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2. Q What is your role in Ek Thi Begum?
This story is from the late 80s and the
early 90s when the underworld was at its
peak. I play Ashraf Bhatkar aka Sapna. The
entire story revolves around her as her
journey from a normal lady to one who is
seeking for revenge is shown. Her husband
was killed by an underworld don that is
why she chose the path of revenge.
Q What all preparations did you have to
do for the role?
I have never portrayed a character like
this before, so it was definitely exhausting.
There are many shades in Ashraf ’s
character and I had to explore the depths
of it. I had many discussions with Sachin
Darekar, the writer-director of the series.
It was important for me and him to be on
the same page. I wanted to follow his
vision, we had lots of workshops and tried
to take out all the things between the lines.
It took a lot of homework actually and
that’s how we went ahead with the process.
Q Do you think there is a need to bring
more such stories at the forefront?
Definitely. What we have seen or heard
is that underworld was man dominated.
However, I believe that there are many such
women who in that era also became the
police informers and came at the forefront.
There was a lot of power to women even
back then. It is important that we show
people that women were no less. We do
need such content.
Q What kind of rapport do you share
with your co-actors?
I have worked with most of the actors
on the sets. For Ankit Mohan, who plays
my husband. He is a friend but we never
got a chance to work together. It was a
fantastic experience. Everybody has put
their 100 per cent in the characters they
are playing. When you are working with
a bunch of people, then it is more of a team
work. It is no longer a story about a
particular person rather it is a compilation
of everyone’s story. And Sachin, he has put
a lot of efforts in the series. I have never
got a chance to work with him, though he
was the writer of one of my shows. The
experience if for a lifetime.
Q How was the environment on the
sets?
It was always fun. Obviously not
when we are shooting an emotional
sequence because it takes a little while to
get out of that moment but otherwise it was
an extremely positive environment on the
sets which is why our work became all the
more fun.
Q From Radhabai to now Ashraf
Bhatkar, you have played the roles of
women of substance. What attracts you
to these roles?
It is the strength inside me may be. I
have been fortunate that I have been
getting to do so much of work and such
kind of characters.
It is my inner strength that I like to
portray such characters. I can connect with
all the characters that I have played
because there was some common trait.
Also all the roles have been different. Any
actor would die for such roles. Till now, I
have never played a naive character or
someone who don’t have a spine. I enjoy
doing such type of characters.
Q How did your first show Tamanna
happen with you?
I auditioned for it almost five times for
that show. Then I got a call from the team,
but still it was not finalised. There was a
50-50 chance. I was hoping to get the role.
And when it happened, I knew that it was
an opportunity where I have to prove
myself to myself ki main yeh kar sakti hun.
I am glad that it happened because it
opened a lot of doors for me.
Q What kind of roles would you like to
experiment with?
I don’t mind playing similar kind of
characters as long as I am getting to show
my strength. Also, I would like to explore
the side of mine which I haven’t till now
like I said I have never played a naive or
a bichari character. But my inclination will
continue to be towards strong characters.
Q What is there in the pipeline?
There are some projects but I am not
allowed to talk about it right now. Once
everything will fall in place, I will share the
details.
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elieve it or not, besides Mother’s
Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day
and a slew of other days, there is
a National Paranormal Day. It is
celebrated on May 3 and people are
encouraged to come together and share
their eerie stories and or experiences.
But given the present situation —
COVID-19 lockdown — the get
together is not be possible. So how the
nextbestthing?Watchghostscomealive
on your small screen.
“There is a reason why we love to
hear or see shows and films that relate
to the paranormal. We have all grown
uplisteningtobhootkikahanisfromour
grandparents: ‘Ki aisa usne dekha thha’.
That fascinates us. Just like those who
are addicted to sci-fi movies and want
to believe in aliens, we have out our
home-grown bhoots,” Mayank Mishra
says, who has been playing the ghost for
the last one year on the show. He tells
you that he has forgotten how many
different ghosts he has played till now
since one rolls into another.
He tells you that it was his dream to
play a ghost since he was a kid. “While
growingup,weeachdreamofbecoming
or doing something. Since I had always
wantedtobeanactormydreamrolewas
to play ghost and today, I am living it.
Itisinterestingtoplayabhoot.Itisunlike
playing any other character. There is so
muchmorethanjustroleplay.Sinceeach
episode has a different ghost, I need to
give it a different look, walk and voice.
I do a lot of study and watch shows and
films around the genre to try and see
how I can improve on the creature that
I have to play. Then there is the whole
timespentingettingtheprostheticsand
make-up and wearing a costume that
weighs over 10 kg and spend the next
12 hours in that get up and then shots.
It is extremely challenging but I love it,”
Mishra tells you.
Though Mishra may have played
over25sofarandcounting,therearetwo
creaturesthathelovedplaying.Onewas
the episode he which he played the ice
man. “There was something so
interesting to play a creature that was
coveredinwhitefromtoptobottomand
coming out of a fridge. The other was
Chanda mama, the moon ghost. This
wasnicesincethekidslovedwhatIhave
done here,” Mishra tells you whose
favourite Bollywood ghost movies as
Raaz, 1921 and IT (Hollywood).
Nitica Kanwar, one of the writers
who came on board for the show tells
youthatoneofthebiggestchallengesthat
come with writing a monster story as
opposed to any other story is how it is
different from what one has done
before. “One has to be more creative,
imaginative and think out of the box.
Every story that you have has to bring
inanewelement,notseenbefore.Sothat
people, when they come back, have a
new creature and a new ghost. It is
definitely challenging and a lot more
fun,” Kanwar says who came on board
when the show had more of creatures,
monsters and bent towards fantasy
rather than ghosts.
Shetellsyouthatwhenyouwritefor
such shows, a lot of research has to go
into studying if there was any folklore
associated with what you are writing
about or if there was a mention in
mythology. “One doesn’t want to create
amonsteroracreaturethatdoesn’texist
or impossibletoimagine,” Kanwar says.
While it may not always be possible to
go out and create a Marvel on TV, what
is not lacking is the talent to write scary
fantasy stories. One has to see if what I
have written can be executed. The first
concern is that the creature doesn’t
appeartobetacky.Wehavetoseeifone
can shoot it was the graphics and VFX
level.Also,horror/fantasyasagenrehas
not been explored much and in the
industry and that brings in its own
challenges. It involves a lot of work as
well,” Kanwar says. It takes her around
two-three days to write story before the
process of positive feedback from the
channelandtheproducerbeingsbefore
the story is finalised.
Hemant R Prabhu, tells you that
working with horror/fantasy genre is a
passion for him and not only has he
produced 13 episodes of the show, he
hasdirectedmostothem.Forhimthere
are two biggest challenges. First, to keep
theaudiencethrilledenoughsothatthey
don’t surf. Second, revolves around the
look of the monster. “There is so much
software out there. Every story has to be
different and new look,” Prabhu says.
Directing comes easy to him since
most of back-end works in taken care
of before the episode goes on the floor.
“Most of the work is beforehand. A lot
of homework is done. Pre-production
meetingstakecareofanyotherwrinkles
that may come up,” Prabhu says.
Jitu Mhatre, the man behind the
prosthetics and make-up who has given
face to 90 per cent of the monsters tells
you that the biggest challenge he faces
is to deliver things on time. “We are
given only three-four days to come up
with the look that is finalised. This takes
a lot of time and effort and a slew of
people. We also have to ensure that the
monster even though scary is not
yucky. People should be scared not
repulsed with the monster. This is
whatattractspeopletohorrorgenre;the
fact that we have come up with a new
look that has not been seen before,”
Mhatre explains.
