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34!356 discussed. The Union Home $-/%01$-/ Minister in intervention spoke n his marathon meeting with )" about running special trains for IChief Ministers, his fifth one L M the migrants. to review the pandemic, Prime Karnataka Chief Minister Minister Narendra Modi on BS Yeddyurappa suggested dis- $$ % $ & Monday sought suggestions '" continuing district-wise % '$ ! # on reviving the battered econ- , demarcation to contain pan- omy and scaling up all efforts demic. “We propose to do to bring more “red” zones with : away with the district-wise high Covid-19 case load into
demarcation into red, orange “orange” or “green” zones. and green zones. Only con- While the Prime Minister tainment zones should be iden- maintained that country has al recognition for India’s suc- tified and strictly cordoned. At “largely succeeded” in con- cess in handling the Covid-19 least 50 to 100 meters around ! trolling the pandemic, most of pandemic and the Government the known clusters may be the Chief Ministers insisted on of India appreciates the efforts declared as containment zones. graded opening of the lock- made by all State Governments Commercial activities includ- down with at least five of them in this regard. Let us stay the ing public transport should be — Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, course as we move forward allowed in non-containment Telangana, Tamil Nadu and together,” he said in the begin- zones,” he said. Chhattisgarh — even opposing ning of the meet. Continued on Page 6 the resumption of train services All States have raised con- 34!356 # $ %& from Tuesday and asked the ! # cerns about the crisis for thou- Centre to push it back, cau- sands of migrants, stranded igrants are turning out to 'R )# * tioning that it would make it and narrow down” of the con- ment units showing areas of While saying that people because of the lockdown since Mbe nightmare for certain harder to identify, isolate and tainment zones in different maximum coronavirus cases should stay wherever they are March-end. Economic mea- States which have somehow * test suspected coronavirus States. The States were asked and the lowest ones by May 15, and be on “high alert”, Modi sures to help migrants, small managed to contain the spread cases and could lead to chaos. by the Centre to submit their two days ahead of the last date said situation was “largely” and medium industries and to of coronavirus so far. It was decided to “redraw re-drawn maps of contain- of the extended lockdown. under control. “There is glob- help revive consumption were 52'#74 These States are now haunted by the homecoming of Majority of these migrants ssuring Prime Minister tens of thousands of workers were not tested for coronavirus ANarendra Modi that who are potential carrier of the before they set out for their Uttar Pradesh would follow deadly virus. Bihar, Odisha, native places. On return, they are the guidelines of the Centre, Jharkhand, Uttar Pradesh and sent to quarantine after mere Chief Minister Yogi West Bengal have begun to wit- thermal screening. The scope of 34!356 third AC. The fare structure for Adityanath admitted that ness significant spike in Covid- them acting as corona spreaders the “special trains” shall be as migrant workers returning to 19 cases after return of the remains a high probability. he Indian Railway Catering applicable for the regular time UP were posing a big chal- migrants. The Centre in an affidavit Tand Tourism Corporation tabled Rajdhani trains (exclud- lenge but the state govern- in the Supreme Court had (IRCTC) website crashed after ing catering charges),” it said. ment was working hard to stated that almost a third of the booking for tickets reopened Only online e-ticketing will 34!356 ensure employment to them. %&#'()** +!- migrants returning to their for as many as 15 pairs of spe- be done through IRCTC web- “The migrant workers hometowns and villages could cial trains on Monday. The site or through Mobile App and n a bid to ferry migrants are posing a big challenge for +#+! .'#/ %/0 be infected with the novel website crashed after a surge in “Maximum Advance Istranded in various parts of us. So far, we have sent more ('#$ - coronavirus. But no efforts user traffic at 4 pm and after a Reservation Period” (ARP) will the country amid the nationwide than nine lakh workers and ever have been made to carry delay of over two hours, it was be of maximum seven days, it lockdown due to coronavirus, labourers to home quaran- Indore: The National Highway out bulk testing in case of back up again to take bookings added. 100 Shramik trains to run daily. tine. Out of this seven lakh Number 3, also called Mumbai- migrants. for passenger trains which will Only confirmed e-tickets Also, the Centre has asked States workers have completed Agra Road that touches Indore As per the data of the run from Tuesday. shall be booked. Booking of to assist migrants trudging back their home quarantine. We in Madhya Pradesh through a Ministry of Health and Family The Ministry of Railways RAC or waiting list ticket and to their native places. are preparing to give them bypass road, is seeing a steady Welfare, Odisha reported 154 had announced to start oper- on board booking by ticket The Maharashtra jobs,” Yogi told the prime stream of autorickshaws from cases till May 1 which has ations of 15 special trains (30 checking staff shall not be per- Government too announced minister during his conver- the country’s commercial cap- become more than double to return journeys) from May 12 mitted. Current booking, tatkal launch of free bus services up to sation with him through ital as people move back to 377 after the migrant workers in a graded manner. Other reg- and premium tatkal booking the borders of Madhya Pradesh video conferencing on their native towns and villages from Gujarat and other States ular passenger services includ- ) $ %$ ! shall not be permitted. and Gujarat for migrant labour- Monday. Yogi said that in the amid the coronavirus-enforced returned in a big number. ing all express, passenger and % ! # “No catering charges shall ers, days after 16 workers, who last four days, more than lockdown that has rendered Among the 377 who tested suburban services will remain be included in the fare. Besides, were walking back home to MP three lakh people had come them jobless. Officials and eye- positive, 290 had come from cancelled until further order. Health and Family welfare “These special trains which provision for prepaid meal were mowed down by a goods to UP by buses and trains. witnesses put the number of Gujarat and West Bengal. So far The decision to restart (MoHFW) and Ministry of have been started presently booking, e-catering shall be train in Aurangabad after they “More than 10 lakh peo- these three-wheelers from infections have been reported in train services was taken in Home Affairs (MHA), the will have only air conditioned disabled. fell asleep on railway tracks. ple will arrive in near future. Mumbai crossing the Indore 21 of the 30 districts of the State. consultation with Ministry of Ministry said in a statement. classes i.e. first, second and Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Bypass Road at 50 every hour. Continued on Page 6 ! !!" ""
52'#74 him to his residence. At the now 23,409 cases and 869 State also reported 20 deaths in cases, four are from Kasargod house, Singh issued abduction deaths. Mumbai, the financial the last 24 hours, after which its and the patients had recently anglord-turned-politico and death threats to him, Capital of the country, has death toll mounted to 513. returned from Maharashtra. GDhananjay Singh was Singhal alleged. become the hotbed of the coro- Madhya Pradesh, which Palakkad, Malappuram, and arrested on charges of abduct- Subsequently, a case was navirus spread in the State has seen exceptionally high Wayanad reported one case ing and threatening a project registered against Singh under where the number of cases has death ratio, reported 171 new each on Monday. manager of a sewage treat- sections 364, 386, 504 and 506 reached 14,521 and the death cases for a total of 3,785 and Eighteen more tested pos- ment plant in Line Bazaar of the Indian Penal Code, his toll is over 500. 228 deaths. itive in J&K on Monday to take police station area of Jaunpur house was raided in the wee 34!356 After reporting 669 new Kerala on Monday report- the Union Territory’s coron- in the wee hours of Monday. hours of Monday and he was cases on Sunday, Tamil Nadu’s ed seven fresh cases of coron- avirus tally to 879 while after 14 A former parliamentarian arrested. Later in the after- s India’s confirmed cases of march towards south continue avirus which took its infection fresh cases of coronavirus in from Jaunpur constituency, noon, the accused was pro- ACovid-19 crossed 70,000 on Monday also as it registered count to 519. Out of the total the last 24 hours, Karnataka’s Singh was produced before a duced in the court of Chief mark on Monday while the record 798 new cases to touch tally, 27 cases are currently total count has reached 862. magistrate who sent him to a Judicial Magistrate Vikas death toll topped the 2,220 8,002 confirmed cases. active in the State. Of the new This includes 31 deaths 426 14-day judicial remand on Singh, who rejected Singh’s mark, the Government said Rajasthan reported 174 recoveries. Monday afternoon. bail plea and sent him to some relatively large outbreaks new cases of coronavirus and Five deaths and 124 new As per reports, Abhinav judicial custody for 14 days. have been noticed in particu- * % % $ + % , % five deaths, taking the total ! Covid-19 cases were reported Singhal, project manager of a On his way to Jaunpur lar locations and it is important # number of cases and deaths to in West Bengal, taking the sewage treatment plant of district jail, Dhananjay Singh to focus on containment efforts 3,988 and 113, respectively. ! total number of positive cases Namami Gange project in alleged that he was arrested at to ensure that the country did bers, the total count reached Maharashtra continues to Uttar Pradesh too reported * in the State to 2,063. Bihar Jaunpur, submitted a written the behest of Jaunpur city not reach the community 70,717 by 10.30 pm, a jump of be the epicentre of the coron- 109 new infections, taking the reported 39 new cases to reach complaint in Line Bazaar MLA and Minister of State transmission stage. 3,540 new cases during the day. avirus spread with the State wit- tally to 3,573. !+),$ ! a total of 749 while Jharkhand police station late Sunday Girish Chand Yadav. He With Maharashtra, Delhi, This is the fifth day in a row nessing massive spike on daily Gujarat reported 347 fresh continued to keep the disease night, alleging that Singh’s claimed that the charges Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil when the country has basis. On Monday, the State cases of coronavirus in the last New Delhi: WHO’s Chief under control by reporting just aides Praveen Singh and against him were wrong and Nadu, West Bengal and seen new cases topping 30,000 added 1,230 cases and as many 24 hours, following which its Scientist Soumya Swaminathan 4 new cases for a tally of 164. Vikram Singh forcibly took baseless. Madhya Pradesh high num- mark. as 78 deaths. Maharashtra has total count reached 8,542. The on Monday commended India Continued on Page 6 for keeping the coronavirus cases and deaths very low com- % pared to other countries and said it will play an important ! -*. role in the development of a vaccine for Covid-19. !"# The guidelines come in Covid-19 is a new disease and She said the whole world the wake of various queries is a pandemic affecting all has to be prepared for the &% from the doctors and hospitals communities and countries ongoing transmission of infec- O treating the Covid-19 as well as and a robust data is needed in tion for “many many months 34!356 $ symptomatic patients. So far India to measure the public and for perhaps years to come”. !"# over 2,000 people have suc- health impact of the ailment $ ingle-judge Bench of the 34!356 cumbed to the deadly viral and to plan for timely health %& SSupreme Court would hear infection in the country. interventions. " $ from May 13, appeals of bail he death of a patient in hos- In its guidance for appro- Deaths in which tests are and anticipatory bail matters in Tpital due to Covid-19 will priate recording of Covid-10 awaited with the presence of cases related to offences entail- be considered as non-medico deaths in the country, the symptoms will be recorded as ing jail term of up to seven legal case and will not require ICMR said deaths with incon- suspected deaths, while those ! '()*+ years and application for trans- post-mortem as it might leave clusive test results, but in which testing negative but have symp- New Delhi: Three inmates of , fer of cases. the doctors and mortuary staff coronavirus symptoms are pre- toms will be mentioned as Tihar Jail have been put under ' O . + It is for the first time since exposed to the virus in the sent will be recorded as “prob- clinically-epidemiologically quarantine after one of them, " $ its inception that the top court body. At the same time, deaths able Covid-19” fatalities. diagnosed Covid-19, the guid- a rape accused, is suspected to has provided for sitting of a sin- of those with negative or incon- Covid-19 would be record- ance stated. It is likely that have come in contact with a P gle-judge Bench to hear mat- clusive test results but with ed as an “underlying cause of Covid-19 is the underlying +$ + $ - coronavirus-infected person, ters. The apex court till now symptoms of the coronavirus death” when leading to pneu- cause of death (UCOD) that % ! # jail officials said on Monday. #$# * normally used to sit in the disease will be recorded as monia, cardiac injury and clot- leads to pneumonia in most of They said the man was " combination of two or three probable Covid-19 deaths, the ting in the bloodstream, among the deaths due to Covid-19. betes mellitus. These condi- “These conditions are not lodged in a separate cell in cen- judges, besides constitution Indian Council of Medical others, said the document. Patients may present with tions increase the risk of devel- considered as underlying cause tral jail number 2 of Tihar 01 ). benches. Research (ICMR) has said in its Explaining the public other pre-existing co-morbid oping respiratory infections, of death as they have not along with two other inmates To reduce huge pendency recently released fresh guide- health significance of recording conditions such as asthma, and may lead to complica- directly caused death due to in a rape case and did not show , of the cases, the apex court had lines on recording Covid-19 the cause of death in the Covid- chronic bronchitis, ischemic tions and severe disease in a Covid-19. any symptoms for Covid-19. 2# $ Continued on Page 6 deaths. 19 pandemic, ICMR said that heart disease, cancer and dia- Covid-19 positive patient. Continued on Page 6 !"!#!# & * - $ : , ! +4 , 52'#74 cycle and a bicycle collided in 52'#74 has been severely impacted 52'#74 motivated to go to work in Ajitmal area late on Sunday and the sugar mills’ revenue has units which have resumed eath of migrant labourers evening. oncession, relaxation and been tightly squeezed,” Patodia irecting officials to arrange operations. He also directed Dheading home in road As per reports, Mahesh Cbailout packages are the said. Done lakh beds for dedicat- that food grain be distributed mishaps continued as two per- Chandra (42) and Balveer flavour of the season accentu- To complicate the problem ed Covid hospitals across the among the labourers. sons were killed and seven Kumar (38) of Oocha ated by coronavirus pandemic further, the current sugar sea- state, Chief Minister Yogi Awasthi said that IAS and others were injured when a Bahadurpur area of Ajitmal in India, especially Uttar son has been prolonged as Adityanath stressed that the senior PCS officers had already truck carrying them from were returning to their village Pradesh. diversion of cane to kolhus and government would provide been nominated to assist dis- Hyderabad overturned in on a bicycle late on Sunday Keeping in sync, the sugar khandsari units and retail sale transport and food to migrant trict magistrates in 75 districts Sahjanwa area of Gorakhpur on evening, when a motorcycle industry honchos sought of cane juice has vanished due workers returning from other in overseeing quarantine cen- Monday morning. coming from opposite direc- bailout packages from the gov- to the lockdown and all the states on foot or by bicycle. tres, shelter homes and com- As per reports, several tion collided with it at Ooncha ernment, citing huge losses cane is now diverted back to At a meeting with Team 11 munity kitchens for migrants labourers of Bariyarpur vil- Jua road injuring three persons. due to demand slump and also the mills. officials in Lucknow on returning to UP. He said that lage in Chowk police station They were rushed to a commu- the burden of paying up With temperatures rising, Monday, Yogi said that no one these officers should be asked area of Maharajganj were nity health centre in Ajitmal cane arrears in times of lock- the recovery of sugar from should be allowed to travel on to coordinate cleanliness, food returning from Hyderabad in a where Mahesh Chandra and down. cane is also going down, there- foot or by bicycle and they be supply etc. at quarantine cen- truck. Early Monday morning, Balveer Kumar succumbed to Uttar Pradesh Sugar Mills by further raising the cost of provided transport, food and tres/shelter homes. the truck driver lost control their injuries. Another critical- Association (UPSMA) submit- production. other essentials besides check- The additional chief secre- over the wheel and the vehicle ly injured persons was referred ted a memorandum to Chief Reiterating that it has been ing them up medically. tary also said that the chief turned upside down near to Saifai Medical College after Minister Yogi Adityanath, seek- the endeavour of sugar facto- “If anyone (travelling by minister had issued directive to Kasarwal area of Sahjanwa being administered primary ing cash subsidy. UPSMA chief ries to follow cane payment bicycle, bike or on foot) is ramp up activities at medical resulting in the death of treatment. CB Patodia urged the govern- cycle as far as possible, the found, they should be sent to “The government will pro- brought back to the state by 184 colleges while nominating offi- Parushram Gaud (35) and In Moradabad, a man ment to bail out the industry by letter says that mills are find- respective districts after getting vide 20 lakh jobs to migrant special trains and another one cers in-charge (prabhari offi- Rahul Kevat (25). killed his wife and later surren- cash subsidy, which could help ing it difficult to meet cane personal details and medical workers. Besides giving them lakh reached the state through cers) for Covid and non-Covid Seven others were also dered to the police on Monday. augment cash flow and ensure price payment obligation fur- check-ups. Migrant labourers free transport up to their other means of transport. “In hospitals. injured in the accident. Baluram of Prajapatiwali continuation of cane crushing ther. should be treated with respect homes, free ration kits, they are total, 3.23 lakh workers have The chief minister also After the mishap, the dri- Gali in Bilari had a tiff with operations and payment of “It is in this ‘hour of deep and be subjected to health also being given Rs 1,000 cash,” reached the state in the past asserted that besides training ver and cleaner of the truck fled wife Seema for not serving him cane arrears. crisis’ that the sugar industry is check-up in quarantine centres the chief minister informed . four days and every day, at least doctors and other health staff and the police were looking for dinner and instead chatting Highlighting stress areas, looking for a bailout to help the too,” he said. Yogi directed officials to 55 special trains are reaching for prevention against infec- them after registering a case. with a friend on cell phone. the UPSMA said that the lock- largest industry in the state, The chief minister reaf- add 25,000 beds in Level-1, UP,” he added. tion, adequate quantity of per- The injured were admitted Suspecting her of having an down brought in considerable with whom millions of people firmed that his government was Level-2 and Level-3 Covid hos- “UP has been allocated sonal protective equipment to district hospital in affair, Baluram abused her. hardship for the industry as are directly connected,” Patodia also sending migrants of other pitals by May 20 and ensure maximum special trains for (PPE) kits, N-95 masks and Gorakhpur where four were When asked to disconnect the institutional sale of sugar said. states back to their native places bed capacity of one lakh by migrant workers and 55 trains sanitiser should be provided to stated to be critical. call, the wife allegedly threat- dipped massively. Earlier, a NITI Aayog and asked officials to make a May end. He said that besides would be reaching 42 stations them. Later, Chief Minister Yogi ened to get Baluram killed “The off take of sugar by task force recently recommend- district-wise list of such per- effective check on medical of the state on Monday. Meanwhile, on the chief Adityanath condoled the with the help of her paramour. various industries, like confec- ed a slew of measures to aid the sons. infection, it had to be ensured Gorakhpur received a record 28 minister’s instructions, lock- deaths of the migrant workers The couple later went to bed tionery, sweets, chocolates liquidity-starved industry. “The state government is that there was no infection trains carrying over 30,000 down norms have been made in Sahjanwa and expressed and upon waking up early and aerated soft drinks, came These included, a cess at Rs also in touch with External from mandis. workers while 28 trains reached stricter in Agra, Kanpur and condolences to the bereaved morning, Baluram hacked to a grinding halt. The demand 50 per quintal (excluding Affairs Ministry to send back ‘’There will be an influx of Lucknow besides Kanpur (7), Meerut, where a team of offi- families. The chief minister Seema with an axe. for sugar has been at its exports) for three years, during 2,000 Nepali citizens stranded migrant labourers during the Jaunpur (9), Prayagraj (11), cials have been rushed to con- directed officials to provide Rs The couple were married lowest in decades. which about Rs 4,500 crore in the state due to lock -down,” next ten days, hence alertness Gonda (8), Varanasi (8) and trol the spread of coronavirus 2 lakh each to the dependants in 2011 and have four children Consequently, most mills are would be garnered to help he said. at all levels is required with Unnao (7),” Awasthi said. . of the deceased, Rs 50000 to the — three daughters (Tanisha, unable to sell even monthly provide bridge funding or act Yogi said that workers proper accountability,’’ he said. Asking employers to There are 475 hotspots in critically injured and proper Ritika, Saumya) and a son quota and are forced to store as a comfort for banks giving reaching the state were being Additional Chief Secretary ensure payment of honorarium 311 police station areas cover- treatment to the victims. Shiv. After ccommitting the sugar in the open as factory soft loans to mills for improv- asked to fill a form regarding Awanish Awasthi said on to industrial workers during ing 8.90 lakh houses and a pop- Meanwhile in Auraiya, two crime, Baluram walked to the godowns have run out of ing technologies or paying to their skill as it would enable Monday that 2.20 lakh migrant lockdown, the chief minister ulation of 49.92 lakh in these youths were killed while anoth- nearets police station to surren- space,” Patodia said. farmers, a one-time increase in them to get jobs easily. labourers had already been said the workers should be districts. er was injured when a motor- der. “Market sentiments are minimum selling price for low and hence sugar prices sugar to Rs 33 per kg (from Rs are on a downward spiral. 31) to unburden mills, capping We are hence finding it hard to of farmer’s land use for sugar- *+, sell even at minimum sale cane at 85 per cent of total price (MSP) fixed by the holding and a cash incentive of 52'#74 migrant workers coming by trains and footwear The BJP leader said that the party was doing “Nobody is stopping anybody from helping Centre,” the UPSMA letter Rs 6,000 per hectare for farm- to those walking home on foot. its bit since lockdown was imposed and had dis- the poor. As we are doing it in co-ordination with said. ers shifting to alternative crops mid Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s fer- Bansal said it was pathetic to see people tributed food among two crore people and ration the administration, they can do the same as well. To add to their woes, sale from sugarcane. Avent appeals to migrant workers to not walk walking bare foot towards their homes and said kits among 35 lakh families. Even NGOs (non-governmental organisations) of ethanol has dipped due to The report on sugarcane back to their native places, the Bharatiya Janata that partymen would give them footwear – chap- “At local level, the leaders do it but at a big- are extending help and no one is stopping them,” non-lifting by oil marketing and sugar industry by NITI Party’s Uttar Pradesh unit decided to provide pal or shoes. “This all is being done with ‘sewa ger scale, we work in collaboration with district Bansal said. companies and power dues of Aayog was submitted on footwear to such workers once they entered the bhav’. As a party, it is our responsibility to pro- administration as we believe that administration The BJP leader said that strict directions had Rs 1,500 crore on UP Power April 21 and has been state, besides food and water. vide food and other essentials to these workers is better placed to extend help to the needy,” he been given to volunteers not to use party sym- Corporation (UPPCL) have forwarded to ministries of BJP general secretary (organisation) Sunil who are penniless and need support. As mem- said. Earlier, opposition parties like Congress and bol during social service. “Senior leaders were not been cleared for more than agriculture, commerce, Bansal said that party workers had been asked bers of our society, we are extending this help Samajwadi Party derided the state government even asked to remove party flags from their cars,” a year. finance and water resources for to provide food, water and other essentials to to them,” Bansal told The Pioneer on Monday. for not allowing them to help the needy. he said. “Cash flow in the industry action. 2) *+, .
Lucknow (PNS): The Uttar Pradesh government 52'#74 “This is when Azam Khan is 7 took a unique initiative for providing employment to a respected influential leader and rural women entrepreneurs by setting up sugar cane amajwadi Party chief Akhilesh his wife Tazeen Fatma is a noted nurseries. Cane Commissioner Sanjay R Bhoosreddy SYadav accused the Bharatiya educationist. Both are being per- With the appeal to help in the said in Lucknow on Monday that in addition to tra- Janata Party government of pur- secuted in jail and their image is fight against COVID-19, Bahujan ditional employment in cane regions, work on other suing politics of vendetta against being maligned just because of Samaj Party chief Mayawati said employment possibilities was necessary in the inter- its political rivals. their affiliation with the SP,” he that the citizens could get good est of women workers. He said that in the month of said. On return of migrant work- news from the prime minister dur- “Sugarcane is cultivated on a large scale as a cash Ramzan, SP MP Mohammad ers to UP villages in large num- ing his video conference with crop in the state and immense possibilities of Azam Khan and his MLA wife bers, the SP chief said that the BJP chief ministers from across the employment exist in cane-dominated areas. Tazeen Fatma were being harassed regime had promised shelter to country. Preparation of nursery through single bud and bud in Sitapur jail. every family by 2022, but had In a tweet, the BSP supremo chip for cane sowing and income generation from dis- The Khans have been lodged failed to provide even two square said, “This is the first relieving tribution of seedling can be easily adopted by in Sitapur jail since February 26 in meals to millions of migrant news on the 48th day of lockdown women entrepreneurs as it is not labour-intensive,” connection with the fake birth cer- workers coming back to their vil- imposed due to outbreak of coro- Bhoosreddy said in a statement issued here on tificate case of their son and for- lages in the state. navirus that phase-wise railway Monday. “For this, self-help groups can be trained mer SP MLA Abdullah Azam. “The poor of the country are passenger services will resume and encouraged to prepare cane nurseries through sin- Akhilesh said that Tazeen facing the brunt of a narcissistic from tomorrow and bookings gle bud and bud chip and rural women could be Fatma was not getting proper governments at the Centre and in will start from today. It is possible engaged through Women Employment Generation treatment even after she suffered UP. If the government provides that we receive some good news Programme. This will add dimension to cane culti- injuries and fractured an arm in food and employment, they will from the video-interaction of the vation, increase productivity by adopting new sow- jail on May 9. He said that Azam defeat coronavirus without any PM with CMs of the states. I ing techniques and the introduction of new varieties Khan was also not well but he too assistance from the government,”’ appeal to the people to extend of cane,” the Cane Commissioner said. was not getting proper treatment. said the SP chief. their full support.” ' 4! 2) * 52'#74 ic across the country and it was widely publicised. In reality, the xpressing doubts over credibil- Taj City has been the worst affect- 52'#74 Eity of coronavirus testing in the ed by the coronavirus. The state, Uttar Pradesh Congress removal of the chief medical offi- s the fight against coronavirus entered a crucial stage, chief Ajay Kumar Lallu said that cer of Agra is a direct indicator of Athe Uttar Pradesh government claimed that youths, the government was hiding the the government’s failure,” he said. particularly young males, were most vulnerable to the number of infected people with the Lallu said that major cities like dreaded infection. help of police and administration. Meerut and Kanpur too were Principal Secretary (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad said In a statement issued in badly hit by the pandemic. “The in Lucknow on Monday that data showed that the Lucknow on Monday, Lallu said reality of the pandemic is being 21-40 year age group was the most vulnerable to the dis- that as compared to other states, hidden by exerting pressure on ease. the number of infection was doctors and scientists and the “As per data, the most positive coronavirus cases were increasing at a rapid rate in UP common man will suffer its con- found in the 21-40 years age group constituting 48.7 per but the government was fudging sequences,” he alleged. The cent of patients, followed by 41-60 years age group with figures with the help of police and Congress leader said that the 25.5 per cent. In the 0-20 years bracket, the percentage local authorities. Yogi Adityanath government had of positive cases is 17.7 and the lowest is among 60 years “It was reported in the media not even been able to provide per- and above age group — just 8.1 per cent,” he said. that the government is hiding the sonal protective equipment (PPE) Similarly, Prasad said the percentage of male posi- figures of COVID-19 deaths. kits to doctors, nurses and other tive cases was 78.5 and that of female patients 21.5. Also the figures of testing across workers. He also said that coron- Talking about the utility of Arogya Setu app, princi- the state are very less,” he claimed. avirus tests of many private labs pal secretary said that the Health department had con- Lallu said that the Yogi authorised by the government, tacted 2,058 people following alerts given by the app and Adityanath government’s much- were doubtful. among them, nine were detected positive for COVID-19. hyped ‘Agra Model’ had proved to “A health department report The health official also said that there was an urgent be an abject failure as of the 3,467 said that 10 coronavirus positive need to strengthen gram and mohalla surveillance sys- COVID-19 patients in the state, reports given by private labs in tem to monitor activities of home quarantined migrant Agra alone had 756 cases. “The Bahraich, Sitapur and Noida were workers who had reached their native places in large num- UP government and Union found to be negative after being bers in recent weeks. Health Ministry presented the re-tested in government labs. This “Any lapse on part of surveillance of these migrant ‘Agra Model’ to fight the pandem- is very dangerous,” he added. workers, could create a huge problem,” Prasad said. ! " # $ S & !
