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In a sign that the Opposition
was gearing up to come out
of the “lockdown” mode, 22
Opposition parties came on one
platform on Friday to question
the Narendra Modi
Government’s handling of the
fallout of Covid-19 pandemic,
including humanitarian crisis,
and said all powers were now
concentrated in the Prime
Minister’s Office (PMO) and
the regime has abandoned any
pretence of being a democrat-
ic Government.
The Opposition parties
demanded that the Centre pre-
sent a revised and comprehen-
sive package that will be a true
fiscal stimulus in order to rev up
the economy.
Presenting a 11-point char-
ter to the Modi Government,
the Opposition leaders, includ-
ing Congress president Sonia
Gandhi, Chief Ministers
Mamata Banerjee, Uddhav
Thackeray, Hemant Soren and
NCP chief Sharad Pawar
among others issued a joint
statement saying grand
announcements of C20 lakh
crore were made but it has done
nothing meaningful to alleviate
the sufferings of people, par-
ticularly the migrants who are
toiling hard to reach their des-
tinations.
They sought that the
Centre facilitate free trans-
portation of the migrants who
are still on roads without food
and water. At the same time it
also demanded the Centre con-
sult State Governments while
allowing international/domes-
tic flights.
“Present a clear and mean-
ingful economic strategy
focused on revival and pover-
ty alleviation instead of propa-
ganda. The C20 lakh crore
package and its contents mis-
lead the people of India,” said
the Opposition.
Interacting with
Opposition leaders through
video conference, the Congress
president accused the Modi
Government of mismanage-
ment in handling the situation
prevailing in the country. She
said the very spirit of “federal-
ism” has been forgotten as all
power is now concentrated in
the Prime Minister’s Office.
“A number of renowned
economists are predicting that
2020-21 will end with negative
growth of up to minus 5 per
cent. The consequences will be
catastrophic,” Sonia said.
Top Opposition leaders
included Bengal Chief
Minister Mamata Banerjee,
Maharashtra Chief Minister
Uddhav Thackeray, Jharkhand
CM Hemant Soren, NCP chief
Sharad Pawar, National
Conference Omar Abdullah,
DMK’s MK Stalin, CPI(M)’s
Sitaram Yechury among others.
Others who attended the
meeting and also expressed
their views, were Congress
leaders Rahul Gandhi, AK
Antony, Ghulam Nabi Azad,
Mallikarjun Kharge, Ahmed,
HD Devegowda (JDS), Derek
O’Brien from Trinamool, Praful
Patel (NCP), MK Stalin
(DMK), Sanjay Raut (Shiv
Sena), D Raja (CPI), Sharad
Yadav (LJD), Dr Omar
Abdullah (NC), Tejaswi Yadav
and Manoj Jha (RJD), PK
Kunhalikutty (IUML), Jayant
Chaudhary (RLD), Upendra
Kushwaha (RLSP), Badruddin
Ajmal (AIUDF), Jitin Ram
Manjhi (HAM), Jose K Mani
(KC-M), NK Premchandran
(RSP), Raju Shetty
(Swabhimani Paksh), Thol
Thirumavalavan (VCK-TN)
and Prof Kondandaram (TJS).
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At least 45 people were killed
when a Pakistan
International Airlines plane
with 99 people on board
crashed into a densely popu-
lated residential area near the
Jinnah International Airport
here on Friday, officials said,
nearly a week after the Covid-
19-induced air travel restric-
tions were lifted by the
Government.
Flight PK-8303 from
Lahore was about to land in
Karachi when it crashed at the
Jinnah Garden area near Model
Colony in Malir, minutes
before its landing, they said.
The PIA Airbus A320 car-
rying 91 passengers and eight
crew members has crashed
landed into the Jinnah Housing
Society located near the airport,
a spokesperson of the nation-
al carrier said.
Thick black smoke rose
from the accident scene of
devastation in the Model
Colony area. Earlier, a PIA
Spokesperson and many media
reports said that there were 107
people on board the aircraft.
Faisal Edhi of the Edhi
Welfare Trust said so far 45
bodies have been recovered
from the crashed plane.
“Our rescue workers have
taken out 45 bodies from the
remains of the aircraft,” he
said.
Sindh Health Minister
Azra Pechuho said that 19
bodies have been shifted from
the crash site to Jinnah hospi-
tal and another 20 to the civil
hospital. Scores of injured were
also rushed to other hospitals.
The Minister said there
are three survivors, including
President of the Bank of Punjab
Zafar Masood. He called up his
mother to inform her of his
well-being. Edhi said that
around 25 to 30 residents
whose houses were damaged by
the plane have also been taken
to the hospital, mostly with
burn wounds.
The aircraft wings during
the crash landing hit the hous-
es in the residential colony
before crashing down.
“At least 25 houses have
been damaged in this incident,”
Edhi said. “The first priority is
to rescue the people.
The main hurdle is narrow
streets and presence of ordinary
people who gathered at the
place after the crash but they
have been dispersed,” the min-
ister said.
According to a PIA official,
the captain informed the air
traffic control that he was hav-
ing problems with the landing
gear before the aircraft disap-
peared from the radar.
Thick black smoke rose
from a scene of devastation in
the Model Colony area.
Television footage showed res-
cue crews combing through
debris strewn across the streets
of the district — 3 km north-
east of the airport — where a
number of houses have been
destroyed.
The cause of the crash is yet
to be confirmed. PIA chief
executive Air Vice Marshal
Arshad Malik said the pilot had
told traffic control that the
plane was experiencing “tech-
nical difficulties”. Malik reject-
ed reports that the plane had
problems even before flying.
Talking to media, he said the
aircraft was completely safe
and sound.
He said all checks and pro-
cedures were done and “tech-
nically as well as administra-
tively everything was in place
and perfect”.
The plane with 99 people
on board came for landing
but just before landing the
pilot said he was going for a go-
around. While coming for sec-
ond landing, it developed some
problems and crashed. “The
real cause of the mishap will be
known after inquiry, which
will be free and fair and it will
be provided with media,” he
said.
He said some houses were
damaged but none of them col-
lapsed. There was no death on
ground so far.
Malik said that the entire
operation will take two to three
days to complete. Pakistan’s
Dunya News said it had
obtained a recording of the
conversation, also posted on
monitoring website liveatc.Net.
In it the pilot says they have
“lost two engines”. Several sec-
onds later he calls “Mayday,
Mayday, Mayday” and there is
no further communication.
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The Reserve Bank of India
(RBI) has painted a dismal
picture of Indian economy on
the basis of negative growth
and high inflation projection.
As a remedial measure, the
Central bank cut interest rate
by 40 basis points. The RBI said
that the impact of Covid-19 is
more severe than anticipated
and the GDP growth during
2020-21 is likely to remain in
the negative territory.
The central bank
announced a further three-
month extension on moratori-
um on term loans, deferment
of interest on working capital,
easing of working capital
financing requirements by
reducing margins, exemption
from being classified as default-
er, extension of timeline for
stressed assets, and asset clas-
sification standstill.
The extension on morato-
rium on term loans led to a
sharp sell off in banking stocks
amid fear that the bank will
have to prepare them for size-
able write off in the coming
months.
After opening nearly 300
points higher, the 30-share
index gave up all the gains to
turn negative shortly after the
policy announcement by the
RBI. After gyrating 770 points
during the day, the 30-share
Sensex ended 433.56 points or
1.14 per cent lower at
37,673.31. It hit an intra-day
low of 37,633.36 and a high of
38,403.54.
The broader NSE Nifty
plunged 139.25 points or 1.23
per cent to close at 11,174.75.
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With over 6,000 cases and
123 deaths for the second
consecutive day, coronavirus
cases in India has gone past
1,24,000 with 3,707 casualties.
