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I f the current spate of corona pandemic goes unabated, then it is likely that both Houses of Parliament — Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha — may function from the Central Hall and that too on alternate days. Well-placed sources said considering the need to main- tain the social distancing norm, the Monsoon Session begin- ning next month will conduct its proceedings from the spa- cious Central Hall in a stag- gered manner and on a rota- tional basis. For instance, if the Lok Sabha meets on Monday then the Rajya Sabha will sit on Tuesday, in such a scenario, Parliament will function six days a week with three each for both the Houses. Sources said the option of conducting Parliament sittings from the Central Hall is being worked upon. “This (Central Hall) is a bigger place which has a seating capacity of 776 members. While the Lok Sabha has 545 Members of Parliament (MP, Rajya Sabha has 250 MPs. While it will be easier to con- duct the Upper House within the social distancing norms in the Central Hall, feasibility to accommodate all Lower House members while maintaining social distancing norms is being looked upon,” Parliament sources said. A senior official said a separate SOP for the func- tioning of Parliament is also being deliberated. The Central Hall for decades is being used for joint sittings of both the Houses addressed by President of India (twice annually) or any visiting dignitary. In normal days, the space is used by members of both the Houses to spend time and interact and is also a cov- eted place for journalists who have restricted access to the Central Hall where they are privileged to exchange greet- ings. As per the Parliamentary rules, both the Houses should be convened at least once in six months after the President prorogues it. The last time when Parliament functioned was on March 23 after which the Centre imposed a complete national lockdown in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic. The Budget Session of Parliament which began on January 31 was supposed to end on April 2. “The last Parliament was adjourned sine die on March 23 and we have time till September 22 to convene Parliament for the Monsoon Session. However this prerog- ative is with the Government of India when to begin its leg- islative business. We will be prepared to welcome the mem- bers and keep the democratic norms ahead,” sources privy to the development said. The other option the Government and Parliament is also examining is to allow only half strength of each House on rotation basis and connect the remaining members through various virtual modes to the either House. Members will be able to present themselves on virtual screen mode and raise questions, discuss, participate all in normal functioning of the House. “We just got to know that the United Kingdom Parliament conducted the pro- ceedings in recent times through mix of virtual-real mode and it worked well,” sources added. In order to corner the Narendra Modi Government on issues like handling of coro- na pandemic, labourers and migrants problem, the eco- nomic issue etc, the Opposition parties have been putting pres- sure on the Centre to call either a Special Parliament Session or an early Monsoon Session. “We want to raise several issues and expose this Government on the floor of Parliament. Our constant demand is the Centre convene a Session at earliest and honour the democratic and social prin- ciples of our country and the Constitution above all,” said Congress national secretary Sanjiv Singh. After much pressure, the first meeting of a parliamentary panel on Home headed by Rajya Sabha member Anand Sharma is scheduled on Wednesday. Top officials of the Union Home Ministry are scheduled to brief the panel members on corona related issues. I ndia raced to seventh spot in the global list of the worst affected countries after it left behind Germany and France on Sunday following a spike of over 8,000 confirmed cases during the day. India has now 1,90,536 cases, while France has 1,88,625 cases and Germany has 1,83,420 cases. On Sunday, India saw a rise of 8,677 cases and 221 deaths. Now the US, Brazil, Russia, Spain, the UK and Italy are ahead of India. Maharashtra witnessed another harrowing day on Covid-19 front on Sunday, as the pandemic claimed 89 more lives and another 2,487 people tested positive in various parts of the State. With the fresh fatalities and infections, the total number of deaths mount- ed to 2,286 and infected cases jumped to a staggering 68,655. With as many as 29,329 patients having been dis- charged, the State health authorities pegged the number of “active cases” in the State at 36,031. Of the total deaths report- ed on Sunday, Mumbai accounted for 52, while there were nine deaths each in Navi Mumbai and Pune, six deaths in Malegaon, five in Thane, four in Kalyan-Dombivli and two in Solapur and one each in Osmanabad and Yavatmal. Gujarat on Sunday report- ed 438 cases and 31 deaths, tak- ing the tally of infected people to 16,794 and the number of the deceased to 1,038. Continued on Page 6 T he fourth phase of the countrywide lockdown ending May 31 witnessed a much bigger jump in the num- ber of cases compared to the previous three phases. The number of positive cases went up by 10,828 in the first lockdown, 30,407 cases in second lockdown, and 49,624 cases in third phase of the lock- down. The fourth phase saw addition of nearly 80,000 cases between May 18 and 30. The rise in case during this period account for over 47.20 per cent of the total 1.90 lakh coronavirus infection cases. India has reported over 5,400 fatalities, doubling in the last sixteen days. When India went into the first lockdown on March 25, it had reported 618 confirmed cases and 13 deaths. The number of infections is now twice what it was four- teen days ago, and given the rate of growth in this period, it could hit the 2,00,000-mark by Tuesday, according to experts who said enforcing the use of masks and social distancing norms and isolating everyone with cough and fever is the only protection against infection. Dr Randeep Guleria, pro- fessor of pulmonology, and director of the Delhi-based All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) said while the lockdown 4 was stringent, the continuation of migration of workers from the metros to their native towns led to steep rise in the cases. He said the numbers will continue to spike. “The num- bers will spike. The only way you can decrease the numbers from spiking is by aggressive isolation, community partici- pation in terms of very strict wearing of masks, social distancing and hand- washing. “There’s lockdown fatigue now, people have got fed up, they don’t seem to be bothered (about infection spreading), and my fear is that people don’t realise what we are headed for. There are still people who are dying, and the pandemic is yet to peak,” he said. Continued on Page 6 A nother night of unrest in every corner of the US left charred and shattered land- scapes in dozens of US cities on Sunday as years of festering frustrations over the mistreat- ment of African-Americans at the hands of police boiled over in expressions of rage met with tear gas and rubber bullets. Cars and businesses were torched, the words “I can’t breathe” were spray-painted all over buildings, a fire in a trash bin burned near the gates of the White House, and thou- sands marched peacefully through city streets to protest the death of George Floyd, a black man who died Monday after a white Minneapolis police officer pressed his knee on his neck until he stopped breathing. His death is one of a litany of racial tragedies that have thrown the country into chaos amid the coronavirus pan- demic that has left millions out of work and killed more than 100,000 people in the US, including disproportionate numbers of black people. “We’re sick of it. The cops are out of control,” protester Olga Hall said in Washington DC. Detailed report on P11 D elhi witnessed the highest single-day spike of about 1,300 coronavirus positive cases on Sunday and with the Delhi Police lost two Assistant Sub-Inspectors to the pan- demic since Saturday evening, taking the overall coronavirus casualty figure in the force to three. While a 52-year-old ASI died around 11.30 am on Sunday during treatment at the Army Base Hospital here, another officer of the rank passed away at the same facil- ity on Saturday evening, offi- cials said. A Delhi Police spokesperson said that nearly 500 personnel have tested pos- itive for the deadly virus so far. ASI Vikram was declared negative for the virus in two tests — conducted on May 11 and May 22. However, he felt unwell on May 25 and went to the Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital where the doctor advised him one week of med- ical rest, the official said, Delhi Police Commissioner SN Shrivastava has spoken to all SHO on pre- ventive measures. U ttarakhand Tourism Minister Satpal Maharaj, his wife Amrita Rawat and 21 others, including members of his family and staff, tested pos- itive for coronavirus, an official said on Sunday. Satpal Maharaj had attend- ed a meeting of the State cab- inet on Friday. Asked whether other Cabinet Ministers who attend- ed the meeting will be quar- antined, State Government spokesman Madan Kaushik told reporters that they will fol- low the advice given by the Health Department as per the guidelines of the Centre. According to State Health Department spokesperson JC Pandey, the Minister’s wife tested positive for the infection on Saturday while his two sons and their wives, along with 17 others, were found infected with the virus on Sunday. Noida: The Noida-Delhi bor- der will remain sealed for movement of people to and from Delhi, the Gautam Buddh Nagar administration said on Sunday even as 48 new coro- na cases on Sunday raised total to 453 in the NCR district. A day after the Central gov- ernment announced that the lockdown will be lifted across the country in three phases, Uttar Pradesh govern- ment on Sunday released its guideline, lifting almost all restrictions and allowing open- ing of shops, plying of local transport and inter-district buses. The guidelines said that government offices would function in the state with 100 per cent workforce but with staggered timings — 9 am to 5 pm, 10 am to 6 pm and 11 am to 7 pm – to maintain social distancing. The government order specified that night restriction on movement would be strict- ly enforced between 2100 hours to 0500 hours and that senior citizens and children below 10 years age should avoid public places. Restrictions would be strictly enforce in containment zone and except for health, police and delivery persons no one would be allowed to move there. In the 11-page guidelines, the government, however, did not allow opening of sectors restricted by the Centre and announced that religious places, shopping malls, hotels and restaurants would open from June 8. The decision to open edu- cational institutions, coaching centre will be taken in July. “The guidelines will be enforced from June 1 and will be enforced for the next 30 days. But social distancing, face mask and sanitising would be compulsory for shops, pub- lic transport and business establishments and any viola- tion will attract severe punish- ment and fine under the Epidemic Diseases Act,” Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Awanish Awasthi said here on Sunday. “The government has lift- ed ban on pillion riders on two- wheelers while autos, taxis and buses will be allowed to ply only with allowed capacity,” he said and added that Roadways and private buses along with city buses would be allowed to ply only after proper sanitising and autos and taxis would also follow the health guidelines. The guidelines say that all markets will remain open from 9 am to 9 pm. Supermarkets are allowed to open with condition of social distancing and other precautionary measures. Weekly markets are allowed in rural areas but weekly markets in urban areas will not be allowed. The vegetable mandis will open from 0400 hours to 0700 hours while fruit mandis will open from 0800 hours to 2000 hours daily. Awasthi said that street vending would be allowed with proper guide- lines. Parks will now open from 0500 hours to 0800 hours and 1700 hours to 2000 hours. “Though the stadium and sports complexes have been Continued on Page 6 T he Nepal Government on Sunday tabled a Constitution amendment bill in parliament aimed at altering the country’s map amid a bor- der dispute with India. Minister for Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Shivamaya Tumbahangphe, on behalf of the Government of Nepal, tabled the Bill, a day after the main Opposition Nepali Congress also backed the legislation. Nepal’s Madhesi parties refused to welcome the Bill as of now. It will be the sec- ond amendment to the Constitution. Nepal recently released the revised political and adminis- trative map of the country lay- ing claim over the strategical- ly key areas of Lipulekh, Kalapani and Limpiyadhura. India reacted angrily to the move saying such “artificial enlargement” of territorial claims will not be acceptable and asked the neighbouring country to refrain from such “unjustified cartographic asser- tion”. The Bill seeks to amend the political map of Nepal included in Schedule 3 of the Constitution. The new map will be used in all official docu- ments including the coat of arms after the bill is endorsed through parliament. Parliament will now delib- erate on the proposal before endorsing the bill. After its endorsement by both the Houses of parlia- ment, the President will order issuance of the bill. The central committee of the main Opposition party Nepali Congress on Saturday decided to back the bill. Last week, the proposed bill was removed from the business schedule of parliament at the last minute at the request of Minister KP Sharma Oli. The discussion on the Constitution amendment bill was delayed as the Nepali Congress asked for more time to discuss the matter in its high-level body. Similarly, the Samajbadi Janata Party Nepal and the Rastriya Janata Party Nepal demanded that their long- standing calls for Constitution amendment also be incorpo- rated. It requires a two-thirds majority to endorse the Constitution amendment bill. During an all-party meet- ing on Tuesday, Prime Minister Oli urged the top leaders of all political parties represented in parliament to unanimously endorse it. The ties between India and Nepal came under strain after Defence Minister Rajnath Singh inaugurated an 80-km- long strategically crucial road connecting the Lipulekh pass with Dharchula in Uttarakhand on May 8. Nepal reacted sharply to the inauguration of the road claiming that it passed through Nepalese territory. India rejected the claim asserting that the road lies completely within its territory. Nepalese Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali earli- er this month summoned Indian Ambassador Vinay Mohan Kwatra and handed over a diplomatic note to protest against India inaugu- rating the key road. However, Gyawali last week said that he was confident that the Kalapani issue between the two neighbours will be resolved through talks. India on Thursday indi- cated its readiness to engage with Nepal to resolve the fes- tering border row based on mutual sensitivity and respect. India is monitoring the current situation in Nepal, External Affairs Ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said referring to Kathmandu deferring a plan to bring in a constitutional amendment to validate a new Continued on Page 6 F ourteen more people tested positive for coronavirus infection in the state capital on Sunday even as the woman who died a day earlier tested positive after death. Chief Medical Officer Dr Narendra Agarwal said an audit of her death was being carried out. The CMO said the woman from Phoolbagh was admitted to a private hospital after stroke and she died on Saturday. He said after her report came pos- itive on Sunday, directions were given to sanitise the hos- pital where she was admitted. “Her death audit is being car- ried out which will reveal whether she died due to coro- navirus infection or not,” he added. Dr Agarwal said those who tested positive on Sunday included seven GRP personnel, one RPF cop, two children of GRP cop who tested positive Continued on Page 6

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Page 1: 2020/06/01  · second lockdown, and 49,624 cases in third phase of the lock-down. The fourth phase saw addition of nearly 80,000 cases between May 18 and 30. The rise in case during

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If the current spate of coronapandemic goes unabated,

then it is likely that bothHouses of Parliament — LokSabha and Rajya Sabha — mayfunction from the Central Halland that too on alternate days.

Well-placed sources saidconsidering the need to main-tain the social distancing norm,the Monsoon Session begin-ning next month will conductits proceedings from the spa-cious Central Hall in a stag-gered manner and on a rota-tional basis. For instance, if theLok Sabha meets on Mondaythen the Rajya Sabha will sit onTuesday, in such a scenario,Parliament will function sixdays a week with three each forboth the Houses.

Sources said the option ofconducting Parliament sittingsfrom the Central Hall is beingworked upon. “This (CentralHall) is a bigger place whichhas a seating capacity of 776members. While the Lok Sabhahas 545 Members of Parliament(MP, Rajya Sabha has 250 MPs.While it will be easier to con-duct the Upper House within

the social distancing norms inthe Central Hall, feasibility toaccommodate all Lower Housemembers while maintainingsocial distancing norms isbeing looked upon,” Parliamentsources said.

A senior official said aseparate SOP for the func-tioning of Parliament is alsobeing deliberated.

The Central Hall fordecades is being used for jointsittings of both the Housesaddressed by President of India

(twice annually) or any visitingdignitary. In normal days, thespace is used by members ofboth the Houses to spend timeand interact and is also a cov-eted place for journalists whohave restricted access to theCentral Hall where they areprivileged to exchange greet-ings.

As per the Parliamentaryrules, both the Houses shouldbe convened at least once in sixmonths after the Presidentprorogues it. The last time

when Parliament functionedwas on March 23 after whichthe Centre imposed a completenational lockdown in the wakeof Covid-19 pandemic. TheBudget Session of Parliamentwhich began on January 31 wassupposed to end on April 2.

“The last Parliament wasadjourned sine die on March23 and we have time tillSeptember 22 to conveneParliament for the MonsoonSession. However this prerog-ative is with the Government of

India when to begin its leg-islative business. We will beprepared to welcome the mem-bers and keep the democraticnorms ahead,” sources privy tothe development said.

The other option theGovernment and Parliament isalso examining is to allow onlyhalf strength of each House onrotation basis and connect theremaining members throughvarious virtual modes to theeither House. Members will beable to present themselves onvirtual screen mode and raisequestions, discuss, participateall in normal functioning of theHouse.

“We just got to know thatthe United KingdomParliament conducted the pro-ceedings in recent timesthrough mix of virtual-realmode and it worked well,”sources added.

In order to corner theNarendra Modi Governmenton issues like handling of coro-

na pandemic, labourers andmigrants problem, the eco-nomic issue etc, the Oppositionparties have been putting pres-sure on the Centre to calleither a Special ParliamentSession or an early MonsoonSession.

“We want to raise severalissues and expose thisGovernment on the floor ofParliament. Our constantdemand is the Centre convenea Session at earliest and honourthe democratic and social prin-ciples of our country and theConstitution above all,” saidCongress national secretarySanjiv Singh.

After much pressure, thefirst meeting of a parliamentarypanel on Home headed byRajya Sabha member AnandSharma is scheduled onWednesday. Top officials ofthe Union Home Ministry arescheduled to brief the panelmembers on corona relatedissues.

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India raced to seventh spot inthe global list of the worst

affected countries after it leftbehind Germany and Franceon Sunday following a spike ofover 8,000 confirmed casesduring the day. India has now1,90,536 cases, while France has1,88,625 cases and Germanyhas 1,83,420 cases.

On Sunday, India saw a riseof 8,677 cases and 221 deaths.Now the US, Brazil, Russia,Spain, the UK and Italy areahead of India.

Maharashtra witnessedanother harrowing day onCovid-19 front on Sunday, asthe pandemic claimed 89 morelives and another 2,487 peopletested positive in various partsof the State. With the freshfatalities and infections, thetotal number of deaths mount-ed to 2,286 and infected casesjumped to a staggering 68,655.

With as many as 29,329patients having been dis-charged, the State healthauthorities pegged the numberof “active cases” in the State at36,031.

Of the total deaths report-ed on Sunday, Mumbaiaccounted for 52, while therewere nine deaths each in NaviMumbai and Pune, six deathsin Malegaon, five in Thane,four in Kalyan-Dombivli andtwo in Solapur and one each in

Osmanabad and Yavatmal.Gujarat on Sunday report-

ed 438 cases and 31 deaths, tak-ing the tally of infected peopleto 16,794 and the number ofthe deceased to 1,038.

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The fourth phase of thecountrywide lockdown

ending May 31 witnessed amuch bigger jump in the num-ber of cases compared to theprevious three phases.

The number of positivecases went up by 10,828 in thefirst lockdown, 30,407 cases insecond lockdown, and 49,624cases in third phase of the lock-down. The fourth phase sawaddition of nearly 80,000 casesbetween May 18 and 30.

The rise in case during thisperiod account for over 47.20per cent of the total 1.90 lakhcoronavirus infection cases.India has reported over 5,400fatalities, doubling in the lastsixteen days.

When India went into thefirst lockdown on March 25, ithad reported 618 confirmedcases and 13 deaths.

The number of infections

is now twice what it was four-teen days ago, and given therate of growth in this period, itcould hit the 2,00,000-mark byTuesday, according to expertswho said enforcing the use ofmasks and social distancingnorms and isolating everyonewith cough and fever is the onlyprotection against infection.

Dr Randeep Guleria, pro-fessor of pulmonology, anddirector of the Delhi-based AllIndia Institute of MedicalSciences (AIIMS) said whilethe lockdown 4 was stringent,the continuation of migrationof workers from the metros totheir native towns led to steeprise in the cases.

He said the numbers willcontinue to spike. “The num-bers will spike. The only wayyou can decrease the numbersfrom spiking is by aggressiveisolation, community partici-pation in terms of very strictwearing of masks, social distancing and hand-washing.

“There’s lockdown fatiguenow, people have got fed up,they don’t seem to be bothered(about infection spreading),and my fear is that people don’trealise what we are headed for.There are still people who aredying, and the pandemic is yetto peak,” he said.

Continued on Page 6

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Another night of unrest inevery corner of the US left

charred and shattered land-scapes in dozens of US cities onSunday as years of festeringfrustrations over the mistreat-ment of African-Americans atthe hands of police boiled overin expressions of rage met withtear gas and rubber bullets.

Cars and businesses weretorched, the words “I can’tbreathe” were spray-paintedall over buildings, a fire in atrash bin burned near the gatesof the White House, and thou-sands marched peacefullythrough city streets to protestthe death of George Floyd, ablack man who died Mondayafter a white Minneapolispolice officer pressed his kneeon his neck until he stoppedbreathing.

His death is one of a litanyof racial tragedies that havethrown the country into chaosamid the coronavirus pan-demic that has left millions outof work and killed more than100,000 people in the US,

including disproportionatenumbers of black people.“We’re sick of it. The cops are

out of control,” protester OlgaHall said in Washington DC.

Detailed report on P11

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1,300 coronavirus positivecases on Sunday and with theDelhi Police lost two AssistantSub-Inspectors to the pan-demic since Saturday evening,taking the overall coronaviruscasualty figure in the force tothree.

While a 52-year-old ASIdied around 11.30 am onSunday during treatment at theArmy Base Hospital here,another officer of the rankpassed away at the same facil-

ity on Saturday evening, offi-cials said. A Delhi Policespokesperson said that nearly500 personnel have tested pos-itive for the deadly virus so far.

ASI Vikram was declarednegative for the virus in twotests — conducted on May 11and May 22. However, he feltunwell on May 25 and went tothe Sanjay Gandhi MemorialHospital where the doctoradvised him one week of med-ical rest, the official said,

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his wife Amrita Rawat and 21others, including members ofhis family and staff, tested pos-itive for coronavirus, an officialsaid on Sunday.

Satpal Maharaj had attend-ed a meeting of the State cab-inet on Friday.

Asked whether otherCabinet Ministers who attend-ed the meeting will be quar-antined, State Governmentspokesman Madan Kaushiktold reporters that they will fol-low the advice given by theHealth Department as per theguidelines of the Centre.

According to State HealthDepartment spokesperson JCPandey, the Minister’s wifetested positive for the infectionon Saturday while his two sonsand their wives, along with 17others, were found infectedwith the virus on Sunday.

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the lockdown will be liftedacross the country in threephases, Uttar Pradesh govern-ment on Sunday released itsguideline, lifting almost allrestrictions and allowing open-ing of shops, plying of localtransport and inter-districtbuses.

The guidelines said thatgovernment offices wouldfunction in the state with 100per cent workforce but withstaggered timings — 9 am to 5pm, 10 am to 6 pm and 11 amto 7 pm – to maintain socialdistancing.

The government orderspecified that night restrictionon movement would be strict-ly enforced between 2100 hoursto 0500 hours and that seniorcitizens and children below 10years age should avoid publicplaces.

Restrictions would bestrictly enforce in containmentzone and except for health,police and delivery personsno one would be allowed tomove there.

In the 11-page guidelines,the government, however, didnot allow opening of sectorsrestricted by the Centre andannounced that religiousplaces, shopping malls, hotelsand restaurants would openfrom June 8.

The decision to open edu-cational institutions, coachingcentre will be taken in July.

“The guidelines will be

enforced from June 1 and willbe enforced for the next 30days. But social distancing,face mask and sanitising wouldbe compulsory for shops, pub-lic transport and businessestablishments and any viola-tion will attract severe punish-ment and fine under theEpidemic Diseases Act,”Additional Chief Secretary(Home) Awanish Awasthi saidhere on Sunday.

“The government has lift-ed ban on pillion riders on two-wheelers while autos, taxis andbuses will be allowed to plyonly with allowed capacity,” hesaid and added that Roadwaysand private buses along withcity buses would be allowed toply only after proper sanitisingand autos and taxis would alsofollow the health guidelines.

The guidelines say that allmarkets will remain open from9 am to 9 pm. Supermarkets areallowed to open with conditionof social distancing and otherprecautionary measures.Weekly markets are allowed inrural areas but weekly marketsin urban areas will not beallowed.

The vegetable mandis willopen from 0400 hours to 0700hours while fruit mandis willopen from 0800 hours to 2000hours daily. Awasthi said thatstreet vending would beallowed with proper guide-lines. Parks will now openfrom 0500 hours to 0800 hoursand 1700 hours to 2000 hours.

“Though the stadium andsports complexes have been

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The Nepal Government onSunday tabled a

Constitution amendment bill inparliament aimed at alteringthe country’s map amid a bor-der dispute with India.

Minister for Law, Justiceand Parliamentary AffairsShivamaya Tumbahangphe, onbehalf of the Government ofNepal, tabled the Bill, a dayafter the main OppositionNepali Congress also backedthe legislation. Nepal’s Madhesiparties refused to welcome theBill as of now. It will be the sec-ond amendment to theConstitution.

Nepal recently released therevised political and adminis-trative map of the country lay-ing claim over the strategical-ly key areas of Lipulekh,Kalapani and Limpiyadhura.

India reacted angrily tothe move saying such “artificialenlargement” of territorial

claims will not be acceptableand asked the neighbouringcountry to refrain from such“unjustified cartographic asser-tion”. The Bill seeks to amendthe political map of Nepalincluded in Schedule 3 of theConstitution. The new map willbe used in all official docu-ments including the coat ofarms after the bill is endorsedthrough parliament.

Parliament will now delib-erate on the proposal beforeendorsing the bill.

After its endorsement byboth the Houses of parlia-ment, the President will orderissuance of the bill.

The central committee ofthe main Opposition partyNepali Congress on Saturdaydecided to back the bill.

Last week, the proposedbill was removed from thebusiness schedule of parliamentat the last minute at the requestof Minister KP Sharma Oli.

The discussion on theConstitution amendment billwas delayed as the NepaliCongress asked for more timeto discuss the matter in itshigh-level body.

Similarly, the Samajbadi

Janata Party Nepal and theRastriya Janata Party Nepaldemanded that their long-standing calls for Constitutionamendment also be incorpo-rated.

It requires a two-thirdsmajority to endorse theConstitution amendment bill.

During an all-party meet-ing on Tuesday, Prime MinisterOli urged the top leaders of allpolitical parties represented inparliament to unanimouslyendorse it.

The ties between India andNepal came under strain afterDefence Minister RajnathSingh inaugurated an 80-km-long strategically crucial roadconnecting the Lipulekh passwith Dharchula in Uttarakhand

on May 8.Nepal reacted sharply to

the inauguration of the roadclaiming that it passed throughNepalese territory.

India rejected the claimasserting that the road liescompletely within its territory.

Nepalese Foreign MinisterPradeep Kumar Gyawali earli-er this month summonedIndian Ambassador VinayMohan Kwatra and handedover a diplomatic note toprotest against India inaugu-rating the key road.

However, Gyawali lastweek said that he was confidentthat the Kalapani issue betweenthe two neighbours will beresolved through talks.

India on Thursday indi-cated its readiness to engagewith Nepal to resolve the fes-tering border row based onmutual sensitivity and respect.

India is monitoring thecurrent situation in Nepal,External Affairs MinistrySpokesperson AnuragSrivastava said referring toKathmandu deferring a plan tobring in a constitutionalamendment to validate a new

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Fourteen more people testedpositive for coronavirus

infection in the state capital onSunday even as the womanwho died a day earlier testedpositive after death.

Chief Medical Officer DrNarendra Agarwal said anaudit of her death was beingcarried out.

The CMO said the womanfrom Phoolbagh was admittedto a private hospital after strokeand she died on Saturday. Hesaid after her report came pos-itive on Sunday, directionswere given to sanitise the hos-pital where she was admitted.“Her death audit is being car-ried out which will revealwhether she died due to coro-navirus infection or not,” headded.

