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11
Top health officials test +ve 83% of Covid-19 patients
for Covid, MP count now 181 in India are below 60 yrs
Govt restricts
export of
diagnostic kits Biggest Chunk Pic: Pravin Barnale
3 OUT OF 4 PATIENTS IN 20-60 AGE GROUP
Four More TJ VIRAL COUNT 36 patients recover Of 42% In Age Age-Wise Break-Up Of Corona Patients So Far

I n a bid to ensure there is no

shortfall of Covid-19 diag-
nostic kits in India because of
the current surge in testing,
Attendees In
the Centre on Saturday put
curbs on export of such kits. Bhopal Infected
Bringing them under the rest- TIMES NEWS NETWORK
ricted list means exporters
will have to get a licence from Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh
the Directorate General of Fo- health department’s principal
reign Trade prior to any ship- secretary and another senior
ment overseas. health official, who were spear-
heading the battle against Co-
vid-19 in the state, tested posi-
tive for the virus on Saturday.
A day ago, a young IAS offi-
cer with a medical degree, who
had a key role in the state’s coro-
na task force, had tested posi-
Group Of 21-40
21-40 yrs 41-60 yrs
Indore
Cases Deaths
128 7 across state 41.9% 32.8%
Sushmi.Dey
Morena
Bhopal
12
17
0
0 I n some good news, 36
people who tested positive
@timesgroup.com
0-20 yrs
8.6%
60+ yrs
16.7%
for Covid-19 in MP have New Delhi: Over 83% of Co-
Jabalpur 8 0 recovered, according to a vid-19 patients in India are GOOD NEWS THREAT
Ujjain 7 2 health department official. below the age of 60 years. Senior citizens, among whom Most patients (3 out of 4) are
Khargone 3 1 They include Bhopal’s patient The majority of people Covid-19 mortality rate is in the working age group of
zero and her journalist father, (41.88%) so far infected by high, account for just about 20-60 yrs, on whom families
Gwalior 2 0 who were discharged on the virus in the country are 17% of cases in India and employers depend
Chhindwara 2 1 Saturday. So was a patient in in the age group of 21-40
Shivpuri 2 0 Corona warriors at Chawani, a corona
Shivpuri after recovering years, according to health source of Covid-19 in India. of those who have suc-
Total 181 11 fully. TNN ministry data. They include professionals cumbed to the disease.
epicentre, in Indore on Saturday
While the elderly are and students, who have re- An age profile analysis
Sixteen of the fresh cases who works at AIIMS, is awaited. tact with him, who may include said to be the most vulnera- turned to the country. of all the positive cases of
were from Indore, taking its tal- Samples of AIIMS employees doctors, will be sent into quar- ble to the disease, people However, the mortality Covid-19 cases in India so
ly to 128, and eight from Bhopal, who came in contact with this antine as well. One of the Bho- above 60 years account for rate, warn experts, is high- far shows 8.61% of positive

O wing to the extraordinary

circumstances created by
Covid-19 pandemic, Times Life
tive. He had attended all key
meetings in the corona battle
with very senior officers. A gov-
will temporarily appear ernment press release on Satur-
within the main edition of day said an IAS officer and an-
The Times of India. However, other official had tested positive
it will continue to bring you and that they were stable.
its cutting edge lifestyle They were among 26 new
content every Sunday. Covid-19 patients of the day, tak-
ing the state’s tally to 181. With
including four members who
attended the jamaat in New Del-
hi. The other two were from
Khargone.
The Madhya Pradesh ad-
ministration is putting in place
a backup plan with three of its
senior officers in hospital quar-
antine. About 120 officials had
been tested on Friday after the
person are negative, said an in-
stitute official.
“Reports of about 60 people
who came in contact with the
health department officials are
awaited,” said a senior official.
The Gwalior chief medical
and health officer, Dr SK Ver-
ma, went into home quarantine
on Saturday. His samples have
pal patients, a businessman, is
in critical condition and on ven-
tilator support at AIIMS, said
sources. The four Tablighi Ja-
maat members who tested posi-
tive on Saturday are admitted to
a hospital in Bairagarh. So far,
nine people linked to the jamaat
have tested positive in Bhopal,
including four foreigners.
only 17% of total cases in
the country till now. This
implies others are also sus-
ceptible and the younger
age group, particularly in
the 21-40 bracket, may be
more representative of for-
eign travellers seen to be the
er among the elderly. Re-
ports of deaths indicate ad-
vanced age and co-morbidi-
ties like diabetes, cardiac
diseases and hypertension
increase mortality.
The ministry did not
provide data on age profiles
cases are in between 0-20
years, 41.88% cases in the
age group of 21-40, 32.82% in
41-60 and 16.69% in the peo-
ple are above 60 years of
age.
Continued on P 6

Wear homemade masks to

To rev up your life with
two more deaths on Saturday, first IAS officer tested positive. been sent to DRDO-Gwalior. If
Times Life, turn to P 13 P 15 MP’s toll now stands at 11. The report of a relative of his, he tests positive, those in con- Continued on P 3

700 attended feast Hope floats, 3 Covid keep virus at bay, says govt
PM calls meet
of all parties
‘Not Meant For
P M Narendra Modi has
called an all-party mee-
ting of parliamentary floor
leaders on April 8 to discuss
held by +ve family patients discharged Health Workers A TOI initiative to
TIMES NEWS NETWORK his wife. But the adminis- TIMES NEWS NETWORK A youth who was tested
the spread of Covid-19. Tri-
namool Congress said it wo-
uld boycott the video confe-
Bhopal: Police and health
teams in MP’s Morena dis-
tration decided to have the
two of them tested as part of
the screening for everyone
Bhopal/Jabalpur: Amid
the Covid spread talk, there
positive in Shivpuri had re-
covered and was tested nega-
tive for COVID19 tests con-
Or Patients’
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
help keep you and
the nation safe
rence, claiming the issue
trict are racing to track and in MP who has returned is some heartening news ducted by officials. Subse-
was ignored when it was

T
isolate more than 700 people from abroad. from people in the state. quently he was discharged he Union health mini-
highlighted in the budget
who had participated in a A day after the couple Three patients who tested on Saturday, said sources. It stry on Saturday issued
session of Parliament. This

shraddh feast thrown by a
will be the PM’s first mee-
family, 12 of whose mem-
ting with political parties
bers have tested positive for
since the outbreak. P 6
Coronavirus.
All the names were on an
ISKP chief held invitee list in a diary seized
by officials from the pa-
for Kabul attack tients’ house on Saturday.
Morena got its first Co-
M awlawi Abdullah aka
Aslam Farooqui, the so-
called emir of Islamic State
vid-19 patients when a cou-
ple tested positive on April
Khorasan Province, has been 2. The husband had return-
arrested on charges of plot- ed from Dubai recently but
ting the attack on a gurdwara showed no symptoms of cor-
in Kabul last month. Mawla- ona infection. Neither did
wi, replaced Mawlawi Zia-ul-
Haq as ISKP chief in 2019. P 6
tested positive, 10 members
of the joint family – includ-
ing eight children – tested
positive.
Health officials were
alarmed on Friday night
when the man informed
them -- apparently reluc-
tantly -- that he had orga-
nized a big shraddha feast at
home that was attended by
friends and relatives, said
sources.
Continued on P 3
postive for Covid-19 and
were under isolation reco-
vered and have been dis-
charged from hospital. They
will be under home quaran-
tine for a fortnight. The
three patients who reco-
vered include the Bhopal fa-
ther-daughter duo while the
other one is a patient from
Shivpuri.
Nearly a dozen others in
isolation too have tested neg-
ative in first report and their
second report is awaited.
is noteworthy that the youth
aged 30 years had returned
from Dubai recently and was
tested positive on March 24,
since then he was kept in iso-
lation ward at district hospi-
tal Shivpuri.
Likewise, two patients a
girl and her father who were
tested positive in state capi-
tal Bhopal were also dis-
charged after they were test-
ed negative.
Continued on P 3
an advisory on the use
of homemade protective co-
ver for the face and mouth, as-
king people to wear such
masks, particularly when
they step out of their houses.
“We are aware that social
distancing and personal hygi-
ene are keys to prevent Co-
vid-19 infections. Certain co-
untries have claimed benefits
of homemade face cover for
the general public... (it) is a go-
od method for maintaining
personal hygiene,” it said.
“Therefore, it is suggested
that people who are not suffe-
Y
ou’ve been washing
your hands diligently
and regularly. You’ve
embraced social distanc-
ing. Now, add another layer
of protection – if you
haven’t already. The Union
health ministry on Satur-
day recommended that you
wear a “handmade reusa-
ble face cover’’ when you
step out of home. The CDC
(Centers for
Disease Con-
trol and Pre-
vention) in
the US has is-
fully for dos and don'ts.)
Governments around
the world have strongly
urged the public not to
stock up on medical grade
masks; they’re in short sup-
ply and are needed a lot
more by healthcare work-
ers, patients and other at-
risk categories.
The Times of India is
today launching a #Mas-
kIndia move-
ment encou-
raging all In-
dians to wear
simple, home-

Over 1,000 TJ members infected,

ring from medical conditions sued a similar made masks
or having breathing difficulti- advisory. to cover your
L CKDOWN FAQs es may use the handmade reu- A mask is nose and mo-
sable face cover, particularly easy to make — any old cot- uth. It’s about self-empowe-
➤ When will the when they step out of their ton T-shirt can be fash- rment, it's about protecting
containment area zone
of Professors’ Colony be
withdrawn. It 14 days now
and the two who tested
account for 30% of all India cases
Sushmi.Dey
house. This will help in pro-
tecting the community at lar-
ge,” it said. It added that such
masks were not recommen-
ioned into one; even a du-
patta will do. It’ll not only
help keep you safe, it’ll also
protect those around you.
yourself, your family, and
your community -- and it's
about individual actions
adding up to a greater good.
positive are discharged from
hospital and back home?
@timesgroup.com I’M IN QUARANTINE, JAMAAT CHIEF TELLS COPS ded for health workers or tho-
se in contact with Covid-19 pa-
But remember, you ab-
solutely need to keep it
We have a responsibili-
ty to help India win this war
New Delhi: As many as 1,023 tients clean. (Please read the ac- against the virus. Together
➤ Telephone numbers of Covid-19 positive cases found in companying report care- we shall overcome.
super stores publicised by 17 states have been traced to the Continued on P 6
district administration for Tablighi Jamaat in Delhi, ac- MAKE YOUR MASK & WEAR IT, P 2
home delivery of goods are counting for 30% of all cases in
not attended. What is the

Lights-out campaign Virtual courts to

India, the health ministry said.
use of these nos. if they are Referring to the Tablighi
not to be picked up?
➤ TOI presents a special
Jamaat congregation that was
held last month in the Niza-
hear urgent cases
series, Lockdown FAQs,
which seeks to answer your
questions and clarify any
muddin markaz, health minis-
try joint secretary Lav Agar-
wal said around 30% were link-
no threat to grid: Min during lockdown
New Delhi: The judiciary
ed to “this particular place” TIMES NEWS NETWORK tional despatch centre will has taken a giant leap by de-
doubts you may have
about the lockdown PP 23 which he said could not be co-ordinate with regional ciding to open virtual courts
managed. NDMC workers sanitising buildings in central Delhi’s Lodhi Colony on Saturday New Delhi: There is no and state load despatchers to across the country to hear ur-
Agarwal said “proactive, threat to the stability of In- ensure grid stability,” Singh gent cases during the lock-
WEATHER preemptive and graded” re- 1,023 17 ➤ Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, head of Tablighi dia’s electricity grid from told TOI on Saturday. down period and provide vid-
sponse of the government had corona positive states affected Jamaat, responds to police questionnaire sent to Sunday’s 9-minute public He has been reviewing eo-recording of proceedings
Sunrise: 0611hrs
ensured that doubling of Co- cases traced to by the Jamaat his residence, claims that he has not fled, but is in blackout and “light-a-diya” the steps with executives to litigants and lawyers. It also
Sunset:1837 hrs
Forecast: Clear sky vid-19 cases in India was less as Jamaat event infection chain quarantine. Through his lawyer, says in a nine-page call given by Prime Minister from national grid operator resolved to institutionalise e-
Relative humidity: compared to other countries. Tablighi members or their response that he will appear before cops as soon Narendra Modi to show na- — POSOCO — and Power- processes even after normal-
Bhopal Morning 23%, The Tablighi incident resulted 22,000 contacts under quarantine as his quarantine ends tional solidarity in the fight Grid, the central utility that cy returns. The SC’s e-com-
35.4°/20.2° Evening 29% in a spike that was not consis- against coronavirus pan- builds the grid, since Friday. mittee chairman, Justice D Y
tent with the trend line. Howev- The home ministry’s con- lighi members, including hun- ment’s restrictions on reli- demic, according to power Power engineers, too, Chandrachud, held extensive
er, with no room for complacen- trol room, along with adminis- dreds of foreigners, who were gious gatherings. minister R K Singh. stepped in by urging con- deliberations with the chief
cy, one slip meant going back to trations of states, has launched in the markaz in numbers that “There is absolutely no sumers to switch on fans for justices and the judges head-
square one, he added. a massive effort to track Tabi- violated the Delhi govern- Continued on P 8 threat. A robust protocol has 15 minutes — from 8.55pm to ing e-committees of 23 HCs
Turn to Page 3 been laid down to maintain 9.10pm — to make up for the and resolved that “e-filing will
grid frequency through the lost load from lights. be enabled in all courts for

Factories shut, Yamuna water sparkles Doc at BMHRC

kills self, motive
lights-out period. The na-
tional grid operator and na-
Continued on P 6
hearing urgent cases through
video-conferencing”. P 6

muna Monitoring Committee

unknown Cash reaches Jan Dhan account of
Anindya Chattopadhyay

Jasjeev.Gandhiok
@timesgroup.com has also asked both CPCB and
DPCC to carry out a study. “This Bhopal: A 26-year-old ju-
New Delhi: What years of plan- can provide a good baseline for nior doctor at BMHRC – the
ning and huge allocations could
not achieve has been ensured by
afew days of lockdown. Stretches
agencies to act. The Hindon ri-
ver is showing similar signs and
we are now seeing these clean
hospital for Bhopal gas
tragedy victims and their
families -- committed sui-
40% of 20cr women beneficiaries
of the Yamuna that had become images of the Yamuna, which cide on the campus on Sat- TIMES NEWS NETWORK their bank accounts to pur-
picture postcards for Delhi’s pol- shows how harmful industrial urday night. chase cooking gas cylinders for
lution, showing the toxic foam — pollutants are for the river,” said No suicide note has been New Delhi: The largest-ever three months.
byproduct of industrial effluents CLEAR SKY, CLEAN WATER: The 54-km stretch of Yamuna that flows Manoj Mishra, convener of Ya- found and police are yet to cash transfer scheme The swift transfer of mon-
— were sparkling blue on Satur- through Delhi accounts for 76% of the total pollution in the river muna Jiye Abhiyaan. ascertain the motive. launched on Friday to put Rs ey at a time of countrywide
day. The stench of a decaying ri- Mishra, who has filed seve- Nishatpura SHO Ma- 30,000 crore in Jan Dhan ac- lockdown is being seen as the
ver too had receded. The shutting ge treatment plants continues to out a study to assess the change in ral petitions in NGT on the pol- hendra Singh Chouhan counts of women has validated success of the Jan Dhan
down of industries has made all flow into the river. Experts, howe- water quality. “We are in the plan- luted water of the river, says this said the victim, Raman- the evangelical push for imple- scheme launched by the Na-
the difference. The relief is tem- ver, say this is the ideal time to ning phase and samples will be can help the aquatic life in the preet Kaur, hailed from Am- mentation of the Jan Dhan rendra Modi government in its
porary but holds hope for the fu- measure pollution levels in the ri- collected soon. We have already long run. ritsar and lived in doctors’ scheme which saw the govern- Queue outside bank in Delhi first term. The transfer into the
ture if we can draw the right les- ver in order to let the agencies analysed the impact of the lock- “We are already seeing an quarters in the BMHRC ment exhorting crores of peo- during nationwide lockdown to accounts, which have been
sons. draw up a plan for acting against down on air quality and somet- improvement in the terrestrial compound. She was a doc- ple to open bank accounts. prevent Corona Outbreak seeded with Aadhaar, is likely
The human assault on the ri- industrial pollutants in the futu- hing similar will be done for the life on the Yamuna floodplains, tor in nephrology depart- By Saturday, the accounts to ensure the money reaches
ver, though, has not stopped. Se- re. Yamuna,” said Prashant Garga- including sighting of more ment for one and a half of around 40% of the 20-crore Similarly, around 8 crore bene- those for whom it is intended.
wage through residential co- Central Pollution Control Bo- va, member-secretary, CPCB. birds along the stretch,” said years. A forensics team has women beneficiaries had seen ficiaries of the Ujjwala scheme
lonies that are not linked to sewa- ard (CPCB) says it will soon carry The NGT-appointed Ya- Mishra. examined the room. TNN cash deposits of Rs 500 each. will get close to Rs 5,000 crore in Continued on P 6
2 TIMES SPECIAL | #MASKINDIA SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA, BHOPAL
APRIL 5, 2020

MAKE YOUR MASK. AND WEAR

HOW TO WEAR A MASK PROPERLY
➤ Ensure your mouth and ➤ Tie the mask tightly,
nose are covered by the mask without leaving any gaps
➤ Do not touch it while between it and your face

IT WHEN YOU STEP OUT

wearing — any foreign
particles on the outside
of the mask could get
transferred onto
your hands
➤ Wash hands before

I
n the early days of the pandemic, WHO was pretty categorical: wearing and after
You don’t need to wear a mask unless you are unwell or treating TYPES OF MASKS removing it. If you
someone. But on Saturday, the Union health ministry advised Indians accidentally touch the
to use “handmade, reusable face covers” when they step out of homes. mask while wearing it, ➤ Remove it using the
1 N95 RESPIRATOR
Hours before that, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) clean your hand with loops around your ears
Named so because it filters out at least
in the US asked all Americans to wear soap and water, or an or the back of your
95% of small particles. N95s are high-
a cloth mask when outside. Latest alcohol-based sanitiser head. Do not touch
grade protective gear that should only
➤ Avoid fidgeting with your mouth, nose and
research shows that the novel be worn by medical workers interacting
or readjusting the mask. eyes while doing so
coronavirus might spread through air with infected people on a daily basis
via normal breathing and speaking, not DIAMETER FILTRATION CAPACITY: 0.3 microns Repeatedly pulling a ➤ Do not share your
just coughing and sneezing. Besides, mask on and off reduces mask with others, even
countries like the Czech Republic, its effectiveness if you are not sick
which made masks mandatory, seem 2 SURGICAL/MEDICAL MASKS
to have done much better than others They are loose fitting and protect HOMEMADE MASKS
that relied only on hand-washing and social distancing. And the best only from larger particles compared
with the N95s. Should be reserved ➤ If you do not have access to a store-bought
part is you don’t need to go out and buy a mask — in fact, that is mask, you can make a mask at home
for healthcare workers only
something you shouldn’t do. There is a shortage of surgical and N95
DIAMETER FILTRATION ➤ A homemade mask should have
masks — and you don’t need them, health workers do. A simple, cloth CAPACITY: >5 microns multiple layers of fabric that can
mask will do for you, one that you can make sitting at home
be machine or hand washed
3 CLOTH MASKS without getting damaged
This is what CDC The fear of For everyone else, if you ➤ Thicker fabric is better as
has to say asymptomatic spread don’t already own and use
one of the masks above, a
it can offer greater protection
— a heavy cotton T-shirt, for
➤ You could spread Covid-19 to ➤ Initial evidence suggests that people simple homemade cloth example, can be cut into a mask.
others even if you do not feel sick without symptoms may also transmit the mask should provide enough If you are using a bandanna or handkerchief,
➤ Everyone should wear a cloth face coronavirus without knowing they’re infected. protection if you are following fold it over twice or thrice before wearing
cover when they have to go out in An article in the journal Science says data from social distancing measures
“contact-tracing efforts suggest nearly half of novel The specialised N95s
public, for example to the grocery
coronavirus transmissions occur before
DIAMETER FILTRATION HOW TO CLEAN AND REUSE
store or to pick up other necessities CAPACITY: >10 microns
the infected person shows symptoms” should be reserved ➤ Change or clean the ➤ Surgical and other
➤ Cloth face coverings should
➤ The infection can spread through aerosolisation, the for healthcare staff. But mask once its inner lining single-use masks cannot
not be placed on children under STRAND OF COVID-19
age 2, anyone who has trouble process by which the virus is released into the air in the form HUMAN HAIR other masks, or even becomes moist withstand washing and
breathing, is incapacitated or
otherwise unable to remove
of small, light particles. For example, while breathing or speaking
and particularly when one sneezes or coughs, which according 15 microns 0.12
microns
handkerchiefs, can greatly
improve prevention levels
➤ Cloth masks should be
washed regularly, either
should be disposed of
➤ If you want to reuse a
the mask without assistance to one study can expel particles “as far as 8 metres (26 feet)” in diameter by hand using soap or in a
diameter mask, ensure that it
—A HEALTHCARE WORKER IN KERALA machine with regular
➤ The cloth face mask is remains dry. You can store
meant to protect other people In NYC, everyone outside on the street, detergent, and air dried mask in dry ziplock bags,
& everyone in the hospital, SHOULD BE WEARING A So if you have extra surgical
in case you are infected ➤ Mask can be reused preferably with
MASK. N95 for hospital workers. And gloves. Surgical masks for or N95 masks at home, consider
➤ Continue to keep about 6 feet even if you are sick, but desiccating gel that can
donating them to a hospital!
between yourself and others. essential workers. Everyone else: stay at home... #BUYUSTIME 13.1 don’t share it with others absorb moisture
The cloth mask is not a substitute — Tweet by Pulitzer prize-winning cancer Americas
for social distancing specialist Siddhartha Mukherjee, April 2 HOW TO DISPOSE OF A MASK
32
Europe
Experts say India will
➤ Used masks lying around pose health
Did western countries miss a trick? East Asia’s benefit from masks risks if someone comes in contact
In the initial days of the outbreak, some appeals to ensure
there were enough masks available for health workers
C U M U L AT I V E
COVID-19 CASES
made masks “Widespread use of masks could be the next step with the respiratory secretions in
them and then touches their face
for India, combined with awareness
came with the message that masks were anyway not a 10,000
IRAN ITALY
a habit In 2018,
on vigorous hand hygiene and hand ➤ To properly dispose of a mask,
protection against coronavirus. The US Surgeon General 5,000
S KOREA sanitisers,” said Annelise Wilder- fold it in half inwards so the inner
➤ After the 2003 Sars virus Asia Pacific
had tweeted in end-February, “STOP BUYING MASKS!” 2,000 Smith, the editor-in-Chief of the lining is covered. Fold it in half
US INDIA outbreak, which affected region held
adding that masks “are NOT effective in preventing 1,000 Journal of Travel Medicine and chair two more times so it looks like a
general public from catching #Coronavirus…” 500
UK
JAPAN several countries in the
region, masks have become
52.5% of the Lancet Commission on roll. Then, wrap the ear loops or
That has changed now. The rethink has been 200
SINGAPORE of the global arboviral diseases. “Enforcing social strings around the roll so it does
HONG KONG
a common sight in the face mask
prompted by the success of East Asian countries 100 distancing is the right thing to do, but not open up. Wrap it in a piece of tissue
Asia Pacific countries market
in the flattening of the curve in Covid-19 fight D AY S S I N C E 1 0 0 T H C A S E how do you do it when homes are so before throwing in a lined, closed bin
➤ Czech Republic and small and more people per house. Face masks are the Source: WHO, CDC

Research: Kenneth Mohanty & Anjishnu Das | Graphics: Sajeev Kumarapuram Slovakia have now made mask-wearing answer, combined with proper teaching on how to use NEXT: HOW TO MAKE A MASK AT HOME
Source: Our World In Data, NYT, BBC, Science, Statista, Vox; Inputs from Govind Vijaykumar compulsory if someone is stepping out face masks and how to dispose of them,” she added

Never-Ending Battle To Enforce Distancing

Women cops show mettle in Covid combat Senior cops lead from the
front, motivate personnel
TOI
Sudeept.Mishra@timesgroup.com

Bhopal: A force of around 400 women

cops are working shoulder to shoulder
with their male colleagues to enforce
the Covid-19 lockdown across the state
capital and around 180 of them are de-
ployed on field duty.
While the senior women cops are
busy working 12-16 hours on a regular
basis to maintain law and order, the lo-
wer-ranked personnel are working for
8-12 hours on the field. TOI spoke to a
few women cops and took details of the
challenges faced by them.
CSP (Kotwali) Bittu Sharma is pos-
ted in one of the most sensitive areas of
the city. She told TOI that her working
hours are not fixed. She leaves for work
around 7.30am and does not even go ho-
me to take lunch. She returns home on-
ly after midnight after briefing the
night duty staff at police stations in
her division.
Sharma said that seven Tablighi
Jamaatis, including two foreign fore-
igners were found in
her jurisdiction area
and she has to keep a #LOCKDOWN
check on their health
situation every minu-
te. She also has to ar-
HEROES
range for their medical screening and
take them to the quarantine centre. Ex-
pectedly, she is exposed to many risks
throughout the day. She said that she
keeps a spare uniform in her vehicle
and changes it at her office if the need
arises. Speaking on the precautions
being taken by her at home, she said
AGAINST ALL ODDS: Around 400 women cops are working shoulder to shoulder with
their male colleagues to enforce the Covid-19 lockdown across the state capital
that she goes home just for 4-5 hours to
sleep. She added that she takes entry
from the backside of the house and go-
es straight to the basement where she
takes a bath and washes her uniform.
She makes it a point to
enter the house after
proper sanitisation.
Speaking on the
challenges faced whi-
le enforcing the lock-
down in Old City areas, Sharma said
that people there are accustomed to
stay outside their homes late till night.
Although the situation is by and large
under control, she spotted two youths
loitering the streets and smoking ciga-
rettes while she was night patrolling
in the wee hours of Saturday.
SI Akanksha Sharma, posted in
the crime branch said, “I am deployed
on duty to monitor checkposts in the
city outskirts. I join duty around 10am
and patrol in the checkposts to keep an
eye on people coming from outside
Bhopal. We have to send these people
to quarantine centres and most of the
time they create ruckus. I reach home
around 10.30pm but have to remain ac-
tive on the wireless.”
Woman constable Puja Malviya,
who is posted at Govindpura police
station said, “I was on Urja desk duty
earlier. Since the lockdown, I have be-
en deployed on field duty. I leave home
around 10am and return around 9pm.
The whole day I’m extremely busy at
the checkpoints and patrol the areas.”
77 cases registered in
city against violators
Bhopal: City police on Saturday
registered 77 cases against people
violating the ongoing lockdown order.
Earlier, on Friday, 105 cases were
registered against those violating the
order. The accused were booked
under Sections 188, 269 and 270 of Ithe
PC. Police seized vehicles of those
found roaming on the streets without
any valid reason and registered cases
against them under the Motor
Vehicles Act. Since March 22, after the
lockdown order was issued by the
district collector, 482 cases have been
registered against violators. TNN
Speaking on the growing challeng-
es, Malviya said, “Although my collea-
gues are very supportive, but we have
to constantly make announcements
and ask people to remain at their ho-
mes and not venture out without any
valid reasons..”
Inspector Renu Murab, who is pos-
ted at AJK police station said, “I visit
various areas and distribute food
packets, masks and sanitisers to the
needy. Recently, we found that many
migrant labourers, who are mostly da-
ily-wagers, were finding it hard to use
the public toilets as they have no mo-
ney to pay for using them. It was crea-
ting a sanitation problem. I brought
the issue to the knowledge of SP Sai
Krishna S Thota and he resolved it .
TOI
Sudeept.Mishra@timesgroup.com
Bhopal: A day after a constable posted at Aish-
bagh police station was found coronavirus posi-
tive, senior cops were working hard to keep the
force deployed in field duties motivated. The fa-
milies of 16 policemen who reside at TT Nagar
police lines in the corona-infected cop’s neigh-
bourhood have been quarantined and all of
them have been withdrawn from active duty.
Some cops posted at Jehangirabad and Aish-
bagh police station had doubts whether they
were also infected by Covid-19 after which medi- WORK AT HAND
cal teams conducted screening of around 40
cops at the two police station on Saturday. The
infected cop was deployed on ‘Charlie’ bike pat-
Apron substitutes face mask
rol duty at Aishbagh police station and his part-
ner has also been quarantined. S HO Piplani Chain Singh Raghuwanshi took a
new initiative for the safety of his police
station staff. He ordered and distributed surgical
The TT Nagar police lines premises located
adjacent to TT Nagar police station have been aprons made of cloth, which are used by doctors
declared an epicentre of Covid-19 and the area in hospitals to officials deployed on field duty at
has been declared a contained zone. The entire checkpoints. He told TOI that most of the
New Market area surrounding the police lines policemen deployed on field duty are worried
has been barricaded from both sides. Even cops about their as well as family’s safety. When they
posted at TT Nagar police station have to park go home to have food and sleep, there is always a
their vehicles at a distance and walk to reach
the office building.
ADG Upendra Jain shared a motivational
chance to expose their families. He said that he
was deployed at fixed picket point near the
Piplani petrol pump when he came in contact
message on WhatsApp to boost the morale of po- with a medical shop owner and got the idea. TNN
lice officials deployed on field duty. Addressing
his fellow policemen, he wrote that he salutes DIG Irshad Wali, who is working 17-18 hours
all of them, who are serving their duties with said senior police officers are also hitting the
full responsibility and devotion. Speaking to streets to boost the morale of the force. He said
TOI, he said he has given strict instructions to many cops had doubts in their mind that they
cops deployed on field to follow necessary pre- may be infected by Covid-19 due to which medi-
cautions to avoid infection. cal screening of personnel has been initiated.