Then there is the VFX and the
challenges that for a show on ghosts.
Sarika who is behind the camera and
ensuresthattheghostdoesallscarystuff
like fly and appear and disappear in less
than a fraction tells you that while the
make-upartistwillgivethelook,itisnot
alwayspossibletohaveaperfectlooking
ghost or a monster. This is where the
VFX people step in and ensure that the
ghost does what it does best — scare the
jeebies out of you.
“Evenaftertheprostheticsartisthas
done his job, it has limitations. He can’t
maketheeyesglownorcanhemakethe
arms or the entire body twist and turn
at a horrible angel that will scare you.
That is where we step in. The CG can
do so much more. Even if it a small
scene, it can create that scare quotient.
This adds to the thrill factor for the fans
of horror genre and they love it. They
also want to know what new we have
to offer to them that will add to the
whole experience of watching a really
scary show,” Sarika says.
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While many people will be
celebrating Mother's Day
with their families today,
several mothers are struggling
to provide milk, medication
and other necessary things to
their children during the
lockdown. This Mother's Day,
some mothers shared how they
are taking care of their children
during the coronavirus
pandemic.
I think mothers take care
of their children today and give
them treat. I do not know. We
do not know about any fancy
days because it actually makes
no difference in our life, said
a rag picker Salma on being
asked about her views on
Mother’s Day. Talking about
her children, Salma said, I have
three kids and I am a single
mother. I send my children to
school because I do not want
them to be rag pickers like me
once they grow up. But since
the lockdown began, the
situation is quite bad. I do not
have enough money to buy
pens or notebooks for my
children. Schools are not open
yet but I am sure they will open
too. Therefore, from this
Monday, my two children are
also helping me in rag picking.
We are getting ration through
many kind people and the
government but we cannot ask
them for other necessary
things. We do not have to
worry much about food these
days so with little earning I can
buy stationery supplies for my
children easily.
Another mother Birji, who
sharpens knives, scissors and
sickles for a livelihood besides
selling some items made of iron
near Sahastradhara Road also
shared her story. “The
lockdown made it really hard
for us to afford basic necessities
for our kids. We do not earn
enough to provide our kids
education. They help me to
earn our livelihood. We get
ration kits and cooked food
packets from the district
administration but arranging
money for milk and medicines
for kids is tough these days.”
Meanwhile, to support
such mothers during the
lockdown, some locals have
decided to dedicate this
Mother's Day to these mothers
who are having a hard time
providing sufficient resources
to their children. “This
Mother's Day, I and my sister
have decided to donate some
milk packets and some other
items to some destitute
mothers in nearby areas. We
will also donate some money to
PM CARES fund. It is not
much but we all can contribute
through our means during the
crisis, said Priyanka Pannu.
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The State Government is in
the process of finalising
the plan to bring back migrants
from the State back to
Uttarakhand by train. A sum of
C50 lakh has also been
deposited as advance by the
State with the railways.
However, reports published by
some media outlets listing
specific date for the train are
incorrect as the dates have not
been finalised yet. Meanwhile,
out of the 1,79,615 migrants
from Uttarakhand who have
registered online for returning
to the State, 23,794 had been
brought back from various
states by Friday evening.
Secretary Shailesh Bagauli said
this while addressing the media
on Saturday.
He said that talks have
been held to bring back
migrants by train from Surat,
Ahmedabad, Pune, Bengaluru
and other places. Talks are
also underway for train from
Rajasthan. The Uttarakhand
Government is bearing the
train and bus expense to bring
back natives to the State. A sum
of C50 lakh has been deposited
with the railways as advance. So
far, the state has discussed the
operation of eight special
trains. The time-table for
bringing back migrants by
train will be finalised soon after
talks with the Railways
ministry and the states
concerned. The migrants
concerned will be informed by
SMS as soon as the schedule is
finalised, he said.
Bagauli further informed
that of the 1.79 lakh migrants
who have registered to return,
23,794 were brought back by
Friday evening.
These include 11,482 from
Haryana, 4383 from
Chandigarh, 3,526 from Uttar
Pradesh, 2,409 from Rajasthan,
482 from Delhi, 327 from
Punjab, 319 from Gujarat and
411 from other states. Apart
from these, the number of
persons going from one district
to another within Uttarakhand
is 34,886. Further, 21,717
persons have registered online
to travel to other states from
Uttarakhand. Out of these,
6,378 persons have been sent to
other Sates so far. Bagauli said
that the process of bringing
back migrants to Uttarakhand
has to be planned properly.
The time-table is drafted
according to the number of
persons for whom
arrangements can be made in
one day in the districts. The
State Government is making
arrangements to bring back all
those who have registered for
the same.
However, precautions like
medical test, social distancing
and quarantine among others
have to be observed effectively,
he added.
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The Union Railway
Minister Piyush Goyal has
agreed to Uttarakhand’s
request for operating special
trains to bring back
Uttarakhandis from Delhi.
Thanking him for this, Chief
Minister Trivendra Singh
Rawat said that he had talked
to Goyal on Friday night and
informed him that about
40,000 people want to return
home to Uttarakhand from
Delhi. Rawat said, “Since
Railway Board had decided
that special trains would run
only for distances longer than
500 kilometres, I sought
relaxation requesting that
being a mountain State, we do
not have such long tracks. We
thank the Railway minister for
understanding our situation
and agreeing to our request.
He told me to send the State’s
plan and assured that train will
be provided as required.”
The CM said that there is
a provision for such special
trains to halt at only one
station. He told Goyal that
considering the different
situation in Uttarakhand, the
train should be allowed to stop
at two stations. The Union
minister talked to the Railway
Board chairman and asked
him to approve the proposal
to be sent by Uttarakhand and
do the needful.
The CM said that with
this, the State will be able to
bring back 1,000 to 1,200
migrants from Delhi in one
train compared to about 30
persons who can be brought
back in one bus. He assured
that the State government will
bear the cost of the rail
journey.
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Four new patients of novel
Coronavirus ( COVID-19)
were reported from Udham
Singh Nagar district on
Saturday. With them the
number of COVID-19 patients
in Uttarakhand has jumped to
67. One patient of the disease
was discharged from the
hospital in Nainital district on
the day. The positive cases
reported on the day are said to
be the residents of Rudrapur
and Khatima and they were
recently sent into quarantine by
authorities when they were
caught trying to sneak into the
state from neighbouring Uttar
Pradesh (UP).
The reporting of four new
patients in a day sent the
authorities of Udham Singh
Nagar in a tizzy. The four were
immediately shifted to Sushila
Tiwari Hospital in Haldwani
which is the COVID treatment
hospital. The district now has
nine active cases of the disease
which account to 45 percent of
the total active cases in the state.
The additional secretary,
state health department, Yugal
Kishore Pant said that reports
of 221 samples were received by
the health department on
Saturday and out of them four
were found positive.
He said that the state now
has 20 active cases of the
disease out of total 67 positive
cases so far. Pant said that
reports of 230 samples are still
awaited by the department.
On Saturday, a total of 233
samples were collected for
COVID -19 testing. The
authorities have so far taken
swab samples of 9386 suspected
patients for COVID-19 test.
Out of the total samples only
0.76 percent samples have been
found positive for the disease.
