existed in our environ- earlier projects when a scien- Department of Bio-technology ‘The Pioneer’ here on ment. tist lonely visited other insti- (DBT, New Delhi) to work on Thursday. However, he said Though Prof Dubey was tutes abroad for his/her study, "78)3 9:0*      various aspects of spreading of every bacteria existing in our silent on connecting the study this time the team of scientists antimicrobial resistance gene environment has some suitable with coronavirus, the recent from all the participating insti- into diverse environmental place to survive and when we research made in India and tutions of India will visit the conditions. disturb such place, the bacteria China indicates that forcing UK, along with their selected BHU will be one of the shifts elsewhere. Citing an many viruses from their natur- research scholars for the study      #; participating institutions example, he said that we gen- al homes may be dangerous to and in the same manner, the together with Indian Institute erally talk about the environ- humans. scientists and research scholars of Technology (IIT-New mental dangers of deforestation A recent Indian study indi- would also come to these insti-     &11&2&+& Garhwal or places in has come negative. Justice , accepted the applica- Delhi), National but ignore the other aspects of cates that positive coronavirus tutions for exchanging their Uttarakhand where the Ganga Due to being found two tion filed by Chief Standing Environmental Engineering threats. exists among bats but that is not knowledge and findings. Prof. virtual presentation for water was found unadulterat- corona positive patients from Counsel ( CSC) in the registry Research Institute (NEERI), ‘Sometime back we saw dangerous to human beings Dubey said that the govern- Aassessing the medicinal ed, which would help estab- Shankargarh on April 24, of the High Court, seeking Aligarh Muslims University huge number of sparrows, whereas China claims that ment has assured that there importance of Ganga jal in lished the efficacy claim of the health check up of the people time slot for arguments in the (AMU) and Postgraduate crows etc. in our surrounding coronavirus shifted to humans would be no shortage of funds treating COVID-19 patients experts. Gupta, who also living within a radius of three case through video conferenc- Institute of Medical Education areas as they generally live on from bats. in this direction. was made before a 10-member served as member of the expert km are being conducted. On ing and also to file objection in panel of ICMR on Thursday. committee to review Ganga Wednesday, 6008 people were the case. The court on the Senior advocate and Maintenance Protection and tested by 29 teams, and none of application of the CSC, fixed High Court amicus Rejuvenation Bill 2019, which them had any symptoms of May 4, to hear the case of MP. curiae in the Ganga Pollution is soon to be tabled in COVID-19. So far, samples of Afzal Ansari, Member of :*    -" case, Arun Kumar Gupta, who Parliament kicked off a cam- 1223 people of the district Parliament, has writ- is also the brain behind the pro- paign on social networking have been sent for corona test, ten a letter to the Chief Justice posal to make a presentation, sites on April 25, proposing out of which four reports were of high- said that the virtual presenta- Ganga Jal in treating COVID- positive and 887 reports nega- lighting the prohibitory VARANASI (PNS): Divisional he also reviewed the prepara- tion started around 2 pm 19 virus. He also sent propos- tive. Reports of 332 people order banning Azaan (call to Commissioner (DC) Deepak tions being made in all the through Zoom App. ICMR als to the , have not been received yet. prayer) by the district admin- Agrawal flagged off mobile hotspots talking to the District experts put up questions one by Prime Minister, UP Chief Nodal Officer Dr Rishi istration. Automated Teller Machine Magistrate, Senior one on the facts and slides pre- Minister and other authorities Sahai said that more than 2500 In a letter dated April 26, it (ATM) here on Thursday to Superintendent of Police and sented. He said that after the for consideration, after which students came here in Prayagraj was stated in the letter that assist customers during the Municipal Commissioner. He presentation, the ICMR panel a detailed presentation of from Madhya Pradesh on everyone has been diligently lockdown. He said that the also asked about the ongoing comprising experts from the claims was sought by ICMR on Thursday. And teams have following the coronavirus mobile ATM will reduce the process of sanitisation and field of medicine as well as the April 26, followed by the pre- been formed to conduct ther- induced lockdown in the entire need to move out of the local- spraying in different areas. He the Bhabha Atomic Research sentation made today. mal screening for all of them, district and prayers and gath- ity to withdraw cash. Circle stressed the need for supply of Centre (BARC), Mumbai, NASAL SWAB OF 293 he added. Meanwhile, four ering in mosques or any other head (HDFC Bank) Manish essential items smoothly in sought time for their final PEOPLE TAKEN: The nasal infected corona patients have religious places continue to be Tandon was also present on the various areas and added that comments on the issue. swab of as many as 293 people been admitted to Level-1 Covid prohibited but azaan was occasion. The locations for ing social distancing while drawal and other facilities as we social distancing should be According to sources in the who came to Prayagraj from Hospital, CHC. Of allowed in every mosque deployment of mobile ATM are queuing for the ATM and sani- stand together to curb the maintained strictly. Then DC ICMR not wishing to be different cities were taken from them, three are from Prayagraj throughout the state and other being identified in consultation tisation are being taken to spread of COVID-19,’ said and IG (Range) visited some of named, once the facts were different places here on and one female patient is from parts of the country. The let- with all local municipal author- ensure safety of staff and cus- branch banking head (HDFC the hotspots and saw the found acceptable by the panel Thursday. All samples were Pratapgarh. ter stipulates that all of a sud- ities across the city. The mobile tomers at the mobile ATM. Bank) Akhilesh Roy. arrangements there. He also of experts, permission for sent to the Microbiology Lab of HC FIXES MAY 4 TO den from April 24 onward, it ATM will be operational in ‘During this difficult time, Earlier, DC Deepak stopped some passers y and human trial will be given after Motilal Nehru Medical College HEAR PIL: The Allahabad was found that the azaan from each location for a specific we want to do our part to help Agrawal, along with Inspector asked about why they were which pure Ganga Jal would be for corona test. Most of the High Court on Tuesday fixed mosques is prohibited by local period. During this period, everyone helping them stay General (IG) Vijay Singh moving on the roads during the administered to patients with people whose samples were May 4, to hear the letter, administration and police and the mobile ATM will cover 3- home and stay safe. Our mobile Meena inspected Integrated lockdown. Besides, he also dis- COVID-19 infection. These taken have come from corona treating it PIL , filed by Afzal that if anyone dared to make 5 stops in a day between 10 am ATM facility will help our cus- Command Control Centre tributed biscuits and chocolates sources said that the human tri- dominated cities like Mumbai, Ansari, Member of Parliament azaan they would be booked and 5 pm. All necessary pre- tomers and the general public (ICCC) located COVID-19 among the children at some als are expected to be conduct- Surat, Delhi etc. In the sample from Ghazipur. The bench under the National Security cautions in terms of maintain- get access to easy cash with- War Room and by sitting there, places. ed in hospital around Pauri sent recently, the report of 16 presided over by the Chief Act.    !"#"# 

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8PSS@TQPI9@IU  -.)/(*  2,600 ration kits had been of the bank, Vimal Kumar Gupta said that due to the 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $. 0(#+ kits, masks, sanitisers and oxy- resources Apart from it he works Arun was declared given by the bank. Manager of Dubey, Brijesh Mishra, Neetu implementation of lockdown to gen etc. For it Additional had also prepared a presenta- ‘Corona Warrior of the Day’ of n view of the nationwide Kotak Mahindra Bank, Chaturvedi, and check spread of coronavirus n view of the country-wide General Manager (AGM) Amit tion of 48 pages manual for Izzatnagar division. In order to Ilockdown implemented to Robertsganj branch, Vimal others were present. infection 200 ration kits were Ilockdown in force to prevent Kumar Agarwal, honoured training regarding e-office boost the morale of its per- check the Covid-19 infection Kumar Dubey, said that the An earlier report said in made available to the District Covid-19 infection officers and him with the ‘Corona Warrior which will facilitate the railway sonnel during the lockdown district headquarters-situated DM S Rajalingam had been order to help the poor and Magistrate S Rajalingam for the employees of North Eastern of the Day’ Award. Likewise employees in e-office work. For period the railway adminis- Kotak Mahindra Bank pro- provided 1,300 ration kits for helpless facing problems dur- needy. They comprised two kg Railway (NER) besides dis- Kamal Singh, working as it he was declared the ‘Corona tration will continue to hon- vided ration kits to the district distribution to the needy. Each ing due to the ongoing lock- rice, one kg flour. 300 grams charging their duties and were reservation supervisor at Warrior of the Day’ of our them for their com- administration for the helpless kit contained five kg rice, flour down people are coming for- lentil, one kg salt, one kg pota- taking various measures to Divisional Commercial . mendable work. The railway and poor. On Thursday 1,300 and pulse each, one kg oil, ward and lending a helping to, a mask, a soap etc. DM S prevent coronavirus infection. Control Office, Varanasi, Likewise Sushil Kumar administration is proud of such ration kits were provided to the potato and salt each besides hand to them. In the same Rajalingam thanked the HDFC district administration by spices. District Magistrate S sequence on Wednesday as Bank for their making the Kotak Mahindra Bank for dis- Rajalingam appreciated the many as 200 ration kits were materials available for the tribution among the needy. bank for providing ration mate- made available to the district needy. On the occasion HDFC Reports said that 1,300 ration rials to the needy during the administration by the HDFC branch manager Ajay Kumar kits had been made available to lockdown period. For this the Bank situated at district head- Gupta, Ravindra, Arun the district administration by DM thanked the bank. On the quarters for them. HDFC Bank Shashank, Harshit, Arvind the bank earlier too. So far occasion the branch manager branch manager Ajay Kumar Diwakar and Jyoti were present.  $ // #

8PSS@TQPI9@IU  /)* uted these lunch packets were   /' 0' 1  #' / '       '  '     ' " #  '  / ' 23  1' Ankit Agnihotri, Anil Singh,rajat 1  '   - *    . "  . LA from Banda Prakash seth, swadesh Gaurav Shivhare MDwivedi said that he had Golu, Mahendra Singh, VP distributed 300 ration kits Srivastava and Rahul Dwivedi. Apart from them works of remained present at his work- Arun, working as senior sec- personnel. among the needy and poor Talking to The Pioneer the MLA humanitarian aid are constantly place during this difficult peri- tion engineer /TRD, Izatnagar, people in Dheeraj Nagar in the said that he was interacting with being carried out by the railway od and fed cancellation of visited the Badaun depot dur- "/,.4  &  city and and Mavai village in these poor and needy people personnel during the lock- trains run from division from ing the lockdown period settled Banda Vidhan Sabha on about other grievances. He said down period. As a result rail- March 23 to April 14 in the the TRD works which helped During the nationwide Thursday. He said that those that the redressal of their other dif- way employees of headquarters PRS and informed the pas- the electrification work of the lockdown period while con- who distributed these ration ferent kinds of problems was also and divisions are being hon- sengers throught SMSes. The division a lot. Due to the coor- tactless wash basin and con- kits were MLA Raj being done. MLA said that his aim oured by the NER administra- details of rake, attendance of dination established by him tactless handwash spray Karan Kabeer, former presi- was that no one should be left tion by being declared ‘Corona employees, list of Covid parcel with foot patrolling was start- machines were being made dent, BJP, Purushottam Pandey, *   1                hungry in entire Banda Vidhan Warriors of the Day’ every special trains during the lock- ed through TDMS App in the and intermediate overhauling Pushkar Dwivedi, Pankaj  ' !'    Sabha area. He said that he was day. In this sequence on April down period and the status of division. He also removed the of coaches was also being done. Raikawar, Rajesh Gupta, informed about the erratic water 28 four railway workers were download of Aarogya Setu obstacles in the execution of During this period a total of Santosh Rajput, Rohit Nandan distributed on Station Road, Lines, Bangalipura, Kalu Kuwan, supply in city area. MLA Dwivedi declared the ‘Corona warrior app by employees etc were pre- railway electrification work 1,845 coaches were checked on the Tiwari, Rahul Singh, Manish Chhawani, Ramlila Road, Dheeraj Nagar, Jawahar Nagar, said that he has directed execu- of the day’, CPRO Pankaj pared by Singh on an Excel being carried out by Rail pit line and 77 others were main- Raikawar, Anurudha Tripathi, Rahuniya, Khutla, Khaipar, Swaraj Colony, Jail Road, Karbala, tive engineer, Jal Sansthan, to Kumar Singh said. Reports sheet. He was adjudged the Vikas Nigam Limited in tained on the sick line. A total of Uttam Goel, Rambabu Nishad, Chhoti Bazar, Noniya Mohal, Shukul Kuwan, Sarvodaya Nagar, ensure supply of drinking water to said that Santosh Kushwaha, ‘Corona Warrior of the Day’ of -Bareilly rail section 152 wagons were also maintained. Ravi Singh and Ramkhiladi Katra, Padmakar Chauraha, Muktidham Road, Jheelkapurwa entire city area and get all defec- working as office superinten- for these during the lockdown period. During the lockdown cleaning and Sahu. He said that apart from , Peeli Kothi, Roadways and Maharana Pratap Chauraha tive hanpumds of the city dent in Deputy Chief Materials commendable works. Shivam During this period along with repair of 1,672 bio-toilet chambers it 5,000 lunch packets were also bus stand, Gayatri Nagar, Civil on Thursday. Those who distrib- repaired on priority. Manager/ Depot, Mittal, who works as junior the Badaun depot Sushil fitted in coaches were carried out headquarters, made his sig- clerk at the IT centre, Lucknow, Kumar Arun also discharged at various coaching depots of nificant contribution either during the lockdown period the duty as TRD supervisor of NER. In addition 134 premium from home or office in the supported the officers and Kasganj due to which suc- rakes were tested for goods traffic =       purchase of essential items employees to work on the e- cessful execution of the electric at Freight Depot, Gonda, and and related to Covid-19 infection of office portal as per their train operations was done on rolling in and rolling out tests of 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  -.)/(*  Zila Seva Chief Ajit Rawat. The railway hospital like personal requirement through various Kasganj-Kalyanpur railway sec- 1,228 trains were done, CPRO district president, Ajit Chaubet, protective equipment (PPE) traditional communication tion. For these commendable Pankaj Kumar Singh said. he district president of said that since lockdown was TBharatiya Janata Party implemented Ajit Rawat was (BJP) Ajit Chaubey contacted given the responsibility of zila    D  : the divisional presidents of seva chief. He said the work of Myorpur and Babni, the most delivering Namo kits had been remote area, during the lock done in 21 divisions in the   down and came to know about entire district. He said that the the need for Namo kits and face BJP was committed to ensuring 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  0(,1#+ 0(4 , cover for needy people there. that no one remained hungry Thereafter the Namo kits in the county. All the division- he police arrested three persons which were prepared at the BJP al presidents had downloaded Tbelonging to Haripurgrant No 10 village while office were made available to the needy by district president Ajit Chaubey along with his the Aarogya Setu app. manufacturing liquor here recently. The person- nel seized 20 litres of illicit liquor, equipment used for making it and urea fertiliser used in it. 6   Inspector incharge Ashok Kumar said that a case        was registered against them for violation of lock- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1(./ down guidelines and under Excise Act.Meanwhile 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1, 2#+ of the area during the ongoing incharge of Jumuan police out- Dharmendra Singh, a resident of Bajpur village was nationwide lockdown period. post Sachchidanand Rai uring a drive launched on arrested with 22 pouches of illicit liquor from Sutiya o serve the needy during Sanjay Jaiswal, who represents reached on the spot along with Dthe directive of Nullah by SSB jawans along with police on being Tlockdown period the dis- Katra Bajirao ward, prepared his team, brought down his Superintendent of Police tipped off by an informer recently. Besides Chandan, trict unit of legal services packets of edible items which body down and completed the Manilal Patidar the Ravi and Sunil were caught with 60 pouches. SO authority was not only trying to included potato, rice, flour, legal formalities. team constituted by inspector Sandeep Singh said that a case was registered against        /           2    creating awareness about pre- mustard oil and spices and sent incharge Mahobakanth Vinod all four of them under the Excise Act.  '          cautions to be taken to keep them to the house of the needy.   '  Kumar arrested one accused themselves safe from coron- Through his well-wishers he along with 10 litres of liquor avirus but also helping them by inquired about the houses in Vindhyachal police has near Tolapatar turn in '  /  /   providing food items. The which the food could not be registered an FIR against some Tolapantar village on authority selected some boat- cooked and without delay sent persons, including two named, Wednesday. According to a men and packets of food items the packets there and assured for manhandling a team report received here, said that 8PSS@TQPI9@IU -((3()#+ under these circumstances it phone number of Dr OP inside a toilet under suspi- were distributed among them by more help, if needed. Reports engaged in sanitisation work the accused identified as was difficult for people to con- Gautam, incharge telemedi- cious circumstances there in a its secretary, Amit Yadav, by said that so far more than 300 and creating obstacles in gov- Prakash Rajput (28), son of istrict Magistrate Indra sult a doctor about their gen- cine centre, Nagar Nigam, was dhaba in Jalalalabad tehsil. maintaining social distancing at packets of food items had been ernment work. According to Dashrath years, a resident of DVikram Singh issued nec- eral ailments at the nearest pri- 8299738528. Besides Mridul On getting information Visunderpur Ghat. The packets donated to the needy. Talking information, sanitisation work Parapantar village under the essary instructions to the mary health centre, communi- Saxena (mobile number police reached the spot, took included one towel, two kgs of with The Pioneer he said that was going on in Kantit locali- Mahobkanth police station in authorities concerned in the the body of the deceased into flour, biscuits and soap. The some more people had ty. The team appealed to the , was arrested Covid- 19 Core Committee custody and sent it for the post- judicial officers,including offi- promised to extend their coop- people to go inside their hous- with 10 litres of illicit liquor. A meeting held at the mortem examination. ciating district judge, Bhagawati eration, he added. es. Ignoring the appeal of the case was registered against Collectorate office room. He According to informa- Prasad Saxena, and ADJ Achche sanitation workers some anti- under Section 60 of the Excise said that women officers would tion, Satyaraj (40), a native of Lal Saroj, appealed to the gath- #   social elecments created a nui- Act as per rules. The police hear complaints of members of Juhi district in Nepal, worked ering to follow the lockdown sance there. On the application team which made the arrest fairer sex in the control room. at a dhaba in Jalalabad. On the norms to check the spread of A youth ended his life by of Ramesh, a sanitation work- were sub-inspector Sachin He said that it had come to said night he slipped inside the pandemic. hanging himself in Aahi village er, a case was registered under Kumar and constable Dilip notice that women hesitated in toilet and died. When the here on Thursday. According to the Sections 143, 353, 504, Kumar. Meanwhile personnel sharing their problems with a owner of the hotel opened the  '   # a report, Saurabh Yadav (23), 188, 269 and 270 of the IPC. of all police stations on male officer. Keeping this fact toilet door in the morning he son of Ram Narain Yadav, a res- NPP chairman Manoj Jaiswal Wednesday during foot patrol in mind, the women officer found the work lying dead Member Nagar Palika ident of Aahi village under the said that improper behaviour made people aware of novel would now receive the call of there. The matter was report- Parishad (NPP) board Sanjay Kachhawan police station, with any employee of Nagar coronavirus, lockdown guide- women so that they could tell ed to the police. Jaiswal was serving the poor hanged himself from the neem Palika would not be tolerated at lines and importance of wash- their problems properly. He Thereafter kotwal Ravi with his own resources with the tree adjacent to his house at 5 any cost and those creating a ing hands and masks in areas also said that while calling the Kumar and circle officer (CO) help of some Good Samaritans am. On getting information nuisance would not be spared. under their jurisdiction. control room they should men- Brahmapal Singh reached with tion that they wanted talk to the ty health centre, district hos- 9451976931) had been nomi- the spot along with police team woman officer. Singh said that pital or private hospital. nated as assistant incharge. force. Kotwal Ravi Kumar said  $ /     Covid-19 (Integrated Control However, through telemedi- Through telemedicine 357 per- that it seemed that he had after Room) number 05842-222273 cine all such people could seek sons had contacted Nagar consuming alcohol. However, District Hospital and 05842- advice through mobile phone, Nigam centre so far. the matter would become clear 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  /)* parts of the city and in Paduee Pailani police station. The fam- consumed some poisonous 220017, 05842-220018 and he said. The doctor would after getting the post-mortem and Madhopur village. She ily members of the victim, substance in Saunta Syodha vil- 05842-220019 had been estab- send the names of the medi- #  examination report. tate Mahila Ayog member said that those who distributed Sangeeta, wife of Duryodhan, lage under the Girwan police lished. In view of corona pan- cines prescribed to the person Police has sent the body of SPrabha Gupta said that she these ration kits and masks took her to the district hospi- station and was admitted to demic outbreak lockdown was concerned via The body of a worker who the victim for the post-mortem had distributed 144 ration kits were Saurabh Gupta, Pankaj tal Banda for treatment where district hospital Banda for the in force across the country. SMS/WhatsApp. The cell worked in a dhaba was found examination. among poor and needy in Bagvan, Mamta Pandey, she was declared dead. Police treatment. In third incident a Paduee and Madhopur villages Jagdeesh Pal, Shivam Savita, said that her husband was a 30-year-old woman Uttara in Mahuwa block and different Sanjay Nigam Akela, Arun labourer in Surat and could not Singh gulped a toxic substance parts of the city. These areas in her house in Divali village ' #   #/  included Aliganj, under the Naraini police sta- Chungi, Chhoti Bazar, tion. She was also admitted to Kailashpuri, Police Lines, district hospital Banda for 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '()*+, received here, Sushil Kumar    ' daughters. His eldest daughter, Zaraili Kothi and Kalu Kuwan. treatment. The condition of (17), son of Nandlal, a resident /  Resham Prajapati (19), was a Talking to The Pioneer Prabha both the victims was stated to teenaged boy suffered elec- of Shivpur village, was a student student of class XII. On the said Gupta said that two dozen be out of danger, last reports Atric shock and became of class VIII at a junior high Upset at being scolded by evening she had a dispute with ration kits were also distributed received here said. unconscious when he switched school in Barauda. After he her father in Rampur her younger sister, Pooja, over among the eunuchs in different off the table fan switch in woke up on the fateful morn- Chamrahi village under the wearing clothes. The two sisters parts of the city on Wednesday. '    Shivpur village under the Ilya ing, he went to switch off the Baburi police station area, a started quarrelling over the Gupta said that her aim was to police station. On seeing the table fan in the room. As soon class XII student consumed issue. At this their father scold- serve the poor and needy peo- A teenaged girl sustained shocking spectacle his family as he touched it he received a poison at night. When her ed them. Upset with father’s ple during the lockdown peri- burns while she was cooking members of rushed him to the shock and fell on the ground, condition deteriorated his fam- scolding, Resham consumed od. She said that when she                   food here recently. According District Joint Hospital in After some time when his ily members admitted her to poison. After some time her- found that more than four         !  to a report, Sakshi (14), daugh- Chakia. After investigation the father went to his room for the District Joint Hospital in health started deteriorating. In dozen poor people and ter of Veerendra, sustained doctors declared the teenager some work he was shocked to Chakia where she died during a hurry her family members eunuchs did not have ration Nigam, Ravindra Gupta, Vikas return to the village due to the burns while she was cooking dead. On getting information find his son lying on the treatment here. On getting took her to the District Joint cards she spoke to the DSO and Singh, Ram Krapal Sahu, nationwide lockdown. Police food and her clothes caught fire police reached the spot, took ground in an unconscious state. information police reached the Hospital in Chakia where she urged him to do the needful. Rambabu Gupta, Satyendra said that she committed suicide due to leakage in the gas pipe. As the body of the teenager into He tried to wake him up but spot on Tuesday, took the body died during treatment. On Gupta said that she was also Gupta, Amit Gupta and Ravi by consuming water in which a result she sustained burns custody and sent it to the dis- when he did not respond he of the deceased into custody receipt of information, police talking to the needy and poor Gupta. had mixed glass after crushing and was admitted to district hos- trict hospital for the post- was taken to the District Joint and sent it for the post-mortem reached the spot and took the about their other problems it and she was depressed. The pital Banda for treatment. Her mortem examination. Hospital. Circle Officer (CO) examination. body into their custody. After and efforts were being made to   police had taken her body into neighbours rushed to her rescue Pandemonium reigned Neeraj Patel said that the body According to a report necessary action the body of solve then as well. Gupta said custody possession and sent it and somehow extinguished the supreme when the news of his of the teenager was taken into received here, Girija Prajapati, the deceased was sent to the that she that she also distrib- A 30-year-old woman for the post-mortem examina- flames. The girl who sustained untimely and tragic death custody and sent to the district a resident of hospital in Chandauli uted 200 face masks among the committed suicide in her house tion. In another incident 25- burns was admitted to district reached his family members. hospital for the post-mortem Chamrahi village under the for the post-mortem examina- poor and needy in different in Badagav village under the year-old woman Krashna Devi hospital in Banda. According to a report examination. Baburi police station, has three tion.     !"#"# 5"6 & (*   ! " >   8    "#R 2!424             $// 5'('+ 5++5%? 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Tcommittee formed by the here, the Health Department ted to the Hallett hospital in Bengal Government has come also said that the total number Kanpur in a critical condition. out with specific guidelines children in the age group 0-12 According to reports, the for issuing death certificates in who are Covid-19 patients youth is a resident of Jharkhand suspected corona related cases. opposition parties for subject- want the workers returning stands at 142. Corporation has threatened to ment has been set up. The and had been intercepted by According to the new ing certificates of death for home to be tested at the source A total of 48 Covid-19 seal business units for three essentials for people in the the police two days ago. He was guideline the certificate must corona patients to a final deci- of their journey. Besides they patients were discharged from months if they didn’t follow containment zone will be pro- made to undergo medical contain the “immediate,” sion from the designated death will also be tested when they various hospitals in the State social distancing norms and vided. Whereever water supply screening and tested positive “antecedent,” and “underlying audit committee, Bengal enter Bengal, the official said. taking the total number Covid- other regulations to curb was an issue, water tanks would for corona after which he was causes” of the death, State Government also proffered jus- Meanwhile, though there 19 cured to 1,258. spread of coronavirus. be installed, he said. put in the isolation ward on Chief Secretary Rajiva Sinha tification behind the formation was no direct word from the The number of active cases According to According to him, around Thursday morning. said on Thursday claiming 77 of the said committee saying State Government sources said is at 1,035. Commissioner G Prakash, spe- 1,250 samples are being tested Hours later, the youth out of the 105 deaths were trig- the death audit panel had Chief Minister Mamata According to the state- cial teams would be formed to a day and the number will be drank the sanitiser and his gered by other serious ail- helped not only understand the Banerjee had expressed ment, the total number of sam- ensure following of social dis- raised to 2,000 a day. There are condition started deteriorating. ments. Co-morbidity hastened trends of the disease but also anguish over the opening up of ples tested on Thursday was tancing norms to curb coron- 22,000 beds quarantine facili- Meanwhile, Hallett hospi- their deaths, he said implying facilitated line of treatment. In the Indo-Bangladesh border 9,787, taking the tally till date avirus infection. ty in the state. tal chief medical superinten- there by that Bengal had so far days to come the studies con- for trade. to 119,748. The corporation will For admitting the mild dent Prof R K Maurya said that witnessed 33 deaths where ducted by the committee could Border trade started from With the Covid-19 patients deploy resources in a focussed cases, another 22,000-bed quar- the condition of the youth was corona virus was the sole fac- prove helpful in a systematic Thursday at Petrapol and increasing in the State capital, manner and a separate team for antine facility will be readied in critical. tor of the death. analysis of the disease. Benapol borders sources said. the Greater Chennai containment zone manage- 15 days. IANS Sarsaul community health Bengal witnessed 37 new Deliberating on the repa- Notwithstanding the con- corona cases in the past 24 triation of migrant labours cern expressed by the Chief hours, Sinha said adding 50 stuck up in various states the Minister over the way the bor- people were discharged from Chief Secretary said that things ders were opened for trade  / /  /  3  hospitals in the past one day would have to be done in a without taking the State “leaving 572 active cases in the phased and planned manner so Government into consideration state.” The State had witnessed that there was no chaos creat- local sources said the hundreds &    .6 2 died of a massive heart attack far Dubai-based media attribute and ships. It also got terminal channels. 33 deaths with 11 people suc- ed at the borders. of trucks and their drivers away from home in Dubai. But the suicide to financial crisis operations – storage and han- Father Joshy Valiplackal, an cumbing to the disease in the “The Government is clear stranded on both sides of the oy Arakkal, the Dubai-based the Dubai Police announced on faced by Joy over the last couple dling of bulk cargo to be trans- associate of Joy Arakkal, said he past one day, he said. The on its stand that no one will be border would not be allowed to J54-year-old oil tycoon from Thursday that the business of months. ported by road tanks and ships had taken 40 percent shares and State which currently had 13 allowed into the 444 contain- enter the respective countries. Kerala’s Wynadu district com- baron committed suicide by According to an auditor – with four storage facilities served as a director of Wam Tea, functional laboratories had ment zones inside the state in “Truck-to-Truck loading mitted suicide on April 23 in the jumping from his 14th floor based in Dubai, Joy’s company Sharjah, Dubai and Dammam. a company promoted by the tested 14,620 people out of which case those who may be and unloading is taking place Business Bay of the oil kingdom. office building in Business Bay. is engaged in trading and repro- Joy was in the news in 2019 Congregation of St Theresa which 1,397 people were test- allowed to return in hordes at the “zero point” with the Joy, a philanthropist shot into Joy had hogged the limelight cessing of petroleum and petro- when the UAE Government priests to help 500 small tea ed in the past 24 hours, he could land in trouble as they clearing under the supervi- fame following his decision to when he built a 40,000 sq ft chemical products. With refiner- conferred him with a ten-year growers of Wayanad. “He also maintained adding 10,773 peo- will not be able to reach their sion of the clearing agents,” a build houses for those who lost palace in Wayanadu, described ies in Sharjah and Ras al Gold Card Visa. Arakkal Palace, had plans to set up a large poul- ple were in home quarantine home if that falls in the con- local source said adding the everything in the 2018 floods in as Kerala’s biggest house. Joy was Khaimah in the UAE and the 45,000 sq ft house he built in try farming project for the needy and 5288 had been had been tainment zones,” he said adding drivers and other staff of the Waynadu district. Matters India, the managing director of petro- Dammam in Saudi Arabia, the Wayandu is a visual wonder people of the area,” the priest kept in government quarantine “a planning will have to be either countries will not be a Church sponsored news por- chemical trading giant Innova firm has been supplying lubri- which had been featured by said. The tycoon is survived by facilities. done for such a big exercise.” allowed to enter the respective tal had reported that Hoy had Refining and Trading FZE. cants to automobiles, industries national and international TV wife and two sons. Under attack from the The Government will also countries.

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Covid-19 positive cases, taking the them had approached him to play celebrated — not only holding his Trecovery rate of Covid-19 patients has days in Punjab. The issue of migrant workers total number of positive cases to 422. Polonius in the version of own but calibrating his good humour increased to 25.19 per cent, while the doubling Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has rattled the Nitish Government Two new Covid-19 positive cases Hamlet. And he was ever eager to as an antithesis to the anger and fury rate of positive coronavirus cases has gone up had earlier said that the rate of growth of new after his UP counterpart has managed have been reported in Uttarakhand understand the new ways of the of other muscular heroes and bal- to 11 days. At least six States and Union cases in the country is steadying. Before the lock- to tackle this crisis with a fair degree on Thursday; the total number of world, though he might not have ancing the film out in the end. This Territories have reported a doubling rate of 20 down, India’s doubling rate was about 3 days. of success. positive cases in the State is now 57, agreed with them. He said how the egolessness took Rishi far, even dur- days and above, with Himachal Pradesh taking On the mortality rate due to coronavirus in Kumar also took exception to says Uttarakhand Health Department. brothers lived in their own den but ing the bad lump of meaningless films the lead. the country, Agarwal said that the current case Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi would assemble in this sitout in the in the 80s and early 90s, and helped “The progressive recovery rate of Covid-19 fatality rate is 3.2 per cent for Covid-19 in the Adityanath’s decision to send hun- 7&21+/B%0/+&1. evenings, ruminating over life and him form an enduring partnership patients in the country now stands at 25.19 per country, with 65 per cent of it males and 35 per dreds of buses to bring back strand- good times. And how he loved the with Bachchan. Call it fate but one of cent, which was 13.06 per cent 14 days ago,” Joint cent females. ed students, saying it goes against the 676G 6C 7/CC&1 simple things in life and never had his last films with him was 102 Not Secretary at the Union Health Ministry Lav “If we divide it on basis of age, then 14 per “principles of lockdown”. The Nitish regrets, even if he had to run around Out where the senior Bachchan Agarwal said at a Press conference here. cent case fatality was seen below 45 years, 34.8 Government has maintained the “One of the things that annoys me trees with beautiful girls in the heart- teaches his 60 something son that Doubling time means the number of days per cent between 45-60 years and 51.2 per cent move is completely against the prin- is the level of inequality. A lot of throb roles that he played in the early hope is a decision and old age was not it takes for the Covid-19 cases to duplicate. case fatality at above 60 years,” he said. ciples of social distancing and lock- social change required in India. part of his career. “People are paying about being morose. Rishi excelled in Agarwal cited data saying that