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to PM-CARES Fund. Cricketer- ‘Hazuri Raagi’ at Golden record more than 1,000 coronavirus 2-day period of isolation Wednesday night,
turned-politician Gautam Temple, Nirmal Singh Khalsa, deaths in a day. WHO says 1 million Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu returns
Gambhir to contribute dies in Punjab. Jazz pianist confirmed cases across the world to self-isolation on Thursday for another 6
2 years’ salary to fund Ellis Marsalis Jr dies in US and death toll climbs to 50,000 days after his health minister tests positive

India’s fresh cases soar by 544, PM: Common, staggered

DAY
LOCKDOWN 9
World Bank OKs
$1bn emergency
funds for India 65% of them linked to Tablighi lockdown exit plan needed Indicates To CMs
T he World Bank on Thurs-
day approved $1-bn emer- Cases In Delhi & OVER 13K ATTENDED DELHI MEET, SAY ANDHRA COPS Curbs May Stay
gency financing for India to
Southern States ➤people In Danger Zones
Photo: Piyal Bhattacharjee

Andhra police say as many as 13,702

tackle the coronavirus out-
break. The World Bank's first from across the country attended
set of aid projects, amoun- Rise Sharply the Delhi meet in mid-March
➤ A team is looking for TJ’s leader
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
ting to $1.9 bn, will assist 25 New Delhi: Indicating that
countries, and new opera- TIMES NEWS NETWORK Maulana Saad Kandhalwi, who released there is a need for a coordina-
tions are moving forward in two audio messages on Thursday. Police ted approach to lifting of
over 40 nations using the fast- New Delhi: The Tablighi Ja- suspect the maulana is infected and is restrictions after the natio-
track process. maat (TJ) nightmare continu- in self-quarantine. Cops are tracking nal lockdown ends on April
ed to unfold across the count- him manually since he has no mobile 14 to ensure that the gains of
JEE (Advanced) ry for the third consecutive
day on Thursday when at le-
phones. Teams have been sent to
Muzaffarnagar, which is his native place
social distancing and isola-
tion in the fight against Co-
PM Narendra Modi holds a meeting with chief ministers on Thursday
via video-conferencing to discuss the coronavirus crisis
postponed too ast 347 delegates at the religio-
us congregation at Nizamud-
➤ Police had informed markaz members
about preventive orders that were put Fire personnel sanitise an area near Nizamuddin mosque
vid-19 are not lost, Prime Mi-
nister Narendra Modi on
‘Religious leaders PM’s video message
T he Joint Entrance Exam-
ination (Advanced), the
final exam for entry into IITs
din in Delhi last month tested
positive for Covid-19, accoun-
ting for 65% of the new 544
in place on March 21, two days before
lockdown. They were asked to send back foreign
found holed up in mosques, searches under way
Of them, 57 had attended the Delhi event
Thursday asked chief mini-
sters to consider a common
must show the way’ to nation at 9am
guests they had housed in their building, says FIR ➤ 23 members arrested in MP districts of exit strategy.
which was scheduled for May confirmed nationwide cases
17, has been postponed. IIT-
Delhi said the new date will
(at the time of going to press).
The countrywide corona-
➤ 292 foreigners who arrived in UP to attend TJ Dewas and Agar-Malwa and quarantined
“It is important to formul-
ate a common exit strategy to
ensure staggered re-emergen-
I n the backdrop of a spike
in the number of cases aft-
er the Tablighi gathering,
P MNarendra Modi will sh-
are a video message with
the nation on Friday morni-
MHA CANCELS TOURIST VISAS OF 960 TJ FOREIGN VISITORS FOR MISSIONARY
be announced after National ce of the population once lock- PM Modi urged religious lea- ng. “At 9 am tomorrow, I shall
FULL COVERAGE: P 2-12 ACTIVITIES, THEY MAY HAVE TO PAY $500 PENALTY BEFORE DEPORTATION, P 5
Testing Agency reschedules down ends,” Modi said, asking ders to lead the way and also share a small video message
JEE (M), which was also put virus count, which had cros- state chief ministers to brai- advised CMs to hold meetin- with my fellow Indians,” Mo-
off due to the lockdown forc-
ed by the Covid-19 spread.
sed the 2,000 mark barely a
day earlier, zoomed past 2,500
with Delhi (141), Maharashtra
2 more deaths in city, surgeon tests nstorm and send suggestions.
His comments could indicate
the Centre may seek to keep
gs. “I urge you to hold meeti-
ngs with influential citizens
and leaders of different sec-
di tweeted on Thursday. So-
urces said the Prime Minis-
ter may urge people to ensu-
HC stays Kerala (88) and Tamil Nadu (75) ad-
ding big numbers. +ve in Dharavi; 88 new cases in Maha hotspots or risk zones for the
disease under restrictions. It
ts, religions at state level to
urge them to impress upon
re adherence of the lockdo-
wn restrictions and follow
liquor sale move At least eight more Co-
vid-19 deaths were reported TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Anil Shinde can point to a stock-taking at
the end of the lockdown as Mo-
their followers to abide by
the lockdown,” he said. P 3
social distancing until the
coronavirus fear is over. TNN

T he Kerala HC has stayed

the state’s decision to ar-
range sale of liquor for peo-
by states, pushing the natio-
nal toll to 70. However, the he-
alth ministry has confirmed
Mumbai: The city remained
the state’s epicentre for the out-
di said the global situation re-
mained far from satisfactory weeks, testing, tracing, iso- the necessity of maintaining
and he cautioned about a pos- lation and quarantine sho- supply of essential medical
ple with medically certified only 2,069 cases and 54 deaths break on Thursday, recording sible second wave of the virus uld remain the areas of foc- products, availability of raw
‘alcohol withdrawal syndro- in the country. two more deaths, both men in spread in some countries. us. Home minister Amit Sh- materials for manufacture of
me’ during the lockdown, af- Delhi led the tally on their 60s, taking the state’s toll Asserting that the com- ah, health minister Harsh medicines and medical equ-
ter agruments that no doctor Thursday with 129 of the total to 22. The BMC continued to mon goal for the country was Vardhan and defence minist- ipment.
could prescribe liquor as a 141 confirmed cases being lin- follow a stringent containment to ensure minimum loss of er Rajnath Singh were with
cure for alcohol withdrawal ked to the Tablighi meet. Abo- policy, restricting movement life, Modi said in the next few the PM. Modi highlighted  Tap into Ayush pool, P 6
as it was against the basic te- ut 50km away, at the Jhajjar in various neighbourhoods
nets of medicine. P 5 campus of AIIMS, another 52 and sending more housing so-

New testing strategy? Rapid

Jamaat members tested posi- cieties into quarantine.
tive. In four southern states of Dharavi was a bed of surve-
A family celebrates Ram Navami at home in Thane on Thursday
AGENT RANA Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pra-
desh, Telangana and Karna-
illance activity as two fresh ca-
ses were detected, including a sparking fears of a spread in Pune and a suspected death in

O wing to the extraordinary

circumstances created
by the Covid-19 pandemic,
we are forced to suspend
taka, 143 Tablighi delegates or
their contacts tested positive.

 Andhra tally at 143, P 6

surgeon from Wockhardt Ho-
spital and a BMC sweeper. On
Wednesday, a 58-year-old gar-
ment unit owner had died here,
infection. Several buildings in
the area have now locked them-
selves in to keep out visitors.
Two more deaths, one in
Nalasopara, were among the
four reported in Maharashtra.
With 88 fresh cases,the state
now has recorded 423 cases. P 2
antibody tests in hotspots
Sushmi Dey & WHAT THE RESULTS TELL
publication of Agent Rana in Malathy Iyer TNN WHAT’S THE PLAN?
the daily newspaper. Rana, ➤ Unlike RT-PCR test, which
➤ Symptomatic population in
Husna, and all your other
favourite characters will be Min: Post-lockdown, int’l flights to State hikes New Delhi/Mumbai: The
Centre is likely to expand its
testing strategy for Covid-19
Covid-19 hotspots may be
tested using rapid antibody test
looks for the virus itself, this test
looks for antibodies produced
by the body to fight the virus
back soon
VAT on fuels by ➤ Positive test results to be

Haryana bans
India on country-to-country basis “The current lockdown on
`1 a litre, cites
to allow use of rapid antibody
tests in symptomatic cases in
“hotspot” areas though these
results will need to be confir-
confirmed by RT-PCR using
throat/nasal swab
➤ Test result positive after
7-10 days of infection
➤ Result remains positive for
TIMES NEWS NETWORK ➤ Those testing negative to
18 AI flights to take budget move several weeks after infection
chewing gum New Delhi: India will allow pe-
both domestic & international
passenger flights is till April 15.
med by an RT-PCR test using
throat or nasal swab to detect
be quarantined at home
➤ Positive result indicates
foreigners home RAPID ANTIBODY TEST: exposure to SARS-CoV-2
T o prevent the transmis-
sion of coronavirus thr-
ople abroad to fly in on a cou-
ntry-to-country basis, dependi-
A ir India has inked contra-
A decision to restart the flights
after this period remains to be
[email protected] the presence of genetic mate-
rial of the coronavirus. Me- ➤ Can be done on blood/ ➤ Negative result does not rule
out Covid-19 infection
ough spitting, Haryana has
banned the sale of chewing
gum till June 30 and asked
ng on the coronavirus situa-
tion in the places they are flyi-
ng in from, once passengers fli-
cts with Germany, Fran-
ce, Ireland and Canada to ope-
rate 18 charter flights to fly ba-
taken. If required, we will have
to assess the situation on a ca-
se-by-case basis,” tweeted avia-
T he state government
has hiked VAT on petrol
and diesel by a rupee, taking
anwhile, state health mini-
ster Rajesh Tope said that
Maharashtra had sought
serum/plasma samples
➤ Test result within 30 mins ➤ Not a confirmatory test

authorities to effectively im- ghts resume. Unless the 21-day ck their nationals. While the tion minister H S Puri. the price of petrol from Rs permission from the Cent-
plement the prohibition on
gutka and pan masala. The
lockdown is extended, schedu-
le commercial air travel is sla-
Germans and French will be
flown to Frankfurt and Paris,
Airlines, in their internal
communications, have told th-
75.30 to Rs 76.31 and diesel
rate up from Rs 65.21 to Rs
re to carry out both the di-
agnostic test and scree-
gent in the wake of migrant
workers reaching homes in
Govt app to help
UP government has also ba-
nned the manufacture and
ted to resume on April 14-15.
“Even before international
the others will be taken to Lo-
ndon’s Heathrow airport fr-
eir staff that chances of dome-
stic operations resuming first
66.21in Mumbai.
The price in Thane and
ning test simultaneously
to get a correct picture of
certain areas that have been
tagged as high-risk zones.
track infection
sale of pan masala. flights were suspended on Ma-
rch 22, there were restrictions
om where the respective cou-
ntries will make further trav-
are higher than international
services, which could be a mo-
Navi Mumbai for petrol has
been hiked from Rs 75.39 to
the virus’s spread in the
state. He added that the fi-
Though a final decision
on this is expected by Friday T he government launched
a new tracking app ‘Aar-
Refused burial, on people coming to India (si-
milar to those adopted by many
el arrangements. P 6 re gradual affair.
Before the suspension of
Rs 76.40 while diesel has go-
ne up from Rs 65.30 to Rs
ve-minute blood tests wo-
uld cost a few hundred ru-
morning, the ICMR issued an
interim advisory on Thurs-
ogya Setu’ on Thursday to he-
lp people track Covid-19 infec-
Muslim cremated other countries) depending on
the corona situation there. On-
which countries are safe eno-
ugh to allow people to fly in
international flights, there we-
re restrictions on people from
66.30.
Petrol pump owners sa-
pees. (See P 3)
The rapid tests will be
day on the use of the rapid an-
tibody test, also known as se-
tions more accurately and ef-
fectively. The mobile applica-

A Muslim man who died

of Covid-19 was crema-
ted after a Muslim cemetery
ce the lockdown is lifted, the he-
alth ministry will decide
from there to India,” aviation
secretary P S Kharola said.
hotspots like Italy, Iran, the UK
and China.
id that the prices of both fu-
els were constant over the
last ten days of the lock-
conducted on symptomatic
cases and even those testing
negative in antibody tests
rology test. “The empowered
group has taken a decision
that testing needs to be ex-
tion is available on Google
Play Store and iOs App Store.
It will help track the infection
in Malad denied him a buri- down, and attributed the will be home quarantined, of- panded. ICMR is working out by using the mobile's GPS sy-
al spot for fear of spreading
coronavirus. The man’s son
has reportedly said that the
Insurers question high costs of sudden fluctuation to the
state budget in which it was
already mentioned that the
ficial sources said. The effort
is to contain hotspots that can
become centres of transmis-
the modalities and a final de-
cision will be taken by tomor-
row,” an official said.
stem and bluetooth and pro-
vide information that will
help in determining if you
BMC and police cooperated
with the family, but the ka-
brastan authorities did not
Covid treatment in pvt hosps government will increase
VAT. The VAT on petrol and
diesel is already high in Ma-
sion of the disease, a task that
has become even more ur-  61 hotpsots, P 6
have been near a Covid-19 in-
fected person or not. P 5

allow the burial. P 3 Rajesh Chandramouli Rs 6.5 lakh are trickling in. A Sources said the General harashtra, with Mumbai

OTHER TOP STORIES

& Rachel Chitra TNN

Chennai/Bengaluru: When
clamour is already building
up for ‘package rates’ to add-
ress concerns of inflated bills.
Insurance Council is seeking
government intervention to de-
fine a treatment protocol, along
commanding the highest
price of petrol across all ci-
ties/metros in the country.
Blocking newspaper delivery
Daniel Pearl killer Sanjay Nagral, a surgeon, “While hospitals are doing with package rates, on the lines Besides, the state collects as

escapes noose,
tweeted that a Covid-19 pati-
ent was billed Rs 12 lakh for
treatment in a private hospi-
a commendable job, we also
see some cases of enhanced
 Govt extends motor, health
of what insurers pay for routi-
ne medical claims. “With no
surgical intervention the pro-
much as 26% VAT on petrol
and 24% on diesel in Mum-
bai, Thane and Navi Mum-
a legal offence: Top lawyers
may be free soon tal, it raised eyebrows among
insurers and agents. After all,
cover validity till April 21, P 10
tocol should be the same, un-
less there are other medical
bai, as against the rest of
Maharashtra where it is
Dhananjay.Mahapatra
@timesgroup.com In this world of social media, where gossip
A Pakistan court has ove-
rturned the death sent-
ence of Omar Saeed Sheikh,
how much insurance would
the virus require?
With private hospitals
stay, abuse of antibiotics and
bundling of procedures,” said
Dr S Prakash, MD of Star He-
complications. One cannot
pass off usage of 300 gloves or
one PPE suit for one patient in a
25% on petrol & 21% on die-
sel. This is over and above
the central excise duty, cess
New Delhi: The country’s top
lawyers have expressed conc-
and propaganda are elevated to the status
of gospel, the printed word on a responsible
the British-born terrorist co- now offering coronavirus tre- alth. Star Health has settled 41 day,” an industry source said. and dealer commission. ern over the continued disru- newspaper is clearly an essential service,
nvicted of the 2002 kidnapp- atment, health insurance cla- claims till date, the highest be- ption in the distribution of ne- particularly in these war-like conditions
ing and killing of US journa- ims ranging from Rs 90,000 to ing Rs 6.5 lakh. ‘Regulate costs’, P 11  ‘Regulate hours’, P 4 wspapers even when they ha- —Harish Salve
list Daniel Pearl. Sheikh, one ve been categorized an essent-
of the ultras freed by India in ial service and said that obstr- ...The fundamental right There is no restriction on
exchange for the 155 hostages
on the IA plane hijacked to
Kandahar in 1999, has been
given a 7-year term. He has
In battle against corona, doctors turn ucting delivery not only im-
pedes the availability of relia-
ble information at a time of
unprecedented public heath
of a resident to receive a
hard copy of the
newspaper,
distribution of newspapers.
It is included in
essential services.
spent 18 years in jail, and may
be released soon. P 7 to low-cost, innovative ventilators emergency but also constitut-
es an offence under the Essen-
tial Services Maintenance
the pleasure of
flipping through
it with a hot cup
of tea...
So, no one
should hinder
distribution
of newspapers
Delhi HC: Minor Durgesh Nandan Jha &
Chaitanya Deshpande TNN IISc offers 11 serve eight patients at a time.
The health ministry said
Act (ESMA).
Renowned lawyer Harish —Abhishek —Solicitor general
can donate liver New Delhi: With India worri-
tech solutions on March 30 it has placed an
order for 1,000 ventilators fr-
Salve, who has served as soli-
citor general and who repre-
Manu Singhvi Tushar Mehta

➤ Once an item is covered under ESMA, as is the case for

A minor can donate an or-
gan or tissue in a rare si-
tuation unless there is a risk
ed about a shortage of ventil-
ators in case Covid-19 cases ri-
se exponentially, some inno-
T he Indian Institute of Sci-
ence, Bengaluru, has offe-
red 11 technologies that can
om AgVa Healthcare. “Suppli-
es are expected to begin by the
April second week,” it said.
sented India at International
Court of Justice to save Kul-
bhushan Yadav from immi-
newspapers during the lockdown period, those who
disrupt distribution of an essential service can be arrested
to her life, the Delhi HC has vative doctors have come to aid India’s fight against Cov- “The inactivated virus is nent execution in Pakistan, without warrant and face imprisonment up to 1 year
said. On a plea by a 17-year- the rescue. Dr Deepak Agraw- id-19, including drones that trapped at the expiratory end expressed serious concern
old who wished to donate pa- al, professor of neurosurgery can spray disinfectants, a con- by a positive charge system, over difficulties and impedi- without creating a sense of pa- uld be seen as a sage warning
rt of her liver to her father, it at AIIMS, and Diwakar Vai- tact-tracing app, split-use ven- protecting the environment,” ments being faced by newsp- nic or despair, is essential for to those trying to disrupt deli-
has set up a board to assess sh, a robotics scientist who tilators and mobile diagnostic Dr Agrawal, who has named apers in distribution. survival,” Salve told TOI. very of newspapers to homes
any risk to her life if she un- had previously developed the testing labs, reports Cheth- his device AgVa COVID, said. “In this world of social me- “Newspapers are clearly during the lockdown. Solicit-
dergoes the procedure. world’s cheapest ventilator an Kumar. Another project The firm had received or- dia, where gossip and propa- an essential commodity, parti- or general Tushar Mehta, sa-
‘AgVa’, told TOI that they ha- A small ventilator developed by aims to develop a UV-based di- ders for over 50,000 ventilato- ganda are elevated to the stat- cularly in these warlike condi- id, “There is no restriction in
ve improved upon capabiliti- an AIIMS doctor and a robotics sinfecting device that can be rs globally which it had to ca- us of the gospel, the printed tions where we are fighting an distribution of newspapers. It
es of this ventilator by incor- scientist for Covid-19 patients deployed in hospitals. P 5 ncel due to the ban on export word on a responsible newspa- invisible enemy of whom we is included in the essential ser-
WATCH OUT FOR TODAY’S porating a patent pending ne- of ventilators a few days ba- per is clearly an essential ser- know so little, and where in- vices. So, no one should hinder
QUESTIONS ON E6<:( gative on generator which in- pital, doctors have developed or at the same time. Though ck, sources said. vice. In these difficult times, formation and intelligence is distribution of newspapers.”
activates the virus. a tool with which eight patie- ventilator splitters aren’t news in articles by responsib- the only weapon available to
Times Interact | P 4 At Nagpur’s New Era hos- nts can be put on one ventilat- new, is is said to be the first to Govt places order, P 6 le journalists, which informs mankind,” he said in what co-  ‘Circulation essential’, P 6
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As of 10pm, Thursday 3 5 1 4
Gondia 1
Jalgaon 1
Nashik 1
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Thane 45 1
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE 100
Maharashtra CASES BY AGE GROUP (yrs) SEX-WISE
Most of Maharashtra’s Covid-19 patients come in the 21- DISTRIBUTION*
DAILY PROGRESS OF COVID-19 CASES 50 years age range. The three age groups in this range OF CASES Ahmednagar 17
27 are almost equally represented in the case data set
Source: Maharashtra Public Cases analysed as of 10am, April 2. Male (200) Mumbai Pune 61 1
Health Department’s Report Total cases in state as of 23 22 Age Osmanabad 1
of Covid-19 Cases 10pm, Thursday | 423
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As coronavirus enters its densely City records 56% of cases

packed lanes, Dharavi holds breath in state, more med staff hit Pics: S L Shanth Kumar, Sanjay Hadkar, Uma Kadam, KK Choudhary, Anil Shinde, Swapnil Shejwal, Bhavika Jain
Maha Leads With 423 Cases But 42 Patients Recover
Surgeon, Sweeper Dharavi Area
TRICKY BATTLEFIELD
650
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Test Positive Day Mumbai: The state reported
After 1st Death acres
two new Covid-19 deaths in
Mumbai, one in Pune and one
suspected death in Vasai on
Bhavika Jain & Richa Pinto TNN Thursday, taking Maharash-
tra’s toll to 22. Also, with 88
Mumbai: Tension was palpab- new patients, Maharashtra br-
le in Dharavi, one of the most eached the 400 mark to record
densely populated areas in Mu- Population 423 cases, galloping ahead of

10
mbai, as a 35-year-old surgeon most other states. The one go-
who stays on the area’s main ro- od news was that 42 patients
ad, tested positive for Covid-19 have recovered and gone home
on Thursday, a day after Dh- lakh since March 9.
aravi’s first patient died within Mumbai has emerged as Kurar Village slum that has been declared a containment area
hours of being identified as one. the state’s epicentre, reporting
Earlier, a sweeper who used
Density 235 or 56% of the state’s total whether he died of Covid-19. Af-
9 test postive in
2.8L
to work there also came positi- cases. Maharashtra’s daily re- ter his death, Om Nagar area in
ve on Thursday, while a 46-year-
old Dharavi resident is under
port said 54 of the 88 cases were
from Mumbai, 11 from Pune,
Navi Mumbai Vasai where he lived was sealed.
He was admitted to the hospital
the scanner and his swab sam- persons per sq km nine each from Mumbai Met- for cardiac ailment on March 29.
ples have been sent for testing.
The area where the surge-
ropolitan Region and Ahmed-
nagar, two from Aurangabad,
N ine persons from Vashi,
Nerul, Koparkhairane
tested positive for Covid-19
In Mumbai, Dharavi was a
bed of surveillance activity as
on with Wockhardt hospital Is It Just a Slum? Why The Anxiety? and one each from Satara, late on Thursday night. The two new cases were detected on
stays will be sealed as officials ‘Asia’s largest slum,’ that’s what Because of the density of Osmanabad and Buldhana. Navi Mumbai civic body’s head Thursday, including a surgeon
track his high-risk contacts most people think about Dharavi. population. The novel coronavirus State authorities, though, of health department from Wockhardt Hospital and a
and his travel history. “The pa- But it is not all slums, there are is highly contagious, and in clarified the 54 cases in Mum- confirmed this, taking the tally BMC sweeper. The 35-year-old
tient himself had called and housing societies, tenements, bai included 40 previously de- to 22 in the region. TNN doctor was being taken to S L
areas like Dharavi, the spread,
informed that owing to ex- and a warren of shanties that tected in private laboratories Raheja Hospital at the time of
once it starts, can be
posure of a few patients, he house people as well that were sent for reconfirm- The Pune victim was a 50-year- going to press. Incidentally, At
might have contracted the exponential, putting immense ation. The state announced fo- old from Raviwar Peth who least two nurses tested positive
as thriving small- pressure on the meagre
infection,” said a civic offici- Households scale workshops ur deaths on Thursday, all in succumbed to associated acute at Wockhard Hospital and the-
al. He was found Covid-19 po- healthcare capacity the city. TOI had reported two respiratory distress syndrome re were three deaths.
sitive by a suburban lab.
1L dealing with
of these on Wednesday. at state-run Sassoon General At Ambedkar Hospital in
tenements pottery, leather, The local case was reported
The 52-year-old sweeper, ad- in a housing society, and the Among the latest victims hospital. The woman was ad- Kandivli, at least 40 staffers we-
recycling, etc
mitted at SevenHills hospital in authorities are trying their was a 61-year-old blood cancer mitted for breathlessness on re quarantined after a dialysis
Andheri, worked in Dharavi utmost to not let the virus spread patient who was admitted to Wednesday and tested positive patient succumbed. The hospi-
Slums
but lived at Jijamata Nagar in Nair Hospital on March 31. Of- on Thursday, making her the tal did not say if medical servi-
80,000 Buildings to the slums
Worli, an area with several Co- ficials said he died on Wednes- second casualty from Pune. ces would be suspended.
vid-19 cases. He did not have units 20,000 units If it does, it may become very day afternoon. The second vic- A 68-year-old man who tes- Health minister Rajesh To-
any travel history and civic offi- Go Corona! (Top) The 90ft arterial road that runs the length of difficult to contain, like the tightly tim from the city was also in ted positive on March 31 passed pe said 30 government hospi-
cials are yet to ascertain how he Dharavi is empty, and (above) the barricaded road leading to packed Worli Koliwada, where 15 his 60s. Officials said he was a away at a private hospital in Na- tals outside Mumbai would tre-
contracted the virus. the housing society of the first patient who died on Wednesday cases have been reported 63-year-old man who passed lasopara on Thursday. But aut- at coronavirus patients. The to-
Patient 1, a 56-year-old away at Kasturba Hospital. horities have not confirmed tal bed strength will be 2,305.
who died at Sion hospital on

Dombivli wedding proving 45 high-risk

BMC praises Borivli man for
Wednesday, too, had no tra-
vel history and owned a gar-
ment unit in Dharavi itself.
The administration is try-
ing to ascertain whether he contacts from
had any links to the Tablighi
Jamaat congregation in Del-
hi that is proving be a coro-
infection cluster, cases now 7 slums shifted isolating before symptoms
navirus super cluster. Civic
officials said they have found
four people in the area who had
Pradeep Gupta into lodge [email protected] turned, he chose to live alone
and his family would visit the
lated himself.
Abhishek Ghosalkar, for-
participated in the Tablighi Kalyan: A wedding in Dombivli, which had a Mumbai: As social distan- Mumbai: Parts of Borivli’s building only to keep food mer Shiv Sena corporator
congregation and are trying to long guest list, is turning out to be a source of a cing is impossible in over- IC Colony were marked as a outside his flat door. Due to from the area, said prima fa-
ascertain if the deceased was coronavirus surge, with three more persons crowded slums, where famili- containment zone on Thurs- the precautionary measures cie there is no need to panic as
in touch with them. The four who attended it testing positive on Thursday. es live in cramped spaces, the day after a 42-year-old resi- he took during his self-quara- the patient was well quaranti-
have been kept in isolation in a In all, seven persons who attended it have so BMC has started shifting the dent who had returned from ntine, we have no high or low ned. But, as a precautionary
lodge in Sion and will be tested. far tested positive, including a ‘super sprea- family members, neighbours the UAE last month tested po- risk contacts to trace. Prelim- measure, the administration
A lack of information is der’ who violated home quarantine rules to and close contacts of Covid-19 sitive for Covid-19. inary findings show he did decided to take police’s help
hampering proper contact tra- make an appearance and infected the others. patients from slum pockets Civic authorities were all not meet anyone during the to restrict entry and exit near
cing. “We are getting contra- The three fresh cases were among five new into lodges or newly const- pr aise for the man for strictly period,” said a civic official. the man’s building. “This is
dictory answers from his fami- Covid-19 cases that surfaced on Thursday in ructed vacant buildings for following the home quaranti- He had no symptoms after also because the area has ma-
ly: one person said he visited the twin townships of Kalyan-Dombivli, ta- the mandatory 14-day home ne procedure, right from the his arrival, But earlier this ny others who had travelled
the local mosque, the other per- king the tallywithin the Kalyan-Dombivli Mu- quarantine. On Thursday, 45 time he landed in Mumbai, week, he developed a cold and abroad and are under home
son said he did not. They are nicipal Corporation limits to 19. A barricaded road in Dombivli (East) slum-dwellers from H-East even though he did not show cough and got tested, and rec- quarantine. People in the lo-
not revealing whether he had The wedding of March 19 was attended by ward, which covers Bandra, any symptoms for days. eived the results on Thursday. cality, too, have been very re-
visited Delhi or anywhere el- over 1,000 people, including politicians. Amo- ur have recovered and and 15 are in hospital. Khar and Santacruz east, we- According to civic staff, Once it was confirmed he was sponsible and as it is a resi-
se,” said a senior official. ng the invitees was a 25-year-old youth, who Police have registered three FIRs linked to re shifted into a lodge. the patient asked his wife and Covid-19 positive, he was shif- dential area, social distanc-
Patient 1stayed in a large had returned from Turkey and attended it by the wedding. With cases related to it rising, A senior civic official sa- four-year-old son to shift to ted to a suburban hospital. ing is also maintained proper-
housing complex on Jasmi- violating home quarantine instruction. He the health department and police has prepa- id, “We have identified high- his mother’s residence in the It is the first case in the lo- ly. Though there is a lockdo-
ne Mill road, off the arterial tested positive later. A woman and her son, al- red a list of over 100 guests who directly or in- risk contacts of Covid-19 pati- same locality even before he cality and authorities said wn in place, the BMC has tak-
90 feet road of Dharavi, and so wedding invitees, were soon afterwards fo- directly came in contact with those who tested ents in other slum pockets reached home on March 19. the virus’s spread was pre- en police assistance to ensure
was undergoing treatment for und infected. So was a friend of the youth. positive. They are checking up with them to and will shift them into lod- “From the moment he re- vented as the patient had iso- it is strictly implemented.”
fever since March 23. He was Of the five new Covid-19 patients here, four see if anybody is displaying symptoms. Earli- ges or vacant buildings so-

