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AgencySivasagar , March 8

The district administrationof ea ste rn As sam ’sSivasagar has urged thedenizens not to panic overthe outbreak of coronavirus.Meanw hile, the d is tr i ctHealth department has takenall precautionary measuresto pr event en tr y andsp readin g of th e d ead lycoronavirus.The deputy commissionerLakhinan dan Gogoi isconstantly monitoring themeasur es tak en b y thedistr ict ad minis tra tio n ,Health and To uri smdepartments in this regard.The deputy commissionerhad already held a crucialmeetin g w ith d is tr i ctdevelopment commissioner

Coronavirus alert in SivasagarNawab Al Azar Ali and jointdirector of health services ofthe district civil hospital tocontain the deadly virus.Meanw hile, the d is tr i cthealth depar tmen t h asarranged for health check-up of sus pectedco ron avi rus cas es atWood’s Dispensary.Morever, isolated rooms toqu arantine s usp ectedpatien ts at the SivasagarCivil Hospital have been setup.The district administrationand the Health departmenthave also urged the peopleno t to panic ove r theoutb reak of coronav irusacross the globe.The authorities have alsoasked the people to takeprecautions and main taincer tain hygienic habits in

IT NewsBishnupur, March 8

The District Administration,Bishnupur observedInternational Women’s Day2020 at Panchayat ResourceCentre, Mini-Secretar iatcampus today. The functionwas attended by DLOs,students, ANMs, ASHA andAnganwadi workers. Variouscultural items, dance, skit playand various enter tainmentitems were presented as partof the observance function.The event was organized byICDS Cell, Bishnupur incollaboration with the districtadministration under BetiBachao Beti Padhao Scheme.Gracing the function as theChief Guest, Neeta Arambam,Deputy Commissioner of thedistrict administered PoshanPakhwada Pledge. She

International Women’s Day Observed

highlighted the importance ofwomen in all walks of life andurged the par ticipants tocontinue elevating the statusof women in the society.Pr iyad arsh in i Lai shram,Superintendent of Police andTh. Shantibala Devi, DistrictProgramme Off icer, ICDS

Cell, Bishnupur alsoattend ed the funct ion asPresid ent and Gu est ofHonour respectively.The district administrationhonoured top performingANMs, ASHA Workers andAnganwadi Workers on thisauspicious day.

Five morepeople from

Keralatested

positive forcoronavirus

IT CorrespondentThiruvananthapuramMarch 8

Five more people fromKerala have testedpositive for coronavirus,Health minister, K KShailaja said on Sunday.All the five hail fromPathnamthitta distr ict.While three of them hadreturned from Italy onFebruary 29, two otherswere their relatives, theminister said. All the five have beeniso lated inPathnamathitta generalhospital and are underobservation. Their testswere confirmed onSaturday night. Earlier,India’s first three positivecases had been reportedfrom the state. All thethree patien ts, medicalstudents f rom Wuhan,have been treated anddischarged fromhospitals.

AgencyNew Delhi March 8

President Ram Nath Kovindgave away the Nari ShaktiPuraskar to 15 women inRashtrapati Bhawan on theoccasion of InternationalWomen’s Day today.The awardees are 103 yearold athlete Mann Kaur,Indian Air Force’s first womenfighter pilots Mohana Singh,Bhawana Kanth and AvaniChaturvedi, Farmers PadalaBhudevi and Bina Devi,Artisan Arifa Jaan,Environmentalist ChamiMurmu, Entrepreneur NilzaWangmo, Automotiveresearch professional RashmiUrdhwardeshe, Lady MasonKalavati Devi, Twin

this regard.People are urged to go forproper health check-up ifsomeone is suffering fromcold, cough and fever.People are also asked tofrequently wash their handsat regular intervals and avoidtouching eyes, nose andmouth.People are also asked tomaintain safe distance fromthose suffering from coughand cold.People are also asked not toremain in empty stomach forlong period of time.The people are also advisedto have proper nutr itiousfood rich in pro tein andvitamins.The district administrationhas al so urged n ot toorganize any programmeinvolving mass gathering.

