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BORIVLI FAMILY’S WORST NIGHTMARE COMES TRUE
MAN WHO WAS MADE TO
MOVE DEAD WOMAN’S
BODY TESTS POSITIVE
Sea Palace hotel at Apollo Bunder, Colaba. PIC/SURESH KARKERA
Ball in hotels’ court as
govt says ‘can open’
Days after he was forced to enter a COVID-19 ward to help take Industry looks to resume business with
away his aunt’s body with little protection, nephew infected; caution, as government allows re-opening
BMC says don’t know how he got infected so can’t blame hospital with 33% capacity in non-containment zones
SANJEEV SHIVADEKAR DHARMENDRA JORE COVID-19 Containment Zones
sanjeev.shivadekar@mid-day.com AND PHORUM DALAL have been allowed to reopen on
mailbag@mid-day.com certain conditions Wednesday
EVEN as the Brihanmum- onwards. Hoteliers, although
bai Municipal Corporation HOTELS, guest houses and oth- allowed to have only 33 per cent
(BMC) faces allegations of er facilities that provide accom- occupancy, welcomed the move
negligence in handling COV- modation with attached restau- which is possibly a precursor to
ID-19 patients, the relative of rants and are located outside further relaxations. » P03
a woman who died at Kandiv-
li’s Shatabdi hospital on July
2, tested positive days after
he was forced to help her
son wrap her body without
‘Come early and self-quarantine’
following proper safety meas- Konkan belt gram panchayats list guidelines
ures. After he underwent a
swab test on July 4, fearing for Mumbaikars ahead of Ganeshotsav, say
that he might have con- (Left) Shatabdi hospital; mid-day’s no public celebrations or large gatherings
tracted the virus, the results exclusive report on July 4
came positive the following RANJEET JADHAV
day. » P05 ‘I’m scared after ranjeet.jadhav@mid-day.com
the result, and THE Ganesh festival is approach-
JULY 2
Day man was forced to help his
am considering
getting a test
done, too’
ing, and Mumbaikars planning
to go to their villages in the Kon-
kan to celebrate, have been told
by villagers to come much in
cousin take his aunt’s body advance, and self-quaran-
from Shatabdi hospital Kunal Utekar, Pallavi’s son tine before joining festivi-
ties, due to the fear of them
1,200 NEW COVID-19 CASES REPORTED IN MUMBAI; DEATH TOLL IN STATE CROSSES 9,000 » P02 An artist works on an idol at
Lalbaug. PIC/ASHISH RAJE
carrying the COVID-19 virus.
» P07
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MuMbai Meri Jaan BY ManJul
BMC to rope in pvt labs
to ramp up antigen tests
Civic body’s proposal says it will provide the test kits and cost of
tests to the labs and in return they will send teams to conduct them
PRAJAKTA KASALE
prajakta.kasale@mid-day.com
IN order to extend the scope of rapid
antigen tests and to ensure that more
of it is conducted in the upcoming
days, the Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) has issued a pro-
posal saying that it will provide pri-
vate labs with the test kits and cost
of testing as well, and in return they
would send their teams to the testing
sites to conduct them. The civic body
will ask for an Expression of Interest
(EoI) from the private players in the
next couple of days.
Till now, a total of 3.60 lakh re-
al-time polymerase chain reaction
(RT-PCR) COVID-19 tests have been Civic health workers screen the residents of Dr. Ambedkar Nagar at Dharavi near
conducted in the city. Though the Mahim Nature Park. When asked why they were not wearing PPE, some of them said
RT-PCR tests are the most efficient, they find it unsafe to walk in it in dirty water. PICS/SURESH KARKERA
Maharashtra’s death
the rapid antigen tests are quicker in
terms of giving results because the ducted stands at 27,000 per conducted at these locations.
diagnosis is done within 30 minutes. 10 million people. In a bid However, the civic body
toll now crosses 9,000
Hence, after getting approval from
the ICMR for antigen tests, the civic
body ordered 1-lakh antigen test kits
worth of R4.5 crore, approximately
to increase the ratio, the
BMC has started con-
ducting antigen tests in
areas like Malad, Kandiv-
1l
No. of rapid antigen
thinks that the manpow-
er already available is
not enough, and hence,
needs more to ramp up
in Nashik, 16 in Jalgaon, 15 in Pune, R450 per kit. li and Borivli, which have test kits BMC has testing across the city.
COVID-19 seven each in Solapur and Aurang-
abad, five each in Mira-Bhayandar,
Currently the ratio of tests con- a high COVID-19 growth
rate. “The civic body has
purchased Speaking to mid-day,
Suresh Kakani, additional
TICKER Dhule and Jalna, four each in Jal-
gaon, Satara and Ulhasnagar, three
each in Panvel and Akola, two each in
taken help from private labs to
conduct RT-PCR tests as well. The
municipal commissioner of
BMC, said, “We haven’t decided
new initiative will help increase the which private laboratories will be
2,11,987
TOTAL CORONAVIRUS CASES IN MAHA AS OF TODAY
Kalyan-Dombivali, Bhiwandi, Pimpri
Chinchwad and Latur and one each in
Nagpur, Amravati, Nanded, Osmana-
number of tests and will also make it roped in for the work. The BMC will
available to more people,” said a sen- ask for an EOI and then decide on the
ior BMC official. partnership. The aim is to increase the
bad, Ratnagiri, Kolhapur, Ahmedna- Of the total number of kits that the number of tests across Mumbai so
gar, Raigad and Palghar. The state’s BMC has received, some have been that maximum people get access to it.”
ARITA SARKAR mortality rate among COVID patients distributed among four civic-run The civic body would also set up
arita.sarkar@mid-day.com stands at 4.26 per cent. Members of NGO ‘Doctors For You’ medical colleges – KEM, LTM (Sion), camps at Containment Zones, hot-
Civic officials from the Navi Mum- screen Dharavi residents on Monday Nair and Cooper. The tests will be spots and quarantine centres. A civic
WITH 204 COVID-related deaths bai Municipal Corporation, however, source said that in case of rapid an-
added to the tally, the state’s death said that their records showed there ‘We haven’t decided which private laboratories will be roped in tigen tests if the result comes posi-
toll was 9,026 on Monday while with were only eight deaths reported on for the work. The BMC will ask for an EoI and then decide on the tive, then that would be considered
39 deaths, Mumbai’s death toll is Monday. NMMC commissioner An- as final, but if the result turns out to
nearly 5,000. There were 5,368 new nabhau Misal said that while Navi
partnership. The aim is to increase the number of tests across be negative and the person is symp-
cases reported in the state and 1,200 Mumbai’s mortality rate is currently Mumbai so that maximum people get access to it’ tomatic, then an RT-PCR test would be
of those cases were from Mumbai, 3.15 per cent, they are taking meas- Suresh Kakani, additional municipal commissioner, BMC conducted.
taking the city’s total count to 85,724 ures to bring it down to 1 per cent.
on Monday. “We have ordered the rapid antigen
State health department officials kits and the testing is likely to be-
said that apart from the 1,200 cases in gin in quarantine centres this week.
