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It could As per the restrictions, a sibility while reporting on media, to maintain a strong ple amid the lockdown over the TAgency (NIA) on Gurudwara in Shor Bazar area resort to panic buying, while mean smaller batch sizes or person can not buy more than issues pertaining to the sense of responsibility and coronavirus pandemic, offi- Wednesday registered a case in in Kabul Afghanistan and fired some organised players put relaxing some manufacturing two packets of 10kg atta, five COVID-19 pandemic and ensure that unverified news cials said on Wednesday. connection with the recent ter- indiscriminately killing 27 caps on items that a consumer efficiencies for some time to pieces of 100 gm butter, two ensure that unverified news capable of causing panic is not The Delhi Police First ror attack at a Gurudwara in devotees and injuring several can purchase during the lock- tide over current supply con- packets of ghee (1 kg), 5 litres capable of causing panic is not disseminated, it said. Battalion arranged 1,422 food Kabul, Afghanistan. The case others. About 150 persons were down. straints.” of mustard and soya oil, 10 kg disseminated. The top court has said in packets for distribution in var- has been registered under inside the Gurudwara when the Future Group and V-Mart V-Mart, which operates of sugar and not more than 5 In a statement, the PIB its order that it does not intend ious localities. Indian Penal Code Sections attack took place. An Indian cit- have put in place systems to mainly in tier-II and -III cities, kg of rice and pulses. said the Supreme Court has to interfere with free discus- "The packets contained relating to criminal conspiracy izen Tian Singh, resident of S- prevent panic buying at their said it has not faced supply However, the company has noted that the migration of a sion about the pandemic, but rice, pulses and table salt. Out and waging war against the 364 Greater Kailash Part-1, neighbourhood grocery stores. issues but has put in place not put any such restrictions at large number of labourers at the same time has directed of these, 400 food packets were Government of any Asiatic New Delhi was also killed in the “Availability was not the restrictions on how much can its big format Big Bazaar stores, working in the cities was trig- that the media refer to and distributed in Tilak Nagar, power in alliance or at peace attack, the agency said in a issue but supply chain was a consumer buy. where it is dispensing only gered by panic created by fake publish the official version of Mundka, Rampura, with Government of India statement. impacted (due to the lock- “We are currently operat- essential items following the news that the lockdown would the developments, the PIB Karampura, Mohan Garden, besides relevant sections of the Proscribed terrorist organ- down). The government has ing around 25 stores in the government’’s decision to continue for more than three statement stressed. Nangli and Najafgarh areas," Unlawful Activities isation, Islamic State Khorasan got into the picture and they are lockdown, which are mainly in impose a lockdown to contain months. The Supreme Court on Deputy Commissioner of (Prevention) Act. Province (ISKP) had claimed enabling the supply chain to states such as UP and Bihar. the Covid-19 pandemic. The court observed that it Tuesday directed that to check Police (First Battalion) Rakesh This is the first case of its the responsibility for this terror happen,” Retailers Association Though we have supply, we FMCG players like HUL, was not possible for it to over- fake news, a daily bulletin Bansal said. kind which NIA has registered attack. As per the preliminary of India CEO Kumar have put restrictions over the ITC, Dabur India, Parle look the menace of fake news system with regard to the Another 472 packets were as the recent amendments in investigation, one Muhsin from Rajagopalan told PTI. quantity of purchase,” V-Mart Products, GCPL and Jyothi by electronic, print or social COVID-19 pandemic be made distributed at Naraina, Karol NIA Act have empowered NIA Trikkaripur, Kasargod, Kerala He further said,”The sup- Retail Chairman and Managing Labs have flagged availability media because the panic-dri- active within 24 hours by the Bagh, Samaypur Badli, to investigate terror cases which and others who had joined plies are actually getting regu- Director Lalit Agarwal said. of workers at factories and ven migration has caused suf- government through all media Swaroop Nagar, Chhatarpur, are committed at any place ISKP, are suspected to have larised with the government The company has capped trucks for transportation as the fering to those who acted on avenues, including social Narela, Paharganj, Todapur, outside India against the Indian been involved in the said ter- helping. If people do not do purchases on several items. biggest challenges for their such news, causing some to media and forums, to clear Kapas Hera and Sadar Bazar cCitizens or affecting the inter- rorist attack, the agency added. panic buying, there is enough For instance, a customer can supply chain. PTI lose their lives, said the state- people's doubts. PTI areas. PTI " "  2   *3#     
        
         New Delhi: Some of the 160- Railway spokesperson Deepak spread of the virus, the resi- March 1-15.  ( +(,- themselves at risk of being screening centres in smaller odd Tablighi Jamaat attendees Kumar said. dents remained indoors and Six people who died in affected by the virus, also called towns and other cities and to quarantined at a railway facil- "We informed the DM could not even go out to pro- Telangana and one in Jammu he Supreme Court COVID-19, and it is the duty take immediate steps to ensure ity in southeast Delhi “misbe- (district magistrate of) South cure essentials. and Kashmir had attended the TWednesday sought of the state to ensure that they effective implementation of haved” with and “even spit” at East Delhi to arrange neces- "While standing near the congregation. In Delhi alone, response from the Centre on a get all the required kit while health ministry's January 25 doctors and healthcare per- sary security to control them bus, many of the people 24 participants tested positive plea seeking directions for pro- treating patients. guidelines which prescribe pro- sonnel attending to them, a or to shift them to any other coughed, sneezed and even for the disease. By Wednesday viding WHO graded protective It said the Centre should cedures and practices to be railway spokesperson said on suitable place. At 5:30 pm, four spit on the road. How are we to morning, a total of 2,346 per- gear to doctors, nurses and ensure that World Health adopted for infection preven- Wednesday. Delhi Police constables and six feel safe?" a resident told PTI. sons were evacuated from the medical staff who are treating Organization (WHO) graded tion and control. A total of 167 attendees CRPF jawans along with a Sources say that senior centre, of whom 536 were hos- coronavirus patients across the protective gear, including haz- The plea has also sought a were taken to the makeshift PCR van have been deployed officials of the railways have pitalised, Delhi Chief Minister country. mat suits, personal protective direction to the authorities to quarantine centres set up on at the quarantine centres," already spoken to the district Arvind Kejriwal said. A bench of Justices DY equipment (PPE), starch appar- take necessary steps to ensure the railway property in spread of the deadly virus, Kumar said. authorities on the issue. After the matter came to Chandrachud and MR Shah, els, medical masks, goggles, adherence to the guidelines Tughlakabad on Tuesday prompting senior officials to Ninety-seven of the atten- "The railways has light, the Centre and state gov- which heard the matter face shield, respirators and issued by the WHO and the evening after being evacuated request local authorities for dees were accommodated in informed the relevant author- ernments swung into action to through video-conferencing, head covers, is made available health ministry on rational from the Nizamuddin Markaz, necessary action, sources said. the Diesel Shed Training ities and steps are being taken trace people who had attend- asked Solicitor General Tushar to all health workers like doc- use of PPE for COVID-19. the Tablighi Jamaat headquar- “At the quarantine centres, School Hostel Quarantine to ensure their safety," one of ed the congregation. Mehta to look into the plea tors, nurses, ward boys, med- It also said that doctors ters in south Delhi which has they (attendees) misbehaved Centre and 70 were kept at the the sources said. The railways helped in filed by a Nagpur-based doctor ical and para-medical profes- and other para-medical pro- emerged as a COVID-19 with the staff and even raised RPF Barrack Quarantine Tabligh-e-Jamaat's Markaz tracing people who came in and file response on it by next sionals who are attending fessionals should be provided hotspot. objections over the food being Centre by the district in Nizamuddin West has contact with the participants, week. COVID-19 patients. facilities including food, sep- After the attendees were served to them... They even authorities. emerged as an epicentre for many of whom took trains The plea has claimed that Jerryl Banait, the petition- arate transportation and accommodated in the facility, spit at the doctors and those Residents alleged that the spread of the coronavirus in bound for southern India from in the absence of appropriate er who is a doctor, has also accommodation or isolation residents of the railway colony attending to them and refused colony was not sanitized even different parts of the country Delhi. As many as five trains protective gear, doctors and sought a direction to the states rooms to protect exposure of raised concerns over their safe- to stop roaming around the 24 hours after the people were after thousands of people took and thousands of people are other medical staff are putting to set up COVID-19 special their families. PTI ty and said they feared about quarantine facilities,” Northern quarantined there. 