First india ahmedabad edition-12 may 2020

BADRINATH TEMPLE TO
REOPEN ON MAY 15,
DEVOTEES NOT ALLOWED
MODI TERMS POKHRAN-II
‘LANDMARK MOMENT IN
INDIA’S HISTORY’
Chamoli: Only 27 people, including the
head priest, will be allowed when the
portals of the Badrinath Temple reopen
on May 15, officials said on Monday.
“Devotees will not be allowed entry into
the temple during that time. The decision
has been taken in view of the guidelines
issued by the Centre amid Covid-19 pan-
demic,” Anil Chanyal, SDM, Joshimath,
said. The ritual of extracting sesame oil
for ‘Gaadu Ghada’ tradition was per-
formed last week.
New Delhi: PM Narendra Modi on Monday
remembered the nuclear tests held in 1998
at Pokhran, Rajasthan, terming it an “ex-
ceptional achievement” and a “landmark
moment in India’s history” and applauded
all those using technology to enhance the
quality of life. “On National Technology
Day, our nation salutes all those who are
leveraging technology to bring a posi-
tive difference in the lives of others,” PM
tweeted. He also saluted those involved in
research to defeat Corona. P2
New Delhi: The Rail-
ways has issued new
guidelines for travel on
15 special trains from
May 12, asking passen-
gers to carry their own
food and linen and arrive
at stations at least 90 min-
utes before departure for
health screening. It also
said all passengers must
wear face masks during
the journey. For now,
Railways has issued time
table for trains between
May 12 and May 20. They
will run as daily, weekly
or bi-weekly trains, as
per the time table issued
by the Railways. There
are no trains on May 16
and May 19.
The 15 trains to run
from Tuesday will be air-
conditioned and will run
on full-capacity Turn on P6
New Delhi: ‘Jan Se Jag
Tak’(FromPeopleToThe
World), was the motto
given by Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on Mon-
day at the end of his mar-
athonmeetingwithChief
Ministers of states, high-
lighting the Centre’s
mood to motivate the peo-
ple to adopt a new life-
style to evade Corona and
also keep the economy up
and running. Noting that
the fight against COV-
ID-19 has to be more fo-
cused now, PM Modi said
economic activities have
begun to pick up momen-
tum in several parts of
the country and the pro-
cess will further gain
steaminthecomingdays.
In the fifth video con-
ference meeting with the
Chief Ministers on Mon-
day, the Prime Minister
said that the country has
a reasonably clear indica-
tion of the geographical
spread including the
worst affected areas. In-
terestingly, several Chief
Ministers like West Ben-
galCMMamataBanerjee,
Telangana CM K Chan-
drashekar Rao and Tamil
Nadu CM K Palaniswami
requested PM not to start
passenger trains.
“We must realize that
the fight against COV-
ID-19 has to be more fo-
cused now,” he said.
Modi said that the road
ahead should be focused
on reducing the spread
of coronavirus and en-
suring that precautions
are taken.
“Going forward, the
road ahead should be fo-
cused on reducing the
spread and ensuring that
all precautions are taken
by people including so-
cial distancing norms by
observing ‘Do Gaj Doori’.
Follow-up is of para-
mount importance and
we must do so to the
hilt,” he said. Meanwhile
sources Turn on P6
Carry your own food,
linen, arrive 90 min
early for train travel!
‘Ensure rural India remains free from Corona’
 PM: Economic activities will gain momentum in coming days  Maha, Telangana, Bihar, West Bengal
seek lockdown extension  During the VC Telangana CM asks PM not to operate passenger trains
FROM ZOJI LA
TO KARGIL
The Indo-Tibetan Border Police has ensured the safe passage of over 900 trucks carrying essential
supplies from the icy heights of Zoji La in Ladakh to the frozen slopes of Kargil in the past 21 days
amid the ongoing lockdown. The land route through Zoji La pass serves as a lifeline for the nearly 1.5
lakh residents of Kargil. Due to efforts of ITBP, trucks carrying food and other items are reaching Kargil
covering a distance of 100 km in about eight hours of time. —PHOTO BY ANI
Bookings for 15 special
trains began on Monday
evening on IRCTC website
two hours behind the sched-
uled time. However, despite
delay, all AC-1 and AC-3
tickets for the Howrah-New
Delhi and Bhubaneswar-
New Delhi special trains
were sold within the first 10
minutes. Earlier, the IRCTC
website went unresponsive
as bookings began at 4 pm.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts with Chief Ministers of states on COVID-19 situation through
video conferencing, in New Delhi on Monday. —PHOTO BY ANI
Domestic
flights may
resume by
May 18
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment is likely to al-
low airline companies
resume operation of lo-
cal passenger flights by
18 May, said sources. On
Monday, a joint team of
Directorate General of
Civil Aviation (DGCA),
Bureau of Civil Avia-
tion Security Office,
Airports Authority of
India, Delhi Interna-
tional Airport Limited
and CISF under the
Ministry of Civil Avia-
tion visited Delhi air-
port before the resump-
tion of flights and took
a detailed note of pre-
paredness.
The airlines are like-
ly to begins operations
from major routes like
Delhi, Mumbai and
Bengaluru, Turn on P6
TICKETS SOLD: TRAINS
CHUG FROM TODAY
‘NO PLAN TO DEDUCT
SALARY OF EMPLOYEES’
‘ENSURE MIGRANTS
DON’T WALK HOME’
New Delhi: Union Minister Jitendra
Singh on Monday clarified that there
is no proposal by the government
to carry out deduction in the salary
of its employees. “Please ignore
the fake news being circulated in
a section of media. There is no
proposal by the government to
carry out deduction in the salary of
its employees,” Singh tweeted. P6
New Delhi: Centre has asked states to
ensure migrant labourers do not walk
on the road or railway tracks to reach
home. It asked them to counsel such
labourers and put them in shelters.
Development comes in the backdrop
of 16 labourers being crushed to
death by a train near Aurangabad last
week, and many also meeting fatal
accidents routinely on roads while at-
tempting to walk back to their homes.
USA 1,375,129 81,099 +312
SPAIN 268,143 26,744 +123
UK 223,060 32,065 +210
RUSSIA 221,344 2,009 +94
ITALY 219,814 30,739 +179
GERMANY 171,999 7,569 +13
BRAZIL 163,510 11,207 +84
IRAN 109,286 6,685 +45
CHINA 82,918 4,633 +2
CANADA 69,157 4,907 +37
BELGIUM 53,449 8,707 +51
N’LANDS 42,788 5,456 +16
COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
GLOBAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS
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GUJARAT
513
DEATHS
8,542
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
70,766
CONFIRMED CASES
2,294
DEATHS
WORLD
2,85,363
DEATHS
42,28,896
CONFIRMED CASES
TOLL TALE: At 20, Gujarat sees lowest death figure in May
First India News
Gandhinagar: The
good news, such as it
is, is that just 20 peo-
ple succumbed to the
novel coronavirus in
the state in the past 24
hours. This is the low-
est overnight death
toll since April 30,
when Gujarat regis-
tered 17 deaths in a
24-hour period.
However, the state
also registered 374 new
cases, bringing the total
number of cases to 8,542
so far, with 513 total
deaths. About 235 pa-
tients were discharged
on Monday, bringing the
total to 2,780 recoveries.
Ahmedabad now
has 6,086 cases and 400
deaths, having ac-
counted for 19 of the
20 fatalities reported
in the past 24 hours,
and 268 of the state’s
374 new cases. It also
has 1,482 recoveries,
with 109 recovered pa-
tientsbeingdischarged
on Monday.
In Rajkot, a 31-day-
old baby girl was
among the 18 patients
discharged on Mon-
day. She had tested
positive she was just
11 days old and she
has undergone treat-
ment for 20 days.
In Ahmedabad, the
new cases include a po-
lice staffer at the Sard-
arnagar police station, a
worker in the municipal
corporation’s water sup-
ply department, a resi-
dent doctor at the civil
hospital and a fireman
at the Shahpur station.
Meanwhile, the Cen-
tre—on the state gov-
ernment request—has
dispatched seven met-
ric tonnes of Ayurve-
dic medicine to the
state. These medicines
will be distributed to
people of the state to
boost their immunity.
The state has received
2,490kgSansmaniVati,
1,440kg Dashmool
Kwath and 10,000kg
Aayush tablets. So far,
Ukala has been distrib-
uted to 1.79 crore peo-
ple and Sansmani Vati
to 13.30 lakh.
The Central govern-
ment has airlifted stu-
dents stranded abroad.
They will begin arriv-
ing in the state shortly.
While it will be manda-
tory for all students to
undergo quarantine,
they will be allowed to
choose between free or
paid institutional quar-
antine. Turn on P6
 Ahmedabad death toll
touches 400, as positive cases
cross 6K mark
 State tally now at 8,542 with
death toll of 513; 374 new
cases, 235 discharged in 24 hrs
IN GUJARAT
DISTRICT TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
SAMPLES TESTED
1,07,929
0
NEGATIVE CASES
UNDER EXAMINATION
1,16,471
AHMEDABAD 6086 400 19
VADODARA 547 31 0
SURAT 914 39 0
RAJKOT 66 1 0
BHAVNAGAR 95 7 0
ANAND 80 7 0
BHARUCH 31 2 0
GANDHINAGAR 139 5 0
PATAN 27 1 0
PANCHMANHAL 65 4 0
BANASKANTHA 81 3 0
NARMADA 12 0 0
CHOTA UDEPUR 14 0 0
KUTCH 8 1 0
MAHESANA 52 2 1
BOTAD 53 1 0
DAHOD 20 0 0
PORBANDAR 3 0 0
JAMNAGAR 29 2 0
MORBI 2 0 0
SABARKANTHA 26 2 0
ARAVALLI 74 2 0
MAHISAGAR 44 1 0
KHEDA 29 1 0
GIR SOMNATH 12 0 0
VALSAD 6 1 0
TAPI 2 0 0
NAVSARI 8 0 0
DANG 2 0 0
SURENDRANAGAR 3 0 0
DWARKA 4 0 0
JUNAGADH 3 0 0
RAJASTHAN 1 0 0
TOTAL 8542 513 20

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PM salutes Atal decision
Pokhran-II,terms it ‘exceptional achievement’,
‘landmark moment in nation’s history’
THE NATIONAL TECHNOLOGY DAY CELEBRATES MAJOR
ACHIEVEMENTS WHICH WERE CONSIDERED A GROUND BREAKING
AND IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION OF SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS
IN THE FIELD OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
‘landmark moment in nation’s history’
rime Minister Narendra Modi on
Monday remembered the nuclear
tests held in 1998 at Pokhran, Ra-
jasthan, terming it an "exceptional
achievement" and a "landmark mo-
ment in India's history" and applauded all
those using technology to enhance the qual-
ity of life.
"On National Technology Day, our nation sa-
lutes all those who are leveraging technology to
bring a positive difference in the lives of others.
We remember the exceptional achievement of
our scientists on this day in 1998. It was a land-
mark moment in India's history," Prime Minister
Modi tweeted. In another tweet, the Prime Min-
ister also saluted all those who are currently
involved in research to defeat COVID-19.
"Today, technology is helping many in the
efforts to make the world free from COV-
ID-19. I salute all those at the forefront of
research and innovation on ways to defeat
Coronavirus. May we keep harnessing tech-
nology in order to create a healthier and
better planet," he said.
In another tweet, the Prime Minister shared
a video of his monthly address to the nation
'Mann Ki Baat', stating that the nuclear testing
carried out under the then Prime Minister, late
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, "showed the difference a
strong political leadership can make".
India conducted Pokhran-II tests, a series
of five nuclear explosions, in May 1998 at
the Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range in
Rajasthan. National Technology Day is ob-
served every year on May 11 as a reminder
of the anniversary of Pokhran-II tests. —ANI
P
PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee at the test site in Pokhran with
DRDO chief APJ Abdul Kalam (left), and AEC Chairman and
DAE Secretary R Chidambaram. —FILE PHOTO
On National Technology
Day, our nation salutes
all those who are
leveraging technology
to bring a positive
difference in the lives of
others. We remember the
exceptional achievement
of our scientists on this
day in 1998. It was a
landmark moment in
India’s history.