Mumbai, 551 new cases were report- We are also trying to take the kits to
Water stock in lakes up by 51,000 million litres
ed in Thane, 454 in Kalyan Dombiva- the field as part of the door-to-door
li and 567 in Pune. Currently, 87,681 survey and we are in talks with pri- After 2 days of downpour, stock in seven lakes from
COVID patients are being treated and vate agencies who can do the testing where city gets its supply increases to 1.60 lakh MLD Three-yeAr
officials said that on Monday, more in a mobile lab in the area itself,” he STock AS on July 6
than 3,500 patients were discharged said. A CORRESPONDENT 1.60 lakh million litre — of the total
after a full recovery. The state’s total mailbag@mid-day.com storage capacity (14.47 lakh million
Year Stock
count of COVID-19 cases now stands Advisory for other diseases litre) on July 6. (in million litre)
at 2.11 lakh and the recovery rate has While three administrative wards in AFTER past few days of downpour, The city receives nearly 3,850 2020 1,60,692
marginally increased to 54.37 per Mumbai crossed 5,000 cases each, K the water stock in the lakes from million litres water per day, which
cent. Civic officials said that im- West ward has 4,915 cases so far. In which the city gets its supply in- means the increase in the stock 2019 2,16,522
provement was seen in the city’s re- G North ward, there were nearly 60 creased by 51,685 by million litres, is equal to the supply for 13 days.
covery rate as well, which increased new cases again and fresh cases in- which equals the supply of about 13 While the water stock in Bhatsa — 2018 3,55,360
to 67 per cent and the doubling rate is cluded 11 in Dharavi, 28 in Dadar and days, on July 6. the biggest dam among the seven
44 days. The total cumulative deaths 20 in Mahim. Apart from dealing with mid-day had reported earlier — increased significantly by 38,208
in Mumbai are 4,938. COVID-19, civic officials issued an ad- this month about the water storage million litres, there was a marginal
visory for monsoon-related diseases reaching its five-year low on July 2. rise in storage in the other dams.
State mortality rate is 4.26 p c like leptospirosis following two days Mumbai gets daily supply from sev- As of July 6, the total stock this year
Barring the deaths in Mumbai, there of heavy rainfall that led to waterlog- en lakes — Tulsi and Vihar lakes in is the lowest over the past five years.
was a surge in the number of fatalities ging in several areas. While the city’s Mumbai, and Bhatsa, Modak Sagar, Last year, Tulsi lake overflowed on
reported on the outskirts of the city average growth rate now stands at 1.6 Upper Vaitarna, Middle Vaitarna and July 12, followed by Tansa on July
including 28 deaths in Navi Mumbai, per cent, nine administrative wards Tansa at Thane-Nashik belt. After 25, Modak Sagar on July 26, Vihar on
16 deaths in Thane and 13 deaths in had a higher growth rate including T two days of heavy rainfall, the wa- July 31, Middle Vaitarna on August
Vasai-Virar. Other deaths include 17 ward (Mulund) with 3.6 per cent. ter stock increased to 8 per cent — 25 and Upper Vaitarna on August 31. Vihar Lake. FILE PIC/RANE ASHISH
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Results of IB diploma
programme out,
city schools excel
Four from Dhirubhai Ambani School emerge
world toppers; others bag near-perfect scores
PALLAVI SMART
pallavi.smart@mid-day.com
THE International Baccalau-
reate (IB) board declared its
39.1POINTS
Avg score recorded at
diploma program (Class XII Dhirubhai Ambani School
The ITC Grand Central in Parel. PIC/DATTA KUMBHAR; Sea Palace hotel at Apollo Bunder, Colaba. PIC/SURESH KARKERA equivalent) results on Sun-
day evening. Not only is this this year, Jasmine Madhani,
the first result of the season, head of the Jamnabai Narsee
Hotels eager for The order says...
Hotels, other entities
(lodges, guest houses, etc)
providing accommodation
but it is also the first result
where the evaluation was
done based on a separate set
of formula as written exams
were cancelled by the board
considering the COVID-19
International School, said,
“During this extraordinary
pandemic, the result is a
testimony of students’ con-
sistent performance over the
two years, along with teach-
more relaxations
outside Containment
Zones may operate pandemic. ers' commitment and parents'
City schools recorded im- support.”
Operations at 33% pressive performances with The IB board was the first
capacity many students with near-per- one to decide cancellation of
fect scores. At Dhirubhai Am- the written papers of board
Hotels being used for bani International School in examination scheduled in
Hoteliers say they are waiting for permissions to have quarantine shall continue BKC, four students - Niharika May after knowing the COV-
walk-in patrons and serve liquor at restaurants to do so unless decided Ghoshal, Ishita Gupta, Aman
Ladia and Maya Singapuri
ID-19 situation. Soon after
the decision of cancellation,
otherwise by local
Continued from page 01 emerged as world toppers it was also informed to stu-
‘We have 50 administration
with a perfect score of 45 dents that they will be eval-
THE order and guidelines un- rooms. So as per Part or whole of the points while the school's av- uated based on their inter-
der Mission Begin Again issued remaining hotel capacity erage score was recorded as nal assessment marks which
on Monday apply to the Mum- 33% occupancy, may be used for 39.1 points. their respective schools had
bai Metropolitan Region and
other parts of the state. The
10-13 rooms will quarantine At Jamnabai Narsee School,
in Vile Parle, Neeha Gupta
already submitted. Other as-
pects considered for evalua-
decision was taken after hos- be available. Hotels will be subject topped with 43 points and tion included previous exam
pitality associations met Chief to generic measures, from the total 99 students results, individual schools
Minister Uddhav Thackeray on We are hoping restrictions on non- who appeared for the exams data and subject data.