The rate of recovery from the
COVID-19 in the state is 68.66
percent. A total of 9329 persons
are kept in home quarantine
while 2801 are in facility
quarantine. A total of 1264959
people have so far downloaded
the Arogya Setu App in their
smart phones.
Out of the 20 active cases
in the state, Udham Singh
Nagar district now has highest
nine cases while Dehradun
district has seven active cases.
Haridwar district has three
active cases while Nainital has
one active case now. In
Dehradun district, five patients
are currently admitted in All
India Institute of Medical
Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh
which had witnessed a surge in
the number of cases recently.
Incidentally the Government
Doon Medical College
(GDMC) hospital now has
only two patients of the disease.
Twenty four patients of the
disease have so far been treated
and discharged from this
hospital so far which is the
highest in the state.
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Tulips are blooming at the tulip
garden developed by the state
government in Munsyari area of
Pithoragarh district. Happy at the
development, Chief Minister Trivendra
Singh Rawat shared photos of the tulip
garden on Saturday. “I am happy to
share the first pics of the successful pilot
of my dream project- Munsyari based
tulip garden.
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one the biggest tulip gardens in the
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Munsyari region,” tweeted Rawat.
The CM further stated that, a part
of the Munsyari nature education and
eco park centre spread across 30
hectares is being developed as a tulip
garden. This is separate from the tulip
garden being developed in Pithoragarh.
At the park in Munsyari, visitors will be
able to stay in huts and tents. In
Pithoragarh, a tulip garden is being
developed on 50 hectare area near the
famous Mostamanu temple. Both these
tulip gardens, all weather road,
Pithoragarh air connectivity and the
Dharchula- Lipulekh motor road
recently inaugurated by the Defence
Minister Rajnath Singh will help
develop tourism in the region, stated the
CM.
The research wing of the forest
department had conducted suitability
trial for tulip in Munsyari. A tourist
destination and base station for treks to
many glaciers like Millam, Ralam and
Namik, Munsyari lies at the base of the
great Himalayan mountain range at an
elevation of about 2,200 metres.
The cool nights makes Munsyari
the perfect landscape for tulip
cultivation. The soil in this area is
continuously drained, creating perfect
growing conditions for tulip bulbs,
which thrive in well drained but moist
soil. The tulip germination and
flowering in Himalayan climate was
successfully tested by the forest
department’s research wing head Sanjiv
Chaturvedi.
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In protest against what it
termed coercive attitude of
State Government towards the
leaders of its party, senior
Congress leaders held protests
on Saturday. While Pradesh
Congress Committee (PCC)
chief Pritam Singh sat on a
dharna at the PCC along with
other leaders, former Cabinet
Minister Tilak Raj Behad sat at
a Dharna outside the office of
Senior Superintendent of Police
(SSP) in Udham Singh Nagar.
The Congress leaders are angry
after district administration of
Udham Singh Nagar filed a
case against Behad recently.
The PCC president said
that the incident of violence in
Malsa Girdharpur village of
Udham Singh Nagar shows
the failure of State Government
and deteriorating law and order
condition in the state. He said
that Malsa Girdharpur is the
village of Congress leader Tilak
Raj Behad and when he got
information about an incident
of firing, he went to the village.
“He helped in diffusing the
tension in the village and on
next day when Behad was
again going to his village, the
police stopped him and the
request of administration he
returned back. However a case
was registered case against him
under the disaster management
act.
Similarly fabricated cases
were registered against
Congress leaders in different
parts of the country,’’ he said.
The PCC President further
added that the state
administration is acting at the
behest of the BJP leaders and
is falsely implicating Congress
leaders. He cited examples of
Chairperson of Srinagar
municipal council Poonam
Tiwari and former
spokesperson Advait Bahuguna
and Arun Taneja of Kichha in
this respect. Singh warned that
the Congress party would not
tolerate the discriminating
attitude and undue harassment
of its leaders. He demanded
that the false cases against
Congress leaders should
immediately be taken back.
General secretary
(Organisation) of Uttarakhand
Congress Vijay Saraswat, vice
president Surya Kant
Dhasmana, Aryendra Sharma,
Surveer Singh Sajwan,
spokesperson Garima
Dassauni and others were
present on the occasion.
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The Pradesh Congress
Committee (PCC) chief,
Pritam Singh took part in a
video conferencing session
with general secretary
organisation of All India
Congress Committee (AICC),
KC Venugopal, national
treasurer Ahmed Patel and
control room in-charge of
AICC for COVID-19 Rajiv
Satav on Saturday. In the
session, he informed central
leaders of party about the
situation of Uttarakhand and
problems faced by the people
due to the lockdown. In the
session, the PCC Presidents of
all the states took part.
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Congress of playing politics
even amidst the COVID-19
pandemic. Stating this, the BJP
State vice president Devendra
Bhasin criticised the dharna
staged by Congress against the
case lodged against its party
leader Tilak Raj Behad for
violating the lockdown rules.
In a statement issued to the
media, Bhasin said that the
case lodged against Congress
leader Behad is for violating the
lockdown rules. “At a time
when all people are struggling
against COVID-19 with the
Central and State Governments
putting in all effort, the
Congress is trying to create
problems instead of
cooperating. The lives of people
seem to be worthless for
Congress leaders for whom
only politics is important. The
case was lodged against Behad
because he and his friends had
violated the lockdown rules.
The Congress should
acknowledge its mistake in this
episode.
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After the recruitment of
medical officers (MO) for
State health services, the
Uttarakhand Government has
now shifted its focus on the
recruitment of faculty
members for its medical
colleges.
The Uttarakhand Medical
Services Selection Board
(UMSSB) released recruitment
advertisement for 109 posts of
Professors, Associate Professors
and Assistant Professors on
Friday. The chairperson of the
board, Dr DS Rawat said that
applications have been sought
for 46 posts of Professors, 61
posts of Associate Professors
and two posts of Assistant
Professors in 24 disciplines.
The posts of the Professors and
Associate Professors are for
government medical colleges of
Uttarakhand while two posts of
assistant professors ( Radiation
Physics) are for cancer institute
Haldwani.
Dr Rawat informed that
the board has given a time of
one month for the aspirants for
filling online application. He
said that after the receipt of
applications, the process of
scrutiny of forms would
resume. The board would
invite only the eligible
candidates for interviews. The
interview would be done by
panel of experts. The selected
candidates for the Professors
would be appointed on pay
level 15 ( C1,44200 to 218200)
while the Associate Professors
would be appointed on pay
level 14 ( C118500 to 214100).
Dr Rawat claimed that the
process of recruitment would
be completed in three to four
months.
Recently, the board had
selected 477 medical officers
for its health services. Last
year, the board has selected 88
assistant professors in various
disciplines.
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Contributions have
continued to Chief
Minister relief fund to support
efforts against COVID-19 and
public welfare measures. The
Indian Bank, Dehradun
regional head Ashish Tiwari
presented a cheque for C10
lakh to CM Trivendra Singh
Rawat in the presence of the
bank’s Dehradun branch
manager MPS Rana and
others.
Ranipur MLA Adesh
Chauhan contributed cheques
for C5,06,802 to the CM relief
fund and C2,59,137 for the PM
CARES fund. The amount
was collected by the people of
Ranipur constituency.
The BJP Haridwar district
head Jaipal Singh Chauhan
presented a cheque for C
1,02,701 collected by party
workers to the CM relief fund.