Today, technology is
helping many in the efforts
to make the world free
from COVID-19. I salute all
those at the forefront of
research and innovation on
ways to defeat Coronavirus.
May we keep harnessing
technology in order to
create a healthier and
better planet
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. —FILE PHOTO
CM launches hot-air seam-sealing machine manufacturing unit in Rajkot
First India News
Gandhinagar: Chief
Minister Vijay Rupani
on Monday launched a
Rajkot firm’s manufac-
turing unit for hot-air
seam-sealing machines,
which produce the spe-
cialtapeusedtosealPPE
(personal protective
equipment) kits used by
doctorsandparamedical
staff while treating pa-
tients with COVID-19.
At present, this ma-
chine costs Rs7-8
lakhs to import from
China, from where
delivery takes 15-20
days. With Rajkot-
based Macpower CNC
Machines Ltd becom-
ing the country’s first
firm to make these
indigenously, produc-
tion costs will now be
lowered by 50%.
In just 20 days, the
team has developed the
machine and manufac-
tured200onatrialbasis.
Commercial production
is set to begin soon.
Meanwhile, Infor-
mation and Broad-
casting Secretary and
Secretary to Chief
Minister Ashwani
Kumar said that 209
trains have taken 5.50
lakh migrant work-
ers to their home
states such as Uttar
Pradesh, Bihar, Oris-
sa, Madhya Pradesh
and Chhattisgarh in
the last eight days.
Thirty more trains
are set to leave from
different parts of the
state on Monday, car-
rying 36,000 workers
to their home states.
Kumar also said that
chief minister Rupani
participated in a video
conference with Prime
Minister Narendra
Modi. The CM briefed
the PM about the COV-
ID-19 situation in the
state and the actions
taken by the state gov-
ernment. He also dis-
cussed post-lockdown
plans for the state, in-
cluding how to kick
start the economy.
The state govern-
ment has launched
Sujalam Sufalam Jal
Abhiyan and even
works under the Ma-
hatma Gandhi Na-
tional Rural Employ-
ment Guarantee Act,
with 3.28 lakh work-
ers benefiting from
these two pro-
grammes.
With the Indian Rail-
ways resuming servic-
es across the nation,
the first passenger
train will depart from
Ahmedabad’s Sabar-
mati railway station to
New Delhi on Tuesday.
Only passengers with
confirmed e-tickets
will be allowed to enter
the railway station.Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. —FILE PHOTO
30 trains to take 36,000 migrant
workers home, as regular rail
services resume today
AMENDMENT IN
APMC ACT TO
BENEFIT FARMERS

GUJARATAHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
AMC permits home delivery of groceries, vegetables but only if payment is done online
First India News
Ahmedabad: After a
week-long blanket ban
on the sale of vegeta-
bles, fruits, and gro-
cery items, local civic
body Ahmedabad Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(AMC) will permit es-
sential services opera-
tions from May 15.
However, the provision
comes with certain
conditions, which espe-
cially apply to grocer-
ies, fruit and vegetable
shopkeepers.
In a meeting held on
Monday, officer on spe-
cial duty (OSD) Rajiv
Gupta and in-charge
municipal commis-
sioner Mukesh Kumar
took the decision to re-
sume home delivery
services in the city.
All major retail and
home delivery agencies
have been contacted
and asked to conduct
screenings of all deliv-
ery personnel. In order
to prevent the spread
of COVID-19 infection
through currency
notes, digital and cash-
less payment has been
made mandatory for
home deliveries. The
cash on delivery will
not be permitted from
May 15.
Additionally, all
home delivery person-
nel will need to follow
the heath protocol and
carry AMC health
cards. None of the de-
livery personnel can be
recruited from contain-
ment areas. Health pro-
tocol regulations such
as wearing hand gloves,
sanitation caps, carry-
ing sanitizer, and prac-
tising social distancing
norms will have to be
followed. They will also
have to download the
Arogya Setu app on
their smartphones.
It is been discovered
that the novel coronavi-
rus can survive on pa-
per for days and that is
why only online trans-
actions have been al-
lowed. Around 100
AMC health teams will
provide technical sup-
port to 17,000 shops and
ensure that online pay-
ment apps are installed
in smartphones of
shopkeepers.
City to go cashless when
deliveries resume May 15
This picture, taken in Ahmedabad during the curfew last month, illustrates why home delivery of
groceries and produce might be a good idea. —PHOTO BY NANDAN DAVE
NEW ORDER
Man kills infant
daughter in Surat
Surat: A man killed his
8-month-old daughter
for disturbing his sleep
with her crying in Su-
rat on Monday. Report-
edly, the accused Ur-
vesh Sheikh, who works
as a laundryman, was
sleeping at his resi-
dence in Salabatpura
area, when his infant
started crying loudly.
Her cries made Sheikh
lose his temper and he
killed her. Salabatpura
police have arrested
Sheikh.
PIL against call by
in-charge AMC
commissioner
Ahmedabad: Another
public interest litiga-
tion (PIL) has been
moved in the state high
court challenging the
decision taken by
Ahmedabad Municipal
Corporation’s in-charge
commissioner to shut
down grocery and vege-
table shops from mid-
night of May 7. The pe-
tition says that the lack
of notice given to peo-
ple caused them to vio-
lated social distancing
norms, which could re-
sult in the spread of the
virus.
Councillor wants
action against
‘body’ robber
Ahmedabad: Congress
councillor from Amrai-
wadi Jadgish Rathod
has alleged that some-
one stole jewellery and
mobile phone off a dead
body. In a letter to the
superintendent of the
Civil Hospital, Rathod
said the body of Bindu
Rajput, who died on
Monday, was missing a
nosering and earrings.
Also missing from
among her personal be-
longings were a mobile
phone and charger.
Rathod has demanded
action on the issue.
‘Be prepared’
advise Delhi
health officials
Surat: A team from
Delhi’s health depart-
ment visited Surat’s
New Civil Hospital on
Monday. The Delhi team
held discussions with
officials of the hospital
and officials of the Su-
rat Municipal Corpora-
tion. The officials em-
phasized the modus op-
erandi of the adminis-
tration should the num-
ber of cases surge.
BRIEF
in
First India News
Valsad: They say ne-
cessity is the mother of
invention. And with
the number of COV-
ID-19 cases on the rise,
the biggest challenge
for hospitals—especial-
ly those dedicated to
Sars-CoV-2 infections—
has been keeping beds
and wards disinfected.
With this in mind,
Aryan Paper Mill, situ-
ated in Vapi Industrial
Estate, has come up
with a unique solu-
tion: disposable beds
made entirely out of
cardboard.
The firm’s director
Sunil Shah says he
wanted to help the ad-
ministration in some
way during the ongo-
ing crisis. Once he de-
cided on how he could
help, Shah roped in his
daughter Riya, who is
currently studying ar-
chitecture.
After much discus-
sion and deliberation,
Riya then designed a
bed which could be
made from cardboard,
to the specifications of
the World Health Or-
ganization.
Easy to transport, in-
stall and uninstall, the
cardboard bed is also
waterproof and sturdy.
The science used in
the cardboard bed is
similar to that of the
old bed of nails used by
ancient Indian ascet-
ics. Because the force
of the body is distrib-
uted evenly across the
many vertical columns,
Riya’s disposable bed
can easily bear the
weight of a 200kg pa-
tient without it bend-
ing or collapsing.
It is easy to assemble
and disassemble and
also easy to transport,
since the components
can be flattened and
stacked. The light-
weight bed can be in-
stalled in under five
minutes.
Sunil Shah said that
since the bed is de-
signed considering the
needs of the isolation
ward, it is water-resist-
ant and can be sani-
tized with no ill effects
on its strength.
Aryan Paper Mill has
already donated about
1,500 such beds to the
Navy, to the Union Ter-
ritories of Daman and
Dadra and Nagar Have-
li and even to Brihan-
mumbai Municipal
Corporation.
Vapi firm’s wonder beds to fight COVID-19 menace
Staff at the Aryan Paper Mill in Vapi Industrial Estate demonstrate how the cardboard bed can be assembled in under ﬁve minutes.
HC order on Chudasama 2017 election result likely today
First India News
Ahmedabad: The state
high court is likely to
pronounce its judge-
ment on the petition
challenging Bharatiya
JanataParty(BJP)Dhol-
ka constituency candi-
date Bhupendrasinh
Chudasama’s 2017 as-
sembly election results
on Tuesday. The hearing
on the petition had con-
cluded on February 10
and the order has been
reserved by the court.
Chudasama’s 2017
election result was chal-
lenged by Congress can-
didate Ashwin Rathod,
over change in outcome
of the election on re-ver-
ification of 429 postal
ballot votes rejected by
returningofficerDhaval
Jani. The BJP candidate
had won the 2017 assem-
blyelectionsbyamargin
of just 327 votes. Chu-
dasama is currently
serving as state educa-
tion minister and is one
of the senior ministers
of Chief Minister Vijay
Rupani’s cabinet.
The petition was
heard by single bench
judge Paresh Upadhyay.
The petitioner had alle-
gation that returning
officer Dhaval Jani’s
decision to reject 429
ballot votes was illegal.
The petitioner had also
submitted CCTV foot-
age of a polling booth in
which Chudasama’s
personal secretary
could be seen talking on
a mobile phone.
Rathod’s advocate
had also submitted be-
fore the court that re-
turning officer Dhaval
Jani had admitted be-
fore the court, that he
did not follow certain
instructions outlined by
the Election Commis-
sion during the count-
ing of votes. Jani had
alsostatedthathewould
have carried out the re-
verification as the num-
ber of postal ballots re-
jected was more than
the victory margin.
Against that, Chu-
dasama’s advocate had
argued that CCTV foot-
age should not be con-
sidered as evidence
since it has not been au-
thenticated or verified
by any relevant author-
ity. He had also submit-
ted that vote counting
was in accordance with
proper guidelines.
Chudasma had ap-
peared in the high court
for a deposition in Sep-
tember last year.Bhupendrasinh Chudasama. —FILE PHOTO
Mutations might
explain Guj crisis
Gargi Raval
Ahmedabad: Two nov-
el mutations in the Sars-
CoV-2 virus found in Gu-
jarat may hold the an-
swer to why the state is
having trouble control-
ling the outbreak, ac-
cordingtoarecentstudy.
These mutations oc-
cur in the virus’s spike
protein sequence, the
mechanism that helps it
attach itself to the host,
or patient. Each spike
protein consists of three
components with two
parts or ‘subunits’, S1
and S2. The researchers
found the mutations in
the S1 domain in Guja-
rat. This subunit is what
allows the virus to bind
to the surface of a host
cell. In short, it enables
infection.
The mutations in the
Gujaratvirusarelocated
upstream and down-
stream of the receptor-
binding domain (RBD).
“Of these two, one has
been found to affect the
secondary structure of
the S1 domain. Since
both these mutations lie
near the RBD, they
might influence the
spike receptor interac-
tions by changing the
conformation of the
spike protein S1 do-
main,” states the paper,
whose authors include
researchers from the In-
fectious Biology and Im-
munology Division,
CSIR-Indian Institute of
Chemical Biology, West
Bengal, and the Acade-
my of Scientific and In-
novative Research,
among others.
The mutations in the virus, as compared to the Wuhan strain.
A SWINGING TIME!
A kid wearing a mask makes his own entertainment as he swings under a neem tree at
the Calico Mills compound on a hot Monday in Ahmedabad. —PHOTO BY HANIF SINDHI
Back on his feet, Khedawala
returns to the street again
First India News
Ahmedabad: Jamal-
pur MLA Imran
Khedawala, who had
been declared COVID-19
positive on April 14, has
hit the ground running
after recovering from
the virus. After com-
pleting the mandatory
14-day quarantine,
Khedawala visited fam-
ilies in his constituency
and resumed his novel
coronavirus awareness
campaign on Monday.
The leader had re-
ceived a discharge from
the hospital on April 27
and had pledged to do-
nate blood plasma but
couldn’t, since he is a
diabetic. However, he
has continued aware-
ness campaigns about
the virus and the im-
portance of social dis-
tancing.