Containment zones now

admitted to Sion hospital on are from Dombivli (East), which was sealed er, they had checked with 40 other guests. on.” On Tuesday, municipal
March 29 and tested positive on two days ago after the area recorded several ca- The fourth infected person from Dombivli commissioner Praveen Par-
April 1. Now, there is a demand ses, and one from Kalyan. In all, 8 of 19 patients (E) on Thursday doesn’t have a travel history deshi had issued a circular
from Sion hospital staffers to in the KDMC area are from Dombivli (E), four or any apparent contact with travellers. Offi- authorising all assistant mu-
test them, said dean Dr Pra- from Dombivli (W) and seven from Kalyan. Fo- cials are carrying out contact tracing. nicipal commissioners to re-
mod Ingale. The patient, initi-
ally admitted to the dedicated
fever ward, passed away as the
hospital was preparing to send
lies. We have created a What-
sApp group, where residents
can place their orders, and the
have been collected from per-
sons in direct contact with the
deceased, like his wife, two
are not allowing anyone to
leave or enter their complex-
es. However, slums dotting
quisition empty residential
buildings, lodges, hotels,
clubs, exhibition centres, col-
leges, hotels, marriage halls,
under CCTV surveillance
him to a Covid-19 facility. “We supplies are delivered at their sons and four daughters, the both sides of the road that le- gymkhanas and banquet
have kept some staff under qu- doorstep,” said Dashrath Ne- building watchman, and the ads to the housing society halls with immediate effect to
[email protected]
ALL 212 ZONES NOW ONLINE
arantine and their swabs have velkar, treasurer of the society. doctor whose clinic in the buil- continue to live like normal. house people who had been in Mumbai: To put in place
been sent for testing. A repeat The society members had in- ding he went to initially. Assi- The tension in the area thic- contact with a Covid-19 pati- stricter restrictions in the bit.ly/345OhGS
test will be done after four days formed the BMC that the pati- stant municipal commissioner kened as the sweeper, who used ent and are asymptomatic. city’s 212 Covid-19 contain- Web address of
before they are allowed to go ent’s body should not be bro- of G North ward Kiran Dighav- to clean a part of Dharavi clos- Pardeshi has also instruc- ment zones, the BMC has de- BMC’s GIS map of
home,” said Ingale. ught to the building. He was in- kar said: “Besides the high- er to the Mahim tracks, was co- ted his men to conduct medi- cided to monitor the areas Covid-19-affected
The BMC has sealed the terred in a burial ground in risk contacts, we have listed all nfirmed positive on Thursday. cal camps in slum pockets to through its network of CCTV
areas
patient’s housing society, Dharavi on Thursday. senior citizens and those with He had reported to work as usu- identify those with Covid-19 cameras. The feed will be ac-

212
which has eight wings com- Interestingly, the flat occu- respiratory ailments in the al on Monday but said he’s fee- symptoms like cough, cold cessible at the civic disaster
prising of 338 flats and 97 pied by the patient’s family on area and are monitoring them. ling unwell. His supervisors and fever. “Health depart- control room at the BMC’s Number of
shops. About 2,500 residents rent belongs to the family of a We are yet to ascertain if the de- suspected the worst and admit- ment officials are working headquaters at Fort. The net- containment zones
live in it. “All the entry and exit person who was killed during ceased had any travel history.” ted him at SevenHills hospital, out the logistics and will soon work’s feed comes from 5,000
as of Thursday
points of all the wings have be- the 26/11 attacks at the Taj Ma- The neighbouring housi- where his swab sample was ta- start medical camps in slums cameras across the city.
evening
en sealed. No one is allowed to hal hotel. ng societies have voluntarily ken. All 23 who worked alongsi- with police protection,” said Due to the Covid-19 out-
go out, even for essential supp- Civic officials said 15 swabs imposed restrictions and de him have been quarantined. an official. —Vijay V Singh break, CCTV monitoring will Where Covid-19 patients
be focused on 212 contain- come from and their high-

Sealed Worli worries essentials may run dry

ment zones where coronavi-
or low-risk contacts live
rus patients were traced and
put in hospital, and where the
high- and low-risk contacts of Zones are mapped
[email protected] pen after they run out of ward office @mybmcwardGS the patients continue to live, ward-wise
stock as no vehicles are allo- tweeted that 160 high- and though in 14-day-long quaran-
Red dots |
Mumbai: With Worli Koliwa- wed to enter the area,” said low-risk contacts of the 15 pa- tine periods.
Clicking on
da and its adjoining areas cor- Nitesh Patil of the Worli Koli- tients from Worli Koliwada A BMC official said a con-
them
PURPOSE
doned off for yet another day, wada Nakhwa Matsya Vyav- have been shifted into the qu- tainment zone can be a large
leads To dissuade residents
the supply of essential items, say Sahakari Society. arantine facility at M A Podar area and though the civic au-
to respective zones’ of Covid-19 zones from
like milk and LPG cylinder, In a series of tweets on Hospital. They will be provi- thorities, with police help,
was affected on Thursday. Ta- Wednesday night, Thackeray ded with “care and other es- have placed barricades, there boundaries, with address stepping out, except
king cognisance of the pro- said Worli Koliwada saw 15 sentials”, Thackeray twee- could be occasional crowd of specific buildings and to avail of essential
blems faced by the residents, Covid-19 cases in the last 72 ted. He added that as most movements. “We want to areas services
local MLA Aaditya Thacke- hours, due to which the area shops are shut, the authoriti- avoid such an eventuality.
ray late on Wednesday twee- was sealed off and movement es are setting a home delivery Therefore, our disaster con- availing of essential services, have been deputed to the BMC
ted that the authorities are restricted. While Koliwada system, including for gas cy- trol room would monitor but even then social distanc- in light of the crisis, of whom
setting up a system to deliver has 10 positive cases, the adjo- linders, so that people don’t these 212 containment zones. ing norms apply.” one, former Mumbai Metro
essentials to people’s homes. ining areas of Janta Colony have to stand in queues. If we find people out in the BMC has formed a ‘corona chief Ashwini Bhide, is in
While civic officials said Medical workers in protective gear arrive at Worli Police Colony on and Adarsh Nagar have 3 and “Milk had been delivered yes- streets, the local police and war room’ in its disaster con- charge of the ‘war room’. Citi-
that they are working on re- Thursday to transport a suspected coronavirus patient to hospital 2 cases, respectively. Also, a terday to most homes. Today the ward office would be trol unit for case data collec- zens can call on the BMC help-
suming all essential services 60-year-old died of Covid-19 too milk was delivered. Medi- alerted to take action,” said tion, mapping by area and line 1916 (tollfree) for queries
as soon as possible, local resi- that remain open will soon crowding the few shops that on Monday. cal shops open,” Thackeray the official. “Stepping out of monitoring on-ground man- regarding the virus and test-
dents fear that the few shops run out of stock. “People are are open. But what will hap- On Thursday, the local tweeted. home is allowed only for agement. Two IAS officers ing facilities.
 THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020 TIMES CITY | VIRUS WATCH 3
CORONAVIRUS UPDATE World HOW MAHA, INDIA COMPARE WITH WORLD WEEKLY PROGRESSION OF CASES
Cases as of end of stated week.
They don’t represent totals as of Thursday
India New cases Total Cases 1,00,000 1,03,321
State 335 Cases* Maharashtra’s share of the % Fatality rate India USA France Italy Japan 92,472 82,351
*Number of cases
country’s Covid-19 cases 72,736 80,000 Iran Spain China
dropped from 22% on Tuesday 404 Maharashtra 72,248
analysed as of 10am, April 2.
to 17% just a day later, as per the 60,000
Total cases in state as of
state government’s latest coronavirus
15
Thursday evening: 40,000 35,408 37,145
423 analysis report released on Thursday 8,23,626 1,867 INDIA
morning. The disease continues to
Source: Maharashtra Public claim more victims in the state 335 20,000
10,000
1,112 1,693
Health Department’s report as a proportion of cases than 0
of Covid-19 cases on average in the country 4.9% 2.4% 3.9% Week 1th 2th 3th 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th 10th

Maha to offer 5-min test for PM accepts CM’s idea of asking faith
a few hundred rupees: Min leaders not to hold large gatherings
Sujit.Mahamulkar placed on religious gathe- share of the PM Garib Kalyan about 3,000 shelters, where
@timesgroup.com rings. The CM had issued si- Bank fund, which will be rele- 3.25 lakh migrant workers

‘Diagnostic ‘PVT COMPANIES CAN ALSO SCREEN PATIENTS’

tenth of this price.
Tope also said that the state Mumbai: PM Modi in Thurs-
milar directions to all district
collectors in Maharashtra on
ased immediately.
When Thackeray asked
are camped, and the state has
provided them food and drin-
has 30 government hospitals day accepted state chief mi- Wednesday. Modi about relaxing the lock- king water and facilitated
Test To Be Held Health minister Rajesh Tope
said private companies too
A cartridge provided will show
results from the blood sample
with 2,305 beds that have been
dedicated for Covid-19 cases.
nister Uddhav Thackeray’s
suggestion that religious lea-
The PM accepted Thacke-
ray’s suggestion and asked all
down after April 14, Modi cla-
rified there is a slim chance of
services of health experts
and doctors to ensure health-
At Same Time’ would be allowed to conduct
the rapid tests in the state
within 5-10 minutes.
The price of the kit is likely to be
The hospitals will follow the
treatment protocol decided by
ders of all faiths in every sta-
te in the country should be as-
chief ministers to speak to re-
ligious leaders from their re-
lifting the lockdown a hund-
red per cent. All states should
care facilities are available to
them.
TIMES NEWS NETWORK The rapid test kit will between `2,000 and 3000 initially, the Centre and the state. “The ked to refrain from organi- spective states and ask them plan in such a way that no Modi also suggested sta-
contain an alcohol swab to though the state government has state government has issued sing any congregations, mee- to tell community members crowds come out on the stre- tes must abstain from anno-
Mumbai: Maharashtra’s pub- an ordinance that every dedi- tings or celebrations. about the need for social dis- ets, and the lockdown should uncing populist relief mea-
clean the finger to be pricked. promised it at a tenth of this price
lic health minister Rajesh To- cated hospital must follow the During a video conference tancing and avoiding large be reversed in a phase-wise sures. Apart from the CM and
It will also contain a lancet for The Covid-19 screening test kit is
pe said on Thursday that the fi- protocol of the treatment,” the call addressed by Modi and at- gatherings, the CMO said in a and area-wise manner inste- health minister Rajesh Tope,
the finger-prick an IgG & IgM-based antibody tool
ve-minute blood tests, which minister said. tended by chief ministers statement. ad of being completely rever- the VC meeting was attended
the state plans to allow to scre- Experts said the rapid scre- and ministers concerned of Thackeray also said PM sed in a day. by home minister Anil Desh-
en persons for Covid-19, would ening test could provide data all the states, Thackeray sug- Modi had sanctioned Rs 11,000 Thackeray informed Mo- mukh and minister for envi-
cost a few hundred rupees. that would help the authoriti- gested that restrictions be crore for all states towards a di that the state has set up ronment Aaditya Thackeray.
Tope said that the state had es decide on public health me-

Trustees of 2 religious bodies in Mumbra

sought permission from the asures such as continuing the
Centre to carry out both the di- lockdown or relaxing it.
agnostic test and screening The rapid screening tests
test simultaneously in order are different from the Covid-19

booked for sheltering Tablighi members

to get a correct picture of the diagnostic tests which find the
virus’s spread in the state. virus in a patient’s swab sam-
These rapid tests will not diag- ple. Rapid tests are serology
nose Covid-19 but show whet- tests that look for antibodies to
her the person has already had and health ministers. “Not on- out if they have already been a virus that typically develop TIMES NEWS NETWORK
an exposure or carries antibo-
dies to the highly contagious
ly government but private
companies can also conduct
affected. For the government,
it will help decide whom to qu-
seven to eight days after expo-
sure. In some US cities, these Mumbai/Thane/Pune/Nag- THERE’S NO LOCKDOWN IN MUMBAI?
virus. the rapid test. The govern- arantine and whom not to. Pe- rapid tests are being used to pur: Mumbra police on Thurs-
The minister said, “Altho- ment may consider authori- ople can be sent back to work- determine who can return to day booked trustees of a local
ugh the state machinery has a sing four-five reputed private places if they already have an- work. madrassa and those of a local
capacity of conducting 5,000 companies, recognised and tibodies to the virus,” said Bio- Tope later said all measu- religious school for sheltering
diagnostic tests a day, we app- approved by the Indian Coun- ne CEO Surendra Chikara. res are being taken by the state foreign nationals who had at-
roached the Centre for permis- cil of Medical Research He said most of the rapid to combat COVID-19. He said tended the Tablighi Jamaat me-
sion for the rapid test met- (ICMR), to conduct the rapid tests have been developed in PM Modi had asked the state to et in Delhi in March and not in-
hod.” He said a screening test tests after a proper agreement the US and European markets. concentrate on tracing, track- forming authorities about their
could also let a person know is signed,” he added. “We will initially import these ing, testing and treating. Modi presence.
whether he is infected or not At present, these kits will kits and make about 25,000 av- also asked the state to use va- Twenty-one foreign natio-
(the results can be cross- be imported. One of the many ailable every week, but we rious methods such as drones, nals, 8 from Malaysia and 13
checked with the swab test if companies bringing this test plan to start production wit- GPS system and updated tech- from Bangladesh, apart from
necessary). to India is a Bangalore based hin four months,” he added. nology to track movements of two Indians from Assam, who
Tope made the announce- start-up Bione, which will The price of the kit is likely people who have been asked to were at the Jamaat meet were fo-
ment after a video conference start offering home-kits early to be between Rs 2,000 and 3000 quarantine themselves at ho- und staying in two places in
that PM Narendra Modi had next week. “For individuals, initially, though the state go- me but have not been follo- Mumbra. Four trustees of the
with various chief ministers this test will help them find vernment has promised it at a wing directions. Tanvir Ul Ulum Madarsa have
been booked for sheltering the

BMC struggles to control Vegetable 13 Bangladeshis and two Indi-

ans between March 10 and
March 31 without informing FREEWHEELERS: Police stop and question citizens roaming around on Thursday despite the lockdown
supply to city authorities or seeking permis-
sion. Four trustees of Al Nadiul on February 5, but the nod was rent parts of the state. Nashik, the administration has

crowds at new mkt sites too from Nashik

Falah school have been booked
for sheltering the 8 Malaysians
along with the two Indians.
revoked on March 6 in the back-
drop of coronavirus outbreak.
On January 22, Abdul Ahmed
Rajesh Tope, health mini-
ster, said over 1,400 from Maha-
rashtra had attended the meet.
so far quarantined 157, besides
10 close contacts. The Nagpur ci-
vic body has quarantined104 pe-

[email protected] 60% down The offences have been re-

gistered under sections of the
Azmi of Shamim Education
and Welfare Society, Vasai, had
He said, “We have traced nearly
1,300 participants and are offe-
ople reportedly linked to the me-
et in government rest houses.

Mumbai: The BMC has beg-

‘VENDORS, BUYERS NOT COOPERATING’ Tushar Pawar, Satyajit Joshi &
Foreigners Act, the Epidemic
Act, the National Disaster Ma-
written to SP, Palghar, seeking
permission for the congrega-
ring counselling to them thro-
ugh NGOs, NSS students and
Authorities in Mumbai are
using lodges for the quarantine.
un to shift some of its 69 who- Abhijeet Patil TNN nagement Act and the IPC. The tion. “Nearly 50,000 people were home guards in order to qua- They shifted 16 to a lodge in Kur-
lesale, retail and main roadsi- 21 foreign nationals have tested to attend,” Deshmukh said. rantine them an d do tests.” la. Officials stated some partici-
de vegetable markets to open Nashik/Kolhapur: If you negative for Covid-19, said San- As many as 373 Tablighis Two foreigners and four of pants who returned over two
grounds in an effort to provi- are seeing fewer vegetables deep Malvi, PRO of Thane Mu- from Mumbai had attended last their close contacts tested posi- weeks ago had completed the 14-
de more space for social dis- and fruits in the city’s mar- nicipal Corporation. month’s event in Delhi, the tive in Ahmednagar on Thurs- day “incubation” period. Civic
tancing to vendors as well as kets, it is because traders and Home minister Anil Desh- Centre has said. The BMC, with day. They have been moved to officials are checking if anyone
buyers. The civic authority, farmers from Nashik and wes- mukh said due to alertness of help of police, traced and qua- Booth Hospital where two other has symptoms and collecting
though, is struggling to imp- tern Maharashtra are struggl- Maharashtra police, a Delhi- rantined 157 people who had at- foreigners, also participants in samples for tests. Officials in
lement the initiative due to ing to get labourers to work on like incident was averted in the tended the meet. They are try- the meet, who had tested positi- Bhiwandi said 25 people who at-
“non-cooperation” from ve- the fields and transport farm state. An organisation belong- ing to trace 62 more in different ve earlier, have been quaranti- tended the meet are “under ob-
getable vendors and buyers produce to the state capital. ing to Tablighi Jamaat had as- parts of the city. The authorities ned. In addition, two from Pim- servation” in isolation wards of
and the ensuing confusion. Nashik has a lion’s share of ked for permission to hold a me- said out of 373 from Mumbai, pri Chinchwad tested positive. Tata Amantra. Police said 15
On Thursday morning, the vegetable market in Mum- et on March14-15 in Vasai and lo- 132 are out of the state; many are Of 233 participants from Pune, men from Mira-Bhayander had
for instance, a crowd gathe- Borivli market was shifted to Gorai ground but it was as crowded on Thursday bai and sends across more th- cal police had given permission still in Delhi, and 22 are in diffe- Kolhapur, Ahmednagar and participated in the Delhi meet.
red at a ground at Gorai Road an 500 tonne of greens daily.
WHY BMC DECIDED TO SHIFT MARKETS? A day before
where BMC has shifted the
Borivli market. Similarly,
around 300 tempos converged
Complaints of overcrowding the Borivli
market was shifted
Nashik also supplies vegetab-
les to cities in Gujarat daily.
Officials said the vegetab- Woman, infant test Kandivli hosp
at the four sites to which the
WHERE HAVE MARKETS SHIFTED?
to the Gorai ground, les are sent to Mumbai from
quarantines HAPPAIMES
Dadar market has been dis-
persed: Bandra-Kurla Comp-
lex, Dahisar, Mulund and So-
Large open grounds
HOW WILL THIS HELP?
It will allow for social distancing
there was a rumour
that vegetables would
be cheaper there. So,
Nashik on 150 vehicles. Ever
since the lockdown, the supp-
ly has reduced substantially.
negative at Kasturba 63 of its staff o
I

Knowledge is Safety!
maiya Ground in Sion. As po- Only about 40-60 vehicles lea- Mumbai: A woman and her first report was negative. His
lice did not allow tempos in many people rushed ve for Mumbai with 150-200 to- seven-day-old child tested ne- Kasturba report is awaited. Mumbai: Bharat Ratna Dr Ba-
MARKET NEW SITE ON OPEN GROUND
the Dadar market area, which in and it got crowded. nne of vegetables. This amo- gative for coronavirus on “Since I was negative and basaheb Ambedkar hospital Read the paper to enhance
was closed two days ago, all Borivli West Gorai Road I have suggested that unts to a 60% drop in supply. Thursday, two days after initi- my son was positive, I could (Kandivli) quarantined 63 your awareness and safety
rushed to the alternative sites BMC split the market Arun Kale, secretary of al reports from a private labo- not meet him,” said the 32-ye- members of its medical staff af- during these times.
and ended up crowding these. BKC, Dahisar, Mulund, in three or four grounds Nashik APMC, confirmed ve- ratory came positive. The fa- ar-old, who said the nursing ter they handled a Covid-19 case Healthcare vouchers
Dadar
Sion, especially, saw a large Somaiya Ground in Sion in the vicinity for better getable supply to Mumbai has mily is at Kasturba Hospital, home treated them “unpro- recently. The 53-year-old pati- to be won daily.
number of people turn up. Kurla In vicinity crowd management been affected. “Covid-19 has where they were shifted from fessionally”. The receptionist ent died on March 30. Convert points to
The BMC has likewise shi- badly hit vegetable supply to a Chembur maternity home at the nursing home, which is The medical staff, including 5X TIMESPOINTS
In vicinity (partially shifted) Sunil Rane | BORIVLI MLA
fted Kurla market to a ground Byculla Mumbai. Vehicles are not allo- on Wednesday. The baby was now shut, also tested positive. doctors, nurses and ward boys, for assured rewards.
that too has been seeing huge wed in most parts of the city.” detected with coronavirus Her samples may be retested. have been quarantined in the Weekly Points Bonanza!
footfalls despite warnings ining social distancing. Desp- the BMC shifted the Borivli Traders said drivers and when three days old, making A civic official said there hospital after they were expo- Weekly draws for 12000
and markings for social di- ite that, if the crowd fails to do roadside market, there were labourers are worried about him the youngest to test posi- are technical reasons why the sed to a patient who reported
TIMESPOINTS,every Sunday.
stancing. Last Friday, the ci- so, we have no option but to no markings on the ground travelling to Mumbai, which tive for Covid-19 in the city. findings could vary. “The positive for Covid-19, said medi- T&Cs apply Part ic pation window: 7 to 11AU
vic body also shifted half its shut the market and shift it to and only one gate was open, has reported several Covid-19 The father said fresh tests shedding of virus is intermit- cal superintendent Dr Pramod
1 1
Byculla market to a nearby a ground for a bigger space.” said a local resident. “The cases. There are also concerns were done at Kasturba on tent. It’s possible the swab was Nagarkar on Thursday. As a re-
ground. Local ward officials invol- BMC just shifted the market about transport vehicles reac- Wednesday morning. “The taken when the individual sult, the over 400-bedded muni-
Civic officials said they ved in the process have sug- to the ground without mar- hing Mumbai, considering all doctor said both tested negati- was in the incubation period. cipal hospital has come to a
are facing difficulties in disc- gested alternative locations king circles. It has posted po- the permissions required and ve. The news brought us great Either way we carry out repe- standstill, sources said. 1

iplining crowds. The BMC de- and crowd management. A lo- licemen to manage the crow- returning to Nashik. Also, relief. But why did the fin- at tests at Kasturba and only “We had no option but to iso-
cided to shut and shift mar- cal political representative ds. It is difficult for cops to ha- with restricted hours of vege- dings of the private laborato- when both come negative a late staff. Their swabs have be-
kets after complaints of over- said the BMC should select ndle the crowds and people table sale, they are unsure ab- ry not co-relate with that of patient is discharged,” the of- en sent to state-run JJ Hospital
crowding. Assistant munici- areas where there are three to walk close to one another. Th- out the produce getting sold. Kasturba, and were we erro- ficial said. Another expert sa- and the reports are awaited,”
pal commissioner Prashant four open grounds so that is negates the purpose of shif- Farmers are counting the- neously given a positive re- id findings depend on how Dr Nagarkar said. Ambedkar
Gaikawad said, “We have ap- vendors get divided for better ting a market to a ground. ir losses. Usually, three and port? My wife, who had under- well the sample was collected, hospital admitted 50 cases of su- Onswer 2:o Im874596M
pointed an officer for each crowd management. When there are two gates, half months from February gone a C-section, had to endu- how many days into the ail- spected coronavirus, and re-
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market to keep a vigil. We ha- At Gen Arunkumar Vai- why not designate one for ent- are the peak period for vege- re a lot as her report came po- ment was it taken or kind of ports are expected by the wee-
Wash hand s soap 1
ve marked circles for mainta- dya ground in Gorai where ry and the other for exit?” table crop. sitive,” said the father, whose kits used. TNN kend. —Ambarish Mishra
water for at least 20 seconds.

