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human suffering & upending people’s lives

LOCKDOWN DAY 389 linked to Tablighi meet ‘Food trains’ race to ferry
PDS grain to ‘deficit states’
8

All medical test positive, number rising Sidhartha@timesgroup.com Prem Bisht

devices under 9 Deaths In EFFECT OF GATHERING FELT ACROSS INDIA New Delhi: Usually at this ti-
me of the year, the Food Cor-
price control Telangana, 19 19Total poration of India machinery
across the country is busy co-
The Centre on Wednesday Across 8 States Deaths ordinating procurement of
notified all medical de- wheat. This year, the focus is
vices sold in India as ‘drugs’, DurgeshNandan.Jha Telangana: 9; Delhi: 2; J&K: 2; on moving grains to meet the
reports Sushmi Dey. This @timesgroup.com Maharashtra: 2; Andhra: 1, requirement of “deficit sta-
was done to bring the devi- Gujarat: 1; K’taka: 1; Bihar: 1 tes” such as Bihar, UP and
ces — such as, syringes, ne- New Delhi: The Union health West Bengal which have to
edles, cardiac stents, knee ministry on Wednesday bla- DELHI* supply twice the amount of fo-
implant, digital thermome- med travellers who attended a odgrains through the public
ters, CT scan, MRIs and dia- gathering at a Delhi mosque Total Tested distribution system to ensure
lysis machines — under the for the sudden spike in Co- that 80 crore poor do not go
purview of price control vid-19 cases in the country. Delegates Positive hungry during the lockdown.
and prohibit firms from hi-
king their costs by more Lav Agarwal, joint secre- 2,346 53 On Tuesday, FCI moved 58
than10% annually at a time. tary in the ministry, said 134 rakes, a record, through Indi-
coronavirus cases were lin- TAMIL NADU an Railways with around 1.6
The step came amid con- ked to the Tablighi Jamaat lakh tonnes of wheat and rice
cerns related to rise in prices (TJ), the Islamic group which Total Tested — against an average 30-35 ra- A PDS collection queue in Sector 2, Noida, on Wednesday
of essential items and phar- organised the gathering in Delegates Positive kes. It was a similar story on
ma products in the wake of mid-March. “There were 386 Wednesday with 53-55 rakes
the Covid-19 outbreak. All new Covid-19 cases since Tu- 1,500 190 expected to leave surplus sta- With roads blocked, can railways
states have also been asked tes such as Punjab, Haryana,
to ensure availability of es- FULL COVERAGE: P 2,3,7 TdoetaatlhKsARNATAKA Health workers prepare to sanitise an area near Nizamuddin mosque Andhra Pradesh and Telang- help connect supply chains?
sential medical items. P 6 Total Tested ana. Given the massive pro-
esday — one of the main rea- duction and stocks in Punjab, A week into the 21-day India lockdown, as companies and lo-
DELHI TIMES sons for it is travel by mem- Delegates Positive *At least 2 delegates have died in Delhi: one at LNJP and one at Rajiv Gandhi nearly 60% of the grains are gistics firms are exploring alternative routes, rail is
bers of the Tablighi Jamaat,” moving from the state. emerging as an option. Freight transport in India is road-
Owing to the extraordinary he said. “As many as1,800 peo- 1,500 2 Super Specialty Hospital. While one of them, a Malaysian, tested negative, the dominated, accounting for 59% of movement, while rail
situation arising out ple related to the group have Since March 24, when the meets about 35% demand. But the lockdown has literally
of the Covid-19 pandemic, been sent to hospitals and qu- other one, a 64-year-old man from TN, died 3 days ago Details P 7 government announced ad- jammed road freight systems across states. Districts having
Delhi Times will temporarily arantine centres,” he added. ditional 5kg of grains free of sealed borders to prevent the movement of people has further
appear within the main This was at around 4pm. Building sealed; Doval reined in Centre: Trace all cost over and above the 5kg led to an acute shortage of truck drivers and labour to load
edition of The Times of entitlement, FCI has moved and unload cargo. People in the logistics space say only about
India. However, it will retain By late evening, when data 6 named in FIR Tablighi workers on a war footing close to a million tonnes in 20-30% of trucks are currently on road. P 7
its distinctive identity and from states started pouring in, over 350 rakes — around 40
unique brand of storytelling. the magnitude of the group’s Police on Wednesday evacu- Amit Shah had asked NSA Cabinet secretary Rajiv rakes a day. Some 250 rakes at and rice to meet the requi- give the option to beneficiari-
To get your daily dose of your role in the spread of the disea- ated the entire Markaz Ajit Doval to go to the Ni- Gauba has asked states to have been unloaded in states, rement of all states, inclu- es to draw the entire quota of
favourite entertainment and se seemed to get even more se- Banglewali mosque in Niza- zamuddin markaz early on complete contact tracing of which have to make the first ding the additional alloca- 30kg for three months in April
lifestyle coverage, rious. It showed 389 (almost muddin before santising and March 29 to convince maula- all those who attended Tablig- round of supplies by April15. tion that the government has itself. The list includes Pun-
20%) of the 2,000-plus cases sealing the entire building. nas to cooperate with the aut- hi Jamaat events at its Niza- announced,” he told TOI. jab, Odisha and MP, even as
please turn to P 15 & 16 identified across the country In all, 2,361 people have been horities after a section of muddin HQ on a war footing. FCI plans to move close to large consumers such as UP,
were linked to TJ. Nine deaths taken out from the building Tablighi Jamaat members Gauba also asked state police five million tonnes of food- While most states had Bihar, West Bengal and Maha-
Australian team were reported in Telangana. and sent to hospitals and qua- refused to let cops and health to initiate action against fore- grains in April, using an av- stocks for four to six months, rashtra have opted to stick to
begins potential rantine centres since Mon- officials enter the building to ign Tablighi preachers for ha- erage 50 rakes a day, its chair- if the regular 5kg was to be the monthly quota of 10kg (in-
vaccine testing Tries to jump to death, P 7 day. Police have named six pe- conduct a medical examina- ving violated their “tourist” man D V Prasad said. “FCI supplied through PDS, it’s the cluding the additional 5 kg).
ople, including the Tablighi tion. It was only after Doval’s visa conditions by indulging has sufficient stocks of whe- additional requirement that
Australia’s national sci- head, who is untraceable, in stern intervention at 2am in “missionary” work. They has led to the rush. Besides, Staggered delivery, P 8
ence agency CSIRO has an FIR for violations of pro- that the holed-up people got were also advised to take ac- several states are looking to
started the first stage of tes- visions of the Epidemic Dise- ready to be tested for Covid-19 tion against organisers of
ting potential coronavirus ases Act and IPC. P 2 and could be shifted out. P 2 conferences/sermons. P 7
vaccines. The testing, ex-
pected to take three 7 more die in Mumbai, India CBSE to hold Opting for EMI Cooking gas
months, is under way at the moratorium? Be
Australian Animal Health cases double to 2k in 4 days exams for 23 ready to pay more price in Delhi
Laboratory. TOI first repor-
ted a CSIRO team was the DurgeshNandan.Jha BIG SURGE IN TAMIL NADU, ANDHRA of 35 pending cut by `61.5
only one to grow a batch of @timesgroup.com
the virus outside China in Name of State / UT Cases on Total Recovered Deaths Class 12 papers TIMES NEWS NETWORK per cylinder
sufficient stocks for pre-cli- New Delhi: The Covid-19 co- Wednesday Cases
nical studies. P 6 unt in the country continues TIMES NEWS NETWORK Mumbai: It is not just three Sensex sheds TIMES NEWS NETWORK
to rise sharply, with each da- Maharashtra 33 335 35 19 equated monthly instal- another 1,203 pts
Military readies y’s fresh cases surpassing the New Delhi: The Central Bo- ments (EMIs) that will get New Delhi: Natural gas
9k hospital beds, previous day’s high. As many Kerala 24 265 26 2 ard of Secondary Education added to your home loan re- on global cues prices fell 26% on Wednes-
as 418 new infections were re- will hold exams for only 23 payments if you choose to go day to their lowest level sin-
8,500 medics ported on Wednesday — up Tamil Nadu 110 234 6 1 main subjects of the 35 pen- in for a moratorium. A fresh global selloff, early ce a globally benchmarked
from 315 on Tuesday — as Ta- Delhi 2 ding papers for Class XII, in- indicationsof weakWall pricing formula was imple-
In a bid to assist civilian ad- mil Nadu registered a three- Rajasthan 32 152 5 2 cluding11papers for students Asking borrowers to de- Street sentiment on Wednes- mented in November 2014.
ministrations, the Indian figure number for the second Uttar Pradesh 2 of northeast Delhi where ex- fer EMIs only if they have no day and disappointing This will lead to cheaper
armed forces have kept over straight day and Andhra Pra- Andhra Pradesh 27 120 14 ams could not be conducted cash, banks have said that March auto sales in India CNG and PNG services for
9,000 hospital beds ready to desh more than doubled its Karnataka 3 during the recent riots. The interest for the three months combined to pull the sensex consumers and lower fuel
treat Covid-19 patients, along count of cases overnight. Telangana 13 116 17 9 Board will also hold exams would get compounded if down 1,203 points, or 4.1%, to cost for the industry amid
with more than 8,500 doctors Gujarat 6 for six papers for Class X stu- not repaid at the end of the 28,265. A trading holiday on the coronavirus lockdown.
and support staff. Military India’s Covid-19 count sto- Rest of India 67 111 2 16 dents of northeast Delhi. period. This could lead to the Thursday prompted market
aircraft have transported 25 od at 2,036 at 11.45pm on Wed- borrowers paying for seve- players to liquidate their Simultaneously, state-
tonne of medical supplies. nesday, having galloped from 9 110 9 In a statement, the CBSE ral months more depending speculative positions. The run fuel retailers also redu-
The DRDO has supplied 1.5 close to 1,000 to more than said it would issue instruc- on the length of their loans Nifty too lost 4% or 344 points ced the price of non-subsidi-
lakh litres of sanitisers and 2,000 in four days. 30 122 14 and whether they pre-pay. to close at 8,253 points. On sed14.2-kg LPG refills, which
is manufacturing five-laye- ‘Applied Maths’ as Tuesday, the Dow had posted households buy after exhau-
red nano technology N99 fa- Mumbai recorded as ma- 13 87 6 elective in Std 11& 12, P 5 In an illustration of how its worst quarterly loss sting the quota of 12 subsidi-
ce masks and PPE. P 6 ny as seven Covid-19 deaths in the moratorium would since 1987 and its worst sed cylinders a year, by Rs
a span of 24 hours on Wednes- 60 384 18 tions for marking and assess- work, State Bank of India sa- first quarter ever. P12 61.5 to Rs 744 in Delhi. The
Irdai: Arogya day although local authoriti- ment for subjects for which id that for a loan of Rs 30 lakh cost of a19-kg LPG cylinders,
Sanjeevani to es have confirmed only two. Total 418 2036 152 62 exams would not be held. with a remaining maturity less it is asked not to. used by commercial estab-
cover Covid-19 of 15 years, the net additio- “The moratorium facili- lishments, came down to Rs
Coronavirus infections al- worst-hit state, Maharashtra, While the CBSE could nal interest would be app- 1,285 from Rs1,381.5.
The standard health insu- so rose sharply in Delhi to a which reported 33 fresh ca- not hold exams for six pa- roximately Rs 2.34 lakh — ty is available for all borro-
rance policy, Arogya San- new single-day high of 32 whi- ses, down from 82 on Tuesday. pers for Class X and11papers equal to 8 EMIs. wers. A call should be taken The price of natural gas
jeevani, for all 29 general/he- le the spread of the virus ap- for Class XII students in based on how desperately produced from domestic fie-
alth insurance firms will co- peared to slow a bit in the Assam cases rise, P 7 northeast Delhi due to the For a loan of Rs 6 lakh you need this,” said C S Setty, lds has been pegged at $2.39
ver hospitalisation under violence, the rest of the pa- with a remaining maturity managing director, SBI. per unit (million British the-
Covid-19, Irdai said on Wed- Govt looks to expand testing in pers, all for Class XII, were of 54 months, the additional rmal unit) for the six-month
nesday. The cost of premium postponed due to the nation- interest payable would be If the customer does not period beginning April 1.
is about Rs1,000 for every Rs1 high-risk zones following exodus wide lockdown in the wake around Rs 19,000, equal to an have balance in his account The price of gas produced
lakh of coverage, with custo- of the coronavirus outbre- additional 1.5 EMIs. This is and the standing instruc- from difficult fields such as
mers having the option of ta- Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com A homecoming with lity of hospitals and isolation ak. The exams postponed assuming that there is no tions for debit fail, the bank deepsea, too, has been cut to
king coverage of up to Rs 5 little happiness beds. “The details of the modi- due to all this include 28 pre-payment or change in will treat it as an exercise of $5.61per unit from $8.43.
lakh. All current mediclaim New Delhi: Keeping in view fications in the testing proto- language papers. “I have ad- the interest rate. the moratorium option.
policies will also cover Co- the urgent need to medically Hundreds of migrants wal- col are being worked out and vised CBSE to hold board ex- This is the second reduc-
vid-19 hospitalisation. P13 check migrant workers who king back from cities are we will probably notify it on ams only for 29 main sub- SBI also said that the Inform in advance, P 13 tion in six months in natural
left cities for their homes in facing social boycott or have Thursday,” an official said. jects that are required for bank would, as default, debit gas prices and will hit produ-
OTHER TOP STORY the hinterland, the Centre is been denied entry to their vil- promotion and crucial for the customer’s account un- cers such as ONGC and Reli-
modifying its Covid-19 testing lages. Many have been forced At present, symptomatic university admissions. ance-BP by rendering pro-
Can’t buy justice strategy to screen all sympto- to stay in shelters or quaranti- individuals who have underta- Whenever CBSE is in a posi- jects unremunerative.
with money, SC matic cases in high risk zones ne centres far from home. P 6 ken international travel in the tion to hold board exams, it
tells rich convict or ‘hotspots’ reporting large last 14 days, symptomatic con- shall conduct for 29 subjects Anyone with 15 yrs in At UNSC, China
number of cases. sider various aspects of the tacts of positive cases and by giving notice,” HRD mini- J&K can get govt job
The Supreme Court dismi- crisis — looking at disease sur- symptomatic healthcare wor- ster Ramesh Pokhriyal said. snubs Pak call
ssed Vismay Amitbhai The decision was taken on veillance, testing and availabi- kers are tested for Covid-19.
Shah’s appeal against his Wednesday by an ‘empowered Promotion for kids, P 7 for talks on J&K
conviction and sentence for group’, one of 11formed to con- Workers pour out, P 8
causing death of two stude- In a departure from its posi-
nts while rashly driving his With OPDs & OTs shut, cancer, HIV & TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW RULES tion, China, as president of
BMW car in Ahmedabad in other patients struggle to get treatment the UN Security Council in
2013. As Shah’s lawyers told New Delhi/Srinagar: In a ➤ Domicile rights extended March, ignored Pakistan’s
the court the victims’ famili- Rema Nagarajan & NO DRUGS OR CHEMOTHERAPY Many states stall major decision, the Centre on to all migrants who have plea for “urgent and appro-
es were paid Rs 1.5 crore and Shobita Dhar TNN ➤ Most outpatient daily doses, which will make Tuesday notified changes in been registered by Relief priate consideration” of
they had settled their grieva- chemotherapy services shut them more susceptible to immunisation domicile rules for the Union and Rehab Commissioner in what Islamabad described as
nce, the SC said, “You cannot With the country’s enti- Territory of J&K providing the erstwhile state grave developments in J&K,
buy justice with money.” P 8 re healthcare set-up ➤ HIV patients unable to reach getting co-morbidities like TB To take precautions against that anyone residing in J&K reports Sachin Parashar.
working towards figh- local ART centres for medicines Covid-19 infection, several for15 years or more will be eli- ➤ Anyone who has studied
Turn to Page 3 tingCovid-19,patientsof disea- ➤ Dialysis patients sending states have curtailed outreach gible for government jobs, im- for a period of 7 years and Pakistan foreign minis-
ses like HIV, cancer and renal ➤ Those on second and third SOS on social media for meds services for immunisation mediately raising the hackles appeared in Class 10th or ter Shah M Qureshi wrote to
disease who need to access ho- line drugs are missing their that are running out and maternal health services of Kashmir parties like the 12th exams in J&K is eligible then UNSC president Chi-
spitals regularly to continue such as ante-natal check-ups. National Conference and PDP, for domicile certificate na’s Zhang Jun, on March 9
their treatment, and are im- We have to go to AIIMS emergency almost every day. Public health experts have which said it added insult to highlighting “grave human
muno-compromised, are fa- warned that such a move could injury and is akin to rubbing ➤ Change in rules, though rights situation in J&K”. Pa-
cing quite a bit of hardship They give us painkillers and try to control the bleeding lead to an increase in maternal salt into wounds. only for lower-end govt kistan announced it only on
with most OPDs and operation but say they can’t do anything further as govt has ordered mortality and lower the alrea- jobs, is politically significant March 27. Beijing had been
theatres closed. shutdown of all other services — Husband of an oral cancer patient dy low immunisation levels in The domicile rights are al- as state employment advocating until this Janua-
most states. In UP, Bihar, Ra- so extended to all migrants was previously in ry Pakistan’s case on India’s
Take Maitri, who was in the OPD services are shut in AI- us some painkillers and try to jasthan, Kerala and Karnata- who have been registered by accordance with definition move to nullify Article 370.
middle of treatment for oral IMS and doctors are not doing control the bleeding but say ka, states have suspended out- the Relief and Rehabilitation of permanent residents
cancer at AIIMS, Delhi, when any surgeries. She is in severe they can’t do anything further reach programmes like orga- Commissioner in the erst- India and China are wor-
the lockdown happened. On pain and ulcers on her tongue as the government has ordered nising of vaccination days or while state whose status anyone who has studied for a king together to fight Cov-
March 13, she was told she nee- have started bleeding. “We ha- a shutdown of all other servi- door-step services. P 6 changed when its special sta- period of seven years and ap- id-19. On Tuesday, the gove-
ded an urgent surgery. Now, all ve to go to the AIIMS emergen- ces," said Maitri's husband. tus under Article 370 was re- peared in Class10th or12th ex- rnment announced Air Ind-
cy almost every day because scinded on August 5 last year. ams in J&K is eligible for do- ia established a cargo air-
nothing else is open. They give Missing daily doses, P 8 The new rules, notified in the micile certificate. bridge between India and
gazette and made applicable China for transporting me-
from Tuesday, provides that ‘Insult to injury’, P 8 dical equipment. P 8

2 TIMES CITY | LOCKDOWN-DAY 8 * THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

WHAT COPS A TENSE DAY AT NIZAMUDDIN Photos: Piyal Bhattacharjee WHAT
ARE DOING CORPORATION
NUMBER CHALLENGES IS DOING
➤ Cordoned N OF PEOPLE
Yamuna EVACUATED ➤ Narrow and congested lanes ➤ Sprinkler
off entire area Mathura Road Delhi ➤ High density of population tankers,30,000 litres
Zoo 2,361 ➤ Contact tracing harder due to of disinfectant,
leading to large floating population in shrines knapsack pumps
used
Nizamuddin Banglewali
Masjid ➤ Team of 35
shrine, only sanitation workers
from corporations
authorised and 20 domestic
breeding checkers
personnel from health
department
allowed to Hazrat Humayun’s pressed into
enter Nizamuddin Tomb service

Aulia Jangpura ➤ Screening camp
Dargah set up in front of
Tablighi Jamaat
➤ Tablighi Jamaat headquarters to
check people with
HQ building sealed and symptoms

the lane emptied

➤ List of people who have
stayed in guesthouses
or dormitories prepared,
efforts being made to
track them

➤ Area scanned with
drones to identify anyone in
the locality who may have
stepped out of their house

In 5-day op, 2,361 moved out of mosque

Jamaat Building Sealed, Police Name 6 People In FIR For Violation Of Norms Tablighi members fall in

ANI

TIMES NEWS NETWORK voice in an audio clipping he- bers were responsible for allo- line after NSA intervenes
ard exhorting people not be wing people to gather at the
New Delhi: After a huge ope- scared of the novel coronavi- WAR ZONE: Residents of the adjacent buildings have been asked to Markaz mosque despite a no- Rajshekhar.Jha Ajit Doval urged people to get law enforcement authorities.
ration lasting almost five da- rus and calling it a conspira- stock up and lock themselves in until the area is completely sanitised tice issued to them on March @timesgroup.com checked as virus would not The Tablighi members held
ys, Delhi Police evacuated the cy against Islam. 24, a day after a nationwide target anyone based on religion
Markaz Banglewali mosque. are with us and if they can't plan to end the brotherhood lockdown was ordered. That New Delhi: On March 28, a an internal meeting in the early
In all, 2,361 people were taken In the audio clip posted on save us, who will?” among Muslims, to keep day, the sub-divisional magist- section of Tablighi Jamaat rule of the land. He explained hours before agreeing to be shif-
out from the building and a YouTube channel named them away from each other.” rate and police had arranged members at Nizamuddin refu- it to them that the virus would ted to hospitals and quarantine
sent to different hospitals Delhi Markaz, the speaker is The speaker goes on, to evacuate over 1,200 lodgers sed to let police and other offi- not target anyone based on re- centres in batches. Police then
and quarantine centres. The heard saying during a ser- “Who says if we meet then the The FIR says that the na- of the mosque, but eventually cials enter Alami Markaz to ligion and, hence, they should noted down their particulars
last batch was evacuated at mon that there was no need to virus will spread? This is a med Tablighi Jamaat mem- around 2,000 more people we- conduct a medical examina- get themselves checked in the- and began the evacuation pro-
3.30am on Wednesday. follow the social distancing re allowed to reach the Mar- tion. They locked themselves ir own interest, the source ad- cess. It took the cops around100
rule as advised by the Union kaz in batches through the in and a confrontation seemed ded. Doval, it is learnt, also hours to shift everyone.
Police have named six pe- government. The speaker ter- day and allowed to stay there. imminent by midnight, said spoke to some foreign-based
ople, including Tablighi Ja- med the pandemic as a “cons- an intelligence official. members asking them to ex- The 75-year-old NSA went
maat head Muhammad Saad piracy to keep Muslims away On Wednesday, the police tend full cooperation with the to the spot despite many advi-
Kandhlawi, in an FIR for vio- from following their religion sealed and sanitised the Ja- It was then that Union ho- sing him to avoid Nizamuddin,
lations of provisions of the and from fellow Muslims.” maat building. The residents me minister Amit Shah asked which was suspected to be hea-
Epidemic Diseases Act and of the adjacent buildings too national security adviser vily affected by the highly con-
the Indian Penal Code. Police The voice in the clipping have been asked to stock up (NSA) Ajit Doval to step in. tagious novel coronavirus, sa-
sources disclosed that says, “Where will you run and lock themselves inside Around1.30am, Doval reached id an intelligence official.
Kandhlawi has been untrace- from death? Death is in their houses until the area is the spot with five-six ministry
able for the four days front of you. This is the time completely sanitised. The and intelligence officials. During the recent riots in
now. The cops are contempla- to seek blessings from the al- cops also sanitised Nizamud- northeast Delhi, too, Doval had
ting matching voice samples mighty. You cannot waste ti- din police station that shares a A source said Doval clearly patrolled the district along with
of the maulana with the me visiting doctors. Yes, the- wall with the Markaz masjid. told the religious heads that newlyappointedpolicecommis-
re is a virus, but 70,000 hoors they would have to follow the sionerSNShrivastavatoensure
violence stopped completely.
Many foreign participants tracked down
Safai workers under lens too
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Sakshi.Chand@timesgroup.com Masjid. Official of Delhi go- 22 and were there till March
vernment’s health department 26 morning. They then went
New Delhi: DelhiPolicecarri- checked them before shifting to Aksha Masjid from where Paras.Singh@timesgroup.com dent, Sanjay Gahlot, said that the municipal
edoutsearchesof variousmos- them to a quarantine centre. the police evacuated them.
ques in the city to trace the fore- Police said two participants commissioner should take a lead in getting the
ign participants of the Tablig- from Assam were also found Meanwhile, police also re-
hi Jamaat conference and till staying at the same mosque. gistered a case against a pay- New Delhi: The uncovering of India’s biggest employees tested so that their families and ne-
Wednesday had located several ing guest accommodation
of them, mainly from Indone- According to police sour- owner who failed to inform corona hotspot so far has raised questions about ighbours can be safe.
sia, Kyrgyzstan and Myanmar. ces, the seven Myanmarese them about foreign nationals
Some of them have been qua- had travelled from their co- he had taken in. Local spotted the safety of sanitation workers. The garbage “Several sanitation workers still do not have
rantined in the mosques they untry to Kolkata on February two Sudanese nationals avai-
were staying at, others shifted 24 and then taken a flight to ling PG accommodation in collectors and sanitation workers who were de- anyprotectivegear.SDMCshouldtrackallthose
to isolation facilities. Delhi. That stayed that night Shakarpur, east Delhi, and
at the Tablighi Jamaat head- informed the cops. Police fo- ployed near Nizamuddin Basti and the Tablighi who lifted the garbage, who dealt with it in dha-
A senior police officer sa- quarters in Nizamuddin. The und they had reached Delhi
id the search exercise had to following day, they took a tra- on March 12 but were not a Jamaat’s headquarters could also have laos and who transported it to landfill or
be undertaken because many in to Bhopal and spent three part of the Tablighi markaz.
of the foreigners, who had co- days there at a mosque. On “They had come to Delhi on 3 5come in contact with the contaminated energy plant,” Gahlot added.
me on tourist visas, had taken Febr uary 28, they went to the business regarding spare- Meanwhile, many RWAs in neighbou-
lodgings in mosques. Around Harda mosque and stayed parts exports. They had un- waste, say health officials.
106 people were taken from se- there till March 21 and then dergone medical tests as a sa- While SDMC is yet to take a call on the- ring areas have started asking private was-
ven mosques in northeast took a train back to Delhi. fety measure and had docu-
Delhi and shifted to quaranti- ments for these,” an officer ir isolation, the sanitation workers union SAFAI te pickers not to come to their localities.
ne centres. Police said out of From Nizamuddin, the said. However, the case was has demanded the entire duty roster and WORKERS On Tuesday, the RWA at Jangpura Ex-
them, 84 were foreign natio- group reached Abdullah registered for not informing garbage transport chain be probed and all DEPLOYED
nals. In south Delhi, 36 foreig- mosque in Shahdara’s Jyoti police as is necessary. the workers involved in garbage lifting BY CORPN tension decided not to allow private gar-
Colony around 8pm on March from the area over the past few weeks be bage collectors because “these collectors
have direct or indirect link with Nizamud-

HEALTH WORKERS ON OVERTIME home-quarantined and tested. din Basti”. Similar concerns are now be-

Aseniorsouthcorporationofficialsaidthat ing raised in Nizammudin East and West areas.

ners were tracked to three dif- were asked to remain in qua- nobody was aware that corona positive people When contacted, standing committee chair-
ferent mosques —12 Indone- rantine at the three mosques.
sian nationals at Akbari Ma- were staying at Markaz. “No SDMC worker has man Bhupender Gupta said that if there is any
sjid,11citizens of Kyrgyzstan In Shahdara in east Delhi,
at Badi Masjid in Hauz Rani seven people from Myanmar, shownanyflu-likesymptomssofar,”heclaimed. possibility that workers would have come in con-
and 13 at Chhoti Masjid. They including three over the age of
60 years, were found at Aksha “As of now, all workers in question are doing tact with the waste generated by the corona positi-

their duties,” another official added. vepatients,thentheyshouldbekeptinhomeisola-

Delhi Safai Karamchari Association presi- tion."Iwilltalk tothedepartment,”headded.