Maharashtra recorded a
massive 2,940 fresh cases in
single day with 53 deaths while
Tamil Nadu and Delhi regis-
tered record number of Covid-
19 cases on Friday.
With 14 fatalities and 220
fresh cases reported on Friday,
the death toll due to Covid-19
rose to 152 in Uttar Pradesh,
while the number of cases
climbed to 5,735,
officials said.
According to the
Ministry of Health and
Family Welfare, around 80
per cent cases are reported
from five States:
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,
Gujarat, Delhi and Rajasthan
while over 70 per cent cases
reported from cities like
Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai,
Ahmedabad, Pune, Indore,
Kolkata, Hyderabad,
Aurangabad and Thane.
At least 51,307 coronavirus
patients have recovered so far.
With total cases of 44,582,
Maharashtra remains on the
top in the list.
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday praised
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee for trying hard to fight
off the disastrous impact of
super cyclone Amphan at a
time when the State, much like
the entire country, was suffer-
ing from the impact of the
corona pandemic.
The Prime Minister who
jointly conducted an aerial
survey of the South Bengal dis-
tricts of North and South 24
Parganas — to weigh up the
extent of devastation left
behind by the severe cyclone —
along with the Chief Minister
and State Governor Jagdeep
Dhankhar later said after an
administrative meeting that
the Union Govt would for the
time being make an advance
assistance of C1,000 crore for
immediate relief works.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister
Modi on Friday evening
announced an advance finan-
cial assistance of C500 crore for
Odisha after an aerial survey of
areas hit by cyclone Amphan
and holding a review meeting
with Governor Ganeshi Lal
and CM Naveen Patnaik.
Modi, accompanied by the
Odisha Chief Minister, took the
aerial tour of cyclone-hit dis-
tricts such as Jagatsinghpur,
Kendrapara, Bhadrak, Balasore,
Jajpur and Mayurbhanj for
about 90 minutes.
“For the immediate need,
the Government of India
announces C500 crore for
Odisha, as a measure in
advance. The Centre will fur-
ther help the Odisha Govt and
make rest of the arrangements
to come out of this crisis, after
the complete survey and the
formation of a rehabilitation
plan,” PM Modi said.
The cyclone caused large-
scale damage to infrastruc-
ture, public and private prop-
erty in North and South 24
Parganas, East and West
Midnapore, Kolkata, Howrah
and Hooghly districts.
“The Bengal Government
together with the Central agen-
cies has done a good job under
the leadership of Mamata
Banerjee to fight the crisis in
the wake of cyclone Amphan,”
the Prime Minister said
announcing “an advance inter-
im assistance of C1,000 crore
for the State.”
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Shops in Southeast Delhi’s
Shaheen Bagh, which were
closed for five months first due
to anti-Citizen Amendment
Act (CAA) protest and then the
coronavirus lockdown, opened
on Friday, the last Friday of
Ramzan.
The move comes after the
Delhi Government lifted some
curbs during lockdown 4.0
and allowed shops to function
in non-red zone areas.
However, despite the festival of
Eid being just round the corner,
the market did not witness
much footfall mainly because
of fear of the virus.
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To make most of healthcare
facilities in charitable and
private hospitals to deal with
the coronavirus situation, the
Maharashtra Government has
virtually acquired 80 per cent
of non-isolation beds in these
hospitals across the State.
Invoking the provisions of
the Epidemic Diseases Act,
1897, Disaster Management
Act, 2005, Maharashtra
Nursing Homes Act and other
relevant acts, the Health
department in an order issued
late on Thursday night said the
providers would make all
attempts to increase their bed
capacity relating to both isola-
tion and non-isolation beds.
“That means 80 per cent of
the isolation beds available
with any healthcare provider
under this notification should
be regulated by the
Government, district collec-
tors and Municipal
Commissioners and also 80
per cent of non-isolation beds.
The providers may charge their
rack charges to the remaining
20 per cent beds,” it said.
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The number of novel coron-
avirus (Covid-19) patients
in Uttarakhand mounted to
153 with the State health
department reporting seven
new cases of the disease on
Friday. In Dehradun district
three new cases of the disease
were reported while two cases
each were reported from
Udham Singh Nagar and
Haridwar districts. On a posi-
tive note, two patients were dis-
charged from the hospital in
Udham Singh Nagar district
after they were cured of the dis-
ease on the day. A total of 56
patients have so far recovered
from the disease in the State.
In Dehradun, a 30-year-old
female who had a travel histo-
ry from Delhi was found pos-
itive for the disease by the lab
of All India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS) Rishikesh
on Friday. She is a resident of
Barrage colony, Rishikesh.
Similarly a seven year old boy,
a thalassemia patient under
treatment at AIIMS was also
found positive. A 53 year old,
a resident of Rishikesh town
was also found infected by the
disease.
In Udham Singh Nagar
district, a 47 year old male of
Jaspur, who had recently
returned from Mumbai was
found positive for the disease.
Similarly a 23 year old male of
Jaspur was also found infected
on the day.
He has a travel history
from Mumbai. In Haridwar a
20 year old male, a resident of
Laksar area was found positive
while a 22 year old male of
Haridwar was also found
infected by the lab of AIIMS
Rishikesh on the day.
The additional secretary,
state health department, Yugal
Kishore Pant said reports of
1007 samples were found neg-
ative for the disease on Friday
while seven were found posi-
tive. He added that reports of
1968 samples are still awaited
by the department. On Friday,
a total of 1319 samples were
collected for COVID -19 test-
ing. The authorities have so far
taken swab samples of 18008
suspected patients for COVID-
19 test. Out of the total sam-
ples taken, 1.02 percent sam-
ples have been found positive
for the disease. On Friday the
rate of recovery from the
COVID-19 in the state was at
37.09 percent. Incidentally the
recovery rate was about 67
percent few days ago. In an
indication of spread of conta-
gion, the data of the health
department shows that the
doubling rate of the disease
stands now at eight days. The
doubling rate on May 11 was 45
days and after that it steadily
declined.
A total of 1567958 people
have so far downloaded the
‘Aaroggya Setu App’ on their
smart phones. A total of 13172
people are in facility quarantine
in different parts of the state.
Uttarakhand now has 96
cases of the disease. Dehradun
and Udham Singh Nagar dis-
tricts share the first position
with 24 cases each. Nainital
with 18 active cases is at second
spot. The mountainous dis-
tricts of Bageshwar, Tehri and
Uttarkashi have six cases each
of the disease. Haridwar had
five active cases of Covid-19.
Almora and Pauri districts
have three active cases each
while Chamoli has one active
case.
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The chief operation officer
(COO) of the State Covid-
19 control room Abhisek
Tripathi would continue to
work on his position in Covid-
19 control room.
Tripathi, a PCS officer,
was removed from the posi-
tion of the Additional Mission
Director National Health
Mission (NHM) on Thursday
by the State administration
and Jharna Kamthan was
transferred on his position.
Since the Covid-19 control
room is situated in the office
of NHM, its additional mis-
sion director was appointed as
COO of control room.
However considering his
expertise in the field, Tripathi
on Friday was asked by newly
appointed secretary, medical
health and family welfare,
Amit Singh Negi to continue
to hold the position of COO
of Covid control room. It is
pertinent to mention here
that the state government on
Thursday had removed the
secretary health Nitesh Kumar
Jha from his position and
handed over the task to Amit
Singh Negi.
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Prime Minister Narendra
Modi on Friday visited
Odisha to take stock of the sit-
uation in the wake of Cyclone
Amphan.