Dr Agarwal said those whotested positive on Sundayincluded seven GRP personnel,one RPF cop, two children ofGRP cop who tested positive

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Lucknow (PNS): Rani Nagar, an IndianAdministrative Service (IAS) officer of 2014 batch(Haryana cadre) alleged an attempt was made onher and her sister Reema Nagar’s life inGhaziabad.

Interestingly, instead of filing a formal com-plaint, she again preferred her twitter handle toshare the incident after which the local police gota case registered.

Sources said that with the help of CloseCircuit Television (CCTv) footage, the cops alsotook one of the neighbours in custody and saidthat the attack was made over a dispute over dog.

Nagar on Saturday night tweeted that she andher sister were standing outside their house atPanchwati Colony in Ghaziabad when anunknown man came out from a neighbouringhouse with an iron rod in his hand and tried tohit her on the head but she somehow saved her-self and ran inside the house. Nagar said the manhowever hit her sister on the leg with the rod,seriously injuring her. She also posted photos ofher sister’s injured leg.

CO (City-I) Ghaziabad claimed that theytook cognisance of the tweet and also identifiedthe assailant. He said that further investigationswere on in this regard.

It may be mentioned that Nagar had resignedfrom the service in April, alleging harassment andthreat to her and her sister’s lives from somesenior officers. Her resignation was, however, notaccepted by the government.

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Asenior officer in the Uttar Pradesh PowerCorporation Limited was killed in a road

accident in Bachhrawan township of RaeBareli. He was coming to Lucknow fromPrayagraj on Saturday night to meet his chil-dren who had come home in Lucknow after along gap. Reports said that Mukesh KumarKakhanewal, an executive engineer in the UttarPradesh Power Corporation Limited and post-ed at George Town office in Prayagraj since2017, was coming to Lucknow on Saturdaynight. His family is living at Bawani Bazaar inJankipuram area. His son Himanshu, who ispursuing engineering course, and daughter,Twarit, who is working with a multinationalcompany, had come to Lucknow on Saturdaymorning and had called their father to comehome for a day on Sunday so that they couldmeet him. However, when Mukesh was cross-ing Rae Bareli, his speeding car rammed intoa truck parked at the roadside in Pahurawahamlet of Bachhrawan late Saturday night.

The police rushed him to a nearby commu-nity health centre from where he was referredto district hospital but he died on way to hos-pital. The family members rushed to Rae Barelisoon after learning about the accident.

The body was brought to Lucknow afterpost-mortem and cremated on Sunday after-noon.

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Continuing her tiradeagainst Bharatiya Janata

Party government over thepathetic condition of migrantlabourers, Congress generalsecretary Priyanka GandhiVadra on Sunday flayed the“irresponsible remarks” of theRailways over several deaths ofpassengers and trains takingdifferent routes, causing greatproblems to the travellers.

“Eighty passengers died sofar on Shramik Express as perthe figures given by RailwayProtection Force (RPF), 40 percent trains are running late,many had taken a wrong route,”tweeted Priyanka, saying howirresponsible and insensitiverailway ministry officials are isevident from the fact that theyissued advisory that weak per-sons should not travel on trains.She said that from the begin-ning, the Railways were neverserious or sensitive about run-ning Shramik special trains.

Priyanka alleged that theCentral as well as Uttar Pradeshgovernments had ignored theplight of the migrants and hadleft women, children, old per-

sons and others to walk downfor several hundred kilometresto reach their homes.

“The government evenfailed to provide food or waterfor these migrants,” she addedwhile targeting the BJP govern-ment.

It may be mentioned thatas per the figures given by the

RPF, 80 passengers died whiletravelling on Shramik specialtrains between May 9 and May27. However, the Railwaysclaimed that the passengersdied of various illnesses and notdue to any laxity on their part.

Meanwhile, CongressLegislative Party leaderAradhana Mishra ‘Mona’, said

she had written a letter toAssembly Speaker HridayNarayan Dikshit informinghim how a member of theHouse was harassed and tor-tured by the state governmentin a fake and fabricated case.

Mona said on Sunday thatshe informed the Speaker howUPCC chief Ajay Kumar Lallu

was first arrested for raisingvoice against the Agra admin-istration which was “illegally”stopping movement of buses toGhaziabad despite AdditionalChief Secretary (Home),Awanish Awasthi saying per-mission had been given for themovement of the buses.

She said that not only this,when Lallu was released on bailthe very next day, Lucknowpolice acted as if the Congressstate president was a listedcriminal and rushed to Agra toagain take him into custody inanother fabricated case regis-tered in the state capital.

Mona claimed that as theUP Police had no evidenceagainst Lallu so now they wereunnecessarily delaying the legalprocess by not providing theCase Diary in the court con-cerned so the the UP Congresspresident could not get bail. Shealso alleged Lucknow policetortured Lallu who has beensent to judicial custody.

Mona demanded that thecase against Lallu be immedi-ately withdrawn, the guiltypolicemen be punished andLallu be immediately releasedfrom jail.

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Terming the memorandums of under-standing (MoUs) signed by the gov-

ernment to facilitate jobs to migrantworkers as nothing but a “photo oppor-tunity”, Bahujan Samaj Party chiefMayawati on Sunday said that the Centreand Uttar Pradesh government should tryto develop special economic zones (SEZ)like that at Shenzhen in China to makeIndia self-reliant.

“The Centre and the Uttar Pradeshgovernment should try to become self-reliant instead of waiting for companiesto shift base from China. The reason isthat there are no facilities like theShenzhen Special Economic Zone in

India. Roads, water supply, electricity sup-ply and arrangement of accommodationnear the workplace as in Shenzhen SEZ arenot there in place here,” Mayawati tweet-ed on Sunday.

“But by providing facilities likeShenzhen Special Economic Zone toIndian entrepreneurs to ensure their usefor the production of quality goods, it willbecome a little easier to develop small andmedium industries and make India trulyself-reliant,” the the Bahujan Samaj Partychief added.

Mayawati hit out at Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath, saying that his govern-ment was engaged in just signing MoUs instead of thinking about helpinglabourers.

“Instead of providing the necessaryeffective help to lakhs of workers who havereturned home due to unemployment andlockdown, the deception campaign hasstarted once again by MoU signatures andannouncements, etc. in UP. Very sad.Without concrete measures of publicinterest, the problem will become moreacute,” she tweeted.

“It would have been better if the gov-ernment had told what happened to theold MoUs before signing new MoUs. If theMoU is not just for persuading the pub-lic and for photo opportunities, then it isbetter because millions of workers arewaiting for employment at the locallevel,” the Bahujan Samaj Party supremoadded.

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Predicting that revenue col-lection would go up in the

coming months, Chief MinisterYogi Adityanath said that nonew tax would be imposed inthe state to deal with the eco-nomic impact of the coron-avirus crisis as the UttarPradesh government had chart-ed out an elaborate programmefor revival of economy throughspeedy industrial development.

Talking to a select group ofreporters through virtual con-ferencing here on Sunday, thechief minister said that revenuecollection in UP for the monthof May was better compared toprevious months because thestate had opened up industri-al and construction activitieswith gradual relaxation afterevery extension of lockdown.

“This is time to ensure weprovide additional relief to thepeople. Therefore, the statehas decided not to imposeadditional tax,” Yogi said.

On May 6, the UP govern-ment had increased valueadded tax (VAT) on fuel byimposing additional tax onpetrol at the rate of Rs 2 perlitre, and on diesel at he rate ofRe 1 per.

“Many economic activitiesare likely to improve. TheMSME (micro, small andmedium enterprises) sectorwill prove to be the job andmoney spinner for the state. Wehave schemes that will come upat the local level. Our migrantworkers will prove to be anasset for us. They built fortunesof for other states and now theyhave got an opportunity towrite a golden chapter forUttar Pradesh,” Yogi said.

When asked how the state,which already is grappling withunemployment, can accom-

modate such a big work force,the chief minister said theInvestors’ Summit of 2018 fol-lowed by two groundbreakingceremonies had brought invest-ments of around Rs 3 lakhcrore in UP.

“Many companies havestarted production and thisworking style has carved out aniche for us and the word isspreading very fast,” he said.

Yogi said many compa-nies were willing to re-locatefrom China and for them UttarPradesh was a dream destina-tion. A German company hasalready decided to come to UP.Many more companies will setup units in the state. A commit-tee of ministers has beenformed. We have set up sepa-rate desks for US, Korea andJapan. We are talking with thecompanies. We are looking attheir requirements and tryingto provide them the best facil-ities,” the chief minister said.

“We are committed tochanging this crisis into an

opportunity. If we are able to doso, we will open the doors ofopportunity for our migrantswho have returned and unem-ployed people of the state,” hesaid.

Yogi, however, took a jibeat the opposition parties forstarting a campaign againstthe government. “There is nodoubt that the number of coro-navirus positive cases has goneup. But the number of testingtoo has increased. Now, 10,000tests are being done per day. ByJune 15, we will conduct 15,000tests per day and by June 30,20,000 tests daily,” the chiefminister said, adding that 2.72lakh tests had so far been donein the state.

“This is a global fightagainst a virus, not against apolitical party. But it is unfor-tunate that some parties havestarted a negative campaign.People who do politics throughtwitter should have come out oftheir houses and helped poor.What is more unfortunate isthat a political party whichasked for fuel price and moneyto transport UP students fromKota to UP is now giving ussermons,” he said.

Voicing concern over coro-navirus explosion duringunlock 1,0 which will startfrom Monday, the chief min-ister said that mass gatheringneed to be stopped. “We needto restrict social gatherings.Religious places will open upafter June 8 but we should takeextra care of elderly persons,small children and pregnantwomen,” he said.

Yogi also congratulatedPrime Minister Narendra Modifor completing one year of his2.0 rule. He said India hadtaken a big stride towards pros-perity and self-reliance underModi regime.

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The Uttar Pradesh unit ofBharatiya Janata Party will

start its virtual rallies fromMonday (June 1) to celebratethe completion of one year ofModi 2.0 with leaders andprominent members of societyaddressing these rallies to high-light the achievements of theNarendra Modi government.

BJP general secretary VijayBahadur Pathak said that 98rallies would be held in the firstthree days with 34 rallies beingheld on June 1 followed by 35on June 2 and 29 on June 3.

“Prominent members ofsociety, including doctors, engi-neers, professors, advocates,sports persons, traders, teach-ers and social workers willaddress these rallies besidesprominent party leaders,”Pathak said.

On June 1, BJP state pres-ident Swatantra Dev Singh willaddress a rally of Lucknow citywhile state general secretary(organisation) Sunil Bansal willaddress rally of Ayodhya city.

Deputy Chief Minister KeshavPrasad Maurya will addressrally of Ayodhya district thesame day.

In Kashi Kshetra, BJPnational general secretary ArunSingh will address rally, while

Dr Anil Jain will address rallyin Varanasi and nationalspokesperson Sudhanshu

Trivedi in Mirzapur. In Gorakhpur the virtual

rally will be addressed by seniorminister Suresh Khanna, inKushinagar by CooperativeMinister Mukut Bihari Vermaand in Azamgarh by MSMEMinister Sidharth Nath Singh.

Deputy Chief MinisterDinesh Sharma will alsoaddress a virtual rally.

The first year of Modi 2.0is full of achievements whichincludes abrogation of Article370 in Kashmir and creation ofLadakh as Union Territory.Besides, the long wait for con-struction of Ram Temple inAyodhya ended as the govern-ment paved the way for con-struction of huge temple there,Pathak said.

Besides sanction of Rs 20lakh package to boost the econ-omy during lockdown , freetravel for around 10 millionmigrant workers and free food-grains and cash money to thepoor during coronavirus pan-demic were other highlights ofthe Modi government,” Pathaksaid.

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Vinayak Dalmia, a class Xstudent of City MontessoriSchool, Gomti Nagar CampusI, has secured 100 per centmarks in Science inInternational Benchmark Test(IBT) and brought laurels to theinstitution by securing firstrank on world level. IBT isorganised by AustralianCouncil for EducationalResearch (ACER) once a yearin many countries. In India,thousands of students of sever-al noted schools appeared forIBT in which Vinayak secured100 per cent marks in Scienceamidst tough competition.CMS will honour him with acash prize of Rs 50,000.

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‘Methods of legal research’ wasorganised by the department ofLaw, School of Legal Studies,BBAU. Director, Institute ofLegal Studies, PunjabUniversity, Ratan Singh was theguest speaker who shared histhoughts on the relationshipbetween law and society andthe impact of judicial judgmentin society. Dean and head of thedepartment Sudarshan Vermagave the welcome address andsaid everyone has to alwaysremain committed to educationin every situation.

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Hotels and religious placesin the city are gearing up

to welcome visitors. Generalsecretary, Hotels andRestaurant Association, GirishOberoi said 50 per cent of thehotels opened because peoplein the sector were not expect-ing much business. He saidthere were some standardoperating procedures whichthe association has developedin coordination with theMinistry of Tourism.

“The basic guidelines arethere and that is where thepreparations are being made.But the challenge is that themovement of people has stillnot started and hotel ownersare left with no option but towait and watch,” he said.

He added that a contain-ment area or a floor would bedeveloped in hotels where anyguest testing positive could beshifted. He said the systems arein place and the basic precau-tions which the hotels will befollowing include disinfectionof property, segregation andsanitisation of luggage, rooms,distribution of masks and faceshields and availability of sani-tisers at different points. Thehotels have to ensure mini-mum stay at the reception asIDs and other details will haveto be sent online and guestsmust be taken directly to theirrooms. “Minimum things willbe kept in the rooms and extra

stuff will be removed so thatthere is minimum chance ofinfection. There will be nohousekeeping when the guestsare inside the room and all thecleaning and housekeepingwill be done after guests areshifted other rooms. The buf-fets at the breakfast will bedone away to begin with,” hesaid. Oberoi said that 50 percent of the staff has been laidoff by hotels because of the

financial crunch. “The hotelswill be restarting with theminimal staff and guests,” hesaid. Oberoi said they did notsee business happening for atleast next 2-3 months.

“People are watching howmany flights are operatingbecause there have beeninstances of pilots testing pos-itive. However, people have tomove on at some point oftime.

Meanwhile, Mahant ofMankameshwar TempleDevyagiri said they are con-cerned that the sanctum sanc-torum should not be madeaccessible to people as it mightlead to rise in the number ofcases. “We are also concernedabout flower sellers who sitoutside the temple and it canalso be a source of infection,”she said. She added thatarrangements of masks and

sanitisers for devotees havebeen made. “We will makearrangements even though wehave limited resources andwould appreciate if the stategovernment provides us somesupport. Our budget has beenimpacted by the lockdownand the funds have been spenton arrangements of food forthe inmates,” she said. Shesaid they would ensure socialdistancing by making circlesfor the devotees to stand. Thetemple has been closed sinceMarch 19.

Father Donald Desouzafrom St Cathedral Church saidthat in the next three days,Bishops from across the coun-try would be meeting to chartout a common policy.

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The intra-state bus servicesof Uttar Pradesh State RoadTransport Corporation willbegin from 8 am on June 1.UPSRTC media spokespersonAnwar Anzaar said all precau-tions would be carried out atbus stations. “Thermal scan-ning of the passengers will becarried and masks have to benecessarily worn by the pas-sengers. The number of pas-sengers will be equal to the thatof seats in the buses. Thebuses will be regularly sanitisedand drivers as well as the con-ductors have to also weargloves,” he said.

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The Molecular Medicineand Biotechnology

department of SGPGI hasdeveloped a rapid RNA-based test that can detectcoronavirus infection in lessthan 30 minutes and will bethe cheapest in the country.It is a single-tube lab test withhigh specificity and sensitiv-ity. Dr Swasti Tiwari, who isalso the head of the depart-ment, said they have devel-oped an efficient technologythat can screen active coron-avirus infection at a muchlower cost. It has been tem-porarily named ‘Hi-Screen’test but the real name will fol-low after commercialisationof the technology.

“The estimated cost isnot more than Rs 100 per testbut post commercialisation,it may go up to Rs 500 if wescale it up for commercialuse. However, it will notexceed this cost,” she said. Itmay be noted that the regu-lar RTPCR test costs Rs 5,000per test.

The test uses the sameprocess of RNA virus testingwhich is used in RTPCRtechnology and that is cur-rently being used on thedirections of ICMR.Admitting that they cannotshare details as they are in theprocess of transfer of technol-ogy. “The technology wasalready available but nobodyhad thought it could be usedfor Covid testing, but wemodified it for this very pur-pose” she said. “The testdoes not require sophisticat-ed instrumentation or anyexpertise for result interpre-tation. The data related to testdevelopment and optimisa-tion has recently been com-municated for publication ina scientific journal. The tech-nology can be made availablefor commercialisationthrough proper channel andrequires ICMR approval for

use in public,” she added. DrTiwari said they had filedpatent for this technology inApril and it took them one-and-a-half months to opti-mise it for Covid-19 screen-ing. Dr Tiwari said they havealready got an ethicalapproval for the technologybut have to get a companypartner so that it can betaken to the next level wherethe sensitivity in humanscan be tested.

“This point-of-care testwill have a direct impact onmass screening and will ben-efit people in screening andholding areas of various ser-vice centres such as hospitalsand airports,” she added.

“Next week, we will getexpression of interest from allthe companies interested inthe technology. We can go inpartnership through theprocess of getting all the reg-ulatory approvals so that wecan do human testing alongwith human sensitivity thathas to be done before we scaleup after commercialisationand ICMR approval. Theseare the few things which thecompany should take for-ward and it’s not our man-date, but we will be hand-holding the company for thecommercialisation and get-ting approval from ICMR,”she added.

On how they got theidea of using the technologyfor Covid-19 testing, she saidas Molecular Medicine andBiotechnology department,they have the mandate forpredicting the disease at anearly point. “We were in theprocess of optimising differ-ent techniques and it was oneof them which we were try-ing to use for something dif-ferent, but then Covid-19happened,” she said. DrTiwari works in the area ofkidney research and has beeninvolved in development oftechnologies for placentaldisorders.

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Lucknow (PNS): DivisionalCommissioner MukeshMeshram said Lucknow will beadhering to the directivesissued by the state govern-ment regarding lockdown 5.0.District Magistrate AbhishekPrakash issued directions forsetting up of control rooms inmarkets and installation ofCCTV cameras and publicaddress systems.

Meanwhile, in a meetingheld on Sunday, the DM said amonitoring mechanism shouldbe developed at market levelsand include officials from thedistrict administration, police,LMC and representatives oflocal trade organisations. Hesaid the monitoring should becarried out in an organisedmanner with special emphasison masks, sanitisers and socialdistancing.

“The CCTV camerasinstalled in the markets willhelp in real time monitoring,”he said. He added that officialsshould use technology even formeetings to save time andfocus on more responsibilities.The DM also laid stress onsanitisation of the market areasbefore their opening.

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Though the views differ overthe decision taken by the

Central Government to reopenmany prohibited activities inphased manner in Unlock 1.0,the experts feel that it was eco-nomic compulsions for thegovernment to increase therelaxations, otherwise, thenation may face serious eco-nomic slowdown. Many are ofthe opinions that undoubted-ly, the number of COVID-19cases is rising alarmingly in thecountry with setting of newrecords, almost daily, but it isalso true that during morethan two months long lock-down, the government hassucceeded to a great extent tocreate awareness among thepeople towards worldwidecoronavirus pandemic.

‘The continuous lockdownhas forced many, especiallythe petty traders and dailywage workers, to face seriousfinancial constraints. Even thebig business houses are alsopassing through crisis so it wasthe need of the hour to start theprocess of unlocking restric-tions in phased manner,’ feltProf Abhijit Singh of Instituteof Management Studies,Banaras Hindu University (IM-BHU).

Not only this, he furthersaid that many patients who arealso suffering from other dis-eases had no option except tobear their increasing pains as inalmost all the advanced levelhospitals, there were severalrestrictions to look after thepatients other than COVID-19positive cases. ‘Many whoneeded dialysis and surgerieswere suffering with increasingmultiple complications,’ saidProf Singh, adding that despiteall the instructions and expec-tations, even many teachers ofprivate institutions were facingfinancial crisis and sale ofshops which remained openedeven during lockdown periodsaw sharp decline in their over-all business.

A retired IPS officerPrateep Kumar Mishra is alsoof the view that lockdown can-not be extended for indefiniteperiod because restrictions onmany activities would poseother bigger problems thanthat of corona. ‘It is a fact theduring the lockdown, the gov-ernment got sufficient time tostrengthen its overall healthsector to deal with the pandem-ic because in the beginning, thecountry had a capacity of test-ing just around 10,000COVID-19 samples but todaythe same has extended to overa lakh per day. Besides, we had

no facilities to make PPE kitsbut today we’re in position toproduce huge number of samelike many other necessaryequipment, sanitisers, masksetc. required to prevent infec-tion of coronavirus,’ he stated,adding that revival of economyis also a need of the hour inview to avoid facing the seriousill-impacts of financial slow-down.

Yet another retired CentralGovernment officer AmrendraNath Singh also felt thatunlocking the restrictions inphased manner is a compulsionfor the government to avoidany unrest and panic-like situ-ation.

‘The country is alreadyseeing the impacts of suchpanic in the manner millions ofmigrant workers have seen inhurry to reach their home,through any means withoutwaiting to response when thesituation returns to normalcy,’said the septuagenarian, addingthat however, seeing the presentscenario of rising cases ofCOVID-19 in country, theperiod of lockdown should beextended at least till the end ofthis month.

Joint Director of a researchinstitute, ParshwanathVidyapeeth Dr SP Pandeyexpressed fear that the suddenopening of malls, restaurants

and other such places seeinggathering of crowds may poseyet another big challengesbefore the authorities.

‘Many senior internation-al health experts had alreadywarned countries like Indiathat withdrawal of lockdownrestrictions might pose seriousproblems to the country withhuge population,’ he said,adding that the relaxationsshould be given when thegraph of corona patients startsdeclining but the restrictionsare being withdrawn when thesame is sharply rising to a newhigh.

Similar views were alsoexpressed by a local traderJahangir Alam. ‘In the mannerthe government has decided tostart process of unlock restric-tions it just showed its rigidattitude,’ he said, criticisingthe government for showingsurrender when the spike innumber of cases is setting newhigh records every day and thecountry which is at ninth placeis all set to beat many othercountries in days to come. Hefelt that the government shouldsee the situation till June 15 andthen take such decision becausemany fear that by the time, thenumber of corona cases in thecountry may reach amongthe top 5-6 countries of theworld.

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Anational level female bas-ketball player lost her life

in the heavy rain and hailstormthat had lashed the city atnight on Saturday last.

It may be noted here thatthe heavy rain and hailstormhad lashed the city on Saturdaynight. It was said that AnushkaSingh, resident of Chuppepurin Shivpur area, was first yearstudent in Parmanand premis-es of Shree Agrasen Girls PGCollege. She was a part of thebasketball team of MahatmaGandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth(MGKV) and was also nation-al level player.

It was said she was in thegarden, situated nearby herhouse, during the heavy rainsand a heavy branch of mangotree fell on her head. She diedon the spot. Dr Mridula Vyasof college informed that hertwo sisters are also players andstudents of college. The Vice-Chancellor of MGKV Prof TNSingh mourned the untimelydeath of varsity player andtermed it as irreparable loss tosport field and university aswell. The college manager DrAnil Kumar Jain, Principal DrKuukum Malviya and staff ofcollege expressed their condo-lence and prayed the almighty

for the lasting peace to depart-ed soul and give strength tobereaved family members tobear this great loss.

Meanwhile, the Canttpolice succeeded in unearthinga sex racket being run at ahouse in a colony situated onPandeypur-Lalpur route. Thepolice took five including twofemales in their custody forinterrogation.

According to information,the cops at this police station

were receiving complaintsabout sex racket being operat-ed at a house in this colony forlast many days.

It was said that theincharge of Pandeypur policeoutpost Rajkumar Pandeyreached the house as a cus-tomer on Sunday morning andfound the complaint true. Hereported to his seniors aboutthis. Thereafter, the police per-sonnel led by CO, CanttMohammed Mustaq raided the

house and took house ownerand four others including twofemale in their custody forinterrogation. The police recov-ered mobiles, photos and diaryfrom the house.

It may be noted here thatit is not the first case when thepolice unearthed the sex rack-et run in colony. Earlier, theCantt police had unearthedthe sex racket run at a colonyin Pahadia area. And when thepolice had raided the housethree girls had jumped fromrooftop in an attempt to escapefrom there and one had lost herlife. The police had come toknow during investigation thateven the foreigners used to visitthis house. The police hadarrested some in this connec-tion and slapped NSA againstthem on this month.

Meanwhile, the Chowkpolice made arrest of a wantedcriminal identified as ShivamSahani of Brahmnal area. Thecriminal was at a lane nearScindiya Ghat when the policearrested him. The Cantt policemade arrest of an auto lifterfrom Aidhe village on RingRoad when he was waiting forsomeone to sell a lifted two-wheeler. The police recoveredthe lifted two-vehicle and theauto lifter was identified asDara Rajbhar of Chaubeypur.

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Five new positive cases ofcoronavirus were reported

in Prayagraj. One of thesepatients is a prisoner of NainiCentral Jail. At the same time,one more case of COVID-19has also come to light inRaniganj, Pratapgarh.

At the same time, the fam-ily and relatives fled the sceneleaving body of the young manon Saturday night nearDumdum village of Raniganj inPratapgarh in anticipation ofcorona virus infection.

Dr Rishi Sahay, the nodalofficer for coronavirus in

Prayagraj, said that a 25-year-old youth of Tulsipur Kareliarea was sent to Naini jail onMay 24. In the sample tests of21 detainees, his report hascome positive. Meanwhile, twobrothers have been foundinfected in Faridabad village ofPhulpur block. Both came fromMumbai on May 26. Apartfrom this, a woman from Karelihas also been infected withcorona. In addition to these, afive-year-old girl has also beenfound corona positive. On theother hand, reports of 245samples were negative till lateSaturday night.

The family members and

relatives, near Dumdum villagein Raniganj area of Pratapgarhdistrict, fled after leaving thebody of the youth late Saturdaynight. The youth had comehere from Mumbai three daysago. When he had trouble inbreathing on Saturday night, hewas taken to Prayagraj imme-diately. Here the doctors onduty declared him as broughtdead. The youth’s sample forcorona test was not taken.Fearing an infection due tocoronavirus, the family didnot go home with the corpseand ran away after placing it onthe roadside near Dumdumvillage.

Villagers informed thehealth workers and the policeabout the incident. On receiv-ing the information, the healthworkers reached the villageDumdum, where the body waslying.

Although the youth wasexpected to have been infect-ed with coronavirus, hence,they did not touch the bodydue to not having the securitykit.

On getting information inthis connection, MP SangamLal Gupta directed the DM andCMO to ensure the arrange-ment for the funeral of theyoung man.

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As many as 30 detainees,including Allahabad

University professor, foreignnational Jamaati members,have been shifted to NainiCentral Jail. All were kept inGauhania's Green FieldAcademy School which hasbeen made as a temporaryprison due to the coronavirus.