Nizamuddin: An area Officials let things Two centres LOCKDOWN
in legal strife for long slip out of control DOUBTS
report unruly
Abhinav.Garg@timesgroup.com jendra Menon directed the SDMC AlokKNMishra@timesgroup.com med the authorities about the event. WRITE
commissioner and the DCP traffic to act, security TO US
New Delhi: From being unable to clear appear with an explanation. Soon a Information about the gathering
parking mess, shut illegal guesthouses, proper drive was carried out to end stepped up To make your life easy during the coronavirus
or stop unauthorised construction near traffic congestion on Mathura Road, New Delhi: The gathering at Alami was given to the local authorities, the lockdown, TOI invites its readers to send their
protected monuments, the Nizamud- near Humayun’s Tomb, Neela Gum- TIMES NEWS NETWORK
din area has long been in the focus of co- bad and Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah. Markaz, the headquarters of Tablig- district magistrate and Delhi Police queries at www.toilockdownfaqs.com
urts hearing public interest matters. They demolished 42 temporary sheds, New Delhi: The security at a
sealed two illegal kiosks and removed hi Jamaat in Nizamuddin, which to- after the janata curfew on March 22 quarantine facility by Nort- We will seek answers from the police and relevant
In the past few years, the Supreme Co- a number of vending carts, iron ben- hern Railway in Tughlaqabad authorities. We request you to keep your questions brief.
urt and Delhi high court have castigated ok place under the nose of the dis- by Jangpura MLA Praveen Kumar. was stepped up after some
Delhi Police and the South Delhi Munici- Lawyer writes to HC evacuees from the Nizamud- You may also email your queries to lockdownfaqs@timesgroup.com
pal Corporation (SDMC) for major viola- seeking prompt action trict administration and police, has He informed that over 1,500 people din Markaz started misbeha-
tions in the zone that has world famous ving with the staff on Wednes-
monuments like Humayun’s Tomb and A government lawyer has urged Delhi exposed the failure of the authorities were staying in the mosque. day. There were cases where
the Nizamuddin dargah and tourist at- high court to take action against the occupants even spat at the
tractions such as Sunder Nursery. local officials for their alleged in managing the situation. Kumar said, “I infor- doctors and nurses, an official
negligence in preventing the religious said, adding that the members
While most people are shocked that congregation at Alami Markaz 5 0Delhi government had on med the district admini- wanted to roam freely across Answers by Delhi Police spokesperson additional
a Covid-19 hotspot emerged in the capi- Banglewali Masjid in Nizamuddin West, stration, the area SDM and the hostel facilities, despite commissioner Mandeep Singh Randhawa
tal, local activists, lawyers and those which has made it a super spreader of March 12 declared novel coro- local police officers about being warned against it.
familiar with the area see it as somet- Covid-19 in the country. navirus a pandemic and on
hing that fits a pattern of violations. March 13 banned a gathering the gathering and reques- Close to 2,350 occupants L CKDOWN I live in Nizamuddin East where many
Central government standing from the Tablighi Jamaat Mar-
A stone’s throw from the local counsel Gaurang Kanth, who has an of more than 200 people. On WAS THE LIMIT ted them to take action, but kaz have been evacuated in the ? FAQS residents are going for their evening walk on
police station, the roundabout is office in Nizamuddin East, also sought March16, a gathering of more ON NUMBER OF to no avail.” Evacuation of past 36 hours, of which 167 we-
situated on one of the most crucial ar- that the court take action against the than 50 people for religious or PEOPLE IN A the people started only on re sent to two the Tughlaqabad the roads and the RWA has allowed up to four
terial road linking central Delhi to organisers and the participants of the social purposes was also ban- GATHERING March 27 when the MLA quarantine centres of the rail-
east and south districts and sees traf- congregation for compromising public ned. However, the Jamaat me- SINCE MAR 16 knocked on the door of the ways in five buses on Tuesday. people to walk in the colony parks. Is this permitted? -Ajay Singh
fic flow from all directions. safety. Kanth, in his letter, said that eting took place in the middle health department. “The The official said 97 people were
being a central government standing accommodated at Diesel Shed Going for walks is strictly prohibited. Request you to inform our
In 2018, the Supreme Court had to counsel, he would have to take the Cen- Training School Hostel and
point out how encroachers had a field tre’s permission for filing an appro- Quarantine Centre, while 70 helpline 23469526 about any such violations.
day right under police’s nose as ille- priate writ petition. However, in view of were sent to the RPF Barrack
gally parked autos, bikes and cars the situation and being an officer of the of March despite the govern- lapse on the part of officials Quarantine Centre — both of My grandmother is on her deathbed and my family wants to see
blocked even the Nizamuddin police court, “it is my duty to bring this to the which are next to each other. her. She is in Uttarakhand. How can we go there? -Shubham Bhatt
station’s entrance. “At least clear your attention of your lordships so that your ment’s prohibitory orders. Moreo- and the Jamaat are proving to be
own backyard,” the SC judges told the lordships can take suo motu cognisance At both the places, the rail- Though the movement is not allowed, the person can request for
police commissioner giving this ex- of the situation and pass appropriate ver, a large number of people conti- costly for the country,” he added. way officials said the behavio- a movement pass from the local DCP office if it’s an emergency.
ample while underlining that just out- orders,” he wrote. TNN ur of the group has been unru-
side the building, junked vehicles had nued to remain at Banglewali Masjid Locals said the symptoms of no- ly. “The occupants have been
become breeding grounds for mosqui- ches, tables, iron grilles and boards, unruly since Wednesday mor-
tos, and were fuelling congestion on refrigerators and other articles. even after the nationwide lockdown, vel coronavirus in some of those sta- ning and kept making unrea-
Mathura Road and beyond. sonable demands for food,” sa-
Last year, the local police informed which started on March 24. ying at the mosque started appearing id Deepak Kumar, CPRO, My wife and 7-year-old kid are stuck in Agra. Please let me know
Last year, the area was again in fo- the court that the lieutenant governor Northern Railway. how to get my family to Delhi? Can I get permission to go to Agra in
cus when SDCM tried to pull wool over had formed a special task force on de- Those gathered at the Markaz in on March 22. “Those with fever were my own vehicle and get them here? -Yogendra Kumar
the eyes of the Chief Justice of Delhi congestion and parking in the area. It The officials said this infor-
high court in a PIL filed by the Jamia also claimed to have cracked down on violationof therestrictionsalsoinclu- given generic medicines. The Jama- mation was relayed to the dis- People should stay wherever they are during the lockdown. Any
Arabia Nizamia Welfare Educational unauthorised guesthouses near the trict magistrate of south Delhi, non-essential movement is restricted.
Society. Claiming it had taken strict ac- dargah and booked hundreds of vehi- ded foreigners, who were supposed to at administrator didn’t inform the asking him to make the requisi-
tion in removing encroachments and cle owners for illegal parking. Police te security arrangements. “At
easing traffic congestion, the corpora- had even conceded that they had fo- be under quarantine. Sources said so- authorities about this,” sources said. 5.30pm, four Delhi Police cons-
tion had shown an empty plastic bottle, und 69 illegal guesthouses in the area. tables and six CRPF jawans
ice box, soft drinks trolley, plastic stool me of the foreigners even roamed aro- DM (Southeast) Harleen Kaur along with a PCR van were de-
and a broken chair as “evidence” of ployed at both the centres” said
how seriously it took the court’s orders. und in the nearby areas and mingled and SDM (Kalkaji) BL Meena did not a railway official, adding that My RO machine is not working due to which I am getting
all the necessary precautions
A furious then Chief Justice Ra- with the general crowd. The Jamaat respond to TOI’s calls and SMSes see- were taken by the staff there. very bad water at home. The company says they cannot send

members claimed that they had infor- king their response on the issue. technician and parts as they are not under essential services.

Piyal Bhattacharjee I cannot keep buying drinking water. Can you please include

RO water companies and their service providers in essential

services? -Jugal N Singh

Newspaper Though it doesn’t come under

distribution in essential service but if it’s an

our society has emergency situation where it

been stopped. can become a life hazard, the

Where can I complain person can call our helpline and

about this? -Simran Kaur seek assistance.

TAKING CONTROL: The entire Nizamuddin area has been sanitised Gandhi In my society, domestic helps
It is absolutely illegal are visiting homes and people
are roaming around in society
to stop newspapers. We parks. What should I do since
have passed orders in this the local cops are not paying
regard. It is an essential any heed? -Himanshu Chopra
service. Either the local
police or the DCP office be Movement of domestic helps
intimated or information is not allowed. If it’s happening
be shared on our helpline somewhere then inform on our
23469526 for prompt action helpline for action.

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Cramped quarters, Waste from Jamaat HQ to Ensure social distancing: LG
be burnt at WTE plant
TIMES NEWS NETWORK als said deployment of fire engi- with Corona patients or suspects.
nes for the activity would ensure Nizamuddin West, Dilshad
no food for visitors
Paras.Singh@timesgroup.com knapsack pumps were deployed, New Delhi: Lieutenant gover- that larger area was covered in Garden, Tughlaqabad railway co-
lony and pockets where quaranti-
the health department had deplo- nor Anil Baijal on Wednesday lesser time. The exercise would ne facilities had been set up were
some areas identified as hotspots
New Delhi: Armed with hand- yed motor-based sprinklers this asked Delhi Fire Service (DFS) be carried out in direct supervi- and vulnerable neighbourhoods.

held disinfectant sprinklers, a time round to cut down on the ti- to disinfect vulnerable hots- sion of Delhi Disaster Manage- Officials said Baijal also di-
rected the administration to
TOI Catches Up With Markaz Evacuees dozen field workers wearing me taken by the field workers. pots using the fire engines. ment Authority (DDMA). ensure complete lockdown.
“He ordered for extensive con-
white hazmat suits were seen “We were given gloves, full-body During a video conference tact tracking of all affected pe-
ople and compliance of home
entering Alami Markaz, the he- personal protection equipment, with chief minister Arvind quarantine cases and advised
the use of technology for the
Somreet Bhattacharya & adquarters of Tablighi Jamaat, masksandgoggles.Wehavenever Kejriwal, his cabinet colleagu- OFFICIAL SAYS purpose. He also directed
Sakshi Chand TNN DDMA to take concerted pre-
on Wednesday afternoon. operated like this in our entire li- es and senior officers of Delhi LG ordered for extensive ventive action and monitor ho-
New Delhi: The people who With the three-day operation fe,” a field worker remarked. government and police, the LG contact tracking of all me quarantine cases, social
were evacuated from Alami also directed the agencies to affected people and distancing and facilitate avai-
Markaz Banglewali Masjid, to evacuate over 2,300 people lod- “The entire structure was ensure that the norms of soci- compliance of home lability of food and shelter to
the headquarters of Tablighi ged in Banglewali Masjid now disinfected twice. More than al distancing were adhered to quarantine cases the destitute and stranded per-
Jamaat, revealed that they over, South Delhi Municipal Cor- 5,000 litres of disinfectant in at all locations, which witness sons,” said an official.
had to lie in the halls of the poration has initiated the mam- the form of 1% sodium hypoch-
first and second floors at a
gap of inches as the building moth exercise of disinfecting the lorite bleach solution was spra- congregation of people.
was packed beyond capacity.
six-storey structure that housed yed on the surfaces and furni- The meeting was called to
Shaheed Hamid, a trader
from Tamil Nadu who was many Covid-19-positive patients. tureinsidethebuilding,”saida review enforcement of the The civic agencies at pre-
evacuated on March 29 and
reached home on Tuesday, sa- Om Prakash, the supervisor senior senior official. lockdown to prevent novel co- sent disinfect vulnerable neigh-
id the rooms meant for guests
were crammed with people. heading the team from SDMC’s Thebuildingwassealedafter ronavirus from spreading in bourhoods especially hotspots in
As a result, people had to be
allowed to sleep in the halls. public health department, said the clean-up exercise to prevent the national capital and medi- the vicinity of quarantine cent-
The visitors were asked not
to tell anyone outside how that several inhabitants of the access to common people. Sani- cal preparedness of various res, public places and pockets
they had been boarded.
mosque had left their belongings tation superintendent KC Bha- government agencies. where people had been asked to
The Jamaat members said
that Banglewali Masjid has behind making it a challenge to radwaj said, “A truckload of mu- Though civic bodies had be- remain home quarantined either
six floors with rooms on eit-
her side of the building. Initi- disinfect all surfaces. “People nicipal waste was generated enengagingworkerstodisinfect because of their travel history or
ally, the management had pro-
vided food to the visitors twi- had been staying in the tin sheds over the last few days and all of it the vulnerable locations, offici- by virtue of coming in contact HAPPAIMES
ce daily, but stopped a few da-
ys after the lockdown. People on the terrace as well as the base- has been handed over to DDSIL, ft =
were asked to step out and get
their meals. They were also The evacuees revealed they had to lie in the halls of the first and ment of the building. We had to theprivateconcessionairehand- Knowledge is Safety!
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from south Bengal, said that South 24 Parganas. people at the mosque, he de- Healthcare vouchers
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Govt to track phones FREIGHT FACTOR: KEEPING LIVES ON TRACK
of those in quarantine Station Superintendent Sanjay Goel Gamely Goes

On With Task Of Keeping Goods Trains Running

To Take Strict `1cr to kin of docs under control. Till now, 120 Jasjeev.Gandhiok@timesgroup.com rides his scooter to the local railway Goel. “We also need to make sure daughter, who are both working from
dying on Covid duty Covid-19-positive cases have station, where he hops on to a special that each freight train reaches Delhi home these days. “On my way home
Action For been found. As of now, 786 pe- New Delhi: Sanjay Goel says that train being run to ferry employees on time and then the goods reach the in the evening, I am just like any
Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal ople are in quarantine in ho- 2020 — his 31st year of service in the who are still required to reach their people on time too.” other family man, buying vegetables
Defying Rules on Wednesday announced spitals in Delhi, out of which Indian Railways — is the most im- workplace in central Delhi. Like most and milk so that my family members
that financial assistance of Rs1 112 have tested positive. One portant of his career. The station su- essential services staff, he too has The railway officer has a son and don’t have to step out of the house,”
AokKNMishra@timesgroup.com crore will be given to the families of them is on ventilator, two perintendent of New Delhi Railway had his fair share of troubles on the smiles Goel.
of healthcare personnel if they on oxygen and 109 are stable.” Station is one of the handful of staff road. “I have been stopped by police
New Delhi: In a major step to lose their lives while dealing with who doesn’t sit at home in compli- a few times. I then have to fish out Social distancing and washing
check whether those quaran- coronavirus cases in the capital. Meanwhile, Delhi govern- ance with the national lockdown. He my identity card and tell them about hands is key to the safety of Goel and
tined are adhering to the rest- ment has given Rs 5,000 as fi- reaches the station the limited staff working with him. “I
rictions, Delhi government Interacting with doctors, nancial assistance to around every day to oversee the work I am doing,” wash my hands maybe 50 times a day
has started tracing their mobi- the chief minister said that, at 35,000 construction workers hit the sanitisation of Goel says. “But they and the face mask never comes off
le numbers. Strict action will present, Delhi government gives by the lockdown. The money the premises and to understand how cru- until I reach home,” he says. “Each
be taken against violators. Rs1crore to the families of has been credited to their bank ensure the unloading cial the freight trains worker has been taught this drill and
soldiers belonging to the capital if accounts. “Today is April 1. To of goods from freight are in ensuring food I keep reminding people to maintain
In a meeting on Wednesday, they die in the line of duty. “Your releasethesalariesof employe- trains. Goel makes sure that the and milk reaches the a safe distance from each other. We all
lieutenant governor Anil Bai- contribution is no less than a es, the employers and their ac- newly arrived items all reach their capital and its people.” have families to go back to.”
jal and chief minister Arvind soldier’s...if any healthcare countants need to work in their destination in the city. Goel’s family expresses concern
Kejriwal decided on tracing personnel, including government office. For this, Delhi govern- each time he steps out of the house.
suspected Covid-19 patients or private doctors, nurses and ment is issuing two passes to “I feel lucky to be chosen to be But he takes it as national duty. “We
with the help of Delhi Police. sanitation workers, die while each employer for the next two someone still required and essen- look to the day when people return to
serving coronavirus patients, the days so that they can release tial for operations at the station,” the railway stations and trains begin
“Delhi Police on Tuesday government will give Rs1crore to the payments online. Please do says Goel, not at all fazed at having carrying lakhs of people once again.
were handed over 11,084 pho- their families,” Kejriwal said. TNN not deduct salaries in this time to brave the risk of Covid-19 infec- Till then, our job is to sanitise each
ne numbers of people who ha- of distress,” Kejriwal said. tion every day. “The roads are eerily train, each room, each segment of
ve foreign travel history and gy to track down people su- empty, you don’t have all your col- the station thoroughly,” emphasises
those who came in contact spected of novel coronavirus The government is ready leagues at work and my family isn’t
with Covid-19 positive cases. infection. The phone numbers to give ration to even those too happy, but this only boosts my From doctors, nurses, bankers to milkmen and
Another 14,345 numbers of people in quarantine are be- who do not hold ration cards. pride in my work.” The 53-year-old security guards , there are many frontline warriors
were given on Wednesday to ing tracked,” Kejriwal added. The chief minister has asked adds that he cannot let fear affect his who are battling it out daily to ensure we are safe
check whether the people we- people who want to avail it to responsibilities. “All we need to do and taken care of during the lockdown. We salute
re adhering to the quaranti- Kejriwal said, “So far, the- apply online. Around 71 lakh is take precautions at each step and all these real, unsung heroes
ne,” Kejriwal told reporters. re is no community spread of people are being provided practise social distancing,” he says
the virus and the situation is 7.5kg ration each at ration pragmatically. If you know of #LockdownHeroes whose stories you would like to share
The chief minsiter said, shops. However, giving the please log on to www.toilockdownheroes.com. We will seek to get in touch
“We are tracking the cellpho- same facility to non-ration Goel, who works in the Delhi Di- and feature select stories in The Times of India newspaper
ne locations of people on card holders is a challenge. vision of Northern Railway, has to
quarantine. After receiving travel several kilometres each day. He
the report from police, string- “We have created a system leaves home in Ghaziabad at 7am and
ent action will be taken against for roughly 10 lakh people. I
the violators. It will also tell want to request all such people Doc +ve, cancer centre sanitised XII students to
us the number of people who to apply on the Delhi govern- Getty
came in contact with them. ment website (http://edist- get online class
In such cases, their contacts rict.delhigovt.nic.in). You can DurgeshNandan.Jha been put under quarantine.
will also be quarantined.” take the help of MLAs and @timesgroup.com In total, at least six doc- link via SMS
SDMs. You will not get a ration
“Nations like Singapore card, but will get ration every New Delhi: The Delhi State tors have so far tested positi- TIMES NEWS NETWORK
are putting into use technolo- month till the Covid-19 situa- Cancer Institute (DSCI), a ho- ve in Delhi. This includes two
tion persists,” the CM added. spital run by the state govern- mohalla clinic doctors, who New Delhi: Students of Delhi
ment, was shut down for saniti- are husband and wife. Nearly government schools can conti-
4 Hindu Rao doctors resign, sation on Wednesday after one 1,000 patients who visited nue to engage themselves with
of the senior residents wor- these two doctors in Maujpur the studies even during the lock-
warned of action by admin king there tested positive for and Babarpur have been as- down. The Directorate of Edu-
Covid-19. All staff members ked to self-quarantine them- cation has issued a set of guide-
Vibha.Sharma@timesgroup.com without the knowledge of the additio- who had come in contact with selves and report to the aut- lines to ensure that the learning
nal commissioner and the commissio- the doctor have been asked to horities if they develop process of the students does not
1 5 2New Delhi: Four contractual doctors ner, and disciplinary action would be stay in self-quarantine at home. symptoms such as fever, co- stop due to coronavirus crisis.
ugh and breathing difficulty.
at Hindu Rao Hospital gave their resig- taken in this regard. “Any unwilling “We do not have any Co- “The mohalla clinic doctor at For students of classes nur-
vid-19 patient in the hospital, Maujpur contracted the dise- sery to VIII, activities will be
nation apparently after their demand POSITIVE CASES staff is more than welcome to resign, but found that the doctor’s ON THE JOB: Police in south Delhi launched a Covid-19 patrol team ase from a 38-year-old woman sent through messages and
for personal protection equipment was OF COVID-19 especially in pandemic. Only a couple brother returned from the that will check unnecessary movement of people on street who had returned from Sau- IVRS, while online classes will
not met. The hospital is governed by REPORTED IN THE of doctors have expressed desire to le- UK recently. The doctor may di Arabia,” said an official. beheldforthestudentsof Class
North Delhi Municipal Corporation. CAPITAL SO FAR ave and their application will be pro- have contracted the infection were admitted in the hospital. third-year postgraduate stu- XII. Support material and
cessed on Thursday and contract will from there,” said a senior of- “We have suspended OPD dent of the biochemistry de- Experts have repeatedly worksheets have already been
The hospital administration, ho- ficial on the condition of ano- for two days but the admitted partment, who has tested po- insisted on the necessity of uploaded on the DoE website.
nymity. The affected doctor’s ones are safe,” said the source. sitive, recently travelled sharing travel history or con-
wever, clarified on Wednesday that not be renewed in future,” she stated. interaction with patients abroad. “All doctors and staff tact with an affected person to “In a phased manner, the IT
was limited, he added. “His There was panic at Safdar- who had come in contact fight the pandemic, which has branch will send the registra-
no resignation would be accepted and necessa- “There is remotely Covid-19 related activity wife and child have also jung Hospital, too, with two of with both doctors are being so far affected152 people in Del- tion link via an SMS to the stu-
been put under quarantine. its doctors sent for isolation on tested and have been advised hi. Of these, 53 are connected dents of Class XI who are wai-
ry action taken against the doctors and nurses. presently going on in Hindu Rao for which more All are stable,” a source said. testing positive for Covid-19. isolation,” an official said. to the evacuees from the Niza- ting to get promoted. Those
While one of them has a travel The husband of one of the muddin mosque, where many who register and join the live
“In view of Covid 19 pandemic outbreak, than enough personal protection equipment is DSCI has more than 100 history, the cause of infection doctors, who works at a ho- had come from abroad. At Dils- classes regularly will receive
beds and it deals with all types for the other is unknown. spital in Patel Nagar, has also had Garden, over a dozen ca- Rs 200 towards data package
resignations of the doctors or nurses will not available. We will never undertake any activity of cancer. On Wednesday, the ses of Covid-19 are linked to cost through direct benefit
source said, around 60 patients According to a source, a the Saudi-returned woman. transfer,” said the DoE director.
be accepted and their names will be sent to which will risk our staff,” she said further, ad-
Career Launcher Educa-
Delhi Medical Council office and Nursing Co- dingthatshewon’ttolerateany“politicalgame”. tion Trust will provide online
classes. Children of other clas-
uncil of India for disciplinary action,” read North corporation standing committee chair- ses may also get online lessons
if the lockdown is extended.
the office order signed by CMO, administra- man, Jai Prakash, said these doctors had joined
NTPC hosps to serve
tion, Hindu Rao Hospital. “This order is issu- thehospitaloncontractlastyear.“Allfourdoctors
as isolation wards
ed with prior approval of Medical Superinten- submitted their resignation on Wednesday, at a ti-
State-run power generation
dent, hospital,” the order further stated. me when we should stand together in the fight utility NTPC has converted its
hospital in Badarpur and 44 other
However, North corporation commissioner against coronavirus. However, no resignation Old Delhi eateries feed poor for free project hospitals and medical
establishments across the
Varsha Joshi tweeted that the order was issued from any nurse was received officially,” he said. country into isolation wards for
coronavirus cases, altogether
HOME WORK DIARY Mohammad.Ibrar@timesgroup.com me and we go to our shop lane to distribute Ki Baatein and the Delhi Youth Welfare offering 121 beds to help state
it among the poor. We serve both lunch and Association, is collecting money to governments fight the pandemic.
Selfies of work and one give one the feeling of being trapped. New Delhi: With the markets shut in dinner and make sure that everybody buy relief material for these people. NTPC said adequate equipment
book a day Mukta Kapoor is a wedding planner. Old Delhi due to the 21-day lockdown, washes hands with soap and sits at least a for medical staff for containment
She lives in Delhi many who rely on daily wages from the metre apart from each other,” said Naved. Mohammad Iftekhar, who owns Al- of coronavirus infection has
As a wedding planner, working from home shops here are left without any money to Amaan Foods at Matia Mahal, said multi- been provided to these units. TNN
has been tough. We’ve had a few cancella- This is a time to reflect even buy food. To help them survive, se- HELPING ple groups and establishments in Old Del-
tions and many events postponed. I’ve been and reach out, invest in veral famous eateries of Old Delhi have hi were collecting rations and distribu-
fielding phone calls about a wedding on April your own story started distributing food for free. They HAND ting them among the poor in the locality.
26 that may happen — it’s a little dicey, but are also feeding the needy who depend
maybe, things will get better. Maybe we’ll just I’m concerned about the present but I also on their free food even in normal time. Many in Old Delhi have also started The popular Al Jawahar is keeping
do the pheras and postpone the rest of the cel- feel liberated because there are no time- a crowdfunding campaign to help packets of rations — rice, dal, oil and other
ebrations. The bride is, understandably, freak- lines or deadlines. I’m working at my own Kallan Sweets at Matia Mahal, opposi- hundreds of daily wage earners at essentials —at the restaurant. “Many who
ing out, and wants to get married before she pace, sorting out books and photos and files, te Jama Masjid gate no.1, is crowded with Chandni Chowk and nearby areas. Abu are unable to reach Delhi government
goes off to Harvard in July. etc. I was always under pressure but now I customers from morning to late at night Sufyan, through his Purani Dilli Walon schools for free food, often out of a sense of
can sleep well at night. Actually, I’m just too on usual days. Mohammad Naved, its co- shame, approach us and we give them the-
I’m a bit of a workaholic, so even before the busy – it’s a very strange feeling but I’m owner, said they were now continuing the se packets,” said Mohammad Akram, co-
lockdown, I had a tough time switching off loving every bit of it! tradition of feeding needy people, which ownerof therestaurantthatwasnamedaf-
was started by his grandfather in1939. ter the first Prime Minister of India. “We
Now is when you should open your make sure that social distancing is mainta-
trunks and boxes, and take out all your fam- “Every day my mother cooks food at ho- ined when we distribute ration,” he added.
ily histories and family picture albums.
Because, it’s time to reflect on the past, Business of God shaken, faith hasn’t
reach out to family members, share images
with them and think of how you can make Photos: ANI, AP
stories out of the images. This is a project
which I’m very keen to get started on. It’s TIMES NEWS NETWORK FATEHPURI MASJID

from work. I would look at marigold flowers in New Delhi: Once thronging JHANDEWALAN TEMPLE
my balcony and think of innovative ways we with believers, Delhi’s temp-
can use them at weddings. Now, since my job time to do things you never had the time for. les, gurdwaras, churches and Ishwar, Rudraksh and other ment of religious activities vinda Das, communications bhala, that is, the inclusivity
needs physical presence on the ground, I’m I’ve created a huge amount of work for my- mosques have fallen silent. channels, says Kulbhushan hasmeantalossof Rs14-15cro- head of the organisation. The of everyone in the universe,
working less. But I spend hours on the phone self, but there’s so much to do. My daughter The Jhandewalan temple, Ahuja, secretary, Jhandewa- re monthly for the gurdwaras, cooks wear masks, use saniti- among them keeda-makode
with vendors and venues, postponing things. Mallika and I are spending time in the gar- which usually sees a footfall of lan temple trust. Iskcon rela- points out Sirsa, adding that sers and cook on 50 stoves and (insects). Islam insists on sa-
den, busying ourselves doing planting and 50,000 during Navratri, is now ys its pravachans through the salaries of over 5,000 emp- the food is distributed thro- daqa, or helping each other
My team of eight is low on motivation replanting. It feels like a holiday; I’m zip- vacant. Around 12 pujaris Hare Krishna TV and YouTu- loyees depend on these dona- ugh its fleet of 138 e-rikshaws. for Allah’s sake, declares
and everyone is a bit sulky. We get on at least ping up and down the stairs, experiencing work in shifts to do the havan, be channel Mayapur TV. tions. But funds are coming The Jhandewalan temple Imam Ahmad, while the
one Zoom call every day to discuss work but again the joys of living in a house. shringar seva aarti and poojas, from Sangat, an organisation is distributing food to mig- church continues, as it alwa-
also just to see each other’s faces. We’ve also but mehndi service or chaat The Catholic church has rant labour, working with ys has, to serve the communi-
started this practice internally where we I believe this moment will never come for fasts this year. At the gurd- been using Facebook and You- ISKCON OFFICIAL SAYS 2,800 volunteers to cook and ty through its NGOs and scho-
send selfies of whatever we’re doing. again, which is why you must use it well. waras, “the priest and kirtani- Tube for Eucharistic celebra- distribute food, says Ahuja. ols. “The bishop himself is
It’s time to press reboot, to rethink, reassess yas come, do the prakash cere- tions, apart from Shalom and The challenges keep rolling chappatis in the com-
It’s been so hard to figure out what my your priorities and turn around your life. mony in the morning and suk- Madha TV. “On March 27, Po- coming, but as Krishna There is a spirit of samve- munity kitchen at Malanka-
routine is. The one thing keeping me sane hasan in the evening”, accor- pe Francis gave an extraordi- says, we can use this dana, no kintu-parantu (ifs and ra church,” says Fr Stanley.
is working out. But even that is a challenge Aditya Arya is the founder of Museo ding to Manjinder Singh Sirsa, nary plenary indulgence and to understand our own buts) in these times — people
since one can’t go out running or cycling, Camera. He lives in Gurgaon president, Delhi Sikh Gurdwa- the Urbi et Orbi (the city and duties and purpose freely give money and rations, This is a moment of servi-
let alone the gym. ra Management Committee. the world) blessing,”says Fat- says Ahuja. “Our volunteers ce and contemplation, say ma-
her Stanley Kozhichira of the helping with relief opera- are told not to meet the eyes of ny devout people. Iskcon’s Das
There’s only so much work you can do At Chandni Chowk’s Fa- Delhi archdiocese. “The mira- tions, and Delhi’s four major those they serve so that there is says, “The challenges keep co-
from home. I’m reading a ton, practically a tehpuri Masjid too, the imam, culous healing crucifix used gurdwaras are coordinating no discrimination and uncom- ming, but as Krishna says, we
book a day, and FaceTiming with friends 3-4 muezzin and a couple of mos- during the 1322 Black Plague with police and city admini- fortable feelings,” he adds. can use this to understand our
times a day. Living alone in a time like this que residents perform the re- was brought to St Peter’s Squ- stration in feeding a lakh daily. own duties and purpose, to
is challenging. A restriction like this does gular namaz. “Everyone else are. He walked alone in the ra- All religions have their look at our life and the world
has been asked to stay home,” in, praying for all of us and Iskcon too has scaled up own sense of altruism. Some we live in.” To this Fr Stanley
LIFE SKILLS, LOCKDOWN VERSION says the Shahi Imam, mufti was watched live by millions meals from 60,000 last week to lead by words, others serve as adds, “To be with family, to
Mohammad Mukarram Ah- of people across the world.” two lakh now and may go up doctors and volunteers — eve- respond with accommoda-
The DIY life, or jugaad as we know it, is here. If you miss going to the gym, your club or mad. This has never happened to 3.5 lakh, says Yudhistir Go- ryone has a place, says Ahuja. tion rather than irritation —
just that morning swim, you can recreate it. Well, most of it. With random household in his memory, except for the Indians tend to give back to Sirsa reiterates it’s the same this is a God-given opportuni-
items and imagination. As the new social media stars over the past week have been curfews after the Babri Masjid society through religious or- in Sikhism, with the Guru Sa- ty for personal reflection.”
doing. Like the kitchen counter gym instructor, recreating your treadmill experience demolition and the communal ganisations, and the curtail- hib speaking of sarbat ka
with some dish soap and water. Or the skateboard swimmer, gliding gracefully with a tensions in1984 and1987.
front crawl across the living room. And, finally, DJ Stove, turning up the heat with gas
knobs and counter lights. House music just got redefined. The congregations may be
scattered, but they are bound
Contributed by Ketaki Desai, Sharad Kohli & Chandrima Banerjee together in spirit and by tech-
nology. All religious institu-
tions are relying on telecasts
and livestreams to conduct
regular activities. The gurd-
waras have Time TV and PTC
Simran. The temples broad-
cast their aartis on Sadhana,

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THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

THEY’RE OUT OF JOB, FOOD & LUCK In fitness of things: Alter

diet, work out at homeMost Labourers Wonder How They Will Survive The Three-Week Lockdown

