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A head of the resumption of domestic flights from May 25, the Maharashtra Government on Saturday said it will not allow air travel till the end of the month even as the Governments of Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka and Assam, Mizoram and the administra- tion of Jammu & Kashmir have released mandatory quar- antine protocols for the air trav- ellers. Maharashtra’s decision will be big blow to the Centre’s move to resume domestic flight, also because Delhi- Mumbai is considered to be the business route in India. The Maharashtra Government has said the lock- down remains till May 31 and accused the Centre of “arbi- trarily” making the decision to allow domestic flight opera- tions without holding any con- sultation with the State. It said that the State need- ed time to decide on the Standard Operating Protocols (SOP) over air travel. A senior official said that outside airport, everything becomes state government’s responsibility, hence we can’t take any risk. Tamil Nadu has also urged the Centre to reconsider the reopening of air travel citing a surge in coronavirus cases in Chennai and non-functioning public transport, which will trouble passengers commuting between the airport and the city — a distance of around 10 kilo- metres. Goa has requested the Civil Aviation Ministry to permit coronavirus antibody testing for passengers upon their arrival. Maharashtra is also planning to test all visitors. Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday made it clear that an unnecessary “fuss” was being made over quarantine of domestic air travellers. Puri said he did not understand the need to quarantine domestic air passengers once flight opera- tions start from next week if they have downloaded the Government’s contract-tracing app Aarogya Setu and the sta- tus on it shows green (negative). “If you have taken a test and your test report is negative, following which you don’t have any symptoms, I believe there should be no need for quaran- tine. The Aarogya Setu app is like a passport, if your status on the app is green. Why should anyone want any quarantine?” he asked. The State Governments’ decision over quarantine being mandatory for air passengers may hamper the domestic flight operations as well as economic activities across India. The Government has decided to open flight opera- tions to speed up economy acti- vates amid coronavirus pan- demic. Besides, except Shramik Special train passengers, States do not put all migrants or arriving in the States to quar- antine. In some States, they asked people to fill a form and allow them to go home. Karnataka Government has mandated 14-day quaran- tine for all passengers coming to the State via flights. As per the protocol, returnees from high prevalence States coming via road, rail, air should be kept in institutional quarantine for seven days and after negative coronavirus test, they should be sent for another seven day home quarantine. As of May 22, Karnataka Government has included Maharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh in high preva- lence States. “Returnees from low prevalence States should be asked to follow 14 days of home quarantine,” the State Government said. In a tweet, the Jammu & Kashmir administration also decided to put all people under quarantine on their arrival in the Union Territory (UT). The Governments of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana have also decided to quarantine people arriving on flights as well as by other modes of transport. The Kerala Government said the passengers would have to stay in home or institution- al quarantine for 14 days. Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan had said that all those arriving via domestic flights will have to undergo quaran- tine for 14 days. Assam had also said that the State will quarantine pas- sengers flying in for 14 days. Assam has recorded 259 cases and four deaths so far. Passengers flying to Mizoram will have to obtain prior per- mission of the State Government for air travel and have to undergo a corona test on arrival and mandatory quar- antine for 14 days. New Delhi: India will try to restart good percentage of inter- national passenger flights before August, Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on Saturday said, three days after announc- ing resumption of domestic flights from May 25. While var- ious States like Karnataka and Maharashtra announced their respective quarantine measures for passengers coming there through domestic flights, the Minister said there was no need for quarantine if a passenger is showing green status on Aarogya Setu app. The minister, while addressing a Facebook Live ses- sion, clarified again that the app is not mandatory for air passen- gers and they can instead give a self-declaration form. Amid the coronavirus pan- demic, few states have ques- tioned the necessity to restart domestic services from Monday, he admitted, adding that some hesitation was expected even as the Centre has been trying to meet their concerns. Puri said during the session, “I can’t put a date on it (restart- ing international flights). But if somebody says can it be done by August or September? My response is why not earlier depending on what is the situa- tion.” When asked about the min- ister’s announcement on resum- ing international services, Vistara said it will await instructions and guidelines from the Civil Aviation Ministry. Other airlines did not respond to PTI when asked about this matter. I ndia’s coronavirus tally reached 1,30,658 with over 6,300 new cases and the Government deciding to focus on 11 municipal areas like Ahmedabad, Mumbai, Pune and Nashik which have report- ed 80 per cent of the total cases in the country. Sikkim reported the first case as a 25-year-old student, who returned from Delhi, test- ed positive. Data from various States registered 6,054 new Covid-19 patients while the death toll stood at 3,720. The Health Ministry has said mortality rate in Covid-19 cases in is 3.06 per cent as against the global rate of 6.65. A total 5,864 new cases were reported from across the coun- try while 2,168 people went to home after being recovered. Meanwhile, Dr JN Pande, Director at the Pulmonology Department at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi, died of coro- navirus on Saturday, just a day after a mess worker succumbed to the infection. With over 47,190 cases and death toll to 1,577, Maharashtra continues to earn the tag of worst-affected State and capi- tal Mumbai has over 27,000 cases alone. Cities, like Pune and Nashik, are the other hotspots in Maharashtra. Sixty deaths were reported on Saturday. With 396 new patients, tally of coronavirus cases in Gujarat rose to 13,669 with 27 deaths. Death toll due to pan- demic reached 829 while with 277 new coronavirus cases, tally rises to 10,001 in Ahmedabad. Twenty-four peo- ple succumbed to pandemic taking death toll in district to 669. In Tamil Nadu, 5 more Covid-19 fatalities pushed death toll to 103 while number of cases stand at 15,512 with 759 fresh infections. Delhi reported record 591 new cases taking the total cases to 12,190. Two hundred and thirty one people have suc- cumbed to the virus in the national Capital while Madhya Pradesh saw surge in number to 6,371 with 201 new cases. Uttar Pradesh reported 5,735 while West Bengal which is fac- ing double whammy of Amphan cyclone and coron- avirus registered new 157 cases taking the total to 3,459. T he Line of Actual Control (LAC) in Ladakh remains tense with three stand-offs including one in Galwan valley. Local Army commanders from India and China have held at least three rounds of talks in the last one week, but to no avail. Against this backdrop, Army Chief General MM Naravane visited Leh on Friday to take stock of the situation. Efforts are also on to resolve the issue through diplomatic means. Northern Command chief Lt General YK Joshi and 14 Corps chief Lt General Harinder Singh briefed the Army chief about the situation. His visit came at a time when the Indian side has bol- stered its troop strength at all the face-off points after the Chinese did so, sources said here on Saturday. Naravane’s trip to Leh took place a day after New Delhi rejected Beijing’s claim that the Indian Army was responsible for escalating tension at the LAC in Sikkim and Ladakh. Rebutting this, India said it was the other way round and the Chinese were proving a hin- drance in the Indian Army’s patrolling in Ladakh. The latest face-offs are now on in Galwan valley where the Chinese have pitched 90 to 100 tents and have increased its troop strength to nearly 500. They charge the Indians with building a road close to the LAC thereby violating treaties. However, India maintains that the road is well within its terri- tory and the Chinese are esca- lating tension by undertaking construction activities like bar- racks. Moreover, they have deployed more vehicles besides maintaining aerial vigil through helicopters. The stand-off at this point is spread over three to four kms and located at a height of more than 4,000 feet. The other two stand-offs are in the Daulat Beg Oldie sector of Ladakh where the Chinese have moved forward towards the LAC with more than 300 to 400 soldiers each on the two loca- tions. There too, the Chinese are objecting to construction activ- ities undertaken by India to improve its infrastructure including roads and airfields to ensure logistical lines through- out the area. Incidentally, the Galwan valley has seen such situations in the past too and the two armies fought a battle in the 1962 war here. Given the strategic impor- tance of the Galwan valley and nullah, the Indian Army too has strengthened its positions, sources said. The LAC has become “hot” in terms of transgressions in the last two weeks or so with at least two face-offs in Naku La in Sikkim and Pangong Tso Lake in Ladakh turning violent with personnel from both sides indulging in fisticuffs. Some officers and soldiers of two armies were also injured in the fracas. While the situation on both these two locations has now somewhat normalised, three new flashpoints have now emerged in eastern Ladakh. T he Railways has drawn up a schedule to operate 2,600 Shramik Special trains over the next 10 days across the country to ferry around 36 lakh migrant workers, stranded due to the Covid-19 lockdown, to their home States, Chairman of the Railway Board VK Yadav said on Saturday. It has run 2,600 Shramik Special trains in the last 23 days carrying around 36 lakh stranded migrants, he said, adding 1,000 ticket counters have been opened across India and more will be opened soon. “We have operated 260 Shramik Special trains every day on an average for the last four days, carrying three lakh passengers daily,” Yadav said. To a question on fares of the special trains to be operat- ed from June 1, the Railway Board chairman said the rail- ways was charging pre-lock- down normal fares only. He reiterated that 85 per cent of the expense of Shramik Special trains is being borne by the Centre and the states are only paying 15 pc in the form of fares. Responding to a letter sent by the West Bengal government seeking stalling of all migrant trains to the state till May 26 due to Cyclone Amphan, Yadav said it was due to a natural calamity and things will be back to normal soon. H undreds of passengers travelling in Shramik Express staged protest and blocked the busy Delhi- Howrah rail route on Deen Dayal Upadhaya Station (earstwhile Mughalsarai) when they realised that the train was diverted to wrong route. Similar protest was witnessed when passengers complained to unhygienic condition in train and non-availability of water and food. “The authori- ties are treating us like animals. They do not know the route and made the train to pass through wrong route,” Manish Rai, a passenger said.Around 1,200 passengers were travel- ling in a Shramik Express from Vishakhapatnam (Andhra Pradesh) to Muzzafarpur (Bihar). On May 21 mid-night the train was stopped at the outer signal of the Pt Deen Dayal Upadhaya (PDDU) sta- tion. When it did not move for six hours, the passengers realised there is some mistake. “Actually the train was diverted to a wrong track. As the train was to go to Muzaffarpur it should have been diverted to Varanasi instead it was diverted towards PDDU station in Chandauli district,” Manish said. “As it was night, passengers did not realise the mistake and thought that it was stopped at the outer because of non-availability of platform. In the morning we realised what actually had hap- pened,” he said. The passengers lost cool. They blocked the adjacent rail track by putting boulders on the track disrupting the move- ment of trains completely. Due to this, several other trains including Rajdhani Express and Special Shramik trains were delayed for hours. Later, RPF personnel and senior Railway officers reached there and pacified the passen- gers and then the train was moved towards its destination. It was second such mistake which came to light within two days. On Friday evening a Shramik Express from Panvel in Maharashtra to Jaunpur in Uttar Pradesh was held up at Vysnagar Halt - a railway sta- tion between Varanasi and PDDU junction. “We waited for almost 10 hours. We asked the station master but he said he cannot allow the movement of train unless asked by the high offi- cials. There is no movement of trains and still the shramik expresses are stalled. Why?,” asks Dhananjay. The piqued passengers went on rampage damaging windowpanes of several coach- es. Later they squatted on the railway tracks refusing to move. They left only after the railway police intervened and everyone on board was given a meal. The train later resumed its journey. At the same Vyasnagar sta- tion, another Shramik Express train coming from Bhiwandi (Maharashtra) to Varanasi was also stopped for hours. Early this week another train sched- uled to go to Jaunpur was also diverted towards PDDU instead of Varanasi Junction. A few days back migrant workers from Gujarat to Bihar threw away the food served at Kanpur junction saying it was rotten. D elhi recorded 23 more deaths in past 24 hours due to Covid -19, taking death toll in the national Capital to 231 on Saturday. In a bulletin issued on Saturday, the Delhi Health Department said the death toll from coronavirus has risen to 231 and the total number of cases mounted to 12,910. Five hundred and ninety one fresh cases of Covid-19 were reported on Saturday, authorities said. The city recorded the highest spike in fresh cases - - 660 -- on Friday. This is the fifth consecutive day, when 500 or more fresh cases have been recorded in a day in the national Capital. The bulletin said the cumulative death figures refer to fatalities where primary cause of death was found to be Covid-19, as per the report of the Death Audit Committee on the basis of case sheets received from various hospitals.

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Page 1: English News Paper | Breaking News | Latest Today News in ... · move to resume domestic flight, also because Delhi-Mumbai is considered to be the business route in India. The Maharashtra

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Ahead of the resumption ofdomestic flights from May

25, the MaharashtraGovernment on Saturday saidit will not allow air travel till theend of the month even as theGovernments of Kerala,Andhra Pradesh, Telangana,Karnataka and Assam,Mizoram and the administra-tion of Jammu & Kashmirhave released mandatory quar-antine protocols for the air trav-ellers.

Maharashtra’s decision willbe big blow to the Centre’smove to resume domesticflight, also because Delhi-Mumbai is considered to be thebusiness route in India.

The MaharashtraGovernment has said the lock-down remains till May 31 andaccused the Centre of “arbi-trarily” making the decision toallow domestic flight opera-tions without holding any con-sultation with the State.

It said that the State need-ed time to decide on theStandard Operating Protocols(SOP) over air travel.

A senior official said thatoutside airport, everythingbecomes state government’sresponsibility, hence we can’ttake any risk.

Tamil Nadu has also urgedthe Centre to reconsider thereopening of air travel citing a

surge in coronavirus cases inChennai and non-functioningpublic transport, which willtrouble passengers commutingbetween the airport and the city— a distance of around 10 kilo-metres.

Goa has requested the CivilAviation Ministry to permitcoronavirus antibody testingfor passengers upon theirarrival. Maharashtra is alsoplanning to test all visitors.

Union Civil AviationMinister Hardeep Singh Purion Saturday made it clear thatan unnecessary “fuss” wasbeing made over quarantine ofdomestic air travellers. Purisaid he did not understand theneed to quarantine domestic airpassengers once flight opera-tions start from next week ifthey have downloaded theGovernment’s contract-tracingapp Aarogya Setu and the sta-tus on it shows green (negative).

“If you have taken a testand your test report is negative,following which you don’t haveany symptoms, I believe thereshould be no need for quaran-tine. The Aarogya Setu app islike a passport, if your status onthe app is green. Why shouldanyone want any quarantine?”he asked.

The State Governments’decision over quarantine beingmandatory for air passengersmay hamper the domestic

flight operations as well aseconomic activities acrossIndia. The Government hasdecided to open flight opera-tions to speed up economy acti-vates amid coronavirus pan-demic. Besides, except ShramikSpecial train passengers, Statesdo not put all migrants orarriving in the States to quar-antine. In some States, theyasked people to fill a form andallow them to go home.

Karnataka Governmenthas mandated 14-day quaran-tine for all passengers comingto the State via flights. As perthe protocol, returnees fromhigh prevalence States comingvia road, rail, air should be keptin institutional quarantine forseven days and after negativecoronavirus test, they should besent for another seven dayhome quarantine.

As of May 22, KarnatakaGovernment has includedMaharashtra, Gujarat, Delhi,Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan,Madhya Pradesh in high preva-lence States. “Returnees fromlow prevalence States should beasked to follow 14 days ofhome quarantine,” the StateGovernment said.

In a tweet, the Jammu &Kashmir administration alsodecided to put all people underquarantine on their arrival inthe Union Territory (UT). TheGovernments of AndhraPradesh and Telangana havealso decided to quarantinepeople arriving on flights aswell as by other modes oftransport.

The Kerala Governmentsaid the passengers would haveto stay in home or institution-al quarantine for 14 days.Kerala Chief Minister PinarayiVijayan had said that all thosearriving via domestic flightswill have to undergo quaran-tine for 14 days.

Assam had also said thatthe State will quarantine pas-sengers flying in for 14 days.Assam has recorded 259 casesand four deaths so far.Passengers flying to Mizoramwill have to obtain prior per-mission of the StateGovernment for air travel andhave to undergo a corona teston arrival and mandatory quar-antine for 14 days.

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New Delhi: India will try torestart good percentage of inter-national passenger flights beforeAugust, Civil Aviation MinisterHardeep Singh Puri on Saturdaysaid, three days after announc-ing resumption of domesticflights from May 25. While var-ious States like Karnataka andMaharashtra announced theirrespective quarantine measuresfor passengers coming therethrough domestic flights, theMinister said there was no needfor quarantine if a passenger isshowing green status on AarogyaSetu app.

The minister, whileaddressing a Facebook Live ses-sion, clarified again that the appis not mandatory for air passen-gers and they can instead give aself-declaration form.

Amid the coronavirus pan-demic, few states have ques-tioned the necessity to restartdomestic services from Monday,he admitted, adding that somehesitation was expected even asthe Centre has been trying tomeet their concerns.

Puri said during the session,“I can’t put a date on it (restart-ing international flights). But ifsomebody says can it be done byAugust or September? Myresponse is why not earlierdepending on what is the situa-tion.”

When asked about the min-ister’s announcement on resum-ing international services, Vistarasaid it will await instructions andguidelines from the CivilAviation Ministry. Other airlinesdid not respond to PTI whenasked about this matter.

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India’s coronavirus tallyreached 1,30,658 with over

6,300 new cases and theGovernment deciding to focuson 11 municipal areas likeAhmedabad, Mumbai, Puneand Nashik which have report-ed 80 per cent of the total casesin the country.

Sikkim reported the firstcase as a 25-year-old student,who returned from Delhi, test-ed positive. Data from variousStates registered 6,054 newCovid-19 patients while thedeath toll stood at 3,720.

The Health Ministry hassaid mortality rate in Covid-19cases in is 3.06 per cent asagainst the global rate of 6.65.A total 5,864 new cases werereported from across the coun-try while 2,168 people went tohome after being recovered.

Meanwhile, Dr JN Pande,Director at the PulmonologyDepartment at the All IndiaInstitute of Medical Sciences(AIIMS), Delhi, died of coro-navirus on Saturday, just a dayafter a mess worker succumbedto the infection.

With over 47,190 cases anddeath toll to 1,577, Maharashtracontinues to earn the tag ofworst-affected State and capi-tal Mumbai has over 27,000cases alone. Cities, like Puneand Nashik, are the otherhotspots in Maharashtra. Sixtydeaths were reported onSaturday.

With 396 new patients,tally of coronavirus cases inGujarat rose to 13,669 with 27deaths. Death toll due to pan-demic reached 829 while with277 new coronavirus cases,tally rises to 10,001 inAhmedabad. Twenty-four peo-ple succumbed to pandemictaking death toll in district to669. In Tamil Nadu, 5 more

Covid-19 fatalities pusheddeath toll to 103 while numberof cases stand at 15,512 with759 fresh infections.

Delhi reported record 591new cases taking the total casesto 12,190. Two hundred andthirty one people have suc-cumbed to the virus in thenational Capital while MadhyaPradesh saw surge in numberto 6,371 with 201 new cases.Uttar Pradesh reported 5,735while West Bengal which is fac-ing double whammy ofAmphan cyclone and coron-avirus registered new 157 casestaking the total to 3,459.

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The Line of Actual Control(LAC) in Ladakh remains

tense with three stand-offsincluding one in Galwan valley.Local Army commanders fromIndia and China have held atleast three rounds of talks in thelast one week, but to no avail.Against this backdrop, ArmyChief General MM Naravanevisited Leh on Friday to takestock of the situation. Efforts arealso on to resolve the issuethrough diplomatic means.

Northern Command chiefLt General YK Joshi and 14Corps chief Lt General HarinderSingh briefed the Army chiefabout the situation.

His visit came at a timewhen the Indian side has bol-stered its troop strength at all the

face-off points after the Chinesedid so, sources said here onSaturday.

Naravane’s trip to Leh tookplace a day after New Delhirejected Beijing’s claim that theIndian Army was responsible forescalating tension at the LAC inSikkim and Ladakh.

Rebutting this, India said itwas the other way round and theChinese were proving a hin-drance in the Indian Army’spatrolling in Ladakh.

The latest face-offs are nowon in Galwan valley where theChinese have pitched 90 to 100tents and have increased itstroop strength to nearly 500.They charge the Indians withbuilding a road close to the LACthereby violating treaties.However, India maintains thatthe road is well within its terri-

tory and the Chinese are esca-lating tension by undertakingconstruction activities like bar-racks. Moreover, they havedeployed more vehicles besidesmaintaining aerial vigil throughhelicopters. The stand-off atthis point is spread over three tofour kms and located at a heightof more than 4,000 feet.

The other two stand-offs arein the Daulat Beg Oldie sectorof Ladakh where the Chinesehave moved forward towards theLAC with more than 300 to 400soldiers each on the two loca-tions. There too, the Chinese areobjecting to construction activ-ities undertaken by India toimprove its infrastructureincluding roads and airfields toensure logistical lines through-out the area.

Incidentally, the Galwan

valley has seen such situations inthe past too and the two armiesfought a battle in the 1962 warhere. Given the strategic impor-tance of the Galwan valley andnullah, the Indian Army too hasstrengthened its positions,sources said.