coronavirus cases Agarwal further said that the recovery rate down, which alone can contain coro- Different States save different issues. entertainment tax to be entertained portraying the hopelessness and lack in Assam are doubling in 59 days, Telangana in for Covid-19 has improved from 13.06 per cent navirus at the moment. A blanket solution will not work for and I cannot disrespect that even if of self-worth in his sunset years, 70.8 days, Chhattisgarh in 89.7 days and to over 25 per cent in the past 14 days. The Nitish Government was also India. But there is an element in our there were not much acting chops though he was more than spirited in Himachal Pradesh in 191.6 days. “8,324 Covid-19 patients, which is 25.19 per left red-faced after it emerged that the governance system of control. You involved. Kapoors are for the aam real life. That’s how we would like to Besides this, Karnataka is witnessing dou- cent of the total cases, have recovered so far,” he State authorities issued a special cannot control Covid-19. But I think aadmi and we don’t build an image of remember Rishi, as the loveable, car- bling in 21.6 days, Ladakh in 24.2 days, Haryana added. travel pass to a local BJP MLA to this is historic, even before the ourselves to stay relevant,” he had nivorous Daddu in Kapoor $ Sons, in 24.4 days, Uttarakhand in 30.3 days and Replying to a question on testing protocol, bring back his daughter from the British. That is one of the challenges said. chewing on to every pleasurable pur- Kerala in 37.5 days. he said that as of now we have to use RT-PCR Rajasthan town during the lock- we are facing,” Rahul replied. Indeed, Rishi had played to the suit that life has to offer. Or the proud Delhi saw doubling in 11.3 days, whereas test only for testing and treatment. down. Rajan said it was “all too easy to gallery all his life. He first emerged Muslim father in Mulk, who much Another reason why Kumar does have a lockdown forever”, but that as the chocolate boy hero with a twin- like Rishi, was a proud Indian before not want the entry of migrants in such would not be sustainable for the kle in his eye. His colourful jerseys, a religious stereotype. large numbers is protests by residents. economy. his swag, a heart-warming smile and But then the actor always sur-    4  The Maharashtra Government “We need to be cleverer in lifting a winsome tilt of the head made the prised us and himself with his rare has set up an office here to help the lockdown. We need to open up in nation’s girls go weak in the knees. In ability to push himself under the migrant workers, pilgrims, tourists a measured way as India does not fact, it was his lover boy charm that limelight. “People never expected +"" /  /  and students from the state, who are have capacity to feed people for long. stereotyped him at a time when for- Rishi Kapoor to turn a visceral villain stranded in some other states due to We have to manage the reopening so mula was trusted and out-of-the-box onscreen as Rauf Lala. I had done  '  >>+& end the current uncertainty in ing a member of either of the the lockdown. when there are cases we isolate them,” thinking was risky business. In that very little externally except the net the State”. Houses. Rajasthan was the first off the he said. sense, Rishi had a far tougher job at vest, my hair, beard and the kohl- n what came as a big relief for In his letter to the Election In the normal course, the block, ferrying out around 40,000 This is the first in a series of hand to prove his versatility within rimmed eyes. The rest was my inter- IChief Minister Uddhav Commission, the Governor Election Commission was to migrant workers since morning. Of video-dialogues of Rahul with intel- the range of a romantic hero, lover, pretation, my spontaneous emoting of Thackeray, Maharashtra stated that the Centre had hold the elections to fill the them, 20,000 were transported in 200 lectuals on charting a path to recov- challenger and continue to be every what this character would do in real Governor Bhagat Singh announced many relaxation posts of nine MLCs, who buses to Madhya Pradesh. The West ery after the pandemic. The move is woman’s dream through decades. life. I never research, just rely on my Koshyari on Thursday request- measures regarding the would be retiring on April 24 Bengal has arranged 95 buses to seen as an attempt to give the Gandhi True, he made brand coupling a instincts and my experiences. I do ed the Election Commission of enforcement of lockdown in from Upper House, and bring back 2,368 students from Kota. scion a lead role in the main reality in Bollywood much ahead of accept the fact that I am a reasonably India (ECI) to schedule elec- the country. “As such the elec- Uddhav was to contest these Opposition party’s offensive against its time, starring with wife Neetu good actor but this role has really tions to the nine vacant seats of tions to the Council seats can elections. However, the EC has >&2&1/&  6C the Government’s policies. Singh in over 12 films and setting worked wonders. If you ask me objec- the Maharashtra Legislative be held with certain guidelines,” postponed these elections in “I don’t think we have to aim for what in today’s parlance would be tively, this has been a stand-out per- Council ‘at the earliest’. Koshyari stated. view of the coronavirus-trig- 7B/"6&1F=. 100 per cent success that is zero cases couple goals. But while he protected formance,” he told us back then. But A day after Uddhav spoke Uddhav, who was sworn in gered lockdown. when we open up. That’s unachiev- that duet as special, he was able to then he upgraded his benchmarks to Prime Minister Narendra as the Chief Minister on On April 9, at a meeting As per the report of the moni- able. What we have to do is - manage strike up a different kind of chemistry since. Modi and sought the latter’s November 28 last year, is not a presided over by Deputy Chief toring team, the doubling rate of the reopening so that when there are with each of his heroines who were There was the patriotic sardar in intervention to speed up the member of either of the Houses Minister Ajit Pawar, the State Covid -19 cases in Mumbai has cases, we isolate them,” Rajan said. to come later, some of them years Patiala House, the harried producer process of Koshyari nominat- of the State Legislature. As Cabinet had recommended to improved from 8.3 days to 10 days Rajan also asserted that India can- younger to him, be it Jaya Prada, Romi Rolly in Luck By Chance, the ing him to the Maharashtra provided under the Governor Bhagat Singh between April 17 to 27. Similarly, the not afford to be a divided house espe- Sridevi, Juhi Chawla or even Divya Everyman in Do Dooni Char and the Legislature Council, the Constitution, Uddhav will in Koshyari to nominate Chief fatality rate among admitted cases of cially in times when “challenges are Bharti. Who would forget the pas- gay principal in Student of The Year. Governor wrote a letter to the the normal course have to get Minister Uddhav Thackeray Covid-19 in Mumbai came down so big”. sionate clamour of Raju in Sargam, He sampled an unimaginable variety ECI, urging it to fill nine seats elected to either of the Houses as a Member of Legislative from 6.3 per cent to 3.9 per cent till “India needs to be cleverer in lift- the encouraging lover of Prem Rog, of roles, all the while consciously that have been lying vacant on or before May 27, the six- Council, from one of the two April 26. The Central monitoring ing the lockdown and open up its the supportive husband in Damini or stripping himself of the stardom of his from April 24, “with a view to month deadline for his becom- vacant slots. team appreciated the efforts of economy in a “measured way” soon the bedazzled scion who would not past years and letting himself go with MCGM in preventing the spread of as it does not have the capacity to sup- give up his girl in Saagar? In fact, full abandon. Covid-19 in Mumbai. port people across the spectrum for such was his self-control and confi- And he became the choicest tal- One hundred and five coron- too long,” he said. dence that he never attempted to ent for debutante directors waiting to * *  9   avirus positive patients have died in Rather than focus on distributing overshadow actresses like Padmini leave their mark. He was appreciative West Bengal so far, of whom 33 have output, focus on distributing oppor- Kolhapure, Dimple Kapadia, of son Ranbir’s pushing the envelope  %/0 /12 authorities concerned for clear- from the High Court. Prayer is perished due to Covid-19 and 72 due tunities,” he said there is a need to Meenakshi Seshadri or Sridevi. He like him but then he was a tough ance and other formalities. allowed. Accordingly, the writ to comorbidities. Similarly, Punjab on empower local Governments, which was the feminist hero, not dominat- father, always wanting his son to score he Supreme Court on “Nobody is going to do petition is dismissed as with- Thursday saw 105 new cases of coro- are better placed to understand the ing them but winning them over ever commercially too and tame the for- TThursday refused to enter- anything’ during the Covid-19 drawn with the liberty afore- navirus, the highest single-day spike, needs of people. so gently, never possessing them. mula. So he was happy when Ranbir’s tain a plea against the Centre’s pandem Solicitor General said,” the apex court said in its with 87 of them those who returned His statement assumes signifi- Then there were the music and dance Sanju became a huge hit. Central Vista project which Tushar Mehta, appearing for order. Another plea related to to the State either after a 1,750-km cance as India’s many States have seen extravaganzas from Nasir Husain, “If you are an actor true to your covers a 3-km stretch, from the Centre, said a new the project, filed by the same odyssey from the Sikh shrine in their revenue streams run dry amid Karz and Hum Kisisse Kam Nahin, craft, you can adjust with anybody. It Rashtrapati Bhavan to India Parliament building is being petitioner, is pending with the Maharashtra’s Nanded or Rajasthan’s the lockdown. where Rishi became the dancing star is an art to sing, dance, fight or Gate, and includes construction constructed and wondered as top court which refused to Kota this week, said the State officials. Rahul expressed his concern on when dance films as a genre didn’t become a character. I am an artiste, of new Parliament building. to why anybody should have entertain the fresh plea. The Among the States which report- the infrastructure of division and even exist in mainstream Hindi cin- a genius of these virtues,” he had said, A Bench, comprising Chief objection to this. earlier plea was against the ed highest day spike was Odisha also. hatred causing great damage to soci- ema. escorting me to the car instead of let- Justice SA Bobde and Justice “Shikhil Suri, counsel Delhi High Court order which With 17 new Covid-19 cases, State’s ety in middle of such a crisis to which Of course, his challenge was ting his staff do the job. “I am a con- Aniruddha Bose, did not agree appearing for the petitioner had said that the DDA was not tally rises to 142. All 17 cases report- Rajan said the country cannot afford tougher post the arrival of Amitabh ventional man and must show cour- to the submission that the pro- prays for withdrawal of this required to apprise it before ed today are from Jajpur district. to be a house divided at times of cri- Bachchan as the angry young man tesy to a woman,” he had said. We ject in Lutyens’ Delhi needed to petition with liberty to amend notifying changes in the Master Uttar Pradesh reported 77 new sis like this. “Social harmony is a key and the anti-establishment rebel, wish his happy spirit could have be stayed as the Government the writ petition...Which has Plan to allow the Central Vista Covid-19 cases, taking the tally to infrastructure,” said Rajan. which resonated with the socio-polit- propagated some of the goodness of bodies were to approach the been transferred to this court project. 2,211 while 65 new Covid-19 cases ical chasm of the times. 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Pokhriyal announced this 11+*+) including students," said a HRD though videoconferencing on al pandemic, according to a BJP from the same Battalion died to Medical Officer and a nursing sent across all the formations on his Twitter handle. Ministry official. the measures to battle out the statement. Covid-19. assistant were quarantined. last week, a proforma for The HRD Ministry mean- ( NTA would expect stu- pandemic on Wednesday, asked Nadda apprised them of Officials said swabs of over As many as 46 personnel of seeking information of the per- while also revised certain dents and parents to not worry them to contribute with their ‘#FeedtheNeedy’ and 350 personnel have already the 31 Battalion had earlier test- sonnel regarding regular and important dates of the entrance Education Ministers and offi- about the Examination. experience to strengthen the ‘#WearFaceCoverStaySafe’ of been collected and test reports ed positiveduring their quar- additional deployment of tests to be conducted by cials early this week where he Moreover, parents are request- anti-Coronavirus measures in the BJP which he said have are awaited. The swabs of about antine period at the quarantine troops in hotspot areas during National Testing Agency (NTA). addressed issues like academic ed to help young students utilise the country. helped needy during the ongo- 150 others are also in the facility of the CRPF at Narela the last 20 days has been The HRD minister said on session, syllabus and class tests this time for preparing for the He said country need their ing lockdown in the country. process to be taken and tested here. sought. twitter that given the queries and semester exams. Issues per- Examination and focus on crit- support to lead new policies BJP President also held for the viral disease. Director General of Through the circular, the and restlessness within the stu- taining to the confusion over the ical concepts in order to close needed in post-Coronavirus videoconferencing with the Sub Inspector Mohammad Central Reserve Police Force paramilitary has also sought dent community across the remaining and pending board learning gaps if any. phase. MPs from the North-East states Ikram Hussain had died on (CRPF) AP Maheshwari has details of personnel and also country due to corona pan- examinations were also dis- NTA would keep students Nadda said former diplo- and reviewed their work in the Tuesday due to Covid-19. He been on record saying the civilians who worked with the demic lockdown, he will be cussed and is again likely to be updated about the latest devel- mats “appreciated” fast paced current situation. was tested positive on Friday paramilitary has been on the troops during deployment in doing a webinar on May 2 the main agenda when the opments and would inform efforts of the government under BJP General Secretary for the disease and was under- forefront of the war against hotspots in the last 20 days and afternoon. Pokhriyal has already Minister interacts with students about changes with ample time, Prime Minister Narendra Modi (Organisation) B L Santosh going treatment at the Covid-19. “Deployed across if anyone had tested positive for conducted the same with par- from across the country. said a statement by HRD to rope-in business companies was also present during the Safdarjung Hospital here. the country, out warriors have Covid-19. ents followed by the State On the other hand, in view Ministry. which are “disillusioned” with vidoconferencing. #         "   #        7     %/0 /12 > N&1;&O     6C G)8  %/0 /12 !.,*) study of the investigational that patients receiving a 10- n the backdrop of the coro- 011 antiviral remdesivir for the day treatment course of Inavirus pandemic, China  %/0 /12 (COVID-19). The virus gets dis- Depending upon size and shape day after US-based Gilead treatment of Covid-19. remdesivir achieved similar will not host the customary integrated by differential heat- of various objects, time of ster- ASciences said that antiviral ,.)4) NIAID is part of National improvement in clinical status border personnel meeting efence Institute of ing in the range of 560 to 600 ilisation is from 30 seconds to Remdesivir, in a trial, has been .1*** Institutes of Health, an agency compared with those taking a (BPM) with India on May DAdvanced Technology, Celsius temperatures. one minute. Approximate found to have a positive effect of the United States 5-day treatment course. one, International Labour Pune, a deemed university sup- The product is cost effective weight of the system is three in diminishing the time for 1),5$6 Department of Health and Meanwhile, Agarwal, Day, on designated places on ported by the Defence Research solution, which can be operat- kilogrammes and it can be used recovery of the Covid-19 Human Services. responding to a query on the Line of Actual and Development Organisation ed in portable or fixed installa- for non-metallic objects only, patients, India on Thursday 07 2, Gilead Sciences Inc. in a human trials in the process of Control(LAC). Instead, the (DRDO) has developed a tions. This system was tested for according to an official state- said that it is also examining the statement had said, "We vaccine development, said armies of both the nations microwave steriliser named as human/operator safety and has ment by the defence ministry drug as one of the protocols for Remdesivir was original- understand that the trial has that multiple stages have to be will greet each other on the ‘ATULYA’ to disintegrate been found to be safe. here on Thursday. the contagion. ly developed as an Ebola treat- met its primary endpoint and passed, to conclude safe and local hotlines this year. Lav Agarwal, Joint ment. It is an antiviral and that NIAID will provide efficacious use of a vaccine by This border personnel Secretary at the Union Health works by attacking an enzyme detailed information at an human beings. "As far as India meeting between the troops manders on both sides also tions including two in Ladakh the delegations. This is fol- Ministry said that as of now, that a virus needs in order to upcoming briefing." It also is concerned, we have identi- of both the countries is part meet to sort out differences and one in Arunachal lowed by the ceremonial there is no confirmed treat- replicate inside our cells. shared additional Remdesivir fied Hydroxychloroquine to of confidence building mea- during incidents of trans- Pradesh. The five designated address by delegation leaders ment protocol for Covid-19. The trial was run by the data from the company''s begin with as a prophylaxis sures(CBM)with India also gressions and stand-offs points for BPMs are Moldo and exchange of greetings “Remdesivir is one protocol US National Institute of open-label Phase 3 SIMPLE treatment," he added. hosting similar ceremonial between the troops of two and Spangur gap (Chusul) in and gifts. which is being examined. Allergy and Infectious trial in patients with severe Agarwal pointed out that events on the occasion of the countries. Ladakh, Natu La(Sikkim) and These meetings form part Even the study on Remdesivir Diseases (NIAID) and 1,063 Covid-19 disease. multiple organisations in the Republic Day and Confirming that the Bum La and Kibithu in of the CBMs to maintain by National Institute of people took part. Some The Phase 3 trial evaluat- government are engaged in Independence Day. Chinese army has, so far, not Arunachal Pradesh. peace and tranquility on the Allergy and Infectious patients were given the drug ed 5-day and 10-day dosing multiple vaccine trials for There are five mutually extended event for the May The ceremonial functions LAC. The disputed border Diseases (NIAID) has not while others received a place- durations of Remdesivir in Covid-19. "We are also part of agreed points or meeting cen- One event, sources said here include cultural events and has not seen a single shot conclusively proved its effec- bo (dummy) treatment. hospitalised patients with WHO''s Solidarity Trial. Some tres on the 4,000 km long on Thursday, the Indian lunch and the meetings com- fired in anger in the last 45 tiveness. Waiting for larger The US company had said severe manifestations of candidate vaccines have been LAC where apart from such Army will wish their Chinese mence with saluting the years or so. The two nations evidence, to take meaningful it is aware of positive data Covid-19. identified. Nothing conclu- ceremonial meets local com- counterparts on three loca- national flag by members of fought a war in 1962. action," he added. emerging from the NIAID The study demonstrated sive has come up," he said. ;A   Q:  . /$"!!Q%   "      "   B9%%             5.8*     '!)1)'" ') !)           %/0 /12 per the guidelines issued by the  "/  Ministry of Home Affairs, all  %/0 /12 ))!%!" .  n the wake of reports that health services should remain   R Inon-Covid patients including functional during the lock- ahavir International (MI),  &  ,&>> arate press briefing in Jammu "*)+1*. persons with blood disorders down period. Ma non-religious social ser- said, “a total number of 33 per-  2/%%&  %/0 /12 like haemophilia and tha- The movement of service vice organisation, has provid- ammu on Thursday scored a sons tested Positive in Kashmir )0,* lassemia were facing difficulties providers may be facilitated, ed ready-to-eat food packets to J‘big zero’ in the long list of pos- Valley while 24 patients recov- MK President MK Stalin he National Investigation 18..-9 in availing medical facilities, especially for those working in over 3,50,000 people and 98, itive cases while Kashmir valley ered and discharged from dif- Don Thursday urged the TAgency (NIA) has arrested Union Health Minister Harsh the private sector. 000 packs of dry ration kits of reported 33 fresh cases of ferent hospitals. Government to announce its an overground worker of :).* Vardhan on Thursday directed The Health Ministers are 10 KG each consisting of rice, Coronavirus taking the final He said, though Jammu and decision on relaxing or extend- Hizbul Mujahideen Tariq all States and Union Territories also advised to ensure quick wheat flour (atta), daal and tally to 614 cases in the Union Kashmir was performing rea- ing the lockdown in advance Ahmed Mir in connection with case soon, official said. to ensure uninterrupted blood resolution of grievances on other food ingredients totalling Territory of Jammu& Kashmir. sonably well but there was no rather than waiting for the last the case relating to Jammu Singh was arrested last donation and transfusion ser- denial of critical services espe- to about 980 tonnes during the Instead of declaring Jammu room for complacency at this minute. and Kashmir Deputy SP year along with three terrorists vices for people with blood dis- cially on account of insistence nationwide lockdown amid COVID free, twitter handle of stage. He said, “at present we are In a statement issued here, Davinder Singh's alleged facil- who were being facilitated orders and advised all health on testing, said the Minister. coronavirus pandemic. the office of Deputy testing around 1800 samples he said the second lockdown itation of safe passage to ter- movement out of the Valley to facilities to remain functional Meanwhile, Joint According to a statement Commissioner, Jammu sounded per day and in the next couple period is coming to an end on rorists out of the Valley. the national capital before for the benefit of the people. Secretary, Health, Lav Agarwal issued by its international pres- a word of caution to all the Covid of days we will cross the barrier May 3 and people are anxious Mir hails from Shopian being nabbed by the local In a letter to his counter- said at a routine presser here ident, Vir Shanti Kumar Jain, warriors to continue working on of 2000 tests to implement our to know whether it would be district of Jammu and Kashmir police. parts in States and Union that that the concept of social MI has also provided 2,50,000 the ground zero. The message strategy of adopting aggressive extended/lifted or lifted grad- and said to be the lifeline for Unhindered activities of Territories, Dr Harsh Vardhan distancing will stay even after face masks across the country clearly stated, “All the reported testing across red-zone areas of ually. Stalin said it is the duty logistic support for terror Singh and his deep-seated asked them to ensure that non- lockdown is lifted. as well as 65000 hand sanitiz- 26 positive cases from the district various hot spot districts”. of the people to abide by the groups in the Valley. Mir was nexus with the terror groups COVID health services were "From the Health Ministry er bottles to the people and have recovered. It’s indicative of According to daily media Central/state Government’s in touch with Singh before his have been a major failure and available. side, we are very clear that we Covid warriors. being on the right course, nev- bulletin, out of 614 positive decision to prevent the spread arrest and the former's ques- concern for the Intelligence Also “denial of critical ser- have to ensure that the concept This apart, members and ertheless declaring the district cases, 390 are active positive. 384 of Coronavirus. He said people tioning could lead further agencies. vices like dialysis, blood trans- of physical distancing is adapt- centres of MI contributed Rs. COVID free, will be premature. are from Kashmir and 6 from are confined to their homes for unravel the nexus between the However, grilling of Mir is fusion, chemotherapy and ed as behavioural change in our 71,81,000 to PM CARES fund Need to carry this forward different districts of Jammu 35 days and the Central and police officer and the jehadi expected to uncover the logis- institutional deliveries to reg- day to day life so that we can and 17,99,100 to Chief proactively, with caution”. region. At present, two cases are state governments should tanzeems. tic chain of the terror groups ular patients will not be accept- break the chain of transmis- Minister and District Meanwhile, spokesman of active in Udhampur, one each in announce their decision fast Arrest of Mir is the seventh which in turn could help the able,” he said. sion. It is equally important to Administration Funds till date. the Jammu and Kashmir gov- Kathua, Ramban, Reasi and taking into consideration their in the Davinder Singh case and security forces in the operations States and Union focus on containment mea- r every day from the day lock ernment, Rohit Kansal in a sep- Rajouri districts. livelihood. more arrests are likely in the against the ultras. Territories are advised that as sures," he said. down started,” Jain added.    !"#"# 0 ; 2"&'!!)2 ' - 4     3       4    4 .-.+%B'",.-'/# B    C ' ' # # C    #     /   /    R "78)3  /  /          ;C 6    B    O                  6    '     ! %         -                               "                             /            !                          '.=,*!     3          (     '           '      ,   8D      t was an adage about Hindi films in the         ) ' *   E)'*F  1970s and 1980s that the police always     ;<@8 6  (  .  E6(.F   -    Iarrived in the end. There seemed to be                   ! a re-run of it in real life when Delhi Police personnel reached the Nizamuddin Markaz      '               "/    mosque on Sunday, March 29, as part of the                      COVID evacuation exercise, several days       "           after the Tablighi Jamaat event (March 13- 15) had concluded and many of the partic-             /       7 B ipants had departed to various parts of the          =G       country. Attendees took home not only the  !'         !   . #  message of reverting to true Islam but many also carried the strain of the Novel *    E.#*F   !         Coronavirus. The rest stayed back in the              " $        enormous six-floor dormitory of the    .#*     !           Markaz mosque before being caught up in the lockdown.       ,           O   The evacuation lasted for 72-odd hours  H<     D<       B,'',   1     ! involving police personnel, medical and                      administrative officials and staff members from the Delhi Transport Corporation. But     -      !'.=,*  7 6    ! it was the National Security Advisor (NSA),                    Ajit Doval, who stole the media thunder with        7               ! his presence. Why does the NSA need to visit the spot like a superintendent of police is not                         clear. One does not expect any bonhomie (Mujahideen), who indulge in left them unimpressed. the nursery of Maulana Ilyas’ terms of method that made its 7 .                between the nationalist “superhero” of intel- terrorist activities with the use of What Zia could not do with work in the 1920s. Islam had impact widespread. Perhaps     7              7 ligence and the Tablighis, who fell to disre- explosives and weapons. his policies and laws in the extended its sway in this region realising the truism of the pute. It might be his signature style. Had he By doing no such thing, the 1980s, the Tablighi Jamaat during the time of the Delhi axiom (made famous of Francis ;<@D  ;@8            , " not visited the scene during the Nepal earth- Tablighi Jamaat escaped the achieved with its proselytising Sultanate. However, Islam sat Bacon), “If the mountain does                    *."- quake, the Kashmir lockdown or even the security radar. It is a huge glob- activities in the first decade of the only lightly upon most converts not come to Muhammad, he E        !  F        riots in Delhi? However, one wonders al missionary network that does millennium. Yousuf Youhana, for ages. The Meos (Mewati must go to the mountain”, he .#*                whether the Government did not possess any not recruit fighters but works Pakistan’s former vice-captain, Muslims) celebrated Hindu fes- began taking the teaching of advance information on the Nizamuddin peacefully. It does not target the thanks to the Tablighi’s activities tivals like Holi, Janmashtami, Islam to homes, fields and        "     "/ O   ! gathering? Why was the event, which drew non-Muslims in any manner. Its inside Pakistani cricket squad, Dussehra and Diwali alongside workplaces of those who could  "/ O              ,  participation from COVID-affected nations focus is only on nominal or became convinced that “Islam is Muharram, Eid and Shabi-e- not go to maktabs and        "/          like Malaysia and Indonesia, allowed to take lapsed Muslims, whom it seeks the best religion.” He adopted Barat. Very few know the Kalima madrasas. The Tablighi Jamaat place in the first place? It appears that inter- to enliven with true faith of Islam, accompanied by a change and fewer still observe Namaz was born in that open air "    '              ! national participants were permitted to Islam. The Tablighis insist that of name to Mohammed Yusuf, regularly. The beginning of the preaching of missionaries going          !'.=,*       /  enter India without proper screening, let preaching must be done face to whereas his wife Tania became Shuddhi and Sangathan move- from village to village in Mewat $                alone sending them into quarantine. This face and that intellectualism Fatima. As a Muslim, he grew a ment in 1923 by Swami and group retreats centred on failure led to a flare-up in COVID infection. and arguments are irrelevant long beard and piously hoped Shraddhanand of the Arya religion. Publicity was shunned                  Though the conduct of the event ante- when it comes to influencing that if every non-Muslim accept- Samaj threatened many Muslims from day one by Maulana Ilyas,              ! dated the beginning of the lockdown peri- lives. For them, what counts ed Islam in Pakistan, the coun- lapsing to their original faith viz, a code which remains in                      ! od, there were hardly any prohibitory orders more is a meeting of hearts. No try could become the land of the Hinduism. force even in this day of social (from the Delhi Government) on any polit- wonder, the Tablighi Jamaat has pure, literally. That is the power Maulana Ilyas began his media.     G              ical, cultural, social or religious gathering, no digital presence like the of the Tablighi Jamaat. campaign to turn Meos into true Emanating from the    6  #1S            comprising more than 200 people. It was later Darul-Uloom of or the The “Islamisation” of the Muslims. He had grown up as a Nizamuddin Markaz, this mis-          '.=,*!@A       hardened to a gathering of more than 50 peo- Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama Pakistani cricket team is illustra- beloved student of Maulana sionary movement has spread ple, before being completely prohibited. Were of Lucknow. tive of what Muhammad Ilyas Rashid Ahmad Gangohi (1826- to various parts of the world. !             *     the intelligence and law enforcing agencies Its agenda is actually more Kandhlawi (1885-1944), 1905), co-founder of the Darul The Tablighi Jamaat organises    G           R       ! completely clueless about what was going on? penetrative. More than a decade founder of the Tablighi Jamaat, ul Uloom, Deoband. The the world’s largest Islamic con- S                   It is difficult to believe that his large congre- ago, the Tablighi Jamaat was in envisaged to achieve almost a Deobandi movement, in con- gregation next to Hajj in Mecca, gation of more than 3,000 people was the news for Islamisation of century ago. His goal was to turn trast to the contemporaneous at Tongi near Dhaka in                    ! organised without seeking any permission. Pakistan’s cricket team. a born Muslim (mumin) into a Aligarh movement started by Sir Bangladesh every January. It is      ,             Neither the Central or the Delhi Government Cricketers like Inzamam-ul- true Muslim (Ihsaan/Muhsin). Syed Ahmed Khan, had kept called Bishwa Ijtema (global  #  #   4   E##4F -        has accused the gathering as patently illegal. Haq, Saeed Anwar and Shahid He sought to purge a Muslim of itself away from Western educa- congregation). The Tablighi In non-COVID times, the event would have Afridi became devout Muslims non-Islamic parts, whether tion and turned its back to Jamaat has contributed to “re-          J           passed off peacefully without raising eye- by visibly growing beards. While inherited or adopted, into a developments in the modern Islamisation” of Bangladesh                 "  ! brows. Pakistan is an Islamic republic, one-dimensional individual world. Maulana Ilyas’ work had that gained independence from                   ! The event has actually exposed anoth- its cricketers, recruited from inspired by the lives of the the same imprint of Deobandi Pakistan on the plank of Bengali                    ! er kind of intelligence failure. Our security urban nurseries, were mostly Prophet Mohammed and his orthodoxy. He wished to bring nationalism. How little does apparatus is more obsessed with Islamic ter- urbane and suave sportsmen till companions as the basis of the expertise in Islam available India know about its most                        - rorist organisations like the Lashkar-e- then. In the 1980s and early 90s, model Muslim society. in — globalised conservative Islamic                 Taiyabba, the Jaish-e-Mohammed, the before ODIs became a year-long This was against the spirit of and Saharanpur movement?             !       Harkat ul Mujahideen, the Islamic State and activity, many Pakistani crick- syncretism that liberals often (which he considered “well- (The writer is an indepen- Al Qaeda, among others because of their eters played in British county wax eloquent about. Mewat, spring of faith and godly men”) dent researcher based in New ,         7 ,        offensive and disruptive activities. These cricket. Even the Islamisation of the historical region spanning — to the service of Mewat. Delhi. The views expressed here- organisations recruit full-time activists Pakistan under Zia-ul-Haq had Haryana and Rajasthan, became His innovation was in the in are his personal) :8     &   " O +  L7  . 0O-      "78)3 9: R  / #  ;  D' 2   &    . M      &  "    -    *!     +   4       7J        G ,          "                                G              " /'        /  #   " >G                  1 /  3     7)!)+)7 87 )87)7:) ')77           K7B  K   K> - K77J   $                 /                   !        !     '  -                                                ! Sir — If the Indian political lead-       "    O G Sir — It is worrying that a corpo-        / !   ! ership and entrepreneurs play       6C G)8 rate hospital in Delhi used plasma their cards well, the nation is sure       B  therapy to treat a critical COVID-    3       #1        5  to witness a revolution post the            19 patient. Hospital authorities      *  '   " /          COVID-19 crisis. This is because        -  claimed that the patient had been       1  3               hundreds of multinational com-               cured of the disease. But there’s no panies, in sectors like automo- L M        evidence that plasma therapy can                     biles, mobile phones, electronics     /   "      G be used as treatment as it’s still in                     ! and textiles among others, are             G the experimental stage. The Indian              ,S     '  considering moving their manu-     2"L M   Council of Medical Research             /              /  facturing bases from China to (ICMR) has itself not approved its India and other business-friend-          use.      3 6         ly Asian nations. They have        G If not used under proper               7 "  decided to relocate due to the fail-          O            -   guidelines, it can cause life-threat-                   ure of China to contain the          D      +    ening complications, too. The COVID crisis and also its lack of   "  "     B       G risks associated with it are many.                     #  1 transparency.          N&      First, as the blood transfusion             89      The US has been openly crit-      >                   " takes place, other kinds of infec- .      3        ! icising China for the same; vari- -                     tions may get transferred to the ous European nations, too, have                0"-  patient. Second, the therapy may       O         O      raised fingers at it. The need is for         -  +       not essentially be successful for all                     the Indian Government to intro- "           8% ) patients. And third, the anti- . ;9<<< /        '.=,*      duce more reforms to attract          G  body administration may sup- investors. Foreign companies are press the body’s natural immune $  S    !     P   Q    bound to get attracted by the big response. Given the risks 4         /             market that India represents. The    who are left without jobs and express gratitude towards the involved, medical professionals         4   '.=,*!@A S     availability of skilled manpower, money, struggling to find food. poor, who toil hard to keep the must desist from using this form labour and raw material will be of Many have even died as they wheels of our economy running. of treatment.  3 4    $            ! immense help to these companies Sir — As we mourn the death of undertook a long march back Let this be the spirit of May Day. Venu GS            4   +    ! and their entry will boost our Bollywood stars Irrfan Khan and home. Let us celebrate the achievements Kollam  " /          B  #  1 economy. Rishi Kapoor, we must also spare Let class-conscious India dis- of workers. 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3 &!8    ,        ,      ' "     / #   E /                   (      "            @96%2" er dry rations for children and mothers, has had >/7&C/6                 E     problems in execution. The AWWs have complained   !   