COVID-19 MYTHS & FACTS

IT IS IMPORTANT TO
STAY INFORMED. HERE
ARE A FEW COVID-19
Myth
Government
hospitals are only
treating Covid-19
patients
Fact
Infection prevention
and control protocols
are in place at all
medical facilities.
Emergency care is
available for all types
of ailments. Check
before reaching the
hospital for OPD and
other medical care.
On call consultation
with doctors or
regular needs such as
dialysis available in
most places
Myth
Social distancing
is only for high-
risk population
Fact
Social distancing
protects individuals,
especially the most
vulnerable. This is
the best way to slow
transmission rates.
Anyone can become
infected and pass the
virus to others.
It’s important to stay
away from crowded
places, reduce
contact with others
and avoid people
who are coughing
or sneezing
MYTHS
Impact Of Covid-19 On Mental Health
MP board helpline flooded with queries
& FACTS T he coronavirus outbreak is stressful for people.
The constant churning of coronavirus developments confirm if such rumours are
in the news and on social media can be overwhelming
for adults and children alike. For some, the fear of
Shuchita Jha@timesgroup.com
MOST ASKED No. Of Calls At MP true. We are also getting calls
Myth Bhopal: As board exams for QUESTIONS Board Helpline from students of junior clas-
catching the deadly virus — or having a loved one
It’s unsafe to catch it — is a source of stress. For others, the feeling
the students of MP board ha- ➤ Total calls so ses regarding general promo-
ve been postponed by the Exam timetable for tion and the no-detention po-
donate blood of isolation from social distancing can be unsettling. far as on April 3
the postponed subjects
Fact While everyone reacts to stressful situations differently,
school education department
in the wake of the coronavi-
38,421 licy,” Sharma added.
The helpline functions all
Date of board exam result
Patients in care outlined common behaviours of people affected are rus pandemic, the board hel- ➤ Total calls year round and counsellors
still need blood.
➤ Fear or worry about pline is buzzing with calls
When will schools reopen?
received on take calls in three shifts.
Extra safety and from students of Classes 10 Will general promotion be Saturday 824 From January 1to April 3, the
screening protocols your own health and the given to board students too?
and 12 asking the counsellors helpline has received around
are in place. Places health of loved ones No. of calls according to shifts
when the exams will be held Will junior class students 38,000 from students of diffe-
like MP Red Cross ➤ Changes in sleep or and when the results would be given general promotion or Morning Afternoon Evening rent districts.
hospital are
offering pick and
eating patterns come out. evaluated according to tests? 285 241 298 Sharma said, “We receive
“Students are worried calls from remote villages
drop facility for ➤ Difficulty sleeping or
that if they don't keep inqui- sults,” said Hemant Sharma, was doing rounds on messa- where students don’t really
blood volunteers. concentrating ring they might miss out on director of Madhya Pradesh ging apps was that even stu- have access to information.
Before donation, a
health screening is ➤ Worsening of chronic important information like Board of Secondary Educa- dents of board exams will be The nature of the calls de-
health problems declaration of timetable for tion (MPBSE). given general promotion, lea- pends upon the time. In the
mandatory.
the exams that had been post- He added that there were ding to several students wan- months of January and Fe-
Practice social ➤ Increased use of poned after March 20. Most of many rumours circulating ting to clarify if this was true. bruary we get calls regarding
distancing and alcohol, tobacco and
follow protocols the calls are mostly regar- online which are creating “It is a good thing that stu- preparation of exams, clea-
other substances ding the new exam dates as confusion among the stu- dents have the presence of ring doubts of difficult sub-
to ensure safety
well as the declaration of re- dents. One such message that mind to call up the helpline to jects and time management.”
SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA, BHOPAL
APRIL 5, 2020 TIMES CITY 3

From just 1, city has 10 containment areas in a fortnight Amul Topical in 1987

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Sudeept Mishra TNN
Bhopal: Bhopal had ‘contai-
ned’ the spread of Coronavi-
rus appreciably well till there
was a spurt in the tally of pati-
ents from meagre four to 15 in
just a couple of days, mainly
due to detection of infection
among “jamaatis”, who came
to Bhopal from Delhi.
As the one km radius area
from the ‘epicenter’ (the place
where an infected patient li-
ves) is isolated and declared a
A Moeed Faruqui
A deserted Hoshangabad Road near
Mansarovar Complex on Saturday
Covid positive, Durga Nagar,
Char Imli, Shivaji Ngr, Indira colony open and vegetable vendors
are also allowed.
declared containment areas “We are allowing the
trucks carrying milk into the
Bhopal: District collector, Tarun Pithode, late on Saturday night restricted area. The municipal
declared three more "containment areas" in the city following corporation trucks selling ve-
detection of Coronavirus infection among three city residents. getables is also being allowed.
The three tested Coronavirus posiitive in the reports received on We don’t stop the newspaper
Saturday evening. The new "containment zones" are a portion of hawkers also. Our only requ-
Char Imli, areas of Shivaji Nagar in the vicinity of J P Hospital and est is to people, not to step out
Indira Colony, Bagh Umrao Dulho. With this, the total no. Of of their houses”, said TI, Shy-
containment areas has gone up to 10 and numberof Coronavirus amla Hills police station, BPS
infected persons in Bhopal 18. Bais.
Since Professors’ Colony
sion of rapid action force hea- area but ever since our colony also falls under the jurisdic-
ded by SDM is required, but po- was declared a containment tion of Shyamla Hills police
of barricading too. For examp-
le, they have stopped entry and
Ravan'ousl y hung ry ?
exit at Fortune Pride on the
two gates of the society rather
than barricading roads and
areas in the vicinity of the co-
lony. “There are over 60 du-
plexes in the colony and two
gates. The colony is located in a
remote corner. So, we only
stopped entry and exit into the
colony at the gates rather than
barricading areas outside,”sa-
id TI, Shahpura police station,
Chandrabhan Patel.
Similarly, police have bar-
m

‘containment area’, the city
which had just two contain-
ment areas in March now has
seven. Both, the Raj Bhavan
and CM House also fall in the
containment area.
Apart from Professors' Co-
lony, which was declared the
Semra, Shyamla Hills, areas of
Aishbagh and Jehangirabad,
area around New Market, are-
as of Shivaji Nagar and Char
Imli, Indira Colony and Tri-
langa are the six containment
areas. In these areas, people
from outside are also not being
lice has been more or less “libe-
ral” in allowing people to go
out to get essentials.
A person living just a sto-
ne’s throw distance from the
family in which two infected
persons were found in Profes-
sors’ Colony said, “Though the
area, milk supply was discon-
tinued. Both the milk booths in
the colony are closed because
police do not allow trucks car-
rying milk packets to come in-
to the restricted area. But cops
don’t mind 300 to 400 people go-
ing out to purchase milk.”
station, when Bais was told
that residents of Professors’
Colony were not getting milk
because police are not allo-
wing milk-carrying trucks in-
to the colony, he said “The milk
booth owner himself must not
be opening his outlet.”
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ricaded only the mosque from
both sides in Aishbagh from
where four jamaatis with Co-
ronavirus infection were fo-
und. T T Nagar police, howe- Watch Ramayan on DD Natonal toda y at 9 AM and 9.10 PM
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city on March 22 afer a girl who of the “barricaded” area or vide all essential items to peo- ment areas, however, said that new areas, administration and in the police colony behind the
traveled from UK was detected has to go into the area, permis- ple living in the containment milk booths in their area are police have tweaked the mode T T Nagar police station.

2nd report of
Rabi procurement to begin from migrant labourer
Gwalior man
delivers baby boy
awaited
From P 1
April 15: Shivraj assures farmers TOI
Deshdeep.Saxena
@timesgroup.com
TOI

T Seeks Support After new cases, CM

he girl had returned
from United Kingdow
and was first patient of
state capital to be tested posi-
tive, subsequently her fa-
ther was also tested positive,
both returned home on Sat-
urday.
In Gwalior, officials are
waiting for the second re-
port of a 36-year-old man
who was tested positive ear-
lier. “He had tested negative
in the first report and second
report is still awaited, it is
likely that the report would
be received late in the night,
if found negative which is
likely then he would be dis-
charged on Sunday,” district
collector Gwalior Kaushlen-
dra Vikram Singh told TOI.
In Jabalpur, a total of 8
patients had tested positive
so far. Of these 8, 4 were test-
ed positive on March 20, they
have now tested negative in
the first report, however
their second report is still
awaited, said sources. All
these patients who are being
discharged are still kept un-
der home quarantine for 14
days, added sources.
Apart from it, officials
said that there are around 36
patients in Madhya Pradesh
who have nearly recovered
and their reports are await-
ed. TNN
For Modi’s
Lamp Call
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bhopal: Chief minister Shiv-
raj Singh Chouhan, on Satur-
day hinted that the lockdown
imposed to control Covid-19
crisis in the state will be over
on April 15 and thereafter the
Madhya Pradesh government
will begin procurement of Ra-
bi crop to financially help the
farmers.
“I assure the farmers that
government will begin procu-
rement of Rabi crops from
April 15 after the lockdown is
over. I also assure them that
there might be delay but, the
government will purchase all
the produce of the farmers
and provide them all possible
help during the crisis,” said
Chouhan in his television add-
ress to the public.
Incidentally, former CM
Kamal Nath on Saturday had
sent a letter to Chouhan ur-
ging to immediately start pro-
curement of Rabi crops
Chouhan further said that
after the Covid-19 crisis is over,
he would undertake a ‘parik-
CM Shivraj Singh Chouhan during a review meeting on Saturday
rama’ (circumambulation) of
Giriraj (Goverdhan Parvat) to
take blessings of the Almighty
for the safety of the public. He
also appealed to the citizens to
support Prime Minister Na-
rendra Modi's call for lighting
a lamp on Sunday at 9 pm.
“PM Modi ji has taken
right decisions at the right ti-
me. This has saved us from a si-
tuation like Italy, Spain and
USA. I appeal all the citizens to
support Prime Minister's call
to light a lamp or a candle or
even a torch on Sunday 9 pm
for 9 minutes to express their
solidarity to fight COVID-19,”
he said.
Trying to justify the deci-
sion to cease payment of dear-
ness allowance to the govern-
ment employees, Chouhan sa-
id that the revenue collection
for the current financial year
has not even crossed the mini-
mum collection mark. “You all
are aware that without finance
it would be impossible to pay
DA to the employees but, we
have postponed the payment
and not cancelled the same. We
will resume the orders when
the financial situation turns
normal,” said Chouhan.
The chief minister also re-
vealed that many of the senior
officials have also tested Coro-
na positive during the fight
with the pandemic. He said
that this would affect their re-
solve to fight the corona crisis.
He said the government is now
focusing on new areas like Mo-
rena where feast organised af-
ter the death caused severe in-
fection to the entire family.
“Even a TI (town inspec-
tor) of police in Indore, who
was bravely serving to fight
seeks more testing
Bhopal: The Madhya Pra-
desh government has soun-
ded alarm over new Covid-19
positive cases detected in Mo-
rena, Chhindwara and Khar-
gone districts during last two
days and instructed to enhan-
ce testing facilities through
proper supply of PPE kits.
“Proper arrangements
should be made in Morena,
Chhindwara and Khargone
districts that have been iden-
tified as new infected areas.
Apart from health workers,
other staff involved in the tre-
atment should also be provi-
ded PPE kits to ensure safety,”
said chief minister Chouhan
reviewing the COVID-9 situa-
tion in the state through a vi-
against Covid-19 was tested po-
sitive. But, he did not relent
and continued his job till we
forced him to take rest. There
are some more officials who
have been infected but, we will
continue our fight against the
deadly virus,” said Chouhan.
The chief minister also ap-
pealed to the members of Ja-
mat who had been tested posi-
deo conference, on Saturday.
He further said that those
who have been put under qua-
rantine should be given pro-
per treatment and food. The
meeting was informed that a
total 13,895 persons found CO-
VID positive, have been home
quarantined while 400 others
were kept separately. The go-
vernment also confirmed that
testing kits are sufficiently av-
ailable and 20,000 ITPCR were
being provided in the current
situation.
It was also informed that
the state has a capacity of 500
tests per day through six labs.
The chief minister has in-
structed to increase the capa-
city to 1000 per day. TNN
tive in several states including
MP. “We appeal to all the mem-
bers of Jamat who have been
staying in Madhya Pradesh.
Please come forward and dis-
close if you are suffering from
health issues. We will help you
in the treatment. But, we will
not allow anybody to play with
the life of others,” warned the
chief minister.
Bhopal: She is a picture of grit
and determination. In her ad-
vance stage of pregnancy, the
24-year-old impoverished wo-
man walked more than 500 kilo-
metres from Mathura in Uttar
Pradesh to Panna with thou-
sands of other migrating labou-
rers from the National Capital
Region following the outbreak
of Covid-19.
Kalli Bai, a resident of Pan-
na district, started her journey
on March 29. Before she rea-
ched her village on March 31,
she had not only walked a long
distance, but also travelled five
times in trucks – the only mode
of travel available for some fort-
unate labourers during their
arduous homeward journey.
Kalli Bai delivered a healt-
hy baby boy on Thursday and
aptly named him Ram. “He is
Ram because he is born just a
day before Ram Navami, the
birthday of Bhagwan Ram”,
she told doctors at a quarantine
facility in remote Bariyarpur
Bhumiyan village in Ajaygarh
tehsil of Panna district.
Both Kalli Bai and Ram are
healthy and are looked after by
us, said Dr K P Rajput, the in-
charge at the isolation centre.
Before the Covid-19 crisis,
Kalli Bai and her husband
Ramdeen Kevat were working
near Mathura, but they lost the-
Kalli Bai with her child Ram
ir job after the construction site
was closed.
“Everybody started going
home, we too joined them wit-
hout any clue how we would re-
ach our distant destination”,
said Ramdeen.
After walking a few kilo-
metres, a truck driver gave us
lift but we were dropped at a pla-
ce some 22 kilometres away
from Agra, Ramdeen said. “We
started walking again and rea-
ched Agra when another truck
driver stopped and agreed to
carry us. After travelling 200 ki-
lometres, we were dropped at
Jhansi, but the journey was ex-
tremely arduous “, he said.
The couple used trucks thri-
ce again to first reach Barua Sa-
gar, near Jhansi, Harpalpur in
Chhatarpur district and then
Bamitha village, some 40 kilo-
metres away from Ajaygarh.
On April 2, Ram was born
after a “normal delivery witho-
ut any complication”, doctors
told the local media.

LOCKDOWN
DOUBTSWholesale grocery market ‘None of the 500
screened so far
Crisis management groups in districts
Bhopal: In keeping with the di-
rective of the state home the de-
district crisis management
group in each district of the

WRITE shutdown begins to pinch show symptoms’

From P 1
partment, divisional commis-
sioner, Bhopal, Kalpana Shri-
vastava, has asked the collec-
state so as to ensure better coor-
dination among various de-
partments and ensure proper

TO US A Moeed Faruqui
tors of the four districts under implementation of directives

TIMES NEWS NETWORK
To make your life easy during the coronavirus Bhopal: The three-day shutting of shops
lockdown, TOI invites its readers to send their declared by wholesale grocery dealers in
queries at www.toilockdownfaqs.com Bhopal has become a cause for trouble for
small grocery stores in the city as they are
We will seek answers from the police and relevant starting to witness shortage of several
authorities. We request you to keep your questions brief. items.
You may also email your queries to lockdownfaqs@timesgroup.com With wholesale grocery dealers remai-
ning shut till Saturday, the supply of flour,
pulses, rice and sugar, among other grocery
District administration L CKDOWN items, to the markets of Bhopal has taken a
spokesperson, Arun Rathore ? FAQS hit.
For how long more will Professors’ Colony be a containment “Yes, it has resulted in exhausting seve-
ral items from kirana shops. A shopkeeper
area? It is already a fortnight, and persons who were found
like me can’t stock so many things. People
infected have also been discharged from hospital and are back are demanding oil, flour and other such
home. — Shyam Agrawal
Normally, it is 28 days. Fourteen days of room quarantine LOCKDOWN WOES
A
ccording to the diary en- her jurisdiction to form a dis- received from the government
try, 700 people from dif- trict level crisis management from time to time.
ferent villages in five group in the wake of a Corona- The team will consist of the
blocks were invited to the virus threat. District collector district superintendent of po-
feast. We have screened 500 of of each district will be chair- lice, district panchayat CEO,
them on Saturday and no one man of the group. CMHO, district commandant,
has any symptom. But they Principal secretary, home, S home guards and commission-
have all been sent in home iso- N Mishra, had issued a direc- er, municipal corporation be-
lation. The feast was orga- tive asking for the creation of sides district collector. TNN
nized on March 20, and 14 days
FEAST UNDER LENS
CINE
are already over. The remain-
ing 200 people will be
screened on Sunday,” collec-
A shopkeeper in Piplani uses milk trays as an tor Priyanka Das.
innovative way to maintain social distancing Morena chief medical and
amid the lockdown on Saturday health officer Dr RC Bandil