The LAC has become “hot”in terms of transgressions in thelast two weeks or so with at leasttwo face-offs in Naku La inSikkim and Pangong Tso Lakein Ladakh turning violent withpersonnel from both sidesindulging in fisticuffs. Someofficers and soldiers of twoarmies were also injured in thefracas.

While the situation on boththese two locations has nowsomewhat normalised, threenew flashpoints have nowemerged in eastern Ladakh.

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The Railways has drawn upa schedule to operate 2,600

Shramik Special trains overthe next 10 days across thecountry to ferry around 36 lakhmigrant workers, stranded dueto the Covid-19 lockdown, totheir home States, Chairman ofthe Railway Board VK Yadavsaid on Saturday.

It has run 2,600 ShramikSpecial trains in the last 23 dayscarrying around 36 lakhstranded migrants, he said,adding 1,000 ticket countershave been opened across Indiaand more will be opened soon.

“We have operated 260Shramik Special trains everyday on an average for the last

four days, carrying three lakhpassengers daily,” Yadav said.

To a question on fares ofthe special trains to be operat-ed from June 1, the RailwayBoard chairman said the rail-ways was charging pre-lock-down normal fares only.

He reiterated that 85 percent of the expense of ShramikSpecial trains is being borne bythe Centre and the states areonly paying 15 pc in the formof fares.

Responding to a letter sentby the West Bengal governmentseeking stalling of all migranttrains to the state till May 26due to Cyclone Amphan, Yadavsaid it was due to a naturalcalamity and things will beback to normal soon.

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Hundreds of passengerstravelling in Shramik

Express staged protest andblocked the busy Delhi-Howrah rail route on DeenDayal Upadhaya Station(earstwhile Mughalsarai) whenthey realised that the train wasdiverted to wrong route.Similar protest was witnessedwhen passengers complainedto unhygienic condition intrain and non-availability ofwater and food. “The authori-ties are treating us like animals.

They do not know the routeand made the train to passthrough wrong route,” ManishRai, a passenger said.Around1,200 passengers were travel-ling in a Shramik Express fromVishakhapatnam (AndhraPradesh) to Muzzafarpur(Bihar). On May 21 mid-nightthe train was stopped at theouter signal of the Pt DeenDayal Upadhaya (PDDU) sta-tion. When it did not move forsix hours, the passengersrealised there is some mistake.

“Actually the train wasdiverted to a wrong track. As

the train was to go toMuzaffarpur it should havebeen diverted to Varanasiinstead it was diverted towardsPDDU station in Chandaulidistrict,” Manish said. “As it wasnight, passengers did not realisethe mistake and thought that itwas stopped at the outerbecause of non-availability ofplatform. In the morning werealised what actually had hap-pened,” he said.

The passengers lost cool.They blocked the adjacent railtrack by putting boulders onthe track disrupting the move-

ment of trains completely. Dueto this, several other trainsincluding Rajdhani Expressand Special Shramik trainswere delayed for hours.

Later, RPF personnel andsenior Railway officers reachedthere and pacified the passen-gers and then the train wasmoved towards its destination.

It was second such mistakewhich came to light within twodays. On Friday evening aShramik Express from Panvelin Maharashtra to Jaunpur inUttar Pradesh was held up atVysnagar Halt - a railway sta-

tion between Varanasi andPDDU junction.

“We waited for almost 10hours. We asked the stationmaster but he said he cannotallow the movement of trainunless asked by the high offi-cials. There is no movement oftrains and still the shramikexpresses are stalled. Why?,”asks Dhananjay.

The piqued passengerswent on rampage damagingwindowpanes of several coach-es. Later they squatted on therailway tracks refusing to move.They left only after the railway

police intervened and everyoneon board was given a meal. Thetrain later resumed its journey.

At the same Vyasnagar sta-tion, another Shramik Expresstrain coming from Bhiwandi(Maharashtra) to Varanasi wasalso stopped for hours. Earlythis week another train sched-uled to go to Jaunpur was alsodiverted towards PDDUinstead of Varanasi Junction.

A few days back migrantworkers from Gujarat to Biharthrew away the food served atKanpur junction saying it was rotten.

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Delhi recorded 23 moredeaths in past 24 hours

due to Covid -19, taking deathtoll in the national Capital to231 on Saturday.

In a bulletin issued onSaturday, the Delhi HealthDepartment said the death tollfrom coronavirus has risen to231 and the total number ofcases mounted to 12,910.

Five hundred and ninetyone fresh cases of Covid-19were reported on Saturday,authorities said.

The city recorded thehighest spike in fresh cases -- 660 -- on Friday. This is thefifth consecutive day, when500 or more fresh cases havebeen recorded in a day in thenational Capital.

The bulletin said thecumulative death figures referto fatalities where primarycause of death was found to beCovid-19, as per the report ofthe Death Audit Committee onthe basis of case sheets receivedfrom various hospitals.

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Much before theinfamous gamcha wasbrought in trend by

the Prime Minister NarendraModi to cover the nose andmouth during the COVID-19pandemic, Teeka Ram wasalready flaunting one. A lose t-shirt paired up with a jeans, agamcha and a pair of chappalswith a smirky smile on face,Teeka Ram is among one of thefavourite characters from &TV’smuch loved show Bhabhi JiGhar Par Hai.

Meet Vaibhav Mathur akaTeeka, a born artist who from hisschool days knew that hispassion lies in acting. “I comefrom a kayasth family, whereeducation is of utmostimportance. My father is fromthe agricultural industry and mymother is a lecturer, so I wasexpected to become a scholar,which I did but I was notinclined towards taking theconventional career path. Sincemy childhood, I was intodrawing and painting. Myteachers predicted that I will dosomething different. However, Ididn’t have any idea what will itbe, back then,” Mathur tellsyou.

Mathur’s acting careerstarted as early as he was inschool. “I was in Class XII whenmy father told me that I shouldthink of pursuing my craft. Hetold me that theatre was pickingup pace and I could try myhands in that. I gave it a thoughtand enrolled myself into a dramaacademy. I went on doingtheatres for around 12 years andthen thought of shifting toMumbai to earn a living. There,I had my struggle days and aftersome time I started getting adsand then got a few shows. Thisis how my acting journeystarted,” he tells you.

Mathur, before doingBhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai, was alsoa part of F.I.R. both of which aredirected by Shashank Bali.

“I share a good rapportwith Shashank sir. Though, mypart in F.I.R. was not that big andI entered the show very late butI enjoyed doing it. Once thatshow got over, I told Shashanksir that I would like to be a partof his future projects as well. Heassured me that he would reach

out to for the same. Aftersometime, I got a call from himasking what was I upto thesedays. I told him that I amlooking for work. He asked meto come and meet him for a role.I knew that he was coming upwith something great onceagain.

Once I met him, he told methat I am playing a tantrik andI have to showcase my skills tothe best. I enacted the same andhe was convinced. Then heoffered me to play Teeka, aroadside loafer and I was all setfor it,” Mathur recalls.

He tells you that he neverthought that the character wouldgain such fame. “I had neverimagined that Teeka wouldbecome a household name. I amoverwhelmed with theaudience’s response. The otherday I met a fan who told me thathe had named his childrenTeeka and Malkhan, becausethey are extremely naughty. It feltgreat. It is good to know that

people are respecting you inwhichever way and recognisingyou. I am glad that the characterhelps them have a good laugh,”he says.

An actor is all aboutimprovising and adding minutedetails in his character and thatis what Mathur abides by.“Whatever role I play, I makesure that I give it a twist. I try toadd certain elements in thecharacter. For Teeka, as well,from day one I tried to evolvethe character as much. Also, ourdirector Shashank Bali wasconfident that whatever I will dowith the character will onlyenhance it.

The script is undoubtedlyvery well-written, however wehave got the space to add someextra mirch-masala. Take forexample, when Teeka laughswhile covering his mouth withgamcha. It is all natural. Thereare people that do that. It is likehe is trying not to mocksomeone directly but in a

satirical way. He usually doesthis when Tiwari ji or Vibhuti jigets insulted, so he enjoys that,”he tells you.

When you play such roles— a roadside romeo — therecomes extra responsibility to notgo over the top and hurt theaudience’s sentiments. “Thecharacter Teeka, though a loafer,is written and portrayed withutmost responsibility. There’sdecency in him. This characteris not fictional, it is there in everynook and corner of the society.However, I try my best to notcross the line. For example,when Teeka and Malkhan try toimpress a girl, the girl slaps themand walk away. The two,automatically start singingromantic songs, just to suggestthey are not taking it on theiregos. They are similar to gali’sloafers who can never hurt theirneighbours,” he says.

Mathur says that he hadalready worked with most of theactors in F.I.R and that it did helpto maintain the chemistry in thisshow as well. “I have workedwith Yogesh Tripathi (who playsHappu Singh) and also SaanandVerma (who plays Saxena ji)before. Though we didn’t havetoo many sequences together butyes we know each other well.This helps in building thechemistry and improve thecomic timing,” he says.

He tells you that theatmosphere on the sets caneasily be figured out watchingthem on screen. “The workingenvironment is as lively. Weenjoy as much as we do onscreen. Everyone pour in theiracting skills. There are senioractors too on the sets, so wemaintain mutual respect butwe have a lot of fun. If theworking environment is notgood or as comfortable you willnot be able to do as good oncamera,” Mathur says.

He adds that he will neverturn away a similar role becauseit has earned him all the nameand fame. “This role is close tomy heart. And if in future I willbe offered similar roles, I wouldnever say no. But as an actor, itis my responsibility to explorenew characters and new genres.So my focus will be on tryingdifferent things,” he says.

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It was good. Spent a lot of timewatching series and movies. Readingbooks and spending time with my wife.When you are on the sets, you don’t getenough time to be with each other. I reada lot of motivational and biographies. I justcompleted reading Tuesdays With Morris.I read The Laws of Spirit World, How toWin Friends and Influence People and ThePower of Positive Thinking. So, yes, a lot ofbooks on mental well-being given that weneed it these days.� From TV to films, how did thathappen?

After Ramayan, I had started gettingfilm offers. But the projects were small.Most actors in a hurry take wrongdecisions. While I wanted to do a film buthad decided that it would be with a bigproduction house. Meanwhile, I continuedto do TV and reality shows many of whichI had won. This gave me name and fame.More people in the industry noticed meand I got Khamoshiyan, a Mahesh Bhattand Mukesh Bhatt produced film inassociation with Vishesh Films.� TV actors don’t always manage tomake it big. Why?

It is difficult to predict thesethings. There are no set rules. This willeither make or break your film career.If one were to say that a big TV actorcan’t make a career in films would bewrong. Shah Rukh Khan is a case inpoint. I just feel it is important towork with good producers. A goodproducer always insists on beingassociated with a good project andpromotes it properly. Whether afilm is a hit or a flop is a differentstory, what is important is thatyour work is appreciated and youprove that you are a good actor.� TV, films or web series, whatwould you prefer?

It has always been my dreamto be a 70 mm screen and bewatched with millions of people.There is a high that comes with it.I love films. But today, OTTplatforms have become popular aswell and are content-driven, thereare plenty of opportunities here too.If a good project comes my way, Iwould take it up.� Has content-driven andentertainment combo opened moreavenues?

Definitely. It is good for the industrythat makers are experimenting. If a filmhas a combination of entertainment andcontent, people will love it. Also, suchmovies are doing well today and making

people come up with better and biggerconcepts which the production houses arewilling to invest it.� Ramayan is being re-telecast onDangal TV, what makes mythologiespopular?

We have to understand that our epicsare extremely popular and teaches us lifelessons. Parents want their child to be amodel citizen. These epics help inculcategood values. In

many households, people read these on aregular basis but some can’t manage.Watching serials is a good option.�What was your reaction when you wereoffered to play Ram?

I was doing a series in the Southplaying a villain. Debina Bonnerjee wasalso in the show. I was young when the rolecame to me; I was 21. People told me thatin order to get good roles, one had to lookmature and older. I had a beard andsported slighted long hair. When theoffer came, I thought I would do a betterjob as a villain. In South, they need well-built men. I was all muscle. To play a hero— Ram, I was not convinced since I wasnot sure how I would look clean-shave. Butwe did a mock shoot, I realised that Iwould fit the role.� Has there been any take away lessonsfrom playing Lord Ram?

I was lucky that it was in my first show.My schooling started from there. It notonly taught me how to act, but also how

to be a good man. Ramayan kept megrounded. Before I got this show, therewere days of struggle. When I got therole, I was humbled. � Did you envision that MaanSingh Khurana would become sopopular?

I never realised that this wouldhappen. Ramayan had given me somuch fame. People would comeand touch my feet and offermoney. Before this, everyone whohad done mythology wastypecast. Once the show got over,I was only getting roles to playGod. But I would refuse. I toldmyself that I was an actor andwanted to do diverse roles. It wasa challenge for me to do a dramaand was hell bent on doingGeet… to get a break. But thechannel would keep rejecting meby saying I was Ram.

The producer insisted. I hadgiven over 10-15 auditions. Then

we decided to give a try and thechannel loved it. The minute theshow went on air, it gave me instant

stardom. The character became sucha rage. The serial helped me getnoticed and I got films due to Maan

Singh Khurana.� What next?

Just before the lockdown, I was doingThe Wife for Zee Studio. Till now, I hadbeen part of projects with two heroes.Here, I play a solo lead. There is a lot ofresponsibility. But due to the lockdown, weare now busy posting small videos onsocial media with a message in them.

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No, the Americansweetheart is nolonger in front of the

camera to guide yourhomecoming through theweb of mystery that hookedyou forever in the last season.But she is producingHomecoming 2, the AmazonSpecial series that returned toviewers with the same net ofsubtle but engaging dramathat come in the list of goodsuspense thrillers.

Julia’s role is consummatelytaken over by a less known butno less impactful Janelle Monaewith expressive eyes and abewitching smile whenever shegets out of the compellingsituation she is in, which is rare.

The 2.0 pace is set right atthe beginning and it takes justthe first shadowy shot of awoman waking up on a boatfloating over a desertedwaterbody clinging to even

more deserted forest land. Shespots a man on the shore buthe scoots the moment she callsfor help. She has no memory ofwho she is and why she hasfound herself in such a diresituation.

That’s enough for you toforget about whining aboutthe absence of Julia Robertswho helmed Season 1 toremarkable consequences. Themystery is so well and tightlyknit that the purposeful intentof drawing the viewer fromepisode to episode comesacross as one of the most subtleslow-moving, almost invisibleploys to keep the desperatecuriosity on.

That it takes over fourepisodes to start stitching theconclusion in your mind,speaks of a good footnote in themystery genre but the fact thatmost would be rearrangingtheir conclusions as the storyunfolds makes Homecoming 2a viable option, even if you hadnot been homebound due tothe dreaded Coronavirus.

Monae finds herself in anunenviable position with no

friends and apparently manyhidden foes as her militarytattoo stares her back from thearm with some suspectinjection marks. Is she really anair force veteran? Is she thevictim of a place called Giestwhere she is being secretly ledto? Or is it altogether a storythat defies calculations? Musttune in to watch, even if it is notan intrigue fueller that thisriveting series is actually anadaptation of a podcast,something that hooked JuliaRoberts to such extent that thebig star of the big screendecided to play thepsychologist on a job to counselmilitary vets.

In Homecoming 1, Geistwas the shady organisationgiving amnesia pills to peopletroubling the Government. InHomecoming 2, it does notlose its status of being thedeadly troublemaker but allthat comes with a twist.

There are side stories too,though very intricately woveninto the main plot. For more,there’s always Amazon Primewaiting for you.

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Recognising growing demand for action-thriller movies inIndia, global content leader Lionsgate Play premiered 2019

hit Primal in India on May 22,2020 under the popular Fridayblockbuster series. Primal, directed by Nick Powell and starringNicolas Cage, Famke Janssen, Kevin Durand and othersreceived positive reviews from cinephiles. Viewers can watch thisfilm on partnered telecom platforms of Lionsgate Play —Vodafone Play, Airtel Xstream, Idea Movies and TV.

The film revolves around Frank Walsh is a skilled big-gamehunter specialising in rare and dangerous species. He has recentlycaught an extremely rare white jaguar in the rain forests of Braziland now expects to sell it to a zoo for a fortune. Frank books aship to deliver the jaguar along with other animals to the U.S.However, authorities also need the ship to transport a notoriouskiller who must be brought to trial, and who, for medical reasons,cannot be transported by plane. On the way to the U.S., thecriminal frees himself and releases dangerous animals andvenomous snakes.

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Ruling out any complacencydespite Punjab posting the

highest recovery rate of 90 percent in the country, PunjabChief Minister Capt AmarinderSingh on Saturday said allthose coming to the State,including via domestic flights,trains and buses, would have toundergo compulsory homequarantine for 14 days.

Screening of those enteringthe state would be done at allstate and district border entrypoints, as well as railway sta-tions and airports, and thosefound symptomatic would besent into institutional quaran-tine, while the others wouldhave to undergo mandatory 2-week home quarantine, theChief Minister said in his FBLive programme ‘#AskCaptain’.

Rapid testing teams wouldcheck on the home quarantinedpersons while those foundsymptomatic would have toundergo thorough testing inhospitals/isolation centres, saidCapt Amarinder, making itclear that his Governmentwould not rely on any certifi-cates of testing from any partof the country or the world.

He cited Punjab’s experi-ence with those who camefrom Maharashtra andRajasthan, as well as the morerecent case of Dubai, fromwhere Punjabis coming backhad tested positive despite car-rying medical certificatesshowing them to be negative.

Those returning to Indiavia special international flightsare already required to under-go institutional quarantine, asper the Central Government’sguidelines.

With a large number ofPunjabis coming home, andmore and more investors alsoshowing keenness to resumebusiness in the state, the ChiefMinister underlined the needfor strict caution, asserting

that “we will not let the pan-demic spread further in Punjab,which has so far managed tokeep the situation under excel-lent control.”

In response to a question,the Chief Minister said there islikelihood of infection cominghere from Punjabis returningfrom other countries and states,but the State is taking nochances and has made elabo-rate arrangements for theirtesting and quarantine.

Five flights have cometoday, and a total of 20000 peo-ple are expected to come fromother countries on 88 flights,while 60000 are expected fromother states. “I will not let thisinfection spread any further inPunjab,” he asserted.

The Chief Ministerthanked labourers who hadchosen to stay back and con-tribute to Punjab's economicstrength, adding that “this isyour state and you are part ofit.” It is vital for industry tofunction for ensuring liveli-hood, he said, urging all to keepfollowing social distancingnorms stringently at workplaces to beat the virus atevery step. “Given the way wehave controlled the situation,we will not need a strict lock-down again,” he said, inresponse to a question.

Of those migrants whohad applied for online regis-tration, nearly half had will-ingly decided to stay back andhad also started working in theindustry, revealed the ChiefMinister, adding that of thetotal 2.56 lakh industries in thestate, 1.5 lakh have alreadyresumed operations.

On the issue of arrange-ments for transportation ofmigrants wanting to leave thestate, he said his governmenthad been facilitating the returnof migrants through specialtrains, along with 607 busessent to Bihar, Jharkhand, UPand Orissa. “Around 3.25 lakh

of the 13 lakh migrants havereturned so far through trainsorganised by us while another17,000 have gone throughbuses,” he added.

Capt Amarinder said thesuccess of Punjab’s strategy ofcontaining the disease is evi-dent from its slowest doublingrate of 86 days against thenational average of 14 days.

Of the total 2028 con-firmed cases in the state, 1819had fully recovered, he said,expressing the confidence thatthe 200 patients under treat-ment would also be fine soon.“There is no patient who is onoxygen support with only onepatient on ventilator support,”he disclosed.

As far as high recovery rateis concerned, he said it hadbeen possible only by strict dis-cipline by Punjabis in follow-ing all social distancing norms.It was unfortunate, however,that 39 people had died in thestate, with many more deathsreported nationwide.

The Chief Minister warnedthat social distancing and com-pulsory wearing of maskswould need to be strictly fol-lowed to keep the situationunder control. He said he haddirected the police to takestringent action against suchoffenders.

The Chief Minister said thedecision on opening of gymswould be taken after May 31, inline with the Government ofIndia’s guidelines.

Responding to a question,the Chief Minister said`Mission Fateh,’ as the state’sbattle against Covid is called,“reflects our spirit of resiliencein the face of war.”

We will achieve 'Fateh' inthis battle by maintaining socialdistancing norms against thisdeadly virus, he said, addingthat it was a national war thatcould be won with collectiveresilience. “We will win,” hedeclared.

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The Himachal Cabinet in itsmeeting on Saturday decid-

ed that due to lockdown, pri-vate schools in the State wouldbe allowed to charge onlytuition fee. The meeting, heldunder the chairmanship ofChief Minister Jai Ram Thakurexpressed grief over theuntimely death of former MLAfrom Theog assembly con-stituency Rakesh Verma andobserved two minutes silenceas a mark of respect to thedeparted soul.

