JOURNALISM OF COURAGE SINCE 1932 Dear friends & fellow members, Government/Municipal Hospitals, a lot of members have come forward. the below mentioned Government/Municipal Hospitals on one hand & their empanelled vendors on the other to ensure that the right & much needed equipment & consumables were delivered to these hospitals. List of hospitals facilitated by the Chamber: Hospital Type Description (* in process) Cost/Value B.Y.L. Nair Hospital Consumable *3 Ply Surgical Mask `12.8 lakhs PPE kits Equipment *ICU Beds JJ Hospital Consumable 3 Ply Surgical Mask & Face Shields `17.1 lakhs Sanitizer Equipment Mobile Digital X-ray Kasturba Hospital Consumable 3 Ply Surgical Mask & Face Shields `15.4 lakhs Sanitizer Equipment Auto Bio Chemistry Analyzer *Coagulometer KEM Hospital Consumable PPE kits `2.8 lakhs Sion Hospital Consumable PPE kits `2.8 lakhs NMMC Vashi Hospital Consumable 3 Ply Surgical Mask & Face Shields `10.9 lakhs PPE kits Sanitizer Equipment *Video Laryngoscope Total ` Lakhs (approx.) `61.8 lakhs As the COVID-19 cases are only increasing, we would once again request our esteemed members to continue contributing in every possible way. NEFT Details: : Bombay Chamber of Commerce and Industry Bank Name : State Bank of India Bank Address : Horniman Circle, Mumbai Main Branch, Mumbai Samachar Marg,Fort Account Type : Current Account Account No. : 10996680930 IFSC Code : SBIN0000300 In order to continue serving our members, Bombay Chamber has been regularly uploading its website with information on Government/other Regulatory Authorities on COVID-19, including relating to employment. On behalf of the Bombay Chamber team, I wish you and your families a stay safe during the lock-in. Warm Regards, V. S. Parthasarathy President-Bombay Chamber of Commerce & Industry President-Mobility Service Sector, Mahindra Group & Member of the Group Executive Board, Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd DAILY FROM: AHMEDABAD, CHANDIGARH, DELHI, JAIPUR, KOLKATA, LUCKNOW, MUMBAI, NAGPUR, PUNE, VADODARA ● REG.NO. MCS/067/2018 -20RNI REGN. NO. 1543/57 JOURNALISM OF COURAGE WEDNESDAY, MAY 27, 2020, MUMBAI, LATE CITY, 14 PAGES SINCE 1932 `5.00, WWW.INDIANEXPRESS.COM NSA, CDS ALSO PRESENT NochangeinLadakhgroundsituation, ` 110 per kilo ` 138 per kilo militarybrassbriefPMandRajnath ` 171 per kilo Commanders conference starts today, Armysayswill brainstorm on security challenges MinisterRajnath Singh and commanders starting in Delhi May27-29, and the second in SUSHANTSINGH& briefed him on the ground situ- Wednesday. It will beattendedby June-end. DIPLOMACYSTARTS MAHARASHTRA KRISHNKAUSHIK ation in Ladakh, deployment of Northern ArmyCommander Lt “The apexlevel leadership of NEWDELHI,MAY26 armedforces and the stateof Gen YKJoshi whose command is Indian Armywill brainstorm on NewDelhi: India and preparedness on the LAC. responsible foreastern Ladakh. current emerging security and China arelearnt to have AMID TENSIONS with China The militarybrass is learnt to He is well versedwith the area, administrative challenges and activatedthe “working along the Line of Actual Control in have apprisedthe Prime having been the XIV Corps chartthe futurecourse forIndian mechanism” at the Ladakh, Prime MinisterNarendra Ministerabout the evolving situ- Commander before taking over Army,”the Armysaid in astate- diplomatic level. Naveen Modi held ameeting Tuesday ation in eastern Ladakh though as Northern ArmyCommander ment. Srivastavainthe MEA with National Security Advisor officials maintainedthat the earlier this year. Meanwhile, therehas been no leads the Indian side Ajit Doval, Chief of Defence Staff meeting waspre-scheduledand The conference wasorigi- scaling down of tensions on the while the Chinese side is General Bipin Rawatand chiefsof reforms in the armedforces was nallyscheduledfor April 13-18, LACineastern Ladakh with India ledbyHong Liang of the MUMBAIAIRPORT the three services. on the agenda. but waspostponeddue to the matching the Chinese with itsde- Chinese Ministryof OPERATES 41 Earlier,General Rawatand The meetings came ahead of pandemic. It will nowbeheld in ployment of man and material. Foreign Affairs. Indiaunderlines FLIGHTS ON DAY 2 the three chiefsmet Defence the three-dayconference of Army twophases, the firstphase from CONTINUEDONPAGE2 PAGES 3, 4, 5 faithinHCQ, After meeting says benefits Uddhav, Pawar outweigh risks says no threat to Severalprivate hospitals in Mumbai stop govt in Maharashtra giving it afternoticing irregular heartbeats ABANTIKAGHOSH, Juryis SANDEEPASHAR, BUSINESSASUSUAL TABASSUM VISHWASWAGHMODE& BARNAGARWALA& stillout LIZMATHEW BY UNNY ANURADHA MUMBAI,NEWDELHI,MAY26 MASCARENHAS NEWDELHI,MUMBAI,PUNE, AS ICMR’s Dr Balram A90-MINUTE meeting between MAY26 Bhargava says,wedon’t Chief MinisterUddhavThackeray knowfor surewhat drug and Sharad