Mountaineers Tashi andNungshi Malik classicalvocalist Kaushik iChakroborty and 98 year oldKarthyayin i Amma whotopped the literacy exam in2018. Another awardee 105year old Bhageerathi Ammacould not travel to Delhi torecieve the award.The National Award is givenannually to indiv iduals,groups, institu tions inrecognition of theirexceptional work towards thecause of womenempowerment, especially forvulnerable and marginalizedwomen.Prime Minister Narendra Modiwill interact with the NariShakti Awardees at hisresidence in New Delhi today.

15 outstanding women honouredwith Nari Shakti Puraskar by Prezon International Women’s Day

Bupenda Meiteiapplies for

Congress RajyaSabha MP from

ManipurIT NewsImphal March 8

Ningombam Bupenda Meitei,Congress spokesperson ofManipur, has applied for RajyaSabha Member of Parliamentfrom Manipur under IndianNational Congress.BupendaMeitei, an AICC in-charge ofNorth East India for FishermenCongress, is a strongideologue of Nehru-Gandhiphilosophy. He wasdisgracefully terminated fromteaching position at ManipurCentral University due to hisassociation with theCongress. He has defendedthe party and Gandhiphilosophy. His associationwith the party began since hiscollege days at St. Stephen’sCollege, Delhi where RahulGandhi also studied . Hetaught Philosophy at HinduCollege, University of Delhi.He is 32 and unmarried youngCongress leader who has agood rapport with all thepolitical leaders, cuttingacross the party lines both inImphal and Delhi.

Courtesy CNNShanghai March 8

Ten people died after a hotelbeing used as a coronavirusquarantine center collapsedSa tur day n ight inso utheaste rn Chin a,according to the Ministry ofEmergency Management.Eighty people were insidethe building when it camedown. Nine escaped, while71 people were trapped. Ofthose, 48 have been pulledfr om the r ub ble an d 23remain unaccounted for.The Fujian Fire Departmenthas dep loyed mo re than1,000 firefighters and otheremergen cy r e sp on de rs ,who worked through thenight to find survivors.“We are using life detectionins tr um ents to mo ni to rs igns o f l if e an dprofes sional break ing- intoo ls to m ak e f or cib leentries. We are trying ourutmo st to save tr app edpeople,” said Guo Yutuan,sq uad ron leade r o f theQu anzh ou arm ed p olicedetachment’s mobile unit.Among those rescued werea young boy, his father andmo the r. The family w astaken to a hospital.At the time of the collapse,58 people were und erquarantine in the hotel andall had tested negative for

10 dead after coronavirusquarantine hotel collapses in China

novel coronavirus. Therewere also 16 hotel staff andsix car dealership employeeson site.The building’s owner is inpolice custody, according tostate news agency Xinhua.The hotel was a seven-storysteel structure, built in 2013and converted to a hotel in2018, according to Xinhua.Th e ow ner beganrenovating the first floor inJanuary.Workers called the owneraround 7 p.m. local time onSaturday and told him a pillarhad became distorted duringconstruction, according toXinhu a. The bui ld ingcol laps ed a few minu teslater.Local officials told Xinhuathat an investigation willdetermine if the building

collapsed due to structuralissues or renovation work.Quanzhou is about 600 milesfrom Wuhan, the epicenterof the coronavirus outbreakin China, where more than3,000 people have died fromthe virus.

Guv, CMgreets peopleon occasionof Yaosang

Festival IT NewsImphal, March 8

Governor of Manipur Dr.Najma Heptula and ChiefMinister of Manipur N.Biren Singh among othersgreet the people of thestate on occasion ofYaosang Festival.In his message the ChiefMinister said thatYaosang is one of thebiggest festival of theMeitei community.I t iscelebrated with much joyand gaiety by everyoneirrespective of age andgender Although, playingwith co lours, ThabalChongba and culturalperformances are theimportant components ofYaosang ,the festival hasevolved into an occasionfor promoting sports andsocial participation overthe years As such it alsounderscores the sprit ofundivided excellencecamaraderie and socialharmony as well I” joint the people ofManipur in the celebrationof this colourful festivaland extend my bestwishes to all on theoccasion of YaosangFestival.