Amongst other items dis-cussed, it was decided to imple-ment the recommendations of15th Central FinanceCommission in the State, underwhich out of the total grantsreceived from it, 70 percentwould be provided to GramPanchyats, 15 percent toPanchayat Samitis and 15 per-cent would be allocated to ZilaParishads for undertaking var-ious developmental works.

The Cabinet decided toupgrade Veterinary Hospital atNagrota Bagwan in Kangra dis-trict to Zonal Veterinary Hospitalalongwith creation and filling upof seven posts of different cate-gories to man this hospital.

The Cabinet also gave itsnod to start scheme for‘Rehabilitation of Stray Cattle’in Himachal Pradesh to solvethe problems of stray cattle,encourage individuals andorganizations to adopt straycattle, provide assistance forrunning of cow sanctuariesand gau sadans in the State. Inthe initial phase, it was decid-ed to provide �500 per cow forcows in gausadans/gaushalasand cow sanctuaries. TheAnimal HusbandryDepartment was advised tocomplete tagging underInformation Network forAnimal Productivity andHealth (INAPH) Scheme as per

Government of India’s guide-lines at the earliest.

The Cabinet also decidedto establish three Fast TrackSpecial Courts at Shimla,Rampur for Kinnaur districtand at Nahan, district Sirmaurto deal with the rape/POCSOcases for a period of one year.

The Cabinet decided toamend the ‘Mukhya MantriSwavlamban Yojna-2019’ tomake it more lucrative. Nowunits sanctioned under thisscheme should come into com-mercial production within oneyear from the date of dis-bursement of first installmentof loan by the bank under theScheme for both manufactur-ing and service enterprises.Besides, in case such unitshave been set up by widowswho are bonafide Himachaliand having age upto 45 years,amount of eligible subsidy hasbeen enhanced from 30 percentto 35 percent.

PROPOSALS OF 11 PRO-JECTS WORTH �332.50CRORE CLEARED BYSSWC&MA

The 12th meeting of theState Level Single WindowClearance and MonitoringAuthority (SSWC&MA) heldhere under the Chairmanshipof Chief Minister Jai RamThakur approved 11 projectproposals for setting up newindustrial enterprisers andexpansion of existing unitsinvolving a total proposedinvestment of approximately�332.50 crore and employ-ment potential of about 1000persons which shows that theState continues to attract invest-ment despite of overall slow-down in the economy.

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Haryana on Saturdayreported 64 new cases of

corona virus, taking the State'scase tally to 1131 even as 44patients recovered from varioushospitals of the State over thelast 24 hours.

The state saw a suddenspurt in Covid- 19 cases onSaturday as 22 out of 76Haryana natives who cameback from the US tested posi-tive for corona virus infection,said the health departmentofficials. Seventy-six Haryanapeople were part of a group ofover 160 Indians who hadarrived at Amritsar in Punjabby a special chartered flight ear-lier this week.

Meanwhile, the total num-ber of active Covid-19 cases inHaryana is 365 while the num-ber patients who have been dis-charged are 750. The State hasa recovery rate of 66.31 percent, fatality rate at 1.41 percent while tests per millionbeing conducted are 3,709.The doubling rate in the Stateis 17 days.

While Gurugram has 262cases, Faridabad 195, Sonipat154 and Jhajjar has reported 91Covid-19 infections, making ita total of 702 cases in these fourdistricts which fall in theNational Capital Region. As perthe bulletin, 16 deaths havebeen reported so far in theState. Yamunanagar is coronafree district of the State as eightpersons tested positive forCovid-19 have been dischargedfrom the hospitals, as per thestate health bulletin.

According to the StateGovernment’s health bulletin,64 fresh cases were reportedfrom Gurugram, Faridabad,Sonepat, Palwal, Panipat, Jind,Karnal, Bhiwani, Hisar andForeign returnee Haryananative. Gurugram reported 12new cases of the deadly disease,taking the total in the districtto 262. Faridabad reported 10

new case of the deadly disease,taking the total in the districtto 195. Sonepat reported threemore corona virus cases, tak-ing total to 154.

Karnal and Palwal report-ed one more case each, takingthe tally to 24 and 41 respec-tively. Hisar and Jind reportedthree more cases each, takingthe tally to 12 and 26 respec-tively. Panipat reported sevenmore case, taking total to 53.Bihwani reported two morecases, taking count to 8.

As many as 44 patientswalked out of hospital from dif-ferent districts of the State onSaturday. So far, 750 patientshave been cured and dis-charged from hospitals inHaryana, including the 14Italian nationals. According toofficials, a total of 44 Covidpatients were discharged fromvarious districts including ninein Gurugram, 11 each inFaridabad and Sonepat, one inJhajjar, five in Nuh, three inJind, two each in Fatehabad andRohtak.

22 OF 76 HARYANA RESI-DENTS FROM US TESTPOSITIVE

Twenty-two of 76 Haryananatives deported back fromthe US have tested positive forcoronavirus infection, stateHealth Minister Anil Vij saidon Saturday.

Seventy-six Haryana peo-ple were part of a group of over160 Indians who had arrived atAmritsar in Punjab by a specialchartered flight earlier this

week.“Twenty two of these 76

have been found having Covid-19,” Vij told reporters.

After they were deportedfrom the US and arrived inIndia earlier this week, Vij hadsaid all will undergo Covid-19tests before they are quaran-tined in their home districts.

Most of the deportedIndians had entered the USfrom its southern border withMexico and had exhausted all legal options to stay in theUS.

They were arrested by theUS Immigration and CustomsEnforcement sleuths while try-ing to enter America illegally.

The 76 Haryana nativeswere later brought toPanchkula where they under-went the Covid-19 and othermedical tests. While thosefound Covid negative will bequarantined in their home dis-tricts, the 22 Covid-19 patientswill undergo treatment at adedicated hospital inPanchkula.

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Amid row over excise rev-enue loss and liquor smug-

gling, Punjab Excise andTaxation Department has con-ducted stock checking at 15 dis-tilleries in the state.

The checking was carriedout on Friday, and strict actionwould be taken if any discrep-ancy was found during theinspection, officials said."Wehave conducted stock checkingat 15 distilleries," PrincipalSecretary Excise and TaxationA Venuprasad said on Saturday.

The action was taken aftersome liquor contractors raisedthe issue that liquor from otherstates was being pushed intoPunjab for sale and distillerieshere were not supplying alcoholto other states and disposing oftheir stock in the state only.

During stock checking, thedepartment has found 22,000liquor cases, which were to besupplied to Chhattisgarh atone of the distilleries. "We areverifying whether it was really

to be supplied to Chhattisgarh,"he said. "We are compilingreports (on checking) and theywill be ready by evening,"Venuprasad further said.

Several Congress legislatorsa few days ago had demandedprobe against the chief secre-tary while blaming him forexcise revenue loss after a rowerupted at a May 9 meetinghere in which some ministershad accused him of his "unac-ceptable behaviour" with them.

On the other hand, opposi-tion party Shiromani Akali Dal(SAD) had alleged that the liquormafia in league with someCongress leaders caused "loss" ofRs 5,600 crore to the state exche-quer by allowing liquor from dis-tilleries without payment ofexcise duty on the same.

A few days ago, the exciseofficials along with the policedepartment had raided illegaldistillery and liquor bottlingplant in Patiala which wasallegedly manufacturing illegalliquor during the lockdownperiod.

With six more cases in thelast 24 hours, the Covid-

19 positive tally reached 225in the Union Territory ofChandigarh on Saturday. Aday before, samples of 58people, all residents of BapuDham Colony, the worstaffected area in the city, werecollected for testing. A totalof 3,531 samples have beentested so far and of them,3,234 are negative whilereports of 77 samples wereawaited. Now, there are 43active cases in the city and 178Covid-19 patients have recov-ered from the infection so far.

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Punjab reported sixteen newcoronavirus cases on

Saturday, taking the total num-ber of Covid-19 infections inthe state to 2,045.

Of the new cases, fourwere detected in Amritsar,three each in Patiala andJalandhar and one each inLudhiana, Bathinda,Kapurthala, Pathankot,Gurdaspur and Muktsar.

Twenty-three coronaviruspatients recovered from theinfection and were dischargedfrom different hospitals inJalandhar, Muktsar, Rupnagar,Faridkot and Fatehgarh Sahib,a medical bulletin said onSaturday.

With the discharge of thesepatients, the total count ofcured persons reached 1,870 inthe state. The total number ofactive cases in the State standsat 136, as per the bulletin.

In Punjab, Amritsar hasreported the most Covid-19cases at 318, followed by 213 inJalandhar, 173 in Ludhiana, 153in Tarn Taran, 130 inGurdaspur, 105 in SBS Nagar,107 in Patiala, 102 each inMohali and Hoshiarpur, 88 inSangrur, 66 in Muktsar, 61 inFaridkot, 60 in Rupnagar, 59 inMoga, 57 in Fatehgarh Sahib,44 each in Fazilka andFerozepur, 42 in Bathinda, 35in Kapurthala, 32 each inMansa and Pathankot and 22 inBarnala, the bulletin said.

Of the total cases, 39 peo-ple have died. One patient iscritical and on ventilator sup-port. A total of 63,567 sampleshave been taken so far in thestate, out of which 57,899 sam-ples are negative and reports of3,623 samples are still awaited.

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To minimize healthcareworkers' contact with

infected patients and contam-inated surroundings, PGIMERon Saturday said it has devel-oped a state-of-the art lowcost automated robotic trolleyfor Covid patients, an afford-able and customized solutionfor local needs.

The device was formallylaunched by PostgraduateInstitute of Medical Educationand Research (PGIMER)Director Jagat Ram onSaturday.

Acronymed as DOOT(delivery, observance andorchestrated telecommunica-tor), this robotic device wasdesigned and developed byResident Doctors PranayMahajan and Shailesh Gahukarfrom the Department ofHospital Administration.

The Director lauded bothfor their commendable initia-tive and said: "The health andsafety of our frontline coronawarriors is always our utmostconcern as they are putting

their own lives at risk to savethe lives of others, He said.

This robotic device isPGIMER's step forward in thedirection of self-reliance andsafety. By delivering medicinesand food among patients in theisolation wards, wherein thechances of getting infectedwith the virus are maximumfor the healthcare workers, thisautomated trolley will help inreducing their interaction withCovid-19 patients to a greatextent, Jagat Ram added.

Vipin Koushal, in charge ofCovid Hospital, said: "With aspike in the number of corona

positive patients earlier, we brain-stormed about multiple afford-able options to ensure better safe-ty for our Covid-19 team in addi-tion to SOPs being followed.

"That's how DOOT cameinto being. It is a special,affordable and customizedsolution for our local needs. Itwas quite a challenge as well asit was developed during thelockdown period when nothingwas available in the market." Hesaid it was managed within anominal budget of �25,000with the constant support ofthe engineering department ofthe PGIMER.

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Sixteen more people testedpositive for coronavirus in

Himachal Pradesh on Saturday,taking the total number ofcases in the state to 185. Of the16 fresh cases, six are reportedfrom Kangra, five from Solan,four from Mandi and one fromHamirpur district, officials said.

Nine of the fresh cases areMumbai returnees, five fromWest Bengal, whereas two areJalandhar returnees.

In Kangra, two women,aged 70 and 44, fromLambagaon, Jaisinghpur andBhawarna, respectively testedpositive, a district official said.Similarly, three men, aged 48,49 and 50, from LambagaonJaisinghpur, Palampur andJaisinghpur, respectively testedpositive on Saturday. All ofthem arrived from Mumbai ina special train on May 18 andwere quarantined at Paraur inPalampur subdivision.

The 70-year-old woman is

being shifted to DCHCDharamshala, whereas the restof the four are being taken toBaijnath. Besides, a 68-year-oldman, who arrived fromJalandhar and is presentlyadmitted at SARI Tanda, hastested positive in Kangra dis-trict, the official said.

In Solan, five people, whohad recently returned fromWest Bengal, tested positive,District Health Officer (DHO)N K Gupta said. All of themwere quarantined atRamshehar, he added.

In Mandi, the four positivecases included three membersof a family -- woman, her sonand daughter. They were alreadyin a quarantine centre, ChiefMedical Officer JeevanandChauhan said. The woman''shusband also returned fromMumbai recently, but his reportwas negative, Chauhan said.

A 61-year-old taxi driver,resident of Mumbai, also test-ed positive for Covid-19. Hebrought some residents from

the commercial capital a fewdays ago and was quarantinedafter symptoms of influenza-like illness, the official said.

In Hamirpur, a 72-year-oldwoman suffering from liverinfection tested positive forCovid-19, Hamirpur DeputyCommissioner (DC) HarikeshMeena said. Hailing from Dughavillage, she is the wife of a manwho was also found positive twodays ago. She had also gone toJalandhar for treatment butreturned from there and wasadmitted to a local medical col-lege for treatment. The womanwas referred to Indira GandhiMedical College (IGMC) inShimla for treatment as hercondition worsened. Her sam-ple was taken there and she test-ed positive on Saturday, he said.

Meanwhile, one more per-son from Seedhi village ofKakker area in Hamirpur dis-trict has been cured and willsoon be sent to his home for14-day quarantine, the DCsaid.

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Punjab Government onSaturday said it has decid-

ed to grant Consent toEstablish (CTE)/ Consent toOperate ( CTO) to green cat-egory industries across thestate on the basis of ‘self-cer-tification’ to further promoteits ease of doing business con-cept.

An official Spokespersonsaid that the State Governmenthad eased out the establish-ment and operation of indus-tries under Green categoryby granting Consent toEstablish (CTE)/ Consent toOperate (CTO) on self-certi-fication basis. He said that thisinitiative of the Government ofPunjab would furtherstrengthen the industrial basein the State besides acting asa pivot to attract more invest-ments.

The Spokesperson point-ed out that earlier, the clear-

ances were granted to theindustry after visiting thesite/industry, which used totake an average time of 21days. With this initiative ofState Government, theCTEs/CTOs to industriesunder Green Category isgranted on the same day i.e. onthe day of filing the applicationon the online portal. The saidservice has already been madeavailable to the industries byPunjab Pollution ControlBoard by starting the autogrant of said clearances, headded.

From April 1 to April 30,2020 amid Covid-19 restric-tions, as many as 29 CTEs, 99CTOs under the Water(Prevention & Control ofPollution) Act, 1974 and 181CTOs under Air (Prevention& Control of Pollution) Act,1981 have been granted to theGreen category of industriesacross the State, the spokesper-son said.

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Ambala: A migrant labourer''spregnant wife, who walkedover 100 km from Ludhiana inPunjab, delivered a girl childafter reaching Ambala inHaryana but the baby diedshortly after birth.

Bindia and her husbandJatin Ram, who are in theirearly 20s, had set out fromLudhiana last week for their vil-lage in Bihar. When the couplereached Ambala City onWednesday, the woman gave

birth to a female child.However, the baby died imme-diately after the birth.

The couple performed thelast rites in Ambala City. Bindiamarried Ram two years ago andit was their first child.She hadcome to Ludhiana from Biharlast year with Ram, who workedas a labourer in a factory.

After the coronavirus forceda lockdown, most migrantworkers began leaving for theirhome towns. Some walked and

others hired vehicles to reachAmbala and Yamunanagar toboard special trains.

Ram said he and his nine-month pregnant wife decided towalk to Ambala after they didnot get registration in specialtrains, possibly to save moneyfor future travel expenses.

Bindia was very weak as shedid not get a proper dietrequired by a pregnant woman,the husband said, adding theydid not have enough money as

he lost his job during lockdown.When they reached

Ambala City, from Ludhiana,after walking more than 100km, Bindia started havinglabour pain and police helpedRam take her to the civil hos-pital. She delivered the childbut the baby did not survive.

An NGO at AmbalaCantonment has made arrange-ments for their stay and is pro-vided them food. PTI

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About 260,000 migrantlabourers have been sent

by over 60 Special Shramiktrains and more than 5,000Haryana Roadways buses totheir home states and thisprocess is still going on, ADGPCID, Anil Kumar Rao said onSaturday.

In a statement, he said thishas been done that after theannouncement made by ChiefMinister, Manohar Lal to send

stranded migrant labourersand agricultural labourers will-ing to return to their homestates free of cost by HaryanaGovernment,

An official spokespersonsaid that ADGP CID, AnilRao interacted with passengersonboard the Special ShramikTrain at Ambala CantonmentRailway Station, going toBarauni (Bihar).

He said that about 1631migrant labourers and childrenhave been sent to Barauni

(Bihar) by this trainSimilarly 1400 labourers

from Gurugram were sent toAraria in Bihar, 1600 migrantlabourers from Rewari to

Purnia in Bihar, 1500 migrantlabourers from Rohtak toBhagalpur in Bihar and 958labourers of Agartala in Tripuraand Assam from Gurugram toGuwahati.

The spokesperson said thattn addition, through 284 buses,migrant labourers departed fortheir destination in UttarPradesh. He said that so farabout 2.60 Lakh migrantlabourers have been sent totheir home states through 61trains and 5000 buses from

Haryana. Similarly, 11,418labourers belonging to Haryanahave returned from otherstates.

He said that apart from freeof cost tickets, the concerneddistrict administration provid-ed these migrant labourerswith food, water bottles, masksand sanitizers so that they donot face any difficulty regard-ing basic necessities on theirjourney. Apart from this, healthcheckups were also conductedat the railway station.

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With domestic air travel allset to start from Monday,

Delhi airport officials onSaturday, said that all flightswill be operated from Terminal3 which is usually reserved forinternational flights opera-tions.All flights will be operat-ing from Terminal 3: DelhiInternational Airport Limited#COVID19,” the DIAL tweet-ed Saturday afternoon.

Notably, Terminals 1 and 2are designated for domesticflight operations however amidcorona break, domestic opera-tions will run from the T-3.

Earlier, Union CivilAviation Minister HardeepSingh Puri had said Indiawould also try to start a goodpercentage of international pas-senger flights before August.

Earlier in its StandardOperating Procedure (SOP),the IGI airport official hadmentioned that passengersshall compulsorily walkthrough screening zone forthermal screening at a desig-

nated place in the city sidebefore entering the terminalbuilding.

Airport operators mustmake appropriate arrange-ments for sanitisation of a pas-senger’s baggage before his orher entry into the terminalbuilding, said the SOP datedMay 20.

In its exit plan, Delhi air-port mentioned about opera-tions readiness amid coron-avirus. “Provisions are beingmade to ensure PPE like masks,

gloves, face shields etc are pro-vided for the safety and healthof all employees.Each role isbeing studied to create therequirement for the safetygears.”

“ALL staff (DIAL and otherservice providers) will bescreened at entry gate for tem-perature.Employee self decla-ration on weekly basis throughan internal APP.Temporarypop up shops for selling, gloves,masks and other PPE,” Delhiairport officials said.

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Students belonging to UttarPradesh (UP) staying in

boys and girls hostels of theJamia Millia Islamia (JMI) leftfor their homes in four specialbuses arranged by the univer-sity on Friday.

“These students werestranded in hostels due to lock-down in view of COVID-19.About 70 students from 40 dis-tricts of UP are travelling inbuses with final destinationbeing Sultanpur, Ballia,Kushinagar and Bareilley. Eachbus has a student group leaderto coordinate the journey. Twouniversity guards (ex armypersonnel) are in each busalong with students,” the uni-versity said in a statement.

Information about traveldetail of students has beenconveyed to UP government

officials and local administra-tion of all concerned districtsby the university administra-tion, it said.

Vice Chancellor ProfessorNajma Akhtar expressed satis-faction and hoped that thesestudents will now reach safelyto their homes and be withtheir families like studentsfrom J&K, Jharkhand, WestBengal and Bihar who werealso sent to their homes by theuniversity through specialarrangements.

To help students DeanStudents Welfare (DSW) and histeam, Chief Proctor and histeam, Provosts and wardensand administrative staff werepresent at DSW office fromwhere the bus departed for thescreening centre. The universi-ty will now reopen inAugust2020 for regular studentsif the situation normalises.

New Delhi: The Delhi HighCourt has decided that fromFriday all its judges will siteveryday to take up “urgentmatters of all kinds” via videoconferencing.

The step follows the highcourt and the lower courtstogether having taken up20,726 urgent matters duringthe Covid-19 related lockdownfrom March 24 to May 19.

“As per the latest initiativetaken by Chief Justice D N Pateland other Judges of the HighCourt of Delhi, now, w.e.f.May 22, 2020, all the divisionbenches and all the single-judge benches shall take upurgent matters of all kinds,through video conferencing,during the suspended func-tioning of the Court.

“All such benches would sitdaily on all the working days,”said a note, issued by the officeof high court Registrar GeneralManoj Jain.

Till now, urgent matterswere being taken up by twodivision benches and ten sin-gle-judge benches, but thejudges of these benches weresitting on rotation basis.