followed by 14 days of house quarantine. But, we have not
decided on Profs’ Colony yet. Officials will take a decision in
consultation with
health officials.
None of the phone nos.
of supermarket chains or
other shops issued by the
administration for home
delivery of grocery and
vegetables respond. What
is the use in publicizing
the nos. when they are
not to be picked?
— Sudhir Kamle
We have very good
Why enough passes are not
being issued to workers
engaged at petrol pumps.,
hospitals, grocery shops
and other services that are
exempted from lockdown?
We have tried to give
sufficient number of passes to
such people, but there can be
few who have been left out.
They can contact the nearby
police station for the purpose.
items which are not available on small
shops,” said Varun Verma, a shopkeeper in
BHEL area.
Another shopkeeper at Arera Colony,
Anup Panthi, said, “I am told that wholesa-
le dealers cited that they are doing to main-
tain social distancing. It could be maintai-
ned by even keep your shops open like we
and other grocery stores are doing.”
Anand Ahinsa, another shopkeeper, sa-
id, “I am unable to understand what whole-
sale dealers will get by shutting down shops
for only three days. When govt is making
provisions itself to maintain the supply of
grocery I do not understand the thought be-
hind shutting stores for three days.”
Another shopkeeper, who did not wish
OV RE
said, “This happened on
shops was taken by Bhopal Kirana Vyapari March 20. By then, orders had
Mahasangh on Thursday. “In view of the se- been issued that gatherings of
riousness of Coronavirus crisis, wholesa-
more than 50 people were pro-
lers, as well as retailers of Hanumanganj hibited, yet so many people
and Jumerati, have decided to shut down participated in this feast. He
completely from April 2 to 4,” general secre- was reluctant to provide in-
tary of the Mahasangh, Anupam Agrawal formation but on pressuriz-
had claimed while announcing the lock- ing, he told us about a diary
down on Wednesday. which had the list of invitees.
This wholesale market supplies food- It was recovered this after-
grains and other material to retailers in a noon from his house.” TNN
150-km radius of Bhopal, including some of
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macists, cops and administrative officers who are directly com-
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Shc-
Deputy Commissioner,
Mandya Dist. & Special officer
c r
B.TECH iit mba iim 28/ 5'11"
Bu'ness analyst MNC 1 Crore
F'ther Indust'list caste no bar
no dowry a'fluent fmly#86029
08512.E:mragrad@gmail.com
SM4 32/5'11' NM . garg. BCA ,
H' some b o y , w o r k i n g as e-
commerce head in NCR 23 LPA.
status family. M: 9650303662 . E:
subhgupta1956'gmail.com
ALLIANCE invited from a
decent family for our son 30yrs ,
residing in panchkula , height
(511"). BE , MTech , Phd , Hindu ,
Garg gotra . Govt officer . faced
s e p e r a t i o n in f e w d a y s
marriage. 9411153456
A B'ful Match for H'some Mo-
hyal Brahmin Boy,39/6 ft, Lt.
Col, Early Marriage. Caste no
bar Send Details & Pic of Girl
W'app 9780355951,9484292970.
KKB Boy 29/5'8'' B.Tech
IITK Ph.D Asst. Prfsr (Adhoc)
Japan Seeks Edu. B'ful Match
M.Sc. Pref W'App 7525048913.
Em: katyayan44@gmail.com
FUNJ Sarasw at Brah , Unma-
rried 17Rcm , 29-07-69, 11.20AM,
D e l h i , P I I D . Self Emp, SOKpm ,
Need Veg Bride 49871702230.
ajayshanna270W gmail .com
M4 Cr Br manglik 36/169cm
fair handsome music teacher at
Noida 3.5LPA . Working girl
from a decent family . Contact
49 1aA91 4
CENT. Excise Tax Assistant
in L u c k n o w 1988 5'6 " K K B
M a n g l i k r e q u i r e s G o v t.
employed girl (pref. UP). Mob:
9451106952
P@AI for KKB boy Dec 8,1991,
57' . N113A working as Manager
in %1NC in Mumbai . Preferred
Nl u m b a i w o r k i n g g i rl . Calltl
94215.51000
SPB H'some boy 29/5'11"
BTech/MTech/IIT Kgp (CS)
After5 years in USA Founder
& CEO of a startup In India
Mob:9131267139/9993873300.
NM SON 29yo/ USA/ 5'9"/
E ngg Grad / Brahmin , seeks
alliances for a bride . 25 -
29yo from an educated
f a m i l y / same caste. Ph:
9999097729
KKB March 90/5'5 "/15 LPA
Lko Based BE Bits . Pilani.
MBA . IIM Kolkata wrkg. IBM.
Fthr. Reid. Cl-1. Sister Doctor
seeks PQ Match (wa) 8004288488
SM for B r a h mi n 3 1 / 5 ' 7" MS
(US) S/W Engr in California .
Girl emp loyed in US or open to
r e l oc a t e to US p r e f e r r e d . M :
+919335913885 E m a il :
surpd 1951fagmail.com
PQM4 Br 28/6' Mglk smart
Boy B.Tech MS USA wkg PWC
carolena USA seeking B'ful
girl pref service class whats-
app # 9664277123
Readers are advised to make appropriate
/ thorough enquiries before acting upon any
advertisement.This newspaper does not vouch
or subscribe to claims and representations
made by advertisers regarding particulars of
status , age income of bride/groom.
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Managing Director
r Own House in USA. Never
I :
PQM4 NM good looking boy,
fair, 35yrs / 5'7", Delhi, Pilot
(Captain) Spice Jet, Caste No
Bar. # 9136515320, 8076439807
Em: skjain2647@gmail.com
BANIYA M n g l k b o y .
MBA. 36/5"6 /42LPA /GM
/Noida. Lukng for qualfied
w r k n g b a n i y a g rl . B H P
W t s / A p 7738137769
SAXENA M a n g l i k 28 / 5'7"
Handsome, Well Settled NCR
based boy, Seeks Good
L o o k i n g , W o r k i n g girl f r o m
Status family # 9818196989
QSM4 Kayasth B.Tech Boy
29/5'9" wrkg MNC Noida
18 LPA. Presently Posted in
France Now in India April 20.
Contact: 9675230949.
KAYASTHA boy 85/ 5'7 ,
B.Tech , Bangalore based IT job
17 LPA , seeks well educated ,
working bful bride . 6351771721,
8400873628 , pssahai @gmail.com
MATHUR BOY 25/ 10/1994
5' 10" MBA , INCOME 35.40L/PA
( F A M I L Y BUSINESS) SEEKS
WELL QUALIFIED MATHUR
G I R L C O N T A C T
9649999730,9829203789
S/M for Lucknow base family
for Eng / MBA S r i v a s t a v a boy.
Working MNC at Mumbai DOB
Nov 91 . 9452451148 E - m a i l :
msrivastva22/Xgmai1. com
SAXENA soy
28 . 5" ll ' work ing in gurugram
4L, LPA father class 1 officer
wanted beautiful working girl
working in MNC preferred
teaching profession. cast no bar
Mob 9415013236 mail:
maheshsaxena98ta yahoo.in
SM4 h'some T.Totaller, slim
boy, Del Saxena fmly 38/5'11",
B.Tech wkg Ncr S/w 15L wkg
match Ncr pref #7838306690
Email: sc005381@gmail.com
SM4 NM Saxena Boy 29/5'8"
M.Tech in Structure Eng.
Own Consultancy in Meerut /
Noida/Delhi.E:saxena.nikhil
1990@gmail.com, 9837170774
SRIV h'some boy 30/5'9" CA
/MNC/ Hyderabad/ 15 LPA
seeks PQ wkg v.fair/fair b'ful
/tall girl from edu fmly. Mob:
9919666606/9415156757 Lko.
SRIVASTAVA, 30/678.5 LPA
B E . (E & C), PG (Int. Business
Management). Deputy Manager
Emam1 Lt d K o lk a t a . Cast No
Bar C ont- l ?6:;1946620
SM 4 Sept 90 5'11" Mathur, en-
gineer wrkg in US reputed
family from Rajasthan, all
Kayastha accepted early mar-
riage pref. girl willing to
settle in US. mathur1957
@outlook.com, 9414057541
Let e-com cos deliver
essential goods: Govt
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
Bhopal: State government
has asked the district collec-
tors and SPs of all the districts
to allow e-commerce compa-
nies to provide essential com-
modities to people during the
period of lockdown.
Principal
MSME, Manu Shrivastava,
said that public distribution
system (PDS) outlets, grocery
shops, shops selling fruits, ve-
getables, milk & milk pro-
ducts, meat, fish and pet food
have been exempted from
restrictions imposed during
Divis onal Railway Manager (Works)
of India invite s sc aled "Open Tender ' through on Lino (E- Tenderng) for
the f o l l o w n g work:
E-Tender No. & Descri ption of work
JHS-Engg - C-2020 -40 : ADEWLme/J hansi sub
divison: Supply of potable drinking water by tanker 43 ,61,576/-
at Datia . Dabra and other locations inADEN/Line/Jhansi section for 02 years.
(Tanker capacity 4000 Litres)
Cost of Tender Form : t 3.150/- . Date of Closing Tender : 06.05.2020 at 15:00
hrs., Date of comp letion /period from Issue acceptance letter : 24 Months.
Tender on line can be s u b m i t t e d upto 15:00 hrs . on 06 .05.2020.
Fo f u l d e t a i l s a n d s ub m ' s s i o n ct b' d p l e a s e see t h e I i d i a n R a i l w a y s
w e bs t , w w vv . i re p s . g o v . i n
0 North central railwap
TIMES SV [mate
LOOKING
for working
Kayastha Girl for smart fair
Boy 29/5'6" B.Tech MBA
working in non-IT MNC
Hyderabad. Cont-7880741608.
SUITABLE Match for
smart Brahmin boy 33/5'7"
wrkg as Engr. in US Oil MNC
in Norway, Salary in 8 figures
Call # 9971117404, 9811707893
PQSM4 well settled Saxena
(Johari) boy 33yrs, 5'5''
BE(IT), Wkg. MNC 24.5 LPA
Bangalore, Upper cast accept-
able, whatsapp: 9602767649
B6/ 6.1/ Mumbai / M N C / 1 5
LPA. H a n d s o m e boy seeks
beautiful/prof. qualified girl.
M. 8080331161/ 9821032316
$M 4 h' some 83 born ti sober.
t e e t o t a l l e r . non s m o k e r . U.P .
K h a t r i boy wk g I ID F C B a n k
N o ida last 9yr s . N. d owry f t h r
Sr rec d Police offr . Y 9953h25785
SM4 handsome Tandon Boy
July 85/5'7", wrkg as Senior
Journalist. Seeks Beautiful
working Girl from Lko
reputed family. # 9415104780
SM 4 1989 bor n Jodh p u r based
Kh a t r i boy Govt A d v o c a t e HC
P a r e n t s G o v t . D o c t o r s Send
I3iodata and Photo 9928092089
SM4 Aggarwal Boy, 28/5'8''
Singhal Gotra, Pursuing MD
(General Medicine), Pre-
ferred Medico Girl. Mob.
9950011760
HSN JainiGoel boy 21.5.74
/ 4p m / P an i pat 5' 7 " BE (E&C) /
GO i.pa. Wk g as Engg. Manager
for a l a r g e US MNC in N o i d a
Email : ja in l974sia.gmail.cotn
8M4 Gupta Boy /33/5'10"/NM .
Hotel Mgmnt Grad , US Green
Card , Wrkg. in Pennsylvania
Seeks Vol, wrkg . girl willing to
move USA . caste no bar. 73030-
62164 , matrikar an yahoo.com
ALLIANCE I n v i t e d 4 PQ
Bengali Kayastha Boy.
1988 / 8 " . Pvt. Job. 7LPA , Seeks
E d u c a t e d G i r l . 9829053606.
Jaipur.
SM4 H'some Jadaun Rajput
Boy 5'9"/30. MBA, Wkg as HR
in Finance Co., Jaipur, Seeks
Fair Beautiful well educated
Girl from Reputed Family #
9929095766, 7014636919
LOOKING for Medico & hig
-hly Qualified Match from
M.P.for H"sme Boy MS Gener
-al Surgery,6'2'',34-Yr,Caste no
Bar.M-9826500805, 9826614838
SINKS professional qlfd
hindu girl for Dubai bsd 28yr/
59" Punjabi boy Post Grad slid
in family business. CallJw % app:
Mrs Sunda 00971506753208
SUNNI Muslim H'some Boy
28/5'10'' B.Tech Permanent
Govt.Job Officer Grade Seeks
Convent Edu Qlfd B'ful Girl.
WhatsApp: 9565256693
A match needed for Gursikh
boy born A u g 1990 , 5 ' 10 ",
BTECH , working in MNC from
well settled reputed family.
F a t h e r E x e c u t i v e in a
Maharatna PSU. Caste No Bar
Contact : 9650994530 /
8077351649
secretary,
E-Tendering Tender Notice
N.C. Ra Ivray. Jhansi for and behalf of President
SM for MD Int . Med. $400K US
Citizen Div. 5'6" 34 y r s Early
Marriage Caste no bar
Ph:+1(267)2902530 & -91858 696
9890 P r o f i l e & p h o t o t o
impk9247@igmail.com
US citizen Nationalized Guj
Boy 36 yrs/5'8"/ Director of
Engg- Mnc bsd in LosAngeles
married. Open to relocate.
Pref girl bsd in USA. Email:
HarishMSeth@gmail.com
AGARWAL h'some v.fair 6'
nvr mrrd. MBA-USA MD For-
tune 100 S'pore-India based
seeks b'ful edu girl upto 38.
BP to: neil2122@yahoo.com
UK Ctzn G n t l 11'sum lin d u
Thakr wel sttld E n g n r Own
house DOB 11 .9.94. 5' 7" seeks
Qfied A'ful grl , w ll n g 2 migrte
cast no bar Wapp -447531167086
HIGH status affluent business
fl y settled in D u b ai seeks
a l l i a n c e for c h a r m i n g son
(never married) 35 / 5-10 " USA
graduate . Director in own
company seeks charming girl
from well established non veg
fl y. Caste no bar Email details
n ho r os c o p e on
mira do r l2 bt ggm ail, com
SM4 Saxena boy Mglk 30/180
Wheatish. Slim Wkg in Finance
in Mlumbai as Sr. Mngr. 10.15
LPA . Wkg girl preferred. Caste
no bar. Wts. App 9717691279
SM4 Punjabi Divorcee l'ess
boy 49/5'10" B.Tech IIT, MBA
IIM. Sr. Manager in MNC
45Lpa. Caste No Bar. Cont:
9109104775, 9109104774.
DELHI based V.Hsome Pbi 36/
5:10" .highly ylfd, own business,
house Office.Car . I'less legally
div. V.short mr g . seeking smrt
edu.hmely girl W/A: 9910965491
SM4 Gaur Brahmin Govt Job
52/5'11" I'less Divorcee seeks
Delhi/NCR based qlfd, I'less
companion. # 9958905794
Em: ps.2382776@gmail.com
1r
n LUCKNOW
l 1
PQ d4 Garg Fair Girl. 32/5' 4 "
BE. Working MNC NCR , very
handsome Pkg. I'less Div. (V.
short marriage ) # 9717298557
Em : elite .mail .usggmail.com
MITTAL girl born march
9 5 / 1 60 cm p u r s u i n g M D S
(orthodontics) from a reputed
govt . college . Well s e t t l e d
family from Lucknow.
nkumarlucknow@gmail .com .
9335231819
PQM 4 NM , beautiful ,
very fair, sl im , 5'3, sept
83 born , 6Tec h, work ing
in MNC , NCR # 8 1 7 1 9 7 1 6 9 1
email: m r g s b a @ g m a i l . c o m
IN LOCKDOWN TIMES
the lockdown period.
If they can be delivered at
home through e-commerce
companies, people will not be
required to come out of their
houses to buy them.
If an e-commerce compa-
Approx Earnest
Cost Money
T Z
87 ,200L
asa2 ainl
VOCIPRONCR
H'SOME Delhi bsd Goel boy
I'less Div.Short Marriage/39/
5'7",w.estb.B'ness, seeks Edu.
smart issueless Bride.#88004-
53030, E: pg2mat@gmail.com
DECENT D e l h i based
Ahluwalia family seek Punjabi
working match (prefer
DelhiNCR) for their 1987 born ,
handsome, fair , 66 ", divorcee
son , no liability , working in
reputed airlines . C o n t a c t.
9810975667, 9310401251
SM4 Agarwal unmaried boy
38/5'10" B.Tech IIT MBA IIM
working in MNC 40 Lpa ac-
cept div & widow Caste No
Bar#8370000442/8358052821
SM4 Fair 1I' s o m e B e n g a l i -
B r ah m i n - K u l i n 26yr/ 170 cm boy
on I I I B CA-U S. BE BITS-Pilani,
A1S(EEE)CA -I.SA frm fair . b'ful
B e n g a l i B r a h m i n G i r l ( S c i- E n
g g ) U S A/ fn d i a . F , ml : weddingof
mysonragmail com ; 9727061157
BENGALI Brah boy 29/5'8''
B.Tech P.G.P.M wrkg in MNC
15LPA, Fthr Engr, Mthr prin-
cipal seeks b'ful fair slim edu
girl # 9425236160,9089890005
ALLIANCE invited for
Status affluent B'ness
(Pharma) fmly smart grad-
uate boy, 1987/ 6" (very Slight
Stress in Rt. Leg, Drives Car
Comfortably) 9335830859
rvakanpur@yahoo.co.in
WANTED suitable Match 4
fair Slim Punjabi Groom 36 5.5
Well settled own car own house
Dog Lover . Looking 4 Educated
. slim Fair . Caring Bride.
#9830055539/6290808159 Email-
e n i ar k o h l b r o s . i n , v a r u n @
kohlbros.in
SM4 Hindu Pb . Khatri H' som e
boy 59" / 16.01.92/ 8:52 AM/
Delhi. Wkg Food Safety Officer,
Delhi Govt 11LPA. # 7678292555
Email: sbhalla6(w
wgmail.com
SM4 Punjabi Boy 28/5'10"
B.Tech,IIT,MBA,IIM,Sr.Man-
ager in MNC 45LPA Father In-
dustrialist Caste No Bar, No
Dowry 8358052712 ,8889682789
I
Iel
PQM for working AP/MTC
M.Tech,PhD,IIT slim w'htish
fair 5'3''/1 Nov'85/VNS/20:47
ready to move.Send BHP. #
9161226022,Upper Cast No bar
BRAHMIN Anshik Mang-
lik (ICICI Bank) working girl
14.10.90,4:00pm, 5’7” Gzb, See-
ks Well Stld Service/B’ness
Match. Cont . 9773816872
SM4 B'ful V'fair Dec 91/5'2"
veg. Brahmin, doing MBA
from USA, parents Govt. job.
India, Abroad Families Cont-
9667514555 upper cast no bar.
SANADHYA Brahmin fair
bTul girl 1991/5'3'.MBA. belong
ing to Well Established Status
Business F a m i l y of West U.P.
Mobile: 9917612109. 8272011000
KKB girl fair, b'ful, 27/
5'7" MURP CEPT Ahmedabad,
Asstt Professor in
NCR, Father Sr Officer UP
Govt WhatsApp 9453431786
hmt.upa@gmail.com
ny shows interest in the supp-
ly of essential goods to people,
it should be allowed to do it
while observing the norms of
social distancing and other
precautions necessary to
check Coronavirus infection.
Only essential goods gran-
ted exemption from restric-
tion during lockdown will be
allowed to be carried and deli-
vered by the e-commerce com-
pany and nothing else, he cla-
rified.
He asked the district col-
lectors to issues passes for the
staff of e-commerce compani-
es if they agree to supply es-
sential goods at home to peo-
ple during the lockdown pe-
riod.
Tender Notice No. JHS/Engg/
2020/C/34
Ist Corrigendum
It is notified that the ope n tender
invited by Divisional Railway Manager
(Works) North Central Railway, Jhansi
vide Tender notice no. JHS/Engg/C/
2020/34 , which is due to be opened on
15.04.2020 is hereby postponed and
now will be opened on 06.05.2020.
Other terms and conditions of the
original tender notification shall remain
unchanged 392/ 20(K)
SUITABLE m a t c h for GB
g i r l . 34/5' 5' , CA.CS . M a n a g e r
Finance' Leading MNC 12LPA,
Cont . R057i23007
SM4 b'ful mglk brahmin girl
29/5'4'' wkg MNC in Gurgon.
Father retd Sr. Officer from
Railways. Mob: 9877648348
Em: brautji@yahoo.com
PQM for b'ful KKB girl. Antya
Nadi 29/ 08/89 . 158cm .
Wk g in
MNC. Delhi. l'kg 7.5 lacs . Ph.
8429412490. 7007807577.
SM4 Jain Mittal PQ convent
edu B'ful fair slim Feb83 /5'3 "
Delhi B' n e s s f a m i l y . E match. Contact: 6366530293
la ln s d e l h il ? ; gmail .com . Ph
R() 7G3R9O69
SEEKING Match for Jatav
Girl 26/5' MBBS,MS Obs Gyn
-ae from same community.
Preferable MD, MS Doctors
9406500408,9993920412
SM 4 B'Ful Jatav Girl 89/5'2"
BA(H) Wrkg. Govt. Co. Fr. Rtd
Dy. Secy. GOI seeks Settled
Boy # 9868949208, 9643527933
Em: chandra9868@gmail.com
MATHUR Match For Slim ,
good looking girl 26/5 4"B.Tech
SW E n g r NCR .only M a t h u r s
may Contact : 8383847940 Em:
mmathur195Wgmai.com
KAYASTH girl vfair con edu
wrkg MNC-BTech MBA Dec 84
born 5'3" Non Mglk High Pckg
CasteNoBar 9560955317
sadhnasaxena09(igmail.com
PQM4 B'ful,Smart,N'Mglk,
Saxena Girl 18Sep87,9AM.
Gwalior based & born,5'2",
MBA(Tourism) & Music,MN
-C Gurgaon 5/LPA.W:9425341
-610.E:kishan794@gmail.com
BM4 29 yrs/ 5'4" Saxena girl ,
B. Tech ., Exe. MBA (II M/L),
wk g MNC Hyd. Father Sr. Rly
Officer younger brother in US
Contact: 9516795529 (6 to 9 pm)
vi rendraidea1961 Cigmail.com
MBA Khatri B'ful Girl 28/
5'4'' Seeks Lucknow Settled
SM Preferably affluent Busi-
nessman, CA, Doctor. Cont:
9415082333, 9236261001
PQM4 Gupta girl. Feb'89/5' 1"
Ph D . M .t e c h f r o m N D R I
Karnal. wkg as Asst. Prof. in
Govt. U n i v . Caste no bar M:
971 7884430
27/5'1' Fair, MCA, IT, B'ful
Baniya girl seeks Baniya
H'some, IT professional boy
non maglik, Call - 8279368757/
9410011194, 9012073871
based High
status Agarwal Business
Family girl 26/5'3" fair, B'ful,
B.Tech MS from USA, work-
ing in USA. Boy should be
well settled High status
Family. # 9335910899 (W)
SM4 Agg bful girl 17 Oct
84/5'4" BTech wkg MNC Ggn
14LPA, I'less divorcee E: agar
walparivar18@gmail.com
#9412904001, 9997435575
DOCTOR H i g h B u s i n e s s
f a m i l y match for a B 'ful , slim ,
fair , Jain girl . june 92, 65 " , MD
Radiologist Affluent Dehradun
based famil y. Mob . 9897636327
AGRAWAL girl B.E IIM
Dec 91/'5'4'' slim smart Ama-
zon Banglore. Decent Jaipur
family. Upper CNB. #
6377428205, 6350638058
V B'ful Fair Slim Rajput Bho
pal based UG and PG from
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the morale of Drz Zakia
and Dr
Trupti of In-
dore who
were pelted
with stones
while they
had gone to
conduct health tests in
view of the corona pan-
demic.
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tors as his daughters, the
governor — in a telephonic
conversation — congratu-
lated them for their exem-
plary work and courage.
Stating that the whole
country is with them, Tan-
don said that they are being
appreciated at every level
right from the Prime Min-
ister.
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they can contact Raj Bha-
van anytime and for any
kind of need.
Dr Zakia and Dr Trupti
said their morale has in-
creased manifold after the
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Dr Trupti said their morale has increased manifold
after the Governor addressed them as his daugh-
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APRIL 5, 2020 TIMES NATION | Lockdown-Day 11 5

The music plays on, virtually Centre fights virus on the one
With concerts and festivals cancelled, musicians are going on tour on
social media but can livestreaming be the future for the music industry?
Mohua.Das@timesgroup.com
I
t was his fourth day in quarantine.
In the morning, he played an on-
line word game. In the afternoon,
he video-called friends. By even-
ing, he headed to the balcony for a
performance of ‘Covid of the County’
— a parody of Kenny Rogers’ ‘Coward
of the County’ that he wrote and sang
while staring down a webcam and
playing to his virtual fans.
On another night like this, Carlton
Braganza, a singer and restaurateur
from Bangalore, would have found
himself in the frenetic buzz of a live
gig. But post-lockdown, performing
artistes — musicians, singers, stand-
up comics, slam poets, illusionists and
cultural institutions — are touring
social media and performing live from
the safety of their homes.
Braganza was in the midst of a 12-
city tour when Covid-19 pulled the
plug. “I’ve never sat still in decades.
And although it feels a little awkward
staring at myself on a screen while
playing in an empty room, it’s bring-
ing joy to me and others,” says Bra-
ganza whose nightly “pyjama and
drinks jukebox sessions” brings in a
virtual audience of 700 to 1,200 span-
ning Mumbai to Melbourne.
If Chris Martin and John Legend
were the first ones to step into the void
hand, polarisation on the other
Rope In Faith
Leaders, PM
Has Told CMs
TIMES NEWS NETWORK
New Delhi: As it battles the
coronavirus pandemic, the
government is also having to
contend with growing com-
munal polarisation in the
wake of Tablighi Jamaat’s
link to rise in positive cases.
Government sources said
that feedback from across
the country suggested that
the disproportionately large
number of positive cases and
Jamaat members’ callous
disregard for social distan-
cing as well as to the well-be-
ing of care providers have
embittered inter-faith ties,
aggravating the challenge at
NEW PLATFORM: From the comfort of home, performing artistes like Carlton Braganza a time when the government
(in pic) are reaching out to a global audience. Event management firms are trying to is fighting an unprecedented
make the most of this virtual connectedness and figuring out if it can be monetised public health challenge.
The concern led Prime
microphone, in those 30 minutes Ku- sees new models for monetisation. Minister Narendra Modi to
had had worked the virtual room to “Crises bring panic, followed by inno- urge chief ministers to enlist
perform to 50,000 listeners for ‘Live vation, and you get to see the potential, the support of faith leaders.
from HQ’, an eight-show series featur- viability and patronage in a new tra- They should be told that the-
ing popular artistes who will go live jectory of live performance. Whether ir respective faiths would
from their social networking page it’ll last beyond the current con-
every night until April. “The largest straints will depend on how event pro-
survive only if they unitedly
defeated coronavirus, sour-
ces quoted the PM as telling
the chief ministers.
The feedback pointed to
the damage caused by ima-
ges of mobs assaulting doc-
tors, paramedics, police and
other officials who had gone
to screen suspected cases as
part of contact tracing exer-
cise as well as boasts that the
“faithful” were endowed
with ironclad immunity.
On Friday, the depart-
ment of telecom (DoT) told
country representatives of
video sharing platform Tik-
Tok to take down objectio-
nable material and put in pla-
ce algorithms to screen out
potentially inflammatory
content. Sources said the con-
versation between the two si-
des was not pleasant with
DoT representatives bluntly
talking about the “drastic po-
wers” that the government
CMs warn of ‘virus
of divisiveness’
M aharashtra CM Uddhav
Thackeray said on Satur-
day that there is another virus,
that of “divisiveness”, apart
from coronavirus as he and his
Tamil Nadu counterpart K
Palaniswami appealed against
giving communal colour to the
spread of Covid-19. The appeal
by the two CMs came on a day
when their UP counterpart Yogi
Adityanath alleged that the
“intentional violation of social
distancing norms or spreading
of chaos” is part of a conspiracy
by people who attended the
Tablighi Jamaat meet. PTI
has at its disposal. The go-
vernment is also in touch
with representatives of
WhatsApp and Facebook.
“It is time to unequivo-
cally condemn what is inde-
fensible and to involve all
communities in the fight
against the virus,” said a se-
nior government source. He
expressed hope that Modi’s
“light a lamp” campaign may
help shift the conversation
away from TJ on Sunday.

While it was weird

doing this alone in
silence where I couldn’t see
anyone, it also felt personal
and homey. (Home gigs) are
about community
building and
giving back
— PRATEEK KUHAD
Singer-songwriter
with a live concert streaming out
of their homes, back home guitarist
Warren Mendonsa of Blackstratblues
was one of the first to take his strato-
caster to his virtual fans with a
series of living room jams. Several
others followed.
Singer-songwriter Prateek Kuhad,
whose first ever show in Nepal this
month was gutted by the virus, rose
like a phoenix in his home studio in
Delhi on Day One of the lockdown,
spinning out about a dozen of his
songs on guitar and keys. Perched a
few feet away from a webcam and a
crowd I’ve had at a solo physical con-
cert is about 9,000. While it was weird
doing this alone in silence where I
couldn’t see anyone, it also felt per-
sonal and homey,” says Kuhad.
These livestreamed sessions are
serving as a trial for concerts to mi-
grate online in the future. Big Bad
Wolf, the entertainment company that
put ‘Live from HQ’ together, is among
a handful of artiste and event manage-
ment companies trying to make the
most of this virtual connectedness and
dipping into the online-only audience
to see if there’s potential.
“It was imperative to not look at it
as a time to sit back and wonder what
is next; but continue doing what we do
in a different setting,” says Pallavi
Gulani of Big Bad Wolf, adding:
“While money is not our focus right
now, people are already used to con-
suming content online and paying for
a show they attend. This could simply
be the coming together of both.”
Deepak Gopalakrishnan, a former
content and marketing professional
for music and event management com-
panies who recently helped compile a
digital spreadsheet of these drawing
room concerts being livestreamed,
moters and artiste managers adapt
and find revenue sources,” he says.
Mini concerts shared exclusively
via online channels are already help-
ing raise funds. Chennai-based Car-
natic singer TM Krishna, for instance,
has organised a solo livestream con-
cert on March 29 priced at Rs 1,500.
The proceeds are meant to go towards
supporting artistes displaced finan-
cially by the pandemic.
But these stay-at-home gigs cannot
make up for the scale of lost income.
Sanjoy Roy, president of Events and
Entertainment Management Associa-
tion, an apex industry body that re-
cently organised a nine-hour digital
festival of #StayAtHome concerts on
the day of the Janta Curfew, estimates
damages worth Rs 3,000 crore for the
first two months, based on a pan-India
survey of event cancellations before
the lockdown.
Meanwhile, artistes like Kuhad and
Braganza are determined that the
show must go on. “It’s about commu-
nity building, giving back, and making
the most of solitude that is very con-
ducive to creativity,” says Kuhad. “I’m
going to do this until we can go out
again,” adds Braganza.
Special milk
train to run
at 110 kmph
Dipak.Dash@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Freight trains run-
ning at 110 kmph may sound im-
possible, but a “Duronto Doodh
special” carrying six tankers
with over 2.4 lakh litres of milk
started from Renigunta in And-
hra Pradesh on Saturday and is
to reach Delhi’s Hazrat Niza-
muddin station in 36 hours.
With railway corridors be-
ing completely rid of passenger
trains due to the lockdown, fr-
eight trains are running at high
speed. Before the lockdown,
their average speed was around
25 kmph. The railway minis-
try had on Friday claimed
that over 4 lakh wagons of es-
sential goods were transport-
ed by all zones between March
24 and April 2 to keep the sup-
ply chain functional.
Full report on www.toi.in
Covid-19’s spread
similar to H1N1’s
Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The geographi-
cal distribution of Covid-19
has a strikingly similar
pattern with that of the
H1N1influenza in 2009, sug-
gesting that though the
spread in population could
be high, it is unlikely to uni-
formly affect all parts of
the country, the Centre said
in its containment plan
for large outbreaks.
The plan, released on
Saturday, detailed post-
lockdown measures to deal
with large outbreaks whe-
re efforts will be focused on
active surveillance in iden-
tified geographical zones
along with implementa-
tion of social distancing
measures with strict peri-
meter control. Besides, in-
tensified testing may be re-
quired among all suspect
cases, high-risk contacts
and those with severe acute
respiratory infection.
The Centre has drawn
out the plan as clusters pos-
ing high risk of further Co-
vid-19 spread have emerged
in states like Kerala, Maha-
rashtra, Rajasthan, UP, Pu-
njab, Karnataka, Telanga-
na, Delhi and the UT of La-
dakh. As per the risk asse-
ssment, 211 districts have
reported cases and the risk
of further spread is very hi-
gh. The cluster containm-
ent strategy will be to con-
tain the disease within a de-
fined area by early detecti-
on of cases, breaking chain
of transmission and preve-
nting further spread.
Full report on www.toi.in
ICMR gives
nod for rapid
antibody tests
Sushmi.Dey@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Ramping up its tes-
ting strategy, the ICMR issued
an advisory on Saturday to
start rapid antibody-based blo-
od tests for coronavirus.
The strategy for using the
test includes clusters (contain-
ment zone) and large migration
gatherings or evacuees’ centr-
es. The advisory said anyone
with influenza-like illness (ILI)
should be home-quarantined
for 14 days. At facility level, all
symptomatic people with ILI
having cough, cold, low-grade
fever and sore throat will be tes-
ted with rapid antibody tests. If
apatient tests positive, decision
will be taken based on clinical
assessment and treatment in
hospital will follow. Contact tra-
cing will also be done.
Full report on www.toi.in

