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The US, Spain and The total number in Bihar To bring reforms in agri-        0 #  Russia are the worst affected inched to 1,005 with 6 new culture sector and to help farm-    countries in terms of +ve cases. cases reported on Friday ers earn better prices, the  #%/%/0N;.# /% Seven States in India which whereas Karnataka tally rose to Government has also rolled out %0  2 ###/.#%0% includes — Maharashtra, 1,032 after 45 new cases were sweeping reforms to amend the several measures have been ##%O/ 0  %/  , Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, reported in the State. Essential Commodities Act taken to support farmers that 2 / ##*# ,# Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Of 97 total deaths regis- 1955, removing cereals, edible including minimum support 2 / #2 ##0/ #*  and — have tered in India on Friday, oils, pulses, onions and pota- price purchases of 74,300 0 #/ 1/ #.%0  2 # reported the maximum num- Maharashtra at 49 fatalities, toes out of its purview and a crore, 18,700 crore trans- ##/.#%0 # 0 # ber of cases. 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"      nation, dairy sector, herbal for the formalisation of Micro tors, farmers producers organ- %/ # # 0 #  10,108 cases and Delhi regis- free in India also reported 7      #  $ plantation, beekeeping, and Food Enterprises (MFE); isations (FPOs), primary agri / /0"""2 / # tered 425 cases taking the total new cases on Friday which fruits and vegetables were also 20,000 crore Pradhan Mantri cooperative societies, agri to 8,895. again brings back the State to has slowed down to 13.9 days, samples were tested in the announced. Matsya Sampada Yojana for entrepreneurs and startups Gujarat too registered spike the red zone from green zone. said Union Health Minister country as on Friday 9 am, with Announcing the third development of marine and under the agri infrastructure inland fisheries. in cases at 340 pushing the tally The total number of cases in Harsh Vardhan, referring to the 92,911 tests being conducted tranche of economic stimulus inland fisheries; 15,000 crore fund. The fund will be used for The Minister also to 9,932. Madhya Pradesh, Goa now inched to 14. time it takes for the number of since Thursday 9 am, Dr package, Union Finance for Animal Husbandry setting up cold chains and announced 10,000 crore Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh Similarly, in Manipur a fresh cases to double. Rajnikant Srivastava, the head Minister Nirmala Sitharaman Infrastructure Development post-harvest management scheme for formalisation of too continued their march case emerged after 26 days, tak- An ICMR official said the of the Department of Research on Friday said a package of 1 fund and 4,000 crore allocat- infrastructure. The micro food enterprises, (MFEs) reporting 4,595 cases, 4,747 ing the total tally in this North- number of RT-PCR tests for Management, Policy Planning lakh crore for strengthening ed for promotion of herbal cul- Government will also launch to implement Modi’s vision of cases and 4,057 cases respec- East State to three so far. detection of Covid-19 crossed and Communication at the Agri infrastructure fund for tivation. 20,000 crore Pradhan Mantri ‘Vocal for Local with Global tively. West Bengal reported 84 The country’s doubling rate the two million-mark in India ICMR here said. farm-gate infrastructure for The Minister said in the Matsya Sampada Yojana for the outreach’. new cases which led to increase of coronavirus infection cases on Friday. “A total of 20,39,952 Continued on Page 6 farmers; 10,000 crore scheme last two months of lockdown, development of marine and Continued on Page 6      . R  (R          'O" P.   '        R  !   3   (                /0!                  ;; he Supreme Court on     (?D; TFriday said it is impossible gainst the backdrop of      he UK’s biggest Covid-19 for courts to monitor or stop he Supreme Court on ANepal objecting to the acing flak over migrant Tvaccine project, currently the movement of migrant TFriday stayed the Gujarat newly constructed road in Freturnees and their kin walk-  Q  R being tested by the University workers across the country High Court order nullifying Uttarakhand to shorten the ing to their native places braving   of Oxford, has shown some and it is for the Government to State Minister and BJP leader travel time for Indian pilgrims the summers, the UP govern- promising results in a small take necessary action in this Bhupendrasinh Chudasama’s going to Kailash-Mansarovar ment banned the transit of work-    study with monkeys. regard. 2017 election on the ground of yatra, Army Chief General ers on foot, by two-wheelers, Researchers involved with the The Centre told the top malpractice and manipulation. MM Naravane, said here on trucks or other vehicles and   trials said the vaccine had court that migrant workers A Bench of Justices M Friday the Himalayan neigh- asked the district officials to shown signs of priming the across the country were being Shantanagoudar and R Subhas bour was raising the issue “at make arrangements for their epending on their share of rhesus macaque monkeys’ provided transportation by the Reddy, conducting the hearing the behest of someone else.” refreshments and transit. Dcoronavirus and the rate of immune systems to fend off the Government to their destina- through video conferencing, His observation, which is Chief Minister Yogi its growth, States want to adopt deadly virus and showed no tions but they have to wait for issued notice on Chudasama’s seen as an apparent reference Adityanath directed district mag- different strategies in the lock- $& '!  " ! " !!!()* indications of adverse effects. their turn rather than starting plea and sought response from to China, came against the istrates and district police chiefs down-4 post-May 17 with "   According to the study, walking on foot amid the coro- his rival Congress candidate backdrop of recent face-offs to ensure that no one travelled on focus on the revival of econo- which is yet to be peer- navirus pandemic. Ashwin Rathod, among others. between Indian and Chinese foot or on two-wheelers or trucks my in “green zones” and re- relaxations for economic activ- reviewed, a single vaccination A Bench headed by Justice In the HC, Rathod had Armies in Ladakh and Sikkim in their areas and deploy police starting mass transport, includ- ities, but States like Gujarat do    dose was effective in prevent- L Nageswara Rao refused to challenged his BJP rival’s vic- with troops from both sides personnel for patrolling and ing the metro services. not favour the extension of the ing damage to the lungs, which entertain an application seek- tory from Dholka by a margin indulging in fisticuffs. arrange vehicles for the onward The containment “red lockdown despite high spurt of    *% is primary target of the virus. ing a direction to the Centre to of mere 327 votes in the 2017 Rejecting Kathmandu’s journey of the migrants after pro- zones” will have complete cur- cases in the State. Aizawl: The Mizoram “We observed a signifi- ask all District Magistrates to Gujarat Assembly polls. reservations on the 80-km road viding food and water to them. few-like enforcement of lock- Congress governed Government on Friday extend- cantly reduced viral load in identify stranded migrant During the hearing, senior inaugurated last week by “A team should be formed at down and stress would be to Rajasthan wants economic ed lockdown till May 31 to bronchoalveolar lavage fluid workers and provide shelter, advocate Neeraj Kishan Kaul, Defence Minister Rajnath each police station to provide help convert them in the “green activity to begin in the “green check the spread of coron- and respiratory tract tissue of food to them before ensuring appearing for Chudasama, said Singh, Naravane said there is transport and other facilities to units” before the end of the zone”. Chief Minister Ashok avirus infection, an official vaccinated animals challenged their free transportation to that election of his client was no “contradiction at all” in the migrant workers. The adminis- next-phase of the lockdown. Gehlot has demanded from the said. The decision was taken with SARS-CoV-2 (Covid-19) native places in view of the set aside by the high court on new road constructed via tration should even hire private Adopting contrasting PM that the zone determina- after various political parties compared with control ani- recent incident at Aurangabad ground of corrupt practice as Lipulekh pass. He said Nepal buses to ferry them if UP strategies Bihar, Jharkhand, tion for the lockdown be at the and several organisations, mals, and no pneumonia was in which 16 workers were 429 postal votes was not count- may have raised the issue “at Roadways buses are not avail- Assam and Odisha have sought State level so that economic including those of NGOs, observed in vaccinated rhesus mowed down by a goods train ed and which were more than the behest of someone else,” able,” said Additional Chief strict continuation of lock- activities can be started. churches and doctors, favoured macaques,” they said. recently. the victory margin. without naming any country. Secretary Awanish Awasthi while down in all zones with some Continued on Page 6 extension of the lockdown. Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 Continued on Page 6 briefing about the chief minister’s meeting with Team 11 in on Friday. Yogi said that     on inter-state borders, police         personnel should be more vigi-    lant to stop migrant workers on + foot. “As a good gesture, every-       tain officials and there action position in other parties dis- one entering UP should be wel-     alone can come under legal charge their professional duty comed with a bottle of water and  (?D; ormer judge of the Mumbai scrutiny. The bank as an enti- independent of the party’s after giving them food and ensur- ! " #$ FHigh Court Abhay Thipsay ty cannot pretend to be a vic- views or position? My opinion ing health check-ups, they should hree men and two women has defended his role in giving tim under the definition of law.” is not a secret document. I gave be sent to their native places by   Ttested positive for coron- a legal opinion in the Nirav “But were not shareholders it to the Government of India government or private buses,” the avirus infection in the state cap- Modi case as a witness before and depositors ended up long back, and they replied to chief minister said . he India Meteorological ital on Friday — four from the a UK court and feels that Law becoming victims of the finan- that also. I don’t know, why Meanwhile, a record 13.5 TDepartment (IMD) on hotspot in Kaiserbagh and one in Minister Ravishankar Prasad cial fraud?” they are suddenly upset,” he lakh migrant workers and their Friday said the onset of the Muftiganj. Chief Medical Officer has targeted him apparently “As I said before in the said. families reached the state during southwest monsoon over Dr Narendra Agarwal said the because he refused to “com- India law, there is nothing Thipsay went on to remind lockdown. Awasthi said that in Kerala is likely to be delayed by man who tested positive at promise” despite pressure and defined as financial fraud. So Ravishankar Prasad that before the last one week, 4.70 lakh peo- four days this year, adding that Muftiganj had returned from persuasions from different we’ve to see this under the law Nirav Modi fled India, and ple reached the state by 380 spe- the expected date now is June Mumbai and was in self-quar- quarters in some sensitive of cheating. If the depositors even after the IT conducted cial trains, 70,000 came by buses 5 as against the normal date of antine. The four persons who cases. and shareholders had filed raid on him, former Law and another 1.5 lakh by their own June 1. tested positive in Kaiserbagh Speaking to The Pioneer on complaints and the case was Minister Arun Jailey’s daugh- means. On the other hand, private vegetable market are from fam- phone, Justice (retd) Thipsay based on it, it would have been ter was his advocate. “Every day, around 70 spe- forecaster Skymet has assessed ilies having COVID-19 patients. explained that the entire con-    ! # ! $# ' a different situation. That was “I’ve nothing against her or cial trains are carrying 90,000 that monsoon may arrive over The total number of positive troversy has two parts. First, to not the case before me. Here Jaitely. She was doing a profes- migrant workers to 48 stations of Kerala around May 28 (with a cases detected in this area has do with his legal opinion in the is elder brother of former involved in issuing the Letter of PNB has been presented as a sional job. Just like I’m doing UP and another 250 special margin of error of +/- two reached 61. extant case; the other one with national chess champion and Undertakings, how the bank victim.” my job. I can name dozens of trains are expected in coming days). Skymet has said the On Friday, 205 swab samples his past judgments. Grandmaster Pravin Thipsay, can pretend to be a victim?” “The Law Minister has advocates with political asso- days. The most number of 201 onset date has no bearing on its were sent to King George’s “Let me first deal with the said that in his legal opinion as “Under the Indian law, for accused that you were acting at ciations who appeared in sev- trains came from Gujarat, fol- further advancement to other Medical University for testing first part,” he said. “I simply a witness he merely explained cheating there has to be a con- the behest of the Congress eral sensitive cases and defend- lowed by 72 from Maharashtra, parts of the country. while CMO’s teams sensitised gave a legal opinion as a wit- that under the Indian law no spirator and a victim — a party, which you joined in ed highly controversial accused 67 from Punjab, 13 from According to the IMD, the Bhanpur and Bhagwant Khera. ness. I was not defending Nirav offence has been defined as a deceiver and a deceived. The 2018, as part of a bigger game persons. It’s the job of an advo- Karnataka, seven from Rajasthan, onset of southwest monsoon District Magistrate Abhishek Modi or anyone. Some people “financial fraud” and as such person who has been deceived plan to bail out Nirav Modi.” cate to do this. I’ve merely five each from Kerala and over Kerala is likely to be Prakash said that three areas had are trying to project this as a the Nirav Modi case is being can initiate legal action against “Well, let me make it very appeared as witness to expound Telangana, three from Tamil slightly delayed as compared to been removed from the list of case of my collusion with an treated as a case of cheating. “I the deceiver. But the bank is not clear that my opinions have on a law point. Why make such Nadu, two each from Andhra normal date of onset. hotspots. He said the district now anti-national. This is not done.” explained that since the bank an individual with its own nothing to do with the a hue and cry over it?” Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Continued on Page 6 had only eight hotspots. Justice (retd) Thipsay, who officials were themselves mind. It’s represented by cer- Congress. Don’t people in my Continued on Page 6 and one from Goa.     !"#$#$       ('0 /# %# .#%.//#  (?D; “On Thursday, besides by Health department offi- 4,878 tests of COVID-19 across cials, “ he said. ttar Pradesh is set to the state, there were 426 pool The Health department Ubecome the first state of tests of 2,082 samples in which also alerted 6,500 people over  3      the country to test 10 samples 35 were found positive,” he said. phone after Aarogya Setu in a pool test which was earli- Prasad said with the num- inputs, in which 14 were found er done taking just five. ber of samples going up in the coronavirus positive while 58 As per Indian Council of pool test, testing reach would others were found having other  (?D; Medical Research (ICMR) rec- increase and it would be pos- illnesses. The 75,006 surveil- ./0( '  ommendations, a laboratory sible to diagnose positive lance teams also screened 61.92 esperate workers returning can take a maximum of 25 patients quickly. lakh houses inhabited by 3.60 Dto their native places from samples in each pool test. The principal secretary crore people. other states continued to be  (?D; The NHRC further These tests are carried out in said that the government had Meanwhile, the state gov- struck by tragedy as seven of observed that several news areas outside hotspots and have become strict on surveillance of ernment extended the registra- them died and 100 others were he National Human Rights reports about miseries of peo- been found to be very effective migrant workers in home quar- tion of all private doctors and injured in separate mishaps TCommission (NHRC) has ple had come to its notice dur- so far. antine. “Asha Bahus, who were nursing homes till December across the state on Friday. issued a show-cause notice to ing the lockdown, forcing it to Principal Secretary part of Nigrani Samitis during 31 from the previous deadline In Barabanki, three work- the UP chief secretary and dis- intervene in order to sensitise (Health) Amit Mohan Prasad a survey of 2.62 lakh home of June 20. The decision was ers from Surat (Gujarat) were trict magistrate of on a the Central and the state said on Friday that UP will start quarantined migrant workers, revised after situational assess- killed and four others were report about a woman pulling authorities to deal with the sit- testing 10 samples in a pool test found 305 persons with some ment and demand of private injured when they were hit a suitcase with her small child uation with an approach of in what can be termed as the symptoms of the virus. They doctors and nursing home from behind by a vehicle early sleeping half-hung on it on respect to human rights of the first endeavour in the country. were now being taken care of owners. Friday. The victims were trudg- Agra highway. public at large, particularly ing to Bahraich and Shrawasti The migrant woman was the vulnerable sections of soci- when the tragedy struck at walking all the way from some- ety. .   3       Ramnagar area of Barabanki where in Punjab to till However, media reports around 2:30 am on Friday. she caught the attention of the suggest continuing sufferings Lucknow (PNS): Two young lovestruck couples with his wife and two sons, Raj Kumar and Two of them died on the spot media persons. of the people, particularly the ended their lives after the marriage of the girls Pramod. On Thursday night, Pramod (22) went while a third succumbed to Taking suo motu cogni- migrant labourers, whose long were fixed somewhere else by their kin in Hardoi to have liquor with his friends Anil Yadav and injuries at district hospital. sance of the incident, the journey is not coming to a halt, and Jhansi respectively. Chandra Prakash in the neighbourhood. After The injured were referred to NHRC observed that it was it added. In Hardoi, a teenaged girl and her young getting drunk, his friends shot him dead. Trauma Centre in Lucknow. aware of the unprecedented sit- M      Referring to yet another neighbour were having an affair in Pedwa ham- Pramod used to work in a private compa- The deceased were identified as uation and that the Central and      reported incident of apathy of let of Shahabad for the last two years. Even as ny in Mahoba and his marriage was fixed in Jitendra, Shishupal of Bahraich the state governments were        public authorities and NHRC they planned to get married, their families were Attarra for May 18. and Mohan of Shrawasti. working sincerely to address suo motu cognisance of the against it. Recently, the girl’s kin fixed her mar- The police registered a case and arrested Elsewhere in Jalaun, two every issue coming up during         matter wherein a female riage somewhere else and stopped her from Chandra Prakash while Anil was absconding. migrants died while 44 sus- the lockdown, but it was      migrant labourer delivered her meeting her beau. The distressed girl eloped with In Firozabad, a couple died in a fire on tained injuries when a DCM strange that the pain of the      baby on road and continued her lover on Thursday night. When their fam- Thursday night. Ajay Mishra (50) of Bhagwan ferrying them from child and the family could be her journey within two hours ilies searched for them, they found their bod- Ashram area of Tundla used to work in a spices Maharashtra was hit by a truck seen and felt by many en route   !N after that on way to Madhya ies hanging from a tree on the fringes of the vil- factory. On Thursday night, he retired for the in Kirdhan area early Friday except the local authorities. Pradesh from Maharashtra, lage early Friday morning. day with his 48-year-old wife and later in the wee morning. After the mishap, the “Had the local authorities intervention by the NHRC,” Agra, calling for a detailed the Commission observed that The bodies were sent for autopsy and hours, their neighbours noticed flames and DCM fell into a ditch as a result been vigilant, some relief could the Commission said in a press report within four weeks in the such incidents only indicated investigations were on. smoke coming out their air-conditioner. When of which Sundari and Sher immediately be provided to the release here on Friday. matter, including the action carelessness and inappropriate Similarly in Jhansi, farmer Ashok Prajapati their calls failed to elicit any response from inside Bahadur Gautam died on the aggrieved family and others The NHRC has issued taken against the responsible approach of the local public of Kumhar Ka Kuan in Nawabad area fixed his the house, they informed the police. spot. On being informed, the facing similar hardships. The notices to the chief secretaries officers/ officials and authorities who do not bother 19-year-old daughter’s marriage at Shivpuri to The police broke open the door and found police rushed there and rescued incident amounts to violation of Punjab and Uttar Pradesh relief/assistance provided to to come forward to see the real- stop her from marrying a neighbour. On learn- the couple dead, probably of suffocation. the injured before admitting of human rights and requires and the district magistrate of the victim families. ity at the ground. ing about it, the young lover barged into In another incident in , the body of them to Orai medical college. Prajapati’s home and shot his love dead before an unknown woman in a salwar suit was found Meanwhile in Jaunpur, migrants was headed to Basti rushed the injured to a hospi- 65 migrant workers from deaths, Chief Minister Yogi ending his life using the same weapon. near Rohta flyover in Kankankhera police sta- another migrant worker was from Prayagraj. Near Gobraha tal where one of them suc- Maharashtra when it met with Adityanath announced assis- The family later informed the police who tion area on Friday morning. The police con- killed and eight others were village, the driver lost control cumbed to his injuries. the mishap near Madan Kothi tance of 2 lakh each for sent the bodies for autopsy. cluded that the victim was killed somewhere else injured when the truck they and the truck overturned on In Bahraich, a labourer in Kotwali area. A total 36 peo- dependants of the deceased and In another incident in Banda, a youth who and her body was dumped at the spot. The had board, overturned in Khuthan-Shahganj road and was killed while 35 others were ple were injured and were hos- 50,000 to the critically injured. was to get married in three days, was shot dead woman had a tattoo on her hand reading Suman Khuthan area on Friday. the nine labourers were injured when a DCM rammed pitalised where Ghulam (40) He directed respective district at Mataundh are on Thursday night. wife of Adesh. The truck carrying con- crushed under it. Later the into a tree in Kotwali area on succumbed to his injuries. administrations to ensure all Chunnu Khangar of Bhuragarh hamlet of The police were taking the help of CCTV struction material and nine police reached there and Friday. The truck was carrying Expressing grief over these possible help to them. Mataundh worked as a village guard and lived cameras to identify the victim and the accused. 2         1      (?D; “I have asked UP Infrastructure “The state has to balance demand ment’s decision to promote setting up   1$  and Industrial Development and supply sides of real estate sector,” of private industrial parks in smaller he Uttar Pradesh government set Commissioner (IIDC) and heads of he said. cities too, for which relevant policy Tup a panel to resolve the woes of industrial development authorities The minister had recently inter- would be amended to incorporate  (?D; aries and conservation centres, builders and real estate developers to look into urgent issues and submit acted with members of Confederation new provisions. Such private enclaves Kanha Upvan/ gaushalas can also affected by slowdown due to lock- a report,” Mahana said. of Real Estate Developers’ Association could be developed on 25 acres of embers of UP Assembly can be constructed with MLA LAD down. A large number of housing and of India (CREDAI) and informed land. Mnow utilise Vidhayak Nidhi Fund. The exit from lockdown has fur- commercial projects are stuck in the them that the state was considering UP Real Estate Regulatory (MLA Local Area Development In August last year, the gov- ther aggravated for the sector due to state and several ongoing projects the proposal of paring interest rate Authority (UP RERA) also launched Fund) for the construction of ernment approved a Rs 30-a-day massive flight of labourers. have been witnessing cancellations by charged from builders. a video conference platform ‘RERA cow sheds after the state govern- scheme for farmers for the upkeep Industries Minister Satish buyers due to dip in earnings due to Observing that the pandemic Samvaad’ to address the grievances of ment amended rules of the of stray cattle. It was cleared by the Mahana said in Lucknow on Friday shutting down of commercial and had hit the sector hard, Mahana home buyers and other stakeholders, Vidhayak Nidhi. cabinet and a sum of Rs 110 crore that the panel would analyse the industrial activities. assured developers that the govern- especially against the backdrop of Principal Secretary (Rural was allocated in the first phase. ground situation of the sector and sug- Mahana said that the growth of ment was taking a slew of measures lockdown. Development and Panchayati Raj) Money was credited directly in gest ways and means to resolve issues real estate was key to sustainability of to tide over the crisis and their sug- Meanwhile, Chief Minister Manoj Kumar Singh said that ear- accounts of those who took care of concern. He said the real estate sec- the economic value chain apart from gestions would be considered for Adityanath stressed upon reviving lier MLALAD Fund was not per- of stray animals and payments tor was already facing problems and generating employment and provid- speedy implementation. industrial activities and directed offi- mitted in repair or construction of were made every third month. lockdown had added to its woes. ing affordable houses to consumers. He referred to the state govern- cials for simplifying sectoral policies. cow shelters but now legislators The decision to include cow could earmark funds for this. protection in Vidhayak Nidhi A government order (GO) comes more than a year after the issued on May 13 by the Principal state government introduced a /21/%%/## #%2#/ ##  /./!  Secretary (Rural Development ‘gau kalyan’ (cow welfare) cess, and Panchayati Raj) addressed to envisaging levy of additional 0.5  (?D; departmental action against Kumar. Meanwhile, one of the two migrants who legislators, said that construction per cent on alcoholic drinks to Toeing the district magistrate’s line, the district reached Azamgarh from Mumbai last Wednesday of shelter homes for stray cattle, fund construction and mainte- ockdown restrictions failed to prevent a religious police chief of Meerut shifted Circle Officer evening, died at a hospital and his sample report except by private individuals, nance of cow shelters. The cess Ljalsa (gathering) being attended by 150 people Dinesh Shukla and sent two beat constables to confirmed him to be coronavirus positive. The other could be carried out under was also levied on toll tax and for three days at a house in a Meerut hotspot. police lines on Thursday night. However, the CO’s youth was also admitted in a critical condition and MLALAD Fund. profits made by public sector The slackness and lack of input of the local transfer order was cancelled on Friday. his report is awaited. The MLAs will, however, be enterprises and construction police and Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) was As per reports, Meerut’s ADM (City) Ajay Both had reached their native villages on sep- able to allot funds for cow sheds agencies. exposed after additional district magistrate of Kumar Tewari learnt about a big religious jalsa going arate trucks on Wednesday evening and were from 2021-22 fiscal as Vidhayak The Mandi cess was raised by Meerut raided a house Delhi Gate area on Thursday on in Patel Nagar in Delhigate area and raided the rushed to hospital after their condition deteriorat- Nidhi for the current fiscal has one per cent to support cow pro- evening. place on Thursday night. He found 150 persons ed. been transferred to Covid-19 tection and estimated revenue of While the participants managed to flee during attending a religious discourse which was under- Magistrate Nagendra Pratap Relief Fund set up by Chief Rs 165 crore was to be utilised for the raid, the cops managed to lay their hands on way for the last two days. While the participants Singh said that the migrant from Netpur hamlet Minister Yogi Adityanath. care of destitute cattle. In 2019-20 the organiser and detained four others. managed to escape, Yusuf Allah and four others died in a hospital in Lucknow and his report con- The MLAs can, however, allot budget, the government allocated A case against a dozen persons was registered were detained for quizzing. firmed him to be coronavirus positive while the remaining funds of the Nidhi of Rs 247.60 crore for maintenance at Delhigate police station. The ADM rang up the local police officers but other was a native of Sadar tehsil and he was admit- the 2019-20 fiscal. and construction of cow shelters Taking a serious note, Meerut’s District they did not respond. He then called the senior ted to a local hospital. The authorities were now Besides expansion, storage, in rural areas and Rs 200 crore for Magistrate Anil Dhingra removed sector magistrate superintendent of police after which Delhigate tracing those labourers who accompanied them capacity augmentation and con- upkeep of ‘kanha gaushala’ and and Irrigation department junior engineer Station House Officer Ravindra Singh reached there from Mumbai to reach UP so that they could be struction of shades and boundary stray cattle shelters in urban Dharmendra Kumar and also recommended and later registered a case. quarantined. walls of existing shelters, sanctu- areas. #,78+#/ 1           