There are presently sevendivision benches and 19 single-judge benches in the highcourt.

The note further said thatthe roster benches would alsotake up the matters which are

at the stage of final argumentsand in which consent has beenreceived from both the sidesagreeing for disposal of case onthe basis of written submissionsalone.

It also said that the existingprocedure of mentioning ofurgent matters, via weblinkbefore joint registrar con-cerned, would continue to be inforce till further orders.

“Non-urgent matters shallbe taken up by the rosterbenches on resumption of reg-ular hearings and as per theorder of Chief Justice,” it alsosaid.

The seven division bench-es and 19 single-judge bench-es are also referred to as rosterbenches as each of them dealwith cases based on specificcategories (or roster) decidedby the Chief Justice.

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The Delhi Police has arrest-ed a person for allegedly

supplying illicit liquor in theNational Capital.

The accused has been iden-tified as Manish, a resident ofSonipat in Haryana.

According to a seniorpolice official, on Thursdaynight, police got a tip-offregarding transportation ofillicit liquor in a car throughBawana area, following whicha trap was laid.

“Police team aksed the dri-ver to stop the vehicle, but heran away. The policemen start-ed chasing him and nabbed theaccused at Mungeshpur Villagein Bawana area,” said the seniorpolice official.

“Police recovered a total 50cartoons of illcit liquor carry-ing 600 bottles from the pos-session of the accused,” headded.

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Indian Railways has decidedto run 2,600 more Shramik

Special trains in next 10 days inan attempt to provide relief tomigrants to reach home State.

The railways in a statementsaid that while the country isbattling with the pandemic coro-navirus, Indian Railways is leav-ing no stone unturned to bringrespite to the severely affectedduring this crucial time.

“In a major decision,Ministry of Railways has decid-ed to operationalise 2,600 moreShramik Special trains in nextten days across the country asper the needs of StateGovernments. This initiative isexpected to benefit 36 lakhstranded passengers across thecountry,” it said.

It may be noted that IndianRailways started running

“Shramik Special” trains fromMay 1 to ferry migrant work-ers, pilgrims, tourists, studentsand other persons stranded at different placesdue to lock down.

These special trains arebeing run from point to point

on the request of both the con-cerned State Governments asper the standard protocols forsending and receiving suchstranded persons.

The Railways and StateGovernments have appointedsenior officials as nodal officers

for coordination and smoothoperation of these “ShramikSpecials”.

As many as 2,600 ShramikSpecial trains has been run inlast 23 days and around 36lakhs stranded migrants havebeen transported till now to

their home States.It is to be noted that apart

from Shramik Special train,Ministry of Railways has start-ed 15 pairs of special trainsfrom May 12 and announced200 train services to be startedfrom June 1.

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The Delhi Government’sExcise department has

given orders to open 66 moreprivate liquor shops whichwere closed due to the spreadof Coronavirus.

Notably, the Governmenthas earned �110 from the cessin just 15 days of imposing spe-cial corona fee on liquor.

If officials of DelhiGovernment are to be believed,Government is expecting morerevenue with the opening ofmore shops.

As per the data from theDelhi Excise department, theearning was about �55 crore till

May 12, whereas after the ‘’spe-cial corona fee’’ the collectionwent up to �70 crore by May 15and by May 21, the cess amountwas �110 crore.

While close to 100 liquorvends were allowed to open inlockdown 3.0, now about 200shops are functional across thecity, including standalone shopsand those in market places.

From Saturday, 66 privateliquor shops were allowed toopen by the ExciseDepartment.

According to official data,Delhi has more than 850 liquorshops, of which around 150 arelocated in malls and at the air-portwhich will not be allowed

to operate.From May 5, the govern-

ment imposed a special coro-na fee on liquorwhich is 70 percent of the MRP.

With an aim to discourageovercrowding at liquor shops,Delhi Government had initiat-ed e - token system

Earlier, the Delhi

Government has also increasedthe value added tax (VAT) onpetrol and diesel.

According to an official fig-ure for the current financialyear, the Government wasexpecting about 15 per cent ofits total revenue generationfrom liquor sales.

According to ChiefMinister Arvind Kejriwal,every year in April, the esti-mated revenue generation is�3,500 crore, but this year, itwas just �300 crore.

He came out in public say-ing if the situation continued,it will be difficult for the gov-ernment to pay salaries to itsemployees.

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The Delhi Police has arrest-ed a 24-year-old man for

allegedly cheating an Air Forceofficer of � 75,000 on the pre-text of purchasing furniturefrom him through e-commercewebsite.

The accused has been iden-tified as Ajruddin, a resident ofMewat district in Haryana.

According to Anyesh Roy,the Deputy Commissioner ofPolice (DCP), Cyber crimeunit, police received a com-plaint from an Air Force offi-cer that he was trying to sell hisold furniture online on thepopular e-commerce website.

“He was contacted by aperson who claimed to be oneSahil, a constable in CISF. Theaccused agreed to buy the fur-niture and said that since hewas posted in a remote area ofRajasthan, he could not come

over to make the payment orcollect the item personally.Hence, he would make anadvance payment throughUPI,”said the DeputyCommissioner of Police.

“The complainant gave thenumber of his sister-in-law.The accused sent a UPI link forpayment, but instead of moneybeing credited, it was debitedfrom her account on multipleoccasions,” said the DeputyCommissioner of Police.

“During investigation,police identified the mainaccused through technical help.Ajruddin, along with his asso-ciates, was on run and gotarrested from near Nuh busstop, Mewat earlier this week,the Deputy Commissioner ofPolice said.

“Interrogation revealedthat Ajruddin, along with hisassociates, created fake IDs ofarmy and paramilitary per-sonnel on e-commerce plat-

forms after copying the pho-tographs from genuine socialmedia profiles,” said the DeputyCommissioner of Police.

“On the pretext of beingposted in difficult terrain, theaccused assure the victims thatthey would make an advancepayment for the product whichthey want to buy. However, theUPI link generated by themwas not for crediting into thevictim’s account, but for debit-ing the money,” said the DeputyCommissioner of Police.

“When the victims call theaccused and demanded themoney back, they assured thatthere was some error in theprevious link and they areagain sending a link for twicethe amount to compensate forthe previous erroneous trans-fer,” said the DeputyCommissioner of Police addingthat efforts are being made tonab the other accused persons.

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New Delhi: The national cap-ital on Saturday witnessed max-imum temperature of 46.2degree Celsius — the highestthis season — with the weath-er office predicting severe heat-wave in the coming days.

The India MeteorologicalDepartment’s Aya Nagar obser-vatory recorded 46.2 degreesCelsius, six notches above thenormal.

The maximum tempera-ture at the Safdarjung obser-vatory was recorded at 44.7degree Celsius. Meanwhile,Palam in southwest Delhirecorded 45.6 degree Celsiuswhile the Lodhi Road obser-vatory recorded a maximumtemperature of 44.4 degreeCelsius. According to the IMD,heatwave/severe heatwave willcontinue over most partsDelhi/NCR between May 24and 27 due to dry and north-westerly winds prevailing overnorthwest India andDelhi/NCR. IANS

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The Chandigarh Police is yetto record the statement of

BJP leader and former Chairmanof the Haryana SugarfedChander Prakash Kathuria whowas injured after he fell whileescaping from the second floorof a building in Sector 63 wherehe had gone to meet a femalefriend on Friday evening.

Talking to The Pioneer overthe phone, Surinder Singh,SHO, Police Station- 49 saidthat police team has beenformed and they are investi-gating the incident. Kathuriahad suffered injuries on a leg.As per medical report, he is notserious but not in a position torecord his statement beforethe police, he added.

Chandigarh Police tookhim to the PGI and later he was

shifted to a private hospital intricity.

They said that Kathuria,who is in his 50s had gone toHouse Number 2214 in anSUV. In the meantime, a personpressed the door bell. In a bidto avoid the person, Kathuriatried to flee through the balconyby using a cloth. However he felland got injured.

Local people gathered afterthey saw him lying injured onthe floor and later informed thepolice. Police reached the spoton information. A PCRreached the spot and took himto the PGI. After this incident,a daily diary report was madeat the Sector 49 Police Stationin Chandigarh. The policesought permission from thedoctor to take a statement,but the doctor told Kathuria tobe unfit for this. Further inves-tigation is underway, theyadded.

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The Delhi Police on Saturdayregistered a case against

Daati Maharaj and some otherpersons for allegedly perform-ing a ceremony at temple andviolating the Governmentguidelines on lockdown here inMaidan Garhi area

According to Atul KumarThakur, the DeputyCommissioner of Police(DCP), South district, onSaturday, it came to noticethat some photographs of a cer-emony at Shanidham mandirAsola have been circulated onsocial media wherein the socialdistancing norms were notbeing followed and a religiouscongregation was organised incontravention of the lockdownguidelines.

“During preliminaryenquiry, it was revealed that onFriday around 7.30 pm, chiefpriest of Shanidham MandirDaati Maharaj, along withsome other persons, had per-formed a ceremony at the tem-ple,” said the DCP.

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The Delhi PoliceCommissioner, SN

Shrivastava, on Saturday inter-acted online with the studentsengaged in “each one teachone” movement who havestarted online Basti Exchangeprogram.

As many as 20 best privateschools in Delhi are engaged inthis movement.

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The Congress on Saturdayreleased a video of an inter-

action between former partychief Rahul Gandhi and agroup of migrant workerswalking back to a village inUttar Pradesh from Haryanaamid the nationwide Covid-19lockdown.

In his introduction to thevideo, Rahul said Covid-19has hit a lot of people but theworst affected are migrantworkers walking thousands ofkilometres back to their homes,without food and water anddespite being beaten up andthreatened.

“But they did not stop andcontinued to walk back to theirhomes. I want to give you aglimpse of their thinking, fears,dreams, aspirations and theirfuture,” he said.

The migrant crisis has trig-gered a political slugfestbetween the oppositionCongress and the ruling BJP,with both sides accusing eachother of playing politics on theissue.

The former party chiefalso demanded that the gov-ernment should immediatelyensure a direct cash transfer of�7,500 to each of 13 crorefamilies.

The Congress said Rahulhas been extremely active onsocial media for many yearsnow, becoming one of the 10most followed politicians in theworld on Twitter with 14.2 mil-lion followers.

Over the past few weeks, hehas been regularly releasinglonger format videos of hisconversations with notedexperts, such as former ReserveBank of India (RBI) governorRaghuram Rajan and NobelLaureate Abhijit Banerjee.

In the pipeline are a num-ber of new video formats andinnovative communicationapproaches that he will use totake his message to the widestpossible audience in India andabroad, the party said.

The video interactionreleased took place on May 16near Sukhdev Vihar flyover inNew Delhi. The migrant work-ers were on their way fromAmbala in Haryana to Uttar

Pradesh’s Jhansi, a distance ofabout 600 km.

Rahul met them whenthey stopped to rest after walk-ing more than 100 km.

In the 17-minute video,the Gandhi scion is seen sittingon a footpath with themigrants and interacting withthem.

For almost an hour, he lis-tened to their story and hard-ships, the discrimination theyfaced, their reasons for decid-ing to flee their workplace, andwhy they were forced to walkback to their homes, theirfears, dreams and aspirations,the Congress said.

At the request of thegroup, Rahul and Congressvolunteers organised trans-port and necessary permis-sions to get them back safely

to their village, the party said.On arrival, they were screenedby local health authorities andput into 21-day home quar-antine.

Soon after the interactionon May 16, the party allegedthat Delhi Police had detainedthe workers.

In a shot in the video,Mahesh Kumar, a migrantworker of Jhansi, tells Rahul heand the other workers hadbeen walking 120 km andstopping at regular intervals.“We are helpless. What can wedo? We have to walk,” he says.

Another constructionworker and his family tells himthey would have left for theirhomes had information aboutthe lockdown been providedfour days before it wasimposed.

The workers remainednon-committal about return-ing to their workplaces, insist-ing it is important to save theirlives.

They claimed they hadnot received any monetaryhelp from the government.

The migrants said morethan the Coronavirus, hungeris hurting them and that iswhy they were not afraid ofgetting killed on the roads.

Rahul concluded the videowith a message to migrantworkers: “My brother and sis-ters, you are the strength ofthis country, you carry theweight of this country on yourshoulders. The entire countrywants there should be justice(nyay) with you. It is our dutyto empower this strength ofthe country.”

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The BJP on Saturday hitout at Congress leader

Rahul Gandhi over his videoon his interaction with themigrant labourers saying hewas out to spread “politicalpollution”. The party alsolashed out at the opposition forplaying “negative politics” evenat the time of global pandem-ic

Senior BJP leader andUnion Minister MukhtarAbbas Naqvi said that Rahul isspreading political pollutioninstead of offering any solutionto the problems. “This is a timeof unprecedented crisis withCoronavirus, Amphan Cycloneand Visakhapatanam gastragedy all happening at onceand the Congress must helpthe government,” he said.

For his part, another seniorBJP leader and Union MinisterPrakash Javadekar alleged thatthe Congress and other partieswere engaged in an exercise ofhypocrisy and making contra-dictory comments on the strat-egy to be adopted to battle outCoronavirus pandemic.

Javadekar said, at a timewhen the entire country shouldunitedly fight against this pan-demic, the Opposition is con-tinuously playing negative pol-itics and their meeting calledby Congress reflects it. Healleged that the Congress andother Opposition parties are

commenting on 20 lakh crorerupees package without under-standing its benefits. He saidModi-government has organ-ised a single ration card whichcan be used anywhere in thecountry and also arranged for“free grain” for those whohave no ration card.

The BJP leader said con-gress and other oppositionwere initially asking why lock-down was not being extendedby now same parties werequestioning its extension bythe government. Similarly, hesaid at first opposition saidwhy government was notallowing stranded migrants totravel to their native places butnow since 50 lakh of them havereached their places, same par-ties were playing by “organis-ing few buses”.

He said on the one handopposition parties talking loudabout cooperative federalismon the other the sameCongress and otherOpposition-ruled states arenot giving permission to run asmany trains needed formigrant workers.

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Rahul Gandhi saying his videolooks less like an act of sym-pathy and more like drama.She also said that hadCongress given jobs to labour-ers in the last 70 years, this sit-uation wouldn't have risen.She slammed BJP too for"walking in the footsteps ofCongress".

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Healthcare professionalstreating coronavirus

patients in designated hospi-tals are up in arms against theUnion Health Ministry’s newguideline which asks them tovacate quarantine facilities ifthey are not showing anysymptoms of the disease.

Under the previous guide-line, all doctors, nurses, tech-nicians and sanitation workersin the Covid-19 wards had towork 14 days in a row andremain in quarantine for thenext 14 days to ensure thatthey did not take the infectionback home.

However, the revisedguideline from the Ministry onmanagement of manpower inthe hospitals issued on May 15said that there was no need forquarantine of healthcare work-ers after Covid-19 duty, unlessthere had been a breach in thepersonal protective equipmentor any other form of high-riskexposure.

The clauses in the latestguideline, however, has notgone down well with theFederation of ResidentDoctors’ Association(FORDA) which observed ablack ribbon protest on Fridaydemanding proper quaran-tine for all healthcare workerson Covid-19 duty.

Dr Shivaji Dev Barman,President of FORDA, said thatwe have requested theMinistry to amend the guide-lines and allow us 14 daysquarantine as well as testing sothat we can go home withoutany tension. The Coronaviruscan show its effect by two to 14days.

Non-symptomatic health-care workers have been foundto be coronavirus positive inmany cases even after wearingPPE kits.

A circular from Delhi’sLady Hardinge MedicalCollege issued on Thursdaysaid, “Hotel facility duringpost-duty period in Covid-19and suspected Covid-19 zonesprovided to healthcare work-ers is hereby withdrawn andthe occupants are directed toplease vacate their roomsimmediately. If any overstay isnoticed, charges paid for the

overstay will have to be recov-ered from their salaries.”

The accommodation willbe available to those still onCovid-19 duties at the hospi-tal. A similar demand was atDr Ram Manohar Lohia(RML) hospital in Delhi.

Dr Ekta Yadav, presidentof the RDA at RML hospital,however, said that they werehoping that the health min-istry takes back these guide-lines by the time the next shiftends.

Doctors at Safdarjung hos-pital have negotiated a five-dayquarantine for healthcareworkers in the Covid-19 wards,so that they can be tested oncebefore they go back home.

“At the hospital level, ourmedical superintendent hasallowed five-day quarantinefor healthcare workers fromthe Covid-19 wards, so theycan stay in the hotel till theyare tested once,” said DrManish Kumar, president ofthe RDA of Safdarjung hospi-tal.

The All India Institute ofMedical Sciences (AIIMS) isproviding quarantine to onlythose who are recommendedby the hospital infection con-trol committee.

The dharamshalas of thehospital, which are used by therelatives of the patients usual-ly, were being provided to thehealthcare workers from thehospital.

“We are following thehealth ministry guidelines,”said Dr DK Sharma, medicalsuperintendent of the hospital.

The guidelines define“high risk exposure” as ahealthcare worker treatingCovid-19 patient or handlingtheir samples without properpersonal protective equipment(PPE) or probable breach ofthe PPE.

It will also be required if ahealthcare worker is in contactwith a positive person at a dis-tance of less than 1 metre formore than 15 minutes withoutmasks, face-shields or goggles.

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Due to the outbreak ofCoronavirus, ‘Hunar Haat’,

an income and employmentgenerating platform providingan opportunity to artisans andcraftsmen from across thecountry to showcase theirhandmade and indigenousproducts, would reopen after agap of five months, fromSeptember 25.

Despite the pandemic, aschedule is planned to organ-ise the artisan fair in 25 citiesuntil early next year. This time,Hunar Haat will also use thedigital medium to sell productsonline.

Minority Affairs MinisterMukhtar Abbas Naqvi said the‘Hunar Haat’ will witness larg-er participation of artists andcraftsmen this year with thetheme of “local to global”.

He said ‘Hunar Hat’, whichhas provided employment andemployment opportunities tomore than 5 lakh Indian arti-sans, craftsmen, culinaryexperts and other people associated with them in the last5 years, have become popularamong the people.

It provides market andopportunity to master artisansand craftsmen from remoteareas of the country and hasbecome a credible brand of rareexquisite indigenous handmadeproducts, said the Minister.

In February this year, PrimeMinister Narendra Modi hadvisited Hunar Haat, which wasorganised at India Gate. He hadencouraged and lauded indige-nous handmade products of

artisans and craftsmen.The ‘Hunar Hat’ may

receive further boost withPrime Minister stressing use oflocal in a bid to become self-reliant in the wake of globalpandemic.

Appreciating the artisansand craftsmen and their prod-ucts in Mann Ki Baat pro-gramme, Prime Minister Modihad said "I witnessed hues ofour country's diverse expanse,cultures, traditions, cuisinesand the warmth of emotions”

According to the statementissued by Ministry of MinorityAffairs, craftsmen have utilisedlockdown period to preparerare indigenous exquisite prod-ucts at large scale.

They will bring them fordisplay and sale in the nextHunar Haat, which is beginningfrom September 25.

Social distancing, hygiene,sanitisation and use of maskswill be ensured at "Hunar Haat".There will be a special "Jaan Bhi,Jahaan Bhi" (Lives and liveli-hoods, both) pavilion to createhealth awareness among thepeople with the theme of "Sayno to panic, yes to precautions".

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The Border Security Force(BSF) has reported 21

new cases of Covid-19 infec-tion in its ranks in the last 24hours. The Central ReservePolice Force (CRPF) report-ed six new cases during theperiod.

The BSF has a tally of 120active cases whereas 286infected personnel haverecovered and dischargedfrom hospitals.

As many has 406 personshave been infected due to thecoronavirus in the BSF (120active plus 286 recoveries)which was the highest num-ber among the Central para-military forces.

All of the infected BSFmen are under treatment atdesignated Covid- 19 health-care hospitals , a BSFspokesperson said.

Nine personnel (Kolkata:5, Tripura: 4) recovered fromthe infection during the last24 hours. They have been putunder quarantine as per theprotocol.

With six new cases, theCRPF has total count of 129infected persons.

As many as 219 infectedpersonnel have recoveredfrom the pandemic and twoothers succumbed to the dis-ease.

A total of 350 persons hadcontracted the disease included those who haverecovered or died.

The positive cases in theCRPF were detected fromGuwahati and they have beenadmitted in Gauhati MedicalCollege and Hospital(GMCH).

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Covid-19 in itself may notbe virulent for the kids

but travel restrictions, deliv-ery delays and parents’ fear ofleaving home amidCoronavirus outbreak havethrown in disarray the glob-al immunisation programme-putting approximately 80 mil-lion children under the age ofone, both in rich and poorcountries alike, at risk of dis-eases like diphtheria, measles,and polio.

These are the observationof the World HealthOrganisation, UNICEF, Gaviand the Sabin VaccineInstitute.