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Of those hospitalised, per second (36 km/h and 110 Lydia's research, however, Bourouiba said she wants to Gcrisis, the Centre on ed and conditional sale and of untraceable as of Tuesday congregation, officials said. 24 have already tested positive km/h) and "currently used sur- calls for better measures to see recommendations made Wednesday allowed limited some stock of BSIV. night. Maharashtra Minority for Covid-19 and, given the gical and N95 masks are not protect health care workers and, based on current science not registration of BS IV norms The Ministry of Road Nearly 300 people from Development Minister Nawab symptoms and history of tested for these potential char- potentially, more distance from "policies based on supply, for vehicles all over the country, Transport and Highways across Karnataka attended the Malik, however, said he had direct contact with positive acteristics of respiratory emis- infected people who are cough- example, because we don't have except Delhi/NCR, viz condi- (MoRTH) has advised National congregation, State Home learned “from the media” that cases, doctors said there was a sions.” ing or sneezing. She said current enough PPE (personal protec- tional sale and registration of Informatics Centre (NIC) to Minister Basavaraj Bommai 109 people from his State had high likelihood of many oth- Lydia was doing research on guidelines are based on "large tive equipment)." not more than 10 per cent facilitate the States /UTs in lim- said on Tuesday, creating a attended the meet. ers testing positive. dynamics of exhalations droplets" as the method of "Although there remains a pending BS-4 stock with vehi- ited registration of BS-IV vehi- “dangerous situation”. Only 26 “I have asked officials to Tamil Nadu Health (coughs and sneezes, for transmission for the virus and lot of questions to be addressed cle dealers within 10 days of cles all over India except of the delegates (all from Bidar) find out how many actually Secretary Beela Rajesh instance) for years at the Fluid the idea that those large droplets about how much virus is at a lifting of the lockdown in the Delhi/NCR in compliance with have been traced. The attended it. We are also talk- announced that by Tuesday at Dynamics of Disease can only go a certain distance. given distance or not, we have country. Supreme Court directions con- Tumakuru preacher who ing to members of the Tablighi least 67 of the Tablighi Jamaat Transmission Laboratory. Dr. Paul Pottinger, an infec- no answer one way or another The Supreme Court which tained in its order dated March attended the meet is learned to Jamaat to find out,” he said. cluster had tested positive, Her research could have tious disease professor at the at this time," she said. has mandated for BSVI norms 27, 2020. have had direct contact with at The Ahmednagar district taking Tamil Nadu’s positive implications for the global University of Washington "Therefore, the precautionary least 82 people, including 45 administration later said it cases to 124, the third highest COVID-19 pandemic, though School of Medicine, said ques- principle should drive the poli- family members. The 26 dele- had found 35 returnees, most- after Maharashtra and Kerala; measures called for “there’s an tions remain about the dis- cies to state that we should have )    888 online and on that basis, we will gates who were traced all test- ly foreign nationals. 50 of these infections were urgency in revising the guide- tances at which the virus is high-grade respirators used for provide them ration," Kejriwal ed negative, State Health At least 20 villages across recorded on Tuesday. lines currently being given by effective. healthcare workers." From Page 1 said. Minister B Sreeramulu tweeted. Bandipora, Pulwama, Shopian The TN Government also the WHO and the CDC on the "For me, the question is not "Once that's decided, that's "We can't issue ration card Around 71 lakh people are In UP, police in 18 districts and Budgam in J&K have admitted that at least 300 of needs for protective equipment, how far the germs can travel, but the thrust that's needed to now but with this process we will being provided 7.5 kgs ration had tracked down 128 of the been identified as red zones the 1,500 delegates from the particularly for the frontline how far can they travel before mobilise most effectively the have a record of these people each at the ration shops. But 157 people from the State and the administration has State were untraceable. Chief health care workers,” A Lydia they're no longer a threat. The kind of tremendous high pro- and we will provide them non-ration card holders were a who had attended the congre- prepared a 50-page list of peo- Minister Edappadi K told US TODAY. smaller the germ particles, the duction level that is possible to ration," Kejriwal said. challenge for them, and the gation. While 120 were found ple from the UT who either Palaniswami appealed to peo- WHO's advisory suggests lower the risk that they might reach in a great country like the "Non-ration card holders Delhi Government has created quarantined in Delhi, eight attended the event at the ple to come forward for that "droplets can travel only infect somebody who would United States. This thrust is not will be given ration. To avail it, a system for roughly 10 lakh were traced to their native vil- Tablighi Jamaat Markaz or screening. short distances through the air breathe them in or get them happening," she added. such people need to apply people.

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 #COVID outbreak the Government State, but it is also trying to give rise     +,&' slips in a new domicile law for J&K. to massive problems for residents of From Page 1 globally, alcohol intake Insult is heaped on injury when we J&K,” tweeted the PDP. Kerala has seen nine deaths increased from 5.9 ltr per adult see the law offers none of the pro- The party said the Centre’s including suicides not due to the per year in 1990, to 6.5 ltr in       From Page 1 These sections of the J&K Civil tections that had been promised,” “manipulation of the law” would infection but because of the non- 2017, and the total volume of In the gazette notification issued Services Act, 2010, dealt with National Conference leader Omar only further alienate the people. availability of alcohol. In alcohol consumed per year From Page 1 by the Ministry of Home Affairs, appointments at district, division- Abdullah said in a series of tweets. “As the GOI (Government of Karnataka too, reports of addict- went up by 70 per cent - from “The police will trace their movements’ classified as extraordinary, the al and State levels. The former Chief Minister who just India) tries to manipulate a law that ed people along with alcohol 20,999 million ltr in 1990 to history. With the help of their mobile phones Centre has repealed the J&K Civil The Section 13 of J&K Civil released from detention said the provides guarantees to Kashmiris, consumption issues were 35,676 million ltr in 2017. details, police can easily find out that how Services (special provisions) Act. Services Act, 2010, which has been new law was so hollow that even it is only further alienating people, brought to them by their fami- If current trends continue, many people have come to their contact and It has also introduced changes omitted completely, defined resi- politicians with “Delhi’s blessings” by depriving them of their consti- ly members were brought to the the world will not meet the police can easily find out their whereabouts,” in Sections 3, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 13 of the dence in the erstwhile State of were forced to criticise it. tutional rights. When GOI impos- notice of the Government. WHO’s target of reducing said Sisodia. J&K Civil Services (decentralisation Jammu & Kashmir. The new rules “You can imagine how hollow es orders that relegate elected Alcohol is among the lead- harmful use of alcohol by 10 He appealed to the people, who came to and recruitment) Act, 2010. The Act have also been extended to children the domicile law is from the fact that Kashmiri leaders to nothingness, ing causes of preventable death per cent by 2025. “To achieve Nizamuddin West to participate in the Markaz is among 109 laws of the erstwhile of those who fulfil the above men- even the new party created with GOI shows how it doesn’t want local worldwide, with 3 million deaths global targets to reduce harm- in March to contact administration without State that have been amended tioned criteria even if they do not Delhi’s blessings, whose leaders Kashmiris to govern the land they per year attributable to alcohol. ful alcohol use, the authors call any further delay and surrender to the local through Tuesday’s order that also live in J&K. were lobbying in Delhi for this law, fought for,” the PDP said. According to a report pub- for effective policy measures medical facilities immediately so that they can repeals 29 other laws. While Section Political parties in the Valley have been forced to criticise the Jammu & Kashmir People’s lished in The Lancet last year, such as the WHO best-buys, go through a proper medical checkup. 5A now states that no person shall termed the Centre’s new rule as #JKdomicilelaw,” he added. Omar Conference (JKPC) led by Sajad Indians are drinking more than including increasing taxation, “I request all people who came here for be eligible for appointment to a post adding insult to injury of the peo- was apparently referring to the Gani Lone said the Presidential ever before, with the annual per restricting availability, and ban- Markaz to corporate with the police and local carrying a pay scale for not more ple as the rule lacked the promised criticism of the domicile law by order defining the domicile law capita alcohol consumption ning alcohol marketing and administration. If you will create any trouble than Level 4 “unless he is a domi- protections. The National Jammu & Kashmir Apni Party issued at the depth of night while going up by 38 per cent in advertising, to be introduced for local police and administration and not vol- cile of UT of J&K”, in Sections 6, 7 Conference termed the new rules as founder Altaf Bukhari. the world is under the grip of a seven years to 5.9 litres (ltr) in globally, especially in rapidly untary disclose about you and later if it and 8 the words “permanent resi- hollow and the People’s Democratic Peoples Democratic Party deadly pandemic, falls way short of 2017, up from 4.3 ltr in 2010. developing countries with emerged that you are infected and hiding your dent of the State” have been substi- Party (PDP) said the rules will give (PDP) said the rules will give rise to expectations even for those who The study on harmful alcohol growing rates of alcohol use,” diseases, then a strict action will be taken tuted with “Domicile of Union rise to massive problems for resi- massive problems for residents of expected some relief and some rec- use in 189 countries said that said the report. against you,” said Sisodai. 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Delhi Lieutenant wo men who drove around lockdown, Delhi Chief Governor, Anil Baijal, on Tsix kilometres to feed Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday asked authorities pigeons on the Lala lajpat Rai Wednesday said with the help to deploy fire services person- flyover in southeast Delhi’s of modern technology, the nel for disinfecting COVID-19 Nizamuddin area were arrested administration will track the hotspots, quarantine centres for not possessing curfew pass- movements of people who and public places to check the es amid the lockdown imposed have been put under manda- spread of the virus, which has .  