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Corona test campin Juinagar on

June 17Covid-19, Mass Screen-ing camp will be held on17th June at School No. 17in Sector 23, Juinagar,Sector 23 from 10 am to 5am. The camp is being or-ganised by the Navi Mum-bai Municipal Corporation(NMMC) and Terna Hos-pital. Navi Mumbai DistrictCongress Spokespersonand Nerul Taluka Con-gress President RavindraSawant has been followingup with the municipal ad-ministration since May 27in a written statement andin person to organize ahealth camp for the peopleof Juinagar.

Police Sub InspectorRohit Bandagarpresented with

‘Internal SecurityService Medal’ for

his exemplaryservice

Sub-Inspector of PoliceRohit Panditrao Bandagarhas been awarded by theCentral Government for hisexemplary service in theNaxal-affected and high-risk areas of Zingapur inGadchiroli district from 2015to 2018.

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‘Run to the Moon’ -Aims to raise funds tosupport coaches andsports staff affected

due to lockdownTeam India’s celebratedNational Badminton coachPullela Gopichand, ArjunaAwardees AshwiniNachappa and MalathiHolla have joined handswith IDBI Federal LifeI n s u r a n c e a n d N E BSports to launch a uniquerun to raise funds for be-leaguered coaches andsports staff in their respec-tive academies and sportsfoundations…

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Stocks of foreign cigarettessmuggled into JNPT seized

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: TheDirectorate of RevenueIntelligence (DRI) hasseized foreign cigarettesworth Rs 11,88,28,000smuggled from Dubai tothe JNPT port. The DRIteam has also arrestedtwo people in this con-nection. The investiga-tion has revealed thatthe stock of cigaretteswere hidden inside thecartons of dates.

The DRI had re-ceived information thata stock of cigaretteswere being smuggledfrom Dubai into a 40-foot container at the

JNPT port. Accordingto the DRI team, whileinspecting the suspi-cious container fromDubai at the JNPTport at Nhava-Sheva,

they found 71,061,600foreign cigarettes worthRs 11 crore 88 lakh 28thousand hidden in

Social media groups inthe city urge citizens topromote indigenous goods

Members of various whatsapp groups have urged

the citizens to become “Aatmanirbhar” and promote

Indian goods & boycott Chinese products

By Abhitash D.Singh

ULWE: With an aimto boost the indigenousproducts in view of thedwindling economy andfollow the Prime Min-ister, Narendra Modi’scall for ‘Aatmanirbhar’,various whatsappgroups in the city haveurged the members touse Indian products andboycott Chinese prod-ucts.

Sachin Raje, socialworker from Ulwe whois also an admin of awhatsapp group named‘Aamhi Ulwekar Janse-va Mandal’ said, “It isessential that we pro-mote our own productsand boycott the prod-

ucts made by China.Due to lockdown, theeconomy has received aset back and it is im-portant that we boost it

by promoting the indig-enous products.”

Sunil Acharekar, aresident of Sector-17,

Ulwe said, “Now thewhole world knowsthat the dangerous vi-rus corona originatedfrom China, whichwanted to break downthe economy of theworld and be the super-power. All the countryshould together givebefitting reply to Chinaby boycotting theirproducts. We shouldstart buying the Indianproducts during the fes-tivals instead of de-pending upon Chineseproducts. We Ul-wekar’s should set theexample and becomethe first area to boycott

CR’s Robot CaptainARJUN unveiled in fight

against Covid-19 To screen passengers and

partake in surveillance activity

Robot Captain Arjun to play a key role in screening in itsfight against Covid-19 and also surveillance

By Ashok Dhamija

Indian Railways inits endeavour to protect& safeguard the pas-sengers & railwaystaff from Covid19, hasintroduced various in-novative measures.Central Railway addedanother feather in thecap to its many inno-vations during thislockdown by launchinga robot ‘Captain AR-JUN’ (Always be Re-sponsible and Just Useto be Nice) to intensifythe screening & sur-veillance. This robotwas launched to screen

passengers while theyboard trains and keepa watch o-n anti-socialelements.

The Robotic Cap-tain ARJUN waslaunched o-nline by

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Implement contact tracing and hospital managementin a proper manner - Chief Secretary Ajoy Mehta

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

Chief SecretaryAjoy Mehta on Satur-day reviewed the workof Thane MunicipalCorporation againstthe backdrop of Covid19 and directed toincrease contacttracing, increase thescope of containmentzone and strictlyenforce it and focus onhospital management.Mahesh Pathak,Principal Secretary,Urban DevelopmentDepartment (2);Pradeep Vyas, Divi-sional CommissionerLokesh Chandra, NaviMumbai Police Com-missioner SanjayKumar, MunicipalCommissioner VijaySinghal and DistrictCollector RajeshNarvekar werepresent.

At the beginning ofthe meeting, a presen-tation was made onthe action taken bythe Thane Municipal

Corporation inconnection withCorona. After that,Chief Secretary of thestate Ajoy Mehtareviewed the workdone on the basis ofreports presented bythe ward committees.He also interactedwith the AssistantCommissioner andsaid that the chain ofcorona can be brokenonly if contact tracingof at least 20 people ofeach corona infectedperson is done. In

particular, in theslums, he said, “Donot quarantine athome under anycircumstances. Theyshould be sent to themunicipal quarantinecentre,” he said. Healso gave instructionsto increase the scopeof the containmentzone and implement itstrictly.

