First india ahmedabad edition-24 may 2020

LIFTING
SPIRITS
Red balloons dotting the landscape of Myanmar’s
ancient city of Bagan, a World Heritage site, look
stunning and transpire us into an altogether different
world. This incredible scene was captured by
photographer Stefano Tomassetti while showcasing
the Earth’s beauty during Coronavirus-induced
lockdown, when humans have taken a backseat!
IVANKA HAILS GIRL WHO
CYCLED 1200 KM HOME!
Bihar: Jyoti Kumari, 15, who cycled
with her wounded father from
Gurugram to Darbhanga covering
over 1,200 km over 7 days, has
proved that “where there is a will
there’s a way”. Her feat has not
just caught the attention of Cycling
Federation of India but also of Ivanka
Trump, US President’s daughter. P5
INDIA’S CASES CROSS
1.25 LAKH MARK
New Delhi: India saw biggest rise
in corona cases in last 24 hrs at
6,654 with the total count going
up to over 1.25 lakh on Saturday.
The total number of deaths due to
COVID-19 has gone up to 3,720
with 137 persons succumbing to
disease in the last 24 hours. P5
WEST BENGAL CALLS
FOR ARMY SUPPORT
Kolkata: West Bengal government
has called for Army support, while
NDRF and SDRF teams are already
working, for the restoration of
infrastructure and essential services
after Cyclone Amphan wreaked havoc
in the state. State Home Department
said most essential services are
being restored fast. P5
New Delhi: The Rail-
ways has ferried around
32 lakh migrant work-
ers on board 2,570 Shra-
mik Special trains since
May 1, according to of-
ficial data. The Shramik
Special trains are being
operated primarily on
the requests of the
states which want to
send the migrant work-
ers to their home states.
Railways is bearing 85%
of the total cost of run-
ning each of the trains
while the rest is being
borne by the states.
Meanwhile,WestBen-
gal has written to Rail-
way Ministry request-
ing it not to send special
trains to the state till
May 26. The state gov-
ernment said that since
the district administra-
tion was involved in the
relief andrehabilitation
works in the wake of the
cyclone Amphan, it
won’t be able to receive
the special trains for the
next few days. Rajiv Sin-
ha, Chief Secretary of
West Bengal said in his
letter to Chairman of
Indian Railway Board.
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Rlys helped
32 lakh
migrants
reach home! New Delhi: Chinese
military is fast increas-
ing its troops in areas
around Pangong Tso
lake and Galwan Valley
along the Line of Actu-
al Control in Ladakh,
sending a clear signal
that it was not ready to
end its confrontation
with the Indian Army
anytime soon, people
familiar with the situa-
tion in the disputed re-
gion said.
The Chinese side has
particularly bolstered
its presence in the Gal-
wan Valley, erecting
around 100 tents in the
last two weeks and
bringing in machinery
for possible construc-
tion of bunkers, not-
withstanding the stiff
protest by Indian
troops, they said.
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China brings
more troops
into LadakhCorona to decide future
fiscal policy action: FM
New Delhi: A day after
the RBI projected eco-
nomic contraction in
2020-21, Finance Minis-
terNirmalaSitharaman
on Saturday said future
fiscal policy actions to
stimulate the economy
will depend on how
COVID-19 pandemic
pans out. The govern-
ment has already an-
nounced a Rs 20.97 lakh
croreeconomicpackage,
which includes Reserve
Bank’sRs8.01lakhcrore
worth of liquidity meas-
ures till May 17.
Sitharaman said
making a “realistic as-
sessment” of economic
growth would be diffi-
cult at this point of time
as there is no clarity on
when the pandemic
would retreat.
“I’m not closing the
door at all. I want to
keepgettinginputsfrom
industry, implement
what we have an-
nounced and depending
on how things pan out
we have to respond ac-
cordingly. We are only
2-month old in this year,
we have 10 months to
go,” Sitharaman said in
a conversation with BJP
leader Nalin Kohli.
The Reserve Bank on
Friday had said the im-
pact of COVID-19 is
more severe than antici-
pated and Turn on P6
ECONOMY AFTER COVID-19
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman
Come Aug, India to
open up global skies
Aditi Nagar
New Delhi: As India re-
sumes domestic flight
services from May 25, as
part of Centre’s gradual
rebootof airtravel,plans
areafoottore-startinter-
national flights before
August amidst the coro-
navirus pandemic, said
Civil Aviation Minister
Hardeep Singh Puri on
Saturday,threedaysafter
announcing resumption
of domestic flights.
India will try to re-
start a good percentage
of international pas-
senger flights, he said.
The minister, while
addressing a Facebook
Live session, clarified
again that Aarogya Setu
appisnotmandatoryfor
air passengers and they
can instead give a self-
declaration form. Puri
said during the session,
“I can’t put a date on it
(restarting internation-
al flights). But if some-
body says can it be done
by August or Septem-
ber? My response is why
notearlierdependingon
what is the situation.”
When asked about the
minister’s announce-
ment on resuming in-
ternational services,
Vistara said it will await
instructions and guide-
lines from Turn on P6
Passenger flights parked at Indira Gandhi International Airport after the government eased
coronavirus lockdown with some restrictions, in New Delhi on Friday. —PHOTO BY ANI
23,000 INDIANS
REPATRIATED
New Delhi: Between 7
May and 21 May, around
23,000 Indians have
been repatriated through
flights operated by Air
India and its subsidiary
Air India Express under
this mission. Passengers
have to pay money
to book a seat on any
repatriation flight being
operated under the
Vande Bharat Mission.
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GUJARAT
829
DEATHS
13,669
CONFIRMED CASES
INDIA
1,31,385
CONFIRMED CASES
3,868
DEATHS
WORLD
3,42,396
DEATHS
53,69,388
CONFIRMED CASES
With 10,000+ cases, A’bad casts shadow on state’s ‘recovery’
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: With
10,001 of the state’s
total of 13,669 posi-
tive cases of COV-
ID-19, Ahmedabad ac-
counts for 73% of all
the cases in the state.
If that wasn’t bad
enough, the city also
has 5,468, or 82%, of
the state’s 6,671 ac-
tive cases. This data
comes at a time when
the government
seems to be patting
itself on the back for
its “recovery rate”--
which should, in fact,
be called the “dis-
charge rate”.
Saturday brought 396
new cases in 19 dis-
tricts. Morbi, which
was in the green zone
with no active cases as
of Friday, is now back
in the orange zone with
one case.
As of Saturday, the
state has 13,669 total
cases and a death toll
of 829, while 6,169 pa-
tients have been dis-
charged.
In the past 24 hours
alone, Ahmedabad has
recorded 277 cases and
24 patient deaths. With
this, the city’s death toll
is now at 669. The city
has seen 3,864 patients
being discharged but
continues to top the list
of active cases.
Worryingly, state-
run hospitals are run-
ning out of ventila-
tors even as the num-
ber of critical pa-
tients continues to
rise. On May 01, the
state had 36 critical
patients on ventila-
tors. On Saturday, it
had73, 10 more than
the 63 on Friday.
Whether or not the
government admits, or
even sees it, allowing
inter-district travel
has led to a rise in cas-
es, especially in dis-
tricts which previous-
ly reported much
smaller numbers.
For example, Juna-
gadh has reported
eight new cases in a
single day. It is not
alone. Gir-Somnath
reported six, and
Gandhinagar, nine,
in 24 hours. Suren-
dranagar had just
one case at the begin-
ning of this month. It
now has 23 cases. Ju-
nagadh now has 26,
Mahisagar has 79,
and Aravalli, Anand,
and Mehsana will
soon have more than
100 cases each.
Turn on P6Staffers at SVP Hospital sanitizing the COVID-19 isolation ward in anticipation of more patients.
n State sees 396 positive cases, 27 deaths
and 289 discharged in 24 hours
n Tally now 13,669 cases with 829 dead
and 6,169 discharged
—PHOTOBYHANIFSINDHI

Haresh Jhala
Ahmedabad: With ma-
jority of cooperative
banks not in the mood to
give out loans without
guarantee, the Atma
Nirbhar Gujarat relief
package seems to be in
doldrums. The banks are
insisting that either the
state government be-
comes a guarantor for
loans or people seeking
loans bring in two guar-
antors.
“After the state gov-
ernment did not take
into consideration the
suggestions of coopera-
tive banks, we have
now made it clear that
if the state wants to an-
nounce a package on
the lines of the Central
Government’s relief
package for MSMEs,
then it has to be the
guarantor too. But, the
state refused to claim
the position of guaran-
tor,” claimed Mukesh
Gajjar, president of
South Gujarat Coopera-
tive Bank Association.
He added, “We had also
provided the state with
another option, accord-
ing to which, the govern-
ment would have to de-
posit the subsidy amount
it wishes to grant to bor-
rowers with the banks. If
any of the borrowers had
any EMI lapses, they
would be adjusted from
the deposited amount.
But, the government did
not approve this proposi-
tion too.” “Another un-
derlying issue is the six
months moratorium
from repaying EMIs
that is in conflict with
the RBI rule, according
to which, if a borrower
lapses on their EMI for
three consecutive
months, their account
becomes a non-per-
forming account. We
also cannot go against
one of the most funda-
mental banking princi-
ples, by giving loans
without guarantee. It
would mean cheating
our depositors when
they put their hard-
earned money in
banks. We don’t want
to burn our depositors’
money,” stated Gajjar.
On May 15, CM Vijay
Rupani had announced
the Atma Nirbhar Gujarat
relief package for small
businesses, which would
allow them to borrow up
to one lakh rupees from
cooperative banks. They
would liable to repay 2%
of the amount and the gov-
ernment would pitch in to
repay 6% interest.
USA 1,655,670 98,145 +498
BRAZIL 340,837 21,678 +630
RUSSIA 335,882 3,388 +139
SPAIN 281,904 28,678 +50
UK 257,154 36,675 +282
ITALY 229,327 32,735 +119
FRANCE 182,219 28,289 +58
GERMANY 179,768 8,354 +2
TURKEY 155,686 4,308 +32
IRAN 133,521 7,359 +59
CANADA 82,892 6,277 +27
S ARABIA 70,161 379 +15
CHILE 65,393 673 +43
MEXICO 62,527 6,989 +479
BELGIUM 56,810 9,237 +25
COUNTRY TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
GLOBAL STATE
OF AFFAIRS
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UNDER EXAMINATION
1,78,068
1,64,399
IN GUJARAT
DISTRICT TOTAL TOTAL NEW
CASES DEATHS DEATHS
AHMEDABAD 10001 669 24
VADODARA 806 35 0
SURAT 1285 60 3
RAJKOT 87 2 0
BHAVNAGAR 114 8 0
ANAND 90 9 0
BHARUCH 37 3 0
GANDHINAGAR 201 10 0
PATAN 71 4 0
PANCHMANHAL 71 6 0
BANASKANTHA 99 4 0
NARMADA 13 0 0
CHOTA UDEPUR 22 0 0
KUTCH 64 1 0
MAHESANA 99 4 0
BOTAD 53 1 0
DAHOD 32 0 0
PORBANDAR 6 0 0
JAMNAGAR 46 2 0
MORBI 3 0 0
SABARKANTHA 63 3 0
ARAVALLI 98 3 0
MAHISAGAR 79 1 0
KHEDA 59 3 0
GIR SOMNATH 44 0 0
VALSAD 18 1 0
TAPI 6 0 0
NAVSARI 15 0 0
DANG 2 0 0
SURENDRANAGAR 23 0 0
DWARKA 12 0 0
JUNAGADH 26 0 0
AMRELI 2 0 0
OTHER STATES 5 0 0
TOTAL 13669 829 27
First India Bureau
Gandhinagar: Chief
Minister Vijay Rupani’s
decision to relax lock-
down norms for industri-
alunitsisgarneringgood
response. Till date, three
lakh units have started
operations, giving jobs to
25 lakh workers and thus
making way to bring the
economy back on track.
Rupani has also de-
cided to fill 25 water
reservoirs, 120 lakes
and 400 check dams in
Saurashtra using ex-
cess water from the
Narmada under the
Saurashtra-Narmada
Avtaran Irrigation Yo-
jana (SAUNI) scheme.
