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www.himalayanmail.com 8 JAMMU MONDAY JULY 13, 2020 B A C K P A G E The Himalayan Mail After Harvard, MIT, Johns sues Trump COVID-19 dead body carried to graveyard in auto rickshaw in Telangana, pictures go viral admn to block rule on foreign students HYDERABAD, JULY Nizamabad District col- NEW YORK, JULY 12: Johns stop the US government from enforc- 12: In a shocking incident lector C. Narayana Reddy Hopkins University has joined a ing the new rule. highlighting the utter negli- ordered an inquiry into the growing list of prestigious higher edu- “The administration’s decision is gence of health officials in incident and dismissed a cation institutions in the US suing the gratuitous, cruel, and inimical to Telangana's Nizamabad municipal employee, who Trump administration over its “cruel” what this country is about,” JHU town, body of a COVID-19 was working on contract decision not to allow foreign students President Ronald J. Daniels said. victim was carried in an au- basis. to take online-only courses this fall “The university was left with no op- torickshaw. The collector said the rel- semester. tion but to bring an emergency law- The visuals of the body atives of the deceased were On Monday, the Trump adminis- suit in federal court to stop the ad- being carried in the three- not ready to wait for the tration announced new rules for in- ministration from pushing ahead wheeler in total violation of ambulance and insisted ternational students for the upcom- with an illegal and unconstitutional the guidelines for trans- that they be allowed to ing fall semester (September to directive that, if permitted to stand, porting the bodies of carry the body in their own December) that requires them to take would fundamentally undermine the COVID-19 victims, went vi- autorickshaw. The hospital ral on social media on Sat- authorities arranged for a an in-person class to remain in the the decision of the Trump adminis- educational freedoms and humani- urday. contract municipal em- country. Many American universities tration. tarian values that animate higher ed- The body was seen pro- ployee to accompany the have scaled back or eliminated in- According to a recent report of the ucation in our country,” he said in a truding from both sides of body to the graveyard. person classes due to the raging Student and Exchange Visitor Pro- statement. “This unjust and discrim- the vehicle as it was kept at Taking a serious note of COVID-19 pandemic. gram (SEVP), there were over inatory attack on international stu- the bottom of the rear seat. Friday but the video of the not available at the hospi- the incident, Director of Johns Hopkins University (JHU) 1,94,000 Indian students enrolled in dents cuts to the core of our mission of filed a lawsuit in federal court on Fri- education and research,” JHU Neither the autorickshaw body being carried in the tal, the body was carried in Medical Education Dr various academic institutions of the three-wheeler surfaced on a three-wheeler. day, pushing back against the Trump US in January this year. Provost Sunil Kumar said. “It cannot driver, said to be a relative Ramesh Reddy directed administration order that would be allowed to stand,” Kumar said. of the deceased nor the local Saturday. Hospital sources said the hospital superinten- The JHU’s complaint, filed in US The body was being four patients succumbed to abruptly rescind accommodations for District Court in Washington, D.C., The ICE rule applies to holders of municipal employee sitting dent to file criminal cases online learning during the COVID-19 two types of visas, including F-1 visas, with him was wearing Per- shifted from Government COVID-19 on Friday. Both against those employees seeks a temporary restraining order General Hospital in the the ambulances at the hos- pandemic for the nearly 5,000 inter- against the proposal by the US Immi- which allow non-immigrant students sonal Protection Equip- handed over the body for national students at the university to pursue academic coursework in the ment (PPE) kits. town to the graveyard. pital were pressed into ser- transporting it in an au- gration and Customs Enforcement Since the ambulance was vice to carry the bodies. and thousands more across the coun- (ICE), stating that it is “arbitrary and US. The incident occurred on torickshaw. try. Johns Hopkins said the policy capricious,” unlawful, and a reversal “The Trump administration’s sud- change sending international stu- of earlier guidance upon which den announcement upends that care- dents back to their home countries if months of careful planning is based. ful consideration. It accounts neither