Khedawalawasroped
in for this mission by lo-
cal police, who failed to
control miffed locals for
the complete enforce-
ment of the lockdown.
Meanwhile, a con-
gress leader of Bhaipu-
ra ward provided a BJP
worker with a food kit
and some money on
Monday. BJP worker
Kalabhai Vadhiyari
had recorded a video of
his struggles and post-
ed it online.
“Despite being a lead-
er of BJP, I have no
money and ration to
feed my family. But I
will not beg for charity
from anyone. If my con-
dition is this, I don’t
know how other people
are living,” Vadhiyari
stated.
Imran Khedawala
Police to limit
movement
from city to
rural areas
First India News
Gandhinagar: A large
number of police per-
sonnel will
be de-
ployed on
d i s t r i c t
roads con-
nectingbig
cities with
villages to
check unnecessary
movement of people
from hotspots to less-af-
fected areas, Director-
General of Police Shi-
vanand Jha said.
The state police will
stop people found to be
moving about needless-
ly in rural areas, espe-
cially between 7 pm and
7 am, he said onMonday.
Paramilitary forces
are aiding the state po-
lice in securing borders
of containment areas
so that infection does
not spread to other are-
as. Red zone areas have
been cordoned off and
there is strict imple-
mentation of the lock-
down in the area.
Thepolicewillalsoen-
sure that social distanc-
ing is maintained in
state transport buses,
which are allowed to
travel to many parts of
thestate,theDGPadded.
Twenty new cases
were lodged in the past
24 hours for spreading
rumours, hatred and
false messages.
Shivanand Jha

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PERSPECTIVEAHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
he economic
consequencesof
the COVID-19
crisis occupy al-
most everyone’s
thoughtsandconversations.
Andforgoodreason:theEu-
ropean Union, for one, is
headed toward the worst
recessioninitshistory,with
the economy expected to
shrink by 7-12% this year.
But far less is being said
about the danger the pan-
demic poses to democracy,
even though the signals are
similarly ominous.
The EU acted fast to mit-
igate the economic impact
of the pandemic. The Euro-
pean Central Bank
launched exceptional mon-
etary measures, and the EU
introduced a recovery and
reconstruction package
amounting to 1-1.5 trillion
($1.1-1.6 trillion). Differ-
ences over how to finance
an EU rescue package re-
main, but the primary ob-
jective is straightforward:
to achieve a rapid V-shaped
recovery, though a slower
U-shaped recovery remains
a distinct possibility.
Beyond a straightfor-
ward economic recovery,
however, is the widely
shared ambition of build-
ing a greener, more digi-
tized European economy.
Virtually everyone agrees
that the COVID-19 crisis
representsanimportantop-
portunitytoacceleratesuch
a transformation, though
the jury is still out on
whethertheEUwillseizeit.
The outcome will de-
pend partly on the pandem-
ic’s impact on Europe’s
political institutions. And,
so far, there are serious
reasons to worry.
From an institutional
perspective, the biggest
threat comes from Germa-
ny’s Federal Constitution-
al Court, which recently
ruled that the German gov-
ernment had violated the
country’s Basic Law by
failing to monitor ade-
quately the ECB’s public-
sector asset purchases.
This ruling is not only re-
markably detached from
reality – saving the Euro-
pean economy must be the
top priority today – but
also reflects open contempt
for the EU Treaties.
Juridical responsibility
for the ECB – including
oversight over whether it
is overstepping its man-
date – belongs to the Court
of Justice of the EU, which
deemed the ECB’s asset
purchases legal in 2018. Yet
the German court, using
utterly torturous logic,
claims that it is not bound
by that ruling – all in an ef-
fort to impose German eco-
nomic prejudices on the
rest of the EU.
Far more worrying, how-
ever, are populist efforts to
use the crisis to undermine
democracy. Hungarian
Prime Minister Viktor Or-
bán is a case in point. Hav-
ing spent the last decade at-
tackingthefreepress,NGOs,
and political opponents, Or-
bán has used the COVID-19
crisis as pretext to push
throughlegislationthatena-
bles him to rule by decree
indefinitely.ThisisEurope’s
first such dictatorial dé-
marche since Adolf Hitler’s
Enabling Act of 1933.
In Russia, the assaults on
democratic institutions are
even cruder. Three doctors
treating COVID-19 patients
have mysteriously fallen
out of windows in recent
weeks, after questioning or
criticizing the country’s
handling of the crisis. One
cannot help but recall the
fate of Jan Masaryk, the
Czechoslovak foreign min-
ister who was found dead
below his apartment win-
dow in March 1948, two
weeks after the Communist
takeover.
This trend is hardly
limited to Europe. The
world’s largest democra-
cies – the United States,
Brazil, and India – are also
in growing peril.
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The global media
are so consumed by
the public-health
and economic
consequences of
COVID-19 that they
apparently have little
space for the
political implications
In separateness lies the
world’s greatest misery; in
compassion lies the world’s
true strength. —Buddha
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TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
On #NationalTechnologyDay, I salute
the hard work of our scientists,
which has ensured a stronger and
safer India. Their achievements have
brought immense glory to the nation.
May we continue leveraging the
power of technology for the progress
and prosperity of our country.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
Thanks to the determination &
perseverance of our scientists under
Minister @DrHarshVardhan ji’s
leadership, India has developed 1st
indigenous anti-SARS-CoV-2 human
IgG ELISA test kit for COVID-19.
PM @NarendraModi ji’s resolve to
enhance detection of COVID-19 is
bearing results
hat the current generation
is living through is unprec-
edented in world history. A
major part of the population
around the world is under
lockdown, courtesy the pan-
demic set in motion by the
coronavirus (COVID-19). Ir-
respective of whether an in-
dividual is infected or not,
most of us have been forced
to stay and work from home,
unable to step out even for
our daily supplies. It isn’t
surprising that a number of
individuals are feeling low
and wondering if they are
headed toward depression.
Does being healthy in the
body ensure a healthy mind
and a happy spirit? Not neces-
sarily. The World Health Or-
ganisation (WHO) defines
health as ‘A state of complete
physical, mental and social
well-being and not merely an
absence of disease or infirmi-
ty.’ Herein lies, the role of un-
derstanding the mind and us-
ing its positive attributes to
achieve happiness.
Human health has always
been the epicentre of debate,
not only for medical scien-
tists but also for philoso-
phers and religious leaders.
The scientific and esoteric
or spiritual traditions have
remained clearly at odds
with one another since the
time of Galileo. The rift
peaked in the late 19th cen-
tury when mankind was
asked to choose between sci-
ence and the supernatural.
Ever since newer discoveries
began in the 20th century,
the divide between science
and philosophy has gradu-
ally been getting blurred.
For once, each is coming
closer to the other and the
fact has been aptly summed
up in the WHO definition.
The human mind is a prod-
uct of billions of years of cos-
mic and biological evolution.
Followers of the Philosophical
Science of Mind (PSM) believe
it includes the best in science,
religion, and philosophy. Ac-
cording to PSM, every individ-
ual owes the course of his or
her life, success or failure,
health or sickness, happiness
or disappointment to a mental
process. The mental process, it
believes, functions according
to a universal law based on
spirituality.
This lays down the
grounds for the recommen-
dation of spiritual healing
for the mind through affirm-
ative prayer and meditation.
PSM believes that through
prayers and meditation, an
individual becomes more at-
tuned to God’s nature. The
proponents of PSM do not
accept the affiliation with
Scientology but often talk of
Spirituality.
When we talk of Science of
Mind in neurological terms, the
role of electrical and chemical
events can be proven scientifi-
cally.Theneuralnetworkbrings
about changes in the thought
process, consciousness, and
pleasure system. Chemical sub-
stances like serotonin, dopa-
mine, acetylcholine, and endor-
phins produce a sense of well-
being, pleasurable experiences,
and effective memory and pain-
free positive emotions.
The Philosophical Science
of Mind also believes that
healing of the ailing can oc-
cur through the religious
power of the mind. A scien-
tist talking about the mind
feels it contributes to heal-
ing by activation of the neu-
ral network, while a cure is
likely to occur after correct
diagnosis and wholesome
treatment that helps a per-
son find his peace along with
his health.
Thus the best for mankind
would be a holistic approach
merging science with philoso-
phy by learning newer develop-
ments in science and under-
standing spirituality.
However, a word of cau-
tion: Spirituality could help
prevent lifestyle disease and
may facilitate recovery but
only scientific treatments,
that too after proper diagno-
ses, can control or cure dis-
eases.
If the raging pandemic has
taught us anything, it is the im-
portance of mental well-being
and finding that which brings
us peace as the crux of overall
well-being. Not all of us have a
bee or will be infected by the
virus. But hiding in our houses
trying to dodge an invisible en-
emy is nibbling away at our
sanity and hope. We might not
be diseased, but we could be far
frombeinghappy.Thisiswhere
science and philosophy can
heal us and make us whole.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
DISEASE-FREE ISN’T
THE SAME AS HAPPY
W
The World Health
Organisation
(WHO) defines
health as ‘A state
of complete
physical, mental
and social well-
being and not
merely an absence
of disease or
infirmity.’ Herein
lies, the role of
understanding
the mind and
using its positive
attributes to
achieve happiness
ACCORDING TO PSM, EVERY INDIVIDUAL OWES THE
COURSE OF HIS OR HER LIFE, SUCCESS OR FAILURE,
HEALTH OR SICKNESS, HAPPINESS OR
DISAPPOINTMENT TO A MENTAL PROCESS. THE MENTAL
PROCESS, IT BELIEVES, FUNCTIONS ACCORDING TO A
UNIVERSAL LAW BASED ON SPIRITUALITY
DR ASHOK
PANAGARIYA
The writer is a Padamshri awardee,
a former vice-chancellor and
Director SMS university hospital
PICKING UP THE
THREADS SLOWLY
BUT SURELY
ith the 54-day nationwide lock-
down ending on May 17, PM
Narendra Modi held a video
conference with chief minis-
ters to get their views on the
way forward. “We will be able to deter-
mine the direction our country is headed
based on suggestions you provide today,”
the PM told the chief ministers.
Should the lockdown be lifted completely or
gradually? Or, should it be extended until the
COVID19casesinthecountryreachaplateau?
Opinions differ. What binds all the stakehold-
ers is the concern for the economy which is
tottering and a future which is bleak. The PM
gave a broad hint of how the future might un-
fold after May 17. “Slowly, economic activities
have started to pick up in the country. In the
comingdays,thisprocesswillfurtherincrease.
WemustrealisethatfightagainstCovid-19has
tobemorefocusednow,”thePM was quoted as
saying. What it may mean is that life versus
livelihooddilemmacouldendsoonaswelearn
to co-exist with the novel coronavirus.
In this context, the Chhattisgarh CM
Bhupesh Baghel sought the Centre’s per-
mission for states to define red, orange,
and green zones. His Gujarat counterpart
was for lockdown only in containment
zones as “economic activities can’t be sus-
pended for long”.
The centre is aware of the consequences of
an airtight shutdown and seems to have come
to terms with the novel coronavirus. Train
services have therefore been resumed in a
limited way. Importantly, asymptomatic per-
sons will be allowed to travel on these trains.
It involves a risk which the government feels
is worth taking to restore some sanity and
normality. Air travel with all the necessary
restrictions could well be the next to be al-
lowed, although Tamil Nadu chief minister
N. Palaniswami urged the prime minister not
to allow air travel till May 31. In view of the
growing number of Covid-19 cases in the
state, he was against the resumption of train
services too. Fearing the spread of the virus,
Telangana CM K. Chandrashekhar Rao also
opposed the movement of trains. Their views
were shared by chief ministers of Chhattis-
garh and Andhra Pradesh.
Rajasthan CM Ashok Gehlot requested
the Centre for an economic package and
increasing the number of trains for mi-
grants. He also sought curbs on move-
ment from Red Zone to Green Zone. Chief
ministers of Punjab, Gujarat, and Telan-
gana rooted for extension of lockdown.