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52'#74 plank and attacked Rohit. “The * / attack was so intense that Rohit olice on Monday arrested an died in a single blow,” the Pacquaintance in connection police said, adding that they 52'#74 he added. “The Central government with the murder of Rohit also recovered Amit’s bike. The DM told the resi- team will be visiting other Rajput in Gomti Nagar However, victim’s family 70-year-old man in dents to stay indoors as all hotspots in the city as well,” Extension on May 10. The doubted police claim and said ASadar area tested positive the essential commodities the CMO said. police said that the accused, the crime was executed by for coronavirus on Monday. would be supplied to them. As many as 42 chief med- Amit Rajput aka Charsi, killed more than one person. They A senior official said the He also said that drones were ical officer teams visited Jagat Rohit when the latter refused to also flayed the police for patient was mainly staying being used to monitor the Narain road, Gwynne road, give him money for ganja. terming him a chillum addict home. and it was yet to be area and sanitisation was Fatehganj, Nishat Hospital, Rohit was found lying in pool and demanded a thorough traced from where he con- being carried outside and Pir Jalil Khatkana, covering of blood in Kaushalpuri local- probe into the case. tracted the infection. He inside the houses. 13,626 people in 3,146 hous- ity on Sunday evening. Doctors The police insisted that the might have been The District Magistrate es. The surveillance contact said head injuries led to Rohit’s case was worked out after prop- infected by someone residing also carried out the inspec- team collected nearly 310 death. Rohit was a resident of er surveillance of the accused in the colony, the official tion of Alambagh bus station samples from across the city. Gardarian Purwa locality in the and on the basis of eyewitness said. where he gave directions for Meanwhile, state surveil- area and worked as a labourer. accounts. The Commissioner of Meanwhile, District home quarantine of those lance officer Vikasendu The police claimed that Police announced a cash reward Magistrate Abhishek Prakash coming from other states. Agarwal said that 109 new Rohit was acquainted with of Rs 5,000 for the police team inspected Kaiserbagh veg- The ADM (East) said patients had been detected in Amit and both were chillum for solving the case within 24 etable market on Monday. that the first floor had UP, taking the total count to addicts. The police said Rohit hours. Rohit, who worked as a The DM said all medical, arrangements for the stay of 3573. He said that the num- met Amit when he was passing labourer, was out of work these Nagar Nigam and adminis- over 400 people. ber patients cured (1,758) via a timber shop and both days. He had left his house trative teams were working in A joint inspection was surpassed that of active cases stopped there. Amit asked around noon and did not the hotspot. Samples were also carried out by the chief (1,735) on Monday. He said Rohit to give him money for return home. Around 6 pm, the being tested in every house- medical officer and a Central that 105 patients were dis- ganja but the latter refused. A family got a call from a police- hold and the containment government team in the charged across the state on verbal duel ensued during man who informed them about zone was completely sealed, Kaiserbagh vegetable market. Monday. which Amit picked a wooden Rohit’s death. ++ + + 7 * ' %D52 &! ! # ! Lucknow (PNS): A committee, formed on May 6 to oversee the 52'#74 lar modelling and docking- side-effects of herbal medicines conduct of examinations at based research suggests that compelled them to explore 52'#74 be probed,” she said. 63'7(7 3(:A ing efforts to end the contro- Lucknow University, submitted rof Neeraj Mishra and his many such plants can be effec- these natural products. In the viral video, a resi- versy, but to no avail. The its report on Monday. Media Pteam from Lucknow tive to inhibit Covid-19. “Although this is a preliminary full-blown controversy dent was heard confronting a 3(2)3!463 cops did not call Barabanki spokesperson Durgesh University’s Physics depart- “A total of 11 plants have study, it still provides a clue to Aengulfed the Lucknow policeman, who introduced police for help, not did they Srivastava said the committee ment Lucknow has conducted been considered in this explore these natural products police on Monday after a team himself as Nadeem, saying he '7):43(3:33 seek their help in conducting had asked for reduction in the a research on Ayurvedic med- research, including harsingar, further,” he said. of crime branch (North) was had sought permission for sell- )53 !@7( 3 the raid,” sources said. movement of students appear- icines’ effectiveness in combat- aloe vera, giloy, ashwagandha, He added that he had accused of demanding Rs ing meat (mutton and chicken) They said the Lucknow ing in the upcoming semester ing Covid-19. Mishra said it tulsi, neem, turmeric etc. shared his research findings 50,000 from a meat seller and from the district administra- (3:!3: *3( police had become proactive in exams and recommended self was a joint research of According to the research, on Ayurvedic medicines being detaining him illegally in tion. The policeman asked the lockdown and were cracking centres. Lucknow University and DDU harsingar is found to be more effective to combat Covid-19 Safedabad, Barabanki. name of the man, who intro- .3@3E)7:3! down on sale of meat as it has Evaluation of Masters-level Gorakhpur University. potent, followed by aloe vera with the Ayush Ministry. The controversy erupted duced himself as Mohammed !3746'6 been prohibited under the examinations should be done in “Today, the world is in and giloy. Turmeric, neem and “Based on the research when cops were seen pleading Sharif. The cop allegedly tried Epidemic Diseases Act. their respective departments trouble due to the Covid-19 ashwagandha are also effective interests, the team has been to irate residents after being to play the religion card but it 43 ( 57 “This is not the first time and that of graduate-level at the pandemic. India is blessed to some extent,” he said. offered a free six-month license exposed in a video which went failed to cut the ice with the that cops put their seniors in a university and few selected with so many natural products He added that the research of Discovery Studio, an viral on social media. DCP irate public. They later moved :7' 5"3! dock. A couple of days back, a colleges, the panel recommend- whose miraculous effects are was carried out by Ambrish K advanced drug discovery soft- (North) Shalini said an inquiry towards a police vehicle in constable had made an obscene ed. This decentralisation will be not completely known as yet. Srivastava from Physics ware from BIOVIA company. had been set up. She said the which a sub-inspector was sit- for conducting raid in anoth- remark on the post of a woman helpful in prevention of coro- We have a number of com- department of DDU Recently, the research team has team had conducted a raid fol- ting. They sought explanation er district instead of seeking the activist of Delhi,” the sources navirus spread to a large extent. pounds in plants and trees Gorakhpur University in col- also initiated a research collab- lowing a tip-off about a gang from the police team for deten- help of their counterparts there. said. They said the Lucknow The students should be given around us which are frequent- laboration with Lucknow oration with Bowie State smuggling and selling meat tion of the meat seller and “In the video, the police- police had earned accolades for more options in the question ly used in Ayurvedic medi- University. University, United States. The during lockdown. demand for money. men looked to be on the back effective implementation of paper but without changing the cines,” Mishra said. He pointed out that easy detailed studies are in “All the allegations, includ- Social media users pilloried foot. They were not arguing lockdown, but controversies pattern. He said that the molecu- availability and fewer or no progress” he added. ing the demand for money, will the police for their conduct and with the public but were mak- continued to trouble them. ':6
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woman was killed for 52'#74 send pictures of the diseased Adowry allegedly by her plants along with the message. husband and in-laws in Para entral Institute for It will facilitate scientists in police station area on Saturday 9 CSubtropical Horticulture diagnosing and identifying the night. Police registered a case has developed a mobile app for correct disease in the crops. of dowry death on Monday. 52'#74 Meena, she feared losing her helping farmers and other Thus, right and proper treat- The victim was identified as share of land to Meena and she stakeholders during the cur- ment will reach the farmers for Shashi Kashyap (24) of Garhi ith the arrest of two incited Akash to such an rent lockdown. CISH director their diseased crops,” he Peer Khan locality in Waccused on Monday, extent that he agreed to elim- Shailendra Rajan said there explained. Thakurganj. police claimed to have worked inate Meena. was a need for a very simple He said that the mobile Her brother Vinod out a case in which a 40-year- On the other hand, app which could easily be app would offer the informa- Kashyap said Shashi had mar- old woman was killed alleged- Khushiram was also interest- used by the farmers who could tion of the major pests, dis- ried Sachin of Sadrauna local- ly over extra-marital affair in ed in getting rid of Meena, so not write messages and their eases and disorders along with ity in Para in 2018. As per his Madiaon on May 8. Those he also joined them. On the problems to the scientists. their control. “The app may claim, Sachin was given gifts arrested were identified as fateful day, both Khushiram “During lockdown, the prove to be a boon for educat- and cash as dowry at the time Akash and his mother Rekha. and Akash reached Meena’s farmers and scientists have ed farmers. The key feature of of marriage but he and his fam- Akash’s father Khushiram, house when she was all alone become helpless because of this app is that it does not ily were demanding more. was also named as accused, and killed her. limited field visits and one-to- require any technical knowl- Vinod said that besides but he was still on the lam. DCP (North) Shalini said one meetings. Under such cir- edge and one can easily learn + '. - % $ $ Sachin, his mother, sister and Khushiram was said to be initial probe revealed that cumstances, there are many its use. Need-based specialised sister’s husband used to torture involved in an affair with the Akash was constantly in touch chances of farmers being mis- trainings can be conducted Shashi demanding more 40-year-old . Akash was with his mother Rekha since guided in terms of pesticide with the use of data captured 7 ., dowry. “They also used to beat booked for murder while the day of incident. “The application. Mobile app through this app. The app will Shashi to force her to bring Rekha charged with criminal police put Akash’s mobile ‘Bagwan Mitra’ has been devel- help in identifying the training 52'#74 morning hours and timings are back a week ago and will be cur- more dowry. She had narrated conspiracy. Both the accused phone on surveillance and oped by CISH for the benefit needs and participants. This is fixed for each class. For me, the rently in quarantine. The online her ordeal with us on a num- reportedly confessed to their got to know about it. We later of orchardists,” he said. a dynamic app and everyday hatkhande Music Institute visuals are important because it classes will begin when they are ber of occasions in the past and crime and disclosed that they nabbed him from Kanshiram He added that the mobile updates can help the farmer by BDeemed University is con- is through these that I can out of quarantine,” he said. He, we always advised her to hang killed the woman as she was Colony in Hans Kheda of app is user-friendly with a providing them useful infor- ducting online classes of all per- monitor the fingers of students however, admitted that there on as we were not in a position forcing Khushiram to give her Para on Monday,” she said. special speech-to-text feature. mation, not only for plant forming arts which form a part while playing tabla,” he said. could be no substitute to face- to fulfill their demands,” Vinod a share in his 30 bigha land in Meena was found lying in “The benefit of this feature is protection but also for sever- of its courses. Incharge of the However, he admitted that there to-face teaching. “That is a alleged. Sitapur. a pool of blood and gasping for helpful for the farmers who al other advisories. Weather university Manoj Mishra said it were technical glitches in online totally different experience but He said Sachin and his As per the confession of breath at her house when cannot type the messages. forecast-based suggestions will was a new and interesting expe- classes. Mishra said he had an nevertheless, technology is help- family members killed Shashi the accused, Meena (name some neighbour reached there They just need to speak in the be one of the most important rience for them as teachers advantage because there were ing conduct classes,” he said. on Saturday night and hanged changed) was forcing to inquire of her well-being. mobile and the message will features for the users,” the which could also be done in less number of students in his Usha Banerjee, head of the her body to make it look like a Khushiram to give her a share Her daughter had lodged a directly be received by CISH CISH director said. future. classes. “I have six students in Musicology department, said case of suicide. “We got to in the land and Khushiram’s case alleging the role of through server. Farmers are He said it would also help “The online classes for each classes and hence it can be she was conducting theory know about Shashi’s death wife Rekha came to know Khushiram, his wife Rekha not able to describe the prob- in selecting the farmers for giv- dances were conducted by the easily managed. The advantage classes on WhatsApp. “I put the through her neighbours in about it. As Rekha was aware and their son Akash on the day lems or diseases in their crops ing awards as they can take a institute at first and when there is that learning experience can audio and pdf files of my lecture Sadrauna and we reached her of Khushiram’s closeness with of the incident. on several occasions and this photograph of crops or was a good response, Vice- be used in the coming days too,” on WhatsApp groups and the house. However, they had app will provide solution to orchards and upload the same Chancellor Shruti Sadolikar he added. students can go through the cleaned the room and showed which is awaited. We will probe of her house collapsed during this problem as farmers can on the server. directed all the teachers to con- Mishra said they were also same. They can also ask ques- me Shashi’s body lying on the the case if anything suspicious the thunderstorm rains on duct online classes,” said Mishra, planning to use this system of tions to which I respond. There floor,” Vinod claimed. crops up in the autopsy report,” Sunday evening. Reports said who is having tabla classes. He teaching with four of the inter- are students who ask for matter Police said a case of dowry the police said. Malti was resting in the room said he first started off with national students from Sri from books and thus I also put death was registered and the Meanwhile, a 55-year-old when the wall collapsed. She WhatsApp and later shifted to Lanka who have been sent back various chapters of the books on further investigations were woman, identified as Malti suffered grievous injuries and other apps for the online class- in view of the lockdown. WhatsApp groups,” said underway. “The body has been Devi of Rani Kheda locality in was rushed to a hospital where es. “We have these classes in the “These students were sent Banerjee. sent for autopsy, report of Mohanlalganj, died after a wall she was declared brought dead. ! * ,: # $ % &' () Lucknow (PNS): A fraudster 52'#74 ries and discovery of Raman Meanwhile, Central dented urban to rural migration brated National Technology was arrested for impersonating Effect. He talked about the Institute of Medicinal and has unfolded new possibilities Day through their social net- a high court judge and using ational Technology Day application of Raman Aromatic Plants (CIMAP) cel- for setting up decentralised working platform. A lecture was abusive language while making Nwas celebrated in the city Spectroscopy to biomedical sci- ebrated National Technology micro and small enterprises to delivered by Prof Thalappil a call on the CUG number of as institutes organised webina- ence. He has investigated lens Day through Facebook live. generate jobs, use local Pradeep from IIT-Madras, a the DGP. The accused, identi- rs with well-known scientists. aging and cataract formation by The National Technology Day resources and associated pioneer in the area of molecu- fied as Sooraj Patel of Lucknow University organised Raman Spectroscopy. He also lecture was delivered by Prof knowledge effectively and trig- lar materials and surfaces. He Lakhimpur Kheri, made the a webinar on ‘Biomedical talked about the diagnosis of Anil K Gupta. Director ger a horizontal market devel- spoke on ‘Innovations in acad- call on Saturday and intro- Applications of Raman cancer tissues in early stage Prabodh K Trivedi spoke about opment (rural to rural) in addi- emic institutions during and duced himself as HC judge. Spectroscopy’ with an interest- through molecular informa- CIMAP technologies and tion to vertical (rural to urban) after the pandemic’. He said The phone was initially attend- ing and informative lecture by tion non-invasively and how it progress on the initiatives of the supply chains. looking at pandemics in the ed by the PSO of DGP and the Prof Yukihiro Ozaki from depends on morphology, pro- institute related to rural devel- He also discussed innova- past, science and technology accused used abusive language. Kwansei Gakuin University tein detection, monitoring of opment post Covid-19 pan- tive mechanisms to make the has always provided the solu- The PSO informed the DGP (Japan). The webinar witnessed cancer in live mouse models. demic. Gupta delivered a lec- next phase of aroma mission tion. He said that the world and later an FIR was registered the participation of over 500 More than 500 researchers from ture on ‘Leveraging people’s more entrepreneurial, net- needs sustainable solutions such at Hazratganj Kotwali. The participants. Ozaki talked about Poland, Malaysia, South Korea, knowledge and entrepreneurial worked, and inter-institutional as sustainable livelihood, food, police worked on the case and the role of Raman Spectroscopy Hungary, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal potential for transforming post- in nature. new packaging material and nabbed the accused. He report- in medical field. and different parts of India par- pandemic rural India’. Meanwhile, Indian Institute self-contained homes with edly owned up his crime. Ozaki talked about the sto- ticipated in the webinar. 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ne more COVID-19 # )2( Opatient was found on Monday and the report of the anpur District Magistrate patient, who is admitted at KDr BR Tiwari, while wel- Super Specialty Hospital in coming the discharge of 36 Banaras Hindu University COVID-19 patients from (BHU), was confirmed from Kanshiram Hospital at Medanta Hospital. He belongs Ramadevi on Monday, said to Daranagar (Maigdagin) area. with this 95 coronavirus infect- Earlier, one positive corona ed persons had been fully patient was from Pratappur cured in the district. under Mirza Murad police sta- He said there was a grad- tion. With these two patients, ual decline in the coronavirus the number of COVID-19 active cases, which were below patients in the district has 200 for the first time. He increased to 83. Out of which expressed the hope that the 48 have been discharged, while number of active cases in the one died and at present there district would further decline are only 34 active patients. in the near future. & ) / $ ,0 0 According to Chief Dr Tiwari said all the Medical Officer (CMO) Dr COVID-19 patients discharged VB Singh, 50 samples were sent on Monday were from hotspot for tests and out of these sam- areas. He said these patients ples, 21 were collected by ESI were discharged from hospital Hospital, five by Pt Deen Dayal after their second test report Upadhyay (DDU) Hospital, 18 came negative. from BHU and six from The district magistrate , $! -!1)- 2$ , 3$ - Pratappur. So far, 2,936 samples praised doctors, health workers ) 4 were sent for testing and the and policemen who were work- reports of 2,814 have been ing tirelessly to contain the He said smart and random and tracing of the suspects had spread of coronavirus in the received and 122 are awaited. spread of coronavirus. sampling and rapid tracking helped in checking the pace of city. Out of the, 2,737 were found negative. On Monday, 92 reports were received and all of them were negative. It also included the reports of three / ! policemen belong to hotspots Jai Prakash Nagar and Shivaji !$$ & 0 # )2( migrant workers would disem- However, from the time swab samples to laboratories Nagar. Pratappur has become bark from trains. He said the liquor shops opened and for test and till date 5,946 of the 27th hotspot and out of Talab) sent him for quarantine agement Vishal Singh and with women and children, Uttar Pradesh State workers should be allowed to migrant workers started pour- them have been found to be them, three (Gangapur, Lohta at ESI Hospital and his expressed his concern over the reached there with hope that Industrial Development proceed to their final destina- ing into the city, there has been negative while 644 reports are and Bajardiha) have already COVID-19 sample report was nefarious designs of some self- there would also be arrange- Corporation (UPSIDC) Chief tions only after thermal screen- a constant rise in COVID-19 awaited. The official records of become green zones, while found positive. Later, he was ish gains to create controversies ments for them. The life has Executive Officer and nodal ing. patients. the LLR Hospital show that 95 four including shifted to isolation ward of when the government is fight- started returning to normalcy officer for Covid, Anil Garg, He also directed the offi- The number of coronavirus COVID-19 patients have been Nakkhighat,Pitarkunda, DDU Hospital. ing against the COVID-19 slowly with some relaxations directed that district authorities cials to go for more random positive cases reached 301 with cured and sent back to their Arjunpur and Madauli) are Meanwhile, amidst the pandemic. given with the changes in tim- to strictly enforce lockdown in sampling in view of the sharp one more person succumbing respective homes. orange zones. ongoing fight against coron- Earlier, the process of send- ing of market opening.Though view of thousands of migrant rise in COVID-19 cases in to COVID-19 in the city dur- As per the CMO control Amid the pleasant news of avirus pandemic, UP Minister ing stranded people continued at most of the places the peo- workers returning from Kanpur. ing the past 24 hours, taking room records, 31.03 per cent discharge of 15 patients from of State (Independent Charge) as hundreds were sent to Bihar ple themselves maintaining the Gujarat. The migrant workers who the toll to seven. COVID-19 patients in the 10- the hospital on Sunday, the dis- Ravindra Jaiswal inspected by buses. The Roadways buses social distancing norms, at He also asked the officials returned from Ahmedabad The rise in coronavirus 18 years age group, 55.17 per trict has also experienced a Kashi Vishwanath temple here would drop the passengers at many places it was seen that to double the testing of coron- painted a dreadful picture of positive cases in the city has cent in 18-50 years age group warning signal when a person, on Monday. He claimed the Mohania in Kaimur district they were not serious to follow avirus suspects. Gujarat where coronavirus is become a cause of concern for and 13.80 per cent. above 50 who works as a garage mechan- recent rumours over damages and then the arrangements of the same. CMO inspected The nodal officer stressed spreading at an alarming rate. the district administration. years age have been cured. A 72 ic in Mumbai, was found pos- in Kailash temple tower in their onwards travel would be hotspot Madanpura and Revari on special monitoring at the They felt safe on return to their The Kanpur medical year old man is among those itive. He is relative of a woman premises were wrong. He made by Bihar Government. Talab and gave some instruc- railway stations were these native place. authorities have sent 6,896 who have defeated COVID-19. that was found positive earlier alleged that some opposition However, several families were tions to the concerned health in Mirzapur. He, along with party leaders and priests had disappointed when they teams as several cases were that woman and other relatives, created controversies though reached Sampurnanand found from there. Besides, came here recently in car from regular Saptrishi Aarti is being Sanskrit University (SSU) senior judge and secretary of (6 Mumbai. He belongs to observed in the temple. He also premises for going to various Legal Service Authority Sudha Pratappur. When his relative held a meeting with Divisional districts of UP but there were Singh inspected quarantine woman belonging to adjoining Commissioner Deepak no arrangements for such trav- centre at Parmanandpur and # )2( boys and girls, were stranded in After registration, all the Kannauj, Farrukhabad, Kachwa area in Mirzapur was Agrawal and Chief Executive el. Due to some misunder- asked about those being kept their coaching centres. With no students underwent medical Shahjahanpur, Hardoi etc. found positive, the SDM (Raja Officer (CEO) of temple man- standing these families, along there. round 1,200 students from money left, these students were examination prior to boarding Swaroop Nagar Circle Athe city’s coaching hub left facing difficulty in even arrang- the bus. Lunch packets, miner- Officer Ajit Singh Chauhan for their home districts in ing two square meals and had al water and masks were dis- said norms of social distancing about 40 buses from the urged the district administra- tributed to the students by the were followed during departure Central Park in Shastri Nagar tion to make arrangement to district administration. of students. 