IT NewsMumbai March 8

Out of 245 passengers keptunder observation forcoronavirus, no t a singlepassenger tested positive inMaharashtra even as thenumber of confirmed casesrose to 34 across the countrywith two cases detected inLadakh and one in Tamil Naduon Saturday.The number of confirmedcases of coronavirus went upto 34, with three more people— two from Ladakh withtravel history to Iran and onefrom Tamil Nadu who hadvisited Oman tested positive.The Airport Authority ofIndia (AAI) has asked allairpor ts to segregate the

Not a single passenger tested positive for coronavirus in Maharashtrapassengers arr iv ing fromChina, South Korea, Japan,I taly, I ran, Singapore,Thailand , Malaysia,Hongkong, Vietnam, Nepaland Indonesia, from otherarriving passengers, till theconveyer belt areas atairports. The passengers fromthese 12 countries would notbe allowed to mix with otherpassengers dur ing “healthscreening, immigration andconveyer belt areas, the AAItweeted.In another development, aflight from Tehran broughtswab samples of Indians inIran who are suspected ofhaving virus infection , onSaturday. The flight returnedwith many Iran iannationals. The Indian

government also discussedwith the Iranian authoritiesand a ferry flight to bring backIndians suspected to havecontracted the coronavirusinfection. The plane operatedby Iran’s “Mahan Air” wouldnot be carrying anypassengers and would ferryIranians from India on its wayback to Tehran.In Maharashtra, while 15passengers suspected to beinfected by coronavirus havebeen admitted to hospitals (12in Mumbai, 3 in Pune), 230passengers kept underobservation were allowed togo, Maharashtra HealthMinister Rajesh Tope said.In addition to ChhatrapatiShivaji International airport in

Mumbai, thermal screening ofpassengers has been startedat Pune and Nagpur airport.Till now 96,493 passengersarrived by 793 flights havebeen screened at the airportsin Maharashtra. As of nowtotal 532 passengers arrivedin Maharashtra from affectednations, after the outbreak ofcoronavirus on 18 January2020.Maharashtra Government hasbanned the sale of N 95respirators (masks) withoutpresc r ip tions . N95respirators can keep outairborne particles, althoughthey aren’t completely leakproof. But a run on suchequipment during a publichealth emergency can create

a dangerous scarcity formedical professionals.The ban on the sale of N 95,came after the governmentreceived complain ts aboutcases of panic buying andhoarding of N95. The run onprotective equipment is notlimited to Maharashtra. InUttar Pradesh, Agra’s districtmagistrate recently sealedthree medical stores in acrackdown on b lackmarketing. Mask andrespirator prices soared inNOIDA when two schoolswere closed (a student’s parenttested positive). The WorldHealth Organisation hasalready clarified that healthypeople don’t need them unlessthey’re caring for the sick.

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By Jinine Lishram,Asst Prof, International Collage,the University Suwon,SKorea

Coronavirus outbreak is becomingthe most infamous distressing newsfor human beings at the moment asif the spread of this new virus killsmillions all over the world. Now, mycuriosity is that how we willrationalize the fact that air pollutionkills more than 6 million people everyyear leaving more millions sufferingfrom air polluted health problem.Airborne pollutants are responsiblefor about one third of deaths fromstroke, chronic respiratory disease,and lung cancer, as well as onequarter of deaths from heart attack.Whether one likes it or not, in themeantime one aspect of thecoronavirus outbreak is theprofound reduction of toxic airpollution in China, South Korea andsome other countries as well. It isbecause human activities of marketeconomy and consumerism havebeen axed. How will we rationalizethis fact? Will we relate it in aperspective of bright side of thevirus? Will we rationalize it again ina rebuttal way that this clean aircomes down at the cost ofthousands of lives and businessesand market economy?Then go reverse and rewind today’smodern world of economicdevelopment at the height ofcomforts and conveniences in theera of artificial intelligence, we dofind that it comes down at the costof Mother Nature, poisoning the airand water, and future offspring.Further with the little notice andawareness, the ever growing gapbetween haves and have nots, theever d istressing spread ofinequality is rather spiral going outof proportion.Interestingly, respectivegovernments across the worldshow their serious concerns tooover the virus activity. On a worryand misery spectrum, no doubtCOVID-19 displays many a darklights of deaths, massive infection,