F          about having to travel long distances on foot because 7B/%1; '    of lack of personal/public vehicles and villagers /B%&% -               PQ   threatening and in some cases even beating the >1/>/%                   women AWWs for violating the lockdown. Plus they &1/7%&/                  ! have to bear an added financial burden as they have 616% The dashboard can also track the able medium so that the people use these prenatal care, well-child care and enabling    J               not been paid money to purchase rations for the last 02 2/%7/ whereabouts of pregnant women (of the when they develop COVID-19 symptoms. services such as case management, trans- one year and have not been provided with protec- %6%&1 region in focus) and put reminders on Pregnant women, who become portation and home visits.               tive gear to save themselves from the virus. their cell phones and on that of their fam- infected, should be treated with World The maternal healthcare services      "    $       ! /1C/7/" Another challenge that has emerged is the inabil- & 1&/ ily members, which would provide regu- Health Organisation-recommended sup- must include mental healthcare, contra-              @C< !  ! ity of the auxiliary nurse midwives (ANMs) and lar information on the precautions they portive therapies in consultation with their ceptive services and supplies; diagnosis and        7/&>/%6 accredited social health activists (ASHA) to help 2/7/B%&% need to maintain and the ways to respond obstetrician/gynaecologist. Pregnant treatment of sexually transmitted diseases;    !          pregnant mothers and infants get their vaccination if they develop Coronavirus-like symp- women and health practitioners must be prenatal, intrapartum, and postpartum             1 C     as well as arrange transportation to the nearest health >62/7&% toms and so on. These can be integrated informed about these therapies without care; regular breast and pelvic exams     -     '        ! facility for delivery, while adhering to the service level 2/7%/0+67% with the existing applications of the any delay. (including Pap tests), in accordance with      benchmarking to combat the pandemic. &% & 7/> 2 Government and must be triaged after pri- It is also important to record all new well-recognised periodicity schedules;        -        While we don’t know what the future will be %// %& mary screening. cases of pregnancies due to the COVID- risk assessment; adequate education and          '  !-   6  once the lockdown ends, here are some solutions that >/1;&% Most women have monthly to week- 19 lockdown, so that Government pre- counselling to support these interventions. the Government/States can consider to address 7 7/ ly interactions with doctors/health prac- pares for an impending “Coronial gener- For infants and children up to five   P       Q     ! MCH-related concerns during the times of Covid. titioners during pregnancy for prenatal ation” after nine months and also has a years, emphasis must be on preventive ser-                     >&%%/7" Harness the advantage of mobile phone and >1&%/61; check-ups. But in the times of the pandem- ready benchmark for future shutdowns vices, such as immunisation and the     "            internet penetration to the remotest areas of the ic this may go missing, so it is imperative based on the lessons learnt. The existing monitoring of physical and psychosocial          !          & 2/7%B country for geo-tagging beneficiaries and for the pro- 66 &1 to keep them informed via digital medi- HMIS and ICDS data, though not very growth and development, with attention                 vision of telemedicine, using location data, call data, um. For instance, the Kilkari application reliable, can still be low hanging fruits in to critical periods in which appropriate     S               ! and Health Management Information System &% %B of the Haryana Government can be this regard to utilise the Digital India archi- care is essential for sound development             !   (HMIS) database. In this situation, the health prac- &% 61&6% scaled up to include video messages for tecture. and progress. *  1   P'4.Q     " P/  ' Q  titioner will only advise high-risk pregnancy cases %67> women that are specific to their stage of In the lockdown scenario, the A separate, more comprehensive - '  -               like ante-partum hemorrhage (APH), gestational pregnancy. Frequent live conversations Government must ensure that the duties midwifery training programme with ser-         !'       P'4.Q hypertension (PIH/GH), eclampsia and severe with doctors/health practitioners need to of AWWs are notified as essential services vice level benchmarking in India must be anaemia. To distinguish between severe and normal be arranged to reduce anxieties and neg- if it does not want the health and nutri- introduced on an urgent basis. Having '               cases, the programme can be administered by ative psychological impacts due to the tion security of women and children to be well-trained and capable midwives would    !       "       machine learning and Artificial Intelligence. spread of COVID-19 and the lockdown compromised. All pending payments due provide a better birthing experience for the                 With all the recent beneficiaries of the Janani in effect. to the AWWs must be transferred to the mother and would reduce the burden on       *  1        Suraksha Yojana (JSY) and the Pradhan Mantri WhatsApp accounts must be set up relevant bank accounts without any fur- obstetricians.   $  *  #         Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) having been where pregnant and lactating women are ther delays. It must be noted that the Women’s SHGs should be roped in "     R1  ,S    S     assigned Unique IDs, these should be used for direct able to share their concerns and through Budget 2020-21 has allocated 28,600 for better outcomes in ensuring the pro-            ' " '    benefit transfers (DBT) and nutritional assessment, audio and video messages. Volunteers can crore for programmes that were specific vision of take home rations. There should          !     ! screening of COVID-19 cases, triage referrals and be roped in with the support of civil soci- to women. It is indeed a matter of concern also be certain modifications and expan-                  referral to secondary-care hospitals. ety and community networks. that the reimbursement for the purchas- sion in the type of food provided, vary-   '!               As an emergency measure, pregnant women Coordinators of Self-Help Groups es made for preparing Mid-Day Meals for ing regionally, to meet nutritional require- (especially migrant workers) travelling or in tran- (SHGs) in the villages must be identified children at AWCs has not been released ments. Planning of resources is a must to    '     ,       ! sit in the next few months and seeking institution- to assist ASHA workers and ANMs in- for over seven months in States like avoid misallocation and panic.   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Ayushman Bharat and PMMVY dashboard, to syn- appreciation that would strengthen their their work and ensure their safety. treatment to the pregnant mothers and    '      ,          chronise data, harness HMIS and Integrated Child credit scores for availing any further Expanding health insurance cover- their new-borns and address MCH needs     ,            Development Services (ICDS) database to show the loans from banks. age to women and children will increase in a timely and structured manner, simul-            ! facility closest to the pregnant mother for rapid wel- The Government has identified both their access to necessary health services taneously adhering to social distancing and fare delivery and integration of immunisation ser- private and public hospitals to take in more than other groups. 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of-control global heating? time, and that has the unfortunate of climate sanity, not advancing it. el. No show, no dough, so I did it — ing from home, less commuting, decline of oil has begun. Just in time we are being taught ring of truth. Last year saw an Nevertheless, we can take some but then came Coronavirus, social more teleconferencing, less travel. But those are about the only humility and perspective, the opti- unprecedented upsurge in public comfort from the fact that behaviour- distancing and a temporary halt to air And lower greenhouse gas emissions. bright spots. This year is forecast to mists say. Even better, some of the concern about climate change — al moulds are being broken all over travel. End of that solution. What to Another positive change coming out be the hottest-ever and the major cli- things we urgently needed to do are Australian wildfires, record floods all the place and several generations are do next? of this emergency is that we are final- mate summit that was scheduled for now happening without our help. over the place, “Extinction Rebellion”, learning together that disruptive So I put my talks on video and ly beginning to take a chunk out of November has been postponed until People are learning to work from Greta Thunberg — but all that has changes, even very big ones, can be offered them to the usual suspects — our biggest problem: our heavy next year. Total annual emissions may home, air travel has been closed now been pushed aside by the accepted by most people if they universities, schools, libraries, confer- dependence on oil. Coal, the dirtiest be down by a few percentage points 56  ! down, the oil industry is collapsing. Coronavirus. understand the need. ence organisers — saying I could do of the fossil fuels, has been declining this year but most of the decline is By contrast, the pessimists (who Global heating and its associat- A small example from my own a live Q&A session afterwards on fast as an energy source for years in only temporary. eople who look for silver linings often refer to themselves as realists) ed disasters will kill far more people trade: This column has appeared in some web-hosting site for the wide- most places but oil, the second- Do not despair. The planet is now (aka optimists) think that believe that crises don’t make people in the long run but COVID-19 is newspapers all over the world for ly distributed audience. They would worst fossil fuel, just kept going up. hot enough to produce several major PCOVID-19 might be the inflec- behave better. The “Great Depression” killing them now. There’s no time for decades but the relentless retreat of never have accepted that arrangement In January the world was pump- local calamities every year, so we’ll tion point where we start getting seri- led to World War-II and 9/11 led to climate this year and last year’s climate the print media before the online two months ago. Now there is no ing and burning 100 million oil bar- quickly get re-motivated to worry ous about our relationship with the wars all over the Middle East, the momentum will not automatically onslaught has eaten deeply into the alternative, so we’re back in business. rels per day (BPD). That is about two about global heating once the current planet. “Crash of 2008” led to austerity, slow return when the virus is under con- revenue base of the Press everywhere. Some of this business will go back to litres a day for every man, woman and emergency is past. Although proba- There’s no direct link between the growth, mounting popular anger trol. Many papers have died, almost the old model when normal service child on the planet. bly not fast enough to save us from Coronavirus and climate change but and the rise of populist regimes Momentum takes time to build all have downsized, and that hit my is restored but I suspect quite a lot of Demand this month has fallen to having to resort to geo-engineering if a tiny virus can bring our whole across the world. Don’t expect any and we are running out of time. There own income hard. My solution was it will not. 70 million BPD and while some of it by the 2030s. bustling civilisation to a halt, then better from this crisis. is no magical deliverance on the way to do more speaking engagements, This is happening all across the will return when the Coronavirus is (Gwynne Dyer’s new book is how vulnerable will we be to a dis- Moreover, they say, most people and on balance the current health which involved more time away business world and will mean perma- contained, it will probably never see ‘Growing Pains: The Future of ordered environment driven by out- can only process one problem at a emergency is setting back the cause from my real job and a lot more trav- nent, significant change: More work- 100 million again. The inexorable Democracy and Work’)    !"#"# .$ +#+D/-%11E." A B:       %++   7'55%     %/0 /12 ed to reversal of provisions on >-     *   P6 "      %  4EF  G0  ! AGR dues. eliance Jio on Thursday Average Revenue Per Rposted 177.5 per cent    4!2     User (or earning per sub-   >>+& (including auto, oil & gas, met- year-on-year rise in net prof- scriber) was sequentially als) advancing well accompa- it to 2,331 crore for the New Delhi: Oil-to-telecom sumer-facing business was higher at 130.6 per month, he Sensex surged 997 nied by IT stocks. three months ended March conglomerate Reliance not enough to shield the firm the company said, adding Tpoints while the Nifty “Asian markets rose on 31, fuelled by rising sub- Industries on Thursday post- from fall in the petrochemical further impact of December reclaimed the 9,850-level on Thursday, carried by optimism scriber base and recent tariff ed its biggest drop in quarterly business. The profit was also 2019 tariff hike will flow Thursday as short-covering on overnight on Wall Street that a hike. net profit, even as it down due to one-off spend- through in coming months. expiry of F&O contracts and new drug could help to treat The net profit of Jio stood announced India’s largest ing. The company’s board Jio’s net profit increased encouraging results from a Covid-19,” said Deepak Jasani, at 840 crore in the year-ago rights issue and said the Saudi approved a rights issue of to 5,562 crore for the full Covid-19 drug trial in the US Head Of Research, HDFC period. Seen sequentially, the Aramco deal was on track and 53,125 crore, which it said year FY20 from ,964 crore in turbocharged sentiment. Securities. BSE metal index net profit grew 72.7 per cent more strategic investors have was the biggest in India and the previous fiscal, an annu- Rising for the fourth zoomed 8.27 per cent, followed when compared to 1,350 evinced interest in buying a the first by RIL in three al increase of 88 per cent, the straight session, the 30-share by auto, IT, teck, oil and gas, basic crore in December quarter stake in its digital platform. decades. “The price of rights statement said. The revenue BSE Sensex settled 997.46 materials, telecom and energy. (Q3FY20). Net profit in January- issue has been determined at from operation stood at points or 3.05 per cent higher On the other hand, health- Jio’s standalone revenue March slipped 37 per cent to 1,257 per share and the share 54,316 crore for FY20, up at 33,717.62. care and FMCG indices ended in from operations for the 6,546 crore, the lowest in ratio at 1:15,” the company from 40,663 crore in FY19. Similarly, the NSE Nifty the red. Broader BSE midcap and fourth quarter stood at three years, as a rise in con- said in a statement. PTI Subscriber base as on soared 306.55 points, or 3.21 smallcap indices advanced up to 14,835 crore, which trans- March 31, 2020, was at 387.5 per cent, to 9,859.90. 1.46 per cent. lates into year-on-year small and medium business- The standalone net prof- million with net addition of Global markets shrugged On the global front, US growth of 26.6 per cent. es, 120 million farmers, 30 it stood at 2,331 crore, the 17.5 million during 4QFY20, off US GDP contraction data GDP shrank 4.8 per cent in Q1 Commenting on the Q4 million small merchants and company in a statement said, it said. Jio Platforms will after American pharma firm amid the coronavirus crisis, while results, Mukesh Ambani, millions of small and medi- adding that there was excep- launch a nationwide video Gilead’s remdesivir drug Chinese factory activity expand- Chairman and Managing um enterprises in the infor- tional item (income) during platform called ‘JioMeet’, the showed promising results in ed for the second straight month Director, Reliance Industries mal sector,” he said. the quarter of 31 crore relat- company said. treating Covid-19 patients. in April as the country resumed Limited said, “Jio is embark- Further, a strengthening work after the lockdown. ing on the next leg of growth rupee and rising buzz of anoth- Top US epidemiologist with a path-defining part- 7   O)(G=(Q: er stimulus package by the Anthony Fauci said that Gilead nership with one of the Government, focussed on Science’s remdesivir “has a world’s largest digital com- industries, kept domestic clear-cut, significant, positive panies, Facebook”. &    investor sentiment positive, effect in diminishing the time “We are together deter- traders said. to recovery”. Bourses in mined to make India a truly New Delhi: With coronavirus Also, the oil-to-technology factories shut down, offices ONGC was the top gainer Shanghai and Tokyo ended digital society with best-in- lockdown hitting businesses conglomerate has deferred closed, air flights suspended, in the Sensex pack, rallying Sun Pharma, IndusInd will remain closed on Friday for with significant gains, while class connectivity network hard, India’s largest company annual cash bonus and perfor- trains stopped and restrictions 13.40 per cent, followed by Bank and Asian Paints too ‘Maharashtra Day’. those in Hong Kong and Seoul complemented with disrup- Reliance Industries has decid- mance-linked incentives that on the movement of people and HCL Tech, Hero MotoCorp, closed with losses of up to 2.72 “The NSE Nifty 50 has were closed for a holiday. tive digital technology plat- ed to cut the salary of most of are normally paid in the first goods placed. TCS, Maruti and Infosys. per cent. During the holiday- posted its best monthly gain However, stock indices in forms for entertainment, its employees by 10 to 50 per quarter, according to an Reliance’s hydrocarbon Shares of Reliance Industries shortened week, Sensex rallied since April 2009, registering Europe were trading on a tepid commerce, communication, cent with firm’s chairman and employee communique. business was adversely impact- and Tech Mahindra climbed 2390.40 points or 7.63 per gains of over 14 per cent. note in early deals after data finance, education and health richest Indian Mukesh Ambani The nationwide lockdown ed due to a reduction in around 3 per cent ahead of cent, while Nifty Surged 705.50 Buying was seen among huge showed the euro zone econo- harnessing world’s best tech agreeing to forgo all his remu- that began on March 25 had led demand for refined products their earnings announcements, points or 7.70 per cent. volumes on weekly F&O expiry my contracted 3.8 per cent in capabilities. Our focus will be neration. to evaporation of demand as and petrochemicals. PTI while HUL settled in the red. Domestic financial markets day with old economy stocks the first quarter. India’s 60 million micro,  BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 9753.50 9889.05 9731.50 9859.90 306.55 Script Open High Low LTP TORNTPHARM 2479.90 2479.90 2323.25 2344.50 AMARAJABAT 559.80 572.60 545.10 570.60 ENGINERSIN 67.90 69.65 67.25 67.40 TATAMOTORS 85.95 93.75 85.95 93.75 15.60 RELIANCE 1454.00 1494.50 1440.00 1467.05 HINDZINC 175.00 175.75 172.05 174.45 APLLTD 764.10 788.00 729.20 745.95 PGHH 10682.00 10682.00 10380.00 10500.10 UPL 367.25 429.35 364.05 413.00 52.40 BAJFINANCE 2353.00 2417.80 2293.00 2317.05 PVR 1029.90 1059.65 1001.00 1011.90 DBL 242.85 265.95 242.65 259.50 REPCOHOME 122.50 128.10 122.50 