PawaronMonday ADAY afterthe WorldHealth is working and what is- evening, hours afterthe NCP Organisation (WHO) suspended n’t in the fight against chief metGovernor Bhagat Singh Migrant workers from Uttar Pradesh and Bihar wait in separatelines forbuses to take them to the railway station, in Dharavi the allocation of patientsinthe the novelcoronavirus. Koshyari, triggered speculation in Mumbai on Tuesday. Ganesh Shirsekar hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) arm Chloroquine has been in about the stability of the Maha of itsmulti-countrySolidarity use foracentury, and Vikas Aghadi coalition govern- Trial to find an effective treatment HCQ is considered asafe ment, whichisset to complete forCovid-19, India reiterated its drug. The WHO has said six months on Thursday. Inadequacies, lapses: SC At 97, highest single-day faith in the continuedprophylac- that acall on HCQ would However, on Tuesdaymorn- tic use of the anti-malaria drug for be takenafter areview ing, Pawar, seen as the glue hold- seeks answers from toll in state; Mumbai to get the novelcoronavirus disease. of the existing evidence, ing the three-party coalition of the government. Narayan Rane Thereisenough experience in some time in the middle the ShivSena, NCPand Congress metKoshyari on Mondayand the countryofusing HCQ, and of next month. together,scotchedtalk of apolit- calledfor President’s Rule. There Govt, states on migrants alakh beds by mid-June sufficient datafromobservational icalrealignment in the state, and has been talk that MLAs of the and case control studies to war- said therewas “no threat” to the three ruling parties were being “We, thus, issue notice to the rant itsuse, the government said. Dr Vinod Paul, Member government. approachedwith offers to jump ANANTHAKRISHNANG Unionof IndiaandallStates/Union TABASSUM HCQ also continues to be (Health) at NITI Aayog, and chair- Pawar’s meeting with the ship. NEWDELHI,MAY26 Territories to submit their re- BARNAGARWALA 54,758 usedfor treatment of Covid-19, man of the EmpoweredGroup chief minister, held at Thackeray’s But on Tuesday, Pawartold sponses looking intothe urgency MUMBAI,MAY26 along with the antibiotic on the government’s medical residence Matoshree, came as the NDTV:“Thereisnothreat to the TAKINGSUO motu cognizance of the matter.Wedirect the suo azithromycin. “Wewill review emergency management plan, main opposition BJP has stepped Maharashtragovernment.All of “problems and miseriesofmi- motupetitionto betakenupday- MAHARASHTRA REPORTED 97 TOTALPOSITIVECASES it,” Dr Balram Bhargava,DG, said: “Wehaveusedchloroquine up itscriticism of the Thackeray MLAs arewith us, anyattempt to grant labourers” strandedindif- after-tomorrowand we request deaths due to Covid-19on INMAHARASHTRA Indian Council of Medical foryears... HCQ is even moresafe government’s alleged mishan- break them at this time will re- ferent parts of the countryand thelearnedSolicitorGeneralto as- Tuesday–the highestsingle-day Research (ICMR) and Secretary, because it is usedcontinuously dling of the Covid-19crisis in sult in the public beating us.” “inadequacies and certain sisttheCourtandby thenextdate toll so farsince the stateregis- Number of deaths 1,792 Department of Health Research, in rheumatoid arthritis. Maharashtra. The meeting at Matoshree lapses” in effortsbythe Centre of hearing bring in the notice of teredits firstdeath on March 17. said on Tuesday. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 Over the pastfew days,sev- followedwhat is said to have and States, the Supreme Court the Courtall measures and steps The previous highesttoll was Totalnumber of people eral senior BJP leaders have gone been Pawar’s firstvisit to the Tuesdaysought their responses, takenbytheGovernmentof India recordedonMay 19,when 76 discharged16,954 to RajBhavantocomplain about CONTINUEDONPAGE2 saying it will hear the matter andto betakeninthisregard,”the people had succumbed to the in- Number of people tested again Thursday. benchsaid. fection. 3.90 lakh TRACKING INDIA’S COVID CURVE The benchofJustices Ashok Pointing out that “the crises The dayalso witnessed2,091 Totalnumber quarantined LOCKDOWN Bhushan, SKKauland MRShah of migrant labourers is even con- newinfections being reported, RECOVERED:60,490 | DEATHS:4,167 BJP not in hurry, govt will 35,200 DAY CASES: said it was“of the viewthat effec- tinuing todaywith large sections taking the total number of cases TESTS:3,126,119 | DOUBLINGRATE:13.53** tive concentrated effortsare re- still strandedonroads, in Maharashtrato54,578. Across Number of newcases 2,091 63 145,380 fall on its own: Fadnavis quired to redeem the situation”. CONTINUEDONPAGE2 CONTINUEDONPAGE2 SHUBHANGIKHAPRE IndiGo flyer BMC ties up with app-based cab MUMBAI,MAY26 tests positive ALLEGINGTHATthereisnotruth in the statement that BJP is Devendra after