Piyal Bhattacharjee iStock

Pankhuri.Yadav Mohammed Zafar, 41, who But in the past two days, I ha- nally from West Bengal, Anam.Ajmal@timesgroup.com
@timesgroup.com came to Delhi from Katihar in
Bihar, went to Anand Vihar ve only managed a single por- works at a factory in Shahpur New Delhi: There has been a
New Delhi: Mohammad bus terminal on two consecu- drastic change in Shweta’s li-
Shahnawaz, 25, a labourer in tive days but could not leave tion. My wife and I skipped Jat. His problems are not very fe in the past few days. The 31-
south Delhi’s Khirki Exten- the city. He has a family of fi- year-old used to start her day
sion, chafed at the confine- ve and very little savings to the meal and let our children different from those of the with an hour of exercise, but
ment in his one-room house. sustain them. “Every time we that changed a week ago after
With little to feed his family, hear of food being distribu- eat the half-cooked rice,” Za- migrant workers in Khirki the gym in her area shut
he wondered if he could sur- ted, we rush to get our share. down amid the novel corona-
vive the three-week lock- far said. Extension. “There are least virus scare.
down. “I have been living in
Delhi for a decade and never Anjali Bhardwaj, foun- 1,000 people working in the “Since I am a program-
faced such a big problem,” he mer and we don’t get any ex-
despaired. “We can’t go out to ding member of factories in this ercise, the only time I indulge
work so there is little that we in some physical activity is in
can do to make ends meet. Satark Nagrik 300 area. Almost half the gym. Moving online was
There are around 5,000 work- Sangathan, and so- are getting food, the only option available,” sa-
less labourers here, but food cial activist Harsh but it is not edible id the IT professional who
is distributed for 300 people. started an online yoga class
Even when people share the Mander have filed at all,” alleged Ta- to ensure her physical health
dal, roti, rice and pickle, we doesn’t get compromised.
remain hungry.” a petition in the PEOPLE BEING boor. “When we
Supreme Court as- FED AT KHIRKI ask our contrac- The lockdown has made
Another labour, Iliyas, king the state go- EXTENSION IN tors for money, many rethink about how
disclosed that on the day he they can remain active, with
realised how bad things were, SURVIVING ON LARGESSE vernment to give SOUTH DELHI they turn us meditation, breathing exer-
he asked his contractor for cises, online training
help, only to be rebuffed. the beleaguered away.” modules and altered diets
“There is nobody to help us showing them the way for-
through the lockdown. Our migrant workers When apprised ward. TOI spoke to several COPING WITH LOCKDOWN: While several gyms and yoga trainers
only hope is the state govern- experts to understand the im- have started offering online classes, unverified tutorials have also
ment, but we may not survive minimum wages. of the workers’ vi- portance of physical exerci- become a viable option for some people looking to be healthy
long enough for its interven- se when one is confined to
tion to save us,” the 31-year- “The Union home ministry ews, a senior Delhi Govern- their homes.
old said. “The food we are get-
ting here is clear evidence issued guidelines saying that ment official said that people “It’s important to mainta-
that nobody cares about us.” in a routine movement of the
the employers pay the wor- would be deployed at these are- body, otherwise it may affect kout sessions by keeping the- another fitness trainer.
our immunity. The lockdown ir age and medical history in Dietitian Ishi Khosla po-
kers in full whether they we- as specifically to make sure is important, but if we neg- mind. Light cardio exercises,
lect our physical health, we including squats and pull- inted out that it was impor-
re working or not. But the gro- everyone got adequate foo- may become susceptible to ups, are the easiest way to re- tant to figure out a balanced
other diseases,” said Suraks- main healthy,” he said. diet. “Since our bodies are at
und situation is not showing ding. He also assured that the hit, a yoga trainer, adding that rest, it’s important to remem-
people can opt for an hour of While several gyms and ber that our diets can’t be the
this,” claimed Bhardwaj quality of the food would be ta- yoga daily. “We don’t have to yoga trainers have started of- same as before. We need to
exercise at a stretch. It can be fering online classes, unveri- cut down on the number of
Laskar Taboor, 41, origi- ken care of. done in two rounds, morning fied tutorials on YouTube, In- meals and maybe limit them
and evening,” he said. stagram and other social me- to just two,” she said.
200 moved to govt 12 ration shops found shut
shelter from gurdwara Experts also pointed out
AlokKNMishra@timesgroup.com tion stocks for April and May Mayur Vihar shop, it was fo- the importance of making
und that on a priority ration exercise a group activity.
were to be delivered to all card with six people, the shop- “Since everyone is at home, it YOGA TRAINER SAYS FITNESS TRAINER SAYS
keeper provided 41kg ration will make sense for families
New Delhi: At least 12 out of shops by March 29. instead of the stipulated to undertake some training It’s important to Since everyone is at
45kg. All shops were giving exercise together,” said maintain a routine home, it will make
Atul.Mathur@timesgroup.com since March 27. “These peo- the 37 fair price shops in Nare- Food minister Imran Hus- ration for free. Francis, a fitness trainer. movement of the body, sense for families to
ple were poor workers from otherwise it may undertake training
New Delhi: The district ad- NCR towns who wanted to go la, Munirka, Badarpur, Sang- sain later said April’s distri- Most shops were also follo- It’s important not to take affect our immunity exercise together
ministration and Delhi Poli- back to their hometowns in wing some system for social risks in this environment, he
ce on Wednesday rescued Punjab. Since the buses for am Vihar, Mayur Vihar, Mang- bution had started on March distancing, including mar- stressed. “I suggest that peo-
around 200 people from Pun- Punjab originate from Majnu king spots queues, distribu- ple go for low intensity wor-
jab from Gurudwara Majnu Ka Tila, they had somehow olpuri and some other localiti- 28. “But the lockdown has led ting coupons to groups of 50
Ka Tila in north Delhi and re- managed to reach here. When people at a time and fixing ti-
located them to a government they didn’t find any bus, they es were found closed to a shortage of labou- me slots. “The proper functio-
shelter nearby. were forced to stay at the ning of these shops is crucial
gurdwara,” Sirsa said. 2 3during working hours rers and logistics. The when lakhs of people are run-
According to officials, stocks will be provided ning out of food,” said DRRA-
these officials had been stay- He added that both Delhi on Tuesday, Delhi Rozi before April 6,” he said. A’s Anjali Bharadwaj.
ing at the gurdwara for the and Punjab governments we- Roti Adhikar Abhiya-
last 4 days. Though, they we- re immediately informed. It an (DRRAA), which To deal with the The minister said a fair dia platforms have also beco- Khosla added that the
re given food and a doctor was was, however, only on Wed- price shop dealer of Janakpu- me a viable option for some. lockdown has also caused
also regularly attending to nesday that an official of Pun- went on a survey along OF 25 OPEN lockdown, Delhi go- ri had been arrested for While experts say they may mental stress, which leads to
them, an official said they we- jab government contacted stealing ration. “Action will not cause harm, they also heightened cravings. “When
re required to be shifted to a him, said Sirsa. with some cardholders, SHOPS vernment last week en- be taken against all those warn against setting unrea- our movements get curtai-
government facility. found lacking in distribution. listic expectations. led, our appetite falls but cra-
Meanwhile, Delhi govern- has revealed. HAD hanced the monthly I will request DRRAA to vings increase. We shouldn’t
According to Delhi Sikh ment and police shifted the share the findings with us,” “People have a lot of time give in to those cravings. It’s
Gurudwara Management stranded people to a shelter Two shops in Narela GRAINS quota of ration by one Hussain said. on their hands at the mo- important to restrict one’s di-
Committee president Man- set up in a government school ment. We know people search et without compromising on
jinder Singh Sirsa, 205 people in north Delhi’s Nehru Vihar were reportedly closed and a half times and for fitness videos and then nutrition. Include immuni-
were staying at the gurdwara and quarantined them. try to replicate them. My on- ty-boosting food like aloe ve-
on three consecutive days made it free for April. ly advice is to not get overam- ra, tulsi, coconut oil in the di-
bitious. Remember that the et. New realities mean that
since March 29, while one shop About 72 lakh beneficiaries person performing those ex- we need to look at food and di-
ercises on videos have trai- et in a new way,” she said.
in Mahaveer Nagar was shut — 18 lakh families — get a fix- ned for years,” said Ankit,

on two days. At four shops, the ed quota of wheat, rice and

volunteers were informed that sugar from 2,000-odd fair pri-

the stock had finished. ce shops across the city.

In a report released on The volunteers found that

Wednesday after a three-day 23 of the 25 open shops were

survey, DRRAA said as per distributing grains while the

Delhi government’s order, ra- stock had finished at two. At a

CBSE unveils FIR for 44 buses Abattoir may HIMACHAL PRADESH
course on reopen, with PUBLIC WORKS DEPARTMENT
applied maths carrying migrants limited ops Ref. No.: GDMC/Advt./2020/ 1420 Dated: 01.04.2020
E-Procurement Notice
Shradha.Chettri INVITATION FOR BIDS (IFB) WALK IN INTERVIEW FOR SENIOR RESIDENT RECRUITMENT IN
@timesgroup.com GOVT. DOON MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL, DEHRADUN, UTTARAKHAND
Awalk-in interview for Senior Resident will be held in the office of
New Delhi: Starting this
year, students in classes XI TIMES NEWS NETWORK gued that no charges were ta- Paras.Singh@timesgroup.com Principal , Government Doon Medical College , Patel Nagar ,
and XII wanting to pursue ken from the passengers even
economics and commerce New Delhi: Delhi Police has though the buses were being 1. The Executive Engineer, Una Division HPPWD Una H.P. on behalf Dehradun on every working day w.e.f. 03rd April , 2020 from
as an undergraduate college registered an FIR to probe the run under orders from the of Governor of H.P. invites the online bids on item rate, in electronic
degree can choose a new use of Delhi Transport Corpo- DTC authorities. New Delhi: Delhi’s lone tendering system , in 2 Cover System for the under mentioned 11:00AM to 02:00 PM till all the vacancies would be filled .
mathematics subject. CBSE ration and Cluster buses for fer- works from the eligible and approved contractors / Firms Vacancies in various departments are as follows:
on Thursday announced rying migrant workers from Following this incident, the slaughterhouse at Ghazipur registered with HPPW D Department.
that “applied mathematics” parts of the city to the Anand central government had su-
will be a subject from this Vihar terminus to further bo- spended Renu Sharma, additio- may soon be reopened, but Senior Residents : (31) (Medicine-06 , TB & Chest-02, Obs. &
academic session. ard private buses that would ta- nal chief secretary, transport
ke them to UP and Bihar. Police and Rajiv Verma, principal se- with reduced processing limit Gyn.-02 , Radiodiagnosis-03 , Paediatrics -01, Psychiatry-01 ,
Earlier, applied mathe- had nabbed 44 DTC drivers fer- cretary, finance. While Satya
matics was a skill-based rying migrant workers on the Gopal, additional chief secreta- and multiple restrictions ai- Anesthesia-04 , Surgery-04 , Ort hopedics-03 , Radiotherapy-02,
subject. CBSE said the ITO Bridge on Sunday. ry, home and land buildings de-
idea behind this change partments, and Ajay Kumar med at preventing any possibi- Sr. No.: 1, Name of work: Construction of HPPWD Circuit House PMR-1 , Ophthalmology-01 , Dermatology-01)
was because the existing In the complaint, a police- Arora, SDM Seelampur, were at Una, Tehsil & Distt , Una (HP) (SH: - C/o Building Portion , Water
syllabus of mathematics man posted at the picket served show cause notices for lity of further spread of coro- Supply and Sanitary Installation , Rain Water Harvesting Tank and Salary : Senior Resident Rs. 84,000/- PM,
aligns well with science sub- check point on the ITO bridge failing to comply with the lock- Septic Tank etc.), Estimated cost: 2,89,40 ,941/- , EMD:
jects, but not with commer- said that the buses were stop- down orders. navirus cases. 3,22,000/-, Time Limit: One year, Cost of tender: 5,000/- , Qualification :-As per MCI norms.
ce or social science in colle- ped around 7am. During the Eligible class of contractor: Class-A.
ge education. enquiry, the passengers told TOI could not get a respon- A senior municipal corpo- Reservation :-As per Rule of Uttarakhand Govt.
the cops that they had boar- se from the Delhi Transport
The introduction of this ded the bus from different Corporation or the transport ration official told TOI that a Note :- Number of posts advertised may be increased or
subject is also a part of the parts of west Delhi and were minister Kailash Gehlot.
systemic reforms under Na- travelling free of cost. When consultative process is cur- decreased as per requirement. Principal,
tional Curriculum Fram- the bus drivers were questio- Meanwhile, some operators
ework 2005. ned they claimed that there of private buses ferrying mig- rently under way to re-open the Govt. Doon Medical College, Dehradun
“orders from the top levels” to rant workers from Delhi to
“Affiliated schools who ferry the migrant workers. other states claimed that about abattoir. Cooperation of other 2. Date of release of Invitation for Bids through e-procurement:
have permission for running 30busesinwhichworkersof es- 21.04.2020.
mathematics course at se- A case was registered un- sential services were being agencies, including Delhi Poli-
nior secondary level shall be der Epidemic Diseases Act transported have been stalled at
automatically eligible to run and the IPC at Shakarpur Po- different ISBTs across the city. ce, is being sought to prevent 3. Cost of Bid Form::- As per detail in column No. 6 in form of
this course with the availabi- lice station. Delhi Police had stopped the bu- demand draft in favour of Executive Engineer, Una Division HPPWD ,
lity of necessary infrastruc- ses from plying since they did any possibility of crowding. Una payable at Una.
ture and human resources,” The police team briefed not have the requisite permits
said a CBSE circular. the passengers about the lock- to ply within the city limits. Pri- On March 24, East Delhi
down and the ban on travel on vate buses that can run on both
Teachers said introduc- any form on public transport. CNG and diesel were hired at lo- Municipal Corporation
tionof thenewsubjectwillle- During this the bus drivers ar- wer rates to ferry the workers.
ad to focused studying as per (EDMC)’s veterinary depart- 4 . Availability of Bid Document and mode of submission: The REQUEST FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST
the need in higher studies. bid document is available online and bid should be submitted
ment had announced an abrupt online on website http://hotenders.gov.in. Bidder would be District Administration, Haridwar
Rajpal Singh, principal required to register on the web-site which is free of cost. For Assignment Title:SELECTION OF FIRM FOR CONSTRUCTION
of Rajkiya Pratibha Vikas closure of the slaughterhouse submission of bids, the bidder is required to have Digital Signature
Vidyalaya in Dwarka Sector Certificate (DSC) from one of the authorized Certifying Authorities
10, said, “Earlier, CBSE which was objected to by the (CA). "Aspiring bidders who have not obtained the user ID and OF FULLY FUNCTIONAL PRE-FABRICATED 500 BED
had a mechanism in which password for participating in e-tendering in HPPWD may obtain the
all students would study meat merchants. same from the website: http://hptenders.pov.in Digital signature HOSPITAL FOR COVID-19 IN HARIDWAR
70% of the maths syllabus, is mandatory to part icipate in the e-tendering. Bidders already
while 30% was divided bet- Another official said that possessing the digital signature issued from authorized CAs can Reference No.: IN-HDA-COCH Date: 02/04/2020
ween science and commer- use the same in this tender.
ce students. It’s a good thing the number of slaughterings The Government of Uttarakhand through District Administration ,
if a similar thing is being Haridwar invites proposals from reputed firms to construct a fully
applied now.” may be reduced for the next few functional pre-fabricated 500 bedded hospital dedicated for

Jamia starts weeks. “We will also have to re-
online learning
for its faculty gulate the number of animals Covid-19 , As this is an emergency project , the selected firm will
have to construct the fully-functional hospital by 30th April , 2020,
New Delhi: Jamia Millia that are being brought to the
Islamia initiated an facul- The overall objective of the project is to establish a state of art
ty development program- animal market,” he added. pre-fab health facility to treat the rising Covid-19 cases and later
me to promote online lear- to be a part of the greater project i.e. Haridwar Medical College.
ning among its teachers “Only Ghazipur border
and to share with them
best practices and capaci- may be used for the purpose 5. Key Dates:
ty building for online tea-
ching-learning. and the number of cattle may 1 Date of Online Publication 21 .04 .2020 (10 .00 HRS) Interested parties may obtain further information from 1000 hrs

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* THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI | THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

DESPITE CORONA IMPACT ON STATE REVENUES, MAMATA SEEKS `25,000 CRORE FROM CENTRE
UP WON’T CUT EMPLOYEES’ SALARY, SAYS YOGI FOR BENGAL TO BEAT ‘REVENUE LOCKDOWN’

3-day-old boy Covid-19 puts immunisation, WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH, SOME MAKE IT TOUGHER
ante-natal check-ups on hold
is Mumbai’s Family deserts Video pushes
Will Up Maternal Mortality, Lower Immunisation Levels: Experts deaf-mute as man to jump in
youngest ‘corona patient’ front of train

corona patient Reuters Raipur: In the thick of the fight against coro- Madurai: AmanwhohadreturnedfromKer-

VijayV Singh TNN Rema.Nagarajan reduce maternal mortality. navirus, a family has abandoned a deaf-mute ala after the lockdown allegedly committed
@timesgroup.com Even in states where vacci-
Mumbai: A three-day-old boy person at AIIMS-Raipur after admitting him suicide by jumping in front of a train in Kap-
is Mumbai’s youngest Covid-19 Citing the need to take nation work has not been for-
patient, and his father alleged precautions against Co- mally suspended, the additio- as a Covid-19 suspect. The address they gave is palurtwodaysagoaftertheresidentsof hisar-
that the child and his 26-year- vid-19 infection, several nal Covid work imposed on
old mother were kept in a room states have curtailed outreach ASHAs and assistant nurse fake and the phone not in service. AIIMS staff ea suspected him to be infected with Covid-19.
freshly vacated by a coronavi- services for immunisation midwives could effectively th-
rus-positive patient at a Chem- and maternal health services row it out of gear. In Madhya are having to take care of him even as they Police said a video was also being circulated of
bur nursing home. The nurs- such as ante-natal check-ups. Pradesh, for instance, immu-
ing home’s receptionist too Public health experts have nisation and maternal servi- battle the pandemic. The authorities are try- a man being taken for coronavirus testing,
tested positive for the virus. warned that such a move co- ces have not been suspended,
uld lead to an increase in ma- but ASHAs have been asked to ing to locate his family with the help of police. and the administration asking the residents
The child’s father told TOI ternal mortality and further track migrants from outside
that his wife delivered via C- lower the already low immu- the state through home visits The man, aged around 49, AFP of his area to be cautious.
section around 11.30am on nisation levels in most states. to check for symptoms of Co-
March 26. “My wife and son vid-19. “Where will they have was brought by his family to Mustaffa, 35, had been
were taken to a private room In UP, Bihar, Rajasthan, the time for immunisation
around 12.30pm, but a nurse Kerala and Karnataka, go- work if they are doing house- AIIMS-Raipur on March 29. working in Kerala as a coolie
came around 2pm and told vernments have suspended to-house surveys,” asked
us to change our room,” said outreach programmes like or- Amulya Nidhi, co-convenor of They pressed doctors to test when Covid-19 broke out. He
the father, who is in quaran- ganising of vaccination days Swasthya Adhikar Manch.
tine at Kasturba Hospital. or door-step services. Ante-na- him for Covid-19, insisting came to his mother’s house in
tal check-ups for pregnant wo- According to Unicef, du-
The family was moved to an- men too have been suspended. ring the Ebola outbreak in that he had showed symptoms Madurai with his wife and two
other room but not given an ex- Most states are offering vacci- Congo, while 2,000 died of the
planation. “Just 24 hours later, nation in primary health cent- disease, double that number of the disease at home. children as soon as the curfew
a doctor telephoned me to say res, district hospitals, medical died of measles as immunisa-
that the room we were moved colleges, etc. But most health tion services were affected. In these times, medical was announced. However,
from had a coronavirus case, facilities are too far away and
and no doctor or nurse would difficult for people to access, LOCKDOWN BLUES: Police make people squat barefoot as (With inputs from Pushpa authorities are duty bound to some people informed the au-
come to our room for checks,” especially with the lockdown. punishment for breaking the lockdown in Chennai on Wednesday Narayan in Chennai and
said the father, who was ch- admit and test anyone suspec- thorities that he had symp-
arged Rs 65,000 by the nursing Preetu Nair in Kochi)
home. He said if the family had Full report on www.toi.in ted of having coronavirus in- toms of the disease, following
been alerted, they would have
insisted on change of clothes or “If parents could bring th- auli of Prayas in Rajasthan. fection. Also, he appeared to which he was reportedly taken
sanitised themselves. While eir children to hospitals for An estimated 26 million
the father insisted that his wife vaccination, what was the ne- be very weak, so AIIMS-Rai- for testing. The test result was
had no symptoms of the virus ed to provide these services at children are born in India
before coming to the hospital, a the village-level till now? A each year, which is more than pur put him in isolation and A man with a mask depicting reported to be negative.
civic doctor said, “We don’t large number of children ha- 71,000 a day. Curtailing immu-
know if its vertical transmissi- ve already missed out on im- nisation services even just for tested him for the virus. The coronavirus and a placard At the same time, a video of
on, it’s a medico-legal case. Th- munisation in March and mo- a couple of weeks would mean
ere are chances the baby conta- re will miss them in the com- lakhs of newborns not recei- result came back negative reading ‘Don’t come out, don’t go a man being taken in a small
minated the virus from birth.” ing days. This is unacceptable ving vaccines during this cru-
and we have demanded that cial period. Similarly, lakhs of that very day but his family near corona’ as a punishment by van for testing from Bibiku-
VIRAL ALERTS the state government restore mothers would be deprived of
services,” said Chhaya Pach- ante-natal care, one of the members had disappeared police for breaking the lockdown lam, the area where Mustaffa
33 SC judges most important measures to
donate `50,000 and gone incommunicado. in Chennai on Wednesday lived, was circulated among
each to PM’s fund
“It is very unfortunate the residents, asking them to
The 33 Supreme Court
judges, including CJI S A that some people have abandoned their fa- be cautious. Two days later, railway police
Bobde, have donated Rs 50,000
each to the PM-Cares fund cr- mily member here. The family is untrace- found the body of Mustaffa at Kappalur.
eated to fight against Covid-19
as well as provide food and sh- able, so we have shifted the man to the ge- When contacted, Madurai district collec-
elter to migrant workers, poor
and destitute. “The decision neral medicine ward, where he is being c tor T G Vinay said they were yet to confirm if
was taken by the CJI three days
ago. The cheques have been ared for by medical staff. They are feeding the man had been taken for Covid-19 testing.
deposited in the PM-Cares
fund,” a senior SC official said. him and assisting him in standing,” AIIMS They did not have the name Mustaffa in
It was Justice N V Ramana who
started the trend by donating Health team attacked in Hyd man who deputy director (administration) Neeresh their records which they maintained for all
Rs 1lakh each to the PM’s
fund and similar amounts to tested positive Sharma told TOI. Cherrupreet Kaur TNN those who were tested for the disease. TNN
the funds of Andhra and
Telangana CMs. TNN Indore during screening dies, relatives India to accept foreign Govt brings

Man fakes death in TIMES NEWS NETWORK PTI Cops out to trace beat up doctors aid for war on virus AFP all medical
bid to reach home, Jamaat contacts
in an ambulance Indore: Police and health A health worker collects attacked in Bihar TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK devices under
officials were attacked in In- samples from residents in
A 60-year-old man feigned dore on Wednesday when Ranchi for Covid-19 tests A police team, led by the cir- Hyderabad: Angry relatives New Delhi: India has re- In his interactions with Indian price control
his own death so that he they went to screen resi- ves,” she added. A civic bo- cle officer of a block, was of a man who is suspected to laxed its reticence about ta- heads of missions abroad, Modi
and his friends could reach dents of a locality tagged as dy team engaged in clea- pelted with stones when it have died from coronavirus king foreign donations and specifically asked them to Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com
their homes in Poonch in an one of the Covid-19 hotspots ning drainage lines in the went to a village in Bihar’s Ma- infection on Wednesday contributions as it battles a solicit such contributions
ambulance from Jammu. The of the city. Heavy brickbat- area also had to flee. dhubani on Tuesday to check roughed up attending doctors massive pandemic. Sour- New Delhi: Amid concerns
ambulance driver was also a ting from rooftops forced “social distancing violation” in in Gandhi hospital, Hydera- ces confirmed that the new- and organisations, both in related to rise in prices of es-
friend of the 60-year-old, who the team to retreat. DIG Harinarayanachari a mosque and also ascertain if bad’s nodal Covid-19 facility. ly set up PM-CARES fund India and abroad.” sential commodities and phar-
ran out of luck when a police Mishra told TOI that police any Tablighi Jamaat returnee will accept foreign contri- maceutical products in the
party recorded their tempera- No one was injured but have asked the team mem- had taken shelter there. The The 49-year-old was admit- butions from “individuals In his interactions with wake of the Covid-19 outbreak,
tures and found him alive. This doctors and other medical bers to help identify the sto- CO and some constables were ted a week ago after testing and organisations”. Indian heads of missions the Centre on Wednesday noti-
is the story of Hakam Din who staff were shaken by the vio- ne-pelters. “A case under IPC injured and two police vehicles positive. Three of his relatives overseas, Modi specifically fied all medical devices sold in
was admitted to Jammu Gover- lence. “We had gone there Section 353 will be registered damaged. Police had to resort are also in the same hospital Sources said, “A public asked them to actively soli- the country as ‘drugs’ from
nment Medical College on yesterday also. Everything against them,” he said. to lathicharge. Four persons — with Covid-19 symptoms. charitable trust ‘PM-CA- cit such contributions. April 1, bringing them under
March 27 with a head injury was okay. Today, the stone-pe- Md Mushtaq, Md Ishmarul, Lal RES’ was set up in view of the purview of price control
from a fight. After his discharge lting started all of a sudden,” Nineteen more patients Mohammad and Naseera Police initially refused to several spontaneous requ- This is in variance with and prohibiting companies
on March 30, Din managed to a doctor told mediapersons. tested positive in Indore on Khatun — were detained. TNN come anywhere near the isola- ests from India and abroad the Modi government’s from increasing their prices
get a death certificate, and the tion ward without protective for making generous cont- stand during the 2018 Kera- by more than10% annually.
group set for home. PTI As many as 54 families in Wednesday, taking its tally gear. Anjani Kumar, the com- ribution to support the go- la floods, when India refu-
Taat Patti Bakhal are in isola- to 63 — more than half of misisoner of police, while vernment in its fight aga- sed offers of assistance “Medical device intended
DGCA OKs use of tion and health teams have to them in the last two days. speaking to TOI denied any inst Covid-19. In view of the from many Gulf countries. for use in human beings or ani-
passenger aircraft routinely check on them af- The city also got its first assault, but protests by angry interest expressed to cont- mals have been notified as
for cargo flights ter two Covid-19 cases were child coronavirus patients, doctors forced Hyderabad po- ribute to government’s ef- drugs with effect from April 1,
detected. Two doctors and a three children aged 5 to 8 ye- lice commissioner Anjani Ku- forts, as well as keeping in 2020, all medical devices shall
The DGCA on Wednesday health worker were sent to ars, and the first police offi- mar and other officials to rush mind the unprecedented accordingly be governed under
allowed use of passenger the area, escorted by police cer to test positive. Indore to the hospital. nature of the pandemic, the provisions of Drug Price
aircraft as cargo flights for and a tehsildar. They reached now accounts for 73% of all contributions to the trust Control Order, 2013,” an order
ferrying medical equipment there around 02.30pm. the cases in MP. This is the Health minister Eatala Ra- can be done by individuals issued by the National Phar-
and essential goods, but with second time this week that jender condemned the attack. maceutical Pricing Authority
riders. The conditions include: “We were given a list of health workers have been “Strict action will be taken Australia team begins on Tuesday said. Following
cargo to be carried as per gov- contacts of Covid-19 pati- attacked in Indore. against those who attacked this order, all medical devices
ernment directives; carrying ents and were screening doctors. How can anyone at- potential vaccine test used to treat a patient — be it
dangerous goods like lithium them when suddenly some tack doctors or medical staff syringes, needles, cardiac
batteries and oxygen canisters of them started pelting us who have put their lives at risk stents, knee implant, digital
will not be allowed; cargo will with stones,” said one doc- to save people’s lives,” the thermometers, CT scan, MRIs,
be permitted only in approved tor. “We ran to save our li- minister said. dialysis machines — will be un-
stowage locations within der government regulation.
passenger compartment and PIB sets up a fact-check Govt aid in Jan AFP
within load limitations. TNN As per the notification, four
Dhan accounts Chethan Kumar TNN medical devices — cardiac st-
ents, drug eluting stents, con-
unit, starts Covid bulletin from this week The Commonwealth doms and intra uterine devices
ANI Scientific and Indus- (Cu-T) — are scheduled medic-
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Curb fake news, New Delhi: Union rural de- trial Research Orga- A researcher works on the al devices for which ceiling pr-
Mumbai residents disinfect a MHA asks states velopment ministry has in- nisation (CSIRO), Austra- development of a vaccine ices have been fixed. The or-
New Delhi: Press Informa- Jain temple on Wednesday formed that the first instal- lia’s national science agen- against COVID-19 in Brazil, in der’s objective is to ensure that
tion Bureau has set up a por- sues amongst migrants. The home ministry has ment of Rs 1,500 ex-gratia an- cy, has commenced the first this March 26 photo no manufacturer or importer
tal, Covid-19 fact-check unit, written to state chief nounced for women Jan Dhan stage of testing potential increases the price of a drug by
which will receive messag- The cabinet secretary on secretaries asking them to account holders to help them vaccines for Covid-19. The gerous Pathogens Team more than10% of the MRP dur-
es by email and send re- Wednesday also wrote to all ensure compliance with in the wake of coronavirus testing, expected to take leader and principal investi- ing the preceding12 months.
sponses back fast after state governments inform- recent Supreme Court crisis will start reaching the three months, is under way gator of CEPI projects, told
checking their accuracy. ing them of the constitution directions on checking beneficiaries this week. at the Australian Animal TOI: “We designed a stag- The NPPA said the order
PIB will also release a daily of 11 empowered groups un- spread of fake news and Health Laboratory. gered challenge study to get was “a major tool in the fight
bulletin at 8 pm every day to der the Disaster Manage- providing a portal that The money will be sent to timely information on vac- with the emerging situation
inform citizens on the gov- ment Act with a clear man- answer queries and doubts. State Bank of India, which In consultation with cine efficacy, followed close- due to Covid-19”. It has also
ernment’s decisions and de- date to decide on various as- The Centre said all concerned will further transmit the WHO, the Coalition for Epi- ly by prime and boost.” This asked states to ensure availabil-
velopments in the battle must adhere to provisions of funds to individuals. In a let- demic Preparedness Innova- milestone builds on CSI- ity of essential medical com-
against Covid-19. The first the National Disaster ter to concerned Union minis- tions (CEPI) identified vac- RO’s work to tackle the pan- modities, including PPE, ma-
bulletin was released on Management Act. TNN tries and states, RD secretary cine candidates from Uni- demic, including scaling up sks, sanitisers, gloves, testing
Wednesday at 6.30 pm. Rajesh Bhushan has urged versity of Oxford and Inovio other vaccine candidates. kitsetc.Inalettertochief secre-
pects of the management of them to spread awareness Pharmaceuticals Inc for taries, its head asked states to
The ministry of health al- Covid-19. A request has been about the “PM Garib Kalyan first pre-clinical trials at Full report on www.toi.in assess stock situation of essen-
so set up a technical group made for development of Package” and to facilitate CSIRO. TOI was the first to tial commodities for the next
consisting of professionals similar mechanism at the withdrawal of the money report that a team at CSIRO two months and also inform
from AIIMS, etc to clarify state level too. State govern- transferred as required by the was the first to grow a batch the Centre about production
any doubts in the minds of ments have also been re- beneficiaries while following of the virus outside China and availability details.
the general public on any quested to engage volunteers the norm of social distancing. for pre-clinical studies.
technical aspect of the pan- to supervise the welfare ac-
demic. The ministry has also tivities of the migrants. The ex-gratia amount of SS Vasan, CSIRO Dan-
issued detailed guidelines to Rs 1,500 for women with Jan
deal with psychological is- Dhan accounts will be paid in Military ready with 9,000
three instalments of Rs 500
each from April to June. TNN beds, 8,500 docs & staff