Under the project,
about 4,000 million cu-
bic feet of water will be
carried to Saurashtra,
where it will help in
meeting the drinking-
water and irrigation
requirements for the
summer season.
Meanwhile, Informa-
tion and Broadcasting
Secretary, and Secretary
to the Chief Minister,
Ashwani Kumar said
here that, since April 20,
three lakh industrial
units have returned to
production giving jobs to
25 lakh workers. Some
7,500megawattsof energy
is being consumed daily;
this is 82% of the usual
consumption, indicating
that the economy is get-
ting back on track.
The state govern-
ment has also started
constructionanddevel-
opment projects; 834
government construc-
tionprojectsareunder-
way in eight municipal
corporationsgivingjob
opportunities to 26,000
workers. As many as
264 private construc-
tion projects, employ-
ing 21,727 workers, are
also in progress in
these corporation limit
areas.
With industrial activi-
ties allowed within the
city limit areas of Juna-
gadh, Jamnagar since
May 03, 156 units have
been able to resume op-
erations. Industrial units
have started production
in Rajkot city limit areas
from May 14.
Now, with permis-
sion being granted for
milk collection from 7
am to 7 pm, the dairy
sector will be able to
procure and transport
milk from villages to
the dairy headquarters
more easily.
“Let us live with Coro-
na,” the Corona Warrior
campaign launched by
Rupani has received a
very good response. Spir-
itual leader Morari Bapu
andauthorGunvantShah
have shared their views
on it. On Saturday, music
composer duo Sachin-Ji-
garwillsharetheirviews
on it as well.
Rupani reprieve: 3L units reopen, 25L back on job
Chief Minister Vijay Rupani. —FILE PHOTO
525 Saurashtra water bodies to be
filled under SAUNI to meet
drinking water, irrigation needs
Cooperative banks in no mood to play
ball, say no guarantee means no loan
LOAN EXPOSURE
Each borrower will have to present two guarantors for a loan,
banks cannot take such a risk with so much money involved.
—Nitin Patel, Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister
The government is interested in making headlines and not in
helping people. Rather than actually handing money to the
needy, the state is busy asking people to stand in queues. To get
a loan under Aatma Nirbhar, RBI guidelines say that only 20% non-
members can get loans. Why is the government not finding other ways
to help?
—Shaktisinh Gohil, Senior Congress leader
Ours is a loss making
bank. And, without the
RBI’s permission we
cannot incur any expenditure for
the bank by giving out non-
farming loans. There is no two
ways about it.
—Hardevsinh Parmar, Chairman,
Surendranagar District Cooperative Bank Ltd
Our general board will
meet on May 30 and
take a decision on wheth-
er to extend the loan under the
Atma Nirbhar Gujarat relief
package or not.
—Dheerubhai Chavda,
Chairman, The Kaira District Central
Cooperative Bank Ltd
A large number of people queue up outside the district co-operative bank in
Ahmedabad’s Behrampura area to get forms for loans under the Gujarat
government’s Atmanirbhar Gujarat Sahay Yojna.—PHOTOS BY HANIF SINDHI
Anita Hada
New Delhi: During
Congress President So-
nia Gandhi’s VC with
top opposition leaders
of the country on Coro-
na crisis on Friday, eve-
ry top opposition leader
was curiously watching
the role of a silent spec-
tator and Sonia’s princi-
pal aide, Ahmed Patel,
who is a familiar face
among almost all oppo-
sition giants because of
his key role in forging
political and pre-poll al-
liances during the last
thirty years, on behalf
of the party high com-
mand. According to
sources, Ahmed Bhai
carefully listened to the
views of his mentor, the
lady Congress President
Mrs Gandhi and a few
other opposition lead-
ers, also made some
brief notes but appar-
ently kept quiet.
In fact one should
learn the art of being a
‘silent performer’ from
Ahmed Bhai. Even dur-
ing a recent Congress
buses UP payment crisis,
as the party treasurer,
Patel ensured the timely
payment of all Priyanka
sponsored buses from
AICC coffers and no fi-
nancial responsibility
was left either for the
Chief Minister or to the
PCC Chief at Jaipur.
Therefore, someone has
rightly said that Ahmed
Bhai is the man of all
seasons.
A powerful but a silent spectator!
Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Sri Lanka’s president Gotabaya
Rajapaksa. —FILE PHOTO

GUJARATAHMEDABAD | SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020
SMC, Shikshan Samiti
notices to 400 teachers
SVP ‘regrets’ human error that led to
mistakenly discharging +ve person
First India Bureau
Surat: The Surat Mu-
nicipal Corporation
(SMC) and the Surat
Shikshan Samiti have
issued notices to more
than 400 teachers for
shirking their COV-
ID-19 duties.
Teachers of the Na-
gar Prathmik Shikshan
Samiti were assigned
tasks pertaining to the
relief efforts of the out-
break which they were
supposed to be dis-
charging along with
staffers from SMC. But,
due to the negligence of
teachers from the Sami-
ti, there were operation
delays reported.
All teachers had also
been given clear orders
to not leave Surat. How-
ever, a few teachers
chose to ignore the or-
der. A few reportedly
left the city, while oth-
ers who did stay back
did not report for duty.
More than 400 such
teachers have been
identified by the SMC
and the Samiti, and is-
sued notices seeking an
explanation for their
truancy.
RahulGavhane,presi-
dent of the Surat Shik-
shan Samiti Teacher’s
Association (SSSTA),
said, “We had ordered
teachers to cooperate
and collaborate with
municipal workers and
to discharge corona du-
ties. But, no special pro-
tective gear was provid-
ed to the teachers, who
put forth their demand
before committee mem-
bers. After receiving no
response from the com-
mittee, we handed over
a memorandum to the
SMC-run education
committee, following
which, they slapped no-
tices on the teachers.”
Gargi Raval
Ahmedabad: A day af-
ter First India pub-
lished an article on
negligence of the SVP
hospital under the ti-
tle, ‘In ‘testing’ error,
SVP discharges +ve
patient’, the city-
based Sardar Vallab-
hbhai Patel (SVP) Hos-
pital has admitted its
mistake, attributing it
to human error caused
by two patients having
the same name.
A statement issued
by the management on
Saturday read: “On May
21, the hospital received
two patients with the
same name. Their re-
ports came at different
times. We received the
first report around
2pm. We discharged the
patient since the report
was negative. However,
that report was of the
other patient with the
same name.”
It added that the ac-
cidentally discharged
patient’s report only
came in around 7pm.
“It was human error.
When we realized what
had happened, we
phoned the patient im-
mediately and sent an
ambulance to bring
him back. When this
episode came to notice
of the management,
we have warned the
staff to work accurate-
ly,” it explained.
“For this error, the
SVP hospital express-
es regret,” the man-
agement said.
AMC teachers conduct a survey in Ahmedabad. —FILE PHOTO
Medical staff at SVP Hospital’s COVID-19 ward. —FILE PHOTO
Officials say 2,053 patients are in govt and pvt hosps, the city has 5,421 active cases
Gargi Raval
Ahmedabad: As of
Saturday, Ahmedabad
has 5,421 active cases
of COVID-19, of
which 21 have been
reported from rural
areas. However, ac-
cording to official
data, there are only
2,053 patients in the
city’s hospitals, both
government-run and
private. There has
been no word from
the authorities on the
whereabouts of the
remaining 3,368 pa-
tients despite there
being plenty of space
at the hospitals.
Sources say they may
be at home, or at a hotel.
According to a list ac-
cessed by First India,
there are 652 patients ad-
mittedattheCivilHospi-
tal which has 1,200 dedi-
cated beds. On the same
campus, the Institute of
Kidney Disease and Re-
search Centre has 167,
Gujarat Cancer Re-
search Institute has 118
and UN Mehta Hospital,
whichwasannouncedas
an 800-bed centre, has 23
active patients.
Sardar Vallabhbhai
Patel Hospital, run by
the Ahmedabad Munici-
pal Corporation, claims
to have 483 active cases,
including 13 patients on
ventilators. SVP was
meant to have 800 beds.
Similarly, only 177 of the
2,000 beds available at
the Samras COVID-care
centre are occupied.
Private hospitals
account for a mere
229 active cases.
“Many private hospi-
tals are not admitting
COVID-19 patients,
while most patients re-
fuse to come to the Civil
Hospital since it has the
highest number of
deaths. Meanwhile,
SVP is the most reluc-
tant to admit patients,”
said a senior doctor at
the Civil Hospital, who
suggested that many
asymptomatic patients
may have opted to quar-
antine in hotels.
Missing patients: Where are
3.4K people being treated?
Ahmedabad’s Fern Hotel was among the ﬁrst to be roped into COVID-19 duty. —FILE PHOTO
FAR FROM FULL
We gave a memo to the SMC-run
education committee, after which
they slapped notices on the teachers.
—Rahul Gavhane, President, SSSTA
ATS arrests
Dawood aide
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The Anti
Terrorist Squad has ar-
rested Babu Solanki, a
close confident of Sha-
rif khan, who worked
for the notorious gang-
ster Dawood Ibrahim.
Solanki is accused of
being a hitman, among
other things.
This is the second
major success for the
state ATS, which also
arrested Haresh Gos-
wami a henchman of
Chhota Rajan Gang on
Friday.
When strangers light the funeral pyre
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The
harsh reality is that
families are being de-
prived of the oppor-
tunity to even per-
form the last rights
for their loved ones
who lose the battle
against the novel cor-
onavirus.
Vadilal Gandhi, an
87-year-old COVID-19
patient was being treat-
ed at the Institute of
Kidney Diseases and
Research Centre (IK-
DRC) where he passed
away on May 19. As per
standard protocols in
place for COVID-19 pa-
tients, relatives are not
allowed into corona iso-
lation wards. A nephew
came forward to collect
the body, but only if
hospital authorities
could furnish a nega-
tive report.
Hospital director
Dr Vineet Mishra
took the initiative to
find close relatives of
Gandhi and was
shocked to know that
five to seven members
of the family were
home quarantined.
Further, Gandhi’s son
and four other mem-
bers were admitted at
the COVID-19 hospi-
tal for treatment.
So, After getting per-
mission from Gandhi’s
son for the final rituals,
IKDRC driver Pravin-
sinh Darbar, his col-
league Paresh Solanki
and three others car-
ried out his final rites.
IKDRC. —FILE PHOTO
FIRE IN SURAT
Twelve ﬁre tenders rushed to put out a blaze that broke out at a chemical factory in Surat’s Sachin GIDC area on Saturday.
Tanvi Sharma
Ahmedabad: When
many private hospitals
are choosing not to ad-
mit pregnant women,
Civil Hospital has been
fulfilling its duties as a
medical institution.
Due to the efficient ser-
vices at the 1200-bed
hospital, 10 COVID-19
positive pregnant
women, who success-
fully recovered from
the virus were dis-
charged and sent home
after their deliveries.
In the last 45 days,
around 35 COVID-19
positive pregnant
women have been suc-
cessfully treated by
doctors at Civil Hospi-
tal and sent home after
their deliveries.
One of the new moth-
ers, Afreen said, “I was
very anxious about my
delivery, especially af-
ter a private hospital
turned down my re-
quest to deliver my
baby there. But, I re-
ceived the best care at
Civil Hospital.”
She added, “We
have been blessed
with a son in the
month of Ramzan. I
returned home free
of Sars-CoV-2 with
my healthy baby all
because of those co-
rona warriors.”
Dr Sheetal Kapadia,
assistant professor at
the hospital, said, “The
gynaecology ward has
treated 35 pregnant
women infected with
COVID-19 in the last 45
days. Of them, 10 left
the hospital on Satur-
day with their newborn
babies. Research shows
that a woman is unlike-
ly to spread the virus to
her baby in utero, or
even through the uter-
us or breast milk after
it is born. But yes, preg-
nant women do require
special care since their
immunity is lower.”
10 new mothers reunite with their babies
Ten newborn babies were reunited with their mothers who were
discharged on Saturday.