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.0  9         ' 3      '   (?D; Lucknow (PNS): Pilloried for     failing to provide medical help am Charan Das and to a migrant who died on board RPramod Kumar both,      a train, the of migrant labourers from Nashik, Northern Railways helped out arrived at Lucknow on Friday   :  a woman who had labour pain (May 15) by a truck carrying while travelling on Friday. goods. As soon as they reached Lucknow (PNS): The exodus Senior divisional commercial near Transportnagar metro of migrant labourers from manager Jagtosh Shukla said the station, they started searching Lucknow due to the coron- railway staff received an SOS for another vehicle to take avirus pandemic and lock- that a woman travelling by them home. down has not only impacted Pratapgarh-bound Shramik Both the migrants said the industries but also led to Special Train (09257) on Friday their only aim was to reach a sharp decline in desi liquor was having labour pain. “The home, a village which 37 kms sale. General secretary of staff worked in sync with the away from Jaunpur. “We have Liquor Sellers Welfare railway medical staff and district been facing many problems, Association (LSWA) KL administration and the woman especially of food. We worked Maurya said the sale of desi was immediately rushed to hos- only for the number of days as liquor had dipped by 50 per pital,” Shukla said. He said the told by the contractor, and cent at present. railways ensured social distanc- realised that the work in future “The cost of a pint is Rs 75 ing and proper screening of the was not guaranteed. We knew but it is currently sold at Rs 80 passengers who alighted at the a few people who linked us to after including the Covid cess. Pratapgarh station on Friday. a trucker and it was how we The maximum consumers of “We are working in sync with came to Lucknow,” one of them desi liquor have been labour- the district administration and said. They stressed that they ers or workers employed by our medical teams are ready to were not thinking about future industries and those hired by deal with any emergency situ- and they only believed that they contractors for construction ation,” he said. He added that the would get some respite at work in the city. Due to lock- fire wing of the railways sani- home. Kanhaiya, another down, all these works stopped tised different offices of the labourer who reached Lucknow and the labourers started leav- Lucknow division on Friday. in the afternoon, said he !  " '   ' ' "!'   ing the city to reach their The railways had to face walked 450 kms from Jhansi hometowns. As of now, sever- criticism after an Ayodhya- because he was getting no food, water and buses for these migrants coming in are rough- checked only at the borders or al hundreds of labourers have bound migrant had died on work there, and he wanted to migrant labourers coming from ly 20,000-25,000 per day. We in their respective districts. migrated from the city. They board a train on Tuesday. He reach his village in Amethi. Delhi, Punjab, Haryana and also provide them footwear if They catch any truck or private were our prime customers had later tested positive for “There was no work in other states. it is broken or damaged. We vehicle without caring about and thus the sale of desi liquor coronavirus after which GRP Jhansi for people like me and ADM (East) said they have give them refreshments which social distancing. Police also has dipped,” Maurya #!    " 12 ' personnel and other railway thus there was no other option made arrangements for ferry- they can have them on the help them catch these vehicles explained. He said LSWA had  '   staff were sent to quarantine. but to leave,” he said. ing of these passengers to their move,” he added. so that they do not have to written to the excise commis- Despite the facilities respective districts from two He said these migrant walk. They are coming from sioner, requesting for cancel- arranged by the state govern- points. “These two points are labourers take lift in the trucks Kanpur road and Hardoi lation of the quota system for ment in terms of trains and Dr Shakuntala Misra Medical lined up near the station to bypass. Some of them are also desi liquor and for returning ?/3. #%*#%*,##  buses to take the migrants to College & FI Medical College, reach their home towns in coming from the license fees of shops. “We their respective districts, they and 12 buses are departing on , Bihar, Rae Bareli and and others from Polytechnic,” have suffered losses due to clo- are still preferring to take any a daily basis ferrying these Sultanpur. “They are so desper- he said. sure of shops for 43 days due vehicle available to reach home. migrants to their home districts ate to reach home that even Sandeep Khare from to lockdown. Now, the labour- %## D ( E? Sitting on top of the trucks or or towns,” the ADM said. pregnant ladies are not ready to Vigyan Foundation, which ers have migrated from the packed in them like sardines, Organisations providing stay back. We tried to stop a works for migrant labourers, city and there are no  (?D; since they live in more hygien- faster and the mortality is there is very little sense of social food to these labourers said couple moving to Chhattisgarh said that the influx was huge takers of desi liquor,” Maurya ic conditions. Prevalence of much lower,” he said. He said distancing among this section they have not availed of the as the woman was pregnant, and it was not possible to pointed out. he time taken for recovery malaria, vaccinations for TB that currently there are 13 of people, apparently in a bid state government facilities but her 25-year-old husband make arrangements for all. He said they witnessed Tby Covid-19 patients at and BCG vaccine are some rea- patients at the hospital while 31 to reach home. because they are not tech- did not listen to us because he “These labourers are not tech- bumper sales of desi liquor KGMU has been reducing, sons which have been cited for discharged. Organisations working savvy and do not have smart- was faced with so many uncer- savvy and besides, the registra- before the coronavirus pan- Vice-Chancellor Dr MLB Bhatt less aggressive nature of the dis- Dr Bhatt said they were with these migrants by provid- phones. Retired Group tainties,” he pointed out. tion process is complex with demic. He added that LSWA said on Friday. The last seven ease in India,” he said. also looking forward to their ing them tea, buns, puffed rice Captain, Indian Air Force, President of Dehadi municipal bodies looking into had also requested the excise to eight patients discharged The KGMU VC said there newly started services in which and jaggery on the way home Dinesh Chandra, who started Mazdoor Sangathan Ram those under the municipal lim- commissioner to allow cus- from the hospital got cured in could be many reasons but they doctors could take consultation said a large numbers of labour- giving food to migrants on his Janam, who stands at Kamta its, lekhpals looking into those tomers to take swigs at shops. seven days, he pointed out. did not know the exact reason, from them regarding coron- ers are arriving by all kinds of own, said over the past week, everyday, said a large number under rural limits and develop- “To ensure social distanc- “The reason why patients which was matter of research. avirus patients. “Not much is vehicles and even on foot near their number has increased to of migrants were coming in ment authorities looking into ing, the government had are getting better in less time is However, he added that either known of the disease hence Shaheed Path and a large extent. He said he daily and despite best efforts, food their areas. The problem, how- restricted sitting at model/desi a matter of debate and acade- way, it was a very positive doctors also need some guid- Transportnagar metro station. stands at the Transport Nagar could not be provided to all of ever, is that these labourers do liquor shops. If the govern- mic exercise. It is a possibility development. ance, which is the reason we District Magistrate metro station, feeding the in- them. “People are coming from not want to stop. They are tak- ment allows the customers to that our immune system is “Whatever the reason, this have started the services and Abhishek Prakash said they bound labourers with buns, Ghaziabad and Haryana in ing all possible means of trans- sit at shops, the sales will much better as compared to is a heartening development hope to help the doctors,” he have made arrangements of fruits, tea and water. “The trucks. These people are port to reach home,” he said. increase,” he said. those in western countries that patients are recovering added. 04  3     4        (' *5    

 (?D; 0,1  nationwide drink and accept-   ed as an immunity booster,” he ovid-19 crisis has affect- added. Singh advised all the  (?D; Ced more than 200 coun- cess. He said the youths have students to follow their passion tries of the world, including created history whenever they and listen to their hearts to on of a retired PCS officer some very resourceful coun- have come together. succeed in life, to remember Sand a former Radio City tries, but the countries with “Usage of technology to that learning has not stopped radio jockey was arrested for lesser resources are responding come up with innovative solu- but has started and to contin- threatening an ex-colleague in in a better manner showing an tions will become a norm for ue to learn new lessons and Lucknow and making obscene example of management. The success. Technology can be a skills in order to survive and comments on the posts of other entire world has appreciated real rescue in difficult and succeed in corporate and to women working in the FM the management of Covid-19 challenging times. Technology imbibe critical thinking. channel on Instagram and by India and the leadership of and youths have immense “Approaching problems Facebook. The accused was Prime Minister Narendra potential for India,” he said. with an open and objective identified as Anurag Yadav of Modi. He cited example of mind helps in finding the best Shankerpuri locality under These views were Aarogya Setu, a technological solutions,” he added. The e- Indira Nagar police station area. expressed by Defence Minister solution, and urged all students convocation was organised by He was arrested from his house Rajnath Singh at the e-convo- to install it in their mobile all four campuses of Jaipuria after his location was traced cation of Jaipuria Institute of phones as it acts like a person- Institute of Management in through his mobile phone. On Management in Lucknow on al bodyguard. He also lauded Lucknow, , Jaipur and the complaint of the victim, the Friday. Singh said that India the efforts of Indian Institute Indore. A total of 941 students cyber cell formed a team con- needs smart managers in var- of Technology in Kanpur and were awarded diplomas. For sisting of inspector Anil Singh, ious roles whether it’s bureau- Hyderabad for their efforts to Lucknow, it was the 24th con- sub-inspector Suresh Giri, head crat, politicians or entrepre- make portable ventilator. vocation. Chairman, Jaipuria constable Firoz Badar, and con- neurs. Addressing the stu- Talking about the rich cul- Group of Institutions, Sharad stables Akhilesh Kumar, Sharif dents, he said: “What we have ture of India, he said: “Namaste Jaipuria, vice-chairman Khan, Neeraj and Sunil. The learned in these two years has become a style statement Shreevats Jaipuria and directors team worked under ACP (cyber should be made a part of our for the world. People all over of the four campuses, members cell) Vivek Ranjan Rai and lives.” He talked about the the world have understood of board of governors and aca- tracked down Anurag. The power of youth and said only the importance of yoga & demic council, faculty mem- team traced Anurag’s mobile collaboration and collective ayurveda and turmeric milk bers and other guests were phone location and later nabbed efforts would be the key to suc- while ‘kadha’ has become a present on the occasion. him from his house. During interrogation, Anurag owned up his crime and disclosed that (#,### he was nursing a grudge against 6     his former colleague. Anurag had worked as an     (?D; on Friday. Those arrested were RJ in New Delhi and Noida in identified as Ashish Lodhi, the past and was fired from the % "/%  28-year-old woman ended Vicky aka Imran, Pawan job. Police said Anurag nursed Aher life at her house in Kumar and Meraj (all of a grudge against his colleagues  (?D; Chinhat on Friday. Reports Barabanki) and Shahid Alam as he considered them to be said the woman, identified as of Ayodhya. Police said they instrumental behind him get- he Lucknow University Kiran of Laulai village in recovered huge quantity of ting the oink slip. Twebsite registered its Chinhat, was found hanging stolen goods besides two stolen Anurag started sending 70,321,424th visitor on Friday. from the ceiling with a rope cars, a bike and a revolver. The obscene content to the women Media spokesperson Durgesh tied around her neck around police said the accused used working in Radio City on social Srivastava said the website 10 am on Friday. Her husband the car to load the stolen media platforms. He sent now boasts of a record-break- Amit called the police and a goods to escape police check- obscene messages and made ing 5,124,711 visitors in the last team reached the scene. The ing. “The thieves also used to cold calls to the women staff 3 months. On February 15, it police sent the body for autop- carry the revolver with them to working in Delhi, Noida, had a total of 65,196,713 sy and started further investi- intimidate house owners on Lucknow, Patna and other visitors. gations. The police said Kiran being challenged. The thieves cities. When he was confront- Lucknow University Vice- was married off to Anil eight used to wear jackets at the time ed, he threatened the com- Chancellor Alok Kumar Rai years ago and her parents live of committing theft and the plainant with dire conse- said it was because of the in Barabanki. police team recovered these quences. The cyber cell officials tireless efforts by teachers In another case, thieves jackets as well,” a spokesman said Anurag had so much who fully utilised the struck at an under-construc- said. hatred for his ex-colleagues lockdown period. tion house in Madiaon and Meanwhile, in a crack- that he threatened to rape a “Not only the students of made off with hardware items. down against bootleggers, woman. “The accused feigned the university but also those After the incident came to police arrested four persons ignorance when the police team from across the country have light, owner of the under-con- and recovered 10 litres of illic- caught him after a raid at his accessed the website for updat- struction house Ravi Kapoor of it liquor and 28 small bottles of house, but later owned up his ed study material in various LDA Colony (Sector-A) in desi liquor in Talkatora, crime,” sources said. The police subjects. The website was Madiaon on Friday and he and Hasanganj on Friday. said Anurag was booked under recently relaunched after being lodged an FIR in this connec- Those arrested were identified IT Act and also challaned under refurbished. It was made more tion. Meanwhile, with the as Pramod of Talkatora, sections 504/506/507 of IPC for user-friendly, updated with arrest of five accused, the Narendra Kumar of Kakori, threatening his former col- latest content and subject Indira Nagar police claimed to Gaya Prasad and Birju (both of leagues and using abusive material. have busted a gang of thieves Hasanganj). language. %   !"#$#$  $

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As many 55 have been administration, the reports of ed newly-set up corona testing , Azamgarh and in Sadh police station area of Nthe life of another person  '   9: discharged, while two have 66 samples have been received centre at Gokul Dham Lawn, Vindhyachal, during the last 24 Ghatampur on Thursday night. in the city, taking the toll to died. An 80-year-old and a from Microbiology Lab of and saw the arrange- hours as many as nine new At the time of the theft, all eight, even as three more per- retired professor of Banaras BHU and out of them two were ments made there. cases were detected and the the family members were fast sons tested positive for the KANPUR(PNS): Kanpur (City) District Magistrate Dr BR Tiwari Hindu University (BHU), who positive, while 64 negative. To help the people get total number of corona cases asleep. virus. said social distancing was alone working as a social vaccine in was admitted to a hospital in Meanwhile, 175 samples relief from scorching heat, the have increased from 135 to 144 Police recovered the empty Chief Medical Officer Dr checking the transmission of novel coronavirus not only in India Jawahar Nagar Extension area including 29 of already positive DM asked the SDM () to and out of these nine new cases, jewellery box under a tree near AK Shukla said on Friday that but across the world. He said strict monitoring of hotspot areas on May 12 last due to some corona patients admitted to Pt make arrangements of tent in seven are from Varanasi divi- the house on Friday morning. a 73-year-old COVID-19 was being done. He said a total of 1,633 cases had been regis- heart and respiratory prob- Deen Dayal Upadhyay (DDU) vacant land of the lawn. sions including two from Railway engineer Vinay patient of Moolganj suc- tered against 5,429 people for violation of lockdown norms. lems, was found positive. He Hospital, Pandeypur were sent Earlier, taking the matter of Varanasi, four from Ghazipur Singh, posted in Agra, had cumbed to the disease in LLR He said over 50,000 vehicles had been challaned and 60 peo- lives in Assi area. Now, the old to the BHU for testing. So far prevailing irregularities in and one from Jaunpur while come to his native village on hospital. ple had been arrested for not wearing mask. aged person has been admitted 3,441 samples were sent and ration distribution in the name two from leave and could not return due Dr Shukla said the old The district magistrate appreciated non-governmental to the isolation ward of Super the reports of 3,046 have been of door step delivery seriously, including one each from to lockdown. He is living here man was brought to LLR organisations and other groups providing help in the times of Specialty Block in BHU. Later, found, while of 395 are still the DM, along with SSP, raid- Azamgarh and Mau. In with his mother, wife and chil- Hospital with breathing prob- the coronavirus crisis. the hospital in Jawahar Nagar awaited. ed the godown of Marketing Varanasi, the number has dren. His sister and her chil- lem and was put on ventilator He said the biggest challenge before the district administra- Extension has been sealed for Out of these 3,046 reports Division and seized vehicles increased from 90 to 92 ,while dren are also living here these but his condition worsened tion was to ensure that nobody slept hungry. He said many organ- 24 hours for proper sanitisation received so far, 2,954 were loaded with about 100 quintals in Jaunpur from 12 to 13, days. and he died. isations had supported this work in a big way. He said not only apart from making Assi as a negative and 92 positive. Now of foodgrain. On his orders, the Ghazipur from 10 to 14. In this Late Thursday night, when The CMO said out of the the NGOs but even business organisation had extended great new hotspot. The second Assi has become the 34th ration shopkeeper was arrest- belt, the total number of active all the family members were 197 sample reports released by financial help. Tiwari said HCL and MSME had handed over patient is from hotspot Nariya. hotspot and out of these, four ed ,while FIR lodged against cases has increased from 52 to fast asleep, the thieves broke the medical college lab late 5,000 PPE kits to the chief medical officer as part of the corpo- His father has already been including , Gangapur, contractor and truck driver. 60 though the recovered into the house through the Thursday night, only three rate social responsibility while Ramdev Sewa Samiti Trust had admitted in isolation ward for Bajardiha and Nakhhighat have During his raid the DM also patients remained 82, while backside door and stole cash tested positive while 194 were donated  1,11,111 to the CM relief fund . treatment. Since his father was become green zones, while 17 found that there were no two died. and jewellery worth lakhs of negative. The district magistrate said drone surveillance had been rupees. While escaping, the Dr Shukla said people with stepped up in areas like Jajmau, Shivkatra, Naubasta, Machcharia, thieves locked the main gate of background of respiratory Juhi Babupurwa, Anwarganj, Colonelganj and other surround- the house. problems should refrain from ing hotspot areas. He said special pickets had been posted at the On waking up around 5 using air-conditioners. He said entry and exit points of these hotspots and special monitoring        am on Friday, Vinay found the chest problems worsened on was also being done in the buffer areas as well. household goods ransacked. account the air-conditioning. Tiwari said in view of the lockdown, extra emphasis was being He recovered the empty jew- Meanwhile, Kanpur laid on telemedicine and over three dozen doctors were avail- + E+$++- (scarfs), they were not in posi- ellery box of his mother under Divisional Commissioner Dr able on specific times and people could contact them as per their tion to maintain social distanc- a tree near the house. SM Bobde, while holding a needs. Meanwhile, a delegation of Akhil Bharatiya Udyog Vyapar espite several packages ing as even in mini trucks, He said the thieves took meeting at his camp office, said Mandal met the district magistrate and handed over a memo- Dannounced by the Union dozens of workers and their away jewellery worth around  in view of no respite from randum demanding that shops in hotspots like Coolie Bazaar, Finance Minister for migrant family members were seen 6 lakh and cash. new coronavirus positive Latouche Road, Hatiya, Afim Kothi should be allowed to open workers, neither any stoppage packed. On getting information cases, it had been decided to for at least four hours. nor changes being seen in the The other shocking devel- about the theft, Station increase 150 beds in Covid hos- shocking plight of thousands of opment of this very unfortu- Officer Devendra Rawat pitals. Dr Bobde said 311 coron- going treatment. He stressed migrant workers. Loaded on nate episode, making a mock- reached the spot with force and He said all areas from avirus positive cases were on special scanning of those rooftops of loaded trucks, ery on the country’s image at sniffer dog and carried out where new cases were being reported from the district so far involved in doorstep supply of packed in vehicles, pedaling global arena, is collection of investigations. reported be declared hotspots. and 111 of them were under- commodities. bycycles and walking on foot heavy charges by many truck are some of the scenes contin- drivers for their totally uncom- ued to be visible at all the fortable and uncertain journey national highways passing because there is no guarantee through the city. Most of the that these illegal vehicles can         vehicles going towards the east- !!  "   (34   drop them to their destinations. ern India including Bihar, In view of seeing the arrival coronavirus positive cases in tion about when a person test- cerned with the help of elec- Jhankhand and West Bengal, have virually lost all the faith in ground reality. of huge number of migrant + D+'($ each police station area under ed positive for coronavirus tronic surveillance. He said such hungry and thristy work- them and they are not in mood Undoubtedly, the plight workers, the district adminis- the standard operations proce- infection, people who came in during inquiry, the SI would be ers can be seen even during the to stop, despite all the hurdles, has increased the dangers of tration has started health G (Range) Mohit Agarwal dure (SOP). his/her contact, dates of his/her equipped with personal protec- scorching heat when the mer- till they reach their homes. The further spreading of coron- check-up and thermal scanning Isaid that sub-inspectors in all These sub-inspectors, hospitalisation and discharge tive equipment (PPE). cury shoots up to around 40 condition has also proved all avirus pandemic as the process of such outsiders at Swami police stations will maintain the while discharging their duties and record of his/her home He said the process would degree Celcius. the claims of the government of shifting of these workers of Vivekanand Memorial records of COVID-19 patients, as inquiry officer (IO), would quarantine for 14 days. help in building a comprehen- Their plight is not only a wrong that special trains and unorganised sector has contin- Government Community one sub-inspector maintaining also maintain the details of The IG said the work of sive database of coronavirus reality but it has also proved all buses are being run for them ued. Hospital, Bhelupur and CHC the record of 20 coronavirus COVID-19 patients discharged locating people who came in positive cases in the city to the tall claims made by the because there is totally mis- Though most of them were Shivpur apart from Kashi positive cases. from the hospital. contact with the coronavirus chalk out action plan to min- Central and State governments match in quanity of avialbility seen wearing masks and cover- Institute of Technology (KIT), This has been decided to The SI would be required positive person would also be imise the chances of spread of a farce as the migrant workers of seats between the claims and ing faces with gamchhas Mirza Murad. compile comprehensive data of to collect and compile informa- done by the sub-inspector con- the virus among people. (       =     3  + E+$++- there from outside in the recent Surya Villa (Mehmorganj); (BHU). time. 1,712 in Kamalpura (Jaitpura); + +++)+ accused were nabbed here on murder, Anuj gave a ‘supari’ of room with his maternal ith the death of second The patient was admitted So far, the health team has 2,450 in Friday.  2 lakh i.e. 8 lakhs in total to uncle and killed four people WCOVID-19 patient in the to the hospital on May 4 last checked the health and did Chittupura/Habibpura; 1,870 cting swiftly the the .Both of them were his friend Anuj Srivastava who there. city, the health teams have and she was suffering from dia- thermal scanning of 4419 in Piyari; 4,615 in Pitarkunda; ADhoomanganj police absconding since the crime had also included his maternal According to the SSP, the intensified their activities of betes, hypertension and persons in hotspot Revari 1,504 in Jai Prakash Nagar; claimed to have nabbed all the was committed. The police uncle Raj Krishna Srivastava family members got to know contact tracing in all the con- hypothyroidism for the last 15 Talab ,while 11,649 in 1,094 in Bag Bariyar; 1,704 in accused including the prime team was raiding in search of alias Bacha, living in Saini of about the plot made by Atish. tainment clusters where posi- years. most sensitive hotspot Sapt Sagar; 608 in Lallapura; accused Atish Kesarwani, the them. In this way, all the four Kaushambi for this gruesome The sister had also mentioned tive corona patients were According to the doctors, Madanpura. 7,020 in Pratappur (Araji Line only son of the deceased accused involved in the murder murders. Anuj and Atish met this to one of her friend. Father found. In this direction, for the she was admitted to the hospi- Apart from this, the teams block); 315 in Om Kaleshwar Tulsidas Kesarwani in the bru- case have been arrested by the three or four times in 15 days. Tulsidas was also apprehensive, second day the health teams tal with severe acute respirato- checked 2,550 persons in Pathani Tola; 181 in tal quadruple murder that took police. Atish gave 10,000 cash and and he had also sent an SMS visited various areas to collect ry infection and she was on Kazipur Khurd (Sonia); 2,427 Jalaliddinpura; six in place in Preetamnagar. Along with the absconding ATM card in advance, from to his neighbour on the samples of all those who ventilator support. She was in Sanjay Nagar Colony Gandhinagar (Sundarpur); The ADG zone Prem accused Rajkrishna Srivastava which Anuj had withdrawn  Wednesday night but their came in contacts of COVID-19 related to a patient admitted (Pahadia); 2,206 in Kashipura; 2,002 in Arjunpur (Sewapuri); Prakash told the mediaper- and Ankit, the police have also 65,000. He also gave a bike to murder could not be avoided, patients. The city saw the sec- there earlier from the same 1,048 in Mukimganj/ Jargular; 4,718 in Gola (Cholapur); 268 sons that Atish Kesarwani, the arrested the ‘girlfriend’ of mur- him for this purpose. the SSP added. ond death of corona patient area. 1,941 in Hartirath and 4,811 in in Madauli; 139 in Seer main accused got his family der accused Atish Kesarwani. Two days ago, Anuj The ADG said that the when a 58 year-old woman Earlier, as many as 29 Nakkhighat. Govardhan; 22 in including his wife and sister The entire incident was in his bought knives from the Atish’s police team would be given from Lallapura hotspot died at health teams surveyed 920 Besides, the teams have Shivaji Nagar (Samneghat) murdered over an illicit rela- knowledge. shop itself. As part of the plan- reward for working out the Super Specialty Block of Sir houses in 33 hotspot areas and also checked health of as many and 108 in Sujabad (Kashi tionship with another woman. Regarding the murder case ning, Anuj reached the house murder case in a few hours. Sundarlal Hospital (SSU) in checked all those who visited as 5,645 persons so far in Vidyapeeth). The woman too was arrested by in Pritamnagar Colony of of Atish with his maternal Besides,a citation letter the police on Friday, the ADG Dhoomanganj, ADG Prem uncle and other two friend on will be given to the Inspector added. Prakash said that the accused Thursday afternoon. Atish General, SSP, SP City, However, two accused Atish had already hatched a opened the door and made Dhoomanganj police and the including the deceased’s son conspiracy with his friend Anuj entered the warehouse team of Crime Branch for 3     were arresred late on Thursday Anuj Srivastava 15 days ago to and then left the home. After working out the mass murder, night and the remaining two eliminate the family. For every this, Anuj went inside the the ADG added.   3 .;#$%&"  6 '(78 9*5   '  line of it to face such chal- The members have unan- ,,   E+$++- lenge, he said further. imous opinion about opening So, realising its impor- a research cell to conduct + +++)+ even then the report remained entering into the state. that public at large would iming at preparing inven- tance, the NAAC constituted a research about bringing the negative. After this, the district The Bench suggested state get good treatment and at rea- Atory level by connecting committee to prepare invento- good things hidden in epics to eating the coronavirus, five administration and Health government must ensure that sonable rates.’, observed the the Sanskrit language with sci- ry level or second line by con- the knowledge of common Binfected patients have fully department agreed to discharge every migrant in the state is Bench. ence & technology to face the necting the Sanskrit with sci- people, told Dr Singh adding recovered on Friday. Of them, the five persons and the infor- properly quarantined for at The Bench questioned the challenge like ‘COVID-19’ in ence & technology as to the that the members were of also four persons are from Prayagraj mation was given to the fami- least 15 days and in the quar- conditions of quarantine cen- future without major harm challenge like COVID-19 could of the opinion that there should and one from Pratapgarh. After ly of these patients. All five antine premises proper saniti- tres and said, ‘What is the rea- and upgrading this rich lan- be faced in future, informed Dr be evaluation of richness of this treatment for 14 days, these five patients were sent to their sation should be there along- son that despite various orders guage, the National Assessment Singh adding that there is need language. people were sent home from homes in separate ambulances. with food and medical facilities. and directions of the state gov- and Accreditation Council to connect Sanskrit with sci- All the members unani- the hospital. The doctors greeted these On May 7, High Court ernment to keep the COVID- (NAAC), a body of the ence & technology because the mously put suggestion that Now, they will have to stay patients with roses and left for took cognisance of a letter 19 virus hospitals clean and Ministry of Human Resource knowledge given in Sanskrit there should be post-job fellow- in the home quarantine for 14 home. written by Gaurav Kumar Gaur sanitised, they are neither Development (HRD) had con- epics could be materialised by ship in Sanskrit so as the job days. So far, a total of eight Superintendent of L1 an advocate, addressed to Chief cleaned nor sanitised.’ stituted an eight-member com- using latest technology and could be provided after the fel- patients have been cured in the COVID-19 Hospital , Justice, raising the issue of The court has also suggest- mittee with Vice-Chancellor, scientific knowledge. The com- lowship. district. Dr. Amritlal Yadav said that death of Virendra Singh of ed that list of migrant workers Kavikulaguru Kalidas Sanskrit mittee will also search avenues The members were also of On the other hand, with with the efforts of the team of Prayagraj who was corona pos- who are entering in state after University, Remtek Prof for upgrading Sanskrit so as it the view during online meet- the 10 cases of COVID-19 doctors, five patients have been itive and allegedly died due to lockdown must be maintained. Shrinivasa Varakhedi as    ! could be made language of ings that there would be data being reported on Thursday freed from the effects of coro- laxity in treatment. The letter Further, responsibility of gov- Chairman. The members of common people like done by of such knowledge so as it itself, the total count of the navirus. These patients will was treated as Public Interest ernment officers must be fixed committee are Prof Chand Germany, he informed fur- could be decoded when cases rose to 31 in the district have to stay in the home quar- Litigation (PIL) and court had to keep track of their health, Kiran Saluja, Director, Sanskrit while talking to ‘The Pioneer’ ther. required like Germany had of them 22 are active cases antine for 14 days, the rules of asked state government to availability of foods and other Promotion Foundation, New on Friday said that a number of The committee had been done, he said. while one of them succumbed which have been given to them. apprise it with the conditions basic necessities to such Delhi, Prof HA Ranganath, scholars of Vedic knowledge constituted after the outcome of Without connecting to coronavirus. Meanwhile, teachers have of hospital in the city. migrant. former Director, NAAC & and Sanskrit epics had claimed COVID-19 and its first meet- Sanskrit, there is no upgrada- On Friday, five patients made online motivation for all During the course of hear- The court further suggest- Chairman, BoG, IIITD&M, that there is description of dis- ing was to be held in Bangalore tion of this language in the pre- were discharged from Level-1 sections of people who are ing, the Bench comprising ed that state government may Kurnool, Prof B Majhi, ease like COVID-19 in Sanskrit but it had to be postponed sent global circumstances and COVID-19 Hospital, Kotwa, doing their duty to prevent the Chief Justice Govind Mathur publicise contact numbers on Director, IIITD&M, epics in detail and added that because of complete lockdown so, the members have suggest- while five new patients were coronavirus epidemic. At the and Justice Siddhartha Varma which any resident of state Kancheepuram, Prof TN Singh, they had also claimed of in entire nation, he said adding ed of appointment of a dedicat- admitted there. The patients same time, they have prayed to asked state government to rev may inform, if he sees any per- Vice-Chancellor, Mahatma process of treatment method to that thereafter, four meetings ed officer to coordinate with who were discharged included God to make scientists and up functioning of government son unknown to him or her is Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth cure this pandemic in Vedic were held online and the last NAAC for the purpose. After residents of Kaundhiyara, doctors looking for a cure for hospitals and Prathamik residing in their neighbour- (MGKV), Varanasi, Dr Sai books, such as Vedas. And, and fifth meeting would be the work on knowledge in Koraon, Saidabad and Baraut. the epidemic successful. Chikitsalays in the city which hood but not being tracked by Susarla, Dean, MIT School of they had also talked about held on Saturday online. Sanskrit epics by taking advan- There is one patient from HC SUGGESTIONS TO are about 105 in number as government. Vedic Science, Pune, Prof some plants and other things During the online meetings the tage of latest knowledge of Pratapgarh district. Samples of UP GOVT: High such hospitals must be ready to The court has fixed May 18 Amiya Kumar Rath, Advisor, mentioned in epics which are members of committee dis- science & technology, the these people were tested two Court has made some sugges- treat from ‘minor flu and cold as next date of hearing and NAAC and Chandrashekhar, fruitful to save lives from coro- cussed that Sanskrit is rich lan- country would succeed in fac- days ago and the report came tions to the state government to to heart attacks’. asked state government coun- HV, Consultant, NAAC. navirus, but these all have no guage but the common people ing the challenge like COVID- negative. check the spread of COVID-19 ‘This would minimise the sel to apprise it with steps A member of committee importance unless there is should be benefitted with its 19 at early stage, hoped Dr When their test were again in the state and to provide nec- requirement of private hospi- taken with regards to sugges- Prof TN Singh, V-C, MGKV, inventory level or second richness. Singh. conducted within 24 hours, essary facilities to migrants tals and would also ensure tions made.    !"#$#$  %

   P# 6/    =  8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $* +,#- which he was honoured by disinfectant sprayed at the rail- goods are being transported in the house owing to no work in view of the being declared ‘Corona warrior way station, Railway Security across the country through % . 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  $* +,#- lockdown. As Jitendra had started spending eeping the novel coron- of the day’ of . Force and Government goods and parcel special trains money on liquor there was a dispute over it Kavirus outbreak in mind by On the other hand, Om Railway Police barracks. Apart during the lockdown. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1,()-/ married woman committed suicide by in his house everyday. Jitendra had consumed the North Eastern Railway Prakash Meena, working as from it he completely con- It has been decided by the Ahanging herself from a fan in her room liquor on Thursday morning due to which he (NER) administration was inspector, Railway Protection trolled the movement of out- railway administration to our persons were injured in a in Chandi village under the Gola police sta- had a dispute with his wife, Jamanati. She said making several effective efforts Force at Kashipur station, pro- siders by closing the entry extend the movement dates of Fcollision between a Xylo and tion on Thursday. Her husband lived abroad that she had gone towards the farm and when to prevent it and its staff are vided food and food items to routes of all railway stations the 00553/00554 - pick-up near the Samada bridge for earning his livelihood. It is learnt that she she returned she came to know about her hus- engaged in it with full enthu- Kathgodam-Gorakhpur parcel under the Ilya police station on had a dispute with some people in her inlaws’ band;s suicide. The door of the house was open siasm. During the country- special trains being operated in Thursday. Owing to the collision house. According to information received here, and her husband was hanging from the wide lockdown besides goods the North Eastern Railway the pick-up overturned on the Sonu Rai, son of Ram Harish Rai, a resident noose. On getting information sub-inspector and parcel trains Shramik spe- zone, CPRO Pankaj Kumar road. In the incident two persons of Chandi village, was married two years ago (S-I) Vikas Nath took his body into custody cial trains are also being oper- Singh said. travelling on the pick-up and two to Reema Rai (26), daughter of Suryabhan Rai, and sent it for the post-mortem examination. ated for the past few days to Reports received here said others who were passing from a resident of Surdapar Raja village under the Jitendra’s father had died long ago. According take the migrant workers to that the 00553 Gorakhpur- there were injured. same police station. Sonu work abroad. It is to villagers, the entire family of Jitendra, father their native places. Apart from Kathgodam parcel special train On getting information about learnt that after having dinner at night, she of two sons, was upset with his addiction to it masks and relief materials are will on May 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, the accident the men in khaki went to sleep in her room. When all the fam- alcohol. A few months ago he also had sold being distributed among the 26, 28 and 30 depart from reached the spot, got all the injured ily members woke up in the morning they the farm. needy by the railway personnel. Gorakhpur at 07.00 hours, admitted to the primary health cen- called as she had not woken up by then. On Railwaymen who had done from Basti at 08:05 hours, tre Shahabganj for treatment. getting no response they became anxious and .  commendable work in such a from Gonda at 09.35 hours, According to a report, Mahiparaji peeped from the ventilator and were shocked   situation are being declared from Lucknow at 11.40 hours Devi, mother of Virendra Kumar, to find Reema hanging with stuck with a fan ‘Corona Warriors of the day’ from at 15:30 hours, a resident of Rohakhi village, and by hanging her dupatta. Thereafter her fam- Some unidentified motorcycle-borne daily by the NER administra- from Rampur at 17.00 hours, his wife, Rajamani Devi, were ily members informed the police. Station youths looted a mobile phone from a youth tion for boosting their morale. from Rudrapur City at 17:50 going to Obra by the Xylo. When House Officer (SHO) Gola Hemendra Kumar near Tulsidas Inter College under the Rajghat In this series two railwaymen  "!. 9 ".' .: hours, from Lalkuan at 18:25 the vehicle reached near Samda cul- Pandey, S-Is Alok Kumar Rai and Rajesh Yadav police station on Thursday afternoon. were honoured on May 13,  ';' . !  hours reach Kathgodam at vert when it collided with the along with two women constables reached the According to information received here, Chief Public Relations Officer 19:00 hours. On the other pick-up coming from Varanasi spot. The body was taken out by breaking the Abhishek Kasaudhan, a resident of (CPRO) Pankaj Kumar Singh about 295 helpless and needy under his jurisdiction with hand during the return journey side towards the township. Owing door in the presence of police. Turkmanpur under the aforesaid police sta- said. Reports said that Satya people during the covid-19 alternative resources. For these the 00554 Kathgodam- to the impact of the collision the Another report said that a man who was tion area, works at a place near the DIG’s bun- Prakash Singh, who works as pandemic. When goods trains commendable works Om Gorakhpur parcel special train pick-up overturned. As a result upset as he was told not to consume liquor galow. He left his house on his motorcycle for the technical assistant of arrived at Kashipur station he Prakash Meena was declared will on May 17, 19, 21, 23, 25, Rajmani (45), driver, Arvind ended his life by hanging himself in a going to office around 12 noon on Thursday. Divisional Railway Manager, found that there were not ‘Corona warrior of the day’ of 27, 29 and 31 depart from Kumar (28), and Manoj (28) and Kewlachak village under Chauri Chaura In the meantime Abhishek received a call from Varanasi, did the e-Drishti enough number of labourers Izzatnagar division. In order to Kathgodam at 07.00 hours, Suraj (25) who were passing from police station on Thursday. Reports said that his acquaintance due to which he stopped near work very successfully. He did for loading/unloading pur- boost the morale of its per- from Lalkuan at 07.40 hours, there on a bicycle were injured. On Jitendra Vishwakarma (30) committed suicide Tulsidas Inter College and started talking to the work of downloading all poses he coordinated with the sonnel the railway administra- from Rudrapur city at 08.15 getting information Ilya police sta- by hanging himself in his house. On getting that person. In the meantime some motorbike- the important data related to district administration and tion will continue to give such hours, from Rampur at 09.30 tion incharge Mithilesh Tiwari information police rushed to the spot, took the borne miscreants came from behind, snatched Varanasi division on the e- obtained permission for the awards during in the lock- hours, from Bareilly at 10.40 admitted the injured to the prima- body of the deceased into custody and sent it his mobile phone and absconded by pushing Drishti site. He inspired the arrival of workers from nearby down period in future too. hours, from Lucknow at 14.30 ry health centre, Shahabganj for for the post-mortem examination. Abhishek’s mmotorbike. The police had been employees of Divisional Rail villages who helped in the task. The railway administration hours, from Gonda at 16.35 treatment. It is learnt that there were little deposits informed about the matter. Manager (DRM’s) office to He coordinated with the dis- was proud of such corona war- hours, from Basti at 18.00 work on the e-office site and trict administration, got the riors. hours and reach Gorakhpur at uploaded all the important thermal screening of workers 19.00 hours. Meanwhile an 2   '  "   files of DRM cell on this site in conducted and got the work appeal was made to all inter- a short time. He got the data of done by following social dis- ested traders, institutions and the division completed. Satya tancing guidelines. He ensured To prevent covid-19 infec- individuals to take advantage of 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  1,()-/ was was surprised to see the as 80 needy persons in Gauri Prakash Singh’s dedication to coordination with the Nagar tion and effectively curb its this facility being provided by shop door open. According to village and 70 others in Keradih work was commendable for Nigam administration he got spread food and other essential the railway administration. gang of unidentified the shopkeeper, the thieves village of the area. Athieves sneaked into a gro- escaped with 35,200 kept in a On the occasion former cery shop situated in box there. In the morning the MLA Shivatapasya Paswan, Sakaldeeha township under shopkeeper reported the theft Raghavendra Pratap Singh, the Sakaldiha Kotwali late at to the police. Station Officer Sushma Jaiswal, Divya Jaiswal, =P# !!   night and escaped with 35,200 Baburam Yadav said that the Pankaj Singh, Amit Chaudhary kept in a box there. On getting theft was being investigated. He and Sandeep Gupta were pre- information Kotwali police said that prima facie theft sent. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  +,/.#- 4 pm. Later she went to fetch Sarojini’s body reach a place wanted miscreant from reached the spot on Thursday appears suspicious. On the other hand MLA +,2 / some medicines to Ludhauri which was around 10 kilome- Naugawan along with outpost morning and started investi- Sadhana Singh distributed 232 situated at a distance of two tres from her house. He said incharge Majhgai Ugrasen gating the matter. Considering  3  packets of food items among he body of a married kilometres from there. They that whether the victim had Singh and the police force on the theft as suspicious, police the needy in of Baburi and Twoman was found hanging said that since then her where- committed suicide or was mur- being tipped off by an informer. was taking action in the mat- State president of Mahila Duddey villages and Chandauli from a tree on the outskirts of abouts could not be traced. The dered could only be ascer- The miscreant was later iden- ter. According to a report Morcha Darshana Singh while nagar panchayat. Mahendra Puraina village under the next day some villagers spotted tained after getting the post- tified as Bablu alias Jumman, received here, Sanjay Jaiswal, following social distancing Seth, Sanjay Singh, Pankaj Nighasan police station here her body hanging with the mortem examination report. son of Munshi alias Hooda, a has a grocery shop near the old guidelines distributed ration Jaiswal, Raghav Singh, Dilip recently. The incident created help of a rope from a sheesham He said that a case had been resident of an area under the health centre of the town. He among 150 needy people Sonkar, Gagan Singh, a sensation in the area. her tree. On getting information registered in this connection. Aliganj police station in Etah lived in the house situated belonging to Gauri and Harishchandra Patwa, behind the shop. After closing Keradih villages. &$! # ! Bhaiyalal Keshari, Golu Singh, the shop the family members Besides she met the work- !  Shankar Singh, Anupam Singh, had dinner and went to sleep. ers in Mohammadabad and Santosh Singh and Ankit Around 12:30 am when he honoured the sanitation work- Keshari were present on the woke up for easing himself he ers. On the occasion she dis- tributed ration among as many occasion. =! '     