Further, the state youth welfare
advisory council vice chairman
Jitendra Rawat contributed his
one month’s salary to the relief
fund. The Maharana Pratap
Vichar Manch also contributed
C1.11 lakh to the CM relief
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Governor Baby
Rani Maurya
said that she will
discuss the issues
being faced by
w o m e n
entrepreneurs with
the Chief Minister
and the Central
Government. She
said this after
interacting with
w o m e n
entrepreneurs of the
state during a webinar
organised by the Confederation
of All India Traders (CAIT).
Purvi Sarkar from
Pithoragarh said that
transportation of products is a
problem being faced during the
lockdown. Problems are being
faced in packaging and
transporting the juice of
Burans, malta and ghee.
Maurya assured the women
entrepreneurs that she would
discuss their problems and
suggestions with the CM and
Government of India.
Encouraging the women
entrepreneurs, she said that
during this lockdown period
women are working for the
welfare of their family and
business. She stressed on the
necessity of facilitating
employment opportunities in
organic farming, medical herbs
and local handicrafts for rural
women.
Women entrepreneurs
discussed the issues of tax
discount on organic products,
time-bound transportation,
loading facilities and easy loans
from the banks in the webinar.
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Covid-19 cases rose to 675 in
Haryana on Saturday after
28 people, including 16 in the
worst-affected Gurugram
district, tested positive, the
Health Department said.
The number of active
corona virus cases is 376 up
from 358 until over a day ago,
while 290 people have been
discharged so far, the
department said in its bulletin.
On Saturday too, the majority
of the new cases are from NCR
districts of Gurugram and
Sonepat. Rewari in south
Haryana, which had remained
free from the pandemic,
reported its first three cases on
Saturday.
Haryana had so far
reported eight corona virus-
related deaths, added one more
now, taking the tally to 9.
The worst affected districts
of the State with maximum
number of positive cases are
Gurugram (146), Sonepat (89),
Faridabad (88), Jhajjar (74),
Nuh (59), Ambala (41) and
Palwal (36), Panipat (36).
According to the State
government’s health bulletin,
28 fresh cases were reported
from Gurugram, Sonepat,
Panipat, Panchkula, Sirsa,
Mahendragarh and Rewari.
While hard hit Gurugram
reported 16 more case, taking
the total number of Covid-19
cases in the district to 142,
Sonepat district that had so far
reported 86 cases over few
weeks ago, added three more
now, taking the tally to 89.
Panipat reported one more
case, taking the tally to 36.
Panchkula reported two
more cases, taking the tally to
20. One more cases reported in
Sirsa, taking the tally to 7.
Mahendragarh reported two
more cases, taking the tally to
4. Rewari reported three more
cases.
Meanwhile, 51 Covid
patients have been discharged
in Gurugram while 55 in
Faridabad, 57 in Nuh, 32 in
Palwal, 17 in Panchkula, 11 in
Ambala and 10 in Jhajjar.
Health bulletin’s reports
revealed that there are no
Covid patients in districts like
Charkhi Dadri, Kaithal,
Bhiwani, Kurukshetra in the
State. One patient who had
earlier tested positive in
Charkhi Dadri has been
discharged. All two patients
who were earlier tested positive
each in Kaithal and
Kurukshetra have been
discharged. All three patients
who were earlier tested positive
in Bhiwani have been
discharged.
As many as 53, 282 samples
have been tested so far, out of
which 48, 468 have tested
negative. The report of 4,139
samples is awaited.
31 FRESH CASES, 2 DEATHS
IN PUNJAB
Punjab reported two
more coronavirus deaths on
Saturday, while 31 people tested
positive for the infection,
bringing the number of cases to
1,762 in the state, according to
the state government's medical
bulletin.The fresh fatalities
pushed coronavirus-related
death toll to 31 in Punjab. There
are1,574activecasesinthestate,
according to the bulletin.A 62-
year-old COVID-19 positive
man from Hoshiarpur died at
the Post Graduate Institute of
MedicalEducationandResearch
(PGIMER) here, said a health
official. The man was having
respiratoryproblems,theofficial
added.
A 56-year-old COVID-19
patient died at a Ludhiana
hospital, the official said.
Among fresh cases
reported on Saturday, 17 were
in Jalandhar, five in Fatehgarh
Sahib, four in Rupnagar, two in
Pathankot and one each in
Patiala, Kapurthala and
Hoshiarpur, according to the
bulletin.
Five coronavirus patients
from Jalandhar were
discharged from hospital after
recovering from the infection.
So far, 157 COVID-19 patients
have been discharged from
hospitals in the state.
Amritsar continued to top
the COVID-19 tally in the
state with 287 cases, followed
by 175 in Jalandhar, 157 in
Tarn Taran, 125 in Ludhiana,
116 in Gurdaspur, 103 in SBS
Nagar, 96 in Patiala, 95 in
Mohali, 90 in Hoshiarpur, 88
in Sangrur, 65 in Muktsar, 56
in Moga, 45 in Faridkot, 43 in
Ferozepur, 40 in Bathinda, 39
in Fazilka, 29 in Pathankot, 28
in Fatehgarh Sahib, 24 in
Kapurthala, 21 in Barnala, 20
each in Mansa and Rupnagar,
the bulletin said.
One patient is critical and
is on ventilator support, it said.
A total of 39,462 samples have
been collected in the state so far
and 33,639 of them have come
out negative and reports of
4,061 are still awaited.
CHANDIGARH REPORTS
A JUMP OF 23 CASES,
INCLUDING A 4-MONTH
OLD
Union Territory of
Chandigarh saw a major surge
in the number of Coronavirus
cases on Saturday with 23
reporting positive, including a
four-month-old.
Of the new cases, 21 have
been reported from Bapu
Dham colony in Sector 26,
which has emerged as an
epicentre of the virus infection
in the city.
An official statement said,
the new cases include two and
six-year-old children. They all
are already home quarantined
as their family members had
earlier tested positive. With
this, the total count of Covid
cases in Chandigarh has gone
up to 169.
On Friday, the city had
recorded its second death due
to Covid.
The patient, a resident of
Hallo Majra, had died at the
ICU of the GMSH in Sector 16,
on May 6, but his test report
came as positive for the virus
later on Friday. The man was
referred from the Civil Hospital
in Sector 45 to the GMSH last
Saturday with severe anaemia.
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In a sign for resumption of
economic activities amid the
Covid-led lockdown across the
country, Haryana Home
Minister Anil Vij on Saturday
said over 1.5 lakh migrant
workers have applied on
government portal, expressing
their willingness to return back
to work in the state.
Most of these 1.5 lakh
workers, who have registered
themselves to return, belong to
Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and
Madhya Pradesh, Vij said,
adding that on the same portal
nearly 8 lakh migrant workers,
however, have registered
themselves for leaving the state.
“Most of the 1.5 lakh who
want to come back are from
Bihar, UP and MP. They want
to come here as commercial
activities have started and they
are hopeful that they can find
a job,” he said.
Asked how Haryana can
facilitate those migrants willing
to come back during the
lockdown, Vij said, “We are
talking to the states to which
they belong.”
Most of the migrants who
want to return have applied to
come to industrial towns of
Gurgaon, Sonipat, Jhajjar,
Rewari, Faridabad and Panipat,
said officials. They said that
most of these who have applied
to return may have left before
the lockdown or during its
initial few days.
Asked if the resumption of
the state’s industry and
economic activities would not
be affected due to more
workers seeking to leave the
state and than those willing to
return, Vij said, “We and the
rest of the country and the
world is facing a situation that
we are bound to face some
difficulties.