Sunday via videoconference. the govt allows essential activities this year, 12 scored above 40
While restaurants can ser-
walk-in patrons
points. At SVKM JV Parekh ‘Our school’s
vice only in-house guests the meet, approved the move. International School in Vile
(those staying at the hotel), at restaurants “We had to open at some point. Parle, of the 35 students reg- subject-wise
takeaway requests will be al-
lowed. Hotel managements soon’
We have 50 rooms. So accord-
ing to 33 per cent occupancy,
istered for the diploma, six
students secured 37 points or
averages have
have been told to encourage Rishi Chhabria, owner, 10-13 rooms will be available. more. School toppers Mukti improved
room service and takeaway We are hoping the government Bari and Ayati Kele secured
instead of dine-in. For dine-in,
Sea Palace hotel
allows walk-in patrons at res- 40 points each. compared to
seating arrangements will have taurants soon,” Chhabria said. “Our school’s subject-wise the previous
to be reconfigured to ensure ask for minimising physical reopening so that there is no Chhabria said they will have averages have improved
social distancing. contact between guests and cause for another lockdown. all SOPs in place for common substantially compared to years. 100% of
Only asymptomatic guests
will be allowed in hotel rooms
hospitality staff by adopting
contactless processes.
Anywhere in the world, no areas and the kitchen and ex-
hotels have opened up to 100 pects business to commence
the previous years," said Dr
G Swaminathan, principal
the students
and must wear masks through- All entities will be subject to per cent capacity on day one. in the next three to four weeks. of the SVKM International have been
out their stay and submit the provisions in the unlocking Everything is phased out. Even “We appreciate the move and School adding that 100 per
self-declaration forms along order wherein local author- if hotels do open up completely, are confident this will lead to a cent of the students have been placed in top
with personal information. The
guests must have the Aarogya
ities have been empowered
to enforce generic measures
they won’t get that many guests positive outcome. Café Marina
due to travel restrictions. The is extremely popular and we
placed in the top internation-
al universities such as British
international
Setu App. In case the hotel has and restrictions in specified ball is now in the hoteliers’ are waiting to start serving.” Columbia, King's College Lon- universities’ Dr G
a COVID-19 suspect or con- local areas on the permitted court. It is not a mandate, they Atul Bhalla, Area Manag- don among all. Swaminathan, principal,
firmed case, the person will be non-essential activities such may choose to remain closed,” er-West, ITC Hotels and Gen- Talking about the results SVKM International School
isolated from other guests and as hospitality. said Kohli, adding that hotels eral Manager-ITC Maratha,
local health authorities will be are already being used for doc- said, “We are all set to start
informed. The area will be dis- ‘This is not a mandate’ tors’ stay, requisitioned by the operations of ITC Maratha and
infected immediately. Gurbaxish Singh Kohli, presi- civic body, and to quarantine ITC Grand Central by July 8. We
Gaming arcades, children’s dent, HRAWI (Hotel and Res- travellers. will resume all-day dining res-
play area, swimming pools taurant Association [Western “With air and some road taurants for in-house guests.
and gymnasiums will remain India]) was present at the travel allowed, people coming As part of the ‘WeAssure’ ini-
closed. The managements meet with Thackeray, the state in need a place to stay and eat. tiative, we will social distanc-
have also been given specific tourism minister and HRAWI Not everyone has a relative in ing through distanced seating,
instructions for cleaning, san- members. “The agenda was the city. Usually, three- to five- e-menus and contactless pay-
itising and disinfecting the the reopening of hotels and star hotels have restaurants. ments.”
premises and rooms on a reg- restaurants and SOPs. The CM Some don’t even have a pantry. On the other end of the
ular basis. The guidelines also said that he will have a phased If air travel is allowed, where spectrum, a Juhu hotelier, on
people are sitting two inches condition of anonymity, said,
next to each other, rubbing el- “It doesn’t make sense. We
‘We are not planning to open until bows, surely hotels and restau- are not planning to open un-
Nov-Dec. The vaccine isn’t out yet. rants can start. We are hoping til November-December. The
they allow us to sell liquor too. vaccine isn’t out yet. If we open
Being a mid-level hotel, we work For now, it is prohibited by the now, we will incur costs and be-
on small margins and need to run Centre,” Kohli added. ing a mid-level hotel, we work
Rishi Chhabria owner of Sea on small margins and need to At Jamnabai Narsee School, from total of 99 students who appeared for
on full-occupancy’ A hotelier from Juhu Palace in Colaba, who attended run on full-occupancy.” the exams, 12 scored above 40 points. PIC/GETTY IMAGES
04 mid-day Tuesday, July 7, 2020 | www.mid-day.com | twitter.com/mid_day | epaper.mid-day.com
daily dossier @AksharPathak: kanye west has announced he’s running for president and I
can already imagine watching aaj tak in 2021 where he’s meeting the supreme
leader of north korea and the headline says kanye ne kiye kim ke darshan
Inside scoop No one like Ms sathyu
Award-winning stage designer, and
The Dalai Lama is one of the film and art director MS Sathyu
greatest living religious leaders, turned 90 yesterday. Recalling
and a new book sheds light on the the film and theatre icon’s role,
more unknown facets of his life. thespian Dolly Thakore posted a
His Holiness The Fourteenth Dalai heartfelt tribute on social media. “I
Lama: An Illustrated Biography first met MS Sathyu in 1971, when
(Roli Books) features hitherto he was shooting an ad film for soap
unpublished photographs, and looking for box rooms, which I
documents, archival material and helped find. At the shoot, they ran
memories of the people closest to out of soap suds to fill the tub and
the man. One of his longest-serving had to rely on detergent instead.
aides, Tenzin Geyche Tethong, has In 2016, when Sathyu received
put it together, having lived in close the lifetime achievement award at
proximity to the spiritual leader for Thespo, he narrated the story in his
four decades, including the time acceptance speech. He remains my
that he was exiled. Pick the title up favourite teacher. There is no one
for a deeper insight into the life of who can touch Sathyu,” Thakore
the modern-day icon. The Dalai Lama crossing into India with his brother-in-law Phuntok Tashi Taklha told this diarist.
Rithwik Rajendran (left) and Abhinav
Radhakrishnan
Get a kick out of
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This is a strange season for
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happen conundrum, many leagues
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completely empty stadium makes
for surreal viewing. But fans
can now engage with the sport
in different ways, one of which
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Nutmeg Assist. It’s a webzine run
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including with famous people
such as commentator Derek Rae
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Rithwik Rajendran, a software
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with fellow enthusiast Abhinav
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Send in pitches for articles to He’s HAIR TO sTAY
thenutmegassist@gmail.com if A roadside barber attends to a customer at Mahim on Monday, after being allowed to resume services in the city. PIC/shadab khan
you’re a fan of the beautiful game.