1 * ! on Monday. District adminis- send them home. Additional City Magistrate MLA Surendra Maithani tration, health and police offi- On Monday morning, the (VI) Abhishek Singh said no also reached the spot to cials were present to monitor administration finally made student was charged any fare take stock of the situation. He their departure. Prior to board- arrangements for their depar- for his/her destination and the said the state government had ing the bus, all the students ture. Cops form Kakadeo and entire expenses were borne by made comfortable arrange- ! /+ were examined by the team of Swaroop Nagar police stations the state government. ments for the return of work- health department. besides Rapid Action Force These students left for ers and students stranded in Since the announcement of personnel were present at the Ambedkar Nagar, Mau, other places during the lock- ( : described thousands of years Council of Higher Education should serve that greatest enti- lockdown, these students, both Central Park to maintain order. Ghazipur, Basti, Ballia, down. ago in the Sushruta Samhita and former Vice-Chancellor ty. Prof Arun Divakar Nath haratiya Janata Party (BJP) and there are documentary (V-C) of BHU talked about the Vajpayee, former V-C of BMP Dr Sudhanshu Trivedi references of many surgeries need to re-think holistically on Himachal Pradesh University said that Ayurveda is progress- that have been done through it. Mahaman’s Vision of India. said that Malviya ji gave more - ing by linking itself with CSIR. Due to ancient texts based on Dr. Usha Tripathi, research importance to knowledge than ‘Today Prime Minister Ayurveda, we have been able to officer, Malviya Moolya education. Narendra Modi is giving it in save many inventions from Anusheelan Kendra, BHU also Prof Rama Shankar Dubey, 55 6 . ! taxi in Mumbai. Two days ago, Nodal officer Dr Rishi year-old youth was found tangible form what was con- getting patent in other coun- threw light on Mahamana’s V-C of Central University of he had left for his home from Sahay said that the taxi driver COVID-19 positive. He hails ceptualised by Malviyaji about tries. Swadeshi concept. In his pres- Gujarat, Gandhinagar and vice- ne more case of coron- Mumba by his taxi. He was has been admitted to Kotwa from Ema village in Kunda 93 years earlier,’ he said, high- Prof Kamal Nayan idential address Prof Devendra president of the mission said Oavirus was reported in also accompanied by a family CHC after coronavirus was tehsil area. He used to live in lighting the contributions of Dwivedi, former head, Pratap Singh, ex-VC, Lucknow that when India was a British Prayagraj district here on of Sadaupur Barethi of confirmed in him. The report Rae Bareli and runs tempo to Malviyaji who had established Department of Dravyaguna, University and distinguished colony, Malviyaji had envisaged Monday taking the count of Saidabad. They reached of his partner is yet to come. eke out his living. He was teat- Ayurveda as a discipline of BHU, described how Indian professor of Indian Institute of such an education system COVID-19 cases to 18. Prayagraj on Saturday evening. Apart from this, one patient ed there only. A few days ago study in BHU in 1927. He was traditions has always been Technology (IIT), BHU, said which embodied the basic ele- Coronavirus infection was None of them had symptoms each of Pratapgarh and the young man came to his addressing the three-day about how to avoid any infec- that Mahamana took a vow of ments of ancient Indian culture confirmed in the youth who similar to coronavirus. Fatehpur have also been admit- home. With receiving this National Webinar on ‘COVID- tion and other kind of commu- Swadeshi at the age of 21. as well as the confluence of returned from Mumbai. He is At the behest of family ted to Kotwa CHC. Now a total new case, the number of coro- 19: The Mahamana’s Indian nicable disease. ‘Now even the Even before Gandhi, he was modernity. a taxi driver and after the members, they went to SRN of 15 patients have been admit- na infected patients has now Vision in Global Context’ scientists approve of the anti- involved in the idea of self pro- Dr Prabhakar Upadhyay, infection is confirmed, he was Hospital to have their checkup ted in L-1 Kotwa. gone six in the Pratapgarh dis- organised by Mahamana viral and anti-septic values of duction who also focused on joint organising secretary of admitted to Level-1 Covid done before going home, while Dr Rishi Sahai further said trict. At the same time, six Malviya Mission, Banaras camphor, which has been in the need of industrialisation. BHU unit, conducted the Hospital, Kotwa CHC. At the sending wife and son home. that on Sunday, ten teams of the other positive patients have Hindu University (BHU) unit use in Indian household since Dr. Balmukund Pandey, proceeding, while patron same time, his companion who Due to being a travel history of Health department went door- become healthy. here on Sunday. long, especially in aarti, etc. national organising secretary, Prof UP Shahi welcomed the has also come from Mumbai Mumbai, both were tested by to-door in the Lukerganj CMO Dr AK Srivastava ‘It could have progressed a This session was concluded Akhil Bharatiya Itihas Sankalan guests. along with the taxi driver has admitting them to the suspect area.By evening, every house said that the corona virus- lot of in the past 60 years if gov- with a practical demonstration Yojana, New Delhi, appreciat- This webinar was broad- also been kept in quarantine. ward of the SRNH. It was was covered there. The team infected case has been con- ernments have looked upon of Yoga and Paranayam so that ed the relevance of this webi- casted on all social media plat- His report is likely to come late found that a young man reached 18,848 homes and car- firmed here. The young this sector,’ he said, adding the immunity can be developed nar in the context of COVID- forms of Malviya Mission, on Monday evening or Tuesday belonging to Diha village test- ried out screening operation of man who was found that Ayurveda is a part of the to prevent the COVID-19 19 pandemic. Prof Awadhesh including Facebook and morning. ed positive for corona, while his about 85,000 people do far. positive, has been sent to the L- Vedas which was present in our infection. Pradhan, Department of Hindi, YouTube channel. More than A 30-year-old youth resi- partner’s test got invalidated. Another coronavirus- 1 Covid-19 Hospital, Kotwa religious texts. Surgery, which In other sessions, Prof BHU, said that Malviyaji used 2000 registered participants dent of Diha village in His test report wiil be out by infected case has been found in CHC in Prayagraj, Dr is considered to be a part of Girish Chandra Tripathi, to say that this world is the have become part of this webi- Karchana tehsil used to drive a late Monday evening. Pratapgarh district. The 19- Srivastava added. modern medicine, has been Chairman, Uttar Pradesh State form of God, therefore one nar. " 01 / - / * ! 55 6 . ! trains), Agra Cantt.(4 trains), ident of Nawab Yusuf Road was persons at Daraganj police sta- Gwalior (5 trains), Orai(2 duped of 28,000 in the name tion. orth Central Railway trains), Banda (1 train) of buying a sanitiaer. Shweta told the police that N(NCR) will run Jhansi- ,Chattarpur (3 trains) . The victim has lodged a she had sent online fees to her Gorakhpur and Agra Cantt- These trains have ferried report against the accused teacher when the fraud Barauni Junction outgoing migrants from cities like Manjeet Kumar at the Civil occurred. When she called the ( : examinations, informed the to be completed by August 14. (CBSE) has decided the evalu- Shramik special trains. Sabarmati , Surat , Ahemdabad Lines police station here on helpline number, she was Dean of Students’ Welfare The examination of final ation of answersheets from Subsequent to the Ministry ,Palanpur , Godhra ,Viramgam, Monday. Amit told the police threatened with dire conse- ahatma Gandhi Kashi Faculty Dr Banshidhar Pandey year/semester of graduate and home. The answersheets of of Home Affairs order regard- Mehsana, Morabi, Navsari, said he approached a person to quences. MVidyapeeth (MGKV) has adding that not only the grad- postgraduate is to be conduct- board examinations of High ing movement of migrant Dahod, Vadodara, buy a sanitiser. Then he was Meanwhile, police person- decided to provide online ques- uate and postgraduate students ed the first so as the students School and Intermediate would workers, pilgrims, tourists, stu- Surendranagar, Kanhangad, duped during online payment nel in the city and rural areas tion banks to students so as but also the research scholars could get admission in next be made available to teachers dents and other persons strand- Kurnool,by the fraudster. are constantly patrolling to they could prepare for annual are being taught online through classes. The university has for the evaluation from home ed at different places by special Ankleshwar,Bengaluru, Pune, Similarly, Prabal Kumar prevent people from stepping and semester examinations video conferencing. chalked out plan to conduct because of lockdown. But the trains, Indian Railways had New Delhi, Rewadi, Ludhiana, Dwivedi was deprived of out of their house to follow the said to be conducted from first It may be noted here that annual/semester examinations teachers belonging to hotspot decided to operate ‘Shramik Thivim etc. 15,000 in the name of sending lockdown. The police have week of July. the state government has of graduate and postgraduate. areas would not be provided Special’ trains. Beside large number of couriers. A student residing in arrested at least seven people The MGKV is conducting released new academic calen- The examination of under- the answersheets for the eval- As on May 11, 2020, a total incoming trains , two out going AN Jha Hostel has filed a case from different places for leav- online classes of various cours- dars for colleges and universi- graduate is to be conducted in uation. The CBSE has decided of 49,624 migrants have been trains from Jhansi to at the Colonelganj police sta- ing the house without valid rea- es during lockdown. The stu- ties under which the new aca- 17 days, while the same of post- the evaluation work with the safely brought in at different Gorakhpur of 22 coaches and tion on the basis of the mobile son. dents are also taking its advan- demic session is to begin from graduate would be conducted examination of remaining sub- stations on NCR in 42 termi- Agra Cantt to Barauni of 20 number. During this, six cases were tage by attending the classes. July. Barring the first in 11 days. The varsity admin- jects to declare the results at the nating trains. These 42 trains coach composition are also Meanwhile, a case has filed against 32 people includ- But to make the students aware year/semester of graduate and istration is preparing for the earliest. The board examination were terminated at various sta- originating on Monday which come to light related to Shweta ing Colonelganj, Mau Aima, about the question pattern and postgraduate, the classes of smooth conduct of of remaining 29 subjects of tions of North Central Railway will add to first outgoing train Yadav living in Kachchi Sadak Nawabganj police station. also prepare them about the next year/semester are to be annual/semester examination class XII is to be conducted like Sonbhadra( 1 train) , operated by North Central Daraganj for being cheated During the day, the police answer to be given, the univer- run from July 6. As per new after the relaxation from lock- from July 1 to 15. The CBSE Prayagraj Jn.(14 trains), from Aligarh to Purnea Jn on around 5,000 and threatening checked more than 8,000 vehi- sity has decided to draft ques- calendar, the admission process down. has decided not to conduct the Fatehpur(2 trains) ,Etah (1 May 8, 2020. to kill her. cles today, of which 813 were tion banks to help the students in the first semester of gradu- Meanwhile, the Central board examination of remain- train) , Etawah( 1 train) YOUTH DUPED: A The girl student has lodged challaned, while nine vehicles in their preparations about ate and postgraduate courses is Board of Secondary Education ing subjects of High School. Aligarh(1 train), Kanpur (7 youth Amit Kumar Singh res- a report against unidentified were seized. !"!#!#
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8PSS@TQPI9@IU $- .(#+ towards the pond and saw the said that action would be taken with his wife Sadhana over 8PSS@TQPI9@IU $- .(#+ from it he distributed 1,500 technical support to officers demic outbreak. He made body of a youngman was lying on the basis of the post- something. food packets, masks and vita- and employees with the help of ration available to 139 labour- youth was murdered near there. The locals informed the mortem examination report Lal Nishad gave informa- ultifaceted efforts are min C tablets among the needy. various tools. He also helped ers working in Gola river in Aa pond in Indraprastha police that Chiluatal police and complaint. tion about the quarrel to her Mbeing made by North Nagar Colony under the about it, which reached the Another report said that father, Ramjeet. On Sunday Eastern Railway (NER) admin- Chiluatal police station Sunday spot and took the body into following a fight with her hus- morning Lal Nishad went out istration to prevent novel coro- evening. The young man used their custody. band a married woman com- and his mother Kunti Devi had navirus infection and its staff to work in a company. On get- A muffler was wrapped mitted suicide by hanging her- gone to the banks of Rapti river was engaged in it with full ting information police reached around the victim’s neck. It is self from a fan in Marad village grazing the buffalo. Meanwhile, enthusiasm. Necessary materi- the spot, took the body of the feared that he was strangulat- of Sahajanwa police station on Sadhana committed suicide. als are being transported by deceased into custody and sent ed to death with it. There were Sunday afternoon. Police had When Lal Nishad returned ensuring movement of goods it for the post-mortem exami- mark of burns on his arm and taken her husband and moth- home in the afternoon he and parcel trains and various nation. According to infor- bruises on the head. er-in-law into custody in this found room closed from inside. works are being done for pre- mation, Satish (24), son of According to eyewitnesses, connection. According to When there was no response vention of Covid-19. Baburam, a resident of the victim often went towards information, Lal Nishad, a res- from inside he broke the latch Apart from it during the Charagwan under the Shahpur the area where the quarters of ident of Marad village, was and opened the door and found lockdown period while the police station, used to work in GDA were being built. As a married to Sadhana four years Sadhana’s body hanging from fear of infection remains dis- a company. He was staying at result he could be identified. ago. Lal Nishad’s father Hublal the fan. He informed her fam- tribution of face masks, sani- home before the lockdown. Police recovered 24,960 in and his two brothers, Sugriva ily members about the matter. tisers and relief materials His family members said that cash, a mobile phone and a cig- and Rahul, worked in Meanwhile, someone gave among the needy was being ) $, - $ -) )1 - $ ) *$ $ , - around 11 am on Sunday he arette packet from the youth's Mumbai. Lal Nishad returned information about it to the done continuously by railway- 5$ , - 5 * - 6# -7% went left the house and went trousers. The forensic team to the village on April 25 and police. After which Circle men. Personnel doing com- # towards the Karim Nagar inter- too investigated matter along was quarantined at a school. Officer Dinesh Kumar Singh mendable work in such a dif- 0 ! 4 section. On the other hand, the police. The youth was mar- After completing the quaran- and Station House Officer ficult situation are being hon- some people belonging to ried and had a son. His wife tine period he reached home (SHO) Dinesh Kumar Mishra oured by the NER administra- For it which he was honoured them in overcoming problems collaboration with the Little Karim Nagar village went was pregnant at present. Police on Saturday and had a dispute reached the spot. tion by being declared ‘Corona by being declared ‘Corona war- which they faced while work- Foundation, Haldwani, warriors of the day’ every day. rior of the Day’ of Varanasi ing from home and on e-office Nainital thrice. He made the Three such railwaymen were division. portal. He made an e-book public aware regarding covid- 78 ( honoured on May 9, Chief Similarly Apoorv Swapnil available on the website of the 19 pandemic by launching a Public Relations Officer Katyayan, who was serving as division during lockdown. For drive. For it he was honoured (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh senior section engineer, IT it he was honoured by being by being declared ‘Corona war- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU '()*+ , injured. Of them three were said. Centre, Lucknow Junction, was declared ‘Corona warriors of rior of the day’ of Izzatnagar referred to the district hospital. Reports said that Rashid making videos, presentations, the Day’ of Lucknow division. division. LA Sadhana Singh along The police registered a case Beg Mirza, working on the post e-books etc on various protec- On the other hand, The North Eastern Railway Mwith her team distrib- against four persons in this of inspector at Railway tive efforts being made by the Randeep Kumar, working as administration will continue to uted 437 sacks of relief mate- connection and was engaged Protection Force post, division for boosting the inspector at Railway honor and reward its person- rials among the poor and needy in further proceedings. Azamgarh, provided ration to morale of officials and employ- Protection Force Post, nel who had done such com- in Dulhipur, Purani, Kaithapur, According to a report, 27 helpless and needy families ees during the ongoing nation- Kathgodam, was providing mendable work during the Parahupur and Chandauli city Savru Ram, a resident of Sarauli there and its surrounding areas wide lockdown period and food to eight coolies and two lockdown period. of the area on Sunday. Among village, was working along with during the ongoing nation- posting them on social media. helpless people at night every Northeast Railway was the BJP workers present on the his family in the field at some wide lockdown period. Apart Apart from it he extended day in view of Covid-19 pan- proud of such employees. occasion were Raghav Singh, distance. His daughter, Bhagwati Srivastava, Sunil Manisha, was all alone in his Srivastava, Dilip Sonkar, Ashok house and working there. Some # Sonkar, Vinod Sonkar, youths from the village entered Dashrath Maurya, Rajesh Savaru’s house and molested 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /, 0#+ Yadav, Ritesh Mishra, Atulesh the girl. When she rushed out 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /, 0#+ was found lying near military camp under Patel, Santosh Jaiswal, Ashok screaming her family members the Dehat Kotwali police station here man committed suicide by hanging Jaiswal, Urruj Haider, rushed there. At this the youths n order to make people aware about fol- recently. On getting information about the Ahimself here. However, what com- Parmanand Patel and Krishna attacked them with sticks, poles Ilowing the lockdown guidelines police matter Karanpur police outpost incharge took pelled him to take this extreme step was Sharma. 7* + and an axe. As a result Savru took out a route march at all the head- the body of the victim into his custody for not still clear, last reports received here Another report said that Ram (50), Surendra (30), quarters of police stations of the district on completing the legal formalities along with said. According to information received former MP Ramkishun Yadav Neelam Devi (45), Manisha Sunday. The route marches were were ascertaining the identity of the deceased. here, Vijendra Singh (40), a resident of reached when to the house of sons from both sides were Deep (15) were hurt from one (17), Dhananjaya (22), Ramrati attended by the circle officers (COs), station Another report said that Ranjeet alias Guddu Babura Parashurampatti village, was a rickshaw-puller Ramdular injured when two groups group. Besides Vindhyanchali (50), Prince (18) and officers (SOs) and Additional (5), a resident of Pattikala village under the posted as a sanitation worker in and give ration to his mother, clashed with each other in Devi (50) and Abhishek (15) Rambachan (55) were serious- Superintendents of Police (ASPs) con- Ahrauraa police station, died when he fell into Unchdeeh village. At present he was Biranji Devi, in Alampur vil- Gureni village under the years were also injured from ly injured. On being informed cerned. The route march in Kachhawan a here. Meanwhile a 50-year-old man was deployed in Parashurampatti village for lage under the Alinagar police Dhanapur police station on from the other side. by the villagers the police was led by ASP Prakash Swaroop Pandey electrocuted while doing some work in carrying out the work. After dinner on station on Sunday. Sunday. It is learnt that Complaints were lodged at the reached there and sent all the and he told the people that precaution was Rajapur village under the Lalganj police sta- Saturday he went to sleep in his room. At the same time he Vindhyanchali Devi, a resi- local police station from both injured to the primary health more important than treatment. He made tion. According to a report received here, On Sunday his family saw him hanging assured them benefits of gov- dent of the village, was getting the sides in this connection. centre located in Chahania it clear that entire machinery was active in Rajendra alias Munnu Patel (50), a resident from ceiling. On getting information ernment schemes. He urged the the work done with the help of Police registered a case and got from where three people were the larger interest of the common people so of Rajapur village under the Lalganj police SHO Vindhyachal Ved Prakash Rai villagers to fully support this a tractor when Awadhesh the injured treated at the com- referred to the district hospital. it was their duty people to follow the norms station, was electrocuted. He was brought to reached the spot, took his body into cus- poor family. On the occasion, Kumar, a resident of the village, munity health centre and start- The police have registered a of lockdown and stay at home. the district hospital in an injured sate where tody for completing the legal formalities. the District Panchayat mem- asked her to stop it. The mat- ed carrying out the next pro- case against four people in he died on Sunday afternoon. The incharge Meanwhile Banarsi (65), a resident of bers are Mulayam Singh Yadav, ter soon took an ugly turn ceedings. According to anoth- this connection on a com- 7 of Lahangpur police outpost took the body Aahi village under the Kachhawan police Kedar Yadav, Lalji Yadav, when an argument took place er report, some persons were plaint of Savru Ram. In this of the victim into his possession for com- station, was scorched in lightning strike. Shyamji Yadav, Mahendra over it and they hurled choic- beaten up with sticks and axe context Balua police station The body of an unidentified old man pleting the legal formalities. He was sent to Varanasi for treatment. Yadav. est of expletives at one anoth- in connection with a molesta- Sanjay Kumar Singh said that er. In it lathis and poles were tion case in Sarauli village in action is being taken against 7 used as a result of which Marufpur outpost under Balua four people by filing a case. Avadhesh Kumar (54), Kailash police station area. As a result Soon all the culprits would be 2 Around half-a-dozen per- (52), Shripati (76) and Vaibhav eight persons were badly arrested and sent to jail.
