/ " @ # '/%## 0 2#,//1A2/B ./%## % * A2/B ./%## B VRGR $"#(!#1')VCEBRS WWT!Pa!RT%&!$"#1$# !$%&'!(#) .4##. 5 6.+1$ %% 4.+, %! ', #6 / '+ ?;6 ) -+8-;(; F+ -; - (?D; );'+)()+-+$ ;)--- E6+$ '+$;$( ';$);?D'$;)- D ?;$+? $+? $+ '($ ?+ +$ $+( 8$+)+E F+8++ #? !!"# " C+ - 2 *# 0+..2 ,# *+ , -. # *+$,- ! " #$%&' %& ith a Covid-19 tally of *+$ ,+ - Wnearly 86,000 cases, India on Friday surpassed neigh- ./ ,#010 bouring China where the coro- ! " " -#%*./0 1 2 / # navirus first originated. China # " * 2 #0%0/ 0 3* # had 81,440 cases on March 25 $ ! % n a move to ease agriculture %0 2 # when India with merely 500 sectors and support farmers, ' # "" I 2 / #0/ # , cases had announced first lock- who were hit during the 2 /%% % down. Now, in 52 days of lock- ( ' # nationwide coronavirus lock- 2 / #2 ##0/ down and 106 days after #)#%* down, the Modi Government 0/ /%/02 /0// reporting the first case, India +% ' # " has announced the third tally is more than China’s. tranche of economic stimulus #%# . #5 67 Over 30,000 people have '%! , " "" package of 1.63 lakh crore for 2 0/ 0 # #% recovered and 2,753 people agriculture and allied sectors /* ' % % have died from the coron- in total number to 2,461 cases. aimed at strengthening infra- - . 8/! % avirus disease in India, com- In Bihar and Karnataka, structure, logistics and capac- +* 2 # 1#%* #0/ pared to China’s death count of the tally crossed 1,000 mark. ity building at farm gate. /. /# 1#%*2 /2#/ 4,633. 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 %/ Delhi, 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 Uttar Pradesh — 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. Gujarat (20), Delhi (9), and new Central Act on Agriculture ferred to PM-KISAN and /%. 2#0/ # #/,##3 Maharashtra, which is the West Bengal (8) recorded the Produces Marketing 6,400 crore on payment of 1##.%*. /2. worst-hit State in the country, highest number of deaths due Committee to allow farmers to claims under PMFBY during %2 /0 /% +% reported 1,576 cases in the last to coronavirus in India in the sell their product freely. the lockdown. ?//#+2/#% ,# 24 hours, pushing the total past 24 hours. Besides, schemes for micro The Government will pro- # #?/% /' /* #0/ count to 29,100 whereas Tamil Goa which was one of the food enterprises, cattle vacci- vide 1 lakh crore for aggrega- ,## . 2# # /%0/ 0// Nadu reported 434 with total first States to become corona- ! " 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”.