Mr. Mehta saidthat hospital manage-ment is an importantissue. People infectedwith Covid 19 should

be sent to the CovidCare Centre.

The Chief Secre-tary reviewed NaviMumbai, MiraBhayander, KalyanDombivali, Ulhasna-gar and BhiwandiMunicipal Corpora-tions.

After the reviewmeeting, the ChiefSecretary inspectedthe 1000-bed hospitalbeing set up in collabo-ration with MMRDAand MCHI at theGlobal Impact Hub.

32,640 cartons of dates.DRI team has arrestedtwo people in this con-nection.

The court remandedthe duo to judicial cus-tody on June 25, DRIsources said. The DRIteam has now launched

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a search for the otheraccused involved in thecigarette smugglingcase. Cigarette smug-gling is said to havestarted due to the hugeincrease in demand forforeign cigarettes afterthe lockdown.

By Chandrashekhar Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI: Withthe onset of monsoonand fear of treesgetting uprooted orbranches falling downdue to heavy outpourand strong wind, theNavi Mumbai DistrictCongress has carriedout tree pruningactivity at its ownexpense in Sector 2,Nerul.

“There was ademand by theresidents for pruningthe trees in the ward.Considering the lowmanpower of themunicipal administra-tion and the numberof dangerous trees inthe ward, we decidedto prune the treesourselves,” said, VidyaBhandekar, Secretary,Navi Mumbai District

City Congress undertakes tree pruningactivity before the onset of monsoon

Congress.A house was

damaged due tofalling of tree inWarna Society in LIGnode in Nerul. Takingnote of the incidentNavi Mumbai DistrictCongress Spokesper-son and Nerul TalukaCongress PresidentRavindra Sawantdecided to prune the

trees at his own costand cut down thedangerous branches.

Trees were prunedin Nerul Sector 2LIGunder the guidance ofRavindra Sawant,Mrs. Vidya ArunBhandekar (Secretary-Navi Mumbai DistrictCongress) accompa-nied by ShevantaMore (Joint Secretary

Navi Mumbai DistrictCongress), Head ofBhajani Mandal andSenior Social WorkerReshma Lokegaonkar(Aunty) and SwatiRenke, MeenakshiMane, Nanda Wagh-chaure with the helpof women and in thepresence of NarayanShinde, Raju Lokega-onkar.

Pre-monsoon works shouldbe completed immediately-Corporator Sushila Gharat

PANVEL: Despitethe onset of monsoon,the City and Industri-al DevelopmentCorporation (CIDCO)has not yet completedthe pre-monsoonworks in some placesin New Panvel,alleged BJP corporatorSushila JagdishGharat and hasdemanded CIDCO todo the work immedi-ately.

Sushila Gharathad earlier issued astatement in thisregard and demandedpre-monsoon works tobe completed, howev-

er, CIDCO, she sayshas been ignoring.

As there is a sidegutter in Building No.1 to 4 in C5 Sector No.18, the height of theroad from Building No.5 to 8 has been in-creased and now it isstoring water in theinner premises ofBuilding No. 5 to 8,she said.

She has alsodemanded the cleaningof nallahs in sectors13, 14, 17 and 18.CIDCO officials haveresponded positivelyand promised tocomplete the work.

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Lockdown Effects: Ulwe sportsmore fruits, vegetable shops

By Amit Kumar Shrivastav

ULWE: One of themost visible outcomesof the prolonged lock-down in Ulwe is theproliferation of vegeta-ble and fruits shops. Asemployment opportuni-ties have completelyvanished from thestreets, selling fruitsand vegetables has be-come the last resort formany because it is partof the essential servic-es.

Now, every nookand corner of the Ulwetownship has a fruit orvegetable shop. And, itis such a pleasant sur-prise as you come outof your homes afterweeks of self-imposedquarantine.

Chicken and mut-ton shops are also doinggood business as theseare the only other shopsthat are open and peo-ple are seen purchasingfrom these shops inones and twos. Whilesome are avoiding to eatmeat and opting foreggs. However, theoverall business is notup to the pre-lockdown

period.Immediately after

the lockdown in March,there was a huge short-age of vegetables in thegrocery stores and veg-etable stalls. This wasbecause the weekly veg-etable markets orga-nized in different sec-tors were closed due tothe lockdown.

Another interestingtrend is the role beingplayed by supermar-kets such as RelianceStore. Now, a lot of

Ulwe residents are buy-ing their vegetablesfrom Reliance Storeswhich usually have agood variety of vegeta-bles.

“Many of the vegeta-bles are much cheaperhere than in the openmarket. Then, we getall kinds of vegetablesat one place. I comehere to buy vegetablesfor about a week,” saida housewife outside Re-liance Store at Ulwe,Sector-9.

NAVI MUMBAI: Underthe guidance of NaviMumbai MunicipalCommissioner Annasa-heb Misal, mass screen-ing camps for Covid-19are being organized invarious nodes from 26thMay.

On June 13th andon 12th, 815 personswere examined in No-sil Naka, Rabale vil-lage, Gothivali villagearea as well as in new-ly constructed Chinch-hali Ghansoli. A total of815 citizens were ex-amined and 16 citizenswith corona-like symp-toms underwent for

swab-test.In the mass screen-

ing camp held in NosilNaka area, along withthe municipal civichealth centre, Dr. D.Y.Patil Medical teamjoined hands and con-ducted mass screeningof 200 citizens. Also,swab collection of 08 cit-izens with corona-likesymptoms was done. AtRabalegaon, along withthe Municipal CivilHealth Centre, Dr. D.Y.Patil medical team ex-amined 115 citizens andswab test of 03 citizenswas conducted.