128.10 ONGC 72.60 81.05 71.50 79.75 9.25 HDFCBANK 1001.00 1018.90 992.25 1001.75 APOLLOHOSP 1436.00 1440.40 1389.55 1394.10 GUJGAS 259.95 267.00 256.25 258.80 GSPL 201.55 211.40 201.55 207.25 VEDL 82.00 91.00 81.50 88.80 9.65 TATAMOTORS 85.95 93.75 85.95 93.10 BALKRISIND 991.00 1007.30 925.75 933.80 RAMCOCEM 552.05 577.00 551.05 553.75 BIRLACORPN 406.10 423.35 406.10 409.80 HINDALCO 120.00 132.20 119.50 130.00 13.70 INDUSINDBK 485.30 492.00 461.95 468.00 INFRATEL 163.50 175.90 162.40 174.55 NOCIL 90.00 90.80 86.00 86.75 KANSAINER 420.00 420.95 407.50 413.30 JSWSTEEL 168.60 188.70 167.50 182.00 17.90 NAUKRI 2463.25 2579.60 2422.05 2553.35 COLPAL 1474.00 1485.00 1443.00 1460.70 MOTILALOFS* 475.40 522.95 475.40 507.90 VBL 667.50 687.40 661.70 671.15 HCLTECH 506.50 565.50 501.00 545.00 53.25 SBIN 194.00 195.75 189.80 190.40 MARICO 292.00 292.20 283.45 286.90 CASTROLIND 129.80 132.60 126.45 130.05 SUNDRMFAST 320.00 346.00 316.25 325.30 HEROMOTOCO2017.10 2198.10 1975.00 2153.00 182.75 AXISBANK 450.95 462.00 440.50 444.60 EXIDEIND 160.00 163.30 155.50 157.25 NHPC 21.50 21.50 20.65 20.90 PHILIPCARB 82.25 82.75 79.50 79.75 INFRATEL 163.00 175.80 162.15 174.25 11.25 HINDUNILVR 2278.00 2278.00 2160.05 2195.70 SPICEJET 43.75 45.20 42.60 44.85 SHREECEM 19250.65 19886.10 19189.10 19762.30 CARERATING 380.00 389.50 365.00 369.65 GAIL 91.50 96.55 91.30 94.85 5.75 MARUTI 5134.00 5428.55 5110.00 5360.30 MINDTREE 892.80 920.40 884.05 915.30 GRANULES 170.40 171.50 162.00 162.50 CENTURYPLY 126.15 128.25 120.10 122.15 ICICIBANK 380.40 392.80 374.40 379.90 NTPC 91.65 96.95 90.50 95.35 HUDCO 24.20 25.70 23.15 25.30 CREDITACC 495.20 495.20 489.90 495.20 COALINDIA 141.50 149.45 141.35 148.80 8.95 POWERGRID 160.00 163.35 157.35 162.05 DIVISLAB 2409.00 2409.00 2303.00 2332.85 GMM 3590.00 3600.00 3476.00 3493.75 GUJALKALI 378.00 378.00 360.00 361.40 NTPC 91.35 97.00 90.40 95.95 5.75 HDFC 1855.00 1926.40 1855.00 1917.10 MIDHANI 214.00 226.50 213.70 214.90 OBEROIRLTY 336.00 355.15 332.75 343.65 JCHAC 2392.00 2407.10 2324.50 2374.30 TCS 1980.00 2032.00 1942.20 2019.55 113.90 TATASTEEL 289.00 304.30 289.00 298.45 RECLTD 94.30 96.30 93.45 95.65 ITI 90.75 91.80 86.10 86.75 IFCI 4.02 4.19 4.02 4.06 WIPRO 185.00 192.60 183.55 191.15 10.50 INFY 696.00 719.80 696.00 716.20 IPCALAB 1602.00 1628.30 1566.85 1618.80 CONCOR 374.00 381.10 369.00 373.25 TRIDENT 4.99 5.00 4.86 4.89 INFY 700.00 720.00 698.10 715.05 38.50 TCS 1963.00 2030.00 1943.00 2014.85 NCC 26.10 27.30 25.75 26.05 GLAXO 1455.00 1489.00 1425.60 1444.65 LAXMIMACH 2439.00 2499.00 2385.05 2430.35 M&M 355.65 368.00 355.00 367.55 19.55 STAR 503.95 506.40 435.00 443.60 MRF 59399.00 61719.50 59399.00 60520.70 PAGEIND 18270.00 18600.00 17973.95 18180.55 EMAMILTD* 198.00 200.75 192.60 194.85 MARUTI 5122.00 5425.00 5122.00 5343.00 274.55 RBLBANK 130.90 136.50 130.00 132.05 PETRONET 239.00 245.05 236.20 243.25 CUB 139.00 145.60 132.85 144.20 GREAVESCOT 79.75 81.00 78.00 79.30 TATASTEEL 289.95 304.50 288.70 297.55 14.90 KOTAKBANK 1354.00 1379.90 1335.00 1356.95 LAURUSLABS 522.00 522.00 500.00 512.35 RELAXO 620.00 649.05 590.00 634.80 PARAGMILK 94.50 94.50 90.25 91.05 BAJAJ-AUTO 2525.10 2654.00 2510.15 2623.80 124.65 VEDL 82.00 90.80 81.60 89.60 UJJIVAN 180.95 183.65 174.45 176.10 SOUTHBANK 5.90 5.98 5.80 5.90 RVNL 17.45 17.50 17.04 17.10 TITAN 935.20 978.95 929.00 967.80 42.40 ONGC 72.15 81.05 71.50 79.95 ADANIPORTS 295.00 296.00 285.35 290.20 ENDURANCE 675.00 683.70 662.10 677.25 SUPREMEIND 1110.00 1111.00 1070.80 1092.70 IOC 81.55 84.50 81.30 84.15 3.65 BANDHANBNK 242.00 266.50 242.00 262.60 TATAPOWER 31.15 32.15 31.10 31.75 FORTIS 120.00 127.90 118.65 127.20 SONATSOFTW 223.00 223.00 210.45 212.20 HDFC 1857.00 1927.00 1855.50 1916.15 79.40 SUNPHARMA* 484.50 484.95 458.55 464.85 MCX 1064.00 1124.00 1055.55 1068.85 SYNGENE 308.85 327.40 305.85 321.45 TCIEXP 740.00 740.45 704.00 704.80 BHARTIARTL 503.10 515.95 495.20 514.55 18.55 HEROMOTOCO 2020.00 2194.00 1986.65 2166.80 GODREJCP 542.00 547.00 528.15 542.80 KALPATPOWR 215.10 233.00 215.00 227.75 DCMSHRIRAM 297.00 297.00 273.50 275.65 TECHM 541.00 552.90 532.35 545.95 17.25 IBULHSGFIN 132.00 134.95 127.45 132.75 HEXAWARE 296.20 301.95 277.10 279.60 JINDALSAW 55.80 57.95 54.45 55.90 UCOBANK 12.60 13.05 12.29 12.87 GICHSGFIN 73.90 75.00 72.05 72.95 BPCL 364.25 373.40 358.00 371.85 11.10 HINDALCO 120.45 132.05 119.60 130.25 CANFINHOME 319.00 324.90 314.00 319.65 STRTECH* 93.00 93.50 89.00 89.65 MRPL 32.10 33.00 32.10 32.45 VMART 1716.10 1736.55 1700.00 1724.80 POWERGRID 159.60 163.45 157.20 162.90 4.85 DRREDDY 3940.00 4091.55 3895.95 3937.20 SBILIFE 716.20 740.10 716.20 725.85 JUBILANT 423.00 423.00 391.30 400.30 INFIBEAM 46.35 46.35 43.30 44.75 SIS 435.00 435.00 416.10 420.05 IOB 8.49 8.49 7.65 7.71 ULTRACEMCO 3470.00 3565.95 3446.15 3532.00 97.65 MOTHERSUMI 86.00 91.85 85.60 87.55 CEATLTD 808.00 829.85 791.85 805.55 ADANIGREEN 212.50 214.00 207.50 210.25 GICRE 139.00 142.00 138.25 140.15 VRLLOG 175.00 175.00 163.50 164.15 RELIANCE 1453.95 1494.95 1438.05 1464.00 37.05 BHARTIARTL 503.70 515.80 495.65 514.35 WOCKPHARMA 266.30 269.00 255.15 255.95 QUESS 205.80 211.90 195.00 208.10 CAPPL 366.00 372.00 349.95 351.00 NETWORK18 23.10 23.35 22.45 22.50 LT 890.20 916.80 884.10 897.95 22.60 UPL 368.60 426.10 364.20 419.80 PFIZER 4966.00 5034.35 4886.80 4905.25 BBTC 935.00 940.00 891.05 903.60 AMBER 1100.00 1104.85 1070.00 1072.55 CERA 2232.95 2275.00 2120.25 2200.15 HDFCBANK 1001.40 1019.00 992.10 1000.00 22.90 LT 887.05 916.20 884.25 897.35 HEG 854.70 854.70 797.25 801.05 GNFC 147.10 147.90 140.00 140.85 VTL 630.00 651.90 630.00 647.20 SRTRANSFIN 719.80 799.25 711.65 781.55 AUBANK 558.00 564.35 528.10 543.70 UFLEX 188.15 193.85 182.40 183.60 PGHL 4365.55 4425.00 4304.00 4322.25 JKCEMENT 1149.00 1149.00 1102.45 1118.50 NESTLEIND 17700.00 18000.00 17512.00 17899.00 409.30 INDIGO 940.00 1036.55 931.25 994.70 AMBUJACEM 170.90 174.85 170.80 171.70 KEC 189.40 197.85 188.20 195.10 BALMLAWRIE 102.00 103.00 99.75 100.75 CARBORUNIV 219.35 227.60 218.85 221.65 EICHERMOT 14580.20 14900.00 14402.00 14650.00 334.25 CIPLA 607.90 611.10 586.50 589.50 PIDILITIND 1532.00 1541.80 1506.55 1526.45 ISEC 346.40 372.10 346.35 365.45 WELCORP 66.25 67.00 61.95 64.50 MMTC 14.87 15.22 14.64 14.75 SHREECEM 19300.00 19890.00 19118.45 19610.00 438.55 GLENMARK 356.40 359.00 334.50 337.20 ABFRL 113.90 126.00 112.45 115.70 METROPOLIS 1267.85 1300.00 1243.35 1259.30 J&KBANK 15.49 15.49 14.90 14.97 ORIENTELEC 181.40 185.45 180.05 184.40 KOTAKBANK 1340.00 1380.00 1334.05 1355.50 27.65 LUPIN 880.00 880.00 811.30 835.10 ADANIENT 141.75 147.40 140.40 141.45 RCF 41.25 41.40 39.30 39.45 TATAINVEST 760.50 762.70 734.65 742.55 SADBHAV 46.90 46.90 46.90 46.90 ICICIBANK 382.00 392.95 374.15 377.70 7.25 JUSTDIAL 411.00 425.00 389.00 406.00 VOLTAS 495.00 517.50 495.00 505.80 ABCAPITAL 51.00 51.70 49.75 49.95 BAJAJCON 148.00 149.00 143.05 145.00 HAL 530.50 532.00 526.00 526.80 BAJAJFINSV 5108.00 5175.00 5050.85 5090.00 91.35 IDEA 4.37 4.40 4.14 4.20 IGL 479.50 484.25 471.00 476.40 GODREJIND 262.00 270.00 262.00 264.50 JKLAKSHMI 202.10 207.00 198.25 199.25 NH 278.80 282.45 272.10 279.45 DRREDDY 3933.10 4093.75 3895.05 3931.00 50.30 JINDALSTEL 91.00 96.15 89.80 95.05 CUMMINSIND 379.85 381.15 371.10 377.45 MPHASIS 715.00 749.50 713.00 736.50 FLFL 156.70 157.25 152.05 155.30 MAHLIFE 199.95 199.95 180.00 186.25 GRASIM 505.00 515.00 501.30 507.95 6.00 MANAPPURAM 128.10 135.40 126.85 134.30 SRF 3696.45 3770.00 3691.50 3713.60 AVANTI 437.55 443.55 430.15 432.35 REDINGTON 74.25 76.00 73.30 74.15 ZYDUSWELL 1399.95 1399.95 1351.15 1359.40 AXISBANK 451.00 461.90 440.40 444.05 4.95 BPCL 363.90 373.50 358.25 370.45 BOSCHLTD 10293.00 10773.00 10143.45 10634.75 APLAPOLLO 1284.00 1510.00 1284.00 1428.65 THYROCARE 521.85 523.50 506.20 508.85 THERMAX 740.00 745.10 710.25 725.50 ADANIPORTS 295.05 296.00 285.10 290.65 3.00 CYIENT 217.90 228.70 215.15 228.40 JSWENERGY 41.60 45.60 41.55 44.60 FORCEMOT 871.90 893.15 864.60 869.30 DISHTV 5.04 5.05 4.81 4.87 GILLETTE 5326.45 5366.00 5305.60 5331.20 BAJFINANCE 2365.05 2418.95 2291.15 2318.00 21.55 BANKINDIA 35.10 36.35 34.95 35.20 LTTS 1180.00 1252.00 1161.00 1233.95 IDFC 14.50 14.78 14.40 14.52 SJVN 21.35 21.40 20.95 21.20 ZEEL 163.15 164.00 155.95 159.60 0.20 TITAN 935.00 978.75 928.90 969.80 RAIN 73.55 75.00 70.35 70.80 BALRAMCHIN 100.05 101.95 99.00 99.25 JSL 31.40 32.25 31.00 31.20 BRITANNIA 3195.00 3205.00 3150.00 3160.50 3.70 BAJAJFINSV 5070.00 5174.65 5050.45 5097.80 SANOFI 7790.00 7993.90 7760.60 7776.40 IRCON 86.20 86.85 85.20 85.50 PHOENIXLTD 539.00 553.30 535.75 548.70 SBIN 193.50 195.90 189.70 190.20 0.10 BHARATFORG 291.00 324.80 289.00 309.25 DEEPAKFERT 107.05 109.10 103.65 104.45 GEPIL 445.50 454.30 442.95 446.10 IBULISL 45.90 45.90 43.45 44.00 ASIANPAINT 1795.00 1797.00 1741.00 1762.00 -5.50 ASIANPAINT 1790.00 1795.75 1741.55 1760.05 INDIANB 52.05 54.20 51.70 52.00 PCJEWELLER 12.39 12.39 11.46 12.01 MAHSCOOTER 2270.00 2313.10 2239.00 2246.55 ITC 184.90 184.90 180.45 181.05 -1.10 ASHOKLEY 48.70 53.15 48.70 52.35 EDELWEISS 39.50 40.75 39.20 39.75 TATAMETALI 467.25 475.80 463.60 473.10 GRINDWELL 515.85 525.00 500.00 516.60 BRIGADE 120.15 123.25 119.00 119.75 INDUSINDBK 486.25 491.85 461.60 468.00 -3.10 HAVELLS 545.00 565.00 545.00 563.60 INOXLEISUR 221.70 222.25 211.00 212.45 KEI 292.00 296.00 286.00 291.05 ORIENTCEM 41.55 41.70 40.65 40.80 CIPLA 607.90 611.45 586.10 590.00 -6.25 HINDPETRO 211.00 224.50 207.00 220.20 COROMANDEL 531.00 613.60 531.00 593.90 JAGRAN 43.05 43.25 41.70 41.95 ALLCARGO 75.00 76.55 74.70 75.15 HINDUNILVR 2272.00 2272.00 2160.00 2205.00 -26.75 FEDERALBNK 47.60 50.75 46.60 48.80 WABAG 141.85 141.85 128.35 128.50 GSFC 44.85 44.85 43.50 43.90 ZEEL 164.70 164.70 156.00 159.25 RAYMOND 244.95 250.00 240.10 241.00 BAJAJELEC 346.30 350.45 338.85 340.35 ARVINDFASN 139.80 147.00 138.00 139.00 SUNPHARMA 484.00 485.00 458.40 466.00 -11.65 JSWSTEEL 168.90 184.70 167.55 180.90 JKPAPER 102.40 103.05 98.50 99.30 VARROC 160.10 160.10 159.40 160.10 TVTODAY 198.70 201.00 191.60 192.20   AUROPHARMA 631.05 640.80 609.20 625.95 WHIRLPOOL 2100.00 2149.00 2031.00 2057.50 SYMPHONY 935.95 945.00 916.05 922.30 CHALET 149.95 157.65 146.05 148.25 TECHM 537.20 552.40 532.35 546.10 RAJESHEXPO 620.00 628.55 607.70 618.85 JYOTHYLAB 115.90 118.65 115.00 116.05 GMDCLTD 39.50 40.60 39.05 39.50 ITC 185.00 185.00 180.50 182.15 RADICO 303.60 305.85 292.60 293.90 GESHIP 228.70 243.80 225.60 234.65 IIFL 80.00 80.10 75.75 77.60 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE CHOLAFIN 155.00 169.15 153.25 159.40 AJANTPHARM 1539.00 1539.00 1468.00 1485.65 BAYERCROP 4390.50 4393.70 4285.00 4307.95 FINCABLES 255.05 259.75 247.50 255.40 NIFTY NEXT 50 23967.45 24164.30 23845.30 24102.75 478.70 M&MFIN 164.00 167.90 160.30 165.95 ATUL 5085.00 5085.00 4825.15 4851.45 FDC 254.70 254.70 243.50 244.75 DCAL* 84.80 84.80 82.25 83.50 SRTRANSFIN 715.10 799.55 710.00 790.00 92.85 ULTRACEMCO 3479.00 3565.95 3449.55 3532.50 NBCC 20.40 20.60 19.70 19.80 WABCOINDIA 6338.45 6338.45 6225.00 6244.90 TEAMLEASE 1591.00 1626.00 1560.00 1601.50 BANDHANBNK 245.05 266.45 245.05 263.70 29.25 RELCAPITAL 8.57 8.57 7.77 8.57 TCNSBRANDS 400.85 410.65 391.20 393.85 HINDCOPPER 26.20 26.50 25.80 26.05 GAYAPROJ 14.40 14.40 14.40 14.40 ASHOKLEY 49.10 53.20 49.10 52.30 4.35 BANKBARODA 48.75 51.20 48.45 49.20 GODFRYPHLP 1048.25 1055.50 1001.65 1005.80 ASHOKA 61.40 65.00 60.95 63.85 VSTIND 2885.00 3050.00 2885.00 2917.55 LAOPALA 183.10 184.00 174.10 178.90 MOTHERSUMI 85.50 92.00 85.30 88.50 7.10 TATACONSUM 358.95 361.15 350.00 351.35 IBREALEST 60.50 61.90 57.00 58.40 CCL 192.40 196.00 190.10 192.95 DHFL 12.77 13.30 12.77 13.03 ITDCEM 37.85 39.20 36.30 37.60 INDIGO 949.00 1037.85 930.05 993.00 71.70 BHEL 21.20 22.90 21.15 22.40 DIXON 4289.00 4694.00 4289.00 4572.35 IRB 74.00 77.00 69.10 69.50 SHILPAMED 390.00 394.70 360.00 362.65 AAVAS 1220.00 1264.85 1172.70 1188.35 NMDC 76.80 81.55 75.95 80.60 5.20 MUTHOOTFIN 827.55 874.85 823.70 863.55 TATAELXSI 840.00 840.00 798.00 802.75 OMAXE 156.00 156.00 150.70 152.80 BDL 224.95 224.95 215.00 216.85 HATHWAY 18.80 19.60 18.78 19.32 BOSCHLTD 10199.00 10760.10 10113.55 10610.05 586.05 APOLLOTYRE 97.55 103.25 95.80 96.25 GRAPHITE 223.90 223.90 207.00 208.50 MINDAIND 289.00 305.00 289.00 294.60 ERIS 492.60 509.05 492.60 501.40 STARCEMENT 78.30 82.00 77.65 79.15 HINDPETRO 211.05 224.40 206.70 219.35 11.00 IOC 81.95 84.60 81.40 84.25 ASTRAZEN 3190.00 3240.75 2962.05 3032.35 SUZLON 2.67 2.72 2.59 2.61 LUXIND 976.20 992.65 930.05 938.50 DBCORP 75.60 76.80 74.70 75.20 IBULHSGFIN 130.70 134.90 127.40 133.50 6.60 GRASIM 504.90 515.00 502.00 506.20 ADANIPOWER 32.00 32.80 31.45 31.65 HONAUT 28701.00 29239.00 28235.20 28643.65 MINDACORP 70.05 70.45 68.50 68.75 SHOPERSTOP 193.95 202.65 183.05 187.35 ACC 1139.25 1192.80 1137.00 1170.10 47.90 DLF 142.80 152.30 142.80 146.95 ABBOTINDIA 18099.00 18199.95 17503.70 17667.70 SUDARSCHEM 421.05 424.45 409.05 410.45 NESCO 447.00 469.75 447.00 450.00 ORIENTREF 150.80 152.00 145.00 148.55 HAVELLS 552.25 565.75 544.70 563.00 20.15 KAJARIACER 370.00 414.00 367.50 374.85 NMDC 75.45 81.55 75.45 80.50 SOBHA 216.90 216.90 200.05 201.05 ASTRAL 954.35 974.70 915.00 929.40 CENTRALBK 15.87 16.23 15.57 15.61 DLF 143.65 152.25 142.25 146.75 5.10 ESCORTS 732.90 738.65 708.35 712.90 NIITTECH 1183.00 1245.00 1183.00 1204.75 SCI 44.90 45.90 43.60 43.90 LAKSHVILAS 15.35 15.44 14.15 14.87 SUPRAJIT 121.50 123.90 121.05 123.10 ICICIGI 1240.00 1325.00 1207.05 1273.00 41.75 M&M 354.80 368.10 354.80 366.60 DCBBANK 82.00 83.00 79.65 80.65 JKTYRE 52.00 54.25 51.40 51.50 MAHLOG 273.80 273.80 257.95 261.50 INTELLECT 74.40 76.50 72.00 72.55 PETRONET 237.90 245.00 236.00 242.30 6.80 RPOWER 2.62 2.62 2.38 2.38 LTI 1477.00 1640.00 1477.00 1586.30 MEGH 52.00 52.75 50.00 50.15 FINEORG 2036.95 2054.85 2010.00 2011.80 CENTRUM 10.91 11.20 10.40 10.63 PEL 963.10 997.50 960.60 982.15 27.55 EICHERMOT 14512.00 14888.00 14422.90 14700.10 BERGEPAINT 517.95 524.40 502.85 508.60 JMFINANCIL 68.90 69.85 65.40 65.80 BLUEDART 2259.95 2325.00 2211.40 2234.20 IFBIND 422.35 422.35 400.00 408.10 DABUR 485.00 495.35 478.25 490.00 11.75 HCLTECH 508.00 550.00 501.60 542.80 SUNTV 397.90 400.35 381.90 383.90 HSCL 52.15 52.15 49.50 49.80 ADVENZYMES 149.50 155.00 144.00 145.90 DHANUKA 441.75 449.85 434.30 446.45 BANKBARODA 49.00 51.25 48.40 49.25 1.15 HDFCLIFE 496.70 510.45 493.40 500.90 MAHSEAMLES 200.10 228.90 198.80 222.65 KNRCON 211.70 215.00 206.35 210.25 SCHAEFFLER 3359.65 3500.00 3350.00 3436.05 SHANKARA 254.00 255.90 251.95 255.90 CONCOR 371.00 381.90 369.10 374.00 7.90 L&TFH 65.65 67.50 65.00 65.60 DMART 2329.00 2390.00 2329.00 2379.80 JBCHEPHARM 580.20 581.30 552.35 557.35 COCHINSHIP 250.00 252.70 247.05 248.10 MAXINDIA 70.00 70.00 61.40 61.65 ICICIPRULI 405.90 416.10 405.10 410.60 8.20 INDIACEM 100.10 109.30 100.10 103.75 LINDEINDIA 538.45 570.00 533.25 542.30 KRBL 195.70 195.70 182.55 191.60 AIAENG 1584.05 1642.00 1567.50 1606.55 NILKAMAL 1105.90 1123.20 1070.00 1078.25 BAJAJHLDNG 2037.00 2077.00 2026.30 2041.00 38.15 GAIL 91.00 96.50 91.00 95.75 CESC 631.70 666.00 625.55 656.85 CHAMBLFERT 132.50 132.60 128.65 129.55 HFCL 10.95 11.35 10.75 10.84 SKFINDIA 1487.20 1495.90 1466.90 1482.75 GICRE 139.00 141.95 138.30 139.50 2.50 EQUITAS 53.60 54.25 50.80 51.45 MGL 965.00 978.50 954.85 970.65 VGUARD 181.15 182.50 175.90 176.80 ESSELPRO 177.15 184.40 176.55 180.10 TAKE 60.75 62.60 57.50 58.15 SBILIFE 735.20 741.00 716.85 726.00 12.65 SAIL 30.60 32.25 30.60 31.90 MFSL 462.00 489.60 461.25 469.85 CHENNPETRO 63.90 63.90 61.75 62.40 ASTERDM 102.90 103.00 98.35 99.35 MHRIL 132.00 135.45 130.10 131.80 HINDZINC 174.40 176.00 172.00 174.25 2.90 JUBLFOOD 1580.00 1645.55 1580.00 1606.90 GODREJPROP 673.80 700.00 670.05 676.55 NATCOPHARM 626.00 632.00 597.90 610.90 GRSE 142.25 144.00 136.45 137.50 ITDC 162.75 167.50 162.75 164.85 L&TFH 65.90 67.50 65.00 65.65 1.05 BRITANNIA 3196.45 3205.00 3151.00 3164.80 IDBI 21.50 21.90 21.35 21.50 BOMDYEING 53.35 53.85 51.30 51.60 PERSISTENT 475.50 493.25 470.25 472.10 PRSMJOHNSN 37.55 39.30 37.55 38.30 AMBUJACEM 171.20 174.85 170.55 172.00 2.50 BATAINDIA 1355.00 1380.00 1320.05 1364.20 RELINFRA 23.70 24.08 21.80 22.24 PTC 40.55 40.75 39.80 40.00 SOMANYCERA 115.40 117.15 109.05 109.85 VAIBHAVGBL 968.90 983.95 931.10 953.80 PAGEIND 18300.00 18632.60 17965.10 18244.00 250.15 BIOCON 361.45 361.45 347.35 353.95 BEML 594.00 604.00 584.50 586.65 SHK 66.00 68.35 65.00 65.35 DALBHARAT* 528.35 532.85 520.60 521.60 EIHOTEL 76.50 77.00 74.75 75.80 HDFCLIFE 500.00 510.70 493.15 499.25 6.40 TVSMOTOR 317.90 333.95 311.75 328.05 SPARC 138.00 140.40 131.00 131.65 VENKYS 1128.75 1160.00 1060.00 1100.15 ZENSARTECH 86.15 87.90 82.55 84.75 MASFIN 627.00 643.85 595.45 611.55 GODREJCP 540.55 546.90 528.00 543.00 6.55 COALINDIA 141.85 149.55 141.75 148.60 PIIND 1530.25 1602.00 1530.25 1590.70 MOIL 135.10 137.35 129.00 129.70 FINOLEXIND 397.00 410.15 389.35 401.20 SOLARINDS 884.00 895.30 872.00 882.40 PGHH 10577.00 10640.00 10358.00 10639.00 113.05 NESTLEIND 17611.00 17999.00 17574.35 17906.10 INDHOTEL 76.00 81.00 76.00 79.85 FCONSUMER 9.22 9.22 9.05 9.22 NLCINDIA 45.35 45.95 45.05 45.25 ESABINDIA 1152.00 1160.00 1139.85 1156.90 HDFCAMC 2555.00 2575.90 2506.00 2536.00 24.50 DABUR 484.00 495.45 480.00 489.35 RALLIS 212.00 216.15 206.50 213.70 PRESTIGE 174.15 175.50 172.30 173.90 NIACL 121.05 123.00 119.00 119.80 SFL 1366.30 1590.00 1323.65 1497.05 ADANITRANS 208.00 211.00 205.30 206.50 1.80 ACC 1139.25 1192.00 1136.10 1179.85 SIEMENS 1176.95 1178.70 1135.05 1139.75 GMRINFRA 17.15 17.60 17.00 17.10 AKZOINDIA 2020.00 2099.00 2003.55 2084.75 MAHABANK 9.53 9.68 9.50 9.55 SIEMENS 1148.00 1179.00 1132.95 1137.00 9.85 PEL 961.00 996.95 960.95 988.85 ADANIGAS 107.85 109.00 104.45 105.25 SUNTECK 209.00 209.00 191.20 198.05 FSL 35.00 35.55 34.80 35.15 NAVNETEDUL 72.00 74.00 71.75 72.95 DMART 2349.00 2389.75 2325.00 2361.00 16.65 BAJAJ-AUTO 2501.00 2653.75 2501.00 2627.75 POLYCAB 711.00 724.80 711.00 723.70 TV18BRDCST 20.10 20.70 19.50 19.55 BLUESTARCO 540.00 555.00 528.05 534.30 JSLHISAR 44.30 44.30 43.55 44.30 PFC 95.85 96.60 93.10 95.50 0.65 OIL 94.00 100.50 92.00 98.95 UBL 952.25 959.25 925.70 938.20 SWANENERGY 101.00 102.50 99.90 100.00 CHOLAHLDNG 288.00 297.70 287.35 296.45 ECLERX 445.00 475.90 445.00 465.15 MCDOWELL-N 536.15 545.50 527.10 535.90 3.60 JISLJALEQS 7.57 7.57 7.21 7.57 TORNTPOWER 325.15 335.40 325.15 330.30 ALKYLAMINE 1939.00 1939.00 1734.00 1782.60 WELSPUNIND 26.90 27.35 26.15 26.30 GET&D 87.00 87.50 85.00 85.50 BIOCON 360.00 360.00 347.25 354.10 1.95 BEL 74.00 74.50 71.30 72.15 CGCL 147.85 171.50 147.85 151.75 LALPATHLAB 1600.00 1615.00 1577.55 1586.85 SCHNEIDER 86.00 86.30 83.15 83.60 TIMETECHNO 34.45 35.60 34.00 34.20 PIDILITIND 1540.00 1542.65 1506.45 1523.00 5.20 CANBK 89.90 91.10 87.40 87.90 UNIONBANK 27.75 27.75 27.15 27.30 BLISSGVS 101.45 101.45 97.35 98.25 TIINDIA 374.00 388.50 345.10 372.00 INOXWIND 25.45 26.70 25.20 26.70 PNB 32.70 33.70 32.10 32.40 0.10 CADILAHC 331.50 332.00 321.50 323.95 FRETAIL 90.90 93.95 85.20 85.20 IEX 156.20 157.45 148.25 149.70 ADANITRANS 205.85 210.65 205.65 206.70 SHRIRAMCIT 740.00 760.90 730.40 734.40 AUROPHARMA 633.05 641.00 609.05 625.80 0.45 DEEPAKNI 518.85 529.85 495.00 506.75 NATIONALUM 31.50 32.15 31.40 31.85 GODREJAGRO 413.00 413.75 401.00 406.30 AEGISLOG 170.85 173.95 166.50 168.60 GDL 93.35 94.45 90.90 91.10 IDEA 4.35 4.40 4.10 4.20 0.00 IDFCFIRSTB 22.50 22.70 21.70 21.90 RITES 237.00 238.00 229.20 230.75 TNPL 101.60 104.90 99.00 99.20 GHCL 108.00 108.10 104.95 105.15 RATNAMANI 912.00 920.00 900.65 907.00 NIACL 120.55 123.20 119.10 119.60 -0.35 WESTLIFE 302.65 323.50 290.00 315.15 TATACOFFEE 77.40 82.50 75.60 78.45 VINATIORGA 999.00 1019.00 980.10 985.00 TVSSRICHAK 1092.95 1135.00 1048.00 1061.20 GULFOILLUB 610.10 610.10 587.00 595.55 UBL 961.00 961.00 925.10 940.00 -3.85 PFC 96.00 96.60 93.30 95.35 GPPL 56.10 58.65 55.80 57.65 RESPONIND 83.50 83.50 81.00 81.35 LEMONTREE 17.75 18.00 17.55 17.60 GARFIBRES 1294.10 1294.10 1265.10 1288.45 MARICO 295.00 295.00 283.15 287.90 -1.75 TATAMTRDVR 39.70 40.65 37.75 39.80 CROMPTON 221.35 239.10 220.30 221.95 VIPIND 240.90 240.90 230.00 230.60 BASF 1064.45 1075.00 1047.00 1055.35 KSB 499.50 503.00 491.00 491.60 COLPAL 1485.20 1485.20 1442.50 1464.00 -9.60 HDFCAMC 2555.00 2575.00 2504.00 2531.30 HAWKINCOOK 4893.55 4992.00 4761.20 4806.30 EIDPARRY 148.90 150.40 143.35 145.25 PNCINFRA 126.60 129.80 125.00 127.15 HERITGFOOD 265.60 276.00 260.10 271.40 CADILAHC 330.50 332.00 321.30 323.95 -2.75 NAM-INDIA 241.90 252.00 241.00 246.55 TRENT 499.00 509.85 494.45 505.05 JAMNAAUTO 27.00 27.65 25.90 26.05 JTEKTINDIA 52.00 52.60 50.40 51.50 KPRMILL 470.30 470.30 448.05 460.45 NHPC 21.45 21.45 20.60 20.85 -0.25 ICICIGI 1238.10 1324.95 1208.20 1288.40 DELTACORP* 69.80 70.90 68.30 68.95 BAJAJHLDNG 2047.95 2076.85 2028.50 2039.80 TTKPRESTIG 4949.85 4949.85 4784.00 4819.70 TEJASNET 37.25 39.00 36.25 38.15 DIVISLAB 2365.00 2372.70 2300.70 2333.00 -36.85 WIPRO 184.60 192.50 183.75 190.50 NAVINFLUOR 1619.00 1628.80 1552.30 1573.55 HEIDELBERG 158.00 159.30 155.50 155.85 GALAXYSURF 1428.95 1432.75 1394.90 1402.50 NBVENTURES 38.50 39.00 37.65 37.90 BERGEPAINT 515.00 517.25 502.55 507.00 -10.25 LICHSGFIN 289.00 296.50 281.60 282.95 ALKEM 2681.30 2743.00 2576.25 2608.45 KTKBANK 43.40 44.90 43.40 44.20 HIMATSEIDE 55.40 57.35 54.05 54.60 KPITTECH 54.90 54.90 54.90 54.90 OFSS 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It has infected more outbreak to Beijing would only Parliament session on May 22 strengthening community-level epicentres of the deadly virus,        “The US presidential elec- wants his Democratic oppo- than 1 million Americans and “expose the problems of the US amid a steady decline in the epidemic prevention and con- which later turned into a pan-  -    tion is an internal affair, we nent, Joe Biden, to win the elec- has thrown the U.S. economy itself ”. coronavirus cases. trol. He asked officials to make demic, bringing the world to a   G J have no interest in interfering tion to ease the pressure Trump into a deep recession. “The U.S. should know China’s National Health efforts to contain the virus standstill. 