For returning migrants, a homecoming sans joy TIMES NEWS NETWORK Armyman in UP DRDO chief Dr G Satheesh
opens fire, kills 1 Reddy said they had already
Sandeep Rai & Ramashankar TNN Chennai where they worked as of income,” he said. Others hungry but we were not even secretary, health depart- New Delhi: The armed made 10,000 N99 masks and
labourers, had to quarantine said their dues haven’t been allowed to be in our own ho- ment, and National Human forces have kept over 9,000 A 36-year-old woman was their daily production would
Meerut/Patna: For hund- themselves on tree branches, paid since they left in a hurry. mes, where do we go?” asked Rights Commission, reques- hospital beds ready to treat killed after accidently be ramped up to 20,000 soon.
reds of migrant workers who tying cloth to make some sort Sajjan Thakur, a resident of ting their intervention to Covid-19 patients, along with being hit by a bullet fired at
braved hunger and blistered of sitting arrangement. It’s not just financial con- Rampatti village in Madhu- stop ‘stigmatising’ of Co- more than 8,500 doctors and her brother-in-law allegedly Chief of Defence Staff
feet to walk to their home- cerns, there’s social ostraci- bani district, who returned vid-19 patients thus. support staff to extend neces- by an Armyman who was General Bipin Rawat said 28
towns, their hardships are far Bengal has witnessed a sation too. When Sujeet Rao from Noida and is now at a go- sary assistance to civilian ad- furious at him for passing on military hospitals have been
from over. Many are facing so- major inflow of migrants and two friends returned to vernment school which has But ADG (headquarters) ministrations, even as mili- information about his return, earmarked to deal with Co-
cial boycott or have been deni- from states like Maharash- Dhanauti village in Auranga- been converted into a shelter. in Bihar, Jitendra Kumar, told tary aircraft have transported and that of his kin, to Mainpuri vid-19patients.Navychief Ad-
ed entry to their villages. So- tra, Kerala and Karnataka. bad from Punjab, residents TOI that purpose of the around 25 tonne of medical administration, which he miral Karambir Singh said
me have been asked to stay in Quite a few said they left with put up barricades to prevent In Bihar, police have pas- pamphlets was not to harass supplies in the last three days. feared will quarantine them, warships were on standby to
shelters or quarantine cent- no assurance of getting their entry. They could return only ted pamphlets on walls of tho- residents but ensure social dis- reports Anuja Jaiswal. extend assistance. The IAF
res far from home — if their jobs back. A man who went after doctors gave them a “cle- se under quarantine at home, tancing. Many returnees are Having already supplied has airlifted nearly 25 tonnes
district is lucky to have one — back to Hooghly is finding it an chit”. Dozens have been warning others not to visit. doing just that — no one has se- around1.5 lakh litres of sani- Singh on Wednesday asked of essential medical supplies.
otherwise makeshift arrange- difficult to fend for his wife told to first get ‘all-clear certi- Physician and secretary of In- en them or heard from them. tisers to different organisa- the Army, Navy and IAF as “Regular airlift of Covid-19
ments are being made. and three children. “I worked ficates’, a nightmare because dian Doctors for Peace and tions, the DRDO is also mak- well as DRDO, defence PSUs test samples from Ladakh to
as a mason in Pune. If I go of confusion and staff shor- Development, Dr Shakeel (Inputs by Mohammad ing N99 face masks and PPE and Ordnance Factory Board Delhi is also being carried
Residentsof avillageinPu- back, I have to start afresh. I tage all around. (who only uses his first na- Asif, Sukumar Mahato and (personal protective equip- to “redouble their work”. out,” said Air Chief Marshal
rulia, who returned from don’t have land or any means me), has written to principal ment) on a war-footing now. R K S Bhadauria.
“We reached helpless and Falguni Banerjee)
Full report on www.toi.in Defence minister Rajnath Full report on www.toi.in

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Trace all Jamaat attendees on From hallucinations to palpitations,
war footing: Centre to states
withdrawal symptoms hit tipplers

‘Act Against PTI Himanshi.Dhawan ALCOHOL ➤ Difficulty in us. We are not taking any new
Violators Of @timesgroup.com WITHDRAWAL sleeping cases.” None of the drugs
Visa Norms’ Passengers of five SYMPTOMS used to treat addiction are
trains to be traced Frustrated by the sudden ➤ Tremors available over-the-counter so
TIMES NEWS NETWORK Police search for people who attended the religious congregation at lockdown and shutdown mates that about 80% might visits to a medical practitio-
Delhi’s Nizamuddin, in Allahabad on Wednesday Even as railways is working of liquor stores, a labour- ➤ Increased ner are a must.
New Delhi: Cabinet secreta- overtime to get details of er from Karnataka’s Tumaku- sweating
ry Rajiv Gauba on Wednesday spective jurisdictions. 2,137 Indian Tablighi Jamaat passengers who travelled on ru district tried to commit sui- suffer from mild to moderate A psychiatrist with Del-
asked states to complete con- Gauba sensitised the chief members had been located five trains in which some of cide recently. He is not the only ➤ Palpitations hi’s IHBAS said that interna-
tact tracing of all Tablighi Ja- and screened so far. the Tablighi Jamaat one. In the last week, Kerala withdrawal symptoms but tionally some countries had
maat members who attended secretaries and DGPs about congregation participants and Karnataka have wit- ➤ Headache announced weekend holi-
events at the outfit’s Niza- intensive contact tracing of Apart from 824 foreign Ta- with Covid-19 travelled from nessed nine suicides by people there would be about 20% who days for liquor vends so that
muddin headquarters on a Tablighi Jamaat participants, blighi Jamaat workers on Delhi, the national transporter who were reported to be ad- ➤ Stomach upset, people could buy genuine li-
war footing and highlighted which included 824 foreigners preaching duty in various had first alerted about dicted to alcohol and unable to may have a severe condition. poor appetite quor instead of risking their
the risk it posed to efforts for who have been touring India parts of the country, 216 for- infected people taking trains access the brew post lockdown. lives with adulterated or
containment of Covid-19. and could be carrying the vi- eign nationals were staying in as far back as March 21. TNN Unfortunately, while Anxiety, irritability country-made liquor. The
rus. This list of 824 was pre- the Nizamuddin markaz. In As the Covid-19 pandemic risks were visible in Assam
In a meeting held via con- pared on March 21 and shared addition, over 1,500 Indian Ta- India in touch with takes its course in India, an- there may be an increase of medical facility at all. They on Monday when one person
ferencing with chief secretar- with states after some Covid- blighi Jamaat workers were al- foreign govts other silent crisis is taking also point out that alcoholism died and eight others fell seri-
ies and police chiefs of states, positive cases in Karimnagar so lodged in the markaz while shape. According to a 2019 such cases, access to medical is an already stigmatised con- ously ill after consuming in-
Gauba asked state police to ini- were traced to the Jamaat. around 2,100 were touring In- India is in touch with foreign government survey there are dition and is looked at with dustrial spirit as a substitute
tiate action against foreign Ta- dia for missionary work. governments about Tablighi 16 crore Indians who drink al- care providers is blocked. Ex- less empathy by authorities for liquor.
blighi Jamaat preachers for The home ministry had Jamaat members who came cohol. Dr Atul Ambekar, pro- or family.
having violated their ‘tourist’ said on Tuesday that around Full report on www.toi.in from abroad and who might fessor at the National Drug perts say that while treat- In Kerala, the helplines
visa conditions by indulging have violated visa norms. MEA Dependence Treatment Cen- Dr Roshan Bhad from AI- have been ringing with some
in ‘missionary’ work. They has been advised that tre (NDDTC) AIIMS, said, ment or management of ad- IMS NDDTC & psychiatry de- reporting that they were hal-
were also advised to take ac- missions may be asked to “While the number of Indi- partment said, “It is an un- lucinating about liquor bot-
tion against organisers of Ta- refrain from granting tourist ans who drink is much less diction is not a complicated precedented situation. We tles. The issue is so serious
blighi conferences in their re- visas to foreigners who are than the world average, the have tried to reduce the num- that Kerala chief minister-
likely to use it for Tablighi amount of alcohol consumed affair, patients may not be ber of trips that patients need Pinarayi Vijayan issued a
Jamaat activities. TNN by Indians is very high. So we to take by extending their pre- controversial order asking
have a very large proportion turning up either due to the scriptions by a month or so. doctors to issue special pas-
of heavy drinkers in our But this is only for people who ses for drinkers allowing
country.” Of these he esti- lockdown or fear of contract- are already registered with them to purchase liquor from
state vends.
ing Covid if they went to a

1 dead, 12 more HOW TABLIGHI Total Telangana 1 9 Kerala to give 3L Enforce lockdown rules in
JAMAAT MEET deaths of Andhra Pradesh 1
test positive LED TO delegates & 1 Delegate from the of booze a week letter & spirit, states told
COVID-19 their contacts Gujarat 1 Philippines dies in
in Telangana SPREAD Karnataka Navi Mumbai on prescription
19 2
Hyderabad: Telangana re- Bihar 2 Delegate from TN and Thiruvananthapuram:
ported one death from novel Maharashtra 2 one Malaysian who Even though the government
coronavirus on Wednesday died on Wednesday has allowed alcohol for people
and said 12 more people have Delhi medically certified as needing
tested positive even as the state J&K it, they will be not be at liberty to
continued to quarantine hun- choose their favourite brands.
TABLIGHI JAMAAT DELEGATES UNDER COVID-19 WATCH The state beverages corpora- TIMES NEWS NETWORK
AP sees 67 new tion has instructed all its ware-
cases in a day State Delegates Tested Untraced Found positive Quarantined/In isolation house managers to serve only New Delhi: The Centre on
Andhra Pradesh 746 658 87 the cheapest rum and brandy Wednesday cautioned states
The Covid-19 tally in Andhra 1,030 321 70 659 brands to those with passes against allowing exceptions
Pradesh doubled on Telangana 51 700 from excise department. The to the lockdown other than
Wednesday with 67 fresh 1,500 69 190 (including foreigners and department also said a maxi- those permitted under the
positive cases reported from Tamil Nadu 16 contacts of delegates) 250 (including 50 foreigners) mum of three litres of liquor consolidated guidelines is-
across the state. It had reported 2 2 (including one delegate only should be sold to a pass ho- sued by the home ministry
44 cases till Tuesday. With fresh Karnataka 1,500 190 117 who died and his son) 165 lder in a week. The departme- under the Disaster Manage-
cases, the tally has gone up to 6 (including the Filipino who 500 nt’s instruction was based on ment Act. The warning came
111. Kadapa and Prakasam Maharashtra 450 (21 died in Navi Mumbai) 60 themaximumamountof liquor in the wake of states like Ker- A policeman punishes people for flouting lockdown rules in Guwahati
districts saw15 new cases each, foreigners) 1 54 (including 40 foreigners) a person can maintain at a time. ala and Meghalaya allowing
followed by West Godavari (14) Uttar Pradesh 32 quarantined, 69 isolation sale or home delivery of li- UT administrations are re- ment. They had to carry a
and Chittoor (6 ) on Wednesday. Kerala 569 9 (including four who are 101 2 dead, 1 critical after quor for “health” reasons. quested to strictly imple- doctor’s prescription.
300+ in Delhi) 246 consuming sanitiser: Crav- ment the lockdown mea-
Full report on www.toi.in West Bengal 100+ ing alcohol in the lockdown, No exception for sale or sures issued by MHA,” the The Meghalaya govern-
Chhattisgarh 101 9 three men in Raipur con- delivery of liquor is allowed home secretary told the chief ment too has allowed home
dreds of new Covid-19 suspects. Madhya Pradesh 109 20 (all with their families) sumed sanitiser after mistak- under the home ministry secretaries. The Kerala gov- delivery of liquor against pre-
The government said ef- 583 ing it for alcohol on Tuesday. guidelines. In a letter to state ernment had on Monday al- scription issued by a regis-
Rajasthan 72 Two of them, aged 42 and 45, chief secretaries, home sec- lowed issue of special passes tered medical practitioner.
forts are underway to trace 415 died on Wednesday, while the retary Ajay Bhalla said al- for drinkers with withdraw- “Warehouses may be allowed
hundreds of more people who Assam third is stated to be critical. lowing exceptions other al symptoms to purchase li- to sell liquor as a special case
travelled to Delhi for a congre- Unknown than those in the guidelines quor from the excise depart- up to April 14,” an excise de-
gation organised by the Ta- Goa 20 Media bodies was a violation of lockdown partment statement said.
blighi Jamaat. Odisha 72 measures and defeated the
Gujarat welcome SC’s efforts to contain the spread
In TN, 190 from of Covid-19.
Tablighi member tries to fake news order
Tablighi cluster “All state governments/
New Delhi: The National
test positive jump to death at hospital Broadcasters Association on Assam +ve cases rise Promotion for
Wednesday welcomed the Su- from 1 to 13 in a day
Pushpa Narayan & Continued from P 1 Self-declare or face preme Court order directing all students of
Jaya Menon TNN action: Minorities panel the media, including print, Continued from P 1
The number is likely go electronic and social media, to Classes I-VIII
Chennai: Tamil Nadu’s Co- up further as test re- New Delhi: National Minor- others. Rizvi has also writ- ensure that unverified news Rajasthan (27), Kerala travel history or contact his-
vid-19-positive cases soared to sults of nearly 8,000 Ta- ities Commission chairper- ten letters to religious lead- capable of causing panic re- (24) and MP (20) were tory, sources said. Continued from P 1
234, with 190 among them be- blighi Jamaat followers and son Ghayorul Hasan Rizvi on ers of all minority commu- lated to the coronavirus pan- the other states to re-
ing Muslim pilgrims who at- people who came in contact Wednesday appealed that all nities to ensure strict en- demic is not disseminated. port big single-day numbers. Meanwhile, Assam re- Whenever the CBSE is in
tended the Tablighi Jamaat with them after the gathering those who were present at the forcement of lockdown At least nine more people ported a surge of 12 new in- a position to hold
conference in Delhi recently. at Nizamuddin mosque is still Tablighi Jamaat congrega- norms in all religious plac- The NBA, in a statement, died of the infection in the fections just a day after the board exams, it shall
awaited. Also, government tion in Nizamuddin and left es and educational institu- said it agreed that media country in the past 24 hours. first case was detected in the conduct for 29 subjects by giv-
On Wednesday alone, 110 data shows,19 people connect- for their states must come tions run by them. should report responsibly and state. The death toll due to ing adequate notice. For rest of
from the TJ cluster tested posi- ed to the Tablighi Jamaat forward, self-declare and get weed out any “fake news” in The spike in Covid-19 Covid-19 in the country has the subjects, instructions for
tive. The massive exercise to meet have died in different themselves tested for Co- “The incident of Niza- social media while telecasting cases in Delhi is fuelled gone up to 57, as per data marking and assessment will
draw out the hundreds of TJ states. Some of them have vid-19 to prevent its spread. muddin where a Jamaat news on coronavirus crisis. mainly by many of the Ta- shared by various states. be issued soon,” HRD minister
delegates yielded results with been confirmed positive for was organised has done big blighi Jamaat (TJ) members Ramesh Pokhriyal said.
1,103 of them coming forward Covid-19 while the reports of While assuring that damage to the efforts of gov- Appreciating the Supreme and their contacts, who have Full report on www.toi.in
for screening across the state. others are awaited. those who come forward to ernment to contain the vi- Court’s acknowledgement of been put in quarantine in It has decided to promote all
On Tuesday, the state govern- self-declare have no cause rus. This amounts to a seri- the freedom of press and the various hospitals, testing students of Classes I to VIII to
ment had appealed to the 300 A Malaysian national for fear, Rizvi warned that ous violation of lockdown court’s assertion that it does positive for the disease. The the next class and asked
“untraceable” Muslim attend- who had attended the meet those who hide such infor- and advisory to not hold any not intend to interfere with state has recorded 152 Co- schools, which could not com-
ees to come forward. At least died at Delhi’s Rajiv Gandhi mation should be ready to congregation at any reli- the free discussion, debate vid-19 cases till date. Of this, plete their term-end exams for
1,500 from TN had participated Super Specialty Hospital face action as it is about the gious place or education in- and coverage about the pan- data shows, 53 (35%) cases Classes IX and XI, to promote
in the conference in Delhi’s Ni- (RGSSH) on Wednesday. Hos- health and safety of several stitution,” he said. TNN demic, it also welcomed the are linked to the TJ meet. Of- students on their school-based
zamuddin. The 190 who tested pital authorities claimed he government’s daily bulletin ficials said the number of assessments. The board has al-
positive include foreign mis- had tested negative for Co- to jump off the building. police to provide security to through all media avenues in- cases is likely to go up fur- so decided not to conduct any
sionaries who transited vid-19. Another TJ member, a Some patients also turned ag- doctors and patients,” CM cluding social media to clear ther as 536 TJ members and exams for students of Class X
through the Tablighi Jamaat 64-year-old man from Tamil gressive, doctors said. Arvind Kejriwal said. He, people’s doubts. “This would their contacts who are ad- and XII from schools located
headquarters, said TN health Nadu, died at Lok Nayak Hos- too, condemned the Jamaat help media immensely to clar- mitted in hospitals are high- outside India, who were affect-
secretary Beela Rajesh. pital three days ago. He has “One patient at RGSSH for organising such a large ify the doubts and enable ly symptomatic. At least six ed due to the lockdown and sus-
been found positive for Co- tried to jump to his death on gathering when the country them to do accurate report- doctors in the state have also pension of academic activities.
Full report on www.toi.in vid-19, sources said. Tuesday. He was saved by was readying to fight the ing,” the NBA statement said. been found to be positive for The system of marking and as-
doctors. I had a word with global pandemic. The apex body for print Covid-19. Most of them have sessment for the purpose of de-
There were chaotic the home secretary. We are media, the Press Council of claring results will be worked
scenes at RGSSH on Tuesday making arrangements of Full report on www.toi.in India also issued a statement out by the board shortly.
wheremorethan100of theTJ advising all media to adhere to
members are quarantined the SC orders. TNN Full report on www.toi.in
when one of them attempted
NHAI: No report
Some rivals too now back Tablighi Roads blocked, can rail put
of abandoned supply chain back on track?
Syed.Akbar@timesgroup.com Ban ‘anti-India’
of Jamiat Ulema Hind also state, the government con- trucks on NHs TIMES NEWS NETWORK is no last mile connectivity. from trucks to trains is eas-
Hyderabad: Cutting across found fault with the author- ducted tests on only 748 peo- outfit, demand The lockdown literally ier said than done since
the ideological divide, some ities for not granting transport ple. And all those, who at- New Delhi: NHAI officials on A week into the 21-day goods are needed to be in
Muslim religious scholars permission to shift people. tended the Jamaat meeting UP Shia clergy Tuesday said they didn’t get any lockdown that has jammed road freight systems bulk of several hundreds of
have extended support to Ta- are subjected to corona tests report of traffic jams or trucks stranded trucks and across states. People in the lo- tonnes for a wagon, which
blighi Jamaat. Though initial- Zaid Patel, president of the and this explains the high Lucknow: The congrega- left abandoned on national stalled movement of goods gistics space said only about can carry upto 60 tonnes. In
ly many non-Tablighi groups Islamic Information Centre, number of positive percent- tion of Tablighi Jamaat fol- highways. All regional officers across the country, compa- 20-30% of trucks are current- contrast, a single truck can
blamed it for the spread of the said the spike in number of age. All over the country only lowers in Delhi, which led to a and project directors were in- nies and logistics firms are ly on road. Logistics person- carry only 7.5 tonnes to 11.5
virus, Muslim leaders from all Markaz visitors testing posi- about 35,000 people were test- spurt of new infections, has formally asked to share if there working to relink the chain, nel are working around the tonnes, allowing consignors
schools of thought came for- tive is due to a high percentage ed, the lowest in the world. In given UP’s Shia clergy fresh were any reports of snarls exploring alternative routes clock to ensure e-passes for enormous flexibility.
ward and said that the issue of testing in a targeted group. other countries it is 100 to 500 ammunition to target the Is- throughout the NH network. for essential goods to reach their consignments. Though
should not be communalised. times more than those tested lamic missionary movement. shops, godowns and directly e-passes are easing passage, An emerging option, yet to
Muslim leaders argue in India. “Almost all officers shared to consumers. “Our teams some states have continued to be tested, is Indian Railways
Perhaps for the first time, that though 30,955 suspects Shia leader and UP minis- that there were no such report. are exploring all possible col- deny road freight. parcel vans. Railways has
religious scholars from Bare- are in quarantine in the ter Mohsin Raza and Shia People who were going back to laboration ideas including started eight parcel trains to
lvi, Deobandi and other waqf board chief Waseem their villages may have gone railways,” said Rajneesh Ku- BRIDGING THE GAP move essential items and is
schools of thought, who other- Rizvi demanded a ban on such away from the NHs since pa- mar, chief corporate affairs set to run more such trains on
wise do not see eye-to-eye with organisations for alleged in- trolling vehicles are taking officer, Flipkart. With large trucks strand- 20 other routes across the
Tablighi Jamaat, supported it. volvement in anti-national ac- rounds. The authority has di- ed,freightratesof smalltruck- country to ferry medical
tivities. “An extremist organi- rected all contractors to ensure Freight transport in In- ers have shot up by up to 300%. items, electronic, FMCG, edi-
Sufi leader and Seerat-un- sation displayed anti-India that the labourers working for dia is road-dominated, ac- “Truckers are charging Rs ble oil and even, reportedly,
Nabi Academy chairman behaviour at a time when the their projects stay in camps at counting for 59% of move- 20,000 for a job that would cost dairy products. A parcel van
Moulana Syed Ghulam Sam- country is unitedly fighting sites and they don’t move out,” ment, as per a Niti report, Rs 4,000-5,000 pre-lockdown,” can take 16 to 18 tonnes. An
dani Ali Quadri said though against Covid-19. It went aga- said a source. He said NHAI has while rail meets about 35% said Sachin Haritash, founder added advantage, officials
he was ideologically opposed inst government directives to announced to donate one day’s demand; less than 1% is by & CEO of Mavyn, a tech-en- said, is that as passenger
to Tablighi Jamaat, he would hold the congregation. The or- salary of all of its employees to air. Though relatively cos- abled logistics company. trains are not running, all
support it on principles. “The ganisation’s international fu- PM-CARES. Dipak Dash TNN tlier than rail, road offers routes are clear for the parcel
congregation in Delhi began nding should also be looked greater flexibility in terms of The Railways could take vans. On March 30, Northern
on March 15. There was no into. Legal action should be Full report on www.toi.in destination and smaller vol- some of that load off though Railways started its first spe-
lockdown or ban on congre- taken against such organisa- umes. The main advantage it is not easy switching. cial train from Moga (Punjab)
gations. People in Markaz tions and they should be ban- of trains is they can trans- Sources in Southern Rail- to Changsari (Assam).
could not move out due to sud- ned permanently,” Mohsin port huge volumes. But there ways said normally switch-
den lockdown. There was no Raza, the only Muslim face in ing of movement of goods Full report on www.toi.in
transport facility. It is wrong UP government, tweeted. TNN
to blame the Jamaat,” he said.

Moulana Arshad Madani

8 TIMES NATION | Lockdown-Day 8 THETIMESOFINDIA,NEWDELHI
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

Eyeing to fight Covid with India, New testing In 1st foreign case, You can’t buy

China ignores Pak’s UNSC plea strategy comes NIA to probe Af justice with

Beijing Refuses PTI Shah M Qureshi wrote to then decision to revoke the special as workers pour gurdwara attack money, SC tells
UNSC president, China’s status of J&K, even forcing the ANI
To Discuss A food department staffer carries Zhang Jun, on March 9 high- UNSC into having an informal out of cities TIMES NEWS NETWORK wealthy convict
a sack of rice for home delivery lighting the “grave human meeting last year on the issue.
J&K Situation in Srinagar on Wednesday rights situation’’ in J&K. Pa- China forced UNSC into having Continued from P 1 New Delhi: National In- An Afghan Sikh boy mourns Dhananjay.Mahapatra
S Jaishankar said last week, kistan announced this develop- another closed-door meeting vestigation Agency (NIA), for those killed in the attack @timesgroup.com
Sachin.Parashar further build upon bilateral ef- ment only on March 27. on J&K in January but this one On March 21 the govern- in its first probe involving on a gurdwara in Kabul in
@timesgroup.com forts in that domain. too concluded without any out- ment and the Indian an act of terror against an this March 26 photo New Delhi: “You cannot buy
While Pakistan’s announ- come as a majority in the UNSC Council of Medical Re- Indian citizen on foreign justice with money,” the Su-
New Delhi: As president of The government had an- cement didn’t specify what ac- agreed that the issue could only search revised its strategy to soil, has filed a case in con- provisions of the Unlaw- preme Court said on Wednes-
the UN Security Council in nounced on Tuesday that Air tion Islamabad had sought, a be discussed bilaterally. include all hospitalised pa- nection with the March 25 ful Activities (Preven- day and dismissed Vismay
March, and in a sharp depar- India had established a cargo letter dated March 10 from Pa- tientsof severeacuterespirato- bombing on a gurdwara in tion) Act and IPC. Amitbhai Shah’s appeal
ture from its position earlier, air-bridge between India and kistan’s permanent represen- That, as UNSC president, it ry infection (SARI) for testing. Kabul, Afghanistan. against his conviction and
China ignored a plea by Pakis- China for transporting medi- tative Munir Akram to Zhang, chose to take no notice of Isla- On March 25, unknown five-year sentence for causing
tan for “urgent and appropri- cal equipment and supplies. which was accessed by TOI, re- mabad’s call for urgent consid- The Centre’s new testing Not only was an Indian gunmen had stormed into a death of two students while
ate’’ consideration of what the veals that Pakistan requested eration on the same issue is a strategy comes in the wake of a national — Tian Singh gurdwara in Kabul and rashly driving his BMW car in
latter described as grave devel- Pakistan foreign minister “urgent and appropriate con- significant turnaround by large number of migrant work- from New Delhi — killed fired indiscriminately, kill- Ahmedabad in February 2013.
opments in Jammu & Kashmir. sideration’’ by the UNSC under Beijing as far as India is con- ers heading out of the cities to in the attack apart from 26 ing 27 devotees and injur-
“India-Pakistan Question’’ of cerned. As a follow-up to Qu- villages with areas where they others, but one of the at- ing several others. An Indi- In a stark reminder of the
The significance of Chi- developments in J&K which reshi’s letter, Pakistan has also have returned in high numbers tackers is also suspected an citizen Tian Singh,from rich displaying money power to
na’s stand while holding the “pose a threat to international been calling for removal of all being marked as risk zones. Be- to be an Indian youth from New Delhi, was also killed silence victims’ families, as was
UNSC presidency has not been peace and security’’. Qureshi’s communication restrictions sides, the recent spread of the Kasaragod in Kerala. in the attack. the modus operandi adopted in
lost on India as the two coun- letter was enclosed with the in J&K and for “unfettered’’ infection through the Tablighi the hit-and-run cases involving
tries look to jointly combat Co- one sent by Akram to Zhang. access to medical and other es- Jamaat congregation has also Muhammad Muhsin, a As per the preliminary Sanjeev Nanda and Alister An-
vid-19 and, as foreign minister sential supplies in the wake of led to concerns about a poten- school dropout from Trik- investigation, one Muhsin thony Pereira, Shah’s lawyers
Beijing had been openly ad- the coronavirus outbreak. tial spurt in transmissions. karipur village in Kasar- from Kasaragod, Kerala attempted to persuade a bench
vocating until January this god, had left India for UAE and others who had joined of Justices D Y Chandrachud
year Pakistan’s case on India’s Full report on www.toi.in “It is important to review in July 2018 and is suspect- ISKP, are suspected to have and M R Shah that the families
the methodology of screening. ed to have travelled fur- been involved in the attack. of the two victims were paid Rs
Staggered Insult heaped on injury, says We are looking at making mod- ther to Afghanistan to join 1.50 crore and they had settled
ifications in the testing proto- Islamic State-Khorasan This is the first case of their grievance against Shah.
delivery in Omar on J&K domicile move col so as to ensure that high Province (ISKP) there. its kind that NIA has regis-
Continued from P 1 Ex-J&K CMs stripped of lifetime privileges risk zones are covered under tered after NIA Act was This brazen display of
some states the screening. However, we will ISKP later claimed re- amended last year to em- money power did not go down
Anyone who has studied In a major setback to surviving former chief ministers of the have to do it strategically to en- sponsibility for the attack power the agency to inves- well with the judges and they
Continued from P 1 for seven years and ap- erstwhile state of J&K, who held the post after1984, the Centre on sure the healthcare worker in and an Islamic State tigate terror cases which said, “You cannot buy justice
peared in Class 10th or Tuesday evening stripped them of lifetime privileges like rent-free the frontline is not unnecessa- group-linked media put are committed at any place with money.” It went on to dis-
In case of a few states, 12th exams in J&K is eligible for accommodation, free medical care, pension, Z-plus security for them rily exposed to the risk factor,” out a photograph of Muh- outside India against Indi- miss Shah’s special leave pet-
the deliveries are be- domicile certificate and such and their families, and other facilities, including one personnel an official told TOI. sin claiming him to be one an citizens or affecting the ition challenging Gujarat
ing staggered. In- people can obtain a domicile cer- assistant, one special assistant and two peons. The former CMs who of the suicide bombers. interests of India. high court’s February 17 deci-
stead of providing 30kg tificate from the tehsildar of will be affected by this development are Farooq Abdullah, his son The government and ICMR Though IS message had sion, which had upheld an Ah-
per beneficiary to their area of residence. “Talk Omar Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Ghulam Nabi Azad, reports has been criticised by a section named him as Abu Khalid medabad trial court’s Jury 13,
Jharkhand in one shot, about suspect timing. At a time Saleem Pandit. When Farooq was CM in1996, he had amended the of experts who are of the view al-Hindi, NIA sleuths 2015, judgment.
FCI will provide 15kg when all our efforts and atten- State Legislature Members’ Pension Act,1984, allowing former CMs to that India is testing too less and managed to unmask his re-
this month and the rest tion should be focused on the Co- enjoy these privileges and benefits. The former CMs will, however, lack of diagnosis may pose a al identity with the help of The trial court had held
in the first week of May. vid-19 outbreak, the government continue to get all the benefits of ex-MLAs. Through a presidential challenge for the government to his family in Kasaragod. Shah guilty of rash and negli-
slips in a new domicile law for order, the Centre has now scrapped the amendments made to the Act, detect community spread in gent driving that caused the
The absence of pas- J&K. Insult is heaped on injury using J&K Reorganization (Adaptation of State Laws) Order-2020. time. But the Centre and ICMR NIA has now regis- death of two students who
senger trains is also when we see law offers none of have so far maintained that un- tered a case in connection were travelling in an autorick-
helping in faster move- the protections that had been necessary testing will lead to with the said attack under shaw. Both students were sole
ment of “food trains” promised,” former CM and NC panicandwastageof resources. children of their parents.
with goods moving from leader Omar Abdullah tweeted.
Punjab to Assam in 3-4 Full report on www.toi.in Full report on www.toi.in
days against the 5-6 days The change in rules, though
that freight trains usual- only for lower-end government operated to ensure that catego- ment services by amending the
ly take. “How quickly we jobs, is politically significant as ries such as women who marry J&K Civil Services (Decentrali-
move fresh stocks also state government employment outside the state were not eligi- sation and Recruitment) Act.
depends on the pace at was previously in accordance ble for domicile benefits.
which godowns empty. with the definition of perma- The announcement was con-
Most states do not have nent residents, seen as central to The current notification demned by political parties in
sufficient storage facili- the Article 370 scheme. In con- does not include land ownership Kashmir with National Confer-
ty,” an FCI officer said. junction, Article 35A had also but will be seen as the thin end of ence (NC) calling it “hollow and
the wedge by Kashmir parties unacceptable”, while People’s
Over the next couple with even the newly formed Ap- Democratic Party (PDP) termed
of weeks, the focus will ni Party voicing opposition. The it “ irresolute and akin to rubbing
be back on procurement, rules have been changed with re- salt on people’s wounds”.
which is expected to start gard to appointment in govern-
in a staggered manner in Full story on www.toi.in
the middle of April.
Missing daily doses will weaken
OBITUARY immune system, says activist