“But we cannot stop those
migrant workers who want to
go back with their states too
being ready to have them
back. We can only persuade
these workers and we are
already doing that. We are
seeking to assure them that the
Haryana government will take
care of all their needs, but we
cannot force them to stay
back,” he said.Haryana Chief
Minister Manohar Lal Khattar
had on Wednesday reiterated
his appeal to migrant workers
not to leave the state and
instead start working in
manufacturing units which
have been allowed to resume
operations, saying the
coronavirus situation in the
state was much better. He had
said migrants must compare
the situation in their native
places with that in Haryana
before taking a decision.
The chief minister,
however, had said if anyone still
wanted to leave, the state
government has already made
arrangements for their return
as per the Centre's guidelines.
On Wednesday, the first special
train from Hisar carrying 1,200
migrant workers left for Katihar
in Bihar.
More such migrants
wanting to go back will be sent
back within the next seven days
through 5,000 buses and 100
trains, with the state
government being ready to
bear the entire cost of their
transportation.
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The Union Government will
run a special train from
Goa to carry stranded
Himachalis back to state,
Himachal chief minister Jai
Ram Thakur said on Saturday.
He said on the request of
the state government, the
Union Government has agreed
to run a special train from
Thivim/Margao/Karamali
(Goa) to Una to facilitate
movement of the people of
Himachal Pradesh stranded in
Goa.
Interacting through video
conferencing from Shimla with
the people of State stranded in
various parts of Goa due to the
countrywide lockdown, the
Chief Minister said that he has
requested the Union Railways
Minister Piyush Goyal to ply a
special train from Goa to Una
in Himachal Pradesh to
facilitate the people to reach the
State.
Thakur said a special train
would start from Goa on May
13 or 14 to carry the
Himachalis back home.
He said as many as 1204
people of the State were
stranded in Goa which includes
398 from Mandi district, 246
from Kullu district, 241 from
Kangra district, 105 from
Chamba district, 70 from
Shimla district and 43 from
Solan district.
He said the Government
would try to fully utilize the
skill and expertise of the people
coming back to their home,
adding that after their
homecoming they will have to
remain under home
quarantine.
CM URGES ANDHRA
PRADESH GOVT TO
PROVIDE ASSISTANCE TO
STRANDED HIMACHALIS
Chief Minister Jai Ram
Thakur on Saturday urged the
Andhra Pradesh Government
to provide assistance to
residents of Himachal Pradesh
stuck in Sri Sayta Sai Seva
Organization, Prasanty Nilyam
in Puttaparthy Andhra
Pradesh in wake of
countrywide lockdown.
In a letter written to the
Chief Minister of Andhra
Pradesh Y.S.Jagan Mohan
Reddy, Thakur said that the
State Government was
receiving several SOS calls of
Himachalis stranded there for
extending necessary assistance
to them. He said that most of
these people want to come
back to their native places.
Chief Minister also urged
his Andhra Pradesh
counterpart to take care of the
stranded residents of Himachal
Pradesh and ensure proper
food, shelter and medical care
to them. He said that Himachal
Pradesh Government was
ensuring all possible help to the
people of other States stranded
in the State.
PARTY WORKERS MUST
KEEP A CLOSE VIGIL ON
RETURNEES, SAYS
THAKUR
Addressing BJP workers
through video conferencing,
the chief minister said each and
every party worker must ensure
that they reach the home of the
person coming back from other
States even before the person
actually arrives, so as to
sensitise the family members
regarding importance of social
distancing and home
quarantine to check spread of
corona pandemic.
The Chief Minister said
that the State Government has
made elaborate arrangements
to bring back the people of
Himachal Pradesh stranded in
other States. He said that State
Government had already
appointed adequate number
of supporting officers to the
Nodal Authority to coordinate
movement of the migrant
workers, pilgrims, tourists,
students and other persons
both within and outside the
State.
He said that although this
has caused increase in number
of corona positives cases in the
State.
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The State Covid-19 tally rose
to 294 with 24 more testing
positive for coronavirus on
Saturday. The highest number
of 18 cases was again reported
from the new Covid-19
hotspot Ganjam district all
having returned from Surat.
With the 18 new cases,
Ganjam’s total cases surged to
89. All are active cases. All
patientsaresymptomaticandon
quarantine, according to the
Information and Public
Relations Department. A
maiden case was detected in
Naygarh district, which was till
now unaffected by the virus
spreadandwastaggedasagreen
zone. The patient was identified
asa40-year-oldmanandaSurat
returnee. Contact tracing and
follow-up action are underway
by the district
administration.With this, the
total number of affected district
rose to 19.Three cases were
reported from Mayurbhanj
district, taking the district’s total
tallytoseven.Onecaseeachwas
detected in Sundargarh and
Bhadrak districts.
However, on the day, four
persons from Baleswar and
one person from Jajpur district
recovered from the disease
after they tested negative. With
five new patients recuperating
completely, the total number of
recoveries stood at 68 in the
State
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The Punjab Police in a joint
operation on Saturday
arrested drug smuggler Ranjeet
Singh Rana, who was wanted in
connection with a 532-kg
heroin haul from Attari last
year, from Sirsa in Haryana.
Arrested from a hideout,
Rana alias Cheeta was facing
over 10 criminal cases and
was one of the key links in the
network engaged in smuggling
a large number of
consignments of drugs and
illegal weapons through the
Indo-Pak border, the police
said.
Among other cases, Rana
was wanted in the narcotics
haul case in which the Customs
department seized 532 kg of
heroin worth Rs 2,700 crore on
June 29, 2019 from 600 bags of
rock salt at the Integrated
Check Post in Amritsar's Attari.
Rana was said to be the kingpin
of the narcotics haul.
Giving details of the
operation, Punjab DGP Dinkar
Gupta said he spoke to his
Haryana counterpart Manoj
Yadava around 9 pm on Friday.
Thereafter, coordination was
established by Amritsar police
with Sirsa Superintendent of
Police Arun Nehra. A team of
Amritsar police reached Sirsa
at 3:30 am. The outer cordon of
the area was laid jointly by
Haryana and Punjab police, he
said.
After not finding Rana at
the first location, a Punjab
Police team reached the second
location, he said. Gupta said
after police knocked on the
door, Rana slowly opened the
door. As soon as he saw the
police party, he tried to close
the door and grab an axe lying
near his bed. But the police
kicked open the door and
caught him. His brother
Gagandeep Singh, who was
sleeping in another room, was
also arrested, the DGP said.
The arrest of Rana and his
brother marks the first time the
police have been able to unravel
international drug networks
on such a massive scale and
expose a major racket of
proceeds of narcotic trade
being routed to terrorist outfits
operating in Jammu and
Kashmir, Punjab and other
parts of the country, Punjab
Chief Minister Capt
Amarinder Singh said in a
statement.
Rana's arrest comes after
the state police recently nabbed
Hizbul Mujahideen operatives
in Amritsar. The Punjab Police
had last month arrested Hilal
Ahmed Wagay, a close associate
of slain Hizbul Mujahideen
commander Riyaz Naikoo, the
police said. Later on May 5,
Wagay's two accomplices --
Bikram Singh and Maninder
Singh -- were arrested from
Amritsar.
Analysis of data along with
the National Investigation
Agency (NIA) led to the
identification of Rana's Sirsa
location. Subsequently, in
coordination with the Haryana
Police, the hideout was busted
and he was arrested with his
brother in the early hours of
Saturday, the chief minister
said in a statement.