While at Gothivalig-

aon, 189 citizens werescreened and swab of 5citizens with corona-likesymptoms was done.

Similarly, the medi-cal team of Terna Hos-pital along with theMunicipal Civil HealthCentre conducted amass screening of 311citizens at the massscreening camp atChinchaali Ghansoli.

On Monday 15thJune, Covid 19 massscreening camp will beconducted at 3 placesnamely Diwalegaon andAgroligaon and Ghanso-ligaon in Belapur Divi-sion.

815 citizens screened atNMMC Covid-19 camp

Camp held at Nosil Naka, Rabadegaon,

Gothivaligaon and Ghansoli

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: Two assistant policeinspectors of NRI police station havebeen found to be infected with coro-na. As a result, the number of coro-na-infected police officers and staff inthe Navi Mumbai Police now touch-es 50. Both the police officers havebeen admitted to the hospital for treat-ment. However, there is panic amongthe police personnel who came in con-tact with these two police officers.

Two suspected assistant police in-spectors at the NRI police station hadundergone a covid test after suffer-ing from body aches. The two policeofficers were kept in an isolation cellin Nerul on Thursday after the med-ical investigation report of the twopolice officers concluded that theywere infected with corona.

So far, 37 of them have returnedhome with treatment, including only

two police officers. Currently 9 po-lice personnel and 3 police officersare undergoing treatment at the hos-pital.

The two corona-infected police of-ficers had been actively involved insending the migrant labourers backto their hometowns. The migrantworkers were also given food andwater from the bus to the railwaystation. Meanwhile, several police of-ficers from the NRI police stationcame in contact with the two policeofficers, many of whom are suspect-ed to have contracted corona as well.These police personnel have beenasked to get themselves examined forthe virus.

Six police officers from the NRIpolice station, who came in contactwith the two police officers, had goneto the Covid Care Center in Belapuron Friday for the examination.

Two NRI police officersinfected with corona

Panic among police personnel who

came in contact with them

By Crime Reporter

NAVI MUMBAI: A manwho pretended that hiswife injured herself dueto dizziness has beenarrested by Kamothepolice. The incidenttook place in theevening on May 19 inKamothe.

The accused, SanjayChansing Mandrai (36)lived with his wife See-ma Mandrai (26) inPavnekar Chali in Ka-mothe Sector-14. OnMay 19, at around 5pm, Sanjay came homefrom work and askedhis wife for food. When

Wife dies of severe head injuryafter being pushed by husbandHusband arrested for fabricating wife’s death

she served brinjal, hedemanded her to servethe vegetable which shehad prepared in themorning. When toldthat the vegetable hadgot over, Sanjay becamefurious and in fit of ragepushed her. As a result,Seema’s head hit anobject in the kitchenand she fell down withserious injuries. San-jay later admitted herto MGM Hospital fortreatment.

Four days after be-ing admitted Seemasuccumbed to her inju-ries. Sanjay gave false

information to the Ka-mothe police sayingthat his wife had fallenin the kitchen due todizziness and sufferedsevere head injuries.Accordingly, the policehad registered an acci-dental death in the caseand started investiga-tion into the matter.During investigation,Dr. Puja Agarwal ofMGM Hospital men-tioned in Seema’s deathsummary that Seemawas subjected to domes-tic violence.

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Kid’s Zone

Rudra Singh, Age : 8 yrs, Std. 3,Ryan Christian School, Vashi

Daksh Aaman Mitter, Sr. Kg, St Mary's High School

By Ashok Dhamija

Team India’s cele-brated National Bad-minton coach PullelaGopichand, ArjunaAwardees AshwiniNachappa and MalathiHolla have joinedhands with IDBI Fed-eral LifeInsurance and NEBSports to launch aunique run to raisefunds for beleagueredcoaches and sports staffin their respective acad-emies and sports foun-dations.

Called ‘Run to theMoon’, it marks the51 st anniversary ofman’s landing on themoon on July 21, 2020.The idea behind the runis for participants tocollectively cover3,84,400 kilometres,the distance betweenthe earth and the moon.The run will commenceon June 20 and end onJuly 20 and will seethousands of runners,both professional aswell as amateurs, takepart across differentparts of the country.

“Coaches and sports

staff have been hit themost during the lock-down due to Covid-19pandemic, with virtual-ly no income during thelast three months. Wehope to raise funds withthis initiative to sup-port and sustain themost important linkin the sports chain,”Gopichand, a Drona-charya Awardee, ex-plained.

“The current pan-demic has seriouslychallenged the liveli-hood of coaches andsports staff who makesporting events possi-ble at all levels andsow the seeds for cre-ating champions of to-morrow. Through ‘Runto the Moon’, we hopeto not only furthernourish the passion forsports in India evenduring these social dis-tancing days, but alsohelp and support theunsung warriors of In-dian sport,” VighneshShahane, MD & CEO ofIDBI Federal LifeInsurance and himselfa former Mumbai Ran-ji Trophy player, an-

nounced.The registration pro-

cess has just begun andwill continue till June18. While it is not nec-essary to run on eachof the 30 days, runnershave to clock a mini-mum of 65 kilometres

during the one-monthperiod. Successful fin-ishers will receive a T-shirt, mask and e-cer-tificate. For their dis-tance to be eligible on aparticular day, a run-ner has to log a mini-mum of 2.5 kilometresand a maximum of 10kilometres on that day.