8PSS@TQPI9@IU 1)* Suneeta, wife of Prem Chandra examination. SHO Naraini !( from Kureha Barambaba of Girendra Singh said that a dis- hree persons were arrested the village on Sunday. A 26-year-old woman suc- pute between the family mem- Tfor attacking a constable on Station Officer Marka cumbed to her burns here bers of both sides resulted in 8PSS@TQPI9@IU .(,/#+ rooms and took away valuables investigation. Meanwhile May 7 when he went to solve a Ramashrey Yadav said that recently. According to a report suicide. He said that Anusuiya .(2 , worth lakhs of rupees, includ- Ritesh Jaiswal belonging to dispute among the people in FIR was lodged under section received here, Anusuiya, wife of was married to Jagdish about ing jewellery, 60,000 in cash, Saraswati Devi Colony under Bamhraula village under the 147, 148, 149, 307, 332, 353, Jagdeesh, had got burnt after six months ago. He said that the gang of unidentified two mobile phones and costly Kotwali Sadar area said that the 8PSS@TQPI9@IU 1)* Marka police station. 504,1 88, 269 and 270 of the she had poured kerosene on deceased had gone to her par- Athieves struck at a house in clothes from there. thieves had targeted his firm of Reports said that Station Indian Penal Code (IPC) a few her clothes and set them afire ents’ place in Guthillapurwa Basdiya village under the Besides they broke open agricultural instruments on hree persons who had fall- Officer Marka police station days ago in which four persons in Kharaunch village on Friday. where her family members Khamaria police outpost under the lock of the house of his Mela Maidan Road and Ten on the road after the Ramashrey Yadav and sub- were named and 10 other She was admitted to the had insulted her husband over the Isanagar police station here neighbour, Rajesh Yadav, and escaped with 5,000 in cash loader on which they were inspector along with constables unidentified persons. SO said District Hospital Banda in a to some issue. As Anusuiya was recently an decamped with took away a sack containing 50 and other articles from there. travelling overturned after its arrested Akhilesh Dwivedi and that the raids were being con- serious condition where she hurt she committed suicide by valuables worth 1.50 lakh, kilogram sugar from there. They also broke the closed-cir- front tyre burst were crushed to Rajaram Dwivedi, both sons of ducted to arrest the remaining died. The police have sent the setting herself afire after return- including cash, gold and silver Reprots said that Rajesh Yadav cuit television cameras (CCTV) death by a truck on Sunday. Ram Swaroop Dwivedi, and accused in the case. body for the post-mortem ing to her house. ornaments from there recent- had gone to his ancestral vil- installed in the nearby areas According to a report, Natthu ly. According to a report lage, Pachgahra, at that time and they entered the shop by (70), son of Parga, Lalu (50), received here, a gang of uniden- when the theft occurred. breaking open its locks. Besides son of Dirgaj, and Ram Milan / ) tified thieves first sneaked into On getting information they took 9,000 and an LED (55), son of Bhoora, all resi- the house of the victim, Amit, outpost incharge Mahesh Tyagi from the agricultural firm of dents of Majhila village fell 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /, 0#+ a resident of the village, with inspected the spot. He said that Jasmer Singh. Both the firm down from a loader on the 8PSS@TQPI9@IU /(-1 the rules. The police team which the help of stairs from its roof. they had received a complaint owners had lodged a com- national highway when its front nder the drive of Police- Public Annapoorna Bank made the arrest comprised sub- They then broke open the in this connection. He said that plaint with the police in this tyre got burst and it over- Uso that no one remained any hungry during lock- uring a drive launched on the inspector Raghunath Yadav and locks of the boxes kept in the case would be registered after connection. turned in Khairar village under down period, Jamalpur police provided lunch packets Ddirective Superintendent of woman constable Sunita Devi. the Mataundh police station on to 500 people on Sunday. About the distribution sta- Police Manilal Patidar a team con- On the other hand, a team con- Sunday. They were crushed by tion officer of (SO) Jamalpur Ashwini Tiwari said that stituted by inspector incharge stituted by inspector Charkhari the speeding truck on Jhansi- most of the needy were genuine persons. He further Abhimanyu Yadav arrested a Rakesh Kumar Saroj arrested one O: P Mirzapur national highway. said that most of the beneficiaries came to the police woman along with 15 litres of accused from an area in front of While Natthu died on the spot station on time for collecting the relief materials. Some semi-prepared illicit country liquor. mazar on Supa Road in Charkhari 8PSS@TQPI9@IU 1)* given to mediapersons by maintained and thermal Lalu and Rammilan were others who lived in far-flung areas were provided help Reports said that the team on Monday. He was identified as District Inspector of Schools screening of every examiner rushed to the district hospital by the men in khaki at their foorstep, he added. In case arrested the accused identified as Harkishore Rajput alias Bhaiyan, he evaluation of answer- (DIOS) Banda Vinod Kumar would be done before their in serious condition where of emergency policemen helped the needy with their Sonam (32) , wife of Jitendra, a res- son of Kamta Prasad, a resident of Tsheets of UP Board exam- on Sunday. entry at the evaluation centre. they died. The police had sent own resources, he said. He praised his colleagues who ident of Churari Kabutara Dera Salat village under the Charkhari inations will be done from He said that this evaluation DIOS Kumar said that one their bodies for the post were dedicated to helping all the needy during the ongo- under the Kulpahar police station police station in the district and 1.5 Tuesday. However, evaluation would be done in Adarsh lakh answersheets of High mortem examination. ASP ing nationwide lockdown in force to check spread of in the district on Sunday. The kg ganja, a pistol of 315 bore and a will not be done in hotspot Bajrang Vidyalaya and School and 1.25 lakh of LKB Pal said that the SHO coronavirus and followed the norms, including social arrest was made from Churari live cartridge from a van recovered areas of the district. The teach- Government Inter College in Intermediate classes would be Mataundh has been directed to distancing, during the distribution of the food items. Kabootara Dera area. Police recov- from his possession.A case was reg- ers residing in hotspot areas the city only. done. Kumar said that earlier get the absconding truck driver Meanwhile, Prema Devi(50) a resident of ered 15 litres of illicit semi-prepared istered against him under relevant will not be engaged in this DIOS Kumar said that 54,000 answersheets had arrested and impounded the Mahugarh village under the Halia police station died country liquor kept in a container sections of law. The team which work. This information was social distancing would be already been evaluated. truck. ASP said that the police when lightning struck her on Sunday. On getting infor- from her possession. A case under made the arrest comprised S-I had lodged an FIR under mation the SO reached on the spot and took the body Section 60 of the Excise Act was Tribhuvan Singh and constables # Motor Vehicles Act, 1988. into custody for completing the legal formalities. registered against the accused as per Rahul Yadav and Ankit Yadav. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU 1)* # ( Siddiqui. Ali said that special shooting himself with a coun- attention was being paid to trymade pistol on his chest in enior Congress leader maintain social distancing dur- Basarahai village under the 8PSS@TQPI9@IU 1)* stand, Maharana Pratap chau- said that Rekha Devi had come SMumtaz Ali 250 ration kits ing the distribution of ration Kalinjar police station on raha, Bangalipura, Noniya to her parents’ place about one were distributed among the kits among the needy and poor. Sunday. As a result he died on LA Prakash Dwivedi said Mohal, Katra, Muktidham, week ago. While she was busy poor and needy people in Congress leader that he was the spot. Mthat 200 ration kits were Sankat Mochan, Ashok ki Lat, in domestic work her both Station Road, Paliwal receiving more than four dozen When his parents returned distributed among the poor DM colony, Awas Vikas, Indira children went to a nearby pond Chauraha, Chhawani, Peeli calls on his mobile number for from the barn and saw they and needy in Swaraj Colony, Nagar, jheel ka purwa. MLA and went into the area where Kothi and Gurdwara street in making them available at their were shocked to find the body Jail Road, Karbala and Kyotara dwivedi said that his aim was water was deep and drowned. Banda city on Sunday. Ali said homes. Mumtaz Ali said that of their son and informed the areas in the city on Monday. that mo one should be left hun- Meanwhile Nagendra that these ration kits were these ration kits were seperately police about it. Thereafter offi- Those who distributed these gry. Dwivedi said that his party Singh alias Bhola (40), son of being distributed on the being sent to the houses of cer incharge Gudha police out- ration kits were city president workers were advising the peo- Ramraj Singh, drowned in a instructions of former minister handicapped and helpless peo- post Rajesh Kumar reached the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) ple to wear face masks and pond in Godhani village under Naseemuddin Siddiqui. ple of Banda city. Ali said that spot and sent the body of the Rajesh Gupta, city general sec- maintain social distancing the Tindwari police station. Among those who distrib- former minister Naseemuddin deceased for the post-mortem retary, BJP, Santosh Rajput, while coming out of their hous- Pradhan Ramesh Chandra uted these ration kits were Siddiqui had asked him that no examination. city vice-president, BJP, es to public places. Pandey got the body of the Om Prakash Gupta, Saiyad one should remain hungry in Officer incharge Kumar Pradeep Srivastava, Pramod deceased fished out. Police Altmash, Sanjay Trivedi, Jugnu, entire district. Ali said that his said that the father of the Tripathi, Rajat Seth, Pushkar have sent it body for the post- Ram Kishore Mishra and Sakir aim was to serve the humani- deceased had told the police Dwivedi and Anurudha mortem examination. The wife Mansoor alias Chhota Bhai ty during the present crisis. that his son was mentally upset Tripathi. MLA Dwivedi said 7 $% + + 1 Two siblings a six-year-old of the deceased, Hemlata, and Shamsher. Congress leader and was undergoing treatment that 5,000 lunch packets were boy and five-year-old girl alleged that her husband was Ali said that ration kits were in Prayagraj district. The police also distributed among the Bazar, Khutla, Aliganj Ramleela Road, Civil Lines, drowned while bathing in a murdered. However, SHO being arranged for the needy have recovered the 12 bore needy and poor in different Chauraha, Atarra Chungi, Gayatri Nagar, Kalu Kuwan, pond in Palhari village under Tindwari said that the deceased and poor by former minister An 18-year-old BTech stu- countrymade pistol which was parts of the city on Monday. Chhawani, Padmakar Sarvodaya Nagar, Station Road, the Bisanda police station. was addicted to liquor and and MLC Naseemuddin dent committed suicide by used for committing suicide. These areas included Chhoti Chauraha, Babulal Chauraha, railway station, Roadways bus SHO Bisanda Pratima Singh had died due to drowning. ! !"!#!# <2=
% # $ /! ! ! - + +% % &' # , %; #7'6 the pandemic. “Till Sunday, Kochi hospital. The young 1,307 persons returned to the mother and her close relations Chennai: In a gruesome inci- her house, neighbours rushed girl students of Tamil Nadu xpatriate workers who State from foreign countries. We thanked the Indian Navy for the dent, a 14-year old schoolgirl in and were shocked. They took Agricultural University were Ereached Kerala during the have put 650 persons under help rendered by them during was set on fire in Tamil Nadu's the girl to the government burnt alive in 2000. Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief last two days brought with home observation while 641 the journey. The ship ferried 698 Villupuram district by two hospital where she breathed her Stalin urged the police to Minister K. Palaniswami on them more coronavirus patients have been admitted to covid passengers inclusing 440 men connected to the ruling last. act impartially and ensure the Monday said migrant workers to the State which had on last care centres and 16 to various Keralaites from Male to Kochi. AIADMK party. The girl, who Police told IANS that strictest punishment to the living in the state will be sent Thursday declared that the pan- hospitals for observation. There INS Magar, another ship has had suffered 95 per cent burns, Murugan and Kaliaperumal culprits. back home in phases with the demic curve has been flattened. are 229 pregnant women among already reached Male to trans- died on Monday, police said. have been taken into custody Similarly, PMK Founder permission of the respective According to a release by K the expatriates who reached port 200 more passengers to According to police, and are being questioned. the duo tied the hands and legs S.Ramadoss said whatever be state governments. K Shylaja, Kerala Minister of the State,” said the minister’s Kochi and is expected to arrive Jayashree, daughter of small According to a police offi- of Jayashree, stuffed her mouth the previous enmity, the grue- In a statement issued here, Health, seven persons have release. at Kochi in the next two days. shop-owner Jayapal, had given cial, there had been a previous with a cloth, and set her afire. some act of burning alive a Palaniswami said 9,000 migrant been tested positive for coron- The release further said Meanwhile the Kerala a statement to the magistrate enmity between the girl's father The girl was admitted in a school girl cannot be permit- workers with the permission of avirus in the State on Monday. that 27, 986 persons are under Government on Monday issued naming two persons - G. and the alleged killers. government hospital with 95 ted. Ramadoss, in a tweet, said the respective state govern- Out of this, four persons had observation in the State. Out of a special order allowing the Murugan and K.Kaliaperumal Meanwhile, major opposi- per cent burn injuries, and in the killers should be speedily ments have been sent back reached the State from this 27,545 are in their houses 3,595 toddy shops in the State - as the persons who had set tion parties have demanded her dying declaration to a mag- punished in such a way that it home in special trains. Maharashtra, one person from while 441 are in hospitals. 157 to open from Wednesday. The her on fire. severe punishment to the istrate, named the two remains as a lesson for such The remaining migrant Chennai and another from perosns have been admitted to shops would function from 9 The crime occurred on killers. AIADMK members as the cul- killers. workers will be sent back home Kuwait. An individual in hospitals on Monday. There am to 7 pm. Tipplers may have Sunday at Sirumadurai locali- Demanding quick and prits, he added. MDMK General Secretary in a week's time with the per- Wayanadu district who tested are 34 coronavirus hotspots in to buy the bottles and take it ty near Thiruvennainallur severe punishment to the two According to Stalin, it is the Vaiko too demanded a speedy mission of the respective state positive on Monday got it the State. home because they are not when the girl was alone at her accused, including a former second such crime of burning and severe punishment for the governments, he said. through a contact. Earlier in the day, a woman allowed to consume the toddy house. municipal councillor, opposi- alive a student by AIADMK killers. Meanwhile the ruling He requested the migrant The Minister said that 27 who reached Kochi by INS Jal in the shop. The business would On hearing the girl's cries tion DMK's President M.K. members. A bus was set ablaze AIADMK is silent on the workers to remain in the camps persons are under treatment in Ashwa from Male on Sunday be held as per the coronavirus and the smoke coming out of Stalin on Monday claimed that in Dharmapuri, in which three issue. IANS till such time. IANS various hospitals in the State for gave birth to a baby boy in a norms and regulations, () + " )# ! 4 :& ( ,-%P )&/ 53 ' % !! "2". another where as many as six cases were reported on Monday. Jammu: A patient admitted in patients have recovered. . umbai’s Dharavi slum Like in the previous days, the Chest disease hospital died According to Shailendra #75# targeted the way it had been for ration to the entire population Merupted once again on new infected cases were report- on Monday taking the total Mishra, SSP, Kathua, "3 more Bengaluru: Reinforcing the past several weeks. besides bearing the cost of Monday, as 57 more persons test- ed from most of the localities in death toll due to Covid-19 in tested positive for covid at Karnataka's Covid-19 combat n the Chief Ministers’ meet- Asserting that this was not treatment of the people. ed positive for Covid-19, taking this densely populated Jammu & Kashmir to 10. Four Billawar, taking the toll up to 05 efforts, a mobile fever clinic has Iing with Prime Minister the time to play politics She also said that no train the total number of infected slum. What is worrying the days ago, 32-year-old son of the in Kathua district. All 3 were been inaugurated. "Covid Narendra Modi on Monday, Banerjee told the Prime fare should be extracted from cases in Asia’s biggest slum to 916. health authorities is that during patient too had died after he had already in quarantine and were mobile fever clinic has been West Bengal CM Mamata Minister that the Central the migrant workers who were A day after two more per- the last 40 days since the outbreak contracted coronavirus infection identified at Lakhanpur corridor. inaugurated," tweeted Chief Banerjee raised the issue of the Government was working returning from other States, sons succumbed to coronavirus of the pandemic in Dharavi, while attending to his ailing Let’s keep our guard up." Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, here Centre targeting her State, according to a “script.” sources said. taking the total number of deaths there have already been 29 deaths father in the Super Specialty hos- Three cases were detected on Monday. sources in the State She raised the issue of the Earlier her nephew and to 29 and 26 others tested posi- in this slum, while the infected pital. from Jammu. One of the patient The makeshift clinic, set up Government said. Inter-Ministerial Central TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee tive in Dharavi, 57 new infected cases have crossed the 900-mark Meanwhile, 18 new positive from New Plot area of Jammu in a remodelled KSRTC bus, The Bengal Chief Minister Teams being sent to Bengal for slammed the Centre for not cases were reported from various (916). cases of coronavirus were detect- was already admitted in the was inaugurated by the Chief reportedly told the Prime a “hostile review” of the situa- consulting the Chief Ministers parts of this densely populated Despite creating contain- ed, 12 from Kashmir division GMC, Jammu and one each Minister at his home office Minister how her State admin- tions whereas the State before the ‘lockdown one’. slum. Matunga Labour camp, ment zones and isolating the and 6 from Jammu division on from Nagrota and Bhatindi, Krishna. istration was being singled out Government was only follow- “The Centre is holding which has emerged as the most “contacts”, the authorities have so Monday taking the total tally to with a travel history to Bengaluru South member by the Centre at a time when ing the rules made by the meeting with the Chief affected area, reported as many far not been able to arrest the 879 cases. Out of 12 new cases, Ahmedabad tested positive dur- of Parliament Tejasvi Surya all the sides should work in Centre. She said that Bengal Ministers before the lockdown as eight Covid-19 positive cases spread of the pandemic in this 11 cases were detected positive ing screening at the gateway of said his office along with other cohesion to fight corona pan- was a border State with a high 2 or lockdown 3 but it did not on Monday. There was a seven- slum. Dharavi, a slum spread from Kulgam district alone Jammu and Kashmir in entities developed the mobile demic. density of population and consult them before the lock- teen- year-old among the seven over 240 hectare area that is home while 1 patient tested positive in Lakhanpur. fever clinic. "We have made Raising the issue of the hence the policies on the State down 1 because it thought newly infected persons, who to more than 4 lakh people, has Baramulla. In addtion, 44 On the other hand, Chief available swab collection facil- Centre repeatedly pulling up should be made with care and that the corona crisis will blow comprised a 71-year-old man been an area of concern for the patients, all from Kashmir, were Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam ities for Covid, CBC, CRP and Bengal for alleged dilution of caution, sources said. over on its own and then the and others were in the age group Brihanmumbai Municipal discharged from hospitals after Monday visited Jammu railway ESR tests in five such clinics," lockdown protocols, the CM Wondering why the Centre Centre will be able to take cred- of 31 years and 53 years. Six new Corporation (BMC) ever since complete recvovery. station to review arrangements said Surya. The Karnataka reportedly told the PM that her was not clearing the State’s it for fighting it out alone… But infected cases had been report- the first couple deaths and So far , more than 51,000 for stranded passengers, reach- Government has deployed a State had worked according to dues she reportedly said that now when the pandemic is ed from Matunga Labour camp infected cases were reported samples have been tested across ing here via special trains from host of innovative solutions to the central guidelines and her Government had to bear spreading Centre is consulting on Sunday. from this slum in the first week Jammu & Kashmir and 427 Tuesday. PNS combat Covid-19. IANS hence it should not have been huge burden of providing free the Chief Minister,” he said. Dharavi Cross Road area was of April. 012 3(
*7'2::6*:7(3 @ track its economic activities.” He urged the PM that Realising that his government had drawn a lot lockdown which started on March 25. exposed to potentially dangerous health risks due the NE corridor should be connected by road from of flak for bringing in labour reforms, the chief min- These people have been desperate to reach their to organ fluids and secretions. 3'77"A Bangladesh, so that trade and business activity can ister said that it was necessary to implement labour native places, but with public transport suspend- Some of the cases of suspected Covid-19 be accelerated. He also sought for GST collection reforms so as to invite industries to set up their units ed and movement restricted, many have resorted death which are brought dead to hospitals are He further added, “All domestic and interna- from the Centre. in UP. to walking or using whatever private vehicles are labelled by emergency doctors as MLC and the body tional travel should not be permitted at least till the Manipur CM N Biren Singh said, “Stranded “These (labour reforms) will be implemented available, facing immense hardships and even risk- is sent to the mortuary and police are informed end of May.” people are coming back and we will now face the only where new units will be set up. Besides, it will ing their lives. Accidents involving migrants on the which may need post-mortem examination for clar- Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray challenge. We will screen them at railway station also be applicable in those old units where new move are being reported daily from various ity in the cause of death. was of opinion that any order on lockdown should and will send them to respective homes and ask labourers are being employed,” he said. states.Returning home to Uttar Pradesh from “The forensic autopsy of these cases may be be taken cautiously as the threat of peak in coro- them to home quarantine. The lockdown should be Elaborating on the welfare scheme his gov- Telangana, two migrant labourers were killed and waived off,” the draft guidelines said. navirus cases looms large. gradually opened and only economic activities ernment has implemented, Yogi said that under the seven others injured after a truck they had hitched Some of the cases are suicide, homicide or acci- “Cases are expected to peak in May, it may peak should be allowed with strict protocol.” Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package, 2.34 crore a ride on to take a break from walking overturned dent and may be positive or suspected case of the in June or July also. I’ve read Wuhan is witnessing Though the number of cases showed the farmers had received two instalments of 2,000 each in Gorakhpur district in UP on Monday, police said. novel coronavirus infection. After the inquest pro- a second wave of cases, even the WHO has biggest jump on Monday, India also has a signifi- while under the Jan Dhan Yojana, 500 had been cedure, if any crime is not suspected, police have warned about this. So, I suggest that any action on cantly improved recovery rate of 31 per cent. On deposited twice in the accounts of woman account '7 !'72'(7::3: the authority to waive off conduction of medico- lockdown must be taken cautiously,” he said. Monday the number of coronavirus patients is holders. Besides, he said, under the Ujjwala legal autopsy, even though labelled as medico-legal Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal asked for 67,152 with 4,213 new cases in the last 24 hours. scheme, 1.47 crore people had been given LPG GF#" (# case. opening up of economic activities in Delhi except cylinders twice. “The investigating police officer must proac- in the containment zones. : 3::33(:3'7 ! Yogi said that so far, food grains had been dis- While Punjab reported 54 new cases to reach tively take steps to waive off unnecessary autopsies Most of the States, including Bihar, Andhra tributed to 3.32 crore ration card holders under a total of 1,877 cases and 31 deaths, Haryana report- during such pandemic situation,” the draft docu- Pradesh, Telangana, Tamil Nadu, and Punjab, want- *3("@( :(32( Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana in April. ed 27 cases to reach a total of 730 cases and 11 ment said. ed extension of the lockdown with a carefully-craft- “On May 1, food grains were distributed to deaths. “The body must be taken to the burial/crema- ed strategy to revive economic activities across the In the Ganjam district, the epicentre of Covid- 13.28 crore people on 3.19 crore ration cards. This However, on the positive side, recovery rate tion ground in presence of law enforcing agencies, country. States requested the Centre to re-sched- 19, cases are spiralling with 125 migrants testing includes distribution of free food grains on 95 lakh surged to 31.15 per cent with 20,917 Covid-19 where not more than five relatives of the deceased ule the debt saying they were in “massive debt”. positive on returning from Surat. On Sunday, 83 ration cards. Besides, Two months’ pension amount- patients cured till now. “The recovery rate stands should be allowed,” it said. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh pitched tested positive in the State, all of whom were migrant ing to 871.46 crore was released to 86,71,781 ben- at 31.14 per cent, which is a significant development for continuing the lockdown but backed by fiscal workers barring one. The State Government is wor- eficiaries under various pension schemes,” he said. over last Sunday’s 26.59 per cent,” said Lav Agarwal, :@53B2!@37*:'763 ( and economic empowerment of the States, to save ried by the prospect of cases ballooning in the next “We have started industries in the green zone. Joint Secretary with the Union Health Ministry at lives and secure livelihood. couple of weeks as 4-5 lakh more migrants are like- In orange zone too, the operation of industries will the press conference here. . 5)53 *7(7**3'3:2) Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edappadi K ly to return to Odisha. start in accordance with the Central government’s The Health Ministry avoided mentioning the 7GA(:B 5 Palaniswami wanted refinancing support of Rs 2,500 Bihar reported 466 cases till May 1 which has guidelines,” he said. The chief minister said in Uttar number of fatalities and remained in the denial crore to the State Industrial Investment Corporation gone up to 707 till May 10, thanks to the home- Pradesh, more than 15 lakh labourers were currently mode whether it constitutes a community trans- made certain amendments to the Supreme through IDBI and commercial banks. coming of a large number of migrants. In Bihar, employed. mission or not, during the press conference. Court Rules, 2013, in September last year which stat- Opposition-ruled States like Punjab, nearly 70 per cent of the new cases since May 1 have “We have started emergency services in hos- Asked by the media whether or not the coun- ed that single-judge bench would hear appeals in Chhattisgarh and West Bengal said that States need- been detected in migrant workers. As many as 100 pitals. Instructions have been given to start emer- try has entered the community transmission stage, bail and anticipatory bail matters in offences ed to be given greater flexibility in micro-planning migrants tested positive on Saturday and 44 on gency services at the rates of Ayushman Bharat Agarwal said: “We have found a few clusters and entailing jail term of up to seven years. as part of a carefully planned exit strategy, encom- Sunday taking the tally to 707. According to Scheme in 660 private hospitals all over UP. This have noticed relatively large outbreak in a few places. As per a notice issued by the top court on its passing both Covid-19 containment and a defined Principal Secretary (Health) Sanjay Kumar, going facility has been made available in government hos- Even the Director, AIIMS said that if we do not con- website on Monday, besides other amendments the path of economic revival. by the experience over the past 10 days, almost 60 pitals in all 75 districts. We have also started tain the zones properly, the rate of transmission will competent authority has provided that certain cat- At least five CMs opposed running of passen- per cent to 70 per cent of the tested samples which telemedicine,” Yogi informed the prime minister. become higher. Therefore it is important for us to egories of matters may be “heard and disposed of ger trains and resumption of flights. Raising objec- came positive were of people who came from out- UP has started purchasing wheat from April 15 maintain at this stage only and scale up contain- finally by a judge sitting singly nominated by the tion to the operation of passenger trains from side the State. and 120.52 lakh quintals of wheat has been procured ment efforts and ensure that we don’t go at the com- Chief Justice”. Tuesday, Telangana Chief Minister KC Rao backed In Jharkhand, one-third of the 160 positive cases from 2,26,461 farmers through 5,858 government munity transmission stage.” “Special Leave Petitions arising out of grant, dis- Palaniswami’s stance of not running trains until next spread over 13 districts have been reported in the purchasing centres, the chief minister added. missal or rejection of bail application or anticipa- month. The two Chief Ministers were further joined past one week, around the time that migrant work- Yogi said that 4.89 lakh stray cattle had been " !