Rana was one of the most
active nodes of the extensive
and common network of drug
smugglers or couriers set up by
Pakistan intelligence agency
ISI to push composite
consignments of drugs,
weapons, fake currency from
Pakistan into Punjab through
various means, including
drones, he said.
PUNJAB CM WARNS PAK
AGAINST ATTEMPTS TO
SPREAD NARCO
TERRORISM
Punjab Chief Minister
Capt Amarinder Singh on
Saturday warned Pakistan
against its persistent attempts
to spread narco-terrorism in
India, asserting that the police
force was keeping a close
watch on anti-national
activities across the border
even during a crisis.
Our eyes are open to what
Pakistan is doing, Capt
Amarinder said, after the NIA
arrested a notorious narco-
terrorist who acted as a conduit
for Pakistan-based terror
groups.
The central agency said in
a statement that it, along with
the Punjab and Haryana police,
arrested Ranjit Singh alias
Cheeta, a resident of Amritsar,
from Haryana.
It said investigation in a
drug case against Singh showed
Pakistan-based outfits were
using narcotic trade to generate
funds for terror activities in
India.
Assuring people that no
matter how much the force has
been busy with Covid duties,
the Punjab chief minister said,
the police was keeping a watch
on the borders.
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At least 23 COVID-19
patients in Ranchi
recovered from the deadly viral
infection and were discharged
from hospital on Saturday,
officials from the Ranchi
district administration said.
The development takes the
total count of Coronavirus
survivors in Ranchi to 53,
which is more than 50 per cent
of the total cases reported here,
they added.
According to figures
shared by the National Health
Mission (NHM), as many as 93
cases of COVID-19 cases have
been reported in Ranchi so far
– the highest among all the
districts in Jharkhand. By
Friday evening, at least 30
patients had already recovered
from the infection. After
Saturday's update, there are
only 38 active cases in Ranchi
– a development that is being
seen as a major step towards
the State capital's victory over
COVID-19 virus.
The recovery of patients
from COVID-19 infection is a
huge success for us. We will
soon fight back and bring life
back on track, I am sure, said
Ranchi Deputy Commissioner
Rai Mahimapat Ray. I request
all Ranchi-ites to stay safe and
follow social distancing until
we emerge victorious, he
added.
The DC also requested
the residents of Ranchi to
treat the COVID-19 survivors
fairly, and not ostracise them.
Amid the panic and
pandemonium of Coronavirus
infection, the survivors may
get treated unfairly due to the
growing fear among locals,
sources said. Please treat the
COVID-19 survivors fairly,
said Rai.
There are 33 COVID-19
containment zones in
Jharkhand and 15 of them fall
within the periphery of Ranchi
– the only red zone in State,
Health Secretary Nitin Madan
Kulakarni has said. The
remaining 18 containment
zones are spread across the
nine districts that fall in the
category of orange zones here,
he added.
While Ranchi tops in the
number of cases, it is also the
district that has reported
highest number of patients
surviving the infection. Out of
the 75 COVID-19 survivors in
State, 53 are from Ranchi, said
an NHM report.
The first case of COVID-
19 in Jharkhand was reported
from Hindpiri on March 31.
Since then, the locality emerged
as a hotspot of the viral
infection, officials said. A 22-
year-old Malaysian woman,
who attended the Tablighi
Jamaat congregation in New
Delhi, is said to be the first
carrier of the virus in the
locality.
She was apprehended
along with 17 other foreign
nationals from the locality last
month. Two of them –the
Malaysian woman and a man
from Trinidad– tested positive,
health officials said. Later, the
woman tested negative, they
added.
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Chairman, Mythri
Infrastructure Mining
India Private Limited, T
Srinivas Rao, met Chief
Minister Hemant Soren, here
on Saturday and supported
the State Government with
one lakh washable and re-
usable masks to combat the
Coronavirus epidemic (Covid-
19). On this occasion, the Chief
Minister said that in this hour
of crisis arising out of Covid-
19 infection, all people should
unite and play their part in
mutual cooperation and
harmony to combat the global
epidemic. The CM said that the
role of voluntary institutions is
also important in combating
the coronavirus. “We will fight
and win this battle of corona
virus together,” he said.
Rao, Chairman, Mythri
Infrastructure and Mining
India Private Limited,
appreciated the work being
done by the State Government
in preventing Covid-19
infection. On this occasion,
Project Manager of Maitri
Infrastructure and Mining
India Private Limited, G.
Srinivasa Rao, Project Manager
J. Satish and others were
present.
Meanwhile, the CM paid
tribute to the death of the
mother of the Director General
of Police of Jharkhand, MV
Rao. The Chief Minister said
that God give peace to the
departed soul and patience to
the bereaved families in this
hour of grief.
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The Union Ministry of
Minority Affairs, which
has trained 1,500 people as
healthcare assistants and put
them in the anti-coronavirus
services in the hospitals and
health centres, is planning to
train 2,000 more so that they
could also join the health ser-
vices to contain the pandemic
in the country.
Giving this information,
Union Minister for Minority
Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi
said on Saturday that a batch of
2,000 would be trained this
year under the Ministry’s skill
development programme and
join the anti-Covid-19 ser-
vices. He said health assistants
are being trained by the well-
established hospitals and health
organisations in the country.
The Minister said 16 Haj
houses in the country have
been handed over to the dif-
ferent states to be used for
quarantine and isolation pur-
poses. The healthcare assis-
tants, 50 per cent of whom are
women, were trained under the
ministry’s skill development
programme and are now
employed in hospitals and
healthcare centres across the
country.
He said to create awareness
about the social distancing and
need to adopt healthcare pro-
tocols to prevent the spread of
the coronavirus, the Ministry
will soon launch the “Jaan Bhi,
Jahan Bhi” nationwide aware-
ness campaign.
The Ministry is also to
create quarantine facilities in
States to cater to workers from
India and abroad.
Waqf boards across the
country have contributed Rs 51
crore to the Prime Minister’s
and Chief Ministers’ relief
funds for the pandemic with
the support of religious, social
and educational organisations.
The Aligarh Muslim University
contributed Rs 1.4 crore to the
PM-CARES fund and AMU
Medical College arranged 100
beds for treating coronavirus
patients, according to a state-
ment by the Ministry.
AMU also arranged Covid-
19 tests and more than 9,000
tests have been done till now,
Naqvi said.
The Ajmer Dargah
Committee and associated
organisations provided facilities
worth about Rs 1 crore, which
included arrangements to send
people back to their states, he
said. Nqvi said under Dargah
committee “Khwaja model
school” and “Kayad” rest house
has been opened up for the
coronavirus affected people
from across the country and
being used for quarantine and
isolation. He said 4,500 visitors
of all religions who were
stranded on account of the
lockdown were served with
food and medical services.
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The CRPF on Saturday
reported 62 fresh cases of
Covid-19 patients in its ranks
followed by identification of 35
new infected persons in the
BSF, 13 in CISF and six in
ITBP, taking the tally of coro-
navirus-hit personnel in the
paramilitary ranks to 653.
On Saturday, 62 new cases
of coronavirus infections were
reported from Rapid Action
Force, an anti-riot Force under
the CRPF. All the 62 positive
cases are from 194 Battalion of
RAF deployed in the national
capital. They have been isolat-
ed at White Lee Public School,
Bawana in the national capital,
a senior CRPF official said.
Earlier, the CRPF had
reported 172 cases of Covid-19
infections. Out of the 234 cases,
231 are active, two have recov-
ered and a Sub Inspector had
died last week.