India’s COVID-19 recovery rate improves they don’t enroll in in-person classes, The Baltimore-based private insti- for the risks associated with switch- “suddenly and unexpectedly” tution joins other well-known schools ing to an all in-person approach, nor to 62.9 per cent: Health ministry plunged Johns Hopkins, and virtually such as Harvard University, the for the possibility that we may have all of higher education in the United Massachusetts Institute of Technol- no choice but to revert to all online NEW DELHI, JULY moving all impediments to States, into chaos. ogy (MIT) and the University of Cali- classes if the pandemic takes a turn 12: Focussed and coordi- COVID-19 testing and fa- Hundreds of thousands of Indian fornia system in filing litigation to for the worse,” the JHU statement nated action by the Centre cilitating widespread test- students in the US will be affected by said. along with states and UTs, ing by states and UTs con- effective clinical manage- tinue to result in a steady Plea in Supreme Court ment of coronavirus and rise in the total number of UP govt announces complete timely diagnosis led to a samples tested every day, it consistent increase in the said. lockdown on weekends to for SIT probe into killing number of recovered cases “As a result of these ef- in the country, the Union forts, the testing per mil- check Covid-19 spread of gangster Vikas Dubey health ministry said on lion for India is presently Sunday. LUCKNOW, JULY 12: Chief Secretary (Home and NEW DELHI, JULY sociates Amar Dubey and 8,396.4,” the ministry said. The number of recovered To stop the spread of Information) Awanish 12: The People’s Union for Prabhat Mishra probed as According to ICMR, a cu- cases exceeds active cured of the coronavirus to the ministry’s data up- COVID-19 infection, the Ut- Awasthi said. Civil Liberties (PUCL) to- well. mulative total of COVID-19 cases by infection. This has resulted dated at 8 am. tar Pradesh Government “This is being done basi- day moved the Supreme This is the second plea 1,15,87,153 samples have 2,42,362 as on date, it said. in the cumulative total The country at present has decided to implement cally to stop the spread of Court seeking a special in- filed in the apex court on been tested till July 11, with “The recovery rate has number of recovered cases has 1,370 dedicated COVID strict lockdown across the infection through un- vestigation team (SIT)- this issue. Hours before 2,80,151 samples tested on improved to 62.93 per among COVID-19 patients hospitals, 3,062 COVID state on weekends, a senior wanted physical move- monitored probe into the Vikas Dubey was killed in Saturday. cent,” the ministry said. rising to 5,34,620 on Sun- health centres, and 10,334 official said on Sunday. ment. Economic activities killing of Vikas Dubey and an encounter near Kanpur A crucial supporting fac- “As more people are re- day. COVID care centres. “The lockdown on week- will, however, not suffer,” his associates. on Friday morning, advo- tor in the progressive rise covering due to all-round India, meanwhile, added The Centre has so far ends will be implemented he added. It filed an application in a cate Ghanshyam Upadhyay in testing numbers is a con- efforts, the recovered cases a record 28,637 cases of provided 122.36 lakh PPE from the coming Saturday The lockdown will re- petition already filed by it in filed a PIL in the Supreme tinuous expansion of the exceed active cases by coronavirus infection on Kits, 223.33 lakh N95 and Sunday, especially in main effective in both ur- 2018 that questioned police Court seeking a direction to 2,42,362,” it said. Sunday, pushing the coun- masks and 21,685 ventila- countrywide diagnostic lab the crowded areas. The ban and rural areas of the encounters in Uttar the UP Government to en- There are 2,92,258 active try’s COVID-19 tally to tors to various states, network, which as on date, markets and offices will re- state. Pradesh between January sure the gangster’s safety as coronavirus cases in the 8,49,553. The death toll Union territories (UTs) comprises 850 labs in the main closed on these days. “It (lockdown) will be in 2017 and March 2018. he apprehended cops might country. climbed to 22,674 with 551 and central institutions, government sector and 344 However, the banks will re- place for the month of July Now, it wants encounter kill him. He had sought ur- In the last 24 hours, a to- people succumbing to the the ministry said. private labs (total of 1,194 main open,” Additional at least,” Awasthi said. killing of Dubey and his as- gent listing of the matter. tal of 19,235 people were disease in a day, according Enabling factors like re- labs), the ministry added.