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Pe
rsonal
THANKSGIVING
Cremate victims
of Covid-19:
Social distancing a luxury, essential
0 Holy St Jude ! Apostle and
M a r t y r . great in v i r t u e and
rich in miracles, near kinsman
of Jesus C h r i s t . f a i t h f u l
intercessor for all who invoke
thee, special patron in time of
Church to priests staff face daily risk in packed buses
need : to thee I have recourse
Somit Sen, Sujit Mahamulkar travel charts which can then be shared
from the depth of my heart, and [email protected] & Sumitra Deb Roy TNN with the BEST.
humbly beg thee. to whom God “It is a Herculean task for our drivers
hath given such great power, to Mumbai: The Archdiocese of Bombay Mumbai: Several para medical staff and and conductors who have been multi-task-
come to my assistance: help me
now in my urgent need and has asked its priests to follow the directi- other government officials had gathered ing -- even ferrying a few foreign nationals
grant my earnest p e t i t i o n . I ves of the municipal commissioner and outside KEM Hospital on Thursday after- to the airport for a special flight some days
will never forget thy graces and cremate Covid-19 victims rather than bury noon to take the BEST bus back home. back,” said an official. However, he point-
the favors thou dost obtain for
me and I will do my utmost to
them. “In a video message to priests, Car- Within seconds of the bus arriving, there ed out it is difficult for the red buses to
spread devotion to thee. Amen. dinal Oswald Gracias suggested in view of was a rush to get in, making crowd man- match the load handled by the Railways to
the extraordinary circumstances they wo- agement and social distancing look redun- ferry those from far-flung suburbs to the
uld respect the call of the municipal com- dant. city. He cited the example of a bus with ze-
missioner and cremate any novel corona- Sources said similar crowds are wit- ro standees at Dombivli on Thursday
virus victims,” Father Nigel Barrett, spo- nessed on buses in the morning hours morning, but the driver encountered pas-

MahaRERA extends kesperson for the Archdiocese of Bombay,

informed TOI.
when essential staff is ferried to the city
from as far as Palghar, Ambernath and
sengers en route at Diva naka and Kalva
naka flashing ID cards and urging him to
Early this week, municipal commissio- Panvel. Almost daily, scores of passengers take them as they were on ‘emergency du-
project completion & ner Praveen Pardeshi had issued a directi-
ve under the Epidemic Act, 1897, stating all
travel standing and close to each other
though the latest rule prohibits “standees”
ty’. “Some of them are policemen with
whom our drivers cannot argue. The bus
registration deadlines victims of Covid-19 would be cremated
and, if a family insisted on a burial, then it
in any public transport bus.
On Thursday, the BEST operated 1,171
ultimately ends up with a lot of standees,”
the official said.
Mumbai: The Maharashtra Real Esta- would have to be done outside the city. buses for essential staff across the city A nurse from one of the civic-run hos-
te Regulatory Authority (MahaRERA) The circular was, however, immediate- with the help of 3,700 drivers and conduc- pitals said she is a diabetic and, hence, wor-
allowed the extension of completion ly withdrawn after Minority Affairs mini- tors. ried about travelling in a crowded bus.
dates for projects whose dates expired ster Nawab Malik objected to it. An amen- The pressure on the public transport “Not only could I get infected, but I might
on or after March 15. It also extended ded circular issued a few hours later said undertaking has further increased from KEM Hospital staffers rush to board a BEST bus on Thursday also pass on the infection to my family,”
the registration period for such pro- burial would be allowed if the burial gro- Thursday with two additional responsibil- she said.
jects by three months. unds were large enough so as not to create ities entrusted to it. BEST buses have been Secondly, the buses are being deployed commodation. Our buses ferry them to At KEM hospital, TOI took a picture of
In an order uploaded on its website, the possibility of the virus spreading in asked to handle transportation and supply as special transport for a section of doctors and from the hospital,” a top BEST official the crowd boarding the bus on Thursday.
MahaRERA said the 21-day lockdown the neighbouring areas. of food/ration to the 191 containment and nurses treating Covid-19 patients. “It told TOI. When a BEST official at the spot was asked
has severely affected registered pro- Father Barrett said in view of the zones earmarked across Mumbai. The has been decided that this medical staff BMC’s additional municipal commis- about the crowd, he replied, “Despite re-
jects. “The supply chains for construc- amended circular, a family would be gran- buses will be used to carry a large number should not go back home and, therefore, sioner Suresh Kakani said he has instruct- peatedly pointing out, they don’t care to
tion material have been disrupted and ted a burial if they insisted as long as they of food packets as well for distribution. they have been provided temporary ac- ed medical colleges to create their own maintain social distancing.”
labour may have migrated back to the- followed WHO guidelines.
ir home state. Due to these circumstan-
ces real estate projects across Maha-
rashtra will take sometime to restart
Meanwhile, former Congress minister
Naseem Khan, in a letter to the CM, said
there was anger in the Muslim community Pvt hospitals sweeten Covid-19 duty with 146 CISF
work,” it said.
MahaRERA further said that all
over a Covid-19 victim not being allowed
burial at Malwani on Wednesday. He said guards to be
statutory compliances that were due
in March/April/May were extended to
June 30. TNN
the government must earmark a portion
in all kabrastans across the state for vic-
tims of the pandemic.
online movies, special meals, cash sops
[email protected] him offers them an extended rooms on the ninth floor have transport them.
quarantined
Navi Mumbai: After five

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Docs may lose Mumbai: Hospitals are using
stay in the hospital’s single
rooms converted into tempora-
been given to the medical staff to
stay, the Covid ward is on the
Around 23 private hospitals
across the city offer isolation
CISF guards working at Mum-
bai airport and accommodat-
incentives from cash bonuses to ry pads with TV that boasts of 12th floor. “Our 10th and 11th and quarantine facility at gov- ed at Kalamboli camp tested
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licence over free stays and Netflix connec- Amazon Prime and Netflix floors are under renovation, so ernment-fixed prices of Rs 4,000 positive for Covid-19 on Thurs-
SAD DEMISE tions to ‘pamper’ medical staff channels among others. Food is we have a lift that operates only room charges daily. Cost of PPEs day, samples of around 146

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PRAYER MEETING shut clinics involved in Covid-19 duty that
ranges from five to 14 days.
either sourced from classy res-
taurants or pumped up with
between the 9th and 12th floors,”
said hospital CEO Dr Hiren Am-
and equipment and medicine is
separate. The BMC has set up a
others at the camp have been
sent to Kasturba hospital for
Navi Mumbai: The Navi Doctors, nurses and allied chicken and fruits. begoankar. Whatsapp group with all hospi- testing. Late on Thursday, all
Mumbai Municipal Corpora- medical staff face the highest A lot of care has also gone in- A few floors on the Jaslok tal administrators and senior of- 146 were to be shifted to a quar-
tion (NMMC) will issue show- risk of Covid-19 infection due to to ensuring that staff members Hospital’s hostel located adja- ficials, including the municipal antine centre at a hospital fa-
cause notices to private doc- their proximity to positive pa- working in normal wards don’t cent to the main building have commissioner Pravin Pardeshi. cility at Kamothe.
tors, who have either shut nur- tients. In Italy and China, thou- This helps quick decision on A revenue department
sing homes and clinics or refu- sands of medical staff were af- stay of suspected patients. source said a civic team will
A lot of care has also gone into ensuring that staff members work-
se to attend to general patients fected and the toll ran into hun- Do nurses and staffers get shift the guards in groups of
in view of the corona scare. dreds. In Mumbai so far, six doc- ing in normal wards don’t come in contact with the Covid team. panic attacks when on Covid du- 20 to the hospital, where there
The administration is sen- tors and nine nurses and helpers While Fortis, Mulund, has a special entrance and a special lift to ty? A hospital official said it is a are 150 beds. “Test reports of
ding out individual notices have tested positive. ensure the Covid ward is separate, at S L Raheja Hospital, a lift “yo-yo” situation. “Some days, the 146 will be received on Fri-
threatening to cancel their li- “It is not as much an incen- operates only between the 9th and 12th floors they fear exposure, but at other day evening. Those who test
PRAMILLA LEWIS 7AI\ cences in case of non-compli- tive, but a thank you for opting times they are chilling with each positive will be shifted to Kas-
Panna ben
ance. The decision came after for the duty,” said an adminis- other,” he said. turba for treatment, while
27/04/1949 - 01/04/2020
complaints from residents, trator of a private hospital that come in contact with the Covid been given to resident doctors, Dr Narayani said healthcare those testing negative will be
How can we describe you in With deep who were being inconvenien- has been designated as a Covid- team. “We have a special en- nurses and housekeeping staff in countries such as China and kept under observation at the
a word, a sentence or two? regret we wish ced. NMMC sources said pri- care centre. “There is a lot of trance and a special lift to en- working on the 10th floor Covid South Korea evolved after the quarantine centre for 14
How can we stop smiling to inform the vate hospitals not letting regu- planning that goes into manag- sure the Covid ward stays sepa- ward. “They work for five days SARS and MERS viruses. days,” he said.
when we think of the times demise of our lar patients in can face the mu- ing shifts, food, transport and rate,” said Dr S Narayani from and stay home for two days,” “Even our health officials Panvel City municipal cor-
shared with you? beloved Mother sic. It was said that action wo- stay,” said an official from a Fortis Hospital, Mulund. said a hospital spokesperson. should insist that hospitals are poration said 130 CISF guards
The most important person
in our lives has now gone; Shrimati uld be taken if such hospitals south Mumbai hospital. In S L Raheja Hospital, for in- All the medical staff who opted planned keeping the future in have undergone tests. The
And she left quietly, with the Panna ben violate civic orders, said Jaslok Hospital on Pedder stance, the hospital’s general for Covid duty will be given a mind, with separate wings, en- camp has been sealed and all
same grace she lived with, Bharat bhai NMMC chief Annasaheb Mi- Road has got a BEST bus to ferry work is carried out in the first cash bonus and BEST has given trances and air-flow systems,’’ guards home quarantined.
without grandeur, pomp or Broker on wed sal. —BB Nayak its staff, while S L Raheja in Ma- eight floors. While all the single the hospital a special bus to she said. —George Mendonca
song. 1/04/20 loss
She meant a lot to many
people, each has their
own story to tell;
But we were blessed to be
her children to know her
mourned by
Manisha
Jay gandhi
Madhvi
Naval Dockyard
designs low-cost Bizman feeds needy patients’ kin who live on streets
Sujit.Mahamulkar spired to take up social welfare Trust, sought help of former
the best, not just well. Bhavik Archana
To be loved by her was life's
greatest blessing, Mohanish , temp sensor @timesgroup.com activities from his professor at
St Xavier’s College who died of
Shiv Sena corporator Ganesh
Sanap of Colaba who provided
To be raised by her was a Dhriti , Mumbai: The Naval Dockyard Mumbai: Among those hit by blood cancer last year. him with an ambulance to ferry
miracle too; Dev, Raj has designed and developed its the lockdown are hundreds of “I could not sit idle in the and distribute food and water.
And we can write books but own hand-held IR-based tempe- people whose relatives are ai- comfort of my home while Along with Sheikh, the local
never fully describe our rature sensor to screen a large ling or suffering from chronic hundreds of needy people were Sena unit additionally provi-
mother toyou.
Grace, intellect and kindness
number of personnel at its ent- illnesses. Deprived of basic ne- leading a miserable life by the ded 700 food packets to be distri-
is what flowed out from her ry gates, thus reducing the load cessities, facilities and hygienic roadside. I felt it was my social buted among the relatives of the
so easily. on the security sentries at the conditions, these people, most responsibility and time to give patients.
And though we will no lo gate. With in-house resources, of who hail from marginalised back to society from which I ear- Apart from supplying food,
longer see her, in our the device was manufactured at sections of society, are forced to ned my profits. I expect others Sheikh also provides packets of
hearts she will always be. x under Rs 1,000 (which is frac- to do the same in whatever way foodgrain packets in slum pock-
We hope you had the
privilege to know her,
tion of the cost of the tempera-
ture guns in the market).
#LOCKDOWN possible,” Sheikh told TOI.
Sheikh esaid that he would
ets of Golibar locality in Santa-
cruz, Malvani in Malad and Jo-
because she is all we aspire
to be.
So that when she
TO PLACE The 285-year-old dockyard
has an average influx of around HEROES continue distributing food and
water to as many patients and
geshwari to needy families.
Each of these packets consists
looks down from heaven
she can smile and say,
AN 20,000 personnel into its premi-
ses every day, said a defence spo- stay on the pavements or under Mohmmed Azam Sheikh (in white shirt) distributes food near Tata Memorial
their relatives as possible till
the lockdown ends. He started
of 10kg of rice, 5kg of wheat flo-
ur, 2kg of oil, 1kg of moong dal,
"That 's my g irl! ANNOUNCEMENT kesperson. Checking the body bridges outside hospitals. The- distributing the food packets 1kg of tur dal and 2kg of sugar.

IN THIS
That's my boy! Aren 't they temperature via non-contact se helpless people now rely sole- going around, offering food and relatives waiting outside Tata and water bottles from March Sheikh has sought official
just like me?" means allows screening for pos- ly on the food that is provided by drinking water to these stran- Memorial and KEM hospitals 22, soon after the lockdown was permission from the office of
(Poem penned by our fries sible cases of Covid-19. The spo- a few social workers. ded people in Mumbai. in Parel and St George Hospital announced by the state and la- the deputy commissioner of po-
Mignonne Fernandes) SECTION kesperson told TOI, “Once it is Mohmmed Azam Sheikh is Sheikh provides 700 packets at CSMT. ter continued by the Centre at lice (zone I) before initiating
t + patented, it will be manufactu- one such Good Samaritan who of vegetable pulao and 1,500 wa- A resident of the Fort area in the national level. this endeavour. He said he is
CALL:
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You were our world.
red in a huge quantity for sale at has been working tirelessly sin- ter bottles free and also distri- south Mumbai, Sheikh, who is a Sheikh, who is associated thankful to DCP Sangramshinh
low prices.” — V Narayan ce March 22. Sheikh has been butes them every day to needy businessman, says he was in- with Bai Aishabai Charitable Nishandar for his cooperation.
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Your children, Rosanne
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that shops selling essentials eanwhile, pump owners lers’ Association, M Venkat Rao, Mumbai Municipal Corpora-
will be closed after 5pm every told TOI on Thursday that said, “We are contemplating regu- tion (NMMC) on Thursday No.P&A/Mise/2020 31 March 2020
day in Kharghar and Kalambo-
li nodes, after the number of po-
the petrol pumps in Mum-
bai are open for both private and
lating the working hours. We do
not want to refuse or deny suppli-
asked DY Patil Hospital in Ne-
rul to admit patients current-
CORRIGENDUM
FOR THE INFORMATION OF ALL APPLICANTS
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sitive cases increased in these government vehicles. es, so whoever comes to the pump ly admitted to NMMC Hospi-
areas. The police claims that However, they said that there during the regulated timings will tal in Vashi as the latter gears Refer Vacancy notification No. P&A/2(271)/2020 Vol I dtd 28
*at the move has been necessitated are strict guidelines that are rest- be given fuel.” up to treat Covid-19 patients, February 2020 for the posts of Assistant Engineer (Electronics /
$R AVERyY., ,h VOW as citizens are not abiding by
lockdown rules and frequently
ricting citizens from coming out of
their homes unless it is for essenti-
“Petrol pumps need relief on
the work hours. The workers are
doctors of private hospitals
said that NMMC should rope
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step out of their homes in the als or an emergency. also not willing to come and work in big private hospitals in Na- Owing to the COVID- 19 pandemic and current situation prevailing
in the country , it has been decided to extend the last date of
evening under the pretext of “They should take a call before at their respective petrol pumps as vi Mumbai to treat Covid-19
submission of Application Online for the posts as per the
buying vegetables, milk or me- arriving at the pump as the police they fear of getting infected with patients like the BMC has.
notificationsreferred above to 15 April 2020.
dicine. — George Mendonca are checking everywhere,” a Covid-19,” he added. Sources claimed that pri-
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The moments you shared together.
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Share them . With Friends. Relatives . Neighbours.

Body found on British-era bridge on E-way NMMC’s administration to
set up dedicated facilities to CHIEF GENERAL MANAGER (HR & TRAINING)
treat Covid-19 patients, but
Colleagues.With all those whose lives the departed
footpath, cops
Soul has touched.

Because while life goes on,

when you share memories . they stay on forever. say not corona to be razed during lockdown NMMC officials were circum-
spect. A senior official of a
group of private hospitals
Government of India
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Mumbai: A beggar’s body
Navi Mumbai: With a lockdown
in force, the state’s road agency,
Assistant police inspector S
Pujari said that the Raigad collec-
said that private hospitals
wanted to chip in. “But Corrigendum (Time Extension)
was found on a footpath in MSRDC, has scheduled razing of tor has approved the demolition. NMMC officials were initially The Last date for recei pt of application form for
the jurisdiction of Azad Mai- the British-era Amrutanjan brid- The demolition, planned two reluctant... All patients were
appointment to the post of
dan police station on Thurs- ge near Lonavala on Mumbai-Pu- years ago, could not be done due to rushed to Kasturba in Mum-
day morning. The body of a ne Expressway from April 4 to 14. heavy traffic movement. Now, bai,” said the senior official. Dire ctor (Technical)
male aged around 50 was sent
for a post-mortem.
The pillars of the bridge were a
bottleneck below, causing traffic
amid the lockdown, traffic is very
sparse and so MSRDC decided to
“On the other hand, BMC was
very fast to get private partici- in
After the body was found snarls. It has also been a death trap demolish the bridge. “As essential pation to treat patients...” IREL(India) Limited
T H E TI ME S
G RO U P
in the morning, police called
pesticide staff and told them
for motorists, especially heavy ve-
hicle drivers due to the steep incli-
service vehicles ply on the E-way,
we have diverted such vehicles
However, an official from
NMMC clarified that the civic .
is hereby extended to 01 05.2020 upto17 00 hrs. .
to spray the body. It was not a ne. The demolition will pave the along the old Mumbai-Pune high- body cannot unilaterally rope Other terms and conditions of the Notification
case of coronavirus death, way to widen the highway, said Dr way,” said Pujari. This diversion in the private sector, but needs no. 3/5(1)2019-PSU remains unaltered.
said zonal DCP Sangramsinh Digambar Pradhan, superinten- of traffic will take place from the government’s go-ahead
Nishandaar. TNN dent of police (highways), Thane. April 4 to 14. —George Mendonca for the same. TNN For details log in to website
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ANGELA MERKEL, PM MODI DISCUSS COVID SITUATION, THERE IS AN URGENT NEED FOR AN INDIA-SPECIFIC STRATEGY
SAY THEY WILL EXPLORE AVENUES OF COOPERATION TO COMBAT CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK, SAYS RAHUL GANDHI

VIRAL ALERTS
Shoes from China Lockdown creates acute Centre revokes visas, will
land Odisha man in
home quarantine
T he administration of Odisha’s
shortage at blood banks deport Tablighi members [email protected]
Koraput district on Thursday
put a resident under 14-day home Critically Ill, of blood donation camps were
cancelled, the Kerala State New Delhi: The home mini-
quarantine after he received a AIDS control Society has issu- stry on Thursday blacklisted
pair of shoes from China, the
once-epicentre of the
Blood Disorder ed a fresh circular allowing blo-
od donation at blood banks.
and cancelled the ‘tourist’ vi-
sas of 960 foreign Tablighi Ja-
coronavirus, reports
Satyanarayan Pattnaik. “We
Patients Hit In most cities, including
Delhi and Hyderabad, blood
maat members for having vio-
lated their visa conditions by
have seized the shoes and TIMES NEWS NETWORK banks are rationing the supply engaging in “missionary” ac-
medically examined the receiver. even to thalassemia patients tivities here. It also asked the

B
As he had touched the shoes, he lood banks in most states and insisting patients bring vo- states and UTs where these fo- BRAVEHEART DOCS BACK AT INDORE LOCALITY: Shaking off the
has been asked to quarantine are facing acute shorta- lunteers with the required blo- reigners are present to take ne- trauma of Wednesday’s attack, women doctors led a Covid-19 team
himself at homefor 14 days,” ges as donations have dri- od group as they are unable to cessary legal action under the back to the same Indore locality on Thursday where they were pelted
district collector Madhusudan ed up during the lockdown. De- SAFETY MEASURES: Firefighters spray disinfectant over a building allow replacement donation. Foreigners Act, which sources with stones a day earlier, albeit accompanied by administrative
Mishra said. The shoes could be spite reduced demand for blood in a locality near Nizamuddin mosque on Thursday in New Delhi Often, donors struggle to reach said was likely to involve their officers and cops. This time, however, they were showered with
destroyed as they might have due to elective surgeries being the blood banks with no public deportation after payment of a apologies. People trickled out of homes, profusely apologising to
been contaminated, he added. kept on hold and road acci- donation camps to avoid large The situation is especially transport and police restric- $500 financial penalty, as well Dr Tripti and her team for the attack by a ‘group of misled youngsters’
dents coming down, the banks gatherings, some have allowed dire in central India and Vi- ting travel. Over half the tha- as under the Disaster Manage-
are struggling to cope. smaller camps to be set up to de- darbha, home to several com- lassemia patients are being ment Act.
Oath-taking of new
RS members only
Though general demand
for blood and blood products
al with the acute shortage.
“Under the prevailing lock-
munities in which blood disor-
ders like thalassemia and sick-
turned away in Hyderabad.
PGI Chandigarh’s blood
The blacklisting order aga-
inst the foreign Tablighi Ja- Shivraj: This Attack on staff
may have reduced, blood banks down, no blood donation le cell disease are common. bank department planned ahe- maat visitors will debar them
after lockdown ends still have to cater to the critical-
ly ill, blood disorder patients,
camps are being organized and
people are scared to step out,”
In Mumbai, the shortage
has eased after health minister
ad by managing donations
with a staggered number of vo-
from entering India for at least
two years. Announcing the ac-
isn’t a tweet, involved in
R ajya Sabha Chairman M
Venkaiah Naidu said on
cancer patients needing plate-
let infusion, women needing
said a state blood transfusion
council official in Pune.
Rajesh Tope and the state FDA
gave permission for special
lunteers. “We send our buses
for 10-15 people to the houses of
tion on Twitter, home mini-
ster Amit Shah stated: “Home
it’s a warning contact tracing
Thursday that the 37 blood transfusion after child But the council has reached ‘mini’ camps that observe soci- known donors and we had ta- ministry has blacklisted 960 TIMES NEWS NETWORK TIMES NEWS NETWORK
newly-elected members of Rajya birth and trauma patients. out to various organisations al distancing norms and provi- ken prior approval for this,” sa- foreigners found involved in
Sabha will be administered their After many state govern- to organise donations in de sanitisers and masks. id Dr Rati Ram, head of trans- Tablighi activities on a tourist Bhopal/Indore: “Human Vellore: A group of residents
oath only after the lockdown is ments clamped down on blood small batches. In Kerala, after thousands fusion medicine in PGIMER. visa and also cancelled their rights are only for humans,” attacked two women angan-
lifted. While the EC has deferred Indian visas.” chief minister Shivraj Singh wadi workers who visited
elections to 55 vacancies in RS, 37 “The home ministry has Chouhan warned on Thurs- Basherabad area in Vaniyam-
members have already been
elected unopposed. Until they are
administered their oath, the
Hizb releases Govt app to track if Kerala HC stays also directed the state DGPs
and the Delhi Police commis-
sioner to take necessary legal
day, in scathing condemna-
tion of the attack on health
workers in Indore the pre-
badi town to trace contacts of
eight people who attended the
Tablighi Jamaat gathering.
members are not entitled to sit,
tape on social move to allow action against the 960 foreig- vious day while trying to The eight are in an isolation
participate or vote in the House or
in a committee. Neither the Rajya
Sabha nor any of its committees
are likely to meet till the
distancing you have been near sale of liquor
ners for violation of provi-
sions of the Foreigners Act,
1946 and Disaster Manage-
ment Act, 2005,” he added.
screen Covid-19 suspects.
“The attackers won’t be
spared. This is not a tweet.
It’s strong warning,” the CM
ward in Vaniyambadi govern-
ment hospital.
A police officer said the
eight were hospitalised after
to alcoholics
lockdown period is over. TNN

UN flagship meet
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New Delhi: Hizbul Mujahideen

chief commander Riyaz Naikoo
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As per financial penalties
laid down under the Foreig-
ners Act, rules for various visa
violations, indulging in Tab-
said. Seven suspects have be-
en arrested and police are lo-
oking for at least three
others. They were sprayed
seven others who attended the
event tested positive for Co-
vid-19 in Tirupattur district.
While results of the eight are
on climate change has released an audio clip dis-
hing out advice on how to protect
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The app, Aarogya Setu, is
Kochi:The Kerala HC on Thurs-
day stayed the state govern-
lighi activities while on a tou-
rist visa, attracts a $500 penal-
with disinfecant at Chhatri-
pura police station after the-
awaited, 30 special teams were
formed to trace their contacts.
off till next year against the Covid-19 pandemic. New Delhi: In its effort available in 11languages
on Google Play Store for
ment’s decision to make ar- ty. Sources added that 960 fore- ir arrest.“The government Residents of Basherabad,
The tips include practising soci- to spread awareness among rangements for sale of liquor to igners linked to Tablighi Ja- will not spare anarchic ele- however, mistook the survey
Android phones and App
T he Covid-19 spread has forced
the UN body to postpone its
flagship annual climate change
al distancing, trusting doctors
and maintaining hygiene. J&K
police officers said they were
citizens on the novel coro-
navirus outbreak in India,
the government launched a
Store for iPhones
people with medically certified
alcohol withdrawal syndrome
during the ongoing lockdown.
maat activities in India could
be deported to their countries.
ments,” Chouhan said in a
video statement.
for NPR and manhandled two
women anganwadi workers.

conference which was scheduled surprised at this sudden depar- new tracking app ‘Aarogya The app can then calculate The division bench of Jus-

Make people aware of penalties

to be held at Glasgow in UK in ture from the outfit’s usual call Setu’ on Thursday to help the risk of infection based tice AK Jayasankaran Nambiar
November. This crucial meet will for jihad against security forces. people track Covid-19 infec- on sophisticated parame- and Justice Shaji P Chaly issued
now be held in 2021— the first year In the clip released on Wed- tions more accurately ters if any of these contacts the order in response to the
of the operationalisation of Paris nesday, Naikoo is heard telling and effectively. has tested positive. petitions filed by Congress

for violating lockdown: MHA

Agreement. Though the postpo- Kashmiris: “Isolate your family The mobile application, “It will enable people to MP TN Prathapan and the
nement is welcomed by experts, as much as possible, maintain developed by the National assess themselves the risk Kerala Government Medical
they insist that postponing COP26 cleanliness. If you maintain so- Informatics Centre under for their catching the Coro- Officers’ Association. The hear-
does not mean postponing clim- cial distance, you will remain sa- the ministry of electronics na Virus infection. It will ing was conducted through vid-
ate action which is a non-nego- fe. Listen to doctors and follow and information technolo- calculate this based on eoconferencing. TIMES NEWS NETWORK
tiable global priority. Other UN what they say.” Naikoo also app- gy, is available on Google their interaction with oth- The medical officers’ associ-
climate meet, to be held in June in reciated the role of health wor- Play Store on Android ers, using cutting edge blue- ation had argued that no doctor New Delhi: The home secre-
Bonn, were also postponed. TNN kers and told people not to hide smartphones and App tooth technology, algo- could prescribe liquor as a cure tary on Thursday requested
their travel history or symptoms Store for iPhones. The app rithms and artificial intelli- states to widely circulate in-
from them. He also asked people is available in 11languages. gence,” an official said. formation on penal provisions
UN rights chief to avoid congregations. The ad- It will help track the cor- The app will also help Docs prescribe bitter in the Disaster Management
‘distressed’ by vice comes amid the row over
Tablighi Jamaat event in Delhi’s
onavirus infection by using
the smartphone’s GPS sys-
the government take neces-
sary timely steps for assess-
pill for tipplers Act as well as the Indian Penal
Code (IPC) for violation of
plight of migrants Nizamuddin, which has now be-
en linked to at least 400 positive
tem and bluetooth and pro-
vide information that will
ing risk of spread of infec-
tion, and ensuring isolation A t least three people, who
reached the excise office in
lockdown guidelines and as-
ked law enforcement agencies

U N Human Rights chief

Michelle Bachelet said on
Thursday she was “distressed“
cases in India.
This is the second audio Nai-
koo has released in the last two
help in determining if you
have been near a Covid-19
infected person or not.
where required.
The government said
the app’s design ensures
Ernakulam on Wednesday with
doctors’ prescriptions to avail the
special alcohol pass, had to go
to take suitable action under
these provisions.
The latest communication
by the plight of millions of weeks. In another audio on Once installed in a privacy-first. The personal home disappointed after realising from home secretary Ajay
migrants affected by the March13 — the first after abroga- smartphone through an data collected by the app is that the prescriptions read “the Bhalla to chief secretaries ca-
lockdown in India. She welcomed tion of Article 370 in August — easy and user-friendly encrypted using state-of- patient should completely abs- me a day after he asked states/ A policeman questions foreigners out on a road in Bengaluru
measures to address the he had said his outfit would con- process, the app detects oth- the-art technology and tain from alcohol. Do not serve Union Territories to imple-
situation but noted that pervasive tinue to target paramilitary for- er devices with AarogyaSe- stays secure on the phone him liquor”, reports Anantha ment lockdown measures is- Bhalla, in his letter, remin- untry will faithfully comply
challenges remain, said the office ces and Army personnel. tu installed that come in the till it is needed for facilitat- Narayanan K. The ‘patients’ sued by the MHA in exercise of ded chief secretaries of the with directives, advisories
of the UN human rights high Full report on www.toi.in proximity of that phone. ing medical intervention. were instead directed to medical powers under the Disaster SC’s observation that it and orders issued by the
commissioner. “The lockdown in stores to take prescribed medi- Management Act, 2005, “in let- “trusts and expects that all sta- Union of India... in the inter-
India represents a logistical and cines, mostly anti-depressants. ter and spirit, without allo- te governments, public autho- est of public safety”.