Deadline for ‘Make in India’ push DRDO develops

T " ES
claiming TDS walk-through METHORK
relief extended for ventilators, PPEs PTI
fumigation unit
NOW OR NOTHING

TIMES NEWS NETWORK Surojit.Gupta TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi: The income tax
department on Saturday ex-
tended the deadline for sub-
mitting form 15G and 15H for
claiming exemption from TDS
to June 30, a move which is ex-
pected to help small taxpayers.
“This will safeguard the
small taxpayers against TDS
where there is no tax liabili-
ty,” the tax department said.
The department has said
that all assesses who have filed
application for lower or nil de-
duction of tax deducted at
source (TDS) and tax collected
at source (TCS) for fiscal year
2020-21 and whose applications
are pending for disposal and
they have been issued such cer-
tificates for FY 2019-20 then such
certificates would be applicable
till June 20, of FY 2020-21 or dis-
posal of their applications by
the assessing officer, whichever
is earlier for transactions and
the dedicator or collector if any,
for whom the certificate was is-
sued for fiscal year 2019-20.
Full report on www.toi.in
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: The govern-
ment wants the private sec-
tor to ramp up production of
ventilators, personal protec-
tive equipment, gloves and
goggles and meet the need
for an additional 2 lakh ven-
tilators by June in view of
the spread of Covid-19 pan-
demic. The empowered com-
mittee led by NITI Aayog
CEO Amitabh Kant held a
virtual interaction with se-
nior industry leaders on
Thursday for amplifying the
logistics supply chain for
ventilators and PPEs, glo-
ves, goggles and other such
equipment for front-line me-
dical professionals comba-
ting the Covid-19 outbreak.
The government has cast
its net wide for ventilators
and has roped in public sec-
tor firms but now wants the
private sector to use its reso-
urces to manufacture the
items domestically to meet
any additional demand.
A family out on a scooter in
Hyderabad on Saturday
“It was a message to
ramp up manufacturing
and less of imports,” said a
source. The industry has
promised to involve the au-
to sector to use its produc-
tion line to manufacture
ventilators and several
companies such as Maruti,
Mahindra, Tatas and others
committed to building a
supply chain for such equip-
ment. Another area which
the private sector has been
asked to focus is the manu-
facturing of testing kits.
Full report on www.toi.in
New Delhi: The DRDO on Sa-
turday said it has developed a
portable full-body decontami-
nation chamber or personnel
sanitisation enclosure (PSE),
which can be used in hospi- I
tals, office buildings and I
other critical installations.
“The enclosure, equipped
with sanitiser and soap dis-
penser, is a walk-through en-
closure designed to disinfect
one person at a time. Designed
by DRDO lab, Vehicle Rese-
arch Development Establish-
ment, at Ahmednagar, the
PSE has been manufact-
ured with the help of M/s D H
Ltd, Ghaziabad within four
days,” said an official.
“Upon entry, electrically-
operated pumps create a dis- AA I
infectant mist of hypo sodium
chloride. The mist spray is ca-
librated for an operation of 25
seconds,” he said.
Two other DRDO labs have
also developed light-weight
full face protection masks for
health care professionals.
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sealed Bhandup
house rescued
Mumbai: A caged parrot that
was left in a sealed Bhandup
home after the occupant tested
positive for Covid-19, has been
rescued by animal activists
with the help of forest, police
and municipal officials.
The bird, who had not been
fed for three days, is now at an
animal hospital, said Sunish
Subramanian of PAWS-Mum-
bai. Animal rights activists
had on Saturday urged the po-
lice, municipal and forest aut-
horities to immediately remo-
ve a caged parrot which had
not eaten for over three da-
ys. TNN
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 6 TIMES NATION | Lockdown-Day 11 SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA, BHOPAL
APRIL 5, 2020

Pak mastermind of Kabul PM calls all-party meet on Modi cites

Atal’s poem
gurdwara attack arrested Apr 8 via video conference AP
New Delhi: Unfazed by opposi-
tion parties questioning his call
to light ‘diyas’ or candles at 9pm
on Sunday, PM Modi on Satur-
Indrani.Bagchi@timesgroup.com of Pakistan, leads the mainly day shared videos and messag-
ANI
Pashtun faction. Sources said es, including one of former PM
New Delhi: Pakistani nation- this gives them greater ac- TMC To Boycott, Says ask the PM to close the House as social
distancing was most important but he Atal Bihari Vajpayee reciting
al and self-proclaimed ‘emir” ceptability with other Pash- refused at that point to do it. We also boy- his poem “Aao Phir Se Diya Ja-
of Islamic State Khorasan
Province (ISKP), Mawlawi
tun groups, including the Af-
ghan Taliban and the Haqqa-
Covid Issue ‘Ignored’ cotted the last two days of the House on
this ground, asked the government to
laye”, on social media platforms
to inspire people to take part in
Abdullah aka Aslam Farooqi,
was arrested by Afghan secu-
nis. It has to be remembered
that LeT was established in In House Earlier hold an all-party meeting, but it was ig-
nored,” a TMC source said.
the event.
In his video message to the
rity forces as the mastermind Afghanistan’s Kumar prov- Mohua.Chatterjee@timesgroup.com Another TMC source added, “It is nation, Modi had urged people
of last week’s Kabul gurdwa- ince. only after having meetings with actors, to come out in their balconies
ra attack in which over 25 peo- Farooqi’s arrest, said New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra sports stars etc that the PM has thought and doorstep and light lamps,
ple were killed. sources here, should help in Modi has called an all-party meeting of it necessary to talk to people’s repre- diya, torch or mobile flashlights
Aslam Farooqi, is an ex- uncovering a number of con- parliamentary floor leaders on April 8 sentatives.” Modi’s first meeting with for nine minutes at 9pm on Sun-
militant commander of Lash- nections to Pakistan. to discuss the situation arising out of political parties since the outbreak of day to show that the country is
kar-e-Toiba, distinct from pre- A man mourns during a funeral His faction of ISKP gets Modi’s first meeting with political parties together in its fight against the
the coronavirus spread, but one of the Covid-19 comes days after he held a
vious ISKP leaders who were procession for those killed in the funding and support from since the outbreak of Covid-19 comes days coronavirus.
opposition parties, Trinamool Con- round of talks with CMs on combating
recruited from Tehreek-e-Ta- gurdwara attack, in Kabul across the border. after he held a round of talks with CMs on Modi also shared video of
gress, communicated to the govern- spread of the virus.
liban Pakistan (TTP) or other The Kabul gurdwara at- combating spread of the virus spiritual gurus like Morari Ba-
ment on Saturday that its leaders will A letter from the parliamentary af-
disaffected Afghan Taliban has a good relationship with tack used an Indian national, not attend the meeting to be held and Derek O’Brien communicated to fairs minister said floor leaders of par- pu. “India is united in defeat-
cadres. The arrest brings into the LeT and Haqqani net- Muhsin Tikaripur, from Ka- through video conference. parliamentary affairs minister Pralhad ties with more than five members in ing Covid-19. This unity will
sharper focus ISKP’s Pakis- work.” He said it is likely that sargod (Kerala) as one of the The meeting is scheduled at a time Joshi that TMC would boycott the meet- Parliament would be invited to the be manifested tomorrow eve-
tan connections. LeT chooses the targets in Af- attackers, largely to divert at- when social distancing is the primary ing since the Covid-19 issue was ignored meeting. Keeping in mind the norms ning,” the PM tweeted shar-
Hussain Ehsani, Kabul- ghanistan, Haqqani network tention, said security sources. protocol to deal with Covid-19 and the when it was highlighted during the Bud- for social distancing and travel restric- ing filmmaker Shekhar Ka-
based security analyst told implements the attacks and But Indian agencies had been country is under a 21-day lockdown. get Session in March. tions, the meeting would be conducted poor’s message. TNN
TOI, “This is a great achieve- ISKP takes responsibility. Fa- focusing on the Pakistani con- Party members Sudip Bandopadhyay “In fact, TMC was the first party to through video-conference. Full report on www.toi.in
ment by the NDS. Due to the rooqi heads one of the two nection to the attackers, be-
structure of the group, I think main factions of the ISKP. Giv- cause Sikhs have a long histo-

Cradle of Jamaat now After breather,

this would weaken the ISKP. en his close ties with LeT as ry in Afghanistan. In 2018,
But equally important, the well as Pakistan’s ISI, Faroo- Sikhs had been targeted in yet
NDS statement said in his con- qi, who belongs to the Mamo- another attack claimed by
fession Farooqi has said ISKP zai tribe from the FATA region ISKP.

Bombay HC stays bail to 2 IL&FS ex-officials looking for answers Bhilwara reports
Mumbai: In a setback to former Infrastructure
Leasing & Financial Services (IL&FS) vice-chair-
man Hari Sankaran and former MD of IL&FS Fi-
nancial Services Ramesh Bawa, the Bombay
However, the sessions court had on Friday re-
jected a similar plea for interim bail to Yes
Bank co-founder Rana Kapoor, who was arrest-
ed on March 8. He had sought interim bail on
Sandeep.Rai@timesgroup.com

Meerut: Some 80 km north

Sanjay Sekhri place in Pakistan during the
same period was cancelled
by Jamaat. Then why didn’t
27th corona case
of Delhi, Kandhla, a small they do it in Delhi?” asked Intishab.Ali & Shoeb.Khan TNN der control now, although we
high court on Saturday stayed the interim emer- similar grounds of medical reasons and the town in Uttar Pradesh which Mohammad Saleem, assist- are exercising adequate cau-
gency bail granted by a sessions court on Friday prevailing corona pandemic. till now has escaped the nov- ant professor at King Abdu- Jaipur: Rajasthan's relief at tion to pre-empt any further
to the duo accused in a case of alleged fraud. The pandemic was a “threat to mankind’’ el coronavirus, is now in the laziz University, Jeddah, Covid-19 ground zero Bhilwa- spread of the infection."
The Serious Fraud Investigation Office and the jail conditions were “not favourable to sudden glare that the Islam- Saudi Arabia, and an expert ra not reporting any new in- Singh threw in a piece of
(SFIO) last year accused the duo of ‘ever-green- handling medical emergencies”, his counsel ic “reformist” movement in Islamic studies. He has fections in four days proved good news, saying two of the
ing’ companies with ‘fraudulent funding’ for Ponda and advocate Subhash Jadav pleaded. born on its soil has brought. ties in Kandhla. Some also short-lived on Saturday with earlier Covid-19 patients had
“performance-linked perks.” Bawa has been in On Saturday, the SFIO filed for urgent hear- In Shamli district, with said the issue was being a test report confirming the fully recovered and returned
custody for a year. A sessions court judge, P R ing. Justice Anil Menon heard the plea just over 50,000 residents, “communalised”. textile city’s 27th novel coro- home during the day. "I am
Sitre, presiding on ‘lockdown court’, had on Fri- where additional solicitor general Anil Kandhla is looking for an- “Many religious gather- navirus case. confident that our strategy of
day accepted the Covid-19 outbreak and pleas by Singh and counsel Hiten Venegaonkar, ap- swers ever since followers of ings were going on in the The person who tested ruthless containment will
Sankaran and Bawa of being afflicted with “vari- pearing for SFIO in Bawa’s and Sankaran’s the Tablighi Jamaat congre- country at the same time. positive is among those who work," he said.
ous diseases and disorders” as reasons to grant plea respectively, argued for stay citing seri- gated in Delhi in March Even Parliament session had visited the OPD of the pri- The large contingent of
temporary bail of 75 days on medical grounds. ousness of the case. TNN amid the national lockdown. was on till March 23,” said a vate hospital that has health workers stationed in
Many, in muted voices, cleric associated with the Ja- emerged as the epicentre of Bhilwara till April 13 is wait-
blame Jamaat chief Mu- Even those who supported the maat. “The first ever Ta- ing to see how the 6,500-odd
REGIONAL OFFICE: 1513/1/1, ARERA HILLS,
hammad Saad, who has had functioning of the Jamaat say blighi Jamaat was held in GROUND ZERO residents under self-quaran-
r a several run-ins with Darul the gathering in Delhi should not Kandhla in 1927 by a local tine do in the crucial second
BHOPAL (M.P.) Tel.: 0755-2550829 Uloom Deoband, India’s have been held Muhammad Ilyas al-Kand- the outbreak in Bhilwara. phase of confinement. The
largest Islamic seminary hlawi. He was the great Of the 27 Covid-19 cases in district administration is
PUBLIC NOTICE FOR E-AUCTION ON 22 .04.2020 E-AUCTION OF PROPERTIES and the parent organisation maat’s ties with Deoband grandfather of Maulana
Notice is hereby given to the public in general and to the Bo rrower /s and Guarantor /s in par ticular by the Authorized the town so far, 18 are mem- readying for more tests to con-
Officer , that the under mentioned property mortgaged to Union Bank of India has taken possession under the of the Tablighis, for bring- gradually soured “irrevoca- Saad and started a bers of the medical staff in firm that the textile city is no
provision of Section 13(4) of Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security ing a “bad name” to Kand- bly”. reformatory movement that that hospital. “He had visited longer the state's coronavirus
Interest Act , 2002 and will be sold by "Online E- Auction throug h E-auction service provider M/s 4Closure website hla. Even those who support- focused on ensuring the re- the OPD for consultation be- hotspot.
https ://www .bankauct lons .in and Mtps://www .foreclosure indta .eom on 22/04/2020 for recovery of an amount In 2017, the face-off reac- ed the functioning of the Ja- turn of Muslims to practise fore the hospital was sealed in Bhilwara is the first dis-
mentioned below & other Expenses hed a point where the semi- maat say the gathering in Islam identical in the way it the wake of the first case be- trict of Rajasthan to start ran-
The property is being sold on "AS IS WHERE IS WHATEVER THERE IS AND WITHOUT RECOURSE BASIS" as such sale
nary disowned the organisa- Delhi should not have been was observed at the time of ing confirmed on March 20,” a dom Covid-19 testing.
is without any kind of warranties and indemnities .
tion and asked all clerics to held. Prophet Muhammad. Kand- health department official The city proper has 17
Notice Date Reserve Price
Name of Account / Date & Time snap ties with it. “It hap- “Saad should have called hla is the cradle of Tablighi said. Additional chief secre- blocks and the administra-
Possession Dt. Description of Property EMD
Borrower / Guarantor tE auc do n pened because of Maulana off the events and evacuated Jamaat. Later, the move- tary (health) Rohit Kumar tion is randomly collecting 20
Outstanding Amt Bid Increase Amt.
Saad’s interpretation of ho- all the people from Nizamud- ment spread to 200 coun- Singh said the fresh case samples each from people of
Arera Hills Branch , Bhopal Tel.: 0755-2652337 1 A/c II II I I I I I I'
ly book,” a cleric told TOI on din’s Markaz. A similar tries,” said Kandhla-based wasn't quite a setback. "The different age groups, gender
Borrower : 01/03/2018 House No C-25 , "Indus Regen - Z 22/04/2020 cleric Maulana Rashid.
32 ,40 ,000 /-
Saturday. Sources said Ja- event which was to take situation in Bhilwara is un- and background.
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05/11/2019 8 .70 Crore
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Shri G.L. Mehta Road going to Minal Residency,
on Saturday Rs 16,000 crore as the next Interestingly, when PM The government’s an- vide data on age profiles
West- Land of Khasra No. 46
underlined that use of installment of Kisan Narendra Modi held a video nouncement will see 20 of those who have suc-
I pri o r I II I, II
homemade masks would Samman stipend is expect- conference with Indian en- crore women Jan Dhan ac- cumbed to the disease.
Last On1 to of Submission of Bid : 21)MO20
certainly help in maintain- ed to go directly into the ac- voys around the globe, one count holders get Rs 500 per An age profile analysis of
1 The online E- auction Bid Form & details of Terms and Conditions of the E-auction are available an website: ing overall hygiene while count of 8.7 crore farmers. of the things that emerged month for the next three all the positive cases of Co-
www. bankauctions .in , https :// www. forecl asuraindia .com & htt ps :// www.unionbankofindia.co. in cautioning that the face Another Rs 3,000 crore will was a similarity between In- months; increase in vid-19 cases in India so far
2. EMD will be deposited in Account No. mentioned above with Union Bank of India , Concerned Branch for participating
in the e-auction on or before 21/04/2020 cover was not recommend- be put into the accounts of dian and the US approaches MGNREGA wage to Rs 202 a shows 8.61% of positive cases
3. The intending bidders should make their own independent inquiries regarding the encumbrances , title of property/ies put ed for either health workers senior citizens, widows and on income support policies. day from Rs 182 to benefit are in between 0-20 years,
on auction and claims/ rights / dues / affecting the property , prior to submitting their bid . The proper t ies will be sold with all or those working with or in the differently-abled, cate- This, even as Washington 13.62 crore families; ex-gra- 41.88% cases in the age group
existing & future encumbrances , whether known or unknown to bank , if any. contact with Covid-19 pa- gories which need succour and New Delhi took very dif- tia of Rs 1,000 to 3 crore poor of 21-40, 32.82% in 41-60 and
4. The purchaser shall bear the applicable stamp duties / transfer charges and also all the statutory/ non-statutory dues ,
tients or patients in these challenging times. ferent paths in tackling the senior citizens, poor wid- 16.69% in the people are above
taxes , rates , assessment charges , fees etc.
For any query, please contact- Shri Chandra Kumar, Mobile No.: 9111444957 themselves as these catego- As the Covid-19 pandem- pandemic. ows and poor disabled. The 60 years of age.
Date : 05/04/2020 Place : Bhopal Authorised Offi cer ries of people were re- ic has swept through the On March 26, the Modi government will also front- Also, India reported 58
quired to wear specified world, threatening to lay government announced a load Rs 2,000 paid to farmers critical cases of Covid-19 and
protective gear. waste both developed and set of cash transfer and re- in the first week of April un- these were mainly found in
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Elderly walk 5km to collect pension from post office ‘Even one hidden case
poses new challenge’
y
Syed Asif & re are no jobs and no money. tedly hitched a ride in an
Sruthy Susan Ullas TNN Thankfully, they got two ambulance that was retur-
months’ pension at one go,” ning after dropping a dischar-
Bengaluru: Braving the scor- explained Prakash, a gram ged patient home.  Continued from P 1 up even after a national lock-
ching sun, around 70 senior ci- panchayat member. “The elderly walked with down was ordered.

tizens from Kanmanike villa-
ge, on the outskirts of Benga-
luru, walked 4-5km to reach
the Kumbalgodu post office on
Friday morning. They had re-
ceived information that their
pension would be disbursed.
With no transport service be-
ing available due to the lock-
down, the elderly were forced
to set out on foot.
“Usually, the money is deli-
vered to their homes by the
postal department. This time,
they were asked to collect it on
their own. The sum — Rs 600-
Rs 1,000 — is too valuable for
them. With the lockdown, the-
The pensioners who wal-
ked were in their 60s and 70s.
Those who were lucky had
their relatives drop them to
the post office.
LOCKDOWN WOES
“On the way, I saw around
25 others. They all would turn
expectantly when they heard
the sound of a vehicle, hoping
they could ask for a lift. It was
a sad sight,” said Shivakumar
BN, who took his 58-year-old
sister Kamalamma to the post
office on his bike.
One elderly woman repor-
T
no food or water. Some of them he 17 states (and Union “It is an everyday battle
have medical conditions like territories) where for us. As soon as cases came
diabetes and began the jour- cases linked to the Ta- to light, contact tracing
ney after taking medicine. By blighi event have been found starts and it is a continuous
11am, there were many people are Andaman and Nicobar process. We are faced with a
at the post office. There was no Islands, Andhra Pradesh, new challenge even if one
social distancing, but people Arunachal Pradesh, Kerala, case is hidden,” Agarwal
were so tired that they just sat Delhi, Assam, Himachal said in an apparent refer-
down wherever they could ARDUOUS JOURNEY: With transport services shut, Pradesh, Haryana, Jammu ence to Tablighi Jamaat in-
find some space,” said Rahul pensioners had to walk all the way to post office and Kashmir, Jharkhand, cident.
Singh, a factory supervisor, Telangana, Karnataka, The health ministry has
who stays opposite to the post Usually, the postal department delivers Maharashtra, Rajasthan, confirmed 2,902 Covid-19
office and has been following the money to pensioners’ homes. But this Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand cases in the country so far
the buzz outdoors. time, they were asked to collect it on their and Uttar Pradesh. and said cases rose by 601
By noon, the veterans re- own, said a gram panchayat member. The Tablighi Jamaat since Friday.
turned to their villages, fati- According to an onlooker living nearby, the held two conferences last Besides, 68 deaths, in-
gued yet relieved that they elderly didn’t have food or water with them month and a large number of cluding 12 since Friday, have
had some money to hold on to. members remained cooped been reported. TNN

Moms juggle work from home, chores, e-schools

Priyanka.Kakodkar
@timesgroup.com
Mumbai: For Arti Singh (na-
me changed) who has eight-ye-
ar-old twins and works with a
stock broking firm, balancing
her job and home has never be-
en easy. But the coronavirus
pandemic has made it a whole
lot worse.
With part-time house help
barred from the building and
several hours of home schoo-
ling coming her way, Singh sa-
ys she feels like a “total wreck”.
“My husband and I are
both working from home but I
wake up early to cook and get
the printouts done for school
work. Through the day, I keep
checking that the kids are wor-
king on them,” she says.
Her husband meanwhile,
barely chips in with either and
focuses on his office work. “He
doesn’t even help correct child-
ren’s assignments,” she says.
“The markets have been vo-
latile so I have barely had time
to breathe even in my profes-
sional life,” she says. Once her
work day ends, it’s on to dinner
and dishes.
For the urban middle class
in the city, ‘Work from Home’ in
the age of Covid-19 includes
“do all the work at home”.
With Indian husbands used
to barely doing any house-
work, the additional burden of
home chores, child care and el-
der care has fallen mainly on
women. For working women,
who also have office work to
juggle, the gendered impact of
the lockdown is stark.
As it is, the patriarchal cul-
ture in India reflects on the ti-
me men and women spend on
unpaid work, including house-
hold chores. A 2018 OECD stu-
dy found that Indian women
spend almost six hours a day
on unpaid work compared
Manpower crunch triggers
price surge in grains, pulses
with Indian men who clock in
barely an hour. Indeed, the gen-
der gap in India is wider than
China where men spend 1.5 ho-
urs a day on unpaid work com-
pared with 3.9 hours for wo-
men.
The lockdown has made
Peanuts GOING NORTH l
(PRICES RUPEES PER KG)
CURRENT PRICEl EARLIER PRICE
Wholesale
things worse. “There is clearly
an increase in gender dispari-
Turn 32% 100 88 130 108 72 64 72 64 rates of
ty in the sharing of house work
after the lockdown. Finally,
this does have a long-term im-
Costlier potato, onion
pact on the woman’s career,”
says Ritu Dewan, former direc-
In A Week dip further
tor of the Mumbai University’s Neha.Madaan@timesgroup.com
economics department. TUR DAL MUNG DAL CHANA DAL MASOOR DAL Sandip.Dighe@timesgroup.com
Pune: The prices of kitchen
staples have spiked over the Pune: Wholesale onion prices

SRK’s office in last week, compelling the con- LICENCE OF 5 AGENTS CANCELLED dipped further at the Gultekdi