Once again it was Mamata Banerjee who
used the opportunity to attack the PM for
“playing politics” over the pandemic and dis-
criminating between the states. “Don’t bull-
doze the federal structure when we are doing
our best,” she was quoted as saying.
On his part, the PM said, “There is glob-
al recognition of India’s success in han-
dling the Covid-19 pandemic and govt of
India appreciates the efforts made by all
state governments in this regard.”
IN-DEPTH
W

INDIAAHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
New Delhi: No death
due to COVID-19 was re-
ported in the last 24
hours, read the Delhi
government health bul-
letin on Monday.
“No death due to
COVID-19 reported in
Delhi in the last 24
hours. The death toll
currently stands at 73,”
read the bulletin. “310
persons tested positive
in the national capital
today; taking the total
number of positive cas-
es to 7233,” it read.
With 60 patients re-
covered in the last 24
hours, the cumulative
recovered patients
stand at 2,129 and the
total number of active
coronavirus cases in
the national capital is
5,031 cases.
India’s COVID-19
count reached 67,152 on
Monday, according to
MoHFW. —ANI
‘No death in Delhi in 24 hrs’
A doctor wears protective shield as he checks patients at the OPD of Ganga Ram Hospital in New Delhi.
COVID-19 UPDATE With 60 patients recovered in last 24 hrs, the cumulative recovered patients stand at 2,129 & 5,031 active cases reported
New Delhi: The Minis-
try of Home Affairs di-
rected the states & UTs
to facilitate unhindered
movement
of all
h e a l t h
w o r k e r s
and sanita-
tion per-
s o n n e l
amid the nationwide
lockdown to control the
coronavirus pandemic.
In a letter to the chief
secretaries of states,
Union Home Secretary
Ajay Bhalla said that
restrictions on move-
ment of healthcare
workers at some places
had been flagged during
a vc chaired by Cabinet
Secretary Rajeev
Gauba.” The services
of medical and para-
medical staff are ur-
gently required to meet
the challenge of Cov-
id-19 pandemic,” he
wrote. “Furthermore,
the existing staff, apart
from this duty, also has
to render normal re-
sponsibilities, such as
conducting immunisa-
tion programmes, han-
dling the onset of vec-
tor and other seasonal
diseases, & meeting
emergencies.” Bhalla
said restrictions on the
movement of health
workers could severely
affect emergency medi-
cal services. —ANI
Ensure smooth movement of
health workers, says MHA
New Delhi: The gov-
ernment’s Aarogya
Setu mobile applica-
tion is based on “priva-
cy-first by design”
principle keeping in
mind the safety and
privacy of users’ data,
said Amitabh Kant,
CEO of Niti Aayog.
He further added
that the user data from
the app would only be
provided to those gov-
ernment officials who
were directly in charge
of containing the
spread of the coronavi-
rus in India.” —ANI
Aarogya Setu
‘privacy-first’
by design: Kant
New Delhi: World
Health Organisation’s
Chief Scientist Soumya
Swaminathan on Mon-
day, commended India
for keeping the corona-
virus cases and deaths
very low compared to
other countries and
said it will play an im-
portant role in the de-
velopment of a vaccine
for COVID-19. She said
the whole world has to
be prepared for the on-
going transmission of
infection for “many
many months and for
perhaps years to come”.
Swaminathan said it
is not just enough to de-
velop and test the vac-
cine, but it is also cru-
cial to manufacturing
it, scale-up procure-
ment, and get health
systems to vaccinate
populations. Speaking
on the National Tech-
nology Day, Swamina-
than said, “I would like
to commend and con-
gratulate the minister
and colleagues for hav-
ing contained so far the
COVID pandemic
in India and having
kept both the number
of cases and the num-
ber of deaths very low
compared to other
countries.”
All participants, in-
cluding Science and
Technology Minister
Harsh Vardhan, ad-
dressed the conference
online. —PTI
WHO lauds India’s
Corona fight
New Delhi: Former
JNU student Sharjeel
Imam moved Delhi HC,
challenging the order
of a trial court that gave
3 months additional
time to the Delhi Police
to file chargesheet
against him in the case
related to alleged in-
flammatory speeches
during the protests
against CAA and NRC.
The plea was men-
tioned before the court
and is likely to be listed
on May 14.
Sharjeel has chal-
lenged Delhi’s Patiala
House Court’s April 25
order by which the Del-
hi Police was granted
further time, beyond
the statutory 90 days, to
conclude its investiga-
tion filed against him
under the stringent Un-
lawful Activities Act.
He has also sought de-
fault bail in the matter
which was dismissed by
Additional Session
Judge Dharmender
Rana. He was arrested
on Jan 28 in case related
to violent protests
against CAA near the
Jamia University in De-
cember last year. —ANI
Sharjeel Imam
moves HC
against trial
court’s order
New Delhi:The Su-
preme Court on Mon-
day extended till fur-
ther hearing the inter-
im protection granted
to Republic TV editor
Arnab Goswami in
connection with sev-
eral FIRs registered
against him for alleg-
edly defaming Con-
gress interim presi-
dent Sonia Gandhi. A
bench headed by Jus-
tice Dr DY Chandra-
chud and also compris-
ing Justice MR Shah
reserved its order on a
plea seeking investiga-
tion in the matter by a
probe agency other
than Mumbai Police.
The apex court, had
on April 24, said that
no coercive action
should be taken
against Goswami for
three weeks during
which he can seek an-
ticipatory bail and
other reliefs.
During the hearing
held on Monday, advo-
cate Harish Salve ap-
pearing for Goswami
told the top court that
the investigation in
connection with the
FIRs against his client
was not being conduct-
ed in a proper manner.
—Agencies
SCextendsprotectiontoArnab
New Delhi: SC de-
clined to restore 4G
Internet services
in Jammu & Kash-
mir for now, em-
phasizing the ne-
cessity to strike a
balance between
national security
and public need.
A bench com-
prising Justices NV
Ramana, R Sub-
hash Reddy and BR
Gavai said it is ap-
propriate to consti-
tute a special com-
mittee comprising
secretaries at na-
tional and state lev-
el -- to look into the
entire matter. —ANI
SC SAYS NO TO
4G IN JAMMU-
KASHMIR
FOR NOW New Delhi: Come
May 13, the SC will
have a single judge
bench to hear special
leave petitions arising
out of bail order and
all kinds of transfer
cases.
In the backdrop of
growing pendency of
cases, the decision of
the apex court as-
sumes significance, as
for the first time since
its inception a single
judge bench will hear
transfer petitions and
special leave petitions
arising out of bail or-
ders with respect to of-
fences punishable up
to seven years impris-
onment. Till now, the
Supreme Court had a
minimum of two judg-
es hearing any case.
Court number 1,
which is presided over
by CJI, also sits in the
combination of three
judges. A notice from
the apex court said
that the competent au-
thority in exercise of
the powers conferred
by Article 145 of the
Constitution. —PTI
SC single judge bench
to hear transfer cases New Delhi: Former PM
and senior Congress
leader Manmohan Sin-
gh, who was admitted to
the AIIMS in Delhi on
Sunday evening, is sta-
ble and currently under
observation with spe-
cialists examining him,
news agency ANI re-
ported on Monday
morning quoting sourc-
es. The Congress leader
was rushed to hospital
after he complained of
chest pain. He was ad-
mitted to a ward at the
cardio-neurosciences
tower at about 8.45 pm
under Dr Nitish Naik, a
professor of cardiology
at the AIIMS. Singh, 87,
is still under observa-
tion at the cardio ward
of the hospital. —ANI
Ex- PM Dr
Manmohan
Singh stable
at AIIMS
‘COVID-19
cases likely to
peak in May’
Mumbai: Maharashtra
CM Uddhav Thackeray
said that the COVID-19
cases are expected to
peak in May and sug-
gested that any action
on lockdown must be
taken cautiously.
“Cases are expected to
peak in May, it may
peak in June or July
also. I have read Wuhan
is witnessing a second
wave of cases, even
WHO has warned about
this. So, I suggest that
any action on lockdown
must be taken cautious-
ly,” Thackeray said dur-
ing PM Modi’s fifth vc
meeting with Chief
Ministers. “I request
that if the need arises
the state should be giv-
en central forces as po-
lice are under heavy
pressure and their per-
sonnel are also getting
infected,” he said. —ANI
ONLY 27 PEOPLE ALLOWED FOR
BADRINATH TEMPLE REOPENING
Chamoli: Only 27 people,
including the head priest,
will be allowed when the
portals of the Badrinath
Temple reopen on May
15. “Devotees will not
be allowed entry into the
temple during that time.
The decision has been
taken in view of the guide-
lines issued by the Centre
amid Covid-19 pandem-
ic,” Anil Chanyal, SDM,
Joshimath, said. On April
29, the portals of Kedar-
nath Temple were thrown
open after a six-month-
long winter break. There
also pilgrims were prohib-
ited from visiting the shrine
because of coronavirus
lockdown. U’khand CM
Trivendra Singh Rawat
had said that Badrinath
shrine will be opened on
May 15 at 4:30 am.
VANDE BHARAT EVACUATION
FLIGHT FROM US ARRIVES
Hyderabad: The GMR Hyderabad International
Airport on Monday handled the arrival of the
second evacuation flight under Vande Bharat Mis-
sion from the United States of America on May
11. The national carrier - Air India flight - AI 1617
- from San Francisco (USA) arrived via Mumbai
at the Hyderabad International Airport today at
09.22 am with 118 Indian citizens stranded in the
USA.Later in the day, GMR Hyderabad Interna-
tional Airport is all set to receive another batch of
Indian citizens from Abu Dhabi (UAE).
ICICI BANK SHARES SLUMP 5%
DESPITE Q4 PROFIT RISE
Mumbai: Share price of ICICI Bank plunged over
5%, despite an improved quarterly result. The
analysts attributed the slump to lower-than-ex-
pected rise in profits. At 2.26 p.m, the bank’s
share was trading on BSE at Rs 321.70, lower by
Rs 16.05 or 4.75% from the previous close.On
Saturday, the bank reported a 26% year-on-year
rise in standalone net profit for fourth quarter
of 2019-20 at Rs 1,221 crore. The bank made
provisions, excluding those linked to Covid-19
and tax, worth Rs 3,242 crore in Q4.
SHRAM SHAKTI BHAWAN SEALED
AFTER EMPLOYEE TESTS POSITIVE
New Delhi: Delhi’s Shram
Shakti Bhawan was
sealed on Sunday after an
employee working in the
Ministry of Power tested
positive for COVID-19.
The Ministry of Power
has an office in the Shram
Shakti Bhawan building
that has now been sealed
as per protocols.The
entire office premises are
being sanitized thorough-
ly. All the employees have
been advised to work
from home till further or-
ders.Moreover, the people
who had come in contact
with the employee, who
had been tested positive
for coronavirus, had been
asked to quarantine them-
selves at home.Some of
the government offices
had to be sealed after
staff tested positive.
India’s hidden ability has been highlighted as we are developing
ventilators, PPEs, masks, sanitizers via new technol-
ogies. The theme of Technology Day this time is to
re-boost our economy using Science and Technolo-
gy. Today it has become very important to work on science
that can find solutions to people’s problems, we call it ‘pur-
pose science’ or ‘purpose economy.
—Dr Harsh Vardhan, Union Health Minister
PREZ KOVIND
HAILS SCIENTISTS
“We recognise sci-
ence and technology
as the key instru-
ments for inclusive
progress. Our
scientists and tech-
nologists are also on
the frontlines of the
global battle against
COVID-19, making
the nation proud.”
IN THE COURTYARD
There are already a slew of FIRs
against the petitioner for his
show. The nature of the investi-
gation in the matter has clearly shown
that this is a tactic against the petition-
er,” advocate Harish Salve told the apex
court adding that the police is interrogat-
ing Goswami for over 12 hours.
‘END HOME ISOLATION AFTER 17 DAYS’
Mumbai: Maharashtra
CM Uddhav Thackeray,
accompanied by wife
Rashmi and sons Aadi-
tya and Tejas, filed his
nomination papers for
the Maharashtra Legis-
lative Council election
on Monday. He becomes
the second member
from the Thackeray
family to contest an
election after his son
and minister Aaditya,
who contested assembly
polls in October 2019.