 # 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '() kotwali Naraini police station SHO City Kotwali said that FIR on Thursday when they were has been lodged against the 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  ,./ #- wo youths were killed in a knocked down by an speeding culprit under Section 302 of the Troad accident in Rivai vil- truck coming from behind. As Indian Penal Code (IPC) with married woman gulped lage under the Mataundh a result both of them sus- City Kotwali police and officer Asome poisonous substance police station. The police said tained serious injuries. The incharge Bhooragarh police due to some family feud here that they had gone to drop their police admitted them to outpost has been directed to recently. sister in Mahoba. The accident Naraini CHC while Mahesh investigate the murder case According to a report occured while they were succumbed to his injuries on and arrest the absconding cul- received here, Ramsakhi (28) returning to Banda on the bike the way. The doctors there prit and the countrymade pis- wife of Manoj Kumar, a resi- when they were hit by the referred Deepchandra to tol used in this murder. CO dent of the Mohalla Charkhari speeding truck coming from District Hospital in Banda for City Alok Mishra said that the $!(#   $1 $2  ! $;       Road, had consumed some the opposite direction. As a treatment. Naraini Kotwali murder case would be worked  ' !  ;  !    &"' ;   >  poisonous substance after due result they died on the spot. sub-inspector BK Mishra had out soon. to some family feud. When her The police said that both the impounded the truck and inlaws’ family members said the police rushed to the spot, , district . On frisking him the condition worsened her fami- youths were residents of Banda arrested the driver. S-I said that , / that she had gone to purchase took the body of the victim into police recovered a pistol of 315 ly members rushed her to the city. The police had taken dead the father of the injured was some medicines and did not custody and sent it for the post- A miscreant carrying a bore and cartridge from his community health centre body of the deceased in into killed in a road accident last A 25-year-old man ended return home since then. On the mortem examination. reward of 25,000 on his head possession. A case was regis- (CHC) in Rath for treatment, custody and sent them for the year. his life by hanging himself other hand, her father alleged The father of the deceased, and wanted in connection with tered against the accused in where she was undergoing pri- post-mortem examination. The with the help of a saree in his that she was murdered by her Romi, a resident of Puraina vil- cases of loot and theft in dif- Kannauj. Thereafter the mary treatment, last reports police said that the FIR had    house in Lahari village uinder inlaws for not getting a motor- lage under the Nighasan police ferent police station areas was Kannauj police announced a received here said. Meanwhile been lodged under Motor the Tindwari police station. cycle and 50,000 as addition- station said that his daughter, apprehended by men in khaki reward of Rs 25,000 on his in another incident Chandrapal Vehicles Act, 1988, and the A youth was shot dead by Reports said that the victim, al dowry. He lodged a com- Sarojini (30) was married here recently. A pistol and a head. (25), son of Sukh Singh, a res- matter was being investigated. his friend in Bhooragarh village Suraj (25), son of Rampal plaint against three persons, Puroshottam, son of cartridge were recovered by the The CO said that the ident of Kulhanda village under DIG Chitrakootdham range under city kotwali area in Verma, was working in a pri- including her husband, Harishchandra, a resident of police from his possession. accused cases of loot and theft Majhawan police station was Deepak Kumar said that Banda city here. Police said that vate company in Agra. His Puroshottam, in this connec- the village three years ago. Giving details Circle were registered against the got badly scorched when he Mataundh police had been two close friends had a fight father said that he could not go tion. Her inlaws said that she Inspector incharge, Officer Rakesh Kumar Nayak accused in Dhaurahara, received a severe jolt while asked to investigate the matter over a petty dispute. Pramod there due to the ongoing lock- had gone to peel sugarcane in Nighasan police station, Bhanu said that inspector Palia Vidya Nighasan etc. The accused was doing some work. He was and get driver arrested and Khangar was shot dead with a down. On getting information the village and returned around Pratap Singh, said that how did Shankar Shukla arrested the sent to jail. admitted to the CHC in Rath. impound the truck. Meanwhile countrymade pistol by his the police rushed to the spot, Deepchandra (24), son of friend. SHO City Kotwali took the body of the deceased Nathuram and Mahesh alias Dinesh Singh along with into custody and sent it for the      Boora Yadav (16), son of Bal policemen reached the spot post- mortem examination. ! Kumar were going on a bicycle and sent the dead body of the Police said that the cause of sui- towards Padmai village under diseased for the post martem. cide was mental pressure. 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '() Thursday. State Mahila Ayog member Prabha Gupta while 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  ./ 0#- was accompanied by Chief tate Mahila Ayog member talking to ‘The Pioneer’ said Development Officer (CDO) SPrabha Gupta honoured that 135 ration kits were dis- eeping the month of Avinash Singh. corona warriors by presenting tributed among the poor and KRamzan and festival of 566'! them corona fighters’ safety kits needy people in Lohiya bridge, Eid-ul Fitr in mind meetings of     on Thursday. Those who were Chhoti Bazar, Madhiya Naka peace committee were organ- 8PSS@TQPI9@IU  '() and Bhooragarh. ised in each police station area The personnel attached to Gupta said that her throughout the district. All the Jamalpur police station on JP youth leader Swadesh aim was to provide meetings were attended by the Thursday nabbed one person BGaurav Shivhare Golu said relief to the poor and circle officer (COs), ASPs and who was accused of kidnapping that he along with his team needy people in the SOs. In the city a meeting of a girl. As per the police, a members had made available district. She said that peace committee was held in a named first information report medicines to 300 patients suf- distribution of ration guest house located at (FIR) had been lodged by a fering from ailments like can- kits would continue Ganeshganj. Addressing the person on May 13 at the cer, diabetes, asthma, mental during the lockdown meeting on the occasion, Jamalpur police station under disorders besides those related period. She said that Additional Superintendent of  ;   ! the Sections 363 and 366 of the heart in the district through she was regularly hon- Police (ASP) Prakash Swaroop   ! Indian Penal Code (IPC) in requests received via the toll- ouring the corona war- Pandey made an appeal to fol- ' which he had alleged that the free number during the past 10 riors in the district. low the guidelines of social dis- accused had abducted his days. Shivhare told The Pioneer State Mahila Ayog tancing in the larger interest of daughter by enticing her. on Thursday that requests of member said that the their families. Prominent the inspection the DM ran- Taking quick action the police minimum 30 patients were country would never among those who attended domly counted the bundles of raided the possible places and being received on toll-free forget their contribu- the meeting were Sonavar books and directed the BSA, caught the accused, Satish, a number 9999743327 on a daily 78       !!' tion in saving lives of Khan, Chhote Khan, Sanjay Virendra Singh, to inform him resident of Rerupur village basis. Shivhare said that his aim 7  given these kits were medical many during covid-19 out- Jaiswal, Deep Chand Soni and before sending the books to under the Jamalpur police sta- was to help the patients who officer, Railway Hospital, Dr break. Sheikhu. schools. He asked the staff of tion at Jivnathpur railway sta- were suffering from these dis- cines to the patients belonging Omar, Rakesh Gupta Daddu, Rahul Upadhyaya, president Those who accompanied the BSA office to ensure the tion along with the victim. eases. He said that he was also to the district would continue Vikas Joshi, Om Prakash IMA, Dr Mohammad Rafique, her during the distribution of  timely and proper distribu- After the arrest the police com- distributing kits comprising during the lockdown period. Awasthi, Ankit Agnihotri, Ram social worker, Nisha Gupta, ration kits were secretary BJP, tion of books. The staff was pleted the legal formalities. face masks, sanitisers, two Those who extended their sup- Sufal Sahu, Abhay Pratap, Deputy Director, Information Saurabh Gupta, Ravindra District Magistrate Sushil directed to keep the books in Station Officer (SO) Jamalpur Dettol soaps and detergent port in making these medicines Shailendra Kumar Verma, Anil department, Bhupendra Singh Gupta, Ravindra Gupta, Ravi Kumar Patel inspected the proper order to avoid any dam- Ashwini Tiwari patted the back powder to these patients. available to these patients by Singh Chauhan, Sheelu Yadav, Dr Shabana Rafique Gupta, Ajay Singh, Amit Gupta office of Basic Shiksha Adhikari age during rainy season. of police team for successful Shivhare said that this cam- going door to door were Lakhera, Lala Kushwaha, Amit and Dr Pragya Prakash on and Vikas Singh. (BSA) on Thursday. During During the inspection the DM operation. paign to make available medi- Awadhesh Kapoor, Santan Sahu and Rajesh Kumar.  &    !"#$#$   14 3*  ,   /R   3 ; #  O P * ,  D;? wrong,” Vijayan announced 187 persons were infected  ..  D;D++ Sabha Adhir Chowdhury said 56,7%)'8(%$$#79##!%') jugglery that will make people package saying it had the trap- during the press meet. He said through contacts . adding the Finance Minister’s O#%7#5$5 )'!6"!$#)&"$ dream of 20 lakh crore. But pings of a budget speech. “The inarayi Vijayan, Chief the Centre’s attitude towards “We are worried about the ongress and the Trinamool declaration resembled a bud- % !%567'$(/,P!55!#5!'>% the question is will it help the reforms notwithstanding, there PMinister of Kerala, lam- the States have to change. increase in the number of CCongress have questioned getary speech. %>$ (#30 #%)#7!%7#$7'56$ crisis to blow over now? Amit was a need to provide imme- basted the Narendra Modi He said 16 new Covid-19 coronavirus cases in the State. the potency of Union Finance “Whatever reforms she &#? 8#8 #'$($(#'7 Shah said that the steps will diate relief to the people pro- Government for its indifference cases were confirmed in Kerala The possibilities for commu- Minister’s Friday declarations spoke about was already in the @%$(#@%$'>% 9"66 #7$(%$' bear results in 5 years when we visions of which do not seem to the woes faced by the State on Friday. “Out of the 16 cases, nity transmission have become comparing it with a budgetary pipeline and was being dis- @%A#8#8 #)7#%@? %A( will become self sufficient. But to contain in the Finance following the coronavirus pan- seven persons were those who strong in Kerala. As part of speech that will not only fail to cussed for the past several >77#P what will happen till then? Minister’s announcement. It demic. reached the State from abroad strengthening the preventive provide immediate relief to years. We all know that there is the people who are starving? How will we handle the cri- does not seem to carry any Addressing his daily durbar while four were from Chennai measures , we will deploy the vast cross-section of the an issue with food processing “The Government should sis and starvation now? The immediate relief to ward off the convened to brief about the and two from Mumbai,” said Motor Cycle Brigade to scan poor and migrant workers but and only small percentage of have transferred some money Government is silent.” crisis.” number of new pandemic cases the Chief Minister. the entire areas in districts also fall short of boosting con- our products go into food pro- from its so-called into the TMC MP Saugato Roy He said “the Government in the State on Friday, Vijayan As on Friday, there were where the coronavirus positive sumers’ purchasing capacity. cessing. Discussions were pockets of the marginal people. said, “the first need of the should have taken steps to said whatever financial assis- 576 coronavirus positive cases cases have been notified,” said “The Government has already on to give a fillip to the That will be the biggest pack- hour was to provide cash to strengthen the purchasing tance the Centre claims to in Kerala. 80 persons are the Chief Minister. been talking of huge packages industry which will in ultimate age. The Government seems to people to increase their pur- power of the common people have given as part of the Covid- undergoing treatment in vari- He said police officials will but it failed to appreciate the run help the farmers... There is be boosting the supply line but chasing their purchasing to sustain the reforms that it is 19 package was what the State ous hospitals. On Friday, 122 undertake rounds in these fact that the so-called package nothing new about these is not taking measures to power. That the Government initiating now. It should have would have received even if persons have been admitted to areas to check whether those should have found its way into reforms ... but they will yield strengthen the demand line. If would not do despite repeated provided cash to the people to there was no pandemic. various hospitals in the State,” ordered to undergo quarantine the pockets of the crores of result 2-3 years from now... demands do not increase, then requests. Whatever the FM increase demand in the market. “The State has received a said Vijayan. restrict themselves to their migrant workers. Where is that “In the present context will the whole measure will fall flat.” has said will continue to hover Without increasing demand portion of financial assistance Out of the 576 persons test- homes. Vijayan disclosed that relief? The biggest package these reforms provide cash to Congress MP Pradip as a budget assurances much boosting production and sup- due to us from the National ed positive for coronavirus, 3,732 expatriates have returned should have first taken care of the poor and the marginal Chatterjee said “we are not only like it has been happening for ply line will perhaps not yield Disaster Relief Fund which 311 were those who reached to the State by 17 aircraft and their hunger and plight that people? What will happen to disgusted but also angry with years.” the desired result. Kerala would have got even of the State from foreign countries three Indian Navy ships. force them to walk hundreds of the migrant workers who are FM’s nonsensical act. The BJP Pro-Trinamool Congress It will not pull the people there was no coronavirus pan- and 70 from other States in the Migrant workers numbering miles back home. Where is that walking back home hundreds leaders are trying to befool economist Aviroop Sarkar too out of the crisis they are in due demic. The claim being made country. 33,000 have left Kerala by 29 relief?” Congress leader of Lok of miles? What will happen to people with their mathematical questioned the efficacy of the to the corona pandemic.” by the Centre is this regard is The Chief Minister said trains. ;           $#$'  %.  1#, 21     - :(: !/)3*    (() % #/ 1%*%)#%*  .    ( )+ G Uddhav Thackeray said here on the last 55 days of lockdown  D;D++  D;D++ Friday that since the coron- enforced in three phases. * ,  D;? State. The Greater Chennai uling out the possibility of avirus crisis was far over in the During the meeting, the he police have arrested 129 peo- Municipal Corporation registered hat could cause a grave health crisis during Rreopening of intra-district bor- estate, the State Government issues like the current health sit- Tple in connection to the commu- here are 10,108 persons all over 309 coronavirus positive cases Wpandemic situation the Manipur Government ders in the State after May 17, would take all precautions while uation in the state, the manner nal flare-up leading to clashes and TTamil Nadu who had tested out of the 434 cases tested positive has reportedly taken back at least 185 trained nurs- Maharashtra Chief Minister preparing road map for the in which the health authorities large-scale arson in the Telinipara positive for coronavirus as on all over the State. The capital city es working in various private hospitals in Kolkata Lockdown-4 beginning from were combating it, law and region of Hooghly district, Friday. The release issued by the has 5,946 coronavirus patients as and other cities, sources said. May 18. After reviewing the order, arrangements made by the Chandannagore Commissioner of Directorate of Public Health and on Friday. These nurses were working in big medical facil- coronavirus situation in the state State Government in sending Police Humayun Kabir said on Preventive Medicine on Friday An important point to be ities like RN Tagore Hospital, Appollo Gleneagles with the ruling Maha Vikas back the migrant workers to Friday. evening stated that 434 tested noted is that the number of coro- Hospital. AMRI Hospital, EEDF Hospital and Fortis Aghadi (MVA) colleagues in the their respective states and the dif- “The police taking strong action. positive for coronavirus all over navirus patients got doubled in a Hospital sources said adding “most of the nurses state, the Chief Minister said: ficulties faced by the state author- We have reports of people going the State taking the total number single week. On May 8, Tamil have either resigned their posts and left or simply “Without reopening the intra- ities in handing the transporta- around inciting communal violence. of Covid-19 cases to 10,108. Nadu had 5,409 covid patients left after they were taken back by the Manipur district borders, we will have to tion of migrant workers. We are trying to zero in on them and Five persons succumbed to the which breached the 10,000 mark Government. take all precautions while prepar- Briefing those present at have arrested 129 people. We will soon pandemic on Friday taking the by May 15. The number of per- Sources at AMRI Hospital said nurses from ing road map for the lockdown- the meeting, the Chief Minister arrest the masterminds,” Kabir said total fatalities in Tamil Nadu to 71. sons tested positive for coronavirus Odisha and Tripura were also likely to be taken away 4 beginning on May 18. The said that industrial activity had drawing strong criticism from local There is some news which offers has come down (though negligi- by the respective Governments. A large number of Coronavirus crisis is not over yet begun in the state after the gov- BJP MP Locket Chatterjee who con- succor to the people and that is the bly) in the last three days. While nurses from Kerala, Bihar, Jharkhand, Nagaland, in the state. We will have to seek ernment relaxed the lockdown demned the Police Commissioner number of persons discharged May 11 saw 798 persons testing Mizoram, Manipur and other places come to the help of doctors and members norms in green and orange for “playing a partisan game.” from hospitals on a single day. A positive on a single day, the num- Bengal. of Task Force in dealing with the zones on April 20. “After the She alleged, “the BJP MPs are try- record number of 359 patients ber came down to 716 on May 12. Meanwhile, Bengal on Friday recorded 10 new situation in the Post-May 18 relaxation of norms in green and ing to meet the CP for the past few who were cured of the pandemic The next day saw a further deaths taking the total number of deaths to 225. This period”. At the meeting attend- orange norms, we had permit- days but he is not meeting us where- left hospitals on Friday and this is decrease as the numbers stood at apart the State saw 84 new cases taking the total num- ed among others by NCP chief ted 65 000 industrial units to as he is meeting the Trinamool the highest number to be dis- 509 on May 13. ber of infections to 2461. Out of these 1460 are active Sharad Pawar, State Cabinet resume production. Of them, Congress MLAs. The Government is charged on a single day in the May 14, the number of covid cases. About 829 people have recovered from infec- ministers and senior bureaucrats, 35000 units had resumed oper- giving free hand to the communal State, said the release. cases were 447 while May 15 tion, Health Department sources said adding the con- the chief minister reviewed the ation and nearly 9 lakh workers forces to destroy, loot and burn the Chennai continued to be the (Friday)saw the numbers coming tainment zones in Kolkata was slightly reduced from situation that prevailed during had reported to duty. houses of the local people here.” epicentre of covid pandemic in the further down to 434. 339 early this week to 286 on Friday. * +,-./0(

;-;;AAA  +)+-? + rent lockdown - the third since it was Uttar Pradesh is also likely to pre- walking on foot as using any force to belongs to Nepal. "There is no dis- enforced on March 25 - is scheduled sent a big challenge for the Centre, stop them would be counter-pro- pute in that whatsoever. The road “The monsoon onset over ?;( to end on Sunday. with the populous state reporting ductive. which we made is in fact to the Kerala this year is likely to be As the Centre prepares to draw a 3,902 positive cases and 88 deaths, so The bench, which said it was not West of the river. So, I don't know on June 5 with a model error According to officials, testing for blueprint for the gradual exit from the far. Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder inclined to hear the plea, observed what they are agitating about," he of four days. But the monsoon Covid-19 has been scaled up signif- national lockdown, a number of Singh is among those who asked for that it is impossible for the court to said in a seminar. Stating there have is likely to arrive over the icantly over the last two months and States are wanting that public trans- an extension of the lockdown, stating monitor who is walking and who is never been any problems on this in Andaman and Nicobar the capacity has increased to around portation, including metro services during the meeting with the PM that not walking. Srivastava had filed the the past, he said, "There is reason Islands four days in advance, one lakh tests per day. “To promote and flights and restarting of reason- “we must have strong lockdown. I will plea soon after the Aurangabad inci- to believe that they might have in the next 48 hours”, IMD Make in India and facilitate domes- able economic activity in non-con- ensure a curfew”. dent in which 16 migrant workers, raised the issue at the behest of said. tic manufacturers to get their Covid- tainment zones be allowed to bring Assam has also called for an who were returning to Madhya someone else and that is very much Normally, the southwest 19 diagnostics kits validated, the back the sliding economy back on the extension of the lockdown. Pradesh and had slept on railway a possibility." monsoon sets over Kerala on number of ICMR-approved validation rails. Haryana may continue lockdown tracks, were mowed down by a goods The road built by the Border June 1 with a standard devia- centres and laboratories has been In line with the PM’s advice that with modifications are likely to con- train. Roads Organisation (BRO)in tion of about seven days. Last increased from five to 14,” Srivastava nation will have to “learn to live with tinue with its borders are to remain Pithoragarh is from Ghatiabgarh to year, the monsoon onset over said. the coronavirus,” a few States, despite restricted with conditional access. -?-+8- (F+$+AAA Lipulekh just five kms short of the Kerala was delayed by seven Experts have said no vaccine is the scare of coronavirus, are for State transport will begin in 10 dis- He said the returning officer Line of Actual Control (LAC)facing days. In the last 10 years, the expected to be ready for use until at immediate lifting of restrictions on tricts. The State is also planning to rejected the postal votes. China. This road will reduce the earliest arrival was on May 23 least 2021, as they must be widely test- economic activities. resume bus services to only Delhi rail- Senior advocate Harish Salve, Kailash Mansarovar yatra by 10 to in 2009 and the most delayed ed in humans before being adminis- Andhra, for example, has pro- way station starting May 18. Industrial also appearing for Chudasama, joined 12 days. on June 8, 2016. tered to hundreds of millions, if not posed resuming all economic and and commercial activity will increase the arguments after his video link was IMD officials attributed to billions, of people to prevent infection. public activities in non-containment in the fourth phase of the lockdown. established and said that one of the -; ';'AAA several factors for delay in Globally, 4,527,811 people have areas. The southern state has 2,137 In Himachal Pradesh modified fundamental principles is to find out arrival of monsoon over Kerala been infected by coronavirus so far, COVID-19 cases according to Home curfew with increased commercial which way were the votes going. On asked why such hostile reac- that can make the advancement and the total number of deaths from Ministry data and 11,422 people in activity will be the major focus. State He said the election petition was tion from the Law Minister, Justice of rains slightly sluggish, includ- the disease now stands at 303,418. quarantine. borders will remain closed with filed by his rival candidate on pre- Thipsay said, “All I can say that some ing an abnormally high num- Delhi Chief Minister Arvind restricted entry. Industrial and com- sumptions and assumptions as the people nurture grudge against me ber of western disturbances A"?$6  ' Kejriwal, said after receiving feedback mercial activity will slowly pick up. returning officer did not counted 429 since I was all along an uncompro- affecting the western from residents, he thought some votes. He contended that the high mising judge. I know some of my Himalayan region. ;6+$ -?;$- economic activities should be allowed ;H6;$O-?;E AAA court should have called for the 429 judgment, especially in the infamous in Delhi except in containment zones. votes and seen if they were rightly Best Bakery case, made some people A fund of 10,000 crore has He called for the lifting of more curbs The researchers found that after rejected under the law as one has to very unhappy. But I’ve always been been set aside for Micro Food in Delhi - all of which has been des- being exposed to high levels of the see, if results were materially affect- true to my conscience.” Enterprises, with a cluster-based ignated a “red zone” to suggest a high- novel coronavirus, none of the six ed due to this move. Salve said there “Was there any pressure on you approach of promoting State-wise concentration of cases. He also report- monkeys that were given the vaccine was no link between the minister and in the Best Bakery case to acquit the produce for instance, makhana from edly wants resumption of taxi, auto developed viral pneumonia. Also, the returning officer nor any link or accused persons?” Bihar, Kesar in Jammu & Kashmir, and metro services. there was no sign that the vaccine had collusion to establish material bene- “See this was a very controver- mango in Uttar Pradesh, bamboo Kerala, a State that relies heavily made the animals more vulnerable. fit. sial case. It was transferred out of shoots in North-East, chilli in Andhra on tourism for revenue, wants metro The development has been wel- Senior advocate Kapil Sibal, Gujarat by the Supreme Court. The Pradesh, tapioca in Tamil Nadu and services, local trains, domestic flights, comed as encouraging signs for a vac- appearing for Rathod, said that com- nation’s eyes were on this case and turmeric from Andhra Pradesh. restaurants and hotels to be re- cine currently undergoing human tri- plete facts were not presented and the Gujarat Government was obvi- The Government also allocated opened. als but experts warn that it remains there are illegalities and manipulation ously extremely concerned about its 13,343 for foot and mouth disease Karnataka, which has also done to be seen if it is as effective in as counting of votes started with outcome. I was honoured to be and 15,000 crore animal husbandry well to contain the viral outbreak, has humans. Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) nominated as judge to deal with the fund in dairy processing. asked the Centre for permission to re- “These results support the ongo- and postal ballots were not even case. There were both pressure and The Government has launched open restaurants, hotels and gymna- ing clinical trial of the vaccine in brought till the final round of count- persuasions from different quarters 4,000 crore fund to promote herbal siums - public spaces closed weeks humans, the results of which are ing. - including floods of threatening let- cultivation in about 10 lakh hectare, ago to encourage social distancing eagerly awaited,” said Dr Penny Ward, The bench then said that it is stay- ter and pleas that as a Hindu I should she said, adding that the scheme will and check the virus’ spread. visiting professor in pharmaceutical ing the High Court order and issuing side with the accused persons --- but help generate Rs 5,000 crore income Tamil Nadu has also asked for medicine at King’s College London. notice. Sibal opposed the stay of the I did what a judge should have done. for farmers. Along the bank of Ganga, economic activity to be re-started Sarah Gilbert, professor of vacci- order and said that court should not Of course, my judgment had upset a corridor of medicinal plants will be except in containment zones. The nology at the University of Oxford’s stay the order in this kind of matter, some people and they found difficult developed over 800 hectare. Another request is likely to be viewed with cau- Jenner Institute who is leading the where the basis is corrupt practice. to forget it. That’s why they treat me Rs 500 crore has been earmarked for tion, given the State has registered a research, has previously said she has The bench told Sibal that court has as an enemy.” Justice Thipsay point- beekeeping initiatives, helping 2 lakh massive surge in Covid-19 cases over a “high degree of confidence” in the always stayed orders like this and it ed out that during thirty years of his beekeepers. The Government extend- the past few days. vaccine. has been done in many cases. judicial career mostly the Congress ed Operation Greens from tomato, Gujarat, which has 9,591 cases “Of course, we have to test it and was in power both at the Centre and onion and potato to all fruits and veg- and has reported 586 deaths, wants to get data from humans. We have to +$ 8? 6 -AAA in the State, so majority of his judg- etables by providing an additional resume all economic activity in all demonstrate it actually works and ments went against the executive fund of Rs 500 crore. major urban centres. stops people getting infected with Soon after the opening of the decision of the Government. This money would go into pro- Maharashtra - the State most coronavirus before using the vaccine Lipulekh-Dharchula road at a “In fact, I was accused to be pro- viding subsidy on transportation badly affected - is reluctant to open in the wider population,” she said. height of more than 15,000 feet, BJP for several of my judgments from surplus to deficient markets as up too much of the economy or too Nepal protested and urged India to including quashing a defamation well as on storages including cold many offices ?+O ; ;$AAA "refrain from carrying out any case against Nitin Gadkari when he storages. Bihar, Jharkhand and Odisha activity inside the territory of was Leader of the Opposition in have gone the other way, with all three The bench, which also com- Nepal." Maharashtra Assembly and giving -+-;+;' States asking for the strict lockdown prised Justices SK Kaul and BR Gavai, There were street protests also bails to two accused of the Malegaon to continue. Covid-19 case numbers asked Solicitor General Tushar Mehta against the new road in Nepal. On blast case.  66$-$+ - in these States are climbing, and are whether there was any way to stop Saturday last week, Nepal also said “My judgments were based on set to climb even further, with the these migrants workers from walking the "unilateral act" was against the principled enshrined in the The Prime Minster has hinted return of migrants stranded across the on the roads. Mehta said states are understanding reached between Constitution. But today, everything that the lockdown-4 could be of country. providing inter-state transport to the the two countries on resolving bor- is being viewed from the prison of “complete new colour” for the pur- Bihar Chief Minister Nitish migrant workers but if the people start der issues. It also served a diplo- communalism, and social media pose of re-activisation of economy. Kumar has made it clear the lock- walking on foot instead of waiting for matic note to the Indian envoy in trolls are let loose against judges who States were asked to submit their down in his State will be extended to transportation, then nothing can be Kathmandu. differ with the Government. This is respective unit maps depicting red, May 31. He also said relaxation of done. Surprised at the neighbouring a very sad situation -- and it poses orange and green areas with Prime guidelines should be left to district He said authorities can only country's reaction, Naravane said serious danger to our democracy,” he Minister’s office by Friday. The cur- administrations. request these people not to start the area East of the Kali river said.    !"#$#$  1   14 3* +          

 0   virus since day one. As on 134 to 2,549. Friday, there are 64 active Overall, the total number mid all the negativity about cases, while 493 people have of coronavirus cases in India Acoronavirus pandemic that been sent home after getting climbed to 78,003, after regis- $   +$  @ has created havoc across India treated for the viral infection. tering new 3,722 cases in last 24 as well as the world, there’s It was Kerala where the first hours. good news from some States Covid-19 case in India was In Jammu Kashmir, 589   undergoing treatment in the here where the number of reported on January 30. people were discharged and cancer department of the recovered Covid-19 patients Haryana has registered 368 469 are still under treatment n a precautionary measure, a Army’s Research and has surpassed the number of cases against 439 recovered while in Andhra Pradesh 1,252 Iportion of the Army Referral(RR)Hospital and 14 active cases. cases while in Telangana 428 have been recovered . Atleast Headquarters or Sena Bhawan others in different parts of the Active Covid-19 cases are positive cases have been report- 1,007 are still infected with the here, is closed for sanitation country. the number of total coronavirus ed and 952 people have recov- viral. 48 people have died so far and disinfection after a soldier The 24 patients including cases after deducting the num- ered. in the State. posted there was tested positive serving and retired ber of recovered/discharged Ditto in Chhattisgarh, Similarly, Madhya Pradesh for Covid-19. Following the personnel were shifted to patients and fatalities count. Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, has reported 2,073 active cases laid down process, the army another army hospital near- Nationally too, the recovery Madhya Pradesh and Andhra against 2,283 treated cases. In authorities are following the by on May 4. However, no rate is increasing steadily. Pradesh and a few other States Rajasthan, there are 1,886 medical protocol like contact- staff was affected by the coro- About 32.63 per cent patients and Union Territories. active cases while 2,677 have tracing of the affected soldier, navirus, they clarified. have recovered so far from In fact, in the last few gone home, according the data. quarantine and related drill. Similarly, 38 personnel coronavirus. days, India has seen more In a pandemic with a low There is another suspect case of the Navy tested According to the Health coronavirus recoveries than mortality rate like COVID-19, of the pandemic there. positive in Mumbai last Ministry's website, more than the rise in active covid cases. the number of recovered cases Giving this information month and 12 of them were 70 per cent of the deaths are On Thursday, 1,849 patients must steadily exceed the num- here on Friday, sources said a later discharged after due due to comorbidities. were cured of Covid-19 while ber of active cases at some floor of the Sena Bhawan was treatment and The Southern State of active cases went up by 1,739. stage, provided the exponential shutdown for fumigation and isolation process while the Kerala has shown the best per- The death toll from coron- growth of new cases is stopped, sanitization drive. With this remaining 26 are still under- formance in managing the avirus complications rose by as per health experts. case, the total number of personnel in the Army testing positive has crossed the 40 mark. They include 25 patients going treatment, sources said. +' ?+2/ #. '3# '   !    0 # # %,##  %*?/3    '"! s Covid-19 is likely to     '    Abecome a part of life, focus is now on daily cleaning and dis-   n a move to help farmers infecting frequently-touched  !  !   :   Iearn better prices for their surfaces such as tables, door- he Congress on Friday products in times of Covid-19 knobs, light switches and han-   both institutions were University. reduce virus repro- Tlashed out at the Centre's crisis, the Modi Government dles among others. In this direc- together able to show duction using some- announcement of the third has rolled out sweeping tion, scientists at CSIR-CMERI, ffering hope for how a SARS-CoV-2 "However, they thing known as tranche of the economic pack-  '  reforms for the farm sector Durgapur, have developed two Otreatment of the infection changes the are based on a cell translation inhibitors, age. including a central law mobile indoor coronavirus infection human host cells. culture system and which shut down Congress spokesperson enable that. “The geniuses at (Agricultural Produce disinfection sprayer units to be that has caused havoc They used a particular require further test- protein production. Randeep Surjewala alleged that Niti Aayog have done it again. Marketing Committee used for effectively cleaning and across the world, a form of mass spec- ing," Munch added. Twenty-four the package worth Rs.20 lakh I’d like to remind you of their –APMC Act) to allow farmers disinfecting pathogenic micro- team of German trometry called the The findings show hours after infection, crore had proved to be an graph predicting the Govt’s to sell their produce freely organism present on doors, researchers has iden- mePROD method, a picture of the pro- the virus causes dis- example of 'voodoo econom- national lockdown strategy and amendment to the six- knobs, hospital wards, hospital tified potential cellular which they had devel- gression of a SARS- tinct changes to the ics'. would ensure no fresh Covid and-a-half-decade-old beds, surfaces, rooms, halls, targets for treating the oped only a few CoV-2 infection: composition of the He claimed that the Union cases from tomorrow, May the Essential Commodities Act building corridors among oth- virus that causes months previously. whilst many viruses host proteome: while government had disappointed   16th,” Rahul tweeted. The (ECA) 1955 moving cereals, ers. Covid-19. This method makes it shut down the host's cholesterol metabo- the entire country by failing to graph, as seen in the picture edible oils, pulses, onions and The aim is to minimise the A team of bio- possible to determine protein production to lism is reduced, activ- translate their promises into ormer Congress president shared by him, shows the curve potatoes out of its purview. risk of transmitting chemists and virolo- the amount and syn- the benefit of viral ities in carbohydrate reality. Maintaining that farm- FRahul Gandhi on Friday predicting new cases peaking BJP-ruled Madhya Coroanvirus to people who gists at Goethe thesis rate of thou- proteins, SARS-CoV-2 metabolism and in ers and labourers were facing a took a swipe at Niti Aayog, the around last week of April and Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, inadvertently come in contact University and the sands of proteins with- only slightly influences the modification of lot of difficulties, Surjewala Government’s think tank, for then sloping downwards to Karnataka and Gujarat have with these surfaces. Frankfurt University in a cell, according to the protein produc- RNA as protein pre- accused the Centre of pushing predicting that there would be zero on May 16. already made amendments to "The mobile sprayers are Hospital in Germany the findings published tion of the host cell, cursors increase. them into a debt trap. no Covid-19 cases after May However, there has been the APMC Act to removes BPDS (Battery-Powered tested a series of com- in the journal Nature. with the viral proteins In line with this, Moreover, he complained 16. The think tank had said the no let up in the cases even as restrictions on where the Disinfectant Sprayer) and pounds in laboratory "Thanks to the appearing to be the scientists were that the farmers had not been government’s lockdown strat- the third phase of nationwide farmer would be able to sell his POMID ( Pneumatically models and found mePROD-technology produced in competi- successful in stop- provided with any financial egy to control the virus will lockdown ends this Sunday. produce and get better prices Operated Mobile Indoor some which slowed we developed, we were tion to host cell pro- ping virus reproduc- help. by eliminating the middle- Disinfection). Both the sprayer down or stopped virus for the first time able teins. tion in cultivated Senior Congress leader Surjewala said the gov- ferencing. men. systems are designed with two reproduction. to trace the cellular Instead, a SARS- cells by applying Jairam Ramesh said that ernment has not put a single Surjewala said the farmers Union Finance Minister stage spraying units and sepa- According to the changes upon infec- CoV-2 infection leads inhibitors of these Friday's announcements were penny in the pocket of farm- have lost 21,000 crore by dis- Nirmala Sitharaman rate storage tanks to clean and researchers, these tion over time and to an increased pro- processes. already present in the Union ers or farm labourers through tress sale of wheat far below announced the reforms while disinfect the indoor areas by results now enable the with high detail in our tein synthesis Similar success Budget even as he requested the package and claimed that the minimum support price detailing the third tranche of the numbers of fixed and flex- search for an active laboratory. We were machinery in the cell. was achieved by Union Finance Minister farmers have lost over Rs (MSP) and an equal amount financial package. The ECA ible nozzles set in the lower & substance to be nar- obviously aware of the The researchers using a substance Nirmala Sitharaman to reveal 50,000 crore this Rabi season. through other crops like amendment, besides deregu- the upper tiers. There is also an rowed down to a small potential scope of our suspected this was a that inhibits the pro- the revised expenditure figure "One thing is absolutely chana, sarson and masoor, lating production and sale of industrial variant of the disin- number of already findings," said study weak spot of the virus duction of building for the fiscal year 2020-21. clear that the so-called Rs while anoher 10,000 crore food products, will provide for fectant sprayer which has util- approved drugs. lead author Christian and were indeed able blocks for the viral The Congress accused the 20-lakh crore economic pack- was lost through distress sale no stock limit to be imposed ity for heavy usage and larger Researchers from Munch from Goethe to significantly genome. government of being "insen- age has proved to be a jumla of vegetables and fruits. on any produce. A stock limit span of coverage," said Prof. sitive" towards farmers and package. It reflects the He claimed that since the will be imposed only under Harish Hirani, Director, CSIR- demanded that the prime 'voodoo' economics being fol- markets were shut and farm- very exceptional circumstances CMERI, Durgapur. pump sprayer are much larg- design, better arrangement of tures and extendable arms to minister and the finance min- lowed by the prime minister ers have to sell at distress like national calamities, famine He explained that most of er in size and effective cover- nozzles and lesser droplet sizes reach hidden area and clean ister apologise for neglecting and the finance minister," prices as the government was with a surge in prices. Also, no the disinfectant sprayers in age of surface is lesser. and therefore sprayed disin- comprehensively. The tech- them in the COVID-19 eco- Surjewala said at a press con- buying only 26.5 per cent of stock limit shall apply to the market are based either on “However, indoor sprayer fectant covers greater surface nology for BPDS has already nomic package. ference through video-con- the Rabi crop at MSP. processors or value chain par- cleaning or disinfecting using systems developed by our lab area for the specified volume found a taker with Power ticipants. a single chamber storage for consist of dual chamber stor- of liquid,” he said. Tech Mining Pvt. Ltd. (West The EC Act is considered the liquid and are pump-based. age for disinfectants and clean- The sprayers are also Bengal) seeking its commer- a major impediment in the The droplets produced by a ing and have better nozzle equipped with mopping fea- cialisation, Prof Hirani said.   !"!!#$! %&$ growth of agriculture sector as traders are scared to buy more on the fear of imposition of 1     ' #)%! stock holding limits anytime.       According to EC Act, if the <     ( central government is of opin-    L #/% #2,#%#0 . 21 *#/03,500 2 / #0/ ion that it is necessary for    3   be quarantined. ##%/%/0 #. //%/00 ##0//* %A %*2 %2##2 / # maintaining or increasing sup- He said these doctors are erming the Government’s /0 /%2 % #% #/02/ ./% 1%* #.// 00#  # plies of any essential com- he Supreme Court Friday quarantined in places where Tpackages to migrant 6 %/ 1# * %*# #  0 # / /%2  modity, securing their equi-     9 %& Tasked the Centre to apprise they have to share rooms, bath- labourers, farmers and poor a  /*#1*0//* % %1*.#0 ##A$#. 21 *%* table distribution and avail- it about steps taken for quar- rooms but it should be done in “cruel hoax”, the CPI (M) 2 ##1#/%#% /%3/%# /%2  ## #* /0 # ability at fair prices or secur- antining doctors and medical places, where social distancing Politburo on Friday said that  /%,3/0#2/%#J#%2#/ #00# %*  ing any essential commodity staff engaged in fight against can be maintained. the one nation-one ration 2 / #/0.#/.#0 2#/ M #?' 5 7 A for the defence of India, it may coronavirus in accommoda- Rohatgi said this type of card will be active only in provide for regulating or pro- tions near the hospitals itself. arrangements would defeat the mid-2021 and pointed out   ##0.  22# #6% %2# %# /0# %* # hibiting the production, supply A bench of Justices L purpose of quarantining and that the NDA regime had 2/% ,2 %*  # #  /.# 2#%%2 # #% and distribution and trade and Nageswara Rao, Sanjay Kishan corona warriors will fall down. canceled many ration cards in $ +/ 1 *#%# #A commerce therein. Kaul and B R Gavai, which He said the Government the name of corruption, Sitharaman also took up the matter through should requisition such hotels which ultimately made the announced that a central law video conferencing asked and guest houses where prop- poor suffer. will be formulated to provide Solicitor General Tushar er facilities are available and In a detailed statement, country. “Not a single paisa is a package of 3,500 crores for adequate choices to the farm- Mehta, appearing for the social distancing could be the polit bureau pointed out being transferred from the extension of the provision of ers to sell produce at an attrac-   The decision has been taken Centre, to take instructions maintained. that on Thursday Finance Government to any of the free foodgrains. Having tive price, barrier-free inter- by the judges of the apex court and apprise it by next week. He said he was not seeking Minister Nirmala worst-affected sections of our cancelled crores of ration state trade and framework for he Supreme Court, which in its virtual full court meeting During the hearing, senior any adversarial order but is Sitharaman assessed only people, specifically cards in the name of corrup- e-trading of agricultural pro- Thas been hearing urgent and it has also been resolved advocate Mukul Rohatgi, only asking for suitable accom- eight crore as migrant work- migrant workers, street ven- tion making the poor suffer, duce. Farmers are currently matters through video-confer- that Chief Justice of India (CJI) appearing for doctor-petition- modation with necessary facil- ers, while earlier in dors, domestic workers, the FM now makes a grand bound to sell their produce encing from March 25 due to S A Bobde will keep an eye on er Arushi Jain, said that resi- ities near the hospital for the Parliament she had said that fishing workers etc. This gesture that all families with- only to licensees in the APMC, COVID-19 pandemic, on developing situation. dent doctors in Government doctors and medical staffs, there are more than 10 crore package is mainly provision of out ration cards will also get said the minister. This restric- Friday decided to postpone its The decision to shorten hospitals, after completing 7/14 who are in forefront of dealing migrant workers in many loans. 5kg foodgrains and 1kg puls- tion does not exist for any summer vacation by five weeks the summer vacation has been days on duty, are supposed to with Covid-19 pandemic. cities across the “The only direct benefit is es free. Repackaging schemes other industrial produce. and declared that it would hailed by SCBA (Supreme like one nation-one ration This, she said, resulted in remain functional from May 18 Court Bar Association) card that will see the light of stalling the free flow of agri- to June 19. President Dushant Dave who (=  3   ' the day only by mid-2021, is cultural produce and frag- As per the October 14 noti- also said that the apex court +  -#  of little consequence to the mentation of markets and sup- fication, the summer vacation should take all steps to help poor >   ' sufferings that crores of peo- ply chain. Also it entailed less would have started from May 18 citizens in the present crisis. ple face today,” the CPI(M) price to the farmers. The and concluded on July 5 (both The apex court, since !#-# &$ !  who excommunicated Sister said. Centre has also been urging days inclusive) in the apex March 25, has been holding * ,  D;? Lucy Kalapurackal from the The Left party accused the states to encourage the court. courts through video confer- religious congregation for the Finance Minister of mis- adoption of National “In partial modification of encing due to the nation-wide he death of Divya P John, her uncompromising stance leading the country by Agriculture Market or e-NAM, Notification of even number lockdown to contain the spread !)! )&/!# %!" Ta final year novitiate trainee against exploitation of nuns claiming that there was a 40 an electronic platform that dated October 14, 2019 notify- of coronavirus (COVID-19) at Baselian Convent at by some of the vicars and to 50 per cent increase in links all mandis to create a uni- ing the list of Supreme Court and had suspended   L Nageswara Rao, S K Kaul and Thiruvalla in Kerala on May 7 bishops of the Church, MNREGA workdays generat- fied nationwide market to help holidays, 2020 and the summer the entry of advocates and other B R Gavai stayed the May 8 order has become a controversy with expressed their reservation ed. farmers secure better prices for vacation of the court, it is here- staff into the high security zone he Supreme Court Friday of the High Court after taking a global collective of Keralaites over the attitude of the The CPI (M) also said their produce. by notified that the five-week on the basis of their proximity Tstayed the Madras High note of the appeal of demanding a CBI probe into Church superiors who they that the Central Government According to agriculture period from May 18, 2020 to cards, till further orders. Court order which had asked the Government firm Tamil Nadu the incident. Divya (21) was allege jumped into the con- has no right to give any ministry, the e-NAM platform June 19 (both days inclusive) of The SCBA, on April 11, had Tamil Nadu government to close State Marketing Corporation found dead under mysterious clusion that Divya had com- instructions regarding the use now has a total number of 1000 the summer vacation of the SC appealed to the CJI and his state-run liquor vends on the (TASMAC) which sells conditions in the well of the mitted suicide. of CAMPA funds. mandis across. calendar 2020 has been companion judges to declare ground that there was violation alcoholic beverages in the State. convent on May 7 around 11 “Divya is the 22nd nun It is for State This apart, Operation rescheduled and declared as cancellation of summer vacation of guidelines meant to contain Lawyer Yogesh Kanna, am and the officials of the trainee who was found dead Governments in coordina- Greens will be extended from period of functioning of the and treat it as the COVID-19 pandemic. appearing for the State Church term it as a case of under mysterious conditions. tion with local tomato, onion and potato to all court,” the apex court notifica- working period of apex Following the stay on the Government, said the top court suicide. But members of JSL, During the last 28 years, we communities, mainly tribal, fruits and vegetables by pro- tion said. court in the larger interest of the high court order by the apex issued notices to those who had (Justice for Sister Lucy) a have seen 22 nuns losing their who are affected by projects to viding 50 per cent subsidy on It said that the earlier noti- litigants and interest of justice in court the state-owned liquor filed the pleas in the high court global organisation fighting lives under mysterious condi- decide how the funds are to transportation and storage of fication on the list of holidays view of ongoing nationwide shops may reopen in the state. seeking closure of the liquor out- against the Church officials tions. be spent. these commodities, she said. would remain unchanged. lockdown. A bench comprising Justices lets in the State.    !"#$#$  ) 1-&)"&!$#1!2 0 2#,//1A2/B ./%##  @ # '/%##  % * A2/B ./%## B 44+ 6#,- 4#.      2   3 '  9  "'    "      '  '            ( 5   $  S ! ?;E 3 # %1#/ #  #, ## 2/#/ 2 0/  A #0/2                     /,#/%  #*0/ 0%* #/21/% %/% ,#. %0/ 0# # # 0#   2                                        1*3/)!67  !                   S             $   S                  .     2. 302.                                        ! he fear of contracting COVID-                    S  19 is understandable. There is as yet no cure, no vaccine. An        "               obsessive fear of getting it, how-                 ! ever, will worsen matters.        !1*3/)    S  MakingT the urge to escape the virus’ clutches, the driving concern will conduce       5            to a negative approach, impairing the                  drawing up of a comprehensive and evolved                   strategy to cope with the pandemic spread-                (      ing across India while saving lives, keeping the economy growing and imposing min-                    imum possible hardships on people.                    