Editors Guild objects to govt’s

implementation challenge given Excise officers said most people wing any exception”. rities and citizens of this co- Full report on www.toi.in
the population and its density and rush to their offices even before
we all hope the spread of the virus reading the prescriptions, with
can be checked,” she said. TNN the hope of getting a pass issued

Govt mulls insurance Youth on way

Cops thrash Nalanda claim of media spreading panic by the department that would get
them three litres of liquor.
home ends life,
SI, civic worker for
violating lockdown
TIMES NEWS NETWORK the statement said. It also as-
serted that blaming the me-
for alcohol withdrawal syn-
drome because it was against
the basic tenets of medicine.
cover for truck drivers blames cops
New Delhi: The Editors Gu- dia would only “undermine Their counsel said any doctor [email protected] tions will be taken soon, Vijayawada: A youth who

A trainee sub-inspector
attached with Ashthawan
police station in Nalanda was
ild of India on Thursday took
exception to the Union go-
vernment blaming the media
the current work being done
by it under trying circums-
tances”. “Such charges can
doing so would be liable for legal
and disciplinary action.
State attorney KV Sohan
New Delhi: The Centre is
likely to announce a series of
sources said. TOI has learnt
that the consumer affairs
ministry has agreed to pay
rode about 300 km on his mo-
torcycle in a bid to reach home
due to the lockdown commit-
thrashed by his colleagues for in the SC for spreading panic also obstruct in the process of claimed that allowing consump- measures, including insur- the premium amount for in- ted suicide midway after po-
allegedly violating the lockdown among migrant workers lea- dissemination of news du- tion of liquor in moderate quan- ance cover for truck drivers surance cover to the driver lice in Guntur district seized
order. Sources said a patrol party ding to their mass exodus in Army personnel prepare to ring an unprecedented crisis tities was an established medi- and their helpers, providing and an accompanying staff his vehicle and arrested him.
spotted the SI in civil dress and the wake of the 21-day count- airlift a pregnant woman facing the country. No demo- cal practice while treating with- food at nominal price at pet- as they are engaged in essen- He hanged himself from a tree
beat him up for “loitering”. In rywide lockdown. stranded at Dawar on Thursday cracy anywhere in the world drawal symptoms. rol pumps and giving e-pas- tial supply of items. after his release from the po-
another incident, Mithilesh Saying it was “deeply per- is fighting the pandemic by Terming the state govern- ses that drivers can show to “Though food packets lice lock-up on Wednesday.
Kumar, driver of a garbage turbed” by the submission, ficial version of the develop- gagging its media.” ment’s move a recipe for disas- reach their destination. are being made available to The youth recorded a vid-
collection van, was beaten up the Guild, in a statement, said ments pertaining to the The Guild also termed as ter, the court said there was no An empowered group of drivers at toll plazas, there eo message and shared it with
despite being in his uniform. He it had led the SC to observe pandemic. “The Guild would “overreaction and act of inti- medical literature supporting secretaries has made these were complaints that his friends and relatives be-
was collecting garbage when a that while it didn’t want to in- state in all humility that it midation” the Centre’s deci- the theory that withdrawal recommendations to the gov- drivers were struggling to fore committing suicide. He
commotion broke out nearby hibit the debate on the pande- holds the court in the highest sion to lodge an FIR against symptoms could be cured by pre- ernment to ensure seamless get food as all roadside dha- alleged police brutality and
when a cop chased and thrashed mic in any way, the media sho- respect, but finds this advice the editor-in-chief of the scribing liquor consumption in movement of trucks. A deci- bas and other eateries are held the Bapatla police re-
him, said eyewitnesses. TNN uld refer to and publish the of- gratuitous and unnecessary,” news website ‘TheWire’. moderate quantities. sion on these recommenda- shut,” said a source. sponsible for his death. TNN

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SEEKING SAFETY OFFSHORE AMID CORONA SCARE Non-Muslims

too on C’garh’s
At 143, Andhra tally goes
75,000 fishermen 30 scientists find a list of Jamaat up three-fold in 2 days
stay on at sea home in the deep quarantine
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U.Tejonmayam Tuesday, and the other three @timesgroup.com hile 74 of the total 75
Meghdoot.Sharon Leaders of the fishing @timesgroup.com ships were to return on Thurs- cases in TN were TJ
@timesgroup.com day. Sagar Nidhi, carrying 25 Raipur: Chhattisgarh police on delegates or their con-
community decided Chennai: Nearly 100 crew scientists, had deployed the Wednesday identified 101 people tacts, 26 of the 27 positive cases
Ahmedabad: Gujarat’s that the safest option members, including 30 scien- tsunami system in the Ara- who had attended Tablighi Ja- in Telangana were linked to
fishermen probably are the for fishermen is to tists, who have been on scien- bian Sea. D Rajasekhar, head, maat in Nizamuddin Markaz in the Nizamuddin congregation.
most shielded against the stay in their trawlers tific missions on board ocean vessel management cell, Delhi and quarantined 32 and In Karnataka, 11of the 14 cases
Covid-19 pandemic that has research vessels have decided NIOT, said Sagar Nidhi will re- home isolated 69. were Tablighi delegates or
spread across the country. anchored a few to stay put till the 21-day lock- turn to Goa on April1and leave Sources said there were their contacts. In Andhra, all 32
Leaders of the fishing kilometres off the down in the country ends. after taking rations. “The oth- some non-Muslims in the list of cases had a Tablighi link.
community decided that coast. So, after the They are on board four ships er ships are stocked with sup- 159 given by the Centre. There is Similarly, all the confirmed
the safest option for fisher- belonging to the Chennai- plies till mid-April. Even if no non-Muslim among the 101 cases that were reported by
men is to stay in their traw-
lockdown was tracked down so far, said police. Madhya Pradesh and the
based National Institute of they are to come to land, the
lers anchored a few kilo- announced, about Ocean Technology (NIOT) crew members will have to go One of the non-Muslims named north-eastern states of Assam,
metres off the coast. So, af- 75,000 fishermen are which set sail more than three into quarantine for 15 days. So, among the 159 told TOI that he Manipur and Arunachal on
ter the lockdown was an- staying put in about weeks ago to map the seabed, it’s better to be there. We are re- was picked up by police and tak- Thursday were linked to the
nounced, about 75,000 study samples and deploy tsu- ceiving lot of scientific data en to a quarantine facility with- Tablighi meet. Madhya Pra- na has multiplied in the last tracking the details of the re-
fishermen are staying put
15,000 fishing nami warning systems on the now,” he said. out even being told why. “I have desh reported five fresh cases, three days because of the Ta- maining,” said Srikanth.
in about 15,000 fishing traw- trawlers connected east and west coasts. S agar Manjusha and the been quarantined at a govern- Assam three and Manipur and blighi link. At 143, Andhra’s to- In Assam, health minister
lers connected to Okha, to Okha, Jakhau, NIOT director M A Atma- recently commissioned Sagar ment-run isolation centre since Arunachal one each. tal tally has registered a three- Himanta Biswa Sarma said 503
Jakhau, Porbandar and Porbandar and nand said scientists on Sagar Anveshika are carrying out March 31. I returned from Delhi In Rajasthan, three of the 13 fold increase in positive cases delegates from the state had at-
Umargam various other Nidhi, Sagar Manjusha, Sa- scientific measurements and by Gondwana Express train on positive cases were linked to in the last two days. State nodal tended the religious congrega-
ports. The boats have been Umargam various gar Anveshika and Sagar Ta- collecting data in the Bay of March 18. A team of officials the congregation while in UP, officer Dr A Srikanth said tion in Nizamuddin.
anchored between one other ports ra have been collecting differ- Bengal as part of various pro- forcefully took me away from Tablighi delegates accounted health authorities had carried Across the country, around
and four kiometres of fact, those who are now in ent kinds of data. “Staying jects. The onboard instru- home on Tuesday afternoon. I for at least two of the total 10 out tests on 758 Delhi returnees 50 medical professionals – who
the coastline. the sea are much safer than there is safer than coming to ments have been mapping the was simply told that my name cases. In Maharashtra, which and 91 of them tested positive. may not be involved in Covid-19
The fishermen call up people on land,” said Veljib- land. We have instructed all seabed besides gathering and had been found on some list. The had the highest number of Co- This translates to nearly 16% of management – have also been
the boat owners on the coast, hai Masani, president, Ak- our four ships to return testing water samples. list has names of people found vid-19 cases on Thursday after the Markaz participants from found positive for the virus,
who send essentials like wa- hil Bharatiya Fishermen around April 14,” he said. One Sagar Tara, another new around Nizamuddin Markaz. I Delhi, eight of the 88 positive AP testing positive. “We have prompting medical associ-
ter, groceries and other Association. of the ships has two scientists ship, is carrying out bathy- was at railway station and not at cases were linked to TJ. details of all the participants ations to demand more protec-
items to them. “Keeping the “Basic necessities like from the US, who would con- metric surveys (mapping un- the jamaat,” the student said. The Covid-19 tally in Delhi from Andhra Pradesh. Offi- tive equipment.
fishermen on land would water, groceries and other tinue with their research as derwater features) for setting A Chhattisgarh official said as well as TN, AP and Telanga- cials in districts have been Full report on www.toi.in
have multiplied issues. requirements which will they cannot fly back to their up desalination plants in the the contact numbers have been
Leaders of the fishermen last for a fortnight are sent country due to the suspension Lakshadweep Islands. We sup- derived from mobile network da-

‘Circulation of newspaper essential

community got together and by the boat owners to the of flights. plied three of our ships with ta of the Nizamuddin Markaz ar-
decided that the fishermen fishermen through boats,” Sagar Nidhi was expected rations and water in the outer ea, which is barely 100 metres
would be safer in the sea. In he added. to arrive in the Goa coast on anchorage of ports.” he said. from the railway station.

part of information dissemination’

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guards by printers and suppli-
6 of ESMA, 1981. These two sec-
tions make it abundantly clear

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enior advocate Maninder ers, I would lean clearly and he- that those who disrupt distri-
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Shah slams Sonia for ‘chaos’ Singh, who has been addi-
tional solicitor general,
avily in favour of facilitating
distribution of newspapers.”
bution of an essential service
could be arrested without war-

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t is necessary to ensure said circulation of newspaper Rakesh Dwivedi, another rant and face imprisonment up
availability of separate,
dedicated hospital facili- remark, calls it ‘dirty politics’ is an inseparable and essential
part of dissemination of infor-
top constitutional lawyer, said,
“I need newspapers more than
to one year.
What Salve and Singh
ties for Covid-19 patients. To TIMES NEWS NETWORK tional interest and stop mislead- mation and is protected by both biscuits in the morning. People said in the context of news-
increase the availability of ing people,” Shah tweeted in re- Article 19(1)(a) and 19(1)(g) of of my age feel better with a paper circulation has been
doctors, states should tap into New Delhi: Home minister sponse to Sonia Gandhi’s criti- the Constitution guaranteeing hard copy of the newspaper. the consistent stand of the
the resource pool of Ayush Amit Shah and BJP president cism of the government. right to free speech and profes- Since print and electronic Supreme Court in its rulings
doctors, organise online train- J P Nadda on Thursday sla- At the CWC meet, Sonia Ga- sion, respectively. "The only media has been included in es- since1950. In ‘Ramesh Thapar
ing and utilise paramedical mmed Congress chief Sonia ndhi charged the Centre with method to achieve dissemina- sential services, the newspa- vs state of Madras’ [1950 SCR
staff, NCC and NSS volun- Gandhi for her remarks about “unplanned” implementation tion of ideas and information pers should be allowed to be dis- 594], which pertained to ban on
teers,” Modi suggested. the government’s handling of of the 21-day countrywide lock- is by circulation of newspaper. tributed freely.” entry and circulation of a jour-
He urged CMs to set up cri- the Covid-19 crisis, ac- down which she said One does not publish a newspa- nal in the state of Madras, the
sis management groups at dis-
trict level and appoint surveil-
cusing the opposition
leader of playing “dirty
had caused “chaos and
pain” to millions of mi-
per to keep it in godowns,”
he said.
‘IT’S A RIGHT’ SC had said, “There can be no
doubt that freedom of
lance officers. He said data politics” and calling her grant workers. A M Singhvi, one of In- While declaring the 21-day speech and expression in-
must be taken from accredited comments “insensitive” “While the whole na- dia’s celebrated constitutional lockdown, the Union govern- cluded freedom of propaga-
labs for testing — this will en- and “uncalled for”. tion is fighting against experts, said, “The fundamen- ment included print and elec- tion of ideas, and that free-
sure congruence in data of dis- Medics inside an isolation ward in Amritsar on Thursday “Under PM Modi’s Covid-19 under the lead- tal right of a resident to receive tronic media, including news- dom is ensured by the free-
trict, state and Centre and leadership, India’s efforts to ership of PM Modi, the remarks a hard copy of the print news- papers, among essential ser- dom of circulation. Liberty
called for a staggered release fight coronavirus are being of Sonia Gandhi are insensitive paper, the pleasure of flipping vices that ought not to be hin- of circulation is as essential to
of funds to beneficiaries un- Covid has attacked faith and belief: Modi lauded domestically and global- and uncalled for,” Nadda said. through it with a hot cup of tea, dered. The decision was meant that freedom as the liberty of
der the PM Garib Kalyan Yoja- ly. Over 130 crore Indians are He added Modi has waged the advertising revenue be- to ensure uninterrupted distri- publication. Indeed, without
na to avoid crowding at banks.
Though the government I n an indirect reference to the Tablighi Jamaat-centred outbreak
where organisers refused to heed instructions to decongest the
Islamic sect's premises in Delhi’s Nizamuddin area, resulting in
united to defeat Covid-19. Yet,
Congress is playing dirty poli-
war against Covid-19 taking
all CMs together as part of
hind these pages which right-
fully funds not only free speech
bution of newspapers among
the general public by extend-
circulation, the publication
would be of little value.”
has given some relaxation tics. High time they think of na- “Team India”. but the latter’s foot soldiers, ing protection under ESMA, In1958 in the Express News-
from lockdown to harvest hundreds of infected people, PM Narendra Modi said the disease namely print journalists, 1981, under which obstruction papers case, the SC had ruled,
had attacked faiths and was a threat to our way of life, underlining
crops, the PM said it was nec-
essary to monitor and main-
tain social distancing as much
that Covid-19 was a threat to all.
In his interaction with CMs on Thursday, PM asked them to
Those who die in epidemic are weighs heavily on one scale.”
While acknowledging the
dilemma faced by RWAs in in-
of the provision of essential
services is treated as a punisha-
ble offence. Once an item is cov-
“Freedom of speech and ex-
pression includes freedom of
propagation of ideas, which
as possible. He asked the states
to think of other platforms for
reach out to community leaders and welfare organisations, and
adopt community approach in the battle against the pandemic. martyrs: AIMIM chief Owaisi stituting “reasonable restric-
tions to entry, arising from un-
ered under ESMA, as is the
case for newspapers during the
freedom is ensured by the free-
dom of circulation …The lib-
procuring grains apart from “Covid-19 has attacked our faith and belief and is threatening our New Delhi: Terming those All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul derstandable apprehensions lockdown period, any hin- erty of the press is an essen-
APMC, and explore the possi- way of life. Therefore, we have to fight to save our faiths and who die due to an epidemic Muslimeen chief ’s tweet has during these difficult times,” drance to its distribution tial part of right to freedom
bility of creating pooling plat- beliefs. For that we should reach out to community leaders and as “martyrs” AIMIM chief come amid a coronavirus out- Singhvi said, “On balance, would fall foul of Sections 5 and of speech and expression....”
forms for rural areas, like that social welfare organisations at state, district, town, block and Asaduddin Owaisi break in the country.
in ride-sharing apps, which even thana levels to build up a united front against the pandemic,” on Thursday said the The health ministry
he said. TNN
can be used for this purpose.
Chief ministers appreciat-
last rites of such peo-
ple must be performed
had also issued guide-
lines regarding last rites
10 high-risk zones, 61 Govt places
ed the PM’s decision for a lock- muddin markaz, containing mentation of the guidelines immediately. of people who died due to
down which has helped check community transmission, issued by the Centre. The “Those who die as coronavirus. order for 30k
the spread of the virus in
the country. They mentioned
their efforts of maintaining
social distancing, tracking
boosting medical infrastruc-
ture and strengthening the
medical workforce.
Shah talked about the need
health secretary explained
the rise in number of cases in
India, spread of cases from Ni-
zamuddin and preparations
a result of epidemic
are martyrs. Burial of martyrs
does not require kafan
(shroud) or ghusl (cleansing).
The total number of
coronavirus cases in India
climbed to 1,965 on Thursday
after 131 people tested positive
hotspots identified ventilators
 From P 1
suspect cases, identifying to implement lockdown more to tackle medical cases One must immediately offer ja- in the last 12 hours, said the  From P 1 pots with large number of ca-

I
and quarantining suspect strictly in some states and the arising out of further spread nazah and carry out the burial ministry of health and family ses and 10 high-risk zones t is now channelising its re-

H
cases arising from the Niza- importance of effective imple- of the virus. with a few people,” he tweeted. welfare. AGENCIES e added that even those with fewer cases but higher sources to meet the needs of
with “milder sym- density of people. Sources sa- central and different state
toms” in identified id the rollout of the new tes- governments.

Cops wary of
18 AI flights to take foreigners back
hotspots will be tested under ting norms will depend on The government has also
the new protocol. availability of testing kits placed an order for 30,000 venti-
ICMR chief epidemiolo- which are expected to be av- lators from Bharat Electronics
snooping on gist Dr RR Gangakhedkar sa- ailable shortly. “ICMR has or- Limited which is going to collab-

25,000 under
Saurabh.Sinha
@timesgroup.com Air India crew id at the regular government
briefing on Thursday that
dered around a million sero-
logy testing kits from China
orate with domestic manufac-
turers in this endeavour. “Indian
the testing protocol is being and South Korea. They will auto manufacturers are also
New Delhi:Air India will oper- complain about reviewed in the light of some arrive any time but whether preparing to manufacture venti-
quarantine ate 18 charter flights to fly back new tests and a decision will that is going to be enough is a lators,” the government said.

Rajshekhar.Jha
German, French, Irish and
Canadian nationals during the passengers on be taken by Friday morning.
The health ministry’s
question. The final decision
depends on who do we want
The Ministry of External Af-
fairs is also approaching suppli-
@timesgroup.com lockdown. While the Germans
and French will be flown to relief flight surveillance department
along with state govern-
to test given the limited avai-
lability of testing kits,” anot-
ers in China for sourcing 10,000
ventilators from them.
New Delhi:Delhi government’s Frankfurt and Paris, the other [email protected] ments have identified 61hots- her senior official said. Ventilators are required for
move to hand over close to 25,000 two nationalities will be taken Covid-19 patients, as they tend to
mobile numbers of people un- to London Heathrow from wh- Mumbai: Passengers leaving develop acute respiratory dis-

AI may roster pilots

der quarantine to the city police ere Canada and Ireland will their seats to sit along the aisle, ease syndrome (ARDS). Less
for surveillance has raised pri- make further arrangements. passengers without mask, so- than 20 covid-19 patients are on
vacy concerns. “AI has signed contracts me roaming aimlessly throug- ventilator support at this mo-
The government on Tuesday with four countries to operate hout the cabin, passengers ment, according to the health
handed over 11,084 phone num-
bers of people who have foreign
travel history and those who had
come in contact with Covid-19
18 evacuation flights from In-
dia to fly their citizens out —
Germany (10 flights), Canada
(6), France (1) and Ireland (1),”
The AI crew operating relief flights to Frankfurt complained that the
passengers left their seats to sit along the aisle (in pic), wore no
constantly buzzing crew for li-
quor, hot beverages. These are
some of the experiences faced
by Air India flight attendants
during quarantine ministry. As against this, over
14,000 ventilators have been
identified in various hospitals
across the country for treatment
positive cases. Another 14,345 Air India chairman Rajiv Ban- masks and constantly buzzed them for liquor, among other things who operated relief flights [email protected] of Covid-19 patients, the minis-
numbers were given on Wednes- sal said. These flights started from Mumbai and Delhi to try says. However, experts say
day. The surveillance is meant to on Wednesday with Germans Frankfurt in the past two days. Mumbai: Air India may the need for ventilators may rise
check whether these people are flying back to Frankfurt. AI’s crew member on Airlines deny refunds, Following complaints from now roster pilots, who are exponentially. “Two days ago,
adhering to quarantine norms.
While warning against a
Bansal added that AI has
got China’s nod to operate car-
NY flight tests +ve passengers cry foul its crew, Air India on Thursday
responded thatv since these
under the fourteen-day ho-
me quarantine for having
we made this ‘splitter’ with the
use of computerized 3-D print-
possible misuse of such a massi-
ve list, police sources said a veri-
fication of the numbers should
go flights to ferry medical
equipment from there to India.
“We have got approval to oper-
A n Air India cabin crew
member who last operated
a New York-Mumbai schedule
G rounded for three weeks
and bracing for severe
financial turbulence ahead,
flights are “ferrying only scree-
ned healthy passengers, there
is hardly any chance of infec-
operated a flight to a Covid-
affected country, for flights
even during their quaran-
ing mechanism. Now, in case of
emergency like mass casualty,
we can ventilate eight patients
be conducted and the monitored ate Delhi-Shanghai-Delhi on flight on March 20 has tested most airlines are in such a tight tion” . This drew flak. tine. The conditions are SCARED TO FLY with one ventilator.”
data should be in the hands of a Saturday and Sunday (April 4 positive for coronavirus. The spot that they are unable to give Air India crew has appealed they should have no symp- Dr Sancheti stated that Sa-
high-ranking official. and 5). We are awaiting their Mumbai-based cabin crew cash refunds even for cancelled that the foreign embassies that toms and no one on the especially for commanders mir and Siddharth Bhusari of
Many commercial entities clearance to operate cargo-on- member was first admitted to flights. At best, airlines are con- arrange for these relief flights flight they operated should over the age of 50, to fly Saras Life Solution Company in
including those from the health- ly flights to Shanghai next the city’s Kasturba Hospital and verting the equivalent of fares should brief their citizens abo- have tested positive. There with a pilot who has a qua- Butibori provided valuable tech-
care and insurance sectors have Monday to Thursday (April 6, then the airline got her shifted to paid by passengers into pre-paid ut precautions to be followed to is no regard to the possibi- rantine stamp on his or her nical support for this invention.
been accused of trying to get the- 7, 8 and 9). Delhi-Hong Kong- a private hospital. "The airline is vouchers. Twitter handles of air- limit possible contagion. lity that these pilots could hand,” said a commander. Pulmonologist Dr Sameer
ir hands on such data, which ap- Delhi cargo flights have also taking all care and paying for all lines are full of messages from “Passengers should be edu- be asymptomatic carriers. Another said that if he Arbat has designed a safety box
parently hold a high value. been approved by China. These the expenses. The management passengers demanding full refu- cated about ways they could An internal email in steps out to operate a flight for performing difficult bron-
Police sources said unless a flights will bring medical has been extremely supportive" nds against flights cancelled sin- contract the infection onboard this regards was sent re- while under quarantine, choscopy procedures in suspect-
particular case required deep equipment,” said Bansal. said a source. TNN ce the third week of March. TNN and ways they could spread it to cently by AI executive di- he risks getting arrested. ed or confirmed Covid-19 pa-
surveillance, the numbers were From March 26 to Wednes- others. When evacuation flig- rector (operations) to gene- “The housing society won’t tients. “Covid-19 spreads
not to be put on “interception” day, India had seen 85 flights — ated from Hindon IAF base these flights will accordingly hts were operated to Wuhan, ral manager, legal and take kindly to it and my fa- through coughing and sneezing,
— under which the target’s pho- 62 by Air India Group, 15 by the (near Delhi) to Leh carrying increase. “Airlines will be al- pre-packed food and a bottle of crew management system, mily would face consequ- so it is very risky to perform
ne conversations are taped. This IAF and 8 by private airlines — vegetables,” aviation joint sec- lowed to operate cargo flights water was kept on each seat be- which referred to a DGCA ences,” he added. AI spoke- bronchoscopy procedures in
also requires the approval of the within the country to ferry 76 retary Usha Padhee said. where they will carry our es- fore passengers boarded.They March 23 circular, which sperson said, “We may be suspected or confirmed Covid-19
police brass and home ministry. tonnes of medical equipment The DGCA on Wednesday sential medical equipment free were told there would be no ser- does not call for mandatory requisitioning services of patients. The aerosols generated
Police are going to obtain things and other items essential to allowed passenger configura- and their cargo on commercial vice on board the flight. The 14-day quarantine for crew some crew members who by a patient during such proce-
like call history and locations. fight the corona pandemic. tion aircraft to operate all-car- terms,” said aviation minister protocol should be followed,’’ travelling abroad. have not tested positive nor dures can infect the doctor as,”
Full report on www.toi.in “On Thursday, an aircraft oper- go flights. Now the number of HS Puri. said a senior crew member. “It would be stressful, shown any symptoms.” said Dr Arbat.
 TIMES GLOBAL
SUCCESS IS NEVER FINAL,
FAILURE IS NEVER FATAL.
IT’S COURAGE THAT COUNTS
— JOHN WOODEN
THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI | FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020

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ADVICE TO AMERICANS IN HOME-QUARANTINE A NOVEL ON ‘ONCE UPON A TIME IN HOLLYWOOD’

Global Toll 50,000+, Nearly A Million Infected AFP

US Sees 1,000+ Deaths As unknown carriers loom,

In 24 Hours, 10M Seek nations scramble for masks
Jobless Aid In 2 Weeks C
onfirmed coronavirus
cases approached one
million around the world
AFP

Chidanand.Rajghatta bers are expected to tick up fur- on Thursday as Europe reeled

@timesgroup.com ther in the coming weeks con- from the pandemic and the
sidering that nearly 80% of the United States reported record
Washington: More than 1,000 country is now in some form of numbers of people out of work.
Americans died of coronavi- lockdown and many newly un- Since emerging in China in
rus infection and related is- employed have not been to ac- December, Covid-19 has infect-
sues in the past 24 hours — the cess offices, websites, and ed more than 9,81,000 people —
first time the toll has crossed phone numbers to file claims. including at least 5,40,000 in Eu-
the four-figure mark on a sin- The new figures present rope — and claimed more than
gle day — as the US death the clearest evidence yet that 50,000 lives, according to a tally
count from the pandemic the longest jobs boom in US by Johns Hopkins.
crossed the 5,000 mark on history has ended. Just before Spain reported its record
Thursday. With this, the US the virus struck, unemploy- one-day number of deaths, 950, LINES OF DEFENCE: New employees maintain social distancing as
has become the first country ment in the US at 3.6% was at a bringing its overall toll to about they watch a video message from Japan’s defence minister Taro Kono
A WINDOW INTO PANDEMIC: A medical worker at the Gare d’Austerlitz railway station looks through the
in the world to record that 60-year low and striving to re- 10,000, despite signs that the in-
window of a medicalised high-speed train that took patients infected with Covid-19 from hospitals in Paris to
many deaths from coronavi- ach the May 1953 record low of fection rate is slowing. Italy re- to board a subway, check into a Rottner, president of the Gr-
hospitals in Brittany. France on Wednesday became the fourth country to register over 4,000 coronavirus deaths
rus in one day. The grim record 2.5%. Instead, economists are corded 760 more deaths, for a to- hotel or enter the city of 11 mil- and Est regional council, said.
for deaths in one day was earli-
er held by Italy with 969, which
warning that it could be head-
ing past 25% peak it reached Cracking The Covid Code tal of 13,900, the worst of any
country, but new infections con-
lion. Serious travel restric-
tions still exist for those who
Latest research shows
anywhere between 25% to
it registered on March 27. during the Great Depression tinued to level off. More than have yellow or red symbols. 50% of people who get it are
The Johns Hopkins Coro- and reach a new record of
Surveys for 10,000 medical personnel in Ita- In Italy, guards with ther- asymptomatic but they can
navirus Resource Center 32%. Many sectors such as air-
lines, live entertainment and
sports, and hospitality are not
Some patients show early detection
ly have been infected and 69 doc-
tors have died, authorities said.
Meanwhile, the global race
mometre guns decide who can
enter supermarkets. In Los
Angeles, the mayor has rec-
pass it on to others who may
be lethally affected, particu-
larly if they are in the older
Nearly 9,00,000
lose jobs in Spain
expected to recover for a long
time given the strictures on
mass gatherings.
signs of brain stroke, of hotspots to
to protect people against being
infected by unwitting coronavi-
rus carriers intensified on
ommended that the city’s 4 mil-
lion people wear masks. Th-
ey’re mandatory for all in Is-
age group and have pre-exist-
ing medical conditions In
Greece, authorities placed
mobilise aid rael, as well as customers of
S pain has shed close to
9,00,000 jobs, more than
half of them temporary, since
Meanwhile, President
Trump and several state lead-
ers continue to wrangle over seizure & confusion Jerusalem: Teams of epi-
Thursday, pitting governments
against each other as they buy
protective gear and prompting
stores in Austria and phar-
macies in Pakistan.
an entire refugee camp of
2,400 people under quaran-
tine on Thursday after discov-
it went into lockdown in critical supplies even as the demiologists and computer new questions about who A top official in France ering that a third of the 63
Getty Images/iStockphoto
mid-March to fight the Covid-19 causing pathogen is Roni Caryn Rabin scientists on three conti- should wear masks, get temper- complained that American of- contacts of just one infected
coronavirus outbreak, social showing itself to be stealthy nents have started mass po- ature checks or even be permit- ficials swooped in at a Chinese woman tested positive — and
airport to spirit away a plane-