The reasons for disruptedservices vary. Some parentsare reluctant to leave homebecause of restrictions onmovement, lack of informa-tion or because they fearinfection with the ovid-19virus.

Other than that, manyhealth workers are a lsounavailable because of restric-t ions on travel , or redeployment to Covidresponse duties, as well as alack of protective equipment.

"Disruption to immunisation programmesfrom the Covid-19 pandem-ic threatens to unwinddecades of progress againstvaccine-preventable diseaseslike measles, said WHODirector General Dr TedrosAdhanom Ghebreyesus.

Measles and polio vacci-nation campaigns, in partic-ular, have been badly hit,with measles campaigns sus-pended in 27 countries andpolio campaigns put on holdin 38 countries.

At least 24 million peoplein 21 Gavi-supported lower-income countries are at risk ofmissing out on vaccinesagainst polio, measles,typhoid, yellow fever, cholera,rotavirus, HPV, meningitisand rubella due to postponedcampaigns and introductionsof new vaccines.

India has recently issuedadvisory, asking the states tocontinue with the vaccine

immunisation programmeirrespective of the categori-sation of coronavirus diseasecontainment zone but main-taining physical distancingnorms.

The world organisationsnoted that since March 2020,routine childhood immuni-sation services have beendisrupted on a global scalethat may be unprecedenteds ince the incept ion ofexpanded programs onimmunisation (EPI) in the

1970s. More than half (53per cent) of the 129 countrieswhere data were availabler e p o r t e dmoderate-to-severe disrup-tions, or a total suspension ofvaccination services duringMarch-April 2020.

Gavi CEO Dr. S ethBerkley said: "Due to Covid-19 this immense progress isnow under threat, risking theresurgence of diseases likemeasles and polio. Not onlywill maintaining immunisa-

tion programmes preventmore outbreaks, it will alsoensure we have the infra-structure we need to rollout an eventual Covid-19vaccine on a global scale."

Transport delays of vac-cines are exacerbating thes ituat ion. UNICEF hasreported a substantial delayin planned vaccine deliveriesdue to the lockdown mea-

sures and the ensuing declinein commercial flights andlimited availability of char-ters.

"We cannot let our fightagainst one disease come at

the expense of long-termprogress in our fight againstother d iseases , " saidHenrietta Fore, UNICEFExecutive Director.

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If your mask is leaving youirritated, speech-distorted

and causing fogging on glass-es, then you can opt for thecup-shaped mask developed byresearchers from Centre forNano and Soft Matter Sciences(CeNS), Bangalore. They say ithelps to create enough space infront of the mouth whilespeaking. This snug-fit maskcauses no speech distortion, nofogging on glasses, and indeed,packs well all around, leavingpractically no room for leakagewhile breathing.

The product from theCeNS which is an autonomousinstitute of the Department ofScience and Technology alsohelps to create enough space infront of the mouth whilespeaking. The innovation hasbeen transferred to a Bangalorebased company CamelliaClothing Ltd for mass pro-duction.

“Another importantadvantage is its high breatha-bility allowing one to wear itwithout any discomfort.Further, the researchers havechosen the fabric layers suchthat there is a possibility of

deactivating pathogens sheer-ly by the electric charges thatmay prevail under mild fric-tion due to the triboelectricnature of the fabric. Theseadvanced-level tests are beingcarried out.

"While an ergonomicdesign for COVID-19 protec-tion mask is essential for itsease of use for long hours, it isoften not paid much attentionbeyond a few standard designs.A good design should mini-mize the feeling of intrusionand leakage around the edges,but maximize the ease ofbreathing and talking whileholding its place," said ProfAshutosh Sharma, Secretary,DST.

With the increase of activeCOVID cases in India andother countries, usage of facemasks has been advised for thegeneral public. While thehealthcare professionals canuse the special and high tech-nical quality medical masks,for the general public, a maskwith moderate filtering effi-ciency should suffice. It shouldbe comfortable to wear toencourage public to wear it forlong hours.

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Scientists from Palampur-based Institute of

Himalayan Bio-resourceTechnology (IHBT), a lab ofthe CSIR, have claimed that thechemicals in Kangra tea couldbe effective in boosting immu-nity as they can block theCoronavirus’ activity betterthan anti-HIV drugs.Incidentally, ICMR is planningto introduce anti-HIV drugs totreat Covid-19 patients.

Dr Sanjay Kumar,Director, IHBT, during a webi-nar at the institute on theInternational Tea Day recent-ly said, “Using computer-basedmodels, our scientists screened65 bioactive chemicals orpolyphenols, particularly threethat could bind to a specificviral protein more efficientlythan commercially availableanti-HIV drugs approved fortreating COVID-19 patients.These chemicals might blockthe activity of the viral proteinthat helps the virus to thriveinside human cells.”

Tea catechins productionprocess which has been trans-ferred to Baijnath

Pharmaceuticals, and Ready toServe Teas and Tea winescould be game changer forKangra tea, added Dr Kumar.Catechins are natural antioxidants that help preventcell damage and provide otherbenefits.

At the event, Tea vinegartechnology was transferred toa Dharamshala-based com-pany. Tea vinegar has anti-obesity properties.

Also herbal green andblack teas blended withAYUSH-recommended herbswere also launched. These

products could be very usefulfor boosting immunity againstCOVID-19, he said.

Dr RK Sud, ChiefScientist, IHBT said that onthe recommendations ofIndia, the United Nations(UN) recognized the tea'smedicinal properties and cul-t u r a limportance and declared May21 as International Tea Day.

President of Kangra TeaPlanters’ Association, ArunThakur and ChairmanPalampur Cooperative TeaFactory, Rajinder Thakur

talked about the issues con-fronting the Kangra tea indus-try. They said that while teamechanisation which wasintroduced by the institute ispaying dividends, its afford-ability is

“Similarly, the tea planta-tion needs to be extended inthe State by replacing pinetrees which give nothing butforest fires. Whereas tea plan-tation being environmentfriendly conserve soil mois-ture and prevent soil erosionand generates livelihood to themasses,” they opined.

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Dr JN Pande, Director at thePulmonology department

at the All India Institute ofMedical Sciences (AIIMS),Delhi, died of coronavirus onSaturday, just a day after a messworker succumbed to theinfection.

Sangita Reddy, a seniorDelhi doctor and the Joint

Managing Director ofApollo HospitalsEnterprises, shared thenews in a tweet.

"Deeply saddenedto hear that todayCovid-19 claimed itsmost illustrious victim,Dr JN Pande, Directorand Prof ofPulmonolog y at AIIMS,Delhi. A stalwart of the med-

ical world his work in pulmonology will continue to

ensure better health for many.My Condolences to his fam-ily," she tweeted.

Pulmonology is a medicalspecialty that deals with dis-eases involving the respiratory tract.

Hundreds of doctors andhealth workers across thecountry are being infectedwith coronavirus since itsoutbreak.

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Beijing: China is preparing toset up national security agenciesin Hong Kong to deal with pro-democracy agitators, the statemedia reported on Saturday, aday after Beijing introduced acontroversial national securitylaw to firm up control over theformer British colony.

Currently, a ChineseMilitary garrison comprisingover 10,000 troops — mainly asymbolic presence for externaldefence — is stationed in HongKong. The public order is main-tained by the Hong KongSpecial Administrative Region(HKSAR) government.

The draft bill on establish-ing and improving the legal sys-tem and enforcement mecha-nisms for the Hong KongSpecial Administrative Region(HKSAR) to safeguard nation-al security was submitted to theNational People’s Congress(NPC) during its week-long

session here and is expected tobe passed on May 28.

The bill is a political bomb-shell for the former Britishcolony as China has decided tobypass the local legislative coun-cil to bring about a new nation-al security law, tailor-made tocontrol Hong Kong after thepro-Beijing local administrationheaded by Chief ExecutiveCarrie Lam failed to controlmonths of mass protests bypro-democracy groupsdemanding autonomy and free-dom from China.

The Chinese central gov-ernment is preparing to set upnational security agencies inHong Kong to enhance infor-mation collection and evidence-based dealing against acts of‘splitting the country, subvertingstate power, organising andperpetrating terrorist activities’as it accelerated efforts to for-mulate the national security

legislation, state-run GlobalTimes reported on Saturday.

“As far as I know, the legis-lation is ready, which will bepassed in the next meeting ofthe NPC Standing Committee,”Kennedy Wong Ying-ho, amember of the NationalCommittee of Chinese People’sPolitical ConsultativeConference (CPPCC) and solic-itor in the Supreme Court ofHong Kong, told the tabloid.

The bill was moved in theNPC by the government whichwas denounced by pro-democ-racy parties as a death knell forHong Kong’s autonomy.

After the lawmakers vote onthe draft Hong Kong NationalSecurity Law on May 28, theNPC Standing Committee canhold interim meetings to signthe bill into law, Wong said.

The Standing Committeerefers to a small group of pow-erful legislators who meet

round-the-year. The near 3,000-member NPC, regarded as arubber-stamp Parliament forroutine approvals of the rulingCommunist Party’s decisions,holds a full session only ones ayear.

“National security mattersare tackled in a highly profes-sional scope, and ordinarypolice officers or governmentofficials do not have specificmeans, for example, investiga-tion measures,” Wong said, not-ing that the central govern-ment’s special agencies to safe-guard national security are like-ly to set up branches in HongKong.

Lam, whose ExtraditionBill in the local assemblysparked seven months of mas-sive protests, defended the newdraft legislation tabled in theNPC.

Hong Kong was rocked byunprecedented, pro-democracy

protests last year which beganover the proposed extraditionlaw, which sparked fears thatlocals would be prosecuted inthe Chinese mainland.

It later turned into a majorpro-democracy movement withdemands to elect local officialswithout Chinese interference.

Lam told the media inHong Kong that business con-fidence in the former Britishcolony will improve as the placewill be safer after its legal sys-tem and enforcement mecha-nisms to safeguard nationalsecurity are established andimproved.

The new legislation willnot damage the interests of for-eign investors, state-run Xinhuanews agency reported.

Lam said national securityis the top priority of everycountry and region, which isthe foundation for the citizens’well-being. PTI

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Ninety-seven people, includ-ing nine children, were

killed and two passengers mirac-ulously survived a fiery crashwhen a Pakistan InternationalAirlines plane with 99 trav-ellers on board plunged into adensely populated residentialarea near the airport here, theArmy said on Saturday.

Flight PK-8303 from

Lahore crashed at the JinnahGarden area near ModelColony in Malir on Fridayafternoon, minutes before itslanding in Karachi’s JinnahInternational Airport. Elevenpeople on the ground wereinjured.

The Pakistan Army, lead-ing the rescue and relief efforts,said 97 bodies have been recov-ered and two passengers sur-vived the crash.

Rio De Janeiro: Brazil report-ed more than 3,30,000 con-firmed cases of the novel coro-navirus as of Friday, surpassingRussia to become the nationwith the second-highest num-ber of infections, behind onlythe US, according to a tally keptby Johns Hopkins University.

Brazil’s health ministry saidFriday there were 3,30,890 con-firmed COVID-19 cases.

The Latin American alsohas recorded more than 21,000deaths, though experts believethe true numbers are higher.

Brazil reported 1,001 deathsover the previous 24 hours,bringing its total death toll tomore than 21,000. It is the hard-

est hit nation in Latin America.The news came as states

and cities across Brazil debatewhether to loosen restrictivemeasures introduced to limitthe spread of the virus, orimplement stricter lockdowns.

While the mayor of Rio deJaneiro said he wants to gradu-ally reopen non-essential shopsin the next few days, newspaperFolha de S. Paulo reportedFriday that Sao Paulo was reeval-uating its previously announcedplans to reopen commerce andinstead may enter lockdown.

A surging coronavirus isravaging parts of LatinAmerica, setting records forcases and deaths Friday insome countries in the world’smost unequal region even asthe pandemic’s march slows inmuch of Europe, Asia and theUnited States. AP

London: British PrimeMinister Boris Johnson isunder pressure to sack his topaide after reports that hebreached the coronavirus stay-at-home lockdown rules bytravelling to his parents’ home.

Dominic Cummings, whois Johnson’s Chief StrategyAdviser at No. 10 DowningStreet, had developed coron-avirus symptoms around thesame time the UK prime min-ister tested positive for thedeadly virus at the end ofMarch. According to UKmedia reports, he and his wifetravelled from London over 260miles to his parents’ home inDurham, north-east England,during that time.

In a statement, DowningStreet on Saturday saidCummings believed he“behaved reasonably and legal-ly” and that his actions were in

line with the coronavirusguidelines.

The government’s strictsocial distancing rules in placeat the time called on people notto travel as part of measures tocontain the spread of COVID-19. And, the advice for anyonewith coronavirus symptomsremains to self-isolate at homeand not leave – even for essen-tial supplies – for seven days.

A member of the public isunderstood to have seenCummings and made a com-plaint to the local Durhampolice, a joint investigation bythe ‘Guardian’ and ‘Mirror’newspapers revealed.

“On Tuesday, March 31,our officers were made awareof reports that an individualhad travelled from London toDurham and was present at anaddress in the city,” aspokesperson for Durham

Constabulary said.“Officers made contact

with the owners of that addresswho confirmed that the indi-vidual in question was presentand was self-isolating in part ofthe house. In line with nation-al policing guidance, officersexplained to the family theguidelines around self-isolationand reiterated the appropriateadvice around essential travel,”the spokesperson said.

Opposition partiesdemanded a “clear explanation”from Downing Street forCummings’ actions.

“Owing to his wife beinginfected with suspected coro-navirus and the high likelihoodthat he would himself becomeunwell, it was essential forDominic Cummings to ensurehis young child could be prop-erly cared for,” a DowningStreet spokesperson said. PTI

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Apowerful Muslim body inSouth Africa has cautioned

the community members aboutEid turning into a “super-spreader” of the deadly coron-avirus, urging them to foregothe traditional ways of cele-brating the festival.

The Muslim JudicialCouncil of South Africa(MJCSA) issued a statement onFriday, calling on Muslims tonot to engage in the tradition-al ceremonies and prayers asso-ciated with Eid. The commu-nity members will have toforego their usual practice ofmeeting for communal prayersat open spaces or visits tocemeteries, friends and family

on the festival due to theCOVID-19 restrictions.

“Eid can potentially becomea super-spreading event, whichresults in many more peopledying, especially if people dis-obey lockdown regulations andstart visiting family (as) it willlose its effect if people start vis-iting each other at home.

“Please avoid physicallygetting together as it puts your-self and your family at risk,” thestatement said.

The country has beenunder a nationwide lockdownsince March 27. The presidenthad last month announced afive-phase plan to graduallyease the lockdown imposed tocombat the spread of the coro-navirus in the country.

For over a century,Muslims in the country’s firstcolonised city, Cape Town,have gathered in large numberson the beach front to eagerlyawait the sighting of the newcrescent moon to signal the endof Ramzan and the advent ofEid the following day.

This would also have beenthe case this Saturday, but nowthe MJCSA has called onMuslims to stay away, appar-ently for only the second timesince the tradition started.Elders recall that the only timethere had been a break was dur-ing the Second World War.

Cape Town is in theWestern Cape Province, whichhas become the epicentre of thecoronavirus in the country.

Washington: President DonaldTrump’s administration hasdiscussed holding the first USnuclear test since 1992 as apotential warning to Russia andChina, the Washington Postreported on Friday.

Such a test would be a sig-nificant departure from USdefense policy and dramatical-ly up the ante for other nuclear-armed nations. One analysttold the newspaper that if it wereto go ahead it would be seen asthe “starting gun to an unprece-dented nuclear arms race”.

The report, citing onesenior administration official

and two former officials, allwho spoke anonymously, saidthe discussion had taken placeat a meeting on May 15.

It came after some USofficials reportedly claimedthat Russia and China wereconducting their own low-yield tests. Moscow andBeijing have denied the claims,

and the US has not offered evi-dence for them.

The senior administrationofficial said that demonstrat-ing Washington’s ability to“rapid test” would be a usefulnegotiating tactic as the USseeks a trilateral agreementwith Russia and China overnuclear weapons.

The meeting did not con-clude with any agreement, andthe sources were divided overwhether discussions were stillongoing. Nuclear non-prolif-eration activists were quick tocondemn the idea. “It would bethe starting gun to an unprece-dented nuclear arms race,”Daryl Kimball, executive direc-tor of the Arms ControlAssociation, told the Post.

He added that it would alsolikely “disrupt” negotiationswith North Korean leader KimJong-Un, “who may no longerfeel compelled to honour hismoratorium on nuclear test-ing.” Beatrice Fihn of theInternational Campaign toAbolish Nuclear Weapons(ICAN), the group that won the2017 Nobel Peace Prize,warned a Trump nuclear testcould “plunge us back into anew Cold War”. AFP

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The president threatenedFriday to “override” governorswho defy him, but it wasunclear what authority he hasto do so.

“Governors need to dothe right thing and allow thesevery important essential placesof faith to open right now —for this weekend,” Trump saidat a hastily arranged press con-ference at the White House.Asked what authority Trumpmight have to supersede gov-ernors, White House press sec-retary Kayleigh McEnany saidshe wouldn’t answer a theoret-ical question. PTI

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Gaza City: The crowded GazaStrip recorded its first deathfrom the coronavirus onSaturday, officials said, amidfears an outbreak could para-lyze the territory’s already over-stretched health care system.

The Palestinian healthministry said the deceased wasa 77-year-old woman who hadunderlying health problemsand had been placed at a spe-

cial field hospital near theRafah border crossing pointupon arriving from Egypt.

Gaza’s authorities, led bythe militant group Hamas,reported 35 confirmed newcases this week, bringing thetotal to 55. All of the infectedhave been in designated quar-antine and isolation facilitieshosting returnees from abroad.There were no reports of com-

munity transmission of thevirus. Gaza’s health care systemis fraying under the weight ofan Israeli-Egyptian blockade,internal Palestinian divisionand repeated wars and skir-mishes between Israel andPalestinian militant groups.

Home to 2 million people,the Gaza Strip has only a littleover 60 ventilators and a chron-ic shortage of medication. AP

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Washington: A bipartisangroup of lawmakers have forthe first time introduced alegislation in both the cham-bers of the US Congressproposing major reforms in theH-1B work visas by givingpriority to the best and bright-est US-educated foreignyouths, a move that couldbenefit Indian students alreadyin the country.

The H-1B visa is a non-immigrant visa that allows UScompanies to employ foreignworkers in speciality occupa-tions that require theoretical ortechnical expertise. Companiesdepend on it to hire tens ofthousands of employees eachyear from countries like Indiaand China.

On April 1, the USCitizenship and ImmigrationServices (USCIS) said that theUS received nearly 275,000unique registration requests forthe Congressional mandated85,000 H-1B visas for foreigntechnology professionals, ofwhich more than 67 per centare from India.

As far as the students areconcerned, India accounts forthe second largest number offoreign students in the USafter China. There are morethan 200,000 Indian studentsin the US. PTI

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Waugh, who oversees fiveschools in northwesternEngland, already has paintedyellow arrows to ensure thatchildren follow a one-way patharound the building when theyreturn next month from anextended break due to the coro-navirus pandemic.

Soft furniture and playequipment have been cordonedoff, and desks have been spreadapart. Waugh has stocked up on7,500 face masks, hundreds ofpairs of gloves, hand sanitiserand other supplies. AP

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Finance Minister NirmalaSitharaman on Saturday

said banks have been asked toextend loans automatically toeligible borrowers without fearof 3Cs - CBI, CVC and CAG.

She said clear instructionshave been given in a meetingwith CEOs and MDs of publicsector banks and financialinstitutions on Friday that thebanks should not be scared toextend loans as 100 per centguarantee is being given by theGovernment.

In case of default, the indi-vidual bank or official will behauled up, she said in a con-versation with BJP leader NalinKohli uploaded on the party’ssocial media platforms.“Yesterday, I reiterated that bysaying, if a decision goeswrong, and if there is a loss, the

Government has given 100 percent guarantee now.

It is not at all going to beon the individual official andon the bank, and thereforewithout fear they should takethis automatic route in thesense, everybody eligible foradditional term loan and addi-tional working capital shouldbe given,” she said.

As part of the �20.97 lakhcrore comprehensive econom-ic package, the Governmentannounced the EmergencyCredit Line Guarantee Scheme(ECLGS) worth �3-lakh crorefor the MSME sector, hit hardby the coronavirus crisis.

It is being said that the gen-uine bonafide decisions in thebanking sector are beingimpacted because of the worryof undue harassment by 3Cs-Central Bureau of Investigation(CBI), Central Vigilance

Commission (CVC) andComptroller and Audit General(CAG).

The Finance Ministry hastaken several steps to allaythose fears including with-drawing some of the notifica-tions which were causing fearsamong bankers, she said.