Take a paws Losing a visionary
Animal lover and events manager There are some champions in the
Alice D’souza and her neighbour civil services who pay as much
Niloufer Merchant, who owns a attention to the environment
pet store, have been feeding stray as they pay to urban planning.
dogs in Dadar East ever since the Jamsheed Kanga was one such
lockdown began in March. “Niloufer bureaucrat. The former Municipal
is an ardent dog lover. When stores Commissioner of Mumbai passed
shut down, she started cooking food away last week at the age of 88.
for strays in the locality. Even in the a hassle. Also, strays tend to shelter Recalling his contribution, poet and
month of Ramzan, when she fasts, themselves in alleys in the rain, cultural theorist Ranjit Hoskote
she would cook dedicatedly. When and need to be found. So, we walk told this diarist, “He always focused
she approached me to help her with through our neighbourhood, enter on the fact that cities should be
the feeding, I was delighted. And now their hideouts and feed as many as designed keeping the environment
with the monsoon here, carrying we can find,” D’Souza (in pic) told in mind.” Mumbai could do with
cooked food on a two-wheeler can be this diarist. more such visionaries.
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‘No one can say from where
Currently, all multi-purpose stalls
in Mumbai division are shut due to
the COVID-19 pandemic
he contracted the infection’
Continued from page 01
‘There are several instances of
family members contracting the
Masks, sanitisers MID-DAY had reported on July 4 on
how some Shatabdi hospital staff virus after one member tests
positive. No one can say from
and face shields made 21-year-old Kunal Utekar
wrap his mother’s (Pallavi Utekar)
body without following proper safe-
where the person has contracted
the virus. Hence, blaming the
for sale soon at ty measures. Kunal had called his
30-year-old cousin to help him lift hospital for the spread of the
infection is wrong’
railway stations the body from the ward and put it
on a stretcher. They had taken help Brihanmumbai Municipal
from two other hospital staffers. Corporation official
RAJENDRA B. AKLEKAR Fearing that he might have con-
rajendra.aklekar@mid-day.com tracted the virus after handling the of “criminal negligence and apathy
body, the cousin, a Borivli resident, towards citizens”. He has also writ-
COMMON safety items to provide underwent a swab test on July 4 ten to BMC chief Iqbal Singh Chahal
protection against COVID-19 such as and the following day the result expressing his displeasure over the
Pallavi Utekar and Kunal Utekar. FILE PICS
masks, face shields and sanitisers, came positive. He immediately got conduct of the civic authorities and
will now be sold at railway station admitted to one of the civic COVID tion centre in Borivli. However, on not available for comment, another ruling Shiv Sena and their insensi-
stalls at fixed rates, and will be avail- Care Centres in Borivli. July 2, Pallavi died of the infection. BMC official said, “There are several tiveness towards COVID-19 patients
able once they open at major stations. In a video clip released by Kunal, Kunal had then alleged that he was instances of family members con- and their relatives.
This will not only cut down artificial he speaks about his cousin testing forced to wrap his mother’s body in tracting the virus after one member However, this is not the first time
shortages in the city, but will also help positive for the viral infection. “I a plastic bag and wasn’t provided tests positive. No one can say from that the BMC is at the receiving end
commuters travelling out of and en- am scared of the development. I proper safety equipment for it. where the person has contracted of alleged negligence in handling
tering the city. At present about 230 am also thinking of getting the test Dr Pramod Nagarkar, medical su- the virus. Hence, blaming the hos- COVID-19 patients.
passenger trains operate across India done,” he says in the video. perintendent of Shatabdi hospital, pital for the spread of the infection In May, the civic body had faced
and 700 suburban trains operate in Fifty-year-old Pallavi was admit- had said that contractual employees is wrong.” flak over a video of Sion hospital,
Mumbai on both the lines. ted to the civic hospital on June did the ‘goof-up’ and also suspend- Earlier, taking cognisance of the where bodies wrapped in black
“In order to emphasise providing 30, and Kunal’s father Pandurang ed two of them in connection with mid-day report, BJP leader Ashish plastic sheets were seen lying next
safe and hygienic travel facilities Utekar, 55, was moved to an isola- the case. While Dr Nagarkar was Shelar had said that the case was to patients.
to passengers, multi-purpose stalls
(MPS) at stations have now been al-
lowed to keep takeaway bedroll kits/
items and other COVID-19-related
protective items such as face masks,
sanitisers, gloves, etc. These takeaway
‘Staggered office timings, a welcome move’
bedroll kit/items and other protective Transport experts also call for innovative ways to ensure social distancing is maintained in public transport
items should be of good quality and
not exceed the MRP,” a CR spokesper- RAJENDRA B. AKLEKAR
son said. rajendra.aklekar@mid-day.com
Stalls at Mumbai stations will soon
get these essential items. While MPS EXPERTS on Monday welcomed the
on Central Railway, Mumbai are at all BMC’s move to introduce staggered
major termini and junction stations office timings and said that they
like Mumbai CSMT and Kurla LTT, should be supplemented by innova-
similar stalls are on Western Railway tive ways to augment public trans-
at Churchgate and Mumbai Central. port as social distancing will be the
Presently all MPS in Mumbai are new normal in the days to come.
shut due to the COVID-19 pandemic. mid-day on Monday was the first
However, the items shall be available to break the story on how the civic
at the stalls whenever they open for body was working on a plan to stag-
general public. ger office timings to decongest local
On Western Railway at present, out trains in Mumbai.
of 15 MPS on Mumbai division, only Senior transport expert Raxit
one stall at Surat is operational, as Sheth said, “Staggered timings is a
the rest have been closed due to no welcome move, but should be sup-
train service/non-availability of ven- plemented using existing technol-
dors. The safety items are available in ogy already available with the Rail-
MPS on other divisions. All items like ways. Commuters can be allocated With the staggered timings in place, social distancing should be easy to maintain in
face masks, sanitisers, hand gloves coaches and seats through this. This public transport. FILE PIC/SATEJ SHINDE; (right) experts are asking all government
and take-away bed roll kits/items are will automatically resolve a num- departments to implement staggered timings. FILE PIC/BIPIN KOKATE
available at MPS on Vadodara, Ah- ber of issues like bogus ID/fake or plan is a good and tested initiative. working should be introduced, for
medabad and Ratlam divisions. unwanted e-passes as they could But measures should be taken as instance, in banks. Earlier, when
Passenger associations welcomed be traced using the linked mobile once this is implemented, train fre- Mumbai was an industrial city, most
the Railways' decision to open such numbers. Also, it is a common trend quency cannot be lowered during people worked in shifts. This stag-
stalls as this will discourage hawkers for coaches near entry/exit gates what is known as non-peak time, gered the load on railways. How-
who have been moving around every and staircases/elevators to get more as this would defeat the very idea. ever, ever since Mumbai became
nook and corner of railway premises congested, as one boards the train Also, since schools are not open- a commercial city, peak hours for
with cheap and unreliable masks. quickly and does not tend to walk ing any time soon, offices can start different sectors became merged,
“These are no times of profiteering on the platform.” working as early as 8 am,” public concentrating all load in a short
and the railways' official stalls al- “Once all this is linked and com- policy (transport) expert Paresh span of time.”