1.5millionpeoplecoveredin
SMC’sdoor-to-doorsurvey
First India Bureau
Surat: With many
cases of COVID-19 be-
ing reported in the
city, the importance
of the door-to-door
survey has increased
by manifold. The Su-
rat Municipal Corpo-
ration(SMC)launched
survey has so far cov-
ered 1,493,704 people
living in 3,94,865
households by 1,790
health teams under
the APX system.
Now, yet another
round of survey was
commenced to unearth
cases of co-morbidity
and Acute Respiratory
Infection (ARI), which
uncovered 39,515 elderly
people with serious ill-
nesses. They have been
providedwithtreatment
as part of SMC’s efforts
toeradicatecoronafrom
its roots. All such indi-
viduals will be moni-
tored at the zonal level
by authorities.
So far, nine rounds of
door-to-door surveys
have been completed
and 18,959 individuals
have been tested for
Sars-CoV-2.
SMC. —FILE PHOTO

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PERSPECTIVEAHMEDABAD | SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020
EID FESTIVITIES
FALL VICTIM TO
THE PANDEMIC
ot very long ago, Eid-ul-Fitr was
celebrated with piety, joy and
enthusiasm. Photographs of
hundreds of devout together of-
fering first the Alvida (last Fri-
day of Ramzan) prayers and then Eid
prayers a few days later splashed across
newspapers was as common as cooking of
vermicelli in Muslim homes. Iftaar par-
ties, in which non-Muslims also partici-
pated, were also an important part of Eid
festivity. Enter novel coronavirus followed
by a lockdown described as the strictest in
the world and Ramzan’s traditions and
rituals were disrupted for both rich and
poor. Closed businesses and shops, job
losses, people forced to lead a frugal life
in virtual confinement, a palpable fear of
catching the virus, and death, is not what
Eid is all about. It is about celebration and
the mood has been conspicuously missing.
As shops remain closed until a week before
Eid and with social distancing still in place,
the enthusiasm that marks festival shopping
was missing. One report said that this was
the most depressing Eid for several clothing
brands. Even street side vendors selling dif-
ferent varieties of vermicelli sprung up late
but only in non-containment zones. Even if
traditional vermicelli is bought and pre-
pared, there will be no guests to savour them
just as there will be few to admire ones new
apparels as socializing is still forbidden. Such
is the dread of the new virus.
The almost negligible shopping for Eid
has hit the retail sector the most. Already
facing an estimated loss of Rs 5.50 lakh
crore, the partial lifting of curbs was too
late and too little. There are approximately
seven crore retailers in the country. “Indian
retailers do a daily business of Rs 15,000
crore and since the country is in a lock-
down there has been a huge loss of Rs 5.50
lakh crore of business which is done by 7
crore traders of the country,” the secretary-
general of Confederation of All-India Trad-
ers Praveen Khandelwal was quoted as
saying. Besides, there are 2.5 crore small
and micro traders for whom the lockdown
must be nothing less than a catastrophe.
It is not that only Indian Muslims have to
face the adverse impact of this nationwide
clampdown. Saudi Arabia announced impo-
sition of curfew from May 23 to May 27, fol-
lowing the end of the holy month of fasting
as Covid-19 cases have been rising. Mosques,
too, will remain shut for Eid prayers. The
kingdom has reported highest number of
cases in the Gulf region.
Egypt also stopped movement of all
public transport for six days starting May
24. Curfew too was imposed. In United
Arab Emirates, the Dubai government’s
media office was quoted as saying on
Twitter that mosques will remain closed.
The tweet banned customs like family vis-
its and giving money or gifts to children.
Despite the odds, one can
still say Eid Mubarak!
IN-DEPTH
N
OVID-19 has
c o n f r o n t e d
the world with
a horrific cri-
sis. Because
developing a vaccine will
likely take at least a
year, governments need
to buy time to keep
health-care facilities
from being overwhelmed
and to minimize the
number of people who
fall ill and die, not least
by reducing the rate of
new infections.
In rich countries, the ar-
senal has included social
distancing, sheltering in
place, shuttering nones-
sential businesses (or
more telecommuting), and
recommending or requir-
ing face masks. Though
the economic costs of
these first-phase measures
have been dreadful, they
are preferable to the hu-
man and economic costs
that would follow from let-
ting COVID-19 spread un-
checked. The second
round of the fight can
start when the numbers of
new cases and deaths are
flat or falling, and when
testing and contact-trac-
ing capabilities have been
deployed widely enough to
spot and contain potential
outbreaks.
But the pandemic will
never be under control
as long as there are still
rising infection rates
elsewhere in the world.
A viral contagion is like
a wildfire: it takes only a
few sparks to trigger a
resurgence. No matter
how rigorously rich
countries try to prevent
the virus from crossing
their borders, there will
always be enough leak-
ages to cause a new out-
break. Thus, to combat
the pandemic in the ab-
sence of a universally
available vaccine, the vi-
rus also must be con-
tained in poorer coun-
tries, all of which are
woefully ill-equipped for
the task.
After all, social distanc-
ing and sheltering in place
are impossible in crowded
urban areas with commu-
nity wells and toilets,
where many families live
from hand to mouth on a
day laborer’s pay. Even if
they were enforceable,
lockdowns in these situa-
tions would mean starva-
tion for many people.
Moreover, most poor
countries have inade-
quate health-care infra-
structure (too few hospi-
tal beds, scarce personal
protective equipment)
and underfunded and
understaffed public-
health systems. They
also lack the domestic
resources to finance so-
cial programs, as well as
the foreign-exchange re-
serves to import criti-
cally needed supplies
and equipment. Many
governments are already
in dire fiscal shape, and
cannot provide even
minimal support for un-
employed workers and
their families.
Poorer countries thus
have two overarching
needs. First, they require
additional support for
their health systems, so
that they can provide suf-
ficient medical care to all
who become infected. Oth-
erwise, COVID-19 cases,
not to mention the mortal-
ity rate, will grow – possi-
bly exponentially. Second,
most poorer countries
need financing to avert
widespread starvation and
penury. While a few have at
least some fiscal space to
increase their expendi-
tures, most do not.
Coordination among
rich countries will be
necessary to address
both needs. So far, there
has been some progress
with respect to finance,
but not nearly enough
when it comes to address-
ing the health crisis.
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The rich world’s pandemic imperative
C
While the advanced
economies reckon
with the costs of the
COVID-19 lockdown
phase, developing
and emerging
economies are
facing an even
deeper disaster
He gives power to the weak
and strength to the
powerless. —Isaiah 40:29
Spiritual
SPEAK
Top
TWEET
Dharmendra Pradhan
@dpradhanbjp
Urged all my Odia friends to
stay safe and take necessary
precautions to minimise the risk
of novel coronavirus infection.
Together we have dealt with
many catastrophes in the past
and have emerged stronger. By
the grace of Lord Jagannath, we
will win this battle too.
Piyush Goyal
@PiyushGoyal
24x7 Movement of Essential
Commodities: Railways is
working in a mission mode to
maintain a continuous supply
chain during lockdown, delivering
essentials to every corner of the
nation. Railways has moved 23.2
lakh wagons, of which 13.5 lakh
wagons carried essential goods.
he top priority on the inter-
national agenda at the mo-
ment must be to combat
coronavirus and find a cure
for it. Regrettably this is not
happening. Regional dis-
putes continue to simmer.
Take for example the current
cartographic differences be-
tween Nepal and India. I have in
the past been intimately associ-
atedIndo-Nepalrelations.Ihave
nohesitationinemphasisingthe
fact that, with one or two excep-
tion the Prime Ministers of Ne-
pal have not been up to the job.
The Nepalese government
has taken objection to a map
India issued in 2019 to em-
phasise the changed status of
Jammu & Kashmir into a Un-
ion Territory. It asserted that
the 330 square kilometre
Kalapani area near the Indo-
Nepal border should not have
been shown as a part of In-
dia. We have assured our clos-
est and largest landlocked
neighbour that we would be
willing to discuss the matter
through diplomatic channels
after coronavirus pandemic
is over, even though the terri-
tory has been a part of India
for centuries. Not only that
Nepal endorsed India’s claim
for 150 years.
A word or two about Prime
Minister KP Oli. He is a crypto
communist, not on good terms
with the Nepal Communist Par-
ty which is at present in power.
By all accounts he is an indiffer-
entadministrator.Unfortunately
we played into his hands by the
manner in which we intervened
when a new constitution of Ne-
palwasunderdiscussionin2015.
We sent to Kathmandu, the then
foreign secretary with a list of
sex amendments. This was an
unnecessary interference in the
internal affairs of Nepal which
was deeply resented.
China’s diplomatic, terri-
torial and political ambi-
tions in Nepal are all too
well known. Without Bei-
jing’s encouragement Prime
Minister Oli would not even
think of antagonising India.
The so called “dispute” will
eventually be resolved through
deft diplomacy. The sooner that
happens the better it would. A
prolonged estrangement is not
in the interest of either country.
For the first time since the
death of Deng Xiao Ping
China is on the defensive. Its
mishandling of the corona-
virus pandemic has been
widely condemned. It’s not
coming clean is damaging
her image. The economy for
the first time since 1992 has
taken a beating.
President Trump is leading
the charge against the Peoples
Republic. That is, quite obvi-
ously not having the desired re-
sults. President Trump’s goofs
onthecoronavirushavebrought
down his rating to seventy per-
cent negative. On the political
fieldheisrunningelevenpoints
behind Joe Biden. President
TrumpcallingformerPresident
Barak Obama names is a peril-
ous exercise. It only enhances
President Obama’s stature.
If elections were held to-
day in the USA President
Trump could find himself in
serious electoral trouble. If
the pandemic continues till
November, and the President
does not mend his ways, he
would find himself back in
Trump Towers in New York.
Friends ask me how I spend
my days in what they call un-
wanted solitary confinement.
My answer is, “I am discover-
ing the virtues of solitude”. As
we all know, the world is a
noisy place. India is among the
noisiest places on earth. No
wonder Mahatma Gandhi ob-
served a day of silence.
The Gymkhana club, has
been in the news for all the
wrong reasons. I became a
member in 1955. I was elect-
ed President in 1984 unop-
posed. The fifteen members
of the General Committee
were on my list of candi-
dates. All were elected. This
was unprecedented.
The Imperial Gymkhana
club was founded in 1913. The
word Imperial was dropped in
1947. From 1913 to 1947 only
Britishers became President of
club. Sir Harcourt Butter ICS
was the first President.
The first Indian to be
elected President was Sir
Usha Nath Sen, CBE i.e Com-
mander of the British Em-
pire. Between 1952 to 1970
seven Indian ICS officers
were elected Presidents.
According to the Oxford Dic-
tionary a club “is an associa-
tion dedicated to a particular
interest or activity, an organi-
zation constituted to play
matches…. An organization of-
fering members social ameni-
ties, meals and residence.”
The club has over a dozen
tennisgrasscourts,eighthard
courts, a squash and badmin-
ton court, a swimming pool, a
billiards room. A room is used
for Bridge players.
The cottages are well fur-
nished, with a spacious bed
room, sitting room, a bathroom
and a small store room. I lived
in cottage number 22 from 1958
to 1961 and 1966 to 1967.
Few, if any members
would know that Lord Irvin,
the Viceroy and Mahatma
Gandhi had a meeting in the
club in 1931.
A farewell party was held for
Lord and Lady Mountbatten on
21 June 1948. Jawaharlal Nehru
was among the guests.
A handful of members
have gone to court against
the President and the Com-
mittees for actions not in
keeping in mind the tradi-
tions of the club.
The Central Government
wants to take over the running
of the club. That would be un-
fortunate. Governments must
govern not run clubs.
A five member committee
of five for President should
be formed to sort out the dif-
ferences between the two op-
posing groups. Otherwise
Government will intervene.
In that event the Gymkhana
Club will become a sub-sec-
tion of one of the ministries
of the central government.
What a melancholy prospect.
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY
THE AUTHOR ARE PERSONAL
REGIONAL DISPUTES
CONTINUE TO SIMMER
T
The Nepalese
government has
taken objection
to a map India
issued in 2019 to
emphasise the
changed status of
Jammu &
Kashmir into a
Union Territory.