“...Concerns these banks havehad in their minds earlier, andmay have even now areabsolutely well founded. Infact, through my last 7-8months, I have spent at leastthree different times with thebanks to say that the fear of the3Cs as they refer to the CBI,CVC, and also the CAG shouldnot be in their minds,” she said.

When asked about criti-cism about leaving many crit-ical sectors including hospital-ity, auto and civil aviation in theeconomic package, Sitharamansaid the Government has nottaken a sectoral approach buta holistic approach. “ E x c e p tagriculture and the power sec-tors where reforms would beundertaken, other than that Ihave not come up with any sec-toral reference. What has nowbecome to be called as MSMEpackage, it includes MSME,

and also aims at touching oth-ers (sectors) too,..So the sectorsthat you are referring to canalso benefit through this,” shesaid. It is based on theunderstanding that any enter-prise “with a certain exposureto the bank and with a certaininvested capital, or with a cer-tain turnover if they need addi-tional term loan, additionalworking capital in order to buytheir own material to restart, inorder to be able to pay somefixed cost, it can take thatroute,” she said. She expressedhope that from June 1, liquid-ity would start flowing frombanks without any new collat-eral. During the meetingwith bankers, the FinanceMinister said it was emphasisedthat the loans should be sanc-tioned in a simple mannerand if possible digitally toavoid any physical contact.

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State-run Bank of Baroda onSaturday said it can offer up

to �12,000 crore in loans toMSMEs under the �3 lakhcrore Emergency Credit LineGuarantee Scheme (ECLGS)announced by theGovernment.

Last week, FinanceMinister Nirmala Sitharamanhad announced a 100 per centcredit guarantee scheme worthRs 3 lakh crore to support themedium, small and microenterprises (MSMEs) whichhave been adversely affected bythe coronavirus crisis.

All existing MSME bor-rowers with outstanding cred-it of up to �25 crore as onFebruary 29 and with an annu-al turnover of up to �100 crorewould be eligible for fundingunder the scheme.

“In our case, that particu-lar portfolio amounts to be�58,000 crore.

So, 20 per cent of thatwould be around �10,000 c

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Aday after the RBI project-ed economic contraction

in 2020-21, Finance MinisterNirmala Sitharaman onSaturday said future fiscal pol-icy actions to stimulate theeconomy will depend on howCOVID-19 pandemic pansout. The government hasalready announced a �20.97lakh crore economic package,which includes Reserve Bank’s�8.01 lakh crore worth of liq-uidity measures till May 17.Sitharaman said making a“realistic assessment” of eco-

nomic growth would be diffi-cult at this point of time asthere is no clarity on when thepandemic would retreat.“I’m not closing the door at all.I want to keep getting inputsfrom industry, implementwhat we have announced anddepending on how things panout we have to respondaccordingly. We are only 2-month old in this year, we have10 months to go,” Sitharamansaid in a conversation with BJPleader Nalin Kohli.The Reserve Bank on Fridayhad said the impact ofCOVID-19 is more severe

than anticipated and the GDPgrowth during 2020-21 is like-ly to remain in the negativeterritory.

It projected some pick-up in growth impulses fromsecond half (October-March)of 2020-21 onwards.Last week, the minister hadannounced an economic pack-ages five tranches, whichincluded a �3.70 lakh croresupport for MSMEs, �75,000crore for NBFCs and �90,000crore for Power distributioncompanies, free foodgrains tomigrant workers, increasedallocation for MGNREGS.

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Air India pilot unions IPGand ICPA on Saturday

threatened they might not beable to extend support to theairline’s “normal operations”and in the matter of flight dutyand time limitations (FDTL),alleging that financial and otherissues of employees remainunresolved.

The two unions, whichrepresent the pilots operatingBoeing and Airbus aircraft ofthe airline, in a joint letter tothe personnel department, alsosought to know the outcome ofthe various cost-cutting mea-sures which the carrier initiat-ed in March to deal with itsprecarious finances in the wakeof the coronavirus pandemic.

The Indian Pilots Guild(IPG) and the IndianCommercial Pilots Association(ICPA) letter comes ahead ofthe resumption of commercialpassenger services on domes-tic routes from May 25, whichwere suspended about twomonths ago along with inter-national services in the wake ofCOVID-19 and subsequent

lockdown imposed by the gov-ernment on March 25.

Air India had announced ahost of measures to reducecosts, including withdrawingspecial allowances for pilotsand other facilities for its offi-cials, a 10 per cent deductionin allowances (excluding basicpay, HRA and variable dearnessallowance) in respect of allemployees, except cabin crew,for a period of three monthseffective from March.

It had also announcedundertaking negotiations toreview all agreements withlessors and hotels to reducetheir rates.

“We have communicatedour precarious financial situa-tion to your office with suffi-cient notice and clarity. Since ithas fallen on deaf ears, wewould like to inform you, wemay not be in a position toextend FDTL and support fornormal operations if the man-agement does not take care ofthe frontline workers cate-gories and move forcefully togenerate revenue for Air India,”the two unions said in a jointletter on Saturday.

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Several Union Ministers,including Piyush Goyal,

Nitin Gadkari and NarendraSingh Tomar, on Saturdayinteracted with stakeholdersof some key industries like foodprocessing, marine and autoparts.

Besides commerce minis-ter Goyal, MSME ministerGadkari and agriculture min-ister Tomar, Minister of AnimalHusbandry, Dairying andFisheries Giriraj Singh andFood Processing MinisterHarsimrat Kaur Badal alsotook part in the virtual inter-action.

The Ministers also helddiscussions on ways to boostdomestic competitiveness andincrease India’s share of globalexports in food processing,marine and auto parts. Had ameeting with food and marineprocessing, ready to eat seg-ment and auto parts stake-holders.

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Engineering firm TataProjects on Saturday said it

is augmenting hospital infra-structure with 2,304 beds atmultiple locations across Indiato treat COVID-19 patients. “As one of the fastest growingand most admired infrastruc-ture companies in India, we feltthe need to use our expertise inexecuting large and complexurban and industrial infra-

structure projects towardsaugmenting, upgrading thenation’s hospital network,” TataProjects Chief Strategy OfficerHimanshu Chaturvedi said ina statement.

Today, the company isproud that its teams of engi-neers, technicians and workersare working tirelessly towardsstrengthening the fight againstCOVID-19, he added.

“We believe that our sup-port in the fight against

COVID-19 will further help inonce again accelerating India’sprogress at the earliest,”Chaturvedi said. Recently,at Mumbai’s KEM Hospital,Tata Projects transformed twowards encompassing 65 bedsand specialised medical equip-ment so that it can handle moreserious coronavirus cases. In addition, Tata Projects is alsoturning a large section of KEMHospital’s orthopaedic centreinto a 115-bed isolation centre.

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DCB Bank on Saturdayreported a 28 per cent

decline in net profit at �69 crorefor the March quarter, impact-ed by the coronavirus crisis.

The private sector lenderhad posted a net profit of �96crore in the same period of2018-19. Income during theJanuary-March quarter of FY20rose by 8.5 per cent to �434crore, as against � 400 crore inthe same period of the preced-ing fiscal, DCB Bank said in arelease.

The bank’s profit after taxin FY20 stood at �338 crore, up4 per cent from �325 crore in2018-19. Income during theyear grew 10.5 per cent to�1,656 crore as against � 1,499crore in the preceding fiscal.

“Both FY 2020 and Q42020 Profit Before Tax wasimpacted by �63 crore Covid-19 Regulatory PackageProvision. The bank conserv-atively made more provisionthan required as per guide-lines,” it said.

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Abhas Jha, an Indian econ-omist, has been appointed

by the World Bank to a keyposition on climate changeand disaster management inSouth Asia, the global lendersaid. Jha’s appointmentcomes at a time when CycloneAmphan has badly hit WestBengal, Orissa in India andBangladesh.

In his capacity as WorldBank’s Practice Manager forClimate Change and DisasterRisk Management for SouthAsia, one of the top prioritiesof Jha will be to encourage andhelp the South Asia region(SAR) Disaster RiskManagement and ClimateChange team to connect andcollaborate across GlobalPractice boundaries, the banksaid in a statement on Friday.

And also to the WorldBank to conceive and deliverinnovative and high-qualitydevelopment solutions to

respond to client demands andstrengthen disaster risk man-agement and climate action inthe region, the statement said.

Based out of Singapore, Jhawill also work closely withother Practice Managers,Global Leads and GlobalSolutions Groups to incubate,pilot and scale-up innovativeand high-quality developmentsolutions, and to promote thegeneration and flow of globalknowledge to serve these coun-tries, the bank said.According to the bank, Jha’smandate is to nurture, lead,inspire and deploy a team ofhighly qualified professionals todeliver the best solutions forthese countries. Jha, anIndian national, joined theBank in 2001 in the office of theExecutive Director forBangladesh, Bhutan, India andSri Lanka and has since workedin Latin America and theCaribbean, Europe and CentralAsia, and East Asia and thePacific regions.

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The Finance Ministry is notconsidering imposition of

calamity cess on the GST asbusinesses are grappling withlow sales and decliningdemand, sources said.

Reports had earlier saidthat the Central Government isconsidering a calamity cess onthe Goods and Services Tax,similar to flood cess imposedby Kerala in June last year.Ministry sources said that inthe present economic scenarioduring the COVID-19 pan-demic, any purported propos-al of introducing a calamity cesswould be nothing less than anadversity itself.This wouldprove to be counter-productive,as sales are already at low vol-ume and the industry is facinga deep crisis for want ofdemand and likely labour chal-lenges, a source said. “Any suchmeasure would further damp-en the consumers’ sentimentand could weaken markets’strength, especially when thegovernment is endeavouring itsbest to boost the consumption,”the source said.

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� � The Indian PremierLeague has helped English crick-et grow, feels Jos Buttler, admit-ting that the cash-rich T20 tour-nament is the best in the worldafter the ICC World Cups.

Butler said he was desperateto be a part of this year’s IPL,which now has been indefinite-ly suspended.

The World Cup-winningEngland wicketkeeper batsman,has been a part of two franchis-es in the IPL. After playing forMumbai Indians in the 2016-17season, Buttler moved toRajasthan Royals in 2018.

“There’s no doubt that it(IPL) has helped English crick-et grow and the numbers ofplayers who were involved in thelast few years,” Buttler said in theBBC Podcast — The Doosra.

“It was something I was des-perate to play. For me it’s the besttournament in the world, takingout the World Cups,” he added.

Buttler, who made massivestrides as a white ball player aftera few seasons of IPL, said theleague is like the fantasy crick-et he aspired to play as kid, withthe top stars of the game rubbingshoulders together.

“Some of the match ups youget to see in the IPL are great.Bangalore has been amongst thetop three teams with (Virat))Kohli, AB and Gayle coming upand then to see them up againsta (Jasprit) Bumrah or a DaleSteyn or (Lasith) Malinga.

“As a kid growing up that iswhat you want to play — fanta-sy cricket. Mix all the teamstogether what it will be like ifKohli and de Villiers play togeth-er,” he added.

Buttler credited KevinPietersen, who advocated for thecreation of a separate windowfor the IPL, paving the way forEnglish players to be a part of thecash-rich tournament.

“English cricket has gotquite an interesting history withthe IPL. The documentary aboutKevin Pietersen and how hewanted to get involved and theroad blocks he faced,” he said.

“He really paved the way fora lot of us to go and now play inthe IPL with more blessingfrom English cricket. He is a pio-neer in building the steps inplace to realise just how impor-tant the IPL is for developingcricketers,” Buttler added. PTI

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Australia’s premier pacer PatCummins is well aware ofChesteshwar Pujara’s capa-

bilities, insisting that they willneed to “take their medicine” tooutlast the Indian middle-ordermainstay in the home series thissummer.

Pujara’s exploits with the batin India’s series win in 2018-19 isstill fresh in Cummins’ mind andhe would like to avoid a repeat ofthe same in the upcoming tour.

Pujara was the star of India’sbreakthrough 2-1 series win overAustralia, amassing 521 runsfrom four Tests at an average of74.42 with three centuries andone fifty.

“He (Pujara) had a mam-moth series for them (in 2018-19). He’s one of those playersthat’ll take his time, he’s in hisown little bubble and he doesn’tget disturbed by too much,”Cummins told cricket.Com.Au.

“We’ve got to find a way tooutlast him if he bats the way hedid last time. There wasn’t toomuch in the pitch so you could-n’t manufacture anything. So Ithink (we need to) take our med-icine a bit more and try and out-last him.”

Cummins hopes the condi-tions this time would be inAustralia’s favour, saying theywould need to get the likes ofPujara out of his comfort zone tostop India.

“But we’ll wait and see.Hopefully the wickets are a bitbouncier (and) we’ve got a fewmore options,” he added.

The 27-year-old believes thathe has evolved as a bowler fromthe 2018-19 tour.

“I think each Test I play, Ilearn a little bit about my ownbowling. I’ve probably played 10or 15 Tests since that series andI feel like with each series I get alittle bit better,” he said.

“There were a few lessons; thefirst lesson I learnt was how bru-tal Test cricket is. They might batall of day one and there’s nothingthat’ll stop them batting all of day

two unless we take wickets, whichthey did a few times.

“They showed us what youhave to be, what level you have tobe at, to be the best team in theworld.”

Overall, Cummins, current-ly world No 1 Test bowler, feelsAustralia is far better equipped tohandle the Indians now than lasttime.

“I think we’ll be ready forthem this time,” he said.

“Everyone’s a little more expe-rienced this time because obvi-ously we’ve got a couple of classbatters back in the side andsomeone like Marnus(Labuschagne) has played a bitmore and done brilliantly.

“So I feel like we’re in a bet-ter position.”

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The wait for bowlers looking toresume Test cricket after the

coronavirus hiatus will be longerthan others as the ICC has set apreparation time of up to two tothree months for them to avoid get-ting injured.

“Test cricket would require aminimum of 8-12 week preparationperiod (for bowlers), the final 4-5-week period would involve matchintensity bowling.

“Bowlers are at a particularlyhigh risk of injury on return to playafter a period of enforced time-out,”the sport’s world governing body saidin its ‘back-to-cricket’ guidelines.

Under the subhead cricket spe-cific risks, the ICC mentioned about“safe and effective return of players

to strength and conditioning (partic-ularly bowlers).”

“Limited preparation maycause higher injury levels,” itsaid.

“When looking attimescales, considerationneeds to be given to the ageand physical preparednessas this will influencethe risk and lengthof time required todevelop appropri-ate bowling loadsthat will allow asafe and effec-tive return tointernationalcricket.”

The ICCsaid a return to T20Internationals for bowlers

would require a minimumfive-six week preparationperiod, the last three-week

involving match intensi-ty bowling.

The minimumpreparation timefor ODIs has beenset at six weeks,with the finalthree weeks involv-

ing match intensitybowling.

The ICC alsoadvised teams to use

larger squads and exer-cise caution overbowlers’ workloads andstated that Test cricketwould require a mini-mum of eight to 12week preparation.

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England all-rounder ChrisWoakes feels banning the

use of saliva on balls will notbe an issue as bowlers willeventually find other ways toshine the ball.

Woakes feels appying sali-va on the ball is a habit and itwill take some practice to getrid of it when cricket resumes.

“Moving forward you’regoing to have remind yourselfthat you can’t use those thingsto shine the ball,” Woakeswas quoted as saying byWisden.

The 31-year-old said thebowlers’ job will become hard-er without the use of saliva onthe ball.

“Don’t get me wrong, youcan shine the ball without sali-va and sweat, it probably justdoesn’t have the same effect.You might have to work a lit-tle bit harder on rubbing onthe trousers,” he said.

“We will find ways toshine the ball, whether that’sbeing a little bit more aggres-sive on the shining side ofthings.

I’m sure we will find a wayof getting some shine into thatball and making sure it doesmove off the straight,” headded.

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Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju onSaturday said India will not host

any international event in immediatefuture and fans will have to learn tolive with the new normal of sportingactivities happening behind closeddoors in the post Covid-19 world.

Rijiju’s statement gain greatersignificance in the context of the sus-pended IPL, which the BCCI wantsto host in October-November incase the ICC T20 World Cup inAustralia is postponed.

“We have been working for quitesome time now to resume sportingactivities but before that we have tothink about practice and training. Weare not going to have a tournamentkind of situation immediately,” Rijijuwas quoted as saying by India Today.

“We have to learn to live with thesituation where sporting events will

have to be carried forward withoutspectators in stadiums and sportsvenues,” he added.

Talking specifically about the13th edition of IPL, which has beenput on hold for an indefinite perioddue to the pandemic, Rijiju said it isthe Government’s prerogative to takea call on conducting any tournamentin the country.

“In India, the Government has totake a call and it will take a calldepending on the situation. We can-not put health at risk just because wewant to have a sporting event.

“Our focus is fighting Covid-19and at the same time we will have towork a mechanism to get back tonormalcy. It is difficult to confirmdates but I am sure we will have somekind of sporting events this year,” hesaid.

Asked about the prospect of theTokyo Games that were scheduled for

this year but were postponed to 2021due to the pandemic, the SportsMinister said he is hopeful of thequadrennial event taking place on therevised dates.

“Olympics is still far away and wehave full confidence in the JapaneseGovernment and IOC and everycountry will support that the conductof Tokyo 2021 will not be postponed.There are too many stakes inOlympics, so it is difficult to evenforesee that Olympics can be post-poned,” he said.

“As far as India’s preparationgoes, we are at the best stage of ourpreparation of any Olympics so farin history. This is going to be India’sbiggest contingent so far and havemedal-winning prospects. But I amnot saying we are so prepared to fin-ish in the top 10 or 5 but our longterm target is that India will be in thetop 10 in 2028.”

�.��.� Former Australiaspinner Brad Hogg haspicked four Indians in hiscurrent world Test XI.

Mayank Agarwal, RohitSharma, Ajinkya Rahaneand Mohammad Shami werethe players from Team Indiawho made a cut in Hogg’steam. However, it wassuprising to see that neitherVirat Kohli nor CheteshwarPujara could find a spot inthe team.

“Everyone will ask whyis Virat Kohli not in thisteam?” Hogg said in a videoposted in his YouTube chan-nel. “But if you look at his

last 15 Test innings, only four times he has gone over 31 (runs).That’s why Virat Kohli is not my Test team this year.”

“Rohit Sharma’s a bit lucky to find a place in this XI. He’saveraged over 90 but has played Test cricket only in India. ButI love the way that he’s so relaxed, just pushes the ball throughthe off side and also works the ball off his legs,” he added whilespeaking about Rohit.

The former left-arm chinaman picked Proteas wicketkeep-er-batsman Quinton de Kock as captain of the team.

Apart from the four Indians, the other players who founda spot in the team are Marnus Labuschagne, Steve Smith, BabarAzam, Pat Cummins, Neil Wagner and Nathan Lyon. IANS

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Pacer Shardul Thakur onSaturday became the first

India cricketer to resume out-door training after a two-month coronavirus-forcedbreak.

Thakur, who has fea-tured in one Test, 11 ODIs and15 T20s, hit a local ground atBoisar in Maharashtra’s Palghardistrict along with somedomestic players.

The Maharashtra Govt hasallowed opening of stadiumsfor individual training in greenand orange zones without spec-tators. This was after the HomeMinistry offered relaxation inrestrictions for the fourth phaseof the lockdown.

“Yes, we practised today. It was goodand definitely pleasing to practice aftertwo months,” Thakur said. An official

said that that the Palghar DahanuTaluka Sports Association started

the net sessions at Boisar, whichis around 110 kms away fromMumbai.

Strict safety protocols werefollowed, with each bowler get-

ting his own set of disinfected balls.“All the safety measures were

followed. The bowlers got their ownballs which were disinfected and

temperatures of the players whocame for practise were also checked,”the official said.

Mumbai batsman HardikTamore, who made his Ranji debutfor the domestic giants last season,was also seen training at the same

ground.

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The ICC has advised its member nations to exercisecaution while resuming cricket activities, fearing

a spurt in local transmission with many countries stillstruggling to contain the Covid-19 pandemic.

Safety first is one of the primary considerations ofthe ICC’s back-to-cricket guidelines and involving theGovernments at all stages is a must.

“The resumption of cricket activities shouldbegin only if there is no perceived or known risk thatdoing so might result in an increase in the local trans-mission rate,” the ICC said in its guidelines.

While England remains one of the most affectedcountries, major cricket-playing nations such as Indiaand Pakistan have seen a spike in the number of coro-navirus positive cases in recent weeks.

The world governing body of the sport added:“Every effort should be made to ensure that risks asso-ciated with the cricket environment — field of play,training venue, changing rooms, equipment, manage-ment of the ball have been mitigated before any train-ing session or match.”

Under the subhead Government advice, the apexbody guidelines stated, “ICC Members (and their owncricket communities) should be guided by the adviceof their respective Governments in relation to whensporting activity is resumed.

“Where sporting activities has been expressly for-bidden by Governments, no cricket activity shouldcommence until approval to do so has been obtainedfrom the Government.”