The current strategy considers social    8         S       distancing to be the most effective way of hobbling the progress of the virus and the        9:;;       $   lockdown the best way of making social dis-              "     6<;;; tancing effective. Lauding the lockdown, the    #.!+/4(         '    ! fourth stage of which begins on May 18, experts have argued that the number of  =;;;              (  COVID-19 cases and deaths therefrom       !  /            would have been much, much higher   6>:               #.!+/4(    without it. I will not cross swords with them as I am not an expert in the matter. I can                      only say that they have gone by model-             '       based projections, which are sometimes Nirmala Sitharaman has filled parts of Asia and North Africa between 2004 and 2008. The       !               right and sometimes wrong. in with some details, whose during the 14th century. estimated actual burden of Besides, there are serious limitations to main effect will be enhancing Perhaps the worst phase was cholera is much higher and in        (             the extent to which the lockdown can ensure cash-flow in the short run. between 1347 and 1351 when, the vicinity of three to five mil-                social distancing. Sixty-five million people Much of how things pan according to varying estimates, lion cases and 100,000 to                     or 22 per cent of India’s population live in out on the ground will depend it killed one-third to as much as 130,000 deaths per year. slums where gross over-crowding (often six on the delivery systems com-  ;)+ 50 to 60 per cent of Europe’s The world has survived                 3    to 10 people in small rooms), acute pover- prising Central and State +-8F;))?+(- population. The numbers cited the pandemics mentioned :;                      ty and shockingly unhealthy conditions pre- bureaucracies. Neither of the  $P( $ range from 50 million to 200 above and other instances of :;;;       !    (         vail. It is impossible to practise social distanc- two is celebrated for its efficien- million deaths. The same dis- mass deaths caused by dis- ing — to say nothing of working from home cy. A great deal will also depend +? ;+$ ease claimed an estimated eases. It will survive COVID-19     6;;;; 4           /    — in such places or in highly-overcrowded on the manner in which the 100,000 lives in London, a but may have to live with it even                areas which are not slums. Social distancing lockdown is lifted. Of critical E-K quarter of the city’s population, after a vaccine and curative " $                  is only possible among inhabitants of importance in this context will $+ ;+ during 1665-66. Earlier, the medicine are available. !                 colonies of at least the comparatively privi- be the relaxations permitted Plague of Justinian (named Preventive vaccination and leged and between dwellers of the latter on during its fourth phase and 5$+ ;-  after an emperor of Byzantium effective treatment have not   '  P /   Q            ! the one hand and those living in slums and their implementation. These ;$ or Eastern Roman Empire) eradicated plague. From 1985 to    $             "    highly overcrowded areas on the other. Those should be preparatory to a ?;($ -7 that afflicted his domain in 541- 2003, 25 countries reported                    living in the latter are not only more vulner- resumption of economic and 542, killed an estimated 10,000 over 43,000 cases to the WHO. able to the infection of COVID-19 but to the social life at the pre-lockdown + ;++ people a day in its capital, The disease continues to occur.                    A   adverse economic impact of the lockdown. level except in regions and Constantinople (now Istanbul). The focus should be on a   S                  ! The majority of the families living in spheres of activity where restric- ;?+A'$--($ In fact, it is plague that led strategy for the lifting of the B 5S                ! slums and highly overcrowded areas are of tions are absolutely essential. );$;6 to the institution of quarantine, lockdown as early as possible migrant workers who are not highly-skilled There will be pressures to which began in 1377 when the and on a blueprint for life              B      and are employed on low daily wages. Many the contrary both from States ;)--- E6+$ Rector of the seaport of Ragusa, thereafter. It will not be an easy                  of them did not find work everyday even and sections of the public fed on ;6 -+- which then belonged to the job because it will require action                     before the lockdown came into force. The a diet of apocalyptic predictions Venetian Republic, prescribed a at three levels — international halting of economic activity following the about what will follow and the +-;) 30-day, later extended to 40 (relations with other coun-           .$( 2$ "        lockdown has left them without work and air may well be rent by warn- days, isolation for arriving ships. tries), national and local.          *           income. Hence the tragedy of long home- ings of a quantum jump in the $- -A Anyway, plague provides just Pressure, born of obsessive fear               ! ! ward marches by thousands of families, with number COVID-19 cases and - (+;(-8 one example. Small pox, which of the disease, has to be resist- women often carrying children in their arms. deaths therefrom. India, and, has haunted the world for ed. Simultaneously, the efforts                 "     Against these projections, the harsh fact for that matter, the world, has 66;$- 12,000 years, caused 300 million afoot in India to find a vaccine              S     ! is that the lockdown has hobbled the econ- never lacked in doomsayers. +6;;   +; deaths in the 20th century, In and a cure must continue. Here  8             omy and imposed untold hardship on sec- The country must ignore them India, it killed 15,000 people, one must not only look at allo- tions that are the least able to bear it. The and march on while taking 6 +E+??  mainly in Bihar, Odisha and pathic but homeopathic,  " $              ! victims are not only the urban poor, every possible step to halt the ++?($ (- West Bengal. And this despite ayurvedic and Unani cures as       S    'C# $    4    ! including migrant workers, but rural poor disease’s spread and minimise the availability of preventive vac- well. The case of Ozone thera-                    D  who provide urban areas with supplies the number of deaths. ?; ( cination and treatment with py, which is also said to have and/or depend on money sent by their kin It is imperative to adopt a anti-biotics. Despite the avail- shown promising indications,    ' S 6=!         ! working as migrant labourers in cities. historical perspective. The ability of both, 838,315 cases of needs to be explored, too.      !    B Prime Minister Narendra Modi has doubt- world has survived pandemics. cholera were notified to the (The writer is Consultant less announced a 20 lakh crore package to A massive outbreak of bubon- World Health Organisation Editor, The Pioneer, and an kickstart the economy and Finance Minister ic plague devastated Europe and (WHO) during the period author) 0     4 + 5 6 780 8 4: 3 +    # # # /%/,### 0# 1# # *   %1' O+ % , ?/%* # /,##%#   ?'       #5#. 7*  . #2 /%#2 %*/ /%# ./  %% / * % ,/ # A  # # ##  # %##/ /#/%#A # /0 #2/% % %  /% 2- #   !        ,# #/0/#/%###A  1/ # 5$2 ?  7 %/ 1%* %2/% /# %#%/ /# 2         !  # 2  ,   2/*/ ,###%0# %# //% #./%,/ #2## %  ./,A %## # A  # 0#   /0?/3A #%.#/.#% . /.#  A      3 . S          /    7@('#? >$7 +7 )3%5AP!5)'%)'7#>$7 5'5,'5'!$#7   )   !     K #%   %# K+6   KF% +   K #% '  %                    !  (  .   .      3 0   0 4  +  0  068+      ,      2   1   ,                                  "  Sir — It’s been a month and a half  #0# / ##/  L2/%/2 #2#M5  Sir — With the Government since the lockdown was imposed 7A % ""3%#  #/ #% /%' # planning to further ease lock-        $    /        '  and we are still seeing migrants  %#  #%  /./1# #%*  ,//0 down norms from next week, $    , 4   #  #       "  walking home. Why have prop- */ ,0# / /0*%* #J ## 0/  # what is sure is that cases are   .  S $         /     '  er arrangements still not been  #A # 1 2 / #. 21 *# %%/%2# bound to spike. We should be pre- , /%#1#  *# /%K%//%/# $                 made to ensure that they return pared for this as slowly but sure- to their home States? If they are  # ,*%,# /0# /#, /2/ #./% ly, the virus will spread to hith-        being prevented from leaving /.# 2#%/0 #2/% O* //#2. /2 erto unaffected districts. *     .        / ! because of the fear that the virus 5 '7A) 2/# //1 ##    *#./ /% Undoubtedly, safety protocols     ,                 /  ! will spread, what about the fact /0K 2  A 1 2 / #K. /0 # like wearing masks and using that many of them are dying with- /% J%!#2#%/ ##, #$## # sanitisers will become the new                   out food and water? Are their ) %1/0 % 5$) 7 /*  /#  #/#  normal.                /   lives not important? How can we .# //0 ##/% A ,## #0% %2 . 213 .#/.##.#2#/#  ##0. 21 *#0/ A gradual easing down of the               "   .   allow some people to die in an *#/0A  1 2 / # %%/%2#,6% %2# %#  #.//  % #  ##2 A ## 3 lockdown will bring another set effort to save others?    -  %/% 2 A  # 0/   # * % / 1#   %%/%2# ,  # of challenges for the Union as well                         Ibne Giasuddin Kurla /   # 2 % ##2 # /% ,# 6% %2# %#  2 / 1/ # ,#%#0O # % as State Governments. It will not  / /                  Mumbai .# 2#%/0 ',% # /% ,/0#.# 2#% #. /0 /O.##2 ###/,# #L 1#% be easy for them to enforce social        1             # %/,#%!#2#A #2/%2# %/0 #2//% % M. /!#2 .#2 ## 2  ,##% %/%3 distancing norms in public Q    2#% /##  #, # # #/ #0* #A;% #  # 0 / #,#*%%%*A #' # %# / spaces. Second, not all migrant           /              #  3# 3/* %/ 1#   #./ # #/%##/2 0 ## /0 %#2 ## workers may feel safe to come                     5  / #2/ .# %#%# %* %  0#  1%* #0  #  % 1%* #.#/.#/0 #2/%   back to work as the pandemic has               / Sir — This refers to the editori- "1/# #/%  /; A-/ #% #' # 0/  #6% %2# %# O.##2 A left them in a state of panic. al, “Swadeshi vs Make in India” %#      L/# ./  % #2/%  ,# 3')"$*"@%7(%$$#79## Central and State Governments                     (May 15). It is heartening that %%/%2#% ##2/%/2. 21 *#0/ ## #2/%M    will have their work cut out for       ,  /           Prime Minister Narendra Modi months not just handling a post-               "     made an appeal to make the this challenge and start manufac- made great strides in scientific world. Further, Chinese smart- lockdown scenario but also in country self-reliant and asked to turing products. But it must be technology, it has not been able phones have literally conquered striking a balance between our       # /        ! use products “made in India.” borne in mind that India cannot to make any strong inroads into global markets. Sadly, Indian health and economic priorities.                     5 ! ! It is welcome that our leaders compete with other countries in the smartphone/laptop business. smartphones are nowhere to be Yash Nar yani            "        have finally realised the impor- every area. Therefore, we have to In these areas, China has outdone seen. It’s better to set achievable Ujjain tance of indigenisation of prod- get some clear cut ideas in this most countries across the world. targets, like in agriculture.                , . ucts and are advocating for it. regard. Chinese electronic goods TK Nandanan  #"/        Every industry must now take up Though our country has have undoubtedly swamped the Kochi #$$#7!$8'5##7B6@%' >@    !"#$#$   9 1-&)"&!$#1!2 *8 4!+35, !)%&$ !+5 0  ,   0   */.  +   / 2 # 3 ,.  //2   *    P   *3  +*,   , ,  3 /     P. +  ?;E 3 1##% %# ,# L.  L/3  * /./0 #  / 1#    * % 0 3 , #./#%  ## / 0/  #?/ /%   3     2.-++ 1      "'  '      6;;    /    "               1  67=;   '       )                   "      =9    !     )  1  / E)1/F       !  9=G7      $                   H    !      !                                             )                     !            !                     S                                   7;      + 4 . ,.                                            ,  veryone around the world, including pol- 1*3/)!67                 icy-makers, governments and even the            1    EWorld Health Organisation (WHO), has come to realise that the Coronavirus is a pan-              demic that isn’t going to die out soon. Even after !"! # # $     %&   #' a lockdown of seven weeks, the number of infec-    P"    1*3/)!67   S     tions and deaths in India is surging and it’s an 769                 " inevitable moment we’ve arrived at. Inevitable not    1*3/)!67          only from an economic but also medical (care)          "        perspective.           5     As India comes out of the lockdown in phas-  -'$;)+)8          Q es, hospitals in the country, both government and  +              private, will have to deal with a huge backlog of '+ -                life-saving surgeries and procedures. The coun- ;6'+ ? try’s fragile health system will now have to con-                +$ ++  tend with crushing demands for specialist surg-  D-(66$$-          "         eries, ICU beds, life-saving medicines and an                    ;6+?$; ? acute shortage of healthcare workers to handle  -+-+   !     H    "      ! the potential flurry of non-Covid patients                  around OPDs and wards. ;+-  !       "        ! It is probably time that the patients of the ;8 -+-                    pandemic are managed like sufferers of a chron- +66?               ic disease and not as the only disease affecting +---;+- $        1         the masses, to ease off the strain on the rest of ;66-$+ ;       1      C   the population needing treatment. However chal- $-;6                      lenging the treatment, isolation and healthcare ';'(+ ; imposed restrictions for better public nequins to give the players a feel of a with three-feet- long cardboard wings worker-protection protocols for COVID-19 are,   health management are infused into full stadium. to learn about social distancing. As they                  it should now join the other illness curves of the nearly every activity of ours — a way Beauty salons in Sydney are back attended school with their hats on, they             !    " $+ A country’s healthcare system. We have to find ways ;E$ of life that is likely to persist until a vac- in business with abundant supplies of answered questions from teachers   ,  #   #         ! to resume life and return to a somewhat “newer cine or treatment is found and is ready masks, gloves and hand sanitisers. 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In fact, the repercussions of these altered life preview for us of what might soon automobile have been exposed to, hand touch automated kiosks.                   vaccination programmes in our country will be be common to people all over the globe. unlike an aircraft which is used by the Apps are being used to track the        B felt for many years to come. It is a heavy price In these countries, people are going out public. A road trip may lengthen your health and travel history of residents, /      1           to pay. We are basically exchanging one disease — but physical distancing, masks, journey but that’s a need of the current and they are mandated to show their          1 !       burden for another. gloves, alcohol sprays and a few pub- times. data through QR codes to gain entry         4   $      ! Many Indians have already been suffering lic restrictions have become the new Out of all the challenges of resum- into restaurants, office buildings and        ##2    !   ! from the trajectory of the Coronavirus as it is normal. Governments are trying to ing life after a lockdown, reopening apartment complexes.         B C   $    ! delaying life-saving cancer surgeries, cardiac pro- keep the virus at bay while creating schools and educational institutes is the Old standards are suddenly not        .4.2   1      cedures and other treatment protocols. It is time enough space for economic and social biggest. As it is classrooms are hotbeds good enough anymore. Physical dis-                 we decide how much more can these be delayed. activity. Officials are testing new san- of germs and close contact, both phys- tancing is one thing that is definitely   B "              Governments in States with low incidence of itation and social-distancing guidelines, ical and social. 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We have to learn to live with the          "        facilities until there are effective therapies and a feet apart and customers are handed for a quarter of the students from each virus as economic suicide will help no    $             vaccine available in the market at the fag end of bags to store their masks while dining. class, and are slowly expanding the class one. We all have to try and come to                  this year or early next year. We now have to try In South Korea, baseball games are size. They will continue to do so until terms with the restricted ways and          1  and return to a world reimagined for the age of devoid of fans and players can’t spit on the end of June. In the Chinese city of spontaneity of life. E('       ) " F the Coronavirus, where social distancing, appro- the field. 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some sort of biological warfare, is hard and surprise visits from precious to invest in biodiversity conservation.” During and post the global pan- pollution of water resources, ambient nature has tremendous destructive to tell. Debates will continue without wildlife in cities and towns all over the The vast illegal wildlife trade, demic, businesses in all geographies air, efficient waste recycling, land powers, it has immense healing pow- conclusive evidence. However, while world. humanity’s excessive intrusion into will be striving to ensure their short degradation neutrality and adhering to ers, too. Protecting nature is an invest- rebuilding the ruptured economy and As we wait for a breakthrough by nature, unsustainable extraction of nat- and long-term viability. While their the strictest environmental standards. ment in our future. redefining the pathways for future the scientific community working ural resources and extreme anthro- immediate efforts will focus on revival, Citizens also need to be responsible by “I am not polluting.” “I will not development, we need to remember hard to come out with a vaccine or pogenic pollution sources are to be renewal and reconstruction, compa- adopting sustainable consumption degrade nature.” “I will love wildlife.” that an invisible virus has the power drug to combat the virus, we have blamed for the disconnect. nies must also continue to think and lifestyles that include transport, food, “I will not allow others to harm to stop us in our tracks. It has crippled ample time to think about life. What So what seeds are to be sown now act for the long-term. Recovery and mobility, housing aimed at minimis- nature.” These should be the guiding the economies of the world, curbed future do we want? What are the for a sustainable era? Certainly, we reconstruction packages and new ing our carbon footprints. principles of ecological ethics for  4.:0 . lifestyles, disrupted supply chains, lessons learnt from this outbreak? Are want a cleaner, greener future and a business models involving multi-tril- A global “one health” approach everyone. Humanity has to coexist threatened our very survival by bring- we willing to take responsibility for our more equitable world for everyone. We lion dollars will be rolled out. New nor- needs to be broadened on the princi- with nature. ockdown, social distancing, ing large sections of populations in all action in bringing this virus upon the need to halt further destruction of mals in terms of business opportuni- ple of “human health can be ensured Whatever new narrative and restricted train services, no geographies under the threat of world? nature. Future financial and econom- ties and practices will emerge. In any only through care of nature, Mother norms will emerge post-Coronavirus, Lflights, taxis, job losses, salary cuts extreme poverty and hunger. It has Recent pandemics are a direct ic systems should value fixing of bro- version of a sustainable future, there Earth and the surrounding ecosystems’ the above basic principles of ecologi- and no business! Could we, the so- widened social inequalities, triggered consequence of human activity, par- ken relationships with nature to min- will be a fundamental need for com- health.” The health of people is inti- cal ethics and care for nature need to called superior species, inhabiting reverse migration and emerging social ticularly our global financial and eco- imise potential risks of such pandemics panies to integrate circular economy mately connected to the health of be integrated into everything that we “Mother Earth”, empowered with unrests of different dimensions. nomic systems that value economic in times to come. COVID-19 also principles. Respective industries have wildlife, the health of livestock and the do. This means all stakeholders, knowledge, research and innovations, However, due to the pandemic our growth at any cost. The Secretary, forces us to look into the way we devel- to introspect and redefine their role in health of the environment. It would be including policymakers, governance ever have imagined in our wildest rivers are cleaner. We are breathing Ministry of Environment, Forests and op our cities; the way we grow our valuing, restoring and protecting the great if we could at least preserve what frameworks, businesses, communities dreams such a scenario of hardships, clean air. The sky is a clear blue in cities Climate Change, CK Mishra, has shot food; the way we develop businesses; natural world on which we all depend. is left of nature. in all geographies, need to pledge for horrors, threats and uncertainties at the that have not seen it like this in many off a letter to the Ministry of Corporate the way we respect and value nature; Sectors involving agriculture, airlines, Headlines like, “Planet Earth is a sustainable future and a better beginning of a new decade? Whether years. We can actually see the stars now Affairs, emphasising that, “There is a the way we conserve species; the way transport, fossil fuel-dependent ener- under repair”, “ Mother Earth is under reconstructed world to avoid probable the global crisis brought on by and snow-clad mountains are visible consensus among scientists that a rise we degrade natural resources; the gy sectors, mining and so on, need to shutdown” also remind us of our risks of re-emergence of such pan- COVID-19 is rooted in the disruption from distant cities after decades. in zoonotic diseases like Nipah, Avian way we consume; the way we recycle adopt ecological ethics and morality in responsibility to ensure a safer, clean- demics. of ecosystems, illegal wildlife trade and All of a sudden we have peacocks Influenza, Zika and Coronavirus is waste and the way we inhabit and care business practices. er and habitable planet for our survival, (The writer is an IFS officer and so on, or embedded in the race for dancing in the streets, an increasing linked to the loss of biodiversity and for planet Earth. We need to fix our Self-compliant and redefined busi- otherwise nature has its own ways to Country Representative, International world economic supremacy through number of birds chirping in the trees forests. Hence we are urging corporates broken relationship with nature. ness practices should pledge for zero address and punish defaulters. While Union for Conservation of Nature)    !"#$#$ (