Vital kit transports samples Khar as home

sumers to pay at least Rs10-Rs20
more for per kg for essentials.
Oil prices have gone up by
at least Rs8-10 per litre, said a
Market Yard on Friday to Rs7-14
per kg, depending on the size
and quality.
Potato was auctioned in the
quarantine
to labs for accurate result Graphic: Sandeep Salunke
source in the retail market. The
prices of pulses selling for Rs80
per kg earlier have shot up to
Rs100 a kg, a retailer said.
ä The Agricultural Produce Market
Committee (APMC) on Friday cancelled
the licence of five commission agents for
defying its order issued in the view
The APMC
officials also seized
range of Rs14-20 per kg. On Wed-
nesday, onion was sold at Rs8-17
per kg and potato between Rs20
and Rs22 per kg in the market.
Umesh.Isalkar Market Yard grain whole- of coronavirus spread last week permit cards given Officials from Agriculture
@timesgroup.com
FROM SOURCE TO TESTING salers claimed that the produc-
tion was plenty, but manpower
ä Four commission agents of the to 20 vehicle owners
for not following the
Produce Market Committee
(APMC) said the demand was
vegetable division opened their shops
Pune: Work is on full swing at WITHOUT CONTAMINATION at the farm end as well as at the despite knowing that only onions, potatoes APMC order less compared to the supply at
this sample kit manufactu- transport side was not. Wor- and fruit were to be sold on Friday present. A total of 5,547 quintals
ring unit in the rural inte- h VTM is a key tool for transportation of kers involved in farm activities of onion and 3,767 quintals of po-
riors of Nashik. drawing and preserving patients’ throat or like harvests, packing, sorting tato were auctioned on Friday.
The unit manufactures an
extremely crucial tool, a me-
patient's samples
h Viral transport media
nasal swab secretions
from the collection
and goods’ transportation have
thinned.
A fruit commission agent did not take required
measures to control the crowd at his shop and so
his trade licence was cancelled, said chief administrator
“We are getting surplus
onions and potatoes in the who-
dia, that keeps the novel coro- (VTM) kit is for site to the laboratory Dhaval Shah, the director Balasaheb Deshmukh of Chhatrapati Shivaji Market Yard lesale market, but unfortunately
navirus (nCov) alive for 72 ho- collection and for testing of Jairaj Group in Gultekdi there has been no impact on pri-
urs before it can be analyzed wholesale market, told TOI DIPPING ä Potato was ces in the retail outlets. Custo-
at the laboratory. h A suitable swab is attached at one Mumbai: Film actor Shah that a lot of pulses came from mers are still paying higher pri-
auctioned in the
`7-14
When tested, the results end of an ultra-flexible plastic shaft Rukh Khan and his entre- places outside Pune as well as ce for the produce. The best qua-
can be near-perfect. preneur wife Gauri have Maharashtra. “Tur dal comes range of `14-20 per kg lity onion is being sold at Rs14
The sample collection kit THE VTM temporarily handed over from Latur, Jalgaon, Barshi per kg in the wholesale market.
called virus transport media
(VTM) containing a swab and
h It draws a probable
patient’s throat or nasal KIT CONTAINS their unoccupied office bu-
ilding at Khar (west) to the
and Udgir, while urad comes
from Jalgaon and Tenali in
per kg was the wholesale
price of onions at the Gultekdi
O n Wednesday, onion
was sold at `8-17 per kg
and potato between `20
But the same is being sold to cus-
tomers at Rs40 per kg across the
sample secretions
a medical solution is a vital BMC to use it as a home qua- Andhra Pradesh. Chana dal co- Market Yard on Friday and `22 per kg city,” said Dattatray Kalamkar,
The which are the
component to collect, pre- rantine facility. mes from Indore, Bhopal and the head of vegetables, fruits,
sample respiratory
serve and transport pati- The BMC said that it’s a Latur, while mung dal comes of Ganpat Super Market in nuts. Peanuts selling at Rs100 onion and potato division.
collection using viruses
ents' throat and nasal standalone building and su- from Jodhpur, Nagaur (Rajast- Gokhalenagar said, “The coo- per kg around a week before A section of commission
the VTM kit entry-points
samples to laboratories itable to be used as an insti- han), Indore and Jalgaon, king oil price has gone up from are now being sold for Rs132 a agents claimed that big traders
for testing. precludes tutional home quarantine among others. Their wholesale Rs104 per litre to Rs112 per litre. kg in the retail market.” who supply the produce to other
The manufacturing contamination h The VTM facility after making some prices have thus surged by 10- There has also been a short Aretail shop owner said the cities were not coming to the
unit provides VTMs to diag- kits keep the arrangements. 18%. There is a shortage of la- supply of wheat, coming from prices of all dals had gone up by market because they were not in
nostic laboratories carrying virus alive without Many philanthropists, bour at the production and the Madhya Pradesh. Its prices ha- Rs20-30 per kg after the lock- a position to transport the pro-
novel coronavirus tests in the compromising or businessmen and builders supply ends as well as in the ve gone up by Rs3 per kg in the down began. “The cost for duce amid the lockdown.
country, including National contaminating the virus's have similarly come for- mills. This is hampering the retail market. The maximum transporting per kilogram of The wholesale market would
Institute of Virology (NIV) in genetic material for 72 ward to offer their help to supply of essentials,” he said. increase has been in the prices product has increased from be closed on Saturday (weekly
Pune, and 55 other testing si- hours to 96 hours the BMC. TNN Retailer Bharatlal Unecha of mung and urad dal, and pea- Rs5 to Rs7,” he said. holiday).
tes under ICMR, and designa-
ted private laboratories
Supply drop
Seen from Jalandhar rooftops:
across the country. The unit
also supplies kits to laborato- Neeri develops Risk-free capsule
ries in 140 countries.
“The prevailing lockdown
indoor air purifier for transportation spikes cost
has not affected our produc- Nagpur: CSIR -National Nagpur: Doctors from
of mangoes
tion. We ensured that there is Environmental Engineering
no shortage of VTM kits by Research Institute (Neeri) has
increasing the production developed a bench scale air
way before the lockdown ca- purification scrubber (BAPS)
Nagpur’s Aureus Institute of
Medical Sciences and K
innovation labs developed a
capsule for safe ward-to-ward
Pune: The price of mangoes
in the wholesale market at
Gultekdi has increased to
Dhauladhar range in full glory PTI
me into force,” G M Warke, that will purify indoor air. transport of Covid-19 patients. Rs3,500-Rs7,000, per four-do- IP.Singh@timesgroup.com
chief managing director, Hi- On Friday, the scientists Anant Singh Rajput, critical zen box, as supply from Kon-
Media Laboratories Pvt Ltd, handed over the scrubber to care consultant of the kan has shrunk drastically. Jalandhar: The residents of
said. Mayo Hospital in Nagpur. The hospital, said the enclosure At retail outlets, the price Doaba, Punjab’s region which
The unit's product mana- original design of BAPS was made of toughened glass, is likely to stand at Rs4,500- falls between the Satluj and the
ger Navneet Bagul said, “The- developed by the institute was acrylic plates, and aluminium Rs10,000, per box, authorities Beas, did not require any equ-
re were some hurdles during used for treating outdoor air frames. at the Market Yard said. Usu- ipment to measure air quality
the initial days of lockdown pollution. — Manka Behl —Chaitanya Deshpande ally, the wholesale price of on Friday as a rare spectacle
about transporting these kits mangoes is between Rs3,000 was enough for it.
to the testing sites across the biologist Suvarna Joshi, who ly automated. “We make 1,500 and Rs5,000 around this time The Dhauladhar range
country as transport servi- heads the Indian Council of kits per day. of the year. was visible from rooftops in
ces, including couriers, have Medical Research (ICMR)- The requirement in India “Today, we got only 1,000 Jalandhar and most towns in
stopped operations. But we approved laboratory at state is 1,000-1,500 kits now. boxes of mangoes. Our com- Doaba and it was not just the
are now using ambulances run Sassoon hospital, said, This is going to rise signi- mission agents are in contact shining snow-clad mountain- RARE SIGHT: The Dhauladhar range of HImachal Pradesh seen from Jalandhar, which is 200km away
and other private vehicles. “HiMedia is the only ficantly in the next few days with mango cultivators but tops, but the entire range
The state government and ICMR -approved production as many private laboratories they are reluctant to bring which was visible. ded stretch of the range from starting gathering on rooftops, cocks in the park just outside
district administration have unit of VTM kits in India. The and hospitals have permis- their produce. If this conti- Earlier, the range would be rooftops without much effort. and clicking and sharing pho- our residence,” said Phagwa-
extended all support to ensu- unit provides VTM kits to all sion to conduct Covid-19 tests. nues, the prices may increa- visible from Jalandhar and To many, the range seemed tohgraphs. “Nature heals it- ra-based entrepreneur Pankaj
re that production and trans- designated Covid-19 testing si- We will have to provide them se,” said Dattatray Kalam- Phagwara only if it rained and a few kilometres away. Even self so fast. We saw two firsts in Gautam, while sharing pictu-
port of these crucial kits re- tes across the country, inclu- the VTM kits to collect sam- kar, head of fruit, vegetables, then that was only the mounta- the lower part of the hilly mo- our life today: One, seeing the res of the Dhauladhar range
main unaffected.” ding us.” ples before testing it in the la- onion and potato sections at intops. However, on Friday, untains could be seen easily. Dhauladhar range from Phag- from his residence and pea-
When contacted, micro- The production unit is ful- boratory,” Bagul said. the Market Yard. TNN one could see a long and expan- As word spread, people wara; and two, arrival of pea- cocks in a park near his house.

New one-day high:
586 fresh cases
DurgeshNandan.Jha
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Close to 600 new
coronavirus cases were re-
ported from across the coun-
try on Saturday, the highest
single-day count so far, even
as the death toll from the pan-
demic neared the 100 mark at
97. As many as 586 new cases
emerged in the country with
Maharashtra, the worst-af-
fected state by far, recording
145, the highest count of cases
in a 24-hour period reported
by any state so far, surpassing
the 141cases reported in Delhi
earlier this week.
Maharashtra has so far re-
ported 635 coronavirus cases,
way more than the second-
placed Tamil Nadu (485) or
Delhi (445).
Eleven deaths due to the
virus were reported during
the day, with Maharashtra ac-
counting for six, Tamil Nadu
and Madhya Pradesh two
each, and one in Rajasthan.
The total tally of Covid-19
cases in India has risen to
3,670, according to informa-
tion received from states.
The number of people
who have recovered from the
disease has also gone up to
226, which is a positive sign.
The health ministry has con-
firmed 3,072 Covid-19 cases
and 75 deaths.
Of the 445 positive cases in
Delhi, state health author-
ities said 15 require ICU care
while eight others are on ox-
ygen support. The state has
witnessed six Covid-19 deaths
of which one person was 36-
year-old and the rest were
above 60.
How corona has made regular delivery a googly
DurgeshNandan.Jha
@timesgroup.com
New Delhi: Child delivery in
the time of Covid-19 has beco-
me a major operation. It requ-
ires the same protocols adop-
ted in case of a delivery invol-
ving a woman suffering from
hepatitis B & C or HIV.
This is being done to avoid
the risk of transmission of
the novel coronavirus, said
Dr Anuradha Kapur, director
and head of the Institute of
Obs and Gynae at Max Super
Specialty Hospital, Saket.
“We wear protective apron,
masks, eye shields and vinyl
gloves to protect ourselves
from contracting the infec-
tion while conducting the de-
livery. All these personal pro-
tective equipment (PPEs) are
then discarded,” she added.
The novel coronavirus can
spread from an infected indi-
vidual through respiratory
droplets sent into the air when
an infected person coughs or
sneezes. It may also spread
when someone touches a sur-
face or an object that has the
virus on it, then touches his
mouth, inside of nose, or eyes.
Dr Amita Shah, consul-
tant gynaecologist at Colum-
bia Asia Hospital, Gurgaon,
said even asymptomatic per-
sons could be the carriers. “It
is difficult to rely on contact
history shared by patients. So,
as a matter of abundant pre-
caution, we are using PPEs for
all child deliveries,” she said.
Normally, for a child deli-
very through caesarean sec-
tion, two junior doctors, two
technicians and multiple
other staff are present, in ad-
dition to the gynaecologist.
However, these days, the staff
inside the operation theatre
are kept at bare minimum be-
WHAT PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD DO
➤ Practise excellent hand hygiene by
frequently washing hands with soap and water
for 20 seconds. Avoid touching your face,
especially your eyes, mouth, and nose
➤ Stay hydrated and get enough ➤ Avoid any
rest for better immune system kind of travelling
IF YOU FEEL UNWELL…
➤ Call your doctor to inform them of your
symptoms, travel, or contact with someone
who has tested positive for COVID-19
➤ Your obstetrician may be able to help
you triage your symptoms over the phone
➤ Pregnant women are just as
likely as others to develop symptoms
of novel coronavirus infection. The
risk of complications is lower in
Covid-19 in comparison with other
respiratory infections
➤ The risk of passing the infection to
fetus appears low. So, you can go ahead
with the delivery as planned
➤ Prenatal visits are a must. But, it
may be better to consult your doctor
over the phone at present
cause PPEs are available in li-
mited numbers. “We don’t al-
low many relatives to visit the
patient too. The practice of al-
lowing the husband during
the delivery has been restric-
ted too,” said Dr Ranjana
➤ Limit social Sharma, senior consultant
gatherings obstetrician and gynaecolo-
gist at Apollo Hospital.
If the mother is sympto-
matic for Covid-19, she added,
breastfeeding cannot be allo-
wed immediately and the ba-
by is kept at a distance. Also,
the doctors said, general ana-
esthesia is being avoided for
caesarean section as it invol-
ves intubation and spinal
anaesthesia is preferred.
Instead of monthly check-
ups, pregnant women are asked
to stay indoor and not to come
unless an ultrasound is essenti-
al, said Dr Shah. “We are tal-
king and consulting on What-
sApp video calls and allaying
their anxieties,” she said, ad-
ding that around 50 deliveries
had been conducted in March.
According to the World He-
alth Organization (WHO), at
present there is no evidence
that pregnant women are at a
higher risk of severe illness
due to Covid-19 than the gene-
ral population. “However, due
to changes in their bodies and
immune systems, pregnant
women can be badly affected
by some respiratory infec-
tions,” it says, adding that
they should, therefore, report
possible symptoms, even fe-
ver and cough, to their doctor.
Till now there is also no
evidence on whether an infec-
ted pregnant woman can pass
the virus to her foetus or baby
during pregnancy or delivery.
“To date, the virus has not be-
en found in samples of am-
niotic fluid or breast milk,”
WHO says.
SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA, BHOPAL
APRIL 5, 2020 ALL THAT MATTERS 9

How long will the
pandemic last? 3
Covid scenarios
SWAMINOMICS
SWAMINATHAN S ANKLESARIA AIYAR
How long will the coronavirus pandemic
last along with the deep economic reces-
sion it has created? I am a pessimist and
fear a protracted tragedy.
Consider three possible scenarios.
First, with effective medical and economic responses, the
crisis might rise explosively and then rapidly peter out. A
deep recession in the first half of 2020 could be followed
by a sharp V-shaped recovery.
In Scenario 2, the virus and recession will continue till
September, with correspondingly higher deaths and bank-
ruptcies. The economy will suffer long and hard despite
government rescue packages. GDP growth may recover a
bit but still be hobbled till end 2020.
In Scenario 3, the virus will take ages to control, and
may return in a second wave even after it initially seems
controlled. If so, the crisis will continue into 2021, wreak-
ing more havoc than the 2008 Great Recession.
I believe the chances of Scenario 1 are no more than 30%,
of Scenario 2 maybe 60%, and of Scenario 3 maybe 10%.
The US hopes for Scenario 1. US Vice President Mike
Pence admits that US deaths could skyrocket to 240,000,
and unemployment to tens of millions. But after that he
expects infection, deaths and unemployment to plummet,
as has happened in China, so that the US recovers sharply
after July. Investment banks like Goldman Sachs have also
projected a deep recession followed by a sharp recovery in
the second half of 2020. If so, the world economy could
normalise, maybe even boom, by December
Scenario 2 is gloomier and twice as likely. As in Sce-
nario 1, infections and deaths will grow explosively but not
die out quickly, and so will not spur a quick economic re-
covery. A few countries have high-quality government
capacity combined with an educated and responsive citi-
zenry. These are countries like Korea, Singapore and Japan,
where rapid, massive testing, the quick isolation of the
infected, and lockdowns plus well-enforced social distanc-
ing have greatly slowed infections and deaths. After initial
self-denial, China too has followed this similar path, and
skyrocketing infection rates are now history. China’s net
rate of fresh infections is very low, and deaths have fallen
from a peak of over 100 per day to just 3. Chinese factories
report that workers are returning to work, and the econo-
my hopes to start humming again in a month or two.
Sceptics suspect China is fudging its figures. It may be
misreporting virus deaths as ordinary pneumonia or flu
fatalities. Such fudging is hardly unknown in China. Yet
DEEPENING CRISIS: Social distancing is difficult in a poor and
crowded country like India
independent evidence of dramatic improvements (like pol-
lution in Beijing) is substantial. World metal prices have
started rising in the hope that China will recover strongly
in late 2020. But Europe is floundering, with infections
shooting up in Italy, Spain, France and Britain. This makes
Scenario 2 more likely.
However, conditions in India and other poor countries
are worse than in richer countries and could ultimately lead
to Scenario 3. So far, the main infection zones have been East
Asia, the US and Europe. But this may simply reflect higher
international travel and good testing facilities that reveal
infection rates quickly. Poor countries have fewer interna-
tional travellers and so may be late starters.
Besides, their governments are often incompetent, cal-
lous and corrupt. I do not refer just to India — Iran and
Pakistan are worse, and African countries are much worse.
These countries gravely lack medical equipment, staff,
hospitals or even means of propagating safe behaviour like
social distancing. Public trust in governments is low, so
even good official advice will be ignored.
Social norms and customs in poorer countries encourage
massive gatherings of people for festivals, weddings and
other occasions. In urban slums and villages, four to six
people sleep in each hut, making social distancing impos-
sible. Crowded bazaars and workplaces are common. House-
holds in the West may shop once a fortnight and stock up
groceries in fridges, but that’s impossible in poor nations.
Middle class households depend on servants for sweep-
ing, cooking and driving. Digital competence is not high
enough to facilitate massive working from home for white
collar workers. Even relief measures like community kitch-
ens or food depots for the unemployed will create crowds
that spread infection. Rural activities including agriculture
often require group action. Rural social norms do not in-
clude social distancing. Women go in groups everywhere,
even for defecating in the fields. Villagers are packed like
sardines into buses and tractors for travel.
Maybe a vaccine will come and solve the problem. Maybe
high temperatures will inhibit the virus. Yet the chances of
a terrible Scenario 3 in India and other poor countries are
not negligible. Herculean efforts are needed to avoid the worst.
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I’ve spent 90% of my life sitting at a desk,
writing about the 10% that’s more mobile
Long before the world was forced to hibernate and discover
the joys of slowing down, novelist and travel writer Pico Iyer
wrote a lyrical meditation on the art of stillness. He speaks to
Namita Devidayal about his lifelong adventures in travel
and how it eventually made him travel inwards.
Your life has been like a slide
show that takes viewers from the FOR THE
streets of Cuba to the gardens of
Kyoto. How do you feel about the RECORD
fact that travel is now inacces-
sible, and we don’t know for how long?
A travel writer is someone who spends two
weeks in a place and then two months (or,
in my case, two decades) revisiting it in
memory, processing all he or she has seen,
trying to convert experience into meaning.
And every writer knows that, though one
travels out into the world to gather experi-
ences, one has to sit very still to turn sights
into insights.
So I’ve always spent maybe 90% of my
life sitting still at my desk, writing about
the 10% that looks more mobile. And one
of my recent books was titled The Art of
Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere.
At some level, we all know that it’s the in-
ner landscape that ultimately sustains,
uplifts and illuminates us — or doesn’t.
Of course it’s a shame that people
can’t travel externally right now, but I’ve
always believed that it’s not our circum-
stances that define our lives so much as
what we make of those circumstances.
This situation, like any, can be seen as
disaster, but it could also, for the fortu-
nate, be seen as opportunity. It’s up to us
how we respond to it.
You have written about the joys of “sitting
still as a way of falling in love with the world
and everything in it.” But does that still hold
when one is forced into that situation?
Nobody wishes to be imprisoned or an
invalid or stuck in a stillness she hasn’t
chosen. Even the stillness we do choose
can often be lonely and turbulent and ter-
rifying, as every writer knows.
So for those who are unwell right now,
or behind bars, or on the streets, the situ-
ation is terrible, and deserves
only sympathy and construc-
tive action. Many of us, how-
ever, even during lockdown,
have family nearby, a job to
go back to and are healthy in mind and
body. And for us this seems a perfect
chance to recall what moves us and live
in the light of what we love.
In our age of acceleration, fragmenta-
tion and distraction, we’ve all had much
more data coming in on us than time or
space to make sense of it. Some funda-
mental balance between experience and
reflection has been lost. Now circum-
stances are giving us a chance to reboot.
Every few months I take my car in to have
tyres realigned and oil changed; in the
same spirit, every 3 months for 29 years
now I’ve gone on retreat at a Benedictine
monastery so as to remember what is
most essential to me and not lose all
sense of proportion and per-
spective. As one of my monk-
friends reminded me, the
best cure for anxiety is
thinking of others.
The late singer-songwriter
Leonard Cohen has been your
hero. Can you share some of his
insights?
What moved me so deeply when
I first met Leonard, in 1995,
was that a man who
could be doing
anything, with
anyone, had
chosen to
spend five
and a half
years liv-
ing as an
o rd a i n e d
Zen monk in an austere monastery on top
of a cold, dark mountain behind Los An-
geles. It was humbling to see this man of
such eloquence and talent devote himself
entirely to service and silence — and tell
me that this was the most “voluptuous”
and “exciting” experience he’d come
upon. Making a life was enriching him
as making a living never could. And by
giving up all his gifts — and even himself
— he found himself filled up and cleaned
out as he could never have been other-
wise. This is far beyond me and many of
us, but I spend time with monks because
I think they’ve worked out that life means
living without the illusion of control and
in the awareness that you are never the
centre of the world.
In your latest book, Autumn Light, you
treat loss and death with a sense of accep-
tance and grace. You suggest that we have
nothing to hold on to other than the certain-
ty that nothing will go according to design.
Can you elaborate a bit on impermanence?
As a poet-friend says, it’s never change that
undoes us, only resistance to change. And
as an old, deep culture rooted in Buddhism,
Japan, my home for the past 32 years,
knows that a fight against reality is one
we’ll always lose. Life, it’s said, is about
“joyful participation in a world of
sorrows”. Everyone dies, nothing
lasts, grief of some kind comes
to us all; but that’s precisely why
everything matters and we can
wake up to the joy and beauty
that’s around us right now. The
more you bear impermanence in
mind, in short, the less you take
for granted, and the more you can
live with a sense of joy, not sorrow.
Right now, the cherry-blossoms are
flowering over every street
and stream here in Ja-
pan; it’s the fact
they don’t last
long that makes
us cherish them
a n d s avo u r
the dazzle of
their fleeting
presence.

What India did right with the lockdown will overshadow the wrongs
RIGHT & WRONG
SWAPAN DASGUPTA
Since March 25, India has come to
terms with the enormous chal-
lenges of managing a 21-day total
lockdown — an exercise that most
countries in the developed world
have shied away from. Some of the problems, nota-
bly the physical difficulties of social distancing in
overcrowded urban clusters and the consequences
of work loss on those who live on the margins, were
anticipated. Less predictable were the subversions
of the larger objective by human stupidity — the
Tablighi Jamaat’s killer jamboree in Delhi being a
notable example — and short-sighted politics. There
are unending reports of a total absence of social
distancing in select urban localities — and this is
an open secret that never makes it to the media —
and the border districts of eastern India, not to men-
tion an attempt by at least one state government to
flatten the curve by suppressing uncomfortable data.
On balance, however, and despite many local
hiccups and cockups, India has responded spec-
tacularly to an endeavour that has involved both
personal sacrifice and inconvenience. A hostile
Western media will, predictably, focus on what Ma-
hatma Gandhi once described as the “sanitary in-
spector’s report”, but to most Indians, what went
wrong is easily overshadowed by what the country
did right. Particularly striking was the show of
resolve and discipline that even the country didn’t
realise it was capable of.
No doubt there have been contrarian voices,
including some who feel that the economic disrup-
tion resulting from the lockdown is not commensu-
rate with the success in containing coronavirus.
However, the suspicion that the criticism is direct-
ed more at the messenger than the message is com-
pelling. The seamless shift of the government’s
critics from charges of underplaying the pandemic
to overdoing things is too striking to pass unob-
served. The criticism is likely to reach a crescendo
with the mockery of Prime Minister Modi over his
nine-minute blackout at 9pm on Sunday — a sym-
bolic initiative aimed at bolstering national solidar-
ity and maintaining the momentum.
A lockdown of this enormous magnitude will
not be without a cost. It is undeniable that when
the national lockdown is lifted after April 14 — some
hotspots may require a booster dose of quarantine
— the country will have paid a very heavy price for
putting human lives above money. The impact on
the GDP will be quite devastating and this will have
a knock-on effect on personal fortunes. It could also
have an effect on popular sentiment, at least for a
few years. The optimism of racing towards a $5
trillion economy may give way to the despondency
of earlier decades when it was felt that India was
a good place to get out of. Fatalism and passivity,
always facets of the Hindu character, may well gain
the upper hand.
Yet, if there are lessons history has to offer, it
is that nothing is ever inevitable. The future is no
doubt shaped by the environment we live in. But
it is also shaped by human interventions. How
India emerges from the global coronavirus will
depend substantially on how we envisage our col-
lective future. It will depend substantially on char-
acter and the vision of its leadership.
Prime Minister Modi took an unimaginably bold
step in ordering a 21-day lockdown. He didn’t dither
and he brushed aside the soft options. Now, as the
battle against the disease moves to the next stage,
he will have to show this steely determination again.
First, there will be the urgent task of tying up the
loose ends. Those who wilfully violated the social
distancing norms during the lockdown will be even
more reckless, aware that even a single human car-
rier can unsettle a national mission. They will have
to be tackled head on. Equally, new norms that blend
exemplary health safeguards with normal life will
need to become the new normal.
That, however, is a small part of the agenda.
More important is the reconstruction project
that involves audacity and thinking big. It in-
volves discarding old orthodoxies — such as
tailoring the fiscal deficit — and even challeng-
ing global mantras on globalisation. The finan-
cial packages offered so far are band-aid solu-
tions. They need to be supplemented with radical
decisions that enhance the national capacity. The
pandemic has demonstrated that India’s best
safeguard is itself. If that means Fortress India
in the short run, so be it. But it will also involve
going beyond the celebration of mediocrity. A
self-sustaining India does not have to be a shod-
dy, chalta hai India.
The ball is in the PM’s court. It is up to him
to lead. He has the mandate. The country is in a
mood to both listen and act.
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Covid-19 is not the only crisis INBOX