to control the spread of coron- tory quarantine. infected at least 120 people and avirus, police said on Kejriwal announced that killed two in the national cially the hotspot areas, quar- “If such places are crowd- India. It was also informed that Wednesday. with the help of Delhi police, Capital. antine centres, public places, ed then alternate arrangements Delhi Police is continuously The accused have been the Delhi Government will With the help of police, the Labour Welfare Board. To review containment etc. Directed district disaster should be immediately made checking e-passes and if any identified as Sadik Khan (32) ensure less transmission of Delhi Government has traced The Aam Aadmi Party measures being taken in the management authorities to to ensure proper social dis- violations are found, e-passes and Sarvan Kumar Choudhary coronavirus particularly in the the details of 11,840 quarantine (AAP) has also announced 1 wake of the coronavirus out- take concerted preventive tancing,” said L-G. He also are seized and action as per law (33), residents of Nizamuddin lockdown period as this is people and have been send for crore for health warriors’ fam- break the L-G also held a actions,” Baijal also wrote on directed concerned authorities is being initiated. area, they said. high time for the community further inspection while details ily dying while treating Corona high-level meeting with Chief twitter. to ensure social distancing at Meanwhile, Delhi State On Tuesday afternoon, the transmission. of 14,345 quarantines are patients in Delhi. Minister Arvind Kejriwal, In another tweet, he said ATMs, food distribution Cancer Institute, run by the duo in their car reached the fly- “We have written a letter to under the process. Lauding the sterling job Chief Secretary Vijay Kumar that in the meeting he points. Delhi government, has been over and started feeding the Home Minister Amit Shah to Mentioning about Tabilighi being done by the medical Dev, Delhi Police reviewed medical prepared- During the meeting, the shut for a day on Wednesday pigeons, following which a trace mobile phones of quar- Jamaat in Nizamuddin Markaz, staff- doctors and others, Commissioner, SN Srivastava ness, procurement of medical Delhi Commissioner of Police after a doctor tested positive crowd of 10-12 people gathered antines in Delhi, by doing so, we Kejriwal said that more than Kejriwal said, “Our doctors and other senior officers. essentials, discharge guide- informed that as per the for COVID-19. around them. will have confirmation about 2000 people were evacuated. also fighting to contain coro- The lieutenant governor lines, quarantines and mea- instructions, DTC buses have The total number of coro- The crowd dispersed when the movements of patients Around 766 people are admit- na spread, the way soldiers said district authorities will sures to enforce lockdown. been deployed in all the police navirus cases in Delhi climbed the police arrived but they were while they are advised to stay ted in various hospitals out of fight on the borders. We have continue effective measures During the meeting, LIG stations for transporting to 120 on Tuesday after 23 new nabbed and their vehicle seized, indoors , moreover, this will which 112 are corona positive made arrangements for med- for enforcing the ongoing lock- directed District stranded people to shelters cases of the disease were a senior police officer said. also help in getting information cases, he said. ical staffs, instance - food and down, social distancing and Administration and Delhi homes. reported. They run a restaurant and about to whom they met in The Delhi Government stay as they are working with home quarantine. Police to visit home shelters, It was further apprised that These 120 cases include 24 didn’’t have any curfew pass. past, with this process, we can has also initiated the release of limited sources in high risk “Also advised to use fire night shelters and food distri- all vehicles transporting goods people who took part in a reli- They were arrested under the limit the chances of COVID-19 5,000 assistance to construc- zone”, the Chief Minister brigade for disinfecting vul- bution centres to check adher- are being allowed to ply as per gious gathering in Nizamuddin relevant sections of the Indian decision,” said Kejriwal. tion workers through Delhi added. nerable neighbourhoods, espe- ence to social distancing norms. directions of Government of West earlier this month. Penal Code, police added.    !  333   33 77     8P  %           "    "        ( +(,- positive for COVID- 19. Till 3 of the area fear that they were ed pamphlets outside thier Monday night, the number of /77/) part of the Tablighi Jamaat. house with directions to avoid wo resident doctors of the cases of the deadly COVID-19     ( +(,- “These people are from visiting or approaching that TCentre-run Safdarjung stood at 97, including two he Gurugram district Mahendergarh district in house. That house is also under Hospital in Delhi have tested deaths he Delhi Police has regis- Tadministration on Tuesday Haryana, Ghaziabad and quarantine until it is sanitised,” positive for coronavirus infec- The Delhi government- Ttered more than 200 cases sent 27 coronavirus suspected Delhi,” said a health official. said Dr Jaswant Singh Punia, tion. One of them, who is part run institute is being disin- and 4,053 people detained on patients from Pataudi and six Of these 27 people, 13 are Chief Medical Officer (CMO) of the team treating COVID-19 fected and that is why it has Wednesday for violating from Dhankot village to quar- adults and the remaining are Gurugram. patients at the hospital, is been shut for a day, according Government orders during the antine at the Civil Hospital after children. They were taken to In the case of Dhankot, six believed to have contracted to officials. The doctor, who coronavirus lockdown. collecting their samples for civil hospital, sector 10, where persons, who had participated the disease during the course of tested positive for coronavirus, According to the data testing. their samples were collected for in the religious event were duty, official said. worked at the institute. shared by the police, 249 cases However, local adminis- Covid-19 testing. found and admitted to the iso- According to sources, the The total number of coro- were registered under section tration officials said that they The locals suspect that lation ward of the Civil female resident doctor, a third- navirus cases in Delhi climbed 188 (for disobedience to order were yet to ascertain if the some of the family members Hospital in Sector 10. year post-graduate student of to 120 on Tuesday after 23 new duly promulgated by public patients sent to quarantine recently participated in the A total of 10 people have the biochemistry department, “All the doctors and staff cases of the disease were servant) of the Indian Penal were part of the Tablighi Jamaat Tablighi Jamaat event and tested positive in Gurugram in who has tested positive for the who had come in contact with reported. These 120 cases Code (IPC) till 5pm. passes have been issued, police event held at Nizamuddin in are suspected coronavirus which 6 patients have recov- novel coronavirus had recent- them have been tested. So far, include 24 people who took “A total of 4,053 people said. Delhi. cases. The investigation is cur- ered so far and have been dis- ly travelled abroad. none of the contacts has test- part in a religious congregation have been detained under sec- The move comes after In connection with the rently on to know how many charged and anyone of these 33 Both of them showed ed positive for coronavirus at the Markaz in Nizamuddin tion 65 (persons bound to Prime Minister Narendra Modi matter, two raids were con- persons are left in the house people test positive, the tally symptoms of COVID-19 and infection,” they said, adding all West earlier this month. comply with reasonable direc- on Tuesday announced a com- ducted at Helimandi under and the places they visited will spike. their test results came out pos- of them have been asked to According to the Union tions of police officers) and 515 plete lockdown across the Pataudi tahsil and Dhankot recently. Apart from this the state itive two days ago. They are monitor their health. health ministry, 1,637 COVID- vehicles have been impounded country for 21 days, asserting village. “We were informed about government has designated now undergoing treatment at Meanwhile, Delhi State 19 cases have been reported in under section 66 of the Delhi social distancing is the only According to the health people in Dhankot and Pataudi. five private laboratories in the isolation ward of the Cancer Institute has been shut the country so far, out of which Police Act,” police stated. way out for the country in its officials, 27 people arrived in So, we had to admit them in Gurugram district for COVID- Safdarjung hospital. for a day after a doctor tested 38 people have died. A total of 1,022 movement decisive battle against the virus. Pataudi recently and residents quarantine. We have also post- 19 testing. 4&)  *   *    9%+   &"        
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!+ in Madhya Pradesh, besides the kharif crop losses. country as a whole received 110 by the organisation. Reacting on the Tablighi he Centre may disburse Maharashtra, Kerala, Gujarat, “The ministry is pushing per cent of the long period The National Commission Jamaat gathering at  ( +(,- ers in these days of gravest cri- Tover 8,000- 10,000 crore Karnataka, Assam, Andhra insurance companies to release average (LPA) of 89 centimetres for Minorities also said the Nizamuddin area, Naqvi said, sis, the vendors association of to farmers as compensation for Pradesh, Punjab, Odisha and the compensation at a time of rainfall during the four- Jamaat caused a “big damage” “They have put lives of many ith railway stations shut Indian railways network too the loss of kharif crop which Bihar. Bihar has not sought when farmers are facing severe month-long southwest mon- and asked states to ensure strict people in danger. Strict action Wdown for passengers due seeks measures to help lakhs of got damaged due to excessive compensation for kharif crop problems during lockdown,” soon period, making it to the compliance of the lockdown by should be taken against such to Covid-19 lockdown, the people associated with this busi- rains in October and loss due to excessive rains and officials added. The above normal category. Among madrasas and other religious people and organisations that Akhil Bharatiya Railway Khan ness. November last year. The flood. Maharashtra government has meteorological divisions, places. It is said many congre- defy government directions. Paan Licence Welfare “While Ministry of Railways amount is expected to be “ The maximum payout sought 7,207-crore financial Central India and Southern gation participants in Delhi This has been done intention- Association (ABKPLWA) has has granted relaxation in demur- released by April 20. The now would be going to Madhya assistance from the Centre to Peninsula received the maxi- stayed in as many as 16 ally and this is unfortunate. sought intervention of Prime rage-wharfage and Ministry of Ministry of Agriculture has Pradesh where 2,500 crore- compensate farmers for their mum rainfall of 129 per cent mosques in the national capital. People who are not obeying the Minister Narendra Modi and Finance for payment of wages to also asked states to conduct 3,000 crore would be disbursed, crop damages due to unsea- and 116 per cent of their LPA, “Talibani Crime by Tablighi lockdown should not be for- Railway Minister Piyush Goyal outsourced persons it is high yield assessment of rabi crop followed by Karnataka (1,500 sonal rain. Unseasonal rain respectively. Among the 36 Jamaat. This is not negligence. given.” seeking relief on license fees of time to forego license fee as well also to assess the damage. The crore), Rajasthan (1,200 has damaged more than meteorological sub-divisions, It’s a serious criminal act. When In a letter to chief secretaries the vendors involved in catering as GST of small catering vend- Centre disbursed compensa- crore), Andhra Pradesh ( 800- 67.52% of the total kharif crop western Madhya Pradesh with the entire country is fighting of states and union territories, needs to passengers at railway ing licenses for March 2020 tion of around 4,500 crore to 1,000 crore) and Chhattisgarh sown this year. As per the 161 per cent of its LPA emerged united against Corona, such a NCM chief Syed Ghayorul stations. onwards so that they may be able farmers in Maharashtra a few (600 crore),” officials added. Maharashtra government as the largest surplus, while the sin is unpardonable,” the minor- Hasan Rizvi said the “As all small licensees have to help lakhs of families of rail- weeks ago. The compensation for farmers claim, it has damaged 94 lakh subdivision that includes ity affairs minister said in a Nizamuddin incident was a deposited considerable amount ways catering vending vendors, Officials of agriculture in Rajasthan includex losses hectares of crop and 103.52 Haryana, Chandigarh and tweet. “serious violation” of the lock- of license fee, to provide assis- “ Gupta said. ministry said that excess mon- incurred due to locust attacks, lakh farmers were severely Delhi had a deficiency of 42 per Naqvi said Tablighi Jamaat down, and has put the lives of tance to them, it is urged to take He informed Rail Ministry soon rains and the floods which damaged standing crops affected. in the state. cent. cannot be pardoned for the reli- fellow citizens at risk. immediate decision and issue that soon after the lockdown the instructions to forego license fee association issued advisory to all and 18 per cent GST periodically small licencees and their vendors as per contracts, “ said Rajinder working over Indian Railways Gupta, ABKPLWA president, platforms network to take all "B 99  CB55 !      