Runners can partic-ipate at any place oftheir choice, whether ina park or on the streets,

‘Run to the Moon’ - Aims to raise funds to supportcoaches and sports staff affected due to lockdownRegistration opens online for seasoned and beginner’s participants

to become part of thisvast community. Therun is open to all par-ticipants in the agegroup of 10-65 years.

Nagaraj Adiga,CMD of NEBSports said, ”We arelooking at creatingsome positivity throughthe Virtual Run con-cept. The idea is to en-courage runners bothseasoned and beginnersto gradually get intooutdoor running. Therun will be tracked ona tech platform and par-ticipants can join eitheras individuals or aspart of a corporate /run-ning group.”

Each participantwill have to pay a nom-inal fee of Rs 100 whichwill be donated to anyone of their preferredinstitutions, viz Pulle-la Gopichand Badmin-ton Academy (PGBA),Mathru Foundation orAshwini’s Sports Foun-dation (ASF).

Interested runnerscan register for ‘Run tothe Moon’ on https://www.nebsports.in/run-to-the-moon/

Aquatic life …Drawing by Ananya Anand, Class 6,

D.P.S, Navi Mumbai

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Explaining Corona Virus: Things to know

By: Dr. Vinay Joshi

What is a coronavirus?Coronaviruses are a

large group of virusesthat are common amonganimals and mainly cir-culate among animalsand rarely get transmit-ted from animals to hu-mans (zoonosis). Ex.Middle East respiratorysyndrome (MERS) andSevere acute respiratorysyndrome. In May 2015,there was an outbreak ofMERS in Korea, whichwas the largest outbreakoutside of the ArabianPeninsula. In 2003, 774

people died from a severeacute respiratory syn-drome (SARS) outbreak.MERS and SARS aretypes of coronaviruses.Coronavirus infections,in general, are virtuallyindistinguishable fromother respiratory infec-tions. In mild cases, theycause runny nose,cough, sore throat, fa-tigue and fever. But with2019-nCoV, patients canprogress to high fever,difficulty breathing andeven pneumonia..

Signs and symptomsMost coronaviruses

spread the same wayother cold-causing virus-es do: through infectedpeople coughing andsneezing, by touching aninfected person’s handsor face, or by touchingthings such as door-knobs that infected peo-ple have touched. Thepatient may develop

mild to moderate upperrespiratory tract illness,similar to a commoncold. The symptoms in-clude a runny nose,cough, sore throat, head-ache and fever, whichcan last for few days. Forimmunocompromisedpatients (elderly andnewborns), the viruscould cause more seri-ous, respiratory tract ill-ness like a pneumonia orbronchitis. Other symp-toms include diarrhea,fatigue and shortness ofbreath, respiratory dis-tress and kidney failure.In other words, thesymptoms of most coro-naviruses are similar toany other upper respira-tory infection, includingrunny nose, coughing,sore throat, and some-times a fever. In mostcases, you won’t knowwhether you have a coro-navirus or a different

cold-causing virus, suchas rhinovirus.

The Wuhan coronavi-rus is currently thoughtto be milder and pa-tients have experienceda mild cough for a weekfollowed by shortness ofbreath and 15% to 20%of cases have become se-vere, requiring ventila-tion in the hospital.

How it spreads?Viruses can spread

from human contactwith animals but we yetdon’t know which ani-mal may have causedthe current outbreak inChina. Human-to-hu-man transmission of theviruses happens aftercoming in contact withan infected person’s se-cretions, such as drop-lets in a cough. Depend-ing on how virulent thevirus is, a cough, sneezeor handshake could

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Print media plays a pivotal role

The fundamentalright of a resident to re-ceive a hard copy of thenewspaper, the pleasureof flipping through itwith a cup of coffee isreally a tremendous feel-ing in the early morn-ing hours. Further,there is no restriction ondistribution of newspa-pers, it is included in es-sential services. So, noone should hinder thedistribution of news-papers. In this worldof social media, wheregossip and propagan-da are elevated to thestatus of gospel, theprinted word on a re-sponsible newspaperis clearly an essentialservice, particularly inthese war like situa-tions. News media playsa pivotal role.

Media is the “fourthestate” of democracyand it plays a pivotalrole in ensuring justiceand benefits of the gov-ernment policies reachthe interior sections ofthe society. They act asa chain between the gov-ernment and the citi-zens of the country, peo-ple have faith in themedia as it has an im-pact on the audience.Media has played a sig-nificant role in estab-lishing democracythroughout the world.Since the 18th century,

By C K Subramaniam

the media has been in-strumental in reachingthe masses and equip-ping them with knowl-edge, especially duringthe American Indepen-dence movement andFrench Revolution. Me-dia is considered a“Fourth Pillar” in dem-ocratic countries alongwith Legislature, Exec-utive, and Judiciary, aswithout a free mediademocratic system can-not cease to exist.

For more than twocenturies in this coun-try, newspapers havebeen used in classroominstruction. Althoughinnovative teachersprobably enhanced in-

struction with newspa-pers since they werefirst printed, the earli-est known reference tonewspapers as tools forlearning appeared in thePortland Eastern Her-ald of Maine on June 8,1795. Since then news-papers are part and par-cel of the curriculumand serve as an educa-tional tool.