Government advice should also be sought in rela-tion to “travel restrictions (domestic and internation-al) and quarantine requirements”.

The ICC has also called for the need to educateplayers and all other stakeholders on the updated safe-ty protocols in what is going to be a vastly differentworld. Sharing of equipment will become a thing ofthe past.

“Wherever possible, items of cricket equipmentshould not be shared with anyone else unless an appro-priate cleaning protocol is followed.

“Players should be advised to minimise the use ofchanging rooms, shower facilities and other commu-nal areas. “Where possible, players should be encour-aged to shower and change at home instead of at matchand training venues.”

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The legendary Shane Warnebelieves Cricket Australia

should force the states to pick aspinner in every first class game toimprove the quality of spin bowl-ing in the country which is current-ly “going downhill fast” due to theincrease in drop-in wickets.

“A spinner should play everysingle game, no matter what theconditions are like, so that partic-ular spinners can learn how to bowlon day one or day four. At themoment, they (states) only pickthem when the conditions suit,”Warne was quoted as saying by TheWest Australian.

“How are they going to learnif you don’t allow them to play statecricket? There has to be a respon-sibility on the states to pick one spe-

cialist spinner in every game. Andif they don’t, well maybe CricketAustralia has to step in. Otherwisespin bowling will go downhill,and is going downhill fast.”

Warne, one of the greatest leg-

spinners the game has produced,said there is a dearth of quality spin-ner who can fill in the shoes ofNathan Lyon and urged CA toensure that states include a spinnerin every Sheffield Shield game.

“Nathan Lyon is one of the bestspinners in the world, and we’re solucky to have a great spinner inLyon. If something happened tohim, we’ve got a spinner with verylittle first class experience thatcould be up against some of the bestplayers in the world of spin,” he saidduring the launch of Advanced HairStudio’s new website.

“We have some good spinnersin Australia, but they’re not gettingthe opportunities. Cricket Australiashould maybe put some pressureon the states and say, ‘You have topick one specialist spinner in yourteam every time.’”

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Need to find way to outlast Pujara: Cummins�������� ����������������"����##���������!��� ��������:�5����� 6 -��� Australia’s limitedover captain Aaron Finch believescricket boards across the worldwill have to compromise andmake “one big effort” to get thesport back on track following thecoronavirus hiatus.There are spec-ulations that the 13th IPL, whichwas suspended indefinitely, mightbe conducted in October-November at the expense of theT20 World Cup in Australia.

Finch, who is on the board ofplayers’ union, said it is not onlyabout the IPL and all stakehold-ers have to make compromises toget cricket to thrive again.

“It will get to a point, not justfor IPL but for all cricket, there’llbe a compromise from a lot of dif-ferent stakeholders — organisa-tions, countries, players, the ICC— to get cricket back and coun-tries thriving again,” Finch wasquoted as saying by SydneyMorning Herald.

“I think the ICC aremeeting next week to startdiscussing the FTP (FutureTours Program) again.The next couple ofweeks we’ll have moreidea what that lookslike, what compro-mises will be madefor different tourna-ments and coun-tries.”

Stakes arehigh forAustralia asIndia is also

scheduled to tour Down Underfor a Test and ODI series with$300 million riding on it.

Finch said things always won’tbe in favour of Australia but com-promises will have to be made.

“Everyone working togetherto get the best result for everyone...Some situations where it’s notideal for Australia we have tocompromise and give. It will beone big effort, I think,” the 33-year-old said.

“With India coming out herethis summer, Kevin Roberts (CACEO Roberts) said it was a nineout of 10 (chance). I think therewill be give and take in a lot of dif-ferent things like that.”

Australia is likely to resumecricket with a limited-over seriesin England after the BangladeshTest tour was postponed due tothe global health crisis.

However, Finch said he hasno concerns about playing inthe UK as they would be stay-ing in a bio-secure environ-ment and would be able totrain during the 14-day quar-

antine period.“I’d be super excited

to get any cricket back -if it’s internationalcricket all the better,”Finch said. “If it’s done

really well with thequarantine bubble and reg-ular testing, I don’t see itbeing an issue. I’d be keento get back playing as soonas possible.” PTI

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“When you have donesomething your whole lifefrom 8,9,10 years of age whereyou lick your fingers and youput on the ball, it’s very hard tochange that overnight too,”Lee said on Star Sports showCricket Connected.

Lee, who played 76 Testsand 221 ODIs, however expectssome leniency from the worldcricket body in this regard.

“So, I think there’s going tobe a couple of occasions, orthere’s going to be some lenien-cy from the ICC, where there

may be warnings. It’s a greatinitiative, it’s going to be veryhard to implement, becausecricketers have done this fortheir whole life,” added Lee.

Even veteran SouthAfrican cricketer Faf Du Plessisagreed with Lee, saying thesame applied to fielders too.

Giving his own example,Du Plessis, said he is used to thehabit of taking a bit of his spiton his fingers before catchingthe ball in the slips.

“For the fielders, it’s thesame. As Brett (Lee) men-tions, I’m used to taking a bitof spit on my fingers before Icatch the ball at slip. If you lookat someone like Ricky Ponting,he has a big spit on his handsevery time he tried to catch aball,” Du Plessis said. PNS

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My experience…convinced me that tea was bet-ter than brandy, and during the last six monthsin Africa I took no brandy, even when sick, tak-ing tea instead.

— Theodore Roosevelt

Tea deserves all the preference itreceives from those who relish it.The beverage not only has a highsustenance value, but has also beenproven to endow several positive

effects on health. In a world of progressive sci-entific research, the biological composition ofthe tea plant has come under study because ofthe correlation of longevity and health in manyancient tea drinking cultures like China andJapan.

In its everyday aspect, tea is considered abeneficial agent for relieving fatigue and aidingclarity of thought, besides being favourable fordigestion. Although its stimulating effects arederived from its caffeine content, unlike coffee,drinking tea in large quantities does not causehyperactivity, insomnia, or stomach irritation,as this compound is present in a ratio that ishalf the level of caffeine in coffee. A 190 mlcup of tea contains approximately 40-50 mg ofcaffeine, while full flavour coffees average 110-120 mg per cup.

Green, oolong, white and pu-erh tea infu-sions contain even less caffeine than black teas.Not only do they undergo lesser oxidation, butit is so because such teas are made with multi-ple infusions: since water is added more thanonce, and as the liquor gets poured off, itreduces the content of caffeine. Caffeine isconsidered safe when it is consumed at a doseof 400 mg or less per day which would includethe intake of soft drinks such as colas. Hence,be it black or green tea, whichever it may be, itis safer to enjoy several cups of tea rather thanmultiple cups of coffee.

����������������� �����In all, this exhilarating beverage ranks as a

useful component of nature’s health repository.The leaves of the Camellia Sinensis, especiallythe buds and tender shoots contain catechinsand polyphenols. These are part of the molec-ular family of flavonoids that are beneficiarycompounds made by plants.

Tea gains much of its refreshing pungencyfrom its secondary ingredient, polyphenols TFand TR which are derived from a precursormagic compound Epi-gallo-catechin-gallate(EGCG) that is found in green tea leaves.

Its content is a little higher in green tea, ascompared to the fully fermented black teas,because during the oxidation process, most ofthe catechins are converted into complexpolyphenols, thearubigins and theaflavins.Oolong tea contains a mix of catechins andpolyphenols, as it is semi-fermented. Instantand iced teas, on the other hand, do not havethe same amount of polyphenols as an equalvolume of brewed tea. Instant teas are general-ly derived from low grade source material.

All these different types of catechins andpolyphenols have great value as they serve asantioxidants that neutralise the damage causedby an excess of free radicals in the body. Thelatter, in simple terms, are the by-product ofthe normal process by which oxygen is com-bined with glucose in our body cells, to makeenergy; they are not in themselves harmful. Infact, the immune system may itself producefree radicals to neutralise viruses and bacteria.It is only when they are produced in excessthat they begin to attack the cell membranes

and tissues and pave the way for cancer,besides perpetuating blockage that plays a rolein heart disease and accelerates the ageingprocess.

Antioxidants act as vital scavengers thatmop up the damage caused by rogue free radi-cals by neutralising them and consequentlypreventing cell and tissue damage.

Although antioxidants in the form of cate-chins and flavonoids are found to some extentin red wine and in green leafy vegetables likebroccoli and spinach, and fruits such as applesand berries as well as in dark chocolate, tearemains one of the most important sources ofantioxidants.

A study at the Antioxidant ResearchCentre in London published in Free RadicalResearch in February 1999, put forth the fol-lowing formula: 2 cups of black tea = 1 glass ofred wine = 7 glasses of orange juice = 20 glassesof apple juice.

Tea, therefore, with its high content ofantioxidants, is a potential agent for fightingcancer. Similarly, biological research alsoreveals that the antioxidants in tea can counterthe artery-damaging potential of the reactivefree radicals. According to TNO, a Dutchinnovation organisation, quercetin, a valuablepolyphenol found in tea and other vegetablesand fruits, has anti-oxidative properties andprevents the formation of plaque.

In this manner, it helps the endothelial lay-ers of the arteries to remain flexible for goodcirculation and makes the blood cells lessprone to clotting and is a good preventive forheart disease and strokes. Although these dis-eases are attributed in great part to genetic andlifestyle factors, health studies do show somepositive insights into the antioxidant benefitsof this beverage.

Moreover, the catechins in tea offer theadvantage of being an aid for killing infectionas they block viruses and bacteria from hook-ing on to cell walls. Therefore they can helpprotect against diseases like influenza, foodpoisoning, dysentery and cholera. By the same

measure, they can kill mouth bacteria that areharmful for teeth and gums and lead to peri-odontal disease.

Tea also improves the functioning of theintestines by blocking the growth of bad bacte-ria and enhancing good bacteria and is there-fore a good digestive. It is said to be detoxify-ing as the catechins can scavenge harmfulheavy metals like lead, chromium, mercury,which may get ingested with food.

����������������� �����In itself tea has no calories at all, and it is

merely the addition of sugar in each cup of teathat leads to weight gain. Milk however, is notobjectionable, as long as it is just a dash.

There is also the belief that green tea helps

in slimming. While it can by no means be con-strued as a miracle drink, green tea is knownto give a metabolic boost that may shed off afew extra calories by about four per cent. Byvirtue of its antioxidant qualities that help fightageing and skin damage, tea extracts with theirrefreshing aromas are also used in facialcreams, skin packs and perfumes.

The comforting qualities of the beverageare no old wives tale either. There is a naturalbioflavonoid found in tea that has been foundto significantly increase endorphin levels,which in turn reduce pain and anxiety so thatin cases of shock and stress, a cup of teasoothes the nerves.

�������������������������The tea plant has the natural ability to

absorb fluoride from the soil and so a tea infu-sion readily releases this mineral into thewater, making it a beneficial drink for healthyteeth. It is estimated that a single cup provides0.1 mg of fluoride and can provide forty-fiveper cent of the body’s daily requirement.Studies have also shown that there are someestrogenic compounds in tea, together withelements of manganese that help in increasingbone mass by five per cent, thereby reducingfracture risk. It also contains potassium, a min-eral vital for maintaining body fluid levels. Thebeverage acts as a diuretic. This benign brew isalso known to have Vitamin C, zinc and folicacid, and is therefore regularly recommendedfor pregnant women.

Finally, it is not to be forgotten that duringthe days of its discovery in China, the beveragewas recognised at first for its remedial worth.Modern health research still continues to reit-erate this fact.

Excerpted with permission from Chai: TheExperience of Indian Tea, by Rekha Sarin &

Rajan Kapoor, Niyogi Books, �1995. The book was awarded the Best in the World

— Gourmand Cookbook Awards in theBeverages Category (2015)

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The coronavirus pandemic has changed many things inthe world most of which are going to stay. At least fora considerable period. Not only did it ensure that the

wheels of globalisation come a full circle, it also brought sev-eral realisations on the part of the humanity at large. Themost important was that conservation and not consump-tion be the model for a sustainable growth and viable econ-omy. In all this turmoil Gandhi stands vindicated. His ide-ologies, which could better be termed as practices, and alsohis economic thought. We are back to the basics and, moreimportantly, understand why it makes a lot of sense. If allthe effects of pollution that we callously inflicted on moth-er earth in the last 50 years could be undone in 50 days, wemust have become much wiser in this lockdown period.Gandhi had always been emphasising swadeshi and self-reliance. His swadeshi movement that caught the imagina-tion of the masses during the Indian National Movement wasin a way a game changer. It proved a very effective strategyaimed at weakening the British Empire and was a powerfultool in the hands of the Indian National Congress which wasspearheading the movement. A few details of the SwadeshiMovement may help in understanding what it was all about.Gandhi had given a clarion call to boycott British productswhile advocating Indian products and production process.Though Swadeshi as a slogan had been a part of the overallstrategy of the nationalists before Gandhi’s advent on thescene, it was the entry of Gandhi that gave the movementa shot in the arm and resulted in making it a mass move-ment. Incidentally, the first few Industrial Policy Resolutionsof independent India had emphasised self-reliance and importsubstitution as the major goals. How we digressed is a dif-ferent story all together, but this is a time to rethink and redo.What Gandhi exhorted and advocated some 100 years agohas once again become the mantra for India’s rise in the postCovid world. Gandhi had given a complete prescription forsustainable development of India and it included a self suf-ficient village economy and focused on local production ofgoods for local needs. As things unfold in the pandemic, wenow see reason in what Gandhi had championed then. It isa grim economic scenario. Jobs and opportunities are dwin-dling and millions of migrant workers working in differentparts of the country are forced to return to their respectivevillages. It is imperative to strengthen the village economyand start the process of revival. There cannot be a better strat-egy than making the villages self-sustaining units of Indianeconomy. As the former President of India Abdul Kalam hadsuggested in his PURA philosophy, that is, Providing UrbanFacilities in Rural Areas. That is the essential first step. Therural infrastructure must support the strategies of growthand provide a conducive atmosphere for entrepreneurshipdevelopment. Rural entrepreneurship has played a crucialrole in development of many European and Asian economies.It is India’s turn now. Gandhi said that India’s soul lived invillages. We must now try to enrich the soul.

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This is the underlying principle ofthe creation. By our acts both, thatis, we and the world should ben-

efit. We can understand this from anexample of a head of a joint family. Whatoccupies his mind mostly? That notonly himself but the whole familyshould prosper. His all acts are direct-ed that way.

Similarly, God is the head of the cre-ation. It is His responsibility to see thatthe world runs as smoothly as possible.As we all have free will, which the Lordnever withdraws from us, He has a verytough task. But being God, the omnipo-tent, He manages till it is time for dis-solution of the creation. Fortunately, itis not that time yet. He has intervenedbecause the world was moving in thewrong direction and at great speed.More persons were getting addicted tounlimited sense gratification. In theprocess, the climate was gettingbutchered. In spite of many youngactivists like Greta Thunberg, not manyin the position of power were listening.God had to act to save the world froma certain disaster. This coronavirus —never mind how it started — is a medi-um to reset the world and this is hap-pening quite effectively at this time. Fuelguzzlers are off the roads mostly as areairplanes from air, etc. Crude price istouching rock bottom and the climatehas improved trementously. Couldanyone have imagined this scenario? Weare breathing clean air in Delhi, prob-ably the most polluted city in theworld.

God somewhat like the head oflarge joint family wishes all of us to pro-mote ourselves as well as contributewhatever we can for the betterment ofthe rest of the mankind. God desiresthat His devotees should disseminateHis instructions among His devotees.

(The Bhagavad Gita 18.67-68) They aremost dear to Him. I am citing the exam-ple of Goswami Tulsidas in this connec-tion. The next example is of personsengaged in public welfare. God assuresthat doers of welfare activities do notend up badly. (6.40) Bill Gates is a greatexample for it.

The third example is of climateactivists, who are mostly young, whowish to save the world for their future.They are clamouring for control on car-bon emission and not cutting more treesto do farming. We could eat a little lessmeat in order not to grow so muchgrains. The fourth example is of a leaderlike Mahatma Gandhi, who left such amark. The last example is of all thoseparents, who bring up children verynicely doing many sacrifices in theprocess. They benefit themselves andthe rest of world by their efforts.

Generally, God insists on surrenderto Him (18.62), because such personsare most likely to be useful to the cre-ation. They will not sin and harm selvesor the creation. This is not unfairbecause it is God’s responsibility to man-

age the creation the best way possible.We are aware how those who are busyin lustily enjoying themselves are cre-ating negative forces around them.They are using more than their share ofthe bounties of the world. Despots areworse. They cause damage to the cre-ation by their sinful acts. And those par-ents who do not fulfil their parentalduties are not great favourites of theLord. When we become narrowly self-ish, we hurt ourselves as well as theworld around us.

In the end, I must mention manysaints, who are praying for the welfareof the world. I consider myself most for-tunate to be born in India and livinghere. And I try to fulfil all my dutiesincluding towards myself, my family, myjoint family, devotees and others. Thisdoes not go unnoticed by the Master ofthe universe. He rewards me in manyways, especially by giving peace, blissand security. The best part is God’s reg-ular communications to me guiding mein my eternal journey. %�������������������������� ����!��������

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The corona phobia is spread-ing all over the world morerapidly than coronavirus. Itis the subject discussedeverywhere. Transactions

have reached an impasse. Almosteveryone has self-quarantined them-selves in their respective places. Roadsappear derelict. The future is uncer-tain. Many people all over the worldare dying due to the deadly virus. Theeerie statistics make for the newsheadlines. Scientists are racing againsttime to find the vaccine. Governmentsare implementing lockdowns in theircountry to restrict the spread of thepandemic. The atmosphere is sombreeverywhere!

Nobody wants to die. That is thefact of life. Every living entity strug-gles hard to keep himself alive in thisworld. But death is forced upon us bythe cruel nature. Why? Why Natureis so cruel? I want to live forever butI am forced to die. Why such dichoto-my? An intelligent being will under-stand something is notoriously wronghere. Actually, we don’t belong to thisworld. This is not our real home. Weare not in our natural environmentnow. When we are in exotic environ-

ment like water or air, we are afraidbut when we land on land, we feel safeas that is our natural environment.Similarly, leaving our natural environ-ment, the spiritual world we came toalien environment that is the mater-ial world thus inviting monumentalanxiety.

If you just turn back the pages ofprevious newspapers you will getspooked. Before coronavirus out-break there were other calamitieskeeping us engaged constantly. Indiaand Pakistan were on the brink of war,there was Dokhlam standoff, commu-nal violence over CAA, rising rapecases, economic slump, heavy floodsdue to torrential rains, Cyclone Fani,Cylone Bulbul, etc.

You may think this was only forIndia. But for rest of the world too, listis endless — Massive fire in Amazonforest, melting of ice caps due to glob-al warming, US Iran War, two major737 MAX flight crashes in Indonesiaand Ethiopia, bomb blasts in SriLanka, rising gun violence in the US,US-China trade war, Australian bushfire, rising cases of cancer patients,Swine flu outbreak, and many more.These are few amongst many hitting

us like the constant tides in an ocean.But Coronavirus outbreak is a

Pandemic! It is declared global emer-gency by WHO. It is not a measlyproblem of some one country! OK.Accepted the fact that it is a pandem-ic affecting the whole globe and weneed to follow proper precautions andguidelines laid by the government. ButLord Krishna has already declared inthe Gita (8.15) that this world is aplace of misery. Birth, Death, old ageand disease (Janma-måtyu-jarä-vyäd-hi) are constantly haunting and daunt-ing us. For a given individual any-where, he has some or the other prob-lem in his life making him miserable.Whether it is a small epidemic or pan-demic. He is in anxiety most of thetime.

The pain in the body is a goodnatural mechanism to alert us to takethe treatment. In COVID-19 case thepatient has flu like symptoms offever, cold, cough, and so on. Whenhe gets the symptoms, he can rush tothe hospital to take treatment intime. Many are getting cured andbeing discharged from hospitals. So,the point is pain in the body coercesus to go to doctor and take treatment.

Similarly, the constant miseries inflict-ed upon us by nature are indicationthat we need treatment. And the besttreatment recommended in this age ischanting the Holy names of God.

Hare Krishna Hare KrishnaKrishna Krishna Hare Hare

Hare Rama Hare Rama RamaRama Hare Hare

Chanting will make us peaceful inthis world and next too. That is theimmense power of Holy Name. It ismore powerful than Coronavirusalso.

Also, if one understands theteachings of Bhagavad Gita that oneis not this body but spirit soul (2.22)he will be peaceful. Just as we changeclothes daily while the person remainsthe same, the soul keeps changingbodies according to his karma. Thesoul is unaffected by the miseries ofthis world. The body is subjected tothe change but the soul is unchange-able. The moon although appearingwith the clouds is not affected by thejittery movements of the clouds, itremains steady as it exists at differentlevel than the clouds. Similarly, thesoul remains unchangeable in thischangeable world.