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 ( )+ 4.70 per cent, followed by Axis stimulus details for the last Bank, IndusInd Bank, Hero two days and hopefully, all the   India’s health sector. be financed by a credit from the made available for fiscal year and in anticipation of a thrid quity benchmark BSE MotoCorp, Sun Pharma and details will be out by The multilateral lending International Development 2021. programme which will be ESensex ended marginally ICICI Bank. On the other Sunday...It seems like markets he World Bank on Friday agency is also in discussions Association (IDA) — the World Ahmad addecd the Covid- around the small and small lower after a choppy session on hand, Bharti Airtel, Asian are awaiting further details Tapproved a USD 1 billion with the government to provide Bank’s concessionary lending 19 pandemic has also put the enterprises...,” he said. Friday as investors weighed the Paints, Tata Steel, NTPC, HUL before making any reaction,” loan to support India’s efforts assistance to India’s micro, small arm and USD 200 million will spotlight on some of the Ahmad added the World fiscal impact of the govern- and Reliance spurted up to 2.68 said Ajit Mishra, VP - for providing social assistance and medium enterprises, said be a loan from the International gaps in the existing social pro- Bank was in the process of dis- ment’s economic stimulus. per cent. During the week, the Research, Religare Broking to the poor and vulnerable World Bank Country Director Bank for Reconstruction tection systems. cussing a MSMEs programme According to market Sensex declined 544.97 points Ltd. households, severely impacted in India Junaid Ahmad in a and Development (IBRD), with This platform draws on the with the Government. experts, participants fear that or 1.72 per cent, while broad- Finance Minister Nirmala by the COVID-19 pandemic. webinar with media. a final maturity of 18.5 country’s existing architecture He said liquidity has come the Rs 20 lakh crore package er Nifty fell 114.65 points or Sitharaman on Thursday The “Accelerating India’s The response to the Covid- years including a grace period of safety nets - the PDS, the dig- into the market through the may not result in direct and 1.23 per cent. Besides uncer- announced a Rs 3.16 lakh crore Covid-19 Social Protection 19 pandemic around the world of five years. ital and banking infrastructure, monetary and fiscal policies immediate boost to demand, tainty over the effectiveness of package comprising free food- Response Program” will sup- has required governments to The remaining USD 250 and Aadhaar — while posi- and “the challenge now is to raising doubts over the coun- the fiscal stimulus package, grains for migrant workers, Rs port the government’s efforts introduce social distancing and million will be made available tioning the overall social pro- take that liquidity and bring it try’s economic revival in the the spike in Covid-19 cases in 2 lakh crore concessional cred- towards a more consolidated lockdowns in unprecedented after June 30, 2020. tection system for the needs of into the hands of the MSMEs... near term. the country is weighing on it to farmers and working cap- delivery platform - accessible to ways, he said. The programme will be a 21st century India. We will be coming in to sup- After slumping over 350 investor sentiment, experts ital for street vendors in a bid both rural and urban popula- These measures, intended implemented by the Union “What Covid-19 had done port that. Where exactly and points during the day, the 30- noted. to help those hit hard by the tions across state boundaries. to slowdown the spread of the Ministry of Finance. is that it has actually gotten the how much is something that we share index pared most losses “Markets settled almost nationwide lockdown. This takes the total com- virus have, however, impacted In a release, the World government to create linkages are in discussion with the to settle 25.16 points or 0.08 per unchanged after hovering in a Announcing the third mitment from the World economies and jobs - especial- Bank said the new support will between the system and begin Government”. cent lower at 31,097.73. range, taking a pause after the tranche of the stimulus pack- Bank towards emergency ly in the informal sector. India be funded in two phases - an to move the social protection Replying to a query on the Similarly, NSE Nifty recent dip. It opened margin- age post market hours on Covid-19 response in India to with the world’s largest lock- immediate allocation of USD system of India, what I think Rs 20-lakh-crore package slipped 5.90 points, or 0.06 per ally higher but the gains fiz- Friday, she said the measures USD 2 billion. down has not been an excep- 750 million for fiscal year 2020 will be the 21st century system. announced by the government, cent, to close at 9,136.85. zled out in no time and it will focus on giving relief to A USD 1 billion support tion to this trend. (fiscal year starting July 1, “It is in this context we Ahmad said it is a “very impor- M&M was the top laggard inched further lower. The FM agriculture and allied indus- was announced last month Of the USD 1 billion com- 2020) and a USD 250 million have put in USD 1 billion fol- tant statment by the in the Sensex pack, cracking has been announcing the tries. towards immediate support to mitment, USD 550 million will second tranche that will be lowing USD 1 billion in health Government”. $ !%   .. /##%*./0#%*0 2#0/ /#2#0#%2#%  @3         for as long as two years, higher education organised by of Rs 400 crore. This allocation facilitate indigenous defence to be borne by the Special manner by collecting user Gadkari said “by then the bank industry body Ficci, Gadkari —    will enable creating state of the production, consequently Purpose Vehicle (SPV) whose charges. The equipment/sys- nion Minister Nitin (sanctioning the loan) runs who also holds road transport art testing infrastructure for reduce imports of military constituents will be Indian pri- tems tested will be certified as UGadkari on Friday away and the account turns and highways portfolio — ith the objective of giving this sector. equipment and help make the vate entities and State per appropriate accreditation. expressed displeasure over NPA (non-performing asset)”. exhorted Indian educational Wa boost to the domestic Giving details of the pro- country self-reliant. Governments. While majority of test facilities inordinate delays in according The union MSME minister institutions to forge industrial defence and aerospace manu- ject, officials said here the The projects under the The SPVs under the are expected to come up in the environmental clearances to said there was “no time clause” tie-ups and collaborate with facturing capabilities, Defence Scheme would run for the Scheme will be provided with Scheme will be registered two Defence Industrial projects, saying it causes hin- for according time-bound foreign universities to attract Minister Rajnath Singh on duration of five years and up to 75 per cent government under Companies Act 2013 Corridors (DICs), the Scheme drances in execution of works. clearances, causing delays in overseas students for increasing Friday approved the launch of envisages to set up six to eight funding in the form of ‘Grant- and shall also operate and is not limited to setting up Test Observing that files seek- giving no-objection certificate their economic viability and Defence Testing Infrastructure new test facilities in partnership in-Aid’. The remaining 25 per maintain all assets under the Facilities in the DICs only, ing environment and forest to projects. mitigate the impact of the Scheme (DTIS) with an outlay with private industry. This will cent of the project cost will have Scheme, in a self-sustainable they said. clearances are sometimes stuck Addressing a webinar on Covid-19 pandemic on them.  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33.30 KOTAKBANK 1179.85 1189.90 1154.20 1176.15 3.05 MANAPPURAM 129.30 131.90 124.45 127.20 CGCL 150.00 159.25 147.40 157.50 QUESS 173.10 180.00 168.50 173.00 GHCL 100.55 103.80 100.10 102.90 ADANIPORTS 309.00 312.00 305.35 309.00 0.60 LT 881.60 885.00 854.35 864.20 KAJARIACER 317.30 318.05 306.20 315.05 KTKBANK 37.50 37.85 37.00 37.65 GDL 80.90 82.00 79.85 80.25 HDFC 1649.00 1657.75 1609.00 1634.00 1.60 TATASTEEL 270.90 276.80 268.75 273.45 SPARC 132.60 134.85 131.20 131.75 ASTRAL 870.00 879.45 858.00 862.70 NESCO 458.45 458.45 413.25 417.25 TITAN 846.00 859.80 842.00 846.25 0.25 INDIGO 979.00 996.00 941.10 983.75 SANOFI 7824.00 7915.00 7678.65 7715.55 LINDEINDIA 513.20 519.45 508.85 511.40 CARBORUNIV 211.15 211.60 209.65 210.50 TCS 1916.00 1917.40 1865.20 1903.00 0.65 SRTRANSFIN 645.00 660.00 626.85 641.55 GMM 3627.95 3639.90 3397.00 3621.40 KANSAINER 362.00 364.05 358.60 361.60 SKFINDIA 1447.10 1460.00 1447.05 1453.65 DRREDDY 3746.00 3778.90 3717.05 3730.00 -2.00 IBULHSGFIN 133.10 134.70 128.55 133.35 ISEC 366.20 372.60 354.05 355.80 AMBER 1105.05 1164.30 1105.05 1139.10 PERSISTENT 524.70 525.55 510.55 521.90 ONGC 77.25 78.50 75.90 76.00 -0.15 BIOCON 325.05 338.50 320.90 328.40 FORTIS 117.65 118.40 116.40 117.25 KALPATPOWR 198.10 198.45 193.10 196.20 APLAPOLLO 1221.00 1254.20 1221.00 1250.35 MARUTI 5110.00 5123.20 4961.15 5099.00 -15.05 HINDPETRO 191.40 194.50 187.90 188.85 COROMANDEL 619.00 632.95 603.50 627.00 GSPL 183.10 185.45 181.90 183.85 AIAENG 1676.00 1676.00 1613.65 1624.95 CIPLA 572.00 585.00 565.60 566.80 -2.95 AUROPHARMA 664.00 675.00 657.20 664.85 DBL 260.00 260.60 248.00 253.50 NHPC 20.10 20.15 19.85 20.00 FINEORG 1953.65 1971.85 1937.10 1948.90 HDFCBANK 890.50 892.40 875.00 888.00 -5.70 ZYDUSWELL 1251.50 1255.60 1222.85 1231.70 NOCIL 84.00 84.40 82.45 83.15 IFCI 4.20 4.25 4.12 4.21 FLFL 151.90 155.95 150.30 153.95 JSWSTEEL 176.90 179.40 173.25 174.00 -1.20 BHARATFORG 282.00 282.00 271.20 277.55 VIPIND 232.00 232.00 219.25 222.65 BALRAMCHIN 95.00 95.00 90.80 91.00 GICHSGFIN 72.00 72.00 67.75 68.15 PFIZER 4400.00 4405.00 4332.00 4352.90 TRIDENT 4.80 4.90 4.77 4.89 POWERGRID 159.20 161.75 158.25 159.60 -1.20 RBLBANK 124.15 125.35 120.15 120.95 MAHINDCIE 93.65 93.65 87.20 90.65 EDELWEISS 42.95 43.85 40.10 43.85 BIRLACORPN 403.30 404.90 398.20 401.70 JCHAC 2213.05 2240.75 2187.05 2204.70 TECHM 520.00 520.00 507.40 511.50 -4.20 TATAMOTORS 85.00 85.35 82.90 84.40 BHARTIARTL 547.70 557.00 540.00 554.10 SUZLON 2.67 2.67 2.57 2.58 TRENT 452.00 452.00 440.45 441.45 ITDCEM 35.50 37.05 35.50 36.80 INFY 664.80 664.80 646.70 652.30 -5.85 BPCL 314.00 324.35 311.60 318.00 DEEPAKNI 512.00 527.45 507.95 517.40 BDL 240.95 242.60 232.10 239.60 EIHOTEL 59.90 60.85 58.80 59.25 SHILPAMED 360.20 365.00 355.15 362.00 SBIN 167.95 168.25 164.70 166.45 -1.50 HINDUNILVR 2011.00 2036.55 2006.05 2032.20 HCLTECH 516.75 517.35 505.70 511.25 PAGEIND 17643.60 17720.60 17465.00 17634.60 DISHTV 4.80 4.80 4.63 4.65 DBCORP 66.35 67.25 65.50 65.95 HCLTECH 517.95 517.95 505.25 512.20 -5.25 COALINDIA 130.00 130.80 127.80 129.50 MCX 1120.00 1172.00 1113.20 1156.30 GODREJAGRO 380.35 383.70 370.00 375.05 ORIENTELEC 170.15 170.65 166.80 167.20 LAXMIMACH 2534.25 2633.00 2534.00 2628.25 ULTRACEMCO 3629.00 3629.00 3547.85 3571.50 -38.00 TCS 1908.00 1919.00 1867.00 1893.30 BANKINDIA 33.85 33.95 33.25 33.45 TATAMTRDVR 35.55 35.65 35.00 35.30 MHRIL 164.80 172.60 157.85 161.15 PCJEWELLER 11.28 11.35 10.80 10.97 LT 881.95 885.00 854.00 861.25 -10.40 KOTAKBANK 1184.00 1189.55 1154.00 1177.85 RAMCOCEM 560.00 578.75 551.15 575.45 CASTROLIND 122.40 122.40 118.45 118.80 KRBL 189.15 191.00 183.15 189.45 GMDCLTD 35.40 35.65 35.00 35.40 BAJFINANCE 2119.95 2136.60 2056.00 2086.00 -26.00 INDIACEM 101.90 118.55 100.35 114.10 APLLTD 857.35 896.00 851.30 872.45 VSTIND 2865.00 3079.25 2865.00 2907.00 NIACL 117.00 121.85 116.10 120.55 MINDACORP 58.70 59.40 58.15 58.50 WIPRO 186.00 186.00 182.65 183.60 -2.40 HEROMOTOCO 2243.50 2244.95 2171.40 2195.30 NCC 24.90 24.90 23.70 23.90 ZENSARTECH 86.50 87.30 85.05 87.30 AAVAS 1000.00 1017.00 960.00 988.90 JSL 28.60 29.70 28.50 28.80 SHREECEM 19509.90 19563.55 18811.50 19059.70 -251.10 BHEL 27.40 28.25 27.00 27.30 UBL 945.90 948.95 909.55 913.50 JKPAPER* 93.50 93.50 89.80 90.60 SHK 52.00 53.30 50.75 52.85 HERITGFOOD 231.00 254.45 231.00 241.20 BAJAJ-AUTO 2705.00 2710.00 2650.00 2660.00 -42.65 PVR 904.00 904.00 835.70 853.15 TATAELXSI 776.55 788.45 746.00 774.35 GRANULES 157.95 157.95 155.10 155.50 KNRCON 198.00 199.00 192.95 194.55 CHOLAHLDNG 256.15 257.20 252.00 253.95 ICICIBANK 329.30 330.55 318.80 322.00 -5.40 JINDALSTEL 95.00 96.50 92.00 94.50 HAVELLS 501.00 501.70 485.75 486.75 HEG 771.45 785.00 760.00 768.05 KSB 440.60 445.00 438.00 440.00 GALAXYSURF 1319.80 1319.80 1280.00 1291.85 BAJAJFINSV 4792.00 4833.65 4701.00 4710.00 -80.25 DABUR 464.90 464.90 441.50 443.95 NAVINFLUOR 1470.00 1520.00 1450.90 1504.20 TATACOFFEE 71.50 74.55 71.10 72.15 NLCINDIA 43.05 43.55 42.45 42.70 LAKSHVILAS 13.35 13.68 12.81 13.37 SUNPHARMA 455.95 458.90 445.55 446.80 -9.15 APOLLOHOSP 1294.60 1377.20 1294.60 1355.30 VOLTAS 462.60 465.60 448.45 462.45 ALKEM 2548.00 2548.00 2465.00 2472.40 DHANUKA 462.00 495.00 460.20 485.15 INFIBEAM 52.75 53.30 51.00 51.90 HEROMOTOCO2249.00 2249.00 2170.00 2195.35 -46.00 OBEROIRLTY 340.00 341.70 315.25 319.20 GAIL 86.85 86.85 84.80 85.80 ATUL 4482.00 4615.00 4482.00 4571.15 PHILIPCARB 75.55 75.55 73.55 73.75 MAHSCOOTER 2016.00 2016.95 1990.00 1996.30 INDUSINDBK 430.40 431.00 417.10 418.20 -9.80 BANDHANBNK 253.00 255.25 242.10 243.65 CEATLTD 739.50 744.85 731.00 734.10 ABFRL 103.00 106.20 101.70 104.15 BALMLAWRIE 99.40 102.25 97.35 100.35 ORIENTREF 135.35 137.00 133.35 135.90 UPL 393.70 393.70 377.45 380.00 -11.85 TATACONSUM 355.00 367.60 349.20 351.85 BALKRISIND 970.00 980.40 941.35 944.25 GUJGAS 245.00 245.95 239.00 239.80 JKTYRE 52.00 52.00 49.85 50.10 ESSELPRO 172.00 175.00 171.35 173.60 INFRATEL 205.95 207.45 200.70 203.05 -6.60 PIDILITIND 1350.25 1384.00 1350.25 1372.90 MARICO 320.60 322.45 310.80 316.45 ASTRAZEN 3026.70 3100.00 3007.60 3023.60 WABAG 106.35 106.35 101.10 101.65 SIS 378.35 379.00 362.75 368.80 AXISBANK 402.75 403.90 386.80 388.80 -13.15 ASIANPAINT 1530.00 1559.60 1510.15 1553.75 GODFRYPHLP 935.55 977.55 935.55 967.60 MFSL 448.50 453.00 447.00 449.25 SUPREMEIND 900.05 916.70 893.55 908.65 GET&D 71.40 71.40 68.75 68.95 ZEEL 166.70 172.20 162.50 163.50 -6.15 BEL 63.00 68.80 62.30 67.75 IGL 469.00 469.00 451.70 456.25 GRSE 140.00 149.00 138.00 144.40 DCMSHRIRAM 240.90 242.95 236.00 239.80 BRIGADE 102.50 102.80 98.90 99.90 PFC 85.95 86.60 84.00 84.15 REDINGTON 86.00 89.00 85.05 86.95 FINOLEXIND 391.85 393.05 383.00 390.35 WABCOINDIA 6182.05 6200.00 6182.05 6195.35 M&M 402.75 403.95 373.20 381.85 -18.60 BATAINDIA 1364.00 1367.30 1323.80 1334.60 COLPAL 1338.00 1364.25 1321.30 1349.15 AMBUJACEM 183.45 184.70 179.90 181.65 SYNGENE 341.05 347.00 333.25 337.45 WESTLIFE 299.00 302.00 285.00 288.75 MAHLIFE 181.00 184.10 177.90 181.55   MINDTREE 835.00 858.15 811.10 850.15 APOLLOTYRE 93.40 93.40 90.50 91.80 IRB 65.25 65.85 63.80 64.15 JAMNAAUTO 24.25 24.25 23.50 23.95 MMTC 14.45 14.45 14.04 14.09 GLENMARK 350.60 353.80 336.20 339.60 SRF 3673.60 3686.90 3559.40 3594.30 RVNL 17.90 17.90 17.20 17.60 AEGISLOG 171.45 174.90 171.00 172.70 SHOPERSTOP 161.05 163.50 156.80 159.80 PEL 894.45 905.45 865.00 888.85 IDFC 14.14 14.15 13.95 13.95 IBREALEST 45.40 46.00 43.30 43.75 RATNAMANI 872.00 889.45 872.00 882.95 MAHLOG 264.00 269.00 261.05 263.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NTPC 90.50 91.75 89.30 90.90 ADANIPORTS 308.40 311.05 305.70 309.35 IRCON 87.60 88.70 85.60 86.50 FORCEMOT 839.25 848.45 829.25 834.40 IOB 7.40 7.46 7.30 7.40 NIFTY NEXT 50 23378.30 23397.95 23105.80 23177.80 -128.80 ITC 162.20 165.45 161.30 164.60 HEXAWARE 256.30 256.30 244.85 245.80 NILKAMAL 991.00 1044.10 991.00 1007.50 MAXINDIA 58.25 58.25 55.45 56.30 TIMETECHNO 31.15 31.15 29.05 30.15 GICRE 131.30 137.10 128.10 135.50 4.70 HINDALCO 118.90 120.75 117.60 119.20 JUBILANT 473.95 473.95 470.00 473.95 JMFINANCIL 64.50 65.40 63.00 63.10 ITDC 155.70 163.45 151.30 162.70 LUXIND 900.00 902.00 880.00 883.45 SIEMENS 1051.40 1089.45 1040.05 1084.85 35.70 SAIL 28.50 30.20 27.40 29.35 BOSCHLTD 9530.00 9657.70 9400.00 9609.65 ENGINERSIN 64.15 66.10 63.45 64.40 MINDAIND 281.00 281.00 271.70 274.35 VAIBHAVGBL 999.00 1014.95 999.00 1009.50 HINDZINC 190.25 195.00 189.20 192.80 6.00 SUNPHARMA* 455.95 458.80 445.50 448.50 GRASIM 520.00 520.00 509.75 517.35 BAJAJHLDNG 1916.00 1930.00 1889.60 1924.00 AKZOINDIA 1875.05 1891.20 1826.00 1868.70 GEPIL 383.70 385.50 382.10 384.25 IDEA 4.75 5.00 4.55 4.90 0.15 JSWSTEEL 177.70 179.30 173.50 174.15 ADANIPOWER 33.70 33.70 32.15 32.35 IDBI 21.25 21.25 20.15 20.25 THYROCARE 527.05 531.00 511.60 514.75 VRLLOG 153.05 153.60 151.00 152.40 OFSS 2547.00 2635.00 2547.00 2597.95 71.65 L&TFH 59.00 59.10 56.80 57.35 PNB 29.20 29.55 28.75 28.85 SOBHA 213.00 220.00 207.40 209.50 ENDURANCE 643.00 662.40 632.45 650.95 BASF 1008.95 1008.95 980.00 996.70 NIACL 117.30 122.10 116.10 120.00 3.30 BRITANNIA 3120.00 3197.95 3119.75 3125.25 NIITTECH 1348.80 1373.55 1335.15 1357.45 LALPATHLAB 1618.00 1618.00 1565.00 1595.85 BAJAJCON 133.00 134.90 132.00 133.00 SCHAEFFLER 3294.60 3328.85 3287.00 3299.15 MOTHERSUMI 80.60 83.10 79.10 82.15 2.20 EQUITAS 51.30 51.30 48.35 49.70 TVSMOTOR 345.00 345.90 334.95 336.05 DHFL 13.25 13.25 12.37 12.77 SUNDRMFAST 293.80 307.00 291.20 298.00 KPITTECH 50.00 50.00 47.30 49.40 NMDC 72.40 75.50 72.10 73.75 1.45 STAR 424.80 429.15 413.70 416.15 ADANIENT 143.35 143.80 140.00 140.95 TV18BRDCST 21.55 21.70 21.05 21.55 GLAXO 1418.00 1421.50 1389.05 1392.90 NAVNETEDUL 71.70 71.70 67.60 70.45 PEL 880.00 905.50 864.55 887.00 12.60 DRREDDY 3737.00 3777.70 3720.00 3733.85 RELCAPITAL 6.94 7.66 6.94 7.65 RESPONIND 81.50 81.65 80.70 81.40 SHRIRAMCIT 714.35 716.65 701.45 703.15 BAJAJHLDNG 1912.00 1932.00 1886.75 1924.40 21.80 POWERGRID 160.25 161.65 158.55 159.95 EXIDEIND 153.80 156.05 150.25 155.00 JKCEMENT 1097.85 1102.95 1086.55 1096.00 CARERATING 367.00 372.25 364.65 370.75 BOSCHLTD 9550.05 9650.00 9385.05 9620.00 103.35 LICHSGFIN 262.00 262.50 250.50 253.85 RCF 41.30 41.30 39.30 39.85 BBTC 862.30 867.05 845.45 848.15 MAHABANK 9.40 9.40 8.85 8.92 DLF 139.00 140.50 136.65 138.50 1.45 LUPIN 863.00 864.00 836.35 840.85 SUNTV 396.00 396.00 381.00 386.35 EIDPARRY 158.05 162.65 157.15 157.90 PNCINFRA 113.95 113.95 109.25 109.85 INDIGO 970.20 996.40 941.00 979.95 8.20 TITAN 848.00 859.80 841.65 845.40 MIDHANI 202.00 211.75 199.00 209.50 GRAPHITE 184.90 189.00 181.00 187.60 TTKPRESTIG 4826.30 4826.30 4803.15 4816.95 HDFCAMC 2501.00 2558.95 2456.00 2519.00 17.75 MOTHERSUMI 81.00 83.10 79.05 82.20 SHREECEM 19719.00 19719.00 18828.90 19165.05 JBCHEPHARM 618.05 639.05 618.05 632.35 JSLHISAR 43.00 43.00 41.00 42.50 PIDILITIND 1365.95 1385.00 1355.55 1370.45 9.50 UNIONBANK 24.85 24.95 24.35 24.70 NATCOPHARM 599.40 599.40 556.50 583.60 ABCAPITAL 45.00 45.00 43.50 44.20 MASFIN 567.35 567.35 551.65 558.25 IBULHSGFIN 132.00 134.80 128.55 132.30 0.90 ONGC 77.50 78.50 75.95 76.10 INDHOTEL 66.70 68.45 64.65 67.80 RAIN 69.10 69.45 66.10 66.75 TATAMETALI 436.35 436.35 430.10 432.50 DMART 2320.00 2340.00 2290.25 2340.00 15.60 MUTHOOTFIN 834.55 834.55 806.00 819.75 RADICO 313.20 318.15 309.95 311.70 CUB 135.00 137.30 132.00 136.10 INOXWIND 27.75 28.25 26.85 26.90 SBILIFE 754.45 754.45 742.20 751.60 4.85 ASHOKLEY 49.85 49.85 46.90 47.15 IPCALAB 1610.00 1610.00 1540.00 1593.55 DELTACORP* 71.00 71.75 68.70 71.40 GPPL 55.80 56.20 55.30 55.60 NHPC 20.25 20.25 19.80 20.10 0.10 TATAPOWER 31.45 31.75 29.75 31.40 SBILIFE 752.40 754.25 742.50 751.55 FCONSUMER 7.81 8.09 7.35 7.96 NH 264.25 265.95 261.00 265.55 ACC 1200.00 1205.00 1173.00 1192.80 3.80 AVANTI 423.40 435.00 417.70 422.00 ADANIGAS 109.00 109.90 106.60 107.35 SUNTECK 168.00 174.00 161.70 163.95 ALLCARGO 70.30 70.30 68.30 69.30 ICICIPRULI 385.10 388.60 376.60 384.60 0.40 SIEMENS 1075.00 1089.45 1039.30 1082.95 IDFCFIRSTB 21.10 21.20 20.70 20.90 HEIDELBERG 156.40 158.00 153.25 154.25 ERIS 488.00 493.95 486.65 486.65 COLPAL 1354.40 1364.70 1321.00 1349.70 0.15 CERA 2190.00 2206.00 2185.00 2185.90 ITI 82.00 86.80 80.90 86.45 RITES 233.10 234.50 228.00 228.95 CENTRALBK 15.15 15.15 14.75 14.90 PAGEIND 17623.00 17734.30 17400.00 17600.00 -12.90 CADILAHC 340.00 342.85 330.00 332.15 MPHASIS 812.00 854.00 812.00 844.55 HIMATSEIDE 52.55 52.60 49.90 50.15 JISLJALEQS 7.18 7.18 7.18 7.18 AUROPHARMA 664.80 675.30 657.30 664.55 -1.05 M&MFIN 170.00 171.15 165.20 168.40 DMART 2334.90 2338.75 2282.80 2329.45 SONATSOFTW 191.35 191.35 184.85 185.80 JTEKTINDIA 48.45 48.75 47.20 47.65 AMBUJACEM 184.00 184.70 179.85 181.75 -0.75 INFRATEL 205.00 207.30 200.80 202.50 ICICIGI 1258.40 1258.40 1217.70 1235.65 GUJALKALI 334.00 334.50 319.60 325.20 UCOBANK 12.10 12.10 11.62 11.69 MCDOWELL-N 540.00 558.60 536.25 537.45 -2.35 BANKBARODA 43.80 43.80 41.45 41.55 CESC 594.00 598.00 571.00 580.25 RALLIS 216.80 216.80 213.10 213.65 IIFL 72.65 72.70 70.00 70.65 MARICO 321.00 322.00 310.55 316.70 -1.55 BAJAJ-AUTO 2725.00 2725.00 2650.00 2666.90 NAUKRI 2696.45 2699.20 2576.00 2591.95 ALKYLAMINE 1698.35 1803.70 1698.35 1760.35 GICRE 131.00 137.00 128.30 135.95 GARFIBRES 1297.10 1325.00 1258.55 1319.05 CONCOR 378.95 385.85 371.20 376.40 -2.05 ULTRACEMCO 3611.25 3625.40 3547.60 3579.90 NATIONALUM 28.85 29.30 28.20 28.90 PTC 39.90 39.90 37.20 37.35 3MINDIA 17810.00 17966.05 17544.80 17691.50 INDOSTAR 275.80 277.95 275.60 277.30 PGHH 10099.80 10100.00 10021.00 10065.00 -58.60 IOC 76.00 76.35 75.20 75.50 HAL 509.80 527.95 505.20 523.50 CENTURYPLY 119.90 119.90 111.35 112.15 GILLETTE 4800.00 4818.35 4765.90 4796.50 LAOPALA 167.70 167.95 162.35 163.35 BERGEPAINT 460.00 460.00 448.05 450.25 -4.70 CHOLAFIN 150.80 151.20 146.45 149.25 OFSS 2559.30 2630.00 2559.30 2591.40 RAYMOND 223.00 224.65 220.00 221.45 METROPOLIS 1275.00 1289.90 1267.85 1283.15 ARVINDFASN 134.50 134.90 131.10 132.50 HDFCLIFE 499.10 501.00 485.00 489.85 -5.15 BAJAJFINSV 4788.75 4833.00 4705.55 4723.65 LTTS 1120.00 1123.00 1066.45 1068.90 COCHINSHIP 243.25 252.00 242.20 248.90 CAPPL 328.95 330.40 325.00 326.90 SUPRAJIT 116.90 116.90 114.25 115.50 ADANITRANS 195.00 196.05 191.00 195.00 -2.10 DIVISLAB 2350.00 2412.70 2328.00 2334.30 HUDCO 24.80 25.60 24.10 24.45 KEI 280.05 286.75 275.00 275.30 PGHL 4032.10 4033.90 3970.00 3985.20 BLUEDART 2150.00 2150.00 2080.00 2082.75 HINDPETRO 191.00 194.60 187.95 188.20 -2.05 EICHERMOT 14071.05 14190.00 13650.10 14103.40 DEEPAKFERT 109.00 109.00 102.70 103.20 SWANENERGY 99.55 102.00 99.55 100.75 INTELLECT 68.10 70.00 66.20 68.05 TEAMLEASE 1480.05 1498.25 1477.00 1483.60 SRTRANSFIN 641.75 659.90 626.25 641.00 -7.20 HDFCAMC 2515.00 2557.00 2458.00 2520.95 MGL 904.55 912.15 887.65 893.20 CHENNPETRO 57.65 57.70 54.80 55.25 TIMKEN 810.00 814.75 792.30 800.20 SADBHAV 51.15 51.15 51.15 51.15 DIVISLAB 2376.00 2413.00 2327.35 2336.80 -29.80 JUSTDIAL 361.00 372.05 348.00 350.00 SCI 42.00 43.85 41.00 42.95 IFBIND 398.00 398.00 362.50 367.15 GSFC 44.00 44.00 42.00 42.15 CCL 189.15 189.25 186.65 188.05 ICICIGI 1249.00 1260.00 1216.35 1226.50 -17.00 TORNTPOWER 306.00 306.00 296.65 304.85 OIL 85.50 87.00 84.80 85.80 INDIANB 47.30 47.85 47.05 47.40 ASTERDM 94.75 95.50 92.55 92.60 UFLEX 173.65 174.30 170.65 171.35 CADILAHC 340.00 343.00 330.00 331.80 -5.05 FEDERALBNK 45.10 45.40 43.60 43.80 GODREJPROP 650.60 653.35 621.00 624.55 JKLAKSHMI 194.50 199.80 193.35 194.10 SYMPHONY 828.00 828.00 802.80 805.70 GAYAPROJ 14.19 14.19 14.19 14.19 BIOCON 325.00 338.65 320.70 329.75 -5.40 DLF 139.40 140.30 136.80 138.85 ADANIGREEN 229.50 230.80 221.50 230.10 HATHWAY 24.65 24.65 22.55 23.60 MRPL 28.55 29.00 28.25 28.45 CHALET 128.00 128.00 125.00 126.65 PETRONET 232.50 234.20 226.15 227.70 -3.75 UJJIVAN 174.50 174.80 164.10 167.50 INOXLEISUR 205.00 205.00 191.25 193.25 BLUESTARCO 469.45 475.00 466.00 466.80 REPCOHOME 114.50 116.30 109.90 111.85 TAKE 55.40 55.40 53.50 54.00 L&TFH 58.95 59.05 56.80 57.25 -0.95 RECLTD 100.50 102.35 97.40 97.90 STRTECH* 100.00 101.90 99.35 100.00 VINATIORGA 955.90 982.00 942.95 967.60 CRISIL 1498.35 1504.05 1471.05 1477.90 VMART 1617.35 1619.15 1590.85 1613.65 PNB 29.30 29.60 28.60 28.80 -0.50 BEML 575.50 603.50 569.00 598.20 NMDC 73.50 75.45 72.20 73.85 WELCORP 62.20 62.20 60.25 60.35 DALBHARAT* 499.55 501.70 496.55 500.55 VTL 623.00 635.30 619.35 630.80 PFC 85.20 86.60 84.00 84.15 -1.65 AMARAJABAT 555.35 577.30 550.20 572.75 CHAMBLFERT 140.05 140.05 133.75 135.95 RAJESHEXPO 532.00 532.00 522.30 523.20 ECLERX 432.00 438.95 421.10 425.55 ESABINDIA 1062.15 1062.25 1051.00 1051.00 LUPIN 863.05 863.05 836.10 839.80 -23.25 UPL 392.55 393.00 377.50 378.95 DCAL* 74.15 78.15 73.50 74.95 LTI 1650.00 1655.20 1638.45 1646.90 SJVN 21.15 21.40 21.00 21.10 NBVENTURES 34.50 35.00 34.40 34.75 HAVELLS 500.75 501.95 485.50 486.80 -14.15 ACC 1204.95 1205.05 1174.50 1193.55 WIPRO 186.05 186.30 182.80 183.50 HAWKINCOOK 4400.00 4498.00 4250.00 4269.80 PGHH 10450.00 10450.00 10034.65 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The Health highest in the world. said on Thursday in an inter-  #(- #*2/21.#/0 midnight and to increase the day quarantine for travelers well as places of worship, to disappear, so the personal Department reported that 73% Trump, who has been view with Fox Business News. #2 #J.#%#.##, number of crossings open from entering from the EU and sev- reopen with up to 10 people so behavior of each of us will percent of the city’s general-care pressing China to agree for an “You’d save USD 500 billion if  #2/ /%  /, # 1A France, Switzerland and Austria. eral other European countries, long as distancing rules are in determine the behavior of the hospital beds were full. The per- inquiry into the origin of the you cut off the whole relation-  . $#.,2 % / Travelers will still need to including Britain, said Armin place. virus. Governments have done centage was lower for intensive- virus, including the allegation ship.” Trump said that his rela- %%%*0/  #3##2/%% demonstrate a “valid reason” to Laschet, the governor of the Many Catholic churches a lot, and now the responsibil- care beds, but that was partly that it emerged from a tionship with Chinese President /#,#   ## enter Germany, and there will western state of North Rhine- across the state opened for ity is on the people.” because of the expansion of bio-lab in Wuhan, further Xi Jinping is “very good” but # %*  1%.,2 be spot checks, but the goal is Westphalia. private prayer, confession and Worldwide, there have improvised ICU units at hospi- hardened his rhetoric on added: “right now I just don’t #.#  % /%O to restore free travel by June 15. In northern Europe, small-scale Masses. been more than 4.4 million tals and other venues. Thursday by threatening to want to speak to him”. 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The Commerce toward normal life.” keeping in place restrictions in partially reopen key industries President Jair Bolsonaro relationship is in the funda- American products. ?7% 7#!')#5$!A(%#  # Department’s report Friday on Austria and Switzerland limited urban areas like Tokyo such as mining, construction warned of looming “chaos” as mental interest of the two Trump launched a trade . /* # %%/%2#, retail purchases showed a sector also moved ahead with easing where risks remain. and auto plants on May 18, he once again lambasted gov- countries. “To maintain the war with China in 2018, / -# *#-/, %%# that has collapsed so quickly that some border restrictions, and The head of the World authorities sounded a note of ernors and mayors who intro- steady development of China- demanding Beijing to reduce a 0/ 2/ /%   %,/# sales over the past 12 months are Austria reopened all cafes and Health Organization’s Europe concern as the country report- duced lockdowns in cities to US relations is in the funda- massive trade deficit of over  1# /0%0#2/%,# down a crippling 21.6%. restaurants. office, Dr Hans Kluge, warned ed its largest one-day rise in limit spread of the new virus. mental interests of the people USD 539 billion. 2/%2# "2%2  /* / #2A #    +   . /* # //002  (   #    ,   L/1%/. #2# / %   )A(' 2/# 2/ /%   <    3    %##/.#% / '  %.#/.# #%0#2#/  #   3   ,3 .#2#/ #  ' 2/ /%  M # /  %  #   # "  +D+$+ ,/*.//%   A  ;;   +-  ;  /7#5>()>$7!?%>#)??'$( Government accountable for eenagers left their homes reland’s Prime Minister, Leo lying about Covid-19; sanc- for the first time in 42 7#!')#5$@@%5"# ,%>75 / ) F  T  # %*'  /.  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My plan against Chinese hacks and sab- tougher measures if infections -#2/%2/  %0 2 %* Jilin province. be observed in all cases. of action will hold the Chinese otage,” the plan stated. increase. ?/. % #/ O *# !  7  ' .'. >   ! 2/% 22 /2 . 1#  '     !!)B( . /2# #. /2#/   9  8B 3       "'  ('!#   . /# #2/.%*2# !     $ 0/ ##  %*0 /' /%# .  -+?$ -;)+B  ./. %* #2/%/#/ arrive too slowly. about two times the monthly CLAP, for years the most (The Plains) region, Citizenry ?+$+?+- # #  %2 2 %# %# “I have to find food how- minimum wage. important source of food in Action says. %0  2 #A?/% 2/%0/ ever I can,” said Romero, hold- Increased consumption of for many. “It’s not the virus that’s  #0 2%+ /% #/ ince Venezuela went into its ing a coffee thermos dripping cattle blood is, like stripped The situation is hitting the going to kill them, it’s hunger,”  % . /2/%/0 Scoronavirus lockdown, with blood the slaughterhouse mango trees, a striking symbol provinces hardest because dis- said Edison Arciniegas, direc- 3% %/# #2 .K # dozens of needy people have gives away. of hunger as Venezuela’s econ- tribution is tilted toward major tor of the group.  # %0 #/% # been lining up at a slaughter- Though cow’s blood is a omy, already suffering six years cities including Caracas, Even before COVID-19,  1#K,#*%%%*% house in the western town of traditional ingredient for of hyperinflationary implo- according to nutrition-focused the United Nations called - ? 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He lost the Covid-19 crisis. the virus appear modest, water and power. onsume insufficient quantities / %,# /02/ /%   his job at a local garage and says In a proudly carnivorous Venezuelans are suffering from In Caracas, 26.5% of fam- of food. %0#2/%% #2/% / boxes of subsidised food nation, few are happy about the economic shutdown and ilies receive CLAP boxes, com- Some 5 million people "" #    / #  !!  !'  # ()*  /%6  A from the Government of eating more blood instead of delays in the state food pared with only 4% of families have migrated as a result,  .    President Nicolas Maduro meat - a kilo of which costs distribution program known as in areas such as “Los Llanos” it said.   ;'. > # !.: .  $ @     0  Q  R     8        !;!'  1           Washington: The United States Armed Services Committee.   