OBITUARY Continued from P 1 which will definitely bring erapy treatment for stage-3 co- ©BCCL 2020
With profound grief down their immunity and lon cancer in Bengaluru, she
we inform about the Rajvinder of Cansupport, make them more susceptible to says being a cancer patient in a
an organisation which getting co-morbidities like lockdown feels like being stuck
sad demise of helps cancer patients, TB,” said Acharya, who gets between a rock and a hard place.
said their teams were not even close to 100 SOS calls daily. He “My treatment is running late
Mrs. P.M.Lekshmy Kutty being able to visit patients on adds that unavailability of by one a half weeks, but with
Amma (Ammini) palliative care due to lack of food is also compromising pa- the current lockdown, we are
transport during the lock- tients’ immunity. “Someone not sure what is worse…staying
on Tuesday March 31, 2020. down. “Almost all outpatient called to say that he has been indoors and delaying treatment
Madhavi & M.K.Viswanathan chemotherapy services have surviving on pav for the past or going out and exposing your-
(Daughter & Son-in-law) shut down. Safdarjung hospi- four days,” added Acharya. self to infection. My doctor has
Shobha & V. Balakrishnan tal’s medical oncology depart- to take a call on this soon,” said
(Daug hter & Son-in-law) ment is working but most peo- COLLATERAL IMPACT Mehta, who has turned to on-
ple who need chemotherapy line cancer support networks to
Subha & Vikas are unable to get there,” said Dialysis patients too have deal with all this stress.
(Granddaughter & Grandson-in4aw) Rajvinder, expressing frustra- been sending SOS on their so-
tion at the way health services cial media groups for medi- In private hospitals, oncolo-
Vinod and Priya for patients of anything except cines which are running out, gists are trying to figure out
(Grandson and Granddaughter-irrlaw) covid were being denied. and the difficulty of reaching what’s immediate and what can
dialysis centres. While in Hyd- wait. “For example, in some
Art h In Mumbai, Ganesh Acha- erabad the police have been is- breast cancer patients there’s
(Great grandson) rya, an HIV patient and activist suing passes for dialysis pa- robust evidence to show that
with Humsafar Trust, says tients and arranging ambu- giving a tablet a day can take
HIV patients are not able to re- lances for their transport, in care of the disease for next few
ach their local ART centres for many other cities patients months and surgery can be
medicines. “Those who are on complained about police stop- done later on a smaller tumour.
second and third line drugs are ping them despite showing But if cancer has hit lymph
facing even more problems as them their doctor’s letter. nodes, then the patient needs
these medicines are available immediate surgery,” said Dr Ni-
only in bigger hospitals. They Asha Mehta, who is under- tesh Rohtagi, medical oncolo-
are missing their daily doses going an expensive immunoth- gist, Max hospital, Delhi.

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TIMES GLOBAL LOOKBACK,ANDSMILE
ON PERILS PAST
— WALTER SCOTT
THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI | THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

JACK BLACK DEBUTS ON TIKTOK WITH SHIRTLESS MEGHAN MARKLE & PRINCE HARRY’S $2.5M SECURITY

QUARANTINE DANCE; 2M VIEWS & 300K LIKES SO FAR COST TO BE BORNE BY PRINCE CHARLES, SAYS REPORT

Deadliest Day for Europe: Toll Tops 30,000

Italy And Spain Account For 3 Of Changing tune: Trump pushes for

Every 4 Deaths In The Continent curbs, says ‘life and death’ at stake

Reutersrs NYT

The coronavirus pandem- A record 864 fatalities took Spain’s toll to 9,053 as infections rose to hanced instability, enhanced Chidanand.Rajghatta spring break parties in the US,
ic has claimed more than 1,02,136. A cluster of infections has sprung up around Moncloa Palace, unrest, and enhanced conflict @timesgroup.com it appears the surest way to
30,000 lives in Europe the seat of Spain’s government, with three ministers catching the virus are things that make us believe spread the virus is by congre-
alone, a global tally showed on that this is the most challeng- Washington: The US is gea- gating closely. Insistent church
Wednesday, in what the head of UK records 500+ daily deaths for 1st time ing crisis we have faced since ring up literally on a war-foo- US CASES NOW 2,00,000+ : The number of infections in the US pastors and itinerant beach
the United Nations has de- the Second World War.” ting to take on the coronavirus crossed 2,00,000 — more than any other country. The country’s virus toll party-goers are being warned,
scribed as humanity’s worst Britain reported 563 daily coronavirus deaths on Wednesd- pandemic after President Do- is now more than 4,300 with over 1,900 deaths in New York state alone fined, and prosecuted. All this
crisis since World War II. ay, the first time the national toll has exceeded 500, brin- In Italy, with over 13,000 naldTrumpwarnedof a“very, lent a somber air to the daily
ging the total fatalities to 2,352. Some 29,474 people have now dead so far, the most of any very painful” two weeks ahead vaccine against the virus, the And the virus is hardy, ro- White House coronavirus brie-
Italy and Spain bore the tested positive, an increase of 4,324 over the previous day. country, morgues overflowed while conceding that up to best prescription for now is bust, and stealthy, capable of fing where a chastened Trump
Britain locked down last week in an attempt to combat the with bodies, caskets piled up 2,40,000 Americans could die social distancing and imme- travelling a long distance (up —who had said the virus will
brunt of the crisis, accounting virus, but PM Boris Johnson, who himself has tested positive, in churches, and doctors even in a best case scenario diate isolation at the sign of to 27 feet) and hanging aro- go away, there will be zero ca-
for three in every four deaths warned that it would “get worse before it gets better”. Among were forced to decide which with a total lockdown in place. any symptom.While overall und for hours in the air after ses, coronavirus is a Democra-
on the continent. Confirmed the victims in Britain was a13-year-old boy. Prince Charles, desperately ill patient would mortality rate of the virus is it is emitted by a cough or sne- tic hoax etc — reversed course
cases in Spain rose beyond who came out of isolation after displaying mild symptoms of get a breathing machine. The New York City, the US epi- expected to settle down below eze, making current social and claimed he was only say-
1,00,000 as it recorded its big- the disease, said: “None of us can say when this will end, but strain facing some of the wo- centre of the pandemic, is do- 1%, latest research shows a distancing norm of six feet ing such things to be a “cheerle-
gest one-day death toll from the end it will. Until it does, let us all try and live with hope”. REUTERS rld’s best health care systems wn on its knees. The country’s few things stand out about the feel inadequate. Consequent ader” and not scare people. He
outbreak on Wednesday. has been aggravated by hospi- death toll has doubled to 4,000 pathogen: Anywhere betwe- to this, the US is coming aro- calledit“amatterof lifeandde-
ported its highest daily num- secretary-general Antonio Gu- tal budget cuts over the past in just three days, illustrating en 25% to 50% of people who und to the Asian view that ath” for Americans to heed his
A record 864 fatalities on ber of deaths from Covid-19, terres, the disease “represents decade in Italy, Spain, France the speed and ferocity of the vi- get it are asymptomatic but wearing a mask is good. administration’s social curbs.
Tuesday took the country’s saying 509 more people had a threat to everybody in the and Britain. They have called rus. Field hospitals have been they can pass it on to others
overall toll to 9,053 as total in- died to bring the toll to 4,032. world and... an economic im- in medical students, retired opened up in Central Park and who may be lethally affected. So whether it is religious Meanwhile on the diplo-
fections rose to 1,02,136, health pact that will bring a recession doctors and even laid-off flight the US Open tennis arena; a na- congregations in India or matic front, the White House
ministry data showed. The Since emerging in China in that probably has no parallel in attendants with first aid train- val hospital ship with1000 beds and the state department have
ministry said the percentage December, Covid-19 has spread the recent past.” “The combi- ing to help fight the virus. The has steamed into the harbour; reeled back from the terms
increase in deaths was lower across the globe, claiming over nation of the two facts and the staffing shortage has been exa- and more than 2,000 nurses, 500 Chinese virus or Wuhan virus
than in recent days. Barring 44,000 lives and infecting more risk that it contributes to en- cerbated by the high numbers paramedics and emergency after Trump spoke to his Chi-
Italy, the virus has killed more than 8,80,000 people. For UN of infected personnel. In Italy medical technicians, and 250 nese counterpart Xi Jinping in
people in Spain than anywhere alone, nearly 10,000 medical ambulances have converged a constructive conversation
else, triggering a lockdown workers have been infected and on the city from across the co- on handling the crisis. It turns
that has brought economic ac- more than 60 doctors have died. untry for the battle against Co- out that the US is very much
tivity to a virtual standstill. vid-19. Other US cities, from dependent on China for supply
In a remarkable turn- Chicago and Detroit to New Or- of masks, gloves, etc., and
A cluster of infections has around, rich economies leans, from Atlanta to San notwithstanding the sudden
sprung up around Moncloa where virus cases have ex- Francisco, are gearing up for realisation that ceding almost
Palace, the seat of Spain’s gov- ploded are welcoming help similar upcoming crisis. all manufacturing has put it in
ernment, with three ministers from less wealthy ones. Rus- a vulnerable position, for now
catching the virus as well as sia sent medical equipment Top US health officials sa- Washington is flying in plane-
PM Pedro Sanchez’s wife and id on Wednesday that absent loads of supplies from China.
father-in-law. Three members and masks to the US. Cuba any proven medication or
of the five-strong coronavirus
task force, which has been up- sent doctors to France. AP Trump urged to
dating the nation on the epi-
demic via daily briefings tele- Turkey dispatched masks, pause H-1B visa
vised from the palace, have al-
so tested positive. hazmat suits, goggles and dis-
infectants to Italy and Spain.
France on Wednesday re-
China reported just 36

new Covid-19 cases. AGENCIES

‘About 25% to 50% of corona China reopens scheme amid
carriers do not feel unwell’ markets selling
bats, rats and job loss fears
As many as 25% of people more exotics
infected with the new co- Washington: A US body re-
ronavirus may not show TRACKING OUTBREAK Washington: In China, the GOATS TAKE OVER ‘GHOST’ TOWN: A herd of Kashmir goats have invaded Llandudno, a coastal town in presenting American techno-
symptoms, the director of the ‘wet markets’ that spawned north Wales, after a coronavirus lockdown left the streets deserted. The animals have spent the past three logy workers has urged Presi-
Centres for Disease Control Countries Infected Death 180 the global Covid-19 pandemic days feasting on garden hedges and flowers in the seaside resort dent Donald Trump to su-
and Prevention warns — a United States have reopened. The markets spend for this year the H-1B vi-
startlingly high number that Italy 203,608 4,476 countries/ offer a smorgasbord of exotic THOSE WHO LOST THE VIRUS BATTLE sa programme, the most
complicates efforts to predict 1,10,574 13,155 wildlife including bat, civets, sought-after among the Indi-
the pandemic’s course and st- regions hit rats, snakes and salamanders. Wallace Roney, 59, legendary US Andrew Jack, ‘Star Wars’ actor, an IT professionals, to protect
rategies to mitigate its spread. trumpeter, brought jazz back into was to be Pattinson’s dialect their interests amid the mas-
Spain 1,02,136 9,053 9,05,279+ The move may prove to be line with its mid-century sound coach on new Batman film sive layoffs in the country due
The CNN also reported that China dangerous as several scien- to the coronavirus pandemic.
newdataoutof Icelandshowed 82,361 3,316 infected globally tists believe that the novel cor- Wallace Roney, a virtuoso trumpeter whose Actor Andrew Jack, best known for playing
that about 50% of those who onavirus started to spread term as Miles Davis’ only true protege Major Ematt in “Stars Wars” films, has died The H-1B visa is a non-im-
tested positive said they were Germany 76,544 858 45,497+ from one such market in Wu- opened onto a prominent career in jazz, died of coronavirus complications at the age of 76. migrant visa that allows US
asymptomatic. A research te- France 52,870 4,032 han. Various reports suggest companies to employ foreign
am in Hong Kong has sugges- Iran 47,593 3,036 have died that a 55-year-old man from Hu- Tuesday in Paterson, New Jersey. Jack passed away at a hospital in workers in speciality occupa-
ted that from 20% to 40% of tr- United Kingdom 29,841 2,357 bei province could have been He was 59. The cause was complic- Chertsey, England, on Tuesday. tions that require theoretical
ansmissions in China occurr- Switzerland 17,137 1,90,710+ the first person to have con- ations of the coronavirus. Roney Jack, who was also a dialect coach or technical expertise.
ed before symptoms appeared. 461 tracted Covid-19 at the Huanan was a leading voice in what came to for actors , worked on projects su-
have recovered Seafood Market in Wuhan. be called the Young Lions moveme- ch as “Men in Black: Internation- US Tech Workers, a non-
In particular, the high level nt, a coterie of young musicians al”, “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy profit organisation, in its let-
of symptom-free cases is lea- Turkey 15,679 277 Source: Johns Hopkins “The markets have gone devoted to bringing jazz back into line with its and “Thor: Ragnarok”. He also worked with Chr- ter to Trump also urged him to
ding the CDC to consider broa- University back to operating in the same midcentury sound. He won a Grammy in1994 for istian Bale for “Batman Begins” and was going suspend the H-2B visa pro-
dening its guidelines on who way as they did before corona- the album “A Tribute To Miles”. to work with Robert Pattinson on “The Batman” grammes for the foreign guest
should wear masks. “This ing critically rereviewed.” novel coronavirus is the first virus,” Washington Examiner workers too. “We have written
helps explain how rapidly this The high level of covert sp- virus that is not an influenza vi- quoted a correspondent of Mail a letter asking that the H-1B &
virus continues to spread rus to set off a pandemic. NYT on Sunday as saying. However, H-2B visa programme be su-
across the country,” the direc- read may help explain why the the markets are now constantly spended for this year due to
tor, Robert Redfield, said in an monitered by guards. “Every- the economic fallout from the
interview broadcast Tuesday. one believes the outbreak is coronavirus,” the organisa-
over,” a China-based reporter tion said. H-2B visas are most-
The agency has repeatedly was quoted by Washington Ex- ly for foreign farm workers.
said that ordinary citizens do aminer. WHO had said in Janu-
not need to wear masks unless ary that the evidence suggested According to some re-
they are feeling sick. But with that the outbreak is associated ports, the department of labo-
the new data, Redfield said with exposures in a seafood ur would be looking at 50-70
that such guidance was “be- market in Wuhan. AGENCIES million unemployed Ameri-
cans by the end of April. Last
Thursday, unemployment cla-
ims ramped to three millions,
shattering the record high of
695,000 in 1982. PTI

OTHER TOP STORIES Saudi official urges Mass testing, empty Indian-origin AROUND THE WORLD
Muslims to delay
Af-Taliban prisoner haj plans over virus ICUs: Germany scored virologist dies Reuters
exchange to begin
A senior Saudi official urged early against virus of Covid-19 in
more than1 million Muslims
Kabul: Afghanistan will re- Roadside bombing intending to perform the haj to Berlin: Late last year — long Cigarette maker South Africa Shoppers wait outside a grocery store during a nationwide 21-day
lease some Taliban prisoners in Afghanistan delay making plans this year — before most people had heard claims vaccine lockdown to contain the outbreak in Durban, South Africa
this week as part of confiden- kills 8, mostly kids comments suggesting the of the new coronavirus now breakthrough Johannesburg: World-renow-
ce building measure crucial pilgrimage could be cancelled sweeping the globe — scien- ned virologist Drugs worth $30m March 19 netted about 590kg of
for the success of the peace A roadside bombing in due to the new coronavirus tists in Germany sprang into Cigarette makers may seem Gita Ramjee seized from tunnel cocaine, 39kg of methamp-
deal signed between Ameri- Afghanistan on pandemic. “We have requested action to develop a test for the like an unlikely source of has become the in San Diego hetamine, 8kg of heroin and
ca and the Taliban to end ne- Wednesday killed at least from all Muslims around the virus that was causing an un- life-saving vaccines, yet Philip first Indian-ori- 1,360kg of marijuana.
arly two decades of war, offi- eight civilians, including six world to hold onto signing any usual respiratory disease in Morris International Inc and Bri- gin South Afri- A large haul of drugs,
cials said on Wednesday. children. The victims were all agreements (with tour China. They had one by mid- tish American Tobacco Plc are can to have died including opioids, met- Aussie driver blames
from a single family, according operators) until we have a clear January — and labs around trying to devise a defence ag- after contrac- hamphetamine and cocaine, speeding on corona
A three-member Taliban to Helmand police spokesman vision” Saudi haj and umrah the country were ready to ainst the coronavirus from the being smuggled from Mexico
team arrived in Kabul on Tu- Zaman Hamdard. Two more minister Muhammad Saleh bin start using it just weeks later, humble tobacco leaf. BAT said on ting the novel coronavirus that to California was seized from a An Australian allegedly caught
esday to begin a prisoner ex- family members were Taher Banten told state TV. AP around the same time that Eu- Wednesday that it’s in pre-clini- has killed five people in the co- cross-border tunnel equipped driving a Lamborghini at nearly
change process and met wounded, he said. No one rope’s most populous country cal testing of a plant-based vac- untry. Ramjee, a stellar vaccine with ventilation, lighting and twice the speed limit in Sydney
with Afghan officials despi- immediately claimed respon- Turkmenistan registered its first case. cine via a US biotech subsidiary scientist and an HIV preven- an underground rail system, claimed he was rushing to
te a nationwide lockdown sibility for the attack, but both bans use of word Kentucky BioProcessing. Philip tion research leader, had retur- authorities said on Tuesday. hospital to be tested for coro-
implemented to curb the the Taliban and the IS militants ‘coronavirus’ Coupled with Germany’s Morris has said its partially ow- ned from London a week ago The tunnel connected wareho- navirus, police said on Wednes-
spread of the coronavirus. are active in the province. AP large number of intensive care ned Canadian unit Medicago ex- but reportedly showed no uses in Tijuana and San Diego, day. The man was undergoing
An international media beds and its early social dis- pects to start human trials this symptoms of Covid-19. extending about 610 metres mandatory self-isolation after
US secretary of state Mi- bihullah Mujahid, a spokes- freedom watchdog says the tancing measures, it could ex- summer. Plant-based vaccines with an average depth of 31 being pulled over for allegedly
ke Pompeo termed the deve- man for the militant group. autocratic ex-Soviet nation of plain one of the most interest- mimic viruses and allow the bo- Ramjee, 64, was the clinical feet and width of 3 feet, accor- driving 160km per hour in a
lopments as “good news”. Turkmenistan has banned the ing puzzles of the Covid-19 pan- dy’s immune system to recog- trials unit principal investiga- ding to federal agencies. The 90 km/h zone on Monday. He
Talks were underway on media from using the word demic: Why are people with the nise them and create an immune tor and unit director of the HIV discovery of the tunnel on was fined for speeding and had
A Taliban spokesman sa- the provision for medical “coronavirus”. Reporters With- virus in Germany currently response, without being able to Prevention Research Unit of his licence suspended.
id on Wednesday that at least checkup for those being fre- out Borders saidthe word also dying at much lower rates than infect or replicate. Kentucky Bio- the South African Medical Re- It was unclear whether or not
100 captured Taliban fighters ed, Mujahid said. The Tali- has been removed from health in neighboring countries? The Processing recently cloned a po- search Council (SAMRC) offi- he had tested positive.
would be freed soon, the first ban was making transport ar- information brochures distri- numbers are remarkable: As rtion of Covid-19’s genetic seque- ces in Durban. “We are deeply
step to in ultimate exchange rangements to ensure that buted in schools, hospitals and confirmed cases in Germany nce. According to BAT, the meth- saddened to inform you of the
of 6,000 prisoners held by the old and sick fighters released workplaces. The nation so far has passed 76,000, the death toll on od generates the vaccine faster tragic passing of Gita Ramjee
Afghan government and the were received by their famili- reported no cases of the disease. Wednesday was 858. Virologist than conventional methods, red- in hospital today,” said a state-
insurgent group. “One hund- es but had no plans to provide The watchdog said people wea- Christian Drosten, whose team ucing the time required from mo- ment issued by SAMRC presi-
red prisoners will be relea- financial assistance. REUTERS ring face masks or talking about developed the first test for the nths to about 6 weeks. BLOOMBERG dent and CEO Glenda Gray.
sed in first batch, then both coronavirus are liable to be arres- virus, estimates that Germany “Professor Ramjee died of Co-
sides will assess whether re- ted by plainclothes police. AP is now capable of conducting vid-19 related complications,”
leasing 100 per day is wor- up to 500,000 tests a week. AP Gray added.
king out well or not,” said Za-
Five South Africans have di-
ed from Covid-19 since Sunday.
Over 13,50 cases have been re-
ported in the country so far. PTI

10 COMFORTING THE AFFLICTED AFFLICTING THE COMFORTABLE THE TIMES OF INDIA
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020

A thought for today A Seven Decades Journey

Testing is the biggest problem that we’re facing Charting a new course for the dragon-elephant tango