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security data showed on and versatile, with seeming eurologists around pulation surveys to try to get ted to go outside. none had showed symptoms.
Thursday. Spain has banned ability to hide asymptomati- the world say a subset ahead of the coronavirus In the China’s Wuhan, a load of masks that France had In response to the study, the
all but essential outings cally in many young people of patients with Co- and ensure that scarce diag- green symbol on residents’ ordered. “On the tarmac, the US Centers for Disease Control
since March 14. The data while claiming the lives of ol- vid-19 are developing im- nostic tests and even scarcer smartphones dictates their Americans arrive, take out and Prevention changed how it
showed 8,98,822 people have der people with pre-existing pairments of the brain. ventilators are sent where movements. Green is the cash and pay three or four ti- defined the risks of infection,
now lost their jobs, including conditions. While figures re- Some patients exhibit al- they can do the most good. “health code” that says a user mes more for our orders, so we saying essentially that anyone
around 550,000 temporary leased by WHO on Thursday tered mental status, or en- More than 2 million peo- is symptom-free. It’s required really have to fight,” Dr Jean may be a carrier. AGENCIES
workers. The tourism and showed that 96% of all fatali- cephalopathy, a catchall term ple in Britain and 150,000 Is-

US opening doors to EllisJazzMarsalis

legend
construction sectors are the ties in Europe were 60 or older, for brain disease or dysfunc- raelis have already comple-
hardest hit. REUTERS in US, the CDC said the fatali- tion that can have many un- ted questionnaires. Ana-
ty rate for patients with under- derlying causes. These neuro- ATYPICAL SYMPTOMS lysts of the data — including
stated a total of 1,040 people lying conditions is 6% — and logical syndromes join other symptoms of Covid-19, test Jr
died by 10.25pm EST on April 1.
The day also brought the grim
news that nearly 10 million
nearly 40% of Americans who
contract it have chronic dis-
eases, heart and lung ail-
symptoms, such as dimin-
ished sense of smell and taste
as well as heart ailments.
Paris hospitals
turn to 3D printing
results and demographics —
say they have been able to
identify incipient outbreaks
Indian medical grads dies of Covid-19
Americans have filed unem- ments, cancer, Alzheimer’s On Tuesday, doctors in days before authorities have.
ployment claims in the past
two weeks (6.6 million in the
etc. The breakdown in New
York City shows people aged
Detroit reported a case in-
volving a female airline
to cover shortfalls Three groups in the US —
led by Massachusetts Gene- under virus pressure E llis Marsalis Jr, the jazz
pianist and teacher, died
last week in addition to 3.3 mil-
lion the previous week), con-
18 to 44 account for over 40% of
the city’s confirmed Covid-19
worker in her 50s with Co-
vid-19. She was confused, W ith the virus outbreak
predicted to peak in Fra-
nce in the coming days, hospi-
ral Hospital, the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology Chidanand.Rajghatta
on Wednesday after bat-
tling pneumonia brought on by
firming that the pandemic is cases, although mortality and complained of a head- and Weill Cornell Medicine @timesgroup.com the coronavirus,
also killing the economy. rates are lower. ache. Brain scans showed tals in Paris are racing to make in New York — are now vy- leaving behind a
The unemployment num- Full report on www.toi.in abnormal swelling and in- up for urgent shortages of eq- ing to attract enough survey Washington: New York and deep legacy. He
flammation in several re- uipment to protect staff and participants nationwide to New Jersey have taken the lead was 85. Four of
gions, with smaller areas patients by printing them in 3D. detect impending hot spots. in temporarily drafting fore- the jazz patri-
where some cells had died. On Wednesday, the “3D Covid” This week, Israel’s lar- ign medical graduates — arch’s six sons
In March, a 74-year-old project was launched by the gest health maintenance or- hundreds of Indians among are musicians including Wyn-
was brought to a hospital in Paris hospital authority AP-HP, ganisation, Clalit, sent text them — in addition to enlisting ton, a trumpeter, is America’s
Florida with high fever. He which said it would now be po- messages to its 4.5 million retirees and medical school most prominent jazz spokes-
later lost the ability to ssible to “produce large qua- subscribers pleading with students, to joint the battle aga- man as artistic director of jazz
speak. Doctors suspected he ntities of medical devices”. AFP them to participate. In UK, inst the coronavirus epidemic. at New York’s Lincoln Center.
had Covid-19 and he was fi- the results are helping pin- Governors of the two states Branford, a saxophonist, led
nally tested positive. These world, of Covid-19 patients point where ventilators and have signed executive orders “The Tonight Show” band. AP
domestic reports follow simi- having strokes, seizures, en- mobile ICUs should be posi- this week waiving licencing re-

TRACKING OUTBREAK lar observations by doctors

in Italy and other parts of the
cephalitislike symptoms and
blood clots. NYT NEWS SERVICE
tioned, according to Tim
Spector, a professor. NYT
quirements or granting tem-
porary licences to foreign- Iran speaker,
born and foreign-licenced phy-
Countries Infected Death
181
sicians in the US for training, Israel’s health
United States 2,26,374 5,607 countries/ China’s Shenzhen bans eating cats, dogs in an effort to relieve pressure
on the current overstretched
work force and in anticipation tent to immigrate.
minister test +ve
Italy 1,15,244 13,915 regions hit Shenzhen: The Chinese city into force on May 1. vernments across the country of a huge spike in Covid-19 ca- But because of tight rest- Tehran: Iran’s parliament
of Shenzhen has banned the “Dogs and cats as pets have have been moving to enforce the ses over the next few weeks. rictions, only a few hundred speaker has contracted Co-
Spain 1,10,238 10,096
9,81,221+ eating of dogs and cats as part
of a wider clampdown on the
established a much closer re-
lationship with humans, and
ruling but Shenzhen has been
the most explicit about exten-
The changes could see mo-
re than 1,000 Indian physici-
are able to do so despite going
through an expensive three-
vid-19, the country’s highest-
ranking government figure yet
China 82,432 3,322 infected globally wildlife trade since the emer- banning the consumption of ding that ban to dogs and cats. ans and medical graduates step US medical licencing ex- to get sick, while in Israel, sever-
Germany 81,728 1,074 gence of the new coronavirus. dogs and cats and other pets is Liu Jianping, an official who are currently in the US am to get accepted into a resi- al officials entered quarantine

France
50,230+ Scientists suspect the coro- a common practice in develo- with the Shenzhen Center for on J-1 and H-1B visas join the dency. The Conrad 30 pro- when the health minister tested
57,807 4,514 have died navirus passed to humans ped countries and in Hong Disease Prevention and Cont- battle, particularly if other gramme, the main route to fo- positive on Thursday.Iran’s par-
from animals. Some of the ear- Kong and Taiwan,” the city go- rol, said that the poultry, lives- American states follow suit reign doctors’ immigration, liament announced Ali Larija-
Iran 50,468 3,160 liest infections were found in vernment said. “This ban also tock and seafood available to pe- and Washington endorses the offers waivers to only 30 phy- ni’s illness on its website. Mean-
United Kingdom 34,165 2,926 2,08,630+ people who had exposure to a
wildlife market in Wuhan, whe-
responds to the demand and
spirit of human civilisation.”
ople were sufficient. “There is
no evidencethat wildlife is mo-
move. Every year, roughly
4,000 foreign physicians — a
sicians in each US state who
agree to practice where the
while in Israel, which reported
over 6,800 cases and 31deaths on
have recovered re bats, snakes, civets and other China’s top legislature said re nutritious than poultry and third of them are from India government has designated a Thursday, was rattled by the di-
Switzerland 18,475 536 animals were sold. Authorities in February it was banning the livestock,” Liu was quoted as sa- — come to the US on J-1 visas health care worker shortage, agnosis of Yaakov Litzman who
Source: Johns Hopkins in the city said the ban on ea- trade and consumption of wild ying by the state-owned media for residencies at teaching mostly in rural areas.
Turkey 15,679 356 University
has had frequent contact with
ting dogs and cats would come animals. Provincial and city go- Shenzhen Daily. REUTERS hospitals, mostly with the in- Full report on www.toi.in PM Benjamin Netanyahu. AP

OTHER TOP STORIES Pakistan toll from Indian diaspora AROUND THE WORLD
virus rises to 33
Af to swap in Britain seek
Daniel Pearl murder: Trump claims
Reuters

T he death toll from Covid-19

rose to 33 as the number of
ethnic data on
100 Taliban Iran planning infected people in the country

militants for Pak court overturns ‘sneak attack’

climbed to 2,386 in Pakistan on
Thursday. So far, 107 patients
across the country have recov-
Covid-19 cases
20 soldiers death penalty of convict on US troops ered from the disease and disch-
arged from hospitals. According
to the health ministry, 922 Cov-
Naomi Canton

London: The Indian diaspora

Kabul: Afghanistan began Omer Farooq Khan TNN Washington: US President id-19 patients are in Punjab, 761in in Britain is worried that Co-
on Thursday the process of Donald Trump said on Wed- Sindh, 276 in Khyber Pakhtunkh- vid-19 cases amongst PIOs co-
releasing from jail 100 Tali- Islamabad: A court in Pakis- nesday that Iran or its pro- wa, 187 in Gilgit-Baltistan, 169 in uld be disproportionately high
ban militants in a prisoner tan on Thursday overturned the xies planned a sneak attack Balochistan, 62 in Islamabad, and as anecdotal evidence of cases
swap for 20 of its security for- death sentence of Ahmed Omar on US targets in Iraq and nine in Pakistan-occupied and deaths keeps emerging, THE TIMELY MACHINE: He doesn’t wear a mask, but he is helping
ces, a security official and a Saeed Sheikh, the British-born warned they would pay a Kashmir. Omer Farooq Khan TNN one of the most recent cases be- save lives just the same. Meet Tommy, the robot nurse. Tommy is one
Taliban representative said. terrorist who had been convic- “very heavy price” but gave ing that of Labour MP Virend- of six new robots helping doctors and nurses care for coronavirus
It is the first step towards ted of the 2002 kidnapping and ra Sharma. The UK’s National patients at a hospital in Varese, Italy. More than 10,000 Italian health
freeing 6,000 prisoners held killing of American journalist
no details.
“Upon information and Stay off work for a Health Service (NHS) does not workers have contracted the virus and 69 doctors have died
by the Afghan government
and the insurgent group,
Daniel Pearl and, before that,
spent time in an Indian jail till
Daniel Pearl, who was the south belief, Iran or its proxies
are planning a sneak attack
month, says Putin reveal ethnicities in its coro-
navirus figures, but PIO lea- Berlin mayor’s I’ll be immune,” but he was sick
Asia bureau chief of Wall Street for longer and the experience
among confidence-building
measures. “It was decided in
that 100 Taliban should be re-
he was bartered for the hostages
of the 1999 Kandahar hijacking.
The Sindh high court con-
Journal, went missing in 2002 from
Karachi. Pearl was investigating
on US troops and/or assets
in Iraq. If this happens, P resident Vladimir Putin on
Thursday ordered most
Russians to stay off work until
ders here are desperate to
know whether hereditary di-
seases common to Indians, li-
plan to inoculate “was worse than I imagined”.

leased in exchange for 20 verted Sheikh’s death penalty

militants in Pakistan after the 9/11
attacks in the United States
Iran will pay a very heavy
price, indeed!” Trump said the end of the month as part of a festyle choices or diet are ma- himself backfires Panama separates men
members of Afghan securi-
and women in strict curbs
into a seven-year jail term and in a post on Twitter. partial economic shutdown to king the community more
ty forces today,” said an offi-
cial in the office of President
acquitted his three accompli-
ces — Fahad Naseem, Salman
Naveed Ahmed, Sheikh’s coun-
sel, told TOI. In 2002, an anti-ter-
Iran responded
Thursday saying it “only
on curb the spread of the
coronavirus. Speaking in a
prone to catching the virus.
“Underlying health condi-
A vaccine against Covid-19
is still months away. But
Berlin district mayor Stephan
Authorities in Panama an-
nounced new restrictions to
tackle Covid-19 dependent on
Ghani. “The technical issu- Saqib and Sheikh Adil — who rorism court in Sindh had han- acts in self-defence”. “Un- televised address to the nation tions such as diabetes and hy-
von Dassel went too far to gender. Under the rules that
es require some time,” said had been sentenced to life im- ded the death sentence to She- like the US — which surrep- on Thursday, Putin said he was pertension are a lot more com-
protect himself when he tried will be in place till April 15, men
Zabihullah Mujahid, a Tali- prisonment by a trial court. ikh, a close associate of Jaish-e- titiously lies, cheats & assas- extending the non-working mon amongst Indians and so if
to ‘immunise’ himself by and women will be allowed to
ban spokesman. “I think Sheikh is expected to be fre- Muhammad founder Maulana sinates — Iran only acts in policy he ordered earlier for this they get coronavirus they are
contracting the disease from leave their homes on alternate
the release of 100 Taliban ed soon given time already ser- Masood Azhar, in the abduction self-defence,” foreign mini- week to remain in force likely to be a lot sicker,” said
his sick partner. The 53-year- days. Women will be allowed
fighters and 20 Afghan se- ved. “He has already spent 18 ye- and murder of Pearl. A senior ster Mohammad Javad Zarif throughout April. He empha- Dr Ramesh Mehta, president
old soon regretted his decision. out on Monday, Wednesday
curity force members will ars in jail. His release orders Pakistani government law offi- tweeted. “Don’t be misled by sised that all employees should of the British Association of
He had thought he would be “a and Friday. Everyone is re-
happen either tomorrow or will be issued soon and he will cer said the state would appeal usual warmongers, AGA- continue earning their regular Physicians of Indian Origin.
bit sick for three days and then quired to stay home on Sunday.
the day after.” REUTERS be out in a few days,” Khwaja against the Sindh HC’s verdict. IN,” he wrote. AGENCIES salaries during the period. AP Full report on www.toi.in
8 COMFORTING THE AFFLICTED AFFLICTING THE COMFORTABLE
THE TIMES OF INDIA
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020

A thought for today

Providing healthcare is like building a house.
The task requires experts, expensive equipment and
materials, and a huge amount of coordination
The World After Covid-19
Unless we are alert, the pandemic could become the last nail in individualism’s coffin
ATUL GAWANDE
Rohini Nilekani and overworked; the consumer is but a

A Common Purpose For centuries, individua-

lism or the notion that
every human individual
packet of data, and his free will can be
bent by artificial intelligence. These same
technologies also further enabled the sur-
veillance state, shrinking the individual’s
PM Modi videoconferences with CMs. Political class has intrinsic value has rights and privacies at an alarming pace.
underlined ideas about Even an individual’s vote, his most
must evolve united response to dire corona threat societal organisation, precious gift in an electoral democracy,
the economy and justice. Recently, has become an object of manipulation.

P
rime Minister Narendra Modi videoconferenced with chief however, the primacy of the individual’s Third, the world has become even
ministers yesterday to discuss ways to tackle the Covid-19 inalienable rights and freedoms has more interdependent. Climate change
come under immense pressure. and air pollution know no borders, and
outbreak. The key elements of the interaction, which was
Individualism in the West originated antibiotics resistance respects no
placed in public domain by the government, was Modi’s emphasis from the Enlightenment. It believes in the boundaries. Bacteria from Africa can
on the need for coordinated action during the lockdown and a moral worth of the individual and that make people in America sick. The
subsequent common but staggered exit. They are important in both his/ her interests should take precedence burning of Indonesian forests can keep
flattening the epidemic curve during the lockdown and preventing over the state or the social group. This Asia gasping for breath.
another wave after it is diluted. The PM also said that the next few birthed laissez faire capitalism, in which Now, the Covid-19 pandemic might
the individual is a free market agent. well be the last nail in the coffin of indivi-
weeks should focus on testing, tracing, isolation and quarantine.
Western style individualism has had dualism, unless we are alert. It has quickly
The engagement is a welcome move. It is states which are in the its greatest run since World War 2. Even led us to surrender personal privileges
frontline of the battle against the novel coronavirus, as they are in with large parts of Europe behind the and submit to the diktat of the state or the
charge of healthcare as well as last mile delivery of welfare measures. Iron Curtain, and even with China in decisions of the proximate group – the
In addition, some states are charged with the responsibility of finding pre-market mode, the sheer hegemony apartment complex, the village and the
shelter and food for migrant workers of the US ensured a bull run for the city. We have rightly been willing to give
frontiersman idea of individualism – up our individual freedoms, because we
and making sure they stay there
with the rugged, proud individual at its sense the danger from exercising this free-
during the lockdown. In keeping centre, spinning progress from the dom willfully. Frontiersman ideas of
with these responsibilities, states unbroken thread of his free will. been a grand experiment, though not individualism stand exposed as we realise
emphasised the importance of Another form of individualism was fully realised, to leave each individual just how much our actions impact others.
mobilising financial and healthcare also at play in those same years, based on with social safety nets, while preserving In many countries romantic But we must beware against losing
resources to bolster the fightback. the belief system of Mahatma Gandhi his dignity and risk taking capacity. patriotism, where an the positive aspects of individualism. We
and his mentors. Their individualism However, over the past decade or more, must ensure that the individual identity
In the context of resource mobilisa-
had spiritual roots. Gandhi recognised individualism and the primacy of the
individual’s love for the is not subsumed by a coercive group
tion and overall coordination, the that Western style individualism could individual have been seriously threatened. country could be expressed unaccountable to larger structures or to
Centre holds most of the levers. It end up as mere materialism. He saw the There are three key reasons for this. as honest criticism, shifted to the rule of law. It is one thing to obey a
should not hesitate to use them. individual as an autonomous moral The first is terrorism combined with government order. It is quite another to
The last financial year was a agent, not just someone with the means to economic collapse. When 9/11happened, a harder nationalism of ‘my succumb to resurrected irrational fears,
challenging one for the economy. fulfil personal desires. The individual’s it changed things overnight, giving the country, right or wrong’ especially of ‘the other’. We are already
inviolable human rights are placed at the biggest shock treatment to individual witnessing the rise of vigilantism, and
GST collection increased 4%. But the silver lining is that GST
heart of societal progress. The focus is on agency. People in the US, the absolute this nudged the independent individual even mob rule. Fearful villagers ban all
collections on just domestic economic activity rose 8%, which is a the personhood of the last, most vulnerable stronghold of individualism and further off the political stage. outsiders; doctors are prevented from
higher rate than that by which the economy is forecast to grow. It human being, in whose name state and libertarianism, had to give up many The second reason is the rise of the returning to their urban homes; the
suggests that the collection mechanism did well. However, the society would practise their dharma. cherished freedoms and privacies in internet giants with their massive social policeman wields a lathi with impunity.
lockdown and the proposal to stagger its release will shrink The first idea of individualism exchange for the promise of public platforms. At first, these appeared to bul- Such reactions to this pandemic
revenues at a time when they are most needed. The Centre, which propelled furious innovation for safety. Then came the financial melt- wark the primacy of the free individual. could bring about the end of positive
three centuries. The entrepreneur, the down of 2008. In its wake, we entered a The anytime, anywhere, anything con- individualism for the foreseeable future.
has far more powers in raising resources through many means,
creative artist, the public intellectual post-globalisation world, which coincided sumer was king. The labourer employee Samaaj must act quickly and creatively
should now do the heavy lifting. One way is to temporarily pick up generated a global marketplace for with the rise of authoritarian regimes was now a self-employed entrepreneur; to recover the balance between individual
the full tab for key welfare schemes where costs are shared. ideas, products and services. Arguably, that consolidated state power. and the citizen was now a netizen, agency and the collective good. No man
On the medical front, the Centre is again better placed to play a this generated more material prosperity In many countries romantic expressing his opinion around the world. is an island, but let’s not undermine
coordinating role. As tracing and containment are key elements in for more people than ever before. patriotism, where an individual’s love Unfortunately, individual choice the intrinsic value of every individual
flattening the curve, the Centre has to play an overarching role. The second idea has driven the for the country could be expressed as turned out to be an illusion; a shimmering human being. It is the foundation for all
largest state and societal intervention honest criticism, shifted to a harder mirage. This was the beginning of what is good societies.
Modi has asked states to come back with ideas for the exit strategy.
of welfare and patronage to various nationalism of ‘my country, right or now feared as surveillance capitalism, The writer is a philanthropist and
It is a positive step as governments at all levels have to be on the vulnerable groups of individuals. It has wrong’. Dissent was discouraged, and where the gig worker remains underpaid chairperson, Arghyam
same page as the exit will be staggered. There is a trade-off between
the economic costs and speed of the exit. A united political class
should lead the way and minimise disruption and costs.
‘It is needs versus profit right now ... We need
Find A Balance to preserve cash flow to fulfil needs’
Treating Covid-19 should not lead to Among the sectors worst affected by about taking care of people right now. extension of licences for a quarter suggest we employ 7.3-7.5 million
the exclusion of other diseases the prevailing lockdown to combat the
Covid-19 is the hospitality industry.
Government needs to step in. People
working at entry level or earning
without fee. And most important,
restoring input tax credit to industry.
people. Even 20% cut would mean over a
million jobs lost. This doesn’t look like
Anurag Katriar, a restaurateur and Rs 18,000 or less need support. These Government can give moratorium on it’s going away in a week. If government

W
ith the number of Covid-19 cases in the country crossing
president of National Restaurant people need to be taken care of. In such bank loan payments so cash flow can can come up with things like salaries
2,000 on Wednesday, the next seven days will be crucial. Association of India (NRAI), which challenging times, it is not about intent. be used to make payments to marginal through ESIC [Employees’ State
There is a race against time to identify infection represents the interests of over five lakh It is about lack of funds. We are looking suppliers and workforce. Insurance Corporation], that will be a
clusters, carry out stringent contact tracing, and implement units, speaks to Amin Ali about how the at a very serious situation post March 31. We need to use money in a way that big help. It will take a lot of time for
tight quarantine measures. It is understandable therefore that government can help the sector cope: ■ What kind of help do you expect country stays alive. Taxes can wa- the industry to come up. We are a
authorities are concentrating healthcare resources to tackle the the government to provide? it at this time. We need to defer discretionary expense. We are
■ With restaurants across the The government should immediately everything. Government needs to the first to fall and last to get up.
pandemic. However, as a consequence, some patients requiring
country being shut, what is your announce a couple of bring a clause that we must use ■ While people are looking at
non-Covid-19 treatment are being locked out. With most OPDs and immediate assessment of the things. Defer statutory money [first] for suppliers and industry leaders to step up and
operation theatres shut, many with critical illnesses such as business impact? payments such as workers. A landlord not getting rent for set an example, restaurant industry
cancer, HIV and renal failure are being denied treatment or are There is complete lockdown and we GST, advance tax, two months may not die, but a worker is not seen to be doing enough and
unable to access life saving medicines. understand and assert that half measures duties and VAT at not getting salary of Rs 15,000 may not expects government to bail it out.
True, one has to be careful about Covid-19 won’t have an impact. Completely state levels. This is have milk to drink. It is needs versus We suffer from an image issue.
shutting down everything is the only time for licence profit right now. We need to purely Restaurants are only seen as an upmarket,
infections at hospitals. But a cancer patient
way to prevent the present situation renewals and maybe look at needs now. We need to somehow debauched drinking space reeking of
can’t postpone treatment for fear of getting the from turning into a catastrophe. It is government can preserve cash flow to fulfil needs. prosperity. No one realises we have the
coronavirus. Similarly, HIV patients not being difficult to assess a rupee value impact announce Second, in case of loss of business, highest failure rate. 81% restaurants do
able to access their medicine will see their but just to give a perspective based on settlements need to happen fast. not last 30 months. This sector was
immune systems being compromised, leading various reports, organised restaurant Authorities sitting with money suffering anyway. It is a tough industry
to co-morbidity. Denial of treatment to non- industry does business worth Rs 1.75 lakh need to bring it out fast. Compa- to work in. Anyone can go on to the RoC
crore per annum. If we are looking at nies have a wage bill every [Registrar of Companies] website and
Covid-19 cases could see a sharp rise in
three months shut down, we are looking month. These wage bills sup- check what we go through.
non-coronavirus deaths. Also alarming are at a loss of Rs 40-50 thousand crore. port families. If I do not take a I am not seeking alms. Government
reports that several states have curtailed ■ How do you plan to tackle the salary, my kitchen will conti- is a stakeholder in the ecosystem. They
outreach services for immunisation and ante-natal check-ups. A present situation? nue for few months. But we regulate us. I am seeking help for a sector
large number of children have already missed their immunisation Ours is a business where income has employ lakhs of people and that employs the highest number of
for March and this jeopardises their overall health – particularly stopped but expenses have not. What we they will not be able to sur- marginal Indians. We are a sector that
have suggested to all our member vive. Cash flow is the need provides jobs to Indians that many specia-
if they are newborn. Similarly, depriving expecting mothers of
restaurants is to maintain the status of the hour and govern- lised sectors such as banking or IT won’t.
ante-natal care could see an increase in maternal mortality. quo till March 31. My advice has been ment needs to ensure that. Criticism of restaurant industry is not
Therefore, slowing down other health services as resources are not to lay off anyone. In case we must ■ What will be the fair. We are only airing our concerns
diverted to Covid-19 will lead to serious non-coronavirus public reduce the operation cost by 50%, impact on jobs due to and await directions from government
health complications down the road. India’s healthcare coverage rather than sacking people it is best to this lockdown? as after March 31 many restaurateurs
is still below par and patients often have to travel hundreds of cut the salaries by 50%. We are talking Various reports will be compelled to shut shop.
kilometres to get treatment. One understands postponing elective
surgery or routine check-ups in the midst of the pandemic. But dilbert Sacredspace
authorities must ensure that services for emergency cases or the
critically ill are not interrupted. Trusting Tree
A tree says: My strength is trust.