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The Senate The main ingredient is the coronavirus pandemic, the US officials said they will attack the U.S. er major blow to increasingly use his power to pardon that the president must allow acquitted him in February on black peppercorns, a reminder shop’s owner said. reduce to 8,600 troops by July “Withdrawing U.S. troops tense relations between Donald Trump or stop any the Justice Department to oper- a nearly party line vote. of the pungent, peppery rounds He spoke on condition of 15 and abandon five bases. from Afghanistan won’t end the Washington and Havana. investigations of Trump and his ate without interference. Biden also said on fired by police on the streets of anonymity to avoid repercus- And by next spring all foreign war — it will just let the terror- There is a “convincing associates. Ford became president in O’Donnell’s show that voters the semi-autonomous Chinese sions from the pro-Beijing gov- forces are suppose to withdraw, ists win,” she told The case” that Cuba should be “It is not something the 1974 when Richard Nixon who believe the former Senate city during months of demon- ernment. ending America’s longest war. Associated Press. placed back on the US black- president is entitled to do, to resigned under the threat of staffer who has accused him of strations last year. “We would like to make a Yet the outlook for peace is Some question whether list, in part because of its con- direct a prosecution or decide impeachment. sexually assaulting her in the “It tastes like tear gas. It flavor that reminds people that cloudy at best. In the absence of the US-Taliban agreement tinued backing for socialist to drop a case,” Biden said Ford later pardoned his early 1990s probably shouldn’t feels difficult to breathe at first, they still have to persist in the Afghan peace talks, the Trump signed in Doha, Qatar, on Feb. Venezuelan President Nicolas Thursday on MSNBC. “It’s a predecessor before any crimi- cast their ballots for him in and it’s really pungent and irri- protest movement and don’t administration may face the 29, which the Trump admin- Maduro and the refuge it gives dereliction of duty.” nal charges related to the November. tating. It makes me want to lose their passion,” he said. prospect of fully withdrawing istration billed as “a decisive to leaders of Colombia’s ELN The former vice president Watergate burglary could be “I think they should vote drink a lot of water immedi- He tried different ingredi- even as the Taliban remains at step to achieve a negotiated rebel group, the official said. made his statement in response filed. Ford went on their heart, and if they believe ately,” said customer Anita ents, including wasabi and war with the government. peace,” was instead mainly a Speaking on the condition to a voter who asked him on to lose the 1976 presidential Tara Reade they probably Wong, who experienced tear mustard, in an effort to repli- That has concerned some withdrawal agreement. of anonymity, the official did Lawrence O’Donnell’s show, election. shouldn’t vote for me,” Biden gas at a protest. “I think it’s a cate the taste of tear gas. Black lawmakers, including Rep. 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ou enter the mall parking area That completely depends on the cus- and are waived away by the tomers. However, for bottom wear, Yattendant that there is no one usually prefers the concept of ‘try space. Deciding to subvert the incon- and buy’. To tackle this issue, retail- venience, you park in the nearby area ers are working on a model where and walk towards the mall, where customers can take two to three gar- you are halted at the entrance and ments home and return those which asked to wait as the number of peo- don’t fit. Then those tried pieces will ple inside is already one customer per have to be sent back to the manu- 75 sqft Gross Leasable Area (GLA). facturing unit to be sanitised. After more than 45 minutes, you Meanwhile, the fresh stock can be enter the mall but not before thermal used for trials. This is pertaining to checks and passing through a sani- the size. Disinfecting of all such tisation tunnel. Once inside, distance goods will become a normal and markers indicate where to stand. routine procedure for each and Deciding to pick up clothes? You can every other shop, be it footwear, take assistance of the virtual mirror, apparel or jewellery. Here, trust on which will show you how a garment the brand you are purchasing from looks on you without trying it on. If will become very important.” you want to grab a quick bite, be pre- “Also, there are technology avail- pared for plexi sheets in front of the able where buyer can just place the Quick Service Restaurants in the garment on them and see in the mir- food court. And yes, if you want to ror how it looks. It’s know as virtu- head to the washroom, you might al fitting rooms,” added he. have to wait there, too, as only the COVID-19 has changed every- alternate urinals are in use. Welcome thing, right from the way we travel to the new normal. to how we shop. So will there be a Earlier, a plan to pick up shoes, rise in online shopping as well? And clothes and grocery would inevitably can virtual reality, a welcome escape mean a trip to any of the malls that from the pandemic, ever be a sub- dot the city’s landscape. Whether we stitute for the real thing? Well, there picked up the things that we had set is no denying that online shopping out to or not was always debatable has seen quite a surge. But that is also but what we did end up doing was owing to limited options in the brick venturing out, socialising and eating and mortar space when the lock- — rituals that we took for granted. down was first announced, feels It was a part of the normal, as we Amitabh. He said, “We must under- knew it, before a microscopic virus stand that online is yet another chan- turned the idea on its head. In the larger context, one must GDP. If these two sectors continue to them. Moving forward, we know we with 50 per cent of capacity and prior nel for retailing and it will always co- Amid the life of absolute uncer- also understand that people visited run strong, I think the recovery will cannot go with the traditional mar- appointments only. The second exist with the traditional ones. Some tainty, fear and concern, the malls not only for shopping. “It was be fast,” added Rajneesh Mahajan, keting strategy which we had in the phase will be dedicated to food categories could work better online, Coronavirus pandemic has left noth- a place for socialising, getting togeth- CEO of Inorbit Malls. past. I think this is going to be a court and F&B outlets. The last to while some would be preferred in the ing untouched and thus, severely er and spending time with family. Rashmi feels that the challenge much more focused approach,” open would be multiplex and enter- brick and mortar format. We are still impacted every business. It is not easy Malls are a social infrastructure. We is similar worldwide. It is not only shared Pankaj Renjhen, COO, tainment centres. In case of dine-in a country that believes in touch and to imagine the post-pandemic sce- must give people some time before India. Be it forthcoming malls or Virtuous Retail. outlets, the seating arrangements feel. This is a phase that will pass nario, however, experts say that it will they return. We are ready and plans established ones, this phase of slow Asked about the steps mall would be reduced to 50 per cent, with time. More and more people take a long time for retail to return are in place to make sure that the or almost zero growth will be short- developers are planning to adopt for where contact less menus and digi- will perhaps start looking at online to normal. consumers get a safe and hygienic lived. “For us, the safety and the con- ensuring the safety and sanitisation tal invoices will be encouraged. for shopping for essentials, medi- The Shopping Centres experience when they return,” she fidence of consumers are priorities of the place and people, Amitabh There would be repeated sanitisation cines, home furnishing products, Association of India (SCAI) recent- added. as we will be initiating strong proto- Taneja, chairman of SCAI, shared and cleaning of all the common areas women’s accessories and more.” ly hosted the third of SCAI Mondays, As far as the retailers are con- col measures for our retailers and that the organisation has developed of the mall premises including toi- Malls have experiential offerings a series aimed at redressing the cerned, Pushpa told us that they are consumers. I would not be worried a stringent and comprehensive set of lets, lifts and entrance areas every 30 like cafes, theatres, entertainment unprecedented challenges posed to very eager to open their stores. about whether the consumers will be SOPs. These guidelines have been to 60 minutes. To restrict the entry, zones and a few other things. the Indian shopping centre develop- Some are little skeptical and worried, coming or not but our main concern, developed after several consulta- only 50 per cent of total parking However, these would not attract vis- ment ecosystem by the pandemic. while others are confident of com- in the initial period, would be tions with captains of the industry capacity would be operational. The itors now as these were the first casu- Many retail leaders feel that the idea ing out stronger once the lockdown restricting footfalls actually. The and taking references from global number of customers allowed in the alties of social distancing and pub- of opening shopping malls can actu- demic life and the second category ends. She said, “Currently, they are shopping behaviour in the short-run best practices implemented by coun- washrooms would be restricted lic health protocols. It is likely that ally help accelerate the economy, of would be of those who will be more also concerned about their invento- will be very subjective and necessi- tries like Singapore, Germany and according to the size and only alter- these would be the last to emerge course, keeping a stringent and cautious of visiting malls. ry. Despite having so much stuff, ty-led rather than leisure-led,” she China, where the malls have started nate urinals would be allowed to be from the lockdown as well, feels comprehensive set of measures to Pushpa Bector, executive direc- their spring and the summer collec- said. Moreover, there would be peo- opening slowly. For instance, he used. Quick Service Restaurants Mukesh. “But if we will go by the ensure a safe and hygienic environ- tor of DLF Shopping Malls, shared tions are lying in stores, untouched ple concerned about venturing out pointed out, “Thermal screening of (QSR) would have plexi sheets guidelines that the government ment. that it appears that people’s anxieties and unsold. We need to sort this out into crowded places initially. In every customer will be done before (transparent sheets) at front areas finally sets out for the opening of The virtual roundtable, titled won’t settle anytime soon. But that together by helping them ease it out. order to overcome this, Rashmi s/he enters the malls. There will be with separate cash and serving win- malls, it could be the other way Retail and Shopping Centres: 2020-21 does not mean that the consumer Marketing in the coming days will explained, “The focus would be on controlled entry and exit. Malls will dows to minimise physical contact. round. As part of the exhaustive and Beyond, was moderated by S will not return to malls. In fact, become one-to-one in nature, with inculcating confidence in consumers be operational from 12 pm to 9 pm “These are some of the recommen- SOPs we created, abundant precau- Raghunandhan, president-commer- according to a recent survey done by lots of data exchange. A lot of digi- that malls are a safe place for shop- on all days initially. At any given dations and top-line measures I tion has been taken to ensure safe- cial, Bhartiya City Developers. The NFX for SCAI, approximately 70 per tal marketing along with hyperlocal ping.” point, we would have only one cus- have highlighted. A detailed 48-page ty, social distancing guidelines are panelists included — Pushpa Bector, cent of consumers are willing to marketing will come into action.” Phoenix’s marketing budget ear- tomer per 75 sqft Gross Leasable SOP is in place and circulated across adhered too and reopening will executive director of DLF Shopping return to malls within a fortnight of Now, the question arises if the lier was huge with many activities Area (GLA), which is the amount of the industry for implementation,” he need to be done in a calibrated man- Malls, Rajneesh Mahajan, CEO of their opening up. Shopping priorities lockdown phase would affect the and events — which would not take floor space available to be rented in said. ner,” said he. Inorbit Malls, Rashmi Sen, Group might change and preference may be Indian retail consumption growth place now. For the next three months, a commercial property.” Major portion of any mall is From a consumer’s perspective, COO-Malls of The Phoenix Mills Ltd given to essentials, but the activity rate? Rashmi Sen, Group COO — they won’t organise any outdoor However, the checks would not dedicated personal shopping — it seems like the next six to seven and Pankaj Renjhen, COO of will definitely take place. “We also see Malls of The Phoenix Mills Ltd, activity. The focus will be on the loy- end here. Anyone entering the mall clothes, shoes or accessories. And months are all about surviving and Virtuous Retail. interest in segments like electronics believes that India is the most attrac- alty programmes to stay connected including staff, visitors, contractors trying before buying has always reviving. Rajneesh concluded the Going by the news that the sit- and beauty, which could attract a tive retail market of the world today with the consumers so that they can would have to undergo mandated been the norm when readymade webinar saying, “I think we would uation will take some time to return large part of the consumers visiting and its consumption story is very get real-time information. temperature screening and checks. garments are being purchased. Here be able to see the consumption level to normal, it will be quite interesting malls after these open up. The fact strong. “I don’t think two months of Similarly, communication would Distance markers will be installed at comes in the aspect of touch and feel. going higher from what we had in to see how shopping malls would remains that there is pent up lockdown can dent the consumption be Virtuous Retail’s first strategy. the entry points, cash counters and So in a situation, where maintaining FY2019. On the shopping centre welcome consumers post-lockdown. demand, consumers are looking at growth rate of India. We have seen “The first bit of marketing will be giv- help desk. There would also be cat- distance is the only solution, how supply side, I see a slowdown and On the other side of the spectrum, ways to release their energy and what that during demonetisation too, the ing out a message emphasising on egory-wise opening in various phas- will customers ensure that the out- most of the malls which were ready as per the surveys and research better place than malls?,” said she. sales rate picked up by the end of the developing comfort and confidence es in accordance with government fit or the accessories they are trying to open now may have to delay a lit- conducted by DLF Shopping Malls, One change that Pushpa predicts year,” said she. of the customers to visit the shopping directives. The first phase will be ded- out is safe? Mukesh Kumar, CEO of tle. Their progress will be derailed it was found out that there will be two in consumer behaviour is a rise in “If you look at the Indian econ- mall. We will also be highlighting the icated to essential services and prod- Infiniti Malls, has a solution for this, due to this lockdown.” categories of consumers post-lock- nationalism where ‘Made in India’ omy, agriculture and Integrated steps and measures that we would be ucts in super market, infant cloth- too. He said, “We don’t really see a Normal, the word, is all set to be down — first being those who des- brands would be preferred more in Taxonomic Information System taking to ensure their safety and ing’s, eyewear, WFH electronics, big challenge for top wear, which can redefined when it comes to all our perately want to get back to pre-pan- the first three months. (ITIS) are large components of the making the consumers aware of apparel, personal care, salon and spa be purchased without even trying. experiences.

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Statements that call for “retributive measures” against producers who decide to take their films direct to OTT cinemas to re-open; in fact with When cinemas re-open, we counter-productive for the platforms — especially at a time the knowledge that cinemas should be prepared for lower entire value chain. when cinemas are may be one of the last sectors of occupancies. One, because of The Producers Guild unfortunately closed for the the service sector likely to be the social distancing norms that would like to emphasise that we foreseeable future - do not lend given permission to re-open. will be both mandated and are unequivocally and themselves to a constructive or Re-opening of cinemas is necessary for public safety. passionately supportive of the collaborative dialogue on the bound to be staggered across Secondly, because of the theatrical release of films, and a way forward for the industry. the country, with each state inevitable concern that theatrical release will always be The production sector (just government rightly making its cinema-goers will have about the preference for movies that like the exhibition sector) is own decision on the venturing back into public were conceptualised as suffering hundreds of crores of appropriate time to re-open spaces. cinematic experiences. But losses on a daily basis- cinemas in their state, In addition to this, there will these are unprecedented times Elaborate and expensive sets depending on the intensity of be a huge backlog of releases, for all the reasons mentioned erected for under-production the outbreak there. Producers and the smaller and medium above, and it is imperative to films have had to be taken of film will have to wait scale films especially will suffer see things in that context. For  '  +++ down due to no date in sight for for cinemas across the entire from sub-optimal showcasing producers to continue to keep shoots to resume, with the sunk country to re-open, as the in addition to all the concerns “producing” the films that light cost of the set and studio rentals economics of the business above. Given this combination up our cinema screens, they he pandemic has experience the labour and demand by force on a faced competition from new to be borne completely by require an All India release. For of factors, it is only natural that need to continue to be in forced many producers creative genius of our sustained basis, once we emerging distribution producers — as insurers refuse cinemas to be open across the producers who have already business in the first place. Tto release their films on filmmakers. This has been so reopen. Needless to say, we platforms over the last many to cover the cost. Shoot entire country, it is clear we are invested heavily in their films The production fraternity OTT platforms. However, for decades and not just in are disappointed with some years, and it has continued to schedules have had to be sometime away. with theatrical revenue would like to work the mutiplexes had India but globally. The of our producers deciding to enjoy cine-goers patronage abruptly cancelled due to the Even when cinemas re-open assumptions that are no longer collaboratively with the anticipated the release of all ongoing COVID-19 crisis go straight to the streaming and affinity. I would also like lockdown, with huge across India, there is no feasible, will seek out all exhibition sector to ensure that these films throughout the has caused an unfortunate platform/s. We were hoping to use this opportunity to cancellation charges being guarantee that the Overseas avenues available to recover once cinemas do re-open across year. They believe it would shutdown of cinemas. We are that they would accede to our express our appreciation for borne completely by the theatrical market (which is a their investment and to stay in the country, we do all we can to dilute the essence of theatres confident, once we get to the request to hold back their all the producers who have producer — again with no key component of the business. At a time like this, it is bring audience back in large and affect their profits too. other side of this crisis, there film’s release till cinemas publicly voiced their support support from insurers. economics of Hindi films) will important that each numbers to experience our Kamal Gianchandani, would be enough and more reopen. That said, this is not for the theatrical platform Interest costs are mounting have resumed. Even if it has in stakeholder understands and films in the way they were CEO, PVR Pictures said: “As pent up demand from cine- the first time films are being and have decided to on amounts raised to fund some countries, it might not empathises with the always meant to be enjoyed at PVR we believe that the goers who have been cooped premiered on a streaming reschedule their releases to films, with producers having to have in others, hence leading to predicament of the other, the theatres. theatrical release is the best up at homes for the last many platform/s. Cinema accommodate the reopening bear this additional burden additional loss of revenue for a rather than adopting an (Statement from Producers way for audience to weeks. 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" #7 P Javier Tebas has circled that a pool of 30 cricketers will home,” the newspaper stated. Sebastian Coe. However, USTA spokesman June 12 as the ideal date be prepared for the planned A two-metre distance has “The plan is the athletes will Chris Widmaier said in an e-mail for matches to resume. start of international cricket to be maintained with the compete in five events in Indian on Thursday that the organisation’s 3 Bayern Munich boss Hansi “We will use it to replace a tired Barcelona sit top of this summer. Training will be coach and the physio will be circuit starting on September 12 sights remained firmly set on stag- Flick admitted on Friday that he is player. In the weeks with a lot of the table, two points held as per the Government- the only one wearing a PPE kit. and they will have some sort of ing the Open at its regular venue unsure whether his players are games it’s great.” ahead of Real Madrid. approved guidelines. When the batsmen off-season after October. Next and date. match fit ahead of the Bundesliga Bayern chairman Karl-Heinz Players in Spain have A “one skin per ball” pol- resume net sessions, they must year, we plan to have training “The USTA’s goal is to hold the restart this weekend. Rummenigge claims the Bundesliga started working individually at training icy will be implemented for the not pick the ball up and pass (programmes) in Europe if the sit- 2020 US Open in New York on its Defending champions Bayern will have a global audience of “bil- grounds as part of a strict and staggered sessions at 11 county grounds it back to the coach, instead uation allows and then they can currently scheduled dates,” hold a four-point lead ahead of lions around the world” this week- programme, with five players already put where players will train at dif- they will kick it or use the bat reach peak form during the Tokyo Widmaier said, describing plan- Sunday’s game at Union Berlin. end, with the English, Spanish and into quarantine after testing positive for ferent times to ensure social to hit it back. PTI Olympics,” he added. ning for the tournament as “ongo- Bayern, like Germany’s other Italian leagues still suspended. coronavirus. “The risk of contagion is ing.” clubs, only received the go- “More than 200 countries everywhere,” Messi said in an interview “We understand that there is a ahead to resume full team will be watching,” Flick said. with Mundo Deportivo, published on great deal of speculation regarding training last week. “We don’t “So we have an enormously Friday.      41  3 the USTA’s planning for the 2020 know if the team can hold out large audience and we want to “When you leave the house the risk is already there, US Open,” he added. over 90 minutes,” said Flick. deliver a top performance. so I think you can’t think about it too much because oth-   England captain Harry “I think the majority of “We would like to clarify that “We have trained well and “The whole world will be erwise you’ll not want to go out anywhere. Kane says players are waiting players are looking forward to while we are exploring every pos- played three matches of 20 minutes looking at Germany, to see how we “But we also understand it is essential to comply for safety guidance from the playing again as soon as possi- sibility around the US Open, the each last Sunday. get it done. with protocols and take all the possible measures of Premier League after the ble but we know we want it to potential to shift the event location “They were played at a very high “If we manage to ensure that the prevention. Going back to training is a first step but Government said it was be as safe as possible too. or date is not at the forefront at this intensity, but we don’t know clearly season continues, it will send a sig- we shouldn’t get complacent and we must continue tak- “opening the door” for the “From what I have heard — point in time.” where we stand. nal to all leagues.” ing all the necessary precautions and assume we have return of football next obviously I haven’t seen too Widmaier added, however, “We have to just deal with the Flick also said that his players to start playing games but behind closed doors.” month. much of my team-mates — at that because of the “uncertain and situation.” have the chance to sit out games, but Messi also spoke about Inter Milan striker Lautaro The Premier League the moment everyone is OK. rapidly-changing environment” Flick welcomed the decision by only the injured trio of Philippe Martinez, whom Barcelona are reportedly keen to sign hopes for a return to action We want to see how the Premier caused by Covid-19, the USTA had the German league to approve plans Coutinho, Corentin Tolisso and this summer. Martinez is viewed as a long-term on June 12, with matches League gives us a plan and what been “aggressively modeling many to allow five substitutions instead of Niklas Suele are unavailable for replacement for the 33-year-old Luis Suarez. behind closed doors. that looks like.” other contingencies, including sce- the usual three, but hopes teams do Sunday. “If I’m honest I’m not sure if there were or are nego- Tottenham striker Kane is will-  ;  '  ! $ Kane confirmed that he, narios with no fans.” not abuse the temporary rule change. “If a player had doubts, he tiations right now for him, I have no idea,” Messi said. ing to take the next step, mov- along with the rest of the Spurs A final decision on plans for “I have two more options, so I’m could have decided not to play — “Lautaro is an impressive striker, especially ing from individual training to “I don’t think anyone squad, had taken initial tests for the US Open would be taken next very happy, especially in this situa- without consequences. But they are because I think he is very complete — he is strong, small group sessions, but sug- knows the right answer at the coronavirus, with no positive month, in “mid-to-late June”, tion,” Flick said. “I only hope it is not all in, except for those who are he dribbles well, he has an eye for goal, he knows how gested more information was moment,” he told ITV’s Good results following their return to Widmaier said. used to waste time. injured.” AFP to protect the ball.” needed. Morning Britain programme. training. AFP