Accompanied by Governor
Ganeshi Lal and Chief Minister
Naveen Patnaik, Modi made an
aerial survey of Bhadrak and
Baleswar districts. Then, the
Prime Minister chaired a
review meeting in
Bhubaneswar with senior State
and Central Government func-
tionaries. He announced an
advance assistance of Rs 500
crore to the State pending an
assessment of the damages by
an Inter-Ministerial Central
team. The meeting was attend-
ed by the Governor, the Chief
Minister, Union Ministers
Dharmendra Pradhan and
Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Chief
Secretary Asit Tripathy, SRC
PK Jena and Ariculture
Secretary Sourav Garg .
Modi assured that the
Centre would work shoulder to
shoulder with the State
Government and provide all
possible assistance for restora-
tion and rebuilding of the
infrastructures in the areas
affected by the cyclone.
Expressing solidarity with
the people of the State and deep
sorrow over the lives lost, the
Prime Minister announced an
ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh to the
next of kin of deceased and Rs
50,000 to those seriously
injured in the cyclone.
“Everyone is fighting
Covid-19. In such a time, we
had a Super Cyclone in some
parts of India. This became
very worrying. At the same
time, due to the well-estab-
lished processes in Odisha,
many lives were saved. I con-
gratulate the people and
Government of Odisha,” said
Modi.
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The number of Covid-19
patients continued to surge
in the State with as many as 86
positive cases reported on
Friday, taking the total number
of cases to 1,189.
Of the new cases, 46 per-
sons were found positive in
Jajpur district, 11 in Cuttack
district, six in Nayagarh district,
five in Ganjam district, three
each in Baleswar, Bhadrak,
Keonjhar, Khordha and Puri
districts, two in Balangir dis-
trict and one in Sundargarh
district, the Health and Family
Welfare Department said.
While 80 cases were detect-
ed from quarantine centres, five
were local and one reported
from a containment zone.
A per the latest updates,
Ganjam has registered the
highest 322 positive cases,
followed by Jajpur with 225,
Baleswar 125, Bhadrak 98,
Khordha 74, Cuttack 56, Puri
48, Kendrapada 40, Boudh
33, Jagatsinghpur 30,
,Sundargarh 28, Nayagarh 27,
Angul 19, Mayurbhanj 14,
Kalahandi 13, Keonjhar11,
Balangir eight, Sambalpur
five, Malkangiri three,
Deogarh, Jharsuguda and
Dhenkanal two each and
Koraput one.
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The total number of active
COVID-19 cases in
Haryana is 345 while the num-
ber patients who have been dis-
charged are 706, officials said
on Friday.
While Haryana reported 35
new cases of corona virus on
Friday, taking the State's case
tally to 1067, a total of 25
patients recovered from various
hospitals in the last 24 hours.
The State has a recovery
rate of 66.17 per cent, fatality
rate at 1.50 per cent while
tests per million being con-
ducted are 3,594. The doubling
rate in the State is 17 days, offi-
cials said.
While Gurugram has 250
cases, Faridabad 185, Sonipat
151 and Jhajjar has reported 91
COVID-19 infections, mak-
ing it a total of 677 cases in
these four districts which fall in
the National Capital Region. As
per the bulletin, 16 deaths
have been reported so far in the
State.
Yamunanagar is corona
free district of the State as eight
persons tested positive for
COVID-19 have been dis-
charged from the hospitals, as
per the state health bulletin.
According to the State gov-
ernment’s health bulletin, 38
fresh cases were reported from
Gurugram, Faridabad, Sonepat,
Kurukshetra, Panipat,
Panchkula, Jind, Karnal,
Rohtak and Mahendragarh.
Gurugram reported 11
new cases of the deadly disease,
taking the total in the district
to 250. Faridabad reported
four new case of the deadly dis-
ease, taking the total in the dis-
trict to 185. Sonepat reported
one more corona virus case,
taking total to 150. Karnal
reported two more cases, tak-
ing the tally to 23. Sirsa which
was corona free a day ago
reported one more case, taking
total to nine. Rohtak reported
one more case, taking count to
15. 10 more cases have been
reported in Mahendragarh,
taking total to 21.
Two more cases reported
in Rewari, talking total to 11.
Five more cases have been
reported in Kurukshetra, tak-
ing total to 14.
As many as 25 patients
walked out of hospital from dif-
ferent districts of the State on
Friday. So far, 706 patients
have been cured and dis-
charged from hospitals in
Haryana, including the 14
Italian nationals.
According to officials, a
total of 25 Covid patients were
discharged from various dis-
tricts including 14 in
Faridabad, four in Sonepat,
five in Jhajjar and one in
Panipat.
3-FOLD INCREASE IN
COVID-19 CASES THIS
MONTH
Haryana has recorded a
three-fold increase in corona
virus cases this month, major-
ity of them being reported
from four districts falling in the
National Capital Region. The
cases have jumped from 339 as
on April 30 to 1,067 on May 22.
The corona virus cases in
Gurgaon, Faridabad, Sonipat
and Jhajjar, which fall in the
NCR, jumped from 54, 53, 25
and 24, respectively, as on
April 30 to 250, 185, 151 and 91
by May 22, according to data
put out by the state health
department in its daily bul-
letins.
Twelve of the 16 COVID-
19 deaths which the state has
reported so far took place dur-
ing the month of May.
On May 4, Haryana had
recorded the highest single-day
jump in corona virus cases
when 75 infections were
reported and a day earlier the
state had reported 66 infec-
tions, most of these from the
NCR districts.
The number of active cases
in the state has gone up from
100 on April 30 to 345 on May
22.
Commenting on the spurt
in COVID-19 cases in the
NCR, Health Minister Anil
Vij said the people living in dis-
tricts which are closer to Delhi
have also been affected. There
are a total of 12,319 corona
virus cases in the national cap-
ital, according to authorities.
Haryana has maintained
that several cases reported
from Sonipat, Jhajjar, Gurgaon,
Faridabad and even Panipat
have their origins in infec-
tions emanating from the
national capital, following
which authorities had put strict
regulation on borders with
Delhi to check the spread of
infection.
Though, the essential ser-
vices and movement of doctors,
paramedical staff and some
others as per orders of the
Delhi High Court have been
allowed. We had to put strict
regulations on our borders
with Delhi to check the spread
of infection. We have nothing
against the people of Delhi, but
we have to protect our own
people too, Vij said.
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The shortage of personal
protective equipment
(PPE) kits may be throwing
doctors out of gear in Punjab
and the rest of the country, but
nearly 15 out of 58 firms, diag-
nosed with the capabilities of
producing the much-needed
protective gear worn by health
and sanitation professionals to
minimize exposure to the
deadly infection, have received
the orders.
The state’s remaining three
dozens of manufacturing units,
whose samples have been
approved and certified by
South India Textile Research
Association (SITRA)/Defence
Research and Development
Organization (DRDO) to make
PPE bodysuit and coveralls, are,
as of now, have no orders in
hand.
Amidst the current situa-
tion, the State has already
requested other states to order
PPEs from Punjab. On Friday,
the state Industries Minister
Sunder Sham Arora has urged
the Union Minister of
Commerce and Industry
Piyush Goyal to consider allow-
ing exports of PPEs to other
countries in need “to utilize
Punjab capacity in manufac-
turing of PPEs to fullest”.
The letter to the Union
Minister came a day after Arora
had shot of separate letters to
the Chief Ministers of all oth-
ers states requesting them to
direct their respective Health
Departments to order PPEs
from Punjab’s units whenever
needed at the HLL (HLL
Lifecare Limited) rates.
In an apparent attempt to
turn the COVID-19 challenge
into an opportunity, the state
Industries Department had
made persistent efforts to per-
suade several textile and tech-
nical textile manufacturing
units to manufacture life sav-
ing PPEs, N-95 and N-99
masks. Maximum of 54 units in
the state’s industrial town,
Ludhiana, has received the go
ahead.