in a letter to the Railway precautionary measures. Minister. “Since complete closure of Gupta said since Finance Railways has been declared Ministry has taken a note of the there is absolute shut down of 7 333 R   %  fact that likely intensity of coro- catering vending stalls, trolleys, navirus disease necessitates trays and lakhs of vendors’  ( +(,- central government in this cru- said assistance to Nepal in the mobilisation of financial help to workers and their families are cial time. form of medical equipment needy people and announced affected so financial benefits ontinuing with their efforts Chief of Defence will be delivered shortly. various relief packages for weak- extended to all will be appreci- Cto fight the coronavirus Staff(CDS) General Bipin Secretary Department of er sections and daily wage work- ated,” the letter said. pandemic, the Armed forces Rawat informed Singh that Defence R&D and Chairman have taken several measures to separate hospitals have been Defence Research and meet any exigency in the com- identified to exclusively deal Development ing days including readying with COVID-19 and more Organisation(DRDO)G )   more than 9,000 beds, 8,500 than 9,000 hospital beds have Satheesh Reddy said 50,000 doctors, nurses and support been made available. Over litres of sanitizers made by * 4.89 staff and airlifting more than 25 1,000 evacuees are quaran- DRDO labs were supplied to tons of medicines to the north tined at facilities in Jaisalmer, various security entities, east and Ladakh in the last Jodhpur, Chennai, Manesar, including the Delhi Police and      : five days. Hindan and Mumbai. Their another one lakh litres were Giving these updates in a quarantine period will end by supplied all over the country.  3 ( +(,- video conference review meet- April 7, 2020. He said, a five-layered nano ing held here on Wednesday by Air Chief RKS Bhadauria technology face mask N99 are ongress president Sonia Gandhi on Wednesday wrote to Prime Defence Minister Rajnath informed that the Air Force being made on war footing. CMinister Narendra Modi urging him to consider giving Singh, the Services also said planes conducted several sor- More than 10,000 have already Services(AFMS) Lt General tributed 40 crores of their cor- Bipin Rawat, Chief of Naval advance wages to Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment 25,000 National Cadet ties within the country in the been made and soon per day Anup Banerji informed the porate social responsibility Staff Admiral Karambir Singh, Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) workers hit by the nationwide lock- Corps(NCC)cadets were last five days to transport production will be extended to Defence Minister that neces- (CSR) funds to Prime Chief of Air Staff Air Chief down. Congress too reiterated its demand on Wednesday that the mobilised to assist the local approximately 25 tonnes of 20,000, Reddy said adding the sary equipment has been pro- Minister’s Citizen Assistance Marshal R K S Bhadauria, union government should announce minimum three months loan administration and the armed medical supplies. DRDO laboratories have also cured and dispatched to vari- and Relief in Emergency Chief of Army Staff General M interest waiver on EMIs for salaried, middle class and medium small forces were in constant touch He said, critical opera- supplied 40,000 other face ous hospitals. Retired health Situations (PM-CARES) fund. M Naravane, Defence Secretary and micro enterprises (MSME). with the civil authorities. tional work is continuing while masks to the Delhi Police. professionals have also been In addition, they have also Ajay Kumar, Secretary This is the third such letter that Sonia has written to Modi in The Defence Minister ensuring all necessary precau- The DRDO Secretary, kept in readiness to volunteer contributed one day salary of (Defence Production)Raj the last one week urging the union government to take steps to tack- appreciated the efforts being tions. Navy Chief Admiral being a member of the empow- their services. Approximately all their employees to the PM- Kumar, Secretary (Ex- le on financial aspects in the midst of Corona outbreak and lock- made by various Services, Karambir Singh said naval ered Group of Secretaries, is 25,000 National Cadet Corps CARES fund. Servicemen Welfare) down. “Social distancing norms have rendered all works unfeasi- organisations and Defence ships are on standby to extend coordinating closely with (NCC) cadets are being Following the direction Sanjeevanee Kutty, Secretary ble under lockdown. Furthermore even after the work commences, Public Sector any required assistance. He Ministry of Health and Family mobilised to provide necessary from the Defence Minister, (Defence Finance)Gargi Kaul, MGNREGA workers have to wait for more than a month to receive Undertakings(DPSUs)s in said, the Navy is also extending Welfare regarding the require- local assistance. the DPSUs conveyed to him Secretary Department of wages,” Sonia said in the letter. terms of evacuation, provision assistance as required by local ment of medical equipment. Various DPSUs such as that they have made salary pay- Defence R&D and Chairman “Given the urgency of providing support to the rural poor, due of health care in quarantine civilian administration. Another DRDO laboratory has Hindustan Aeronautics ment to all the casual and Defence Research & to lost wages, the government may consider immediate advance pay- facilities and research & pro- Army Chief General M M also made arrangements to Limited (HAL), Bharat contractual workers also. The Development Organisation ment of wages for 21 days to registered and active MGNREGA work- duction of medical equipment Naravane said more than 8,500 make 20,000 PPE per day. The Electronics Limited (BEL), Ordnance Factory Board (DRDO)G Satheesh Reddy, ers. The advance may be adjusted against the work to be done by such as sanitisers, facemasks doctors and support staff are DRDO is also engaged in Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited (OFB) is also engaged in man- Director General Armed the workers, once MGNREGA sites are opened up,” she added. and Personal Protective available to extend necessary minor modification of ventila- (MIDHANI), Bharat Dynamics ufacturing hand sanitisers, face Forces Medical Services Last week Sonia had written to Modi to consider direct cash Equipment (PPE). He directed assistance to civilian adminis- tors so that one machine can Limited (BDL), Bharat Earth masks and PPE. (AFMS) Lt General Anup transfers to the poor, a six-month suspension of recoveries from farm- all the organisations to redou- tration. Referring to the support four patients at the Movers Limited (BEML), The video conference was Banerji, heads of Defence ers, waving off equated monthly instalments (EMIs) for the salaried ble their efforts and work in defence minister’s direction same time. Hindustan Shipyard Limited attended by Minister of State Public Sector Undertakings class for six months and a sector-wise relief package for business- close coordination with other that help should be provided to Director General Armed (HSL) and Goa Shipyard for Defence Shripad Naik, (DPSUs) and other senior civil es in view of the Covid-19 outbreak. Ministries/organisations of neighbouring countries, he Forces Medical Limited (GSL) have con- Chief of Defence Staff General and military officials. &

 
  
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Nizamuddin area of southwest Delhi and the number of pos- four people who tested positive coronavirus and related relief to foreigners from Nepal, who and admitted to various hos- detected positive with COVID- According to the office of Delhi, Home Minister itive cases in the State might for on Wednesday are also the needy," Nath told media. attended the Tablighi Jamaat pitals in Tamil Nadu crossed 19. the Chief Secretary K Basavaraj Bommai said on cross the double digit, Assam undergoing treatment in dif- Tripura Chief Minister event held in Delhi last month the 234 mark by Wednesday Tuesday alone saw 57 per- Shanmugham, 1131 persons Wednesday. Health Minister Himanta ferent medical colleges and Biplab Kumar Deb in a tweet have been identified. evening, according to Beela sons testing positive for coro- had attended the religious con- "From Karnataka, 342 peo- Biswa Sarma said on hospitals," the Health Minister said that if there is anyone from They reportedly entered Rajesh, Secretary, department na virus and more than 50 of gregation in New Delhi. “We ple attended the congregation. Wednesday. said. Tripura who attended the reli- 13 districts of the state recent- of Health. them were those who had have detected 515 of them and In the beginning of March, 142 Addressing the media, the The four people are aged gious congregation of Tablighi ly and will be screened, said Speaking to reporters at attended the religious congre- once we trace the remaining people visited the Tablighi HQ minister said the Central between 19 to 55 years. Jamaat at Hazrat Nizamuddin Director General of Police Chennai, Rajesh said 110 per- gation in New Delhi. With the individiuals, we will be able to from the State and the govern- Government has communi- According to the Ministers in Delhi must report immedi- Bhupendra Singh on sons tested positive on admission of 57 patients on prevent the progress of corona ment has since quarantined cated to the state government and officials of different north- ately to the nearest government Wednesday. He said these peo- Wednesday alone. “All of these Tuesday, the number of persons virus in the State,” said them at their homes," Bommai that 456 people from Assam eastern states, over 500 people hospital or to call the control ple entered Jhunjhunu, Dausa, persons who returned from the undergoing treatment for coro- Shanmugham. said. had attended the congrega- from several northeastern room. Alwar, Tonk, Shri Ganganagar, religious congregation held at na virus in the State has crossed The seriousness of the sit- He said that there is a pos- tion organised by the Tablighi states, mostly from Assam, In Manipur, the state gov- Bharatpur, Karauli, Jodhpur, New Delhi. Efforts are on to the 125 mark. This includes uation could be understood sibility of increase in the num- Jamaat in Delhi. have either attended or visited ernment officials