lowing sale of such kits and items is muters are allotted seat num- Rawal said. Jitendra Gupta of Mumbai
a welcome move, as these now fall bers, coaches will tend to have an Ajit Shenoy of Mumbai Mobili- Transport Forum also called this
under essential category and should equal distribution of crowds. This ty Forum said, “This is a welcome an excellent idea and said it should
be carried/worn for the protection of will also build a parallel database move. However, not only BMC but be implemented at least for all
individuals,” Subhash H Gupta, mem- and help in crowd management,” all government organisations need government departments if not
ber of National Railway Users’ Con- he added. to consider staggered timings. private offices as it could be
sultative Committee said. “The staggered work timings In fact, wherever possible, shift difficult there. mid-day’s report on July 6
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‘Crucial to audit deaths
attributed to COVID-19’
Medical experts demand an audit into all deaths that have taken place over
Kasarvadavali police officials with
past few months, hinting at comorbid deaths being included in COVID stats the four accused
VINOD KUMAR MENON test which later came out neg-
vinodm@mid-day.com ative.
Dr Wiqar Shaikh, a senior
Four held for
HEALTH experts have de- allergy and asthma specialist,
manded an audit of all de- said, “This is a bad time for peo- looting liquor
ceased persons in Maharashtra ple to fall ill. The concentration
and Mumbai over the past few of the administration is totally
months considering the diffi- on COVID-19. Other conditions
shop in Thane
culties faced by comorbid pa- concerning cardiac, cancer, SAMIULLAH KHAN
tients in receiving treatment. hypertension, diabetes, tuber- samiullah.khan@mid-day.com
COVID positive patients have culosis, stroke etc are either
in the past complained of not being ignored or neglected by Thane’s Kasarvadavali cops
receiving medicines for their all hospitals including private have arrested four people who
other ailments like diabetes, and government. This is a sad allegedly broke into a liquor
hypertension etc during the story since several of these shop and fled with liquor bot-
course of treatment at hospi- conditions are treatable and tles and cash around R1 lakh.
tals. mortality could be prevented if With the entire Thane under
Senior health experts from appropriate action is initiated.” lockdown till July 12, the ac-
civic and private hospitals ad- The number of deaths due cused were planning to sell the
mitted to the existence of these to these conditions in India, he alcohol in the black market.
areas of concern which need to pointed, far exceeds the death According to cops, a group
be looked into. due to COVID-19. “Unfortu- of five broke the shutter of
“It is a fact that patients with nately, most of the outpatient the ‘Anmol wine shop’ which
comorbidities were unable to departments and hospital comes under the Kasarvadav-
get regular check-ups done consulting rooms are shut and, BMC health workers take away the body of a police officer who died of complications related to the li police station jurisdiction,
with their physicians or spe- therefore, all other morbid con- Coronavirus Disease, at Pratiksha Nagar in Sion. FILE PIC/ATUL KAMBLE Thane between June 21 and
cialists during the lockdown. ditions besides COVID-19 are June 22.
Their comorbid conditions being overlooked,” he added. ical personnel should also look ed too.” He added, “During high-level committee has al- “After the owner lodged a
might have either aggravated Dr Shaikh spoke about a out for comorbid conditions. “It the course of COVID treat- ready been formed under the complaint, we went through
or fluctuated in such situa- Byculla patient’s nightmare. is imperative that the govern- ment, the multi-disciplinary leadership of former dean of the CCTV footages from the
tions. When such patients be- A doctor’s brother, diagnosed ment does a careful death audit approach in medical and KEM hospital Dr Avinash Supe nearby area and shared im-
come COVID-19 positive, the as COVID-19 positive with hy- to find out how many people surgical specialties is gross- to conduct the audit and work ages of the suspects across
comorbid ailments do not get pertension, was not even pro- have died of comorbid condi- ly lacking, thereby leading is in process.” various police stations and
full attention, and at times, vided a hospital bed and was tions instead of COVID-19,” he to increased mortality. It is Also, owing to the fact that among our sources. On July
are left unattended,” a senior forced to get himself treated at insisted. of utmost importance to au- most recent deaths at KEM 3, based on credible informa-
doctor attached to a civic-run home, with oxygen, bronchodi- Dr Ketan Vagholkar, pro- dit every death attributed to hospital have taken place tion, we caught four of them
medical college told mid-day. lators, and high-level antibiot- fessor of Surgery at DY Patil COVID in a critical manner.” during the midnight or early from Bhiwandi city,” said sen-
The doctor cited an example ics. “Even the ambulance to a medical college, too said that Such an audit, experts believe, morning hours, the civic cor- ior inspector Kishor Khairnar,
of a patient who was admitted COVID-19 designated hospital “the actual mortality rate of will help in bringing down the poration will soon be install- Kasarvadavli police station.
for showing signs of hyperten- did not arrive to pick up the pure COVID infection would COVID mortality rate. ing CCTV cameras in the wards “The accused have been
sion (180/110 mmHg) when the patient despite several phone be significantly less if these Sources within the health for stringent monitoring, the identified as Kalam Ansari
hospital insisted on a COVID calls,” he said, adding that med- comorbidities were attend- department of BMC said, “A official added. (36), Sartaj Malik (27), Salman
Pathan (27) and Sameer Shaikh
(21). We also managed to seize
Cops file FIRs after call threatening 2008-like terror attack R8,000 cash, stolen liquor bot-
tles and a pickup truck from
them and the search for their
The caller, identifying himself as Sultan from Pakistan and claiming to be a member of terrorist organisation Lashkar- fifth partner is underway,” he
added. During the interroga-
e-Taiba, had warned of an attack on Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in Colaba and Taj Lands End in Bandra ‘very soon’ tion, it was revealed that all
four accused are repeat of-
VISHAL SINGH ‘The caller, Sultan, told the Colaba and Taj Lands End in fenders who have been arrest-
vishal.singh@mid-day.com Bandra. On the basis of the ed for similar offences.
security executive of the
complaint of the “security All four accused have been
COLABA and Bandra police Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, ‘I executive of the Taj Palace”, arrested under Sections 380
have registered separate am from Lashkar-e-Taiba FIRs were registered at the (Theft in dwelling house),
FIRs in connection with the and I am speaking from two police stations on Friday 454 (Lurking house-trespass
threat call received at the Taj Pakistan. We are going and Saturday. or house-breaking) and 457
Mahal Palace Hotel last week. to carry out a 2008-style “A case under Sections 505 (Lurking house-trespass or
Doctors and nurses working (1) (b) (with intent to cause house-breaking by night in or-
on the frontline in the BMC
attack very soon’’ fear or alarm to the public, or der to commit offence) of IPC.