After about 35 days thedetainees were sent to Naini jailon the instructions of theDistrict Magistrate here onSunday. They have been keptthere like other prisoners. Allwere jailed on April 21 in acase of Epidemic Act, violating

the Foreign Act. The detaineeswere shifted to a temporaryprison in view of the possibil-ity of spreading coronavirus tothe prisoners. However, theschool's managing directorArvind Pandey said that sani-tisation operation has beencarried out in the school onSaturday after the detaineeswere sent. Former block pra-mukh Dilip Mishra, who waslodged in the central jail, hisson Shubham and Neeraj Singhcarrying a reward of � 1 lakh onhis head have been quaran-tined. All three have been keptin temporary prison. Senior JailSuperintendent HB Singh saidthat the three detainees have

been quarantined for 14 days toprotect against coronavirusinfection. The new detaineesare not being held directly inthe main prison, he added.

Meanwhile, Rakesh's inno-cent daughter Anamika, a res-ident of Vikas ka Pura village,under the Soraon police sta-tion, died on Saturday nightunder mysterious circum-stances. When the family mem-bers reached the police stationand accused the ‘pattidar’ ofmurder, a furore erupted there.

Rakesh does odd job to ekeout his living. On Saturdaynight, he was sleeping with histwo-month-old daughter. OnSunday morning he got up and

went somewhere leaving thedaughter sleeping there. Aftersome time, the girl was killedunder mysterious circum-stances. This caused mourningin the family members. Others,including Rakesh's fatherRajkumar, reached the policestation, and accused the ‘patti-dar’ of murder.

SHO Soraon RamcharanVerma said that Rajkumar hadquarreled with his brother andothers in an inebriated state.Due to the same reasons heaccused them of murdering theinnocent girl. However, theautopsy suggested that theminor had died due to illness,the SHO added.

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The Allahabad High Courtwill resume functioning

from June 8 with few restric-tions to keep a check on spreadof COVID-19. Earlier, the courtwas hearing only urgent andimportant matters.

The important feature willbe that lawyers will appearwithout robe and elderlylawyers aged 65 or above areadvised to stay at home.

Besides, only those lawyerswill be permitted to enter theHigh Court through ePasswhose cases are likely to be

taken up by the court. In new guidelines issued on

May 30, the High Courtadministration has providedthat advocates will enter theHigh Court through separategates but their chambers in thecourt premises will not beopened.

The administration hasclarified that advocates aged 65years or more will not be per-mitted to enter in the HighCourt as under the revisedguidelines, they will be provid-ed video conferencing facilitiesto argue the case.

Advocates appearing in the

court will be required to wearface cover/mask and gloves.Further, they will adhere tophysical distancing.

Besides, not more than sixadvocates will be permitted toremain in the courtroom at anygiven time and they will berequired to leave the HighCourt after hearing of theircases. In addition to it, advo-cates residing in the contain-ment zone shall not come tothe High Court, as per guide-lines issued by central as wellas state government.

The High Court adminis-tration has warned that spitting

in the premises of court isstrictly prohibited and anyonefound violating it would attractpunishment. ‘Consumptionof paan, gutka, tobacco insidethe premises of the High Courtwill be prohibited and willattract punishment’, guidelinesfurther warned.

Emphasising that theguidelines regarding COVID-19 must be followed, the HighCourt administration has pro-vided that the thermal scan-ning, handwash and sanitiserwill be made at the operationalentry and exit points and com-mon areas.

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As many as 14 new COVID-19 patients including three

police personnel, one womantrader and 10 migrants havebeen found in the district hereon Sunday. According to theDistrict Magistrate (DM)Kaushal Raj Sharma, 200reports have been receivedfrom Microbiology Lab ofBHU and 186 of them are neg-ative, while 14 are positive. Itincluded follow-up reports ofsix patients including one beingtreated at Pt Deen DayalUpadhyay Hospital and five atESIC Hospital. Later, all thesepatients have been discharged.They belong to PremchandNagar, Garkhada, Jagdishpur,Haribhanpur, Sujabad andPahadpur. With this, the totalnumber of positive patients inthe district has increased to 182and out of them, 117 have beendischarged and four have died.There are 61 active patients.Among the 10 migrants, oneaged 60 is from Umraha Barai(Choubeypur) who returnedhome in a car from Mumbaialong with an earlier foundpatient from same hotspot.The second is a youth (30)from hotspot Hiramanpur(Phoolpur) who also returnedin a car from Mumbai alongwith her already found patientwho is his wife. The thirdpatient (42) is from hotspotMokalpur (Choubeypur) whocame here from Mumbai alongwith an earlier found patient.

He works at a dairy in Mumbai.The fourth patient (30) is

from Chittampur(Choubeypur) who came hereby a train from Surat where heworks at a powerloom. Thefifth (23) is from Amilo(Badagaon) who works inMumbai and came by a train.The sixth (48) is from SaraiTikri (Choubeypur) who is avegetable trader and came herefrom Bharatpur (Rajasthan).The seventh (36) is from NewColony Soyepur (Cantt.) whocame here by a flight fromDelhi. The eighth (32) is fromRatanpur (Badagaon) whocame here by a train. Theninth (35) is also fromRatanpur (Badagon) andreturned by a train. He is atrader. The 10th (27) is fromHariharpur (Jansa) who is acameraman and returned fromMumbai.

Besides, a woman saree

trader aged 40 has also beenfound positive. She belongs toMohani area (Jaitpura). Therest of three patients are cops,came into the contact of earli-er found positive police person-nel attached to CO (Sadar). Allthree cops live at Barrack No.8 at Police Lines and they werebeing quarantined at CHCShivpur. Now they have beenshifted to isolation ward.

The number of hotspotshas increased to 92 in the dis-trict with seven new onesincluding Chitampur(Choubeypur), Amilo(Badagaon), Sarai Tikri(Choubeypur), Soyepur(Cantt.), Ratanpur (Badagaon),Hariharpur (Jansa) andMohani (Jaitpura). Out ofwhich 28 have become greenzones, while among the 64active hotspots, 24 are inorange zones, while 40 are stillin red zones. In the district, as

many as new 101 samples werecollected on Sunday and sentfor testing. Out of total 5,735samples, the reports of 5,367have received, while of 368 areawaited. Out of receivedreports, 5,185 were negativeand 182 positive.

Meanwhile, when thenation is all set to enter Unlock1.0 since more than twomonths long lockdownimposed since March 25, thecases in this belt of Purvanchal(eastern UP) continuedincreasing to an alarming stage.Azamgarh is also inching closeto touch the three figure mark,as six new corona patientshave been detected there,increasing the number to 94 inthe district with 83 patients areactive. Nine have been recov-ered, while two have died.Besides, seven new patientshave been found in Ballia,increasing the number to 49with 37 active patients as 12have been discharged from thehospital. In Bhadohi, four newcases have been found, increas-ing the number to 43.

Apart from this, one morepatient has been detected inSonbhadra, increasing thenumber to nine. In Mau, sixmore patients has been found,increasing the number to 29with 28 active patients. Earlier,first positive patient ofChandauli died. His reportwas received after his death. Hebelonged to Amra village underDhanapur block. His cremationwas done at HarishchandraGhat in Varanasi on Saturday.

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Kanpur City DistrictMagistrate BR Tiwari while

sending off the buses toRajasthan on Sunday fromJhakarkati said the UP govern-ment was committed to send-ing all the stranded migrantworkers to their respectivestates and home town.

He said these buses wouldtake the migrant labourers totheir respective destinations.He said the service was provid-ed by the UP government.

Dr Tiwari asked themigrants returning to theirhome states to sit as per the

social distancing norms andrefrain from spitting or break-ing the norms on the way.

He said officials had beenasked to inform the adminis-tration if there were morestranded migrant labourers sothat more buses could bearranged to send them to theirdestinations.

Meanwhile, Chief MedicalOfficer Dr AK Shukla onSunday said that two new coro-navirus positive cases werefound, one in Kakadev and theother in Tikra Kalyanpur.

He said only one COVID-19 patient was discharged formhospital on Sunday and therewere 54 active cases in he dis-

trict. He said as on Sunday, 304COVID-19 patients had beencured in the district, which wit-nessed 11 deaths.

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Niine Movement founderAmar Tulsiyan said Niine san-itary napkins were launched in2018 and in a short timethey had become the mostpopular and most sought forproduct.

Tulsiyan said Niine sani-tary napkin was totally indige-nous and focused on qualityand affordable menstrualhygiene. He said it not only

looked into the problem of themodern and traditional womanof the country but also taughtthem to care for environmentand thus provided them withspecial disposable bags.

He said the NiineMovement focused on all theinstitutions of many cities andhad launched an educationalprogramme to apprise theschool girls about menstrualhygiene.

Niine Movement CEORicha Singh said these sanitarynapkins were manufactured asper the Indian needs and theMovement had joined handswith organisations like JCI andFOGSI.

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He said especially in viewof the COVID-19 pandemic itwas more necessary for peopleto refrain from direct and pas-sive smoking as both couldimpact their lungs. He said useof tobacco and tobacco relatedproducts compromised onesimmunity and was a potentreason for spreading TB, heartrelated diseases, pulmonarydiseases etc.

He said in view of thepandemic, it was necessarythat people need to refrainfrom spitting as it could spreadcoronavirus.

He said it was not theresponsibility of the govern-ment alone to ensure people donot smoke or consume tobac-co products but each individ-ual had to ensure that whoev-er smoked in their homesshould be asked to stop it per-manently.

Dr Tiwari said this year theWorld Health Organisationfocused on protecting youthfrom industry manipulationand preventing them from

being lured into tobacco andnicotine use. He added that itwas extremely important tosave the present and future gen-erations from the devastatinghealth consequences of tobac-co use. He said this year thetheme of World No TobaccoDay tried to empower youth tounderstand the evil strategiesused by the tobacco industry topromote and sell their prod-ucts. He said people shouldunderstand the negative effectsof tobacco use and the need tostand up against it. He appealedto parents to educate childrenabout the harm smoking coulddo to their bodies.

It may be mentioned herethat there are approximately120 million smokers in India.

According to World HealthOrganisation (WHO), India ishome to 12 per cent of theworld’s smokers and more than10 million die each year due totobacco in India. In 2015, onein 10 deaths globally wascaused due to smoking andover 50 per cent of them tookplace in just four countries, oneof which was India. As perprevalent trends of tobaccoconsumption in India, 34.6per cent of adults (out of which47.9 per cent are males and 20.3per cent females) are smokers.

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During the exchange offire, the criminal sustainedbullet injury and was admittedto hospital. He was involved inmany cases of loot, murder andtheft registered at differentpolice stations of Kanpur and

Unnao. Vidhnu Station OfficerPushpraj Singh said around 4am on Sunday, when he waschecking vehicles with NewAzad Nagar outpost inchargeShiv Prakash Singh and a forcenear Sakrapur village turn, athey spotted a motorcycle-borne youth coming fromParsauli village.

On seeing the police force,the youth tried to escape. On

being chased, he slipped in anpuddle and on finding himselfcornered by the cops, heopened fire on the police party.

During the exchange offire, the youth was hit by a bul-let and fell unconscious. He wasadmitted to Vidhnu communi-ty health centre in police cus-tody. He was later identified asRam Dayal, a criminal who isa native of Lalganj in Rae

Bareli). At present, he was liv-ing in Taudhakpur villageunder Vidhnu police station.

Meanwhile, two youthsriding motorcycles were killedand one was injured whenthey collided head-on after atruck hit one motorcycle neara petrol pump in Shahjahanpurtown under Satti police stationof Kanpur Dehat on Saturdaynight.

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The Lalganj police arrested two accused ina murder case. As per the received

reports, Station Officer (CO) HarishchandraSaroj was during routine patrolling when hewas tipped off by an informer that two want-ed accused were hiding in Dubar village.Thereafter the SO raided the said place alongwith police team and arrested Bhola Nathand Rajbali, residents of Uska village. The twoaccused were sent to jail.

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In order to create awareness among thepeople about social distancing, route marchwas taken out by the police throughout thedistrict in each police station area. At thedistrict headquarters the march was led byCircle Officer (City) Sudhir Kumar whoappealed to the people to follow the normsof lockdown voluntarily because it wasimplemented in the larger interest of the soci-ety. Interacting with the people he stressedon maintaining social distancing and takingnecessary precautions to check the spread ofcoronavirus.

He told the people to feel free to contactthe police without any hesitation and not breakthe norms of lockdown. During the march theofficer was accompanied by the station houseofficers (SHOs) Katra and City Kotwali alongwith the heavy force.

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Divisional CommissionerPreeti Shukla and

Inspector General RangePiyush Srivastava inspectedthe quarantine centre located atShivlok Srinet ShikshanPrashikshan Sansthan Padari.

During the visit the officersthoroughly inspected thearrangements like medicalfacilities, civic amenities, qual-ity of the food, kitchen, storeetc. The officers interactedwith the quarantined people inwhich most of them weremigrants. Inspecting thekitchen the officers gave thetips to the staff to maintain thesanitation. DivisionalCommissioner asked to thesub-divisional magistrate(SDM) Sadar to keep the com-plete information about theinmates, including the mobilenumbers with the purpose fora regular follow up. During thevisit the DM and SP alsoaccompanied the officers. Priorto the quarantine centre theofficers visited the trauma cen-tre at the district headquartersto be aware about the prepara-tions for Covid-19 L-3 hospi-tal. During the visit ChiefMedical Officer (CMO) Dr OPTiwari briefed them about theprogress.

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District Magistrate SushilKumar Patel has asked the

officials to prepare projects onpriority which help in groundwater recharging.

These directives were givenby him during a meeting ofcoordination committee tofinalise the projects related togroundwater recharging con-vened by Minor Irrigationdepartment.

During the meeting theexecutive engineer apprisedthat the department hadalready constructed 182 check-dams which needed repair and23 had been proposed for newconstruction. The DistrictMagistrate asked the depart-ment to put the proposal with-out delay which could be sent

to the government for sanction.He asked the departments thatthe projects of under ground-water recharging could betaken under Mahatma GandhiNational Rural EmploymentGuarantee Act (MGNREGA)too so that the departmentscould submit the proposal forapproval.

Chief Development Officer(CDO) Avinash Singh direct-ed the officials concerned toprepare projects after knowingthe condition of the site duringall seasons and it’s utility.

The meeting was attendedby the officials of the Irrigation,Minor Irrigation, Forest andHorticulture departments.

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The Kachhawan policearrested four accused wantedunder the Gangster Act. As perthe received reports, StationOfficer Kachhawan ManojKumar Singh during his rou-tine patrolling was tipped off byan informer about the presenceof two gangsters at their resi-dences. Thereafter SO swunginto action with his team andarrested Jawahar Seth fromMajhawa village and AjayYadav from Nayapur Hansipur.Under very that drive anotherpolice team arrested Baaul Natand Chokhad Nat fromKarsada village.

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Three persons were arrestedfrom Pangara, Naraini area,

in connection with a case ofloot recently. Station HouseOfficer (SHO) NarainiKotwali Girendra Singh, seniorsub-inspector (SSI) BrajeshKumar Mishra along with con-stables Ramesh Kumar andAseen Kumar worked out thecase of loot and arrested thethree accused from Pangara,Naraini area.

This information was givento mediapersons by AdditionalSuperintendent of Police (ASP)Banda LKB Pal here. Lal saidthat these accused had com-mitted a loot in a petrol pumpin Pangara village under theNaraini police station. ASPsaid that the accused KaleemKhan, son of Sher Khan,Ramjani Khan, son of KalluKhan, and Pappu alias SameerKhan, son of Haneef Khan, res-idents of Pangara village, hadcommitted loot in Chandelfilling station Pangara underNaraini kotwali on May 28.They had looted �4,500 fromthe salesman of the petrolpump. He said that FIR waslodged against these accusedunder Sections 392, 323, 504and 506 of the Indian PenalCode (IPC) with Naraini kot-wali. ASP Pal said that thepolice had recovered �4,500from their possession. ASPsaid that a Kawasaki Bajajmotorcycle used in this loot

incident had also been recov-ered. ASP said that the accusedhad been sent to jail.

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City Kotwali police hadlodged a first informationreport (FIR) against 18Congress leaders for violationof lockdown guidelines hererecently. Station House Officer(SHO) City Kotwali DineshSingh said that these Congressworkers were protesting againstthe arrest of their state presi-dent Ajay Kumar Lallu onWednesday. SHO City Kotwalisaid that FIR was registered

under Sections 188 and 269 ofthe Indian Penal Code (IPC).He said that the police pre-vented them from protestingbut they did not listen. SHOCity Kotwali Singh said thatSuperintendent of Police BandaSiddharth Shankar Meena hadinstructed him to register anFIR against those who violat-ed the lockdown guidelines.Singh said that FIR had beenlodged by officer incharge ofthe Civil Lines police outpost.

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As many as nine personswere injured in clashes whichtook place in areas under

Bisanda and Naraini Kotwalirecently. The police had admit-ted the injured to district hos-pital Banda.

According to a reportreceived here, the first incidentoccurred in Bisanda townwhen two groups fought overa petty dispute. Station HouseOfficer (SHO) Bisanda PratimaSingh said that Brajmohan(55), Sheelapati (45), Pushpa(22), Aarti (15) andVijaybhawan (25) were injuredwhen their adversaries attackedthem and fled from the spot. Inthe second incident Kunta (70),Prahlad (35), Sushila (18) andVimala (16) were attacked withsharp- edged weapons by theirrelatives in Tarai village underthe Naraini police station. Theyall were admitted to the districthospital Banda, last reportsreceived here said. Police saidthat the victims were attackedby their relatives. In yet anoth-er incident a migrant labourercommitted suicide in Jauharpurvillage under the Tindwaripolice station recently. Thepolice sent the body of thedeceased for the post-mortemexamination. ASP Banda LKBPal said the deceased JagdishNishad had come to his inlaws’place in Jauharpur village fromSurat. The deceased belongedto Nari village under thePailani police station and wasliving in his inlaws’ place for thepast three years. The police hadsent the body for the post-mortem examination.

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The body of a woman wasfound hanging from a fan

in Bewar police station onSaturday. According to thepolice, Abhay Singh’s wife livedseparately from her husbandfor a year and a half in Bewartownship. Her husband used towork in Delhi. She had filed adivorce suit in the court aftera quarrel with her husband. OnSaturday everyone was sur-prised on seeing her body. Hertwo children were be cryingoutside the house. The parentalfamily of the deceased said that

she has been stranglulated todeath. On getting informationthe police reached the spot,took the body of the deceasedinto custody and sent it for thepost-mortem examination.

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One person was arrestedwith a countrymade pistolfrom Pahra village. Accordingto a report, Rohit, a resident ofBhaisain under the Muskarrapolice station, was arrested byJariya police along with coun-trymade pistol from Pahra vil-lage. Police station incharge

Vikramajit Singh said that theaccused was walking in the vil-lage with a pistol. Action wastaken against him under theArms Act.

Meanwhile the Jalalpurpolice arrested an accused whowas evading arrest in connec-tion with a theft case for thepast four months from Mamnatrifurcation. Police sub-inspec-tor Nandkishore said that thetheft had taken place in aliquor shop situated in Purainivillage on January 28. Twoaccused had been already beenarrested in this connection.The third accused, Lalit Lodhi,

a resident of Chhibauli, wasarrested from Mamna Sarilatrifucation. He was waiting fora vehicle in order to escape.

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Manisha (18), daughter ofthe late Premchand Ahirwar, aresident of Hatwara Muhal inSarila town, was connecting awire of the pump to fill wateron Saturday when she got anelectric shock and was badlyburnt. Her family membersbrought her to the communi-ty health centre (CHC) whereher condition was better.

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Four National ThermalPower Corporation (NTPC)

Vindhyachal employees,Mohammad Yakub Khan,Engineer (SLPS), TAD, DudhNath Prasad, sub-engineer,Operations, Kathrina Kujur,sub-officer, Medical and MoharSingh, sub-engineer,Operations, were felicitated forsuperannuating from India'slargest power station. Takinginto consideration the delicacyof the situation posed by thepandemic, the employees werehonoured for their dedicatedservice by their heads of

departments (HoDs) in theirrespective departments whilestrictly following social dis-

tancing norms. Recounting thecontribution made by thesuperannuating employees in

pushing NTPC Vindhyachal tothe zenith of success, the HoDshanded over a letter of com-mendation and a token ofappreciation to them. Wishingthe superannuating employeesgood health, ED (Vindhyachal)Debashis Sen, thanked themfor doing their duties withutmost determination and sin-cerity. The stars of the day tooka trip down the memory laneand shared their memories withtheir HoDs. The team NTPCVindhyachal wished the super-annuating employees goodhealth and blissful experiencesin their second innings of life.

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Keeping the Covid-19 infec-tion in mind the North

Eastern Railway (NER) admin-istration was making severaleffective efforts to prevent itand ensure protection from itin which its employees areengaged with full enthusiasm.During the countrywide lock-down besides the freight andparcel trains Shramik specialtrains are also being operatedfor the past few days to takemigrant workers to their nativeplace. Apart from it face masksand relief materials are beingdistributed among the needypeople by the railwaymen inthis situation. Railway workersdoing commendable workunder such circumstances arebeing declared ‘CoronaWarriors of the Day’ daily bythe NER administration forboosting their morale. In thisseries as many as two railway-men on NER were honouredon May 29, Chief PublicRelations Officer (CPRO)Pankaj Kumar Singh said.

TP Mall working on thepost of Senior Section Engineer(Works)/East in Gorakhpurgot the barricading done toensure that the passengerscoming to Gorakhpur Junctionvia Sharmik Special trainsbeing operated during the lock-down period reached the deter-mined exit gate from the sta-tion premises and got themarking done within a shortperiod of time there for main-taining social distancing. Hemaintained the continuity ofdrinking water for the migrantworkers and the staff workingat the station. Apart from it onplatform numbers 3/4 and 5/6of Gorakhpur Junction hemade additional arrangementsfor drinking water for 24 pas-sengers at a time from sixtanks in a very short time. Forthese commendable works ofTP Mall he was honoured bybeing declared as ‘Corona war-riors of the day’ of Lucknowdivision.

Likewise Akhilesh Kumar,who works as senior section

engineer/Work at Rudrapurcity station coordinated withthe district administration dur-ing the lockdown period andgot the employees to construct

the sub-way of limited heightand other works done byensuring social distancingamong them. Besides he got thework of LHS approach roadcompleted. He made theemployees aware about howthey could protect themselvesfrom Covid-19 infection anddistributed soaps, mask andsanitisers among them. Forthese commendable works ofAkhilesh Kumar, he was hon-oured by being declared as‘Corona warriors of the day’ ofIzzatnagar division. The railwayadministration was indeedproud of its such personnel.

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Rajan Kumar, station direc-

tor of Gorakhpur Junction ofNorth Eastern Railway, wasawarded the certificate of excel-lence by Chairman, Railway

Board, Vinod Kumar Yadav, forhis outstanding contribution inthe fight against Covid-19.Station Director Rajan Kumarensured better coordination

with the district administrationby following the social dis-tancing among migrant labour-ers who had arrived viaShramik Special trains got theirthermal screening done. Healso monitored the SharmikSpecial trains passing fromhere. Rajan Kumar retired onMay 31.

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For migrant labourers, pil-grims, students and tourists etc.stranded in various places ofthe country the Railways wasoperating Shramik Specialtrains continuously since May1 this year whose number hadincreased constantly. Of theShramik Special trains run bythe Indian Railways as many as853 reached various stations ofNER till May 29 through whichabout 8,81,850 migrant work-ers could be taken to theirrespective destinations, CPROsaid. Till May 29 more than 275Shramik special trains arrivedat Gorakhpur Junction of NorthEastern Railway which wasmore than any station throughwhich 2,81,400 migrant work-ers reached Gorakhpur andthey were sent by bus by the dis-trict administration to theirrespective destinations. TheNER administration was work-ing day and night to ensure thatthe food, water and medicinesand other requirements of the

migrant workers travellling viathe Sharmik Special trainswhich were arriving here werefulfilled. Due to these effortsmigrant workers travelling bytrains passing through NorthEastern Railway are getting allkinds of facilities and they arevery satisfied. In order toensure availability of food andwater to the workers, railwaypersonnel and officers of theNorth Eastern Railway areworking as a team. Food stop-pages have also been madewhere after the ShramikExpress stopped special carewas being taken of food, wateretc for its passengers. The NERadministration said that whileproviding all facilities the rail-way administration was com-mitted to ensuring that themigrant labourers reached theirdestinations safely.

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The movement of trains forthe general public was can-celled due to the lockdown toprevent the spread of Covid-19.In order to make the generallife of the people normal therailway administration is start-ing the movement of sometrains for the general public inview of some relaxation in thelockdown. For safe travel, pas-sengers have to take special pre-cautions at the beginning of thejourney, during it and at the endof it. Entry will be allowed atthe station only when the pas-sengers had a confirmed/RACticket. Downloading theAarogya Setu app in the mobileof each passenger will be nec-essary. Passengers are request-ed to travel with minimum lug-gage during the journey and fol-low the instructions given bythe government to preventinfection of Covid-19, CPROsaid. Meanwhile the entry ofpassengers at GorakhpurJunction will be through gateNo 01 and 02 while their exitwill be from gate No 04 and 05.Apart from it no entry/exitfrom any entry/exit gate will beallowed.

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Shilochana (42), wife ofManiram, a resident of

Bijouri village under the Ajnarpolice station, was arrestedalong 12 litres of illicit liquorfrom Bijouri village onSaturday. The police teamwhich made the arrest com-prised S-I YagyanarayanBhargava and the excise teamconsisted of excise inspectorYogesh Kumar Gupta, consta-ble Mushtaq Ullah and womanconstable Sangeeta Devi.

Earlier Ramkali (55), wifeof Ayodhya, a resident ofKabutaradera station road inBelatal under the Kulpaharpolice station, in the district,and Anupa (30), wife of SurajKabootara, a resident ofKabutaradera station road,under the Kulpahad police sta-tion in Mahoba were arrestedalong with 10 litres and 15 litersof illicit liquor respectively.The police team which madethe arrest comprised S-I SunilKumar Tiwari, head constableSuraj Singh and constableRahul Agnihotri.

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Agirl who had gone to switch on the tullu pumpshe suffered an electric shock in Jagdishpur

(Hingutargarh) village and died on Saturday. Ongetting information about her tragic and untime-ly death a pall of gloom descended on the village.

It is learnt that the victim, Sangeeta (18),daughter of Birbal Rajbhar, a resident of the vil-lage, went to switch on the tullu pump around 4am when she suffered an electric shock due to ashort circuit and slumped on the ground. Her fam-ily members hurriedly rushed her to the com-munity health centre in Dhanapur for treatmentwhere the doctors on duty declared her dead. Assoon as the news of her death was received a pallof gloom descended on the village and her fami-ly members were inconsolable.

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Pandit Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Nagar PalikaParishad (NPP) Chairman Santosh Kharwarreached the Palika office on Saturday morning. Thechairman first went to the office of the Tax depart-ment and reviewed the arrangements for cleanli-ness there.