With Congress decid-
ing to withdraw one of
its candidates from the
upcoming Legislative
Council polls on Sunday
evening, the elections to
the nine seats will be un-
opposed. Thackeray will
be elected to the Upper
House of the state legis-
lature without an elec-
tion being held.
Senior leaders from
the Shiv Sena, Sanjay
Raut, Subhash Desai,
Eknath Shinde, among
others, were also pre-
sent with the CM at the
Vidhan Bhawan. Depu-
ty CM Ajit Pawar, NCP’s
Jayant Patil. Cong lead-
ers Ashok Chavan &
Balasaheb Thorat were
also present. —ANI
Uddhav files papers for MLC polls
Uddhav Thackeray files nomination for MLC polls in Mumbai.

INDIAAHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
WILL AJOY MEHTA BE SPECIAL
ADVISOR IN MAHARASHTRA?
Maharashtra CS Ajoy Mehta who is all set to
retire on June 30, in view of the Carona crisis,
may be made Special Advisor. He is 1984 batch
IAS officer.
DEPUTATION OF THREE IPS
OFFICERS EXTENDED
The ACC has approved the proposal to extend the
tenure of three IPS officers, who are presently
working in different CAPFs/CPOs upto June 30
this year. They are Alok Kumar Mittal, Haryana
cadre, IG, NIA, Raju Bhatnagar, IG, CRPF and Ritu
Arora, Odisha cadre, IG, CISF. Their deputation
tenure was already over between March 25 to
May 3, 2020.
IPS OFFICER IN UTTARAKHAND
SEEKS VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT
IPS officer from Uttarakhand, Dr Asim Srivastava
is reported to have applied for Voluntary Retire-
ment. He is presently ADC to the Governor.
UBI NON EXEC CHAIRMAN KEWAL
HANDA MAY GET EXTENSION
There are fresh whispers that Union Bank of India
‘s Part-time Non Executive Chairman Kewal Han-
da may be granted an extension. The Govt may
also go for a consultation with the Bank’s Board
early next month to decide on the issue.
SBI SHAREHOLDER DIRECTORS’
ELECTION ON JUNE 17
SBI shareholders are reportedly out to elect four
shareholder Directors of the Bank on June 17, 2020
in a general meeting to be organised in Mumbai.
TRIBUNAL APPOINTMENTS
STUCK IN PMO ?
Tribunal appointments are reported to have been stuck
in PMO. Rules for Tribunal appointments have been
revised recently, but the whole process has been com-
pleted with old rules & there are very few candidates,
who fulfill the condition of 25 years’ of practice.
VR HEGDE TO RETURN TO PARENT
CADRE AFTER SEVEN-YEARS
A seven-year deputation of VR Hegde, is coming
to an end in the first week of July this year. He is
a 2000 batch ISS officer.
ARVIND KUMAR IS BACK
TO MADHYA PRADESH
After completion of central deputation period,
Arvind Kumar is back to the parent Madhya
Pradesh cadre. He is a 1988 batch IPS officer.
RITU DHILLON RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Ritu Dhillon, Member Secretary, National Phar-
maceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA), has been
repatriated on the grounds of availing promotion
in the cadre. She is a 1996 batch IA&AS officer.
GOI YET TO FILL POST
OF CHAIRMAN, CBSE
The Government is yet to fill the post of Chair-
man, Central Board of Secondary Education
(CBSE). A vacancy of this post has arisen after
incumbent Anita Karwal’s appointment as Secretary,
School Education.
PANKAJ KUMAR GOSWAMI TO JOIN AS
DIRECTOR (OPE), OIL INDIA ON JUNE 1
Pankaj Kumar Goswami, CGM, OIL, will be
taking over the charge as Director (Operations),
Oil India Limited (OIL) on June 1, 2020. He will
succeed PK Sharma retiring this month.
33 BIHAR CADRE IAS OFFICERS
ON CENTRAL DEPUTATION
According to latest information, 33 IAS officers of
Bihar cadre are presently on central deputation.
Among them, five are Secretaries of different
ministry/department in GoI.
POWERGallery
‘Ensure rural...
maintain that the deci-
sion to remove lock-
down will be left on the
state governments, but
at a later stage.
Home Minister Amit
Shah, Defence Minister
Rajnath Singh and Fi-
nance Minister Nirmala
Sitharaman were also
present in the meeting.
The Prime Minister
said, “we have to ensure
that rural India remains
free from this crisis”.
Modi said that there is
“global recognition for
India’s success in han-
dling the COVID-19 pan-
demic.” He stated that
theGovernmentof India
appreciates the efforts
madebyallstategovern-
ments in this regard.
“Letusstaythecourseas
wemoveforwardtogeth-
er,” the Prime Minister
said.“Moreover,overthe
past few weeks, officials
have understood operat-
ing procedures in a time
such as this, right up to
the district level. Yester-
day again, Cabinet Sec-
retary briefed the Chief
Secretaries and Health
Secretaries on the cur-
rent situation and the
steps being taken by us,”
he added.
Before taking a con-
sidered view, Prime
Minister Modi said
“this time we decided to
invite all Chief Minis-
ters to speak.”
Maharashtra, Telan-
gana and West Bengal
governmentsalsosought
an extension of the coro-
navirus lockdown. Pun-
jab chief minister Ama-
rinder Singh suggested
that the coronavirus
lockdown be extended,
“but with a carefully
crafted strategy, backed
by fiscal and economic
empowerment of the
states, to save lives and
secure livehood.”
Tamil Nadu CM K Pal-
aniswami asked PM not
to resume passenger
trainservicesinthestate
till May 31. He also urged
him not to allow regular
air services. Chhattis-
garh CM Bhupesh Ba-
ghel, said state govern-
ments should get the
righttotakedecisionson
handlingof economicac-
tivities.WhileTelangana
CM K Chandrashekar
Rao too urged PM not to
resume the passenger
train services. West Ben-
gal Chief Minister Ma-
mata Banerjee lashed
out at the Centre for
“playing politics” over
the issue and opposed
the resumption of pas-
senger train services.
TOLL TALE...
Across the state, insti-
tutional quarantine fa-
cilities have been set up
in 31 districts.
In more bad news, a
95-year-old man in
Rajkot district
hanged himself. He
was reportedly de-
pressed since he has
not been able to ac-
cess bidis since lock-
down began.
Domestic flights...
which are commercially
moreviableascompared
to only shorter distance
flights that would be re-
stricted to green zones,
which are mostly tier II
and tier III cities.
The DGCA, on May 2,
had issued a circular to
extend the suspension
of domestic and inter-
national commercial
flight operations till
May 17. However, the
restriction has not been
applicable to interna-
tional all-cargo opera-
tions and flights specif-
ically approved by the
DGCA. The Ministry of
Home Affairs (MHA) on
May 1, had issued an or-
der to extend the ongo-
ing lockdown by two
more weeks from May 4
up to May 17. —ANI
Carry your...
on the Rajdhani routes,
from Delhi to all major
cities of the country.
Since the trains will
be operated amidst the
ongoing nationwide
lockdown, only passen-
gers with confirmed
e-ticketsshallbeallowed
to enter the station.
Themovementof pas-
sengers as well as that
of the driver of the vehi-
cle transporting them to
and from the railway
station shall be allowed
on the basis of the con-
firmed e-ticket, it said
Online cancellation
shall be permitted up to
24 hours before the
scheduled departure of
the train, but the cancel-
lation charge shall be 50
per cent of the fare.
The Railways said
there will be special
norms for air-condition-
ing inside the coaches
and temperatures will
be kept slightly higher
than the usual. Maxi-
mum supply of fresh air
will be ensured.
Bookings for reser-
vation in these trains
was to start at 4 pm on
Monday, but the Rail-
ways pushed it to 6pm
as the IRCTC website
did not open. These
tickets, officials said,
would have details of
the ‘dos and don’ts’ pas-
sengers need to follow
-- such as arriving at
the station at least 90
minutes in advance for
screening and other
coronavirus protocols,
mandatory use of
masks and the Aarogya
Setu mobile app. —ANI
FROM PG 1
New Delhi: After many
states amended labour
laws to restart econom-
ic activity in view of the
COVID-19 lockdown, the
Congress lashed out at
the state governments
and said that labourers
could not be subjected
to exploitation.
Congress former
President Rahul Gan-
dhi tweeted on Monday,
“Many states are
amending their labour
laws to help businesses
restart. While we are all
working together to bat-
tle the Coronavirus,
this battle can’t be an
excuse to trample on
human rights, allow un-
safe work spaces, ex-
ploit workers & silence
their voice. There can
be no compromise on
these fundamental
principles.”
The issue could lead
to another face-off be-
tween the government
and the opposition after
the migrant labourers
issue. The Uttar
Pradesh government on
May 8 had finalised an
ordinance suspending a
majority of the labour
laws in the state for
three years.
The state cabinet had
clearedtheUttarPradesh
Temporary Exemption
from Labour Laws Ordi-
nance, thereby suspend-
ing more than 30 labour
laws in the state.
CM Yogi Adityanath
had said recently that
Uttar Pradesh would
amend the labour laws
to attract new invest-
ments, especially from
China. According to
sources, there are more
than 40 kinds of labour
laws in the labour de-
partment, some of
which are now redun-
dant. About eight of
them are being retained
under the ordinance.
MP CM Shivraj Singh
Chouhan had an-
nounced wide-ranging
changes in labour laws
to stimulate economic
activity in the state. —ANI
‘Labourerscan’tbeexploited’The issue could lead to another face-off between the government and the opposition
New Delhi: Congress
welcomes Centre’s deci-
sion to restart opera-
tions of inter-state pas-
senger trains, same
“modest opening”
should be started with
road transport and air
transport, said Con-
gress leader and former
Union Finance Minis-
ter P Chidambaram.
Taking to Twitter, PC
wrote, “We welcome the
decision of the govern-
ment to cautiously start
operations of inter-
state passenger trains.
The same modest open-
ing should be started
with road transport and
air transport.” —ANI
‘Centre should
start road, air
transport too’
New Delhi: After la-
bour Laws were sus-
pended by the BJP Gov-
ernments in Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya
Pradesh and Gujarat,
the Congress said it is
shocking and heart-
breaking that at a time
when the entire nation
is dealing with an un-
precedented pandemic
which has dispropor-
tionately ravaged and
devastated the lives of
the poor, the Modi Gov-
ernment has taken this
as an opportunity to de-
prive the labourers of
their rights.
The Congress spokes-
person Shakti Singh Go-
hil alleged, “These laws
are in the Concurrent
List, no such suspen-
sion can take place
without the explicit ap-
proval of the Central
Government.”
The party has de-
manded that the Modi
Government should
deny any permissions
that strip workers of
their basic rights and
have the potential of
diminishing their live-
lihoods. The Congress
asked that the trade un-
ions be consulted be-
fore such an adverse
step is taken.
The labourers are al-
ready getting inhuman
treatment in the wake
of the hastily an-
nounced lockdown
which gave a barely
four-hour notice to mi-
grants. “This is shame-
ful & highlights the true
nature of this ‘’Suit-
Boot ki Sarkar.’’ Facto-
ries will end up becom-
ing ‘’sweat shops’’ and
forced labour camps,”
Gohil added. —ANI
Labour law amendment not
without Centre’s approval: Cong
New Delhi: As Indian
Railways will run15
pairs of passenger
trains with AC coaches
and limited stops from
May 12 amid the COV-
ID-19 lockdown, Union
Home Ministry Joint
Secretary Punya Salila
Srivastava on Monday
said that passengers
withconfirmede-tickets
don not need e-pass and
they will be allowed to
reach Railway Stations
without any hassle.
Ministry of Railways
has made it mandatory
for all passengers to
download and use the
Aarogya Setu applica-
tion. No Linen, blankets
and curtains shall be
provided inside the
train. Passengers will
have to carry their own
linen for the travel.