Much has been saidand written on the util-ity of newspapers; butone principal advantagewhich might be derivedfrom these publicationshas been neglected; wemean that of readingthem in schools, and by

the children in families.Try it for one session. Doyou wish your child toimprove in reading sole-ly, give him a newspa-per; it furnishes a vari-ety, some parts of whichmust indelibly touch hisfancy. Do you wish toinstruct him in geogra-phy, nothing will so in-delibly fix the relativesituation of differentplaces, as the storiesand events published inthe papers. In time, doyou wish to have himacquainted with themanners of the countryor city, the mode of do-ing business, public orprivate; or do you wishhim to have a smatter-

ing of every kind ofscience useful andamusing, give him anewspaper. Newspa-pers are plenty andcheap, the cheapestbook that can bebought, and the moreyou buy the better foryour children, be-cause every part fur-

nishes valuable infor-mation.

During election timeand newspapers play apivotal role in bringingthe political parties tothe fore and peak at theright time. Photographsbursts in the first pagewith catchy captionsand rebuttal from thepolitical leaders. Newspapers play a pivotalrole in politics and moreso in our regular life. Itis indeed a time fornews in early morninghours. Some peopleeven skip their morningcoffee but never forget to

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By Dr. Monica Khanna

With schools andcolleges shut, virtualclassrooms are thenew normal – at leasttemporarily. Therehave been two kindsof forwards trendingon social media late-ly – those glorifyingteachers, and thoseridiculing the effortsof educational insti-tutions in conductingonline classes.

The first set appre-ciates the efforts be-ing put in by teach-ers in adapting totechnology overnight,preparing for classeswith limited resourc-es at hand, changingthe teaching pedago-gy to suit digitalneeds, and conduct-ing lectures underthe judgmental scru-tiny of parents whoare often silent spec-tators in the class-rooms. “If doctors aresaving the world,teachers are shapingthe world,” stated abeautiful quote.

On the otherhand, there are for-wards that point to acomplete mockery ofonline education, de-picting images ofchildren disinterestedin the class - sleep-ing, doodling, playinggames and watchingvideos while the classis in progress. Par-ents are thereforechallenging the effec-tiveness of a virtualclassroom, claimingthat they are wastingtheir hard-earnedmoney in paying feeswhen their wards arenot learning any-thing.

Online teachingand learning bothhave their challengesbecause the venue of

The Virtual Classroominstruction haschanged from a physi-cal classroom to a vir-tual one. For teachers,the effort is certainlygreater, as they need tocreate teaching mate-rial anew, albeit in adifferent format fromthe one they have beenusing. In some sub-jects, a teacher can‘tell’ but in others, ateacher needs to ‘show’– and in a virtual for-mat, that can becomedifficult. Technicalsubjects, for instance,can be extremely com-plicated to teach on-line. The other chal-lenges are fluctuatingnetwork issues andfinding a quiet, undis-turbed corner in the

house from where onecan teach with concen-tration.

As most studentsdo not switch on theirvideos, teachers re-main blissfully oblivi-ous of their physicalpresence, even as theirnames reflect in the at-tendance list. Withlimited interaction, ex-cept for a question-an-swer session at the endwherein students areallowed to unmutethemselves, communi-cation becomes one-sid-ed.

While the frontbenchers remain at-tentive, diligently takenotes and clarify theirdoubts, for the backbenchers, this is theperfect opportunity toplay truant and dowhat they could neverdo in a physical class-room under the eaglegaze of their teachers.They can remain phys-ically present but men-

tally absent with ef-fortless ease, withoutthe fear of being re-buked by their teach-ers.

Considering thatthe virtual classroomis here to stay for thetime being, untilschools and collegesare allowed to con-duct classes on cam-pus, the issues beingfaced will need to beaddressed. The ef-forts will have to bemade by all thestakeholders – stu-dents, teachers andparents. The onlyway to simulate thephysical classroomand ensure disciplineis to ask the studentsto switch on their vid-

eos so that the teach-er can observe them.Students wouldtherefore be moreconscious of their be-haviour in class. Theclasses need to bemade interactive andactivity-based, withconstant two-waycommunication sothat students feel asense of participation,and enjoy the ses-sions. Parents needto monitor theirwards, and ensurethat they are takingthe classes seriously.

Meanwhile, let ushope that the silent,deserted campusesare soon bubblingwith the lively chat-ter and laughter ofsmiling young faces!

The writer is Associate

Professor, Indira

Institute of Business

Management, Consult-

ant, Indian School of

Management and

Entrepreneurship

NAVI MUMBAI : Sub-Inspector of Police Ro-hit Panditrao Banda-gar has been awardedby the Central Gov-ernment for his exem-plary service in theNaxal-affected andhigh-risk areas of Zin-gapur in Gadchirolidistrict from 2015 to

Police Sub Inspector Rohit Bandagarpresented with ‘Internal Security

Service Medal’ for his exemplary service2018. He has been be-stowed with the “In-ternal Security Ser-vice Medal”. Earlier,Bandagar was award-ed the “Special Ser-vice Medal” by theGovernment of Maha-rashtra on 26th Janu-ary, 2020 for the sameachievement.

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all the Chinese products.”Satyanand Pandey, Chairman of Ganga Vihar

Apartment in Sector-17 Ulwe said, “The reasonwhy most of us preferred buying Chinese prod-ucts was because of its low price. But from nowonwards we have decided to boycott the Chineseproducts and I have also requested the membersof my society as well as the members of few othersocieties to do the same.”