He then examined the attendance register ofemployees and looked at each record. The chair-man also checked the records of the Health,Waterworks and Accounts departments andissued necessary instructions to the authoritiesconcerned to keep all important registers in anorderly manner. He took the attendance registeralong with him to his office.

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Providing cold drinkingwater to people is most

important, especially in sum-mers. With the support of

Vartika Mahila Mandal, Ladies’Club of NTPC Rihand 80 litrescapacity water cooler wasinstalled near the Swagat Gate

on Saturday to provide relieffrom heat during the summer.

It was mainly being done fornearby people, general public,workers, shopkeepers andthose who were mostly work-ing or were out in the sun.General public had appreciat-ed this initiative of VartikaMahila Mandal and expressedtheir gratitude to it.

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Senior journalist DSTripathi of Bijpur was hon-oured and a memento waspresented to him on the occa-sion of Hindi Journalism Dayby the Public Relations Sectionof NTPC’s Rihand Station onSaturday.

Senior Manager (PublicRelations and OfficialLanguage) Prashank Chandrahanded over the memento toTripathi and appreciated hisworks.

In his address DS Tripathisaid that the tradition of Hindijournalism which started onMay 30, 1826, through thedaily ‘Udand Martand’ neededto be maintained with morehonesty and boldness in today’senvironment. Democracycould be called truly alive onlywhen it’s journalism was boldand impartial, he added.Prashank Chandra alsoexpressed his views on theoccasion.

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Rajesh Nishad (36), a resi-dent of Hyderganj village

under the Pipraich police sta-tion who was injured in a roadaccident died in the medicalcollege during treatment onSaturday. According to theinformation received hereRajesh, a contractual lineman,met with an accident near LalaBazaar under the Pipraich

police station on Friday nightwhile returning home fromduty at 10 pm. Police took hisbody into custody and sent it forthe post-mortem examination.

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The last date for filling theonline form for admission invarious courses in MadanMohan Malaviya University ofTechnology (MMMUT) for the

academic session 2020-21 hasbeen extended once again by itsadministration. Candidatescan now apply online throughadmission portal till 5 pm onJune 15.

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A devastating fire brokeout in a furniture warehousesituated near Saket Nagarunder the Gorakhnath police

station on Saturday night. Ongetting information the firebrigade team managed to con-trol the flames after hecticefforts. Everything kept in thewarehouse was reduced toashes. According to the infor-mation received here, the localpeople saw the flames around7 pm on Saturday and imme-diately informed the police.The fire soon assumed analarming proportion.

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Lucknow (PNS): TheKaiserbagh police on Sundaynabbed a fraudster, who wasabsconding since February2018. According to the police,the accused identified asBachchu Lal of Unnao wasmasquerading as Kamlesh (ofSarojininagar), who was killedby his rival Kaushal Kishor ofUnnao in year 2018 on landdispute.

Working as an aide toKaushal, Bachchu Lal identifiedhimself at Kamlesh in registrycourt at the time of gettingKamlesh’s land registered in thename of Kaushal’s mother. Thepolice worked on the case andreached Kaushal and otherinvolved in Kamlesh’s murderbut Bachchu Lal could not beidentified as he had presentedfake ID papers. In February2018, the police unravelled themystery behind Bachchu Lal’sreal name. On the revelation,he did a vanishing act.

Meanwhile, a 30-year-oldemployee of SachivalayaSuraksha Dal (SSD) died whilehis colleague sustained griev-ous injuries in a road mishapin Cantonment police stationarea on Saturday night. TheCantonment SHO said PradeepYadav of Mainpuri, along withhis colleague Indrajeet Yadav,was coming to Cantonmentfrom Arjunganj and met themishap at the overbridge inArjunganj around 8 pm onSaturday. “Both the injuredwere rushed to hospital wherePradeep died while Indrajeet isunder treatment at KGMUTrauma Centre,” the SHO said.He added that the family of thedeceased was informed aboutthe incident. He said the policewere finding out further detailsrelated to the incident.

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Amissing collection agent ofa private finance company

was found dead on Sunday andthe body was recovered fromGomti river in Madiaon onSunday. Ashutosh (22) ofLangda Phatak in Manak Nagarpolice station area was report-ed missing on Thursday after heleft for his workplace but did notreturn home. His family con-tacted him and found his phoneswitched off. They went out insearch of him but could not findhim. Later, they lodged a case ofmissing at Manak Nagar policestation.

On Saturday evening,passersby in Madiaon spotted abody in the river at Ghailabridge and alerted the police,following which a team reachedthe scene. The deceased wasidentified as Ashutosh and thepolice contacted his family.

Deceased’s brother Dharmendrareached Madiaon and identifiedthe body. Kin of the deceasedsuspected foul play anddemanded a probe into thecase. They said Ashutosh’smobile phone and bike weremissing. Ashutosh had left hishouse on his bike the day hewent missing.

Meanwhile, a group of menthrashed a Dalit woman andalso damaged a car parked nearher house in Thakurganj onSunday. Police registered a caseof brawl and booked theaccused under SC/ST Act.

The complainant, identifiedas Asha Devi, alleged that herneighbours Abhishek Guptaaka Bunty, Badal and MintuGupta and their family mem-bers stormed her house onSaturday night and thrashed her.“They hurled casteist slurs at meand also used swear words.The attackers also pelted my

house with bricks, damaging acar parked near my house,” shestated in the FIR.

Meanwhile, founder of asocial organisation accused theMadiaon SHO of forcing her tosit in the police station forhours for petitioning the case ofa rape victim. In her statement,Usha Vishwakarma said shesought help of senior police offi-cers in the case and went tomeet the Madiaon SHO alongwith the family of the rape vic-tim. She alleged that she and therape victim’s kin were made tosit at the police station for oversix hours. “The cops taunted mefor petitioning a case which theytermed fake,” she alleged.Refuting the allegations, ADCPRajesh Srivastava said theprocess of registering a case tooktime and this the NGO ownerhad to wait at the police station.In the case, a 70-year-old manhas been accused of rape.

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Dussehri may cost just Rs20-30 per kg this season,

thanks to the mayhem thatcoronavirus has unleashed.Chairman of Mango GrowersAssociation Insram Ali saidthough the production ofmango has been less this year,the cost will not increasebecause the fruit is selling at aminimal rate of Rs 10-12 perkg from orchards.

The total production ofmango is 25-30 lakh metrictonne in the state and in theMalihabad belt, it is only threelakh metric tonne as againstthe usual 6-7 lakh metrictonne. In the normal circum-stances, the cost should haveincreased because of low pro-duction but it has reducedthis year due to the current sit-uation caused by Covid-19pandemic.

“In Uttar Pradesh, the loss-es this season are estimated tobe Rs 3,000-4,000 crore,” hesaid. However, he said thoughit is a poor scenario for orchardowners, it would be an advan-tage for the buyers.

“The fruit which is beingsold at Rs 10 per kg from theorchards will sell at Rs 20-30per kg in the market. The buy-ers are scared that if they buyat the rate of Rs 20 per kg fromorchards, they may not beable to sell at Rs 40 per kg inthe market,” he said.

He added that Dussehriwould hit the market in thesecond week of June. The fruitcurrently available in the mar-ket is not of good quality, hesaid.

Ali pointed out that regu-lar traders from Maharashtra,Punjab, Delhi and Kolkatahave not come to the statebecause of lockdown. “Merely10-15 per cent of the tradersfrom within the state haveturned up to purchase man-goes,” he added.

He further pointed outthat orchards have not beenpurchased by buyers. “Only 10-15 percent orchards have beensold and people are not com-

ing forward owing to eco-nomic problems. Till this timelast year, 80-90 per cent of theorchards have been sold.Traders purchase the orchardsand then sell the mangoesthroughout the season. Tradersof the other states also investin orchards but this is not hap-pening this year,” he said.

Dussehri is transported byroad and if it does not thereach other states, it will add tothe losses, he said. “We are still

waiting for traders from theother states to show up,” headded.

Ali said they have alreadyput forth their demands to thestate government. “The mangobelt was made several yearsback but there have been nofacilities provided. We facethe problem of electricity andthe state government shouldalso purchase mangoes theway it purchases other agricul-tural produce,” he added.

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61 patients are on ventilator.As many as 1,149 new Covid-19 positive cases and

13 deaths were reported in Tamil Nadu on Sunday.The total number of positive cases stands at 22,333and death count is 176.

Delhi on Sunday reported a sharp rise in caseswith 1,295 new infections taking the tally to 19,844.The toll rose to 473 with 57 casualties during the last24 hours.

Rajasthan reported 76 new Covid-19 infections,taking the total count of infected persons to 8,693.One death on Sunday due to the pandemic took thetotal fatalities to 194.

West Bengal registered the highest single-dayspike with 371 more testing positive for the disease.The total number of coronavirus cases in the State cur-rently stood at 5,501, while active cases rose to 3,027.

Bihar reported 242 new cases stretching the tallyto 3,676 where a total of 21 people have succumbedto the disease. There are 2,475 active cases in the State.

Corona cases recorded the biggest spurt in a sin-gle day so far in Andhra Pradesh as 110 new infect-ed persons were added in the list of the people hit bythe pandemic, taking the overall tally to 3,571. Twomore deaths were reported on Sunday, taking the tollin the State to 62.

Karnataka also witnessed a major spike of 299cases on Sunday, taking the tally of infected peopleto 3,221. Two more persons died due to the diseaseon Sunday in the State that has a total death countof 51. As many as 3,221 cases are active in the State.

Haryana also recorded a surge of 168 cases onSunday, jacking up the tally to 2,091. There are 1,023active cases and 20 persons have died due to the dis-ease in the State.

Likewise, Odisha added 129 fresh Covid-19 caseswhere the tally has reached 1,948. Nine persons havedied till now and 813 cases are active.

The Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmiradded 105 more Covid-19 positive cases on Sunday,taking the tally of those hit by the pandemic to 2,446.A total of 28 fatalities have been recorded in J&K thathas presently 1,491 active cases.

The hill State of Uttarakhand on Sunday report-ed 158 new cases, taking the total number of infect-ed persons in the State to 907. The State has report-ed five deaths till now while 907 cases are active tilldate. The total number of Covid-19 cases in Indoredistrict of Madhya Pradesh mounted to 3,486 as 55more people were found infected in the last 24 hours.The district’s toll due to the virus also went up to 132with three more persons, including a 65-year-oldwoman, succumbing to the infection in the last threedays.

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the cases. “In my mind, we have reached a stage where

we will not be able to sustain the lockdown in its cur-rent form for a long period of time. People will nownot be able to stay cooped up indoors. We will needmeasures like malls and restaurants still being shut,but gradually opening up for businesses,” said DrGuleria.

The biggest concern is what happens when thingsopen up. “We need to aggressively work on asking peo-ple with even mild symptoms of cough and fever toquarantine and isolate themselves even if they don’tget tested. Of course, testing must be expandedbecause it gives you an idea of how things are andwhether new clusters are emerging, but even if test-ing is low, the strategy must be that people self-quar-antine if they have symptoms,” he said.

A group of public health experts too felt thatreturning migrants have served as super spreader ofthe disease and that the current spike in the infectionscould have been avoided if migrants had been allowedto go home before the imposition of the lockdownwhen the disease spread was very low.

“The returning migrants are now taking the infec-tion to each and every corner of the country, most-ly to rural and urban areas, in districts which had min-imal cases and have relatively weak public health sys-tems [including clinical care],” they said in a reportsubmitted to Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

The report has been compiled by experts from theIndian Public Health Association (IPHA), IndianAssociation of Preventive and Social Medicine(IAPSM) and the Indian Association ofEpidemiologists (IAE).

India’s nationwide lockdown from March 25 tillMay 30 has been one of the most “stringent” and yetCovid-19 cases have increased exponentially throughthis phase, that is, from 606 cases on March 25 to138,845 on May 24, they said.

“This draconian lockdown is presumably inresponse to a modeling exercise from an influentialinstitution which presented a ‘worst-case simulation’.The model had come up with an estimated 2.2 mil-lion deaths globally.

“Subsequent events have proved that the predic-tions of this model were way off the mark. Had theGovernment of India consulted epidemiologists whohad better grasp of disease transmission dynamicscompared to modelers, it would have perhaps beenbetter served,” the report stated.

"$� (�������EB����:�Aearlier and the daughter of the woman from Golaganjwho died of COVID-19 recently.

According to a senior official, Valmiki Mohal inSadar, where 11 members of the same family havebeen found coronavirus positive, has been declareda hotspot . Teams from CMO office sanitisedPandariba, Durgapuri, Bansmandi, Charbagh, KamalaDevi Ashram, Akbar Hata, covering 1,422 houses. inwhich 6,000 people live. Swab samples of 148 people

were sent to KGMU for testing.Across the state, 378 people tested positive for

coronavirus on Sunday, taking the tally to 8,075. Four deaths were also reported in the state, one

each in Agra, Meerut, Deoria and Gorakhpur, tak-ing the toll to 217.

On Sunday, 192 COVID-19 patients were dis-charged from hospitals. With this, 4,843 infected peo-ple have recovered in the state.

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He also said that salons and beauty parlours wouldallowed to open but social distancing would have tobe practised and the staff working there would haveto wear face shields and gloves while working.

The government has allowed marriage halls toopen but only 30 people will be allowed permissionat a function held there and no one will be allowedto enter with firearm.

The government said that containment zonewould have strict norms but in the rural areas in con-tainment zone, farming activity would be allowed withthe use of tractor and other machines.

Redefining containment zone, particularly in thehigh-rise buildings, the guidelines say if there is onecoronavirus positive case, the entire tower will besealed and if positive cases are found in other tow-ers, then the common area like park, sports arena,gym, swimming pool, banquet hall and other placeswill also be identified as containment zone.

In offices, if a positive case is detected, the officewill be sealed for 24 hours and after sanitising theentire office it will be reopened but the expenditureof sanitisation will be borne by the office.

Similarly, in the offices in multi-storied buildings,if one coronavirus positive case is found, that entirefloor will be sealed and if the infection spreads in morethan one floor, then the entire building will be sealed.

The government in its guidelines said that traf-fic restrictions in Noida and Ghaziabad would be sort-ed out by the local district authorities as per theCentral guidelines.

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“India is open to engaging with all its neighbourson the basis of mutual sensitivity and mutual respect,in an environment of trust and confidence. This is acontinuous process and requires constructive and pos-itive efforts,” Srivastava said. The Lipulekh pass is afar western point near Kalapani, a disputed borderarea between Nepal and India. Both India and Nepalclaim Kalapani as an integral part of their territory -- India as part of Uttarakhand’s Pithoragarh districtand Nepal as part of Dharchula district.

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Tamil Nadu saw an all timehigh of 1,149 persons test-

ing positive for coronavirus onSunday since the pandemicbroke out in the State in March2020. With Sunday’s figure of1,149 covid-19 patients, thenumber of persons tested pos-itive till date rose to 22,333 inthe State. The day also saw 757persons getting dischargedfrom various hospitals in TamilNadu, making the number ofactive cases in the State 9,400.

This is as per the medicalbulletin released by theGovernment on Sunday. Therelease said that death toll in theState rose to 173 as 13 perosnssuccumbed to the pandemic onSunday.Out of the 1,149 personstested positive on Sunday, 95were people who came back tothe State from various countriesand other places in the country.Chennai has till now tested14,802 positive cases and thedistrict tested 802 positive caseson Sunday.

The data shows that therehas been nearly nine-foldincrease in the number ofactive cases reported in TamilNadu in the last 30 days.

According to the governmentrelease, there were 1,183 activecases and a total of 2, 526 casesin Tamil Nadu as on May 1.Interestingly, C Vijaya Basker,the health minister of the Statehad told reporters on May 1that the lock down which wasto end on May 3 and which wasextended by the Centre to May17 would help Tamil Nadu inflattening the curve.

Chennai and three neigh-boring districts ofKancheepuram, Thiruvallur andChengalpattu would continue tobe no-go areas while the remain-ing 33 districts have been freedfrom the shackles of restrictionsimposed as part of controllingthe spread of coronavirus.

IT companies and othermajor industrial units outsideChennai city limits have beenallowed to function with fullstrength while companies with-in the limits of Chennai Policecould function with 50 per centof their workforce.

A government release onSunday said the re-opening ofschools and colleges have beenpostponed to July 1 as the lock-down has been extended toJune 30. The move by theGovernment to alter the rules

concerning lockdown is in thebackdrop of the unabated hikein the number of coronaviruscases in the State, especially inthe four districts includingcapital city Chennai.

While there would not beany public transport worth itsname in these four districts,buses, trains and cabs wouldoperate in other districts whichhave been categorized into eightzones. But the public transportservices could operate only asper the guidelines and restric-tions which have been put basedon the intensity of the spread ofthe pandemic in these zones,said the release.

Religious places amusementparks will continue to be out ofbound for general public till theend of June while restaurants,hotels and other business premis-es could function by observingsocial distance norms. Only 50per cent of seating capacities willbe allowed in hotels while thereare no restrictions in sale of foodparcels. Postponement ofreopening of schools and collegesmeans that the Government islikely to postpone public exam-inations for 10th standard stu-dents which were scheduled tobegin on June 15.

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Amid a desperate attempt bythe powers that be to inject

a ‘feel-better’ impression toupset the corona gloom in thesociety — by effecting a con-trolled relaxation of the lock-down — there has been asteep elevation in Bengal’snumber of corona cases overthe past few days, HealthDepartment reports suggest.

While Kolkata andHowrah were the more affect-ed places till recently the“graphic worm” has startedclimbing up in the districts too.

Coochbehar in NorthBengal which had reported nocases till the last week has sud-denly found at least 59 infect-ed patients most of whom aremigrant workers travelling infrom Rajasthan and Delhi,sources said.

Coochbehar DistrictMagistrate P Kandian said the“patients were asymptomaticand perhaps were on the pathof self-recovery. Still we havesent them to the ChangHospital in Siliguri.”

Darjeeling district too hasshown a rise in the number of

cases reporting 4 infections tillSaturday night, sources said.Down south Brigham whichhad a better performance tillthe middle half of lockdown4.0 has suddenly seen a spurtin the number of cases mostlyamong the migrant workers.The district has seen 44 newcases which are in addition tothe 54 cases which were foundearlier, sources said.

The neighbouring districtof Banker had 26 new cases tillSaturday evening while EastBirdman has seen 74 cases,sources said. Forty out of the 74cases have been witnessed inthe past 3-4 days, sources saidadding the number of caseswas rising in the adjoining dis-trict of Murshidabad too where45 out of 55 migrant workerswere tested positive.

The report of the suddenspurt in the number of casescomes in the backdrop of atleast two people’s representa-tives getting the infection.While an MLA from SouthKolkata has been attacked bythe corona virus and is in a crit-ical condition, Bengal MinisterSujit Bose two has contractedthe disease along with his wife.

Both have been in home isola-tion.

With the number of casesin Bengal crossing the 9,500mark the 624-year-oldMaahesh Rath Yatra commit-tee in Seerampore sub-divisionof Hooghly district has decid-ed to cancel the Rath Yatra ofLord Jagannath this timeround.

“Seerampore and neigh-bouring areas have witnessedquite a few number of casesand we do not want to take anychances,” said an official ofIndia’s second oldest andbiggest Rath Yatra (after Puri).“Chief Minister MamataBanerjee has already appealedto the people not to organizemass festivals involving largecongregation of people. We willfollow that decision,” said theofficial.

Rath Yatra involves thegrand procession of the Lordvisiting his aunt’s place in com-pany with his sister Subhadraand brother Balram. “Instead ofLord Jagannath this time therewill be a symbolic Yatra of aNarayan Shila (a sacred stonesymbolising Lord Naryan orVishnu),” he maintained.

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Maharashtra witnessedanother harrowing day

on the Covid-19 front onSunday, as the pandemicclaimed 89 more lives andanother 2,487 people testedpositive for coronavirus invarious parts of the State.

With the fresh fatalitiesand infections, the total num-ber of deaths mounted to2,286 and infected casesjumped to a stagger ing68,655. With as many as29,329 patients having beendischarged, the State healthauthorities pegged the num-

ber of “active cases” in theState at 36,031.

Of the tota l deathsreported on Sunday, Mumbaiaccounted for 52, while therewere nine deaths each inNavi Mumbai and Pune, sixdeaths in Malegaon, five inThane, four in Kalyan-Dombivl i and two insolapour and one each inOsmanabad and Yavatmal.

There have been a total of591 deaths in Maharashtraduring the six days. On May26 (Tuesday) the State hadwitnessed 97 deaths, whilethere were 105 deaths onWednesday, 85 deaths on

Thursday, 116 deaths onFriday and 99 deaths onSaturday. Sunday’s Covid-19toll was 89. Of the dead, 46were men while 43 werewomen. Forty seven of themaged over 60 years, 35 werefrom the age group 40 to 59years and 7 were aged below40 years.

“Fif ty s ix out of 89patients (63 per cent) hadhigh-risk co-morbidities suchas diabetes, hypertension andheart disease,” a State healthbulletin said. Out of the totaldeaths ported today, 39deaths occurred in the lasttwo days and the rest are

from the period April 27 toMay 27, 2020.

Out of 4,62,176 laborato-ry samples tested so far,67,655 samples tested havepositive for Covid-19.

There are 44 Governmentand 34 private (78 total) lab-oratories functioning in thestate currently. As many as3585 tests per 10 lakh popu-lation are being conducted.At the national level, it is 2722tests per 10 lakh population.

There are 3157 activecontainment zones in thestate currently. Total 18,490surveillance squads workedacross the state on Sunday

and surveillance of 70.14 lakhpopulation was done.

Some key observationsmade in the State health bul-letin were: Patient doublingtime for the State was 11.7days in the last week, it hasnow improved· to 17.5 days.The same for the country is15.7 days. Recovery rate inthe state is 43.35 per cent.Case fatality rate in the State:3.37 per cent. Currently,5,58,100 people are in homequarantine. There are 72,704beds available in quarantineinstitutions and 34,480 peo-ple are in institutional quar-antine currently.

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Ahead of Unlock-1 as PrimeMinister Narendra Modi

on Sunday advised more care-fulness and alertness due to theopening of a major segment ofthe economy, he dwelt at lengthon the “distress of the work-force” which, he said, was “rep-resentative of India’s easternregion” that needs to be devel-oped.

“The last time I spoke toyou through ‘Mann Ki Baat”,passenger train services,busses and flights had come toa standstill. This time aroundmuch has resumed-Shramikspecial trains are operational;other special trains too havebegun. With utmost precau-tions, flights have resumed;industry too is returning tonormalcy…whether it’s themandatory two yards distanc-ing, wearing face masks orstaying at home to the bestextent possible, there shouldbe no laxity on our part incomplete adherence,” he said

On the issue of migrantlabourers, he said: “Today, thedistress our workforce isundergoing is representative ofthat of the country’s easternregion. The very region which

possesses the capacity to be thecountry’s growth engine,whose workforce possessesthe capability and the might totake the country to greaterheights…the eastern regionneeds development. It is onlythe development of the easternregion that can lead to a bal-anced economic developmentof the country.

“We have accorded prior-ity to the development of east-ern India. In the last few years,much has been done in thisdirection which gives me innersatisfaction. And now, con-sidering the migrant labourers,the need of the hour is devis-ing a new solution - para-digm…We are ceaselessly tak-ing steps in that direction. Forexample, at places skill map-ping of labourers is being car-ried out; at other places startups are engaged in doing thesame…the establishment of amigration commission is beingdeliberated upon. Besides that,recent decisions taken by theCentral government haveopened up vast possibilities ofvillage employment, selfemployment and small scaleindustry.”

While Modi cited theexamples of many people will-ing to give their all in the ser-vice of others in the ongoingcrisis, he also revealed howleaders from across the worldhave been asking him if Yogaand Ayurveda could be of

help in this calamitous periodof Corona. Referring to theInternational Yoga Day onJune 21, the PM urged peopleto participate in an onlineyoga competition being organ-ised by the Ayush Ministry.

Ahead of the WorldEnvironment Day on June 5,the PM highlighted how thelockdown, sans little pollution,has led to the revival of bio-diversity and called for deriv-ing inspiration to live life inharmony with nature.

Modi spoke about howpeople in West Bengal andOdisha have collectively facedCyclone Amphan, and at thesame time also cited the ongo-ing locusts’ attack acrossStates.

“Several states in the coun-try have reported locustattacks. These attacks havereminded us that a small crea-ture can be immensely harm-ful. These attacks can go on forseveral days, affect large parts,"he said.

“Be it at the level ofGovernment of India, stategovernment, agriculturedepartment or administra-tion, all are involved usingmodern techniques and newinventions to not only help thefarmers but also lessen the lossaccruing due to this crisis," hesaid adding the governmentwill provide aid to all thosewho are affected by locustsattack.

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As efforts are on to defusethe stand-offs on the Line

of Actual Control(LAC)inLadakh, videos have surfacedon the social media purport-edly showing some Indian sol-diers trussed up in one instanceand soldiers from India andChina exchanging blows inanother incident. While theseclips are not dated, the Indianarmy has said the videos are notauthenticated and attempt tolink them with the current sit-uation is malafide.

The strong rejection cameafter a video was doing therounds on Sunday showingsome soldiers with their feettied and faces bruised lying onground with some Chinesesoldiers looking on.Unconfirmed reports said thisincident took place in earlyMay when an Indian patrol wasaccosted by the Chinese anddetained for some time nearPangong Tso(lake), Ladakh.However, the army had at thattime too denied such an inci-dent had taken place.

Incidentally, out of the fourface-offs now on in variousparts of the LAC in easternLadakh, Pangong Tso is one ofthem. Soldiers from both thesides engaged in fisticuffs onMay 5-6 at this site leading tothe stand-off. Three-fourthsof the lake at a height of 17,000feet is with the Chinese andthey patrol it with high-pow-

ered boats.Since the eye ball to eye ball

confrontation, the Chinesehave increased patrolling bybringing in more boats besidestroops on the banks of the lake.India has also bolstered itstroop strength at the lakebesides the other three stand-off sites after the Chinesebrought in more soldiers andheavy vehicles.

Despite the talks at militaryand diplomatic levels, the sit-uation has not eased off withmore than 5,000 Chinese nowat the four spots.

Meanwhile, the secondvideo shows the Indian andChinese troops jostling witheach other and this clip is alsonot dated. Soldiers are also seenarmed with batons.Responding strongly, theIndian army said here onSunday “it has been brought toour notice that a video is doingrounds on social media on anincident on borders. Contentsof video being circulated aren'tauthenticated. Attempt to linkit with situation on Northernborders is malafide. Currently,

no violence is happening.”It also said differences are

being addressed through inter-action between military com-manders, guided by establishedprotocols on management ofborders between the two coun-tries. “We strongly condemnattempts to sensationalise issuesimpacting national security,” itadded.

On the current situation onthe LAC, sources said anotherround of talks at the MajorGeneral level between the twoarmies is likely shortly besidesongoing diplomatic parleys atvarious levels. At least sevenrounds of military level talkshave already taken placebetween officers of the rank ofBrigadier in the last fortnight.