(2:67.77#'#3: tory bail application in the matters filed against the by Andhra CM Jagan Mohan Reddy and ers began to reach their home States. There is a spike protected by opening 5,029 cow protection centres order passed under section 437, section 438 or sec- Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel in opposing the of 50 per cent when compared to 113 cases the State in the state. He said the supply of fodder for the cat- '( :63:(''43.:3 tion 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 move. reported till May 1. On Saturday, 22 migrants who tle was ensured in all districts and 2,461 fodder (2 of 1974) involving the offences punishable with Rao was of view that resuming train services returned from Surat tested positive for the coron- banks had been established across the state, However, the IRCTC shall make provision for sentence up to seven years imprisonment,” the would lead to a lot more chaos in terms of identi- avirus disease in the highest single-day tally in the limited eatables and packaged drinking water on notice said. fying people who’ve been infected, testing and quar- State. Rajasthan coronavirus tally has reached 3,898 FF:6( "#( :7(2 payment basis. Information to this effect shall be It further said that single judge would also hear antining. Tamil Nadu CM said trains should not be as compared to 2,666 cases till May 1. Majority of made available to passengers during time of book- application for transfer of cases under section 406 run to Chennai which has recently seen spurt in new cases were reported from the border districts ! 5A ing ticket,” it said. of the Code of Criminal Procedure (CrPC) and also coronavirus cases. of Gujarat, from where the migrant workers have Passengers are encouraged to carry their own application of urgent nature for transfer of cases Rao , along with others, urged Modi to returned. Official said on Monday that the Railways will food and drinking water. Dry, ready-to-eat food and under section 25 of the Code of Civil Procedure reschedule the Centre’s debt on the States and asked West Bengal reported 795 cases till May 1, now run 100 ‘Shramik Special’ trains daily, adding bottled water shall be provided on demand, inside (CPC). for more Special Protection Equipment and other which increased to 1,939 by May 11, more than dou- that 468 such trains have been operated since May the trains on payment basis, it said. “All passengers “Take further notice that the matters referred health kits. bling in just 10 days. 1 ferrying home over five lakh migrants stranded shall be compulsorily screened and only asympto- to above will be listed before judge sitting singly “All the States are under massive financial bur- UP has reported 3,467 cases so far as compared in various parts of the country. matic passengers are allowed to board the train,” it w.E.F May 13, 2020,” the notice said. A gazette noti- den and no State is in a stage to clear the debt to to 2,328 cases till May 1. Officials said that cases The Railways also decided to carry around 1,700 added. fication was issued on September 17 last year, the Centre.” Rao requests the PM to ‘reschedule’ have increased after arrival of migrants from other passengers on board these trains instead of the cur- through which the apex court had amended the debts that States need to pay to the Centre, like the States. The Covid-19 cases in the State of Andhra rent 1,200 and the railway zones have also been 7)7:"7(3"*7( Supreme Court Rules, 2013. way farmer loans have been deferred”, said the Pradesh have reached 2,018. As many as 38 cases asked to provide three stops in the destination state Earlier, as per Supreme Court Rules, 2013 and Telangana CM. tested positive during the last 24 hours. Twenty-six other than the terminating station, at the request '7(7 (2:!3 6: older rules, the Chief Justice of India (CJI) had the Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Jagan Mohan of them have returned from Gujarat, one from of the state governments. power to appoint one or Reddy said it was important to reopen agricultur- Karnataka and eight from the Chittoor district. The central government has noted with great Also, a patient may have many co-morbid con- more judges to hear all matters of an urgent al markets, public transport, markets and shopping The situation could worsen in most of these concern that migrant workers continue to walk on ditions but only those that have contributed to death nature during summer vacation or winter holidays. malls with some SOPs to prevent infections. States as the migrants workers are expected to return roads and railway tracks, Union Home Secretary should be recorded,” the guidance document stat- The Supreme Court website said, “The origi- “Normalcy will revive the economy,” Reddy report- in much bigger numbers in the coming days and Ajay Bhalla said in a letter to chief secretaries of all ed. nal Constitution of 1950 envisaged a Supreme Court edly said. Chhattisgarh CM Bhupesh Baghel sought weeks. states and union territories and asked them to The health research body has set up ICMR- with a Chief Justice and 7 puisne Judges - leaving independence in decision making saying “State ensure that such people are provided shelter and NCDIR e-Mortality (e-Mor) software for record- it to Parliament to increase this number”. Governments should get the right to take decisions "@( :)7:3'6 553@3 food till such time they are facilitated to board the ing the cause of death. It said, “In the early years, all the Judges of the on handling of economic activities within their special trains or buses to their native places. In its final draft ‘Standard Guidelines for Supreme Court sat together to hear the cases pre- States. They should also get the responsibility to A7@355:"7! The opposition has been critical of the Centre’s Medico-legal autopsy in Covid-19 deaths in India,’ sented before them. As the work of the Court declare red, green and orange zones.” handling of the situation, accusing it of not doing the ICMR said that the invasive techniques should increased and arrears of cases began to cumulate, The BJP-ruled Tripura CM Biplab Deb said, We have introduced labour reforms to employ enough to ease the hard ships of the migrant work- not be adopted for forensic autopsy in Covid-19 Parliament increased the number of Judges from “The North-East will work together and will fast 20 lakh people,” he said. ers, many of whom have lost their jobs during the death cases as doctors and other mortuary staff are 8 in 1950 to 11 in 1956, 14 in 1960, 18 in 1978 and !"!#!# &
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Right now, Minister Rajnath Singh on he BSF on Monday report- Tripura and four in Kolkata. farmers auction their agricul- Monday stressed the need for Ted six new Covid-19 cases A BSF spokesperson said gainst the backdrop of the ture produce at 6,900-odd India to become self-reliant and followed by four in the CRPF all the patents are undergoing ACovid-19 pandemic, as APMC (Agriculture Produce “net exporter of technology.” and one in ITBP, taking the treatment at designated Covid many as 177 new mandis from Marketing Committees) man- He also lauded the Defence tally of patients in the para- health care hospitals. 10 States and Union Territories, dis spread across the nation. Research and Development military forces to 764. One patient from 126 including 26 in Punjab and 17 Some agriculturists are also Organisation(DRDO)for com- While the Indo Tibetan Battalion in Delhi and admit- in Haryana, were integrated using online bidding through e- ing out with at least 50 items in Border Police (ITBP) reported ted at AIIMS, Jhajjar, has recov- with the e-NAM platform for NAM platform. the ongoing fight against one positive case on Monday, novel corona virus are under- ered after treatment. marketing of agricultural pro- Earlier, 785 mandis were COVID-19. one infected personnel recov- going treatment at CAPF In the Central Reserve duce on Monday, taking the integrated with eNAM across Addressing the scientists of ered from the viral pandemic Referral Hospital, Greater Police Force (CRPF), four new total number of mandis inte- 17 States and 2 UTs, with a user the DRDO on the National in the last 24 hours, an official Noida. One ITBP infected per- Covid-19 patients were report- grated with it to 962. The man- base of 1.66 crore farmers, 1.30 Technology Day (NTD) here spokesperson said, adding a son has recovered from the dis- ed and the tally of patients in dis integrated include those in lakh traders and 71,911 com- through video conference, the total of 156 infected persons in ease. the paramilitary is 240 out of Gujarat (17), Haryana (26), mission agents. According to minister stressed that there is its ranks are admitted at vari- The CAPF Referral which one had died and three Jammu and Kashmir (1), Kerala the ministry, as many as 1.66 That apart, digital pay- located traders. no alternative to indigenous ous hospitals. Hospital is also managing 28 have recovered after undergo- (5), Maharashtra (54), Odisha crore farmers, 1.30 lakh traders ments worth 708 crore were At present, 150 commodi- technology and indigenous As many as 26 personnel of patients of BSF followed by four ing treatment. (15), Punjab (17), Rajasthan and 71,911 commission agents made through the eNAM plat- ties, including foodgrains, manufacture. “We will be truly ITBP are undergoing treat- infected persons from CRPF One Covid patient of 39 (25), Tamil Nadu (13) and are using e-NAM platform. form, benefitting more than oilseeds, fibers, vegetables and self-reliant only when India ment at AIIMS, Jhajjar, and one each from CISF and Battalion who was admitted at West Bengal (1). Commodities, worth over 1.25 lakh farmers. fruits, are being traded on succeeds in becoming a net Haryana, two patients are NSG apart from a civilian. Sharda Hospital in Noida has Launching the new mandis 1 lakh crore, have been trad- A total of 236 mandis par- eNAM. More than 1,005 FPOs exporter instead of a net admitted at Safdarjung Hospital Four family members of ITBP been discharged after recovery through video conferencing, ed on the e-NAM as on May 9 ticipated in inter-mandi trade have been registered on eNAM importer of technology,” he here and one at LNJP Hospital personnel are also admitted in from the disease. Presently, the Union Agriculture Minister this year. The volumes of trade across 12 States, whereas 13 platform and have traded 2,900 said. The National Technology in the national capital. the referral hospital. discharged patient has been Narendra Singh Tomar said stood at 3.43 crore tonnes and states/UTs have participated in tonnes of agri-produce worth Day is observed to commem- Besides these cases, 127 The Border Security Force under home quarantine, a efforts should be made to 37.93 lakh bamboo and the trade, allowing farmers to 7.92 crores. orate the nuclear tests con- ITBP personnel infected with (BSF) on Monday reported a CRPF official said. ducted by India in 1998 that and if we are to emerge as a of Shakti-Pokhran 2. On this also emphasised on the need for of the nation by providing cut- symbolized successful achieve- technological force then we occasion, a webinar was held the development of more robot- ting edge technologies for mak- ments of home grown tech- On the role of the defence icantly in finding solutions to indomitable spirit of our should know what to do. and a Presentation on DRDO ic devices where the DRDO has ing the country strong and nologies. sector in the national effort to the challenges posed by this defence industry has increased This year’s National technologies to fight against strong base. Principal Scientific self-reliant. He also said during While calling upon the fight the corona pandemic, the invisible enemy. the opportunity for mass pro- Technology Day 2020 was cel- COVID-19 was given. Advisor (PSA) to the lockdown, products should be country’s pool of experts to minister said defence organi- He added the DRDO has duction of these high quality ebrated at the DRDO to com- Member Niti Aayog and Government of India K Vijay supplied all over the world contribute to make India a sations are tackling the chal- developed more than 50 prod- products in record time,” Singh memorate and pay tribute to former DRDO chief V K Raghavan emphasised the need adding “delayed delivery is no technological powerhouse, lenges posed by COVID-19 ucts in the last 3-4 months, like said. the dedication, determination, Saraswat in his address said the of developing IT enabled tech- delivery.” The DRDO has devel- Singh said the government and using state-of-the-art technol- bio suit, sanitiser dispenser, He said, “National and sacrifice of scientists and DRDO must provide more nologies and applications. oped 53 products to fight people fully support their ogy. India’s defence forces and PPE kits through its continuous Technology Day is an oppor- engineers, who have worked for focus on life sciences laborato- DRDO chief G Satheesh COVID-19, Reddy said and future endeavours in this direc- Research & Development efforts to contribute to the tunity to take stock of our achieving a national techno- ries and “must revive work on Reddy appealed to all to reded- some of the systems were tion. efforts have contributed signif- fight against COVID-19. “The technological advancements logical identity with the success bio-defence programme”. He icate themselves to the service inducted in record time. .+ $ ;
7 34!356 19 infection,” said Anurag Bhargava and Madhavi besity is associated with a Bhargava, both from 34!356 Hospital, Ernakulam. The SNC family members on their part Ohigher risk of developing Yenepoya Medical College, representative, Lieutenant conveyed the gratitude and severe symptoms and compli- Mangalore. n a touching gesture, the Commander Remya Savy met appreciation of Sonia to the cations of coronavirus disease, Mortality in Covid-19 INavy on Monday felicitated Sonia’s parents KA and Beena Navy for the care and comfort independent of other illnesses, infection has been related to implications of obesity which a young woman, one of the 698 Jacob as the COVID protocols accorded to her on board the such as cardiovascular disease, age and the presence of might be relevant to COVID- Indian nationals evacuated prevented physical contact with naval ship throughout the according to researchers, who comorbidities, among which 19 infection. from Maldives and brought to the passengers. passage. have alerted that it is a risk fac- hypertension, cardiovascular It would also be impor- Kochi, Kerala on Sunday and The Naval officer pre- Later, Remya said it is tor that needs attention. disease and diabetes are the tant to examine whether who delivered a baby boy sented the parents with a flo- indeed a proud moment for all In their article published most common. lower prevalence of obesity in shortly after disembarkation. ral bouquet and conveyed personnel in the Navy, par- in the latest journal of A recent meta-analysis countries like India is linked The Indian Navy warship greetings and best wishes to ticularly the crew of INS Current Science, the showed that the pooled preva- to lower mortality due to INS Jalashwa had brought the the extended family on behalf Jalashwa to be associated with researchers said that obesity, lence of hypertension, car- Covid-19 infection. Indians from Male while of the Flag Officer this special moment in the a comorbidity not well docu- diovascular disease and dia- The database of patients another warship INS Magar on Commanding-in-Chief SNC couple’s life considering the mented in the Covid-19 pan- betes was 16.3 per cent, 12.1 with Covid-19 infection in Monday docked at Tuticorin, on the much awaited new number of miscarriages which demic, is now being identified per cent and 7.8 per cent% Obesity is one of the commonest underlying comor- India and other countries Tamil Nadu with 200 more arrival into the family while occurred previously with as a risk factor for severe respectively, in hospitalized bidities worldwide. However, none of the studies in the systematic should have information on Indians evacuated from expressing the happiness in Sonia. She highlighted the viral-19 infection, including patients, pointed out the review mention the prevalence of obesity in the Covid-19 cases. BMI. This will confirm the Maldives. Incidentally, the the Navy being instrumental fact that it was also special for in those less than 60 years of researchers. Obesity is a potential confounder of the association between initial observations of obesi- woman, a nurse by profession, in bringing Sonia Jacob to the her to be able to wish Sonia age. Obesity is one of the com- hypertension, diabetes and outcomes in Covid-19 infection, and ty as a risk factor for severe returned on the ‘Mother’s Day’ motherland on “Mother’s who is a nurse by profession, “We suggest that weights monest underlying comor- should therefore be assessed, they added Covid-19 infection in a larg- and was felicitated on the eve Day” and into a long cher- on the eve of the “Nurse’s day” and heights be recorded in all bidities worldwide. However, er number of patients. of the ‘Nurses’ Day.’ Moreover, ished Motherhood. in the backdrop of CoViD19 case-record forms and epi- none of the studies in the sys- It will also reveal whether she had undergone miscar- Remya subsequently also pandemic. Managing demiologic surveillance tools tematic review mention the assessed, they added. demic. “It is pertinent to note a low BMI confers risk or pro- riage on some earlier occasions. connected with Sonia and Director, Kinder Hospital to assess the associations of prevalence of obesity in the The researchers’ views that obesity is also a risk fac- tection against adverse out- Giving details about the Shijo, her spouse, who are Praveen Kumar Arjunan and body mass index with infec- Covid-19 cases. Obesity is a came following observation tor for the severity of other comes in Covid-19 infection. felicitation, navy officials said both under institutional quar- Chief Operating Officer tion status and disease out- potential confounder of the that how obesity was identi- viral infections like dengue Hence, obese individuals the young mother Sonia Jacob antine, via videocall and con- Narain Gunaseelan Pillai and comes. Obese individuals association between hyper- fied as a novel risk factor for fever in children.” should be more careful about was honoured by the Southern gratulated the proud parents other hospital staff members should be closely monitored tension, diabetes and out- increased disease severity and In the case of influenza A preventive measures during Naval Command (SNC) at wishing the baby boy health, were also present on the occa- in view of the risk of comes in Covid-19 infection, mortality reported in the (H1N1) infection, later work the pandemic, said the Kinder Multispeciality happiness and a long life. The sion. increased severity of COVID- and should therefore be influenza A (H1N1) pan- highlighted several other researchers. !"!#!# ) . - .& ,$ < ; ! ) $ < < &1&3),&1//$- ! $ .! % R ! " # ? ! : @ , $ - ? ) ,4: 1 @ $ s the Coronavirus moves remorselessly across the ! world and medical experts ? $ ! surmise that it could be with ' ! us for another two to three years,A its lasting legacy will be painful " for those at the bottom rung of society, R? ? S " ! ' those marginally above and those in the ! middle. With three successive lock- " S downs, India has managed to keep mor- talities low but now, as tentative moves ! S are made to reopen the economy, the , ! ,S anticipated spike in cases has begun. " ! Civil society across the nation rose as one to ensure that no one went hun- C " gry in the cities; at least two nutritious # D7 ! meals were provided daily in every clus- - ter where unemployed labour resided; those with facilities to cook themselves - were given dry rations as State agencies S chipped in. Without the Herculean " 5: ) * ! efforts of ordinary middle class men and Madhya Pradesh has also try that may withdraw from and multinational companies women, it would have been impossible permitted private mandis with China in the wake of the from Japan, the US, Korea and " 67777 to avert starvation deaths in such a large trading facilities, yards and even COVID-19 pandemic and revive Europe that may want to relocate ! 9E4D ! country but India did it. cold storage chains; they can its flagging economy. However, it from China. , 1 " ! Events of the last few days, howev- operate throughout the State on has clarified that it is retaining Gujarat has already ear- er, show that India’s poor, the migrant a single licence. These mandis will important legislations such as the marked around 33,000 hectares R? ? S and daily wage earners got tired of charge a single fee for a transac- Bonded Labour Act of 1976, of land at Khoraj, Sanand, Dahej " standing in lines for food amid grow- tion and won’t pay commissions Employee Compensation Act of SEZ, Dholera SEZ and other pri- ing uncertainty over employment. It is for crops purchased at non-base 1923, Building and Other vate SEZs. It has reduced the one thing to line up for food cooked for locations. The prevailing prices in Construction Workers’ Act of paperwork to a single annual ! a religious occasion as community all mandis will be made public. 1996, Maternity Act, Equal return scheme for factories. 1 sharing is deeply ingrained in Indian tra- While mandi tax rates remain Remuneration Act, Child Labour Further, it has permitted com- ! dition but these hard-working souls felt and farmers will have to bear @2B ( 6 : Act and Section 5 of the Payment pounding of offences under the their self-respect undermined when the some cost of sales, the new rules of Wages Act. But the enforce- Industrial Disputes Act, ! lockdown was extended, twice. help promote Farmer Produce 5(3 !A ment wing will not be permitted Minimum Wages Act, Payment ,S Ironically, State transport to their dis- Organisations (FPOs). An elec- 3 (" (#3! to raid factories on minor of Bonus Act, Contract Labour , tant homes arrived almost simultane- tronic retail facility will allow grounds. Act, Payment of Gratuity Act, ously with the resumption of some eco- farmers to find buyers outside the (72!MMFFF Gujarat has avoided the Motor Transport Workers Act, nomic activity. Sadly, some felt so State, on the lines of the e- 63' (3:7* Rajasthan route that permits fac- Equal Remuneration Act and @ + homesick that they began walking; 16 National Agriculture Market (e- tories with less than 300 workers Beedi Cigar Workers Act, to , '-A,*!5D ! migrants fell asleep on a railway track NAM) launched by the Prime 5 ! #67( B to retrench workers at will, allow time-saving out-of-court ! in Maharashtra and were mowed down Minister in 2016. though it allows units in special settlements at higher fines. by a freight train at night. It was Simultaneously, Chouhan : !! 63B economic zones (SEZs) to lay off The Bharatiya Mazdoor !@ 2 nobody’s fault but the incident added to has tweaked labour laws for the :3L!6753( workers without Government Sangh (BMS) and other labour " 6: the national anguish. next three years to attract indus- :3L !763( sanction, regardless of the num- unions are concerned that States Overall, the economic forecast is try to the State. He has put an end ber of workers; however, in 2015, are using the need to empower grim. Understandably, many small to “inspector raj” by relaxing )( 3:3L:$ it increased the wages due to industries to snatch away the F ? '-A,*! businesses and small manufacturers departmental inspections and retrenched workers from 45 days rights of the workers. They warn 5D ( could not sustain without income but paperwork and allowed factories 6 :(3!2'3! to 60 days. Gujarat also amend- that at a time when over 100 mil- ' many well-off organisations also to structure shifts to maximise 63) )3(47(# ed the definition of “employer” lion people are jobless, such announced lay-offs. Amid the gloom, productivity. The Madhya under the Minimum Wages Act measures may not bring eco- ! Madhya Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and Pradesh Industrial Employment 7 :@53 to cover outsourcing agencies and nomic revival as lack of employ- ! , ! Gujarat announced major reforms to (Permanent Order) Act, 1961, is 2 5(32( contractors, among others, who ee welfare systems and in the attract investments to their States. being modified to exempt facto- will have to pay minimum wages absence of dispute settlement In Bhopal, Chief Minister Shivraj ries employing up to 100 work- :'63"3*7( to contractual workers. mechanisms, labour productiv- S " Singh Chouhan made major changes ers from the provisions of the Act. * '7(3: The State is racing to woo ity could be impacted. The in the Agriculture Produce Marketing All new factories will be exempt- new investments by announcing Centre, however, is enthusiasti- ; Committee (APMC) to put the pro- ed from vexatious provisions in a 1,200-day holiday from labour cally backing the reform mea- ducer-farmer on top of the trade, the Factories Act, 1948. laws (barring Minimum Wages sures as the industry has long " rather than the middleman or APMC Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Act, Industrial Safety Rules and been demanding labour reforms. that have traditionally pocketed their Yogi Adityanath, too, is aggres- The Employee Compensation In fact, the Confederation of S S profits. Henceforth, farmers can sell sively wooing investments, sus- Act) for new units. Chief Indian Industry was quick to wel- their crops to any buyer if they can pending the Uttar Pradesh Minister Vijay Rupani has made come the moves, though only negotiate higher prices than the Temporary Exemption from approvals for setting up new time will tell if these measures can Government-stipulated minimum sup- Labour Laws Ordinance for three industries completely online, to kickstart the economy. & port price (MSP), or go to the mandi years. This will impact both be granted within 15 days and (The author is a senior for MSP. This will benefit farmers with existing and new industrial units. land allotted within seven days. journalist. Views expressed are * , ! ( higher quality crops. The State hopes to attract indus- The idea is to attract industries personal) !-1 4$5 2 : ; <4= ' ! 3 4 ' ' ! ' I J $) $ , ! 4 , $
, , $. : $ $ + $ $ # ' ! , #-'** !$' (&#' * *+#)*+'*# *& -! K(@ K" ,: ! KL 5 + K" . + # ! ! = = 1 = 2 == > ;4=21 , ! enough time to go back to their , 455 ! hometowns or villages? #S / The number of shocking 6758 " 569 :: Sir — To open up the economy incidents in which migrant or keep it shut for an uncertain , $ K workers are victims has grown 1 #! ! time is a question that many AM F $ exponentially of late. The death , nations are forced to reckon with of 16 migrant workers, who 3 # $ ; , ! in Corona times. The US is not N M$>M were crushed under the wheels wanting in COVID-19 testing " $5 @ of a train, was horrible. They infrastructure but has got into a G, must have been truly exhausted < needless political wrangle in a $ , to fall asleep on rail tracks. If the ! !" #! * , crucial election year. + 01& lockdown had been properly While US President Donald $ 7 ", ' planned, such horrifying inci- 6=>55 / 2 Trump retains a unique prerog- O7"' P L M dents could have been avoided. " # ative to allocate funds to the , >$G> 3 Ibne Giasuddin ; States, his greater fixation on the OM$>MP O1$&1P ) Mumbai economy is pitting him against O=$1=P =%$M% $ " O )"P$: N )" ' ! those concerned about the "1F @ , $ - +?S humanitarian aspect. Here, he 0FF L M seems to be progressively losing $ , $ grip. Back home in India, we are @ ) , Sir — The death of the 16 - S " (@ handicapped both by our lack of , , $ $ )" labourers in Maharashtra hap- / @ ) . massive testing and an economy N D6 L+ $M' pened solely due to the sudden A that is fragile. Though the Centre Q7 @ @ announcement of a lockdown 7"' Q3 7"' , $ # and State Governments have and the denial of transport to largely found common purpose $ them for weeks. It is a pity that , ' till now, a delay in reviving the N '$* > while no one was ready to give economy can bring in differ- N $ them even 5 when they were ' $ S ences. That will affect not only alive, after their death, the the economy but governance, Government has immediately ? ! too. The Government’s deci- tourists and pilgrims to return to cases? Would that not have been announced 5 lakh as grant. ? sion to resume limited operation their homes amid the growing better than to allow movement Shruti " of passenger trains is a step in the Coronavirus crisis. Why had now, when the number of cases Via email right direction. Sir — In a rather belated move, they not been allowed to go has crossed 67,000? Why was a S ' - ! R Narayanan the Government has allowed home at a time when the coun- nationwide lockdown imposed +% ; Navi Mumbai migrant workers, students, try had only a few hundred without giving stranded people !&&'*&#+#'?-/!1(#/ !"!#!# / . - .& 041=2 : / % % / 2:=1/ 7 1 ('%$ 7 7 7 2;18 1 1 1 ' L 7 L , @!) 7 '7 !% !