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Rupani. Rupani, a high school “Our Mars helicopter has a Department of Foreign Affairs restraint and avoid actions that initiated by the Philippines, and Akbaruddin bid adieu to UN that “I bow out with a Namaste The US State Department junior from Northport, new name! Meet: Ingenuity. issued a statement objecting to would escalate the disputes refused to recognize the ruling. Secretary General Antonio to you.” argued in a paper released last Alabama, earned the honour of Student Vaneeza Rupani came what it called China’s “illegal and undermine regional sta- Last week, the Philippines Guterres with a ‘Namaste’ in a Guterres, smiling, also week that fitting the low-yield naming the helicopter after up with the name during our designation” of Fiery Cross bility. protested China’s establish- virtual meeting. responds with a Namaste, say- nuclear warheads to subma- she submitted her essay into “name the rover” contest. Reef as a regional administra- The Philippine govern- ment of two districts to admin- Akbaruddin had ing it three times. rine-launched ballistic missiles NASA’s “Name the Rover” con- Ingenuity will ride to the Red tive center in the hotly con- ment has protested China’s ister two disputed groups of a virtual meeting with Guterres Akbaruddin had assumed would help counter potential test. Planet with @NASAPersevere tested Spratly archipelago. self-declared territorial zones in islands and reefs in the South as he prepares to return charge as India’s envoy to the new threats from Russia and Destined to become the to attempt the first powered It’s the latest in a series of the waters starting in 2012, China Sea. One district report- to India. UN in November, 2015. China. first aircraft to attempt powered flight on another world,” NASA disagreements in the sea as with what it said was Beijing’s edly covers the Paracel islands “Before I leave Secretary Seasoned diplomat TS It charged that Moscow in flight on another planet, tweeted. Asian nations grapple with the “unlawful establishment” of a and the other has jurisdiction General, I have one last small Tirumurti, currently serving particular was pondering the NASA’s Mars Helicopter offi- Rupani’s entry was among coronavirus pandemic. U.S. Sansha City covering much of over the Spratlys, where China request and that is in the Indian as Secretary in the Ministry of use of non-strategic nuclear cially named: Ingenuity, as sug- 28,000 essays submitted by K- Secretary of State Mike the South China Sea. has turned seven reefs, includ- tradition, when we leave or External Affairs, was on weapons as a way of coercion gested by Rupani. 12 students from every US Pompeo accused China last It said it “does not recog- ing Fiery Cross, into missile- when we meet, we don’t stay Wednesday appointed as India’s in a limited conflict — an While NASA announced state and territory, according to week of taking advantage of nise Sansha nor its constituent protected island bases, includ- hello or shake hand but we say Permanent Representative to assertion that Russia has in March that its next rover NASA, which made the widespread distraction over units nor any subsequent acts ing three with runways. Namaste. 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The sensibility of the person You have produced Heena, directed Aa the past and bask in the glory of what I ,-*++2+ the attention, I have never sought it; it’s the director and producer for their fore- spending 200 is not the same as the man Ab Laut Chalein. Why haven’t you con- have done. I look forward, want to be 1*!):0*=P the recognition from a diverse section of sight and confidence to cast me in the film driving an auto. You could say multiplex- sidered making a film under the RK encouraged and prodded to do much L,.:+)0-* people beyond the fraternity, be it politi- despite my lover boy image. They could es have widened the bandwidth and made banner? more than I am capable of. I don’t want cians, officials, rank outsiders and the have taken any established villain but they it possible for filmmakers to address a Filmmaking is a full time job and I to stop. I have a quiver full of arrows, each common man. I was so moved when voted for me. That was a great responsi- diverse range of viewers. So now you have don’t have the time as I am enjoying this different from the other and I’d like to hit C    Indira Jaisingh, the former solicitor-gen- bility on my shoulder. Thankfully, the div- films like Agneepath which strikes the phase of my acting career, probably my the eye with each of them.    eral of India, called me up personally to idends paid off for them and me. perfect balance between the front bench- best. I am not saying never, I will definite- & tell me how much she enjoyed a TV inter- es and balcony, one that straddles the sin- ly try my hand if I get a good script. But What kind of projects are you busy view of mine, so much so that she People are now saying you are com- gle theatre and the multiplex. right now I am not in that space. I don’t with now? -    watched the film after it and had become peting with your son Ranbir in terms of even want Ranbir to take up direction I have done my first slapstick role in   a great fan. It was an interesting experi- performance... Would you agree that small budget now; he is young, should concentrate on Sajid Khan’s Housefull 2, which will be    ence. (At this moment director Imtiaz Ali’s Thankfully. I am to glad to be part of films are nudging experiments in the his acting and not jump puddles. As a releasing in April. I have done Karan     father calls him up from Jamshedpur to a phase of Hindi cinema where both of industry? father, I must respect the fact that you let Johar’s Student of the Year, where I will be compliment him for Agneepath). Such us have a chance to push the envelope It’s not only about the budget, it’s your son find his way among the bush- playing a gay Dean, who is very subtle. I  2    reactions make me feel great. And admit- with each project. about the ability to make a good film that es... will be appearing in a remake of Chashme 7  O  ",    tedly, I am on a high. I knew I had a meaty makes commercial sense. I believe art is My father did not interfere with my Buddoor with Lilette Dubey. It is a mod-      -  role but didn’t know a catalyst character How difficult was it to adjust your universal and there is nothing parallel or career either and I am the better for it. I ern version of the old film where I will L  O      between the hero and anti-hero, played vision as a seasoned actor with that of mainstream about it. There is only good have not guided Ranbir and that’s why he be playing the character of Saeed Jaffery. by two biggies like Hritik Roshan and the young filmmakers? cinema and bad cinema, nothing is standing on his own feet. He has got to I will be teaming up with Amitabh  -     Sanjay Dutt, would manage to leave a big They young blood has brought in crossover or in-between. 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Karan when the viewer pays an entertainment ily taught him a lot, Ranbir went to film Dobara type bonding with Naseeruddin "    your kitty recently? took the skeleton of the old film and filled tax, he earns the right to be entertained. school, the Lee Strasbourg Institute and Shah and Boman Irani.       "M People never expected Rishi Kapoor it up again beautifully. These youngsters Then I can’t serve him a film that goes is trained in all aspects of filmmaking. He ,  O  G to turn a visceral villain on screen. I had are never tired, willing to experiment and over his head. came back, worked as an assistant to So you have a hectic pace? 7      done very little externally except the net keen to work with old actors too. They If you want to make an artistic film, Sanjay Leela Bhansali and got his break. Not really. I am no longer the lead- vest, my hair, beard and the kohl-rimmed are a blend of tradition and modernity. then send it to Doordarshan for a free tele- As a product of today’s society thriving ing man who has to give 60 days. A char- O . eyes. The rest was my interpretation, my Older directors are stagnating because cast, the tax burden is not on you. on the information highway, he doesn’t acter actor can work in short bursts. Of     spontaneous emoting of what this char- they refuse to think out of the box, chal- Anyway, I find most so-called arthouse really need my advice. Besides, we don’t course, there is a lot of travelling. acter would do in real life. I never lenge the viewer. Rather they want to play films boring and pretentious. Otherwise bring back or discuss work home. He is research, just rely on my instincts and my it safe, repeating the formula of their once you would not have had brilliant actors very close to his mother, talks to her but In your time, every actor, be it a man 8)-*( experiences. Rauf Lala doesn’t depend on successful films. like Om Puri, Naseeruddin Shah and in the end he exactly knows what he is or woman, had a personality. Today D-* mannerisms, he is naturally evil. I do Young men like Karan Malhotra have Shabana Azmi going mainstream. Would doing and takes his creative decisions. everybody looks factory made... your accept the fact that I am a reasonably good a great respect for seniors like us and at you say they are not doing good cinema There is an appreciable growth in him. comments. >    ' " actor but this role has really worked won- the same time are very straight forward now? It is an art to sing, dance, fight or Though he is young, he has not been a Actors today are very image-driven        -   ders. If you ask me objectively, this has and adamant about what they want. Even become a Rauf Lala. I am an artiste, a college boy sitting in a canteen, he has and have intelligently carved such con- been a stand-out performance. Habib Faisal debuted as a director with genius of these virtues... done a Rajneeti, Rocket Singh and now stituencies for themselves that they have   "     Over the years I have only been doing Do Dooni Char. It’s great that both my Rockstar. managed to last 15-20 years. Nobody is -  -  romantic films. Nobody gave me roles I acclaimed performances have been with Let’s go back to your younger years, a complete package. More so among the    G could experiment with until now and I first time directors. when you were growing up as scion of These days, there is an entire image- leading ladies. From 16 to 35, they all look -    am thoroughly enjoying this phase of the Kapoor legacy... were you ever con- building machinery around an actor, clones, the make-up, hairstyle and the  LLOM being challenged as an actor, as an But you had to be malleable too? fused about what you wanted to be, an one that ensures his brand value and a look are the same. Sadly, we haven’t had artiste. Finally, I am reinventing myself If you are an actor true to your craft, actor, director, a script writer maybe? media profile. How was it in your a good actor since Sridevi, who had ter-    and getting my due. There is growth of you can adjust with anybody. Besides, I You are right, the influences of a film time? rific star value as well. Of course, there was - -G an actor, not a star. I am not saying all my choose to work with only those tradition were not only strong Thankfully, my body of work has Rekha. 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By age 10, all of us Kapoors have never lobbied for awards So when do we see you with Neetu ji - "- Chance or Everyman in Do Dooni Char, Though you are not a knew how to make a and have been happy entertaining the again?   an unimaginable variety is surfacing for method actor, would you film, we had been aam janta. I have never lobbied for recog- She is very reluctant about coming  me. Did you know so many people say you have to put more exposed to every nition and it has been 40 years. People back and it is my insistence that made her thought that it would never be possible thought into your characters aspect of filmcraft. who are not even 40 years old have been take up Do Dooni Char. I did that  "G for Rishi Kapoor to become Mr Duggal? now than before? Unconsciously, you awarded by the government. The govern- because the role was a custom fit for her. 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West 30th Street full of ambition. of personalised videos to CEOs “Research studies have suggested Decades later, the award-winning from big food companies seeking that people in the age group of 18-40 chef has an upscale food hall on donations. years are buying more alcohol than usual that very street and will serve His Restaurant Employee during these crisis. People are general- 40,000 meals this week across the Relief Fund quickly raised $10 ly spending more money on liquor as city where he built his dreams, million, with a goal of raising they are likely to drink more to allevi- and which is now the US epicen- $100 million, to offer $500 grants ate the stress they are feeling,” Dr ter of the Coronavirus. for laid-off workers. The first Anuneet Sabharwal, MBBS, MD Andres, whose restaurants checks were handed out last Psychiatrist said. in the United States include The week. However, the increase in drinking Bazaar, Jaleo and the two “As diners, we’re always the might be fun pastime but is likely to have Michelin-starred Somni, found- ones asking restaurants for help. both short and long term impact on the ed World Central Kitchen in We ask the servers to take special health and safety of individuals. In the 2010. It has served over 15 mil- care of our tables, the bartenders short term, it may help people to calm 18 to 30-year-olds who had reported lion meals worldwide after hur- to listen to our stories and the themselves down or release some tension experiencing a hangover at least once in ricanes, wildfires and other dis- bussers to clean up our messes,” and stress but in the long term, it may the past month. Individuals completed asters. Fieri said. He described the pro- lead to alcohol addiction or might neg- measures which assessed their ability to Since the pandemic, his gramme as “a big warm blanket, atively impact our immune system. switch attention between tasks, to update organisation has served more as if to say, ‘Hey, we got you. It’s Alcohol consumption gone out of and process information from multiple than 7,50,000 meals from Miami our turn to help you for once.’” hand also puts families and communi- sources and to guide and plan behaviour, and Los Angeles to Little Rock, Ray announced a $4 million ties at risk because researchers warn that whilst experiencing a hangover. Arkansas and Fairfax, Virginia. It donation from her two charities. heavy drinkers or people with a hang- Few studies have explored how works out of places like libraries, Half will go to feeding and nutri- over have less ability to plan or set goals hangover affects key cognitive process- food trucks and shuttered restau- tional programmes, including and make decisions the following day. es, the so-called ‘core executive functions’, rants, feeding 125 hospitals, stu- World Central Kitchen. The other When hungover, individuals have a which we use in daily life to planning, dents in school lunch pro- half will support animal rescue, reduced ability to retain information in set goals and make decisions. “Our data grammes and even quarantined feeding and veterinary pro- their short-term memory. For example, shows that this impairment is likely the cruise ship passengers. grammes. retaining a telephone number whilst tak- result of reduced capability in several core Andres has amassed an A-list “We are not a disaster relief ing a message at the same time. They also executive functions, which are important network around the world, rely- fund by origin or desire but that’s highlight impairments when it comes to for tasks such as workplace performance ing on celebrity chef pals includ- what we’ve become quite frankly individuals’ ability to switch attention and driving,” said study senior author Dr ing Rachael Ray, Guy Fieri and in the last couple of years,” she said. between tasks and focus on a goal. Sally Adams. Marcus Samuelsson to feed the Andres’ organisation is one of Published in the Journal of Clinical As per Dr Sabharwal, these measures hungry and buoy the humble the largest recipients. “He’s just Medicine, the study highlights the true can be used to ensure mindful moder- restaurant kitchens across Recent meals at senior centres in there around the clock all over the impact of heavy drinking and provides ate and responsible drinking. America where many started Washington DC, included planet and I love Jose. I’m so new evidence as to why hangovers cost their careers. creamy tomato pasta with spring devoted to him,” Ray said from her the wider economy so much. Keep a control “I’m in debt to America... vegetables, and cilantro rice home in upstate New York. A recent report, which involved the It is always suggested keeping con- That’s the best I can give because bowls with spiced chickpeas and In Minnesota, chef Andrew same team, found that hangovers cost the trol of your drinks. There are many ways America gave me a home. spinach topped with citrus vinai- Zimmern was among the first UK economy 1.4 billion pound a year in to do it. For instance, you can use an app America gave me opportunity,” grette and crispy tortillas. there to shutter his restaurants, wasted productivity, including people to calculate your blood alcohol concen- Andres said. Andres was among the first fearing for his workers’ safety. working while hungover. “We know that tration (BAC) and alcohol-related caloric In New York City, he set up to close his restaurants, hoping to Next, he cobbled together the hangovers can have a big economic cost intake. a cafe to serve the Mount Sinai create a blueprint for chefs Independent Restaurant Coalition, but we did not know how hangover field hospital in Central Park. In around the world on how to use hiring lobbyists to be a voice in affects our ability to switch attention from Don’t drink past your “off” switch Harlem, he’s using Chopped TV their restaurants and employ Washington for restaurants, espe- one task to another, update information In other words, it is suggested to stop judge Samuelsson’s Red Rooster workers while feeding the hun- cially mom-and-pop ones. He in our mind, and maintain focus on set- drinking before you stop thinking. restaurant to feed families. gry. “This operation is growing noted that such restaurants are ting goals,” said study lead author Craig Samuelsson’s Miami restau- every day,” he said. “We want to many people’s first jobs, as teens, Gunn from the University of Bath in the Understand your heavy drinking rant hasn’t opened to the public put America to work in the and are top employers of single UK. triggers and plan ahead yet, but instead of leaving it process of feeding America.” moms and those transitioning “Our study asked participants to Make a list of the people, places, and empty, he turned it over to World In California, Fieri is on from prison. complete tasks measuring these process- situations that have led to heavy drink- Central Kitchen. They are serv- standby, ready with a 48-foot- “We can’t fail. (Restaurants) es when they had a hangover and again ing in the past, and try to avoid them. ing sandwiches and salads there long (15-meter-long) rescue friendship with Andres and other want to do is go bigger, go bet- have to be open and ready to wel- when they had not consumed alcohol. to laid-off hospitality workers, kitchen and support team. “Guy famous chefs to “playing in a ter,” said Fieri, who cooked along- come their workers back,” said The results suggest that all of these Don’t drink to self-medicate homeless residents and Uber dri- is ready to go,” Andres said. band.” side Andres during last year’s Zimmern. “If we can’t do that, it processes are impaired by a hangover, People who use alcohol to self-med- vers. “This is like war. 