Defence Minister RajnathSingh on Saturday had said thetwo countries are engaged atthe military and diplomatic lev-els to resolve the tense situationin Ladakh. He also admittedthat “the Chinese soldiers hadcome in a little further thanthey used to earlier” at the LACto “make the situation differentthis time.”

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The Congress on Sundayquestioned Solicitor General

Tushar Mehta's remarks thathigh courts are “running a par-allel Government in the coun-try”, and asked whether thestatement was meant to brow-beat the courts.

Accusing the Governmentof displaying an arrogant atti-tude, former law minister andCongress leader Kapil Sibal said,"I wonder if this is meant tobrowbeat the courts. This is cer-tainly a very arrogant attitudethat should not be articulated inthis fashion."

The Congress also said thatthe Government had displayeda similar arrogance in the past,with Sibal citing instances andalleging that some judges weretransferred after they deliveredjudgements that were “uncom-fortable".

“This Government has inthe past displayed this kind ofarrogance", he said, noting thatboth the courts and theGovernment should take note ofthis.

“Unless the courts are aliveto what is happening on theground, this kind of attack andexpression is not conducive to ademocratic environment," hesaid.

Sibal added that thisGovernment also called a jour-nalist a "vulture", and in sayingso "I feel the government has for-gotten its culture and we con-demn this".

He said journalists are com-mitted by their profession "toclean up the vicious environ-ment" in this country.

Noting that March 24(when the nationwide lock-down was announced) was a"watershed moment", he said the

people of the country haveforced the Government to for-get its agenda of polarisation andinstead focus on problems posedby the coronavirus pandemic.

Sibal also took a swipe at theCentre, saying, "TheGovernment's social distancingwith people has increased somuch that it does not know whatis happening on the ground andhow to address the problemsfaced by people, especially thepoor."

“The future history bookswill recognise this governmentas the harbinger of doom. Theprime minister talks about pro-tecting democracy, until March24 they throttled democracy," healleged. The former law minis-ter said prior to March 24, theagenda of the government wasabout Article 370, UnlawfulActivities (Prevention) Act,National Register of Citizens(NRC), population register,Citizenship (Amendment) Act,Triple Talaq, and not education,healthcare, concerns of the poor.

“Had this Government inthe last six yrs concentrated onissues concerning people, Indiawould have been differenttoday,” he said.

Sibal noted that theCOVID-19 pandemic hasexposed the Government's help-lessness and the rift that was cre-ated in the society has beenbridged by people themselves asthey stand in solidarity with oneanother to overcome the currentchallenges.

“I want to ask PM that atleast now tell us what is your def-inition of your fellow Indians.Does that definition fit intowhat happened prior to March24. At least now change the wayyou are handling the future ofthis country," the Congressleader asked.

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Supreme Court judge JusticeSanjay Kishan Kaul on

Sunday said imputationsagainst the judiciary or its‘grading’ is a reflection of theintolerance prevalent in allsections of society against allkinds of institutions and alsoindicates the "after me the del-uge" view of some retiredjudges.

“Criticism of a view pointor a judgement is not a prob-lem, but when imputationsand grading start being made,I think we damage the veryinstitution," Justice Kaul said.

“The unfortunate part isthat in some of us, those whohave been part of the institutionitself, there is a problem of ''afterme the deluge''. Which is thatsince we (retired judges) aregone, everything is goingwrong. I will say that itself is adanger.”

He further said "we" are anevolving society and thingshave evolved over a period oftime. “People in the past, whospeak about it, also have com-mitted many mistakes andblunders.”

Justice Kaul was speakingat an online lecture on''Freedom of speech in times ofCOVID-19'', organized by theMadras High Court BarAssociation.

His comments appear to bea response to former SupremeCourt judge Justice Madan BLokur’s recent article, on ablog, which said the apex courtdeserved an ''F'' grade for themanner in which it handled themigrant crisis during theCOVID-19 pandemic.

Justice Kaul is part of thebench hearing the migrant cri-sis issue.

A day before the SupremeCourt had taken cognisance onits own of the "unfortunate and

miserable" plight of migrantlabourers, twenty prominentlawyers from Delhi andMumbai had written a criticalopen letter to Chief Justice ofIndia S A Bobde and otherjudges saying the apex court''s"apparent indifference" to thehumanitarian crisis and its"institutional deference" tostatements of the executivewould amount to abdication ofits constitutional role if not rec-tified immediately.

When the matter was heardby the apex court on May 28,Solicitor General Tushar Mehtahad complained to the courtthat there were "prophets ofdoom" in the country, whowere spreading negativity andthere were "arm-chair intellec-tuals" who were not recogniz-ing the nation''s effort in deal-ing with the migrant workers''crisis during the Covid-19induced lockdown.

Justice Kaul, in his lecture,further said to remain in thenews has become a problemand therefore, “there is a ten-dency to be critical in a man-ner which crosses certain lines".

He said this was to someextent a "misinformation pan-demic".

He said that members ofthe public, bar and the judicia-ry must appreciate the chal-lenges of any time and any sys-tem and added that "whilecriticism is always informationthat must come to us, I thinksome boundaries need to bemaintained".

“Otherwise, it (criticism)becomes part of disinformationwhich causes doubt on theinstitution. I don''t think that isgood for any system, because ifyou mistrust everybody, mis-trust the system, then we haveno system, we only have anar-chy. To prevent anarchy, faith ininstitutions is important,"Justice Kaul said.

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Moms should continuebreastfeeding even if they

have confirmed or suspectedCovid-19 and should notdepend on infant formula milkas the nutrition to baby, a newreport by WHO, UNICEF, andthe International Baby FoodAction Network (IBFAN) hassaid.

However, the report notedthat despite efforts to stop theharmful promotion of breast-milk substitutes, many coun-tries are still falling short inprotecting parents from mis-leading information.

In the report, "Marketingof breast-milk substitutes:National implementation ofthe International Code – Statusreport 2020", the UN bodiessaid that current evidence indi-cates that it is unlikely thatCovid-19 would be transmittedthrough breastfeeding or bygiving breastmilk that has beenexpressed by a mother who isconfirmed or suspected to havethe infection. Women withconfirmed or suspected Covid-19 can therefore breastfeedafter following some precau-tions like putting on masks.

Of the 194 countriesanalysed in the report, 136have in place some form of legalmeasure related to theInternational Code ofMarketing of Breast-milkSubstitutes and subsequent res-olutions adopted by the World

Health Assembly.However, the legal restric-

tions in most countries do notfully cover marketing thatoccurs in health facilities whileonly 79 countries prohibit thepromotion of breast-milk sub-stitutes in health facilities.

Only 19 countries haveprohibited the sponsorship ofscientific and health profes-sional association meetings bymanufacturers of breast-milksubstitutes, which includeinfant formula, follow-up for-mula, and growing up milksmarketed for use by infants andchildren up to 36-months old,as per the report.

“The aggressive market-ing of breast-milk substitutes,especially through health pro-fessionals that parents trustfor nutrition and health advice,is a major barrier to improvingnewborn and child healthworldwide,” said Dr FrancescoBranca, Director of WHO’sDepartment of Nutrition andFood Safety.

Babies who are exclusive-ly breastfed are 14 times less

likely to die than babies whoare not breastfed. However,today, only 41% of infants 0–6months old are exclusivelybreastfed.

“As the Covid-19 pandem-ic progresses, health workers arebeing diverted to the responseand health systems are over-stretched. At such time, breast-feeding can protect the lives ofmillions of children, but newmothers cannot do it withoutthe support of health providers,”said Dr. Victor Aguayo,UNICEF’s Chief of Nutrition.

“The fear of Covid-19transmission is eclipsing theimportance of breastfeeding –and in too many countriesmothers and babies are beingseparated at birth – makingbreastfeeding and skin to skincontact difficult if not impos-sible. All on the basis of no evi-dence.

“Meanwhile the baby foodindustry is exploiting fears ofinfection, promoting and dis-tributing free formula and mis-leading advice – claiming thatthe donations are humanitarian and that theyare trustworthy partners,” saidPatti Rundall, of IBFAN’sGlobal Council.

“Breastfeeding is the bestway to protect the baby, par-ticularly from hospitalisationdue to severe gastroenteritis orlower respiratory tract infec-tion,” said Dr Arun Gupta fromBreastfeeding Promotion net-work of India (BPNI).

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Individuals who use e-ciga-rettes could be at risk of

developing oral diseases in thefuture, which could range fromgum disease to cancer, accord-ing to researchers at The OhioState University,.

In a study they looked ata group of 123 people with nosigns of oral disease. Thegroup included 25 smokers,25 non-smokers, 20 e-ciga-rette users, 25 former tobac-co smokers who used e-cig-arettes and 28 people whosmoked both tobacco ciga-rettes and e-cigarettes.

The team col lectedplaque samples taken fromunder the gums of the par-ticipants to analyse the bac-teria in this part of themouth; bacteria here is thelast line of defense againstdisease as it is the least like-ly to be disrupted by envi-ronmental changes in themouth, such as food, tooth-paste and tobacco.

The researchers then car-ried out DNA deep sequenc-ing of the bacteria’s genomesto identify what types of

microbes were living in par-ticipants’ mouths and whattheir functions were.

The findings, publishedin the journal ScienceAdvances, showed thatalthough the e-cigarette usersdidn’t have signs of active dis-ease, their oral bacteria com-position was similar to that ofpeople with severe peri-odontitis, a severe gum infec-tion that can lead to healthproblems such as tooth loss,and, if left untreated, is a riskfactor for serious conditionssuch as heart and lung dis-ease.

The effect of e-cigarettesmoking was also seen withor without nicotine, whichthe researchers say suggeststhat it is the heated and pres-surized liquids in e-cigarettecartridges that are makingvapers’ mouths a welcomingenvironment for a dangerous

combination of microbes.Even long-term current

and former cigarette smokershad worse oral profiles linkedto using e-cigarettes after justthree to 12 months of vaping.

“Vaping is such a bigassault on the oral environ-ment, and the change hap-pens dramatically and over ashort period of time,” saidPurnima Kumar, seniorauthor of the study.

“If you stop smoking andstart vaping instead, you don’tmove back toward a healthybacterial profile but shift upto the vaping profile,” Kumarexplained. “Knowing the vap-ing profile is pathogen-rich,you’re not doing yourself anyfavors by using vaping toquit smoking.”

The researchers said thisis the first human study onthe effects of e-cigarette expo-sure in the mouth, and likeprevious research into e-cig-arettes, also questions theirsafety.

India has already bannedvaping or e-cigarettes in thecountry, but according toreports it is available in theblack market.

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New Delhi: Unhappy with Statepolice forces wearing RapidAction Force (RAF) patternblue uniform, the CRPF hasdecided to take up the matterwith State authorities.

The Central Reserve PoliceForce (CRPF) said that theMinistry of Home Affairs(MHA) had issued directions toall states saying only RAF isauthorised to wear it.

Even after the MHA issueddirections to all state secre-taries (Home) for not usingblue combat uniform by localpolice, some states are stillusing the uniform which isonly for Rapid Action Force(RAF).

The matter was raised at ahigh-level meeting chaired byDirector General (DG) CentralReserve Police Force (CRPF) afew days back.

According to an officialcommunication accessed byANI, police wings of WestBengal, Bihar, Haryana andDelhi are wearing combat uni-forms.

"Police wings Of WestBengal, Bihar, Haryana andDelhi are wearing blue combatuniform (RAF Pattern). Insome recent news/social mediapictures/videos, police per-

sonnel wearing blue combatuniform (RAF Pattern) wereshown chased by mob inKolkata (WB) and similarlypersonnel of Anti-RiotBattalion of Bihar Police wereshown stopping commuters.

This is creating confusion inminds of media personnel anddenting professional image ofRAF/CRPF," say minutes of theCRPF meeting.

CRPF said that the HomeMinistry in its letter of May 9to states and UTs said thatRapid Action Force (RAF),CRPF is authorized by it towear dark and light blue patch-es uniform which cannot beused by any other police force.

CRPF has decided to takeup the matter with stateauthorities.

According to the minutesof the meeting, IG RAF willtake up the matter with IGconcerned of state under inti-mation and provision direc-torate will submit the propos-al to MHA in this connection.

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The coronavirus pandemicwill not only impact cam-

paigning for elections but alsobring changes in the politicalnarrative with issues of sus-tainable development, health-care and self-reliant India get-ting more prominence, BJPgeneral secretary and key pollmanager Bhupender Yadav saidon Sunday.

With Assembly elections inBihar due later this year, Yadavasserted that the Nitish Kumar-led NDA government has per-formed well on the develop-ment front and ably handledthe coronavirus crisis includingthe return of migrant workers.

“The impact of coronaviruswould, however, be seen notjust on the mode of commu-nication but also on the polit-ical narrative. In terms of issuesand the discourse on develop-ment, there will be a greaterfocus on sustainable develop-ment, healthcare infrastruc-ture and building an''Aatmanirbhar Bharat'' (self-reliant India),” he told PTI in aninterview.

At the same time, he said,the BJP has always prioritisedissues of governance and devel-opmental politics which hasbeen appreciated by the people,and the results of 2014 and 2019Lok Sabha polls are a testimo-ny to it.

Yadav, whose skills havebeen used by the BJP in strate-gising and handling many cru-cial state assembly electionsincluding Bihar, Maharashtra,Gujarat, Rajasthan andJharkahnd, feels political partiesmay now use digital platformseven more vigorously.

“Previously, it was the printmedia, loudspeakers and pub-lic rallies that served as meansof political communication. Inrecent decades, social media,which has had a big impact onechoing political narratives, hasemerged as a potent medium toreach out to people,” he said.

Asked about the plight ofmigrant workers during thecoronavirus lockdown, Yadavsaid the movement of workerswas minimal in the first threephases and the governmentused that time to build health-care facilities in villages to deal

with the influx.“The Government did not

allow migrant movement in theinitial phases to ensure vil-lages had required healthcarefacilities to deal with the influx.Once it was in place, the gov-ernment arranged trains totake the migrants back home,”he said.

Yadav emphasised that itwas necessary to ensure thatthere were adequate quaranti-ning and isolation facilities atthe village level.

Stressing that the pandem-ic was an “unforeseen disaster”that had caught the world off-guard, the BJP leader said,”The Modi government is tack-ling the crisis with utmost sin-cerity in consultation withexperts and complying withevery possible healthcare crite-rion.”

On the situation in Bihar,the BJP’s in-charge for the statesaid more than 10 lakh migrantworkers have returned mostlythrough Shramik Special trainsand the state government hasbeen making all necessaryarrangements for their quar-antine and other requirements.

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Some back-channelingand rethinkingbetween Nepal’s rul-ing party and theOpposition (despite

the Nepali Congress agreeingto support the amendments)has deferred the ConstitutionalAmendment Bill to sanctify thecountry’s new map. This hascreated an opportunity for it toreturn to diplomacy. It’s for thefirst time that Nepal has alteredthe geography of its map. ItsForeign Minister “summoned”the Indian Ambassador and itsPrime Minister even usedunkind words for us. NewDelhi, too, was high-handed: Itdragged its feet in giving a datefor talks, announced a tarmacroad to Lipulekh Pass while theArmy Chief, who is the hon-orary General of the NepalArmy, made unwarrantedcomments on Nepal’s internalaffairs, too. This certainly is notthe civilisational bonding thatdefined relations between Indiaand Nepal. The Kalapani dis-pute has to be settled political-ly, too. Any further delay willonly widen the trust deficit.

In my 60th and countingtreks from Mahakali to Mechisince 1959, I have come acrossscintillating names of villagesand places: Chisopani,Tatopani, Ratopani, Jumlepani,Pokhripani and also the con-tested Kalapani, not Kalopani.In India, Kalapani is a curseand is associated with banish-ment, jail or exile. Still, it hasbeen the bone of contentionbetween India and Nepal formany years and forKathmandu, it denotes an areaof 335 sq km, encompassingLimpiyadhura, Lipulekh Passand Kalapani. For it, the sourceof the Mahakali river, whichdelineates its western bound-ary, is Limpiyadhura.

For India, Kalapani is theorigin of the river near wheremilitary posts have existedsince the mid-1960s and fromwhere the Indo-Tibetan BorderPolice (ITBP) patrols regular-ly up to the Lipulekh Pass.When King Tribhuvan invitedthe Indian Military Mission in1952 to Nepal, besides trainingthe Royal Nepal Army (RNA),it had established, according toborder expert on Nepal, BNShreshta, 18 border check-posts on the Tibet border start-

ing from Tinker Pass in thewest to Chhayangthap in theeast. These posts were vacatedin 1969 under pressure fromthe communist lobby in thepalace. Conspicuously,Kalapani and Lipulekh Passwere not part of the border sur-veillance scheme and, therefore,there was no question of Indiavacating them. Trade betweenIndia and China acrossLipulekh Pass started in 1954and an agreement in 2015 rat-ified the border trade.

Kalapani has a spiritualand strategic value since it is thegateway to Kailash Mansarovar,dominates Lipulekh Pass andcan monitor the People’sLiberation Army (PLA) campat Taklakot. It appears inNepal’s official and touristmaps and its adverse militarypossession is a highly emotiveissue. Twenty-six years of fieldreconnaissance by a joint tech-nical boundary committee andnegotiations since 1997 havefailed to find a mutually-acceptable solution. Protestsin Nepal over Kalapani startedin the mid-1990s when a com-munist Government was inpower. It has since become apolitical football.

India’s new map inNovember last year, after thenullification of Article 370 inJammu & Kashmir, showedKalapani in Uttarakhand with-out any change in the bound-ary with Nepal. It was verymuch similar to the old map.But this triggered countrywideprotests and exchange of diplo-

matic notes. India announcingthe black-topping of the roadto Lipulekh Pass in Mayreignited protests at a timewhen the power struggle in theruling Nepal Communist Party(NCP) peaked.

It was only with Chineseintervention that PrimeMinister KP Oli was able toretain his seat. Adept at usingultra-nationalism for India-bashing and reviving his polit-ical stock, Oli published a newmap of Nepal, incorporatingclaimed areas. He wants anational consensus on the legit-imacy of the new map througha Constitutional amendment.The Bill should pass muster asthe Government needs justnine lawmakers to secure a two-third majority but that willdamage irreparably India-Nepalrelations, which have been onthe mend since 2015 followingthe economic blockade.

Nepal has deployed itsarmed police force on the west-ern border near Kalapani withthe Nepal Army building a newroad to Tinker Pass. Thesedevelopments, coupled with aparliamentary resolution toreclaim all land and theConstitutional AmendmentBill are likely to escalate ten-sion. The beneficiary from thisdiplomatic stand-off will onlybe a third country with whomtroubles along the India alongthe Line of Actual Control(LAC) are mounting. Nepal’spolitical class must realise thatthe move to unilaterally alter,validate and internationalise

the new map, especially at theheight of a pandemic, is unwise.Both sides need to cool off.

Any adverse and escalato-ry steps will also undermine thelong-standing and embeddedArmy-to-Army relations,which were initiated by KingTribhuvan and his son, KingMahendra, for modernisingthe RNA. The Chiefs of the twoArmies are honorary Generalsin each other’s armies, anunprecedented exchange ofmilitary honour started by thelegendary Field Marshal SamManekshaw in 1969. Gorkhasoldiers from Nepal haveserved the Indian Army withvalour during all the wars post-independence, winning highgallantry awards. More than40,000 Gorkha soldiers servethe Indian Army and another1,50,000 ex-servicemen areprivileged by unique welfareservices in Nepal that are notavailable to other soldiers inIndia. These are 22 district sol-dier boards, two pension pay-ing offices along with the Ex-servicemen ContributoryHealth Scheme (ECHS),Kendriya Vidyalayas andnumerous other assistance andgrants projects. Gorkha remit-tances are upwards of �15,000crore (NC), almost one-third ofNepal’s total remittances of $8billion.

India-Nepal relations are ata tipping point due to map-making and the political row ithas generated is at the height ofa pandemic. Nepal’s new maphas broken the agreement

between the two countries tomaintain status quo till nego-tiations help resolve the borderdispute. India had initially saidit would resume ForeignSecretary-level dialogue mech-anism after the COVID-19emergency. After Nepal issuedits new map and Oli’s intemper-ate reference to India inParliament, New Delhi hasurged Kathmandu to create apositive atmosphere for dia-logue. After deferment of theBill, New Delhi says it is opento engaging to solve borderrow.

The media on both sidesshould call a truce. OnWednesday afternoon, NepaliTV channels were playingpatriotic music centred onKalapani and showing clips ofits legendary military prowessthat extended the HimalayanKingdom from the riversChenab to Teesta, inducingfears of “Greater Nepal.” Nepal’sdecision to put on hold the sec-ond ConstitutionalAmendment Bill is a prudentstep welcomed by India thathas averted a showdown.Already, strained India-Nepalrelations are too precious to bedamaged by territorial nation-alism. Foreign Secretary HarshVardhan Shringla must call uphis counterpart Shankar DasBairagi and break the ice.

(The writer, a retired MajorGeneral, was Commander IPKFSouth, Sri Lanka and foundermember of the Defence PlanningStaff, currently the IntegratedDefence Staff.)

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Sir — This refers to the editor-ial, “Labour woes” (May 29). Itwas surprising to note that over91 lakh migrants have been sentback to their home States sinceMay 1. Arranging basic screen-ing facilities for the safety of pas-sengers in trains has been aHerculean task. Besides, themigrants need not just protec-tion from the pandemic butjobs, too.

By the Government’s ownadmission, we simply do nothave data on the migrant work-ers. This reason is often citedby officials for their failure toprovide generous cash relief inthe economic package to themigrant workers. It is wel-come that several States are set-ting up migrant commissions.This will not only capture dataon the number of workers butalso generate employment forworkers. State Governmentsmust ensure that they provideadequate wages, a safe workenvironment, a sound skilldevelopment ecosystem anduniversal social safety coverage.

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Sir — With the easing down oflockdown norms, life is limpingback to the new normal. Butschools and colleges remainclosed. Online education systemhas become the norm. The sideeffects of long exposure to

screens on children are known.Besides, the poor have been leftout of the ambit of online learn-ing due to the digital divide. Aclassroom environment pro-vides equal learning opportuni-ties. Schools and colleges mustreopen with caution.

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Sir — New Delhi was right toreject US President DonaldTrump’s offer to mediatebetween India and China.Instead, Trump must focus onputting his own house in orderfirst with regard to China.

Besides, he has the pandemic totackle, too. While the numberof new cases is declining in partsof the US, several models indi-cate the death toll will contin-ue rising in the next weeks.

The Indian Governmentmust be complimented formaking it clear to China that itwould not settle for anythingless than the withdrawal of itstroops from the LAC. NewDelhi must stand firm.

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Sir — India has done well tonot pay heed to US PresidentDonald Trump’s offer to medi-ate between India and China toend border standoff. It is alwayswiser to settle burning issueswith China amicably and indi-vidually without bringing in anoutsider or introducing irritants. It is better for India tostrengthen ties with Chinawith sobriety of mind.

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Every war brings death and destruction in itswake. It also opens windows of opportunitiesfor those who seek it. Though the global war

on the COVID-19 is by no means over it has broughta host of opportunities with it. So, do we Indianscontinue to remain in the abyss of poverty or do wetake a plunge into the new world that is openingup? It needs to be remembered that in the past, Indiawas a leader in manufacturing. As per WilliamDalrymple’s book The Anarchy, in 1608, India “wasproducing about a quarter of global manufactur-ing; indeed in many ways it was the world’s indus-trial powerhouse and world’s leader in manufacturedtextiles.” Whatever happened thereafter is historyand during the British rule, India lost the leader-ship role in manufacturing. We missed the IndustrialRevolution and it had a telling effect on impover-ishing India.

Thankfully, we did catch the train of DigitalRevolution but the gains were not inclusive enoughto pull us out of poverty. The opportunity that theCOVID revolution is presenting needs to begrabbed with everything that we have. As PrimeMinister Narendra Modi put across to the country,his vision of “Atma nirbhar (self-reliant)” India androlled out financial packages to support the vision,many opportunities could open up, particularly indefence production.

India is one of the biggest arms importers inthe world. In 2013-2017, India topped the list as itaccounted for 12 per cent of the world’s armsimports. The US was the highest arms exporteramounting to 34 per cent of the global share. EvenNetherlands, which is 79 times smaller in size thanIndia, was the tenth-largest exporter of arms,accounting for 2.1 per cent of the global armsexports. Surely, a renewed Make in India will pro-vide the country with unparalleled benefits. Self-reliance in defence could have the best advantagesfor India, as, besides the economic benefits that willaccrue, it will also result in strategic independence,which is a key ingredient of national security.

Threat perception is mostly what drives forcestructuring and weaponisation. With the break-upof the USSR, the threat perception reduced signif-icantly and it was possible for some Europeannations to scale down their armed forces. However,in the Indian context, the perceived threat from theNorthern and Western neighbours does not appearto be reducing in the foreseeable future. While thespectrum and type of conflict that may manifest canbe debated, what is of importance is that the pre-paredness has to be long-term in the interest of over-all national security.

Though there has been indigenisation in thefield of defence production for the last decade, itsoutput has obviously not been as desired. Also, interms of quality, there have been instances of theproduct not being suitable for combat conditions.One can take the case of the INSAS rifle with prob-lems of moving parts and magazines. Time takenfor developing a product is also important — as inthe case of MBT Arjun.

Indigenisation for defence is simply not “Madein India” or “Manufactured in India.” To be success-ful, “Make in India” has to include the entire processand this includes: Identification of the weapon orequipment or platform to be manufactured; tech-nology; design; patent/IPR and related issues;manufacturing ecosystem and operational mainte-nance and logistics.

Identification of the weapon/equip-ment/platform: Based on the threat per-ception and a long-term integrated plan,each weapon/equipment/platform is to bedecided. This is an important process,needing strategic perception and long-term capability development and wouldbe in the realms of the armed forces, withinputs from sources as desired by them.The process also includes formulation ofGeneral Service Qualitative Requirements(GSQR), which need to be realistic whilemeeting the operational requirements ofthe armed forces.

I am reminded of the days when I wasserving in the Siachen glacier, in one ofthe most challenging posts, in 1992.Since our post was on an ice-wall and waspartially under enemy observation, thehelipad was located some distance away.Due to the restriction of the valley widthas also very limited availability of landingground, only the smallest helicopter, theCheetah (French Allouette engine) couldfly there. In its first sortie, with full fuelload, all that it could carry was either oneman without his equipment or his equip-ment or a jerrican (20 litres) of keroseneoil.

I wondered at that time as a youngMajor, that, whereas a sizeable portion ofour army is deployed in high altitude andsuper high altitude areas, why is it that wedon’t have an Indian helicopter to meet ouroperational requirements?

Through “Make in India,” we canachieve to get what we need for our oper-ational conditions and not what someother country wants to sell, which couldbe quite unrelated to our requirements. Noother country would be fighting wars inthe varied terrain and other conditionsthat prevail along our borders.