Let’s come clean I know nothing about my fathers;

I know nothing about the
thousand children that every year
To help make India garbage-free, we need spring out of me. I live out the
to put a rupee value on rubbish secret of my seed to the very end...
I trust that my labour is holy.
Jug Suraiya Out of this trust I live.
It was like a Christmas greeting card come to life. All around Herman Hesse
me was a white blanket of snow. Snow was everywhere, on the
branches of pine trees, on the roofs of huts and cottages.
I was at Sela, in Arunachal, which is 13,680 feet above
sea level, and was covered with snow in the middle of March.
Visitors threw snowballs at each other in cheerful play.
It was a festive scene. Except for one thing. The pristine whiteness of the
Take This Quiz And See How You Fare
hillsides was marred by an ugly rash of strewn garbage. Discarded plastic Kiran Bedi Are you in control or in panic? Are expressing gratitude for what you have first protect our own physical space
water bottles, tin cans of soft drinks, foil wrappers of snacks and pan masala. you scaring people? Are you off-loading or are you waiting to settle scores? Are before we protect others. We are

H
The litter left behind by people was made even more offensive in contrast with umanity is taking a Common your stress on others? Are you securing you a source of joy and help in the surrounded by ‘an invisible enemy’ with
the natural beauty of the surroundings, like a disfiguring scar on a lovely face. Re-entrance Test (CET) with the things for your basic needs or hoarding? home or are you a pain? Do you share power to invade even our tiny ‘space’ at
From Kashmir to Kanyakumari, our beautiful country is littered with entire country in a lockdown. Are you being helpful or inaccessible? household chores? any time, whoever we may be. With
throwaway plastic and other litter. And the saddest part of it is that it is often the The coronavirus pandemic is Are you sleeping well? Are you looking at Professional domain: Are you in neither vaccines nor cures, we need to
most scenic of spots, which attract the most sightseers, that are the worst affected. testing us as persons – personally and the time on your hands now as a rare command and control of your own take all precautions possible to avoid
Why can’t we stop literally rubbishing India? We professionally. Personal test refers to opportunity or are you wasting it, responsibility or are you looking for an infection; hence the need to conform with
can. By educating people not to litter. But that’s a management of our thoughts, body and sulking? Are you willing to learn opportunity to pass the buck to some- recommended guidelines on prevention.
jugularvein long-term process. In the meantime, there are a couple of spirit. Professional test relates to something new or you think it is one else and absolve yourself of We need to also take care of our
things we can do. dilemmas we face at work in any sector, too late? all responsibility? Are you mental health, keeping ourselves
In an extension of Swachh Bharat, municipal bodies should recruit whether government, private or self- Are you bonding with staying well informed so that constructively occupied, staying calm,
unemployed, or underemployed, youth – of which there are all too many – to go employed. How we react or respond to family and friends? Are even by a minor intervention, perhaps with the help of spiritual
on a garbage hunt, collecting litter and depositing it at a central collection the pandemic stems from who we were, you comfortable in your things may get better? practices like meditation. Good reading
point and being paid for their labour at a fixed rate of so much per kilo of before the pandemic struck. own company? Are you Are you audio or net- and good listening.
rubbish they bring in. The money for this could come from the discretionary No one imagined that we would need watching what you eat and connected to colleagues or It’s both an external and internal
fund which all MPs have, and which is often underutilised. to practise physical distancing – being drink? Do you have a are you unavailable? Are you challenge. The world will never be the
Another measure would be for all bottled water and beverage makers to make termed ‘social’ distancing – and live in fitness routine? Are you finding fault or working out same once we emerge from the current
their containers deposit-returnable. If a bottle of water currently sells for Rs 10, fear of the person next to us. Someone doing what you always wanted to do or corrective measures? Are you apprecia- crisis. We need to reset our priorities
the price could be raised to Rs 15 with the proviso that Rs 5 will be given back on the you may have hugged, shook hands are you waiting impatiently for the tive when something goes right? Are and lifestyles. As is being pointed out,
return of the empty bottle. Even if the buyer of the bottle chucks it away, someone with, shared a meal with or even prayed lockdown to end? Are you choosing your you looking out for areas of strengthe- ‘Planet Earth is closed for repairs.’
else will pick it up and return it to make an easy five bucks. Let’s clean up our act. with, is now to be avoided in proximity. news sources for information or are you ning the system once normalcy returns? The same is true for us human
[email protected] Personal domain: Try to answer bingeing on doomsday predictions, We live in extraordinary times of beings as well. (The writer is Lt Governor
blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/jugglebundhi honestly, the following questions: sensationalism and rumours? Are you unforeseen dimensions, where we have to of Puducherry)
THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020 TIMES TRENDS 9

Could we see a second Covid-19 wave? Did China hide

reality of outbreak
All eyes are on China as it begins to reopen its economy and its borders after evidently fending off the novel coronavirus. But many experts
doubt whether that’s a good idea as a second wave of Covid-19 might be on the way. Scientists still know too little about the virus to back
governments as they seek a return to normalcy even as the pandemic persists. A vaccine is more than a year away and worrying signs have
from the world?
T
he US intelligence community, in a classified
emerged that even those who have recovered from the virus may not be fully immune to it. Which way does it go from here, asks Anjishnu Das report, has concluded that China has misled the
world on the extent of the coronavirus outbreak
In the short-term: Will April in the country. The officials, speaking to Bloomberg on
the condition of anonymity, said China is under-report-
bring a second wave? ing the number of cases and deaths.
Though the officials did not reveal details of the
Several Asian nations — including China and South secret report, which was sent to the White House last
Korea — were successful in containing the virus but week, they concluded that China’s public data on the
are growing increasingly worried that a second wave outbreak was fake, corroborating suspicions raised by
could emerge as restrictions on travel and movement several other experts. US president Donald Trump has
are slowly lifted. echoed these suspicions in a briefing this week, say-
As the post-lockdown arrivals trickle into these ing China’s numbers appear to be on the “light side”,
countries, there are fears many are returning with though he did not mention an intelligence report.
infections picked up elsewhere. Last week, an official According to public data, China has reported just over
said 90% of China’s “imported” cases were Chinese 82,000 confirmed cases and 3,000 deaths. Its data suggests
passport holders and 40% were students returning the outbreak in the country peaked in February.
from abroad. Singapore and Taiwan, too, are observing Doubts have been raised both outside and within the
the same trend. country. Data made available by China shows that the
outbreak began in Hubei province late last year, with the
If unchecked, these imported cases could lead to
first case being officially confirmed on December 31. But
a fresh round of local transmission. Asymptomatic
reports from whistleblowers, like Chinese physician Dr
cases also pose a major concern. They could Li Wenliang who died from Covid-19, suggested that the
exacerbate a second wave if countries resume An information board at the Shanghai international first cases appeared as early as November. Chinese au-
activity too soon. A second wave could hit by the end airport showing mostly cancelled flights thorities punished Wenliang from spreading “rumours”
of April, if at all, says Ben Cowling at the University and suppressed these reports, only to later exonerate him.
of Hong Kong. China has repeatedly revised its methodology for count-
be just beginning to take hold or identifying ing cases. Under its official guideline, it does not count
Tackling a potential second In the long-term: A global RELAPSE Many countries are reporting
too many cases thanks to faulty testing kits. those who have retested positive after being discharged as
relapses — people recovering from Covid-19
wave: Checks without break second wave only to test positive again. A patient in
new cases and does not include asymptomatic cases. There
have also been reports that China is suppressing its case
Delhi tested positive, recovered, then tested
SEASONAL INFECTION Some experts
Imported cases are a nearer term say the virus could become a seasonal
CHINA China has barred entry to foreigners, negative but later died. Data from quarantine
concern as far as a possible second facilities in Wuhan show 5%-10% of infection, like the common flu. Respiratory
except diplomats, and all returning citizens are viruses tend to cause more infections in
required to undergo a 14-day quarantine. Airlines wave goes. Several other factors could “recovered” patients tested positive again.
winter than in summer — lower temperatures
are only allowed to fly to and from one country every contribute to a global second wave: Experts say getting re-infected so soon
and lower humidity help the virus spread. But
week. Police in Beijing conducted a citywide check after recovering is very unlikely. But there
MUTATION An evolving coronavirus could with the novel coronavirus, it is still unknown
on all foreign residents and punitive action has been could be a number of reasons behind a
lead to a second wave. Researchers are yet relapse, including a weak immune system if it will become a seasonal disease.
ordered for foreigners violating quarantines. to learn how quickly or how much the novel Early evidence shows that the new
Meanwhile, that may still be susceptible even after
coronavirus can mutate. It’s likely that a symptoms subside. coronavirus is not necessarily dependent
Wuhan remains in mutation enabled the coronavirus’ animal-to- on the weather — South American countries
lockdown until April Inaccuracy in testing could be a factor too,
human jump in the first place. showing up no virus where an infection may and Australia in the southern hemisphere are
8. Provinces are Multiple strains of the coronavirus could experiencing considerable outbreaks despite
assigning QR codes have major implications for researchers it being summer.
(pictured left) to developing vaccines — the same vaccine may
residents to track not work on a mutated version of the virus. FATIGUE Almost a majority of the world
their health status Early research shows the novel coronavirus is under some type of lockdown. But there China is beginning to emerge from a nationwide lockdown
and travel history, is not mutating too much — there appear to are worries that many may not have the
and give them permission to travel and enter public number by refusing to test those who might be infected, in
be at least two prevalent strains. A second patience to sustain a lockdown for extended
spaces. Chinese experts have, however, downplayed what was described by a local volunteer as “political treat-
wave with a mutated coronavirus could be periods and that some may not trust their ment, not medical treatment.” Reports of thousands of
warnings of a second wave. milder, says Catherine Freije, a virologist at governments enough to support extended urns outside funeral homes in Hubei province, too, have
Harvard University. A virus that causes severe lockdowns. But lockdowns are a frontline led many to question the accuracy of China’s data.
TAIWAN Taiwan has closed its borders to
illness is more likely to die out faster because weapon to slow down the spread of the virus Hu Xijin, editor-in-chief of China’s state-run Global
foreigners. All returning citizens, and foreigners “a host who’s feeling ill cannot spread it as while long-term solutions are devised and not Times, said on social media that Western politicians
who arrived before the order was implemented, are well”, meaning it’s often beneficial for a virus practising some sort of social distancing is and news outlets raising doubts surrounding China’s
required to quarantine for 14 days. to “tread gently with the host”. likely a risk. data is an attempt to deflect attention from their do-
mestic situation. He said the falsifying data would be
In some cases, the immune system, months or years, which is why we get term immunity — up to a year. But the nearly impossible for a crisis of this scale.
How effective which produces antibodies to combat colds so frequently. It is yet unclear how question of lifelong immunity remains The Trump administration stands to benefit on the
harmful germs, remembers a pathogen long antibodies remain effective against unanswered for now. In research hailed political front by shifting the blame to China with the
is the immune for life. But against some, like the four Covid-19 and if they are strong enough to as a breakthrough, scientists in Australia US now emerging as the new epicentre of the outbreak.
system against previously known common cold-causing prevent re-infection. identified the specific immune cells that The US has reported more than 200,000 confirmed
cases, the most in the world. US officials said China’s
coronaviruses, the body is unable to Early studies show that exposure to the responded to the virus. This could be
Covid-19? remain immune for longer than a few new coronavirus grants at least short- crucial in the development of a vaccine. misleading data led other countries to be lax in their
Source: Nature, Johns Hopkins, Smithsonian Magazine, WHO, media reports
response to the outbreak.
Source: Media reports

How lockdowns are making Earth less noisy

As Human Activity Drops So Does Seismic Noise, Improving Detection Of Earthquakes: Experts
Getty Images

F
rom a drop in air pollution rus lockdown was introduced. sensitivity of detectors to at the same regularity.
to reductions in green- Thomas Lecocq, who led natural waves. Lecocq added: The fall in sound might
house gas emissions, the the study, tweeted: “The cur- “There’s a big chance indeed likewise benefit seismolo-
global coronavirus pandemic rent mean noise level is 33% it could lead to better mea- gists who utilise normally oc-
has had some surprising ef- lower than before the #Stay- surements”. curring history resonances,
fects on the environment. HomeBelgium measures.” A If the self quarantine ex- such as those from crashing
Now, a new study has re- noise reduction of this mag- tends longer, scientists say sea waves, to probe Planet’s
vealed that the outbreak has nitude is usually just season- they’ll continue to notice new crust. Because volcanic task
actually changed the way the ed briefly around Christmas. ways their instruments and and transforming water ta-
Earth physically moves. Meanwhile, researchers at readings are changing. bles influence just how fast
Researchers from the Roy- the California Institute of Just as all-natural occa- these natural waves travel,
al Observatory of Belgium Technology has observed sim- sions such as earthquakes cre- researchers can study these
have reported a drop in seis- ilar findings in Los Angeles. ate Planet’s crust to relocate, occasions by checking how

The super rich are

mic noise — the hum of vi- Celeste Labedz, who so do resonances caused by much time it takes a wave to
brations in the Earth’s crust. worked on the study, tweeted moving lorries and commer- reach a provided detector. A
The team believes that a graph of activity, writing: cial machinery. As well as al- fall in human-induced sound
this could be the result of “Here’s daily mode noise though the effects from private might increase the level of

buying out hotels

lockdowns across major ci- power from a station in Los resources could be small, with sensitivity of detectors to
SOUND OF SILENCE
ties, leading to transport net- Angeles over the past month; each other they create history natural waves at similar fre-
works and human activities ers used a seismometer to ana- vealed that seismic noise in the drop is seriously wild.” noise, which reduces seismol- quencies, claims Lecocq,
being shut down. lyse the movement of the Brussels has fallen by about The researchers hope this ogists’ capability to spot vari- whose team strategies to

to self-isolate
In the study, the research- Earth. Their analysis re- one-third since the coronavi- fall in noise could boost the ous other signals taking place start testing this. AGENCIES

WORDDOCTOR
New test detects cancer MAKING LOCKDOWNS BEAR-ABLE Getty Images/iStockphoto

Anecdata before symptoms show

AP

S
ome wealthy people
have started renting ho-
tel rooms, inn lodgings,
You are a junior official tasked with and resort suits, as they flee
briefing the press about the economy.

A
new blood test has successfully detect- major cities to less densely
There’s no research data to share, ed more than 50 types of cancer, often populated areas, CNN Trav-
so you cite anecdotes about hotel before symptoms show. More than 99% el reports. But the even more
bookings and flights. You are playing of positive results were accurate in a “land- affluent are taking it a step
with ‘anecdata’ mark” study using samples from over 1,200 further and reserving entire
people, published in the leading journal, An- properties for themselves.
nals of Oncology. It is the first such test able to Blantyre Country Resort,
identify so many types of cancer – including a luxury country house hotel
SHORT CUTS lung, bowel, ovarian and pancreatic – and di- in the Berkshires that typi- THE GREAT CLASS DIVIDE
agnose in which tissue the cancer originated, cally opens in May, is making
Phone apps have secrets for hackers which it did with 93% accuracy.
Scientists are hopeful it could eventually
itself available now to those
seeking to reserve the entire
we’re implementing for
April. We have seen so many

A large number of cell phone applications contain hardcoded

secrets allowing others to access private data, according
to a study. According to the study, apps on mobile phones may
help to diagnose tumours sooner, particularly
hard-to-detect cancers and those for which no
property for a small group or
a single family. The cost of a
of the seasonal summer
homes in the area become a
screening is available. “This blood test seems to buyout? $38,000 a day. respite for folks who live in
have hidden or harmful behaviours about which end users have all the features needed to be used on a pop- “Even though we are in highly populated urban ar-
know little to nothing. Among 150,000 apps evaluated, 12,706 ulation scale, as a multi-cancer screening test,” the midst of our annual win- eas since the virus hit,” the
contained something the scientists called “backdoor secrets” said one of the lead researchers, Professor Ge- ter closure, we received sev- hotel’s managing director,
— hidden behaviours within the app that accept certain types off Oxnard, of Harvard Medical School’s Dana- Across the world, people are placing teddy bears in their windows to distract children eral calls from many of our Justin Grimes, said.
of content to trigger behaviours unknown to regular users. Farber Cancer Institute. THE INDEPENDENT locked down. Kids play a game of spotting the stuffed toy. New Zealand’s PM Jacinda Ardern loyal guests asking if we It’s a perfect display of
has also joined in, putting two bears in the window of her family house in Wellington would consider reopening the stark class divide in the
for a buyout,” general man- nation — many people can’t

Feed the soul: In chaotic times, gardening becomes therapy

ager Stephen Benson said. even afford to leave their
“There is a desire more than homes (or stop working), let
ever to want to be transport- alone flee the state and buy
Getty Images ed away from it all with fam- out an entire hotel.
Charleston: As spring’s ar- Waldrop, a resident of Cali- it takes my mind off. It gives eggplant, peppers and other what they have grown,” Ruiz ily and loved ones, and re- Wealthy people leaving
rival in the Northern Hemi- fornia, has an anxiety disor- something for my hands to do. vegetables. Families, too, are said. “You’re feeling the sun serving our gilded-age man- their homes and disregarding
sphere coincides with gov- der. Exercise is supposed to It gives you a separate problem discovering that gardening and the breeze and don’t have sion is a way to do this.” self-isolation measures have
ernment stay-at-home or- help, but her new job as a col- to think about than whatever gives cooped-up kids some- to worry about anything in the Cape Arundel Inn in Ken- been deemed “super spread-
ders, the itch to get outside lege biology professor had pre- else is going on. It gets you off thing to do and brings variety moment,” Ruizsaid. In Britain nebunkport, Maine, is simi- ers,” as they often come from
has turned backyard gardens vented her from getting into a of social media.” to what has suddenly become a and Germany, there’s a premi- larly up for rent. A weekly coronavirus hotspots and bri-
into a getaway for the mind. routine. Her grandfather, who Waldrop and her husband lot of time spent together. um on allotments — parcels of rate of $19,500 will get you ng the virus to the smaller su-
Gardeners who already introduced her to gardening, moved last summer from New Annika Ruiz isn’t a fan of land rented for growing food the entire 14-bedroom hotel, burban areas they go to. Once
know that working with soil is died about a year ago. Add the Mexico, where she didn’t have Florida heat and mosquitoes. crops. “We’ll be able to see oth- complete with ocean views, arriving in these small areas,
a way to connect with nature global coronavirus pandemic much luck gardening in a But going outdoors lately has er people too,” said Heidi Scha- weekly housekeeping, and the newly-arrived part-time
say it helps take away their to all that, and it’s easy to see scorching climate. At her new been a lifeline. “It feels good to letzky, who have been cultivat- all meals. To ensure the safe- residents invariably disrupt
worries temporarily. “I love to where her focus is these days. home New Mexico, she got rid eat something that you grew ing a plot in the “Free Coun- ty of staff, all check-ins are local life. As a result, there
see things grow,” Lindsay Wal- “I just like to sit and dig of the lawn, installed an irriga- yourself. It also helps my kids try” community garden in Ber- now virtual, and meals can have been reports of food
drop said. “It’s incredibly ther- holes in the quiet with my own tion system, and recently eat more fruits and veggies lin. “As long as they stay on be prepared before hand. shortages in towns across the
GETAWAY FOR THE MIND apeutic.” Now more than ever. thoughts,” she said. “Outside, planted dozens of tomatoes, since they find it cool to eat their side of the fence.” AP “This is a new offering nation. BUSINESSINSIDER.IN
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Covid-19 Squeezes APAC* loan
Debt Deals In Jan-Mar amount
The volume of syndicated and club loans obtained 59 (in $bn)

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by companies in Asia-Pacific (ex-Japan) dropped THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI | FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020
by nearly a third year-on-year till the last week of 250
Q1 of calendar 2020 from the year-ago period. This
was primarily due to the wide-ranging impact of 255
coronavirus on businesses, says a report
100
172 Number of loan deals in APAC 104
Source: Debtwire (TD: Till date, *Ex-Japan) 1Q17 2Q17 3Q17 4Q17 1Q18 2Q18 3Q18 4Q18 1Q19 2Q19 3Q19 4Q19 1Q20’TD 1Q19TD 1Q20TD

Cos’ Loans Face Covid-19 Effect, E-Comm Cos Struggle With Ops, But FinMin Gives Non-Life Policy Sop, RIL Eyes More Capital

Realty, airlines, auto dealers E-tail cos see

order spikes
E-tailers refund Oil soars 47%
on Trump’s
set to be worst hit by virus with fewer buyers, sellers Saudi-Russia

FMCG, Pharma, Fertilizer, Food Cos To See Low Impact: Study

delivery execs
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
have to wait output claim
New York:Oil prices soared on

TIMES NEWS NETWORK “Nevertheless, there are a Bengaluru/New Delhi: Onli- Online Merchants Jittery As Thursday after US President
Donald Trump said he expects
WEAK BALANCE SHEETS A PAINPOINT sizeable number of sectors, ne grocers Bigbasket and Gro- Russia and Saudi Arabia to an-
Mumbai: Real estate, airlines,
auto dealers, gems & jewellery Impact of pandemic According to the agency,
which we believe are display-
ing a high degree of resilience
fers, besides top e-tailers like
Flipkart and Amazon India, are
Cash Flows, Sales Dry Up nounce a major oil
production cut,
and steel are the sectors that would be determined by the the sectors to be hit most and are expected to bounce beefing up operations for delive- Digbijay Mishra & Given the guidance of the go- and Saudi state
are expected to be the worst hit intensity and duration are weak performers back over the next six to nine ry of essentials as they struggle John Sarkar TNN vernment and the volume of media said the
and have the least resilience in of lockdown because of the months. Nearly 44% of debt is to fulfil increasing consumer de- orders we could not deliver, kingdom was cal-
the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. residing in sectors that are ex- mand due to lack of delivery per- Bengaluru/New Delhi: Tho- there may be slightly longer ti- ling an emergency
discretionary nature of
While telecom, fertilizer, Duration of pected to be in the higher resi- sonnel. These platforms are ope- usands of merchants whose melines than usual,” an Ama- meeting of oil producers to de-
goods and services and
FMCG, pharmaceuticals and epidemic and the lience category. These include rating at about half their origi- non-essential item orders were zon India spokesperson said. al with the market turmoil.
food industry will see a low im- weak balance sheets pharma, fertilizer, oil refineri- nal capacity as they struggle cancelled on Amazon India and Trump said he had spoken
fiscal & monetary
pact and have higher resilien-
ce according to a report by ra-
steps that would On the flip side, es, power & gas distribution,
and transmission,” said Soma-
with the availability of curfew
passes in a few cities.
Flipkart have to wait longer to
get their payments cleared. The
GROWING WORRY to Saudi Crown Prince Mo-
hammed bin Salman, and ex-
be taken in response telecom, fertilizer, FMCG,
tings agency Crisil. sekhar Vemuri, senior direc- At the same time, orders on development comes even as the- E-sellers for pects Saudi Arabia and Russia
Meanwhile, ratings agen- also have a role to play, pharma & food biz will see tor at Crisil Ratings. platforms like Bigbasket and se e-tailers start initiating re- both Flipkart to cut oil output by about 10 mil-
cy Moody’s revised the outlook says Crisil a low impact On the lending side, home Grofers have increased 3-4 ti- funds to thousands of custo- and Amazon say lion barrels, as the two countri-
on India’s banking system to loans are seen to be the most re- mes compared to normal days. mers who had to scrap their or- payments were es signaled willingness to ma-
negative along with 12 others that asset quality stress for there are downside risks to silient in the current environ- For instance, Grofers saw ders of non-essentials made be- getting delayed by at ke a deal. That set off a swift ral-
in the Asia-Pacific region, ci- lenders is likely to reflect with even this number. ment. “The majority of the 36,000 orders per minute when fore the lockdown, two people least a week, or even more in ly in oil markets, with Brent fu-
ting coronavirus related dis- a lag of 1-2 quarters after the Around 4% of debt rated by borrowers are salaried and we it opened up 10,000 slots in aware of the matter said. some cases tures jumping $6.28, or 25%, to
ruption. “A sharp decline in removal of the moratorium. Crisil is in sectors that are the le- are not yet seeing any job cuts Mumbai on Thursday, leading The wait for merchants on $31.02 a barrel, while US West
Merchants said they have
economic activity and a rise in “It is a black swan event and ast resilient category, mentio- to any material manner. The to many orders not going thro- Amazon India will be till the Texas Intermediate (WTI) cru-
been informally informed
unemployment will lead to a puts us in a situation which ned earlier, and these are likely gold loan segment in the ugh. “But we are getting back to items get ordered again. On de rose $5.65, or 28%, to $25.96.
deterioration of household cannot be modelled,” said Gur- to see an adverse impact on cre- near term is likely to be impac- 60% capacity this week and are Flipkart, payments that were that sale of non-essentials Earlier in the session, Brent
and corporate finances, which preet Chhatwal, president of dit quality. Of the 35 sectors that ted in terms of collections hopeful of being 100% in anot- supposed to be made on April 1 on Amazon may not begin soared as much as 47%, its hig-
in turn will result in increases Crisil Ratings. The agency had a Crisil study has looked at, 27 coming to a standstill, but we her week,” said Grofers CEO will come a week later. Some immediately after April 14 hest gain ever. WTI, meanwhi-
in delinquencies,” Moody’s sa- recently cut its growth forecast will face medium to a high level expect it will recover quickly,” Albinder Dhindsa. consumers have already star- le, jumped as much as 35%,
id. Moody’s affiliate ICRA said to 3.5% and now believes that of disruption in the short erm. said Vemuri. ted getting refunds, but others “In the current unpreceden-
INCREASING still have to wait. Like Delhi- ted crisis, we are taking the app- ‘WILL REDUCE
RIL to raise March factory activity grows BACKLOG
For Flipkart, the situation
based Manish Kumar, who had
ordered an air-conditioner on
one of the online marketplaces
ropriate right calls for our custo-
mers, keeping in mind the pre-
sent situation and advisory
PRODUCTION’
which was it second-highest
`25,000 crore is improving in many cities. In before the lockdown kicked in. from the government,” a Flip- ever following an intraday gain

at slowest pace in 4 mths

Mumbai, there is 60% atten- He cancelled his order when he kart spokesperson said. The of 36% on March 19.
dance. In Delhi region the com- realised that the shipment will company added there were no Oil markets have been un-
in tranches pany’s warehouse in nearby
Ballabgarh has been sealed as
not be delivered. But the amo-
unt that he paid was not been
delays in settling payments
with sellers. This comes at a ti-
der pressure ever since early
March, when Saudi Arabia and

through NCDs TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: Factory activity

LOSING MOMENTUM
it is near a hotspot.
Flipkart is also looking to
use Ninjacart, a startup that so-
refunded and, what’s worse, he
could not contact anybody at
customer service.
me when merchants are worri-
ed over their cash flows as no
new sales are happening either.
Russia were unable to come to
terms on a deal to curb produc-
tion, and the Saudis responded
Reeba.Zachariah 60 “There are payment delays
in the country grew at its urces fruits and vegetables Amazon said it has tempo- by boosting output to more
@timesgroup.com slowest pace in four months from farmers and in which the rarily paused return pickups across marketplaces like Ama- than 12 million bpd and ship-
Manufacturing Activity
as the impact of the coronavi- (As depicted by PMI)
Bengaluru-based retailer has a and has also deferred move- zon, Flipkart. In such situa- ping out cargoes worldwide at
Mumbai: Billionaire Mukesh rus pandemic weighed on 55.3 stake, to get more goods. Addi- ments of already picked-up tions, sellers are facing credit discounted prices. Since then,
Ambani-controlled Reliance sentiment, clouding the busi- tionally, it is looking at whole- items, because of which a few risks. There needs to be a safe- the worsening of the coronavi-
55
Industries (RIL) plans to raise ness confidence outlook, a salers and public distribution customers may see a delayed guard in place. Government rus pandemic has severely cut
Rs 25,000 crore through non- survey showed on Thursday. 51.8 systems. Bigbasket CEO Hari refund. Amazon India is sen- should not expect sellers to pay fuel demand, pushing US crude
convertible debentures The IHS Market India Ma- 51.7 Menon said most of its supply ding non-essential products, salaries during lockdown,” sa- as low as about $20 per barrel.
(NCDs). The amount will be ra- nufacturing PMI in March chain issues with local authori- which were shipped already or id a spokesperson of AIOVA, a With fuel demand expected
ised in tranches and on a priva- was at 51.8, below the 54.5 50 ties were ironed out, but labour were out for delivery, back to its group of online vendors. to fall by 20% to 30% in the co-
te placement basis, the compa- mark recorded in February 50-point mark shortage still remains an issue. own warehouses or sellers’ ful- Amazon India said it has ming months, pressure was bu-
ny informed the stock exchang- and the reading signalled the separates expansion A person aware of the go- filment centres. waived several fulfilment ilding on the oil producers to
es. RIL, which operates the slowest improvement in busi- from contraction ings-on said Amazon India was “For cancelled orders with and storage fees for sellers come to a deal, and Trump ex-
world’s largest refinery comp- ness conditions since Novem- Source: IHS Markit
facing similar issues on man- non-essential items, refunds whose non-essential orders pressed growing frustration
lex in Jamnagar, Gujarat, ber 2019. The 50-point mark se- 45 power availability. are currently being initiated. had to be cancelled. about the price of oil. REUTERS
didn’t share specifics of the Rs parates expansion from cont- Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar
25,000-crore NCD issue and its raction. The survey is compi- 2019 2020
utilisation purpose. led from responses to
RIL’s fund-raising move co- questionnaires sent to pur- Kerr, economist at IHS Markit. indicated tumbling of global
mes amid the coronavirus out- chasing managers in a panel “New orders and output demand and softening of do-
break that has impacted stock of around 400 manufacturers. both grew at softer rates, but mestic confidence. Should
valuations and delayed plans of “The Indian manufactu- those readings were relative- the trajectory of injections

COVID -19
a share-sale in its telecom, retail ring sector remained relative- ly tame compared to those se- continue in the same vein, the
and refining businesses. The ly sheltered from the negative en at goods producers in Eu- Indian manufacturing sector
last time RIL tapped the NCD ro- impact of the global coronavi- rope and other parts of Asia. can expect a much sharper
ute was in March 2019. At that ti- rus outbreak in March. Howe- The most prominent signs of negative impact in the co-

HAS SHOWN US
me, it had raised Rs 7,000 crore ver, there were pockets of dis- trouble came from the new ex- ming months, similar to the
from institutional investors. ruption and a clear onset of fe- port orders and future activi- scale seen in other countri-
ar among firms,” said Eliot ty indices, which respectively es,” Kerr said.