Notably, Punjab is a textile
hub with 14 percent of the total
cotton yarn in India being
produced in the State. Besides,
Punjab is the largest producer
of blended yarn and is ranked
fourth in the country in spin-
ning capacity with Ludhiana
being the biggest manufactur-
ing cluster for textiles in North
India.
The textile industry
accounts for about 19 percent
of the total industrial produc-
tion of the State and con-
tributes about 38 percent of the
total exports from the State to
USA, United Arab Emirates
(UAE), Iran, Bangladesh, and
Saudi Arabia. Arora, in his let-
ter to the Union Minister on
Friday, highlighted stupendous
role played by state industry in
coming forward and manufac-
turing PPEs considered most
vital in fight against deadly
virus in bulk, and are now in a
position to export these qual-
ity products to foreign coun-
tries on order.
The Minister pointed out
that 58 PPE suit manufacturers
in Punjab have obtained certi-
fication from SITRO/DRDO,
and are ready to start process-
ing orders.
“In view of the capacity of
above mentioned manufactur-
ers to produce PPE suits and
quality of the products, I shall
be grateful if you kindly con-
sider allowing export of PPE
suits from India,” the Minister
wrote.
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Himachal Chief Minister Jai
Ram Thakur on Friday
directed the officers to provide
all protective equipments to the
doctors, paramedical staff,
police personnel and other
staff dealing with the persons
arriving in the State by trains
from various parts of the coun-
try.
Presiding over a video con-
ference with the Deputy
C o m m i s s i o n e r s ,
Superintendent of Police and
Chief Medical Officers of the
State from Shimla,
he said better facilities
must be provided in quarantine
centres so that people staying
there do not face any inconve-
nience.
He said that aged people
and chronic patients should be
provided all the required health
care facilities and if required
they should be shifted to health
institutions, adding that prop-
er facilities such as separate
wash room facilities must be
ensured in these institutions.
Thakur said over 1.30 lakh
Himachalis stranded in various
parts of the country have
reached the State from 25th
April till now. He said that
about 81000 have been kept
under home quarantine and
over 6500 have been kept under
institutional quarantine. He
said the remaining have com-
pleted their quarantine period,
adding that people of the State
need not to worry about the
arrival of the Himachalis
stranded in various parts of the
country as the State
Government was ensuring that
nobody would be allowed to go
home without proper check up
and medical test.
The Chief Minister also
directed the Deputy
Commissioners to create addi-
tional facilities for institution-
al quarantine in their respective
districts keeping in view large
number of people still expect-
ed to reach the State in coming
days. He said that the State
Government had also made
elaborate arrangements of PPE
kits and other materials for
safety of the corona warriors.
He said that since all the peo-
ple coming from other parts of
the country would have to be
kept in institutional quarantine
till they are not tested for
COVID and this would be
additional burden on the quar-
antine centers.
Thakur said complete data
should also be compiled of
Himachalis visiting from other
parts of the country.
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Punjab’s COVID-19 tally on
Friday reached 2,029 with
the Railway Protection Force
(RPF) jawan tested positive in
Ludhiana as the State record-
ed just one case.
Till date, the state has
reported total 39 deaths. In
all, total 28 patients —
including seven from
Jalandhar, one from Sangrur,
six from Ropar, two from
Fatehgarh Sahib, four from
Bathinda, and eight from
Mansa — were recovered
from the contagion and sent
back home on Friday.
With this, total 1,847 coro-
navirus patients have recov-
ered till date, leaving just 143
active cases across the state so
far with maximum 48 in
Ludhiana out of total 172 con-
firmed cases, 24 in Jalandhar
out of 210, 16 in Faridkot out
of 61 positive cases, among
others.
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Chief Minister Hemant
Soren today said that
before and after the
Coronavirus infection in
Jharkhand, work was done on
social security and better health
services. “It is pleasant that the
recovery rate of infected peo-
ple in Jharkhand is above 90
percent, the death rate is low.
The government is engaged in
serving the people with its
limited resources,” he said while
speaking to CMs of UPA ruled
states during a video confer-
encing chaired by Congress
president Sonia Gandhi on
Friday.
“In the coming days we
have to be self-sufficient in
healthcare. The government is
proud that today all the system
rests on the government sys-
tem. The government system
has discharged its responsibil-
ities well. In times of crisis, peo-
ple's trust has also increased on
the government system,” he
said.
“The present time is chal-
lenging for the country and the
State. We face an economic and
employment crisis. This is a
community fight. The opposi-
tion UPA should make the
Central government aware of
the situation in various states.
We have made the Prime
Minister aware of the situation
in Jharkhand. The MGNREGA
implemented by the UPA will
prove to be a milestone for the
farmers, the unemployed and
the needy. Now, Jharkhand will
urge the Center to cover the
policy right under MGNREGA,
which will give the right to
choose the scheme, determine
the wage rate in the MGNRE-
GA. The State government
should provide employment to
the differently-abled and the
elderly according to their capac-
ity, to pave the way for their
economic independence. The
State has a low MGNREGA
wage rate, which has been
demanded from the Central
government,” said the CM.
Soren said that Jharkhand
is facing the brunt of GST.
Jharkhand does not get its
share on time. There is eco-
nomic crisis is in all states
including the country. The
State should also have a system
of wealth collection. What the
poor and unemployed will get
from the economic package
announced by the Center is
well known. Special attention
needs to be paid to workers,
peasants and the unemployed,
he said.
During the video confer-
encing, former Prime Minister
HD Deve Gowda, former
Union Home Minister P.
Chidambaram, Ghulam Nabi
Azad, Sharad Pawar, West
Bengal Chief Minister Mamata
Banerjee, Maharashtra Chief
Minister Uddhav Thackeray,
Sitaram Yechury, Sharad Yadav,
Omar Abdullah, Tejashwi
Yadav, representatives from PK
Gujarikati and UPA con-
stituents were present.
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Amid spiraling Covid 19
cases in country,
Jharkhand got a sigh of relief as
Ranchi district moved out from
red zone. Announcing this
State Health Secretary, Dr Nitin
Madan Kulkarni said, “As per
Central Government new
guidelines related to Covid 19,
Ranchi has moved out from
Red Zone to orange zone.”
The Health Secretary claimed
that this has been achieved due
to joint effort of doctors and
para medics and other gov-
ernment agencies engaged in
fight against Covid 19.
As per Centre’s directives,
states and union territories
(UTs) have to now categorize
red, orange and green zones
and inside the red and orange
zones, containment and buffer
zones will be identified by the
district administration and
local urban bodies with tech-
nical inputs at local level and by
taking into consideration the
health ministry guidelines.
Ranchi moving out from
red zone is big relief for state
government too as Ranchi was
only district in Jharkhand
which was categorized in red
zone. On April 30, Ranchi was
designated as ‘Red Zone’ while
nine other districts of State
were in ‘Orange Zone’ of novel
coronavirus. The rest 14 dis-
tricts were put in the Green
Zone.
The first case of transmis-
sion of disease in State Capital
was traced on March 31, when
a Malaysian woman staying in
Hindpiri area was found with
the infection.
The woman member of
Tablighi Jamaat (Islamic mis-
sionary movement) had
come from Delhi carrying
the virus. The district admin-
istration then to check the
spread of disease declared
Hindpiri as containment
zone sealing the area, deploy-
ing central security forces
and starting other preventive
measures.
On Friday, 15 fresh corona
positive cases were found in
Jharkhand. Among these 15
cases, seven are from
Hazaribagh, three from
Chaibasa, three from Ramgarh
and one each from Jamshedpur
and RIMS, Ranchi where a
patient was undergoing treat-
ment.