Technology and Design: For the suc-cess of “Make in India,” the process of tech-nology and design would probably be the

most significant one. This applies equal-ly to both, i.e. platforms made by largeindustries or smaller sub-systems manu-factured by MSMEs. Technology mustdrive the equipment to be unfailingly com-bat-effective, be it a platform like the air-craft carrier, an aircraft, main battle tank;or a small part like the magazine of a rifle;each needs combat-worthy technology.

Fortunately, India has enough tech-nology experts in this field but their exper-tise needs to be harnessed in a highlyorganised manner.

A conducive ecosystem needs to becreated, wherein they can contribute tonational security as a matter of pride, whiletheir individual aspirations are also takencare of. There is also a need to harnessIndian technology experts who may havemoved to the US/Europe or other coun-tries, giving them the option of repatriat-ing, including those who may have losttheir jobs in the current situation.Alternatively, they could work on a pro-ject basis in India. An opportunity canthus be created for them to “give back” totheir country which, in a large number ofcases, would have given them basic edu-cation to achieve success.

There are, of course, products utilis-ing very high-end technology, whichmay not be readily available. There is aneed to acquire such technology leverag-ing India’s other strengths. For the long-term success of “Make in India,” such bor-rowed/acquired technology cannot be ananswer. Dedicated investment must bemade on R&D of short and long-termdefence equipment requirements, takingadvantage of the technology experts of theentire country, on a project basis. Suchresearch projects and their byproductscould also be utilised for civilian purpos-es, in the long-term.

Patent/IPR: All existing patent/IPRrules/regulations must be fully implement-

ed. Excellence/innovation needs to behonoured and rewarded. Even individualinterests of scientists, where applicable, inrelation to patents must be respected.Clauses of national security, where desir-able can be enunciated.

Manufacturing Ecosystem: Withthe “Make in India” friendly packagesannounced by the Government, includ-ing items that cannot be imported, bothlarge industrial houses and MSMEs havean unprecedented opportunity. However,to compete, their standards have to be real-ly world-class. For long-term success, themanufacturing capabilities need to beupgraded where required, to supply fail-proof combat equipment. Promisingmanufacturing units, including start-ups,could be provided appropriate efficiencyand output-based support.

Operational Maintenance andLogistics: In the varied terrain conditionsthat Indian Armed Forces operate in,including a major portion in high altitudeand super-high altitude areas, opera-tional maintenance and logistics wouldplay a significant role. In situations wherefeasible, the original equipment manufac-turer could take on the responsibility oflogistics and sustenance. The design of theweapon/equipment must take into con-sideration the requirements of field main-tenance in extremely challenging situa-tions and terrain.

The 21st century has presented Indiawith an unique opportunity, which couldfulfil the requirements of inclusive growthas well as meet many other existing chal-lenges. Through ‘Make in India’, thecountry gains strategic independence, theindustry makes progress, jobs are creat-ed and most importantly the soldier getsindigenously-manufactured equipmentmeeting world standards.

(The writer is former Director-Generalof the National Cadet Corps)

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Judges rule on the basis of law, notpublic opinion.” This take on therole of judges by the former Chief

Justice of the US, Warren Burger, wastaken as a maxim across the world.However, in the last decade or so,things in this context seem to havegone the other way. Now, one oftenhears terms such as “judicial populism”and “judicial activism” used in com-mentaries and political rhetoric. Innone of the two books by JusticeBurger that I read did he even oncemention any of the two aforemen-tioned terms. There is thus enough evi-dence to suggest that “judicial pop-ulism” is a current coinage. However,

the term “judicial activism” is mucholder but it was not used as frequent-ly as it is being now.

The American attorney KeenanKmiec writes that the first time theterm “judicial activism” was used wasby the US historian Arthur SchlesingerJunior in 1947. But since he was astaunch liberal and supporter of theDemocratic Party, one can conclude hewas vaguely criticising the SupremeCourt judges who had initially over-turned the many unprecedented eco-nomic policies outlined by PresidentFranklin Roosevelt to address theeconomic depression in the US in the1930s.

Ever since the 1950s, there havebeen at least seven well-known casesin the US which experts have describedas being influenced by judicialactivism. But even though some ofthese judgments have been hailed asbold and timely, the idea of judicialactivism has largely been criticised bylaw experts and many sitting govern-ments. The Black’s Law Dictionary, oneof the most used law dictionaries in theUS, explains judicial activism as a deci-

sion-making process whereby judgesallow their personal views about pub-lic policy to guide their decisions.Other critics have claimed that itintrudes in the workings of the exec-utive and legislative branches of theGovernment and disturbs democrat-ic order.

But there are also those, such asthe US professor of law BrianTamanaha, who says that an absolute-ly objective interpretation of law isimpossible and, therefore, a judge’s per-sonality and/or views are bound toinfluence his/her judgments.

The debate around the idea andact of judicial activism is now decadesold. But many commentators are of theview that, instead of aiding the judi-ciary to come to a middle-ground,judicial activism has broken away andsprinted towards populism. Eightyears ago, the Pakistani academic andauthor Mohammad Waseem more-than-hinted that judicial activism inPakistan was transforming into “judi-cial populism” in his essay for the 2012edition of the Journal of ContemporarySouth Asia.

Dr Waseem was writing whenChaudhry Iftikhar was the country’sChief Justice (CJP), brought back tothis position by a “lawyers’ movement”against the Pervez Musharraf regimethat had ousted him on charges of cor-ruption.

On the former CJP’s style of judg-ing, Dr Waseem says: “Confrontationbetween the executive and judiciaryunder him led to speculation about theimminent collapse of the democraticsystem. The use of judicial review byhim was widely criticised as an attemptto encroach on the territory of the leg-islature. The court’s pursuit of publicinterest litigations through frequent suomotu actions taken in a populistmode led to brinkmanship on the partof the judiciary. However, the court’spursuit of judicial reform relating tospeedy justice and accountability of thehigher judiciary remained far from sat-isfactory.”

In order to explain what a “pop-ulist” judge is, SOAS University ofLondon’s Yasser Kureshi in an essay forDawn writes: “The populist judgeembraces a more aggressive form of

judicial activism, prioritising not onlypolicy over precedent but also out-comes over processes. The populistjudge is unbound by precedent andprocedure, interpreting away any con-stitutional limitations on what thejudge can and cannot do.”

Indeed, a lot has been written onjudicial populism in Pakistan since thereturn of Chaudhry Iftikhar. SaqibNisar, who was CJP from December2016 till January 2019, was alsodescribed by many as a populistjudge. Only recently, when the currentCJP, Justice Gulzar Ahmad, orderedthe Sindh Government to allow theopening of shopping malls in Karachi— when the number of COVID-19infections were on the rise — criticsof the decision explained it as populistand even ill-informed.

But is judicial populism squarelya Pakistani phenomenon? Not quite.A similar decision was delivered by theSupreme Court of the US State ofWisconsin. The US has the highestnumber of COVID-19 cases anddeaths. So it was understandable thatthis decision was roundly criticised.

The Supreme Courts of Israel andBrazil are also seen as dealing in judi-cial populism, even though theyhaven’t yet said much on the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brazilian professorof law, Diego Werneck, published aninsightful essay, exploring why judicialactivism mutates and becomes judicialpopulism. According to Werneck,courts have traditionally been targetsof populists who criticise them forbeing elitist and bureaucratic. Tocounter this, especially in an era oframpant populism and unabashedpopulists heading governments invarious countries, Werneck writesthat courts have begun to preservetheir authority by adjusting their deci-sions to trends in public opinion.Werneck then adds: “By adopting thepopulist vocabulary, the courts claimto represent and vindicate currentmajority sentiment against what areperceived as corrupt politicians.”

Werneck writes that this can betriggered by general discontent or aprotest movement. He gave the exam-ple of the mass 2015 protests in Brazil,during which its Supreme Court

judges and some trial judges did nothold back in castigating “corruptpoliticians” in the media and gainedsignificant popularity. This encouragedtheir populist style.

This scenario is remarkably sim-ilar to how the higher judiciary evolvedin Pakistan after the 2007 lawyers’movement and then again, after the2014 protests held by Imran Khan’sPTI. But Dr Waseem adds anotherdimension to this. He writes that whenelected representatives clash in devel-oping countries, non-elected Stateinstitutions are invited by both tomediate. In the past, the militaryused to be that sole mediator, despitethe fact that it often ended up gettingrid of both the bickering parties.Waseem then adds that, ever since thetime of Iftikhar, the judiciary, too, hasbeen approached by politicians to set-tle scores against opponents. But, themore this happens, the more space theexecutive and the legislative lose,because the judiciary now believes itrepresents the people’s will and inter-ests more than the politicians.

(Courtesy: Dawn)

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Union MinisterDharmendra Pradhan on

Sunday said Indian economy ison the path of revival andwomen will play a leading rolein the post Covid-19 economy.

“Women’s economic con-tribution will be included goingforward, which has been closeto negligible till now,” he saidadding that women entrepre-neurs can become businessaggregators in the country.

Addressing a webinarorganised by FICCI FLO on‘Atmanirbhar Bharat: InclusiveGrowth for TransformingIndia’, Pradhan said, “With

Covid-19, technology hasbrought equalisation in thesociety. There will be an expo-nential growth in the use oftechnology for conducting busi-ness. Under the leadership ofPrime Minister Narendra Modiand with the stimulus packagesbeing announced, the Centraland State governments areworking towards securing bothlives and livelihoods of people.He also spoke about the city gasdistribution network in thecountry.”

Jahnabi Phookan,President, FLO said for an‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, it is important to take thewomen along.

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Noida witnessed a surge inoffice space leasing in the

third and fourth quarters of2019 and recorded the highestleasing in the NCR, accordingto a report by 360 Realtors.Around 80% of the total sup-ply of office spaces was leasedout during July-December of2019.”In Q3 and Q4 of 2019,the Noida market witnessedunprecedented growth in leas-ing, leading in NCR & becom-ing the front runner witharound 80% leasing,” it said.

New Delhi: It is notified for theinformation of the all con-cerned that Northern Railwayshall run one way LucknowMail Special train on01.06.2020 from New Delhi toLucknow as per the followingprogramme: The 02232 NewDelhi-Lucknow Mail Specialtrain will depart from NewDelhi at 10.05 pm on June 1 toarrive at Lucknow at 06.55 amthe next day.

Comprising of AC, SleeperClass and General class coach-es, the 02232 New Delhi-Lucknow Mail Special train

will stop at Ghaziabad, Hapur,Moradabad, Rampur, Bareilly,Shahjehanpur, Hardoi andAlamnagar Nagar stationsenroute.

Stoppage of 02425 / 02426New Delhi-Jammutawi- NewDelhi Special train at PathankotCantt station from June 1 toJune 30.

It is notified for the infor-mation of the all concernedthat stoppage to 02425/02426New Delhi-Jammutawi- NewDelhi Special train will be pro-vided at Pathankot Cantt sta-tion from June 1 to June 30.

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Indian software major Infosysis among the many UK com-

panies to benefit from UKChancellor Rishi Sunak’sCoronavirus Job RetentionScheme, it emerged on Sunday.

Infosys, co-founded bySunak’s father-in-law NarayanaMurthy, said it had used thefurlough - or forced leave -option for 3 per cent of its staffin order to tide through thelockdown imposed to curb thespread of the deadly virus.

“In light of the current sit-uation, Infosys has furloughed3 per cent of its UK workforce.

We are reviewing this on aweekly basis,” Infosys told ‘TheSunday Times’.

The scheme was unveiledby the Indian-origin FinanceMinister, married to Murthy’sdaughter Akshata, at the peakof the crisis and is set to grad-ually wind down until it is fullyclosed at the end of October.

Under the provisions, theGovt covers 80 per cent ofsalaries of furloughed staff, upto the value of GBP 2,500 amonth, in order to preventcompanies having to resort toredundancies. In a latest set ofannouncements earlier thisweek, Sunak had added more

flexibility into the programmeso that employers can make useof the scheme in the most effec-tive way. “Our top priority hasalways been to support people,protect jobs and businessesthrough this crisis. The fur-lough and self-employmentschemes have been a lifeline formillions of people and busi-nesses,” said Sunak, who isleading the UK Government’seconomic response to the coro-navirus pandemic. “We stoodbehind Britain’s businesses andworkers as we came into thiscrisis and we stand behindthem as we come through theother side.

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The rights entitlements cre-ated nearly �9,500 crore

wealth for Reliance IndustriesLimited shareholders. This hasset the tone for the final leg of

the rights issue process begin-ning Mon. With trading inright entitlements (RIL-REs)closed on Friday, May 29(ended 41% higher than Day1)ushering the final leg of theRIL rights Issue process.

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Commerce and IndustryMinister Piyush Goyal on

Sunday asked pharmaceuticalcompanies to explore exportopportunities in untappedmarkets of Russia and EasternEuropean nations.

The Minister also advisedthe firms to bring to his noticeif the companies face any road-block or unfair competition ina country, with which India hasa free trade agreement (FTA).

He said this while inter-acting with representatives ofpharmaceutical industry, andoffice-bearers of pharma asso-ciations, through video con-ference.

The Minister said, “Theyshould look at large untappedmarket in Eastern Europe andRussia and in case of ongoing

bilateral FTAs, if any roadblockor unfair competition is beingnoticed, the Government maybe informed and prompt reme-dial action will be taken”.

Pharma exports in 2019-20grew by 8 per cent to USD 20.7billion as against USD 19.14billion in 2018-19.

Eastern european nationsinclude Romania, Lithuania,Latvia, Estonia, and Moldova.

Calling upon a collabora-tive route in the R&D efforts,Goyal said academicians, uni-versities, ICMR and privatesector should join hands.

Informing the industrythat the government has decid-ed to disinvest in certain phar-ma PSUs, the minister invitedthe Indian companies to usePSUs for plug and play modelof manufacturing.

He assured that all sugges-

tions presented in the meetingwill be quickly examined andwherever required, the inter-ministerial consultations will becompleted at the earliest.

The Minister also said thatthe country should becomeself reliant in APIs (activepharma ingredients) as early aspossible, as the Governmenthas taken a number of steps inthis regard.

It has already approvedthe scheme on promotion ofbulk drug parks for financingcommon infrastructure facili-ties in three such parks.

Also, production linkedincentive scheme for promo-tion of domestic manufactur-ing of critical KSMs (key start-ing materials)/drug interme-diates and APIs in the countryhas been given a go ahead, hesaid.

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The Government has noti-fied income tax return

forms for 2019-20 and made itmandatory for entities to fileITR if deposits in a currentaccount exceed �1 crore orelectricity bill in the fiscal isover �1 lakh or spent above �2lakh on foreign travels.

The Central Board ofDirect Taxes (CBDT) onSaturday notified Sahaj (ITR-1),Form ITR-2, Form ITR-3, FormSugam (ITR-4), Form ITR-5,Form ITR-6, Form ITR-7 andForm ITR-V (Verification) forthe assessment year 2020-21(income earned between April1, 2019, and March 31, 2020).The new ITR forms require

entities to furnish details ofspecified high spend transac-tions, such as deposit of �1crore or more in a currentaccount, expenditure of �2 lakhor more on foreign travel orspending of �1 lakh or more onconsumption of electricity. Also,joint owners of a house prop-erty can file ITR-1 Sahaj.

The CBDT has introducednew column in ITR-1, 2, 3 and4 wherein it has asked threespecific questions to theassessee - have you depositedamount or aggregate ofamounts exceeding �1 crore inone or more current accountduring the previous year? Haveyou incurred expenditure of anamount or aggregate of amountexceeding �2 lakh for travel to

a foreign country for yourselfor for any other person?

Have you incurred expen-diture of amount or aggregateof amount exceeding �1 lakhon consumption of electricityduring the previous year?

Hence, any entity, that isotherwise not required to fileITR, will have to file it for thefinancial year 2019-20 if theanswer to any the above ques-tions is ‘Yes’. The CBDT, whichis the apex policy-making bodyon direct taxes, has also revisedthe I-T return forms to allowassessees to avail benefits ofvarious timeline extensiongranted by the Govt followingthe COVID-19 pandemic.

Accordingly, the new ITRforms have introduced

Schedule DI which requirestaxpayers to furnish details oftax-saving investments ordonations made between April1, 2020, and June 30, 2020, for2019-20 separately.

The Govt had extendedvarious timelines under theIncome Tax Act, 1961, throughthe Taxation and Other Laws(Relaxation of CertainProvisions) Ordinance, 2020.Accordingly, the time for mak-ing investment or payments forclaiming deduction underChapter-VIA-B of IT Act thatinclude Section 80C (LIC, PPF,NSC etc.), 80D (Mediclaim)and 80G (Donations) for thefinancial year 2019-20 hadbeen extended by 3 months tillJune 30, 2020. Nangia

Andersen Consulting DirectorShailesh Kumar said the Govthas introduced seventh provi-so to the Section 139(1) underwhich a person will be requiredto file ITR though not liableunder 139(1).

“The ITR forms are mod-ified in line with new disclosurerequirements made in theIncome Tax Act for AY 2020-21. Taxpayers would need to becareful of these new disclosurerequirements, before filing theirITR and to select an appropri-ate ITR form,” Kumarsaid.AKM Global Tax PartnerAmit Maheshwari said thiscomes as a relief as now jointowners of house propertiesand big spenders can use thesame Sahaj and Sugam forms,

which are easier to fill.The Government has

already extended the deadlinefor filing all ITRs for the finan-cial year 2019-20 till November30. Also the deadline for filingthe tax audit report has beenextended by a month tillOctober 31.

Currently, individuals andother non-corporate taxpayersnot subject to tax audit andtransfer pricing are required tofile ITR by July 31. Corporatetaxpayers and other non-cor-porate taxpayers subject to taxaudit (including partners/directors of firms/ companiessubject to tax audit) but not subject to transfer pricingare required to file ITR byOctober 31.

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India Inc welcomed theCentre’s norms — Unlock 1

— meant to ease restrictions onbusinesses and other dailyaspect of life.

Accordingly, the fifth phaseof the nationwide lockdownwas announced which wouldlast in the containment zonesfrom June 8-30.

The guidelines said thatonly a limited number of activ-ities will remain prohibitedthroughout the country, includ-ing international air travel tillJune-end.

However, baring essentialservices, no activity will beallowed in the containmentzones.

Industry body Assocham’sSecretary General DeepakSood said the phased re-open-ing of activities from June 1,termed as ‘Unlock 1’ with aneconomic focus, has come in asa great relief for the industryand trade, including millions ofMSMEs which should steadilyreturn to normalcy while main-taining vigil against the spreadof Covid-19.

“After a stringent lock-down of over two months, theeconomic dimension of thepandemic had to be consideredensuring both life and liveli-hood,” Sood said.

“The Central Governmenthas taken a right call, freeing a

large part of the economy out-side the containment zones.With these measures, theIndian economy should bounceback steadily but surely,” headded.

However, he pointed outthat states need to work in awell-coordinated manner toensure that the movement ofgoods and persons, restric-tions on which have now beenlifted, must be adhered to.

“We need to realise, forsure, that the country is stillgrappling with the Covid-19crisis, reaching a critical stage.The coming weeks wouldremain critical and the newnormal must be respected for

the desired results,” Sood said.Exporters’ body EEPC

India’s Chairman Ravi Sehgalsaid: “Substantial lifting oflockdown is a sentiment boost-er for exporters, after monthsof difficulties and challenges.Even as we count our losses,easing of restrictions on eco-nomic activities would savemillions of jobs, though anarduous task of re-buildingthe business lies ahead.”

On its part, GeojitFinancial Services’ ChiefInvestment Strategist V.K.Vijayakumar said: “Phasedreopening of the economy, inline with global trends, will goa long way in boosting business

confidence apart from openingopportunities for jobs andincomes. It is important tounderstan d that the unprece-dented high global unemploy-ment is the product of the greatlockdown and not due to anyeconomic crisis.

“Therefore, we can expectjobs and incomes to bounceback sharply. However, man-aging the spread of the diseasearising out of opening would bea challenge.”

According to AnkurBhatia, Executive Director, BirdGroup: “We are already pushedto the walls. A little moreextension of lockdown wouldhave done irreversible eco-

nomic damage. We welcomegovernment’s move to allow usto operate.”

In a statement, ZubinSaxena, Managing Directorand Vice President, Operations,South Asia, Radisson HotelGroup, said: “We are lookingforward to resuming operationswithin government guidelines.

“Apart from hygiene, ourgo forward business model isconcentrated o n leveraging thesynergies of our network whichwe believe will work in a sus-tainable manner to ensure busi-ness uplift overtime. We remaindedicated to exceeding guestexpectations in the new era ofhospitality that awaits us.”

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India’s hotel industry has wel-comed the Centre’s norms

under ‘Unlock 1, which allowthem to re-commence opera-tions.

These norms are part of thefifth phase of the nationwidelockdown which wasannounced on Saturday forthe containment zones till June30, providing relaxations forthe hotel industry from June 8onwards.

This phase relaxes many

restrictions on businesses.Hotel Association of India

Vice President K.B. Kachrusaid: “The pandemic and con-sequent lockdowns have haddisastrous impact on the hotelsector.” “We welcome the gov-ernment’s decision to allowrestaurants, hotels and malls toopen in areas outside the con-tainment zones from June 8.We hope this landmark deci-sion will pave the way forgraded resurgence of the hotelindustry,” Kachru said.

He urged the Centre to

consider setting up of aTourism COVID 19 Fund foren abling the tourism industryto meet its salary and workingcapital needs.

Major Industry player suchas Ritesh Agarwal, Founder &Group CEO - OYO Hote ls &Homes said: “We welcome thegovernment’s decision toreopen hotels. We are excit edand prepared to host guestswith the new sanitised stayexperience.a Similarly, NakulAnand, Executive Director,ITC, and Chairman of the

Federation of Associations inIndian Tourism & Hospitality, thanked the Centre for real-lowing the commencement ofbusiness operations of hotels,restaurants and other hospi-tality services under Unlock 1.

“We welcome the govern-ment’s decision to reopenhotels. We are excited and pre-pared to host guests with thenew sanitised stay experience.At OYO, our topmost prioritiesare maintaining health, hygiene& well-being of our guests andstaff.

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Trader’s body CAIT onSunday expressed solidar-

ity with Ladakh-based educa-tional reformer and visionarySonam Wangchuk’s appeal toboycott Chinese goods.

Amid tensions betweenIndia and China, Wangchuk,the man who inspired theBollywood block-buster ‘3Idiots’, has appealed and askedIndians to boycott all Chinesecompanies.In a tweet, engineer-turned-educational reformerasked people to boycott allChinese products to stopBeijing’s “bullying” in Ladakhand liberate 1.4 billion bondedlabourers in the country.

Confederation of All India

Traders , which claims to rep-resent 7 crore traders, said ithas identified about 3,000 cat-egories of heavily importedChinese products “which mustimmediately be replaced byIndian products as good qual-ity Indian replacements areavailable for such products”.

CAIT Secretary GeneralPraveen Khandelwal said itwill educate traders across thecountry to stop importing aswell as selling these products,and more products will soon beverified and added to thelist.The trader’s body said, “Thewhole country understands theimportance of hurting Chinaeconomically and therefore wewholeheartedly welcome thisgreat initiative.

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Mutual funds have investedjust �1,230 crore in stock

markets during the lockdownand industry experts believethey are still waiting for a good“entry point” and maintaininghigh liquidity for any possibleredemptions by corporatehouses.

Going ahead, the primaryfactor that will determinemutual fund (MF) investmentinto equity will be their owninflows from investors. Thiswill be put to test as many retail

investors are facing risk of paycuts and job loss over the nextquarter or so, said Vidya Bala,co-founder of Primeinvestor.InOverall, mutual funds havemade a net investment of�1,230 crore in stocks since thenationwide lockdown wasannounced on March 24 totackle the coronavirus , latestdata available with theSecurities and Exchange Boardof India showed.

MFs invested �6,363 crorein stocks in the last week ofMarch, while they pulled out �7,965 crore in April. Reversingthe selling trend in May, theyput in �2,832 crore, the datashowed. Amit Jain, co-founderand CEO at Ashika WealthAdvisors, said mutual fundsare not investing big amountsin equities as they are waitingfor a good entry point, whichhe believes will come withintwo months.

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Equity market sentiment thisweek will be guided by

macroeconomic data, globalcues and COVID-19 trendsamid the phased reopening ofthe economy, analysts said.

The Home Ministry onSaturday said ‘Unlock-1’ will beinitiated in the country fromJune 8 under which the nation-wide lockdown effectuated onMarch 25 will be relaxed to agreat extent, including openingof shopping malls, restaurantsand religious places.

However, strict restrictionswill remain in place till June 30in the containment zones.“Phased reopening of the econ-omy, in line with global trends,

will go a long way in boostingbusiness confidence apart fromopening opportunities for jobsand incomes. It is important tounderstand that the unprece-dented high global unemploy-ment is the product of theGreat Lockdown and not dueto any economic crisis.

“Therefore, we can expectjobs and incomes to bounceback sharply. However, man-aging the spread of the diseasearising out of opening would bea challenge,” said VKVijayakumar, Chief InvestmentStrategist, Geojit FinancialServices.

Bourses may also react tothe GDP numbers releasedpost market hours on Friday.

India’s economic growth

slowed to 3.1 per cent inJanuary-March and to an 11-year low of 4.2 per cent for thefull fiscal 2019-20, reflectingthe early impact of the coron-avirus crisis.

Fiscal deficit soared to aseven-year high of 4.6 per centof GDP in 2019-20 mainly onaccount of poor revenue real-isation. “Auto monthly salesdata for the month of May willstart coming from Mondaywhich would reflect consumersentiment. On the positiveside, as per IMD, monsoon islikely to reach Kerala earlythis week which would beclosely tracked,” saidSiddhartha Khemka, Head -Retail Research, Motilal OswalFinancial Services Ltd.

Religare Broking Ltd, VP -Research, Ajit Mishra, said theUS-China tensions would alsobe on the radar of market par-ticipants.

“India PMI Manufacturingfor May will be announced onJune 1, PMI May services datawill be out on June 3.

US non farm payrolls datafor May will be announced onJune 5,” said Deepak Jasani,Head Retail Research, HDFCSecurities.

Quarterly earnings fromcompanies such as InterGlobeAviation, Motherson SumiSystems, BPCL and Larsen andToubro will also be tracked.During the last week, theSensex rallied 1,751.51 pointsor 5.71 per cent.

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Telecom regulator Trai onSunday said it has not rec-

ommended 11 digit mobilenumbers but only suggestedprefixing ‘0’ when mobilenumbers are called from land-lines.

The recommendation onprefixing ‘0’ for calls fromfixed line to mobile numberswill generate 2,544 millionadditional numberingresources for mobile services to

cater to the future require-ments, it said. As per Trai rec-ommendation, the country willcontinue to follow a 10-digitnumbering for mobile services,and the regulator has “categor-ically rejected” shifting to an11-digit mobile numberingplan.