In the BSF, 25 corona virus
infected personnel were report-
ed from Tripura and 10 per-
sonnel in the national capital
contracted the viral disease.
With 258 Covid-19 posi-
tive cases in its ranks, the
Border Security Force (BSF) is
the worst-hit paramilitary in
terms of number of personnel
infected by the pandemic fol-
lowed by 234 cases in the
Central Reserve Police Force
and 100 in the Indo Tibetan
Border Police (ITBP).
With six fresh Covid-19
positive cases on Saturday, the
ITBP has now 100 Coronavirus
infections in its ranks.
All cases of coronavirus
infections in ITBP have been
reported from Delhi.
Four personnel of ITBP are
undergoing treatment at
AIIMS, Jhajjar, Haryana and
two personnel are admitted at
Safdarjung Hospital here.
At the CAPF Referral
Hospital, Greater Noida run by
ITBP, 94 ITBP personnel are
lodged followed by 27 person-
nel of BSF, two of CRPF and
one of CISF. Two family mem-
bers of ITBP are also being
managed here. A total of 126
patients are admitted at the
referral hospital and the con-
dition of all patients is stable.
Till now, five paramilitary
personnel have succumbed to
the viral disease — two
each in BSF and CISF and one
case in CRPF.
The Central Industrial
Security Force (CISF) on
Saturday reported 13 fresh
cases of corona virus infections
taking the total count of the
viral infection to 48. Out of the
48 cases, 31 were deployed at
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation
(DMRC) and 13 at Mumbai
airport, three at Delhi airport,
two at Ahmedabad and three at
Mumbai airport. The Sashastra
Seema Bal had contracted at
least 13 positive cases.
Officials said, all the pro-
tocols of Covid-19 infection
management are being scrupu-
lously followed but the disease
is being contracted by the per-
sonnel as they are in the front-
line of assisting the law enforce-
ment agencies like the police
for ensuring lockdown mea-
sures and social distancing.
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Recognising the efficacy of
Indian herbs in helping
boost immunity, the
Government enterprise
National Research
Development Corporation’s
(NRDC) Compendium of
Indian Technologies for
Combating Covid-19 has eval-
uated herbal drug Fifatrol as
immunity enhancer being pre-
pared from the extracts of
medicinal plants.
Launched by Dr Shekhar C
Mande, Director General, CSIR
here, the Compendium is com-
pilation of about 200 Covid-19-
related Indian technologies,
ongoing research activities,
technologies available for com-
mercialisation, initiatives and
efforts taken by the
Government to tackle the
deadly viral infection which has
caused havoc across the world.
The Compendium notes
that, “Researchers have sug-
gested that Fifatrol, a natural
formulation providing fast relief
from nasal congestion, sore
throat, body ache and headache
and is enriched with scientifi-
cally validated botanical
extracts and micro-nutrients
acts a natural antibiotic and
fights infection, flu and ache.”
The Compendium further
points out various benefits of
the herbal drug, stating that “It
is a rationale combination of
vital phytoconstituents,
immune-modulators and
antioxidants which justifies its
beneficial effect for the treat-
ment of viral upper-respirato-
ry infections.”
Developed by AIMIL
Pharma, the key ingredients of
Fifatrol includes well-known
immunity enhancer herbs like
Guduchi, Daruharidra,
Apamarga, Chirayata, Karanja,
Kutaki, Tulsi a few others.
Dr Mande after releasing
the Compendium said that
most of the technologies in the
document are proof-of-con-
cept (POC) tested and can
help the entrepreneurs to take
the product to market faster as
they do not have to reinvent the
wheel. It is very timely and
would benefit the MSMEs,
Startups and the public at large,
he said.
Dr H Purushotham, CMD,
NRDC, said that attempt has
been made to compile most rel-
evant and emerging indige-
nously developed technological
innovations, including those
which are at research stage, to
fight Covid-19 for the benefit
of all stakeholders.
As coronavirus is fast
spreading its tentacles across
the country, Prime Minister
Narendra Modi has been at
various platforms urging
AYUSH practitioners to pitch
in to tackle the coronavirus
pandemic. He has also been
exhorting the people to look
towards traditional home
remedies during times of such
a global health crisis to boost
their immunity. In India, over
61,000 people are infected with
the virus which has claimed
over 2,000 lives so far.
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Amid Covid-19 lockdown, a
non-Government organi-
sation ‘Sahely’, has decided to
provide ration to 1,000 families.
Shabana Khan, national pres-
ident of Sahely NGO, said that
her organisation has already
provided ration to 500 families
in Mewat, Saharanpur,
Kashmir and Delhi. Khan said
that rations are being provid-
ed under ‘War Against
Corruption’ campaign.
Marginalised people such
as migrant labourers, homeless
destitutes, scrap pickers, jobless
daily wagers, commercial sex
workers and others were the
focus of attention for the relief
work.
She also expressed grati-
tude towards Urdu poets
Manjar Bhopali and Popular
Meerathi for their appeal to
donate her organisation.
Sahely is devoted toward
the empowerment of women in
every field.
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In view of the Covid-19 pan-
demic and resultant lock-
down, examiners will evaluate
over 1.5 crore answer sheets of
students, who took the CBSE
Class X and XII Board exams,
from their homes.
The Government on
Saturday identified 3,000 CBSE
schools in the country as the
centres from where the answer
sheets will be sent to the homes
of the teachers. This process
will be completed in approxi-
mately 50 days, HRD Ministry
officials said. The HRD
Ministry’s move followed the
MHA’s go-ahead in this regard.
Ministry officials said the
CBSE paper evaluation will be
resumed from Sunday and
CBSE board examiners will be
able to carry out the CBSE
board exam answer sheet eval-
uation from their respective
homes.
Union HRD Minister
Ramesh Pokhriyal ‘Nishank’
took to Twitter on Saturday
evening to announce the news
and said that around 1.5 crore
CBSE board exam answer
sheets from around 3,000 exam
centres across India will be
delivered to the homes of the
board examiners who will carry
out the checking process.
After the paper evaluation
is done, officials will come
and collect the answer sheets to
take them back to the board
exam centres.
In a video statement on
social media, Nishank thanked
the Home Ministry for giving
this permission in the lock-
down so that students can get
the CBSE board exam results
2020 as soon as possible.
Pokhriyal said that the whole
process of CBSE answer sheet
evaluation should be over with-
in 50 days.
On Friday, the HRD
Minister had announced on
Twitter that the remaining
CBSE board exams of Class XII
(all over India) and of Class X
(only students whose exams
were postponed due to North
Delhi violence) will be carried
out from July 1 to July 15.
The new CBSE board exam
dates for each of the 29 subjects
that are still to be conducted or
the full CBSE board exam
schedule after lockdown will be
announced in 1-2 days he had
said on his Twitter webinar on
Friday.
CBSE Secretary Anurag
Tripathy said due to the Covid-
19 lockdown which has now
been extended for the third
time and is set to continue till
May 17, CBSE has been forced
to put a complete halt to paper
evaluation.
“We will need 1.5 to 2
months to carry out the paper
evaluation. As soon as we get
the advisory from the Central
Government, we can start off
the paper evaluation process
while maintaining social dis-
tancing,” he said.
The CBSE paper evaluation
had started off around a week
after the board exams started in
February.
But after the Covid-19 pan-
demic started to spread, the
process had to be stopped
completely after 15 days of
paper evaluation.