the country is confronting
THE RATIONALIST
AMIT VARMA
India is in crisis, and it is not just
because of Covid-19. This pan-
demic is a surging, temporal dis-
aster that has laid bare an ongo-
ing, ever-present disaster that has
been with us for over 70 years — the dysfunctional
Indian state.
All around us, the state is flailing, unable to ful-
fil its responsibilities. Our police are stuck in the
19th century, with a colonial mentality that treats
all citizens as criminals by default, especially if
poor. It is now clear that the state’s lack of admin-
istrative capacity is complemented by its lack of
imaginative ability. The lockdown was bound to
have many downstream effects, such as disrupting
all supply chains and leaving migrants stranded.
The administration did not see it coming — and
even if it had, there is little it could have done. It is
hard to program a machine with broken parts.
This is not the fault of any particular political
dispensation. Most Indians have a sense that our
political problems go beyond our political parties.
In this crisis, especially, partisanship is pointless.
Every decision carries costs, and in hindsight, eve-
ryone can be accused of making mistakes. In this
fog of war, though, who can master the calculus of
human life and figure out whether a particular
measure will save more lives from Covid-19 now or
cost more lives in the long run because of econom-
ic disruption and unintended consequences? It is a
thankless task.
But here’s what I find perverse and sad: even
the best decision, as I believe this 21-day lockdown
was, will have enormous costs because India is a
flailing state.
‘Flailing state’ is a term that was coined by the
economist Lant Pritchett in a famous 2009 paper. It
describes a state whose “head is not reliably con-
nected to the arms and legs of implementation”.
There is no administrative capability — and, I would
add, there cannot be because of bad incentives.
I have long argued that the Indian state should
do a few things well instead of many things badly.
It does not do what it should. There is no rule of
law in the country, and government-run services
are invariably the worst. Protecting its citizens
from threats (such as this coronavirus) is a key
justification of the state. Not spending hundreds
of crores building statues and buying media ad-
vertising so as to control the media.
The root cause of the problem is in the concep-
tion and design of the state. Our founding fathers
did much that we should be thankful for — but
they got this wrong. They designed a state to rule
the people, not to serve them. The Indian state is
a bloated predatory beast that uses its power, un-
COLONIAL HANGOVER: Our founding fathers designed
a state to rule the people, not to serve them
accountability and monopoly on violence to ex-
tract hafta from society. It does not serve society
and stands in the way of society serving itself.
While the state is an efficient parasite, it is a
terrible service provider. We see both aspects of
this failure in the current crisis: the state is not
doing what it is supposed to; and it is getting in
the way of those who could make things better.
This is illustrated, for example, by the restrictions
that existed until recently on private providers
making Covid-19 tests. Or in the silly price con-
trols on sanitisers and masks that have worsened
a shortage of them, which is the inevitable result
of price controls.
If you think Covid-19 is a disaster, consider that
around 3,000 children die in India every day from
starvation, and one in four Indian children are mal-
nourished. Our young are wasting away, and our
job crisis is turning our demographic dividend into
a bug, not a feature. We effectively wage war on our
farmers, our poor, our women. We live within a cri-
sis far deeper than any pandemic can be.
All this, 73 years after Independence, is not
because of a virus. It is caused by bad governance,
and a failing state whose failure was written into
its DNA.
Ironically, the state will probably use this Cov-
id-19 crisis to increase its power and reduce its
accountability.
Covid-19 will pass, but will we get past this
other disaster? Before we do, we have to see it for
what it is. We have normalised the failures of the
state. We have become blind believers in the reli-
gion of government. We look to mai-baap for all
solutions, and do not question it. We have allowed
ourselves to become subjects, not citizens. We have
abandoned reason, and while we will defeat this
dangerous coronavirus, who will save us from the
pandemic of apathy?
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Racist assaults reflect
a deeper malaise
This refers to Angellica Aribam’s
article ‘Don’t call us corona. The
virus can’t be an excuse to be
racist’ (ATM, March 29). The writer
has aptly summed up the pathos
the northeastern populace is
having to put up with time and
again. One would recall the brutal
attack that led to the death of an
Arunachali student Nido Tania in
south Delhi not too long ago.
Racist assaults are a
manifestation of a deeper malaise
that seems to have set in our
collective psyches: a falsified
sense of self-righteousness that
looks to persecute anybody who
appears different. People need to
grow out of this sick attitude and
become more accepting of
differences if India is to stay an
evolving multi-ethnic society as
most of the world is.
Manish Shukla, Kota
Self-employed need relief
This refers to ‘Relief package is
peanuts. India needs to triple it’
(ATM, March 29). Along with the
poor and the needy, the
government needs to look into the
plight of the self-employed class
of people following the 21-day
lockdown. Small-time doctors,
engineers, and businessmen, for
example, may find that their
incomes have dried up. Not
enjoying the steady income that
those in govt or the corporates
enjoy, and given the state of our
economy, they will find it difficult
to bounce back.
V Nagarajan, Chennai
Virus teaches life lesson
This refers to ‘Covid fight is long,
but cities with a heart will win
back soul’. A tiny virus has forced
us to press the pause button on
our reckless pace of life.
Avinash Godboley, Dewas
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The double whammy of work
from home and work at home
ing focused on the waste of a woman’s mind and ca-
TO NAME AND ADDRESS pacities in the empty rounds of housework — in Mary
AMULYA GOPALAKRISHNAN McCarthy’s words, it is “labour in its most naked state,
for labour is toil that never finishes, toil that is de-
In lockdown, India is neatly divided stroyed and consumed by the life process.”
between the working class and the There was a famous poster in the 80s of a woman
work-from-home class. Those of us going crazy, cooking, washing, cleaning, soothing chil-
who usually depend on domestic dren, while a man says: ‘meri biwi kaam nahin karti’.
workers, nannies and dhobis are now In the 1970s, feminists pointed out that all of capitalism
remote-working, tending to children, and keeping is propped up by the patriarchal family; this invisible
house. We’ve all seen pictures of men posing with their housework is what prepares male workers for their
mops, cooking meals and making an occasion out of jobs. To do all of this, to soothe him when the conditions
these unfamiliar tasks. of his work oppress him, and still be utterly dependent
But surprise, surprise — chore wars are also erupt- on him without her own money, and disciplined by that
ing all over the place, and traditional gender roles are dependence — that’s the rotten deal that a woman got.
rearing back in many ‘modern’ homes. Women are Even her misery and her rebellion are privatised,
predictably saddled with the bulk of housework, while not understood as a system failure. She is the nagging
also working their day jobs. The Malaysian government bitch, the housewife with the rolling pin whose very
recently advised wives not to be frustration is a joke. But it is the
sarcastic while asking their hus- denial by the state and market,
bands to help, and dress better which act as though the vital
while they’re at it. work of housekeeping and care
Even progressive men have an are a private problem, and the
arsenal of techniques to dodge household that assigns this role
these duties — they declare wom- only to women, that shortchanges
en too finicky. They insist on doing us. So when feminists demanded
the work on their time, in their “wages for housework”, it was a
style, until their partner just de- political demand that insisted on
cides it’s easier to do it herself seeing this family labour for what
than to bargain and coax and fight. it is. Imagine if we had institu-
In India, autonomy for middle- tional childcare and it was natu-
class women has been won on the ral for everyone to do housework.
back of labour by other women, You may think I’m a dreamer, but
domestic workers, as our needs I’m not the only one.
meet their economic necessities. It We must notice the cultural
wasn’t men who picked up the cover-up, where femininity
slack when we went to work. Soci- means tending to others, and lit-
ologists speak of the double bur- tle girls play with dolls and kitch-
den of formal employment and ens and look forward to their
housework, the “second shift” of domestic destiny. We should know
chores, child and elder-care that what’s going on when WhatsApp
women do. Well, India has the big- CHORE GAP: Celebrities like actor Kartik messages thank mothers for be-
gest gender gap in unpaid work, Aaryan are posting videos doing ing martyrs, worked to the bone.
anywhere in the world for which housework but will these habits last? We should notice when familial
data is available. Indian men spend appeals serve as a pretty drape
an average of 52 minutes a day on housework, compared over exploitation. We should refuse to be superwomen,
to nearly six hours by women. insist on our human worth.
This is not to disparage those who live happily with Meanwhile, all work matters, and we can seek our
a “his” and “hers” way of life, a male breadwinner and own balance without gendering these choices. Time in
female homemaker, if they have chosen to do so. Tend- the workplace is time taken away from family, and each
ing to family and home are deeply satisfying, and is a refuge from the other. All of us need work with
should not be the preserve of the woman alone. The purpose, to use our talents, earn a livelihood, and to
problem is the mental scripts that still define us, where maintain our homes, sweep the floor, chop vegetables,
men naturally own the public sphere, and women be- give our families a sense of wellbeing. Humans also
long in the private domain —“let nations rage, let na- need leisure, some glazed and unproductive dream-time.
tions fall/ the shadow of the crib makes an enormous An equal partnership would mean we get a fair shot at
cage upon the wall”. Whatever we choose for ourselves, all these things, and allow for a common flourishing.
we need to expand options for others.
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US accused of hijacking health supplies
Trump Says Americans Should Wear
A Mask, But Won’t Do It Himself
Chidanand.Rajghatta
@timesgroup.com
Washington: Germany and
Canada are among countries
that are accusing the United
States of virtually hijacking
much-coveted medical mate-
rial that are in short supply in
the global war on the corona-
virus, aggravating Washing-
ton’s already testy ties with
some of its major allies.
In what appeared to be an
unprecedented international
heist, the Trump White House
reportedly authorised a “di-
version” to US from Bangkok
airport of a flight carrying
2,00,000 N95 face masks bound
for Germany, causing Berlin to
go apoplectic and accuse Wash-
ington of “modern piracy.”
The masks were manufac-
tured in China by the US com-
pany 3M which been contract-
ed by Berlin for the consign-
ment meant for its police. 3M
has been under fire from
Trump, purportedly for its ex-
tra-territorial loyalties in time
of crisis, although like with
many US companies, manu-
facturing in China for the in-
ternational market is part of
its global supply chain norm.
But the Trump administra-
tion, which famously procla-
imed an “America First” policy,
is now pulling out all stops to
secure medical supplies after it
has been brutally exposed for
its lax initial response to the
pandemic, the country’s lack of
manufacturing capability
(which Trump blames on his
predecessors) and the shallow-
ness of its national strategic re-
serves of such material.
Coming on the heels of ear-
lier reports that the Trump
White House had tried to
poach a German pharmaceu-
tical company CureVac,
which is said to be on the verge
of a breakthrough in develop-
ing a coronavirus vaccine, the
incident has soured an al-
ready tetchy relationship be-
tween the two countries.
“We view this as an act of
modern piracy. Even in times
of global crisis there should
be no wild west methods. I am
urging the (German) federal
Russian doc who
questioned virus
figures arrested
Moscow: Russian authorities
detained the leader of an inde-
pendent doctors’ union, an out-
spoken critic of the Kremlin
who has dismissed as “lies” the
country’s low official numbers
for Covid-19 infections.
Anastasia Vasilieva, the he-
ad of the Alliance of Doctors,
was stopped by police on Thurs-
day and held overnight while
travelling from Moscow to an
impoverished rural town to de-
liver masks, gloves and other
supplies to a hospital, a collea-
gue who was travelling with her
said. The detention of Vasilie-
va, an eye specialist who has be-
en highly critical of Russia’s re-
sponse to the pandemic, added
fuel to already widespread scep-
ticism, particularly among Kre-
mlin critics, about the accuracy
of official figures showing rela-
tively few cases in Russia. NYT
OTHER TOP STORIES
Trump fires intel
official involved
in impeachment
investigation
Washington: US President
Donald Trump notified Cong-
ress on Friday that he is firing
the inspector general of the
US intelligence community
who was involved in trigge-
ring an impeachment probe of
the president last year.
In a letter to key lawmakers,
Trump said he planned to re-
move the official, Michael At-
kinson, in 30 days, saying, “it is
vital that I have the fullest confi-
dence in the appointees serving
as inspectors general”. “This is
no longer the case with regard
to this inspector general.”
A US official said Thomas
Monheim, a career intelligen-
ce professional, would serve as
acting inspector general for the
time being. Atkinson, a Trump
appointee, had determined
that a whistleblower’s report
was credible in alleging Trump
abused his office in attempting
to solicit Ukraine’s interferen-
ce in the 2020 US election for his
political benefit. He was also
concerned that Trump potenti-
ally exposed himself to “serio-
us national security and coun-
ter-intelligence risks”. REUTERS
IN TIMES OF CORONAVIRUS: A man takes a selfie at Times Square.
The White House has announced that it will administer a rapid Covid-19
test to anyone scheduled to meet the president and the vice-president
WHO opens door to broader
use of masks to limit spread
The World Health Organi-
zation on Friday said medi-
cal masks should be priori-
tised for health workers, but
it opened the door to greater
public use of homemade
masks or other mouth cove-
rings as a way to reduce the
spread of the coronavirus.
A senior WHO official
said there was some possibi-
lity of airborne transmis-
sion of the virus. But the
main driver of the pande-
mic was still believed to be
sick people with symptoms
government to demand the
USA respect international
rules,” Andreas Geisel, the
interior minister for Berlin
state, told the local media.
Other countries, includ-
ing Canada and Brazil have
also complained that the US
is outbidding them, and in
some cases usurping contrac-
tually obligated supplies for
itself, and warned it does not
augur well for ties. In fact,
Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau
went so far as to caution that
that trade “goes both ways
across the border”, referring
obliquely to the thousands of
TRACKING OUTBREAK
Countries Infected
United States 290,606
Spain 124,736
Italy 124,632
Germany 92,150
France 83,031
China 82,543
Iran 55,743
United Kingdom 42,441
Turkey 20,921
20,278
Switzerland
UK’s Labour
Party names
Keir Starmer
as new chief
Naomi Canton
London: Keir Starmer on Sa-
turday emerged as the winner
of a three-way
race to replace
Jeremy Corbyn
as the chief of
UK’s main oppo-
sition Labour
party, sparking
hopes his win will bolster the
party’s strained ties with India.
The 57-year-old human
rights barrister — viewed as a
moderate socialist and uniting
force within Labour — won 56%
of the votes, beating Rebecca
Long-Bailey and Lisa Nandy,
who is half-Indian, who came
third with a 16% mandate. The
Indian diaspora welcomed Star-
mer’s win, many of whom felt
alienated by Corbyn’s policies.
Harendra Jodha, head of
the Rajasthan Association
UK, said: “This will start the
healing process. He under-
stands how the world moves so
probably he will not take one
side and will have a good rela-
tionship with India.”
Full report on www.toi.in
who were coughing and sne-
ezing and contaminating
surfaces or other people.
“We must preserve me-
dical surgical respirator
masks for our frontline wor-
kers. But the idea of using
respiratory coverings or
mouth coverings to prevent
coughing or sneezing pro-
jecting disease into the envi-
ronment and towards
others ... that in itself is not a
bad idea,” Dr Mike Ryan,
the WHO’s top emergencies
expert, said. REUTERS
nurses and other crucial per-
sonnel who commute each
day across the border.
But Trump couldn’t care
less given the pressure at
home, where his administra-
tion is under fire every day
for its visibly poor response
to the ground situation,
which is at variance to daily
proclamations from the
White House lectern. In fact,
US on Saturday recorded 1,480
deaths in the last 24 hours, the
highest number of fatalities
registered in a day globally.
As the US death toll from
the pandemic crossed 7500,
Death
181
7,826 countries/
11,744 regions hit
15,362
1,159,515+
1,330 infected globally
6,521
3,330
62,376+
have died
3,452
4,320 237,436+
have recovered
425
Source: Johns Hopkins
641
University
2 MEMBERS OF KENNEDY FAMILY FEARED DEAD IN CANOE ACCIDENT
Maeve Kennedy Townsend, a granddaughter
of Robert F Kennedy, and her son Gideon,
8, are feared dead in a canoeing accident in
Chesapeake Bay. The duo had been missing since
Thursday. The Coast Guard suspended rescue
efforts on Friday after a 26-hour search operation.
It is the latest of many tragedies that have
haunted the family across three generations
The ‘Kennedy Curse’, as it has come to be known, began during a World War II mission, well
before the assassination of the family’s best-known member, US President John F Kennedy
1944
Joseph P
Kennedy, Jr
JFK’s eldest
brother, he
was killed during a
secret mission when his
aircraft blew up over
the English Channel
Michael
Kennedy
Michael, also
RFK’s son, was
killed when he
hit a tree while
skiing in Aspen
1997
1999
John F Kennedy Jr
JFK’s son died aged 38 when the plane he was piloting crashed
into the Atlantic. His wife and sister-in-law were also killed
TIMES GLOBAL
NYT
Trump announced at his Fri-
day briefing that the Centers
for Disease Control would be-
gin recommending that all
Americans wear mask, but
said it would be voluntary and
he himself would not be doing
it because it did not make him
look presidential. However,
his wife, first lady Melania
Trump, urged all Americans
to “take social distancing &
wearing a mask/face cover-
ing seriously.” The White
House will also administer a
rapid Covid-19 test to anyone
scheduled to meet the presi-
dent and the vice-president.
Amid relentless exposes in
sections of the media about
how the White House was ill-
prepared for the contagion de-
spite many alerts and warn-
ings, the president has trained
his guns on companies such as
3M, invoking the Defence Pro-
duction Act to force them to
manufacture specific goods
such as masks and ventilators
for domestic use amid the cri-
sis. “We hit 3M hard today after
seeing what they were doing
with their Masks. Big surprise
to many in government as to
what they were doing — will
have a big price to pay!” Trump
tweeted on Thursday, later let-
ting it be known that he is “not
happy with 3M” without elabo-
rating. The company on its
part has suggested it was only
complying with its contractual
obligations and cautioned that
such violations on its part
could eventually hurt the US.
Meanwhile, spats continue
within the US too between
Washington DC and state ad-
ministrations, where gover-
nors are constantly complain-
ing and contesting Trump’s
daily claims that everything is
hunky-dory with supplies. On
Thursday, Trump’s son-in-law
Jared Kushner, who has been
pushed to the forefront of hand-
ling supplies, ignited a fire-
storm by asserting that “the
notion of the federal stockpile
was it’s supposed to be our
stockpile. It’s not supposed to
be states stockpiles that they
then use,” when referring to
states’ claim to medical suppli-
es from the national reserve.
China opens
Everest climb
for nationals
Beijing: A group of Chinese
mountaineers has begun an ex-
pedition on Mount Everest as
China limped back to normal-
cy after the coronovirus out-
break. The site, however, rema-
ins closed to foreign climbers.
The peak stands on the bor-
der of China and Nepal and
can be climbed from both si-
des. China has closed its side
to foreign climbers while Ne-
pal has cancelled all expedi-
tions. Only Chinese climbers
are permitted this spring sea-
son because of the pandemic,
operators told BBC. More
than two dozen Chinese clim-
bers tackling the peak are ex-
pected to reach the advanced
base camp at an altitude of
6,450 metres on Friday, expedi-
tion operators in touch with
the China Tibet Mountainee-
ring Association said. PTI
1948
Kathleen Kennedy Patrick Bouvier Kennedy
Married British The 2-day-old infant died
nobility, widowed in of infant respiratory
her early twenties. distress syndrome months
She died aged 28 in a before the assassination
small-plane crash while flying of his father,
from Paris to the French President Kennedy
Riviera along with her fiance
1984
David Kennedy
David as a child of
12 saw his father,
1964
Ted Kennedy,
RFK, being shot on
brother to JFK and
TV. Died of a drug
RFK, survived a
overdose at age 28
plane crash
in a Palm Beach,
Florida hotel
SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA, BHOPAL
APRIL 5, 2020
AFP
Downturn ‘way
worse’ than
crisis decade
ago, says IMF
Washington/Geneva: The
coronavirus pandemic has
brought the global economy to
a standstill and plunged the
world into a recession that
will be “way worse” than the
global financial crisis a deca-
de ago, the head of the Inter-
national Monetary Fund said
on Friday, calling it “humani-
ty’s darkest hour”.
The IMF’s managing direc-
tor Kristalina Georgieva called
CHINA HONOURS on advanced economies to step
up their efforts to help emer-
VIRUS VICTIMS ging markets and developing
countries survive the economic
and health impact of the pande-
A young boy honours coronavirus victims near Tiananmen Square. China on Saturday mourned the thousands of
mic. “This is a crisis like no
‘martyrs’ who have died in the outbreak, flying the national flag at half mast across the country and suspending
other,” she said. “We are now in
all forms of entertainment. At 10am Beijing time (7.30am IST), the country observed a three-minute silence. More
recession. It is way worse than
than 3,300 people in China have died in the pandemic, including 46 medical workers and 95 police officials
the global financial crisis” of
2008-2009. World Bank Presi-
Those Who Lost The Battle To Virus... And The Infected dent David Malpass echoed her
outlook in a post on LinkedIn,
writing, “We are expecting a
Bosworth gave Rossi was a Popstar Pink & her major global recession.” REUTERS
up glamour of trendsetter for 3-year-old ‘better’ CIA hunts for
acting for life luxury shoes P op star Pink has revealed
that she was tested
positive for
authentic virus
as a writer for women coronavirus
two weeks ago
totals in China
P atricia Bosworth, who
gave up acting for the
writing life, tu-
I talian luxury shoemaker
Sergio Rossi has died
aged 85 after
but has since
recovered. In
posts on social
Washington: The CIA has be-
en warning the White House
since at least early February
rning her kno- being hospita- media, the 40-year-old singer that China has vastly understa-
wledge of the lised with the said her three-year-old son ted its coronavirus infections
theater into a coronavirus. Jameson was also diagnosed and that its count could not be
series of bio- Rossi died with the disease. “Just a few relied upon, according to cur-
graphies and on Thursday days ago, we were re-tested rent and former intelligence of-
mining her own extraordi- in the town of Cesena in Ita- and are now thankfully ficials. The intelligence brie-
nary life for a pair of power- ly. “He was among the foun- negative,” she added. PTI fings in recent weeks, based at
ful memoirs, died on Thurs- ders of the high-end wo- least in part on information
from CIA assets in China, pla-
day. She was 86. The cause
was complications of pneu-
men’s footwear district in
the area of Forli and Cesena
Christopher Cross yed an important role in Presi-
monia brought on by the co-
ronavirus. Bosworth was
in the mid-20th century,” sa-
id Luciana Garbuglia, may-
tests positive dent Donald Trump’s negotia-
tion on Thursday of an appa-
admitted to the Actors Stu-
dio in its glory days, lear-
ning method acting alongsi-
or of San Mauro Pascoli,
where Rossi was born in
1935. French luxury group
F ive-time Grammy winner
Christopher Cross has
tested positive of novel
rent detente with President Xi
Jinping of China. Since then,
both countries have ratcheted
de Marlon Brando. Kering took over the brand coronavirus. The singer-song- back criticism of each other.
But she always wanted to in 1999. It then passed into writer shared the news in a The US intelligence agenci-
write, and she found materi- the hands of the Italian Facebook post. “I’m sorry to es have concluded that the Chi-
al in the many friendships private equity fund Inves- report that I am among the gr- nese government itself does not
she had cultivated — Brando tindustrial in 2015, when owing number of Americans know the extent. Bureaucrats
and Montgomery Clift am- Rossi had already retired. who tested positive for Cov- in China have been lying about
ong them. She was an editor Stars like Lupita Nyon- id-19. Although I am fortunate infection rates and deaths, fear-
and writer for several publ- g’o, Rihanna and Ariana enough to be cared for at ho- ful that if they report numbers
ications. She was a contribu- Grande have frequently wo- me, this is possibly the worst that are too high they will be pu-
ting editor at Vanity Fair. NYT rn Rossi’s creations. REUTERS illness I've ever had.” PTI nished, current and former in-
telligence officials said. NYT
Spain overtakes Italy in virus cases
Rome: Spain’s Covid-19 cases surpassed
Reuters
Nepal sees 3 new cases, 2
Italy as Europe’s two main epicentres con-
tinue to struggle to curtail the virus, with of them returned from India
PM Pedro Sanchez planning to extend the
country’s lockdown by two weeks until
April 25. A nationwide 15-day state of emer- T he Nepal government on Saturday
confirmed three new coronavirus
gency was first announced on March 14. It
was to end on April 11 after being extended
cases, including two patients who recently
returned from India, taking the number of
by two weeks. “The cabinet on Tuesday people infected with the virus to nine. Of
will again ask for authorisation from par- the total Covid-19 cases, one patient has
liament to extend for a second time the been cured, the ministry of health and
state of alert until Saturday April 25 at mid- population said. According to ministry
night,” Sanchez said . Corona cases incre- officials, the three new cases include a
ased by 7,026 to 124,736 over the past 24 ho-
Carrie Symonds, the fiance of Boris Johnson,
21-year-old youth who recently returned
said she had spent the past week in bed with
from Mumbai and a 41-year-old man who
urs, while deaths rose by 809 to 11,744. Total
symptoms of Covid-19. ‘I haven’t needed to be
cases are now higher than Italy’s 124,632.
tested and, after 7 days of rest, I feel stronger,’
came back from Uttarakhand. The third
Italy on Saturday saw its first drop in
she said on Twitter. ‘Being pregnant with
person is a 34-year-old female, a relative of
patients receiving intensive care for the a male novel coronavirus patient. This is
Covid-19 is obviously worrying. To other preg-
coronavirus that has killed 15,362 people
nant women, please follow the most up-to-date
the first case when a person got infected
in the country and put the healthcare sys-
guidance which I found to be very reassuring’
within the country, officials said. PTI
tem under massive strain. “This is very
important news,” civil protection service registered on Saturday. The death toll committed suicide. In Italy, more than
chief Angelo Borrelli told reporters of continued to mount, with 681new victims 11,000 medical personnel have been infect-
the drop from 4,068 to 3,994 intensive care bringing the world’s highest toll to 15,362. ed and some 73 doctors have died. Mean-
patients over the past 24 hours. “It allows Carlo Palermo, head of Italy’s doctors’ while, 17 medics in Egypt’s tested positive.
our hospitals to breathe.” Overall, new union, fought tears as he told reporters of Elsewhere, the UK reported its dead-
infections continued to slow their once- the risks and trauma the outbreak is ca- liest day yet with an increase of 708
exponential pace, with 4,805 new cases using, noting reports that two nurses had deaths, bringing the total to 4,313. AGENCIES
AROUND THE WORLD
New York
Reuters
Washington
Chesapeake Bay
North
Atalantic
Ocean
Died Accidents
1963
John F Kennedy
ne
sid
US President
JOY OF HOPE: A girl poses in front of a mural honouring British
Assassinated
ss in Dallas
1968 healthcare workers in Pontefract, England, on Saturday
on No
November 22. The
sniper, Lee Harvey
sni
Os
Oswald, was caught, but
es about
theories ab a largerr conspiracy of Knifeman kills 2 in evaluating whether the attack
was motivated by terrorism,
illers persist to
killers o this day
da
suspected terror but it has not launched formal
proceedings to treat it as such.
attack in France
Ecuador probes ‘fake news’
Robert F Kennedy,
criticising virus response
1969
Ted Kennedy accidentally
former attorney
general and senator
A man wielding a knife
attacked people in a town
near Lyon, France, on Saturday,
Ecuador’s government is pro-
bing thousands of social media
drove his car off a bridge JFK’s younger brother
on Chappaquiddick killing two people and woun- accounts spreading what it
was shot at a Los Angeles hotel
Island. He survived. It was ding others, prosecutors said. called “fake news” aimed at
on June 5 after winning the
The alleged attacker was destabilising President Lenin
Ted who wondered about California Democratic primary.
arrested by police shortly after Moreno’s administration as it
‘awful curse’ over family He died the next day
the attack. Prosecutors did not struggles to contain the Co-
identify him. They said he had vid-19 outbreak. Interior mini-
2019
no documents but claimed to ster Maria Paula Romo said the
be Sudanese. Prosecutors did posts — among which were
Saoirse Kennedy Hill not confirm that the man had images of alleged common
A granddaughter of RFK, she died at 22 of what shouted “Allahu akbar” (God is graves for Covid-19 victims —
appeared to be a drug overdose great) as he carried out the resulted from a coordinated
Source: NYT attack. The office said it is effort by a “political group”.