“Trai has not recommend-ed 11-digit numbering schemefor mobile services,” theTelecom Regulatory Authorityof India (Trai) said in a state-ment. Trai has recommendeda dialling prefix ‘0’ while mak-ing a call from a fixed linenumber to mobile number,the statement said, adding that

introduction of a dialling pre-fix for a particular type of call“is not akin to increasing thenumber of digits in the tele-phone number”. “This changein dialling pattern will gener-ate 2,544 million additionalnumbering resources formobile services to cater to thefuture requirements,” it added.The regulator on Friday hadsaid that migration to a unifiedor single numbering schemefor fixed line and mobile ser-vices is not required for nowand that sufficient numberingspace can be created by variousmethods, including prefixing‘0’ for all fixed to mobile calls.

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Toyota Kirloskar MotoronSunday reported a 86.49

per cent decline in domesticvehicle sales to 1,639 units inMay. Company had postedsales of 12,138 units in May2019, TKM said in a state-ment.”We are conscious of thedealer business conditions invarious parts of the countryand we have been prioritisingproduction at our end as perdealer requirements, both interms of quantity as well as thegrades that they require,” TKMSenior Vice president, Sales &Service, Naveen Soni said.

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Prime Minister NarendraModi will share his vision

on ‘Getting Growth Back’ withIndia Inc during an address atthe annual session of industrybody CII on Tuesday, sourcessaid. The address comes at atime when companies areresuming operations followingrelaxations and gradual easingof the nationwide lockdown,which was imposed on March25 to curb spreading of coro-navirus infections.

The Prime Minister will deliv-er the inaugural address at the

Annual Session of theConfederation of IndianIndustry (CII) to mark 125years since its inception in1895, sources in the industrychamber told PTI.

The day-long virtual event onthe theme ‘Getting Growth

Back’ will also witness partic-ipation from top corporatehonchos.

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%����%����Madrid: Spanish PrimeMinister Pedro Sánchez says hewill ask Spain’s Parliament fora final two-week extension ofthe nation’s state of emergencythat has allowed the govern-ment to take lockdown mea-sures to control its coronavirusoutbreak.

Sánchez says this will be“the last, definitive extension of15 days.” The current state ofemergency is set to expire onJune 7. The government willask for the extension in thecoming days.

The lockdown measureshave succeeded to reining in aCOVID-19 outbreak that hasclaimed at least 27,000 lives inSpain.

Sánchez says this finalstretch of the lockdown willinclude the handing back of

control over health care to theregions that have shown themost progress in containing thevirus.

“We have almost reachedsafe harbor,” Sánchez said.

The central government isslowing rolling back confine-ment measures depending onwhich areas have fewer infec-tions and are better preparedfor a possible second outbreak.

The focus is now on main-taining the virus in check whilereactivating an economy thatSánchez’s said will shrink byover 9% this year and take twoyears to recover. AP

Beijing/Hong Kong: The pro-mulgation of new security lawfor Hong Kong by China hasresulted in a sharp increase ininquiries for immigration fromthe former British colony espe-cially the city’s residents whoemigrated en masse there whenit returned to the Chinese con-trol in 1997.

Immigration consultantshave fielded hundreds of newcalls since China’s legislature -the National People’s Congress(NPC) - unveiled the contro-versial plan on May 21, bypass-ing the local legislature, HongKong-based South ChinaMorning Post reported onSunday.

The legislation was subse-quently approved by the NPC,much on the expected lineswith an overwhelming major-ity on May 28, prompting US

President Donald Trump toorder the removal of exemp-tions that gave Hong Kongspecial status.

Trump said on Saturdaythat Hong Kong has no longersufficiently autonomous fromChina to enjoy the special priv-ileges with the US, in place sinceit left the British control in 1997.

The new law under whichChina can establish the pres-ence of its security forces inHong Kong for the first-timeevoked strong protests fromthousands of local people. Theprotests were expected to beintensified in the coming weeks.

China says the new law isaimed at throttling secession,subversion, terrorism, foreigninterference or activities thatthreaten national security.

With Hong Kong nowbecoming the centre of the

emerging Cold War betweenthe US and China, a number oflocal people especially the city’srich are looking to migrate todifferent countries.

Some are accelerating theirdecision to buy property over-seas, while others are cuttingtheir asking price for local prop-erties, immigration consultan-cy firms in Hong Kong said.

“The day after that propos-al, we received over a hundredcalls,” said Andrew Lo, chiefexecutive at Anlex, a HongKong-based immigration con-sultancy firm. “People are rest-less. They ask if they can leavethe next day,” he told the Post.

Requests for emigrationadvice have jumped as a result,breaking a lull caused by thecoronavirus pandemic, accord-ing to Midland ImmigrationConsultancy.

While the latest number inapplications for good citizen-ship is not yet available, ana-lysts expect them to rise withpolitical temperature, thereport said.

“People who were justengaging us on basic informa-tion before are now firmlycommitting by putting downdeposits,” Gillott said, citing onecustomer who asked to movehis “millions and millions ofdollars” to Portugal. “Neverseen that before.”

The political factor hasencouraged some high-net-worth individuals – defined asthose having more than HKD10 million (USD 1.29 million)of wealth – to diversify theirassets into other cities likeLondon, Singapore and Taiwan.

Taiwan, which is having astormy relationship with China

as Beijing claims the territory tobe part of the Chinese main-land, is an attractive destinationfor many seeking to flee the tur-moil in Hong Kong. The self-ruling island allows foreignersto gain citizenship with USD199,680 in investments in abusiness that hires local staff.

Almost 2,400 Hongkongersfiled residency applications forTaiwan from January to Aprilthis year, compared to 948 lastyear in the same period, saidMidland’s director of strategyTina Cheng, citing governmentdata. In all, 5,585 people leftHong Kong for Taiwan in 2019,an increase of 41 per cent, thegovernment said.

Despite the interest inTaiwan, the top destinationsremain English-speaking coun-tries such as Ireland, Canada,and Australia. PTI

New York: New York Gov. Andrew Cuomosigned a bill Saturday granting death benefitsto the families of police officers, public healthworkers and other front-line workers who havedied of the coronavirus.

The bill passed by state lawmakers providesan accidental death benefit that is more sub-stantial than the regular death benefit that pub-lic workers’ families receive.

Dozens of police officers, public healthworkers, transit workers and paramedicshave died of COVID-19 in the months sinceNew York became the epicenter of the pan-demic in the United States. Cuomo said 67people died of COVID-19 in the state onFriday, the same number as Thursday and asteep drop from the height of New York’s out-break in April, when more than 700 peoplewere dying of the disease daily. AP

Athens: Greek officials saidSunday said that the countrywill not limit incoming touriststo those from a list of 29nations, but travelers fromcountries not on the list will besubject to mandatory testing onarrival and a period of quar-antine depending on testresults.

The policy will only beapplied during the final twoweeks of June, although Greekauthorities left open theprospect of additional restric-tions after that date.

The list announced onFriday includes Albania,Australia, Austria, NorthMacedonia, Bulgaria, Germany,Denmark, Switzerland, Estonia,Japan, Israel, China, Croatia,Cyprus, Latvia, Lebanon, NewZealand and others. AP

Houston: Researchers havedemonstrated that exposing thenovel coronavirus to the vitaminriboflavin and ultraviolet lightreduces the viral count inhuman plasma and whole-blood products, an advancethat may help lower the possi-bility of transmission of thevirus via blood transfusion.

The scientists fromColorado State University(CSU) in the US, said it is stillunknown if the novel coron-avirus, or SARS-CoV-2, behindthe COVID-19 pandemic, canbe transmitted by blood trans-fusion.

In the study, published inthe journal PLOS ONE, theyused a device called the Mirasol

Pathogen ReductionTechnology System to treat nineplasma and three whole-bloodproducts.

“We eliminated a hugeamount of virus and we couldnot detect the virus post-treat-ment,” said Izabela Ragan, studyco-author from CSU.

The device, invented byRay Goodrich, senior author ofthe study from CSU, works byexposing the blood product orplasma to UV light.

Heather Pidcoke, anotherco-author on the study,explained that the blood prod-uct or plasma is placed in a spe-cially designed storage bag, fol-lowing which riboflavin solutionis added to this, and the mixture

is then exposed to UV light. The device gently shakes

the bag to circulate the bloodcells, so the cells come to thesurface where they are exposedto the UV light, the study noted.

However, the authors cau-tion that this is not an experi-ment to try at home.

They said the light does notpenetrate the entire bag, so it’snot the same as exposing bodyparts to UV light. Theresearchers said the device mayhelp avoid what happened in the1980s, when HIV was trans-mitted through blood and bloodproducts while scientists werestill trying to isolate and iden-tify what might be causing thespread of the virus. PTI

Washington: US PresidentDonald Trump has postponedthe G7 Summit till Septemberand expressed his desire toexpand the “outdated” bloc toG10 or G11, including India andthree other nations to the group-ing of the world’s top economies.

Trump has been over theweeks suggesting that there is“no greater example” of reopen-ing amid the COVID-19 pan-demic than holding an in-per-son G7 summit in America bythe end of June.

The president, in an inter-action with reporters travel-ling with him aboard the AirForce One from Florida toWashington DC on Saturday,said that he is “postponing it(the summit) until September”

and plans to invite Russia, SouthKorea, Australia and India.

“I don’t feel that as a G7, itproperly represents what’sgoing on in the world. It’s a veryoutdated group of countries,”he said.

“So it might be a G10, G11,and it could be after the elec-tion (in the US) is over...,”Trump said.

He said the G7 Summitcould happen before the UNGeneral Assembly session inSeptember. “Maybe I’ll do itafter the election. I think agood time would be before theelection,” he said. The presi-dential election in the US isscheduled for November 3.Trump is seeking a secondterm in the White House. PTI

Minneapolis (US): Anothernight of unrest in every cornerof the country left charred andshattered landscapes in dozensof US cities on Sunday as yearsof festering frustrations over themistreatment of African-Americans at the hands ofpolice boiled over in expres-sions of rage met with tear gasand rubber bullets.

Cars and businesses weretorched, the words “I can’tbreathe” were spray-painted allover buildings, a fire in a trashbin burned near the gates of theWhite House, and thousandsmarched peacefully throughcity streets to protest the deathof George Floyd, a black manwho died Monday after a whiteMinneapolis police officerpressed his knee on his neckuntil he stopped breathing.

His death is one of a litanyof racial tragedies that havethrown the country into chaosamid the coronavirus pandemicthat has left millions out ofwork and killed more than100,000 people in the US,including disproportionatenumbers of black people.

“We’re sick of it. The copsare out of control,” protesterOlga Hall said in WashingtonDC. “They’re wild. There’s justbeen too many dead boys.”

People set fire to police cars,threw bottles at police officersand busted windows of store-fronts, carrying away TVs andother items even as some pro-testers urged them to stop.

In Indianapolis, police wereinvestigating multiple shoot-ings, including one that left aperson dead amid the protests

— adding to deaths in Detroitand Minneapolis in recent days.

In Minneapolis, the citywhere the protests began,police, state troopers andNational Guard membersmoved in soon after an 8 pmcurfew took effect to break upprotests, firing tear gas and rub-ber bullets to clear streets out-side a police precinct and else-where. At least 13 police officerswere injured in Philadelphiawhen peaceful protests turnedviolent and at least four policevehicles were set on fire. In NewYork City, dangerous con-frontations flared repeatedlyas officers made arrests andcleared streets. A video showed

two NYPD cruisers lurchinginto a crowd of demonstratorswho were pushing a barricadeagainst one of them and peltingit with objects.

Several people wereknocked to the ground, and itwas unclear if anyone was hurt.

“The mistakes that are hap-pening are not mistakes.They’re repeated violent ter-rorist offenses and people needto stop killing black people,”Brooklyn protester MerylMakielski said.

Few corners of Americawere untouched, from protest-ers setting fires inside Reno’scity hall, to police launchingtear gas at rock-throwing

demonstrators in Fargo, NorthDakota. In Salt Lake City,demonstrators flipped a policecar and lit it on fire. Police saidsix people were arrested and apolice officer was injured afterbeing struck in the head with abaseball bat.

Police have arrested at least1,669 people in 22 cities sinceThursday. Nearly a third ofthose arrests came in LosAngeles, where the governordeclared a state of emergencyand ordered the National Guardto back up the city’s 10,000police officers as dozens offires burned across the city.

The damage in US citiescame as many Americans plan

to return to in-person churchservices on Sunday for the firsttime in several weeks since thepandemic forced a ban on largegatherings. Pastors in pulpitsacross the country will likely beurging peace amid the rubble ofriots. Trump appeared to cheeron the tougher tactics Saturdaynight, commending theNational Guard deployment inMinneapolis, declaring “Nogames!” and saying police inNew York City “must beallowed to do their job!”

Presumptive Democraticpresidential nominee Joe Bidencondemned the violence as hecontinued to express commoncause with those demonstratingafter Floyd’s death.

“The act of protestingshould never be allowed toovershadow the reason weprotest,” Biden said in a state-ment Saturday night.

Overnight curfews wereimposed in more than a dozenmajor cities nationwide, includ-ing Atlanta, Denver, LosAngeles, Minneapolis, SanFrancisco and Seattle.

This week’s unrest recalledthe riots in Los Angeles nearly30 years ago after the acquittalof the white police officerswho beat Rodney King, a blackmotorist who had led them ona high-speed chase.

The protests of Floyd’skilling have gripped many morecities, but the losses inMinneapolis have yet toapproach the staggering totalsLos Angeles saw during fivedays of rioting in 1992, whenmore than 60 people died,2,000-plus were injured and

thousands arrested, with prop-erty damage topping $1 billion.

But not all protests weremarred by violence. In Juneau,Alaska, local police joined pro-testers at a rally in front of agiant whale sculpture on thecity’s waterfront.

“We don’t tolerate excessiveuse of force,” Juneau PoliceChief Ed Mercer told a gather-ing where most people woremasks and some sang AlaskaNative songs.

The show of force inMinneapolis came after threedays when police largely avoid-ed engaging protesters, andafter the state poured in over4,000 National Guard troops toMinneapolis and said the num-ber would soon rise to nearly11,000. AP

Jerusalem: Israel’s defense min-ister apologised on Sunday forthe Israeli police’s deadly shoot-ing of an unarmed, autisticPalestinian man.

The shooting of IyadHalak, 32, in Jerusalem’s OldCity on Saturday, drew broadcondemnations and revivedcomplaints alleging excessiveforce by Israeli security forces.

Benny Gantz, who is alsoIsrael’s “alternate” prime minis-ter under a power-sharing deal,made the remarks at the week-ly meeting of the Israeli Cabinet.

He was sat near PrimeMinister Benjamin Netanyahu,who made no mention of theincident in his opening remarks.

“We are really sorry aboutthe incident in which Iyad Halakwas shot to death and we sharein the family’s grief,” Gantz said.

“I am sure this subject will beinvestigated swiftly and conclu-sions will be reached.”

Halak’s relatives said hehad autism and was heading toa school for students with spe-cial needs where he studiedeach day when he was shot.

In a statement, Israelipolice said they spotted a sus-pect “with a suspicious objectthat looked like a pistol.” Whenhe failed to obey orders to stop,officers opened fire, the state-ment said. Police spokesmanMicky Rosenfeld later said noweapon was found. Israelimedia reported the officersinvolved were questioned afterthe incident as per protocol anda lawyer representing one ofthem sent his condolences tothe family in an interview withIsraeli Army Radio. AP

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The work on the flight andthe cockpit voice recorders

of the Pakistani airplane thatcrashed in a densely populat-ed area, killing 97 people, willstart from June 2 in France, theFrench aviation investigationauthority has said.

The Airbus A320 aircraft ofthe national carrier PakistanInternational Airlines (PIA)had 91 passengers and a crewof eight when it crashed into theJinnah Garden area near ModelColony in Malir on Friday,minutes before its landing.

Ninety Seven passengerswere killed. Eleven people onthe ground were injured.

An 11-member team of

experts from an Airbus facili-ty in the French city ofToulouse arrived in Pakistanlast week to conduct an inde-pendent probe into the crashinvolving its aircraft.

“@Airbus #A320 AP-BLD@Official_PIA. Technical workon FDR & CVR will start at@BEA_Aero 02/06/20.@BEA_aero thanks a lot AAIBfrom Pakistan for the coordi-nation, organization and sup-port provided,” BEA, France’sCivil Aviation SafetyInvestigation Authority, said ina tweet on Saturday.

The flight data recorder(FDR) records time, altitude,airspeed, heading, and aircraftattitude and other in-flightcharacteristics.

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Washington: PresumptiveDemocratic presidential nom-inee Joe Biden condemnedthe violence in a statement, ashe continued to express com-mon cause with those demon-strating after Floyd’s death.

“The act of protestingshould never be allowed toovershadow the reason weprotest,” Biden said in a state-ment Saturday night.

“It should not drive peopleaway from the just cause thatprotest is meant to advance.”

Officials in Minneapolis

say they’ve succeeded for nowin stopping the violent proteststhat ravaged parts of the cityfor several days after the deathof George Floyd.

Police, state troopers andNational Guard membersmoved in to break up protestsafter an 8 p.M. Curfew tookeffect, firing tear gas and rub-ber bullets to clear streets out-side a police precinct and else-where. The show of force cameafter three days where policemostly declined to engage withprotesters. It also came after

the state poured in more than4,000 National Guard mem-bers and said the numberwould soon rise to nearly11,000. As Minneapolis streetsappeared largely quiet,Corrections CommissionerPaul Schnell said the heavyresponse would remain as longas it takes

to “quell this situation.”Floyd, a handcuffed black man,died after

a Minneapolis police offi-cer kneeled on his neck for sev-eral minutes. AP

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Mayor Eric Garcetti saidSaturday he asked Gov. GavinNewsom for 500 to 700 mem-bers of the Guard to assist the10,000 Los Angeles PoliceDepartment officers. TheGuard members were expect-

ed to arrive early Sunday.Garcetti said the soldiers

would be deployed “to supportour local response to maintainpeace and safety on the streetsof our city.” Firefightersresponded to dozens of fires,and scores of businesses weredamaged. One of the hardest-hit areas was the area aroundthe Grove, a popular high-endoutdoor mall west of down-town where hundreds of pro-testers swarmed the area,showering police with rocksand other objects and vandal-ising shops. AP

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ing’ former Prime Minister Nawaz Shariftaking tea at a London café along withsome members of his family went viralon social media, sparking a debate on hishealth with the ruling Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf members demanding his returnto face corruption cases.

In the picture, the 70-year-old three-time premier is seen sitting at a roadsidecafé with his granddaughters. He sport-ed a blue shalwar kameez and a cap andapparently looked in better health.

Some ministers got skeptical aboutthe serious nature of his health, sayingSharif is roaming on London streets andhe even did not bother to wear mask inthis COVID-19 testing time.

“This picture of Sharif having tea incafé is exposing our law, justice and judi-cial system. This picture also tells how

much people can trust on the account-ability system in the country,” ScienceMinister Fawad Chaudhry said.

Prime Minister’s adviser ShahbazGill said that Sharif had gone abroad afterlying in the court. “The Sharifs think thepeople are fool,” Gill said and asked MrSharif to return Pakistan to face cor-ruption cases against him.

Punjab Information MinisterFayyazul Hasan Chohan said that howcome Sharif roam on London’s streetswithout a mask. He should be broughtback to face corruption cases against him.

As the picture went viral on socialmedia on Saturday it became top trend,sparking a debate about Sharif ’s healthwith his detractors asking why he does notreturn to Pakistan if he is well while hissupporters expressed joy at seeing theirleader in good health and spirits. PTI

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In a first of its kind initiative,corporates, academia and

individuals from across theworld have signed up toadvocate for inclusion of theLGBT+ community. The#21DaysAllyChallenge, aninitiative by Pride Circle, aimsto bring a holistic social changeby building a community ofpassionate allies, across theworld. The campaign will startfrom today as it marks thebeginning of the Global PrideMonth.

As the world is trying tostabilise in the currentcircumstances, this is an effortto push forward for inclusion.The movement is joined byindividuals, influencers from 28nations and 70 organisations,and also academic institutionssuch as IIMs, IITs, NMIMS,MICA, Tagore InternationalSchool. This will also led tocreating safer schools,workplaces and society for thenext generation.

Under the initiative, alliesfrom across the world willengage in a series of 21 mini-challenges spread over a periodof 21 days in the month. This is

based on science that it takes 21days to form a new habit.

“We know that the future ofworkforce inclusion isdependent on culture change —made of seemingly small butvital everyday acts of allyshipand support. The challenge is afun and innovative way to spurindividual action for change,”says Deena Fidas, ManagingDirector, Chief Programme andPartnerships Officer, Out &Equal Workplace Advocates(USA).

“People across the worldcan come together in support ofequality for lesbian, gay, bi and

trans people. Visible allies to theLGBT community make a hugedifference, whether that’schampioning LGBT rights inyour work, or supporting LGBTfamily members or friends.Now, more than ever, weencourage everyone whobelieves in their equality tocome out for equality and findout more about how they canbe an ally,” says Pete Mercer,Head of Global Programmes,Stonewall (UK).

“In our country wherehomosexuality legalisation isyet to complete two years, thisis our leap of faith to create a

large-scale, global movementto advocate for equal rights andfair treatment for the LGBT+.We believe that allies are someof the most effective andpowerful voices for thismovement. The contributionof allies in terms of helpingcreate a space of comfort, helpbridge the gap inunderstanding of others withrespect to the importance ofequality, fairness, acceptanceand mutual respect, can bevast,” says Ramkrishna Sinha,Co-Founder, Pride Circle,commenting on thisempowering initiative.

“In the dark times Will there also be singing? Yes, there will also be singing. About the dark times.”

—Bertolt Brecht(German theatre practition-

er, playwright, and poet)

At no other time in livingmemory do these lineshold as much truth as

they do now for art, is but, areflection of life. Or so they say.And theatre, more than any artform has tried to hold up a mir-ror to the society. But then, it isalso a social medium, wherepeople come and perform whilethe audience congregates in anauditorium to witness some-thing live as it happens. But inCovidian times of staggered vis-its, little circles on the floor toensure social distancing, howwould theatre unfold? Wouldthere be masks and sanitisers onstage or will we see plays on themigrant misery?

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Bhanu Bharti, theatre direc-tor, playwright and the founderof Aaj Rangmandal theatregroup is of the view that the pan-demic will affect it positively ina big way. “Modern society wasdisintegrated and we werebecoming self-centered.Ironically, it was social distanc-ing that made us realise theworth of society and the impor-tance of social interaction.Whenever the threat of the pan-demic ebbs, people will return tothe theatre with a vengeancebecause they have realised itsvalue.”

However, playwright anddirector M Sayeed Alam, wholeads the Pierrot’s Troupe, isconcerned about the people forwhom theatre is a means of sus-tenance and whom he calls“white collar labourers” as theylack pension and the other perksthat come with a job. “Comparedto any other industries, we willbe more affected. Even if thingsnormalise around January 2021,people would not start comingto theatres before June as theywould be afraid of crowds ini-tially.”

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tap into any significant occur-rence in history whether it is thePartition of the country or warsthat we have fought with ourneighbours. It is certainly the go-to art form to experience thetime in depth.

Shivani Wazir Pasrich,founder of CommonwealthCultural Forum and director ofStudy School, says, “Theatre is areflection of life. It is a way ofcataloguing history. It evolvesaccording to the time. The firsttheatre performance was thedance in a temple, which was aprayer to God, and these evolvedover time to be put on stage. Sotheatre, as it existed, wouldchange according to the times.”

Bharti says that theatrewould not step back when doc-umenting the misery that isbeing witnessed among themigrant labourers during thelockdown.

Alam on the other handpoints out that existing playswould have to incorporatechanges to reflect the new real-ity. “One of our most popularcomedy, Ghalib in New Delhi willsee the poet take rebirth inCorona times and would prob-ably be seen with a mask in thefirst scene itself,” he says wit889ha laugh. Besides masks becom-ing a new normal on stage, therecould also be change in thescript to include no shaking ofhands, sitting at a distance andcertainly no touching, feels thedirector.

Papiha Desai, theatre artist,dancer and choreographer wholeads the Indian Revival Group,a dance ensemble, says that therecould be masks which match theoutfits of the actors. The otherchange that she sees is, “Solo per-formances taking centre stage forsometime to come. The oneswith ensemble cast would pickup slowly after the audiencegains confidence and starts com-ing in.”

Mauraya Sharma, Director,Painting Tongue Productionsagrees that masks would be thenew accessory and a prop dur-ing performances. Foreseeing

that these might prove to be ahindrance in delivering dia-logues, he says, “We have toolswhich can pre record dialoguesthough, I agree, the seal ofauthenticity might go from aperformance.”

He goes on to add that therecould be a new form of theatrewhere the audience will be thespectacle. “Theatre based organ-isations in New York are releas-ing reading materials and perfor-mance clips for people to watchat home and take part in. Actorsask questions in a pre-recordedperformance and the audiencehas to respond to it.”

However, Amal Allana, the-atre director, scenic and costumedesigner who was the chairper-son of National School of Dramafor two consecutive termsbelieves that there would beinnovation with technologywhich would lead to a differentkinds of performances thatmight be more exciting. “Onecan easily use technology, lightand music for creating visuals.”

However she feels that the-atre really can’t bring the despairof the people on the roads to life— for a reason. She says, “Forme, no play can equate with evenone shot of masses of peoplewalking in heat. Should weduplicate it when we can seewhat is happening so blatantly in

front of our eyes? Can it beencapsulated? There are toomany questions.”

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tion needs at least a month ofpractice with the ensemble castand the interactions during it arelikely to be affected. Alam says,“It is not like I go on stage oneday and use a sanitiser or keepwashing hands frequently. Wewould be rehearsing for days ina smaller space as compared toa theatre. Earlier, a drawingroom was enough for therehearsals. But now the RWA ormy neighbours could object to it.We would have to rehearse inpark or hire a large space so thatsocial distancing can be main-tained.”

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or for that matter just be puttogether on the stage requires anaudience which would applaudthe effort and also, fund it.However, the days of packedshows, where two people sittingbesides each other were jostlingfor space on the arm rest, can beconsidered a scene of yore.Alternate seats to ensure somedistance in between two peopleis an option. However, Alampoints out, “The auditorium

would have to reduce the rent ifwe do enforce something likethis. If that is not done and wesell 100 tickets instead of 300, wewould be incurring a loss unlesswe are funded by the govern-ment or have a sponsor.”

�� � �� ��� ����� E�When the lockdown started,

many of the popular theatrecompanies started putting theircontent online. So one could seeBolshoi Theatre’s Swan Lake orthe past performances ofNational Centre for thePerforming Arts (NCPA),Mumbai sitting in the comfort ofour homes. Allana says, “Theatreis a lived experience. But giventhe times, art, dance perfor-mances and more can be putonline with the help of technol-ogy. There are multiple things wecan actually do in theatre.Musicals, where musicians are atdifferent locations or even soloperformances online are someoptions that are already beingexplored.”