hospitals have been staying A police officer commit offence against the
at the iconic Taj hotel for the State) and 506 (2) (criminal ‘We went through the CCTV
past three months. intimidation) of the Indian footages from the nearby
30JUNE
A person, identifying him- Penal Code has been regis-
self as Sultan from Pakistan tered against an unknown
area and shared images of
and claiming to be a mem- person,” Additional Commis- the suspects across various
ber of terrorist organisation sioner Manoj Sharma told police stations and among
Lashkar-e-Taiba, called the Day the threat call was mid-day. our sources. On July 3,
Barricades outside the iconic Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, Colaba, after a made to the Taj hotel
Taj hotel at 12.35 am on June threat call last week. FILE PIC/PTI More than 160 people were based on credible infor-
30, threatening to strike killed when members of mation, we caught four of
again. He disconnected the to the hotel’s security de- kar-e-Taiba and I am speaking ficer said. Lashkar-e-Taiba attacked the
call and dialled again, 4 min- partment. from Pakistan. We are going Since the call, police have Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, CSMT them from Bhiwandi city’
utes later, and the telephone “The caller told the securi- to carry out a 2008-style at- beefed up security at both and other places on Novem- Kishor Khairnar, senior inspector,
operator forwarded the call ty executive, ‘I am from Lash- tack very soon’,” a police of- the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel in ber 26, 2008. Kasarvadavli police station
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If you’re safe, we’re safe: Konkan to Mumbai
Continued from page 1
MANY gram panchayats have
also issued letters with in-
structions for Mumbaikars
tival get booked within few
hours of the booking begin-
ning. MSRTC even organises
additional buses for Konkan
Region during the Ganpati
08AUGUST 15 DAYS
Date before when visitors are Period for which all visitors
told to arrive in villages have to self-quarantine
and outsiders for the festival. festival. Many Mumbaikars
The Konkan is known for also go to their native places
its traditional Ganpati festi- by private cars.
val. In order to prevent the Deepak Kaamtekar, a resi-
spread of COVID-19, the gram dent of Malvan said, “Because
panchayats in Ratnagiri, Sind- of the pandemic, the govern-
hudurg, Malvan and Raigad ment has already given in-
have started holding meetings structions that those coming
to decide how to celebrate the from Mumbai or other places
Preparations for Ganesh festival on at Prabhadevi. PIC/ASHISH RAJE
festival with all precautions. to their native places, should
Many gram panchayats such lage will have to strictly follow. essarily and avoid taking out self-quarantine for two weeks.
as that of Tithavali Digashi vil- Those coming to the village processions during the visar- So people coming from Mum-
lage from Vaibhavwadi Taluka for Ganpati will have to come jan. Villagers found roaming in bai and other places should
in Sindhudurg District have is- before August 8 and self-quar- public without masks will also take all the precautions and
sued letters with instructions antine for two weeks,” said have to pay a penalty. maintain social distancing.”
for people coming from Mum- Mahendra Raorane, sarpanch Talking to mid-day, Ram- Amey Sawant, a Mumbai-
bai for the Ganpati festival. of Lore village in Sindhudurg chandra Mane, a resident of kar who has been going to his
“Ganpati is one of the big- District. In the letter issued by Lanja taluka in Ratnagiri said, village every Ganpati for the
gest festivals of the Konkan re- the gram panchayat, it has also “We already have a rule that past 25 years said, “Mumbai is
gion and thousands of people been stated that no one should those people coming from a hotspot and as a responsible
from Mumbai come to their do a Satyanarayana Pooja Mumbai or any other places citizen, everyone should take
native places for it along with during the Ganesh festival as have to self-quarantine for adequate precautions while
their families. Mumbai is the people might gather in large 15 days in the village. During visiting villages. Me and my
hotspot for COVID-19 and so numbers for it and social dis- Ganpati too we have asked mother will go to our village,
our gram panchayat has tak- tancing might not be followed. family members to come 15 Tarandale, in Kankavli talu-
en a decision, that this year Many villagers have been days prior to the festival and ka, Sindhudurg District in
the festival will be celebrated also asked not to gather to- self-quarantine as a precau- the third week of July and my
with all precautions and social gether in large numbers for tionary measure.” father will join us two weeks
distancing. We have issued a aarti and bhajan. They have Every year the MSRTC bus before the festival. This year’s
letter with instructions which also been instructed to avoid tickets and Railway tickets for festival will be celebrated in a
the people coming to the vil- getting out of home unnec- Konkan for the Ganpati fes- simple way.”
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Putting good sense
above sentiment
Bhansali tells cops he hadn’t
India needs to prepare first for a ‘less from
China’, rather than a ‘China less’ economy dropped Rajput from his films
and China. The director, who recorded his statement at Bandra police station, told them
BY China realised the potential
of the Indian technology sec-
tor and has provided strategic
the actor had refused to act as he was working for another production firm
INVITATION funding over the past five years
to a majority of India’s technolo-
FAIZAN KHAN
faizan.khan@mid-day.com
in depression.
The Bandra police initially
Arun Sehgal gy start-ups in contrast to main- questioned Bhansali for close
ly infrastructure-related FDIs in THE police on Monday re- to three hours in Bandra po-
SLAM bang in the midst of the neighbouring countries like Pa- corded the statement of lead- lice station led by ACP (Bandra
pandemic came the news of a kistan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and ing Bollywood director Sanjay Division) Dattatray Bhargude
conflict arising out of a pend- Bangladesh. Leela Bhansali, for close to and Investigation Officer PI
ing border dispute with China. China has been quick to re- four hours in connection with Bhushan Belnekar. Later, he
While this may seem sudden, alise the potential of electric the alleged suicide of actor was asked to go to Santacruz
the economic war for commer- vehicles in India. It is using its Sushant Singh Rajput. Accord- police station where he was
cial supremacy has been fought global leadership position in ing to sources, the filmmaker questioned by Zonal DCP
continuously since China’s lib- this sector to penetrate the fu- told the police that he hadn't Abhishek Trimukhe for close
eralisation in 1976 and India’s ture lucrative market in India. dropped Rajput from any of to one hour. He was asked
economic liberalisation in 1991, Strategic Chinese investments his films, but the actor had around 35 to 40 questions.