Addressing a press
conference here, Srivas-
tava said Railways will
operate passenger
trains from May 12 from
New Delhi to 15 stations
and MHA issued SOPs
under the Disaster
Management Act for
trains’ schedule and
booking confirmation
or cancellation.
“Passengerswithacon-
firmed e-ticket can come
to the Railway Station.
They do not need any e-
pass. They have to main-
tainsocialdistancingand
face masks are a must to
boardatrain.Onlyasymp-
tomatic patients will be
allowed to board trains.
Afterreachingtheirdesti-
nations, they have to fol-
low all health protocols
issued by the Health
Ministry in view of
COVID-19situation,”she
said. Cabinet Secy Rajiv
Gauba has requested
states & UTs to allow
movement of doctors,
paramedicalstaff,health
workers staff, as well as
provide them security,
Srivastava said. —ANI
‘No e-pass for those with tickets’
Railway personnel giving biscuits to the migrants in Mathura.
New Delhi: As India’s
COVID-19 count surges
to 67,152, Union Health
Ministry on Monday is-
sued a revised dis-
charge policy for
COIVD-19 patients un-
der which a person hav-
ing mild infection can
be discharged after 10
days of symptom onset
and if there is no fever
for three days. “As per
the revised policy, mild,
very mild, pre-sympto-
matic cases admitted to
COVID care facility can
be discharged after 10
days of symptom onset
and if there is no fever
for three days,” said Lav
Agarwal, Joint Secre-
tary, Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare,
during a press briefing
here on Monday.
“Discharge policy
has been changed be-
cause several countries
have changed their pol-
icy from test-based
strategy to symptom
and time-based strate-
gy. We have also
changed it based on
this,” said Agarwal. It
was not meant for home
or facility quarantine
patients, he said. —ANI
New discharge
policy for patients
New Delhi: Union Min-
ister Jitendra Singh
clarified that there is no
proposal
by the
gover n-
ment to
carry out
d e d u c -
tion in
the sala-
ry of its employees.
“Please ignore the fake
news being circulated in
a section of media.
There is no proposal by
the government to carry
out deduction in the sal-
ary of its employees,”
Singh tweeted.
Earlier, the Ministry
of Finance announced
to freeze the hike in DA
for the central govern-
ment employees. —ANI
‘No pay cuts
for Central
govt staff’
Many states are amending
their labour laws to help busi-
nesses restart.While we are all
working together to battle the Corona-
virus, this battle can’t be an excuse to
trample on human rights, allow un-
safe work places and silence their
voice.
—Rahul Gandhi, Congress Leader
TRAIN BOOKING
DIFFERENCES OVER TRAIN SERVICES
New Delhi:
MoHFW decided to
conduct a popula-
tion-based sero-
survey in select
districts across the
country, saying
there is a need to
establish system-
atic surveillance
for SARS-CoV-2 in-
fections across the
country. The Minis-
try said this sur-
veillance will be in
addition to routine
testing “Besides
facility-based sur-
veillance, ICMR/
NCDC is initiating
a population-based
sero-survey in se-
lected districts,” it
added. —ANI
Sero-survey
to be held in
select dists

TALKING POINTAHMEDABAD | TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2020
A
s global health systems
creak under the strain
of the coronavirus, a
new report shows there are not
enough nurses to meet global
development goals on health –
even without a global pandem-
ic.
The World Health Organiza-
tion (WHO) report, State of the
World’s Nursing, estimates
there was a global shortage of
5.9 million nurses in 2018, a
slight improvement from the 6.6
million shortage in 2016.
The report has been pub-
lished on World Health Day, an
annual event organized by
WHO, which this year is focused
on supporting nurses and mid-
wives, many of whom are serv-
ing on the frontlines of the
COVID-19 response.
“Nurses and health workers
are at the forefront of COV-
ID-19 response, working tire-
lessly to care for everyone’s
loved ones, even when their
own lives are at risk,” said Des-
sislava Dimitrova, Head of
Healthcare Transformation at
the World Economic Forum.
“As we clap daily to express our
appreciation for the health
workers around the globe, let
us not lose sight of the invest-
ments that they need to be
strong enough to ensure that
everyone, everywhere gets the
healthcare they need.”
“The nursing workforce is ex-
panding in size and profession-
al scope. However, the expan-
sion is not equitable, is insuffi-
cient to meet rising demand,
and is leaving some populations
behind,” the authors write.
They call for the creation of
at least 6 million new nursing
jobs by 2030, primarily in low-
and middle-income countries,
to achieve the global develop-
ment goals on health. Sustain-
able Development Goal 3 aims
to ensure healthy lives and pro-
mote well-being at all ages,
which includes the provision of
universal health coverage.
There are 27.9 million nurses
around the world, an increase
of 4.7 million between 2013 and
2018. Over 80% of those nurses
are found in countries that ac-
count for half of the world’s
population.
Low and lower middle-in-
come countries, where the
growth in the number of nurses
is barely keeping pace with pop-
ulation growth, are suffering
the most acute shortages. The
report estimates that these
countries need a further 5.3 mil-
lion nurses to meet their re-
quirements.
The report states that the to-
tal number of nurse graduates
would need to increase by 8%
per year on average, alongside
an improved capacity to employ
and retain these graduates, to
address the shortage by 2030 in
all countries.
As well as creating new nurs-
ing jobs, the report urges gov-
ernments to:
z invest in the massive accel-
eration of nursing educa-
tion to address global needs,
meet domestic demand, and
respond to changing tech-
nologies and new models of
integrated health and social
care;
z strengthen nurse leadership
to ensure that nurses have
an influential role in form-
ing health policy and deci-
sion-making, and contribute
to the effectiveness of health
and social care systems.
Countries should develop
workforce policies that take ac-
count of the fact that the nurs-
ing workforce is still predomi-
nantly female, the authors
write. Laws addressing the gen-
der pay gap must apply to both
the public sector and the pri-
vate sector, and encourage flex-
ible and manageable working
hours.
“[This report] comes as the
world witnesses unprecedented
political commitment to univer-
sal health coverage. At the same
time, our emergency prepared-
ness and response capacity is
being tested by the current
COVID-19 outbreak and mass
population displacement
caused by conflict. Nurses pro-
vide vital care in each of these
circumstances. Now, more than
ever, the world needs them
working to the full extent of
their education and training,”
says the report.
191 countries provided data
for the report, which was devel-
oped in partnership with the
International Council of Nurs-
es and the global Nursing Now
campaign.
FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE, KNOWN AS THE FOUNDER OF MODERN NURSING WAS BORN ON MAY 12, 1820 - MAKING 2020 THE 200TH
ANNIVERSARY OF HER BIRTH. NURSES PLAY AN EVER-DIVERSIFIED ROLE, ENTERING SPECIALTIES SUCH AS NURSE PRACTITIONERS
AND CASE MANAGERS, AND IN SETTINGS SUCH AS THE OPERATING ROOM, THE INTENSIVE-CARE UNIT AND THE HOME
COVID-19 REMINDS US OF THE
CRUCIAL ROLE NURSES PLAY
Nurses today are wag-
ing war worldwide
against COVID-19, a foe
as formidable as any in
recorded human history.
Under levels of duress
more likely to be felt in
a battle setting, nurses
are staffing hospitals
and clinics, pulling long
shifts, wrestling with
trauma and exhaustion,
and putting themselves
at risk of infection to
care for people in need.
The fact that nurses
are the most trusted pro-
fession is generally rec-
ognized. However, what
is often less recognized,
and what COVID-19 has
brought into sharp view,
is the ever-evolving,
ever-expanding role of
the nurse in the health-
care system—a trend
that is accelerating with
this pandemic.
“Patients feel that
they are listened to when
they talk to a nurse, and
that they are really cared
for — that’s one thing
we are able to do at the
bedside that physicians
often don’t have time to
do,” said Emma Mason,
a registered nurse who
works for MSD (known
as Merck & Co in the US
and Canada) who is now
volunteering in her local
hospital, specifically as
part of its COVID-19
response. “Right now,
visitation is so restricted
in hospitals, we’re hav-
ing to be the bridge that
connects the patient to
their family.”
It is fitting that in
a year in which the
important role nurses
play has come into sharp
focus, the World Health
Organization (WHO) has
designated 2020 the
Year of the Nurse and
the Midwife. Nursing is
the largest occupational
group in the healthcare
sector, accounting for
roughly 59% of health
professionals, accord-
ing to WHO. But that’s
not enough. There are
just under 28 million
nurses globally, about
5.9 million short of
what the world needs
to adequately care for
the growing population,
according to a recent
report.
The WHO will join its
partners in a year-long
celebration that advo-
cates further investment
in this workforce, while
educating the public
about the value nurses
bring and the challeng-
ing conditions they
often face.
Over the years, nurses
have contributed
to some of the world’s
most important public
health achievements.
They have enlisted and
pitched in during any
and all major crises, in-
cluding natural disasters
such as hurricanes and
floods – and, for that
matter, epidemics and
pandemics.
Globally, nurses are
widely credited with the
sustained mass immu-
nization campaign which
led to the eradication
of smallpox, the only
human disease ever to
achieve that distinction.
However, throughout
history, there have been
many other wars against
disease in which nurses
have supported similar
immunization cam-
paigns: against cholera,
diphtheria, measles,
mumps and rubella,
hepatitis A and B, and
H1N1, among many
others.
As with today, what
is so notable about
nurses is their historical
selflessness in their con-
tributions and the care
they give. For example,
in the series of yellow
fever pandemics from
the late 1700s through
the late 1800s in the US,
nurses rushed to the
scene to lend a hand, of-
ten fatally. Indeed, some
US nurses in 1901 vol-
unteered to be deliber-
ately infected with yellow
fever, in the end proving
that mosquitoes carried
the disease and making
effective prevention and
treatment possible.
That sense of selfless-
ness is embodied in
Florence Nightingale,
now known as the
founder of modern nurs-
ing, who was born on 12
May 1820 - making 2020
the 200th anniversary
of her birth. She came
from a wealthy family
and defied all traditions
of the time to become a
nurse and take care of
strangers. During the
Crimean War, she went
to the frontlines to de-
termine why the majority
of soldiers were dying.
Through her pioneering
use of medical statistics,
she was able to uncover
that the primary cause
of death of soldiers was
due to infection resulting
from unsanitary condi-
tions. From this, she
gained a platform that
led to a focus of national
attention on the field of
public health.
RECOGNIZE THE VARIED AND VITAL WORK NURSES DO HISTORICAL CONTRIBUTIONS
SOURCE: WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM CONCEPT: DIVYA HEMNANI DESIGN: ABHISHEK GUPTA
A graffiti representing a nurse by artist David. —PHOTO BY DENIS BALIBOUSE
Health-care workers enter a residential area of Mumbai to check on people living there during
lockdown to slow the spread of the coronavirus. —PHOTO BY FRANCIS MASCARENHAS
Medical staff wearing protective
gear walk in a residential area of
Amritsar to screen people during
the coronavirus outbreak.
—PHOTO BY NARINDER NANU
An IAF helicopter showers flower petals on medics to applaud them for their services, during the nationwide lockdown in the
wake of coronavirus in Bengaluru.
A medic checks the medical documents of a COVID-19 positive patient at a government
hospital during the ongoing nationwide lockdown, in New Delhi on Monday.

Today, on International Nurses
Day, let us take a moment to thank
each of these wonderful healthcare
workers who have nursed us back to health
earlier and now stand guard against Corona.
—Jagdeesh Chandra, CEO & Editor, First India
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Surat: Gujarat has of-
ten demonstrated that
where the government
fails, the civil society
moves in. When com-
plaints galore that ade-
quate food has not been
reaching the poor dur-
ing the continuing lock-
down, it just needed a
social media call by an
NGO in Surat to have as
many as 20,000-odd
women rustle up a “roti
bank” of sorts.
And what is it that
these women do? Just
prepare five rotis extra
when they cook at home
-- pure motherly in-
stinct. By now, more
have joined and they are
churning out a mind-
boggling 1.5 lakh rotis
day in and day out.
The initiative was
started by NGO, Surat
Manav Seva Sangh
‘Chhanyado (which
means a shade, a shel-
ter)’.Thesewomencook
therotisfor‘Chhanydo’,
which runs a commu-
nity kitchen in the city.