EconomicGrowth or Grimmer : Amidst the Coronavirussuspension of daily activities,closures of offices, more importantlyparalyze of market, trade andcommerce. It appears that, this timearound most of the governments,their diplomacies, a good fewcommercial agents, though theremay be some doubts profiteers ofpharmaceutical industry andbankers be sincere and serious. Theeventual issue and apprehension isthe loss in businesses. Economicdamage done by this virus seemsto be rather more important than theactual challenge in health sector,and of course, the loss of humanlives.The big worry is economic side ofthe COVID-19. As we the humansare so accustomed to profit makingactivities of selling and buying ofgoods and services, we do forgetbad side caused by consumerismand market economy. We do notwant to talk about the ser iousadverse impact of market economy.Once this killer virus is gone, andbusinesses come back to theirnormal places, remember we willstar t explo iting Mother Natureagain , producing more toxicsubstances making air and waterdirtier towards making up theprevious losses. Here the simplequestion is that why all thesebusinesses for? The answer is forgrowth and money. Regardingmoney, in fact we need money butnot for fulfilling our real needs anylonger. We want money to satisfyour greed otherwise. The money isnot anymore for a modest livelihoodbut buying cars, flashy gadgets,clothes and endless items.Here I am going to relatecoronavirus to my earlier write-upGrowth but the Grimmer.The extraction of natural resourcesincreased from 22 billion tons in 1970to 70 billion tons in 2010 (Reuters);now, it is about 180 billion tonsannually. The world emitted 37billion tons of CO2 in 2017(CarbonBrief). Consequently, globalsolid waste generation is on a paceto increase 70% by 2025, rising from

3.5 million tons per day in 2010 tomore than 6 million tons in 2025making unclean Mother Earth. Theglobal cost of dealing with all thattrash is rising too; from $205 billiona year in 2010 to $375 billion by 2025,with the sharpest cost increases indeveloping countries (World Bank).The earth is losing 18.7 million acresof forests annually impactingincreased greenhouse gasemissions and climate change,disruption of water cycles and waterscarcity, increased soil erosion,disrupted livelihoods and overallecosystem of the blue planet(WWF).The global solid waste generationis to increase 70% by 2025, risingfrom 3.5 million tons in 2010 to morethan 6 million tons per day in 2025making unclean the mother earth.Every minute, one garbage truckworth of plastic is dumped into theocean. Yearly, a colossal 1.4 billionpounds of trash end up in ourbeautiful oceans. Of this waste,much of it is plastic. There have been275 billion plastic bags producedworldwide in just 2017 alone. Everysecond, a massive amount of160,000 p lastic bags are beingproduced and used. By the end ofthis year, we will have used 5 billionplastic bags. According to TheWorld Count of these 5 billion bags,5 million of them will make their wayinto the ocean.Global water pollution caused byuntreated toxic industrial discharge,contamination with chemicals frommodern market and human wastemakes 80% of wastewater of theplanet. This impacts the habitat andquality of life of fish and otherwildlife.About 1.2 billion world populationlive in water-stressed areas. Some600 million Indians are facing severwater crisis. Indian 21 cities arelikely to run out of groundwater by2020 (NITI). To achieve its goal ofbecoming a leading global power by2050, China which hold 20% of theworld’s population is also facing itslooming water shortage.

Human wants are unlimitedtherefore we get always confusedour real needs with greed. Usually,we want to gather things as muchwe can. What’s why through sellingand buying activities, humans workto get more than what we hadbefore, which called profit.On top of this, humans sacrifice ourlives and time to make new ideas orproducts, sometimes out of thin airto sell to someone in order to makeprofit. Inequality in society givesopportunity for market. If we allhave same amount of wealth andwellbeing, no one will sell and buykidney. If all people are healthy,doctors and chemist relatedindustry will lose their market andbusiness, people in health sectorare not happy when there occur littlediseases and deaths. So , moremedicines are made bypharmaceutical companies in orderto generate job employments andbusiness growth.Coffin makers are not happy whenless deaths happen there. Hence, dowe need maintain a potential gapbetween where the demand andsupply flow to run market dynamicalways profitable? The simple factis that market economy isvigorously selling products to theconsumers with persuasiveadvertisement taking advantage ofthe “human wants are unlimited”. Itis done without d isturb inginterference from the governments.Therefore, to make money, in theprocess, the resources and energyare snatched ever more freely fromthe Mother Nature as if they wereunlimited , and consume themignoring that our offspring also needthis same limited resources.For sure, market economy alwaysshould take into account the factthat growth of balloon is limited,cannot be inflated beyond a certainbulging size. The frequentforgetfulness among the prof ithungers makes growth merebubbles. That’s why now and againthe bursts bring all sort of miseriesto the highly industrialized world.