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It has been the endeavour of S MyGov to act as a bridge between citizens and ? 5 the Government and ensure citizen participation 46363 /#' 79: and information dissemination on platforms that ) !3"'.3@ , 5 most people use. 4 :(3 5:3! 4 / S When the pandemic began, it was realised 6 47(!: ! , that words and phrases like “quarantine”, “social )6( :3:5#3 distancing” and “lockdown” needed to be com- NS2 ( 3O G5D4EH P Q municated well as most people didn’t know what N:7' 5 ( G5D:7H P Q ' these terms meant. Social distancing was an alien !: '@O ! concept. Hence, epidemiologists and health ! N57'#!74O experts came up with Dos and Don’ts for prevent- 33!3!7.3 ! ing the spread of the Coronavirus. Fake news and ability to ensure adherence to lockdown creating the #SetuMeraBodyguard cam- shared with more than 200 Community GH ( myth busters posed another challenge that '7""2' 3! regulations which are among the paign which was also endorsed by sim- Radio Stations who translated the con- MyGov had to deal with. We had all kinds of con- 4355 :"7: strictest in the world and have con- ilar videos by regional language super- tent and helped expand the outreach of ! spiracy theories being bandied about, ranging )37)53!!O tributed greatly in limiting the spread stars like Nirahua in Bhojpuri and Anuj COVID-19 messaging. Further, it was , ! from a Wuhan laboratory experiment gone wrong #7446 63:3 of the pandemic till now. This was made Sharma in Chhattisgarhi. felt that we also need to address anxi- ! , ! to use of hot water and garlic to kill the virus. 3(":"3 $ possible by the Prime Minister’s call for Top cricketers helped in the ety and stress specially for people dur- ? There was a need to bust these myths and focus :7' 5!: '@ the “Janata (people’s) curfew”, cheering #TeamMaskForce campaign that pro- ing the lockdown. So, an initiative called I ,>< .IB<>B, on making interventions like the use of masks 4 : 53 and clapping for healthcare profession- moted use of masks. Campaigns around “Positive Harmonies” was launched in " ! and washing hands properly for 20 seconds the '7'3)$63'3 als, the 9PM-9Minute lamp-lighting these hashtags were launched on social which prominent musicians from norm. This was done with explanatory infograph- initiative, showering of petals on hos- media platforms that helped in getting across the country created special " , $ S 3)!3"757@:: ics and videos that helped explain all these in sim- !63 56 pitals and so on. Some may not find any user-generated content even in region- numbers for MyGov along with their ple language. merit or value in these initiatives but al languages that contributed to carry- messages to help manage the crisis. This " Towards this objective, MyGov India, the cit- 3E)3(:' "32) when we did the sentiment analysis of ing the message far and wide. has become very popular. One key fea- , ! izen engagement platform of the Government 46!7: ! the social media posts, it was found that The lockdown instructions were a ture of all these endeavours has been , launched several initiatives on its MyGov.in plat- !7O:*7( a vast majority of people supported major challenge for us. The feedback that all of this was managed by our ? $ form as also its dedicated COVID-19 page, coro- )(3 3@63 these measures. was that many people were finding it teams while working from home. Team na.mygov.in to support the communication :)(3 !7*63 We also launched the pledges difficult to interpret the directions members collaborated across cities ' ; efforts of the Ministry of Health and Family '7(7 (2:$* #3 around these campaigns — Janata and there was a lot of confusion on and came up with brilliant innovations. Welfare. MyGov has a presence on almost all 34: !"A6 Curfew Pledge, Stay Home, Stay Safe what to do. Immediately, MyGov We greatly benefitted from collabora- / social media platforms that include not only the .2:3(:)7:3! Pledge and Fight Against Corona — demystified the directions and instruc- tions with top technology companies, conventional ones like Facebook, Instagram, which saw the participation of lakhs of tions by coming up with simple, easy media, volunteers and various , ! 763( Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn but for the COVID- '6 553@36 people. The Citizens’ Ideas and to read and understand infographics Government departments. Innovation L " 19 campaign, MyGov is also using unconvention- Suggestions page saw more than which became very popular. These were and collaboration seem to be our al platforms like Telegram, TikTok, Helo, VMate "A@7 6 !7 1,00,000 suggestions coming from cit- also translated in various languages strength that has not only helped us in ! and Likee, with an objective to reach out to all !3 546$436 ! izens. The Innovation Challenge for with the help and support of a volun- our communications but will ulti- " ! sections of people by leveraging all channels and 55#!:7* technological solutions launched on teer group who did it pro bono. mately help us tide over this crisis. platforms. '7:)( 'A MyGov led to brilliant ideas and solu- With the lockdown, came the chal- As India completes almost six Content was created in multiple languages 637(3:.3@ tions — including those on contact lenge of catering to the migrant labour- weeks of the lockdown, one realises that C P Q ! and also sign language to ensure that everyone . !3! .72 tracing, which has now evolved into the ers and there were a lot of issues regard- some of the learnings from this crisis - became part of the communication process. ( @@*(7" Aarogya Setu app. The quiz on ing shelter homes and feeding centres will help us in future, too. It is possi- +? 6778 " Videos from reputed doctors were made to ensure 426 COVID-19 has seen almost 1,00,000 for the poor and urban homeless. ble to work remotely and not everyone clear and correct messaging. MyGov also entries. MyGov collaborated with Google Maps needs to commute daily for work. There ! P* * / Q G**/H " 5 .7( 7(A launched its MyGov Saathi Chatbot that is avail- 3E)3("3@73 These initiatives help the people get and Map My India and put details of are collaboration tools available that can " **/ P able on WhatsApp & FB Messenger and is also involved and once they are engaged, shelters and feeding homes of around help get output, that in some cases can Q '-A,*!5D ! available on https://mygov.in and 4(7@72:37* they feel part of the overall solution to 750 cities on Maps so that they were be better than what is possible now. If , https://self4society.mygov.in. MyGov Saathi is a 674 3( ! the pandemic. It has been a very easy to find and locate. Google also employees save three hours of commute ! " ! mobile-enabled platform and uses a menu-dri- @ (5'7#5563 important part of our communications launched a messaging service for time, it will make them happier. ! ven approach, allowing users to select available (2: strategy. MyGov on Google Maps which has Other benefits will be lesser traffic ' , ! options such as “Latest update on Coronavirus The launch of the Aarogya Setu app been integrated with the Saathi Chatbot and congestion, a smaller carbon foot- A ! in India”, “State-level status”, “Useful alerts” and is an important part of the Coronavirus to answer queries instantly. print and we may be addressing issues ? ! “Where to get help” to access information. It pro- campaign. Given the questions raised When the Myth Busters infograph- of climate change, too. In the days to " ! vides ready access to COVID-19 related resources by some with regard to privacy issues, ic was released, it became viral and mil- come, one expects that more and more such as latest updates, helplines, advisories it was essential to communicate clear- lions of people shared it. A suggestion companies will adopt this and it will " ' from various Central and State Government ly what the app does, why it is required was received to make it available in greatly transform lives. $*# departments as well as access to Self4Society ini- and how privacy is built into the app audio format. Accordingly, these, as also (The writer is CEO MyGov and , A! tiatives, including donation and volunteering by design. This was done by innovative COVID-19 updates, were converted President & CEO, National e G opportunities. use of graphics and videos. Even into audio podcasts as part of MyGov Governance Division. Views expressed ! H Another key feature of the campaign is the celebrities like Ajay Devgn helped in Samvaad. These podcasts were also are personal.) Xxux tquxuq uututv 9yHus ytuxqyruywwyurxuAuuqtyv uyyuututuuysuuqvt
COVID-19 management fund from helps them borrow more; deferring funds available to States won’t face any The funds available through the wages under the MGNREGA. 1,00,000 crore, the argument given is which the States can get money as and payment of GST Advance Tax and IT cut. It has also released a portion of the above four routes should help in Furthermore, States can use the that this is needed “to compensate for when needed. This is supported by for six months by MSMEs. pending GST compensation despite addressing the resource crunch faced nearly 31,000 crore welfare fund for the revenue loss due to lockdown.” Is Mamata, who also wants 10,000 to be In a crisis, when the devastation facing a shortfall in cess collection. For by States. The increase in WMA limit building and construction labourers to the Centre to believe that Maharashtra given to every worker from the unor- caused is widespread and the atmos- this purpose, it has not only used the by 60 per cent will put about 50,000 help them; funds under the district has lost this much revenue in 40 days? ganised sector, tea gardens, MSMEs phere is surcharged, any demand, 30,000 crore surplus from the previ- crore at their disposal. Likewise, relax- mineral fund for testing activities, med- This is bizarre. If, this is the projected and farmers. even if it happens to be unreasonable ous year but also intends to borrow ation in the FRBM limit gives them ical screening and providing healthcare loss for the whole year, then also the The Punjab Chief Minister, (for instance Maharashtra has sought money to ensure that all dues are additional leeway. For instance, to fight the pandemic. The Centre is demand for releasing it immediately is Amarinder Singh, has asked for rev- untied assistance of 1,00,000 crore) cleared. The Government has given Maharashtra will be able to borrow also paying the EPF contribution of untenable. enue grant for the next three months, carries enormous appeal. But this help to States through release of first 15,000 crore extra (0.5 per cent of both the employer and the employee How the situation will unfold after 3= with flexibility to spend as per local raises the bigger question, what is the instalment of money for the Centrally- about 30,00,000 crore being the State or 24 per cent for three months. the lockdown ends, no one can predict. conditions; bonus to farmers for stag- realistic amount that States ought to be funded schemes. GDP). Further, States getting their The benefits under the above One can’t rule out a V-shaped recov- ven as corporates, MSMEs, infor- gered purchase of wheat; direct cash asking for? Besides, the RBI has allowed 60 share of taxes from Centre’s kitty also schemes are accruing to tens of mil- ery. In that case, the revenue loss due mal sector workers and others assistance to daily-wage industrial This depends a lot on the assis- per cent increase in the Ways and helps immensely. As far as GST com- lions, spread all over the States, which to the pandemic would be much less. Eimpacted by the pandemic are and agricultural labourers. tance already announced by the Centre Means Advances (WMA) limit of pensation is concerned, the Centre is the latter need to consider while arriv- Even if there is contraction in the econ- demanding relief packages from the This is in addition to other pend- for beneficiaries under the latter’s States (these borrowings are intended doing its best to clear pending dues. ing at their requirement. omy and loss is huge, then also States Centre, the States, too, have given the ing demands such as immediate release own package. So, what is it that the to help them tide over temporary mis- In addition, under the PM Gareeb Likewise, measures taken by the can afford to wait for the help to come Government their wish list and five of GST compensation for December Centre is giving? matches in cash flows of their receipts Kalyan Scheme (PMGKS), the Centre RBI to give more credit, reduce cost of later. The States need to take an objec- States have collectively sought close to 2019–January 2020; increase in the The Centre has promised to and expenditures; however, this money is giving 1,70,000 crore directly to the credit and ease norms for stressed tive and reasonable view. They should 2,25,000 crore. While Maharashtra borrowing limit from three per cent of release during the first ten months of needs to be returned within three beneficiaries. This includes five kg of assets are helping entities — both in correctly assess the amount needed for has asked for 50,000 crore, the State GDP under the Fiscal the current financial year till January months of availing) over and above the rice or wheat per person per month for formal and informal sector — locat- April–June. Then consider what is Chhattisgarh wants 30,000 crore, Responsibility and Budget 2021, 70 per cent of the share of the level as on March 31. “free” to around 80 crore people for ed in States. The boost provided by already being given by the Centre and Kerala, 80,000 crore, Rajasthan Management (FRBM) Act to five per Central taxes to States (as per the 15th Invoking the recommendation of three months; ex-gratia of 500 per massive liquidity injection of close to the RBI. If funds are still needed, 40,000 crore and West Bengal has cent; suspending repayment of all Finance Commission recommenda- the NK Singh Committee on review of month to Women Jan Dhan account 5,00,000 crore at mere 4.4 per cent request for the incremental only should demanded 25,000 crore as immedi- State development loans for a period tion) which works out to 5,50,000 the FRBM Act (2003), which permits holders; 2,000 under PM-KISAN to also needs to be suitably captured in be put up. The States should under- ate compensation for the revenue loss of three months; allowing flexi-funds crore. This is based on Budget projec- breach of the fiscal deficit (FD) target about nine crore farmers; ex-gratia their calculations. The States should stand that the Centre doesn’t have suffered because of the nationwide under Centrally Sponsored Schemes tion of total devolution to States at by 0.5 per cent in exceptional circum- amount of 1,000 for three crore wid- only ask for “incremental” support, if unlimited funds and accordingly mod- lockdown. Rajasthan Chief Minister, (CSS) for COVID-19 management and about 8,00,000 crore. Thus, even if the stances, the Centre has also allowed ows and senior citizens; free gas cylin- required. erate their demands. Ashok Gehlot has also proposed set- further increase in their Ways and Centre’s tax collection declines, which States to breach the cap of three per ders to 8.3 crore Women Ujjawala But, that is not happening. For (The writer is a New Delhi-based ting up of a 1,00,000 crore national Means Advances (WAMA) limit which is inevitable due to the pandemic, the cent of State GDP by 0.5 per cent. scheme beneficiaries and 20 hike in instance, when Maharashtra wants policy analyst) !"!#!# #(
$ $3-%$ 0 4"5 ! ! !<=2> After gyrating over 800 made COVID-19 related pro- ing with chief ministers of all points during the day, the 30- visions of Rs 2,725 crore to fur- states which is expected to + share index settled 81.48 pts or ther strengthen the balance discuss the plan for exit from 0.26 per cent lower at sheet -- causing worries on fis- the ongoing nationwide lock- @ cent adding that they fear that 0.5 per cent (from 1.5 per ation perspective, it suggest- "2". 31,561.22. Similarly, NSE Nifty cal slippages front. “Indian down to prevent the spread of the lockdown my extend cent) with the lockdown set ed a 5 per cent COVID-19 fell 12.30 pts, or 0.13 per cent, market opened on a positive coronavirus. F$&CD( beyond May. to extend beyond May,” the cess for those earning above enchmark Sensex gave up to 9,239.20. ICICI Bank was the note following global cues as However, the market It can be noted that due analysts pencilled. The bro- 5 lakh, which can yield the Ball its early gains to end 81 top laggard in the Sensex pack, trade-war fears receded and couldn’t hold the strength dur- to the heavy dip in growth - kerage said the states will also exchequer 20,000 crore. points lower on Monday, cracking over 5 per cent, fol- more countries announced ing the day as selling pressure it was supposed to hit a have fiscal slippages ranging Moreover, the higher taxes on dragged by losses in financial lowed by Kotak Bank, HUL, plans to ease their lockdown was witnessed in heavy index "2". decadal low of 5 per cent in from 0.50 to 1 percentage oil will deliver 1 lakh crore, stocks as lenders beefing up HDFC, IndusInd Bank, HDFC restrictions amid hopes of glob- weighing sectors like financial FY20 as per official estimates point of their budgeted tar- it estimated. provisions against COVID-19 Bank and Nestle India. al economies reopening,” said and bank stocks, erasing major- fter the Government’s - the Government is forced to gets for the current financial It said Finance Minister risks stoked slippages worry. On the other hand, Hero Narendra Solanki, Head- ity of gains in afternoon session Amove to raise its market spend the extra to help year. On likely routes of Nirmala Sitharaman may Besides, spiking COVID- MotoCorp, Bajaj Auto, Maruti, Equity Research as COVID-19 related one time borrowing programme for restrict the impact of the funding the fiscal deficit, it soon announce a second 19 cases in the country and TCS and HCL Tech were (Fundamental), Anand Rathi. provision were seen undercut- the current financial year by coronavirus (COVID-19) said the options before poli- round of fiscal stimulus tepid cues from global markets among the gainers. The traders also took note ting the earnings on the finan- 4.2 lakh crore, a foreign pandemic on the economy. cymakers may include open which may cost 0.75 per cent weighed on investor sentiment. Joining peers, ICICI Bank of Prime Minister Modi’s meet- cial companies, he added. brokerage on Monday esti- Even though a wider fis- market operations by the of the GDP, as against the first mated the fiscal deficit to cal deficit raises concerns on Reserve Bank(RBI) with a one of 1.70 lakh crore which come at 5.8 per cent of the macroeconomic stability, new calendar being put out was 0.35 per cent of the GDP. :$ GDP in FY21 as against the many experts have backed the by Governor Shaktikanta Das The focus of the new 1 R! * ! budget target of 3.5 per cent. move to spend more. to comfort markets, a direct package will be on small In a report, analysts at “We now forecast the monetisation where RBI can businesses, real estate and $% ' Bank of America also revised center’s fiscal deficit at 5.8 per directly subscribe to the banking sector, it said, ! ! down their GDP growth esti- cent of GDP (from 4.8 per Government debt or incen- adding that this is after > ; mate to 0.5 per cent for the cent earlier) versus 3.5 per tivising banks to put their assuming a slip in growth to 34!356 red chillies and other spices, UP and Bihar -- have left for current fiscal year, as against cent as budgeted for FY21, surplus in money markets, it 0.5 per cent, the brokerage '% like coriander powder, black their native places. the earlier estimate of 1.5 per with growth likely to slip to said. From a revenue gener- said. he centuries old wholesale pepper, cardamom (elaichi) The area outside Hari Tspice market, Khari Bawli, and cumin (jeera). But there are Ram’s shop on the main road 34!356 a paradise for spice connois- only few buyers. We have Patna always remained cluttered. But 8 seurs and dealers, and night- and Kashmiri chillies. But since the lockdown, deafening nion Minister Nitin mare for those who dread hardly anyone to sell to,” said silence has replaced that. Such .3B@ shares gained despite a gov- recovery might be some way lost 0.2% to 10,876.78. UGadkari on Monday said crowd, wore a deserted look on Krishna Mittal, a shop owner is the situation that chirping of ernment report that off.”While the argument that France’s CAC 40 declined he expects the Centre to unveil Monday with barely 10-12 in the market, who opened the birds could be heard. lobal stocks were mixed American employers cut a forward-looking market 0.6% to 4,521.51.On Wall a financial package in two- shops open and no buyers outlet as soon as the govern- A shop owner, who opened GMonday as investors record-setting 20.5 million hopes of recovery should Street, the future for the three days, observing that the around. ment relaxed lockdown norms. his outlet only to take out looked past dismal American jobs in April. override backward looking benchmark S&P 500 Index situation “was very bad” despite In normal days, business There were only one white some necessary documents, jobs and other data toward Investor optimism is economic gloom may not be was down 0.3% and that for the three-month moratorium continues amid chaos caused van and a couple of personal told IANS, most outstation hopes for a global recovery gaining as China and some groundless, it inevitably the Dow Jones Industrial on loan repayments announced by carriages parked in the mid- vehicles on the road in the mar- traders were not coming as from the coronavirus pan- other countries begin to understates inherent fragili- Average lost 0.2%. Both were by the RBI. The Minister for dle of road, shops extending to ket where finding parking Delhi was a red zone. demic. European markets revive their economies. But ties and risks,” Riki Ogawa of positive earlier in the day. MSME, and Road Transport the footpath, and thousands space in normal days is next to “They used to buy in bulk. opened down while most with infection numbers still Mizuho Bank said in a report. On Friday, the S&P 500 and Highways said the Govt trying to elbow each other in impossible. Few carriages were Moreover, no hotels and cater- Asian markets advanced. rising in the United States, In early trading, London’s Index rose 1.7% and the Dow stands with the industry but it this market, known for spices parked and locked outside shut ing companies are buying Wall Street futures swung Brazil and some other coun- FTSE 100 was off 6 points at added 1.9%. The Nasdaq also needs to understand the and dry fruits. shops. Majority of the labour ingredients either,” said Shiv between gains and losses. US tries, analysts warn a global 5,929.72 and Germany’s DAX composite rose 1.6%. Govt’s limitations. “We have enough stock of force -- migrants workers from Parshad, a trader. BSE 500 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 9348.15 9439.90 9219.95 9239.20 -12.30 Script Open High Low LTP LICHSGFIN 268.00 272.70 265.35 268.15 SOUTHBANK 5.55 5.65 5.32 5.35 ENGINERSIN 63.45 63.75 61.05 61.15 ADVENZYMES 140.00 144.40 138.00 138.05 HEROMOTOCO2015.00 2134.80 1990.00 2082.10 119.50 HDFCBANK 939.00 954.00 914.30 915.95 KAJARIACER 343.00 345.45 329.00 332.15 IDBI 20.30 20.35 19.40 19.95 HUDCO 22.80 22.80 21.20 21.30 AIAENG 1578.25 1611.00 1558.85 1565.40 TATAMOTORS 81.45 90.65 81.40 85.85 4.80 RELIANCE 1582.00 1614.85 1572.00 1576.75 HINDZINC 176.30 185.50 176.30 181.85 PRESTIGE 167.05 169.25 158.05 159.00 BAJAJHLDNG 1916.95 1919.65 1890.05 1904.30 BLUEDART 2175.95 2200.00 2121.00 2132.20 INFRATEL 174.25 187.70 173.00 184.55 10.30 ICICIBANK 344.90 344.90 318.15 320.10 PAGEIND 17135.90 17617.30 17121.60 17380.20 CONCOR 358.75 369.25 356.50 364.95 DELTACORP* 69.30 70.90 68.25 68.55 VSTIND 2839.50 2840.50 2800.30 2811.20 BAJAJ-AUTO 2430.00 2624.95 2428.00 2560.60 141.55 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29.60 29.60 28.75 28.85 SOBHA 186.50 186.75 180.20 186.75 CAPPL 330.05 330.30 323.00 325.10 CIPLA 600.95 600.95 583.45 587.75 -4.15 STAR 426.00 435.15 412.55 416.15 ADANIENT 137.00 143.30 137.00 140.05 REDINGTON 83.80 87.05 81.85 85.70 NHPC 20.00 20.25 20.00 20.00 SUNPHARMA 473.70 475.55 461.30 465.50 -3.50 CUMMINSIND 359.20 375.40 358.05 365.25 SRF 3624.00 3653.00 3555.90 3576.05 LTTS 1179.75 1225.00 1175.00 1179.35 KRBL 188.00 188.00 180.00 184.60 BAJAJFINSV 4687.30 4717.70 4540.10 4565.00 -36.00 INFY 680.00 698.40 677.70 682.75 GNFC 137.95 138.50 134.00 134.20 MPHASIS 747.00 789.00 747.00 777.10 ERIS 493.80 497.00 484.55 490.55 SBIN 167.95 168.90 165.00 165.25 -1.40 ITC 160.30 163.50 158.10 158.45 GAIL 92.90 94.60 91.50 92.10 JKPAPER* 96.10 99.65 95.10 95.70 CHENNPETRO 58.85 58.85 57.00 57.25 TECHM 541.50 543.80 527.20 531.00 -5.20 HDFCLIFE 535.00 538.75 522.80 525.20 NAVINFLUOR 1454.10 1480.00 1421.00 1429.65 SCHNEIDER 77.55 78.10 75.20 75.90 PTC 37.90 38.05 37.35 37.45 INDUSINDBK 450.00 458.75 428.80 435.90 -4.45 BAJAJ-AUTO 2438.00 2623.90 2433.20 2565.50 SIEMENS 1045.00 1058.80 1017.90 1028.70 DIXON 4343.15 4387.00 4220.00 4234.50 BAYERCROP 4649.95 4665.00 4623.95 4644.75 NESTLEIND 17770.00 17920.00 17490.00 17569.00 -233.95 CIPLA 600.00 600.70 583.85 586.10 RITES 238.00 245.90 237.10 240.80 RELINFRA 20.00 20.00 18.10 18.30 GAYAPROJ 19.21 19.21 17.39 17.39 HDFCBANK 937.00 954.00 914.00 915.90 -13.15 BANDHANBNK 247.90 250.60 237.65 239.60 GRAPHITE 194.00 198.20 180.65 182.50 JKLAKSHMI 194.90 205.90 191.00 191.80 CUB 139.50 139.50 133.15 133.95 HDFC 1712.50 1722.00 1652.10 1660.00 -29.70 PEL 892.20 941.65 892.20 932.25 SUZLON 2.73 2.73 2.47 2.60 TCIEXP 676.00 676.00 600.60 607.35 WELSPUNIND 24.50 24.80 23.80 24.00 HINDUNILVR 2083.00 2116.55 2035.95 2044.70 -44.75 ASHOKLEY 48.20 49.45 46.50 48.80 ATUL 4730.45 4740.00 4635.00 4643.05 MOIL 128.10 128.65 124.25 124.55 KOTAKBANK 1240.55 1252.30 1185.00 1186.40 -31.05 TITAN 852.00 852.00 824.10 830.00 ABCAPITAL 43.60 44.00 42.50 42.75 SUPREMEIND 957.85 1001.70 957.85 973.45 VAIBHAVGBL 1006.95 1016.55 989.25 991.40 DRREDDY 3977.80 3977.80 3848.05 3866.00 -118.00 BRITANNIA 3020.00 3082.60 2993.60 3055.15 SUNTECK 158.95 165.65 153.50 161.00 UFLEX 173.45 173.90 171.25 172.50 TATAINVEST 696.60 700.30 687.80 689.75 BPCL 326.00 330.35 311.30 314.50 -10.25 VEDL 78.35 80.45 78.15 79.60 HINDCOPPER 24.20 24.55 23.70 23.80 SHK 54.15 54.15 51.00 51.30 ITDCEM 35.20 36.00 35.20 35.35 FINOLEXIND 385.00 388.50 357.00 359.75 AAVAS 1030.95 1085.00 1030.95 1036.40 GMDCLTD 36.70 37.30 35.80 35.90 ICICIBANK 341.00 343.55 318.20 322.10 -15.60 M&M 388.00 401.85 384.40 390.25 LT 822.00 827.00 816.60 821.50 VBL 620.00 629.10 602.70 617.65 JYOTHYLAB 108.70 108.70 102.75 104.10 INTELLECT 70.70 70.80 70.70 70.80 BPCL 329.80 330.20 311.35 314.75 EMAMILTD* 184.85 198.00 169.00 179.70 TAKE 54.00 56.50 54.00 55.00 LUXIND 894.25 902.00 890.10 894.70 JUSTDIAL 349.90 355.35 337.70 345.90 SCI 41.00 41.20 39.85 39.95 IDFC 14.27 14.55 13.90 13.95 VTL 638.00 650.00 626.20 626.50 CADILAHC 333.70 333.70 324.50 328.55 DEEPAKFERT 102.30 102.30 98.00 98.20 DBCORP 70.35 70.70 66.75 67.15 GRINDWELL 501.15 519.00 486.95 497.60 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NESTLEIND 17770.00 17915.50 17500.00 17567.35 VENKYS 1069.90 1090.00 1047.35 1054.80 ZENSARTECH 82.50 87.80 81.75 82.65 STARCEMENT 71.00 71.00 67.90 68.05 NIFTY NEXT 50 23182.35 23371.80 23161.90 23201.45 241.95 LAURUSLABS 443.00 448.25 425.85 428.60 INDIANB 47.00 47.35 45.70 46.40 PARAGMILK 90.00 90.00 86.00 87.10 LAXMIMACH 2466.85 2524.95 2466.85 2499.60 IDEA 4.25 4.80 4.20 4.55 0.35 IGL 472.25 499.80 472.25 496.00 PNBHOUSING 180.00 181.75 174.05 174.80 GARFIBRES 1272.00 1272.00 1263.25 1270.00 IBULISL 40.40 40.40 38.25 38.50 MOTHERSUMI 78.50 85.00 78.10 80.60 3.60 BAJAJFINSV 4688.00 4715.40 4540.05 4557.30 RESPONIND 81.25 82.50 81.25 82.20 DALBHARAT* 510.40 510.40 504.10 504.55 IFBIND 380.00 382.20 373.70 381.00 HINDZINC 178.35 185.50 178.35 183.50 8.20 JINDALSTEL 90.00 92.25 88.80 89.60 KANSAINER 360.00 368.00 356.60 360.70 ZYDUSWELL 1340.00 1340.00 1276.80 1283.50 VRLLOG 157.00 157.00 153.00 154.85 ICICIGI 1250.00 1314.00 1246.00 1293.00 57.85 ENDURANCE 614.30 637.15 610.30 634.90 CROMPTON 211.90 215.75 206.45 214.25 GICRE 129.90 130.50 128.65 130.25 PNCINFRA 109.65 109.90 104.00 106.35 INDIGO 953.00 994.00 951.20 968.95 40.90 WOCKPHARMA 264.00 266.60 249.00 257.00 OBEROIRLTY 330.05 336.70 318.00 328.80 ASHOKA 60.30 60.50 58.20 58.35 GHCL 100.50 102.70 97.55 97.85 PEL 895.00 942.00 895.00 924.30 38.50 L&TFH 57.55 59.05 56.90 57.20 FLFL 163.70 163.70 148.20 151.85 DCAL* 75.35 78.55 75.30 76.65 JAGRAN 39.80 40.85 39.10 39.95 PETRONET 226.90 237.55 226.00 233.50 8.85 BIOCON 