PETER SLAVIN, US hospital president Sun Weidong Chad Crowe of multilateral mechanisms such as the
Brics, SCO, G20, WTO, China-Russia-
Testing Is Key Yesterday was the 70th India, and said China is ready to share Facing outbreaks of Covid-19, India cooperation. We shoulder the
anniversary of diplo- our experience, provide support within we are helping each other. responsibility to ensure the legitimate
Lockdown buys us time to ramp up test kit production. matic relations between our capacity. China has provided assi- Foreign minister Wang Yi interests of developing countries, speak
Testing more will ease healthcare burden China and India. It is stance for the return of Indian citizens in expressed sympathy and up for emerging economies, and forge
imperative to recall the Hubei province. Two batches of medical solidarity with India, and said a more fair, equitable and rational
With India uncovering a number of Covid-19 clusters in original aspiration of supplies donated to the Indian Red Cross China is ready to share our international order.
recent days and the clock ticking on the 21-day lockdown, establishing diplomatic ties 70 years Society by Chinese charity organisations experience, provide support
focus must turn to ramping up production of testing kits. ago, carry forward the spirit of good have arrived in Delhi. It highlights the within our capacity Fifth, handle the differences
Like most parts of the world including many developed countries neighbourly friendship, explore how to spirit of mutual assistance and working properly. The two sides have established
encountering the new disease, it was important to prioritise the coexist with each other between major together through thick and thin. remind me of the great sacrifice made by mechanisms to manage differences and
available testing kits for vulnerable sections like symptomatic foreign emerging and neighbouring countries. Dwarkanath Kotnis, whose spirit is a pre- seek a constructive solution through
returnees and those coming in close contact with confirmed cases. As China and India are fellow travellers We can draw some enlightenment from cious legacy for China-India relations. dialogue. Our common interests far
more disease clusters surface, regularly testing medical personnel, against all odds. We had fought side by this hard-won relation. First, adhere to outweigh the differences. The two sides
people living in and around hotspots, and those with symptoms side in the national liberation movement. strategic guidance given by the leaders. Third, add impetus to mutually should expand cooperation and curb
resembling the flu and pneumonia will ensure an orderly transition Independence and national rejuvena- Over the past 70 years, our two leaders beneficial cooperation. China and India negative factors to proactively shape
to less stringent social distancing norms when the lockdown ends. tion are our common goals and the Five have grasped the general direction of share similar national conditions, and bilateral relations and break the circle of
Principles of Peaceful Coexistence China-India relations from a strategic both are at a critical stage of economic ups and downs.
In turn this will help epidemiological data collection, analysing represent our shared contribution for and overall perspective, and steered the development. There’s great potential
which should enable governments and public health experts to international relations. Today, we speak course of bilateral relations. Xi and Modi for bilateral cooperation in medicine, The China-India relations stand at a
make informed decisions based on the characteristics of the outbreak for legitimate interests of developing held two informal summits to conduct information technology, agriculture, new starting point now and usher in new
in India including transmission rates, fatality, forecasting models countries. strategic communication, and reached a poverty reduction and connectivity, etc. opportunities. We should explore a way
China and India are pilots in the series of important consensus decisions. to get along with each other as follows:
and asymptomatic individuals. ICMR trends of reform and development. In Fourth, strengthen coordination in
has indicated that in two months it will the 1980s and 1990s, the two countries Second, stay on the general trend of international and regional affairs. Enhancing mutual trust is the
be possible to locally produce serological embarked on the path of economic friendly cooperation. China and India have China and India are important members foundation. Only through mutual
test kits. These are typically rapid reform and development. We have been a history of friendly exchanges for more respect and trust, consultation on an
diagnostic tests to detect the presence learning from each other. China and than 2,000 years. Friendly cooperation, equal footing, can the two sides correctly
of antibodies, which can be used for India now rank the second and fifth which has dominated most of the time, is view each other’s development intention,
preliminary screening of high risk largest economies in the world, accoun- the prevailing theme. Our joint efforts deepen the basic judgment that China
individuals and to identify ‘safe’ ting for half of the Asian economy in combating Covid-19 pandemic today and India are partners rather than
individuals who contracted the virus and one-fifth of the world. rivals, representing opportunities
but went undetected. China and India are practitioners of rather than threats to each other.
mutual learning among civilisations.
Currently, there is some pressure to We have a long history of trade and Focussing on cooperation is the
make rapid antibody tests the first line exchange. Originating in India, Buddhism approach. The two sides should actively
of diagnosis but these can throw up thrived in China. Today, people-to-people seek convergence of interests, seize all
false negatives as many patients in the initial stages of transmission and cultural exchanges between us set opportunities for cooperation, and achieve
may not have developed antibodies. So ICMR has insisted on RT-PCR off a new wave, with 14 pairs of sister mutual benefit and win-win results by ma-
tests, which take around six hours to return results, besides the provinces or cities and mutual personnel king the pie of cooperation even bigger.
time taken to collect swab samples. The RT-PCR kit developed by visits exceeding one million annually.
Pune based Mylab Discovery claims it can deliver results in 2.5 China and India are partners sailing Managing differences is the assurance.
hours. Meanwhile, biotech companies in the US have devised new in the same boat. Facing outbreaks of The two sides should always bear in
technologies to reduce testing time to a few minutes, but for the Covid-19 around the world, we are helping mind the overall picture of bilateral
immediate future India will have to rely on RT-PCR tests. each other. At the Extraordinary G20 relations, put differences in appropriate
Shortening test wait times and making them more accessible Leaders’ Summit, President Xi Jinping places and deal with them properly.
will allow authorities to quickly isolate confirmed cases. With emphasised that it is imperative for the
international restrictions making imports difficult, Indian biotech international community to strengthen Seeking common development is the
companies will have to step up production of probes and primers confidence, act with unity and work direction. China and India should join
the country needs. All supply chains needed for this effort must be together in a collective response. Prime hands with other developing countries
tapped. The entry of local firms will also significantly lower ICMR’s Minister Narendra Modi sent a letter of in achieving economic development,
RT-PCR price ceiling for private testing from the present cap of condolence to President Xi. people’s happiness and national
Rs 4,500. South Korea and Germany stand out for mass testing which State councillor and foreign minister rejuvenation, which is an integral
reduced fatalities and prevented health systems from breaking down. Wang Yi had two phone calls with external component of building a community
In the coming days, India must try to follow their example. affairs minister S Jaishankar. Wang with a shared future for mankind.
expressed sympathy and solidarity with
Soldiers In Whitecoats I am confident that China and India
have the vision and capacity to take a
Doctors and nurses need support and proper “dragon-elephant tango” on a glorious
equipment to fight the Covid-19 war journey in the next 70 years, and write a
new chapter in building a community
With more than 8,50,000 confirmed cases and close to 44,000 with a shared future for mankind.
deaths, UN secretary general Antonio Guterres has described
the coronavirus pandemic as the worst global crisis since The writer is China’s Ambassador to India
World War II. And given that countries across the world are facing lock-
downs and restrictions, this certainly feels like war. The frontline soldiers Print warriors on the corona frontlines: Why print media enjoys
in the battle against Covid-19 are doctors, nurses and other medical staff. distinct advantages over purely web based content providers
Reports have surfaced of doctors in America writing up their wills,
aware of higher risks they face in emergency rooms or ICUs. Sreeram Chaulia Reputed newspapers must be exploiting worried and anxious people times. Online sources and forwards
the main reference points in cooped up in their homes. capitalise on this human condition
In Spain, healthcare workers have accounted for at least14% of total As the entire planet is the corona emergency because where the mind is racing and try to satiate
Covid-19 cases. It is a similar story elsewhere – healthcare centres are engulfed in a life-and- they give readers the analytical In richer countries, the trend of it with instant and extremely short
overloaded, essential medical equipment scarce and doctors and death struggle against the depth that fleeting and readers getting their news from social screaming ‘Breaking News’ and views.
nursing staff stretched thin. The high viral load in hospital settings menacing coronavirus momentary snippets, ‘shares’ media apps and sites rather than the
pandemic, paeans are and ‘likes’ cannot deliver newspaper of record had preceded the Half-baked knowledge is more
may make healthcare workers particularly being sung to ‘warriors’ current pandemic crisis. Just imagine dangerous than ignorance and it is only
susceptible to the disease. And if all of this who are tirelessly working to protect policies of governments to alleged how much the unverified fake news traditional print media, which carefully
people and halt the contagion. High transmissibility of the virus through passing around in the online sphere carries opinion of well-trained journalists,
weren’t enough, doctors and nurses in India up in that hall of fame is the print touching physical newspapers, plenty of would have gained ground and how qualified experts and policymakers, that
have been facing social ostracisation from news media, which is braving sudden damage is being done to the general badly this process will hamper the should matter at this delicate juncture.
landlords and neighbours fearing infection. drops in circulation and losses in interest by vested interest groups. collective need to roll back the virus.
It is important to realise that doctors and advertising revenues to keep on educating Luckily, unlike Western countries
medical personnel are the ones holding the and awakening societies and govern- ‘Information warfare’, which used to The traditional print media offers where leaders like President Donald
line against Covid-19. They need to be fully ments at a critical time. be associated with intelligence agencies two distinct advantages over purely web Trump and Prime Minister Boris
supported in this time of crisis. True, Often derided as ‘dead tree media’ of countries engaged in geopolitical based content providers in the present Johnson have declared war on their own
government has taken some laudable steps and a dying species which cannot rivalry, has now been mainstreamed head spinning moment. First, the print newspapers as “lamestream
here such as providing Rs 50 lakh insurance compete in the digital era, it is print with a surge of social media junk former have long pedigrees and solid media” and “enemies of the people”, we
daily newspapers and established media propagated by commercially motivated reputations for fact checking, cautious in India do not have the perverse
cover to all healthcare professionals. But what they really need is per- houses publishing them which are actors looking to make a fast buck by and responsible dissemination. In the problem of what the American scholar
sonal protection equipment (PPEs) which are in short supply. Reports critical to beating back the virus. current crisis, it is the print media Tom Nichols calls “anti-expertise and
that doctors are having to make do with substandard PPEs which some Old media is proving to be gold and their online editions which have anti-intellectual sentiment”.
have compared to raincoats – akin to sending soldiers into war with in the context of what the World refrained from sensational tactics
misfiring guns – should trigger quick action in ramping up production Health Organization (WHO) terms an because they are not treating the corona The bulk of readers in India have not
and supply of PPEs. If we are to win the battle against coronavirus, the ‘infodemic’ – the overabundance of pandemic as an opportunity to crassly become cynical about the print media
country needs to support and provide resources for its doctors and information about coronavirus which grab more market share or redirect under the influence of populist politicians
health workers just as it would support its soldiers in a war. makes it hard to find “trustworthy advertisements to themselves. or greedy online entrepreneurs.
sources” and “reliable guidance”.
Caro-namaha With lockdowns and confinement Public service orientation plus finan- Unlike American or British news-
orders affecting distribution and sales cially secure bases, as opposed to cheap papers, good Indian print media outlets
It’s achieved what great nations of physical copies of newspapers, all ‘clickbait’ behaviour of desperate web ex- do not openly endorse particular
and greata-netas could not sorts of dubious online sources and clusive content providers, makes the print political parties and shill on their behalf.
forwarded messages have flooded media stand on a higher moral pedestal. India’s big print media houses are part of
Bachi Karkaria people’s phones and minds, magnifying the ‘establishment’, but in a relatively
fears through inauthentic, uncorrobo- Second, reputed newspapers must be independent manner.
Let’s bow to Covid –19 times a day. It’s molecular but spectacular. rated and malicious rumours. the main reference points in the corona
It has pulled off what mighty leaders across the world have had From quack cures and vaccines for emergency because they give readers Given these strong underlying
to put off. Let’s start with Omnipotus. He’d been wanting a wall coronavirus and hearsay about restrictive the analytical depth that fleeting and fundamentals, one can expect India’s
to stop Mexicans from coming in. He hasn’t succeeded, but he momentary snippets, ‘shares’ and ‘likes’ print media to survive the coronavirus
infected all of Europe with the same idea – though their dilbert cannot deliver. Psychologically, people induced drops in sales and commercials
undesirables were from further away. Along with other high- under lockdown have even lesser patien- and come roaring back as the public
minded nations, we condemned such inhuman behaviour. But, along came this ce and attention spans than in normal health crisis subsides.
teeny-weeny meanie, and we too are hastily locking our borders. Not against
outside-outsiders but inside-outsiders. That’s one step further than even CAA. The writer is a foreign affairs expert
Take the China bull which had been snorting into the world’s shops, IT
monopolies and geopolitics. Almost every country, from the mighty US to us, had Sacredspace
been trying to temper the havoc it wreaked on trade deficits, defence budgets
and regional alliances. In vain. Then, along came this invisible virus, and before Great Expectations
anyone could ask ‘Hu Yu?’ the China juggernaut juddered to a standstill.
Or ISIS/ al-Qaida whose terror was as whimsical as it was diabolical. Due to our own conditioning by
The nations of the world tried to break its habit of blowing up numerous factors, we develop

erratica unsuspecting innocents. Could they? Nah! Then along came expectations. They are the
the tiny Covid bin Corona, and made suicide bombers tremble primary cause of all grief and
in their wired vests. Meticulously planned attacks in virus- stress. When we expect, we
laden countries were hastily aborted. Heaven, and the houris, can wait. place a burden on ourselves as
well as the one we expect from.
Closer home, our minders had been trying to infect the economy with
DeMonetitis and GSTosis. Then, along comes this little fellow, and kills it off Om Swami
with one loaded cough.
Why So Many Souls Fall In Love With Rama
But, it’s not all-pain-no-gain. The PM has once again taken over Mission
Control and ordered a blistering counterattack; you could call it a medical Renuka Narayanan feel better about herself. Nor did he history of Rama’s circumstances. forest, so deep is their attachment to
strike. In fact, according to those rah-rah WhatsApps, our Rapid Response allow Lakshmana and Sita to deviate a When Dasaratha asks his people their sweet-natured prince.
model is Saare Jahaan se Accha, indeed the envy of the reeling, fumbling world. Ramanavami, the birth of Rama in hairsbreadth from the cordiality and
As for its street cred, Covid has brightened the prognosis of Swachh Bharat. the month of Chaitra, refreshes respect due to a mother, an elder. what they think of his plan to make Perfect strangers fall under Rama’s
tender thoughts of Rama whom we Rama the crown prince, even the fond spell, like the forester Guha who takes
Thank you, Corona, for even more nationally important revelations. That not ‘received’ in childhood as the embodiment This compassionate, forgiving father is astonished by the praja’s Rama across the Ganga and actually
only can she tonsure trolls and flick off criticism like flakes of dandruff, Mrs Virat of compassion, kindness and graceful quality of Rama’s character is declared enthusiasm. Look at the reasons they prepares to defend Rama against
Kohli can also cut hair. And for the most monumental, matrimonially significant behaviour. ‘Raman’ means one who is by Narada at the very beginning of the give Dasaratha, apart from Rama’s Bharata and the entire Ayodhyan army.
one of all: Indian men can be enlisted for BJP duty: bartan, jhadoo, pochha. happy and also, one who makes others epic, when Valmiki says, “I wonder if Rishi Bharadwaj and any number of
happy. Although the Ramayana is full of there is a single person blessed wisdom, valour and kingly skills: other forest-dwellers become deeply
*** sorrowful partings, the character of with all the good qualities “Rama speaks lovingly to every- attached to Rama in the course of 13
Alec Smart said: “How socially responsible, so many have gone into Rama shines like a light in the darkness. one can think of.” one and his words have never years in the forest. In the 14th year, a
selfie-isolation.” been false. He respects elders well-educated, well-spoken superhero
As a child, i was greatly struck by His list is an interesting and wise people. He is genui- like Hanuman is instantly drawn to
Rama’s amazing goodness at Chitrakoot revelation about ourselves nely interested in the welfare Rama’s goodness. He forgets his disguise
to Kaikeyi, even though she drove him as a society and what we of others. When out riding, and blurts the truth about himself.
out of home into the forest for 14 years are taught to admire: he stops and talks to the man
and took away his rights on the eve of integrity, courage, honesty, on the street. He readily Vibhishana leaves behind his royal
his anointment as crown prince. It made gratitude, sticking by one’s forgives and forgets a wrong comforts, his place at Lanka’s powerful
a deep impression on me, of a high principles, concern for all living beings, court, his wife and children, his wealth
standard of behaviour. As an adult, i learning, skill, beauty, anger control, but remembers even the smallest nice and property – and for whom? For a
have rediscovered that sense of wonder lack of jealousy at all times and thing that anybody ever did for him. He broke, homeless migrant (who has no
at Rama’s inner composure. He never undaunted heroism in dealing with is well-read and well-mannered. He is a clue about his divinity) and has only a
said one rude or reproachful word to whatever life throws at one. ‘drapi’ (angry only when rightfully motley crew of unarmed vanaras. That
Kaikeyi but rather, tried to make her required and in the right proportion)”. is an extraordinary sharanagati, total
“I will tell you about such a person,” surrender, as kathakars expound.
says Narada, and gives Valmiki a potted The citizens of Ayodhya even leave
their homes to follow Rama into the

THE TIMES OF INDIA, NEW DELHI TIMES XIXII I TRENDS 11
THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 2020 LOG SCALE II III
IX X
A different way to look at Covid-19 cases

How you ‘visualise’ a pandemic is very important — because it gives you an idea which way the pandemic is going. The problem with something THESE COUNTRIES The countries with curves
that grows exponentially is that when you plot it on a chart, what you see is one line that is shooting up. The reason is simple: you had 2 cases ARE DOING BETTER not as steep as India’s have
on Day 1, then 4 on Day 2, then 8 on Day 3, and so on. Try plotting something like this on a graph, and you will see a hockey stick taking shape. THAN INDIA... much smaller populations
In a pandemic, the numbers will keep growing for a while, and the hockey stick will keep getting longer. But what this hockey stick doesn’t capture and, particularly like Iceland,
is the rate of growth. What if the numbers are rising, but not rising as fast? That is where we come to the other way of ‘visualising’ a pandemic are testing extensively

on a graph — the log chart. Here, the y-axis is not linear, but rises (usually) in multiples of 10. When you plot the numbers on this scale, you JAPAN With just over 2,000 cases, GREECE
realise whether the cases are multiplying at faster rates or slowing down. That is vital in formulating policies. Atul Thakur explains
Japan has suprised many

WHAT LOG SCALE TELLS US DAY 1 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 in the way it has managed
to contain the virus, given
Italy is one of the worst-hit countries, and is 8 COUNTRIES 44 HAVE US It went from not taking SPAIN Cases ITALY Curve its ageing population and
adding thousands of new cases everyday. HAVE CROSSED
But the results of its lockdown are visible... 25,000 CASES rose rapidly early follows a similar INDIA low levels of testing
on but its curve is trajectory as Spain’s
CROSSED the outbreak seriously to gradually flattening — quickly rising DENMARK ICELAND
before slowing down THAILAND
1,000 MARK reporting the most cases in FINLAND ROMANIA
PANAMA
LINEAR SCALE LOG SCALE the world over the past month
1,00,000 cases 1,00,000
80,000 10,000 ALL COUNTRIES IN GREY,

1,00,000 cases INDIA VS THE WORST

60,000 1,000 AFFECTED EIGHT IN COLOURS CHINA Cases

40,000 100 peaked in February — ...MANY HAVE A Many Asian countries
20,000 10 a month and a half SIMILAR TRAJECTORY IN are still in the early
after first case was THE SPREAD OF CASES stages of the outbreak
officially confirmed and are following
trajectories very
FEB 20 MAR 9 MAR 30 1 MAR 9 MAR 30 10,000 IRAN Among the similar to India’s
MAR 30
FEB 20 first outside China to SAUDI ARABIA
be hit badly, cases
On 9 March, Italy However, if the rose exponentially INDONESIA MALAYSIA
imposed a quarantine. scale of Y-axis is in the initial days
If the data is plotted on a changed to log,
linear scale, the graph then it shows the 1,000 INDIA The curve is not GERMANY Has
doesn’t show the impact lockdown has helped
Italy flatten the curve as steep as those of the the fifth most confirmed
of the lockdown worst affected countries, cases but among the
which are in the later lowest death rates in
Here’s how it works: stages of the outbreak the world POLAND AUSTRALIA MEXICO

LINEAR SCALE: The Y-axis intervals are increasing in a
linear way, adding a fixed number to the previous figure

LOG SCALE: Every subsequent data point in Y-axis is 100 UK Has seen a FRANCE Has the
arrived at by multiplying the previous interval with 10,
which is the base of the log. Thus 10 is followed by 100 steady rise in cases. It sixth most cases, but
was seen to have delayed its growth curve has
(10x10), then 1,000 (100x10), then 10,000 (1,000x10) lockdown measures been relatively flatter

Another eg of how log scale can give a clearer picture ...AND THESE COUNTRIES A number of European RUSSIA SWEDEN BRAZIL CANADA CHILE
INDIA VS S KOREA ARE FARING WORSE THAN countries, which are
INDIA IN THE FIGHT wealthier per capita
LINEAR SCALE LOG SCALE but also much older
10,000 cases 10,000 on average, are among
those that did worse
7,500 1,000

5,000 PORTUGAL SOUTH KOREA AUSTRIA PAKISTAN BELGIUM IRELAND CZECH REP ECUADOR

2,500 10

1

As India is yet to cross But number of new cases NORWAY SWITZERLAND ISRAEL TURKEY With the 10th most LUXEMBOURG THE NETHERLANDS SOUTH AFRICA
cases, Turkey’s curve has
2,500, the curve on the are constantly declining in been much steeper than
India’s. Doubts have also
linear scale looks flat, S Korea and increasing in been raised over the
accuracy of numbers
and it appears like South India, which is clear

Korea is getting worse on a log scale Y-axis

Graphics: Sajeev Kumarapuram Data source: ECDC

First-ever heat wave recorded in Antarctica

Between Jan 23 And 26, Minimum Temperature Climbed Above Zero And Maximum Reached 9.2°C

Sydney: Even the world’s col- AFP year mean for the month. and negative. “Most life ex- usual temperatures were link-
“Heatwaves are classified ists in small ice-free oases in ed to meteorological patterns
dest continent is not immune Melted ice flooding can provide additional water to desert ecosystems, Antarctica, and largely de- which occurred in the South-
but excessive flooding can also dislodge plants and alter the composi- as three consecutive days pends on melting snow and ern Hemisphere during the
to rising global temperatures, tion of communities of invertebrates and microbial mats with both extreme maximum ice for their water supply,” spring and summer of 2019.
above 7.5 degrees Celsius. On mum of 9.2°C was recorded, and minimum temper- Australian Antarctic Divi-
with scientists recording the January 24, its highest maxi- almost 7°C above Casey’s 30- atures,” University of Wol- sion applied Antarctic ecolo- These patterns were in-
longong biologist Sharon gist Dana Bergstrom, said. fluenced in part by the early
first-ever heatwave event in Robinson explained. break-up of the ozone hole in
“Melted ice flooding can late 2019, due to rapid warm-
Antarctica over the 2019-20 “In the 31-year record for provide additional water to ing in the stratosphere, ac-
Casey, maximum temerature these desert ecosystems, cording to Australian Ant-
summer period. of 9.2 degrees Celsius is 6.9 de- leading to increased growth arctic Division atmospheric
grees Celsius higher than the and reproduction of mosses, scientist Andrew Klekociuk.
Researchers from the mean maximum temperature lichens, microbes and inver-
for the station, while the mini- tebrates. However excessive Klekociuk said that global
Australian Antarctic Pro- mum is 0.2 degrees Celsius flooding can dislodge plants cooperative efforts being un-
higher,” Robinson said. and alter the composition of dertaken to repair and even-
gram recorded the heat wave communities of inverte- tually close the hole in the
Scientists are concerned brates and microbial mats.” ozone layer would help re-
at the Casey Research Station about the effect that the heat- duce regional shifts in the cli-
wave could have on Antarcti- It is believed that the un- mate system. AGENCIES
— located on the northern ca’s ecology — both positive

part of Bailey Peninsula on AI turns a person’s
thoughts into text
the Budd Coast — between Ja-

nuary 23 and 26, which falls in

the region’s summer season.

During the three days,

minimum temperatures

climbed above zero, and maxi-

mum temperatures reached Scientists have developed “A decade after speech
an artificial intelligence was first decoded from hu-
SHORT CUTS SPREADING CHEER IN THE NEIGHBOURHOOD Hubble telescope finds system that can trans- man brain signals, accuracy
Reuters late a person’s thoughts into and speed remain far below
Long working hours linked to black hole missing link text by analysing their brain that of natural speech,”
underactive thyroid: Study activity. Researchers at the states a paper detailing the
Washington: Astronomers have found the University of California de- research, published in the
Adults who work long hours are more likely to best evidence for a black hole of an elusive veloped the AI to decipher up journal Nature Neuros-
have underactive thyroid, according to a class known as “intermediate-mass”, which to 250 words in real-time cience. “We trained a recur-
study which may lead to better lifestyle and betrayed its existence by tearing apart a from a set of between 30 and rent neural network to en-
clinical recommendations for hyperthyroidism. wayward star that passed too close. 50 sentences. code each sentence-length
Earlier research has shown that hypothyroidism sequence of neural activity
causes tiredness, depression, feeling cold, and Weighing in at about 50,000 times the The algorithm was into an abstract representa-
weight gain. The current study, published in the mass of our Sun, the black hole is smaller trained using the neural sig- tion, and then to decode this
‘Journal of the Endocrine Society’, found a than the supermassive black holes that lie at nals of four women with elec- representation, word by
higher risk of hypothyroidism with long working the cores of large galaxies, but larger than trodes implanted in their word, into an English sen-
hours regardless of the workers’ socioeconomic stellar-mass black holes formed by the col- brains, which were already tence,” the report states.
status or sex, even though this common thyroid lapse of a massive star, the researchers said. in place to monitor epileptic
disorder affects women more than men. “Over- seizures. The volunteers re- The system is, however,
work is a prevalent problem threatening the These so-called intermediate-mass peatedly read sentences still a long way off being able
health and safety of workers worldwide,” said black holes (IMBHs) are a long-sought “mis- aloud while the researchers to understand regular
study co-author Young Ki Lee from the National sing link” in black hole evolution, according fed the brain data to the AI to speech. “People could be-
Cancer Center in Goyang-si in South Korea. to the results are published in ‘The Astro- unpick patterns that could come telepathic to some de-
For each 10-hour increase in the workweek, the physical Journal Letters’. be associated with individu- gree, able to converse not on-
scientists said, individuals who worked longer al words. The average word ly without speaking but
hours had an increased odds for hypothyroidism “Intermediate-mass black holes are very error rate across a repeated without words,” the report
compared with those who worked 10 hours less. elusive objects, and so it is critical to careful- set was as low as 3%. stated. THE INDEPENDENT
ly consider and rule out alternative expla-
nations for each candidate. That is what STATOISTICS Atul Thakur
Hubble has allowed us to do,” said Dacheng
A man dressed as Spiderman cheers up locked in children in Stockport, Britain, on Wednesday Lin, principal investigator of the study. PTI Half of India’s meat is chicken

Exam gloves to ventilators: DIY virus solutions are gaining steam Species-wise meat production (2017-18)

Getty Images/iStockphoto Alexandra E Petri cal supplies, from exam gloves cal equipment around the on. When Cavalcanti started details equipment including Cattle 4.6 Poultry
to ventilators, are in short world. Cavalcanti initially in- the group, he told his fellow exam gloves, face masks, neg- Pig 5.2
EVERYONE IS DOING THEIR BIT There are moments when supply. In response, and at tended to focus on ventilators. moderators that it needed to ative pressure rooms and ox- 49.6%
Gui Cavalcanti feels Cavalcanti’s prompting, the A front-line surgeon in the Bay “grow faster than the virus.” ygen masks.
like he woke up in a dys- world’s open-source enthusi- Area convinced him to go after Sheep 7.9
topian universe — a guy with asts have banded together to the low-hanging fruit: sanitiz- In just over two weeks, the Others are also organis-
no background in medical or dig up and catalog blueprints er, gloves, gowns and masks for Facebook group has grown to ing efforts to find open- 13.7 18.9
disaster response, suddenly of critical do-it-yourself gear medical professionals. nearly 50,000 people. source solutions to the short- Goat Buffalo
leading an international ef- and tools that can save lives. age. In Boston, a team of anes-
fort on Facebook to design The lack of supplies is al- Moderators flag designs thesiology residents at Mas- Source: BAH & Fisheries Statistics Book - 2018
medical equipment to fight Cavalcanti, 33, is the foun- ready dire in many places. that are posted in the main sachusetts General Hospital
the Covid-19 pandemic. der of the Open Source CO- group. A team of medical pro- founded the CoVent-19 Chal-
VID19 Medical Supplies, a While government offi- fessionals evaluates the lenge, a virtual global contest
“I have never worked so ha- Facebook group that is crowd- cials scramble to find a solu- flagged content. Then, a docu- to increase the capacity of
rd for a job I didn’t want,” Cav- sourcing solutions to address tion,do-it-yourself makersare mentation group puts the ap- hospitals to provide mechani-
alcanti said. Essential medi- the diminishing stock of medi- pressing ahead in what some proved information together, cal ventilation. NYT NEWS SERVICE
are calling a medical hackath- creating a virtual library that

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Sensex down 1,203 points on PSB mergers Premji Foundation Merc to set
global cues, weak auto sales reduce role up 1,500-bed
for mid-sized offers `1,000cr to hospital
fight coronavirusregional banks in Pune
In A Surprise, Domestic Funds Join FPIs In Pressing Exit Button TIMES NEWS NETWORK
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TIMES NEWS NETWORK REVERSE GEAR cros, leading to selling in the Mumbai: With the merger of Is One Of Biggest Donations, Luxury car maker Merce-
global markets, including in 10 public sector banks (PSBs) 2 Wipro Cos Commit `125cr des-Benz India on Wednes-
Mumbai: A renewed global Sensex intraday on Wed Global mkts Chg* (%) India. Further, in the near coming into effect from April day said that it has tied up
selloff due to coronavirus, US term, there are no fresh positi- 1, six lenders — including with local authorities in Pune
futures indicating a sharply 29,500 Prev.Close Nikkei ‚4.5 ve triggers that can boost in- one of the country’s oldest, Al- TIMES NEWS NETWORK ha Murthy have said they wo- to set up a temporary hospital
lower open on Wall Street on 29,000 Sensex ‚4.1 vestor sentiment.” lahabad Bank — have ceased uld contribute Rs 10 crore having medical facilities with
Wednesday and disappointing 28,500 29,468 Nifty ‚4.0 to exist. However, the signbo- Bengaluru: Azim Premji from their personal funds to- isolation wards for Covid-19 pa-
March auto sales numbers in S&P500* ‚3.9 Among passenger and com- ard of the old banks will be Foundation, along with Wipro ward Akshaya Patra Founda- tients in the region.
India combined to pull the sen- Close FTSE100 ‚3.8 mercial vehicle makers, Maruti around for a few months as Ltd and Wipro Enterprises, tion’s Covid-19 relief work.
sex down by 1,203 points, or Nasdaq* ‚3.7 closed1% lower, while Tata Mo- full integration could get will contribute Rs 1,125 crore Tech major Cognizant will “The facility, to be ready in
4.1%, to 28,265. A trading holi- 28,265 Dow* ‚3.6 tors lost 4.4%, M&M 4.3% and delayed because of the coro- to tackle the unprecedented contribute an initial $10 mil- the next10 days, is in the Maha-
day on Thursday on account of Hang Seng ‚2.2 Ashok Leyland was down 4.5%. navirus lockdown. health crisis due to the coro- lion to support communities rashtra Housing and Area De-
Ram Navami prompted mar- 28,000 4% navirus pandemic. The velopment Authority (MHA-
ketmen to liquidate their spe- 27,500 *As of 2345hrs IST On Wednesday, around the The immediate impact of contribution is one of around the world. Stan- DA) area, which is newly built
culative positions and this ad- world, Nikkei in Japan closed the merger is on the boards of the largest by corpora- dard Chartered will gi- with 374 rooms,” the company
ded to the negative sentiment. day’s slide also left investors ra, the market witnessed a 4.5% lower, while the Hang Seng the merging banks, which get te India, a tad short of ve Rs 5 crore through said. It added, “It can be ram-
poorer by Rs 3.3 lakh crore sharp decline on Wednesday in Hong Kong lost 2.2% and in dissolved. The board-level the Rs 1,500-crore cont- its NGO partners. ped up to a1,500-bed facility in a
On the NSE, the Nifty too with the BSE’s market capita- as participants took note of a the UK, the FTSE ended 3.8% lo- management of the merging ribution made by Tata matter of days, if required.”
lost 4% or 344 points to close at lisation now at about Rs 109 sudden surge in the coronavi- wer. In the US, in early trades, banks will also retire or get Sons and Tata Trusts Employees of Em-
8,253 points — below the cruci- lakh crore. rus numbers in India and we- the Dow Jones was already transferred to the acquiring last week. Reliance Industries bassy, one of the big- After Covid-19 is dealt with,
al support level of 8,350. The ak auto sales numbers. “Addi- down more than 4.1%, while the banks as officers on special has committed Rs 500 crore. gest commercial office the company said the medical
rupee also lost 71 paise to close Foreign funds continued to tionally, feeble global cues S&P500 was down 4.3%. duty. The consolidation has builders in India, have volun- equipment would be donated to
at 76.34 on Wednesday. sell on the Indian bourses with combined with continuous highlighted the reduced rele- Out of the Rs 1,125 crore, tarily donated from their sa- the Civil Hospital of Khed, and
a net outflow of Rs 1,117 crore. outflow of foreign funds also Brokers warned that when vance of mid-sized regional Rs 1,000 crore will be given by laries towards relief initiati- the assets from isolation wards
Of the 30 sensex stocks, To market players’ surprise, weighed on sentiments” he Indian markets will open on banks in a world where banks Premji Foundation, Rs 100 ves, raising Rs 72 lakh thro- would be donated to the tribal
HDFC Bank, Infosys, Kotak even domestic funds have now wrote in a note. Friday, it will have to account are becoming one-stop shops crore by Wipro Ltd and the re- ugh employee donations. Bu- youth hostels.
Bank and TCS contributed pressed the sell button in a for two trading sessions in the for financial services. maining by Wipro Enterpri- ilder Prestige Estates said it
more than half of the index’s big way and recorded a net sel- “Investor’s confidence is US market since Thursday is a ses. Billionaire Premji is one is providing meals to about “Mercedes-Benz India will
slide, while buying in Hero ling figure of Rs 450 crore, BSE continuously being impacted trading holiday. For Nifty, the PSU BANKS of the biggest philanthro- 10,000 daily wage workers, un- assist the Zilla Parishad with all
Moto and Bajaj Auto cushio- data showed. due to mounting fear of global next support is at around 7,500, DOWN TO 12 pists in the country and has the necessary infrastructure, in-
ned the fall to some extent. The recession, rising cases of Co- a report by Prabhudas Lillad- already committed $21 billion Related reports, P 13 cluding the medical equipment
According to Religare Bro- vid-19 infection and weak ma- her pointed out. The merging banks that to his philanthropic activiti- required to create a temporary
king VP (research) Ajit Mish- have ceased to exist include es, making his endowment derprivileged children and OPD, infrastructure for stay,
Oriental Bank of Commerce the biggest in Asia and one of the needy in Bengaluru and at stretchers, wheelchairs, perso-
E-tailers seek Lower GST collection in and United Bank of India, the largest in the world. its labour colonies across its nal protective equipment kits,
nat’l curfew which merged into Punjab Na- other sites. Aster DM Health- sanitisers, etc, which are essen-
passes, see March indicates slowdown tional Bank, making it the se- Wipro said the funds will care will donate Rs 2.5 crore to tial in the smooth functioning of
improvement cond-largest nationalised be used for humanitarian aid the chief minister’s relief the hospital and isolation ward,”
TIMES NEWS NETWORK HITTING 5-MTH LOW % growth (Mar, ’20) bank on several parameters. and augmentation of health- fund in Kerala and dedicate the company added.
Sidhartha@timesgroup.com Bengaluru-based Canara care capacity, including con- 750 beds in Kochi, Kozhikode,
New Delhi: Goods and servi- GST collections (Rs cr) STAR Bank has become the fourth- taining the Covid-19 outbreak Kannur, Kottakal and Waya- Infosys Foundation and Na-
New Delhi: Online retailers ces tax (GST) collection in PERFORMERS largest lender after taking and treating those affected. nad for accepting patients re- rayana Health have announced
have demanded national pas- March fell 8.4% to Rs 97,597 cro- Apr 2019 113,865 Arunachal over Syndicate Bank. Mum- “These responses will be care- ferred by the government. thelaunchof a100-roomquaran-
ses for the movement of re, failing to cross the physiolo- May 1,00,289 bai-based Union Bank of In- fully coordinated with rele- tine facility for Covid-19 patients
goods, a proposal that is likely gically important Rs 1-lakh- Jun 46 dia is now the fifth-largest len- vant government institutions Volkswagen India has in the vicinity of Narayana He-
to be shot down by the govern- crore level after four months, July 99,939 der, having absorbed Manga- and would be executed by the pledged Rs 1 crore towards the alth City in Bengaluru. The faci-
ment, although they have indi- in what was an indication of a Aug 1,02,083 Manipur lore-based Corporation Bank Azim Premji Foundation’s setup of the dedicated Co- lity, aimed at serving patients be-
cated that the situation was im- slowdown in the economy. Sept 98,202 and Hyderabad-based Andh- 1,600-person team, in collabo- vid-19 facility by Pune based longing to the economically wea-
proving for them in several Oct 91,916 41 ra Bank. Indian Bank has ration with many of its over Sassoon General Hospital. ker sections of the society, will
states, barring a handful such Collections in March were Nov 95,380 emerged as the seventh-lar- 350-strong civil society part- Chinese short video platform accommodate patients, offer re-
as Delhi and Assam. for sales in February and, with Dec 1,03,492 Nagaland gest lender with the acquisi- ners, who have a deep presen- TikTok on Wednesday dona- gular monitoring by doctors,
the coronavirus lockdown in 1,03,184 tion of Allahabad Bank. ce across the country,” the ted 400,000 hazmat medical nurses, and provide essential
E-tailers had flagged the is- March, the numbers for the Jan 2020 40 company said in a statement. protective suits and 200,000 medication, free of cost.
sue of passes at a meeting with next month look grim. Unlike in 1,10,818 The number of PSU banks masks worth Rs100 crore in or-
commerce and industry mini- previous months, when it was LAGGARDS in the country has shrunk Infosys co-founder Naray- der to help doctors and other Ramco group has establis-
ster Piyush Goyal on Tuesday, the GST on imported goods Jharkhand from 27 in 2017 to 12 banks. ana Murthy and his wife Sud- medical professionals tackle hed isolation centres in
where they talked about pro- which were hobbling growth, thespreadof Covid-19inIndia. Kandukur and Thamaraiku-
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nufacturing of essential goods missed its revised disinvest- 2020_ UPBED_432559_2)
for domestic markets. ment target for 2019-20 and fell RVNL 478 Enemy Share Sale 1,881 Corrigendum No. 2
short by nearly Rs15,000 crore, For convenience and clarity, the corrigendum document has been
getting hit by the impact of Co- CPSE ETF 10,000 MDL 278 uploaded on the belowwebsites. E Tender No. RRB-AII-Tender-CEN-03-2019
vid-19 on financial markets www.etender,up.nic.in , www.basiceducationup.com , www.prernaup.in
globally and rising fresh wor- IRCTC 638 THDC 7,500 Name of Work : RRBs - Engaging Exam Conducting
ries about the state of govern- Director of Basic Education Agency (ECA) to conduct Computer Based Tests (CBTs)
ment finances against the
backdrop of the pandemic. Bharat 22 ETF 4369 NEEPCO 4,000 WEST CENTM PALWAY ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT and all related activities like processing of Results and
Panels etc for Recruitment of various Ministerial and
The government had revi- RITES (Nov 2019) 730 Kamarajar Port 2,383 OPEN TENDER , (E-TENDER) Dated: 30.03 .2020 Isolated categories in Indian Railways notified in
sed its disinvestment target for Centralized Employment Notification (CEN) 03/2019.
2019-20 to Rs 65,000 crore from MOIL 250 SUUTI Remittances 600 E-tender on behalf or the president of India acting through Sr . Divisional
the earlier Rs1.05 lakh crore. It
has set a target of raising Rs 2.1 Engineer (Co-ordination) Divisional Railway Manager (Works). West Central
lakh crore in the current fi-
nancial year, but that target al- RITES (Feb 2020) 399 SPMCIL 293 Railway, Jabalpur for the following works:- NIT No. - DRM-W-JBP 47/2020, The revised dates for pre-bid, online submission of Tender
ready looks in jeopardy, given Name of work with location - Through fittings renewal of steel channel
the dislocation in the financial CPSE ETF 16,500 Total 50,299 sleepers and replacement of cracked channel sleepers on Bridges under and opening of Technical Bids will be as under: Date & Time
markets and stalling of econo- of Pre bid conference :21.04.2020 @ 15.30 Firs at RRB ,
mic activity across the world. Assistant Divisional Engineer, Damoh jurisdiction in Bina -Katni section ,