with China becoming much in Ola and other e-commerce refused to be in them as he Sanjay Leela Bhansali at the Bandra police station to record his This is the 30th statement
stronger than India today. aggregation companies, fin- was shooting for some other statement. PIC/ SHADAB KHAN recorded in connection with
China became a $1 trillion tech, social media have been movies under Yash Raj Films. depression after being films but as Rajput was busy the Sushant Singh Rajput su-
economy in 1996 while India small and gone unnoticed, but dropped out of two big films, and refused to work, Bhansali icide case. Most of the people
touched the same level in the they will have huge potential for Quizzed for four hours Ramleela and Bajirao Mastani, did not ask him again," the of- were questioned for more
year 2000. Today, 20 years lat- attractive valuations in future. The investigation team at directed by Bhansali, he ficer added. than 8 hours, only Bhansali's
er, India is still at $2.5 trillion, The single largest investment by Bandra police station had was questioned about the statement was recorded in
while China overtook this fig- China has been the takeover of prepared around 20 ques- same. But Bhansali denied 'Not close to Rajput' four hours.
ure long ago, to create a huge Gland Pharma for a whopping tions for the filmmaker when dropping the actor from any of The filmmaker, in his state- Rajput was found hanging
gap and has touched $13 tril- $1.1-billion and $300-million he arrived at the police sta- his films," a police officer said. ment, has also claimed that in his rented apartment in
lion now. This is a gap like Us- investment by MG Motors in tion at 12:30pm. Bhansali was According to Bhansali's he met Rajput last in 2016, Bandra on June 14. The police
ain Bolt and his nearest rival in India. quizzed about his association statement to the police, Ra- after that there was no con- did not recover a suicide note
the 100m race. Indo-China interdependence with the actor and which jput was busy in shooting the versation between them. from the spot but are investi-
According to the Indian De- is still not at a stage where In- were the films he want- film Pani under Yash Raj Films Bhansali also said he was gating the professional rival-
partment of Commerce, it is dians can call for a China-less ed to work with Ra- and refused to work for him. not so close to Rajput and so ry angle after orders from the
very difficult to replace Chi- economy, but Indians can cer- jput. As it has been al- "The director wanted his full unaware about his personal state government based on
nese products immediately. tainly plan for a “Less from Chi- leged that the actor was in attention for two of his big details as to whether he was social media claims.
Just some statistics will show na economy” in the future. A call
that in the smartphone market, for a total ban on the import of
Chinese brands are very popular
in each price segment and enjoy
almost 72 per cent of the total
market share, Smart TVs has 45
Chinese goods may be justified
emotionally since national sen-
timents are hurt, but Indians
need preparedness of their in-
Pawar steps in to defuse Sena-NCP tension
per cent, other home appliances dustrial capabilities for this call NCP chief, Anil Deshmukh visit CM to fix fissures after poaching of Sena leaders, DCP transfers
are at 12 per cent, while Internet to be effective and sustainable.
apps are at 66 per cent. Chinese Since its liberalisation in DHARMENDRA JORE tives back to the Sena camp.
content is high in many prod- the 70s, China created indus- dharmendra.jore@mid-day.com Sources said Ajit Pawar was
ucts imported from other devel- try-friendly infrastructure and a also likely to meet Thackeray
oped countries too - import of supporting educational system THE architect of the Maha to discuss the matter that was
aircraft by Indian Airlines from that promoted the creation of Vikas Aghadi (MVA) govern- further complicated by some
Boeing will have a considerable vocationally skilled manpow- ment, Sharad Pawar, has tak- NCP leaders who demanded
Chinese content. It is impossi- er. Secondly, it created an in- en the lead to defuse the ev- that the Sena should recipro-
ble to imagine a world without vestment-friendly eco-system er-growing tensions between cate by relieving 11 Thane ZP
Chinese content in India in the to attract global companies. his Nationalist Congress Par- members who were originally
immediate future. Third, it followed a large econ- ty and Shiv Sena. Pawar led from the NCP.
While India historically took omy-of-scale production strat- a group of NCP ministers to Sources said Pawar and the
pride in being a software pow- egy. It means that a 10 per cent Chief Minister Uddhav Thac- CM along with home minis-
er, China has started boasting of profit of a 1,000 is more than a keray’s Kalanagar residence ter Anil Deshmukh (NCP) and
having nine of the top 20 tech 20 per cent profit of a 100. This on Monday evening to thrash senior Sena leaders discussed
giants according to venture resulted in a lower price for the out differences and enhance all the issues on Monday. Gen-
capital firm Kleiner Perkins end-consumer making it diffi- coordination between the erally, the CM meets Pawar at
Caufield and Byers; overtaking cult for competition. Fourth, by two principal parties to sta- Shivaji Park’s Balasaheb Thac-
India quickly in a sector where disallowing leading global tech bilise the government amid keray Memorial (formerly
it had been traditionally strong. companies in China, it groomed the pandemic. Mayor’s Bungalow), but this
Companies like China mobile, local talent to create unicorns Among other issues that time, the veteran had to go
Tencent, Alibaba, Baidu, Xiomi, that are amongst the top global have been a cause for concern, Sharad Pawar with CM Uddhav Thackeray. FILE PIC to Matoshree. Following the
Meituan Dianping are speedily players in terms of both tech- the two parties have split meeting, Sena leaders from
increasing the gap in terms of nology and size. There has been opinions over the unlocking periphery in Mumbai and re- The Sena got a further Thane also visited Thacker-
revenues and future expected a general feeling of uncertain- of the lockdown, administra- corded a dissent over enforc- shock when five of its coun- ay’s residence.
growth plans in India, compared ty about Indian policies, high tive and police reshuffles and ing a lockdown-like protocol cillors from Parner Munic- Earlier in the day, opposi-
to large Indian tech companies. cost of land, inflexible labour poaching of elected repre- in Thane and other MMR ipal Council (Ahmednagar tion leader and ex-CM Deven-
India has the technological laws and lower productivity sentatives. cities. The party had also district) were inducted in the dra Fadnavis said the NCP had
skills required to create future that spook foreign investors. Pawar’s intervention is stalled the transfer of Navi NCP by deputy CM Ajit Pawar tricked the CM in transferring
unicorns in the technology We need an equally robust seen as an effort to soothe Mumbai’s municipal com- two days ago. the DCPs.
space but lacks the venture economic strategy to make the the CM who is offended by missioner who was replaced The NCP has justified the “Under the process, the CM
capital ecosystem to fund ini- jump from ‘atmanirbhar’ as a NCP’s move, particularly by a young IAS officer in the move saying that the leaders must be consulted and his
tial losses that the future uni- feel-good phrase to reality. the Mumbai DCPs’ transfers latest reshuffle in which four would have joined the BJP if approval must be taken be-
corns make in initial years. This that he scrapped on Sunday doctor-turned-bureaucrats they were not welcomed in its fore making big decisions like
funding has largely been pro- (The columnist is visiting faculty for because he wasn’t consult- were asked to head munic- fold. Following the switch, an transfers. The CM must have
vided to the Indian start-ups by international marketing and global ed. The NCP had also made ipal corporations in MMR angry CM Thackeray is learnt cancelled the transfers only
venture capitalists based out of business expansion to a number of the CM relax restrictions on where COVID-19 cases have to have asked the DCM to because his authority was not
the US, Singapore, Hong Kong top business institutes.) movement beyond a 2-km increased manifold. send his elected representa- honoured,” he said.