said that 14 Barmer, Hanumangarh, Churu identify and trace all the 1,103 ten foreign nationals who are from the words of the State ber of suspect cases of coron- "Out of the 456 people, 230 the vicinity at the religious con- people who were linked to the and Jaipur City. persons from the State who had religious preachers by profes- administration which accepted avirus. have been identified and 68 gregation organised by the religious congregation held in It is possible that Tablighi attended the congregation. The sion. that the New Delhi returnees Medical Education have not yet returned to the Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi forc- Delhi's Nizamuddin, have been members coming here from patients admitted to hospitals This is the highest figure had turned the trajectory of Minister Suresh Kumar said state. Of the 230 people, swab ing all the seven northeastern identified. According to the other states also came in con- on Wednesday include two recorded in Tamil Nadu in a COVID-19. four Tablighi followers from samples of 196 were collected states to launch an all-out officials associated with the tact with Markaz in Delhi. religious preachers from single day since the pandemic Chief Minister Edappadi Chamarajanagar have since and five have tested positive for search to identify and test the COVID-19 Central Control "Directions have been issued to Myanmar and Indonesia broke out in the country. The Palaniswamy himself came out been traced. Covid-19," Sarma said, adding samples of these attendees. Room in Imphal, three have the District Magistrates and respectively,” said the Health State has been one with mini- on Wednesday morning and Health Minister B. that by Wednesday evening The attendees' family been taken for testing and the District Superintendents of Secretary. mum Corona positive cases paid a surprise visit to some of Sriramulu said 62 foreigners the test reports of the samples members and the people they remaining 11 are being exam- Police to screen these people Officials of the department ever since the administration the Amma Restaurants in the from Indonesia and Malaysia of remaining people would be came in close contact are also ined. and then opt for medical iso- of health and local bodies are commenced issuing bulletins city that offer subsidised food who visited the HQ also visit- received. being examined or sent to Manipur Director General lation and quarantine pro- on a house-to-house search in about the number of patients to the common man. Amma ed Karnataka, out of whom 12 Search is also on to trace quarantine. of Police L. M. Khaute said any- ceedings," said Singh. Tamil Nadu to trace more than tested with the Restaurants were launched by were quarantined. out the other unidentified peo- In Tripura, Education one from the state who attend- A thorough investigation 500 persons who had attended pandemic. late Chief Minister J He said the Health ple who have attended the Minister Ratan Lal Nath said at ed the religious congregation or was made to identify the resi- the religious congregation held Tamil Nadu, the focus of Jayalalithaa and this had earned Department is on the lookout congregation. He said four least 22 people from Tripura who stayed in the vicinity of the dents of Rajasthan who went to in New Delhi early last month which was to prevent commu- her a lot of good will among for the remaining foreigners more persons from Assam, attended or went to the hotspot venue or passed near it should attend the Tablighi Jamaat in and had gone missing since nity transmission of the virus migrant workers and low still staying in the state. who have attended the con- at Nizamuddin in Delhi. get themselves tested at the Nizamuddin, Delhi and came then. Most of them are feared and was confident of checking income employees because Meanwhile, some relatives gregation but still remained in According to the Minister, 15 nearest government hospital in touch with other members to carry the deadly COVID- 19 the progress of local transmis- they could get of five returness isolated at Delhi, have also tested positive of the 22 people identified and failing which legal actions are of the Jamaat, and then the cause for corona disease. sion to community transmis- breakfast/lunch/dinner for Nelamangla flouted quaran- for coronavirus. their swab samples were tested being contemplated against returned to the state, Singh The State’s efforts to control sion was seen fighting a see- five each. tine facility norms. IANS "Of the five tested positive negative. Authorities are look- them. IANS said. IANS     *   * $ )$)  %, <:=     % )012&@(7   '$ .$)*/     Meerut: The second coronavirus patient died on  ( +(,- not being adhered to complaints, down", five "essential supplies not Jaipur: A total of 13 new cases of COVID- patients from the same family also tested Wednesday in Meerut medical college. His son-in-law essential supplies related complaints, being provided", four were related to 19 positive patients was reported on positive. is also admitted in the same hospital with Covid-19 n the recommendations of the examination related complaints, "harassment" and one was on "prob- Wednesday in Jaipur, taking the total tally Now, with 13 patients testing positive, infection. Both of them had been on ventilator since OEmpowered Group of Officers rescheduling of interest repayments lem in donating to the PM-CARES to 89 in Rajasthan which when counted it seems Ramgunj is coming up as yet the past two days. 10, the Centre on Wednesday on loans, evacuation requests from Fund", the officials said.It aims to with 17 evacuees from Iran, who tested another hotspot in the state with 25 The father-in-law, aged 72, had apparently got the launched the National Monitoring foreign countries.“Out of the total 336 ensure timely redress of COVID-19 positive in Jodhpur, counted 106 in State, patients earlier testing positive from the infection from his son-in-law who had come to Meerut Dashboard to ensure timely imple- public grievances, 28 were on "lock- grievances. Directions have been confirmed health officials. same location. form Amravati in Maharashtra. Sixteen members of mentation of COVID 19 Response down not adhered to", 25 were issued to all ministries and depart- All 13 are the contacts of the first per- On Tuesday, Additional Chief the same family have also tested positive for Covid- Activities. "requests for rescue from foreign ments to prioritize these grievances son who tested positive in Ramganj a few Secretary Rajeev Swaroop ordered the seal- 19 and are under medical observation. Over 300 public grievances, countries" and 14 were related to and provide redress in three days ago. They have been kept in isolation ing of all the boundaries of the walled city The chief medical officer and other senior officials including those related to non-adher- "quarantine”. On Day 1 of the launch, days.There were 101 suggestions at the Rajasthan University of Health in Jaipur, which has been already under had also visited the hospital to take stock of the ence of the ongoing lockdown and the dashboard received 43 griev- received by the government and 136 Services and NIMS and samples were taken curfew since last four days. arrangements. Though the government spokesman request for rescue from foreign coun- ances of Ministry of Health and public grievances fell under "others" from there, said Additional Chief Secretary Except essential services, he ordered confirmed the death, he parried questions about the tries, have been received by the cen- Family Welfare, 31 grievances of categories, they said. Giving further Rohit Kumar Singh. zero mobility in this area and appealed to doctors and other medical staff, attending on the tral government under a recently- Ministry of External Affairs and 26 details of grievances related to non- The man who tested positive a few all residents to cooperate with the health patients, being quarantined. This is the second coro- launched mechanism. The dashboard grievances of Ministry of Finance. A compliance of lockdown, an official days ago after returning from Oman is now teams who are visiting the locality to con- navirus death in Uttar Pradesh. The first case was was launched by Minister of State for total of nine were related to "inade- said, people claimed that "private sec- been termed as a super-spreader as he also duct health surveys. reported form Gorakhpur where a youth from Basti Personnel Jitendra Singh.According to quate facilities in hospitals", seven tor employees were still being called infected his friend a day after he returned. He also said legal action shall be taken died on Monday evening in the BRD hospital. His sam- officials, the nature of grievances relat- were "examination-related", six were at work" and also "postal department Thereafter, his mother and son tested against those flouting the curfew norms in ple report confirmed him as corona positive on ed to quarantine facilities, lockdown "stuck at some place due to lock- was calling employees to work". positive and then on Monday, 10 more this region. IANS Wednesday. IANS &  (-    ?G  '  
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Neither of the victims had a dopting a more aggressive including 48 from Kashmir place to another. crisis arising out of the corona endem- pensions of Government employees this are very crucial for us and it is a time travel history, Health Department offi- Aapproach towards contain- division and 10 from Jammu At present, 52 patients have ic. This amount includes the financial month though some major states of the we all should cooperate with each cials said adding they were trying to ing spread of Covid-19, the division". been kept in hospital isolation, dues that the "Centre owes" to the State. country could not do that on full. And other to ward fight the disease by gather further information. Jammu & Kashmir adminis- Kansal said, a total number 516 under hospital quarantine, A day before her video meeting even with the massive debt trap left remaining indoors…. Please do not The Chief Minister later said that tration on Wednesday decided of 17041 cases are under sur- and 3961 under home surveil- with Prime Minister Narendra Modi the behind by the previous Government we come out of your houses and crowd the the man died of kidney ailments. The to conduct testing of over 2000 veillance. Kansal told reporters, lance. Out of 977 samples, 911 Chief Minister has written a letter to the were able to service the debt so far but streets… you will get time for gossip- doctors too said he had been suffering contact persons of positive Jammu & Kashmir has been have tested negative and reports former seeking a financial package of future remains uncertain.” ing in future but now it is time to han- from diabetes for the past 20 years and cases with immediate effect. testing cases aggressively. Our of four are awaited. 