RTI Activist Kishore Singh speaking withNewsband said, “Our Prime Minister NarendraModi in his address to the Nation while announc-ing the second lockdown said that the countryshould become “Aatmanirbhar” that is self-depen-dent and we Indians should follow it. The centralgovernment should encourage the youth to set uptheir own startups and they should be financiallysupported. There is no dearth of talent in our coun-try and we are capable of making our economystronger in the days to come. We all should takethe oath that we will not use Chinese products.”

Manmohan Singh, a resident of Sanpada said,“I would be the happiest person if the “Aatamnir-bhar Bharat” is implemented properly and we allstart patronizing Indian products. If anyone buysChinese products, we should not penalize thembut we should make them understand that usingIndian products will definitely make our economystronger and that is the need of hour.”

Pratik Yadav, Founder of NGO ParivartanFoundation and resident of Nerul said, “ It is seenthat how China is behaving so aggressively withour country so why we should keep quiet and lis-ten to them? Our youths are talented and very

capable and are the future of India so the govern-ment should come ahead and help in the imple-mentation of ‘Aatmanirbhar Bharat’ and shouldsupport youth in becoming successful entrepre-neurs.”

Akalakh Barakab, a resident of Kamothe said,“It is time that we implement what we say i.e.strictly say “No” to Chinese products. I have seenmany people from my area participating in theprotest of boycotting Chinese products but nextday one will find them bringing the Chinese drag-on fruits for their families. Aatmanirbhar Bharatslogan should be implemented in all earnestnessand the government should come ahead with manyinitiatives to encourage the local startups in ourown country.”

Sumit Chaube, Social Worker and also man-aging director of PBC Developers said, “It wouldbe really good to see all the Ulwekar’s using Indi-an goods and boycotting Chinese products and alsosetting examples for other parts of the country. Ifthe government comes up with various initiativesto support new startups then in the days to comewe will be in a position to bring our economy backto normal which has been adversely hit by thepandemic.”

Shahid Khan, a senior journalist and a resi-dent of Ulwe Sector-9 said, “Prime MinisterNarendra Modi has requested us to be Aatmanir-bhar but why are we still using mobiles whichare made in China? Also many Indian mobile com-panies are using Chinese products for manufac-turing mobile. I appeal the government to strictlyimplement the self dependent initiative and makesure that the Indian manufacturing units shouldget all support from the government machineryto make ‘Made in India’ initiative a huge success.”

Need to expedite worksNMMC has undertaken road repair-

ing works in Navi Mumbai. While this is

not a new experience for the Navi Mum-baiites as road repairing work appears tobe an ongoing process in the satellite city,

but the manner in which the works are pro-gressing is very disheartening. The dugup roads are causing inconvenience and

great deal of hardship to the motorists andthe pedestrians alike.

The quality and quantity of infrastruc-

tural facilities of a city is the barometerfor assessing its development. It is notonly indicative of economic progress, but

also aids it. It helps in starting develop-ment process as well as in sustaining thegrowth rate. The paved roads with good

riding quality not only facilitate uninter-rupted movement of vehicles, but alsohelp in saving the vehicle operational cost.

This is all the more significant from thepoint of view of energy conservation andsaving the already meager and fast de-

pleting irreplenishable petroleum resourc-es. Unfortunately, in Navi Mumbai the pic-ture on this front is not very rosy. In spite

of being a well-planned city, developingthe road network has been completely ig-nored by the development authorities for

Navi Mumbai. Inspite of repeated re-quests by the residents including agita-tions by the angry commuters, no care is

being taken in these past years to improvethe riding quality of the roads. Roads withpoor riding quality cause distress in the

vehicles besides increasing the vehicleoperational cost. Although quite a largeamount is earmarked every year in the

budget for the maintenance of the roads,but going by the quality it is evident thatthese funds are not being effectively uti-

lized. One of the major reasons for poorroads is that they are frequently dug upby the service providers like MTNL,

MSEB and other private companies forlaying cables and pipes. As they are notrestored afterwards, these portions ini-

tiate the deterioration of further stretch.If Navi Mumbai is to integrate with

other cities for economic development, all

out effort is required to be made to de-velop the road network as these are thelife- lines of an economy. Once road re-

pairing work is undertaken, efforts shouldbe made to complete the project as fastas possible. NMMC should employ more

staff so that the works could be carriedout day and night. Lenient and casual ap-proach would certainly not pay result.

Social media groups...Contd. from pg. 1

Arun Kumar, DirectorGeneral (RPF), Rail-way Board in the pres-ence of Sanjeev Mittal,General Manager, Cen-tral Railway, AtulPathak, PrincipalChief Security Com-missioner, Renu Shar-ma, Divisional RailwayManager, Alok Bohra,Chief Security Com-missioner and ArunTripathi, DivisionalSecurity Commandant.

On the occasion,Sanjeev Mittal, Gener-al Manager appreciat-ed the innovation bythe RPF and said “TheRobotic Captain AR-JUN will protect thepassengers and thestaff from any possibleinfection and also its

surveillance will pro-vide enhanced securi-ty”.