359.20 363.75 350.00 351.60 NCC 24.00 24.05 23.35 23.50 SANOFI 7855.50 8008.00 7855.50 7934.90 CENTURYPLY 110.10 111.60 108.65 109.35 FINCABLES 229.95 230.30 223.00 224.25 GODREJCP 508.00 523.95 505.05 518.85 19.30 HCLTECH 526.40 534.85 521.55 527.75 RAMCOCEM 527.60 541.25 526.90 530.00 TRENT 464.55 466.25 449.15 450.55 HSCL 46.30 46.70 45.20 45.35 GRSE 139.40 141.95 138.55 138.85 ASHOKLEY 47.55 49.40 46.55 48.80 1.75 SPICEJET 40.60 40.95 39.70 40.95 NAM-INDIA 242.95 247.00 237.65 238.70 VARROC 149.50 150.45 139.65 139.75 SYMPHONY 840.00 880.00 822.80 828.10 CENTRALBK 15.00 15.10 14.65 14.70 AMBUJACEM 170.15 174.70 170.15 174.25 4.90 HDFCAMC 2535.00 2641.10 2522.40 2541.40 ADANIGREEN 208.00 222.70 208.00 222.50 RELAXO 603.60 617.45 603.60 612.65 RVNL 17.00 17.15 17.00 17.15 CARBORUNIV 215.70 217.75 211.85 214.25 PAGEIND 17063.15 17620.00 17063.15 17400.00 417.10 EICHERMOT 13901.30 14535.00 13901.30 14286.25 VGUARD 171.00 172.15 168.20 169.85 INOXLEISUR 206.00 208.65 201.80 203.80 GPPL 55.05 56.05 54.20 54.80 ITDC 149.60 150.30 145.95 146.45 DMART 2280.00 2358.00 2270.00 2310.00 55.00 TVSMOTOR 325.00 341.20 317.15 334.20 FORCEMOT 810.95 861.50 805.00 816.55 RCF 38.40 38.40 37.00 37.25 WABAG 112.10 114.00 107.65 108.90 NH 274.55 275.65 266.75 270.35 CADILAHC 332.80 333.00 325.20 328.90 7.65 ACC 1152.00 1188.25 1152.00 1169.50 EQUITAS 49.60 51.15 48.90 49.25 MEGH 46.50 46.85 45.30 45.55 PCJEWELLER 11.49 11.49 10.90 11.16 IOB 7.24 7.24 7.05 7.14 LUPIN 843.95 857.70 832.05 852.80 17.80 HINDALCO 119.80 121.35 117.60 119.80 NAUKRI 2685.00 2719.10 2557.60 2569.10 MHRIL 127.00 150.90 124.55 148.30 BALMLAWRIE 95.00 95.45 93.40 93.70 CCL 188.25 191.00 186.05 190.15 DLF 133.00 135.40 131.10 132.80 2.65 TATACONSUM 350.00 365.00 349.75 354.95 DCBBANK 69.25 70.00 63.50 63.70 NATCOPHARM 627.95 627.95 612.20 613.80 DISHTV 4.76 4.76 4.66 4.68 INOXWIND 25.30 25.30 24.65 25.25 CONCOR 359.00 369.35 356.70 365.95 7.20 DIVISLAB 2275.00 2355.00 2275.00 2326.20 TATAELXSI 797.00 797.00 770.55 777.30 KALPATPOWR 204.90 205.65 198.00 199.50 ORIENTCEM 39.25 39.25 35.95 36.05 MAHLIFE 185.95 185.95 176.00 178.55 OFSS 2510.00 2579.00 2470.00 2500.00 47.85 ONGC 75.90 78.15 74.70 77.00 SAIL 28.90 28.95 28.25 28.45 FSL 33.35 33.35 31.10 31.45 TTKPRESTIG 4689.75 4862.10 4689.75 4773.30 INDOSTAR 277.15 278.35 275.15 276.00 AUROPHARMA 651.00 673.50 647.25 664.50 11.85 COLPAL 1366.20 1375.00 1340.95 1355.95 RAJESHEXPO 548.00 548.00 527.95 540.70 OIL 88.75 90.00 87.30 87.80 MAHLOG 251.90 255.80 245.25 248.65 MMTC 14.03 14.03 13.72 13.78 NIACL 119.20 120.80 118.05 119.15 1.70 FEDERALBNK 43.00 44.65 42.75 43.20 PFIZER 4608.00 4625.00 4497.85 4506.20 TIMKEN 848.80 861.20 842.50 848.50 JKCEMENT 1094.70 1095.05 1060.95 1072.35 SHOPERSTOP 164.90 165.40 162.50 162.85 ACC 1162.00 1187.95 1160.05 1169.70 15.90 MFSL 453.00 471.00 438.00 441.25 ISEC 371.50 371.50 350.65 362.55 NETWORK18 23.40 23.45 22.90 23.45 WESTLIFE 289.00 291.90 285.00 287.05 JSLHISAR 44.10 44.10 42.10 42.75 BAJAJHLDNG 1894.95 1938.25 1883.75 1902.30 25.35 GRASIM 497.80 512.40 485.00 504.45 GODREJIND 249.00 262.20 248.00 254.90 AJANTPHARM 1477.50 1486.40 1461.20 1479.65 GALAXYSURF 1389.15 1390.80 1330.70 1339.05 ARVINDFASN 135.00 140.00 131.00 133.00 DIVISLAB 2319.00 2356.00 2310.05 2330.00 29.20 JSWSTEEL 171.95 176.30 169.00 174.60 OMAXE 157.50 160.00 156.80 159.45 BLISSGVS 96.40 96.50 93.85 95.40 BLUESTARCO 500.00 500.00 465.30 470.95 HIMATSEIDE 49.95 51.20 48.20 48.55 GICRE 129.65 130.50 128.50 130.45 1.45 CEATLTD 736.00 747.00 727.45 739.25 TORNTPOWER 302.05 307.15 297.00 300.65 NBCC 19.00 19.00 17.75 18.00 IFCI 3.93 4.02 3.90 3.90 GULFOILLUB 566.00 568.00 551.40 555.05 BOSCHLTD 9868.00 9990.00 9801.65 9899.00 106.85 BHARATFORG 283.00 295.30 281.70 286.70 ADANIPOWER 30.00 30.50 29.50 29.60 RAIN 69.00 71.35 68.65 69.60 GREAVESCOT 77.10 77.20 74.60 74.80 REPCOHOME 121.65 123.10 119.00 123.05 MARICO 301.70 304.90 300.25 302.95 2.70 INFRATEL 175.50 187.65 173.75 183.30 MCX 1130.85 1133.95 1105.30 1116.10 IRB 65.00 65.75 62.50 62.75 DHFL 11.66 11.92 11.62 11.68 TIMETECHNO 30.70 31.65 30.30 31.10 HDFCLIFE 529.75 539.00 522.50 524.00 3.95 ICICIPRULI 405.90 409.00 394.10 397.40 CASTROLIND 126.60 127.25 118.40 119.50 CRISIL 1510.00 1573.50 1510.00 1523.20 KNRCON 196.15 197.20 186.00 186.75 JSL 28.90 28.95 28.45 28.45 PIDILITIND 1380.00 1388.40 1358.40 1378.00 9.65 SUNTV 386.00 394.35 380.80 392.30 HATHWAY 21.00 22.70 20.30 22.70 JKTYRE 52.40 56.00 51.50 52.10 ASTERDM 97.30 100.00 96.60 97.35 ORIENTREF 142.00 142.00 137.05 138.45 L&TFH 57.50 59.10 56.90 57.15 0.40 GLENMARK 336.30 339.50 329.20 335.40 FCONSUMER 9.84 9.84 8.92 8.92 KEC 199.85 201.00 196.75 198.00 KEI 265.40 275.70 259.90 261.90 HERITGFOOD 247.95 252.00 245.00 246.55 ADANITRANS 193.00 198.90 192.15 197.00 0.70 UPL 367.95 378.50 366.75 368.05 VINATIORGA 981.00 999.80 964.00 987.20 JISLJALEQS 9.50 9.50 8.78 8.78 SUNDRMFAST 314.20 316.00 302.00 304.40 WABCOINDIA 6220.00 6270.00 6217.40 6246.80 HAVELLS 492.00 493.40 476.75 488.50 1.05 MANAPPURAM 123.00 123.00 115.60 117.00 IDFCFIRSTB 20.40 20.75 20.25 20.40 LINDEINDIA 522.50 532.70 518.90 523.90 GSFC 42.00 42.00 40.25 40.70 TEJASNET 36.85 36.95 35.00 35.15 PGHH 10052.00 10168.95 9999.00 10050.05 22.10 MGL 879.00 904.75 865.00 900.65 GODFRYPHLP 963.75 965.80 938.85 951.40 QUESS 184.00 186.35 176.00 177.25 UCOBANK 12.00 12.03 11.54 11.61 NAVNETEDUL 71.05 73.00 70.45 70.55 DABUR 450.00 454.70 443.50 446.95 0.15 BANKBARODA 42.00 42.00 40.55 41.00 BOSCHLTD 9950.00 9975.65 9804.00 9860.15 SWANENERGY 100.25 101.00 99.95 100.25 MAHSEAMLES 198.50 199.00 194.00 194.45 GET&D 74.55 75.75 71.25 72.30 ICICIPRULI 401.00 408.80 394.00 400.05 -0.05 VIPIND 221.00 234.80 220.00 223.80 POWERGRID 160.00 162.35 158.50 158.85 BAJAJELEC 361.30 365.00 351.25 361.50 THERMAX 705.90 707.95 699.75 701.15 SOMANYCERA 99.85 99.85 97.45 98.15 NHPC 20.00 20.25 19.90 19.90 -0.05 TATAPOWER 29.30 29.30 27.15 27.35 JUBILANT 390.00 403.00 385.85 401.05 GSPL 193.50 194.00 186.60 189.85 ALLCARGO 68.95 72.00 67.35 67.50 SHRIRAMCIT 726.75 726.75 707.55 712.55 COLPAL 1370.00 1375.90 1340.05 1354.00 -5.50 CANFINHOME 303.00 308.65 298.50 307.00 ABBOTINDIA 17915.40 18023.15 17696.70 17896.00 MINDAIND 245.55 252.30 243.50 245.55 NLCINDIA 44.50 44.50 42.25 42.85 NILKAMAL 1033.00 1033.00 1006.15 1010.30 PFC 84.90 86.15 82.00 83.65 -0.40 NIITTECH 1404.95 1466.45 1401.25 1435.65 JBCHEPHARM 659.40 659.40 636.55 643.85 SYNGENE 323.00 323.25 315.55 317.25 LAKSHVILAS 13.77 13.77 13.30 13.64 ESABINDIA 1074.00 1074.00 1056.40 1072.00 BANKBARODA 41.85 41.85 40.55 40.90 -0.20 APOLLOHOSP 1349.90 1349.90 1283.55 1305.15 HEG 758.00 786.25 748.85 754.20 BALRAMCHIN 100.00 100.00 94.10 95.35 MOTILALOFS* 502.75 520.10 502.75 510.80 KSB 450.00 454.35 440.45 443.25 BANDHANBNK 246.95 250.85 237.50 238.80 -1.20 BANKINDIA 32.95 32.95 31.65 32.65 GMRINFRA 17.80 18.10 17.60 17.95 JAMNAAUTO 24.90 25.60 24.20 24.75 EDELWEISS 39.50 39.90 39.50 39.90 MASFIN 570.00 591.40 552.00 561.60 BERGEPAINT 463.90 463.90 446.65 452.55 -2.85 ULTRACEMCO 3325.00 3448.50 3325.00 3360.95 SONATSOFTW 213.10 215.35 205.40 207.45 BIRLACORPN 392.00 402.30 386.25 397.90 SADBHAV 62.65 62.65 62.65 62.65 NBVENTURES 36.45 36.45 34.90 35.30 UBL 890.50 901.70 880.25 884.00 -6.10 HAVELLS 491.15 493.05 477.35 488.70 INDHOTEL 67.40 68.30 65.15 66.05 TNPL 94.70 94.70 88.30 88.35 CARERATING 374.00 378.00 366.65 370.10 VMART 1658.80 1658.80 1632.00 1642.10 SRTRANSFIN 759.80 767.90 726.05 738.10 -6.30 APOLLOTYRE 90.05 94.35 90.05 93.10 HEIDELBERG 145.70 156.40 145.70 154.05 SUDARSCHEM 372.05 379.60 366.40 371.40 MAHINDCIE 99.70 102.50 94.80 98.20 TVTODAY 180.00 186.10 180.00 183.70 IBULHSGFIN 126.00 126.40 121.15 122.15 -1.10 DEEPAKNI 534.95 546.30 515.00 517.85 CESC 627.95 634.80 604.45 607.45 COCHINSHIP 231.10 242.30 229.75 240.35 JTEKTINDIA 49.80 50.50 47.60 48.20 SHANKARA 258.25 258.30 249.35 251.30 NMDC 73.80 74.95 72.10 72.35 -0.80 UJJIVAN 167.45 172.80 166.70 170.20 OFSS 2548.00 2573.55 2451.00 2491.80 FINEORG 1936.05 1969.45 1909.30 1917.50 TIINDIA 368.00 373.35 342.35 351.00 TEAMLEASE 1563.85 1563.85 1535.95 1538.10 SIEMENS 1056.40 1058.80 1017.50 1029.95 -13.40 IOC 75.95 76.30 74.85 75.35 CGCL 145.60 145.60 137.50 138.90 ASTRAZEN 3168.00 3168.00 3078.00 3082.90 CERA 2176.00 2261.25 2149.20 2195.60 KPRMILL 434.90 434.90 414.30 418.10 PNB 29.40 29.50 28.70 28.80 -0.40 INFIBEAM 51.20 51.65 47.15 51.55 LALPATHLAB 1570.00 1570.25 1545.30 1554.70 GUJALKALI 340.00 340.00 315.80 319.20 SJVN 20.80 20.90 20.25 20.40 CENTRUM 10.25 10.50 9.96 10.35 MCDOWELL-N 505.50 509.65 491.65 493.60 -7.75 BHEL 22.70 23.00 22.15 22.60 EXIDEIND 149.00 149.95 146.55 148.25 PGHH 10140.50 10163.70 10001.00 10049.35 CHOLAHLDNG 282.80 282.80 267.85 270.50 SOLARINDS 872.00 878.85 872.00 875.15 SBILIFE 770.95 770.95 744.85 747.00 -13.05 MUTHOOTFIN 821.75 842.60 816.00 825.20 ITI 81.95 84.20 80.55 80.85 NESCO 420.40 424.70 411.00 412.25 FDC 251.00 257.40 249.30 250.05 TCNSBRANDS 377.75 382.35 372.10 372.30 BIOCON 359.45 363.80 350.05 352.45 -6.80 HEXAWARE 238.80 255.85 231.00 251.80 SPARC 135.75 135.75 131.40 132.05 CREDITACC 421.00 427.00 403.10 403.10 ECLERX 446.00 447.90 430.00 432.45 MAXINDIA 59.00 59.60 58.75 59.35 HINDPETRO 198.00 201.20 191.80 192.00 -4.95 BEL 61.00 61.95 59.40 60.25 BEML 566.20 572.95 553.80 558.95 PGHL 4100.00 4119.20 4083.80 4099.15 GEPIL 405.95 420.30 399.00 400.45 CHALET 134.00 134.85 131.75 131.75 HDFCAMC 2525.00 2645.95 2501.30 2545.95 -73.30 ICICIGI 1252.35 1313.55 1250.35 1296.45 MIDHANI 202.50 204.70 199.30 202.05 PERSISTENT 528.10 539.95 516.30 528.70 LEMONTREE 17.50 17.55 16.55 16.75 SFL 1390.00 1390.00 1390.00 1390.00 (( !"!#!# <2= .*? * "
) (: as Germany have established reopening, the French did not customers, so it is a relief struction site. robust tracing abilities, other have to carry forms allowing despite the tremendous work In the US, Trump adminis- lastic spacing barriers and countries are far behind. Britain them to leave their homes. they did to adapt their shops, tration officials spoke opti- Pmillions of masks appeared abandoned an initial effort in Crowds formed at some metro to create paths with entries and mistically about a relatively on the streets of Europe’s newly mid-March when the virus’s stations in Paris, but the city’s exits for customers,” said man- quick economic rebound from reopened cities Monday, as rapid spread made it impossi- notorious traffic jams were ager Jurgen De Gelas. the pandemic — but then France and Belgium emerged ble. Now it is recruiting 18,000 absent. Only half the stores on British Prime Minister Boris announced that Vice President from lockdowns, the people to do the legwork of the Champs-Elysees were open. Johnson announced a modest Mike Pence is “self-isolating” Netherlands sent children back tracking contacts. Parisian hairdressers easing of the country’s lockdown after an aide tested positive. to school and Spain let people Britain and other countries planned to charge a fee for the but urged citizens not to squan- The US has seen 1.3 mil- eat outdoors. are also developing contact- disposable protective gear they der the progress made. Some lion confirmed infections and All faced the delicate bal- tracing cellphone apps that will have to give customers. people, however, were confused about 80,000 deaths, the most ance of trying to restart bat- can show whether someone has Walk-ins will be a thing of the as the government shifted its slo- in the world by far, according tered economies without caus- crossed paths with an infected past, said Brigitte L’Hoste, man- gan from “Stay at Home” to “Stay to a tally by Johns Hopkins ing a second wave of coron- person. ager of the Hair de Beauté salon. Alert.” Scotland, Wales and University. Worldwide, 4 mil- avirus infections. In the hardest-hit corner of “The face of beauty will Northern Ireland stuck with lion people have been report- Fears of infection spikes in the US, contact tracers in New change, meaning clients won’t the old motto. ed infected and more than countries that eased their York began online training come here to relax. Clients will At the risk of more confu- 2,80,000 have died, over restrictions have been borne out Monday. A May 15 goal for come because they need to,” sion, the British government did 150,000 of them in Europe. over the past few days in reopening parts of the state said Aurelie Bollini, a beauti- an about-face on masks Monday, Health experts believe all those Germany, where new clusters hinges on the ability to track cian at the salon. “They will telling people to cover their numbers understate the true were linked to three slaughter- the spread of the virus. come and aim at getting the mouth and nose in stores and on toll of the outbreak. houses; in Wuhan, the Chinese Gov. Andrew Cuomo set a maximum done in the shortest buses and subways. Dr Christopher Murray, city where the virus started; and requirement of 30 contact trac- time possible.” People in jobs that cannot director of the University of in South Korea, where one ers per 100,000 residents for In South Korea, the gov- be done at home “should be Washington institute that has nightclub customer was linked areas to reopen. That translates ernment clamped down again, actively encouraged to go to created a widely cited model pro- to a 85 new cases. to about 6,000 workers halting school reopenings work” this week, Johnson said. jecting the course of the out- Health officials in the U.S. statewide. planned for this week and He also set a goal of June 1 to break, said that moves by states will be watching closely in the Contract tracing across the reimposing restrictions on begin reopening schools and to reopen businesses “will trans- coming days for any resur- rest of the US is a patchwork of nightclubs and bars. It is trying shops if Britain can control new late into more cases and deaths gence of the virus two weeks approaches and readiness levels. to track down 5,500 patrons of infections. Johnson himself is in 10 days from now.” Infections after states began gradually In loosening up the coun- a Seoul nightlife district by the only world leader to suffer and deaths are going up more reopening. try’s lockdown, German author- checking credit-card transac- a serious bout of COVID-19. than expected in Illinois, Authorities have warned ities have spelled out a specific tions, cellphone records and At London’s Waterloo Arizona, Florida and California, that the scourge could come level of infection that could security camera footage. train station, not everyone he said. In South Africa, author- back with a vengeance without lead to the reimposition of In China, Shanghai looser restrictions, beginning to to open with precautions, but to be catastrophic,” said Manuel was convinced. “I am nervous ities in Cape Town and the sur- widespread testing and tracing restrictions in local areas. Other Disneyland reopened but with socialize, shop in small stores their financial prospects were Domínguez, manager at Seville’s about going back, because I have rounding province considered of infected people’s contacts, countries — and US states — limited visitors who had to wear and sit outdoors at restaurants. bleak with people not allowed to Doña María Hotel. a family and they have been iso- reimposing a stricter lockdown and efforts to assemble contact- have been vague about what face masks and have their tem- Its biggest cities, Madrid and travel outside their provinces In Belgium, Brussels’ City2 lating since the start. 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The US has in advancing the Sustainable many countries, as well as the 247,842 people were under that a tourist comes and goes reports say.The official warning been the worst-affected coun- Development Goals,” it said. widespread introduction of O medical observation as of into quarantine,” the : could come within days. try with 1.3 million confirmed “The world is facing an travel restrictions and the clo- $ Sunday. IANS minister said. In Beijing Foreign Affairs coronavirus cases and nearly unprecedented health and eco- sure of airports and national , , ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian 80,000 deaths. nomic crisis. Tourism has been borders. AFP ' % rejected the allegation, saying : China firmly opposes all cyber %P.$$# , ' FFFF ,$ attacks. “We are leading the 2: ) " , ) world in Covid-19 treatment and N vaccine research. It is immoral to * -2?@ '7 !% target China with rumors and , : slanders in the absence of any :5 " . ! evidence,” Zhao said. The warn- ing would add to a series of alerts akistan’s Opposition parties $) and reports accusing govern- ' Pon Monday accused , 4 6 ment-backed hackers in Iran, Prime Minister Imran Khan’s " , ! North Korea, Russia and China Government of mishandling 7O" of malicious activity related to the the coronavirus crisis, as 2: pandemic, from pumping out the total number of the Covid- ) false news to targeting workers 19 patients in the country rose $ and scientists. to 31,684. : ! The New York Times said During a National " it could be a prelude to offi- Assembly session convened cially-sanctioned counterat- after a gap of nearly two tacks by US agencies involved months, Pakistan Muslim ' in cyber warfare, including the League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader 4! ' $ Pentagon’s Cyber Command and former Defence Minister , and the National Security Khawaja Asif led the , $ Agency.Last week in a joint criticism. in the country. ligence showed by the , ' O message Britain and the United Deputy Speaker Qasim Asif said that the federal Government. When we had States warned of a rise in cyber Khan Suri chaired the session government was confused over fewer deaths, the entire coun- attacks against health profes- in the absence of Speaker Asad the issue of how to handle the try was completely shut down. O sionals involved in the coron- Qaiser who is recovering from coronavirus crisis. Now that we are seeing a dan- ! avirus response by organised the coronavirus. “The current situation that gerous spike in cases, they are criminals “often linked with The meeting is the first we are in is due to the approx- easing lockdown restrictions,” other state actors.” since the outbreak of Covid-19 imately two months-long neg- he said. $ ! $ < $ $ 5 = Tehran: A missile fired during withdrew the US from Tehran’s sels from the paramilitary an Iranian training exercise nuclear deal with world pow- Revolutionary Guard usually Washington: Inspired by the cheetah to create a type of soft They said the fastest soft 0 , mistakenly struck a naval ves- ers two years ago, launching a patrol the Persian Gulf. cheetah, scientists have devel- robot that has a spring-pow- robots until now could move at sel instead of its intended tar- maximum pressure campaign The Konarak, a Hendijan- oped a new type of soft robot ered, ‘bistable’ spine, meaning speeds of up to 0.8 body lengths # .25 !0 * #& (''$ #%& get in waters near the strategic against Iran that has pushed the class support ship taking part that can move over three times that the robot has two stable per second on flat, solid sur- !'- &&()* & (& Strait of Hormuz, killing 19 archrivals to the verge of con- in the exercise, came too close faster on solid surfaces or in the states. We can switch between faces. our back-to-back roadside *( & *-$ !$/') sailors and wounding 15 oth- flict repeatedly. to a target and the missile water than previous genera- these stable states rapidly by The new class of soft Fbombs exploded in a north- &$'! $! & & ers, Iranian authorities said on Analysts have warned struck it, state TV said. tions of such machines. pumping air into channels that robots, which are called ern district of Afghanistan’s 0'%'6 /& &# + & Monday. regional tensions likely will Authorities did not identify the The new soft robots are line the soft, silicone robot,” Yin “Leveraging Elastic instabilities capital Kabul on Monday, .#' +( & (#%&' The bungled training exer- increase again. This week also ship that fired the missile, also capable of grabbing objects said. for Amplified Performance” wounding four civilians includ- cises took place on Sunday and marks the one-year anniversary though semiofficial media in delicately — or with sufficient “Switching between the (LEAP), are able to reach ing a child, police said. The Taliban has not carried raised new questions about of attacks on oil tankers near Iran identified it as the Iranian strength to lift heavy objects, two states releases a significant speeds of up to 2.7 body lengths Kabul police spokesman out any large attacks in the city the readiness of the Islamic the strait that the US blamed on destroyer Jamaran. according to the research pub- amount of energy, allowing per second— more than three Ferdaws Faramarz said a clear- since they signed a landmark Republic’s armed forces amid Iran. The Konarak had been lished in the journal Science the robot to quickly exert force times faster— at a low actuation ance team was at the site of the withdrawal deal with the US in heightened tensions with US, Sunday’s friendly fire inci- putting targets out for other Advances. Cheetahs are the against the ground. This frequency of about 3 Hertz, attacks. February, meant to pave the just months after they acci- dent struck the Iranian navy ships to target, state TV said. fastest creatures on land, and enables the robot to gallop according to the researchers. Terrorists have carried out way for peace in the country. dentally shot down a Ukrainian vessel Konarak near the port of Initially, officials said only they derive their speed and across the surface, meaning These new robots are also several roadside bombings and No group has claimed the jetliner near Tehran, killing Jask, some 1,270 kilometers one sailor had been killed. power from the flexing of their that its feet leave the ground,” capable of running up steep rocket attacks in Kabul and attacks. 176 passengers. (790 miles) southeast of Tehran That number quickly changed spines, said Jie Yin, an assistant said Yin. Previous soft robots, inclines, which can be chal- other parts of the country in The explosions come as It also comes soon after a in the Gulf of Oman, the to 19. A local hospital admit- professor at North Carolina the researchers said, were lenging or impossible for soft recent weeks, but Monday’s authorities are trying to impose tense naval encounter between Iranian army said in a state- ted 12 sailors and treated State University in the crawlers, remaining in contact robots that exert less force four consecutive explosions a lockdown in the capital to Iranian and US forces in the ment. another three with slight US. with the ground at all times, against the ground, they appeared to be the first coor- curb the spread of coronavirus nearby Persian Gulf. Iran’s regular Navy typically wounds, the state-run IRNA “We were inspired by the which limits their speed. said. PTI dinated effort for some months. in the country. President Donald Trump patrols those waters, while ves- news agency reported. 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Cancer patients are more susceptible to which are contributors to proper immune COVID-19 than individuals without the disease because of their functioning. Whether yoga works by some compromised immune system and various other factors like anti- mechanism to directly stimulate immune cancer treatments, such as chemotherapy, targeted therapy and function apart from the indirect pathways immunotherapy. is yet to be determined. Not everyone will get sick. But like the flu virus, there are Given its positive potential, there is a definitely people who are more at risk. People who are older (par- -<.@!A. !7 high possibility that yoga practices can act ticularly over 60) and people with underlying health conditions, as preventive techniques against infec- such as chronic lung disease, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, tious diseases, and more specifically, of res- chronic kidney disease and cancer appear to be at higher risk piratory-related infectious diseases such as for major complications. That includes admission to intensive ! , '7 !%$ upper respiratory tract infections (URTI’s). care and even death. With outbreaks and pandemics of coron- The early data from China, and reports from the ground in aviruses, including severe acute respirato- other countries of local transmission is that our cancer patients !( "3:6 (A ry syndrome (SARS), Middle East respira- are going to be at increased risk, infact cancer patients record- tory syndrome (MERS), and COVID-19, ed a 40 per cent mortality rate much higher than any other sam- s the time is passing by, entire , they start experiencing breathless- at home andtake extra precautions which are the leading cause of morbidity ple groups. So we’re taking all these factors into consideration world is witnessing new ness even after doing minor phys- in maintaining basic hygiene. and mortality from infectious disease inter- while treating cancer patients now. Ainsights in regard to novel ical work, as the process of oxygen Add immunity boosters to your nationally, yoga can extend a helping hand. Patients with hematologic (blood) malignancies we believe corona virus and its effects on supply to the various parts of the meals like tulsi, ginger, turmeric and A well-known ancient ancillary yoga will have the biggest risk. Also, patients who are in active human body almost every day. body is compromised. As a result 63) !3"' take Vitamin C. practice called jala neti kriya, referred to as chemotherapy and those who have undergone bone marrow Considering COVID-19 to be a res- they are at the higher risk of a num- 6 :'(3 :3! Follow a healthy diet plan. Consult nasal saline irrigation (NSI), involves flush- transplants. Those are the ones with the most profound piratory disease,initially the major ber of diseases, and COVID-19 is a dietician or nutritionist if need be ing of the nasal passages with a salt water immune deficits. focus is on lungs and their function- one of them as well. In the present 4 (33:: and make a balanced diet chart solution using a neti pot. It has been recog- Immunosuppressed and cancer patients should be extra cau- ing but it has also been found that scenario during lockdown more "7@)37)53 accordingly which leaves little scope nised within Western medicine since the tious and treat this like a bad flu other pre-existing diseases pose an than normal eating and no physical of weight gain. Increase your water late 1800’s as an effective therapy for treat- season. There is also a concern additional risk of getting infection. activity can add to this risk of gain- !63A6 3 intake if allowed as per your health ment of nasal and sinus congestion due to 7# among of patients of what hap- People with, pre-existing diseases like ing weight and subsequent conse- : (3! #@ or pre-existing ailment. allergens or URTI’s. It is hypothesised to pens if one stops, delays or Diabetes Mellitus, hypertension, quences. It may well be a starting point dur- function by thinning mucous, improving 7 switches the cancer treatment. bronchial asthma, on chemotherapy Change your approach: First and 63(63 56 ing this lockdown to lose weight and mucociliary clearance, decreasing edema, ' There is a need to do various for cancer, on dialysis and with lower foremost thing to be kept in mind :3(72:5A$6: improve your health quotient. and reducing antigens in the nasal and sinus ##'#A47 tests to assess their condition immunity are at much higher risk is that an obese person is already at Start with mild exercise or simple cavities and thereby enhancing the nasal 'B and progress of the disease, than normal individuals of getting a major risk of diabetes, cardiovas- :6725!.363 yoga asanas at home and then slow- mucosa’s ability to resist the effects of infec- chemotherapy and radiotherapy, COVID-19 disease with serious cular diseases, high blood pressure, ' :3467.3:3 ly speed up the process. There are a tious agents, inflammatory mediators and # #'#7 every week, especially for aggres- consequences. In recent times new arthritis even cancer. While getting number of exercises which can be irritants. NSIs are now commonly pre- ' 7 sive types of cancer. insights have suggested obesity an infected with novel corona virus )37)53 :4355$ done at home without extra equip- scribed in everyday clinical practice as a B Cancer patients with sched- additional risk factor in this regard. entirely depends upon coming in 63A:6725! ment and lesser space, for that pur- URTI treatment. 