KAKA PICKS MESSI OVER RONALDO: CRISTIANO
AMAZING BUT LEO A GENIUS, PURE TALENT
SNAPSHOTS
Read newspapers to get
authentic news: Sourav
Kolkata: BCCI president Sourav Gangly
on Saturday requested everyone to read
newspapers to get the true and authentic
news. “The world is going through a
difficult phase, something that no one
has seen before or perhaps, will see
again,” he sad in a message to TOI.
“We are all confined to our homes in this
period of lockdown and during this time,
only true and authentic news should
reach you. This can happen only through
newspaper and television. I read new-
spaper and watch television everyday to
keep myself updated, so should you.” TNN
Dhoni named skipper of
Jaffer's all-time ODI team
Former India opener Wasim Jaffer has
picked MS Dhoni as captain of his all-
time ODI XI. Jaffer had recently revealed
that all Dhoni wanted when he started off
was to make Rs 30 lakh and live peaceful-
ly in Ranchi. JAFFER'S ALL-TIME ODI
TEAM: Sachin Tendulkar, Rohit Sharma,
Vivian Richards, Virat Kohli, AB de Villi-
ers, Ben Stokes, M.S. Dhoni (c &amp; wk),
Wasim Akram, Shane Warne/Saqlain
Mushtaq, Joel Garner, Glenn McGrath,
Ricky Ponting (12th man).
Eng players donate, take pay cuts
England’s centrally contracted male
cricketers will donate £500,000 to the
Board and charities while their women’s
team counterparts have volunteered a
three-month pay cut, the players’ associ-
ation (PCA) said. The England and Wales
Cricket Board (ECB) has said the season
will not start before May 28 .
Cummins feels ‘nice' about Paine
picking him as captaincy contender
Australia fast bowler Pat Cummins feels
nice about skipper Tim Paine rating him
as one of the contenders for future Test
captaincy. Paine named Steve Smith,
Cummins, Travis Head, Alex Carey and
Marnus Labuschagne among those who
could take up the captaincy. “It's nice to
hear, (I) don't think it makes me want it
more or less. I'm glad being a vice-
captain underneath him that I get that
nod. He's brilliant,” Cummins was quoted
as saying by cricket.com.au. “I kind of
feel it's not quite right talking about
captaincy now when we've got someone
like Painey and Finchy (limited-overs
captain Aaron Finch) doing great jobs.”
Moody picks Rohit, Warner as
world's best T20 openers
Former all-rounder Tom Moody picked
India's Rohit Sharma and fellow Australi-
an David Warner as best opening bats-
men in T20 cricket. The 54-year-old also
picked Chennai Super Kings as his favou-
rite IPL team and M S Dhoni favourite
captain. “Tough call, but I would be more
than happy with @davidwarner31 and
@ImRo45 (Rohit),” Moody wrote on his
twitter page. Amongst the emerging
ones, Moody feels Shubman Gill “stands
out”. Moody believes New Zealand
skipper Kane Williamson is the best
cricketing brain.
British tennis association giving
$24m in support package
The Lawn Tennis Association is giving up to
20 million pounds through grants and
interest-free loans to help venues, coaches,
officials, and players in Britain during the
coronavirus pandemic. Singles players
world ranked from 101 to 750 and doubles
players ranked from 101 to 250 - who are
not already receiving funding - are eligible.
Rafael Nadal lauds Novak Djokovic
for contributing to relief fund
Rafael Nadal has expressed gratitude to
Novak Djokovic for contributing to Na-
dal's fund to aid the fight against the
coronavirus. "A huge thanks to @djoker-
nole for the contribution to the #nuestra-
mejorvictoria campaign helping those in
need in the fight against Corona Virus.
Class act Hvala Nole!," Nadal tweeted.
Last week, Djokovic and wife Jelena had
announced that they will donate a million
euros to help the people of Serbia.
Sania critical of cooking videos, pics
Sania Mirza isn't too pleased with the rise
in the number of 'cooking posts' on social
media. Taking to Twitter, she wrote:
"Aren't we done with posting cooking
videos and food pictures yet? Just spare a
thought - there are hundreds of thousands
of ppl, specially in our side of the world
starving to death and struggling to find
food once a day if they are lucky."
Hockey India donates Rs 75 lakh
more; Lahiri pledges Rs 7 lakh
Hockey India donated an additional Rs 75
lakh towards the PM-CARES Fund to take
its total contribution to Rs 1 crore. Golfer
Anirban Lahiri donated Rs 7 lakh to
PM-CARES Fund. He is also supporting
100 families on the Zomato Feeding India
initiative.
Fifa mulls to move Oly age limit to 24
The age limit for the Tokyo Olympics men’s
football tournament could be raised to 24
so that players who were eligible in 2020
will not miss out following the postpone-
ment of the Games until the following
year, FIFA said on Friday.
Kenny replaces McCarthy as
Ireland manager: Mick McCarthy’s
stint as Ireland manager ended on Satur-
day as the country's football association
(FAI) announced he was being immedia-
tely replaced by Stephen Kenny. Former
Ireland defender McCarthy, 61, took over
in November 2018 and was poised to lead
them into last month's Euro 2020 qualify-
ing playoffs before the coronavirus
pandemic took hold. AGENCIES
TIMES SPORT
‘DHONI HAD TASTED BLOOD &
YEARNED FOR MORE’
April 5 marks the 15th anniversary of MS Dhoni’s first international century, an innings of great significance for Indian cricket.
As a flamboyant 23-year-old from Ranchi wreaked havoc on Pakistan’s bowlers with a 123-ball 148 under the scorching
Visakhapatnam sun, India finally found a wicketkeeper-batsman who could set the world on fire. ASHISH NEHRA, an integral
part of Team India at the time, recalls the day that set the tone for Dhoni’s fairytale career…
I
distinctly remember that match
in Visakhapatnam. It was the
second ODI of that series. In a
video that went viral, I am seen
hurling abuses at MS after an
edge off Shahid Afridi’s bat goes be-
tween Dhoni and Rahul Dravid at first
slip. People assume it’s from the Vizag
match, but that incident is
from the fourth ODI in
Ahmedabad. Howev-
er, I must admit I am
not proud of my
behaviour.
I had been hit
for six by Afridi off
just the previous ball.
There was the usual
pressure of an India-Paki- NEHRA
stan match. Suddenly, I created a
chance and it was missed. I lost my
cool. That wasn’t the only incident
where a player has lost his cool in that
manner. Both Dravid and Dhoni were
fine with me after the game but that
doesn’t justify my behaviour.
The video is still popular because
it has Dhoni in it. It’s like that old pic-
ture of me presenting an award to
Virat Kohli when he was a kid. The
picture is famous because it has Koh-
li in it, not because of me. I know some-
day my kids will eventually watch that
video clip and I’ll have to explain why
I behaved that way!
Coming back to the Visakhapatnam
knock, Dhoni’s innings is of great sig-
nificance for Indian cricket. That in-
nings got the team to believe that we
too could have a prolific wicketkeeper-
batsman. Dhoni didn’t have a great
time in his initial matches. But when
a confident man like him gets an op-
portunity and cashes in, then it’s hard
to pull him back. Unwavering self-
confidence is Dhoni’s strength. That
innings was like he had tasted blood
and he yearned for more. He hardly
ever batted at No. 3 after that innings
but he had made a statement that day.
Fifa postpones Women’s U-17 World Cup
Shilarze.Saharoy@timesgroup.com
Chennai: The Under-17 Women’s World Cup to
be hosted by India is the latest sporting event to
fall victim to the Covid-19 pandemic. In a state-
ment issued late on Friday, Fifa announced
that the tournament will be postponed and new
dates will be announced soon. The women’s
age-group showpiece event was scheduled to be
held from November 2-21 across five venues —
Ahmedabad, Bhubaneswar, Guwahati, Kolka-
ta and Navi Mumbai.
The decision was made following the first
meeting of the Fifa-Confederations working
group, which was established by the Fifa Coun-
cil bureau to address the consequences of the
pandemic. “Fifa reiterates that health must al-
ways be the first priority and the main criteria
in any decision-making process, especially in
these challenging times. The working group
thus recommended postponing the Under-17
Women’s World Cup. New dates will be identifi-
ed,” Fifa said in a statement.
What might have forced FIFA’s hand is the
fact that majority of the qualifying tourna-
ments — in Europe, South America, Central,
North America and Caribbean and Oceania —
For me, Del Bosque was ‘Going ahead with
the special one: Redondo Liverpool-Atletico tie
Nilesh.Bhattacharya@timesgroup.com
F
ernando Redondo presided over a
success story of Real Madrid on
both sides of the Galacticos era.
Born in Buenos Aires
in 1969, Redondo joined
the Real Madrid soon
after World Cup 1994 .
Now working as a
La Liga ambassador,
the 50-year-old reflec-
ted on his time at Real Madrid during
an interview with TOI. Excerpts:
You won two La Liga and two Champions
League titles with Real. If you are asked
to pick one favourite player from that
team, who would he be?
It would be unfair to pick just one
player from time in Real Madrid be-
cause I had the great fortune of play-
ing with many great players. From a
personal point of view, I would like to
mention players like Fernando Hier-
ro, Raul Gonzalez and Roberto Carlos.
The list, though, is very long.
You have played under several coaches
at Real Madrid. Who among them would
be your pick?
I had been fortunate enough to
work under some great coaches. Each
of them has left me with some impres-
sions. But Vicente del Bosque (in pic)
was the special one. He was the one
who understood my potential and ga-
ve me the freedom to move around
midfield. It was a great experience of
playing under him since he gave me so
SUNDAY TIMES OF INDIA, BHOPAL | APRIL 5, 2020
ARRIVING IN STYLE: MS Dhoni celebrates
after scoring his first ODI ton, against
Pakistan in Visakhapatnam on April 5, 2005
1
MS Dhoni is the only
captain-wicketkeeper to
score 6,000 runs and
effect over 200 dismissals
behind the stumps in ODIs
(6641 @ 53.55, including six
hundreds, and 258 dismissals). His
wicketkeeping dismissals include
185 catches and 73 stumpings.
We lost all the remaining four matches
in that series but we discovered Dhoni.
Dhoni wasn’t the best wicketkeep-
er around when he first came in. All
those who played before him were re-
ally good. He was certainly not a Kiran
More or a Nayan Mongia. So it’s not
that he was miles ahead of his contem-
poraries as a wicketkeeper, but he
made for a better package. His disci-
pline, passion, composure and confi-
dence made him different.
It was also the time the team want-
ed to relieve Dravid of wicketkeeping
duties in One-day cricket. I remember
we tried out Dinesh Karthik for a year
LOGISTICAL ISSUES
ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA
No clarity yet on whether the present
eligibility criteria originally foreseen
(players born on or after January 1, 2003) for
the tournament will remain or not.
A FLEXIBLE DOMESTIC
CALENDAR
Flexibility needed in domestic calendar
since it might have to be rejigged if FIFA
decides to conduct the WC anytime before
April next year
AVAILABILITY OF VENUES
With AIFF not owning any stadiums, the
football body will need to draw fresh
contracts for the availability of five venues.
for the World Cup had to be postponed due to
the ongoing crisis. Out of the 16 teams that will
take part in the event, Japan and North Korea
— from the Asia (AFC) region — are the only si-
much professionally and personally.
You had featured in 10 Clasicos at a time
when Barcelona also had a good num-
ber of world-class players. Tell us so-
mething about your rivalry against
them.
Yes, I played against many great
players, especially the Brazilians at
FC Barcelona. I always enjoyed the
competitions against the likes of Ri-
valdo and Ronaldo (when he played for
the Catalan club). They were all simp-
ly unbelievable.
As a defensive midfielder, you have not
scored many goals. But of the 10-odd
goals, which one remain special for
you?
At club level, I remember the one I
scored at the San Mames Stadium in
in Bilbao, when I used to play for Tene-
rife. And for the Argentina national
team, it must be the one in the World
Cup qualifier against Paraguay when
I dribbled past four players before sco-
ring.
You are working as La Liga ambassador
in Argentina. How have you kept football
close to your heart being on both sides
of the Atlantic?
I have always been a fan of Club In-
dependiente, which is based in Bue-
nos Aires. My grandfather and my fat-
her supported this club and my sons
also follow them. But I am a Madridis-
ta. Real represent a competitive spirit
and always demand from the players
the best of their ability. And this also
suits my mentality in that you have to
be competitive to be successful.
SIMONA HALEP SEES THE BRIGHT SIDE: I’LL BE
WIMBLEDON CHAMPION FOR TWO YEARS
MSD’S ODI SPECIALS
148 vs Pakistan (123 balls; 15x4, 4x6; strike rate:
120.32) Venue: Visakhapatnam I Date: April 5, 2005
After a few failures in his first four matches, Dhoni
announced himself on the international stage with a
swashbuckling innings against Pakistan, following
captain Sourav Ganguly’s decision to promote him to
the No. 3 batting slot.
183* vs Sri Lanka (145b; 15x4, 10x6; SR: 126.20)
Getty Images Venue: Jaipur I Date: Oct 31, 2005
India were chasing 299 to win against a Lankan side
that had Vaas and Muralitharan. Dhoni plundered the
attack to help the hosts win with 23 balls to spare.
91* vs Sri Lanka (79b; 8x4, 2x6; SR: 115.18)
Venue: Mumbai I Date: April 2, 2011
Perhaps Dhoni’s most celebrated innings, coming as in
it did in a World Cup final while chasing. MSD wasn’t in
the best of form till the final, but he promoted himself
in the batting order to counter Sri Lanka’s off-spinners.
He made sure India won the World Cup after 23 years
with an unforgettable six over long on.
139* vs Australia (121b; 12x4, 5x6; SR: 114.87)
Venue: Mohali I Date: October 19, 2013
India were tottering at 154/6 but Dhoni made sure the
team crossed the 300-run mark with another
dominating innings peppered with his trademark
‘helicopter’ shot.
45* vs Sri Lanka (52b; 5x4, 2x6; SR: 86.53)
Venue: Port-of-Spain I Date: July 11, 2013
Dhoni came up with another entertaining and
resourceful knock in the final of a tri-series also
after Parthiv Patel. DK was an excep- whatever cricket I have seen over the involving West Indies. India needed 202 to win the title
tional talent with sound technique. last 22 years, Dhoni and Sourav Gan- and were reduced to 167-8. Dhoni farmed the strike
But Dhoni did what DK and Parthiv guly are the two defining captains in brilliantly and took the match into the last over with 15
couldn’t — make the most of his op- contemporary cricket. runs to win. Shaminda Eranga was given the task to
portunities. Dhoni may not have been In the later stages of my career, I bowl the final over and Dhoni flattened him with a
the best-looking batsman or a sound played with him at Chennai Super sequence of 6, 4, 6 off the second, third and fourth
wicketkeeper but he certainly was the Kings. There have been suggestions deliveries. India won by 1 wicket.
best wicketkeeper-batsman. I don’t see recently that he is overly passionate
anyone coming close to the impact he when it comes to CSK. Yes, he is very 44* vs Australia (58b; 1x6; SR: 75.86)
Venue: Adelaide I Date: Feb 12, 2012
has had as a wicketkeeper-batsman passionate about CSK but that doesn’t
except for Rishabh Pant. Pant’s jour- mean he is any less passionate when Another of Dhoni’s last-over heroics. At the receiving
end this time was Australian medium-pacer Clint
ney – though it is still early days – re- playing for India. I would rather say
McKay. India needed 13 to win off the last over and
minds me a lot of Dhoni. that it’s a good thing that an IPL cap-
Dhoni clobbered a 112 metre, awe-inspiring maximum
I didn’t play for India between 2005 tain is so attached to his franchise.
to win the match for India.
and 2009. A lot had changed in Indian Dhoni and Rohit Sharma are the two
cricket in that time. When I made a best captains in IPL because they are
comeback, Dhoni was leading India. passionate about their jobs.
However, it was not that we were not Leading an IPL team is not an easy
102.71
Dhoni’s average
on talking terms during that period. job as it may seem to a lot of people.
in successful ODI
Dhoni had offered me Test cricket Unlike national teams, you get just two
chases. He is the
again in 2009, which I declined. Look- months to build a team and get it to
only ODI batsman
ing back, I do regret that decision a bit. perform. Captaining in T20s is tough-
to average 100-plus in successful chases (minimum
Make no mistake, Dhoni is one of er than Tests and ODIs. You have to
2,500 runs), his tally being 2876 runs in 75 innings,
the legendary captains of contempo- remain calm and know your players
including two hundreds and 20 fifties. Virat Kohli is
rary cricket. I don’t know much really well to make decisions when the
next best (96.21).
about the era of Mike Brearley, Im- game moves so fast. —Stats: Rajesh Kumar
ran Khan or Arjuna Ranatunga but (As told to Arani Basu)
GANESHA SAYS
BEJAN DARUWALLA
Aries: Ganesha says you Libra: There is new love
des to have qualified so far while African re- look to gain in- and you spend hap-
gion (CAF) qualifiers are still going on.
In order to identify alternative dates for the
sights through the
study of philoso-
py moments with
your paramour
qualifiers, Fifa has also decided “to create a phy, metaphysics and the without a care in the
sub-working group on the women’s internatio- occult. With more opti- world. This is a great time
nal match calendar to consider potential
mism and self-confidence to be, says Ganesha. While
changes to the calendar and dates of postponed
in your life, you are at work runs smoothly,
FIFA final tournaments”. willing to take risks. You you sometimes feel that
However, it is unlikely that the World Cup
want to expand your you do not get the recog-
will be rescheduled anytime sooner than Octo- consciousness. nition that you deserve.
ber next year because of the onset of summer
from March in the country. A lot of teams aren’t Taurus: You may take to Scorpio: You will be in-
used to such extreme climate and a Fifa spoke- yoga and medita- volved in many dif-
sperson acknowledged the issue at hand. “We tion or go gu- ferent aspects of
are working with confederations regarding da- ru-shopping to get work and will be
tes for the respective qualifying tournaments. more clarity. You feel the meeting people from all
We will definitely take into account the weat- time has come to under- over the world. These new
her conditions in India before zeroing in on stand yourself better with interactions will broaden
new dates,” the spokesperson told TOI. “There regard to the world. You your outlook tremendous-
is no guarantee that the tournament will be need to move away from ly. You may also travel over-
held before October (2021). It all depends on the the mundane world of seas on a new assignment.
next available window on Fifa’s calendar. We work and achievement The future looks bright
have to work out our domestic calendar for next and may decide to travel. with unlimited potential.
season and be flexible. The five stipulated venu-
es were barred from hosting other tourna- Gemini: You want to take Sagittarius: The period
ments and events in the lead up to the event ,” a long trip for a di- favours travels /
Das told TOI. rect experience of meetings / confer-
life. You also want ences / interviews
to help the less fortunate / trips / more brain power
in the society. You want to / contacts / communica-
help the underdog. You
are filled with mercy and
compassion. Your life has
tion / correspondence /
contracts. You are reach-
ing out in all directions.
many turns but they are
all profitable. You are rest-
less for results.
T his is an excellent
time for most kinds of
relationships.
was a bad decision’ Cancer: The impact of
this influence is
Capricorn: Ganesha says
that you have the
significant. Vari- potential to become
Match Might Have cision to stage the match.
“People don’t make bad de-
ous aspects of your a truly better per-
life will be transformed. son as all influences fa-
Contributed To cisions on purpose – perhaps
the seriousness of the situation
There will be positive en- vour you and help you
ergy in your life and you grow. You will learn new
More Corona Cases wasn’t being understood will be shown the mirror techniques of yoga and
across government at that time. and made to face yourself. meditation and will take
L
iverpool council’s director “Although we will never know, In the beginning you will to alternative healing as a
of public health Matthew the Atletico Madrid game could resist it but the less you therapy of choice. But do
Ashton has suggested the have been one of the cultural resist facing yourself, the not be obsessed with
rise in coronavirus cases in the events and gatherings that in- better for you. health issues.
city may be influenced by the fluenced the rise in Liverpool.
decision to allow the Reds’ “It is definitely one to be in-
Leo: Ganesha says all the Aquarius: You enter a
Champions League match aga- cluded on the list for learning
new experiences lucky phase and
inst Atletico Madrid to take pla- and for a future inquiry, so that will broaden your are helped by
ce. organisations can learn and life and you grow strangers and
There were just 14 confir- not make similar mistakes.”
exponentially as a person friends alike. You are also
med cases of Covid-19 in Liver- The day before the match, who matters. You will have constantly looking for op-
pool on Friday 20 March, but which Atletico won 3-2 after ex- arrived at a very signifi- p o r t u n i t i e s t h at c a n
that number has swelled to 309 tra-time to prevail 4-2 on aggre- cant juncture in life. The benefit you. Your sense
less than two weeks later. MPs gate in front of 54,000 fans, La- work front continues to of timing is acute and
in Liverpool and former Eng- Liga had announced all fixtu- expand with new ties and your sensitivity to others
land striker Gary Lineker were res in its top two divisions wo- collaborations. All in all, a is greater than usual. You
among those questioning the uld have to be played behind good phase says Ganesha. do well.
wisdom of allowing 3,000 sup- closed doors. Since then, all of
porters from coronavirus-hit the major European leagues ha- Virgo: You are galloping Pisces: You meet new peo-
Madrid to travel for the last-16 ve been shut down. LaLiga has ahead and this is a ple all the time and
second-leg fixture at Anfield on been indefinitely postponed period of culmina- if you are less arro-
11March. Ashton, in place to co- while Premier League clubs tion in your profes- gant or ego driven
ordinate Liverpool’s response will gather via conference call sional and personal life. you will learn a lot. This
to the pandemic, said in the Gu- to consider the same. There are tangible results is a steadying influence.
ardian: “It was not the right de- THE INDEPENDENT and you feel good as you At this time, you are able
bask in accomplishment. to combine breadth of vi-
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LEISURE / BHOPAL TIMES SUNDAY 5 APRIL 2020 I ADVERTORIAL, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

,
over the next six months. What happens even if working from home, shall be heavy.
Aries

o
next can only be guessed. There is no one- If not work, domestic pressures in the lock-
Creativity will be size-fits-all answer that will cover all of you. down will consume your physical energies.
a part of your

Fin lex
Suffice it to say that you have to take a sharp There shall be pleasant developments con-
work from home right or a sharp left turn or you will walk nected to your children and you will spend
plan and you will right off the cliff. more time with them. There may be some
execute it well differences with the spouse, but that shall
this week. Some-
FORTUNE Anupam V Kapil
Scorpio be temporary, unless your Moon sign is also
thing related to A lot of changes are in or- Capricorn. This is a good time to consider
entertainment der. At the moment all of getting married.
and planning will us are subject to conditions
Mariah Carey
keep you busy and Fnr arpo r,e nts mail at anupamvkapi I@gmalLCOm that will knock down any- Aquarius
or snu o" 9822042295. thing that is rooted in false- The intellectual planet
a new work opportunity will knock
at your door. You are getting recog- hood. You are about to see Mercury moves through
nised by influential people and if what you have created your sign and gives you
your time to be in the limelight is ASTROSPEAK is worthy enough to stand
Demi Moore the test of time. The mon-
brilliant plans and
fast approaching, though it shall schemes, however, the
ey issue is huge, but don’t make it too im- professional execution
take a couple of weeks more.
Leo portant. You had no way of knowing where and result will take about
The beginning of the week shall see you things would wind up, and yet here you are, a month to materialise.
making plans for after the at a point where everything you’ve put your Even though you are in a
lockdown. A loaded sixth Diane Lane
heart to has turned out for the best. Don’t lockdown phase, you will
house with Mars and Sat- let your fears or the opinions of others steal pay extra attention to beautifying your
urn combining your eighth your thunder. home surroundings. Some concerns re-
lord continues to suggest lating to your child’s health or education
that health will be a prior- Sagittarius will worry you. You need to be careful of
ity as you spend time at Though you are spending injuries to your legs and be especially care-
Taurus home during the lockdown more time with your fam- ful around water, lest you slip.
Despite the unpleasant environment Halle Berry period. Make sure you have ily now, the financial pic-
around you, you will enough of vitamin C intake ture worries you quite a Pisces
be calm and your and plenty of sunshine. Your sign bit, and you constantly While everyone is having
mind will be very ac- ruler, the Sun, will always lift your think of finances and a tough time during the
tive and it knows of mental and physical spirits when- budgets. Yes, these are in- lockdown, perhaps you are
how to capitalise this ever you are down. Try wearing deed really tough times, one of the only signs hav-
situation to your eco- more of yellow or orange and Julianne Moore and though you are ac- ing a comfortable time.
nomic advantage. Pay light blue to lift your energies and tually a person who You shall be busy in com-
close attention to your spirits. Avoid arguments as you lives in the present, you are slightly con- munications of all kinds,
Jessica Alba father’s health. You shall might get aggressive. cerned now. You shall be in a very com- oral/written. Your finan-
be busy playing games municative phase, specially related to cial planets are well posi-
with your family,This seems to be quite Virgo work/business and will try to reach out to
Drew
Barrymore tioned, so you will plan
an enjoyable week at home. With Venus What matters most as time goes on has many sources and people for alternatives. well and will use this time
in your sign, listening to good old coun- everything to do with It’s time to pay attention to fitness and al- to your commercial advantage. Pleasure
try music would enhance your happiness, maintaining your integri- ternative lifestyles, too. from friends and family is seen, though
and make sure you wear more of light ty. If you have a pitfall, it spouse’s health may not be good.
blue shades to stay happy. relates to believing that Capricorn
there is a specific path, or
Gemini one way, that will get you
You will be busy with family and matters where you need to go. For
pertaining to domestic af-
fairs for the first two days
of the week. With health
STAR BIRTHDAY
ARIES: KRISTEN STEWART
APRIL 9, 1990
all of us, the road home is
unique to who we are, and
Cameron Diaz it exists relative to our kar- #CORONASUTRA
and energy levels not so ma. Don’t expect anyone to tell you how it’s The best of locked-down creativity
great, it is advised that supposed to go and know enough to pay at-
you take things easy. losses, explore the occult or do some re- of funds that will bring tention to what your life is telling you.
There is no need to rush, search to plan your life ahead as current you some comfort. While Vanessa
the world is not coming to planetary alignments favour it. spending more time at Libra Ferlito
home, you might get into When we reach the point
Angelina Jolie an end soon, and you have Cancer domestic arguments. where everything has to
Though the
all the time to go slow, Jupiter-Saturn- WE
postpone or even aban- Financial planning, resources and family Avoid wasting your ener- change, we either wake up Mars contacts
budgets are issues that you shall be occu- or we don’t. You are cross- DIDN’T
don things that you may have considered gies on this and take a cold have brought in TELLYOU
important. The Mars-Saturn-Jupiter con- pied with towards the start of the week. bath or watch animal ing that line right now.This opportunities for
Money shall be stuck is some project and it is all taking place in a THIS!
junction in your eighth house can make Lindsay shows, it will help distress you to rise, work
you take impulsive decisions leading to will take a couple of weeks for the release Lohan you. process that will unfold requirements,
Kate Winslet

Keeping myself busy with

household chores: Jigyasa
ike a most people, Jigyasa Singh of Shak- have no complaints. It has given some rest
PEARLS
OF
WISDOM

L ti - Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki is keeping herself

busy doing household chores at home.
The actress tells us, “It struck me the other day
that Mumbai, the city of dreams, has come to a
sudden stop. I had gone out to buy groceries and
there were hardly any cars or pedestrians on
road. The world has fallen quiet and so has Mum-
bai, but this silence isn’t horrifying. After years
of hearing horns and other human-generated
noises, I am finally able to hear the sounds of
chirping birds!”
So how is she spending her time? “I am
keeping myself busy with household chores.
I find it amusing when I hear some people
Apart from reading and watching films, Jigyasa Singh say they are bored. I have no time to get
has been cooking up a storm, literally, in the kitchen bored. In fact, I am busier than usual. But I
to my mother. I have been cooking every day.
Recently, I made a semolina cake. My fami-
ly loved it so much that they have asked me
to make it again.” She adds, “After I am done
with all the household chores, I take care of
my plants and binge-watch on movies.
Thanks to this lockdown, I have also started
reading.”
But the actress is definitely missing being
in front of the camera. “All said and done, I
can’t wait to resume shooting. I miss my co-
stars a lot and I have been video-calling them
almost daily. I have been watching all THE
episodes of my show Shakti...including the LAST
repeat telecast (laughs).” WORD
– Neha.Choudhary@timesgroup.com

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ple, the 2 boxes below 12 must
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APRIL 5, 2020

TIME TO REFLECT, How we interpret, Kennedy once positivity we need to cultivate sustain us in the long run.
RETHINK, REFRAME react and bounce famously said: “The right now and emerge stronger. Write to us at
Sometimes, the world needs a back from the crises word crisis is com- Crises can get the collective timeslife@timesgroup.com and
crisis to deliberate and act on of today is what is posed of two char- adrenaline flowing, focusing tell us about the challenges you
changes that matter. From cli- going to define our acters – one repre- minds to solve the problem are facing, and the surprising
mate change to the refugee crisis survival in the crises sents danger and at hand. Let’s recalibrate aspects you are discovering
to Covid-19, humanity is being of tomorrow. As US one represents our goal-plans and work or rediscovering about yourself –
challenged as never before. President John F opportunity.” It is that towards what is really going to every day.
ADVERTORIAL, LIFESTYLE PROMOTIONAL FEATURE

HEALYOURSELVES,ONE
5 pm this evening. Maintaining our

Learn the art of Kakeibo

This Japanese art of
GROUP CALL AT A TIME
everyday routine keeps us ground-
ed.” Sumer Vikram Singh, petroleum
engineer with Halliburton Offshore
Services, is using this time to con-
nect with long-lost friends, and have
manual budgeting — “deep conversations”, something he
with pen and paper, on Partying, reconnecting with besties, Tambola get-togethers, pilates didn’t have the time for earlier. “I
a daily basis — is the sessions, are all happening through video apps.We aren’t as isolated as just hope this new habit becomes
we think in the days of self-quarantine. In fact, we are more connected… sustainable. We must rethink every-
need of the hour in the thing about our lives,” he says.