By Raju Vernekar

The Enforcement Directorate (ED)interrogated Rana Kapoor, founderand former managing director of“Yes Bank” and also raidedresidences of his daughters- RakhiKapoor Tandon, Roshni Kapoorand Radha Kapoor, located inMumbai and Delhi on Saturday.The “Yes Bank” has been placedunder moratorium till 3 rd April, itsboard o f d irectors h as beensuspended and Prashant Kumar,ex-DMD and CFO of State Bank ofIndia has been appointed as theadministrator by Reserve Bank ofIndia (RBI), on charges of financialmismanagement. The RBI has alsolimited cash withdrawals to Rs50,000 for a month,The ED’s raidsare a p ar t of the o ngoinginves tigation in to the moneylaunder ing case con cern ingDewan Housing Finance Corp Ltd

YES Bank Collapse: ED grills Rana Kapoor; raidscontinue on second day DHFL-Iqbal Mirchi connection ?

(DHFL), under which the companysiphoned off Rs 13,000 crore via79 shell companies. The ED hasalso issued a look out noticeagaint Kapoor and his wife toprevent them from leaving thecountry, before investigation isover.DHFL owners Dheeraj Wadhawanand Kapil Wadhawan allegedlypurchased certain properties from

underw orld f igure DawoodIbrahim. YES Bank had extendedmassive loans to DHFL, whichlater turned bad loans. Rana’sfamily has been accused ofreceiving crores of rupees fromDHFL. The money was allegedlytransferred in the accounts linkedto Kapoor ’s family members,including his wife.Accord ing to the latest

developmen ts in theinvestigation, between April andJuly 2018, DHFL gave a loan worthRs 600 crore to Doi t UrbanVentures, which was reportedlycontrolled by the Kapoor family.This loan was issued at a timewhen DHFL itself failed to payback the debts it owned to YESBank. YES Bank’s debt exposurein DHFL in terms of short-termdebentures during this time periodin 2018 was Rs 3,700 crore. At thesame time, YES Bank had alsogiven a loan worth Rs 750 crore toRKW Developers for a projectnear Mumbai’s BandraReclamation.DHFL and RKW Developers areboth under the ED scanner forfinancing a deal between DheerajWadhawan and Kapil Wadhawan ofDHFL and Dawood Ibrahim’s aideIqbal Memon (Iqbal Mirchi), analleged Indian drug trafficker whodied on 14 August 2013 in London.The agency came across thistransaction during its probe into theDHFL promoters’ role in financingfunds to gangster Iqbal Mirchi. Theagency might also register aseparate case against Kapoor.However, for a separate case, apolice complain t has to beregistered for predicate offence toprobe the matter under thePrevention of Money LaunderingAct (PMLA).As per the charge sheet filed by theEnforcement Directorate, PMC bank(shut down in Septmber2019) hadalso loaned Rs. 50 crore to HDILbefore a Rs 6300 crore scam came tolight.In the meanwhile huge queues ofaccount holders were seen in fronton Yes Bank branches to withdrawmoney on Saturday.