With today’s cases the
number of Covid 19 cases in
State has gone up to 323 in
State. On Thursday, a total of
18 corona positive patients
were found in State, which
included seven from Ranchi,
five from Bokaro, two each
from Koderma and Seraikela,
and one each from Giridih and
Jamshedpur.
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The decision of the state
government to conduct
examination of colleges and
universities in the month of
July has evoked diverging reac-
tions from the student organ-
isations. The National Students
Union of India (NSUI), the
student body politically affili-
ated to the Congress has
opposed the decision of hold-
ing the examinations.
The NSUI wants that the
students should be awarded
marks on the basis of internal
assessments and should be
promoted to next classes with-
out the examination.
The state president of the
NSUI, Mohan Bhandari said
that since not all students are
able to get connected to online
classes due to various reasons,
the final examinations should
not be held.
He said that all the students
should be promoted on the
basis of past performances and
the students of last year or
semester should be awarded 10
percent additional marks.
Recently the NSUI has under-
taken an online drive in which
its petition on examination
was signed by about one lakh
students. The Akhil Bharatiya
Vidhayarthi Parishad (ABVP),
the student wing of the BJP
however holds a divergent view.
Senior ABVP leader, Paras
Goyal said that online classes
are being held and the exami-
nations should be conducted
and no student should be
detained in them.
On Thursday, the Principal
Secretary higher education,
Anand Bardhan had asked all
the state varsities and colleges
to hold final examinations in
the month of July.
He said that syllabuses
should be completed by June 7
and the examinations should
start from July 1. Similarly the
new session for old students
should start from August while
for new students it should start
from September 1.
In a related development
the academic council of HNB
Garhwal University which is a
central university had decided
that it would hold examinations
of only final year students this
year and the examination
would be based on multiple
choice questions.
The university would pro-
vide OMR sheets to the stu-
dents during the examinations
in which they would have to
mark the correct answers.
The HNB University also
decided to promote the stu-
dents of intermediate semesters
on the basis of internal assess-
ment and marks obtained in
last semester examination. The
university also decided to do
away the practical examina-
tions and it was agreed in the
academic council that the
instead practical, the marks
would be awarded on the
assignments.
In view of the novel
Coronavirus (Covid-19) pan-
demic, the universities and
colleges of the state are closed
since March 15 and the stu-
dents are being taught by the
means of online classes.
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The members of joint fami-
lies are feeling more relaxed
in general than members of
nuclear families during the
lockdown.
This is the opinion of sev-
eral families who shared their
experiences with this corre-
spondent. Many of them
believe that living in a joint
family creates a strong bond
among the family members
that also offers a sense of secu-
rity during hard times like
Covid-19 pandemic.
According to a local resi-
dent Shweta Khatri, My two
brother in-laws and their fam-
ilies live together in Balawala
with my husband's parents.
Within first week of lockdown,
my children became very bored
and annoyed.
I and my husband also
started having arguments over
trivial issues. On the insis-
tence of my mother in-law, we
went to live there just for two
days but we stayed there for
over a month.
I realised how happy we
feel in a joint family. We could
share work, chores and our feel-
ings with each other. We have
returned to our apartment due
to our work but my children are
still staying there. They feel
secure and happy there.
According to another local
Gaurav Dhiman, nuclear fam-
ilies are good if you want some
space but in critical times like
this, joint families provide great
support.
Many of my friends have
nuclear families and they tell
me almost every day how anx-
ious and irritated they feel in
their apartments. It is quite nat-
ural to feel low with the same
three people for over 60 days,
added Dhiman.
However, as per some
locals, living in a joint family
also means to bear responsi-
bilities of other members of the
family too.
Narayan Singh, a grocery
store owner, said that he lives
in a joint family of nine mem-
bers and his brother and sister-
in-law have not received their
salaries since March therefore
he has to take care of the
expenses of all the family mem-
bers. To be a part of joint fam-
ily means to be there to support
one another. These are difficult
times and will pass too, added
Singh.
According to the mem-
bers of nuclear families, the
children are restless during
lockdown which might have
not happened if they were liv-
ing in a joint family. Of course
joint families make children
feel more loved, cared for and
there is always someone for
them to talk to or play with. But
in a joint family, one has to
think about each and every
member.
There is negligible privacy
in joint families. I have grown
up in a joint family and it is
mostly male-centric. Women
are just to share household
chores and to handle kids. I
know many people who used to
live away from their families
also returned after coronavirus
outbreak. But as soon as the sit-
uation will get normal, they will
get back to their nuclear fam-
ily lifestyle, shared a local
teacher Upasana Chauhan.
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Arrangements should be
made for online darshan of
temples, except the sanctum
sanctorum and facilitating
prayers through audio for those
interested in online darshan of
the temples. Chief Minister
Trivendra Singh Rawat said this
while chairing the first meeting
of the Uttarakhand Char Dham
Devsthanam Management
Board here on Friday. It was
also decided in the meeting that
the properties and funds of
temples would be transferred to
the board.
Rawat said that
Uttarakhand is a centre of spir-
ituality in the world with the
ancient architecture of its tem-
ples being one of its specialties.
Maintaining the ancient form
of the temples must be ensured
to maintain the spiritual her-
itage and identity.
While directing officials
to facilitate online darshan of
temples for interested devotees,
the chief minister stressed that
religious beliefs should also be
taken cognisance of in this
process.
He reiterated that the tra-
ditional rights of all will be
taken care of in the
Uttarakhand Char Dham
Devsthanam Management
Board. The scope for con-
structing a museum for preser-
vation of important manu-
scripts and other historically
important material related to
temples was also discussed in
the meeting.
It was decided in the meet-
ing that to ensure inter-depart-
mental coordination for facil-
itating pilgrimage, a high level
committee will be formed
under the chief secretary. The
board’s chief executive officer
has been authorised for trans-
ferring the property of temples,
funds and precious items to
bring it under the management
of the board. The district mag-
istrates concerned will do the
needful for this purpose. The
board will also have its separate
bank account. For this, the state
government approved a sum of
Rs 10 crore. The remaining
amount of the Badrinath
Kedarnath Temple Committee
will also be transferred to the
Uttarakhand Char Dham
Devsthanam Management
Board. The personnel of the
BKTC will also be adjusted in
the board. An additional CEO
will be appointed to the board
while the post of a finance con-
troller will also be created.
Further, a tribunal will also be
formed for various judicial
matters in the board. The
Uttarakhand Char Dham
Devsthanam Management
Board CEO Ravinath Raman
also presented a cheque for Rs
five lakh comprising one day’s
salary of the BKTC personnel
for relief works in view of
Covid-19.
The board’s vice chairman
and Tourism and Culture min-
ister Satpal Maharaj announced
that Rs five lakh will be con-
tributed through the Manav
Utthan Seva Samiti. He also
made various suggestions in
the meeting.
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Contrary to government
instructions several people
can be seen in the city without
masks and violating social dis-
tancing rule, especially since all
the shops and businesses have
been allowed to open daily in
the provisional state capital
Dehradun and other places in
the state.
The city president of
Udyog Vyapar Mandal Pankaj
Masson stated that the opening
of shops on alternate days is the
best way to prevent crowding
in the market. According to
him, the Covid-19 positive
cases are increasing every day
and if the market will contin-
ue to remain crowded without
any regulations, it would be
tremendously difficult for the
administration to curb the
spread of the pandemic here.
Due to the relaxation pro-
vided by authorities during
the lockdown, people have
started to shop for different
items that have evidently pro-
vided some relaxation to the
shopkeepers, vendors and
other businessmen. While
some businesses are doing
moderately well, some are still
dwindling. According to the
shopkeepers, women’s clothing
section is doing well, but other
shops like footwear stores,
hardware stores, jewellery
shops and cosmetic stores are
facing a shortage of
customers. The apa-
thy of public to
maintaining social
distance and wearing
of masks is also a
matter of concern for
the store owners and
businessmen of
Dehradun.