7 uled appointments should keep CDC (Centres for Disease contact with an infected person and pose you can take help of social Taken together, the research on poten- ##' them, unless they’re experienc- Control and Prevention) now lists fomites, an obese person is at high- .3'7"3"7(3 media or follow some fitness expert tial efficacy of contemplative mind-body ing coronavirus symptoms. severe obesity as a risk factor for er risk of Covid infection, due to on YouTube. interventions on prevention of URTI’s is ## 5 Those with symptoms are asked severe COVID-19; it states that these coexisting diseases Obesity (3:)7:.53 ! Keep in contact with your con- encouraging. Along with enhancement of # # to wear a mask, which decreas- BMI (Body Mass Index) of 40 or being one of them . *7'2:7 cerned doctor if already suffering immune function by removing the inhibito- es the spread of viruses and bac- above is a risk factor for COVID- Time has come when obesity from any disease or have been fol- ry effect of mood impairment and stress on teria. 19.Now the mere fact that incoun- should also be dealt as a challenge *75574@ lowing some medication. the immune system; yoga and meditation If you develop symptoms of coronavirus such as high fever, tries like USA, a significant popu- in a country where in some cas- ")(7 3! These times convey a strong practices have a direct effect in enhancing a deep dry cough, fatigue and shortness of breath, the first and lation is already suffering from esobese people are culturally called message to be followed that COVID- hygienic preventive behaviors. Though the foremost step is to let someone know, call your provider and tell severe obesity and getting infected healthy or khaatey peetey ghar ke. 5*3:A53 19 is not merely about precautions latter is a valuable indirect strategy, appli- them if you have respiratory symptoms. Sometimes, they may at the same time, which thus might This is particularly important espe- rather now it’s more about people’s cation of jala neti could be considered to advise you to stay home or can provide guidelines and protect be leading to this observation and cially among children as obesity is entire wellbeing and future health. be a direct-acting preventive behavioral you when you walk in the door depends on your symptoms and consequent hypothesis but still it notably on a rise and this is a sec- Always remember we cannot defeat strategy for URTI’s. Though there are more condition. And if the symptoms are minor just stay home. should beof major concern. tion of population along with the with obese people as well. They this pandemic merely with treat- researches going on to prove the direct Remember, it’s still flu and cold season. What really makes obesity a risk elderly is already vulnerable to the should be more responsible towards ment rather with healthy lifestyle impact of yoga on mind, body and soul, Your family is important and you don’t want to avoid them, factor for COVID-19, and how it can infection. their own health and not become a and positive attitude in life will bring time will prove the positive impact of yoga but if someone in your household gets sick, use some social dis- be dealt with let’s have a glimpse into It’s more about overall wellbeing part of the chain of covid-19 dissem- significant change in the world to on healthy individuals as well as more sus- tancing. Wear gloves, have them sleep in a different room if you the explanation: than only about COVID-19: This ination and start accepting a healthy fight COVID-19 better. ceptible population such as the elderly. can, make sure you wipe down areas with some sort of bleach Obese people have lower level of pandemic has increased awareness life style from today itself. Following )$ !-! )-, B wipes and keep washing your hands regularly. That’s really impor- immunity due to inflammation dri- and made people serious about are few points to be kept in mind: - $- )# C* - tant. ven by certain cells in the fat tissue their health. So should be the case Follow the rules of lockdown,stay 1 * # 3 It’s also crucial not to bring a sick family member into your cancer treatment center. We need less people who are ill, not more, You don’t want someone going in with you even if they only have minor symptoms. It’s important to bring just one caregiver with :5"53 you to treatment, not your entire family. 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Activities designed # and we need to think creatively to plishment. choices and will feel empowered around this make them feel like make staying at home fun for Learning new words and when allowed to make simple grown-ups and are perfect oppor- them. The Montessori teaching spelling can become a fun activ- decisions. Limit the number of tunities for you to bond with your 75 A method fits in perfectly at this ity by enacting the words through toys that a child plays with to child. time and can be used to devise charades and forming letters using avoid over-stimulation and bore- Age appropriate tasks like carry- = +7 activities with things that are eas- body parts. dom within a short period of time. ing a jug and watering the plants are # ily available at home. Children can Science is best understood with Schedules and routines give a simple things that kids will enjoy 5 learn important skills in a fun way experiments. Seeds like coriander sense of order and familiarity. doing. and stay happily engaged. and fenugreek planted in dis- Follow a set time for meals, naps Working and learning together can A' B9' Core Montessori ideas are carded containers are perfect and bedtime with activities that be more fun at times. Set up a play 5'' supported by a strong body of evi- opportunities to observe stages of can be associated with them. desk or a pretend desk where your dence in developmental psychol- plant growth. Growing sprouts Reading a bedtime story, dimming child can work with you. A simple '+ ogy. Dr Montessori was a physi- can demonstrate germination and lights and a massage are signals of jigsaw puzzle, a favourite book or 'B cian and brought an observation- double up as a healthy snack. bedtime. colours can keep them busy while 'B 5' based, practical and holistic Experiments with baking in the you work. approach to the learning and kitchen can yield delicious out- impact. reflective mirrors. Set things that they may require 'B development. Though over 100 comes. Don’t give away the answers but Create a set that activates the within reach. Providing a stool in the 'B A B years old, its concepts are extreme- Water play can be used to under- just enough information to pique sense of smell. Toddlers will react Moving the limbs help the bathroom for easy access to the sink, ly relevant in an age where chil- stand measurement, volume and interest. This encourages chil- differently to the aroma of cinna- brain cells build a connection fixing the towel hook at a lower 7 # dren are exposed to screens even gravity right from an early age dren to think and challenge their mon, lemon, cloves or mild per- between a specific movement height, child-safe scissors or plastic 5 '49' before getting their first tooth. when a child scoops and pours brain. fume. and its outcome. knives for them to cut parboiled veg- Here are a few simple activity ideas water into different containers. Playing with a rattle is a For infants, grasping objects etables and fruit gives the child a 5 AP that you can be done at home 7 favourite activity for infants. like a toy kept just out of reach chance to become independent. L1 without any fancy equipment. A Most Montessori materials Move the rattle to vary the volume encourages movement, dexteri- single activity can apply to more The Montessori methods are are designed to engage all the and direction of the sound or use ty and development of fine motor than one concept and can be largely self-motivated as kids learn senses. These can be easily repli- bells or drum on the table with a skills. When children misbehave, tak- , tweaked to suit any situation. better when they are interested in cated at home with everyday spoon. The child also under- The benefits of tummy time are ing a deep breath before reacting is . a subject. They are free to choose items. stands spatial context and a sense immense. Activities done by a sometimes all it takes to restore calm. 7 7 what and how they want to learn Tactile development is believed of direction through this simple baby while s/he is on his/her Respond to the child’s feelings and Children learn best with with reasonable boundaries set by to lead to cognitive thinking. A activity. belly build core strength, neck needs in a sensitive manner. Asking hands-on experience. Research the parent. child’s sense of touch is highly and upper arm muscles. Let the why they did something helps them has shown that we are more like- Encourage storytelling where developed right from birth. Play baby crawl and explore, without share their thoughts through open ly to remember a concept and children are free to build a story dough can be made easily at Faced with so many options, worrying about dirty knees and communication. understand it clearly when we do according to their imagination home and used for kneading, children tend to get distracted at legs. 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R $M hattered after her graduate Srecital was cancelled amid : $ n the midst of people practis- and adoration that I have got. I Coronavirus scare, Brooke Mead Iing self-isolation, in response will always be thankful to them. nearly gave up. Faced with to the Coronavirus pandemic, And will think twice before recording the concert alone, at =# # filmmaker Shirish Kunder’s Mrs choosing anything and shall home, the 23-year-old viola stu- 4 Serial Killer is streaming on always keep them in mind that dent stopped practicing alto- Netflix and continues to be a they’re waiting for something gether. 6 trend on the platform. new and unique from me.” But then, the music took an , , What emerges as the high- The actor who has been amazing turn. After seeking out light of the OTT film is Manoj loved for his previous digital out- advice in an online question-and- Bajpayee’s performance. The ings is very much in favour of answer session with the actor essays the role of Dr OTT platforms. He says, Philadelphia Orchestra, she was Mrityunjay Mukherjee, who is a “Whatever content was made invited to perform her recital on O gynaecologist and a suspected and scheduled for this time is the renowned body’s live webcast ' serial killer whose wife is deter- getting released accordingly. The as the lead-in to a rebroadcast of mined to prove his innocence by shows and films take a lot of time one of its performances. $ copying the impugned crime. to be made, so you can’t just That allowed her to reach Shirish’s whodunnit cap- release it just because there is a hundreds of classical music fans tures Bajpayee in his element lockdown. To make a film or around the world who otherwise &G with his performances and char- show, there are certain stages for wouldn’t have got a chance to acteristic quirks in the film. its completion. hear her play, had her perfor- When asked about landing the Once the mance gone on as originally role, the actor said, “Shirish lockdown planned at Temple University’s came to me at the last minute is over, all Philadelphia campus. and I somehow realised that the OTT “It’s been a bit of a roller even if the role is not so lengthy, platforms coaster emotionally, just thinking sion chimed in: They wanted to and Jean Paul Hindemith, and But music has been Mead’s life. I will have a great time shooting and con- about going from a packed hall to be a part of Mead’s audience, too. American folk musician Jay She fell in love with it around when with him. He has got a great way tent are no hall, to having possibly to The orchestra’s president and Ungar’s Ashokan Farewell — went she was two, when her college pro- and style of telling the story going to be record yourself, to then having CEO, Matias Tarnopolsky, decid- off without a hitch. fessor mother took her to children’s $ without losing its mainstream in demand.” this virtual audience,” Mead said. ed then and there to incorporate When the university cancelled music classes on her campus in L elements.” In the online session, Mead Mead’s recital into the organisa- gatherings in mid-March, spurred Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She start- With rave reviews asked the orchestra’s assistant tion’s online platform. by widespread social distancing ed playing the viola in third grade. for his performance principal cellist, Yumi Kendall, Mead felt re-energised. Her measures, Mead didn’t really think Now, as she looks to a career and his latest OTT how she should deal with her dis- apartment became her stage. Her she was entitled to be disappoint- as an orchestra performer or venture being appointment. Mead had done in-person audience was limited to ed. administrator, she has a momen- appreciated by intern-level work for the orches- just roommates and a dog (the Coronavirus was killing peo- to to inspire her — a printout to , many, Bajpayee tra from September to March, cats were too noisy to let into the ple, among them was also her part- remind her of all the wonderful is grateful to the and Kendall recognised her room where she performed). ner’s percussion instructor, long- feedback she received during her viewers. He name. Mead and Kendall, who time Philadelphia Orchestra musi- recital, virtual cheers and scores of '7 ! expresses, “It “Instinctively, I just raised my served as master of ceremonies cian Alan Abel, who died the day emojis — clapping hands, smiling % is over- hand,” Kendall said. “I said, ‘Oh, for the online recital, ran through after her performance at age 91. faces and lots of fire. M whelming OK. I’ll be there. You have an the program ahead of time to Doctors and nurses were risking “I get to read the real-time $ to see so audience of at least one and I’ll work out logistical kinks. The live their health to save others. And reactions to my performance for much love definitely be there’.” show — pieces by German com- here she was, mourning the loss of the rest of my life,” Mead said. People watching the discus- posers Johann Sebastian Bach a concert. —AP !"!#!# (
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The ing his suspension. body if the national team tours when the pacer lost his place in moment you go to domestic Shakib was banned from Australia later this year. the team to Irfan Pathan. cricket, you won’t get that qual- all forms of the game for two Gambhir was reacting to A media report in 2008 had ity competition.” years, one year of that sus- BCCI treasurer Arun Dhumal’s claimed that Dhoni wanted RP He said Dhoni was a fair pended, in October 2019 for statement that if required, the Singh instead of Pathan for a captain and their friendship breaching ICC’s Anti-corrup- Indian team could go into quar- part of the home ODI series never affected the wicketkeep- tion Code. antine upon their arrival Down against England. Without er batsman’s decisions for the He can finally return to Under for the scheduled tour in acknowledging the claims of the team. the game on October 29 this the Australian summer. report, the then Indian captain “We (Dhoni and I) had a year and according to Shakib, However, the need for two had called the selection meet- discussion about where I could the biggest challenge for him weeks quarantine will only arise ing leak as “disgusting and dis- improve, what I can do to get will be to reach the lofty stan- if the preceding T20 World Cup respectful”. better. I know MS Dhoni. dards he had set for himself doesn’t take place in Australia. Looking back at that inci- Friendship is a different thing, before the enforced break. %+* 3 “Good on BCCI, fabulous. dent and his career of 14 Tests, but leading the country is dif- Shakib was at his absolute % % >D E $ Good on them. This is a very 58 ODIs and 10 T20s, RP Singh ferent altogether. At that best in the 2019 World Cup as very positive sign, because I said he had no hard feelings moment, I think he pushed the he slammed 606 runs in 8 Shakib was suspended for think they are looking at a far over his axing. ones who he thought were bet- innings and also picked up 11 failing to report corrupt bigger picture, that it will change “I don’t think I was affect- ter. I think he pushed people wickets. He slammed two cen- approaches and he said one the mood of the entire country ed by the leak. The England whom he thought would follow turies and five half-centuries has to sometimes pay for as well. series we are talking about, I the plans better. during the group stage but being ignorant. He also “It is not only about winning didn’t get a wicket in Indore. “This is why MS Dhoni is failed to power the team into revealed his mental health series in Australia, which is very Obviously people think they MS Dhoni today. His unbiased the knockouts. took a beating during his very important. But it will change will get 2 or 3 more chances. But opinions on cricket and deci- “First of all, I want to time way from the game. the mood of both the countries it was not meant to be. Some get sion making. I didn’t play as return to the game. I will “I have realized that there as well, not only India, but prob- # $ 0 , # P * >D ? % 4 46 5 chances, some get 10 chances much as I should have because return to the game after 4-5 are certain things that you just ably for Australia as well,” the lucky ones,” the 34-year-old, maybe my speed dipped and months,” Shakib was quoted as cannot take lightly due to Gambhir said on Star Sports they need to look at a bigger pic- dethroned India to be the num- known for his straight talk. whose last game for India came my swing dipped. Everything saying by DW Bangla as per ignorance and probably that is show Cricket Connected. ture as well and that is what ber one side. India slipped to the Questioning Australia’s rise in 2011, told Sports Tak. else is secondary. If I had Cricbuzz. the biggest lesson I learnt India are scheduled to play probably they have done. third spot. to the top, Gambhir said the “But many times it has improved then, I would have “No other decision will be during this time,” Shakib said. four Tests Down Under and if “If India look to tour “No, I am not surprised, team was particularly pathetic in happened to me, whenever my played more. But I am happy taken before that. The biggest “It is very difficult time for the tour doesn’t take place, Australia, I have got a lot of because I don’t believe in all these sub-continent conditions. performance dipped, I was with whatever I achieved.” PTI challenge is to be able to start me because at the back of the Cricket Australia could lose as respect then for BCCI…,” added rankings, points system, proba- “If you have to see from the again from where I had mind you always think that I much as 300 million A$. the southpaw. bly the worst was the points sys- overall impact point of view, yes South Africa, they won a Test front you have you given stopped, that is what I’m am not playing or not being “And then you have got to be The 38-year-old Gambhir, tem what was there in World Test India has lost a Test series away match in England and probably Australia the number one Test expecting from myself. able to play. statesman as well, when BCCI, who played 58 Tests and 147 Championship, you get same from home, they have won in not many other countries have ranking, because they have been “Wish I can start from For me making sure that they are probably the richest ODIS, also took a jibe at world points if you win a Test match Australia, but they have been the done that. pathetic away from home, espe- where I ended up. That is the I am not depressed is extreme- board and probably the most body ICC on the recent Test away from home, that’s ridicu- most competitive side, hands “....Because Australia, I have cially in sub-continent…,” signed challenge for me, nothing ly important as I am locked powerful board in the world, so rankings, where Australia lous…,” said Gambhir, who is down, they won a Test match in serious serious doubts, on what off Gambhir. else,” he added. down in my house.” , & %$ % +P @ 7 7 @ # % & $ 00 “I was part of an MCC team that played West Indies # ( '6 England in July and limiting the 5 67(3 whom he shared the at Arundel in the first match venues for the matches and play- dressing room in the of their 2004 tour,” Cook akistan might play more Test ing before empty stadiums. akistan pacer Haris BBL last term. He spoke said. Pmatches during their tour of PCB CEO Wasim Khan con- PRauf heaped praise about the things that “We had a decent bowl- England if it goes ahead as firmed the video conference but on Melbourne Stars’ Steyn taught him during ing attack — Simon Jones, scheduled in July after the said so far, the ECB has not spo- skipper Glenn Maxwell their brief stint togeth- Matthew Hoggard and Min Windies pulled out of an assign- ken to them on increasing the and stated the er and how it helped Patel, all of whom were ment there in June owing to the number of matches on the tour Australian helped in him better his game. England players. Covid-19 pandemic. which is scheduled between July building his confidence “Dale Steyn has “Brian Lara scored a cen- The Pakistan Cricket Board and September. that eventually led to the been my role model tury between Lunch and Tea and the England Cricket Board “Things will be clear after the pacer shining in the last ever since I started to which made me realise I was officials are due to have a video meeting but whatever decision edition of the Big Bash play cricket and to be in witnessing another level of ) conference on May 18 to discuss we take we will consult our cap- League (BBL). the same team as him at Former England batsmanship altogether. It how they should proceed with tains and head coaches before He revealed that 3) 117 the BBL was absolutely captain Alastair Cook has was genius at work,” he Real Madrid’s players returned to work at the the tour given the situation giving any confirmation,” Khan Maxwell went out of thrilling,” Rauf said. included current India skip- added. club’s training ground on Monday ahead of the planned because of the pandemic. said. the way to support him ordinary confidence in “I was very happy to per Virat Kohli in his list of Apart from Kohli, the resumption of La Liga next month. “At present we have to play The PCB has so far kept right through the course my ability to bowl and meet him, and I can tell batsmen who came close to other players who found spot After finding no positive cases from tests for coro- three Tests and three T20Is but mum on the chances of the of the tournament and used me where I was of you that he is a wonder- matching genius of legendary in Cook’s list were Ricky navirus last week, Madrid players arrived at Valdebebas the number of Tests could be series taking place in England that led to him picking most use to the team. ful teacher. He gave me West Indies batter Brian Lara. Ponting, Jacques Kallis and to train for the first time in two months. increased and the tour could start because of the Covid-19 situa- 20 wickets in his maid- “He went out of his tips in the nets and gave Lara, who is the only Kumar Sangakkara. Madrid were one of the first clubs to go into quar- a bit early in July,” a PCB source tion. en BBL campaign. way to support me me a lot of advice about batsman to score 400 in a Test According to the former antine after a basketball player tested positive for coro- said. But with the British “I feel that coach whilst we were on the how to go about my inning, had retired after scor- left-handed England opener, navirus on March 12, the same day La Liga suspend- The source said that the Government announcement to David Hussey and cap- field and for my part, I game and what attitude ing 11,953 runs in 131 Tests Kohli finds a spot in the list ed all competitive fixtures. ECB could offer to organise a ease the lockdown in the coun- tain Glenn Maxwell’s repaid him by bowling to adopt. and 10,505 runs in 299 ODIs. because of his sheer ability to But after almost nine weeks training at home, four or five Test series against try, it appears Pakistan could be confidence in my abili- to the plan and to the “In particular, he During a Q&A session score runs freely across for- Zinedine Zidane’s players initiated the first phase of Pakistan if the West Indies tour touring on schedule. ties was the key factor in fields he set for me,” he told me about the with the Sunday Times, Cook mats. La Liga’s training programme, that includes players didn’t go ahead. Pakistan is also scheduled to my excellent perfor- added. aggression that I need to recalled a 2004 tour game “Now you would have to working individually, with a maximum of six on a pitch Issues that are likely to be play an ODI series against Ireland mances in the BBL,” Rauf also spoke have as a fast bowler and where the legendary West put Virat Kohli in that group, at once. discussed in the May 18 meet are while in UK but that series could Rauf was quoted as say- about his admiration since then I have tried to Indies batsman had scored a especially for his ability to “Divided into two rotations and on various a quarantine period for Pakistani be rescheduled and also be held ing by PakPassion.net. for South Africa speed- adopt that attitude for century in a session to leave score so freely in all three for- pitches, Real Madrid footballers carried out their first players when they arrive in in England. “Maxwell had extra- ster Dale Steyn, with myself,” he added. him awestruck. mats,” Cook said. IANS individual exercises with and without the ball,” the club said in a statement, with several photographs of the players in action. " Eden Hazard was among those pictured running, / *, 1 the Belgian returning after undergoing surgery on his right foot in the United States on March 5. &:* : 1F1F Thibaut Courtois, Gareth Bale and Marcelo were also training alone while Zidane wore a mask as he 34!356 4 ) !"R# < gave out instructions. Madrid preferred to wait until Monday to begin he Sports Ministry on Monday granted total 16,985 cast for this year’s three to all my fans and thank everyone for vot- women’s doubles title at Hobart training again, after other clubs like Barcelona, Sevilla Trecognition to 54 national federations till regional Group I nominees. ing for me. I hope to bring more laurels International alongside Nadiia Kichenok. and Villarreal resumed on Friday. September this year, leaving out the govern- The Fed Cup Heart Award winners to the country in the future,” she said in Former world number one in dou- Barcelona are two points ahead of Real Madrid at ing bodies of archery, golf, gymnastics and were determined via online voting by fans a statement issued by the All India Tennis bles and six-time Grand Slam champi- the top of the table. paralympics among others. which went on for a week starting from Association (AITA). on Sania beat Indonesia’s 16-year-old La Liga’s plan is for players to progress through a In the revised list, the ministry granted May 1. Sania made a comeback to Fed Cup Priska Madelyn Nugroho for the award staggered schedule that will see them train alone, in fresh recognition to the All India Carrom Tennis ace Sania Mirza on Sania’s vote share of over 60 per cent after four years and helped India quali- in Asia/Oceania regional category. small groups and then finally in larger team sessions. Federation. Monday became the first Indian to win of the total votes is a testimony to the fy for the play-offs for the first time in The winners from each category The league’s president Javier Tebas told Movistar The Paralympic Committee of India the Fed Cup Heart Award for her success- global popularity of the Indian star at the history. received $2000 as prize money, which the on Sunday night he hopes games might be able to (PCI), Rowing Federation of India (RFI) and ful return to the court post motherhood. Fed Cup competition. After giving birth to her son, Izhaan 33-year-old Hyderabadi decided to restart behind closed doors on June 12. School Games Federation of India (SGFI) Sania won the award for “It’s an honour to win the Fed Cup in October 2018, Sania returned to the donate to the Chief Minister’s Relief Tebas said the remaining 11 rounds of La Liga were the ones denied affiliation. Asia/Oceania zone after securing a Heart Award as the first Indian. I dedi- court in January this year and instantly Fund to fight against the Covid-19 matches would be played over 35 days, with fixtures While the PCI initially found a place in whopping 10,000 plus votes out of the cate this award to the entire country and achieved success by clinching the pandemic. PTI on every day over that period. AFP the 2019 annual recognition list, it was de- recognised by the ministry in September last year for violating the National Sports Code. PCI Secretary General Gursharan Singh , / > # ' '83