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No-man zone created as Indian, Chinese troops retreat
The two sides have agreed, sources said, not to do any aerial surveillance of the retreated area
LEH: Both Indian and Chinese kilometres simultaneously sides, a four kilometre no-man
troops have retreated two kilo-
metres each along the Line of
on Sunday, following several
rounds of talks which had be-
zone has been created. “Four
kilometres in the highly moun-
Making progress to
Actual Control (LAC) in the gun after the clash on June 15. tainous terrain of Galwan Val- disengage: China
Galwan Valley, where 20 In- The disengagement between ley, deprives both sides to see
dian and unknown number of Indian and the People’s Lib- each other’s installations and China said the front-line
Chinese soldiers were killed in eration Army (PLA) happened reinforcements,” sources said. troops are taking “effective
a violent face-off last month. as per the agreed terms in the The two sides have also measures” and making
Top official sources said Corps Commander’s meeting. agreed, sources said, not to do “progress” to disengage in
that both sides retreated two With the retreat from both any aerial surveillance of the Galwan Valley. The remarks
retreated area, to rebuild trust of China’s Foreign Ministry
‘In this regard they further agreed that both sides should which was badly damaged due spokesperson Zhao Lijian
complete the ongoing disengagement process along the to the June 15 bloodbath. “As a came after govt sources
result, neither side would real-
LAC expeditiously. The two sides should also ensure a said the Chinese Army was
ly know what the other side is
Indian army trucks depart towards Ladakh amid stand-off between phased and stepwise de-escalation in the India-China bor- doing,” a military source said.
seen moving back.
Indian and Chinese troops, at Manali-Leh highway in Kullu. PIC/PTI der areas’ MEA in a statement on talks between Doval and Wang Yi Agencies
Will 8L Indians
India crosses 7L-cases mark in Kuwait
be forced to
with 24,000 new infections
The country is at the eighth position in terms of the death toll due to the disease E-register before
return home?
DUBAI: Some 8 lakh Indians
could be forced to leave Kuwait
after a parliamentary com-
mittee approved a draft expat
going to Punjab
COVID-19 After CM Amarinder
quota bill seeking to gradually
slash the number of foreign
workers in the Gulf country,
TICKER Singh ruled out
relaxation in the 14-day
according to media reports.
The National Assembly’s le-
home quarantine for
7,00,150
TOTAL NO. OF CASES IN INDIA AS OF NOW
domestic travellers, the
process of e-registration
gal and legislative committee
has determined that the expat
quota bill is constitutional.
for all those wishing to According to the bill, Indi-
NEW DELHI: With another big travel to the state has ans should not exceed 15 per
single-day jump in Corona- been made mandatory cent of Kuwait’s population.
virus cases, India’s COVID-19 from Monday midnight, This could result in 800,000
tally crossed the 7 lakh-mark officials said. Indians leaving Kuwait, as the
on Monday, just four days af- Indian community constitutes
ter the number of infections the largest expat community
in the country had reached six ‘Vaccine by Aug in the country, totalling 1.45
lakh. The total number of tests
for detection of COVID-19 also
15 unfeasible’ million, the Gulf News report-
ed, citing a leading Kuwaiti
crossed the one-crore mark in The Indian Academy newspaper.
India on Monday. The current population of
Shopkeepers wait for customers at a second-hand automobile spare market in Chennai. PIC/AFP of Sciences (IASc), a
According to Union Health Kuwait is 4.3 million, with Ku-
Ministry figures updated in states and union territories. Bengaluru-based body of waitis making up 1.3 million
scientists, has said the
19,795 ‘Only home quarantine
the morning, a big single-day The country has recorded of the population, and expats
jump of 24,248 COVID-19 cas- over 20,000 cases of the infec- ICMR’s target to launch accounting for 3 million.
es took India’s tally to 6,97,413, tion for the fourth consecutive for those from Maha’ a Coronavirus vaccine by Amid a slump in oil prices
while the death toll due to the day. India went past Russia on August 15 is “unfeasible” and the Coronavirus pandem-
disease climbed to 19,693 with Sunday to become the third Total no. of deaths due to Further modifying its and “unrealistic”. The ic, there has been a spike in an-
425 new fatalities. worst-hit nation by the COV- the virus in India COVID-19 quarantine norms, IASc said while there ti-expat rhetoric as lawmakers
However, a PTI tally showed ID-19 pandemic. Only the US the Karnataka government is an unquestioned and government officials call
India’s COVID-19 caseload at and Brazil are ahead of India in on Monday exempted those urgent need, vaccine for reducing the number of
20
7,00,150, while the death toll terms of total Coronavirus in-
No. of police foreigners in Kuwait.
stations in travelling to the state from development for use in
was at 19,795. The tally has fections. Cases have been con- Maharashtra from the seven humans requires clinical Last month, Kuwait’s Prime
been compiled as per infor- sistently rising in the country. Bangalore shut Minister Sheikh Sabah Al
days of institutional quarantine. trials in a phased manner.
mation provided by respective Agencies Khalid Al Sabah proposed re-
ducing the number of expats
from 70 per cent to 30 per
Uttar Pradesh DGP increases bounty on Dubey’s arrest to `2.5L cent of the population, the re-
port said.
Agencies
KANPUR: The office of Uttar legedly opened fire on a police
Pradesh DGP announced on team which had gone to arrest 3 cops suspended
1.45MILLION
Monday that bounty on the him. Eight policemen were
arrest of the main accused of killed. Last week, a huge cache Uttar Pradesh police have
Kanpur encounter case, Vikas of arms and ammunition were suspended three more
Dubey, has been increased to recovered during a search op- cops, suspecting that they No. of Indians
`2.5 lakh. Dubey is the main ac- eration from the residence of
tipped off Dubey whose residing in Kuwait
cused in the Kanpur encounter Dubey. Uttar Pradesh Chief
case in which eight police per- Minister Yogi Adityanath earli- gang members killed eight
sonnel lost their lives. er announced R1 crore ex-gra- policemen in an ambush
3MN
Currently, a search opera- tia each for the families of the last week. Police had Population
tion is underway for Dubey in policemen who were killed in earlier suspended Vinay of expats
Police personnel rest during a search operation near the residence of the Kanpur encounter case, in the Bikaru village encounter. Tiwari, station officer at in Kuwait
gangster Vikas Dubey, in Kanpur. PIC/PTI which a group of assailants al- Agencies Chaubeypur station.You can also read