According to
footwear store owner
Sachin Lakhera, In
the last three days,
we have sold only
six pairs of footwear
while earlier this
number has never
been less than 200
per day. Presently,
several people visit
the store and just look at
the items but only a few
make purchases. The
business is definitely not
doing great and we under-
stand that people will not
begin to shop for such
things immediately but
at least we are earning our
livelihood. Hopefully, the
business will pick up in
the next few days.
Clothing store owner
Vishal Sharma said,
Though people are con-
tinuously visiting our
clothing store, somehow
they are expecting the
clothes to be cheaper than
before. Almost everyone
asks us why the price of the
clothes has not dropped when
our shop is opening after
months. I think people expect
us to sell clothes cheaper
because they think we are too
desperate to sell our products.
They should understand that we
have also been equally affected
by the pandemic.
As per the store owners of
the city, the number of people
might be increasing every day
but they are not buying much.
According to them, most peo-
ple just do window shopping
which is the main cause of
crowding in market areas.
Many people enter the shop at
once and ask us to show the
products. If we tell them to
maintain social distancing and
remain outside the shop, they
either shout at us or just walk
away. It is becoming difficult to
make people follow the basic
measures like social distancing
and the use of masks to curb
Covid-19 disease. If people will
remain ignorant like this, we
will have to face the condition
like Italy or America, said local
businessman Udaypal Pandey.
Meanwhile, Masson
informed that about one lakh
businessmen including small
and big traders are facing the
financial effects of the pan-
demic. Therefore Dehradun
Vyapar Mandal will soon send
a proposal to state govern-
ment to provide relief to local
businessmen, added Masson.
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ADehradun resident who
has filed a petition in the
Uttarakhand High Court seek-
ing a CBI probe into how
Uttar Pradesh MLA Aman
Mani Tripathi and 10 of his
acquaintances were able to
travel upto Karnprayag on their
way to Badrinath with an offi-
cial pass during the lockdown
earlier this month has been
directed by the court to make
the officials concerned party in
the case.
Hearing the petition
through video conferencing,
the division bench of chief
justice Ramesh Ranganathan
and justice RC Khulbe has set
the matter for hearing next
after one week.
It will be recalled that
Tripathi and 10 others had
travelled by road from UP to
purportedly conduct rituals
for the UP Chief Minister Yogi
Adityanath’s recently deceased
father in Badrinath even before
the portals of the shrine were
reopened for the summer.
Dehradun resident Alok
Ghildiyal had filed a public
interest litigation in the high
court seeking a probe by the
Central Bureau of
Investigation into the whole
matter. The state government
counsel stated that the petition
was worth quashing as cases
had been lodged against the
MLA and his friends in
Uttarakhand and Uttar
Pradesh.
Considering this, the mat-
ter does not merit a probe by
the CBI, the Government rep-
resentative said.
On the basis of a letter
written by a senior bureaucrat,
the Dehradun district admin-
istration had issued a pass to
Tripathi and his friends to
travel to Badrinath. The pass
had been issued for the period
from May 2 to 7. After hearing
the matter, the division bench
directed the petitioner to make
the officials concerned party in
the case.
It will be recalled that con-
troversial UP MLA Aman
Mani Tripathi along with ten of
his supporters had crossed
boundaries of various districts
of Uttarakhand on the basis of
a letter issued by the addition-
al chief secretary of
Uttarakhand, Om Prakash and
a pass issued by the Dehradun
district administration during
the lockdown in the first week
of May.
After crossing various dis-
tricts, he was stopped at
Karnprayag in Chamoli district
where he was engaged in a
heated argument with the team
of the local administration on
May 3. The Chamoli adminis-
tration stood its ground and
asked him to return. On the
same night, the MLA and his
supporters were booked under
section 188 of Indian Penal
Code (IPC) and Epidemic
Diseases Act.
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The Mussoorie Dehradun Development
Authority (MDDA) vice chairman
Ashish Kumar Srivastav has directed the
master-plan 2040 executing agency to sub-
mit the first draft master-plan to the
authority by the first week of August.
He issued this direction during a meet-
ing held to review the progress of this pro-
ject here on Friday. It was also stated in the
meeting that the survey of about 60 per
cent area of Dehradun based on satellite
imagery has been completed by the exe-
cuting agency for master-plan 2040.
The executing agency, Marsh
Technology from Ahmedabad made a pre-
sentation through video conferencing to
explain in detail the progress made in the
task so far.
The MDDA had purchased the satel-
lite image of Dehradun and Mussoorie and
made the image of Dehradun available. On
the basis of this, the executing agency has
completed survey of about 60 per cent area
and submitted it to the authority for ver-
ification. The company will complete the
remaining works within one month, it was
stated.
Contour layers, transport planning
layers, seismic zone, building footprint and
other aspects were also discussed in the
meeting. Srivastav directed the executing
agency to submit the first draft master-plan
to the authority by first week of August.
The digital master-plan will enable cit-
izens click on their land Khasra number
to ascertain the land use of the site. The
height and covered area of various build-
ings will also be known. The alignment of
all roads has been done completely which
will prove helpful in planning. With geo-
fencing, the description of a site will also
be known correctly.
The MDDA secretaries SL Semwal,
Girish Chandra Gunwant and other offi-
cials were also present in the meeting.
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The Uttarakhand Congress
has expressed its strong protest
for filing of a FIR against
Congress President Sonia
Gandhi in Karnataka. In a
strongly worded statement, the
Pradesh Congress Committee
(PCC) president, Pritam Singh
said the senior Congress lead-
ers are being deliberately
harassed on the indication of
Modi government.
He said that moved by the
political vendetta, the BJP lead-
ers on the indication of Union
government are filing cases
against top leaders of Congress
party in undemocratic manner.
Singh added that this practice
of harassing and humiliating
leaders of Congress party is
objectionable and the party
condemns it.
He added that the democ-
ratic face of the BJP has got
exposed.
The PCC president said
that the FIR against Congress
president Sonia Gandhi is
based on false information.
He demanded that the action
should be taken against police
personnel responsible for filing
report. He added that the
Congress party has complete
faith in Indian constitution
and judiciary and the party
respects them. Singh said that
India is a democratic country
and in democracy the opposi-
tion has every right to ask ques-
tions.
He said that Sonia Gandhi
is right in asking the question
that why the money of PM
cared fund is not being used in
helping the labourers affected
by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Singh said that BJP ruled states
are trying to hide their failure
to control the pandemic by tak-
ing such actions against
Congress leaders.
“It is not a healthy democ-
racy and shows the dictatorial
attitude of Narendra Modi
government. The fabricated
cases should be taken back and
the Prime Minister Modi
should render an apology to
the Congress leaders.
The Congress party work-
ers would fight this conspira-
cy of BJP unitedley and would
continue to raise the voice of
people at every forum,’’ he
said.
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Congress leader Surya Kant
Dhasmana has termed the
Uttarakhand Government’s
decision to pay C1,000 each to
2.5 lakh workers associated
with tourism and transport
industry as an insult of these
workers.
He said that the provision
of C1000 is very less and inad-
equate. In a statement, the
Congress leader that the gov-
ernment made announcement
of the decision in a manner as
if it is providing C1 lakh to the
workers. Dhasmana said that
from last 60 days these work-
ers are unemployed and the
decision to provide C1000 to
these people roughly amounts
to C16 per day.
He said that the
Government should have trans-
ferred at least C5000 in the bank
accounts of these people. The
Congress leader demanded that
the government should make
amendment in its decision and
transfer C5,000 in the bank
accounts of these people who
are facing the brunt of lock-
down.