The Brain Child be-hind this innovation of‘Captain ARJUN’, AlokBohra DIG/RPF, Cen-tral Railway said “Thehigh infection ratesamong multiple seg-ments of people acrossthe world have ham-pered efforts to tackleCOVID-19 pandemicthat prompted us toconsider robotic screen-ing. Captain ARJUNcan be deployed formultiple uses and it isan effective element instation access controland will augment thestation security plan”

About Robot CaptainARJUN

This robot isequipped with a motionsensor, o-ne PTZ cam-era (Pan, Tilt, ZoomCamera) and o-neDome Camera. The

Cameras use ArtificialIntelligence algorithmsto track suspicious ac-tivity and antisocial ac-tivity, have an inbuiltsiren, motion activatedspotlight H-264 proces-sor in addition to an in-built internal storagefor recording in casethere is a network fail-ure. Captain ARJUNdoes thermal screeningand records the temper-ature in a digital dis-play panel with a re-sponse time of 0.5 sec-onds and if temperatureis higher than refer-ence range, it soundsan abnormal automat-ic alarm with a count-ing capacity of 999. Itwill adopt a two-waycommunication mode,voice and video and willalso communicate inlocal language (Mar-athi). It is housed withspeakers to spreadawareness messages

CR’s RobotCaptainARJUN...Contd. from pg. 1

o-n COVID19. CaptainARJUN also has a sen-sor-based sanitizer andmask dispenser andcan move. The robot hasa floor sanitisation fa-cility with good batterybackup. Its ruggedwheels allows momenton different kinds ofsurfaces. The success ofthis Artificial Intelli-gence enabled RoboticCaptain ARJUN willgive enough protectivecover to the Passengerswhile undergoing thescreening. With nomanual encounters atthe same time its sur-veillance feature willprove to be a great de-terrent to any unusualoccurrences and willensure security in therailway premises. Thisinnovation will add an-other feature to modernsecurity measures in-troduced by Indian Rail-ways.

An investigation by female assistant police in-spector Najukatai Patil revealed that Seema’smother-in-law Gayatri Mandrai had informed thedoctors at the hospital during counselling thatSeema had fallen after being pushed by her hus-band. Subsequently, the police called for a reportfrom the Panvel Sub-District Hospital on the death

of Seema and her injuries. The hospital also re-ported that Seema was not injured due to fallingbut was pushed by force. After questioning thepolice, Sanjay Mandrai confessed that he pushedher in a fit of rage and hit her on the head with akitchen sledgehammer. According to the police,Sanjay Mandrai has been held responsible for hiswife’s death and a case has been registered againsthim under Section 304.

Wife dies of... Contd. from pg. 3

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read the newspaper.Even though e-paper isavailable on the net formost of the newspapers,people prefer to buynewspapers and browsethrough at home andeven take it to the officefor a thorough study.newspapers are thebackbone of the countryand the fulcrum roundwhich the universe isfunctioning.

We still rememberthat during our collegedays we found that thetypewriting institute in-structors instructed usto follow The Hindunewspaper script for dic-tation in shorthand andtyping so that we canimprove our English.Again, the sports loverswere engrossed to gothrough the pages ofThe Hindu for gaining

Print media plays...Contd. from pg. 5

cause exposure.Treatment

You could get lab tests, includingnose and throat cultures to find outwhether your cold was caused by acoronavirus, but there’s no reason to.The test results wouldn’t change howyou treat your symptoms, which typ-ically go away in a few days. But if acoronavirus infection spreads to thelower respiratory tract (your windpipeand your lungs), it can cause pneu-monia, especially in older people, peo-ple with heart disease, or people withweakened immune systems. There isno specific treatment. Most of thetime, symptoms usually subside ontheir own however one should seekmedical advice early. The symptomscan be controlled by pain or fevermedication. It is advisable to drinkplenty of fluids, adequate rest andsleep as much as possible.

How can you can prevent it?There is no vaccine yet to protect

against this family of viruses. How-ever, awareness remains the key. Youcan reduce risk of infection by avoid-

ing people who are sick. Refrain fromtouching your eyes, nose and mouth.Wash your hands often with soap andwater and for at least 20 seconds. Coveryour mouth and nose when you coughor sneeze, and disinfect the objects andsurfaces you touch. If traveling to Chi-na, be aware of symptoms and avoid liveanimal markets, which is where thelatest outbreak began in China. If yousee someone coughing or sneezing, tryto keep your kids as far away from themas possible. And make sure that every-one in your house (including yourself)has received the flu shot.

How to protect othersIf you have cold-like symptoms, you

can help protect others by doing the fol-lowing• stay home while you are sick • avoidclose contact with others • cover yourmouth and nose with a tissue when youcough or sneeze, then throw the tissuein the trash and wash your hands •clean and disinfect objects and surfaces

Coronavirus and pregnancyIn pregnant women, the infection

with coronavirus can be serious but wedon’t have any reports of it yet.The writer is Consultant – Pediatrician, Cloud-nine Group of Hospitals, Malad

Explaining Corona...Contd. from pg. 4

sports language for theirearly study of the sub-ject. Thus the basic edu-cation and languagebuilding was donethrough newspaperreading. Even though thereading habit is dyingdown there are still agood number of local andnational newspapers tobrowse through from thestalls in every nook andcorner of the city.

Media became asource of information forthe citizens of colonialIndia, as they becameaware of the arbitrari-ness of the British colo-nial rule. Thus, it gavea new found force to In-dia’s Independence move-ment, as millions of In-dians joined the leadersin their fight against theBritish imperialism.The role of media in In-

dian democracy has un-dergone massive chang-es, from the days of presscensorship during Emer-gency in 1975 to being in-fluential in the coming2019 Lok Sabha elec-tions.