It asserted that
the 330 square
kilometre
Kalapani area
near the Indo-
Nepal border
should not have
been shown as a
part of India
China’s diplomatic,
territorial and political
ambitions in Nepal
are all too well known.
Without Beijing’s
encouragement
Nepal’s PM Oli would
not even think of
antagonising India
K NATWAR
SINGH
The author is Former Minister
of External Affairs of India

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INDIAAHMEDABAD | SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020
Kolkata: The West
Bengal government
sought support of the
Indian Army, railways
and port for restoring
essential infrastructure
and services in the are-
as ravaged by Cyclone
Amphan. It also urged
private entities to pro-
vide manpower and
equipment for the pur-
pose. In a series of
tweets, the department
said, “GOWB mobilises
maximum strength in
unified command mode
on 24×7basis for imme-
diate restoration of es-
sential infrastructure
and services asap.
Army support has been
called for; NDRF and
SDRF teams deployed;
Rlys, Port & private
sector too requested to
supply teams and
equipment.”
West Bengal CM-
Mamata Banerjee also
wrote to Indian Rail-
ways asking them not to
send Shramik Special
trains to state till May
26 in view of Cyclone
Amphan. “District ad-
ministration involved
in relief and rehabilita-
tion works after cyclone
Amphan. It won’t be
able to receive special
trains for the next few
days,” the CM said. The
death toll due to the cy-
clone rose to 86 on Sat-
urday. The cyclone,
which weakened into a
depression, was further
reduced to a well-
marked low-pressure
area over North Bangla-
desh and neighbouring
area. “It is very likely to
continue to move north-
northeastwards &
weaken further into a
low-pressure area dur-
ing the next 12 hours,” a
bulletin released by
IMD stated. —PTI
BENGAL SEEKS ARMY SUPPORT
CYCLONE AMPHAN District administration involved in relief works after the calamity
Spokesperson
Ministry of Home Affairs
@PIBHomeAffairs
10 additional @NDRFHQ
teams deployed in West
Bengal for post cyclone
#Amphan management.
Additional deployment of
10 teams will bring the
total deployment to 36
teams of NDRF, across
the 6 districts of WB af-
fected by the Cyclone.
We are doing whatever
possible to restore elec-
tricity. Cyclone Amphan
was a disaster. It is not
the right time to do
politics. We have spoken
to Calcutta Electric Supply
Corporation (CESC) for
restoration. I would like
to request people to have
patience.
—Mamata Banerjee
West Bengal, CM
People stand in a queue outside a shop to buy a generator due to power cut, after the passage of Cyclone Amphan in Kolkata on Saturday.
New Delhi: India wit-
nessed the biggest ever
spike of 6,654 positive
cases in the last 24
hours, taking the total
number of COVID-19
cases to 1,25,101, accord-
ing to the Union Minis-
try of Health and Fam-
ily Welfare.
As many as 137
deaths have been re-
ported in the last 24
hours, taking the
death toll to 3,720. Out
of the total number of
cases, 69,597 are active
and 51,784 have been
cured/discharged or
have migrated.
Maharashtra contin-
ues to remain the
worst-affected state
with 44,582 COVID-19
cases. It is followed by
Tamil Nadu (14,753),
Gujarat (13,268), and
Delhi (12,319).
The nationwide lock-
down has been extend-
ed till May 31. —ANI
With biggest spike of 6,654
cases, India’s tally@ 1,25,101
591 NEW POSITIVE CASES
REPORTED IN DELHI
14 NEW CONTAINMENT
ZONES IN DELHI
New Delhi: As many as 591 new
COVID-19 cases and no deaths have
been reported in Delhi in last 24 hours,
taking the total number of cases in the
national capital to 12,910, including
6,412 active cases, said the Delhi Health
Department. 370 patients have recov-
ered while 6,267 patients have recov-
ered so far. Meanwhile, India witnessed
the biggest ever spike of 6,654 positive
cases in the last 24 hours. —ANI
New Delhi: Fourteen new areas were
added to the list of containment zones
in Delhi taking the total number of such
zones to 92 in the national capital. Till
date, 34 areas have been ‘de-contained
in the Delhi. 11,659 persons have tested
positive for COVID-19 in the national
capital. 5,567 persons have been cured
while the death toll is 194 in Delhi, ac-
cording to the Union Ministry of Health
and Family Welfare. —ANI
New Delhi: A total of
1,15,364 samples were
tested for COVID-19 in
the last 24 hours in the
country, said the In-
dian Council of Medical
Research (ICMR) on Sat-
urday. As per ICMR’s bul-
letin, a total of 28,34,798
samples of coronavirus
have been tested so far.
India on Saturday wit-
nessed the biggest ever
spike of 6,654 positive
cases in the last 24 hours,
taking the total number
of COVID-19 cases to
1,25,101, said Health
Ministry. —ANI
‘TOTAL 1,15,364
SAMPLES TESTED
IN LAST 24 HRS’
Mumbai: Former BJP
MP Kirti Somaiya has
written a letter to Ma-
harashtra Health Min-
ister Rajesh Tope alleg-
ing black marketing
and hoarding of masks
by many traders and
manufacturers and de-
manded to cap MRP of
N95 masks.He also de-
manded strict action
against traders and
manufacturers who are
involved in black mar-
keting of masks. “All
Doctors in Mumbai are
raising concern about
availability and price
of N95 mask. Cost is the
same but the sale price
is different. The exploi-
tation of the situation
by a few manufacturers
and traders. I request
the government to fix
prices of masks, it must
be treated as an essen-
tial commodity and it
should be covered un-
der Medical Emergency
Act/Provisions,” So-
maiya wrote in the
letter.”I request strong
actionagainstallhoard-
ers” he added. —ANI
BJP demands
capping of
MRP of N95
masksPanaji: Goa Governor
Satya Pal Malik said
that during his tenure
in J& K he had succeed-
ed in holding panchay-
at elections, devoid of
violence, despite the
top leaders of the union
territory not cooperat-
ing under pressure
from Pakistan.
Malik served as the
Governor of J-K till Oc-
tober 2019, following
which he has taken over
the same role in Goa.
“The Prime Minister
had said that we will
conduct panchayat elec-
tions in Jammu and
Kashmir. I broke proto-
col and went to Omar
Abdullah and Mehboo-
ba Mufti’s residence.
They refused to partici-
pate under Pakistan’s
pressure. Terrorists
also threatened yet
elections were held
successfully, Hurriyat
boycotted them. But
the elections were still
held with record vot-
ing, barring a few plac-
es, and no violence took
place during the elec-
tions,” Malik said.
He also said that the
then administration
was able to do so be-
cause the people of the
union territory had ac-
cepted the system, as it
was benefitting them.
“We had conducted
an exercise which re-
vealed that close to
50,000 government jobs
were lying vacant in the
state. We had an-
nounced we will give
jobs to 50 thousand
Kashmiri youth. I hope
that the government
will give them to the
people soon. As J&K
Guv, I opened the Raj
Bhavan for everyone,
Malik said. —ANI
Panchayat polls under
Pak’s pressure: Malik
VHP PANEL MEETS HARYANA CM
OVER ‘ANTI-HINDU ACTIVITIES’
New Delhi: A high-level
delegation of Vishva
Hindu Parishad (VHP)
along with various social
and religious organisa-
tions of Haryana, led by
VHP central Joint General
Secretary, Surendra Jain,
met Haryana Chief Min-
ister Manohar Lal Khattar
on Friday in connection
with the “anti-national
and anti-Hindu activities
in Mewat.” The delega-
tion apprised Khattar of
the report of high-level
inquiry committee and its
conclusions and recom-
mendations. Apart from
that, some new facts that
had emerged were also
given to him. He was also
informed about “facts of
the temples which were
occupied and converted
into mosques.”
HUNAR HAAT TO REOPEN FROM
SEPT 25, SAYS MIN NAQVI
New Delhi : Hunar Haat, where an opportunity
is given to artisans from across the country
to showcase their handmade and indigenous
products, would reopen with a theme of ‘local for
global’ from September 25, said Minority Affairs
Minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Saturday.
“Hunar Haat, which has provided employment
to more than 5 lakh Indian artisans, craftsmen,
associated with them in the last 5 years, have
become popular among the people. Now it will
restart on the theme of local to global.”
DAATI MAHARAJ BOOKED FOR
DOING PUJA IN LOCKDOWN
New Delhi: Delhi Police have registered a case
against self-styled godman Daati Maharaj and
his supporters who were seen offering prayers
at Shani Dhaam temple in South Delhi’s Asola.
According to lockdown guidelines, temples and
other places of worship have been closed to
control the spread of coronavirus. On Saturday,
when videos and photos of the religious ceremo-
ny at the temple went viral on social media, the
DM and the DCP of the South district sought an
inquiry into the matter.
ARMY CHIEF VISITS LADAKH TO
REVIEW LAC SITUATION
Leh, Ladakh: At a time
when there is stand-
off at three locations
in Ladakh sector with
Chinese troops, Army
Chief Gen MM Naravane
visited Leh to review the
ongoing situation with
field commanders. The
top military field Com-
manders in Leh including
Lt Gen YK Joshi, Lt Gen
Harinder Singh and other
senior officers briefed the
Army Chief on LAC situ-
ation. Sources said there
is stand-off situation at
three locations including
Galwan Nala area where
over 300 troops each
from Chinese side have
come to stake claim.
Army been holding talks
with their Chinese coun-
terparts on the situation &
finding a way out of it.
INFRASTRUCTURE GETTING RESTORED: GOVT CENTRE SENDS 5 ARMY COLUMNS
The Bengal government said multiple depart-
ments are at work to cut and remove the trees
that had fallen during Cyclone Amphan. “Drinking
water and drainage infrastructure getting restored
fast. PHE asked to supply water pouches in gap
pockets. Generators being hired where necessary.
More than a hundred teams from multiple depart-
ments and bodies working for cutting of fallen trees
which is the key to restoration of power in locali-
ties. WBSEDCL & CESC asked to deploy maximal
manpower, even while lockdown significantly
affects the deployment potential of the latter. Police
on high alert,” Bengal’s home department tweeted.
The Defence Ministry on Saturday decided to
send five columns of Indian Army to help Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee to restore infrastructure
in state capital Kolkata. The Centre’s decision fol-
lowed a request from the West Bengal government
that appeared to have been overwhelmed by the
magnitude of the relief work needed in the state
battered by cyclone Amphan. “Based on the request
from the government of West Bengal, Indian Army
has provided five columns to assist the Kolkata City
Civil Administration in the aftermath of Cyclone
Amphan,” a person familiar with the development
said. Each column has about 35 personnel.
Kolkata: West Bengal
Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar targeted
state government over
the handling of Cyclone
Amphan. Dhankar said
that he could not have
any discussions with
the Mamata Banerjee-
ledTrinamoolCongress
government. He said
that the state did not
have any contingency
and questioned Kolkata
Municipal Corpora-
tion’s work. Cyclone
Amphan Toll Rises to 85
in West Bengal; People
in Kolkata Stage Pro-
tests Demanding Resto-
ration of Power, Water
Supply.
“I couldn’t have any
discussion with state
govt. It’s unfortunate. I
had extensive discus-
sions with Indian Coast
Guard & BSF, they did a
great job. I spoke to the
Army, they were ready
for relief work. What
did Kolkata Municipal
Corporation do?”
Dhankar said.
Why could they not
anticipate? Most of the
deaths were caused
due to uprooting of
trees. Why was there
no contingency plan?
Why were arrange-
ments not done before-
hand?” he added.
The death toll due to
the cyclonic storm in
West Bengal has risen
to 85. The residents of
Kolkata staged a protest
earlier in the day, over
the administration’s
failure to restore nor-
malcy even three days
after Cyclone Amphan.
According to PTI sourc-
es, nearly 1.5 crore
people of the state are
directly affected over
10 lakh house have
been destroyed due to
the cyclone. —PTI
‘What did Kolkata
Municipal
Corporation Do?’
Why could they not
anticipate? Most
of the deaths were
caused due to up-
rooting of trees. Why
was there no con-
tingency plan? Why
were arrangements
not done beforehand?