“
times of rationing and can shake this overwhelming feeling Dr Parikh concurs. “The whole
Haimanti.Mukherjee@timesgroup.com This pandemic is
self-quarantine of gloom and doom.”
teaching us every world is off the roller-coaster of life it

P
ayal Chatterjee, senior sales had gotten used to. We all have this
Nona.Walia@timesgroup.com day that we are all
executive, Indigo, put on her CHUCK THAT FEELING OF DOOM void – it’s not a bad thing. Rather a
interdependent.

T
he Japanese have had a red lipstick and got dressed It’s happening all over the world. perfect opportunity to get acquaint-
long tradition of being up last Saturday evening. Her mom People are catching up with long-lost Coronavirus spread ed with our own feelings. We are re-

mindful about their
spending habits. They call it
Kakeibo, which literally translates
to ‘the art of budgeting manual-
ly’. The time couldn’t be more apt
to adopt this philosophy.
While self-quarantining, we also
have to be mindful of where our
money is going, and how much of
it is being debited from our banks.
It’s quite easy to get carried away
stocking essentials — since a lot of
buying is being done online — and
then suddenly realising that our
account has dipped unusually low
without us being aware of it.
The philosophy of Kakeibo en-
courages you to look to the future,
focus on the present, and reflect on
the past, with plenty of wisdom and
PIC: ISTOCK
almost had a panic attack! “Where school friends, calling their parents through the world because alising just how much we need oth-
are you going? The country’s under more often, playing cards and other we are all interdependent; er people for our own wellbeing.”
motivation sprinkled along the way. and long-term goals. lockdown!” She breathed a sigh of games with colleagues after work and it’s through this same
This particular form of financial relief when she saw her daughter hours, and celebrating birthdays, an- interdependence –– VOID ISN’T A BAD WORD
management makes it a lot easier to EMOTIONAL SECURITY calmly switch on her laptop, sharp niversaries – all over video parties. staying connected while Pranav Juneja, who owns a family
manage your daily expenses than Business coach Jasmin Waldmann at 8.30 pm, and raise a toast with Sanghamitra Mukherjee, talent maintaining physical business, got to understand the im-
your average Excel doc. adds another huge benefit of man- four of her friends in different cities, acquisition partner, AIA Group of- distance –– that we mense joy of connecting people
At the core of Kakeibo are four vi- ual accounting: emotional security. all ready for a video party. All dressed fice in Hong Kong, caught up with when he taught his 60+ grandpar-
can all heal
tal questions that you must She says, “If you are in con- up. All in red lipstick. her school friend through a long — Dr Samir Parikh, psychiatrist ents how to play Tambola on Zoom
ask yourself: Kakeibo trol of your money and “Last Saturday, it was red lipstick. video chat a few days ago. They (video app) with their friends! “It was
1) How much money is is credited to the financial life, you get Next Saturday, it’s going to be an LBD were all connected on a WhatsApp helped me understand that this is so heartening to see them enjoying
available? 2) How
first woman journalist a lot of peace. Espe- video party,” she says, adding, “I ‘school group’. But where was the our battle, together. No one is themselves. I think we are all slowly
of Japan, Hani Motoko,
much are you spend- cially in our times, don’t know why we are calling it so- time to have one-on-one conversa- alone. We are fighting it collective- understanding that simple things,
who published one of the
ing? 3) How much do fiirst women’s magazines when the world is cial distancing. It’s more physical dis- tions in a group? “As bad as the sit- ly. A sense of calm came over me af- like connecting with old friends, see-
you have to save? 4) named Fujin No Tomo uncertain.” A huge tancing – socially, we are making an uation is right now, I finally had ter the chat. I felt safe.” ing our loved ones happy, go a long
How can you improve (women’s friend), part of wellness, after extra effort to catch up every day. the time to catch up. What I re- Dr Samir Parikh, psychiatrist, puts way in keeping us anxiety-free. Even
your budgeting process? in 1908 all, is about being mon- This video party was alised was that we could have done things in perspective when he says, when all this is over, we must devel-
The fourth point is the ey ‘wise’ and sensible. planned this morn- this a million times before if only “The whole world is collectively op this as a habit.”
reason why Kakeibo is most es- ing when we all de- our minds weren’t as cluttered as helping one another through self- For PayPal executive Deepali Bu-
sential to us now. You have to be WHY DO YOU NEED TO WRITE cided it’s time to they usually are.” quarantine. If anything, this pan- talia, the video chats are a great way
aware — on a daily basis — about DOWN YOUR EXPENSES

“
Like all other fears,
financial anxiety
has risen manifold in
the last month. Manual
journaling is a simple
way for all of us to
be extra mindful of
our spending habits
so that we can
reward ourselves with
lift our spirits. It’s not as if this lockdown has demic is teaching us every day that to keep her mind sharp while play-
how much money is going z Writing in longhand slows With technology made her stress-free, but it did we are all interdependent. Coron- ing knowledge-based games. “For
out of your kitty; and since that’s down our thought process on our side, we give Mukherjee the much-needed avirus spread through the world be- our age group (20-30 years), video-
not completely in your control and increases present-moment break from the robotic life that we cause we are all interdependent; and based parties and knowledge-based
these days (with lockdown), awareness. are all accustomed to. “This video it’s through this same interdepend- games have become the saviour.”
going through your daily expens- z The sequential hand call made me feel my friend ence — staying connected while Though she warns, “It’s only fun if
es with a pen and paper is only movements involved in was right beside me. And it maintaining physical distance — you’re not doing this 24x7, staying
going to help you plan for the handwriting, integrates and that we can all heal.” awake at night. Slot time on week-
next few months. activates parts of the brain that Isha Kapur, who runs a business in ends for parties, and play games
One of the best outcomes include memory, language, and interior decoration, parties with her with whoever is free after work-
of adopting Kakeibo is that it cognitive power. friends through Houseparty (video hours for an hour. Don’t get ad-
makes us introspect and reflect z Writing your goals by hand app). “It’s not just partying or play- dicted,” she advises.
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better savings on our spending habits and increases motivation and ing games with friends; I’m looking Read security features of all apps
— Dr Saloni Singh, psychologist
eventually, reach both short accountability. forward to my online pilates class at before downloading

style tips o-zone

What you wear affects your work output
Your productivity at
Together, yet so far apart Pet 101 during covid-19
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Dr Dheeraj Bhardwaj 3) Walking with pets: Make

working from home What seemed impossible, has been achieved by a virus.What are sure your dog is walked outside,
could be linked to the lessons this pandemic teaches us?

P
ets are the stars of the keeping government’s guide-
the clothes you wear Vinita Dawra Nangia possible. Nobody is stronger cocksure of everything, un- new social-distancing life lines in mind. When walking,
than the other – the most caring about our environ- that we are negotiating practise ‘social distancing’ with

W
Nupur.Amarnath@timesgroup.com hen was the last powerful have fallen hardest ment, recklessly looting from amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. other people and animals. Clean
time you felt so to their knees. What the the Earth that nurtured us, From dog videos as stressbusters up after, and maintain hygiene.

N
ow that the world is
looking at a work-
from-home (WFH)
life, editorials are flying fast
with tips and to-dos to ace the
at-home work life. There are
many who question the very
point of dressing up for work
when your office is your dining
table. And then again, should
you care for style in the middle
of a pandemic? Yes. Many style
advisories talk about not giving
up panache in lieu of panic.
Veronica Dodson in a thelad-
ders.com article said: “If we
aren’t dressed to face the world,
there’s little chance that we can
actually face the reality of
work.” The bottom line: what
you see in the mirror matters.
PRODUCTIVE IN PJS
The WFH life is a constant chal-
What you can wear
z Stylish sweatpants that you
can lounge in but also
Instagram it
z A nice pair of sneakers are
trigger enough to your mind
that you are in work mode
z Keep a crisp professional
shirt nearby for video cons
z Wear a funky T-shirt and
not your ratty ol’ ghar ka tee
z Sliders, not slippers
z Wear light jewellery or a
watch to feel put together
lenge to stay motivated. The
novelty of working in your PJs
wears out quickly. Without ac-
tually dressing up for work, you
no longer have these cues to
condition your brain into un-
derstanding when work ends
and home begins.
The key is to think even
though you work from home,
you are at work. Dressing pro-
fessionally allows you to control
your attitude, and you signal to
family or flatmates that you are
working. In fact, when you
work in isolation it’s all the
more important to look profes-
sional. One key reason is that
you mostly interact with your
computer and through phones,
which studies prove can lead to
a feeling of disconnectedness.
Wearing professional clothes
keeps you grounded in reality.
connected to the might of powerful nations, ungrateful for the love that to brightening up a video call 4) Hygiene with your pets: Al-
rest of the world? Never were fear of a thousand armies, or surrounded us, isolating our- session or even having someone ways practise good hygiene and
all of humanity’s concerns so the wisdom of a million selves from fellow humans… to talk to while self isolating, proper hand-washing tech-
aligned. For once, the world is saints could not have In one fell swoop, a virus pets are helping us cope with niques when handling pets. Call
thinking the same thoughts, achieved, has been managed neutralised our negativity by the new ‘normal’. your veterinarian if you have
sharing the same fears and by a minuscule virus. Strange pushing us into our homes. Current research shows it is any concerns for the health of
battling the same enemy. times indeed – life is being And now the Earth heals highly unlikely that coronavirus your pets.
We are all reaching held to ransom by a herself as pollution lessens; can be transmitted between hu- 5) Plan ahead: If you need to be
for the same non-living being. the birds tweet to their heart’s mans and pets or from one pet separated from your pet for a pe-
medicines and We are under at- content in a clear blue sky, to another. However, here are riod of time, make plans for his
protective gear, tack by a chemi- and leopards and sambhar re- some points to keep in mind or her ongoing safety and care.
and standing cal ball – pro- claim their land as we stay during this time... — The writer is a veterinarian
in queues for teins, those cher- locked away... 1) Nutrition: Ensure that each (BVsc & AH)
food, fearful for ished life-savers, There has to be some pet receives the nutrition that
the next meal. All are killing humans. meaning to all this, and we his or her health needs (this is
nations are collective- We are all in it to- must understand the lessons especially for pets that have a
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ly rocketing high on gether, and yet each is on this pandemic is teaching us special veterinary diet).
managing pets during the
the corona graph, and deep- his own. Was this ever your if we are to avoid similar de- 2) Activity: As you spend more lockdown, for example, if you
diving together dizzily on the vision of ‘One World’? I never bacles in the future. time at home, make sure that can take your pet for a walk, if
economic graph. did doubt His presence, nor Log on to ozone.blogs.time- each pet gets the exercise it vet clinics are allowed to oper-
ate etc., send us your queries
Such synchronisation His sense of balance and jus- sofindia.com for lessons the pan- needs. Find new ways to play in- on www.toilockdownfaqs.com.
would have been impossible tice – but this one instance demic is teaching us side – feeding puzzles and toys We will seek answers from rel-
to achieve ever! And yet, to- convinces me God has a sense The opinions expressed in this can stimulate your pet’s mind evant authorities. Please keep
your questions brief.
day, impossible is the new of humour too. We were all so column are the personal views of the writer and exercise his/her body.

Could baingan ka bharta be our elusive national dish?

“
joints have made the dosa ubiqui- with dahi/tomato in Malvan). Be- ta. And let us not forget the good
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Kalyan Karmakar
tous. The most popular breakfast Unlike the poster gun pora of Bengal, bengena poo- old dhabe-wala baigan ka bharta!
boy of vegetables,

W
hat is the national dish
of India? Butter chick-
en – the omnipresent
dish in ‘Indian restaurants’?
There was a strong argument in
favour of khichdi. Kitchens across
India have versions of it, even if
called by other names – bisi bele
bhaat in Karnataka for example.
In Bengal, khichuri evokes mem-
ories of the cherished Durga Puja
ashtamir bhog. In Gujarat, it is of-
ten the last main course of a soul-
satisfying thali. For some, it is to
be eaten when unwell with no as-
sociated joy.
A STRONG CASE FOR BIRYANI
Is khichuri too simple a dish? How
about biryani? It is found in restau-
rant menus across the country. Put
five biryanis from different parts of
the country — say Hyderabadi,
Awadhi from Kolkata, Irani from
and Dindigul from Tamil Nadu —
and you’ll see that each looks
and tastes different.
National dish still?
Some of the dishes
known as ‘biryani’ to-
day, are not even
biryanis, some say. The
donne biryani of Ben-
galuru for example. Or
the biryani of Lucknow!
option in Jamshedpur. You will see
more people chomping on dosas
than on chole bhatures in the
sweet shops of New Delhi, such as
Nathu’s or Evergreen Sweets. The
dosa has variations in texture
(thick, crunchy benne dosa of Ben-
galuru), or composition (green
moong pesarattu of Andhra or ragi
dosa of Karnataka and Tamil
Nadu), but it is the Udupi restau-
rant one which is the cookie cutter
option... till Mumbai happened
these pulaos to make them sound and the Gujaratis took over. The
more catchy commercially. Just as Sai Swad Dosa cart at Mumbai’s
‘risotto’ is used for rice- Ghatkopar offers more than 40 va-
based dishes in rieties of dosas; jini (no onion gar-
modern Indian
bistros today.
lic, with vegetables shredded and
blended with crumbled paneer and
green chutney), Manchurian pasta
DON’T FORGET and chocolate cheese, for example.
DOSA One could make a strong case
What about the for the puri. Most parts of India
dosa? The Shettys of have versions of this puffed-up
ra pitika of Assam, baingan chokha I have made my case.
the potato, aubergines of Bihar and baingan bhorta of Write to us at www.timeskitchen-
are indigenous to India. Odisha. Badanekayi palya in Kar- tales.com and tell us your choice?
Versions of smoked nataka (with special, round mattu
aubergine dishes are gulla aubergines in the coast, co-
How can you be a part of this?
found everywhere... conut and not mustard oil is used Keep a lookout for this space –
here). Tamarind chutney, green where we will introduce fresh topics
have it with varies too. The maida- chillies and coriander paste is of discussion every week. Find us at:
based luchi with chholar dal of added to the vankaya bhaaji of www.timeskitchentales.com and
share your stories. The most inspir-
Bengal, that my grandma makes, is Andhra. In Tamil Nadu, smoked
ing stories from the repository of
my favourite. aubergine is called sutta ‘Times Kitchen Tales’ will be
kathirikkai, and is more of a chut- shared in this column.
NO BEATING THE BHARTA! ney on the side or as a base for rai-
What about the baingan ka bhar-
ta as our national dish? Sur-
prised? Unlike the poster boy of
vegetables, the potato,
aubergines are indigenous to In-
dia. Versions of smoked cheers
aubergine dishes are found
to
healt h i
everywhere. Ringda no odo/olo
of Gujarat, vangyache bharit of
Maharashtra (regional variations
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Mumbai, Thalassery from Kerala The term ‘biryani’ was used for Mangalore-run Udupi fried bread. The combination to in Khandesh, grated coconut
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I’VE NOT BEEN ABLE TO SEE MY BAE WEEKS AGO,SAYS PINK

VISHNU FOR THREE WEEKS NOW’ BY JWALA GUTTA

’ve been under lockdown for two weeks now and

I my life has remained the same more or less. I’m

JWALA
GUTTA
EARLIER I KNEW THAT IF I WANT TO MEET VISHNU, I
CAN JUST TAKE A FLIGHT AND GO SEE HIM. NOW THAT IS
NOT AN OPTION ANY MORE, AND I FIND IT FRUSTRATING
at home in Hyderabad with my parents and
younger sister, Insi. In fact I’d been preparing for the
Badminton player
lockdown from early February itself. My uncle, who
lives in Shanghai had been telling us about everything Jwala Gutta with PINK has revealed that she tested positive for
they’ve been through while fighting coronavirus. So her boyfriend, actor COVID-19 two weeks ago, along with her three-year-
I was mentally prepared for an eventuality like that Vishnu Vishal old son, Jameson. The Grammy Award-winning
in India. What I wasn’t prepared for though was this artiste added that she has now recovered, and
long separation from my boyfriend Vishnu Vishal. It’s just take a flight and go see him. Now that is not an op- slammed the US government for not making testing
been three weeks since I saw him. We’ve been dating for tion any more, and I find it frustrating. In fact, I was sup- more widely available. Pink also said that she will
two years now and this is the longest we’ve gone without posed to go to Chennai to meet him just two days before be donating $500,000 each to two emergency funds
meeting each other. the lockdown. At the last minute, we both decided that it for COVID-19 relief. — Agencies
This lockdown has been hard on us, like it’s been for was not the right time to travel.
any other couple staying away from each other. It’s not We don’t know how much longer this is going to last.
so much the long distance, ’cos we’re both used to that.
He lives in Chennai and he’s a film actor, so he’s usually
busy shooting and I’m busy with my academy work here.
But now we make do with incessant texting and video-
calls. We are together, virtually, all the time. In fact,
we’re talking so much that we’ve run out of things to
SELENA GOMEZ
But no matter what, we make it a point to meet once in
two weeks. Either he flies
talk about. Instead, we’re going into the minute details
of our lives, like what we had REVEALS SHE HAS
down or I go to Chennai. What
is frustrating now though is
that we can’t meet each other
#LifeInTheLockdown
for breakfast and with what
accompaniment, etc.
I think this crisis is going
BIPOLAR DISORDER
SELENA GOMEZ has
even if we want to! to bring us closer. Yes, it revealed that she has
Ours isn’t a teenage romance full of drama like in the would’ve been nice to be with each other during a time
movies. We are both adults who’ve been through a lot like this but I think we’ll ride it out together (virtually at
been diagnosed with
bipolar disorder. The
and ours is a mature relationship. But earlier, at the back least) and come out of this stronger. singer, who has shared
of my head, I knew that if I want to meet Vishnu, I can (As told to Suhas Yellapantula)
about her anxiety and
depression struggles in
the past, added that she

Actor couple Sumeet Vyas Shah Rukh and Gauri Khan offer
wasn’t scared of the
diagnosis. “When I have
more information, it
actually helps me. I
wanted to know
everything about it and

and Ekta Kaul to welcome office space for quarantine facility it took the fear away,”
Selena said in an online
interview with Miley
Cyrus.
— Agencies

their first child soon Tanvi.Trivedi@timesgroup.com

KATY PERRY,
ORLANDO BLOOM
ctor Sumeet Vyas and his wife, actress EXPECTING A GIRL
Sumeet Vyas
and Ekta Kaul A Ekta Kaul, are all set to welcome their
first child soon. The couple had tied
the knot in September 2018. An elated Ekta
says, “Sumeet and I are excited and have
thought of names for a girl as well as a boy.”
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, the Veere
Di Wedding actor and his wife are taking all
the precautions necessary and are practicing
social distancing stringently. Ekta says, “We
are not letting anyone visit us, and I am not
stepping out of the house at all. So,
household work is a big task for both of us.
Had it not been for the coronavirus outbreak,
it would have been easier to get help. But,
Sumeet looks after me very well, and in a
way, it’s good that he is at home during the
last month of my pregnancy, or else he would Shah Rukh and KATY PERRY AND
have been busy working. Whenever I go to Gauri Khan ORLANDO BLOOM have
my doctor for check-ups, the policemen are revealed that they are
very kind and allow us to go without asking expecting a baby girl. The
any questions when they see us in the car. hah Rukh and Gauri Khan are going the Recognising their gesture, the Brihanmum- singer posted a picture of
Hopefully, things will be fine soon.”
Sumeet adds, “I am extremely excited and
a little nervous, because of what’s going on
S extra mile to extend support for the
Covid-19 relief. After taking care of food
and grocery for those in need, donating PPE
bai Municipal Corporation (BMC) thanked the
couple for their support. “We thank @iamsrk &
@gaurikhan for offering their 4-storey person-
fiance Orlando from their
gender reveal party on
Instagram on Friday, that
around us right now. However, I am hopeful kits to healthcare workers and contributing to al office space to help expand our Quarantine featured him with his face
that things will settle down before the baby the PM Cares Fund and Maharashtra CM’s re- capacity equipped with essentials for quaran- covered in pink frosting. “It’s
happily unsettles our lives when he/she lief fund, the couple has now offered their per- tined children, women & elderly. Indeed a a girl,” she captioned the pic.
arrives.” sonal office space in Mumbai for quarantine thoughtful & timely gesture! (sic),” the BMC Agencies
purposes. tweeted. — TNN
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Why are we losing track of time during the lockdown? couple of days into lockdown, Mondays have

A started to look a lot like Sundays, and Tuesdays

like Fridays, and Thursdays, well... you get the
drift. Suddenly, weekends and weekdays seem like
HERE’S HOW TO FIX IT
CREATE A ROUTINE: ‘Sit with a
calendar, and a timetable to
meaningless human constructs and time, merely an il-
chalk out a plan. Factor in
lusion. The things is, when you stay awake till 4 am
points such as how many
(without even realising its 4 am) you start wondering
hours are you working, ex-
why dinners can’t be breakfasts, and vice versa. So,
ercising and spending time
why is this happening, and how do we make it stop?
with family, as well as what
time you are eating and
ON ‘REGULAR DAYS’ I’D WAKE sleeping, to maintain order,’
says Dr Kavita.
UP AT 6 AM, GO TO THE GYM, DON’T OVERWORK, OVERSLEEP OR
TAKE A SHOWER, EAT, AND LEAVE OVERBINGE: ‘Prevent yourself from overwork-
FOR WORK BY 9.30 AM. NOW THAT ing, oversleeping, or binge-watching extra hours. Set alarms
on your phone to remind you when to wrap up work or to have your
I AM WORKING FROM HOME, I lunch/dinner. Take little breaks,” says Shyam Sundar, a life coach,
WAKE UP WHENEVER, GIVEN from Bengaluru.
THERE’S NOT MUCH DO TO, AND TAKE A BREAK FROM TECHNOLOGY: “Taking a break from smart-
phone/social media will give you time to introspect and de-
NOWHERE TO GO. I HAVE DINNER sign a productive day, and also keep you from staying up
WHEN I’M SUPPOSED TO HAVE late and disrupting your sleep pattern,” says Dr Kavita.
PLAN SPECIAL WEEKENDS:Having fun activities to look
EVENING TEA. I OFTEN FORGET forward to can help you tell apart
WHICH DAY OF THE WEEK IT IS!” your Mondays from your Sundays.
—Shekhar Rathod, 34, engineer from Pune

ODD HOURS, LACK OF ROUTINE IS TO BLAME

“Humans have a tendency to ‘not follow’ a schedule when they are BE MINDFUL OF YOUR BODY CLOCK den shift in time zones and light cues –
not living their usual lives. For example, when they are vacationing, According the US national sleep foundation, keeping odd hours during lockdown,
they eat and sleep at odd hours. It is a similar phenomenon that’s sleep is regulated by two body systems: not following a schedule and too
making them lose track of time during this period of lockdown. sleep/wake homeostasis, and the cir- much time indoors, can also
They’re unable to stick to a routine and that’s making them behave cadian biological clock, which re- impact body clock, as well
in a peculiar manner, such as forgetting what day of the week or sponds to light and dark signals. Just as sleep.
time of the day it is!” says Dr Kavita Rungata, psychologist, like how jet lag can affect one’s sleep — Amritap.Prasad@timesgroup.com
Kolkata. patterns adversely – due to the sud-