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After the flak it received for
reinstating suspended offi-
cer of social welfare depart-
ment, Geeta Ram Nautiyal,
the state administration on
Friday cancelled the reinstate-
ment decision of the officer.
Nautiyal who is the main
accused in the multi Crore
scholarship scam would con-
tinue to remain suspended
from his service.
It is learnt that the decision
to revoke the reinstatement
order was taken after the chief
minister Trivendra Singh
Rawat expressed his unhappi-
ness on it.
Nautiyal who is a joint
director in the social welfare
department was reinstated by
an order of state administration
on May 18. Following all round
criticism and intervention of
CM, the secretary Social wel-
fare department, M Fenai can-
celled the order of reinstate-
ment of Nautiyal with imme-
diate effect.
In his order, Fenai said that
since the Special Investigation
Team (SIT) has filed a
chargesheet against Nautiyal in
the High Court (HC) and the
charge against him is very seri-
ous, the order of May 18 stands
cancelled.
In the multi Crore schol-
arship scam a total of 115
cases have so far been regis-
tered and 79 people including
six officers of department were
arrested.
The scam was unearthed
after the CAG in its report
questioned the distribution of
scholarships.
The investigation revealed
that scholarships were paid to
many fictitious institutes dur-
ing the year 2012 to 2016. Joint
director Nautiyal was arrested
by SIT on October 31, 2019
and on November 19 he was
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Citing various epidemic
models, the Centre on
Friday said India has averted
14-29 lakh infections and
37,000-78,000 deaths by
putting in place social distanc-
ing and lockdown measures in
time since the spread of the
Covid-19.
It also asserted that current
active Covid-19 cases (as of
May 21 ) has been limited, con-
centrated in around 80 per cent
in five states, over 60 per cent
in five cities and over 90 per
cent in 10 States and over 70
per cent in 10 cities.
Even by a simple model, at
least 14-29 lakh coronavirus
cases and between 37,000 and
71,000 deaths have been avert-
ed, said Praveen Srivastava, a
senior officer with the Ministry
of Statistics and Programme
Implementation (MoSPI),
highlighting how India has
been able to contain the virus
through early implementation
of nationwide lockdown.
In a routine Press briefing
here, Srivastava said the
Government has shared pub-
licly available data with inde-
pendent experts such as PHFI
and BCG to model the impact
of lockdown, adding that “in
pandemic like this there are no
parallels to compare”.
“Two independent econo-
mists have estimated that we
have averted 23 lakh cases and
68,000 deaths. According to
some retired scientists, about
15.9 lakh cases and 51,000
deaths have been avoided, my
ministry worked with Indian
Statistical Institute and found
20 lakh cases were averted,” said
Srivastava.
India on Friday reported
over 1,21,000 Covid-19 cases.
India is currently in the fourth
phase of the lockdown which
was imposed on March 25 to
contain the outbreak
of coronavirus.
Dr VK Paul, Chairman of
Empowered Group 1 felt that
the growth rate of coronavirus
cases has witnessed a “steady
fall” from 3 April, 2020 “when
lockdown was able to put a
brake on the speed of growth”.
“The number of cases
today would have been much
higher, had lockdown not been
implemented. Like the number
of cases, growth rate of num-
ber of Covid-19 deaths too has
fallen significantly due to lock-
down, marking a notable dif-
ference between pre-lockdown
and post-lockdown situations,”
he added.
“The doubling time has
come down from 3.5 days to
13.5 days because of the lock-
down. You can imagine how it
would have been if growth
had continued at 22 per cent,”
he said.
Reading the number of
coronavirus cases reported in
cities across the country, he said
that the pandemic spread in
India had been “contained in
cities” by the measures imple-
mented by authorities.
“Current active COVID-19
cases (as of 21 May) are con-
centrated in a few states and
cities/districts; around 80 per-
cent in five states, over 60 per-
cent in five cities, over 90 per-
cent in 10 states and over 70
percent in 10 cities,” he said.
Presently, most of the cases are
being reported from
Maharashtra, Tamil Nadu,
Gujarat, Delhi, Rajasthan and
Madhya Pradesh.
He added, “At the begin-
ning of the lockdown, the dou-
bling rate of the cases was .4,
but today, it is doubling in 13
days. (13.3).”
Covid-19 cases would have
also increased exponentially
in the absence of the lockdown,
said Dr Paul.
“We need to save the coun-
try from deaths due to Covid-
19,” asserted Dr Paul even as he
praised Ayushman Bharat
Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya
Yojana, which on Thursday
reached 1 crore treatments mark
under the government scheme.
Joint Secretary, Health, Lav
Agarwal emphasised on the
improved mortality rate. He
said the Covid-19 fatality rate
has dropped from 3.13 per cent
to 3.02 per cent, and the author-
ities involved in tackling the
viral infection are concentrating
on containment measures and
clinical management of cases.
He said that 3,234 patients
have recovered in the last 24
hours, and 48,534 people have
been cured so far.
“The recovery rate has
improved to 41 per cent and the
case fatality rate has improved
to 3.02 per cent,” said Agarwal,
adding the focus of the Health
Ministry is on districts which
have reported most cases.
AccordingtotheIndianCouncil
for Medical Research (ICMR),
27,55,714 tests for Covid-19
were conducted till 1 p.m.
Friday, and 1,03,829 tests were
done in the last 24 hours.
“Over 1 lakh tests for
Covid-19 were done each day
in the last four days,” said an
official from the ICMR.
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In yet another move to extend
a helping hand its citizens
abroad, the Centre on Friday
relaxed visa and travel restric-
tions for certain categories of
Overseas Citizens of India
(OCIs) stranded abroad and
wishing to return to India.
“The Ministry has relaxed
the visa and travel restrictions
that were imposed due to coro-
navirus outbreak on certain
category of OCI card holders.
Couples will be allowed to
return to India, in cases where
one spouse is an OCI card-
holder and the other is an
Indian national. But they need
to have a permanent residence
in India. University students
from India, who are OCI card-
holders and have their parents
living in India, can also return
to India. Therefore, the travel
restrictions imposed on these
categories of OCI cardholders
will not apply anymore,” the
Union Home Ministry stated.
University students who
are OCI cardholders (not legal-
ly minors) but whose parents
are Indian citizens living in
India can travel, the ministry
spokesperson said.
MEA spokesperson
Anurag Srivastava already
revealed several details of phase
2 of Vande Bharat mission,
which is expected to continue
till June 13. “We are looking to
bring back our nationals from
47 countries on 162 flights. In
this phase, we are including
places like Istanbul, Ho Chi
Minh city, Lagos and also
increasing flights to the USA
and Europe. We are also look-
ing at developing Frankfurt as
a hub.” he said.
The OCI card is issued to
people of Indian origin, allow-
ing them visa-free travel in
most cases besides conferring
certain privileges comparable
to those given to citizens,
except for buying agricultural
land, voting, contesting elec-
tions and working in the
Government.
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Tomato prices in consuming cen-
tres of Delhi, Bengaluru,
Chennai, Mumbai and Hyderabad
fell below three-year lows, in the
range of Rs 4-10 per kg on Friday in
the wholesale markets due to high-
er supply of the commodity amid
sluggish demand and lack of smooth
movement of perishable commodi-
ties in this Covid-19 crisis.
The prices had ruled at Rs 14.30
per kg on May 22 last year at the
Azadpur wholesale mandi in the
national Capital, while above Rs 30
per kg in Hyderabad and Bengaluru.
According to data maintained by
the food ministry, “In Azadpur, the
current modal prices are trading near
Rs 440 per quintal as compared to Rs
1,258 per quintal last year.” Tomato
in the retail market is being sold at
Rs 10 per kg, In Delhi, the tomato
crop is coming from Haryana, Uttar
Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and
Rajasthan, it said.