At Chhanydo’s commu-
nity kitchen, about 16
women make vegetable
curry and chilli pickle
and that the rotis col-
lected from the house-
holds are packed along
with it. The food pack-
ets are then distributed
to about 35,000 people
in different parts of the
city.
Says Bharat Shah,
President of NGO Chh-
anydo, “The toughest
job was to cook rotis and
we didn’t have enough
staff for the purpose. So,
I just posted a video ap-
pealing women to do-
nate five rotis each and
we started receiving
overwhelming response
from the housing socie-
ties.”
Majority of the food
packets are distributed
among the migrant
population in industri-
al areas including Var-
achhha, Pandesara,
Udhna. We also send
the food packets in the
villages of Olpad.”
DOUGH THE TOUGH TIMES: Women bake up a roti bank
National farmers’ association demands urgent rescue package; Guj growers are devastated as harvest lies waste
First India News
New Delhi: Federation
of All India Farmer As-
sociations (FAIFA),
which represents lakhs
of farmers and farm-
workers of commercial
crops across Gujarat
and several other states,
on Monday urged the
Centre to save the liveli-
hoods of those engaged
in tobacco farming as
the demand has fallen
as a result of prolonged
lockdowns.
FCV (Flue-Cured
Variety) tobacco
farming community
is undergoing severe
stress to sell their
harvest and also to
cope with mounting
labour and infra-
structure charges due
to interruption to
auctions due to the
lockdown. Nearly 130
million kg of Flue-
Cured tobacco worth
over Rs. 1700 crore is
waiting to be sold as
the tobacco auctions
are moving at snail’s
pace, causing quality
loss under prolonged
storage.
The Gujarat farmers,
whose tobacco produce
is used in the making of
beedis and other prod-
ucts, are struggling.
More than 330 million
kg of tobacco worth Rs
2,700 crore is lying in
the open fields as the
traders are not ready to
pick-up the produce be-
cause of a ban on sale
of tobacco products.
The rains are ex-
pected in the coming
days and if the gov-
ernment does not al-
low the sale of tobac-
co products both trad-
ers and farmers will
go bankrupt. In Guja-
rat, tobacco is pro-
duced in several dis-
tricts such as Anand,
Kheda, Vadodara,
Panchmahal, Banas-
kantha, and Sabar-
kantha.
The farmers have
also appealed for reduc-
ing taxation on ciga-
rettes to pre-GST levels
so that demand can be
restored for the domes-
tic legal cigarette indus-
try, which is already
reeling under penal
taxation after continu-
ous increases in excise
duties and compensa-
tion cess. Besides this,
the Indian Government
has removed tobacco
export incentives.
Javare Gowda, Pres-
ident, Federation of
All India Farmer As-
sociations (FAIFA),
said, “We request the
government to imme-
diately start the auc-
tions in all the tobacco
auction pla tforms.
The government
should also direct the
Tobacco Board and
other officials con-
cerned to coordinate
with FCV tobacco
manufacturers, ex-
porters and traders to
facilitate reasonable
prices (Pre-COVID
market prices) for FCV
tobacco produce.”
“As FCV tobacco
farmers’ are undergo-
ing severe financial cri-
sis, we request the Gov-
ernment of India to im-
mediately sanction a
compensation amount
of Rs 25,000 each to all
registered FCV tobacco
growers for their very
survival.”
LOCKDOWN SEQUELS LEAVE
TOBACCO FARMERS IN A HUFF
Tobacco farmers are in crisis owing to extended lockdown.
TOUGH STRUGGLE
‘Rupani-Patel tiff
has hit corona
efforts in Gujarat’
First India News
New Delhi: The Op-
position Congress
on Monday came
down heavily on the
Gujarat Govern-
ment for “compla-
cency” in tackling
the corona crisis in
Gujaratandclaimed
that this is the re-
sult of long-stand-
ing differences be-
tween Chief Minis-
ter Vijay Rupani
and Deputy Chief
Minister Nitin Pa-
tel, who also holds
the health portfolio.
Congress spokes-
person Shaktisinh
Gohil told media per-
sons here that, “Eve-
ryone knows what’s
going on between the
Chief Minister and
the Deputy Chief
Minister.”
Stating that
Ahmedabad is
among the worst-
affected cities and
the government is
not doing enough
to deal with it, Go-
hil said, “The Con-
gress doesn’t want
to play politics, but
to give constructive
suggestions.”
Earlier, Gujarat
Congress chief Amit
Chavda had alleged
that Covid-19 cases
spiked in the state be-
cause of the ‘Na-
maste Trump’ event
in Ahmedabad,
which has become a
Covid-19 hotspot
with 73 per cent
deaths in the state,”
he said.
AI brings 165
people from Manila
to Ahmedabad
First India News
Ahmedabad:: The sec-
ond Air India repa-
triation flight with
165 passengers on
Monday took off from
Manila for
Ahmedabad. “The 2nd
flight from Manila AI
1375 to Ahmedabad
took off with 165 pas-
sengers who thanked
PMO India, MEA In-
dia and Gujarat Govt.
Wishing passengers a
happy journey. Thank
you @DFAPHL and @
immigrationPH for
contribution to #Van-
deBharatMission,”
tweeted Embassy of
India there.
India began phased
repatriation of its citi-
zens stranded abroad
from May 7. The gov-
ernment had said that
Air India will operate
64 flights a week to
bring back around
15,000 Indians. An Air
India evacuation flight
from Philippines ar-
rived in Mumbai, said
External Affairs Minis-
ter S Jaishankar, earli-
er in the day.
Meanwhile, Embas-
sy of India, Bahrain
tweeted, “#VandeB-
haratMission Mis-
sion continues as In-
dian Nationals to be
repatriated to
Kozhikode collect
Boarding passes at
Bahrain Internation-
al Airport for Air In-
dia Flight IX 474.”
Train cancelled, miffed
migrants pelt stones
Mothers’ Day luck: Son finds missing mom
KhoobSURAT: World’s diamond hub
Antwerp opens, brings sparkle to GujFirst India News
Bhavnagar: The
Bhavnagar police had a
tough time on Monday
controlling migrant
workers of Nirma
Chemicals and cool off
tempers when they
turned violent and
pelted stones on com-
pany buses on knowing
that a special train for
Uttar Pradesh was can-
celled.
A train scheduled
from Bhavnagar for
Uttar Pradesh to take
the migrant workers
was canceled because
of non-availability of
train. When this
news reached the res-
idential area of Nir-
ma plant, the work-
ers started gathering
and started pelting
stones on company
buses and damaging
them.
Senior police offic-
ers rushed there and
controlled the situa-
tion.
District Superin-
tendent of Police Jai-
palsinh Rathod said a
police complaint has
been lodged against
the workers. He said
the situation was
cooled off through
dialogue with the
workers.
First India News
Vadodara: Between all
tears and fears created
by the corona crisis
also lie heart-rending
tales.
Take Tejas Thakkar,
who works in the tech-
nology sector and re-
sides in Vadodara, was
reunited with his
mother, who was miss-
ing for two years. And
that too on the eve of
Mothers’ Day.
Thakkar used to
live in Pune earlier,
and when he was
there, his mother,
Harsha Thakkar,
who has a mental ill-
ness and lost her
memory, had gone
missing. Tejas had
registered a com-
plaint, but it had no
results.
But, luck smiled on
him, when a few volun-
teers from Ekta Prat-
ishthan, an NGO, found
Harsha Thakkar in
Dombivali in Maha-
rashtra. The NGO
members were there
helping the street
dwellers, daily wage
workers, and the needy
with food packets when
they found her roam-
ing.
Although she could
not remember any-
thing, she was able to
provide her and her
son Tejas’s name and
had no clue where
she lived. The volun-
teers, Hasan Khan
and Bhaskar Gan-
gurde, could not get
her into a senior citi-
zen’s home. So Khan
took her to his own
home.
Samir Kundalikar
from Ekta Pratishthan
then informed the lo-
cal police station and
gave all the details.
The NGO members
then found Tejas Th-
akkar online, and that
did the trick.
First India News
Surat: After Hong
Kong, as many as 600
firms opened on Mon-
day at the world’s dia-
mond capital, Antwerp
in Belgium, bringing a
sparkle to the diamond
industry of Surat that
cuts and polishes 80 per
cent of gemstones ex-
ported from India.
Workers at the gems
and jewellery manufac-
turing units in Antwerp
have been instructed to
resume work maintain-
ing a distance of 15 me-
tres.
The supply of rough
diamonds from the
big diamond compa-
nies of Surat and
Mumbai, which had
stopped owing to the
lockdown, will now be
cleared. Surat has an
annual $6-billion
trade with Belgium.
Broker and courier
services for Antwerp
also started on Mon-
day. Imports of pol-
ished diamonds fell 73
per cent in March, ac-
cording to data from
the Antwerp World
Diamond Center.
Rough exports fell
51.3 per cent.
Now that the gems
and jewellery industry
has started in Hong
Kong and Switzerland,
activity has also in-
creasedinAntwerp.The
Singapore Government
has also decided to allow
trading in gems and jew-
ellery from June 1.
Dinesh Navadia, re-
gional chairman,
Gems and Jewellery
Exports Promotion
Council, said, “The old
stock would now be
cleared and the bur-
den on the diamond
industry will be re-
moved by the time the
lockdown opens in In-
dia. Rough diamonds
mostly come to Surat
from Belgium and
Dubai. The opening of
the Belgian market
will bring positives
vibe to the industry”.
Surat diamond units see light at
the end of the tunnel.
NGO Chhanydo’s initiative created a “roti revolution” in Surat.
The tough-
est job was
to cook rotis
and we didn’t have
enough staff for the
purpose. So, I just
posted a video ap-
pealing to women to
donate five rotis each
and we started re-
ceiving overwhelm-
ing response from
the housing societies.
—Bharat Shah, President of
NGO ‘Chhanydo
AICC spokesperson
Shaktisinh Gohil addressing
media in New Delhi on
Monday.

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DURING LOCKDOWN A LOT OF US HAVE GONE DOWN
THE MEMORY LANE VIA MOVIES AND REVISITED THE
OLD AND GOLDEN ERA OF FILMSTARS. CITY FIRST
EXPLORES TWO OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMEN
OF HOLLYWOOD AND BOLLYWOOD!
THE MYSTERIOUS
M FACTOR!
adhubala and
Marilyn Monore
had more in com-
mon than just
their breath-tak-
ing ethereal beau-
ty, they both had
the same charm which
reached out and left a sigh
in the heart along with a
twinkle in the eye, of the
viewer. Look at their
smiles, the head thrown
back, the sheer abandon-
ment and the glow, you
will see an uncanny simi-
larity.
Both the actresses are
remembered for their
beauty more than their
acting, they wanted to be
taken as serious actresses
but it was always their
face which was in demand.
Madhubala did prove her
versatility as an actress
but Monroe’s desire for
meaningful films re-
mained unfulfilled as her
films mostly established
her as a nothing more
than a ‘beautiful blonde’.
They both were in the
news because of the men
in their lives and in fact,
these affairs later inspired
filmmakers to make mov-
ies on these themes and My
Week With Marilyn and
Khoya Khoya Chand, based
on Marilyn and Madhuba-
la’s life hit the screens.
Marilyn and Madhubala
both extensively made
news because of their al-
leged affairs. In fact, these
affairs later inspired film-
makers to make movies on
these themes and films
like- My Week With Mari-
lyn and Khoya Khoya
Chand.
But the fact remains
that both of them had
such lives that they were
far more dramatic than
any film they had worked
in. The tragic love affairs,
the aura of unhappiness
that surrounded them, ill
health, poverty, the rise to
stardom- their lives were a
script for any superhit.
Both of them came from
poor family backgrounds
and became extremely suc-
cessful film stars and sup-
ported their families. They
both had short careers and
a search for the perfect
love dogged their life. They
died young, bearing names
they made so famous that
no one remembers their
real names any longer.
Their popularity crossed
the borders of their nation
and both have postage
stamps featuring them.