25,000 crore to meet the expenses for Asking the Centre to sanction a spe- dle the crisis,” she said. had been a renal patient adding how- At present 58 active cases, testing rate has been nearly 77.5 Meanwhile, in Srinagar, providing free ration to the people of the cial grant of 25,000 crore Banerjee The Chief Minister’s appeal came at ever that he tested positive for the coro- 48 in Kashmir division and 10 per million,one of the highest two hundred and thirty-six State along with other public welfare wrote that her Government “required a time when thousands of people were navirus. Family members of both the in Jammu division, are under- in the country and next only to (236) persons who were shift- schemes planned amid massive short- to meet our commitments towards girl seen thronging the rural markets and deceased have been placed under quar- going treatment in different Kerala. ed into administrative quaran- fall in the State’s revenue during post child, students, farmers, unorganized ration shops --- throwing all cautions antine, the official said. hospitals.Addressing a press Due to sudden spike in tine upon their return to corona lockdown. workers, weaker sections, minorities, to the wind --- to procure 5 kgs of free More patients from Sheoraphuli in conference late Wednesday positive cases, concerns were Srinagar two weeks ago were Apart from this the Chief Minister SC, ST and OBCs. We are also having rice promised by the Government. Hooghly district Egra in East evening, spokesman of Jammu raised as it became clear that discharged Wednesday after has also asked the Centre to clear the to honour our commitments of pro- Large gatherings were seen at Midnapore tested positive taking the & Kashmir Government and large number of suspected cases successfully completing their past dues amounting to about 36,000 viding free ration to almost 9 crore peo- Coochbehar, North and South 24 total number of such cases in the state Principal Secretary, Rohit of coronavirus, who may have 14-day quarantine period. crore, senior officials said. The Chief ple who need this so crucially to sur- Parganas, Burdwan and elsewhere Food to 37, sources said on Wednesday. Kansal told reporters, "we plan come in contact with religious All these persons had Minister had earlier committed free vive in this perilous time.” and Civil Societies Minister JP Mullick Tension ran high at Dhapa burning to test every single one of the teachers and identified positive returned from different over- ration to the 9 crore strong population Besides she reminded that the said appealing to the people to main- ground in eastern parts of Kolkata 2000 contacts that we have cases, went untraceble and may seas countries with most of of the State that started on Wednesday Centre was “yet to pay 36,000 crore” tain social distancing. where hundreds of locals gathered to identified". lead to further spread of cases them having returned from amid large-scale crowding of market due to the State. Meanwhile, the death rate com- protest the burning the corpse of one He said, these contact per- in rural pockets of vulnerable Bangladesh. At present there are places throughout the districts. The timing of the letter is crucial as pared to the number of Corona infec- of the corona victims, sources said sons were traced as a result of districts. around 1900 persons who have In the letter the Chief Minister it was written a day ahead of the video tions remained a cause of concern for adding they were afraid that the burn- a vigorous contact tracing More than 30 villages been put under administrative wrote that her State’s finances “like many meeting the Prime Minister was likely the doctors even as Bengal recorded its ing of the victim might spread infection exercise undertaken by the dif- across eight districts of Jammu quarantine in Srinagar after other States” were in a “dire situation to hold with the Chief Ministers on 6th death late on Tuesday night. in that area. 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Now, firms and now every country has sealed its borders ing any stone unturned to make its pres- in favour of New Delhi and its allies as nations alike are discovering just how vulnerable + +(1&,3 and even flights have been grounded for ence felt in the Indo-Pacific. they look to stop China’s march.            S     &< & (        F 8         they are. now. Currently, the only thing that is Although it was felt that the In this context, it would be appro- Another major impact of the Coronavirus is +>&/( < keeping the world united and linked is COVID-19 outbreak would halt China’s priate to highlight that while in the  )     (   -       ( the fact that it is challenging and redefining the &-( <1(/ the internet as the Google village is avail- overseas investments, interestingly the domestic sector, India is taking all nec- ?0      #   world order as we know it. 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In a recent meeting, the      8  )         demic is testing all three elements of US leader- moving quickly and adeptly to take by US warships, which suggest that G-20 group also pledged to introduce $5    ;;          ship and so far Washington is failing the test. advantage of the opening created by Coronavirus or no Coronavirus, China trillion into the global economy to        6          On the other hand, as this deadly virus trav- Trump’s mistakes, filling the vacuum to is not going to mend its ways, tone down blunt the effect of the virus. Prime +                elled from China’s Wuhan province to virtually position itself as the global leader in the its assertiveness and leave any opportu- Minister Modi has also advocated the       < S      = +  ( every part of the globe, therefore, primarily China response to a major crisis. It is working nity to exhibit its power politics. The need for developing a new crisis man- is being considered the villain by the world. 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The seriousness and gravity -               could have been taken earlier and the large-scale and how Beijing is using this opportu- the outbreak, PLA intrusions were shown by the Indian leadership and                    spread of the virus could have been averted. nity to increase its military and econom- recently reported from Naku-la, south appeals to people for restraint and            1     At present, the concerns about the dominance ic might by offering to supply the med- of the watershed in northern Sikkim, a determination are a great example of eth-    A -  S    1    of the world order through economics, expansion ical necessities to Europe and the US. border said to be “settled” by China. ical leadership in the time of a crisis. The )  8  5  !     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Though by locking down Council meet on the Coronavirus pan- including the World Health ing all of us to forget the concept of glob-   P  Q               -  Wuhan province through draconian measures, demic also indicates that China is aspir- Organisation, are looking at the other al village and just turn into a Google vil- S        China succeeded in containing the spread of the ing hard to maintain its image of a gen- major power in the region India’s lage with limited exposure to people but <S  R      outbreak to other parts of the country, hiding the erous leader of the world, ready to help response and efforts to confront this unlimited contacts for our well-being. !""#$S= news of the contagion, it was unable to prevent with loans and equipment. challenge, with interest and anxiety. (The writer is Vice-Chancellor HNB its spread to the rest of the world. Apart from the Chinese attempts clearly hint that If this crisis is not handled careful- Garhwal University, Srinagar, Garhwal) $       8     Wq„v ˆtY„y’uˆ‰y•xq‰s „t‘sutqˆu‰uqˆsx „xu‚ „wuˆƒwqy„‰ vxy‰s‘ˆˆu„ˆu€‘’u„qy „ vxu†‚q„ut‘u xu‚ st “„‰q„t !2 v ‘„txqx‘ƒq„y•“y‚‚ru„uvyˆuƒu„t ‘‰‚•y„v‘‘ˆurusq‘‰uxuu„’yˆ „ƒu„xq‰w qˆu‰†yu lockdowns have brought with them (NO2) levels due to the restrictions kind, which claim lives of children and hearted manner. Compliance with how nations and governments mea- fresh air, clearer skies and the revival imposed in the wake of the virus con- the elderly. regulations then is not anywhere sure the real-time improvement or of urban wildlife. tainment efforts. The European Space The study’s findings were even- near the current level of obedience deterioration of the environment. Social media is abuzz with citizens Agency (ESA) also reported similar tually published in the interdiscipli- that we are witnessing regarding the The authoritative and authentic satel- posting pictures of the night sky glit- findings of a drop in NO2 levels across nary group, Global Food, Environment lockdowns. This is unfortunate as it lite visuals of the ESA and NASA were tering with stars that were not visible Europe, especially Italy. The canals of and Economic Dynamics (GFEED). shows that we humans respond with relied upon to draw conclusions on &-( =(2& * till now in most cities due to the pol- Venice, now devoid of the boat traf- Other research data from across the sincerity only when our lives are the state of the environment of China lution. They are also posting videos fic, sport clearer waters with a fresh world also supports these findings and threatened. and Europe. India, too, must stop pol- *&,, < of wildlife like deer, Blue Bulls, the rare spurt in aquatic life. additionally suggests that China is The current phase can be a major itics over environmental assessment & !     Indian Civet and so on, straying into Furthermore, the suspension of currently experiencing a 25 per cent learning curve for the Indian and data collection and instead rely ! !      - 3 towns. There are more birds singing all air traffic in most parts of the drop in carbon dioxide emissions Government and environmental on impartial international data. This these days and the flora is actually world, including India, and the lack which is equivalent to 200 tonnes. authorities. The pattern of public will provide the real picture and dis- =  =   s the old proverb goes, “Every looking green instead of the usual of vehicular traffic on roads due to the Research aside, the fact that it behaviour and response to a matter able any attempts at manipulation of    dark cloud has a silver lining.” dusty brown. The light showers in the lockdowns have considerably reduced required a pandemic for the environ- of community emergency is evident State agency data by vested interests.     % AThe ongoing COVID-19 crisis, last few weeks have only helped to fur- pollution levels and especially eased ment to experience this much- here and the Government must take The rejuvenation of the Earth       too, has a silver lining as it has given ther bring down pollution and fresh- particulate matter (PM) 2.5 woes. required relief and recovery is note of the same. So that in future, comes as a succor at the time of   

   the environment the much-needed en up nature. Stanford University has conduct- appalling. Our daily routines do not when environmental conditions wors- anguish and pain to mankind. Every break from the relentless degrada- The city of Wuhan, the epicentre ed a research on the long-term ben- offer any concessions or respite for the en and require a community-based human being pauses, even if it is for +!O    (7 tion and exploitation by mankind. of the COVID-19 pandemic, has efits of this current rejuvenation of the environment. Neither do the period- action, the Government can follow a a second, to marvel at the beauty of   !    The Earth is healing itself even as been witnessing clear blue skies and planet and the study showed that ic climate conferences, which become similar methodology. This is essential nature and forgets the hardships  % 9<>+'4: ! its biggest “parasite” humanity, fresh air instead of the usual low- humanity will stand to benefit a battleground of opposing views but because the current lockdown rules being faced in this difficult time. If 