In Hyderabad’s Bowenpally
wholesale market, tomato prices
were ruling at around Rs 5 per kg on
Friday, compared with Rs 34 per kg
a year ago.
Similarly, in the Bengaluru
wholesale market, tomato prices
were ruling at Rs 10 per kg as
against above Rs 30 per kg in the
year-ago period.
In tomato-producing areas also,
the wholesale rates have fallen below
three-year’s seasonal average in 40
districts out of 52 tracked by the food
processing ministry for the purpose
of extending marketing linkages.
Even in 12 clusters identified for
linking directly to markets, prices of
tomatoes are ruling below three-
year’s average low.
For instance in five tomato clus-
ters located in the Kolar district of
Karnataka, prices declined to the
level of Rs 3-8 per kg depending on
the quality and varieties when com-
pared with Rs 14-35 per kg in the
year-ago, the data showed. In Andhra
Pradesh, five clusters located in
Chittoor district as well as in two
clusters in Odisha showed a similar
declining trend in prices.
Andhra Pradesh and Karnataka
are the top-two major tomato-pro-
ducing states in India. The combined
production of the two states is esti-
mated at 42 lakh tonne this year.
India’s annual tomato production is
enough to meet the domestic
demand of about 111 lakh tonnes.
The Government has pegged
total tomato output at 193.28 lakh
tonne for 2019-20 crop year (July-
June), according to the ministry’s data.
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The Supreme Court on
Friday sought response
from the Centre on a plea
which has sought a ban on the
use of video communications
app ‘Zoom’ for official as
well as personal purposes until
an appropriate legislation is put
in place.
A Bench headed by Chief
Justice SA Bobde issued notice
to the Centre on the plea which
has raised privacy concern and
claimed that continued use of
Zoom app is “making the
users vulnerable and prone to
cyber threats”.
The matter came up for
hearing through video-con-
ferencing before the Bench,
also comprising Justices AS
Bopanna and Hrishikesh Roy,
which asked the Centre to file
its reply within four weeks on
the plea which has arrayed US-
based Zoom Video
Communications as one of the
respondents in the case.
The plea, filed by Delhi res-
ident Harsh Chugh, has also
sought a direction to the Centre
to carry out an exhaustive
technical study into the secu-
rity and privacy risks of using
Zoom application.
The plea, filed through
advocate Wajeeh Shafiq, has
alleged that continued usage of
this app might put the nation-
al security at stake and might
also give a boom to number of
cyber-threats and cyber crimes
in India.
“The global Covid-19 pan-
demic has drastically reshaped
the way in which consumers,
businesses and schools com-
municate. Rather than lending
a hand to people in need,
Zoom violates the privacy of its
millions of users
by misusing and exploiting
their personal information and
falsely, deceptively and mis-
leadingly advertising
fictitious security benefits of
the programme,” the plea has
said.
New Delhi: In a bid to bring in
uniformity in uniforms put on
by its personnel, Indian Navy’s
Southern Naval Command has
asked its men to put on colour-
coded masks to match with
their uniforms. As per the
instructions issued to the per-
sonnel in the Kochi-based
command, personnel have
been asked to put on white
masks with white uniforms
and black or navy blue masks
with other ceremonial uni-
form, Navy officials told ANI.
The Defence Security
Corps and fire services person-
nel wearing khaki uniform have
been asked to put on Khaki
masks while on duty, they said.
Officials said that fines have also
been defined where a person
not wearing a mask would be
charged Rs 200. While for the
second time, they would be
charged Rs 2,000. On the need
for wearing the colour-coded
masks, officials said this was
required as personnel were
wearing masks of different
colours which was not going
well with uniforms. Agency
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As cases surge each passing
day amid lockdown relax-
ation and there is a continuous
exodus of inter-State migrants,
the Government on Friday
warned that the fight against
corona is a long haul not of
weeks and months but much
beyond. It indicated that
restrictions on peoples’ move-
ment were no longer a solution
to check virus spread given the
economic considerations.
“Lockdown cannot go on
forever, it was meant for a pur-
pose which we have achieved to
a very large extent. Now we
have to make things difficult
for the virus,” said Dr V K Paul,
Chairman of Empowered
Group 1 and head of the
national task force on Covid-19
management.
“Goal will be to stop the
spread with minimum deaths,”
said Paul who is also the mem-
ber of the Niti Aayog, at a Press
briefing here.
“Fight against Covid-19
and its progress in India will
depend not just on the behav-
iour of the virus but also con-
tainment measures at the gov-
ernment, community and indi-
vidual level,” he added.
Paul also stressed that early
detection of cases, effective
contact tracing and testing
would be the key to keep the
Covid-19 cases and deaths
under control in the coming
days as the lockdown is now
being relaxed.
“We have been able to
keep the cases and mortalities
to reasonable rates so far — so
the key is to sustain the
momentum we have gained as
the lockdown measures are
gradually eased,” he added.
“But we have to understand
that the lockdown cannot con-
tinue forever.”
He exhorted the people to
seek early treatment and help
others to fight the disease.
“It is unethical, immoral to
stigmatise the disease, please
ensure early care seeking, hand-
washing and social distancing
etc. Goal is to stop the spread
with minimum deaths,” he said.
While giving details on
the availability of beds and
PPEs and ventilators besides
oxygen supply for the Covid-19
patients, Dr Paul also shared
that the manufacture of diag-
nostic kits has begun. “Our
indigenous capacity will be
able to manufacture five lakh
kits daily in the next 6-8 weeks.
The ICMR has prepared viral
culture, at least five companies
and 4-6 scientists are working
at national laboratories to
develop vaccine.”
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Covid-19, which causes
severe respiratory symp-
toms in a patient, may take in
its grip other organs too, said
a study which found that the
deadly virus can also
develop an inflammatory thy-
roid disease called subacute
thyroiditis.
Subacute thyroiditis is
characterised by
neck pain and is
usually preceded by
an upper respirato-
ry tract infection,
the researchers
wrote in a paper
published in The
Journal of Clinical
Endocrinology and
Metabolism. They pointed
out that physicians should be
alerted about the possibility of
this additional clinical mani-
festation related to Covid-19
so that requisite treatment is
initiated in time.
The disease may be
caused by a viral infection or
a post-viral inflammatory
reaction, and many viruses
have been linked to the dis-
ease, the researchers said.
They noted that Covid-19
caused by SARS-CoV-2 virus
has emerged as a pandemic
with severe respiratory symp-
toms, and may involve other
organs.
“We reported the first
case of subacute thyroiditis
after SARS-CoV-2 infection,”
said Francesco Latrofa, from
the University Hospital of
Pisa in Italy. “Physicians
should be alerted about the
possibility of this additional
clinical manifestation related
to Covid-19,” Latrofa said.
Other authors included
Alessandro Brancatella,
Debora Ricci, Nicola Viola,
Daniele Sgrò and Ferruccio
Santini of the University
Hospital of Pisa.
The clinicians
examined an 18-
year-old woman
who was infected
with Covid-19 after
being exposed by
her father. She
completely recov-
ered from Covid-
19, testing negative a few days
later, but started experiencing
some additional symptoms,
according to the researchers.
They noted the young woman
had neck and thyroid pain,
fever and an increased heart
rate. She was sent back to the
hospital, where she was diag-
nosed with subacute thy-
roiditis, according to the
researchers in the study which
was supported by the
University of Pisa.
The woman had normal
thyroid functioning and imag-
ing just one month earlier,
they said. “Because of the
chronological association,
SARS-CoV-2 may be consid-
ered accountable for the onset
of subacute thyroiditis,”
Latrofa added.
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