Marilyn and Madhuba-
la, both died at 36 years, at
the peak of their beauty
forever frozen in the
dreams of lakhs, yester-
day, today and tomorrow.
Today, regardless of gen-
eration they remain as
poster girls, on trivia and
many a pillow.
Goddesses of beauty,
that’s what they were!
RUCHIKA SODHI
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
M
THE MYSTERIOUS
M FACTOR!
THE MYSTERIOUS
M FACTOR!

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BARKHA SINGH, Actress
YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You may be travelling a lot
in coming time. You will get
a lump sum amount of
money which was due for
long time. You will do what best for
your children even if that involves a
bit of strictness. On romantic front,
your heart may be saying one thing
and mind something else.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
You are full of hight spirit
and ready to conquer the
world but you must be able
to feel the same way for
long time, this shouldn’t be a mere
temporary excitement. You will
undertake the toughest job at work
which other refuse to take in order to
get your superiors on your side.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
Your company will give
reward and this will boost
your morale to work even
harder. On work front, sky
is the limit for you. You may travel
abroad for an official trip. If people
are misbehaving or doing wrong to
you then its their karma, you must
not dare and cause any bad karma.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
You are wealthy but the real
wealth is how much love
and affection you have for
others to offer. Take care of
yourself and prepare in advance if you
are going on a long journey. Be true to
yourself and to others as relationships
are very fragile, once broken can never
be the same again.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
You will soon find a
business partner who will
change your life for the
good. Except your spouse
you must not reply on anyone for
money. Your kid will make you
proud. Do things to bring excitement
and fun in your life. You may have to
adjust for sometime in current job.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Keep both your ears and
eyes open before investing
your money in some
scheme. Your business
needs some creativity or some other
kind of change. You will shine bright in
office today. Your spouse will express
sincere gratitude to you in a special
way today. Don’t spoil your health.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
You will implement your
ideas when it comes to
decoration on home front.
Be wise with money,
spending on things that are not
important is a sheer waste. Plan your
date keeping little little things in mind
to make your partner happy and
show them your love for them.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Dont trust anyone blindly
when it comes to taking
business decisions as you
and only you knows what
best for you. Your family is panning a
surprise for you. Your mother does
for you things which no one can and
you two share a very special bond.
Don’t get pushed to do things.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Your colleagues will help
you ease down your
burden at work. Overkilling
on financial front can burn
your fingers so you must knows
about the limits. When it comes to
your studies you must invest your
majority of time in revising. You may
need someone today emotionally.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
Do not take too much
tension for things that are
beyond your control. On
family front, you will do
everything in your capacity to make
things right no matter how tough it
is. Be careful of what you speak and
in front of whom you speak. Take
your spouse for a romantic evening.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
You are regular with your
fitness plans and you are
desperate to have a good
body. A huge monetary
benefit will come to you when you
are not expecting anything at all.
Keep making good deeds and a lot of
goodness will come back to you.
Your spouse may be a little upset.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Keep control on your
emotions and take a stand
against wrong even if it is
someone elder. You have
lot of money to fulfil your desires. Its
alright to accept your mistake if you
decide to learn from them. You are
dying to spend time with your lover
as you have been a bit away.
JOGARAM HONOURS
THE CM’S WORDS!
‘NOBODY WILL SLEEP HUNGRY’
istrict adminis-
tration of
Jaipur complet-
ed its 50 days of
ensuring two
square of meals
to the poor, needy, destitute
and the migrant workers un-
der the able guidance of Col-
lector Jogaram.
It all started with 1000-
1200 food packets on 23
March which continues
with numbers swelling to
lakhs. District administra-
tion with cooperation from
other govt department em-
ployees and various organi-
zations is working tirelessly
to make CM Ashok Gehlot’s
vision of ‘Nobody will sleep
hungry’ true on the ground.
Collector Jogaram says that
the challenges due to Cov-
id-19 were new to the admin-
istration but the biggest
challenge was to ensure
food delivery to the needy
keeping the medical aspect
at the fore. There was one
front where dry ration &
PDS material was distrib-
uted but on the other hand,
the administration was to
quickly & accurately ana-
lyse & deliver cooked food as
per demand on the ground.
The task of preparing food
in such large quantities,
transport it and deliver it
was both labour & time in-
tensive. Initially, the food
was prepared at 13 Rein Ba-
sera and 20 Akshay Patra
locations but soon the de-
mand grew.
It was here that a team un-
der JMC commissioner VP
Singh was constituted in
which the Jaipur Smart City
Project CEO Lokbandhu and
his team pulled their socks
for the herculean task. They
not only ensured timely food
preparation & distribution
while following social dis-
tancing but also found rem-
edies to bottlenecks in the
system immediately main-
tain the quality of the food.
Additional collector (II)
Purushottam Sharma de-
signed the structure of food
preparation & distribution,
DSO Kanisk Saini brought
in cooperation of various or-
ganizations and the District
Collectorate Employees Un-
ion President Amit Jaiman
& Gen. Secretary Pradeep
Rathore ensured that the
whole system worked non-
stop. Civil Defence team un-
der deputy controller Jag-
dish Rawat ensured their
role was perfect.
Collector Dr Jogaram ac-
cepts without hesitation
that the whole system would
have collapsed without the
active support of dedicated
officers and personnel. Tah-
sildar Narendra Jain & Bal-
beer Singh, XEN Smart City
Ajay Kumar Sindhu became
an important part of the
food distribution system. Dr
Jogaram can’t stop praising
his dedicated team of 600
which includes teachers,
BLO, Civil Defence Volun-
teers apart from administra-
tion and Smart City person-
nel who have been tirelessly
working since 23 March
every day from 7 am to 11 pm
without any leave. The team
has lived the CM Gehlot’s
motto in spite of curfew in
the walled city area follow-
ing all guidelines of the
health department.
Smart City CEO Lok-
bandhu informed that the
information regarding the
needy persons is collected
through the control room
at the collectorate, war
room, BLO surveys, mobile
phones of district officers.
Calls from other states and
distress calls. As soon as
the information id received
the nearest of the 53 distri-
bution center is informed
which ensures quick deliv-
ery. An attempt is also
made to give compliance to
the informant. Lokbandhu
said that since it was food-
related issue so every effort
to maintain the quality of
the food prepared is made.
All food ingredients like
flour, oil and spices used
are Agmarked and the food
is very often checked by the
officials themselves. Regu-
lar inspections and sam-
pling is a routine to ensure
quality.
Apart from serving the
needy in Jaipur officers
have also ensured that the
thousands of migrant work-
ers arriving & leaving via
trains too are served. All de-
partingworkersfromJaipur
are given packed food for the
way. Whenever there was
any requirement from any
hospital, field office or la-
bour camps the food deliv-
ery was ensured.
When CM Ashok Gehlot
made an appeal for help,
many NGOs and private or-
ganizations started the food
service but there was du-
plicity of efforts so the dis-
trict administration got all
under one umbrella and 150
organizations like Jain
Terapanthi, Kuhad Trust,
Radhaswami Satsang, Jain
Rasoi, Akshay Patra, Heer-
awla Industrial association,
Sitapura industrial associa-
tion, etc joined hands. Dis-
trict administration en-
sured legalities like permis-
sions, passes, conveyance,
etc didn’t act as a barrier for
them. The District adminis-
tration team used an App to
monitor and fulfill the food
demand which arose sud-
denly. The team has pledged
to continue until the crisis
is over.
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mid lockdown, television actress Karishma
Tanna says she wants to get ready for events and
wear make-up. Karishma took to Instagram,
where she shared a beautiful black and white
photograph of herself.
“I want to get ready for events.. I want to wear
Indian clothes.. I wanna wear make-up.. I wanna
do my hair... Just being positive. It will all fall in place
one day! Stay strong. Stay sane,” she captioned the image.
Karishma recently got operated for an ingrown nail
amid the nationwide lockdown. She even did the invert-
ed yoga pose with her injured foot taking the help of a
wall. On the work front, the actress, who is known
for her roles in TV shows like ‘Naagin’, ‘Kyunki
Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi’, ‘Naagar-
juna: Ek Yodha’ and ‘Qayamat Ki
Raat’, is currently part of
the action reality show
‘Fear Factor: Khatron Ke
Khiladi 10’ (KKK 10),
which has been shot in
Bulgaria. —IANS
‘Want to get ready’
A
J
acqueline Fernandez has
stumbled upon life-alter-
ing realisations amid the
ongoing lockdown due to
the coronavirus pandemic. The
actress says she has realised that
life is too short, and it is impor-
tant to make the most of the time
we have in our hands.
“Honestly, the biggest lesson
has been that when it comes to
humankind we are pretty irrel-
evant, which means that we are
extremely blessed to be on this
planet because the planet would
go on with us or without us.
So, we have to be
grateful and
give back.
T h at ’s
the re-
alisation
-- we take
Earth for granted,” Jacqueline
said, while reflecting upon how
the lockdown has been a learn-
ing period for her.
“(Another lesson is that) life is
short. We need to be doing things
that we enjoy doing and love. We
should be spending time with the
people we love because you are
her one day and gone the next.
We really have to make the most
out of life. It is such a lesson.
These are the two main things I
have realised during this peri-
od,” added the actress, who is
spending her lockdown with su-
perstar Salman Khan and others
at his farmhouse in Panvel.
Amid the shutdown, she is
making the most of her time by
enjoying moments, evident in
her recent Instagram posts.
—IANS
Life is short!
UP IN THE SKY!
A
s the country remains
under lockdown, actor
Sonam Kapoor Ahuja
on Monday expressed
her desire to be able to fly in the
sky. The 34-year-old actor post-
ed a picture of herself wearing
a white coloured flared gown.
In the picture, Ahuja is seen
in standing with both her
hands in the air just like she is
attempting to fly. Expressing
her desire to fly, the ‘Delhi 6’ ac-
tor wrote in the caption, “I
want to fly out into the sky.”
The ‘Veere Di Wedding’ actor
is living in her South-Delhi
based house and is staying in-
side ever since the coronavirus
induced lockdown was im-
posed. —ANI
M
odel Hailey Bieber is
very much into skincare
and is helping her hus-
band, pop singer Justin
Bieber, with his acne breakout
problems. “Justin has really really
really nice skin naturally. Over the
last two years he has been strug-
gling with ... adult onset acne
breakouts. I’m super into skin-
care, especially because we’ve had
a lot of time in this quarantine. I
told him that by the time we exit
this quarantine he is going to have
glowing perfect skin so we are go-
ing to work on that,” Hailey said
during their Facebook series titled
‘The Biebers on Watch’. —IANS
Biebers on
watch!
A
ctress Reese Witherspoon
says she wants singer-actress
Jennifer Lopez and rapper Ice
Cube to join the team of ‘Big
Little Lies’ in season three. During an
Instagram Live with co-star Laura
Dern, the actors joked about the rap-
per joining the cast. “Ice Cube should
be in ‘Big Little Lies 3’,” Witherspoon
said, with Dern responding: “’Hello?
Obviously!’”Witherspoonthenasked:
“It would be really fun to hear who
out there who do you guys want to be
in Big Little Lies 3?” To which, Dern
added: “Who would be your dream
new character to arrive in the world
of the Monterey Five?” —IANS
A NEW WORLD!
T
he announcement of Ama-
zon Prime Video’s upcom-
ing original Paatal Lok has
been making waves all
across. The most awaited series
will be streaming from 15 May,
where Jaideep Ahlawat is playing
the lead role as Hathiram Chaud-
hary. Creator of the show, Sudip
Sharma tells us how Jaideep was
his first choice for the role. He
shares, “I was confident that I
wanted Jaideep to play the lead
role in Paatal Lok. I have never
worked with him before, but have
always admired the effort he
brings on screen. I was aware that
Jaideep is from Haryana and
could bring that authenticity to
the role.” —Agency
Big Little Lies!
Karishma Tanna;
(inset) Her Instagram post
Reese Witherspoon
Justin and Hailey Bieber
Sonam K Ahuja
Poster of ‘Paatal Lok’
Jacqueline Fernandez
... her Instagram post

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