According to latest data, the revenues are much in demand. take a substantial amount of ti- Approx.cost of the work - Rs. 200.94 lakhs, Earnest Money to be deposited Ajmer. Last date & time of online submission of Tender:
government ended up raising The big ticket strategic sales, me to get the process back on the Rs . 2,50, 100/- , Completion period - 12 months, NIT No. - DRM-W-JBP
Rs 50,298 crore, resulting in a apart from sales of THDC and ground and much will depend 15.05.2020 at 15.00 Hrs. Date & time of opening of
significant gap at a time when NEEPCO to NTPC, failed to ta- on how the global financial mar- 48/2020 , Name of work with location - Augmentation of water supply by
ke off and have been pushed kets and investors respond after provision of Over Head Tank of capacity 90,000 litres at Bandak pur and Khurai
back into the new financial year, the lockdowns across major co-
which began on April1. untries around the world. (Part work of Jabalpur division - Augmentation of water supply of provision of Technical bids:15.05.2020 at 15.30 Hrs.

Officials in the department The strategic sale of Air Over Head Tank of capacity 90 ,000 litres at Rewa , Bandak pur, Bargawan and
of investment and public asset India also looks shaky amid
management admit that it will the virus outbreak. 45000 litres capacity at Saraigram ) , A pprox . cost of the work - Rs. 50.39 All other terms and conditions will remain the same .
lakhs , Earnest Money to be deposited - Rs. 1,00.800/- , Completion period -
11months , NIT No.- DRM-W-JBP 49/2020 , Name of work with location - Bina Corrigendum will be available at IREPS portal i.e .

- Katni section - Provision of basic amenities kitchen, bathroom , tile flooring, www .ireps.gov.in

jaffer y, replastering, leaky roof & replacement of door & windows of old type I & Chairman/RRB/Ajmer

type II staff quarters at Damoh, Golapatty, Khariyabhadoli, Aslana, Patharia ,

Ganeshgnaj, Salaiya, Ghatera underAssistant Divisional Engineer, Damoh sub

HUL now owns Horlicks, Boost division , Approx . cost of the work - Rs. 72.65 lakhs . Earnest Money to be
deposited - Rs. 1,45,300/- , Completion period -10 months, NIT No. - DRM-

W-JBP 50/2020 , Name of work with location - Construction of LHS in lieu of
Level Xing NO. 10 at KM 1006/1-2 , level zing No.13 at Km 1018/2-3, Level xing

No. 15 at Km 1022/9-10 & level zing, No. 36 at km 1069/1-2 of Bina -Katni

section, A pprox.cost of the work - Rs. 1701.68 lakhs , Earnest Money to be

TIMES NEWS NETWORK NEW FORMULA en obtained, has been done on sciences portfolio. deposited - Rs. 10,00,900/- , Comp letion period -12months , NIT No. - DRM- Whereas complaint has been made before me that accused
the basis of an exchange ratio The merger is effective person Deepak , S/o Shri Amarjeet , Rio J-533, Gall No. 8,
Mumbai: The merger of of 4.39 HUL shares for each W-JBP 51/2020 , Name of work with location - Construction of LHS in lieu of Sector-16 , Rohini, Delhi has committed (or is suspected to
GlaxoSmithKline Consumer one of GSKCH. Following the April 1. HUL, with the num- L.Xing NO. 53 at km 1116/1-2 and LHS in 64 at Km 1131/9-10 of Bina - Katni have committed ) the offence in case FIR No. 482/19 U/S
Healthcare (GSKCH) with issue of new HUL shares, ber one health food drinks 392/397/365/411/34 IPC PS Narela, Delhi and it has been
Hindustan Unilever (HUL) — 38,224 Unilever’s holding in HUL portfolio in its kitty, emerges section, Approx. cost of the work - Rs. 863.46 lakhs , Earnest Money to be returned to a warrant of arrest thereupon issued that the said
one of the largest FMCG de- will be diluted from 67.2% to as one of the largest foods accused Deepak can not be found and whereas it has been
als — is complete. Now, the bo- HUL’s 61.9%. GSK, on the other companies in India, in addi- deposited - Rs. 5,81 ,700/- . Completion period - 12months , NIT No. - DRM- shown to my satisfaction that the said accused Deepak has
ard of HUL has also approved revenues hand, gets an ownership of tion to it being the numero W-JBP 52/2020 , Name of work with location - Miscellaneous works in absconded (or is concealing himself to avoid the service of the
the takeover of brand Hor- (in ` cr) 5.7% in HUL after the merger. uno home and personal care said warrant).
licks from GSK global. company. Horlicks has a volu- connection with track renewal works uunder assistant Divisional Engineer,
In a conference call with me share of close to 50%. katni , Approx. cost of the work - Rs. 143.34 lakhs, Earnest Money to be
This option was available media persons, HUL’s CFO
to HUL in the original agree- Srinivas Phatak said In a statement, HUL CMD deposited - Rs .2,21,700/- , Completion period -12months , NIT No. - DRM-
ment between Unilever and GSKCH’s nutrition team of Sanjiv Mehta said, “The mer-
GSK, which was signed in De- 7,133 3,500 employees will join ger gives us a unique opportu- W-JBP 53/2020 . Name of work with location - Constuction of LHS in lieu of
cember 2018. HUL will pay a HUL. GSKCH brands will nity to live our purpose and Ximg No.107 at Km 1221/2-3 of Bina- Katni section ,Approx.cost of the work
consideration of Rs 3,045 cro- form part of HUL’s food and serve India where nutrition-
re (376 million euros) to GSK HUL HUL’s food & refreshment (F&R) portfolio. related challenges form the - Rs. 425.43 lakhs , Earnest Money to be deposited - Rs . 3,62 ,700/-,
through its internal accru- (overall) refreshment HUL said the merger will largest causes of disease.” Af- Completion period - 12months , NIT No. - DRM-W-JBP 54/2020, Name of
als. Since HUL is buying the bring a market development ter the merger, HUL’s F&R bu-
brand, it will not pay any opportunity to drive premiu- siness (Rs 7,133 crore in 2018-19) work with location - Hiring of pick up vehicle (one MT capacity truvk) for Senior
brand royalties. Brands Bo- misation through the high would near its home care port-
Employees HUL folio (Rs12,876 crore) in sales. section Engineer (P.way)/USFD/Jabalpur in Narsingpur - Jabalpur and jaba lpur
18,000
GSKCH’s - Dundi and Senior section Engineer (P.way) USFD/katni Murwara in Katni-
nutrition biz* (*Will
3,500 join HUL) Damoh sections machine No. 711B/158 , DS01DJ, 711D/282 and DSO42BL

section under Divisional Engineer (Central) Jabalpur section for a period of two Proclamation is hereby made that the said accused Deepak of
years , Approx . cost of the work - Rs. 14.32 lakhs, Earnest Money to be case FIR No. 482/19 U/S 392/397/365/411/34 IPC PS Narela ,
Delhi is required to appear before this court to answer the said
ost, Maltova and Viva, which deposited - Rs. 28 ,700/- , Completion period - 24months , For All Above complaint on 15.05.20.
were owned by GSKCH, wo- NIT's last date & Time for submission of tenders (Upto 15:00 Hrs on) -
uld be automatically trans-
ferred to HUL. 01.05.2020 , For All Above NIT's Tender to be opened at 15:15 Hire -

The merger, for which all 01.05.2020. The complete information of the above ' e-tender ' is available
necessary approvals have be-
on website"https://www.ireps.gov.in' and also placed on notice board of By Order
Ms. Divya Malhotra
the Divisional Railway manager (Works) Office, West Central Railway, Metropolitan Magistrate
Room No. 114, First Floor, Rohini Court , Delhi
jabalpur. Tenders other than in the form of e-bids shall not be accepted

against above tenders Divisinal Railwa y Mana er (Wor ks WC R, JABALPUR

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Question: I have had an over two-decade Ram Bengaluru: In what is the first Irdai Approves Product For 29 Insurers
career with a company where I started off reported coronavirus-related
as a trainee and am now heading one of the intellectual property case in In- Rachel.Chitra@timesgroup.com Insurers can decide the price hundred rupees above this).
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manager of key accounts, which is a fairly high court. Hindustan Unile- health insurance policy “Aro- Customers have the option of gives insurance coverage for
large business for our company. Last year, ver (HUL) has dragged Reckitt gya Sanjeevani” for all 29 gen- taking coverage of up to Rs 5 up to Rs 5 lakh. There have
however, I took a sort of career step back due Benckiser (RB) to the HC, accu- eral/health insurance com- lakh — in which case the been media reports that some
to an overall restructuring at our company. sing the Dettol maker of dispa- panies will now cover hospi- rough cost is about Rs 5,000 patients in private hospitals
I was assured by a senior management of- raging Lifebuoy soap. talisation under Covid-19, (there are a few insurance have incurred a bill as high as
ficial that when the next set of changes are said Irdai. companies pricing it a few Rs 15 lakh for covid-19 treat-
initiated, I would be made the zonal head. In Demand for disinfectants, ment. Irdai also added all cur-
turbulent times, I have managed the business soaps and sanitisers skyrocke- In a press release on rent mediclaim policies in In-
well, in spite of the restructuring. Our current ted last month as the coronavi- Wednesday, Irdai said it has dia will cover Covid-19 hospi-
zonal head is now becoming the country busi- russpread,asoneof thebestre- approved the Sanjeevani talisation. As to old policies of
ness head. But the same senior official who medies suggested is to wash product for all 29 general/ general insurance compa-
assured me of the post is now dropping hints one’s hands properly. HUL said health insurance companies. nies, which in their policy
that I should take over the earlier role of key RB’s advertisement promoting Each insurance company has documents exclude coverage
accounts head. I think they may be keen that Dettol handwash said bar so- been given its own discretion of an epidemic — an Irdai of-
another person is made the head. I am dis- aps were not as effective when on how to price the product. ficial said these policies too
heartened. Please guide. used for washing hands. It ar- And now the cost of premium will cover Covid-19 as in-
gued that the Dettol handwash is roughly about Rs 1,000 for structed by the regulator.
Sujaya Banerjee replies: were not ready yet. Did you probe this on your career plan is important and ad disparaged Lifebuoy by sho-
having the humility to do both — work wing a soap with the same sha-
You must know this is not an un- with the senior management to under- on the feedback received and demon- pe, configuration and colour as Goldman Sachs AUTO SECTOR
common situation where a posi- stand why you weren’t being considered strate new capabilities. HUL’s registered red Lifebuoy warns of negative IN A FREE FALL
tion/promotion you may have ‘ready’? Also, what you needed to do to bar. HUL has reportedly sought crude oil prices
Do reflect on both pointers above to Rs1crore in damages and a per- Passenger vehicle makers
been waiting for doesn’t finally come become prepared? explore how much of this could still be manent injunction against the saw their volumes crash in
used to manage your current situation advertisement. HUL did not March as dealer deliveries
through for various reasons. Career I say this because the surprise with successfully. If you believe you would immediately respond to requ- and retail sales were
not like to go back to your old role — cut ests for comment. impacted due to coronavirus
paths can pan out very differently, espe- not being considered a second time is your losses, move on. But only after hav- related restrictions and
ing considered the equity you already FMCG cos lockdowns. The coming
cially in turbulent times, which require perhaps coming from not having in- enjoy through your past performance months will be equally tough
within the current organisation. function with for the industry, say analysts
a strategic change to be managed in the vested in this important conversation
Consider the opportunity to work a 25% capacity % Change In Sales
best interest of the business. the first time, which could have helped little longer in a structured, more realis- (In March ’20 over March ’19)
tic manner to achieve your aspirations Bengaluru: A week after the
The challenge, however, is managing develop the required capabilities even or whether you believe the market may lockdown kicked in, FMCG com- -40 Hyundai
appreciate your capabilities and experi- paniessaythatwhilethesituation
these organisational changes through while you waited for things to change. ence better than your current organisa- on ground has turned for the bet- -45 Toyota
tion. In either case, remember it’s your ter, there still exists a lot of opera-
transparent communication, especially In these turbulent times, even the career and the job of managing it is only tional challenges especially when -47 Maruti
yours. Also, if we find ourselves sur- it comes to running the factories
in the context of how adversely this most talented and well-performing pro- prised too often, we may not be paying as thousands of workers, both TIMES NEWS NETWORK to sea ports, it said. -68 Tata
enough attention to the real feedback permanent and contractual, have “Waterborne crudes like
may impact talent. This can often lead fessionals need to build multiple and on ourselves. Feedback is a powerful movedbacktotheirhometowns. Mumbai: For some years -78 Honda Cars
ally — it can humble, motivate, cause now the world has seen nega- Brent will be far more insula-
to a serious breakdown between leader- relevant capabilities to be considered important reflection for improvement, “We are evaluating how we tive interest rates, that is, at ted, staying near cash costs of -88 Mahindra
and enable excellence and success. canoperatewithlessernumberof least theoretically — people $20/barrel with temporary
ship and teams when promises or assur- ready for the next job. Understanding people; while the raw material po- who borrow get paid rather spikes below. Brent is priced -42 Hero Moto
Sujaya Banerjee is CEO, Capstone sitionislookingbetter,alotof our than they paying the lender. on an island in the North Sea,
ances don’t convert, and the situation/ these requirements and building capa- People Consulting. She has 29 years of workmen have got back to their 500 meters from the -44 Royal Enfield
experience in leading people in organisa- villages.So,weareoperatingwith Now, Goldman Sachs is ra- water, where tanker storage
reality may have changed warranting bilities and identifying opportunities only 25-30% strength,” Britannia ising the possibility of nega- is accessible. In contrast, Source: Company Data
tions like British Gas, Essar Group, managing director Varun Berry tive crude oil price, at least for WTI is landlocked and 500 mi-
new talent decisions which may com- to demonstrate these capabilities is key. Godrej and Lowe Lintas & Partners said. “ Out target for this week is some landlocked oil produ- les from the water,” the report RBL loses 8%
50%,”headded. cing countries due to supply pointed out. So far in 2020, deposits due to
promise what was previously promised. Working with a coach or requesting for Talk to us WTI and Brent crude prices state withdrawals
Are you dealing with a tough boss? Parle is also facing manpower SLIPPERY SLOPE have both lost a little
Increasingly, even as the future unfolds, mentoring support can significantly Are your colleagues being mean to you? shortage. While, it says, obtaining over 65%. Mumbai: Ratnakar Bank
Is your workplace culture hindering permissions from district offici- Brent crude price this year ($/bl) (RBL) said that it lost nearly 8%
leaders across organisa- help to work on blind spots your growth? Is there anything that’s als is work in progress, the bigger The analysts also noted of its deposit base following a
bothering you at work, which you’re problem is with the labourers. that the Covid-19-led demand decision by some state govern-
tions need to manage these and navigate the key stake- wary of discussing internally? Talk to “The permits are coming in very shock, down by about 25% ment undertakings decision to
us. Our panel of experts will assist you slowly and it will take about15 da- within a month, has made the withdraw. This is the second
sensitive talent conversa- holder relationships. in resolving your workplace related ys for things to be in place.,” said oil price war between OPEC lender to attribute withdra-
matters. ‘AdWise’ will appear on these Mayank Shah, category head, and Russia irrelevant and wals to a state government.
tions with courage, can- Self-initiating these dif- pages every Thursday to help you with ParleProducts. “has made a coordinated Earlier this week, IndusInd
your workplace matters. Write to us at supply response impossible Bank had said that its deposit
dour and fairness. ficult conversations can of- adwise@timesgroup.com to achieve in time”. base fell 11% following a state
government decision to with-
As you feel compro- ten serve us well, especially The report also warned of draw funds.
possibility of large shut
mised in the face of your workplace counselling in the context of managing downs for production faciliti- Earlier this month, the Ma-
organisation’s changes, our own careers. es and once demand revives, harashtra government said
those are unlikely to open up that it had directed all depart-
here are two pointers I NAMRATA SINGH We often don’t invest in quickly to meet the sudden ments and undertakings to clo-
spurt in demand. This in turn se accounts with private banks.
want you to consider: or solicit these conversations for fear of 62% would lead to spike in oil pri- The decision came in the wake
ces. “Paradoxically, this will of the crisis at Yes Bank. TNN
1) When the first set of organisation feedback we may not want to receive. ultimately create an inflatio-
nary oil supply shock of his-
structure changes were announced, This can lead to developing an inflated $66.31 toric proportions because so
much oil production will be
you mentioned taking a move back to perception of our own performance or Source: ETIG forced to be shut-in,” the re-
port noted. And the key to
take the branch head role after being a our readiness for the next role. how quickly prices rebound
after this supply shut-in will
general manager of key accounts. Also, 2) While these changing and challeng- depend on how much invento-
ry is built, it said.
someone else was named as zonal man- ing times are undoubtedly going to

ager while you expected that role, and test the maturity of people who may $25.22

the senior management had assured feel personally/professionally compro-

you that you would be considered for the mised through changes the organisa-

zonal job during the next set of changes tion must make, it’s also important to Jan 1 Apr 1

whenever these were announced. not land ourselves into situations where

Did you at that time invest in under- we are ‘surprised’. This warrants being gridlocks, sharply dipping
energy demands globally and
standing why you were not considered aware of what is required to succeed in excess oil production, all due
to the current Covid-19-rela-
for the zonal opportunity? Deferring a changing business environment and ted troubles around the
world.
your promotion to later was perhaps proactively building these capabilities.
In its recent report on oil,
another way of telling you that you Working closely with the management Goldman Sachs analysts said
“a producer would be willing
Supply shortage of meat expected to continue to pay someone to dispose of a
barrel, implying negative
John.Sarkar@timesgroup.com id B Soundararajan, chairman gion. “Chicken is available. But in,” said Prasun Kumar Roy, their menu operational. Supply, pricing in landlocked areas.”
andMDof Coimbatore-headqu- mutton is a still a problem. The- MD of Arambagh Hatcheries, a however, is clawing back, said However, the negative oil pri-
New Delhi: The coronavirus artered Suguna Holdings, one re is no supply,” said an executi- leading poutry company of Abhay Hanjura, co-founder of ce may not hold for oil produ-
epidemic has led to millions of of India’s largest poultry com- ve at the company. East India. “This will lead to a online meat delivery platform, cing countries having access
chicks being culled due to lack panies. Soundararajan’s poult- price increase in the coming Licious.“Thingsaregettingbet-
of feed, leaving consumers wit- ry-processing plants are cur- Due to the lack of manpo- months.” ter,” he said. “We have reopened London HC relief for Essar Steel, promoters’ family
hout their favourite chicken rently running at around 15- wer, poultry farms across India around 40-50% of our delivery
curry.Peoplewhopreferredme- 20% capacity due to low de- are being forced to sell the birds Apart from supply chain centres across the country. The New Delhi: A UK court has refu- fromasouredsupplyagreement. ders were ill-conceived and wit-
at, such as, mutton, are worse mand and farmers being forbid- at low rates to local consumers disruptions, meat retail shops demand from our customers sed to issue a global freezing or- ArcelorMittal hinted it may hout any factual support”.
off, said industry executives, as den to move out of their homes before they attain optimum we- and hotels, which account for a has risen by almost 200%.” der against the parent company
slaughter houses have been by local panchayats. “There is ight,leadingtohugecashlosses. major chunk of domestic pro- of Essar Steel and members of appeal against the judgment The HC said there were no
shuttered across the country. nobody to lift the birds. Plus, Feedfactories,too,remainshut. cessed meat market, have rema- “Whenever, we get to hear promoter family, Ravi and Pras- while an Essar spokesperson grounds to order a global freeze
manpower at our plants is at its inedshutafterthelockdown,re- thatchickenisavailable,webuy hant Ruia. welcomed the decision, saying on the assets because the petitio-
“Around 95% of the mutton lowest,” he said. “WearesellingthematRs15- sulting in low demand, said re- inbulkandstore.Justafterlock- the firm has “consistently argu- nershadfailedtoprovetheEssar
that reaches people’s homes are 20perpieceasagainstRs70.The tailers and companies. Even down, it was difficult. But now, a The order came as Arcelor- ed that the underlying claims of Group engaged in any transac-
from slaughter houses. Rest co- Green Chick, a chain of me- life cycle of the livestock is not restaurants and fast-food cha- few shops open for a few hours Mittal looked to enforce a $1.5-bil- wrongdoing and therefore the tions to defeat an earlier arbitra-
me from the processed food in- at shops, has reopened some of being completed and it will take ins that have reopened for onli- of theday,”saidMahuaMitra,a lion arbitral award stemming applications for the freezing or- tion order. AGENCIES
dustry, which is automated,” sa- its outlets in the Delhi-NCR re- the industry no less than six-to- nedeliveries,haveonlyapartof residentof SouthDelhi.
eight months to stabilise aga-

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INDIA, AUSTRALIA HAVE A RIVALRY AND A SERIES BARCELONA’S GRIEZMANN MISSING FOOTBALL