IT NewsImphal, March 8

Jawaharlal Nehru Institu te ofMedical Sciences (JNIMS), theState’s only medical college, willnow be included as a testing centrefor COVID -19. This was agreed toby Union Home Minister Amit Shah,when Chief Minister N Biren Singhbriefed the leader today about theprevailing situation in the State inthe aftermath of the outbreak of thedisease reaching the country.Chief Minister N Biren Singh metUnion Home Minister Amit Shahtoday and briefed him in detailregarding the precautionary andpreparatory measures taken up in

JNIMS Included as testing centre for Covid-19

the State in the wake of the outbreakof COVID 19. The surveillancemechanism put in place in Morehfor screening of persons crossinginto India f rom across theinternational border was discussedin detail in the meeting. Similarsystems put in p lace at the Bir

Tikendrajit International Airport andland entry points at Mao and Jiribamwere also discussed. Chief Ministeralso apprised the Home Minister onthe demands for closing down theinternational border at Moreh. It wasagreed that for now, the situationwill be closely monitored for takinga decision in future.During the meeting, theachievements of the N Biren Singh-led government which iscompleting 3 years on 15 March laterthis month was also reviewed anddeliberated upon. Chief Ministeralso invited Union Home Ministerfor gracing a programme planned tobe held to mark the completion ofthree years of his government.

Sunday, March 8, 2020

Yaoshang thabal

By-Dr Nunglekpam Premi DeviIndependent Scholar

Feeling awesome, when in I join;Feeling great, when in I participate;Feeling good, when in I never missed the moment;One factual truth I carry, confident;Never delayed and never lazy,Season! I knew it and I remembered that,The breeze, the essence all in the air;How chaotic! The feelings and the happiness;How confusing! The eagerness within;How passionate and tumultuous! Every single soul,Leaves fallen apart, hairs flowing unbroken;Come anew spurting, dazzling and colorful;Red, blue, green and whiteYellow! O yellow, the season of yellow;Come again showering love and fondness.

Something’s rhythmic, something’s servicing;All in all, all in one performing;Girls! Oh beautiful maiden girls,Digging and spading, cultivating poles;Begging and beseeching money;Requesting and asking charity;Inviting and alluring and winning all;Uniting and compromising and cherishing hearts;All for a thabal and all for a compromise;Sailing wildly through the ocean of love;Amidst the wilderness friends for a friend,‘Color me red, color me not blue;Color me your passions andEase me my emotions, Oh! The unholy,Laughter and cherishing filled this smoky air.

Feeling awesome, when in I join;Feeling great, when in I participate;Feeling good, when in I never missed the moment;How energetic! The moon lit nightToo shadowy as I emerged thrilling kak-kak-kak;How lyrical when you merged?With that green velvety blouse of mine;Thabal! Oh thabal, yaosang thagi thabalHow graceful! The love hands swings folding,To and fro, wide and open, Soft and greasy;Beating those melancholic tunes,Oh! The drums, those drum sounds,Echoing hard and again, far and near;Kicking through the air blushing,

Carry me in and carry me out,All through the musical lines;Swinging and swaying, jumping in and out;Flapping in and out, High and low,Thumping up and down, so-madly and wildly;Dancing through the light all I could,Wasting not a minute dancing,Holding in my hand so tightly compromising;Holding me nearer whispering and embracing;Leave ‘him’ not; leave ‘him’ not unattended; Oh 9’oclock! The clock struck nine,Hurry! Hurriedly I bade ‘him’ last good step dancing;Alas! ‘His’ holding I released,Too hard it hurts inside just the way it is.

IGAR (South)Imphal March 8

Chandel Battalion of 26 SectorAssam Rifles under the aegis of HQIGAR (South) organised a MedicalCamp at Lamphou Charu village inChandel District on yesterday.Keeping in mind the difficulties facedby the villagers due to socio-economic conditions andremoteness of the location, the campwas organised on the request of thevillagers as there is no medicalfacility available in the vicinity. Total65 villagers including 21 Men, 29Women and 15 Children attended thecamp and were provided with a free

Assam Rifles conductsmedical camp in Chandel

health check-up, primary medicalconsultation, advance prescriptionand medicines by the RegimentalMedical Officer (RMO) and MedicalStaffs of the battalion. Villagers fromsurroundings villages also attendedthe medical camp. Apart fromproviding medical attention, basicknowledge on health education,hygiene, sanitation and awarenesson Corona Virus was also imparted.The medical camp also providedopportunity to interact with themembers of village authorities ofremote villages to ascertain theirneeds and expressed gratitude fororganising the medical camp andconstant support by Assam Rifles.