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Emergency hospitals ties from the novel coron- population is already under Edinburgh arts festival the lat- ity grinding to a halt for an of lockdowns is especially acute terms of a rescue plan threat- may have prevented hundreds are popping up in event spaces avirus rose to 45,309 on some form of lockdown in a est to be scrapped. undetermined period of time, in poorer nations. ened to divide the bloc. of thousands of new cases. while distressed medical staff Wednesday. More than 902,715 battle to halt contagion. For UN Secretary-General scenes of economic desperation In Tunisia several hun- Worst-hit Italy and Spain are “Our analysis suggests make grim decisions about declared cases have been reg- Spain reported a record Antonio Guterres, the extraor- and unrest were emerging dred protested a week-old lock- leading a push for a shared debt that without the Wuhan travel how to distribute limited pro- istered in 186 countries and ter- 864 deaths in 24 hours, push- dinary upheaval spurred by the across the globe. down that has disproportion- instrument — dubbed “coron- ban and the national emer- tective gear, beds and life-sav- ritories since the epidemic first ing the country’s number of virus presents a real danger to In Italy, queues were ately hit the poor. “Never mind abonds”, but talk of shared debt gency response there would ing respirators. emerged in China in fatalities past 9,000. the relative peace the world has lengthening at soup kitchens coronavirus, we’re going to die is a red line for Germany and have been more than 700,000 In scenes unimaginable in December. Of these cases, at The toll is only dwarfed by seen over the last few decades. while some supermarkets were anyway! Let us work!” shouted other northern countries. confirmed COVID-19 cases peacetime, around a dozen least 1,90,639 are now consid- Italy’s, where the virus has The disease “represents a reportedly pillaged. one protester in the demon- The tone sharpened this outside of Wuhan” by mid white tents were erected to ered recovered. killed nearly 12,500 people. threat to everybody in the Half a million more people stration on the outskirts of the week, with some Italian politi- February, said Oxford serve as a field hospital in The coronavirus pandem- President Donald Trump world and... An economic now need help to afford meals, capital Tunis. cians even taking out an adver- University’s Christopher Dye. New York’s Central Park. But ic has claimed more than has warned of a “very, very impact that will bring a reces- Italy’s biggest union for the Africa’s biggest city Lagos tisement in a major German At the same time, focus is even with the extended capac- 30,000 lives in Europe alone, a painful two weeks” as the sion that probably has no par- agriculture sector Coldiretti was just into its second full day newspaper to remind Europe’s now turning to how asympto- ity, doctors say they are still global tally showed on United States registered its allel in the recent past,” he said. said, adding to the 2.7 million of lockdown on Wednesday — biggest economy of WWII matic cases may be fuelling the having to make painful choic- Wednesday, in what the head of deadliest 24 hours of what he “The combination of the already in need last year. but with some of the world’s debts to jolt it into action. spread. es. “If you get a surge of patients the United Nations has called a “plague”. In a scramble two facts and the risk that it “Usually we serve 152,525 biggest slums, home to millions The economic cost of the Germany and France were coming in, and you only have described as humanity’s worst to halt the contagion, govern- contributes to enhanced insta- people. But now we’ve 70,000 who live hand-to-mouth, con- crisis was still piling up as lock- also ramping up testing of the a limited number of ventilators, crisis since World War II. ments have shut schools, most bility, enhanced unrest, and more requests,” confirmed tainment will be a challenge. downs remain at the forefront population to establish how you can’t necessarily ventilate Italy and Spain bore the shops, and ordered millions of enhanced conflict are things Roberto Tuorto, who runs a Wary of a collapse of the of official disease-stopping many already have immunity. patients,” Shamit Patel of the brunt of the crisis, accounting people to work from home. that make us believe that this food aid association. 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Ttough two weeks”, President Hopkins Coronavirus Resource positive for the virus, an A push for more ventilators ate last year — long before The numbers are remark- Donald Trump has warned, Center website, zoomed to increase of 4,324 cases since on is also in place as a new set of Lmost people had heard of able: As confirmed cases in advising people to be prepared over 1,89,500, adding more Tuesday, as the country manufacturers plan to deliver the new coronavirus now Germany passed 71,000, the for the “hard days” than 25,000 new cases in a sin- remains under lockdown with the first batch by early next sweeping the globe — scien- death toll Wednesday was 775, ahead, as the country was at gle day and the fatalities rose to the Government’s advice for week. “We are doing everything tists in Germany sprang into according to a tally kept by war with a deadly coronavirus over 4,000. people to stay at home and we can to support our NHS staff action to develop a test for the Johns Hopkins University. In pandemic that the White “I want every American to observe strict social distancing fighting this battle on the front- virus that was causing an contrast, Italy has reported House projects could claim be prepared for the when outside for exercising or line, and it’s crucial we get even unusual respiratory disease in almost 106,000 infections and one to two lakh lives during the hard days that lie ahead,” a buying essentials. more ventilators there as soon central China. more than 12,400 deaths, while next fortnight. grim-faced Trump told reporters The latest virus positive as possible,” said UK Health They had one by mid- Spain has more than 102,000 Trump’s remarks came as on Tuesday at a briefing which tests mark an increase of near- Secretary Matt Hancock. January — and labs around the cases with over 9,000 deaths. Deborah Bix, a member of has now become his daily ly 20,000 confirmed cases in “We have seen a fantastic country were ready to start France has four times as White House Task Force on coronavirus press conference at the UK in just one week. response from businesses to using it just weeks later, around many virus deaths as Germany coronavirus, based on a model the White House for more than The Government has said our call for a national effort -- the same time that Europe’s and Britain has twice as many, from actual data from the 10 days. its focus remains on ramping and I’m delighted these com- most populous country regis- even though both countries ground, said the death toll in “We’re going to go through up testing for frontline National panies accepted the challenge tered its first case. have fewer reported infections. the US could be between a very tough two weeks and Health Service (NHS) staff, to save lives across the country,” “It was clear that if the epi- There may be many factors 1,00,000 to 2,00,000, with the then, hopefully, as the experts who are treating the rising he said. demic swept over here from at play, but experts said early on strict implementation of the are predicting, as I think a lot number of patients coming The Government said it China, then we had to start that fast and widespread test- existing mitigation measures of us are predicting after hav- through hospitals and clinics. frontline staff in England have said on Tuesday that a shortage has provided a number of let- testing,” said Hendrik Borucki, ing gave Germany an edge. including social distancing till ing studied it so hard, we are Downing Street spokesper- been tested for coronavirus of chemicals needed for the ters of intent to purchase a spokesman for Bioscientia “The reason why we in April 30. going to start seeing some real son for British Prime Minister since the outbreak began in a tests meant the NHS, which potentially thousands more Healthcare, which operates 19 Germany have so few deaths at If no steps were to be light at the end of the tunnel. 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As we keep tar Indian wrestler Bajrang the Asian finals against 2018 which includes master blaster line-up which also includes the improving our domestic level, the performances at the Punia is assured of a top- world champion Takuto Sachin Tendulkar and Navjot Singh likes of Rahul Dravid, Tendulkar international level will improve. That is why I said we Sfour seeding in the 65kg Otoguro(JPN), Punia collected Sidhu. and Mohammad Azharuddin. are five-six years behind these teams because our domes- category at next year’s Tokyo 18 points and pushed himself to Warne said he ignored former On picking Sidhu ahead of tic set-up is not as good as it should be.” Olympics even if he skips the last within one point of the Russian skipper MS Dhoni and current cap- other openers, Warne said the “Now the players are getting more aware about being ranking series tournament, defending world champion. tain Virat Kohli because he picked right-hander from Punjab was the fit and following the right daily routines,” Kaur said. going by the latest world stand- The 57kg is led by reigning only those Indian players against best player of spin during his play- “The things we have grasped in the last two-three ings. world champion and number whom he had played. ing days. years, England and Australia have been doing from long The fast-rising Ravi Dahiya one from Russia Zaur Uguev (60 “I am only picking players that “I had to pick Navjot Singh before.” also seems set for a top-four points). I played against and that’s why M Sidhu because he was the best play- Kaur said it is more about fitness and not skills that billing at the mega-event, which World runner-up Suleyman S Dhoni and Virat Kohli are not er against spin I have ever played separate them from Australia or England. will be held from July 23 to Atli is firmly in the number two going to be a part of the side. While against. All the other spinners I “Just the fitness. In these two countries fitness is part August 8 next year. position after runner-up finish- Dhoni is probably the greatest have played with, they have also of their culture. Unfortunately, in India we start these Wrestling’s world governing es at the World and European wicketkeeper-batsman to have told me that Sidhu was brilliant things late,” Kaur told The Week. body UWW announced the Championships. He has 58 played the game, Kohli is one of the against them,” Warne said. “For the last three years the girls have been work- fresh rankings which placed points and is followed by Stevan greatest batsmen across formats,”  *   $$ A    ' %  K% %""J9 . Warne’s all-time India XI: Sourav ing hard on fitness. It does not improve overnight, we Bajrang at number two in the Micic (48) and Dahiya (45). Warne said in Instagram Live post. Ganguly (c), Virender Sehwag, need to work on it for longer durations. Earlier, we would 65kg category. Dahiya is fourth Dahiya needs a 12-point fin- Warne also ignored VVS to accommodate Ganguly. Nayan Mongia was his pick as Navjot Singh Siddu, Rahul Dravid, come close to these teams and lose, but now we are win- in the very competitive 57kg cat- ish at the final Ranking Series Laxman, who was once considered “I went for Ganguly because I the wicket-keeper of the team, Sachin Tendulkar, Mohd ning matches against them. Skill-wise we are better bat- egory. event to secure one of