THAT
MOVE COMES
AMID COVID-19
From a high of just above
the Rs 10-lakh-crore mark in
Govt extends motor, health -no Perim
mid-January this year, RIL has
lost 32% of its market value to
Rs 6.5 lakh crore now.
Its shares were hit by the bro-
cover validity till April 21 iv r
ader stock market rout triggered [email protected] to ‘own-damage’ of the personal vered until April 21, 2020,” said
It seems fake news on social media is
by the pandemic, which has accident cover that is bundled an Irdai source. The nation is spreading faster than the virus itself. And
shaved off BSE’s market capita- Bengaluru: The government into the policy. “Most private car under a 21-day lockdown up to
listion by almost the same has amended the insurance law policies provide comprehensi- April 14 and citizens are not ex- answers are harder than ever to come by.
magnitude as RIL’s to Rs 109 lakh to provide relief to vehicle ow- ve cover, which, if not renewed pected to use their private ve-
crore from Rs 160 lakh crore. ners and health policyholders before expiry, will require in- hicles during this period. “If Now we aren 't medical experts , but we know
Accordingly, the net worth of who cannot renew their covers spection of the vehicle. Also, a your policy has expired in this
how to get to the truth . By thoroughly
Ambani’s shareholding in RIL due to the Covid-19 lockdown. break in the policy cover may le- period, then you will get a con-
too saw a sharp drop to about Rs In a gazette notification, the ad to a higher premium and loss tinuation of coverage and con- researching and verifying every word before
3.4 lakh crore from Rs 50 lakh finance ministry relaxed Sec- of ‘No claim bonus’ (NCB) in tinuity of benefits — such as
crore on January 17, the day it tion 64VB of the Insurance Act, coverage of pre-existing con- it ' s actually printed . So in these uncertain
was at the 2020 peak. 1938, which bars insurers from SOME RELIEF ditions from the old policy in
Last week, Ambani and his providing cover until receipt of certain scenarios. Customers case of health or a no-claim bo- times , might we ask you to wait. Wait before
family bought RIL shares premium. The notification al- who have only third-party insu- nus in case of motor,” said you share something you have no way of
worth Rs 9,000 crore from the lows motor third-party and he- rance policies can postpone re- another Irdai official.
open market, increasing their alth insurance policies that ex- newal, but others should renew The ministry has also said confirming. Wait until the truth in print
stake in the energy-to-educa- pire during the lockdown (lap- in time to avoid trouble in the fu- motor and health policyholders
makes its way to your doorstep. ,.
tion enterprise. RIL’s refining, sed/expired over March 25- ture,” said PolicyBazaar.com will be given time till April 21, _
petrochemicals and consumer April 15, 2020) but are renewed head (motor insurance) Sajja 2020 to make the premium pay-
businesses have been impacted up to April 21, 2020 to be treated Praveen Chowdary. ment for continued coverage. It
by the Covid-19 outbreak that as continuous covers. “One must look into the further said this is being done to PRINT IS PROOF.
has halted travel, restricted tra- In motor insurance, the con- spirit of the order. Even in a ensure the safety of citizens and
de activities and forced lock- tinuity benefit is only for third- comprehensive policy, the avoid any inconvenience du-
downs in several countries. party cover and does not extend third-party component is co- ring the period of lockdown.

Aurobindo drops plan to buy Sandoz US

TIMES NEWS NETWORK dermatology, CNS, alimentary
WHAT $900M DEAL WOULD’VE BOUGHT tract/metabolic, women’s he-
Hyderabad: Over a year and a alth, anti-infectives and syste-
half year after Hyderabad-ba- Wholly owned subsidiary and an oral solids facility in mic hormones, among others.
sed pharma major Aurobindo Aurobindo Pharma USA North Carolina The buyout would have ad-
Pharma announced its block- would have acquired 3 It would have also got ded 300 products, including
e.
buster $900-million deal to ac- manufacturing facilities a 100% stake in Eon projects in development as
quire Sandoz’s US generic oral of Sandoz US Labs, a fully-owned well as commercial and manu-
solids and dermatology busi- facturing capabilities in the
These were subsidiary of Sandoz
nesses, the company on Thurs- US that would have comple-
dermatological product As part of the deal,
day said the deal has been mu- mented and expanded Auro-
tually called off due to delays
units in Hicksville & Aurobindo was to also bindo’s portfolio and pipeline.
in getting approvals from the Melville in New York, acquire 750 Sandoz employees The Aurobindo brass had said
US Federal Trade Commis- then that the acquisition wo-
sion (USFTC). melines,” Aurobindo Pharma acquisition by an Indian phar- uld lead to strong synergies
“Aurobindo today announ- said in a regulatory filing to ma company. and was in line with the com- 1nixe d by Ind ia '? boding neinp afurr
ced the mutual agreement the bourses on Thursday. Aurobindo had in Septem- pany’s strategy to strengthen
with Sandoz to terminate the Market observers termed ber 2018 announced the inking and grow its global business. THE TIMES OF INDIA Dainik dhaskar Moth tanti mes THEE HINDU VIJAVAANI
agreement to buy the Sandoz the scrapping of the deal as a of a definitive agreement to ac- “It’s a big setback for Auro-
US generic oral solids and der- big blow for the global ambi- quire the Novartis division in bindo’s growth at a time when
matology businesses from tions of Aurobindo Pharma. It the US in an upfront all-cash the company is also facing seve-
Sandoz. This decision was ta- had an eye on emerging as the deal that it said was expected ral regulatory challenges in the 7-T I aveacrae Tn>.FauaomwThin Mmhall r1mr a1cPjw cI, ej '
ken as approval from the US second-largest generics player to close in 2019. US. When the Sandoz deal was
Federal Trade Commission in the US market by prescrip- The product portfolio Au- announced, it was mentioned
' midday
for the transaction was not ob-
tained within anticipated ti-
tions with this deal, which was
touted as the largest overseas
robindo was to acquire from
Sandoz included products in
as a positive for growth,” said an
industry expert. r"a fell BusinessLine
THE TIMES OF INDIA, MUMBAI
FRIDAY, APRIL 3, 2020 TIMES BUSINESS | Lockdown-Day 9 11
HDFC group
commits 95% of 3 bks’ services Indians make
up 68% of
‘Cover rates are capacity
Earning
has
`150cr to from any branch: PNB 2.7L H-1B regulated, why gone, say
fight virus applications
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
‘EMI Moratorium In Place From April 1’
Mayur.Shetty appointed one executive di- tional features. For the cus-
[email protected] not med care?’ micro lenders TIMES NEWS NETWORK

Mumbai: The HDFC group on @timesgroup.com rector from each of the mer- tomers of all banks, from day Mumbai: A bulk of H-1B cap  From P 1 pal Group Hospitals. “As for Mumbai: Microfinance insti-
Thursday committed Rs 150 ging banks on the board of one itself, there will be inter- registrations, received by the the use of a ventilator—that tutions are better placed to bo-

A
crore to the PM CARES Fund to Mumbai: A three-way mer- PNB. Also, the outgoing MDs operability in the branches US Citizenship and Immigra- nother chief of a non-li- would be for very few pati- unce back once the situation
support the government in its ger has resulted in Punjab of both the banks have been for specified services, which tion Services (USCIS), were fe company pointed out ents. We don’t have a suffici- normalises on the back of reli-
measures to tackle the Covid-19 National Bank (PNB) emer- appointed as officer on speci- should cover 95% of a custo- for potential beneficiaries that health insurance ently large database in the ef measures ta-
crisis. The HDFC ging as the second-largest al duty in PNB. The GMs of mer’s requirements. (workers) from India. Of the rates are regulated but he- case of Covid-19 to say anyt- ken by the go-
group, in addition lender in the country. In an 2.75 lakh registrations recei- althcare rates are not. He said hing concrete,” he added. vernment and the
to the parent mort- interview to TOI, the bank’s We have sent an SMS to all borrowers, saying that three ved from sponsoring employ- that after years of dealing The pandemic claims are ca- RBI, according to
gage company, in- MD & CEO CH S S Mallikar- months’ loan instalments are deferred. But if ers for workers they wish to with hospitals, insurers have tegorised under three catego- MicroFinance In-
cludes HDFC juna Rao explains how he is the customer is comfortable with cash flows, they depute or hire in the US, near- negotiated rates for some pro- ries—mild, moderate and se- stitutions Net-
Bank and HDFC’s implementing a merger should pay……..On IFSC and MICR codes, we have ly 67.7% or 1.86 lakh were for cedures with hospitals that vere—depending on infec- work (MFIN), an
life and non-life in- amid a lockdown and what it taken a dispensation from the RBI to continue until those from India. Sponsoring are part of their network. “In tion levels. While the mild ca- association of micro lenders.
surance subsidiaries and the means for customers and employers also filed registra- case it (the claim) is from a ses have seen hospitalisation MFIN CEO Harsh Shri-
March 2021. There will not be any interruption or
asset management company. employees. Excerpts: tions for 36,300 (13.2%) Chine- non-networked hospital, then of 5.5 days, the moderate last 7 vastava said the current situ-
delay in cheque delivery or cheque payments days and the severe at least 11
“The HDFC group’s sup- se workers. during the time of reimbur- ation is in some ways better
port to the PM CARES Fund is What will be the changes CH S S Mallikarjuna Rao | MD & CEO, PNB These registrations were days with a minimum two- than demonetisation for bor-
to commend the exemplary ef- in rules for employees of for the 2021filing season (for the COVID-19 day stay in ICU. rowers of microfinance insti-
forts of the central and state the merging banks? the three banks will report to The merger has come at a fiscal year ended September 30, ICICI Lombard has also tutions (MFIs) in rural areas
governments, armed & para- From the public face per- the PNB top management time when RBI has allowed 2021). A USCIS release states
INSURANCE started to get Covid-19 claims. as they have been allowed to
military forces, local police, spective, nothing has chang- and its executive directors. banks to provide a morato- that roughly 46% of all regi- sement, we might partially “The average size of the claim defer repayments and given
healthcare professionals and ed. From the employee’s per- rium to borrowers. How strations (or 1.26 lakh) were for reject the claim if we feel the is Rs 5-6 lakh,” said Sanjay cash and foodgrain under the
sanitation workers across the spective, nothing has chang- What will change for the are you rolling this out? prospective beneficiaries with hospital was artificially infla- Datta, chief of underwriting, Garib Kalyan scheme.
country,” said HDFC chair- ed as far as the delivery of customer? Incidentally, we happened to advanced degrees from US edu- ting its rates,” he said. claims and reinsurance. With
man Deepak Parekh. services is concerned. So far Our objective is that the cus- have a board meeting on cational institutions. Hospitals say the appro- the government already cap- EFFECT OF
ping rates for the virus testing
In the financial sector, the
Indiabulls group had announ-
as the employee benefits are
concerned, we have adopted
tomer should not have any
difference in enjoying the
March 27, when the RBI an-
nounced these measures. So,
While Indians constitute
the bulk of new H-1B hires, it’s
ach to Covid-19 patients in
terms of treatment is not dif- at Rs 4,500, insurers are see-
LOCKDOWN
ced a Rs 21-crore contribution the best among the three products and services, we managed to take an app- the multinationals rather ferent. “The drugs and treat- king intervention to set pack- “In demonetisation, the
to the PM’s fund. Among public banks. This is on residual be- which they have been doing roval from the board the than Indian-headquartered ment are similar to what we age rates. “It is early days. We earning capacity remained
sector entities, LIC donated Rs nefits, which vary from bank in three banks. In the pro- same evening. It is imple- companies that are dominant use in the case of other respi- will move towards standardi- but all the cash was gone. This
105 crore to the fund. The Gene- to bank. The overall wage be- cess of harmonisation of mented in the amalgamated employers. TOI had in its edi- ratory ailments. So the lar- zation as we go forward. We time, the earning capacity has
ral Insurance Corporation too nefits are the same under the products, there are some entities from April 1. We have tion of March 28 reported that gest item being billed might will take up the matter with gone because of the lockdown.
set aside Rs 22.7 crore from its IBA agreement. that will have a sunset. In sent an SMS to all borrowers, USCIS has completed the lot- be room rent and personal the government through the But there is a moratorium on
social responsibility budget for other words, no more custo- saying that three months’ tery process and that sponso- protective equipment (PPE) General Insurance Council (a repayments. The challenge for
the PM’s fund. Two banks will lose their mers will be on-boarded to instalments are deferred. ring employers would be in- used by the hospital staff at- grouping of nearly 50 general everyone is to build the ear-
Smaller entities also made board-level management. these products. But custo- But if the customer is com- formed by month end. tending on the patient,” said and health insurers),” an offi- ning capability when the lock-
their contributions. Distressed How will they work? mers will have the advantage fortable with cash flows, From April 1, USCIS has Manish Rai, head of Mani- cial at a medical insurer said. down is lifted,” he said.
assets company ARCIL contri- The government has already of newer products with addi- they should pay. begun to accept H-1B cap visa According to Shrivastava,

PM relief: Payouts
buted Rs 1.5 crore, while AU applications. This window for once the lockdown is lifted, the
Small Finance Bank said that it filing (for the fiscal year ended economic activity in rural are-

Sachin Bansal infuses

was distributing Rs 5 crore to September 30, 2021) will be as will be back on track as peo-
the fight Covid-19. Among fore- open for 90 days. ple get on with their lives. He
ign lenders, Standard Charte-
red Bank said that it is contri-
buting Rs 5 crore towards ra-
Oyo chief to forgo
will be staggered said that the demand for micro-
finance enterprises was expec-
ted to continue because most of
tion, meals and essentials for
those effected by the crisis. `2,928cr in banking co this year’s salary TIMES NEWS NETWORK Dhan Yojana. Earlier, ban-
kers had said they would be
them provide basic services
like kirana stores. “One way to
look at it is that if the impact of
Telco body COAI TIMES NEWS NETWORK Chartered and Bank of Shar- se subsidiary Chaitanya In-
New Delhi: Oyo Hotels and Ho-
mes on Thursday said its foun-
Mumbai: Banks are taking
measures to ensure an or-
taking the help of business
correspondents or bank mit-
reverse migration lasts for a
while, the demand for basic ne-
dials FM for relief Bengaluru: Flipkart co-fo-
jah have also invested.
TOI had reported on Ja-
dia Fin Credit has applied for
banking license.
der and group CEO Ritesh
Agarwal will forego
derly distribution of Rs 500
to women holding basic
ras to help disburse the bene-
fits. Lenders had also requisi-
cessities in rural areas will also
be there,” he said.
New Delhi: Industry body under Sachin Bansal is lea- nuary 21 that Bansal will The 38-year-old IIT-Del- his salary for the rest bank accounts under a cen- tioned additional cash for ru- Since March 2018, about 2.1
COAI has written to FM Nir- ding an infusion of over Rs transfer bulk of the proceeds hi graduate, who had star- of the year and its ex- tral government scheme an- ral branches and ATMs to fa- crore unique borrowers have
mala Sitharaman seeking ur- 3,000 crore in his tech- from the sale of his ted Flipkart in 2007, is also ecutive leadership nounced in the wake of the cilitate the disbursement. been added. As on December 31,
gent relief measures, inclu- nology-led financial stake in Flipkart. adding more heft to his ven- team will take volun- Covid-19 pandemic. To pre- 2019, the industry served 5.6
ding lowering of levies with services startup Navi While Bansal has in- ture by adding former RBI tary pay cuts as the vent overcrowding, withdra- BANKS LOOK TO crore unique borrowers thro-
immediate effect, for the tele- Technologies, accor- vested Rs 253 crore in director and top ICICI Bank hospitality industry reels under wals will be allowed over five AVOID CROWD ugh 10.1crore loan accounts. As
com operators on account of ding to ministry of cor- cash, Rs 1,636 crore executive Nachiket Mor, the Covid-19 pandemic. This wo- working days sequentially The Indian Banks Asso- of December end, micro-len-
the “adverse impact” of Co- porate affairs filings has been done by who was till recently head of uld come into effect from April, based on the last digit of the ciation said the remittance ders were managing 19 lakh lo-
vid-19. The industry associa- sourced from Tofler. transfer of debt pa- Bill & Melinda Gates Foun- Oyo said in a statement. account number. was being done in a stagge- an accounts with an aggregate
tion said that despite the out- Along with Bansal, who pers of multiple companies dation in India, as a board The company’s entire executi- This is first of the 3 red manner to ensure social loan portfolio of Rs 3,733 crore
break and spread of the coro- has invested Rs 2,928 crore, while remaining comes thro- member. Bansal has also ac- ve leadership team has taken a vo- monthly installments of the distancing. Those having ac- and an average loan outstan-
navirus pandemic across the others including former ugh the transfer of his stake quired DHFL Insurance luntary pay cut starting at 25%, PM Garib Kalyan relief pack- count number with last digit ding per account of Rs 20,132.
country, operators are playing HDFC Bank DMD Paresh in microfinance firm Chaita- and Essel Mutual Fund to with many opting for an additio- age, where a monthly sum of 0 or 1 will be allowed to with- This represents a year-on-year
a “critical role” in addressing Sukthankar and bankers nya Rural Intermediation develop plays in insurance nal uncapped amount, and some Rs 500 is being given to wo- draw on April 3, those with 2 growth of 36% in the portfolio
the challenges. AGENCIES from JP Morgan, Standard Development Services, who- and asset management. going up to 50%, it said. AGENCIES men beneficiaries of Jan or 3 on April 4 and so on. and 26% in loan accounts.

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England Board could

lose over £300 million
THE XI THAT NEVER Dine and length:
Nadeem feeds 150
PLAYED AGAIN 2 families in Jhariya
Gautam Gambhir (97) and MS
The England and Wales Cricket Board Dhoni (91*) is the only instance of
(ECB) stands to lose over £300 million if no two batsmen scoring 90s in the
cricket is played in the upcoming season same innings in a World Cup final. Sam.Chakraborty should be everyone’s safety
in the wake of the pandemic, its chief @timesgroup.com and health. Whether it is to-
executive Tom Harrison has said. In anoth-
er development, England’s centrally
contracted players appear to have said no
Members Of 2011 Kolkata: For the better part
of his 16-year-old career, Shah-
day or tomorrow, IPL will be
back but right now it’s human
lives which are at stake. For
THIS ONE FOR YOU: The
to the ECB’s offer of taking a 20% pay cut
as part of board’s plans to combat the WC Win Go Down Indian team take a lap
of honour hoisting
baz Nadeem has diligently
shouldered the responsibility
me there is no other option
other than working out at
financial challenges arising out of the
pandemic, reported ESPNcricinfo. The ECB
on Tuesday announced a 61 million sup-
Memory Lane Sachin Tendulkar after
the World Cup win
of leading the Jharkhand
bowling attack in domestic
cricket with a lot of success.
home. Any player would love
to be on the field but one has
to accept the situation,” said
port package to tackle the ongoing crisis. New Delhi: For the reticent Gautam Currently confined to his Nadeem.
In a letter of Professional Cricketers’ Gambhir, India’s 2011 World Cup triumph home, at Jhariya, Dhanbad, “The gym sessions are
Association chief Tony Irish, Harrison was a journey of 20-odd people, not one owing to the country-wide helping me. Whenever the sea-
expressed his concerns on the long-term freeze-frame moment that social media lockdown, the left-arm spin- son starts, be it the IPL or any
impact of the pandemic. makes it look every year on this very day. ner is showing similar dili- other form of the game, I’m
Harbhajan Singh can’t fathom why gence in helping those in need. good enough to hit the ground
Sport can uplift world: Morgan those 11 players never played as a team in He has decided to look after running,” he remarked.
England’s limited-overs captain Eoin a single international game after that. 350 families in the area, donat-
Morgan says giving fans Ashish Nehra is not a man with too many ing rice, cereals, vegetables
the chance to watch live regrets as he missed the final with a finger and sugar.
cricket on television, even fracture but April 2 is a day which better “Till now we’ve been able
if the matches took place half Rushma ensures that he “better not to distribute these things
without spectators, would forget”. among 150 families, there are
help boost morale during They were heroes in one of the most 200 more to go,” said Nadeem.
the coronavirus pandem- glorious chapters in Indian cricket and The 30 year-old, who made
ic. “If medical experts advised us it was his Test debut last year
OK to play behind closed doors and it was
on TV, I think that would be a huge step FLASHBACK against the visiting South Af-
ricans at JSCA International
forward for the game,” the World Cup they all cherish that even though lives and Cricket Stadium in Ranchi,
winning captain told reporters in a confer- careers have gone in different directions said that his family has been
ence call on Thursday. in the past nine years. busy packing the things.
And what about him? Well, Mahendra Things end but Even if I forget the Zak’s performance “I believe in providing di-
Umpiring fraternity raises funds Singh Dhoni was a recluse then and re- memories last final, I can’t forget against England. We rect aid, so from the morning
With cricket matches suspended in the mains a recluse now, unbelievably guard- forever. Remembering the April 2. It’s my marriage would have lost that match we’re mainly busy preparing
city owing to the lockdown to prevent the ed, even as the speculation on his future rush, excitement, thrill of it anniversary today. So you had he not bowled and got a packets so that we can help as
spread of coronavirus, a lot of local um- has come to a halt with people, for a all, of the fantastic think my wife would let me tie for us. Yuvi’s tournament many people as possible,” Na-
pires and scorers, who are solely depend- change, discussing implications of the deem explained.
ent on it, are facing financial problems.
moments leading to us forget the date? We and that knock vs Australia.
Covid-19 pandemic. lifting the World Cup. completed 11 years of Sachin in the semis. Gautam With uncertainly looming
However, thanks to a group of umpires, led Sachin Tendulkar, since then, has re- large over the Indian Premier
by former Mumbai Cricket Association Unforgettable. Thankful to marriage today and nine and Mahi in the finals. Look
tired but is no less revered by one and all League (IPL), the Sunrisers
(MCA) managing committee member and have been a part of this years of World Cup. 11 plus around, you will find
who can still watch the 46-year-old pad up Hyderabad spinner is sweat-
ex-BCCI umpire Ganesh Iyer, they are even if it’s for five minutes in a charity
iconic moment.” 9 is 20 and we are in 2020.” significant contributions.” ing out it out in the gym at
—Yuvraj Singh —Ashish Nehra —Harbhajan Singh
finding a ray of hope. The group of um- game. The man who carried him on his home, trying to remain fit for
pires have created a fund specifically for shoulders, Virat Kohli, has taken Ten- the season once it gets under- Shahbaz Nadeem has shown
the umpires and scorers whose livelihood dulkar’s place as world cricket’s premier way. his generous side during the
is dependent on local matches. “We, batsman with a game that brings thou- dividual, went viral on the day. Harbhajan agrees with Gambhir that “Right now the priority Covid-19 crisis
umpires have formed a group ‘Lending a
Hand’ to help umpires and scorers whose
livelihood depends on cricket,” Iyer said.
sands into the stadium.
Zaheer Khan has settled into a nice
post-retirement life with some franchise
Nehra, whose life in Goa these days,
is far removed from social media remem-
bers the funny side of April 2.
it was a team effort.
“Zak’s performance against England.
We would have lost that match had he not
277/4 LEWIS OF ‘DLS METHOD’
“Even if I forget the World Cup final, bowled and got a tie for us. Yuvi’s tourna- India’s total is the
Sridhar donates Rs 4 lakh
coaching as well as donning the role of
an analyst while S Sreesanth, after all the I can’t forget April 2. It’s my marriage an- ment and that knock against Australia. highest in a FAME PASSES AWAY AT 78
India’s fielding coach R Sridhar has now successful chase
joined the battle against the coronavirus
outbreak as he contributed Rs 4 lakh to
taint, shame and horror of match-fixing,
may be just hoping to don the Kerala jer-
sey one last time.
niversary today. So you think my wife
would let me forget the date? We com-
pleted 11 years of marriage today and
Sachin in the semi-finals.
“Gautam and Mahi in the finals. You
look around and you will find significant
in a final. The only
other 200-plus
T ony Lewis, one of the men behind the
Duckworth-Lewis-Stern method used in
weather-affected limited overs cricket
the Covid-19 relief funds. While Sridhar “Dhoni hits a six, India lift the World nine years of World Cup. So 11 plus 9 is 20 contributions,” Harbhajan recollected. total in a matches, has died aged 78, the England and
contributed Rs 2 lakh to the PM-CARES Cup after 28 years. The party begins in and we are in 2020,” he starts laughing. That was the only day, he says, he got successful chase Wales Cricket Board announced on Wednesday. “It is
Fund, he contributed another Rs 1.5 lakh to Mumbai,” is among the most famous lines On a serious note, he remembers his emotional on the field of play. in finals is 245-3 with much sadness that the ECB has learned of the passing of Tony
the Telangana Chief Minister’s Relief Fund spoken on air by current India coach Ravi performance against Pakistan. “I don’t think I have ever shed tears on by Sri Lanka Lewis MBE, aged 78,” said a statement. “Tony, alongside fellow
and Rs 50,000 to Secunderabad Canton- Shastri, whose commentary otherwise “I got injured but it was a great match. the ground. The day was such. But then against Australia mathematician Frank Duckworth, devised the Duckworth-Lewis
ment Board. Sridhar posted on Twitter: “As was littered with cliches. Obviously, you feel bad if you can’t play when I think back, one thing strikes me. in Lahore in 1996. method which was introduced in 1997 and adopted officially by the
a proud Indian citizen, I’m Duty-bound and But does that one moment define In- the final but April 2 is the best day of my “You can check the scoreboard but Another unique ICC (International Cricket Council) in 1999. “Renamed the
honoured to contribute Rs 200,000/- to dia’s entire campaign in the World Cup? life, our lives. We didn’t sleep that night. those XI players never played another fact in the 2011 Duckworth-Lewis-Stern Method in 2014, the mathematical formula
@PMCares, Rs 150,000/- to @TelanganaC- Not at least for Gambhir, whose 97 in the “I think, in my room, there was Bhajji, match together in India colours. Never final was continues to be used in rain reduced limited overs cricket games
MO & Rs 50,000/- to Sec Cantt Board. final was priceless as he weathered the Zak, Munna (Munaf) and friends from again and I don’t know why? I don’t have Jayawardene’s across the globe.”
#COVID19outbreak #PMCaresFunds initial storm after Sehwag and Ten- ICC like Dheeraj (Delhi Capitals CEO an answer,” he said. 103 was the first A career academic, Lewis received an MBE (Member of the
#PMCARES @narendramodi @PMOIndia dulkar’s early dismissals. Dheeraj Malhotra who was an ICC official “Very soon, the preparation for 2015 ton in a losing Order of the British Empire) for his services to cricket and
@KTRTRS @BCCI @WHO #letsgetourcoun- “High time media learns that,” Gamb- at that time). I ordered 40 omelettes for started but that team couldn’t be kept cause in a final. mathematics in 2010. The formula came about in response to the
trybackontrack”. hir told PTI after his tweet on how the breakfast after we had a ball the whole together for two years. We never played —Stats: Rajesh Kumar extraordinary climax of a rain-interrupted 1992 World Cup semi-final
World Cup was won by a team not an in- night,” Nehra remembers. together again,” he recalled. PTI in Sydney. AFP
NRAI under pressure to cance l WC
Pressure is building up on the National
Rifle Association of India (NRAI) to call off
the upcoming shooting World Cup in New
Delhi after the cancellation of the Munich
AIFF to wait For Captain Kohli, Test Belgian league Carlsen on front foot,
edition owing to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Delhi World Cup, originally scheduled and watch rules leader starts online tourney
to be held from March 15-26, was post-
poned barely four days before the start of
the event. It was then decided to hold the
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Kohli on Thursday said he became league has recommended that
gun competitions from June 2-9. have to remain indoors. For tivities across the world may The tourna-
a better person by playing Test the current season be declared
now, at least officially, it’s till have come to a standstill due ment will be
Biles says mental strain will take toll cricket, calling the format a repre- finished early due to the coro-
April 14 and the All India Foot- to the Covid-19 outbreak, but broadcast live
Reigning world and Olympic all-around sentation of life where one doesn’t navirus pandemic with the pre-
ball Federation (AIFF) will chess continues to make its on
gymnastics champion have the option of quitting when sent table accepted as final, it
wait till then to take the next moves. Despite major chess chess24.com. So far, Grand-
Simone Biles says the going gets tough. said on Thursday, becoming the
call on I-League and all other events getting postponed, masters Ding Liren, Maxime
coping with the mental Speaking to former England first European league to take
football activities. the players have kept them- Vachier-Lagrave, Ian Ne-
strain of waiting another batsman and IPL teammate Kevin Virat Kohli says in Tests, you don’t such a measure.
Just like the rest of the selves busy thanks to online pomniachtchi and Alireza
year for the Tokyo Olym- Pietersen during an instagram live, have the option of not competing The decision is set to be for-
world, football activities in In- tournaments. The coming Firouzja have confirmed
pics will take a heavy toll Kohli touched upon his passion for mally validated at a General
dia have come to a standstill their participation.
Test cricket, the worst phase of his room, get up and come the next day. Assembly on April 15, meaning
by 2021. Biles, who turned for more than a fortnight now
“You have to follow the routine that Club Brugge would be de- CHESS “This is taking online
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getting her mind in top shape in July a career, how he turned into a vegan of not competing. Test cricket has at the top of the table. in the inaugural Magnus it can be meaningful,” the 29-
a fortnight ago and questions
year later than planned will be difficult. and how much he is filled with grat- made me a better person,” said the In a statement, the league Carlsen Invitational to be year-old told TOI ahead of
are now being asked if a ball
“Physically I have no doubt that my coach- itude for being able to live a com- world’s premier batsman, who has 27 said it was “very unlikely” to held from April 18 to May 3. the launch. Alongside the
will be kicked again in the
es will get me back in shape,” Biles said. fortable life during a global crisis hundreds and 7240 runs in 86 games. be able to hold matches in front The online event, official- main event, there are plans
league. For now, even the AIFF
“But mentally going another year, I think doesn’t have an answer.
like Covid-19. Pietersen, a superb Test bats- of crowds before June 30 and ly launched on Thursday, to have supplementary en-
that’s what’s going to take a toll on me “At this point of time, ev- Asked which is his favourite for- man himself, lauded Kohli for that it had “unanimously de- will have the current world gagements where online
and all of us, most of the athletes.” erything is postponed till mat, the Indian skipper emphatically trashing the idea of four-day Tests cided that it was not desirable... champion take on seven chess fans will get an oppor-
April 14. Once the situation is replied: “Test cricket, Test cricket, which the ICC has floated to pull to continue the competition” prominent players in a tunity to play the top compet-
McLaren to put staff on furlough reviewed by the government Test cricket, Test cricket and Test in more crowds. “I was called for a after that date. Matches behind round-robin rapid format. itors and the world cham-
McLaren became the first Formula One and other agencies, we will ac- cricket. I have said it five times.” debate and I told them that if Virat closed doors were “theoreti- The total prize money of pion himself. He believes
team to furlough staff because of the cordingly take a decision. We “Because it is the representation Kohli doesn’t want four-day Tests, cally possible”, but the league $250,000 is the largest for any that FIDE too should consid-
coronavirus, with drivers Lando Norris and are aware of the fact that even of life. Whether you get runs or not, it’s not happening,” the former said it preferred not to put more online tournament till date. er the online route now.
Carlos Sainz joining senior management in after April 14, we may have a you have to clap when others are England captain said as Kohli had pressure on health services and
taking a pay cut. The sportscar maker said problem (in conducting batting. You have to go back to your a hearty laugh. PTI police in the circumstances. AFP
in a statement the temporary three-month
wage reduction was part of wider cost-
matches) but to say anything
at this moment, will be prema- Olympic chiefs brace for extra costs
cutting measures due to the impact of the
pandemic on its business.
ture,” AIFF general secretary
Kushal Das told TOI. Mohun
Football will be different Serie A ban extended Paris: Olympic chiefs said fects every aspect of the or-