—Jagdeep Dhankhar,
West Bengal Governor
When I was the Jammu and Kash-
mir Governor, I opened the Raj
Bhavan for everyone. All my advi-
sors were tasked to hear people’s
complaints once a week. 95,000 complaints
were received by my office, I resolved 93,000
of them before coming to Goa. People felt
comfortable because of this, they felt it was
their government. Thus, anger was low.
—Satya Pal Malik, Goa Governor
Lucknow: Amid
the nationwide
lockdown, UP CM
Yogi Adityanath on
Saturday held a
meeting with the of-
ficers of the ‘COV-
ID-19 management
Team-11’ here.
While reviewing
the lockdown meas-
ures, he asked for
effective police pa-
trolling which ac-
cording to him
would help in pre-
venting the acci-
dents in the border
areas as well as on
highways and
expressways. He
also underlined
the utility of foot-
patrolling in the
markets. —ANI
CM Yogi
holds
COVID-19
review meet

INDIAAHMEDABAD | SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020
New Delhi: Indian
Railways has prepared
a schedule to transport
another 36 lakh mi-
grant labourers to 16
destination states from
originating points in 19
states over the next 10
days, revealed the rail-
way ministry. The min-
istry in a media address
added that it had al-
ready transported a to-
tal of 45 lakh migrants
through inter and intra-
state services provided
since May 1.
The announcement
of Shramik special
schedule comes at a
time when railways has
also announced a grad-
ual resumption in its
normal passenger ser-
vices with 100 pair of
trains from June 1 in
addition to 15 pairs of
Rajdhani special ser-
vices in operation to ad-
dress the rising demand
for interstate travel
with the easing of re-
strictions from lock-
down clamped to con-
tain the spread of coro-
navirus pandemic.
“A total of 2,600 Shra-
mik Special trains will
run for the next 10 days,
originating from 19
states for destinations
in 16 states, carrying 36
lakh passengers,” the
official said. —ANI
Rlys to carry 36L migrants in
2,600 Shramik special trains
New Delhi: Two hun-
dred Mail Express
trains will be run from
June 1, said Railway
Board Chairman Vinod
Kumar Ya-
dav here
on Satur-
day. Ad-
dressing a
press con-
f e r e n c e
here, Ya-
dav said: “In an effort
towards returning to
normalcy, the Ministry
of Railways will run 200
Mail Express trains
starting June 1.” He
said that 80 per cent of
the train journeys were
undertaken by the mi-
grant labourers of UP &
Bihar. “Shramik Spe-
cial trains were started
on May 1. Free meals
and drinking water
were provided to all
passengers.” —ANI
200 MAIL
EXPRESS TRAINS
FROM JUNE 1
Rahul Gandhi@RahulGandhi
“My brother and sisters, you are the
strength of this country, you carry the
weight of this country on your shoul-
ders. The entire country wants there should be
justice (nyay) with you. It is our duty to empower
this strength of the country.”
FOUR SECRETARIES IN GOVT OF
INDIA RETIRING IN MAY
Four Secretaries with various Ministries and
Departments, are due to retire on May 31, 2020.
They include: Binoy Kumar, Secretary, Ministry
of Steel; Chandra Kishore Mishra, Secretary, Min-
istry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change;
Injeti Srinivas, Secretary, Ministry of Corporate
Affairs; P Raghavendra Rao, Secretary, Chemicals
and Petrochemicals.
VIJAY PRAKASH RETURNS
TO PARENT CADRE
Vijay Prakash, Director in the Department of Land
Resources, has been given premature repatriation
to his parent cadre with the condition of extended
cooling off. He is a 1996 batch ITS officer.
FOUR IIS OFFICERS GET NEW POSTINGS
MIB has given new postings to 4 IIS officers.
Accordingly, Dhiraj Singh has been posted as Di-
rector, DPD, Manish Gautam, Director, PIB, Delhi,
Ravinder Chaudhary, Chief Media, Ministry of
Health and Family Welfare and HP Kunappareddy
posted as Dy Director, PIB, Hyderabad.
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 in May this year.
AJOY CHOUDHURY TO TAKE OVER
AS DIRECTOR (FIN), REC ON JUNE 1
Ajoy Choudhury, ED, REC, will be taking over the
charge as Director (Finance), Rural Electrification
Corporation (REC) on June 1, 2020.
RAJESH KUMAR SAHU APPOINTED
DS/DIRECTOR, TOURISM
Rajesh Kumar Sahu has been appointed as Depu-
ty Secretary/ Director in the Ministry of Tourism.
He is a 2010 batch IRS-C&CE officer.
M THENNARASAN APPOINTED
MEMBER IN GUJARAT
M Thennarasan, vice-chairman & managing
director, Gujarat Industrial Development Corpo-
ration been appointed as member of the expert
advisory committee to guide the government on
reviving the state’s economy. He is 2000 batch
IAS officer of Gujarat cadre.
SEVEN ITS OFFICERS RETIRING
THIS MONTH
Seven Indian Telecom Service (ITS) officers are
retiring this month. These officers belong to four
batches. They are- Raman Lal of 1982 batch,
Rajendra P Sharma of 1984 batch, I Thirunavuk-
karasu of 1984 batch, Dev Kumar of 1984 batch,
SS Thampi of 1985 batch, Tushar Kanti Roy of
1986 batch and George Methew of 1986 batch.
POST OF TWO MEMBERS ARE
LYING VACANT IN TDSAT
Two posts of Members in TDSAT are vacant. In-
terested can apply for the post till June 25, 2020.
Details can be seen from DoT website.
SANJAY GUPTA SHIFTED TO
WESTERN RAILWAYS
Sanjay Gupta on his return from deputation at
DFCCIL, is being posted in Western Railways. He
is an IRSE officer.
ABHINAV GUPTA SHIFTED TO
NORTH WESTERN RAILWAYS
Abhinav Gupta on his repatriation from DFCCIL,
is being posted in North Western Railways. He is
an IRAS officer.
RK JHA POSTED AS OSD IN MHA
Ratnesh Kumar Jha presently posted in Northern
Railways, has been posted as OSD in the Ministry
of Home Affairs. He is an IRTS officer.
POWERGallery
Darbhanga: Fifteen-
year-old Jyoti Kumari,
who cycled with her
wounded father from
Gurugram in Haryana
to Darbhanga in Bihar
covering over 1,200 km
over 7 days, has proved
to the world that
“where there is a will
there’s a way”.
The feat of endur-
ance of this lion-heart-
ed girl has not just
caught the attention of
Cycling Federation of
India (CFI) but also of
Ivanka Trump, US Pres-
ident Donald Trump’s
daughter. Ivanka on
Friday took to the Twit-
ter and heaped praises
on Jyoti, stating that
the “beautiful feat of
endurance and love has
captured the imagina-
tion of the Indian
people and the cycling
federation”.
Jyoti will now be al-
lowed to give a trial to
become a trainee at the
National Cycling Acad-
emy in the IGI Stadium
complex in the nation-
al capital.
“15 yr old Jyoti Ku-
mari, carried her
wounded father to their
home village on the
back of her bicycle cov-
ering +1,200 km over 7
days. This beautiful
feat of endurance and
love has captured the
imagination of the In-
dian people and the cy-
cling federation!” Ivan-
ka tweeted.
People on social me-
dia have shown lot of
support to Jyoti. —ANI
Ivanka Trump
lauds 15-yr-old
Jyoti’s cycle trial
Male: An evacuation
flight of Air India un-
der Vande Bharat Mis-
sion departed from
Male with 153 passen-
gers on board for Delhi
on Saturday.
“The first @airindi-
ain evacuation flight
from #Male to #Delhi
under #MissionVan-
deBharat takes off
with 153 passengers
on board,” Indian
embassy here tweeted.
On Friday, an Air In-
dian flight from Male
evacuated 152 Indians,
which landed in Ben-
galuru.
Many Indians from
the Maldives were evac-
uated through Opera-
tion Samudra Setu,
which was launched by
the Indian Navy to
bring Indian citizens
home from foreign
shores in the wake of
COVID-19. On Sunday,
the Indian embassy
here had said that 1,488
Indians from the Mal-
dives have been evacu-
ated so far. —ANI
Evacuation
flight with 153
people departs
from Male
With 10,000+...
While the situation
seems to be under con-
trolinVadodarafornow,
it is likely that the case
numbers could soon be
in the four-digit range.
The state has in-
creased sample testing.
It had dipped to 2,000 for
a while, but conducts
more than 6,000 tests ev-
ery day. On Saturday,
the government tested
6,308 samples, 102 less
than it did on Friday.
China brings...
In the midst of the esca-
lating tension, Army
Chief Gen MM Nara-
vane paid a quiet visit to
the headquarters of 14
Corps in Leh on Friday
and reviewed with the
top commanders the
overall security scenar-
io in the region includ-
ing in the disputed ar-
eas along the LAC, the
de-facto border between
India and China.
Military sources said
the Indian Army has
also been matching up
to the Chinese build-up
in both Pangong
Tso lake and Galwan
Valley and that it is in
a much advantageous
position in certain oth-
er sensitive areas in the
region. —PTI
Corona to...
the GDP growth during
2020-21 is likely to re-
main in the negative ter-
ritory. It projected some
pick-up in growth im-
pulses from second half
(October-March)of 2020-
21 onwards.
Last week, the minis-
ter had announced an
economic packages five
tranches, which includ-
ed a Rs 3.70 lakh crore
support for MSMEs, Rs
75,000 crore for NBFCs
and Rs 90,000 crore for
Power distribution com-
panies, free foodgrains
to migrant workers, in-
creased allocation for
MGNREGS, tax relief to
certain sections and Rs
15,000 crore allocated to
the healthcare sector to
deal with the pandemic.
The package was
done in consultation
with economists, acade-
micians, ex-bankers,
ex-finance ministry offi-
cials and industry,
Sitharaman said, add-
ing the idea was to make
available more liquidity
in the economy and re-
vive demand, Sithara-
man said.
“The package was de-
signed keeping in mind
that we are facing a sit-
uation which is excep-
tional and therefore
whether the contraction
is going to be this much
or that much, we didn’t
have the luxury of data
to guess-estimating
them. However, the spir-
it of that thought has
been kept in mind that
we have to now look at
complete contraction
and if we have to stimu-
late the economy keep-
ing that in mind what is
that we have to do,” she
said.
Sitharaman said the
approach has been to
go through this route
of stimulating the
economy through com-
panies, institutions,
enterprises and busi-
nesses all getting assis-
tance by banks or for-
mulations through
which businesses re-
start.
“I’m sure the Indian
entrepreneurs are also
going to come out after
they test the waters post
the lockdown...We have
come with measures
which will get more li-
quidity in the economy,
if there is more liquidi-
ty in economy people
will get money in their
hands and that will
kick-start economy,
bring more demand, she
said. —PTI
Come Aug,...
the Civil Aviation Min-
istry. Other airlines did
not respond to PTI when
asked about this matter.
“I am fully hopeful
that before August or
September, we will try
to start a good percent-
age of international civ-
il aviation operations, if
not complete interna-
tional operations,” he
said.
“Wemusthaveamore
ambitious goal (regard-
ing international
flights). Why not start
them by mid-June or
June-end or in July,” he
added. The minister
said if some passengers
do not have smart-
phones, it is not as if
they will not be allowed
to travel for they do not
have Aarogya Setu app.
“We have said it is an
advisory, it is prefera-
ble...If you do not have
Aarogya Setu app, you
can give a self-declara-
tion form,” he stated.
Incase a passenger
does not have the app,
he or she can get tested
for the virus two or
three days before the
flight’s departure, get
that medical certificate,
and just fill in the form
that he or she is
COVID-negative, Puri
noted.
“If you have Aarogya
Setu app, and if you
have got yourself test-
ed for COVID-19 and
have been found nega-
tive, and if you do not
show any symptoms,
then I think there is no
need for quarantine,”
he said. —PTI
FROM PG 1
Katra: Shri Mata
Vaishno Devi shrine
board (SMVDSB) Katra
has been providing
sehri and iftari to over
500 Muslims quaran-
tined at Aashirwad
Bhawan and other
quarantined center
across Katra during the
holy month of Ramzan.