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The list, which has come later resumes in the post Covid-19 “We just try to play as hard as we can and win than scheduled, features six new world as he feels it is no more or as many games as possible for CSK, enjoy each faces for the 2020-21 season — no less risky than sharing the other’s success and that’s what makes Chennai such Mitchell Marsh, Ashton Agar, change room with fellow players. a special team,” he said about the three-time IPL Burns, Labuschagne, Kane “You’re sharing change rooms winner. Richardson and Matthew Wade to and you’re sharing everything Tahir, who joined the Mahendra Singh the list. else, I don’t see why you have to Dhoni-led team in 2018, said the day he put on “Marnus’ rise has been mete- change that,” Warner told the CSK cap was one of the special moments of oric and well-documented, Joe has cricket.Com.Au. his life. been a good Test match player, “It’s been going around for 1 D        # “The day I put on the Chennai Super Kings Ashton Agar’s form in T20 hundreds of years now, I can’t cap was one of the special moments of my life. I Internationals has been exception- recall anyone that’s got sick by Shaun Tait believes it is important never knew I was going to be around special peo- al, while Kane Richardson has doing that. If you’re going to con- to be open about changes and the ple and (be part) of a special squad,” he added. been outstanding in the 20-over tract a bug, I don’t think it’d nec- use of saliva could become a thing The 41-year old South African, winner of the and one-day games,” Chief selec- essarily be just from that. of the past. purple cap (prize for highest wicket-taker in IPL) tor Trevor Hohns said in a state- “I’m not too sure but it’s not “I’ve never been a huge fan of in 2019 season, said the family atmosphere in the ment. F*   G@        * ' ( /  A !  . .3  my place to comment on whether the saliva on the ball, it’s not very team makes it special. Labuschagne has risen to No or not we should or shouldn’t (use nice really,” Tait said. “It’s a family really, and I never really felt that 3 in ICC rankings after making Handscomb, Marcus Stoinis, Marsh’s inclusion, Hohns said: initial contract list, can be upgrad- saliva to shine the ball). It’s up to “We have to open to some in any other franchise anywhere. It’s very special, Test debut for Australia in 2018. Nathan Coulter-Nile, Marcus “After missing the list last year ed during the year by accruing 12 the ICC and the governing bod- possible changes there.” The sub- not just to me but close to my In 14 Tests he has played, Harris, and Shaun Marsh were Mitch Marsh’s recent form showed upgrade points with Tests worth ies to decide.” ject of legalisation of ball tamper- family’s heart as well. My Labuschagne averages over 63 also not included as Cricket he has a lot of international crick- five points, ODIs two points and However, former fast bowler ing has led to divided opinions. son always sings the CSK and has accumulated 1459 runs. Australia named 20 players in its et ahead of him as a batting all- T20s one point for men. song when he is at the Burns averages over 50 in new centrally-contracted list. rounder. “...There are always plenty of unlucky omissions but, however, women’s list having not played for ground and when I am both Tests and ODIs. “Matthew Wade’s summer “Mitch proved this with his opportunities for those who have because you are not on the list does the national side since 2017. playing for Chennai. He The 33-year-old Khawaja, showed he is not only a tough but man of the match performance missed out to be re-selected by not mean you cannot be selected Fast-bowling all-rounder just loves it,” Tahir added. who missed out for the first time a good Test player for us. His form against New Zealand at the SCG performing consistently at domes- to represent Australia,” he added. McGrath and young guns Tayla The veteran leggie in five years, didn’t feature in any extended into white ball cricket in the last game Australia played tic level; and importantly to make National selectors also named Vlaeminck and Annabel also fondly remembered Test for Australia since losing his late in the summer, earning him and a five-wicket haul in the last the most of any opportunity that 15 women who will be contract- Sutherland are the new faces on the open-top bus place after the third Test against well deserved call-ups to the one- Test match he played on the comes their way at international ed for the next 12 months with the women’s list, while Nicole parade in the run-up England in August last year. day and T20 Australian squads.” Ashes tour.” level,” Hohns said. South Australian Tahlia McGrath Bolton, Elyse Villani and Erin to the 2018 season, Besides Khawaja, Peter Talking about Mitchell Players, who miss out on the “As is always the case there are being a surprise addition on the Burns have missed out. when the franchise returned after a two- year ban from IPL. “Unreal to see the > N  O     ' 4& 9!)% support the fans gave us, it was amazing, something that I’d   16% 6%  ::; 6')" ) $!) never witnessed C   @@9 before in my life. oeen Ali is keen to make a “fresh start” Grateful to Mand regain his place in England’s Test   %/0 /12 before Thursday also said no new everyone side after ending his self-imposed exile from  English cricket’s controversial over until next year. “The situation we find decision to imple- event will be who sup- the five-day game. new Hundred competition has been ourselves in as a country means that he World Archery on ment it till August announced with less ports The off-spinning all-rounder was delayed until 2021 because of the coron- delivery of the Hundred will not be possi- TThursday decided not to 31. than two months CSK,” he dropped by England following a poor dis- avirus pandemic, cricket chiefs announced ble this summer,” ECB chief executive Tom hold any Olympic qualifying The world body notice. said. play in last year’s Ashes opener and then lost on Thursday. Harrison in a statement. event this year in view of the his England central contract. The new 100-balls-per-side format, to “Whilst we are naturally disappointed Covid-19 pandemic and also Moeen then decided to take a break be played by eight franchises rather than that we won’t get to realise our ambitions freezed the world rankings. from Test cricket that saw him miss series the established 18 first-class counties, this year, the Hundred will go ahead in 2021 The world body also *      #     in New Zealand and South Africa. had been due to start in July. when we are safely able to deliver every- extended the suspension of all He also made himself unavailable for But with the English season delayed thing we intended to help grow the game.” international competitions till    .61.&& visor was not able to attend to this year’s tour of Sri Lanka, cut short before until at least July 1 and matches after The ECB's statement said playing the the end of August. It, however, him regularly, forcing his wife the internationals by the coronavirus, that likely to be played behind Hundred behind closed doors was not an is hoping to start competi- ubimal Chuni Goswami, Basanti to administer the med- even though he’d taken 18 wickets at an closed doors, the England and option because an event with no fans tions (not Olympic qualifiers) Sone of India’s sporting giants icine. impressive average of 24.5 during Wales Cricket Board has “directly contradicts the competition’s goal before the end of the year. who captained the 1962 Asian The former striker played England’s last visit to the island 18 decided to hold the Hundred to attract a broader audience”. AFP Accordingly, a draft calen- Games Gold-winning football 50 international matches, 36 of months ago. But now, with 181 wick- dar for the last few months of team and also played first- them official, between 1956 ets in 60 Tests behind him, Moeen is cricket now. I still back cricket and I just almost had a fresh start and the year has been prepared. class cricket, died here on and 1964, including the 1960 ready to fight for his place in Joe Root’s myself to get back into the that’s hopefully what has happened over the “No further Olympic qual- Thursday after suffering a car- Olympics in Rome. He netted XI once again despite the competition side at some stage.” last year or so, it’s probably made me a bet- ification events will take place diac arrest. 13 goals during his internation- from the likes of fellow spinners Jack Moeen, 32, had previ- ter bowler. It’s put me in a better mindset. in 2020. They will be scheduled The versatile sports veter-  #  "<3  al career. Leach and Dom Bess. ously spoken of how he felt “I don’t want to keep going on about it in 2021. The world rankings an was 82 and is survived by his During his cricket stint, he “For sure if I got the call he’d been made a scapegoat now, I just want to move forward and try will remain frozen,” the WA wife Basanti and son Sudipto. Goswami was also battling represented Bengal in 46 first- tomorrow to play I would for England defeats but he to enjoy my cricket again.” said in a statement. “He suffered a cardiac underlying ailments, including class games between 1962 and definitely put my hand stressed his mood was now Moeen, a member of England’s victo- The suspension of interna- arrest and died at the nursing sugar, and prostrate and nerve 1973. A right-handed middle up,” Moeen told reporters far more positive after a rious 2019 World Cup squad, continued to tional competition was up to home at around 5pm. He was problems. Goswami needed order batsman, Goswami could via video link. break from Test duty. play limited overs internationals during his April 30 initially but it was brought here for a routine insulin daily and due to the also bowl medium pace and “I will be available to play any “I absolutely love Test Test absence. extended to June 30 later, check-up,” Sudipto said. lockdown, his medical super- was a very good fielder.  O  N 5  (/   5 )"!" 1!  ! .,1*  OT>     $/ ,-0 **, 2019-20 season is over,” said LFP     Indian tennis star Sania   76>/ Pino said. president Nathalie Boy de la Tour, Mirza on Thursday became the first “Otherwise we will rigor- in a conference call with reporters. Indian to be nominated for the Fed Cup erie A “will comply” with ously comply, as we have Ruling out any possibility of Heart Award from the Asia/Oceania zone Sthe Italian government’s always done, with the following the lead of the along with Indonesia’s Priska Medelyn decision should it choose to Government’s decision. The Netherlands, who decided to void Nugrorho. Sania had recently made a end the current season due to (sports) ministry can be sure of their season without a champion, comeback to Fed Cup after four years. the coronavirus pandemic, the our constructive and collabo- relegation or promotion, the LFP With her 18-month son Izhaan pre- league’s president said on rative spirit.” said a final table was arranged on sent in the stands, Sania had helped India Thursday. Serie A, which has been the basis of average points per qualify for the Play-offs for the first time. Italy’s top flight, a majori- suspended since March 9 due game. “Stepping on to the court for the first ty of its clubs and the Italian to a pandemic, will hold an Ten rounds of matches time in India colours was a moment of Football Federation (FIGC) emergency general assembly remained when the campaign was pride for me, back in 2003. It has been have repeatedly insisted that on Friday and the possibility of halted, although PSG and an eighteen year long journey since they want to finish the 2019-20 the season being ended is like- Strasbourg both had a game in then and I feel extremely proud and priv- campaign but on Wednesday ly to be on the agenda follow- hand. ileged to have contributed to the success      A    3  Minister of Sport Vincenzo ing Spadafora’s remarks.  $ P /   ,  A     * %    As a result, Marseille and of Indian tennis,” Sania was quoted as say- Spadafora said the chances of That’s despite FIGC presi- Rennes will go into the Champions ing.   16% 6% restarting were “increasingly dent Gabriele Gravina saying a    &7 The announcement by the League next season, while fourth- “The Fed Cup result at the narrow”. cancellation would be “the LFP comes after Prime Minister placed Lille will play in the Europa Asia/Oceania tournament last month is ottenham manager Jose Mourinho believes And Paolo Dal Pino in a death of Italian football” and rance’s football league declared Edouard Philippe said on Tuesday League. one of the greatest achievements of my Tbringing football back, even behind closed statement said that Serie A that he would “never sign for Fthe season over on Thursday, that “professional sports leagues, Toulouse and Amiens, the playing career. These are the moments an doors, would be a much-needed morale boost would maintain a “constructive the end of the championships”. with Paris Saint-Germain named notably football, cannot restart” bottom two, are condemned to rel- athlete plays for and I am grateful to the for fans starved of action during the coronavirus and collaborative” dialogue Gravina estimates that as Ligue 1 champions. because of the risks linked to the egation, with Lorient and Lens Fed Cup Heart Awards selection panel for crisis. with the Government after Italian football would suffer PSG led the table by 12 points pandemic. coming up from Ligue 2. this recognition,” added the 33-year-old. No Premier League games have been played weeks of hostility. losses of up to 800 million from Marseille when the season “There is no ambiguity about The identity of the other The winners of the Heart Awards will since March 9 due to the pandemic. “If it’s possible to do it euros ($870 million) in the was suspended in mid-March this declaration. We needed to European representatives depends be determined by online voting by fans England’s top-flight clubs are due to meet (restart) while respecting event of the season being can- because of the coronavirus out- make a final decision about this on whether the finals of the two which will go Live on May 1 and will go on Friday with Project Restart at the top of their health legislation, great,” Dal celled. break. season. We acknowledge that the domestic cups are ever played. on until May 8. PTI agenda. They will discuss how they can complete the season despite the logistical difficulties. “I miss football,” Mourinho told Sky Sports from the Tottenham Hotspur stadium, which has    O   P  2  #  #  been transformed to house a testing centre. “But I prefer to say I miss our world, like I think we all do. Football is just part of my world.   16% 6% should they complete a takeover, but Champions League.”   +/71% resume. But we have to be patient, this is a fight that we Pochettino could not disguise his Pochettino said he felt motivated The labour ministry, which all have to fight.” ormer Tottenham manager desire to return to north London at for his next job but still felt the pull of he German league con- has approved the plans, has Even if matches can return, they will be FMauricio Pochettino says some stage in his career. Tottenham. Tfirmed on Thursday that demanded each player be test- played behind closed doors for the foreseeable he wants to return to the The ex-Southampton boss, who The 48-year-old transformed clubs have started testing play- ed twice before clubs resume future to minimise the risk of spreading the virus. Premier League club one day to spent more than five years at Spurs’ fortunes after arriving from ers for the coronavirus as part team training, having so far Mourinho, though, believes players will still finish the job he started. Spurs, told BT Sport: “It was Southampton in 2014 but failed to win of plans for the Bundesliga to trained mainly in smaller be putting on a show for millions watching The Argentine left an amazing journey that a trophy. resume next month. groups. around the world. Spurs in November, six finished the way no one “Deep inside I want to go back Testing for the virus, which Players would be subject to “If we play the remaining nine matches this months after leading wanted it to finish. because the fans are so special. Maybe has so far claimed over 6,000 strict hygiene measures, includ- season it will be good for every one of us,” he them to the Champions “But deep in my heart in five years, maybe in 10 years, but lives in Germany, is a key ing testing for the virus every said. “It will be good for football, for the Premier League final, and has I am sure our paths will before I die I want to manage component in the plans to few days. League. been linked with cross again. From the Tottenham,” he said. restart the Bundesliga in stadi- German Chancellor “If we play football behind closed doors I’d Newcastle in recent day I left the club, my “I want to feel what it means to ums without spectators. Merkel is chairing a video con- like to think that football is never behind closed days. dream is to be back one win one title with Tottenham because The DFL confirmed that !  P   )  <#! ference with the premiers of 16 doors. With cameras, it means that millions and Reports claim he is day and to try to finish the the fans are amazing, all the love we regular testing has begun in the states with the Bundesliga set millions are watching. So if one day we walk into the main target of the work we didn’t finish. We received was amazing and that is a top two leagues amid hopes However, the league still to be discussed, but a final deci- this empty stadium, it will not be empty, not at Magpies’ prospective new were so close to winning the good opportunity to pay back all the matches could be played from needs the go-ahead from sion is only expected next all.” Saudi Arabian owners Premier League and love they showed us from day one.” as early as May 9 or May 16. Angela Merkel’s government to week.