The older generationof the country is still fix-ated on tradition andculture, while thepresent-day youth ismore interested in thefast-moving world oftechnology and socialmedia. Thus, it becomesimportant for the mediato ensure that the infor-mation that they arebroadcasting should notbe biased or tamperedwith in a way to boostthe channel's TRP. Therelies the real success of thenews media and thenewspapers are the back-bone of this country.

The writer is a freelancerfrom Sanpada, Navi

Mumbai

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DAPOLI: The Konkanregion has been devas-tated by Nisarga cy-clone. Konkan is a sce-nic tourist destination.The cyclone ‘Nisarga’that lashed the stateadversely affected theagriculture; horticul-ture; fishing boats;houses in villages; com-munity temples etc.

“The governmenthas not yet providedany assistance to thestorm-hit Konkan.Chief Minister UddhavThackeray should im-mediately provide re-lief to the people affect-ed by the cyclone,” saidRamdas Athavale who

Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray should take the responsibilityof providing immediate relief to the Konkan region which has

been devastated by cyclone - Ramdas Athavale

en only Rs 4 lakh eachas consolation aid, hesaid. Cash assistanceshould be giventhrough tehsildar byconducting immediatepanchnama of the af-fected villages. Rs 1.5lakh for house construc-tion has been sanc-tioned. “The amount isinsufficient”, saidAthavale and demand-ed an increase of Rs 3lakh as compensationfor houses.

Rs. 50,000 per hect-are is too little compen-sation for losses in ag-riculture like paddyand 1 lakh per hectare.Athavale has demand-

ed that the state gov-ernment should imme-diately provide cashassistance to the stormvictims.

Athavale said thathe has written a letterto Union AgricultureMinister NarendraSingh Tomar seekingimmediate help fromthe Union government.

Many villages inKonkan, devastated bythe cyclone are stillwithout electricity;water etc. With theonset of monsoon, thegovernment shouldhelp in repairing thedamaged houses im-mediately.

During his Konkan tour, Ramdas Athavale visited the villages of Raigad and Ratnagiri

By Dinesh Pawar

URAN: Here is somegood news for the citi-zens of Uran. The Vi-mala Talao Udyanwhich was shutfrom March 22, asper the lockdownrules set by theUran MunicipalCouncil, has beenopened again by theUran Nagar Par-ishad for the citi-zens.

The council,however, has put upa board in the Parkwith list of instruc-tions to be followedby the residents.The Udyan will beopen for the citizensfrom 5 am to 11 am andfrom 2 pm to 6 pm. Asper the rules, the citi-

Vimala Lake Park of Uran MunicipalCouncil opened for public

zens are only permittedto use jogging track.

"We have opened theudyan for citizens as

per the unlock 1.0guidelines. But, the cit-izens will have to followthe social distance

norms and wear facemask. No one will beallowed to sit in thelawns or use the play

equipment. Citizensfound flouting the ruleswill have to face legalaction", said an official.

had recently inspectedthe Konkan regions.He visited the villagesof Mandangad andDapoli talukas in Rat-nagiri.

The village of Am-

badwe, the village ofthe great man Dr. Ba-basaheb Ambedkar inMandangad, has beendamaged by the cy-clone. He visited andinspected the village

and also visited Ba-basaheb Ambedkar’sMemorial and offeredfloral tribute.

In Raigad, 6 peoplehave died due to thestorm. They were giv-

City based NGO donates 20 generatorsto “Nisarga” cyclone affected area

Along with generators also donated

food, clothings and water

By Abhitash D. Singh

NAVI MUMBAI: A citybased Non-Govern-mental Organisation(NGO) Langar-E-Rasool which isinvolved in helping allthe minorities acrossMaharashtra duringthe coronaviruspandemic has gener-ously donated 20generators in Alibaugarea which was badlyaffected duringNisarga cyclone.

Irfan Kazi, Maha-rashtra GeneralSecretary of CongressMinority Cell, hadbeen working for thepoor and the needythroughout the year,but now during thepandemic he took theinitiative of expandinghis hand to support allthose who wereaffected by the Nisar-ga cyclone in Alibaugarea.

Irfan Kazi said,“After the Nisargacyclone there is noelectricity as well aswater in Alibaug and

the needy are expect-ing help from leadersas well as NGOs. Wetried to identify whoare badly affected andare trying to providethem food, water andalso clothing. Themost essential was toprovide them withelectricity so we tillnow have donatedaround 20 generatorsto the needy.”

Sumit Chaube whois the general secre-tary of Shiv-Sena

Navi Mumbai unitextended his hands tosupport the Langar-E-Rasool group.

Sumit Chaubesaid, “When thecountry is reelingunder crisis, it is theduty of each one of usto support each otherand not indulge inpolitical fight. Ourcountry is known forits unity in diversity.We all should supporteach other as ahuman being.”

Virendra Mhatre honoured byChandrapur Zilla Parishad

By Chandrashekhar

Hendve

NAVI MUMBAI:Virendra YashwantMhatre, a socialworker and founderof Lion HeartGroup Navi Mum-bai, has been

honoured for scoring100 marks in theessay competition inthe awareness camporganized by Chan-drapur Zilla Par-ishad under theawareness campaignfor covid-19.