CEO of SMVDSB—
Ramesh Kumar said:
“In the month of
Ramzan, the Board has
been working overnight
to provide sehri and if-
tari to our Muslim and
other meal to the differ-
ent people quarantined
across Katra town,
since March 10, 2020.”
“Those brought to
Aashirwad Bhawan are
mostly labourers from
different parts of the
country, who are fasting
during the month of
Ramzan. So, we decided
to provide them sehri
and iftari every day,”
said the CEO.” —ANI
VaishnoDevishrineservesIftari
to quarantined Muslims
Members of Shrine Board are providing iftari to 500 Muslims.
New Delhi: A senior
doctor at Delhi’s AIIMS-
died of Corona. Dr Ji-
tendra Nath Pande, 78,
was the director and
professor of the Pulmo-
nology department at
the premier hospital,
which has been treating
coronavirus patients
for weeks. Dr Sangita
Reddy, a senior Delhi
doctor, confirmed Dr
Pande’s death “Deeply
saddened to hear that
COVID-19 claimed its
most illustrious victim,
Dr JN Pande, Director
and Professor of Pul-
monology, AIIMS, My
Condolences to his fam-
ily,” she tweeted. —ANI
New Delhi: Delhi HC
has suggested that the
Death Audit Committee
and Delhi government
should publish the data
supplied by the govern-
ment and private hospi-
tals in the national cap-
ital only after proper
analysis.
A division bench of
CJ DN Patel & Justice
Prateek Jalan also sug-
gested that the data
should be maintained
properly. —ANI
AIIMS HOD dies
of COVID-19
Publish data from hosps
after proper analysis:HC
Migrants loot water bottles while on way to their native place at DDU Railway Station in Chandauli.
MAYAWATI SPEAK
Delhi violence: SIT
prepares charge-sheet
New Delhi: The spe-
cial investigation
team (SIT) of Delhi
Police, probing the
violence that erupted
in northeast Delhi in
February this year,
has prepared a
charge-sheet in the
matter and is likely
to submit it before a
court soon.
The charge-sheet
is being looked over
by a senior police of-
ficial and will be
submitted before a
court in the last
week of May or the
first week of June.
Over 700 FIRs have
been lodged & SIT
has arrested & de-
tained more than
2,500 people, includ-
ing the suspended
AAP councillor
Tahir Hussain in
cases pertaining to
violence. —ANI

TALKING POINTAHMEDABAD | SUNDAY, MAY 24, 2020
HOW TO SOCIALISE SAFELY AS
CORONAVIRUS RESTRICTIONS EASE
Y
ou can al-
most hear
the collec-
tive sigh of
relief as coronavi-
rus restrictions are
eased across Aus-
tralia.
But as we emerge
from our bunkers
and dust off our so-
cial skills, we must
think about how to
navigate this transi-
tion safely.
The winding back
of restrictions does
not mean the pan-
demic is over, al-
though it is a recog-
nition of how well
we have done to con-
trol the spread of
COVID-19 in Aus-
tralia. There is still
a long way to go,
and it’s everyone’s
responsibility to
limit the chances of
the coronavirus
spreading.
So what should a
social gathering look
like now we’re al-
lowed to get togeth-
er? Here are answers
to some common
questions.
The winding back of
restrictions does not mean
the pandemic is over,
although it is a recognition
of how well we have done to
control the spread of
COVID-19. There is still a
long way to go, and it’s
everyone’s responsibility to
limit the chances of the
coronavirus spreading
HOW BIG SHOULD MY GATHERING BE?
At the time of writing,
you can have ﬁve
visitors in your home and
gatherings of up to ten
outdoors in Queensland,
New South Wales and
Victoria. In Tasmania you
can only have two visitors
to your home; in the ACT,
South Australia and the
Northern Territory you
can have ten, while in
Western Australia you can
have 20.
Whatever the restric-
tions in your state or terri-
tory, it’s important not to
crowd too close together.
You need to use common
sense in deciding how
many people to invite.
DO WE STILL NEED
TO SOCIALLY
DISTANCE & WASH
HANDS REGULARLY?
We should carry on
doing the things
that have so far proved
successful in curbing the
coronavirus.
This includes stay-
ing at least 1.5 metres
from other people, and
being vigilant about
hand hygiene. Make sure
you have plenty of hand
sanitiser available if you
are hosting or attending
a social gathering, so you
can disinfect your hands
regularly without having
to go to the bathroom
repeatedly.
SHOULD I BRING MY OWN CUTLERY TO A DINNER PARTY?
Assuming you trust the
general hygiene stand-
ards of your friends (which
I sincerely hope you do),
this is not necessary.
Cutlery should be washed
properly with detergent in
hot water and handled only
with freshly washed hands.
Cutlery is no different to
any other food surface
such as crockery, glass-
ware or chopping boards –
just make sure it’s as clean
as possible.
CAN WE SHARE FOOD?
Although there is no
evidence coronavi-
rus is spread through
food, there is still a risk
of cross-contamination
while eating food from a
shared plate. So this is
probably not a sensible
thing to do right now.
While it might feel
less sociable, avoiding
shared grazing plates is
a simple tactic to limit
the risk of virus trans-
mission. It might even
stop your friend scofﬁng
all the dip.
Similarly, avoid the
temptation to clink
glasses with your friends.
It’s only a small risk but
we should take every
opportunity to reduce the
virus’s chances.
SHOULD I WEAR
A MASK?
Amask is not es-
sential for social
gatherings, assum-
ing you maintain a
safe distance and
wash your hands
regularly. Having
said that, a mask can
give people some
extra reassurance so
they can relax a bit
more.
That’s assum-
ing it is worn (and
taken off) correctly,
and that people
understand a mask
does not guarantee
protection from
infection. There is no
harm in wearing one,
but remember to be
extra friendly as your
friends can’t see
your smile!
I DON’T FEEL 100% – SHOULD I TAKE A RAINCHECK?
It is important to factor
in your personal health
and risk factors in deter-
mining how you navigate
your newly reinstated
freedoms. For example,
a 75-year-old with a pre-
existing health condition,
such as a heart condition
or asthma, should still be
very careful about limit-
ing their contact with
others, as the implica-
tions of getting sick are
very serious.
You should also
consider your respon-
sibility to other people.
A 25-year-old who feels
slightly unwell should
err on the side of caution
and not socialise, to
protect others.
Despite the lockdown
lifting, we still need to
take responsibility for
our own health and also
be considerate about the
health of others. That
way we can all start to
enjoy one of the most
rewarding aspects of
humanity: being sociable.
HOW SHOULD WE GREET EACH OTHER?
The same rules about physical contact still apply,
so we should not be hugging for now. We could
adopt some of the new ways of greeting, such as
the elbow bump or the foot shake. Or just stick to
saying hello for the moment.
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thankful for. In a day we always
learn something, if not a lot at
least a little. Be thankful for the learning
and the success.
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Vadodara: The over
two-month long lock-
down has taken a mas-
sive toll on the wedding
industry in Gujarat. Va-
dodara for one seems to
be facing more hard-
ships with marriage
decorators and caterers
complaining that the
business was down.
According to govern-
ment-imposed lock-
down guidelines, wed-
dings are allowed but
not more than 50 peo-
ple are allowed to at-
tend and organisers
mustensurethatguests
maintain social dis-
tancing at all times. In
Vadodara, weddings
are being arranged in
temples, with due care
tofollowsocialdistanc-
ing norms. Divyang
Brahmakshatriya,who
got married recently
said: “We had made
preparations as per the
government rules. I
would thank the gov-
ernment for granting
permission despite the
present condition.
There were around 20
relatives present at the
wedding.”
A lot of industries as-
sociated with weddings,
such as the decorators,
hall owners, florists, ca-
terers, photographers,
et al, are now without
work. “We have request-
ed the government for
relief and are waiting
for their decision,” said
Kamlesh Patel, decora-
tor. During the ongoing
fourth phase of lock-
down, the Centre has al-
lowed a gathering of not
more than 50 persons
during wedding ceremo-
nies. Wearing a face
mask has also been
made mandatory.
WEDDING ‘INDUSTRY’ TOO IS IN DOLDRUMS
INVISIBLE HAND
BEHIND YOGI-
PRIYANKA IMPASSE
Realising the com-
plexityandhumani-
tarian aspect of the jour-
neyof themigrantwork-
ers back home, the issue
is being echoed from
very quarter. Congress
and Priyanka Gandhi
also started raising the
issue prominently. Pri-
yanka asked permission
for 1000 buses from the
UP govt for taking the
migrantworkerstotheir
native places. At the first
sight, UP CM didn’t find
anything political in the
proposal and he took the
tweet by Priyanka Gan-
dhi casually. It is here
that a senior bureaucrat
intervened in the matter
who was miffed with UP
Congressman Gaurav
Pandhi for raising ques-
tion on his wife, a promi-
nent folk singer, being a
permanent feature in
every big govt function
through a tweet. Pandhi
had hinted that the sing-
er wife got the assign-
mentsduetoherrelation
with the senior bureau-
crat.Sourcessaythatthe
senior bureaucrat re-
vealed his heart burn to
CM Yogi. CM asked him
to take necessary action
on the bus matter. After
getting CM’s nod, the
senior bureaucrat asked
Congress to send all 1000
buses to Lucknow by 10
pmthesamenightwhere
their fitness was to be
checked. Congress sug-
gested that since the
buses were supposed to
enterUPfromNoidabor-
der, so even the fitness
tests should also be done
at Noida. The senior bu-
reaucratrefusedthisand
on the contrary regis-
tered a case against UP
Congress chief Ajay Ku-
mar Lallu sighting that
approx 150 two and three
wheelers registration
numbers were found in
thelistof 1000busessub-
mitted by Congress,
which he regarded in-
fringement of lockdown
andfraudonpartof Con-
gress.
WHO GAVE BJP THE
X-RAY EYES?
Who gave this wis-
dom to UP BJP
leaders that there could
be any discrepancy in
the list of buses submit-
ted by Cong for helping
the migrants? When
Cong gave this list to UP
BJP govt, they had no
inkling regarding any
probable discrepancy in
list.Sourcessaythatthis
happened due to inside
information given by a
senior Cong leader. This
leader has said to have
conveyed UP BJP govt
thatsincerequirednum-
berof busescouldnotbe
arranged,sotherehasto
be something wrong. If
sources are to be be-
lieved then there was a
communication gap be-
tween Rajasthan CM
Ashok Gehlot, Dy CM
Sachin Pilot and Priyan-
ka Gandhi’s secretary
Sandeep Singh. Or the
plan was deliberately
sabotaged? Priyanka
Gandhi should get it in-
quired as it was her
name which took a beat-
inginthewholeepisode.
WHERE DID
PRIYANKA GANDHI
GO WRONG?
Senior Congress lead-
ers believe that Pri-
yanka Gandhi should
havedirectlytalkedtoUP
CMYogiforthereturnof
migrant workers rather
than tweeting the offer. It
was Priyanka Gandhi’s
secretary Sandeep Singh
whowascommunicating
with them. Sandeep has
JNU background where
he did CPI politics. Sand-
eep was using his own
letterheadstowritetoUP
govt so the replies too
camefromSDMandRTO
level officers. UP style of
functioning can be very
well understood from an
old incident. It relates to
the time when Mulayam
Singh was UP CM with
Congress supporting it.
The then UP Congress
president ND Tiwari ha-
bitually use to threaten
Mulayam govt of taking
back its support. When
Mulayamwasaskedasto
why didn’t he respond to
Tiwari’s threats, Mulay-
am said since ND Tiwari
was Congress state chief
so he better be replied by
the state chief of his par-
ty, Ramcharan Das, and
not him. Was the same
UP tradition followed in
case of Sandeep Singh
too? Priyanka Gandhi
better understand this.
MIRACULOUS
AYURVEDIC
SOLUTION
While the country
was facing un-
precedented cornona
crisis, everyone was
missing Baba Ramdev.
The problem with Baba
Ramdevisthatnowheis
more of a Business
Guru than a Yoga Guru.