BETWEEN THEM IS LIKE ASHES, SAYS PAINE ‘TREMENDOUSLY’ AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

GALLERY EPL accused of ‘WE SING FROM CORONA LOCKDOWN
‘moral vacuum’ OUR BALCONIES CONVINCES DE BRUYNE
RR open to shortened TO STAY SANE’ TO DEFER RETIREMENT
IPL, Indian players only Players Urged To Take Pay
Cuts As Clubs Cut Staff Wages Man City midfielder Kevin De Bruyne has
New Delhi: Even a shortened IPL with deferred his retirement by “two more
just Indian players would be good enough Manchester: Premier League clubs have been years” after the lockdown made him
in these “extraordinary times”, Rajasthan accused of living in a “moral vacuum”, with play- realise how much he will miss football
Royals CEO Ranjit Barthakur said on ers urged to take their share of the financial hit when he finishes his career. “I told my
Wednesday, revealing that a final call on from the pandemic as non-playing staff begin to wife I’m going to play a little longer,” De
the glitzy event’s fate is unlikely to be feel the pinch. Bruyne, 28, said on Instagram. “After this
taken before April 15. The top executive lockdown, I cannot stay at home. I told her
spelt out his franchise’s wish even as the Last year’s Champions League finalists Tot- I’m going to take two years more. I miss it
number of positive cases and death toll tenham as well as Newcastle and Norwich have and it’s difficult.” De Bruyne said he and
due to the pandemic continued to rise faced a backlash for using the British government’s his family were in self-isolation after his
across the world. “We are open to a short- furlough scheme, which will guarantee 80 percent children fell ill last month.
ened tournament with only Indian players, of employees’ income up to a maximum of £2,500
at the end of the day it is the Indian Pre- a month. “It sticks in the throat,” said lawmaker EX-MARSEILLE PREZ DIOUF IS
mier League,” Barthakur said. Julian Knight, who chairs the Commons Digital, SENEGAL’S 1ST VIRUS DEATH
Culture, Media and Sport Committee, referring to
No salary cuts now, says BCCI the use of public funds to prop up wage bills. “This Marseille: Former Marseille president Pape
treasurer: Sportspersons being asked to exposes the crazy economics in English football Diouf has died aged 68 after contracting
and the moral vacuum at its centre.” the new coronavirus, a family source said.
take pay cuts have been making news ever Diouf, who was born in Chad but had
since the outbreak of the coronavirus The Times said the elite should not be a “drain French and Senegalese citizenship, led the
brought sport to a standstill globally. But on the exchequer”. “(The) furlough scheme.is for club between 2005-2009 and helped build
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) clubs lower down the pyramid enduring the cash- the side who lifted the Ligue 1 title in 2010.
treasurer Arun Dhumal has made it clear flow crisis without gate receipts, not by the likes He was hospitalised in Senegal and
that there is no such thought process at of Spurs and Newcastle,” the paper said. That became the country’s first Covid-19
present when it comes to the salary of the £2,500 sum would be a drop in the ocean for many fatality. Diouf had been due to leave for
Indian cricketers. Dhumal made it clear Premiership stars, yet there has so far been no Nice to be treated in France, but there was
that there have been no such discussions agreement on wage cuts or deferrals, unlike the a sharp deterioration in his health.
and while the setback from the pandemic situation at other top European clubs. AFP
will be huge, the Board wasn’t thinking ‘LA LIGA MAY RESTART
about salary cuts. UEFA POSTPONES CL, IN JULY WITH NO FANS’
EUROPA, INTERNATIONALS
ECB announces £61-million package; ‘UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE’ SAFE HANDS: Mauro Boerchio, playing for Chennai City, saves a Sunil Barcelona: Spain’s La Liga could
no pay cuts for now: The England and Chhetri penalty during the Super Cup against Bengaluru in this 2019 pic recommence in July without spectators,
Marseille: Uefa have made a move towards clearing the head of a major broadcaster has said,
Wales Cricket Board (ECB) has announced the decks for the return of club football by Chennai City’s Former Italian Goalkeeper Boerchio Talks adding that the season was likely to be
a £61 million package to help the sport announcing on Wednesday that all international About Living In Hope In A Country Ravaged By Covid-19 cancelled if a player tested positive for the
“withstand” the financial impact of the matches that had been pushed back to June have coronavirus once the campaign had
Covid-19 pandemic but did not declare any now been postponed until further notice. “This Shilarze.Saharoy@timesgroup.com KITCHEN DUTY: my project has stopped. Now, I am com- restarted. Jaume Roures, CEO of Mediapro,
immediate cut in the players’ salaries.Ac- includes the play-off matches for Uefa Euro 2020 and Boerchio with pleting my goalkeeping coach license predicted: “I expect Liga to return in July,
cording to the ECB, financial assistance qualifying matches for Uefa Women’s Euro 2021,” Chennai: Around this time last year, his wife Laura online,” Boerchio said. certainly without fans, but first of all there
will be made available at every level of the said European football’s governing body in a Italian goalkeeper Mauro Boerchio would have to be a pre-season campaign.”
game across counties, boards and clubs. statement. “All other Uefa competition matches, had helped Chennai City FC clinch OUR ECONOMY IS HIT BECAUSE There is a wide-ranging theory that
“We understand these are challenging including the centralised international friendly the I-League crown. Later, he went on THERE IS NO WORK AND THERE the virus spread in northern Italy with FAB LEAVES OUT PEP, CALLS
times and it has been our priority to matches, remain postponed until further notice.” to stop Sunil Chhetri’s penalty in the IS NO PAY. BUT MORE THAN THAT, such deadly speed after Atalanta hosted MOURINHO & WENGER BEST
provide swift and immediate support to all Uefa suspended all Champions League and Europa Super Cup. YOUR MENTAL BALANCE GOES FOR A Valencia in a Champions League match
members of the cricket family at every League soccer matches “until further notice”. AFP TOSS. YOU GET TO LEARN ABOUT SO back in February. But Boerchio dis- Madrid: Monaco’s Spanish midfielder Cesc
level in England and Wales,” Tom Harrison, A year on, the 6ft 5in keeper is striv- MANY PEOPLE CLOSE TO YOU carded this opinion. “It’s not true be- Fabregas has picked Arsene Wenger and
chief executive officer of the ECB, said. $2.74bn-strong Fifa ing to keep Covid-19 at bay as his coun- PASSING AWAY EVERY DAY AND YOU cause people had already started to get Jose Mourinho as the best two managers he
plans huge relief fund try Italy — the worst-hit in the world infected by then because a few Chinese has worked under during his career. “I had
Hockey India, AIFF contribute `25 with more than 10000 deaths — enters FEEL HELPLESS.” people had travelled into the country. the best in the world, so I cannot complain,”
lakh each: Hockey India on Wednesday New York: Fifa is drawing up plans for an its fourth week of lockdown. Boerchio, And Milan has a huge Chinese popula- Fabregas said. But when pressed to provide
emergency relief fund worth hundreds of mil- who is living in Brescia — the ‘second- With Italy in the grip of fear and tion. We didn’t realise the magnitude the top two, he swiftly added: “Wenger and
pledged to contribute `25 lakhs towards lions of dollars, according to people with most affected’ region in Italy after Ber- fatalism, the 30-year-old said that there of the infestation initially and we didn’t Mourinho.” The midfielder has played for
the PM Cares Fund in a bid to join coun- knowledge of the matter. The fund, should gamo — with his wife Laura revealed was hysteria among the masses. “Mun- take enough steps to contain the virus. Arsenal, Barcelona and Chelsea. Fabregas
try’s fight against the coronavirus pan- global soccer leaders sign off on it, would that he has already lost his beloved dane activities like shopping, having There weren’t enough masks and left out Pep Guardiola who had led
demic. The decision was taken by the HI amount to the biggest response from any major uncle Tonale to the virus. a drink with friends and eating at a gloves. But when a lot of people got in- Barcelona to six trophies.
Executive Board. The All India Football sports governing body. restaurant proved to be calamitous. fected, we got really paranoid,” he said.
Federation too has pledged a similar “My family is in Pavia. It is the Now, we can’t go out. If we do, the fines ‘MBA’ CHIELLINI WORKS OUT
amount to the fund. The AIFF hds also According to its latest annual report, Fifa place where it all started actually. My range from 200 euros to 5000 euros. But The former Chennai City goalkeep- JUVENTUS SALARY CUTS
directed all employees to work from home had cash reserves of $2.74 billion. The organi- uncle Tonale got the virus two weeks no one is venturing out. I was planning er, who has also played for Neroca FC,
from March 14 itself, and all footballing zation is considering putting some of those back and he passed away. I shared a to start my own academy. But work on said Italy will take years to bounce Rome: Giorgio Chiellini, the Juventus captain
activities under AIFF aegis have also been reserves to use in the effort to prop up the ailing very deep connection with him but I back from this catastrophe. “We sing - who has a master’s degree in business
suspended till further notice. soccer economy and is also willing to borrow couldn’t do anything. We left him at songs from our balconies to stay sane. administration - was the main go-between
against its future television and sponsorship the hospital and that was it. We were It is a way of giving power to each for millionaire teammates like Cristiano
Kapas among nine Hungarian income to raise money for what is being de- not even allowed to see him after that. other and showing unity because when Ronaldo and management when the squad
swimmers to test positive: Butterfly scribed internally as a “football relief fund.” We couldn’t go for his funeral too,” all this passes, we know we will emerge agreed to forgo 90 million euros in wages to
Boerchio told TOI from Brescia. stronger,” Boerchio said. help the club. “Chiellini first spoke with (club
world champion Boglarka Kapas is among The fund would require the approval of the president Andrea Agnelli), then with us,”
nine swimmers on the Hungarian national Fifa council. C.2020 THE NEW YORK TIMES COMPANY Juventus’ Paulo Dybala said. AGENCIES
team to have tested positive for coro-
navirus, the country’s swimming associ-
ation said in a statement late on Tuesday.
Dominik Kozma, who won a bronze in the
4x100m freestyle relay at the 2017 worlds,
has also tested positive for the fast-
spreading virus that has brought global
sport to a virtual standstill.

Former US Davis Cup captain ‘Indian hockey on upward climb’ Now, Wimbledon Warne names

Patrick McEnroe has coronavirus: Ganguly as

Former US Davis Cup captain Patrick falls prey to Covid-19 captain in his

McEnroe says in a video posted on social Prasanth.Menon@timesgroup.com TOI ugh the administration is often cri- all-time India XI
ticized for constant chopping and
media that he tested Kochi: Parattu Raveendran Sree- POSITIVE: PR Sreejesh changing of coaches, he offers a dif- New Delhi: Australia spin le-
jesh has been a vital cog in Indian ferent perspective. “Each one of gend Shane Warne on Wed-
positive for the team’s resurgence on the hockey was natural that we failed to cope them has chipped in to improve the nesday included Navjot Singh
turf. Having made his internatio- with its speed, technique and tac- standard of our hockey. I think un- Sidhu in his all-time Indian XI
coronavirus. McEn- nal debut in 2006, Sreejesh is the se- tics,” said the 32-year-old. der our present chief coach, Gra- London: Wimbledon orga- ging of The Championships he played against and picked
nior-most member of the Indian ham Reid, we are now moving in nisers on Wednesday scrap- has only been interrupted Sourav Ganguly as the capta-
roe, younger brother hockey squad now and has watched The former captain feels that the right direction,” said the Pad- ped the grasscourt Grand previously by world wars,” in of the team.
the many transitions of the team the national team took a lot of time ma Shri recipient. Slam for the first time since he said. “But, following tho-
of eight-time major from close quarters in the last deca- to adjust to playing on an artificial World War II as the coronavi- rough and extensive consi- Warne took to Instagram to
de and a half. surface. He credits former Spanish Much like the IPL in cricket, the rus wreaks further havoc on deration of all scenarios, we name this side. “I had to pick
champion John, said coach Jose Brasa for sowing the se- shot-stopper feels that the introduc- the global sporting calendar. believe that it is a measure Navjot Singh Sidhu because he
Locked up inside the SAI cam- eds of a structural change in Indi- tion of Hockey India League in 2013 of this global crisis that it is was the best player against
he did a drive- pus in Bengaluru since the count- an hockey and feels that he ushered boosted the morale of the players. The cancellation of the ultimately the right deci- spin I have ever played against.
rywide lockdown, the native of Pal- in a mini-revolution. “It was some- “The foreign players playing with us only grasscourt major at the sion to cancel this year’s All the other spinners I have
through test in likara in Kochi, is getting plenty of time in 2009-10 when Hockey India made a lot of difference. There was a All England Club leaves the Championships.” played with, they have also told
time to think about the past and fu- was forme and things started loo- lot that we could learn from them. season in disarray, with no me that Sidhu was brilliant
upstate New York ture of Indian hockey. king up for the sport. Brasa came in But the biggest takeaway I think was tennis due to be played until Halep tweeted her disap- against them,” Warne said
and for six months he just focused that we started to think that we were mid-July. “Devastated,” twe- pointment. “So sad to hear while naming the side on Insta-
Patrick McEnroe after developing “I think Indian hockey is on an on teaching us the basics of playing as good as the foreign players. And eted eight-time champion @Wimbledon won’t take pla- gram Live. He picked Virender
what he called upward climb. There are a lot of yo- on the artificial surface. And that’s that confidence reflected in the way Roger Federer. ce this year,” she said. “Last Sehwag and Sidhu as openers,
ungsters coming into the game thro- when I think, things began to we approached our game.” year’s final will forever be followed by Rahul Dravid, Sa-
“minor symptoms” about 10 days ago. ugh the domestic circuit. If these yo- change,” said Sreejesh. Wimbledon was due to one of the happiest days of chin Tendulkar, Mohammad
ungsters are groomed properly, I Though Sreejesh felt disappoin- run for two weeks from June my life! But we are going Azharuddin and Ganguly.
Patrick McEnroe said: “The good news is don’t see any reason why Indian Sreejesh has played under a do- ted at first when he heard of the 29, with Novak Djokovic and through something bigger Warne’s all-time India XI: Virender
hockey can’t return to its glorious zen coaches in his career and tho- Olympics being postponed, he Simona Halep set to defend than tennis and Wimbledon Sehwag, Navjot Singh Siddu, Rahul
I feel fine. My symptoms have passed. I past. When I started out, we were thinks the right decision has been their singles titles. But tour- will be back! And it means I Dravid, Sachin Tendulkar, Moham-
struggling against the big teams like taken. “We have another year to ho- nament chiefs bowed to the have even longer to look for- mad Azharuddin, Sourav Ganguly
feel, really, 100 per cent.” As a player, he Australia, The Netherlands and Ger- ne our skills. Many youngsters will inevitable on Wednesday, sa- ward to defending my title.” (captain), Kapil Dev, Nayan Mongia
many. The game moved to astroturf also grow as players in this time ying in a statement that they (wicketkeeper), Harbhajan Singh,
won one tournament in singles and 16 in in the mid 70’s but we didn’t move on. and we will have a strong pool pus- had made the decision with The decision to scrap the Javagal Srinath, Anil Kumble.
Our game used to rely a lot on indivi- hing for a spot in the 16-member te- “great regret”. tournament was widely ex-
doubles, including the 1989 French Open. dual skills, which was more suited to am for Tokyo 2021. So I feel the in- pected, with the world
hockey played on grass. So when ternational competition will defi- All England Club chair- struggling to contain the
China bans big crowd events: Sports hockey moved to artificial turf, it nitely make us a better unit.” man Ian Hewitt said the de- spread of COVID-19, which
cision had not been taken has infected more than
bodies in China have been banned from lightly. 840,000 people worldwide
organising events that will draw large and killed over 40,000. AFP
crowds until further notice due to the “It has weighed heavily
coronavirus outbreak, the country's on our minds that the sta-
National Sports Bureau said in a directive
issued on Tuesday. In a letter sent to
sporting bodies across China, the bureau
said mass participation events were not
to proceed as the country aimed to avoid
a second wave of infections being
brought in from overseas. Numerous
events have been cancelled or postponed
in China since the coronavirus outbreak in
Wuhan in January.

China to host Asian Youth Games in Blown out of proportion: Tokyo delay pulls Indian shooting back
2021: Epicentre of the Covid-19 pandemic Yuvraj on Afridi charity call
Tushar.Dutt@timesgroup.com For most of the quota holders trials, they won’t have any control replace him/her with the next in
before it gripped Europe and the USA, New Delhi: His social media how a message to help the in other Olympic sports, the post- if the shooters run out of form be- ranking. They will still have ti-
China will host the third edition of the post seeking donation for Pa- most vulnerable gets blown Pune: There can never be a per- ponement means one more year fore the actual Games. me,” she added.
Asian Youth Games in Shantou in Novem- kistani cricketer Shahid Afri- out of proportion! All I tried fect formula to pick a winning te- of training. For shooters, who
ber next year, the Olympic Council of Asia di’s charity triggering a to achieve via that message am. It gets even tougher for the earn the quota place for the count- If they continue to conduct tri- Abhishek Verma, who clin-
said on Wednesday.The OCA has decided storm, former India all-roun- was that to help people in our Olympics. ry and not for themselves, it is 365 als for another year, it would me- ched the quota in 10m pistol, too
to hold the Asian Youth Games from der Yuvraj Singh on Wednes- respective countries by provi- more days of uncertainty, insecu- an 27-months of continuous trials echoed Apurvi’s thought. “In the
November 20 to 28. The host city was day said he never intended to ding healthcare, my inten- The National Rifle Associa- rity and may be, over-training. and a possible burning out of the last two years, the quota holders
decided by the OCA in 2019 but the dates hurt anyone and his call for tion was not to hurt anyone’s tion of India (NRAI), however, got shooters. have won medals at most of the
of the multi-sporting event was an- help has been “blown out of feelings,” Yuvraj tweeted on close to finalizing the best possib- The NRAI will have a task at prime events. There is nothing
nounced on Wednesday. proportion”. Yuvraj, along Wednesday. le squad for the Tokyo Games two hand. They have to select an ideal Apurvi Chandela, who won more they can prove in the next
with former teammate Harb- weeks back. But before the selec- team for the 2021 Games without the quota in 2018, said keeping the one year,” Verma said.
Morgan open to England fielding hajan Singh, had posted Twit- “I am an Indian and I will ted names could be rubber-stam- compromising on shooters’ well- shooters on hold by not announ-
two teams at same time: World Cup- ter messages calling for dona- always bleed blue and will al- ped, the Tokyo Games were post- being. The federation could be left cing the team would bring a lot of Former world No.1and London
tions to Afridi’s charity foun- ways stand for humanity. Jai poned for a year. with two choices: either to go ahe- pressure on them. “I feel if the te- Games bronze medallist, rifle sho-
winning captain Eoin Morgan says he is dation to combat the CO- hind,” he added. ad and announce the team based am is announced now, the shoo- oter Gagan Narang, while backing
open to England fielding two teams on the VID-19 pandemic. Shooting has been India’s best on the trials conducted over the ters can focus on the Olympics Apurvi and Abhishek’s views, fe-
same day at separate venues if the coro- Afridi had thanked both medal bet over the last four Olym- past15 month, or keep conducting and train with only positive pres- els the selected shooters need to be
navirus outbreak leads to a compressed The messages triggered Yuvraj and Harbhajan for pics. The last year was exceptio- trials for one more year and wait sure,” Apurvi told TOI. monitored well and a pool of reser-
home international season. The England an avalanche of criticism supporting his charity initia- nal for Indian shooters, with to find the best shooters just ahe- ve shooters should be kept ready.
Test team, skippered by Joe Root, could from social media users in In- tive. Hundreds of people in three shooters ending as world ad of the Games. “I agree that current form is “The key challenge is to always be
face either West Indies or Pakistan, who dia, given the frosty political both India and Pakistan have No.1. India also impressed by win- important, and to make sure the able to select the best ‘in form’ sho-
are both due to arrive for three-match relationship between the two been infected by the deadly ning 15 quota places for Tokyo, Whatever choice NRAI makes, selected shooters are in form ahe- oter one year from now hoping that
series, while Morgan's white-ball side take countries. coronaviurs, which has killed their best yet. With 21 gold, six sil- it won’t be the same. ad of the Games, the federation he or she will peak at the right mo-
on Australia in 50-over and Twenty20 more than 45,000 people the ver and three bronze, India had fi- can check shooters’ performance ment. We can only hope that the sy-
matches scheduled in July. “I see every “I really don’t understand world over. PTI nished as the No. 1 shooting na- If they decide to go ahead with in say, December or January, if stem gives a fair chance to the best
option being viable during this extraordin- tion in ISSF’s ranking last year. the first scenario, that is picking they don’t find any shooter’s per- shooter to be selected.”
ary time,” said England limited-overs the squad based on the previous formance satisfactory, they can
captain Morgan on Wednesday. AGENCIES

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members who are updating their profiles getting to know people in a better way that kisses become weapons, and not visiting parents
with a new description. they were already talking to.
and grandparents becomes an act of love.
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2017 and now claims to have over eight lakh lockdown, the platform is witnessing a surge
active Indian users. In Italy, where mandato- in subscriptions. valuable and money is not that powerful.
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1. A number may
■ Connect adjacent dots with vertical or
appear just
once in each horizontal lines, creating a single loop
row or col-
umn. Elimi- (Fig A).
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numbers by ■ Crossovers or branches are not allowed
darkening
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or column.
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cells must
Level: Medium create a single cells may be sur-
continuous area,
HOW TO PLAY undivided by dark- rounded by any
ened cells.
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so that every darken a cell, you
horizontal row, can automatically ■ You can’t draw
every vertical circle its vertical
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every 3x3 box neighbours, which
contains the means they cannot roes.
digits 1-9, be eliminated.
without 5. Any cell "sand- ■ Each puzzle has
repeating the
numbers in the just one unique
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dots where a line isn’t possible, i.e., if you have already completed required

lines or where a line

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and thoroughly. You can accomplish something sub- VIRGO August 22 - September 21 Work and personal ficult task. Your inner expansion produces an agreeable TIMES SUDOKU LOOP THE LOOP TIMES HITORI
stantial now. matters deserve some thought and insight, while your sensation and enjoyment. Don’t over invest your money
BIRTHDAY TODAY TAURUS April 19 - May 19 There are no surprises to- health deserves good care. Your destiny may be well now. MINDBENDER SCRAMBLE
day. Real-world responsibilities still may weigh heavily handled by you and it may help you in making your CAPRICORN December 21 - January 19 Complicated
Your irrepresible optimism about life will help you upon you. If something hasn’t worked out according to dreams come true. Take care of your thoughts as they circumstances can put a bubble around intimacy and Talk is cheap. Words: Croon, tunny,
cope with temporary reverses in your profession. your dreams, it isn’t a valid reason to withdraw.You may might turn to serious matters. keep you from getting closer to someone as quickly as bowwow, kabuki
Tip: Your lucky colours are green, white, cream, yellow find solace in your dreams and spiritual practice for now. LIBRA September 22 - October 22 You could feel quite you’d like. They also remind you to look within to redis- SPELLATHON WHATZIT?
and orange. Your lucky gems are pearl, moonstone, GEMINI May 20 - June 20 You will find that you will be overwhelmed. Life will become quieter and you will be cover talents and abilities that have been underused or Answer: There's nothing
opal, jade, topaz, sapphire and amber. able to explain detailed concepts to others with ease. more introspective today. Fulfil all your promises and abandoned. Expand your horizon by seeking advice. Em- creep, crepe, crept, erect, Honor among thieves you can know that isn't
You share your birthday with: Ajay Devgn Make sure that there is harmony around you, and every- meet your responsibilities. You will feel like hiding away brace the new. except, EXCERPT, expect known. - John Lennon
one’s needs are taken care of, so that harmony exists. on the weekend.There are good things coming your way AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18 Be prepared to
ARIES March 20 - April 18 You feel very sharp, com- CANCER June 21 - July 21 Your lack of commitment and it is likely that you will experience great generosity move out of your comfort zone if you are interested in
petitive or aggressive at this time.You may also become might be problematic for a family member. It may not be from people. getting into the game and increasing the level of pas-
a bit overexcited and overstimulated today.You have the obvious to others, but you could be hurting emotionally SCORPIO October 23 - November 20 Take some cal- sion in your life.The pace of your relationship life is like-
ability and stamina to concentrate and work carefully today. Use this time to consider what you have already culated risks when it comes to work. The tide starts to ly to start picking up. Passions are likely to increase and
learned and what you need to change. You might race turn in a more desirable direction. This is excellent for push you to make a critical personal decision.
ahead to achieve an early advantage. reconnecting with individuals who can benefit your ca- PISCES February 19 - March 19 This day highlights
LEO July 22 - August 21 Don’t try too hard to get oth- reer. some important career plans. It is preferable to have an
ers to like you now, they will come around. Relax with a SAGITTARIUS November 21-December 20 One of your affectionate or relatively quiet, all-embracing relation-
friend and allow time for the passion to return before de- ongoing challenges is to fight inflexibility and figure out ship. You can be productive if you shift your thoughts to
ciding what to do next. You might not feel like living up others’ perspectives. The key is to maintain balance. your future goals. You don’t need to concentrate on any
to everyone’s expectations. Emotional strength and tenacity will help you face a dif- one thing.

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From not cussing at your colleagues to keeping your mess off-camera:

Your guide to avoid bloopers while video conferencing
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Video conferencing can give your colleagues a sneak peak into your lifestyle,
DIRTY so working while surrounded by piles of undone laundry isn’t the best idea.
LAUNDRY? Ayush says, “For work, use a room or a corner that doesn’t have much

KEEP IT AWAY noise. This space needs to be really clean, as a reflection of your
FROM THE head space.”
CAMERA!
Shital adds, “Identify a neutral coloured wall, and ensure your back-
ground looks professional,” and Ayush suggests you “double-check your

wall art is work appropriate”.

WHEN PANTS ‘MUTE’ & ‘TURN OFF CAMERA’
PETS, SPOUSES OR NO BUTTONS YOUR BEST FRIENDS!
In de- AND KIDS PANTS?
fence of CRASH “I attended a Zoom meeting with doctors who are neither used to technology (we are
all pets, According to Ayush, “Dress how you would the “Reply All” crowd), nor understand the “mute” function. Some guy in the middle
toddlers and MEETINGS for an in-person meeting.” For Shital of the meeting said, ‘This guy’s a f***ing idiot.’ And that ended the meeting,” wrote
Kakkar Mehra, a business etiquette and Twitter user @Toaster_Pastry recently, highlighting the ‘mute’ button’s importance.
spouses, Ayush communication expert, “Pyjamas and “Don’t do in a virtual meeting what you wouldn’t do face to face,” advises Shital.
night suits are a big no. Also, one must “You wouldn’t curse your boss the minute they turned away in a boardroom, right?
Jaiswal, joint CEO, brush their hair and look professional. At The way you dress and communicate has to be maintained on video.”
the end of the day, you are interacting
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not just about you anymore. Most of us live
— Kritika.Kapoor@timesgroup.com
with our families, and they’re not entering

your space, you’re entering theirs. It’s im-

portant to ensure everyone is on the same

page and that their opinion is valued.”

Indian designers to make masks to fight #coronacrisis

BUZZSTOP #CORONASCARE: IDRIS Divya.Kaushik@timesgroup.com in our factory. We had to stop production as Pics: Karleo
& WIFE SABRINA PASS we ran out of filters. I am talking to a man-
QUARANTINE PERIOD After international fashion houses like FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ufacturer in south India who can provide Rajesh Pratap Singh, Samant Chauhan,
Prada, Yves Saint Laurent and Ba- THESE MASKS, WE WILL me with filters and I can start the process Pawan Sachdeva and Shruti Sancheti,
IDRIS ELBA and wife SABRINA have lenciaga reallocated their resources COLLABORATE WITH DELHI again,” she says. who have their factories in Delhi, Noida and
passed the two-week quarantine period towards the manufacturing of masks and POLICE AS THEY CAN GUIDE Faridabad, have come forward to manufacture
after testing positive for coronavirus. gowns for healthcare workers, to meet the US ABOUT THE DISTRIBUTION A Mumbai-based export house and cou- face masks. FDCI is writing to respective state
“We’ve passed the quarantine period but high demand during the coronavirus out- CHANNELS – Sunil Sethi, chairman, FDCI ture brand is already in the process of man- governments to allow them to operate
we’re stuck in limbo. We can’t get a flight break, the Indian fashion industry is all set ufacturing 5,000 face masks for the workers
back home so we just have to sit still for a to join the bandwagon. plied 25,000 masks for health workers through of Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation
little bit, but other than that, we’re ok and a friend who requested her to manufacture (BMC). “We were making the prototypes of
we’re so thankful that the worst of this has The Fashion Design Council of India those. “Since the lockdown was already an- these masks for our workers and then we
probably passed, the 47-year-old actor (FDCI) is in the process of taking permis- nounced, we got permission from authorities approached the BMC with these prototypes.
wrote on Twitter. Take it from me man, I sion from state governments (Delhi, Uttar to manufacture these masks with 18-20 work- They gave us required permissions and
thought I was going to see the worst of it Pradesh and Haryana) to operate select fac- ers in a unit. All these masks were made with placed an order for manufacturing 5,000
as an asthmatic but thankfully I came tories to manufacture face masks. filters and we also have a sanitising machine masks for their workers on March 28. As of
through and you can too,” he added. April 1, we have completed making 2,500
Sunil Sethi, chairman, FDCI, says, “Some masks and they will come and collect them
Agencies of our designers were in the process of man- from us,” says Leon Vaz, one of the direc-
ufacturing face masks in mid March. We tors of the company. He adds that they are
KYLIE, KIM TO MAKE could not complete the process when the lock- also talking to the BMC to see “if we can pro-
MASKS, SANITISERS down was announced. Now, four of our de- vide gloves and suits for their workers.”
signers have come forward to manufacture
the face masks, once we get permission: Ra- Some designers like Neeta Lulla and Nitya
jesh Pratap Singh, Samant Chauhan, Pawan Bajaj had distributed face masks before the
Sachdeva and Shruti Sancheti. They have lockdown was announced. Nitya says she
their factories in Delhi, Noida and Faridabad. had manufactured around 1,500 masks and
We are writing to state governments to allow those were distributed to workers and oth-
us to operate. Even if we get permission from ers who could not afford to buy masks.
one of the state governments, we will start man- “Those were created from the leftover fabric
ufacturing immediately, with minimum work- that I had,” she says. Neeta Lulla had distrib-
force.” uted around 800 masks to her workers. “I have
been trying to get permission to operate one
He adds, “For distribution of these masks, unit to manufacture more face masks as it is
we will collaborate with Delhi Police as they the need of the hour, but I don’t have permis-
can guide us about the distribution channels.” sion yet,” she says.

Meanwhile, designer Pallavi Mohan has sup-

Never thought I’d be picking up dog poop: Swara

Swara Bhasker has been self-isolating in her SWARA
Mumbai home for more than 10 days. Away BHASKER
from her family, she only has her pets for
company – her three cats & newly-adopted dog

#LifeInTheLockdown

KYLIE JENNER’S skincare brand will start I have been in self-isolation since March 20.
Strangely, I ended up getting a five-month-old
rescue pup literally two days before the lock-
producing hand sanitisers for California down. His name is Godot. I go for walks with him

hospitals, while Kim Kardashian’s and that has become a part of my lockdown rou-

shapewear company is looking to make tine. I never thought that I would be picking up

dog poop or that I’d ever be in close

medical-grade masks for staff. Kim said contact with dog sh**. But now,

she will also be donating $1 million (`6.7 everyday when I take my dog for a

crore) via her company, that will go walk, I have a scooper to pick up his

towards families struggling amidst the poop like a responsible pet owner.

I have watched Amar Akbar An-

health crisis. Agencies thony, Notting Hill and You’ve Got

Mail – all feel-good films to lift my

spirits. I have been re-reading (for

the nth time) Enid Blyton’s The Far-

COMEBACK away Tree series.
TIME FOR
LINDSAY My big takeaway from this lock-
LOHAN
down is gratitude. I have learnt to

be grateful every single day for

everything that I have. I have learnt

to count my blessings, to cherish The actress is revisiting

my blessings. I have learnt to be her childhood with Enid

grateful for everything I have and Blyton’s books

be kind and empathetic towards

those who do not have it.

The most disturbing news that I read during this pandemic

is how thousands of migrant labourers are walking back to grant labourers and made some private donations. That is the most that I have

LINDSAY LOHAN on Tuesday announced their villages. What is heartbreaking is that some been able to do at the moment. Our bigger responsibility is to be better and re-

she was making a comeback with a new (From top) of those who have managed to reach their sponsible citizens, stay at home and allow the government, doctors and health
Swara is
music single. “I’m back!”, the 33-year-old binging on villages are not being accepted back be- infrastructure to do their job and contain this pandemic.
feel-good
films like cause people are scared that they might be The only advice that I want to give people is STAY HOME. I have also no-
Amar Akbar
star of Mean Girls posted on social media, Anthony, carrying the virus. So apart from the health ticed people using this time to troll others. I just want to say that the whole
Notting Hill
with a video compilation of news clips and You’ve fallout due to the coronavirus, the social fall- world is facing perhaps the darkest moments of our time. Let’s forget our po-
Got Mail
from the ups and downs of her career. Her out is also so heartbreaking. It is such a stark litical differences and petty fights, and let’s rise above that and unite. If there

announcement met with mixed responses contrast, the rich and poor divide in India is is one thing that the coronavirus has shown us is that illness and a virus like

with some wondering if Lohan was pulling so glaring and the poor are so horrendously this does not care about religion, caste, creed, political opinion, gender, rich

vulnerable. and poor. Let’s remember our humanity and rise above petty differences. Let

an April Fool’s Day stunt. Agencies I have found a network of people who are us unite and get over this virus and hopefully see each other on the other side

working on ground to provide food to the mi- of this lockdown. — As told to Riya Sharma