Pasrich feels that this time isa tremendous opportunity fortheatre to go online. “Be it theactor or the audience, the oppor-tunity lies in curation. It is a toolto be integrated in people’s livesand to further the profession. Asan economic activity, we have toreinvent this space. Now is thetime to see what will people dositting at home. Maybe, you canstart online theatre or readingand have fees or contributions forthose.”

Desai says that discussionswith artistes, performances andmore has already moved to theweb space and that is the way for-ward. “Sangeet Natak Akademi isgetting senior artistes for discus-sions as it is evident that therewould be no performances for atleast a year and a half. Moreover,countries are closing borders, sothere wouldn’t be any perfor-mances abroad as well.Humankind knows how to inno-vate and adapt in order to surviveand that is the way forward.”

However many feel that,while this option is fine for thetime being, it is not viable in thelong run. Bharti says, “I see a lotof my friends doing things online

and even though it is somethingvery interesting but that is nottheatre. Theatre is comingtogether for putting up a deeperand more meaningful play.”

Alam too has reservationsabout the online path which hefeels ,“is a poor alternative andwon’t survive as there are somany things to watch online. Thespeciality of an auditorium is thatyou cannot watch anything else.”He also points out that he madea three-minute film which manypeople, who love his two-hourplays, found long and lacking inpace. “So, logically how can theywatch a two-hour online play?”

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Will theatre be born in a newavatar or will the pandemic giveit a new direction? The practi-tioners believe that changes areinevitable. Sharma says, “Theatrehas been something very tempo-rary. So the big question iswhether it wants to remain tran-sient or record itself?”

Pasrich on the other hand isall for a stepping up of content.She says, “In order to sustaintheir passion and homes throughthe love they have for theatre,artistes would have to come outwith exceptional work whichusually happens during chal-lenge times and situations. Thisis the time to write and create andreinvent. We have the tools,which are unbelievable, to do so.”Beyond the economic dimen-sions, the creator of plays likeDraupadi and Tiger says that athome theatre can offer the optionto heal. “By means of role playyou might be able to react differ-ently to a situation and keep yoursanity in these trying times byscripting your response andbeing in control.”

Allana too feels that theactivities around theatre do nothave to be centered around justputting a performance on stage.“This is a good time to createarchives of theatre, engage inresearch, write books, discussplays — all of which theatreneeds. It will give us a good timeto reflect on the art and see thedirection we want to take.”

We all look forward to that.

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fering,” pens popular author Michelle MaryLelwica. So what exactly is ailing the world we livein? Today, if one turns on the television to watchnews, the level of misery shown through the visu-als is simply unprecedented. Despite so much dis-tress around, we still fail to take any action. Ourhearts ache for the tragedies, we witness, but onlytemporarily. For if we were to absorb the misery,then we would no longer be able to function ineveryday life. Isn’t it?

Many people have tried to diagnose the pre-sent ailments of society from their own stand-pointbased on their discipline. For example, if you askan economist, he would say that all the present-day social, political and biological maladiesemerge mainly from economic disparities andinequalities. The two economic systems are main-ly responsible for poverty, malnutrition, armamentrace, political strife and what not. He might say thatthe rest of the prob-lems are the off-shoots or the othersufferings could beeliminated oncehumans are freefrom their econom-ic burdens. Someother person wouldemphasise that aproper political sys-tem is the need ofthe hour as it,alone, can act toremove economicinequalities, endarmament race,safeguard humanrights and eliminate disharmony between varioussections of society.

Similarly, others will give their point of viewand explain their own theories and justify theirsignificance for eliminating the present miseries.However, most of these views are quite illusory anddepressing. In response to these, we have becomedefeatist regarding complex issues, yet we jump onto the more trivial causes to deliver equally triv-ial solutions. Our perceptions have been soundermined that the most pertinent issues remainas they are. Whereas, the bulk of activism that gainsmass attention and hype focuses on the superfi-cial. The media provides ridiculous distractions,which the public responds to with excitement. Ata time where we, as a society, should be discussingabout real issues affecting lives of millions of ourbrethren, we entertain ourselves watching the so-called important people fight during news chan-nel debates.

Amid this chaos, the real issues are being sweptunder the rug because they are too complex andthey require some critical analysis. The mainstreammedia avoids tackling these because they are tooboring and puzzling for the audience. A spectaclehas seeped into our culture and into our very wayof life. We are constantly inundated with illusionsand pretense. In front of the curtain is entertain-ment, distraction and superficiality, while behindthe curtain lurks the truth and the critical voicethat is often silenced. So who is to blame for this?If we go deeper within, our analysis would revealthat the root cause of all these sufferings is iden-tity crisis. Yes, it’s a truth that man does not knowhimself, nor does he correctly know his place inthe cosmic scheme. As a result, he does not knowhis correct relationship with other human beings.This, in turn, leads to a lack of moral or spiritualvalues and it is that which has ultimately led to thebreak-down of all the systems. We should under-stand that nothing can work unless man has a cor-dial relationship with his fellow beings based onsome values, which determine his rights and duties.So what is utmost necessary in the present crisisis the rational, practical knowledge of the self thatcan serve as the correct basis for all human rela-tionships. So start some soul searching andembark on a wonderful journey of self discovery.

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One of the greatest challengesfacing the medical world

today, is mental health. Thestress of modern life has beentaking a great toll on the peaceand inner happiness of thehuman beings. Modern life andthe pressure of material acqui-sitions have taken away thesense of deep harmony and val-ues which once pervaded thelives of men and women insociety. As Sujata Chatterji andI travelled across the world to 10countries for shooting our filmYoga for Health & GlobalHarmony, we saw how thisancient system has helped torestore a sense of balance andhappiness in practitioners. Truly,in a world being torn by men-tal ill-health and an all-pervasivesense of dissatisfaction as well asdisorientation, yoga appearstoday to be the one workablesolution.

In an interview with Dr BNGangadhar, director of NationalInstitute of Mental Health andNeuro-Sciences, Bengaluru, hesays, “Yoga research atNIMHANS has shown veryimpressive results with respect to

the biological changes in thebrain and other organs of thebody. It should be conducive forbetter emotional recovery aswell as mental health promotion.Yoga can help repair the brain.There is an inbuilt system bywhich the brain could dynami-cally keep getting ‘repaired’ andone of the chemicals required forthis is called the ‘brain derived

neurotropic factor’. We havedemonstrated that the practiceof yoga produced an increase inits level. So it means that thebrain started developing someinherent strength to repair itself.”

Esther Seegers, TeachersTraining Course Student,Sivananda Yoga Farm, USA,explains, “I have seen the chaosamong teenagers, especially thesubstance abuse in high schools.

They need help. They have noidea about whom they shouldturn to and they are basicallynumbing their feelings and theirtrue nature because they feel thatthey are not able to be who they

are. And yes, there is not enoughcompassion or it’s just that theyneed help at the end of the day.It is yoga that can give us that.”

Yoga researcher and expert,Dr Sat Bir Khalsa from Brighamand Women’s Hospital, Boston,USA, believes that yoga has a rel-evance. “It provides skills andoutcomes that society current-ly doesn’t have. These are essen-tially behavioural skills thatallow us to manage our minds,bodies and emotions in veryeffective ways,” shares he.

In another interview,Landon Gallant, sportsman andTeachers Training CourseStudent, Sivananda Yoga Farm,USA, says, “I played soccer for28 years and the last half of thattime was very aggressive. Thephysical nature of game calledfor a certain body type. So as Ihave slowly evolved away fromthat, I have completely surren-dered to the practice of yoga. Iwas able to transform myselffrom an animal warrior to a spir-itual warrior. This allows yourego to soften and become likewater. Your life, your heart willopen up and so will your mind.”

According to a recently publishedWorld Bank report, “Women Self-Help Groups (SHGs) in India have

risen to the extraordinary challenge ofCOVID-19 pandemic. They are meetingthe shortfalls in masks, sanitisers andprotective equipment, running com-munity kitchens, fighting misinformationand even providing banking and finan-cial solutions to far-flung communities.”The data from the same report suggeststhat around 20,000 SHGs across 27Indian states had produced more than 19million masks, over 1,00,000 litres ofsanitiser and nearly 50,000 litres ofhand wash by April 11.

This is not the first time that SHGshave come forward to help the nation indealing with a disaster. In four decades,they have helped our country survivethrough droughts, floods, famines, earth-quakes and riots. Started with the pur-pose of promoting financial indepen-dence among rural communities, espe-cially among women, and offering themloans on special rates, SHGs have comea long way.

It was in 1980s that the self-helpgroup movement had begun in Indiawhen several “NGOs mobilised andorganised poor communities in ruralareas to provide formal channels forsocial and financial support.” Accordingto researchers, Misha Sharma and ShreyaChatterjee, “This programme gainedmomentum with the National Bank forAgriculture and Rural Development(NABARD) linking a small number ofgroups with banks. Called the Self-HelpGroup Bank Linkage Programme(SBLP), the revolutionary initiative con-nected group members — many ofwhom never had a bank account before— to formal financial services in a sus-tainable and scalable manner.”

Today, SHGs are at the core ofdevelopment in rural societies, helpingthose below poverty line secure loans tosustain their micro and small-scale agri-culture and agriculture-allied endeavours.In hilly areas, where earning opportuni-ties are meagre (and even lesser forwomen), SHGs have become a platformsynonymous with financial indepen-dence. According to Ministry of RuralDevelopment’s website, of the total64,53,268 SHGs in the country, 30,802groups are working in the hill state ofUttarakhand.

They have changed the outlook ofwomen in this state. “Earlier, my familycould not afford to fulfill even the sim-plest of its wishes. Whatever little weearned, was spent on meeting our basicneeds. After becoming a member of theSHG, I learnt the art of saving money andthat has helped me become financiallyindependent,” shared Parvati Devi, anactive member of Parvati Self-HelpGroup which is active in Toli, a small vil-

lage.With over two decades of existence,

the SHGs have become more than justa medium for securing loans and savings.Several livelihood schemes are launchedby government every financial year toempower women economically — thesegroups act as delivery mechanism forimplementation of such programmes.Their active presence in every villagehelps both, government and non-govern-ment organisations, to reach out tomaximum number of women andencourage them to participate in liveli-hood and skill trainings, communitydevelopment programmes and muchmore.

One of the many organisations inUttarakhand, the Central HimalayanEnvironment Association (CHEA),Nainital, adopted 33 women SHGs inAlmora and Nainital districts in 2018under its project funded by Departmentof Science and Technology. With the par-ticipation of 345 women, these adoptedgroups were able to save ̀ 4,75,000 underthis project. This money was then

offered as a loan to its group membersto fulfill their urgent household needs.A part of the amount was also borrowedby members for agriculture-related activ-ities. The low-interest rates and smoothprocess of returning money throughEMIs without going to the banks helpedvillagers pay back their loans on time.

“In the last two years, CHEA hashelped us to grow — right from educat-ing and encouraging us to save moneyand invest the borrowed amount in liveli-hood generation activities — and guid-ed us at every step. Attending their groupmeetings has improved our knowledgeabout several schemes. We are informedabout different government and non-government projects running in our areasand have benefitted from them,” sharedDeepa Devi, a member of a SHG groupadopted by CHEA.

The SBLP has helped rural commu-nities in Uttarakhand and in other states,especially the women, become financial-ly empowered. Women and men work-ing as small and marginal farmers, farmlabourers, artisans have found guidance

in these SHGs which promote the con-cept of mutual support among the com-munities. Their collective strengthbecomes even more visible during diffi-cult times such as these when the entirecountry is fighting the pandemic. It is theSHGs across the country which havecome forward to help the most vulnera-

ble sections of their respective societies.This proves that the training provided tothem over the years is not only for ‘self-help’ but to serve others in difficult timeslike the ones we are witnessing.

(This article has been written underSanjoy Ghose Media Fellowship 2019-20.)

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1 on Sunday to go third in theBundesliga with French strik-er Marcus Thuram scoringtwice and taking a knee inprotest at the death of anunarmed black man in theUnited States.

"Marcus has made thepoint. He has set an exampleagainst racism that we allsupport," Gladbach coachMarco Rose said of Thuram'sprotest.

First-half goals by mid-fielder Florian Neuhaus, whobagged Gladbach's 3,000thgoal in the Bundesliga, andThuram put Gladbach 2-0 upat the break when he headedhome unmarked at the farpost.

The 22-year-old French strikerthen took a kneeon the BorussiaPark turf, imitat-ing NFL star ColinKaepernick.

"No explana-tion needed,"wrote BorussiaMoenchengladbach on theclub's official Twitter account.

It was the latest show ofBundesliga solidarity with thecurrent protests sweeping theUnited States.

Schalke's US midfielderWeston McKennie wore anarmband in Saturday's defeatto Werder Bremen bearing thewords "Justice for George".

George Floyd, 46, died inMinneapolis during an arrestby a police officer who pinnedhim to the ground for sever-al minutes by kneeling on his

neck.Just after the break in

Gladbach, Union's Swedishstriker Sebastian Anderssonpulled one back after being

left unmarked.Gladbach pulled away

when Thuram added his sec-ond after pressing the Uniondefence.

Alassane Plea thengrabbed a goal of his own forGladbach, having set upThuram's first, when he firedhome off his left foot to make

it 4-1 on 81 minutes when hebeat Union goalkeeper RafalGikiewicz.

After the final whistle,the Gladbach squad celebrat-ed in front of terraces filledwith cardboard figures of fans.

There were 15,000 cut-outs on the terraces atBorussia Park with home sup-porters paying 19 euros ($21)each to have their image at thegame as fans remain shut outto prevent the spread of theCOVID-19 virus.

After a 3-1 defeat toLeverkusen last weekend, anda goalless draw with relega-tion-threatened WerderBremen on Tuesday, this wasan important win forGladbach.

It lifted them to third inthe table, but RB Leipzig cantake their place if they win atCologne on Monday.

On Saturday, reigningchampions Bayern Munichopened a 10-point lead with a5-0 thrashing of FortunaDuesseldorf with the league'stop-scorer RobertLewandowski netting twice.

Later Sunday, second-placed Borussia Dortmundcan trim Bayern's lead if theywin at bottom side Paderborn.

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Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said in a state-ment that a “selected squad of 13 memberswill undergo a 12-day Residential TrainingCamp at the Colombo Cricket Club”.

“The players taking part in the camprepresents a general squad chosen fromacross all formats, and primarily consist ofbowlers, as they need more time for ‘con-ditioning’ before going into active compe-tition,” the statement said.

The coaching and support staff oversee-ing the training of the players will consistof a four-member unit. All the players willstrictly adhere to the health regulationsimposed by the Government.

The SLC said it has “taken all requiredmeasures in consultation with the Ministryof Sports and the Ministry of Health to

ensure the safety of every individual involvedin this exercise, and has formulated a set ofprocedures to adhere, during the camp peri-od and before”.

The governing body said “members tak-ing part in the camp, will not be allowed toleave the hotel premises or the practice venueto attend personal matters during the train-ing period”.

The South African Government has alsoallowed non-contact sports, including crick-et, to return to play, a decision hailed byCricket South Africa (CSA) acting CEOJacques Faul as a “big boost”.

He said the Covid Steering Committeewill meet on Monday to draw up a proto-col covering the return to training and play-ing. “At this stage these regulations applyonly to professional cricket and our next stepwill be to draw up a protocol covering thereturn to training and playing and submitit to SRSA for approval.

“Both our national teams and ourfranchises will in due time be given the greenlight to return to training.”

Faul, however, said no one will be forcedto resume training. PTI

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The common perceptionmight be that Mahendra

Singh Dhoni does not show a lotof emotion on the field and isCaptain Cool. But on Sunday, theiconic former India captain’swife Sakshi said that Dhoni isalways emotional about thegame as it is his love.

While talking about Dhonigetting emotional after leadingChennai Super Kings to theirthird Indian Premier League titlein 2018, Sakshi said during anInstagram Live chat on CSK’sofficial handle: “Mahi (Dhoni’spet name) is always emotionalabout cricket. It’s his love.”

Rajasthan Royals (RR) alongwith CSK were making a come-back to the IPL after a two-yearban. Sakshi also revealed howthe avid gamer in Dhoni helpsthe veteran wicketkeeper-bats-man relax.

“Video games are a stressbuster for him. He has a think-ing brain which doesn’t rest. Sovideo games help him and he is

now too much into Call Of Dutyand PlayerUnknownsBattlegrounds (PUBG).”

Sakshi also joked that onlyshe can pick up a fight with ice-cool Dhoni who last turned outfor India during their loss toNew Zealand in the 2019 WorldCup semi-final.

“Nobody picks up a fightwith him. I am the only one,” shesmiled. Sakshi also revealedthat Dhoni has always kept hisdoor open during tours andplayers could walk in any time

they wanted.“Mahi has always kept his

door open. It has been like thatsince 2010 (when we got mar-ried). People come...we chatsometimes till 3-4 in the morn-ing. When they come to talk to

Mahi about cricket, I go away.”Sakshi also said CSK has

always been a family to them.“It is nice to be part of the

family. They take the sport assport and there are no hard feel-ings.”

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He has been phenomenal in the lastfew years and India pacer Ishant

Sharma simply believes that it has to dowith him “enjoying his cricket”.

The 31-year-old, who is India’ssenior-most cricketer in the current set-up with 97 Tests, said that he wouldn’tprobably like to sledge Steve Smith dur-ing the next tour of Australia, unlike the2017 home series game in Bengaluruwhere his facial expression became ameme.

“I am in that phase of my careerwhere I am enjoying my cricket and moreI enjoy, better it is. I will take more wick-

ets and win matches for the team unlessyou guys want to provoke me and get mebanned,” Ishant, known for his drysense of humour, said. He was speakingto teammate Mayank Agarwal during apodcast, Open Nets with Mayank, andaired by bcci.Tv.

When Agarwal asked about hisnow-famous facial gesture to the formerAustralian captain, the senior speedstersaid that the sole aim was to upset Smith’srhythm.

“I was trying to upset Steve Smith’srhythm. We knew if we could get thatwicket, we would have a better chanceof winning. Virat doesn’t mind aggres-sion. He is an aggressive captain and onlything he will tell is ‘just get me the wick-et but make sure you don’t get banned’.”

Ishant, who was a part of the pacequartet during the 2018-19 historicseries win in Australia, still cherishes thefeat.

“I have been on for tours to Australia(since 2007-08) and I know how toughit is. Having heard all these years that wedon’t win in Australia, you have thateagerness and urge to win.”

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Paris Saint-Germainhave signed Argentina

international MauroIcardi from Inter Milanon a four-year deal aftertaking up the option to

buy the on-loan forward,the two clubs announcedon Sunday.

Icardi joined PSGthis season and impressedwith 20 goals in 31 games,before the Ligue 1 cam-paign was stopped andhis club crowned cham-pions because of the coro-navirus pandemic.

“Paris Saint-Germainare delighted to announcethe signing of MauroIcardi on a permanentdeal, following the strik-er’s loan from Inter Milanduring the 2019-2020season,” the French clubsaid in a statement.

Icardi, who has eight

caps for Argentina, butalso holds an Italian pass-port, has signed a four-year deal until June 30,2024.

Given the currenteconomic situation theFrench champions suc-ceeded in reducing the fee“to under” 60 millioneuros ($66 million), asopposed to the 70 millioneuros initially requested,according to the Frenchand Italian sports press.

Inter Milan thankedIcardi “for the six seasonshe spent with us andwish him the best for hisfuture professionalcareer”.

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“We had never gone so long without being ableto train out on the pitch and our desire to play foot-ball has been growing ever since we stopped. Nowwe’re close to getting going again and we can’t wait,”Marcelo told Real Madrid’s official website.

“It’s been different to what we’re used to. Wehave to take the positives from it and now we’reused to the routine; it’s not like it usedto be but everything’s good. We’re allhealthy, the training sessions havebeen fantastic in recovering ourrhythm. “Having not touched a ballfor so long, when you go back outon the pitch you’ve lost yourtouch a bit, but now we just can’twait to start playing games,” headded. IANS

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Pakistan’s head coach-cum-chief selectorMisbah-ul-Haq has backed Babar Azam to

succeed as the national team’s ODI and T20 cap-tain despite former batting coach Grant Flowerexpressing concerns over his ability to handle thepressure that comes with the job.

Misbah said the 25-year-old Azam has shownhe is capable of dealing with the expectations.

“Making Babar captain of the T20 team lastyear was a tester really. We wanted to see how hewill respond to the challenge and how it will affecthis batting,” Misbah said in an interview.

“But all of us agreed that he handled the pres-sure well and if anything the responsibility of beingcaptain only made him show more responsibili-ty as a batsman,” he added.

Azam was given leadership of Pakistan’s ODIteam earlier this month.

Flower, who worked with the Pakistan teamas batting coach from 2014 till after last year’sWorld Cup, expressed concerns about Azam’scapability to captain in two formats and be theteam’s best batsman as well.

“He’s got a good cricketing brain but there’sa lot of politics in Pakistan cricket and a lot of pres-sure from the public,” Flower was quoted as say-ing by Stats Perform News.

“If you start losing, it’s one thing being the bestbatsman but that will put pressure on your bat-ting skills and it can all come tumbling down pret-ty quickly.

“We’ve seen with great players in the past thepressures that captaincy can bring, but some play-ers get better and if he gets better than the worldis his oyster. Time will tell,” he added.

However, former Pakistan captain Misbah saidAzam’s batting has already scaled a different levelduring the tour of Australia last year.

“That is why we decided to also give him theresponsibility of leading the ODI team. I think heis ready for the challenge and he should thrive asthe team’s top batsman as well.”

Misbah didn’t agree with Flower’s assertionof politics in Pakistan cricket and pressure fromthe public. “The way I look at it, being a top bats-man he is best suited to lead the team by exam-ple and this would make it easier for him to alsotake strong decisions and for the team to followhim,” Misbah said.

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Atalanta coach Gian PieroGasperini on Sunday

slammed as ‘awful’ the new rulewhich now allows teams tomake five substitutions in amatch instead of three.

“Five subs? Terrible. Thegame is distorted,” Gasperinitold Gazzetta Dello Sport.

“We become basketball.There may be ten new players onthe pitch at the end.”

FIFA has made the tempo-rary change to ease the physicalstrain on players, who arereturning to a congested periodof games after a lengthy breakdue to the coronavirus pandem-ic. But it could favour the biggerclubs, such as Juventus, whohave deeper squads and betterplayers ready to come off thebench.

“Who’s the genius whoclaims that injuries can be avoid-ed?” continued the former InterMilan coach.

“On that basis? Better tochange players from one gameto another.

“How can you be allowed tochange your engine halfwaythrough the Grand Prix. It takesaway from the show.”

Serie A returns on June 20with Gasperini’s side in fourth,and battling for the final

Champions League berth inItaly. “I don’t like football with-out fans either, but it’s the onlyway to start again,” he continued.

“During the first day of theBundesliga I zapped, I could notfollow. Borussia-Bayern, on theother hand, was a good game.

“I saw many technical errorseven from important players —in an empty stadium it is moredifficult to stay focused.”

Sampdoria coach ClaudioRanieri, however, hailed fivesubstitutions “a great thing” ashis side battle relegation.

“The heat and matches closetogether carry a risk for players,”said the former Leicester Citymanager.

“When there are threegames a week the stress will beconsiderable.”

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World ChampionshipBronze medallist Vinesh

Phogat is set to be nominatedfor Khel Ratna for the secondyear in a row while Rio OlympicBronze winner Sakshi Malikwants to be in contention forthe Arjuna award, althoughshe is already a recipient ofcountry’s highest sporting hon-our.

Vinesh, who is the lonewoman wrestler to have quali-fied for the now-postponedTokyo Olympics, had missedout on the honour last year withfellow grappler Bajrang Puniagetting the prestigious award.

She has been consistent inthe last three years, winningAsian Games Gold in Jakarta.She qualified for the TokyoGames by winning a Bronze atthe World Championship inNur Sultan in 2019.

Early this year, she won aBronze at the AsianChampionship, held in New

Delhi.“We will send Vinesh’s

application on Monday for KhelRatna. She will be a strong con-tender. But we have not yetdecided on Arjuna award appli-cation because we have receivedmany applications. The WFIPresident will have a look anddecide whose application is tobe forwarded to the ministry,”

WFI Assiatant Secretary VinodTomar said.

“We still have time till June3. But most likely the names willbe sent tomorrow (Monday),”he added.

A WFI source said Sakshi,who has been struggling badlyof late, has sent her applicationfor the Arjuna. She had got KhelRatna in 2016 along with gym-nast Dipa Karmakar and shoot-er Jitu Rai.

Recently she lost twice toyoung grappler Sonam Malik,who stopped the elite athletefrom making the cut even forthe Asian Olympic Qualifiers.

It will be interesting to seeif WFI sends her name since2019 World ChampionshipSilver medallist Deepak Punia(86kg) and very-talented RahulAware (61kg, non-olympic cat-egory) have also sent theirapplications for the Arjuna.

“She had no achievementbefore the Rio Games, so hername was not sent for Arjuna.Since she won a Bronze in Rio,

she (directly) got the KhelRatna that time. Now she wantsthe Arjuna award as well,” thesource said.

If WFI goes by perfor-mance, it will not send Sakshi’sname because better perform-ers like Deepak Punia andRahul Aware stand a betterchance to get the award as theywill compete with brilliant ath-letes from other disciplines.

Also sending his applica-tion to WFI for the Arjuna isSandeep Tomar, who was astrong candidate in the 57kgbefore the rise of Ravi Dahiya,the 2019 World ChampionshipBronze medallist.

While application have tobe filled by the athletes, it is thenational federation which has torecommend names for thesports awards to the ministry.

The athletes can still sendtheir applications if their formis endorsed by their state unitor a former national awardee —Arjuna, Khel Ratna, DhyanChand or or Dronacharya.

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Charter flights to ferry US Opentennis players and limited

entourages from Europe, SouthAmerica and the Middle East to NewYork.

Negative Covid-19 tests beforetravelling. Centralized housing. Dailytemperature checks.

No spectators. Fewer on-courtofficials. No locker-room access onpractice days.

All are among the scenarios beingconsidered for the 2020 US Open —

if it is held at all amid the coronaviruspandemic — and described to TheAssociated Press by a high-rankingofficial at the Grand Slam tournament.

“All of this is still fluid,” StaceyAllaster, the US Tennis Association’schief executive for professional tennis,said in a telephone interview onSaturday. “We have made no decisionsat all.”

With that caveat, Allaster addedthat if the USTA board does decide togo forward with the Open, she expectsit to be held at its usual site and in itsusual spot on the calendar. The maindraw is scheduled to start August 31.

“We continue to be, I would say,150% focused on staging a safe envi-ronment for conducting a US Open atthe Billie Jean King National TennisCenter in New York on our dates. It’sall I wake up — our team wakes up —thinking about,” Allaster said.

“The idea of an alternative venue,an alternative date ... We’ve got aresponsibility to explore it, but it does-n’t have a lot of momentum."

An announcement should comefrom “mid-June to end of June,”Allaster said.

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