He all of sudden incar-
nated with his new busi-
ness plan. This time it
was in MP where CM
Shivaraj Singh Chou-
han, health minister
Narottam Mishra and
all senior medical offic-
ers of the state were pre-
sent for VC with Baba.
Baba started with prais-
ing CM for his efforts to
contain corona against
thegroundrealityinMP
which in fact is compet-
ingwithMaharashtrain
terms of the infection.
Most clean city Indore
and capital Bhopal have
made records in regis-
tering single day posi-
tive cases. Baba then
came to his business
plan and announced
that Patanjali has come
up with a Kadha
‘Trikoot’ which will
boost the immunity.
Now Shivraj govt seems
to be determined to
make the miraculous
ayurvedic solution for 2
crore people in MP.
MAMATA-YECHURY
SHARE SAME
STAGE
All non BJP parties
arecomingonsame
page to fight corona cri-
sis. A virtual meeting
was held in which most
opposition party leaders
and CMs participated
and dwelled on building
acommonagendawhich
they would repeatedly
raise in front of central
govt. ‘Common Agenda’
theory was out forward
by WB CM Mamata Ba-
nerjee. But since PM
Modi not only did an
aerial survey of WB due
to Amphan cyclone, but
also gave a Rs 1000 crore
package for the state,
Mamta didn’t target PM
Modi but substituted it
with Centre. She said
Centre is not respecting
the federal structure of
thecountrysoallopposi-
tion parties should col-
lectively raise common
agenda. Congress tar-
geted Modi govt of mis-
handling migrant crisis.
CPM leader Sitaram
Yechury raised the issue
of free grains & food and
MSP purchase. What
surprisedeverybodywas
that both Yechury and
Mamata not only shared
theplatformbutalsoline
of action. SP and BSP,
often targeted as B team
of BJP, kept a safe dis-
tance from this exercise.
The author is a
journalist and political
commentator and views
expressed are his
personal
FIRST INDIA SUNDAY SPECIAL
Mamta Banerjee Sitaram YechuryPriyanka Gandhi
BY TRIDIB RAMAN
Yogi Adityanath
The Gujarat High Court has pulled up the State Government for laxity in corona testing and for several things about its handling of the Covid crisis
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The Gu-
jarat High Court has
come down heavily on
the State Govern-
ment’s reported ten-
dency to reduce the
number of corona
tests and directed that
every person should
have the permission to
undergo a Covid test.
Passing severe stric-
tures on the Gujarat
Government over its
handling of the corona
crisis, a Division Bench
of Justice JB Pardiwala
and Justice ILesh Vora
grilled Health Minister
Nitin Patel, who is also
Deputy Chief Minister,
and Principal Secretary
(Health) Jayanti Ravi.
The High Court as-
serted, “We wonder,
how many times the
Health Minister of
the State has visited
the Civil Hospital at
Ahmedabad so as to
keep a watch or take
stock of what is going
on at the Civil Hospi-
tal.”
“Does the Health
Minister have any idea
about the problems
which the patients, doc-
tors, nursing staff, and
other employees are
facing as on date?”
Asking the govern-
ment to ensure there is
no laxity in testing for
the virus, the court ob-
served, “On argument
that if more numbers
are tested, 70 per cent
population testing posi-
tive will create fear psy-
chosis can’t be ground
to refuse testing, all pri-
vate laboratories full-
filling ICMR criteria
should be permitted to
conduct RT-PCR tests.”
The bench ordered
that the, “The test
charges should have
ceiling as it is Rs 4500.
Now, everyone should
be permitted to have
Covid test (as well as)
family members of
those persons who have
tested positive, or hos-
pitalised or died due to
corona.
The judges observed,
“Crises does not build
character, it reveals it.”
The court said the state
should follow Maha-
rashtra practice and
ask all private clinic to
operate. The Private
hospitals should de-
mand advance pay-
ments or fees and
should only ask for peo-
ple’s aadhar cards”.
The court directed
the State Government
to procure maximum
testing kits and pro-
vide it even to private
hospitals to carry out
the test.
“The government is
directed to admit
asymptomatic positive
cases and cases with
mild symptoms. No pa-
tients should be made to
run from one hospital
to another for admis-
sion. Unfortunately this
has happened in past
and still continues.
There should be com-
puterised control room
to guide patients and
hospitals sharing de-
tails about available
beds,” the court orderd.
HowmanytimesyouvisitedCovidHosp?:HC
We wonder, how many times the Health Minister has visited
the Civil Hospital at Ahmedabad so as to keep a watch or take
stock of what is going on at the Civil Hospital. Does he have
any idea about the problems which the patients, doctors, nursing staff,
and other employees are facing as on date? — Gujarat High Court
@ahmedpatel
Do watch Rahul ji’s interaction with migrant work-
ers. Their pain and suffering is a national shame
# Rahul_Gandhi_Mazdooron_ke_Sath
Guj washes its hands off
free travel for migrants
First India Bureau
Ahmedabad: The
Gujarat High Court
has categorically di-
rected the Indian
Railways and the
State Government to
bear the travel ex-
penses of the mi-
grant workers wish-
ing to return to their
native places and en-
sure that they go
without any hin-
drances.
Referring to the
reports filed by the
Gujarat Government
in the court, a divi-
sion bench of Justice
JB Pardiwala and
Justice IB Vora or-
dered thus:
“The report filed
today reflects that
the travel charges
levied for the trans-
portation of the mi-
grant workers, by
the Railway au-
thorities is borne
by a few host States,
NGOs, employers,
voluntary associa-
tions.”
“This is not done.
We direct the Rail-
way authorities to
waive off one-way
charges of these mi-
grant labourers or in
the alternative, for
the State Govern-
ment to bear the
charges.”
The court also di-
rected that, “The
State Government
shall ensure that the
migrant workers do
not have to face fur-
ther difficulties for
the purpose of travel-
ling to their native.
The work in this re-
gard shall continue
in the right direc-
tion.”
With these direc-
tives, the High
Court pushed aside
all arguments by
the Gujarat Gov-
ernment that since
only 7,512 of the
total 22.5 lakh mi-
grant workers on
the Labour Depart-
ment’s record were
registered under
the Inter-State Mi-
grant Workmen
(IMW) Act and only
they could be pro-
vided travel allow-
ance.
The court was
hearing a PIL filed by
lawyer Anand Yagnik
along with a suo
motu petition initi-
ated by the high
court.
People have started preferring temple weddings instead of
marriage halls in Vadodara.
‘CONTROLLED’ WEDDINGS IN GUJARAT

ed is accepted as
the colour of life
not just because of
the life-giving red
blood which flows
through our veins
and arteries but
also because no other colour is
as much a symbol of life, positiv-
ity, warmth, energy, love and
passion, as red is. Red is associ-
ated with our most physical
needs and our will to survive.
It exudes strong and power-
ful energy.
Many of us turn to wear
red when we need confi-
dence and I personally feel it
really enhances the natural
beauty of women which is prob-
ably why it is the traditional col-
our for the bride and for festive
occasions. Another reason
could be that red awakens
our physical life force and
stimulates deeper and
intimate passions.
Now, you know why
Valentine’s day is
dominated by red.
Red represents both,
the cupid and the
devil. Negatively, it is
also an expression
of anger. Too much
red in the sur-
roundings can
lead to agitation
and irritation.
Red is a highly
visible colour
that is able to draw attention
quickly and get people to make de-
cisionsquicklywhichisfiretrucks
are usually painted red. Flashing
red lights mean danger or emer-
gency, while stop signs and stop
lights use the colour red to alert
drivers about the dangers of the
intersection. Red represents pow-
er and courage. Red’s association
with courage and bravery makes
it a colour that is used often in na-
tional flags, on shields, and in
achievement patches.
Red is used in phrases which
all have different connotations
and meanings like saying “in the
red” means losing money while
the term “red herring” is used
when referencing something
that is deceiving. We all have
used the phrase “paint the town
red” which is associated with
celebration while “red-eye” is as-
sociated with overnight airline
flights. The oft used “red carpet
treatment” refers to making
someone feel special and pam-
pered as if they are a VIP or high
profile person.
CITY FIRST DELVES INTO THE PASSIONATE WORLD OF THE PEOPLE WHO LOVE
THE COLOUR RED AND DECODES THE SIGNIFICANCE OF RED!
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YOUR
DAYHoroscope by
Saurabbh Sachdeva
LEO
JULY 24 - AUGUST 23
You will feel energetic,
reinvigorated and will adopt
a new fitness regime. Being
lazy or tired is a thing of
past. Adjust yourself in a new set up.
Do not leave any stone unturned in
working hard academically. Any
negligence in studies may lead to
situation getting out of hands.
LIBRA
SEPT 24 - OCTOBER 22
All those who matters will
appreciate your initiative to
complete all the given work
on or before time. You will
receive a financial boost may be
because of change of job or getting
money back from the borrower. Keep
following a healthy diet to remain in
good shape.
ARIES
MAR 21 - APR 20
You will make some
progress in new direction.
Work hard to overcome
any weakness and
shortcomings for getting good
academic results. You may move to a
new residence. Government
employees will invest for retirement.
Do not get emotional.
SAGITTARIUS
NOV 23 - DEC 22
Your expectation are very
high today from the
company of someone you
love. Your academic
performance will improve like anything.
Taking care of an elderly, loving them
and giving them time will not only
bring you recognition but will also
bring you blessings.
GEMINI
MAY 21 - JUNE 21
Academically stay alert,
don’t fall for any negative
suggestions given by your
competitor. Money is no
constraint in getting successful in
your endeavours. Set a goal and
move in the direction of achieving it.
Read property papers with extra
caution before making any deal.
AQUARIUS
JAN 21 - FEB 19
Today prioritize your health.
Take a break or slow down
on professional front or else
your health will start
suffering. Today is also the best day for
you as you would get the opportunity
to interact with important people. Now
is the time to prove your metal in the
field that you have chosen.
TAURUS
APR 21 - MAY 20
Take preventive measures
for your health will prove
beneficial. Enjoy quality
time with you friends and
family and bury all the resentments
of the past . Todays is your day for
romance. Stars are supporting you,
go ahead be confident about your
emotions and express yourself.
CAPRICORN
DEC 23 - JAN 20
Love will keep you
satisfied. Having correct
attitude is must if you want
to fit in the crowd. To reach
your desired goal, focus on the
teamwork and good management
skills. Avoid being strong headed in
sensitive matters. Please take care of
your health.
VIRGO
AUG 24 - SEP 23
Smile because to your
delight, you will start doing
stuff or something that you
had to discontinue doing in
the past. Prepare well and in
advance if you want to move
mountains in a new and a totally
different field of work. Be careful on
what you spend and how you spend.
CANCER
JUNE 22 - JULY 23
On professional front come
up with new ideas. Invest
your time in making things
work that have been given
up by your co workers, as this will
help you in getting noticed. Don’t
indulge in outspreading rumours as
it may backfire also simply you will
gain nothing out of it.
PISCES
FEB20 - MARCH 20
Please take responsibility
for your actions. Your
ambitions are on hault
because of your will and
once you revive life will be awesome.
Your plan for business expansion
may not go as smoothly as planned
by you because of current situations
but things will settle.
SCORPIO
OCT 23 - NOVEMBER 22
Prove your point by using
facts and figures and a
little more effort from your
end will surprise everyone.
You will feel confident and strong.
Today is your day, professionally you
will be very efficient at workplace.
You will feel secure in terms of
money.
hen Buddhism
spread beyond India,
the first nation in
which it took roots
wasSriLanka.Kandy
is a large picturesque
city in central Sri
Lanka. Covered with lush
green rainforest and sur-
roundedbymountainsIfound
the city extremely beautiful
and mesmerizing. The city is
embraced with many tea plan-
tations in and around like
DAMRO tea estate, etc. It is
famed for sacred Buddhist
sites, including the Temple of
the Sacred Buddha Tooth Rel-
ic. The Buddhist shrine is lo-
cally known as the Sri Dalada
Maligawa. The temple is
spread along the Kandy lake
and located in the royal palace
complex of the former King-
dom of Kandy. It was declared
a world heritage site by UNE-
SCO in 1988.