the top- his nemesis. He justified his deci- wanted him to be the captain of my which also includes the likes of Azharuddin, Kapil Dev, Nayan ters and bowlers than these two countries.” Russian Olympic champion four seeds. There is slim chance sion, stating that the stylish side, that is why Laxman missed 1983 World Cup-winning captain Mongia (wk), Harbhajan, Javagal Kaur’s form was poor throughout the World Cup Gadhzimurad Rashidov leads that the Indian wrestler can grab Hyderabadi batsman faced the axe out,” he said. Kapil Dev, spin duo of Harbhajan Srinath, Anil Kumble. PTI campaign in Australia. But the 31-year old dashing bat- the 65kg rankings. Four Points the number one seeding. ter said she is not thinking too much about pressure and separate Rashidov (60), Punia For that to happen, Dahiya also captaincy. (59) and Kazakshtan’s Daulet would need Uguev, Atli and “From the outside it may look like that, but person- Niyazbekov (56) for the top Micic to sit out of the final ++  %.A  %      ally I have never felt so,” she said when questioned on seeding. Ranking Series event and win the captaincy. But the Russian and Indian Gold in a bracket with more “I really enjoy this part. I feel more involved. The wrestlers have such command- than 11 wrestlers to earn the 16 With a nationwide lock- Indians-only IPL than not at all. captaincy keeps me alert all the time. Earlier, I used to ing leads over the field points he needs to clear his top- down in place to combat the “When can we have it? That BCCI think about my performance alone. Captaincy has made that they can sit out of three rivals. spread of the disease, the event decides. And I think that call be taken only me a better person. [ Now,] I cannot think only about the final ranking series Nurislam Sanayev is ranked seems unlikely to go ahead post 15th April,” Barthakur added. PTI myself, but [have to think] of other things, too.” event and still earn a fifth in this weight and trails unless the BCCI figures an top-four seeding at the Dahiya by six points. alternate window later in the Olympic Games. World Championship year.   %  /+ & 6 Rashidov Silver-medallist Deepak The RR executive though owns the top Punia is ranked second said they are confident that the spot in 65kg in 65kg behind Iranian Board will take a decision keep- after finally great Hassan Yazdani, ing in mind the best interests of (
&+  +  claiming his who underwent knee the franchises. long-awaited surgery earlier this “These are extraordinary   India pacer Jasprit also spoke on Sri Lanka T20 world Gold in year and had no times and the BCCI will do the Bumrah on Wednesday said he captain Lasith Malinga who Nur-Sultan last choice but to skip the best it can when things improve,” takes inspiration from Swedish also plays for Mumbai Indians. season. Matteo Pellicone and Asian he said. footballer Zlatan Ibrahimovic Rohit asked Bumrah on his rela- Punia began the Championships.  ,   L  
    ++       “Earlier we could not think and the way he rose from the tion with Malinga. year ranked num- He commanded a 20- of an Indians-only IPL but now ashes to become one of the best “The communication was ber three with 25 point lead over Deepak but   Even a shortened is the Indian Premier League,” there is enough quality to choose in the business. difficult initially. He taught me points after his the Indian wrestler closed IPL with just Indian players Barthakur said. from. It is better to have an Talking on Instagram Live the mindset when he gets hit, he world Bronze that gap on Yazdani with a would be good enough in these with Rohit Sharma, Bumrah smiles. I used to get annoyed at medal. He has 14-point Asian champi- “extraordinary times”, Rajasthan       G       said: “I love Ibra. I can relate to the beginning but he explained overthrown world onship Bronze-medal fin- Royals Executive Chairman his story that people did not take there is no point getting angry,” finalist Niyazbekov ish. Deepak leads Russian Ranjit Barthakur said on  Sportspersons being about this (pay cut). Whatever him seriously and then he Bumrah said. for the number two Artur Naifonov by seven Wednesday, revealing that a asked to take pay cuts have been the steps after this setback, it will became a star. I can relate as I Rohit said Mumbai had a ranking. points after the conclusion final call on the glitzy event’s fate making news ever since the out- be taken judiciously and keep- think people took me lightly ini- balance team this term and Punia added of the continental champi- is unlikely before April 15. break of the coronavirus ing the interest of all people in tially and then I proved them would have done well. 16 points to his onship season. The top executive spelt out brought the world to a standstill. mind. Any step taken needs to wrong, I am still trying.” "I was looking forward to world champi- No Indian figures in his franchise’s wish even as the But BCCI Treasurer Arun be thought out and right now Bumrah is the No 1 ODI 1         .% this (season) we had lethal new onship total after top-10 of the 74kg, 97kg number of positive cases and Dhumal has made it clear that we haven’t even thought about bowler at present. He rose ball combination, we had all he erased a three- and 125kg categories, the death toll due to the pandemic there is no such thought process it. Obviously this is a big set- through the ranks playing for first-ever IPL over. However, bases covered. IPL would have point deficit against three other olympic continued to rise across the at present when it comes to the back, but we will go about this Mumbai Indians in IPL and had what followed that was a rib- been exciting but anyway this Jordan Oliver (USA) weight categories. world. salary of the Indian cricketers. in a way that nobody gets a forgettable first outing . bon-cutting to his glorious can't be controlled," said India's to win the 16-point The top four in each “We are open to a shortened He made it clear that there affected. These things can be On debut against RCB, cricketing career. limited overs vice-captain and Matteo Pellicone category will be seeded tournament with only Indian have been no such discussions. discussed once things settle Bumrah was smashed to three Rohit and Bumrah, both one of the best white-ball bat- Ranking Series Gold at the Tokyo Games. players, at the end of the day it “No, we have not spoken down,” he said. IANS boundaries by Virat Kohli in his teammates at Mumbai Indians, ters. IANS China to host Asian Youth Games in 2021 -   "%    <8/9   R  ( +(,- 28th November 2021,” OCA Director   )9-(*&( team-mates Romelu Lukaku *   + General Husain Al Musallam said in the and Axel Witsel. picentre of the COVID-19 pandem- letter. anchester City midfield- “After this lockdown, I 9  UEFA have made a move posed to decide the last four qualify- Eic before it gripped Europe and the The 3rd Asian Youth Games will Mer Kevin De Bruyne has cannot stay at home. I told her towards clearing the decks for the ing berths for the next European USA, China will host the third edition have 18 sports in its roster — Athletics, vowed to play for an extra two I’m going to take two years return of club football by announcing Championship were initially post- of the Asian Youth Games in Shantou in Aquatics, Badminton, Basketball (3x3), years at the end of his career more. on Wednesday that all international poned at the end of March and pen- November next year, the Olympic Beach Volleyball, Dragon Boat Racing, to make up for the time lost “It’s time to play football matches that had been pushed back to cilled in provisionally for June. Council of Asia said on Wednesday. Football, Gymnastics, Golf, Handball, due to the coronavirus. again. I miss it and it’s diffi- June have now been postponed until That was “subject to a review of The OCA has decided to hold the Hip Hop Dance, Rock Climbing, Rugby, The Premier League is cult. But we are not important, further notice. the situation” amid uncertainty over Asian Youth Games from November 20 Surfing, Table Tennis, Taekwondo, Wind postponed until at least April football is not important. “This includes the play-off match- how the pandemic will develop and to 28. The host city was decided by the Surfing and Wushu. 30 because of the pandemic People love football, but you es for UEFA Euro 2020 and qualify- whether many European countries OCA in 2019 but the dates of the The Asian Youth Games were first and is likely to be delayed even need to stay safe.” ing matches for UEFA Women’s Euro currently in lockdown will be able to multi-sporting event was announced on held in Singapore in 2011 and then again longer when the English De Bruyne revealed his 2021,” said European football's govern- return to some kind of normality. Wednesday. in Nanjing in China in 2013. game’s stakeholders meet on family, including his two chil- ing body in a statement. Friendlies that will not now go “The OCA while maintaining a The 2017 event was awarded to Friday. dren, had been ill during the “All other UEFA competition ahead include England’s matches in very strict isolation policy is still con- Hambantota in Sri Lanka but the island De Bruyne has not played virus lockdown, but he said matches, including the centralised Austria and at home to Romania in tinuing its activity and liaising with the nation dropped out following a series of since March 1 because of the they are better now. international friendly matches, early June. various Asian Games Organising problems. health crisis and the miserable “I’ve been at home now remain postponed until further However, UEFA have also Committee to ensure that the prepara- Jakarta was then lined up as a experience has underlined to for two weeks,” he said. notice.” stated a determination to fin- tions for the Games are not hindered,” replacement but it also withdrew. the Belgian star just how “At the beginning, my The decision followed a ish all domestic and club com- the OCA said in a letter sent to all its In 2019, Shantou was awarded the much he loves the game. family and my kids were a lit- video conference with Europe’s petitions by June 30. member nations in Asia. Games in 2021, marking the event’s The 28-year-old’s desire to tle bit sick so that was a little 55 member federations as part While that currently looks “In this respect I have the pleasure return after eight years, that too in the prolong his career comes after bit worrying but they are of discussions on how to adapt ambitious, clearing the interna- to inform you that the OCA in coordi- same country for the second time. he enjoyed a superb personal 4
 & 1   alright now. the fixture calendar in the face tional fixtures from the same nation with the Shantou 3rd Asian The Asian Youth Games are consid- season with City after missing .  A   4&1J  “People ask why I’m not in of the ongoing coronavirus month does buy some more time Youth Games Organising Committee ered the second biggest multi-sporting most of their treble-winning Belgium. It's because I’m self- crisis. as they aim to complete the (SAYGOC) has decided the dates and event in the continent and nearly 2500 campaign last term due to to play a little longer,” De isolating in England. I live The play-off Champions League and Europa sports programme of the 3rd Asian athletes took part in the 2013 edition in injury. Bruyne said in an Instagram here so I’m here with my kids semi-finals and League competitions as well as Youth Games, which are from 20th to Nanjing in China. “I told my wife I’m going Live video Q&A with Belgium and wife.” finals that are sup- domestic leagues. AFP