Bhagavad Gita also speaks aboutlaw of Karma. The laws of Karma areextremely stringent. One may escapethe laws of government but one can-not escape the laws of nature. Natureawards exactly the reactions to the liv-ing entity according to what he desiresand deserves. Nothing more or less.

Sometimes, nature divulges massKarmic reaction in form of Tsunami,earthquakes, volcanoes, massivefloods, severe drought, etc. So manypeople get affected. It may seemNature acting blindly. Material Naturemay act in mass but not blindly.

Only they will die who are sup-posed to get the Karmic reaction oth-ers won’t even though in the epicen-ter of the calamity. And we have wit-nessed many cases of people or smallchildren surviving massive earth-quakes buried under debris for dayswhile those staying in their safe andaffluent houses are killed. Nature’s lawpunishes the sinful and awards thepious without a doubt.

By chanting and reading Gitadaily we will fully get cured and goback home back to Godhead wherethere is no — birth, old age, diseaseand death and no Corona but onlyKaruna (mercy) of God. Everythingis within the plan of God although itmay not be exactly the plan of God.If we remain alive through this pan-demic, we will serve God here and ifwe die, we will go to Kingdom of Godand serve Him there. The eternalnature of Soul is to serve God always.��������������������������������������������������#���9�������������B��9�1CD

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It is after decades that great things arehappening to our environment. As aresult of the clear air, for the first time

in three decades, the snow capped peaksof Gangotri became visible from UP’sSaharanpur. It was a pleasant surprise.These are the same mountains which canotherwise be seen from Mussouri, reportsVK Jain, conservator Saharanpur district.

The spring has been markedly differ-ent. There has been rejoicing about returnof blue skies, sparkling rivers, new crop ofleaves on Cycas palms. Each of them has aglassy new foliage. The flora and faunahave been getting back to normal.Marigold, Jasmine, Lilies and roses havegrown in abundance. The nature is boun-tiful reads another report from Jind.

Noise pollution levels have completelygone down which allows you to hear birdsmore clearly. Birds, whose chirpingsounds have been heard the loudest in theNCR during the lockdown include, thebrown rack, Chat, Indian robin, orientalmagpie robin, refocus, tropic, commonhawk Cuckoo, Asian Koel, barbets rosystarlings, and even the golden orlola — abird which migrated from the hills of theHimalayas, sums up Jasjeev Gandhlok.

Gandhiji, would have been pleased tonote that consequentially surgence ofnature to reiterate that the resources ofEarth needs to be exploited minimal asthis earth has sufficient for every humansneed and that simple way of life, he advo-cated is best. To save the planet, our mis-sion must be preventing global warmingand the climate crisis, close wet marketsand wild life trade undeniably, Gandhiji’sideals are beneficial ecologically.

But Gandhiji’s ideals can be disastrouseconomically retorts Rashmi Dasguptaand raised the big question before thehumans decide to use their formidablebrains to recalibrate ‘Progress’ so that it

benefits all not just us.Notwithstanding that doubts persists

about origin of Coronavirus. BramahChallanye argues that Chinese cover up ofthe spread of the first deadly diseaseSARS, in 2002-2003 triggered in theworld of this century’s pandemic and nowthat Beijing opposes an independentinquiry leaves margin of doubt.

However WHO Emergencies DirectorMichael Ryan believes that killer virusjumped from animals to humans in amarket of China late last year, possiblyfrom a market in Wuhan selling the exoticanimals for meat.

Mahatma Gandhi’s ecological intelli-gence of making cult of materialism thatwill recoil on itself and have what we con-sume, consume us. This is staring us inthe face says Gopal Krishan Gandhi.Greed, market created, market driven,market manipulated cares little for thehygiene. The Wuhan market is where it is.

Blaming it in isolation is absured, forthere is a Wuhan market in every city,town and thoroughfare. There is a Wuhanmarket in every one of us.

We may recall, the world has wit-nessed two world wars in the 20th centu-ry in its quest for the trade markets in theEast. A poet then reminded the belliger-ent Germany:

“Geya hai bhool German Aasmanibaap ko apne; Khuda Science ko samjahahai, munkre-zat-e-khuda ho kar”

(The Germany has forgotten theHeavenly father; And believes Science theGod, in denial of the existence ofProvidence.)

Allama Dr. Mohd Iqbal’s propheticutterance hold good both for the West asalso for the East.

“Dyar-e-maghrab ke rehne walo;Khuda ki basti, Dukaan nahi hai”

(O, ye, the inhabitants of the West;God’s abode is not a trader shop).

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The strength and unity of thehistoric European Union

(EU) may be history soon.With the Covid-19 pandemic,many of its member nationswould find it difficult to beeven in the union itself. It’s notonly the current crisis, butalso a sustained economicdownturn since the setback of2009 that could finally push thesurvival of the EU to the brink.

The coronavirus pandem-ic has pitted the members ofthe EU against one another. Forexample, by early March,Germany, one of the fewnations in Europe to manufac-ture medical masks, immedi-ately cancelled plans to exportthese protective gears to fellowcountries. This badly affectedItaly which was then in themidst of Covid-19 attack. Thenthe worst was the fightingbetween two regions of Spaini.e. Barcelona and Madrid. Theautonomous and nationalistGovernment of Cataloniawanted to close the borderbetween the region and the restof Spain. But it could not do asMadrid came armed withemergency authority.

By May, when the virusalmost swept Spain and manyparts of Europe, many EUnations like Germany, France,Austria and Italy reestablishedtheir almost forgotten bordercheckpoints. Alas! At a timelike this, since the SecondWorld War, surely the EU as aunit is performing very poor-ly. Sadly, Brussels, the EUheadquarters, is aimlessly look-ing for a strategy. It has notbeen successful in bringing itsflocks together. It looks like asif the Union is on the verge ofbankruptcy and collapse.

By mid-2019, some ana-lysts rightly pointed out thatfalling production in verymany Eurozone manufacturingunits, surveys portrayingincreasing gloominess amongsome top business leaders, andlastly, an increasing contractionin world trade had a directimpact on the already totteringeconomic structure of the con-tinent. Therefore, the perilousstate of the Eurozone economywas very much clear even inthe last year itself and many ofits leaders such as GermanChancellor Angela Merkel andPresident of France EmmanuelMacron knew about it.

At the moment, a quaran-tined and partly openingEurope is learning that all themajor countries of WesternEurope, except Germany, couldhardly offer any realistic solu-tion to Covid-19 and its imme-diate fallout. On other hand,the European leaders are ner-vous about the way USPresident Donald Trump istrying to change the course ofaction of the existing globalorder. Many strategic experts in

Europe strongly believe thatWashington is all out to destroythe EU. In the beginning of thelast year, Mike Pompeo, theSecretary of State’s wooing ofsome of the East Europeannations was considered anattack on the Union’s exis-tence. In fact, it’s a hard ideo-logical battle for the EU toencounter in the coming days.This also sharpened an East-West division within the EU.This was preceded by Trump’s2017 Warsaw Speech, infusedwith nativist nationalism.Again in the year 2018, hisstrong measures to imposetariff on EU goods, and histearing up of critical globalagreements wherein the EU hasserious stakes was the IranNuclear Deal, the IntermediateRange Nuclear Forces Treaty(INF), etc. Further, his openencouragement to Brexiteersand a warning to withdrawfrom Syria was once again a callto threaten the very identity ofthe EU. When John Bolton wasTrump’s National SecurityAdviser, his anti-EU narrativewas on full display whenPompeo paid visit to Budapest,

Bratislava and Warsaw. AfterTrump’s coming to power,America is giving warm wel-come to the rightwing populistgovernments that the EU hasput on notice for long for theirdemocratic backsliding.Another significant aspect ofPompeo’s visit to EasternEurope was that these countrieswere formerly a part of the IronCurtain. All these moves couldbe rightly calculated as insultsthrown at old allies like that ofthe Union. Also such diplo-matic overtures from the UScould be read as a new powergame that Washington wantedto unleash so as to mar the uni-fying efforts of the EU. Suchpolicies would only exasperatethe EU nations as this wouldonly embolden the dema-gogues in Europe.

Is it so that Germany canalone save the EU? It’s not pos-sible for Merkel alone at themoment. But, Germany has theEurozone’s biggest economythat accounts for more than aquarter of the bloc’s output. Ithas the largest number of peo-ple and the most workers whoindeed set the course of the

continent’s economic engine.Many of the EU countries likeFrance, Italy, Belgium, Slovakia,Sweden and the Netherlands,all of them count Germany astheir top business partner.

EU’s decline is no more acock and bull story anymore.As the US is withdrawing fromsome of the key global summitsand treaties, the last exit pointmaybe the World TradeOrganization (WTO), the EUwould find it equally difficultto bear the heat from Chinaand Russia. Trump’s theatricsare simply bunkum. Simplytaking on China and on glob-al institutions at a time Covid-19 is engulfed the world ishighly deplorable. Yes, it is well-understood that these invec-tives towards China are allabout winning the next termfor the White House. But thenderailing a liberal order whichthe US itself has been pio-neering and guarding foralmost more than sevendecades is inconceivable. Whyan America of the 21st centu-ry is trying to push itself to self-isolation? Why Washington isnot partnering with Brussels to

set the stage for a multi-polarworld order? America’s grandconfusion at global stage andcurrent chaos, emanating fromthe Covid-19, is seriouslyimpairing the stability of theliberal world order wherein theEU’s stake is certainly too high.

Further, the trade warbetween America and Chinamay also affect the EU as well.Trump’s tariffs on a number ofChinese imports and on steeland aluminum from Europehave already disrupted the sup-ply chains across Europe. Thisalso has unsettled the plans ofmany top management hous-es who readily take early deci-sions in regard to their invest-ments for new factory spacesand the number of workers tobe hired around the year.

Needless to say that strut-ting the EU project to its mem-bers and to the world couldinvite serious challenges at thismoment. Even then, it wouldbe completely wrong to con-clude that the EU may evanescesoon from the seat of globalleadership. With the devasta-tion of the Covid-19, massmigration, right-wing upsurge,

record low growth, Brexit,emergence of Russian subver-sion, anemic defence spending,and finally lack of unity amongthe members, one can easilypoint a finger at the grand signsof disarray. In the fight betweenthe US and China, the role ofthe EU is definitely secondaryand declining. If the world isnot unipolar today, in a multi-polar world order with thestrength and growing eco-nomic might of emergingnations like India and China,the EU has very little relevanceto put forward.

Beyond all these negativenarratives, Europe alwaysremains relevant. Its transcon-tinental presence of soft power,military and economic mightcan hardly be matched by theUS or China. To conclude, wecan safely say that Europe is the“invisible superpower”. TheCovid-19 crisis may take longerand surely hamper in rechris-tening the EU. But it is a tem-porary phase. Europe had seenmany such disasters in thepast. And these advancednations with their superiorhealth, administration and

leadership would stage a come-back at the global stage. It’s amisnomer to advocate that theEU can’t act as a superpower.It’s a fact that Europe is not asovereign state like India or theUS, but when it comes to anypoint of crisis, it always acts asa single entity. After Russianinvasion of Ukraine, manyinternational pundits opinedthat Moscow might turntowards the east i.e. Chinabecause of its economic might.But these experts were provedwrong. In mid-2015, China’strade accounts for only 14 percent of Russia’s trade whereasonly three European countriescombined i.e. Germany, theNetherlands and Italy account-ed for more than 20 per cent ofRussia’s trade. Thus Kremlinlooked again towards Europe,not Beijing. And the miscon-ception that China has becomemore important in Russianpower calculus was justbrushed aside.

The Covid-19 poses a newthreat to European unity. Manyof the members of the EU aremulling over self-imposed pro-tectionist policies in regard to

migration as their systems arealready too overburdened. Thisand the post-Covid Europewill definitely witness the riseof more nationalist narratives.But this is not a new trend. TheEU is too resilient to handlesuch roadblocks in remainingunited and strong. Despitesuch tremors, its core formalinstitutions such as single mar-ket, environmental and otherpublic regulations, the com-mon trade policy, agriculturalpolicy, foreign aid, and com-mon border control mecha-nisms have still stooduntouched. What Dani Rodrikadvocated should stay not onlyas an evergreen theme, but asa working spirit to both theEuropean leaders and to itspeople at this moment ofCovid-19 crisis: “From Europecame democratic values, socialsolidarity and for all its currentproblems, the most impressivefeat of institutional engineeringof the century, the EuropeanUnion”. Hope it does. Long livethe European unity.

(The writer is an expert oninternational affairs)

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The globe is facing anunprecedented health cri-

sis at present and India is noexception. There is no denyingthe fact that recession andunemployment are beginningto hit nations across the globe.Besides, we are also facing theproblems of fake news andcommunal hatred along withCovid-19.

The coronavirus crisis hasraised serious questions aboutthe appropriateness of the cap-italist structure of society.There is a vigorous debate onthe mortality rates due to thepandemic and starvation indeveloping and developednations. It seems that Covid-19will outpace hunger on thedeath toll but the debate itselfshows the failure of the market-oriented economy in India. Itis feared that in the currenteconomic system a huge num-ber of the poor will lose theirlives to starvation due to theeconomic impact of the pan-

demic. The ruthless capitalist mar-

ket offers no free lunch. Thestate is also indifferent to peo-ple’s plight, but we, as a society,can pressurise the Governmentto help the vulnerable sectionsof society. Chances are we maysucceed. There are many whoendorse the argument that“higher choices for consump-tion means higher welfare”.

It might be true in somecases, but the vast majority ofIndians do not benefit fromeconomic growth; rather, theystruggle to buy even the essen-tial goods for survival. Forexample, some people arespending the lockdown in theirfarmhouses with plenty of foodand facilities, while others arebarely managing to get onesquare meal per day. Just imag-ine a situation in which peoplebehave only in their self-inter-est, not thinking about otherswhile making decisions duringsuch a crisis. What will be the

outcome? Probably, you knowthe answer. The neoliberal ideology encourages suchbehaviour.

As a set of economic prac-tices, neoliberalism representsan advanced form of capitalismwith several indicators thatprivilege widespread econom-ic activities over all otheraspects of human life. Theproponents of neoliberal econ-omy hold that the highesthuman good can be achievedthrough liberal entrepreneur-ship aided by private propertyrights, free markets, and freetrade. They also advocate thatthe state must serve to safe-guard the interests of the mar-ket by creating and maintain-ing support systems such asinfrastructures, legislating mar-ket-friendly laws, and practic-ing non-interference in markets.

Endorsed by most politicalestablishments around theworld, neoliberalism today

greatly influences not onlyinternational institutions suchas the International MonetaryFund (IMF), the World Bank,the World Trade Organization,but also the way in whichindividual nations conceptu-alise and run their economies.

However, the pandemicunleashed on the world by thenovel coronavirus has broughtneoliberalism’s triumphantmarch to a grinding halt. Thesudden and indefinite shut-down of all economic activitiesat both the national and glob-al levels has adversely affectedmany Third-World countries.India has suffered from theeconomic downturn, caused bythe nationwide lockdown sinceMarch 24. Unfortunately, thosehardest hit are the daily-wagers,the migrant labourers, ownersof MSMEs and the small farm-ers. Abruptly deprived of theirlivelihood during the lock-down, they are staring in theface of a grave economic crisis.

To its credit, the Governmenthas announced a 1.7 trillion-rupee financial package andurged the State Governmentsto provide the basic necessitiesto the poor during the lock-down, but our economic poli-cy seems to have victimised thepoor. India’s neoliberal-capi-talist model of economy hasfailed to uplift the poorest ofthe poor. The Covid-19 crisishas only exposed this sad real-ity.

People need entertainmentthrough socialisation. We arenot saying that people arehappy at their homes, con-suming essential goods andservices only. But the coronapandemic has once again com-pelled the world to find astrong alternative to the neolib-eral model of economy thatoffers better opportunities tothe rich than the poor. In theIndian context, the Gandhianmodel of economy needs seri-ous consideration as a better

alternative. Mainstream economics

tends to overlook theGandhian model based on lim-iting the wants of the peoplebecause it hampers the GDPgrowth. This model primarilydepends upon three ideas:Gram Swaraj, Decentralisation,and Sarvodaya. The concept ofGram Swaraj is associated withself-efficient villages that havethe minimum facilities to livea decent life. The magnitude ofmigrant workers and studentsin the cities indicates the fail-ure of necessary facilities inrural India. Decentralisation ofpolitical and economic poweris needed to give Swaraj to vil-lages. In India, the Centremust provide more rights tolocal governments, urban localbodies and panchayati raj insti-tutions to develop their regions.

Sarvodaya means “uplift-ment of all”. Gandhiji coinedthis term from Ruskin’s famousbook “Unto This Last”. This

ideal is based on the followingthree principles: the good of anindividual dwells in the good ofall (First law of Sarvodaya), noinequalities in remunerationbetween physical and mentalwork (Second law ofSarvodaya), and the life of afarmer (creative production) isworth living (Third law ofSarvodaya). We may not agreewith all the ideas propoundedby Gandhiji and it may notgenerate the magical 7-8 percent growth rate a year, butthey certainly have the capac-ity and vision to empowerIndia’s poor, especially those inthe BPL category. It can alsoengender a more sustainableand equitable economic growthand promote peace and non-violence in society.

(Atman Shah is lecturer,Department of Economics, andSunil Macwan is lecturerDepartment of English; both atSt Xavier’s College, Ahmedabad)

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ing free from all limitations and precon-ditioning thereto. Full landscape of mindthen becomes accessible, offering itswholesome powers. Also, it makes onelook at options in hand with an openmind, whereby one could see things inthe right perspective due. You could thenmake right choices in life. It is importantto note here that mind is just an instru-ment, which can’t move on its own. It hasto have its defining principles to perceiveany subject matter in perspective, which,in turn, makes us take initiatives or reactand respond to external stimuli. Theparadox, however, is that a purified mindis free from any thought impression.What then would drive the mind?

Well, Dhyana process doesn’t end upby attaining its optimal level. You thenneed to explore the realities of life afresh.In the process you first turn your atten-tion to the laws of nature that holds thekey to our life cycle. Following which,you explore the living world around withall its diversity and complexities. Sincepursuing Dhyana, one’s level of intelli-gence gets sharpened enough to smartly

engage with those around with ease andcomfort.

What would one realise exploringthe realities of life? Well, pursuingDhyana, you eventually strike at the rootof our existence — the eternal element ofconsciousness, equally available to all.You then realise that all live existenceshave a common root. So, there remainsunity underlying all diverse existences. Itimplies that the world is a unified organ-ism, where no individual existence has areality independent of the whole. Waterflowing down a snow bound mountaincreates ground for live existence allthrough its run till it meets the sea.Water evaporates, turns into cloud andthen rains back to recharge our waterresources. This way, life keeps running insuccession. Trees and plants regulate ourweather cycle. The animals and otherspecies too keep discharging theirassigned role towards sustained run ofthe life cycle. And, it is the collectiveeffort of all that keeps life cycle going on.

The above concept has been beauti-fully explained in Kathopanisada andBhagavad Gita through the simile of aninverted Asvata (Banyan) tree. The rootis directed towards unseen domain in the

higher realms of the cosmos. It impliesthat life mechanism is rooted to anincomprehensible eternal primal source,but for which no existence is possible.The trunk of that huge tree, with all itsbranches, twigs, and leaves, turneddownward in perceptible domain repre-sent the living world. Leaves dry up peri-odically making way for emergence offresh leaves. Similarly, life cycle keepsrunning in succession. If ever you pluckthe leaves, break a twig or branch of thetree, they will become lifeless. Theyremain live so long as they are a part ofthe main tree.

Even modern science carries similarperception, as would the observation ofan acclaimed Australian physicist, PaulDavies mean: “For a naïve realist, theworld is a collection of objects. For aquantum physicist, it is an inseparableweb of vibrating energy patterns, whereno single component has a reality inde-pendent of the entirety, included in theentirety is the observer.” If you look atthe energy principles of creation, youmay realise that all existences with nameand form have come into being throughplay and interplay of energies sourced tothe nature. Even a human being withsolid body frame, when seen at the sub-

atomic level is nothing but a web of ener-gy patterns. Here, I wish to add anotherscientifically established fact: Energy par-ticles having a common source are inimmediate and intimate connect witheach other no matter how distant theyare. And since the energies manifestinginto the living world are all sourced to a‘Singularity’, as both the Vedic andScientific perception stand, all existencesare interconnected at the energy level.The obvious implication is that if there issome disturbance at one end of theworld, its resonance will be felt far andwide. No wonder, the coronavirus thaterupted in Wuhan in China, has beenmocking at the financial and scientificmight of the so called modern world oftoday, with no end immediately in sight.The present pandemic has shown itsrepeat pattern after 100 years to remindus once again, that we need to remainconscious about our collective obliga-tions even while pursuing our individu-alistic aspirational urges.

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