I got the wonderful opportu-
nity to visit the temple. As I
entered inside the hall of the
main shrine was captivated to
see the old wooden architec-
ture. From the hall two sepa-
ratestaircaseswereultimately
going upstairs (from left and
right directions) where Bud-
dha’s original left upper ca-
ninetoothhasbeenpreserved.
The sacred tooth is conserved
in the inner chamber of the
upper floor of two-storied Sri
Dalada Maligawa temple. The
temple is designed in tradi-
tional style with a decoration
of uniquelybuilt128lotusgold
flowers on the roof. Two large
elephant tusks are placed in
the front of the shrine. Lotus
flower has great significance
inKandy.WhenIwalkedatthe
upper floor people were offer-
inglotusflowersinfrontof the
sacred tooth chamber to fulfill
their wishes.
Journeyof Buddha’ssacred
tooth from India to Kandy, Sri
Lanka- After the parinirvana
of Gautam Buddha, the body
of BuddhawascrematedatUt-
tar Pradesh’s Khushinagar
district in India. Buddha’s left
canine tooth was retrieved
from the funeral by his disci-
ple, Khema. Khema then gave
the tooth to the Kingdom of
Kalinga’s King Brahmadatte.
It became a royal possession
and was kept at Dantapuri in
Odhisha. Thenceforth, the
Tooth relic of the Kalinga be-
came an object of great ven-
eration by generations of Ka-
linga kings. Consequently
several attempts were made to
destroy the Relic by the fanati-
cal rulers. Yet the Tooth relic
was miraculously saved every
time. In the 4th Century AD
thelastIndianrulertopossess
the Tooth relic was Guhasiva
of Kalinga. Guhasiva in order
topreventitspossessionbyhis
enemies who made war sent
thetoothtoSriLankathrough
his daughter Princess He-
mamali and her husband,
Prince Dantha. Princess He-
mamalicarriedGautamaBud-
dha’s tooth relic hidden in her
hair to Sri Lanka. That time
KingKirtiSriMegavannawas
therulerof SriLankaandasa
piousBuddhisthereceivedthe
sacred Tooth Relic with great
veneration. He built a beauti-
fulpalacewithintheRoyalPal-
ace Complex itself and en-
shrined the Relic in it. As time
went on, the land was threat-
ened with foreign invasions,
and the seat of the kingdom
shiftedfromAnuradhapurato
Polonnaruwaandthereafterto
Dambadeniyaandothercities.
With every change of capital,
a new palace was built to en-
shrinetheRelic.Finally,itwas
broughttoKandywhereitisat
present, in the Sri Dalada Ma-
ligawa temple.
AN UNHEARD JOURNEY OF GAUTAM BUDDHA’S SACRED TOOTH RELIC FROM INDIA TO SRI LANKA
AN UNTOLD TALE BUDDHA TOOTH TEMPLE
ANUBHA JAIN
cityfirst@firstindia.co.in
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T
he tooth temple was refurbished again as
it was attacked by the Liberation Tigers of
Tamil Eelam (LTTE), very recently in 1998.
In early 1998, Sri Lanka was ready to celebrate
its 50th independence anniversary from Great
Britain. Charles, Prince of Wales with a number
of foreign dignitaries were scheduled to arrive
in the following days. Kandy city was chosen as
the host for such important event on February
4th. On 25th January 1998, the LTTE exploded
a massive truck bomb inside the Temple of
the Tooth premises. The attack caused severe
damage to the temple; especially to its roof and
the facade. But neither its inner chambers nor the
tooth relic were harmed. Complete restoration
took more than one and a half years to complete.
Earlier also the temple sustained damage from
bombing in 1989 but was fully restored that
time also. All damaged sculptures were made
new, and damaged paintings on lime plaster
were reassembled and reintegrated with the
existing pieces.
After every 5 years through a grand procession
of ten-days ‘Esala Perahera’ the replica of the
tooth is brought out for public viewing. With
parades of dancers and drummers the procession
is celebrated like a festival to pay homage to the
Sacred Tooth. In the procession, a royal male
elephant carries the great relic of Sacred Tooth.
Since 1990, a casket is carried instead of the relic
due to fear of robbery.
E
lephant Raja Maligawa was the sacred
casket bearer of the procession for around
50 years. On 20th August 1986 former Sri
Lankan President J.R.Javewardene declared
Raja as a national treasure, in recognition
of his valuable services to the religion and
culture of Sri Lanka. Raja died in July 1988
and his death prompted the government to
order a day of national mourning in Sri Lanka.
A postage stamp was issued in its memory on
12 December 1989. Raja’s stuffed remains are
presently kept in a special museum within the
Temple premises.
The shrine complex is surrounded by the
beautiful garden and there are various associated
buildings and structure in the temple such as the
Royal Palace, Audience Hall, and Mahamaluwa.
INSIGHTS!
INSIGHTS!

A
ctress Zoey Deutch feels
guilty about her privi-
leged recovery process
after testing COVID-19
positive. Deutch joins the list of ce-
lebrities including Idris Elba, Tom
Hanks, Rita Wilson, and Daniel Kim
who battled the virus and recovered.
The actress says she still has no idea how
she contracted the disease. “I had the
coronavirus early on, before the shutdown,
and a group of my friends also got it. People
keep asking me, ‘Where did you get it?’ and I
wish I knew. I feel like I could have spoken in
a more eloquent way about my experience had
I known,” Deutch wrote in an essay for the portal
Vulture. “I continued testing positive for a
month, which is longer than they’re saying
you’re supposed to. I’m okay now. I’m so grate-
ful for my health and I also feel guilty, in a
way, for making it out okay. I think this
virus is bringing up so many conflict-
ing emotions,” she said. —IANS
Feeling Guilty!
‘S
ex Education’ star Emm Mackey will head
the cast of biographical drama about Eng-
lish novelist and poet Emily Bronte. The
film‘Emily’,incidentally,willalsomarkthe
directorial debut of actress Frances O’Connor and
trace the early years of the ‘Wuthering Heights’ au-
thor. “Emily Bronte’s work and words are full of pas-
sion,feeling,violenceandfierceintelligence,”O’Connor
said, adding: “In creating an imagined life for Emily, she
will live again for our audience. Her story is about a young
woman daring to form herself, to embrace her true na-
ture, despite the consequences. “I am so excited to
work with such a thrilling, talented, young cast; lu-
minous, intelligent, and spirited.” —IANS
S
inger Ariana Grande has paid
tribute to victims of the Man-
chester bombing attack, nearly
three years after the tragedy. The
26-year-old singer paid her respects to
the 22 people killed by a suicide
bomber at her concert in 2017.
She said: “I want to take a mo-
ment to acknowledge and send my
love to everyone that is feeling the
sadness and tremendous heavi-
ness of the anniversary coming
up this week. Not a day goes by
that this doesn’t affect u and all of
us still. I will be thinking of u all
week and weekend. My heart,
thoughts and prayers are with u al-
ways.” Ariana had described the inci-
dent as the worst of humanity.—IANS
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EID RECIPES
LOCKDOWNFEELING
Homesick!
mid lockdown,
actress Kriti
Kharbanda has
not seen her
family and
friends for a few
months now
and says feeling home-
sick is normal in times
like these. Kriti took to
Instagram, where she
shared a picture of a
plate full of delicacies
that look appetising. She
wrote: “It’s been a few
months since I’ve gone
home and seen my par-
ents. Feeling home sick
is very normal in times
like these. So I decided to
give myself a treat to feel
better, and this South In-
dian thali did the trick..
the South Indian punjabi
in me is very pleased,
happy, content and grate-
ful.” Her rumoured beau
and actor Pulkit Samrat
commented: “Bestest
meal ever!!”
—IANS
A
Reminiscing!K
riti Sanon made her Bollywood
debut with ‘Heropanti’ in 2014
on this day, and since then her
career has only been on the
rise. Completing six years in the in-
dustry, the actress took to Instagram
to thank the cast and crew members of
her first film, which also introduced
Tiger Shroff. “This was my first ever
bollywood poster that released and the
feeling was surreal! I woke up earlier
than usual, jumped out of bed and ran
out to see the front page of the news-
paper!! From that day till now I’m liv-
ing my dream,” Kriti happily ex-
pressed. She added: “Forever Grateful
to @nadiadwalagrandson #SajidSir @
wardakhannadiadwala & @sabbir24x7
sir for getting me into this magical
world of movies. For giving me the
best launch ever.. and @tigerjackie-
shroff I’m so glad i started my journey
with you..happy 6 year anniversary
Tigy.” —IANS
Worst of
Humanity!
Embracing true nature!
Kriti Kharbanda
... her post
Kriti Sanon
... her post
Zoey Deutch
Ariana Grande
Emm Mackey
INGREDIENTS
For Chicken Tikka
 Chicken (Tikka Cut) : 4 pieces
 Yogurt : 4 tablespoons
 Ginger & Garlic Paste : 1 table-
spoon each
 Zarda / Orange Food Color : 1/4
teaspoon
 Chicken Tikka Masala : 1/2
packet
 Chinese Chili Sauce : 1 table-
spoon
 Raw Papaya Paste : 1 table-
spoon
 Lemon Juice : 2 tablespoons
 Charcoal : 1 inch piece, for dum
 Oil : 5 tablespoons
For Biryani Masala
 Basmati Rice : 3 cups
 Fresh Coriander (chopped) : 2
tablespoons
 Oil : 1 cup
 Quorma Masala : 1/2 packet
 Ginger & Garlic Paste : 1
teaspoon each
 Yogurt : 2 cups
 Onion (sliced) : 1 medium
 Iodized Salt : to taste
 Crushed Chili : 1 tablespoon
 Green Chili : 3-4
 Fresh Mint (leaves) : 2 table-
spoons
 Lemon (sliced) : 4-5 medium
 Zarda / Orange Food Color : 1/8
teaspoon
METHOD
For Chicken Tikka Marination
 Using a knife make cuts in chick-
en tikka pieces.
 Combine all the ingredients in a
bowl except the last two and rub
it thoroughly onto the chicken
pieces. Cover the remaining with
marinade.
 Give it a koyle-ka-dum and allow
it to marinate for at least 1 hour
in the refrigerator.
 Heat the oil & cook marinated
chicken tikka on a high heat just
to get a little color.
 Add half a cup of water and cook
with the lid covered for 15 min-
utes. After a few minutes flip to
ensure even cooking on both
sides. Cook until the meat is ten-
der. Keep aside.
For Biryani Masala
 Wash & soak Basmati Rice for at
least 15 minutes.
 Heat the oil in a large pot and fry
the onions till they are golden in
color.
 To this add Ginger Paste, Garlic
Paste, Quorma Masala, crushed
chili, Iodized Salt and yogurt;
cook for 4-5 minutes.
 In a large pan bring 3 liters of
water to a rapid boil; add 3 tbsp
Iodized Salt and 2-3 lemons
(sliced). Add the drained rice
and boil till rice reaches do kanni
stage. Strain.
 In a large pan bring 3 liters of
water to a rapid boil; add 3 tbsp
Iodized Salt and 2-3 lemons
(sliced). Add the drained rice
and boil till rice reaches do kanni
stage. Strain.
 Start layering the masala with
the cooked chicken tikkas. Then
sprinkle green chili, fresh corian-
der, fresh mint leaves, and lemon
slices. Finally top with the rice
and sprinkle a pinch of orange
food color. Leave for dum.
CHICKEN TIKKA BIRYANI
SHEER KHURMA
INGREDIENTS
 1 cup sugar
 1 litre milk
 1/2 cup dry fruits
chopped (almonds
and pistas julienned,
charoli or chironji)
 2 tbsp ghee
 100 grams roasted
vermicelli (crushed
into small pieces)
METHOD
 Boil milk. Add sugar.
Let it simmer so it
thickens. Keep stir-
ring in intervals.
 Heat ghee in a pan.
Fry the vermicelli till
golden brown.
 Remove from pan
and let it cool.
 Add to the boiling
milk.
 Garnish with dry
fruits. Serve warm.

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