Lakers, Nets players in the clear

Bagan are already champions
of the I-League with four
after this, says Infantino Milan: Italy’s Prime Spanish league wants
on Thursday they were brac-
ing themselves for the extra
ganisation — the Olympic
Athletes’ Village, hotels,
The Brooklyn Nets and Los Angeles Lakers rounds still left to be played. Rome: Football will be portive, connected to the Minister Giuseppe Conte mini-camp, testing costs incurred by reschedul- ticketing, venues and trans-
have completed 14-day home isolations totally different when it individual countries and has banned Serie A clubs The Spanish league is ing the Tokyo Games by a port being among the major
without any players showing symptoms of eventually at the same time more from going on to team putting together a de- year to 2021. headaches.
coronavirus, the NBA clubs said on resumes af- global, less arrogant and training until at least tailed plan to get teams
Wednesday. The clubs intend to continue Prannoy sounds ter the cor- more welcoming.” April 13 due to the coro- ready for when the league
The historic decision to
postpone the summer Olym-
“What is being recog-
nised is that there will be ad-
navirus pandemic.
to follow safety guidelines set by health
and government officials regarding social
warning bell o n av i r u s
o u t b re a k , ‘Unhealthy spending There were reports
restarts, recommending
a mini-preseason and a
pics by 12 months was taken
this week amid the ongoing
ditional costs on one side for
the Tokyo organising com-
distance and sheltering in place. Nets New Delhi: The emotional the head in football will end’ that Napoli and Lazio large number of tests for coronavirus pandemic. It mittee and there will be addi-
general manager Sean Marks said the four and financial impact of the of global The coronavirus pan- were planning to return to players, their close rela- was the first peacetime post- tional costs for the IOC and
Nets players who had tested positive for Covid-19 pandemic is weigh- soccer body Fifa Gianni demic will stop the “un- training. tives and club employees. ponement of the Games. Olympic family,” Christophe
the virus, reportedly including superstar ing on Indian shuttler HS Infantino said Thursday. healthy” inflation of According to the latest Dubi, the Olympic Games ex-
forward Kevin Durant, now show no symp- “Football will come player wages and trans- Irritated Ajax want
toms of of COVID-19.
Prannoy’s mind and he be-
back, and when it does, fer fees in football, Bay-
Atletico cut players’ budget, the Games were due ecutive director, said in a
lieves that the already “bleak” to cost $12.6 billion, shared conference call. “We are
scenario would only get worse we’ll celebrate coming ern Munich chairman league called off wages by 70 per cent between the organising com- looking into those with great
Important to stay fit & positive: Gopi if things don’t take a turn for out of a nightmare to- Karl-Heinz Rummenigge Ajax Amsterdam technical Atletico Madrid have mittee, the government of detail. It is tens of thousands
National badminton coach Pullela the better in one and a half gether,” he told the Ital- wrote in an editorial. director Marc Overmars on temporarily cut players’ and Japan and Tokyo city. of lines of budget that need
Gopichand has said that month’s time. ian news agency ANSA “For a long time we Wednesday expressed coaches’ wages by 70%, but The postponement af- to be reviewed.” AFP
it is important for people “There might be so many in an interview. have seen unhealthy astonishment at plans to guaranteed a full salary for
to act sensibly and stay who would be anxious to go “There is one lesson, amounts of money paid try to complete the Dutch their other employees, the REGD. NO. TN/Chief PMG/398/2002
home amid the 21-day out there and play, probably 80 however, that both you in wages and transfer league season. Spanish club said on
lockdown period which is per cent of them, and it is not and me must have under- fees. The coronavirus “Why would it be about Thursday. The move follows
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Indoor games with #CORONASUTRA

a twist keep people The best of internet creativity in the lockdown era

WE DIDN’T TELL YOU THIS!

busy amid quarantine

ith the increase in the for a walk to refresh the mind, many

W number of coronavirus
cases, and countries
going under lockdown, people
have turned to innovative, quirky
and some even seemingly silly
games to keep themselves (and the
around the globe are confined Twitterati) entertained.
to their homes. Some had been Need some inspiration to keep
self-quarantining even before the yourself busy while you stay
lockdown was announced and as a indoors? Here are some creative A TWIST TO
result, creativity is in overdrive. At games taking over the internet: POKER
a time when we can’t even step out — TNN Instead of using cash,
people have been
@gordonmicknee bringing their hoarded
THE QUARANTINE essentials like toilet
OLYMPICS paper and sanitiser
to the table. How the
While the 2020 Tokyo priorities have changed!
Olympics have been
postponed due to the @iqraanabi
coronavirus
pandemic, people
are hosting their PEARLS OF WISDOM
own (indoor)
Olympics. List covidiot [noun]
out some indoor 1. A stupid person who stubbornly 2. A stupid person who hoards
games, such as ignores ‘social distancing’ protocol, groceries, needlessly spreading
chess or monopoly, thus helping to further spread COVID-19 fears and depriving
and draw up a
COVID-19. others of vital supplies.
scoreboard.
Spice up the ‘Are you seriously going go visit ‘See that guy with the 200 toilet
competition grandma? Dude, don’t be such paper rolls?
with a prize for a covidiot.’ What a covidiot.’
the winner! THE NEW-AGE BINGO
While in some condominiums people are turning to
community bingo — people coming to their balconies to THE LAST WORD
TIC TAC TOE WITH THE PETS play the game — some are turning to ‘quarantine bingo’,
Tic Tac Toe may bring back school time memories of
using notebooks for the game, but amid the lockdown,
pet owners are giving the game a new twist by playing it
which instead of numbers, uses humourous situations
that include lockdown-related activities (or lack of them) Lockdown Day 9: There are 168 ‘Tunaks’
with their pets. One can only imagine the communication
issues between the players.
like ‘did absolutely nothing’ and ‘haven’t showered in five
days’. Who knew being lazy could make you a winner? and 84 ‘Tuns’ in the song Tunak Tunak Tun
TIMES HITORI LOOP THE LOOP THE DAILY CROSSWORD
How to play Rules
1. A number ■ Connect adjacent dots with vertical or horizontal
may appear lines, creating a single loop (Fig A).
just once in ■ Crossovers or branches are not allowed
each row or (As shown by dotted lines in Fig B).
column. ■ Numbers in the puzzle indicate the number of
lines that should surround it, while empty cells may (Fig A) Not allowed
Eliminate (Fig B)
ENGINEERING | MANAGEMENT | MEDIA | LAW repeat be surrounded by
numbers by any number of
SUDOKU CHALLENGE darkening lines.
cells. (see ■ You can’t draw
HOW TO PLAY example) lines around
2. Darkened zeroes.
Fill in the grid cells must ■ Each puzzle has
so that every never be just one unique
horizontal row, adjacent in solution.
every vertical a row or How to begin:
column and column. Example (Fig A) -
every 3x3 box 3. Unmarked Begin with the zero
contains the cells must create 5. Any cell Level: Easy next to 3. Since no
digits 1-9, a single ‘sandwiched’ lines can be drawn
without continuous area, between around zero, mark
repeating the undivided by neighbours of crosses around it,
numbers in the darkened cells. the same value as shown. Now
same row, 4. Every time can be circled. there is a cross in
column or you darken a (e.g. 6 4 6 ) one space around
box.You can’t cell, you can 6. A “triple” is a 3. So we know the three lines of 3 can only be drawn in the remaining three
change the automatically special case of spaces. Next, these lines can only be extended in one direction each. Continue,
digits already circle its vertical sandwich. Circle using the same logic.
given in the and horizontal the centre cells,
Hints: Keep eliminating possibilities by marking crosses in spaces
grid. Every neighbours, which and darken the
between dots where a line isn’t possible, i.e., if you have already
puzzle has means they cannot ends.
completed required lines or where a line extension may create a
Level: Medium one solution. be eliminated. (e.g. 6 6 6 )
branch or cause a deadend (Fig B)

HEALTH CAPSULE JUMBLE

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HI AND LOIS

likely sense a return of normalcy in

your life.
VIRGO August 22 - September 21

Finolex
You might be uncomfortable as your
moods change so fast that you cannot
figure out how you feel. It is rather
FORTUNE
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immediate responsibilities. Be realistic
and let others know, as clearly as
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possible, what you can and cannot do.
LIBRA September 22 - October 22
BIRTHDAY TODAY
You may have to put off fun for a little
while so that you can fulfill the promis-
Y ou need to be more methodical while working.
Avoid cutting corners. es you made to yourself and others.
These are not idle fantasies, more like
Tip: Your lucky colours are violet, mauve and
dove-grey. Your lucky gems are amethyst, diamond, practical planning. Your day will go
moonstone and pearl. smoother if you are able to recognise
You share your birthday with: Vikrant Massey
the potential instead of criticising the
performance of others.
ARIES March 20 - April 18 You are quite ready SCORPIO October 23 - November 20 You might
to apply your concentrated mind to a task, but feel that your expression is blocked today. But
PEANUTS

something odd may happen. Put your energy your positive attitude will allow you to accom-
NANCY

towards getting things in order. There may be plish more than you can imagine. You may still
an abundance of paperwork to wade through. be feeling overly emotional,but it does little good
Focus and finish any task set before you now, to try to hold back the flow of your feelings.Don’t
so that you don’t have to work too much later. jump in unless it truly feels right.
TAURUS April 19 - May 19 You may be SAGITTARIUS November 21-December 20
concerned about something that you have kept Be determined to get a fresh start.You may be
to yourself till now. You may be trying to deter- thinking about postponing a trip due to respon-
mine what would be the best time to share it sibilities you cannot avoid. You must use your
SPELLATHON SOLUTIONS TO GAMES/PUZZLES with someone else. Don’t let your annoyance common sense and analyse the situation.
get in the way. You may feel irritated and be Colleagues will appreciate your direct honesty
Today’s Ratings: 03-average TIMES SUDOKU TIMES HITORI LOOP THE LOOP unable to express clearly. more than a promise that can’t be kept. Look
THE BETTER HALF

04-good 05-outstanding GEMINI May 20 - June 20 You cannot get in for chances to slow things down.
the final word on a variety of topics today. The CAPRICORN December 21 - January 19 You
more you try to make yourself heard, the more might try to leave your personal needs out of
U invisible you become. Your friends will tell you the equation when interacting with others. You
something you don’t want to hear.You could feel need to overcome your own resistance and
G R as if they are against you. An emotional inter- expose your vulnerability,even if you don’t want
F H
action with a loved one could bring up deep- others to see your weakness. It may be quite a
rooted feelings of failure. It is a smart idea to challenge to keep up with your busy schedule.
T temporarily keep your emotions to yourself. AQUARIUS January 20 - February 18You want
A CANCER June 21 - July 21 Use the first part to be alone so that you can work out your
of the day to explore the inner world of your dilemma, but responsibilities prevent you from
JUMBLE imagination before sharing your feelings with retreating. Your life is already in high gear, so
How many words of four or more let- someone special in the evening. It may be this turns the volume up even louder.Be patient;
MINDBENDER
POLITICAL PARTY
ters can you make from the letters Answer: If lawmakers worked together, they could celebrate with a — difficult for you to express your feelings today your fun-loving spirit will return shortly. It’s
shown in today’s puzzle? In making a Jumbles: GUILT PLAZA CHOPPY TROPIC because you are not sure whether others are unlikely that you need any advice.
In this teaser, you have been given a 9-letter IMPASSIVE word, a letter can be used as many
really listening to you. PISCES February 19 - March 19 You can still
word. Your job is to break up this word into 9 _E_T_G_ times as it appears in the puzzle. Each
word must contain the central letter.
LEO July 22 - August 21 Don’t try to resolve be free in your mind by applying your rational
separate letters and place them on the dashes to _R_S_ the inconsistencies of your emotions. It may be skills and spiritual training. You are wired to a
spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word, and a _P_
There should be at least one seven let- SPELLATHON WHATZIT? MINDBENDER
ter word. Plurals, foreign words and FRAUGHT, graft, haft, raft, turf 1. Vestige, 2. Prism, 3. Spa time to forgive and forget so that you can deal power source that is keeping you strong, even
3-letter word. You can use each letter only once. with your issues. Take small but methodical if you don’t express it all the time.You may have
On a wing and a prayer
proper names are not allowed. British
English Dictionary is used as reference. steps to get yourself back on track. You will to put a significant amount of effort into a plan.
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Cyberbullies are taking Is Prateik’s marriage in trouble? While the couple, Prateik and Sanya

advantage of their right

Sanya, is not commenting, their Sagar
and
friends say that it’s “too sensitive” Prateik
Babbar
an issue to talk about
[email protected]

to freedom of speech: I n these times of quarantine, while a divorced

Bollywood couple (Hrithik Roshan and Sussanne
Khan) is making headlines for moving back in
together so that they can stay close to their children,
rumours of another B-Town couple, Prateik Babbar

Devoleena Bhattacharjee
and Sanya Sagar’s marriage hitting choppy waters
has taken everyone by surprise.
Raj Babbar and Smita Patil’s son, Prateik had got
engaged to his theatre actor girlfriend in 2018 and the two
tied the knot in January 2019. Since then, the duo had
never shied away from showcasing their romance, often
through passionate pictures and videos on social media.
However, speculations started doing the rounds recently,
when they unfollowed each other on social media and
Prateik also deleted some of their honeymoon pictures.
The actress has filed When BT reached out to close friends of the couple,
a complaint against a most of them remained silent and said that it was “too
sensitive” an issue to talk about. One of them said,
fan of Bigg Boss “Even if there was something or not (between the
two), I would not like to comment on it.” Another
Devoleena contestant Shehnaaz Gill, source close to the couple said, “How can people jump
HOW CAN PEOPLE JUMP TO CONCLUSIONS ABOUT
Bhattacharjee to conclusions about a couple’s relationship status
who posted an obscene depending on whether they are following each other A COUPLE’S RELATIONSHIP STATUS DEPENDING ON
on social media or not?” We reached out to the couple
audio clip targeting her and their families, but they did not respond to the WHETHER THEY ARE FOLLOWING EACH OTHER ON
on social media rumour of the break-up doing the rounds. SOCIAL MEDIA OR NOT? — A source close to the couple

Pic: Rakesh Sidana

[email protected]
Ali Fazal [email protected]
yberbullying is rampant these days,

C and more often than not, celebs find

themselves at its receiving end.
Television actress Devoleena Bhattacharjee,
I wore it
and (inset)
sporting a
Batman
mask I
t’s a known fact that actor Ali Fazal is a
massive superhero and Harry Potter fan.
A few years ago, he even attended the
who was last seen in Bigg Boss 13, is the latest
Filmfare Awards event donning a Harry

to lighten
victim of cyberbullies and she is determined
Potter robe. A couple of days go, the actor
to take a stand against the issue. She has
stepped out of his Bandra home wearing a
lodged a complaint at the Cyber Crime Cell
Batman mask, to deliver essential food sup-
against a person, who posted a filthy audio clip
plies to the needy in his vicinity.
targeting her and her mother on social
The superhero mask amused not only

people’s
media. According to Devoleena, the
those who saw him, but also many on social
offender is a fan of Shehnaaz Gill, her
media. Some even went ahead and pointed
fellow contestant on Bigg Boss 13.
out that the timing is interesting, given the
It all started a couple of days ago, when
various theories (unproven) about novel
Devoleena went live on Twitter and comment-
coronavirus originating from bats.

mood: Ali on
ed that there was zilch chemistry between
Sidharth Shukla and Shehnaaz in the recent-
ly-released single, Bhula Dunga. Soon,
SidNaz’s fans started trolling her, and one of EVERY TIME I STEP
Shehnaaz Gill them posted the obscene audio clip. Devoleena OUT FOR GROCERY

Batman mask
told BT, “I usually ignore trolls, but this person
and Sidharth
Shukla in a still has crossed all limits. Cyberbullies are taking
SHOPPING, I SEE SCARED,
from the music advantage of their right to freedom of speech. GLOOMY FACES. SO, I JUST
video Bhula So, I lodged a complaint on Tuesday and also
sent a mail to the authorities concerned,
WANTED TO MAKE PEOPLE
Dunga
requesting them to take action the following SMILE AND THAT MASK
day. We are close to finding out who the offend-
er is; it is not easy to track the person, if it is
DID THE TRICK — Ali Fazal
someone living abroad. My action is a warn-
Talking to BT, Ali explained, “There was
ing to all cyberbullies, who stoop low to sup-
no particular agenda behind me wearing
port their favourite celebs.”
the mask. I am a huge Batman fan, but this
So, has she contacted Shehnaaz regarding
is perhaps the wrong time to say that! There
this? “I have sent the clip to Shehnaaz’s broth-
are all sorts of theories doing the rounds
er Shehbaz Badesha, but he hasn’t responded
concerning the coronavirus, and we don’t
yet,” the actress replied. When asked why she
know anything for sure, yet. I just wore it to
commented on SidNaz’s lack of chemistry,
lighten people’s mood a bit. Every time I
Devoleena said, “I have felt that way from day
step out for grocery shopping, I see scared,
one. Shehnaaz has always been vocal about
I FELT THAT THERE WAS NO her feelings, but Sidharth has made it clear
gloomy faces. Everyone’s feeling so low
CHEMISTRY IN THE SONG, AND I these days. So, I just wanted to make people
that she is just a friend. There was no chem-
smile and that mask did the trick. They
COMMENTED JUST AS A VIEWER. istry in the song, and I commented just as a
viewer. I have nothing against anyone.” We
looked at me amused and smiled. For me, it
I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST ANYONE tried contacting both Shehnaaz and Shehbaz,
was also a change from everyone wearing
the same type of masks.”
— Devoleena Bhattacharjee but they remained unavailable for comment.

Comedian Eddie Large and Stuck in Goa, Nafisa Ali BUZZSTOP

ANGELINA JOLIE TO CREATE
Sodhi gets help from
singer Adam Schlesinger state administration DIGITAL CONTENT ON
COVID-19 FOR KIDS
succumb to coronavirus
ANGELINA JOLIE has partnered
with a British network to create
digital content about the COVID-
[email protected] walk back with so much material. Door-to-door 19 pandemic for young audi-

enior actress Nafisa Ali

#CoronaCrisis
deliveries will, in fact, bring fewer people in ences. “Children have not been
out of school on this scale since
Eddie
Large S Sodhi, stuck in her Goa
residence with a deplet-
ing stock of medicines and food
Nafisa Ali
Sodhi
the Second World War. This is
something that throughout their
lifetimes, they will remember...
We want to help kids to have ac-
supplies because of the lock-
down, got some relief on cess to trusted content and tools
Thursday when the local admin- that will be useful to them during
istration swung into action to the pandemic: including helping
help her out, after reading her them to seek out fact-based and
social media post. reliable news, question the infor-
“A group of about 15 govern- mation they receive, and learn
ment officials visited me. I from each other’s experiences,”
expressed my concerns and told the actress said. — Agencies
them that they need to sell the
basics door to door, using ven-
dors. I also made it clear that I
Adam
Schlesinger
was speaking on behalf of the
local community, more than for
K-POP STAR JAEJOONG
ddie Large, 78, best known for being was a nipper on Shooting Stars. So sad to
myself. I requested the police to
be kinder and humane towards SLAMMED FOR
E one half of the comedy duo Little
and Large, has died after contract-
ing coronavirus, his son has said. He con-
hear of his passing.”
Meanwhile, after battling with COVID-
19 for days at the hospital, singer Adam
those who are stepping out to buy
essential supplies and medicines.
They also asked me about my
medicines and said they would
CORONAVIRUS PRANK KIM JAE-JOONG I.E. JAEJOONG, of
tracted the infection in the hospital while Schlesinger passed away at 52 on try and get them for me,” she told the K-pop group JYJ, pranked his
being treated for heart failure. His son, Wednesday, following complications us. Nafisa is a cancer survivor followers on April 1, by saying he
Ryan McGinnis, broke the news in a related to the virus. Actor Tom Hanks and the medicines her husband had been diagnosed with coron-
Facebook post, explaining that his father took to Twitter to condole the death of had couriered her have been avirus. “Sorry to those who could
caught COVID-19 while in hospital. the Fountains of the Wayne band mem- stuck in Delhi because of the have been infected because of me,”
The comedian, whose real name was ber and confirmed it on social media. lockdown. he wrote in the now-deleted post on
Edward Hugh McGinnis, was known for “There would be no Playtone without Earlier in the day, she told us, Instagram. He later admitted the
his partnership with Syd Little, which Adam Schlesinger, without his That “It has been two days since the news wasn’t true, and responded to
spanned five decades. Fellow comic Matt Thing You Do! He was a One-der. Lost shops have begun to open here (near Morjim in criticism by writing, “I don’t think of
contact with each other.”
Lucas, took to social media to pay a tribute. him to COVID-19. Terribly sad today. North Goa), but they’re not nearby and we’ve this as an April Fool’s joke. My family
A few days ago, the actress had posted a
He wrote, “Eddie Large (along with his Hanx (sic),” tweeted Hanks, who himself been asked to walk and not take vehicles. It and my friends are getting sick and
tweet, marking the Prime Minister about her
supersonic friend Syd) was really lovely was diagnosed with coronavirus. takes hours in the queues and shops don’t have dying. It’s never just someone else’s
niece who had tested COVID-19 positive after
and kind and encouraging to me when I —Agencies volunteers to deliver the stuff to people’s problem. I will accept all punishment
returning from Switzerland. Thankfully, she
homes. It’s been quite difficult for people to has recovered, Nafisa confirmed. I receive from this post. I hope all of
you are healthy.” — Agencies