Around 70 per cent of
CBSE answer sheets still need
to be evaluated even though
some of them were done in the
15 days of evaluation before the
Covid-19 lockdown was
imposed, Tripathy said .
There are around 35 lakh
students who appear for board
exams and 2 crore
CBSE answer sheets need to be
checked, said the CBSE
secretary.
In this regard and to
expdite teh process, Nishank
had met the education minis-
ters through webinar later last
month of all the states and
advised them to start off with
the paper evaluation of state
board exams.
He also asked the Ministers
to make provisions for CBSE to
carry out their answer sheet
evaluation in the respective
States as well.
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The Indian Navy warship
INS Jalashwa has started its
homeward-bound journey
after evacuating 698 Indian
nationals from Maldives and
was joined on Saturday by
some more Indian warship
missions deployed in the
Indian Ocean region, high-
lighting India’s unwavering
commitment to safeguarding
her diaspora anywhere in the
world. The ship carrying
Indians is expected to reach
Kochi, Kerala, late this evening.
This even as another war-
ship INS Magar is about to enter
Male, Maldives’ capital to bring
out more Indians who want to
return to their country in the
wake of coronavirus pandemic.
The naval rescue effort is code-
named Operation Samudra Setu
which commenced on May 7
when the 17,000 tonne landing
platform dock (LPD) or
amphibious ship INS Jalashwa
set sail along with the 10,000
tonne INS Magar for Maldives.
The two ships are expected to
bring back more than 1,500
stranded Indians, sources said
on Saturday.
India’s High Commissioner
in the Maldives, Sunjay Sudhir,
had earlier expressed his deep
gratitude to the Indian Navy, the
Maldives Government and its
agencies for extending complete
cooperation for the success of
the operation. An Indian Navy
spokesman said there were a
number of pregnant women
and children among the Indians
who are travelling to Kochi in
Kerala.
Officials said the second
will leave for Tuticorin in Tamil
Nadu on Sunday with 200
Indians. He said the exercise
will be repeated next week by
the Indian Navy warships.
The deployment of war-
ships in rescue effort is part of
the repatriation mission
launched by the Indian Navy to
bring Indian citizens home
from foreign shores, the Indian
Navy said in a statement. The
massive repatriation effort is
testimony to Maldives-India
friendship, the Indian High
Commission said in another
tweet. Several Indians who are
travelling by the warship laud-
ed the exercise launched by the
Government.
New Delhi: Indian Council of
Medical Research (ICMR) has
partnered with Bharat Biotech
International Limited (BBIL) to
develop a fully indigenous vac-
cine for COVID-19, the apex
health research body said on
Saturday.
The vaccine will be devel-
oped using the virus strain iso-
lated at the ICMR’s National
Institute of Virology (NIV),
Pune, a statement said. The
strain has been successfully
transferred from NIV to BBIL,
it added. “Work on vaccine
development has been initiat-
ed between the two partners.
The ICMR-NIV will provide
continuous support to BBIL for
vaccine development. ICMR
and BBIL will seek fast-track
approvals to expedite vaccine
development, subsequent ani-
mal studies and clinical evalu-
ation of the candidate vac-
cine,” the health research body
said in the statement. PTI
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The Tamil Nadu
Government on Saturday
moved the Supreme Court
challenging a Madras High
Court order for closure of
state-run liquor outlets on the
ground that there was total
violation of guidelines
meant to contain the Covid-19
pandemic.
The Madras High Court
had on Friday ordered closure
of liquor outlets noting that
there were huge crowds and no
social distancing was being
maintained by tipplers. It, how-
ever, allowed doorstep delivery
of booze through online mode.
The top court too had
taken note of crowding at
liquor shops and asked states
on Friday to consider non-
direct contact or online sales
and home delivery of liquor
during the lockdown period to
prevent the spread of the novel
coronavirus.
The appeal against the high
court order has been filed by the
Tamil Nadu State Marketing
Corporation (TASMAC), a gov-
ernment firm which sells alco-
holic beverages in the state,
seeking permission to sell liquor
through vends also.
The High Court order
restraining counter-sale of
liquor was passed on a miscel-
laneous petition filed by advo-
cate G Rajesh, besides a plaint
from the Kamal Haasan-led
Makkal Needhi Maiam
(MNM). The HC had said
there was total violation of its
interim order issued on
Wednesday, when it declined to
stay a government order allow-
ing resumption of sale of liquor
through outlets.
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India is nearing its daily test-
ing target of 1 lakh with
95,000 tests conducted on
Saturday even as the
Government sought to allay
Covid-19 fears saying it does
not anticipate the worst kind of
situation in India like other
developed countries, which are
badly hit by the contagion.
To substantiate its claim,
the Government cited the
country’s fatality rate which is
hovering around 3.3 per cent
while the recovery rate is
climbing up to 29.9 per cent.
The total cases on Saturday
crossed 60,000 while around
2,000 deaths have been report-
ed till date.
“We do not anticipate a
very worst type of situation in
our country like many other
developed countries but still we
have prepared the whole coun-
try for the worst situation,” said
Union Health Minister Harsh
Vardhan while interacting with
Health Ministers and senior
officials of North-East State on
the current Covid-19 situa-
tion via video conferencing.
“Our fatality rate in the
country continues to be around
3.3% and the recovery rate
has climbed up to 29.9%, these
are very good indicators. The
doubling rate for the last 3 days
has been about 11 days, for last
seven days it has been 9.9
days,” he said.
Testing capacity for Covid-
19 has been scaled up to 95,000
per day and total 15,25,631 tests
have been conducted so far
across 332 Government and
121 private laboratories, said
the Health Minister.
“We have dedicated 843
hospitals exclusively for Covid-
19 patients’ treatment, which
have about 1,65,991 beds in it
for the same. Across the coun-
try, there are 1, 991 dedicated
Covid-19 health centres which
have 1, 35, 643 beds. These
beds include isolation as well as
ICU beds,” he added. Vardhan
said that the Health Ministry is
continuously coordinating with
the states and monitoring the
data on a daily basis.
“There are 7, 645 quaran-
tine centres across the country.
We have distributed 69 lakh N-
95 masks have been to various
State Governments. A total of
32.76 lakhs PPEs have been dis-
tributed to State Governments
by the centre. We started from
one testing lab in Pune and
now we have over 453 labs in
the country,” he said.
“Yesterday evening we
evaluated the data from various
states and found that only 0.38
per cent of the patients were on
the ventilators. 1.88 per cent
requiring oxygen support and
2.21 per cent were on ICU
beds,” he added.
During the detailed inter-
action, the States highlighted
various issues related to testing
facilities, health infrastructure,
surveillance, contact tracing
etc. and also shared their best
practices, as per the statement
issued here by the Ministry.
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Kerala’s joy over the “flat-
tening” of the coronavirus
curve on the 100th day of the
reporting of the first case in the
State received setback as two
persons who landed in Kochi
and Kozhikode airports from
the Gulf tested positive for the
pandemic on Saturday. This has
happened despite all screening
and checks of the evacuees
before the repatriation.
“A passenger who reached
Kozhikode from Dubai and
another person who arrived at
Kochi from Abu Dhabi on
March 7 by the Vande Bharat
flights tested positive and both
of them have been admitted to
the nearest hospitals,” said
Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi
Vijayan during his daily media
briefing on Saturday.
While the passenger who
landed at Kochi, a 23-year-old
male hailing from Malappuram
district has been admitted for
observation at Kalamassery
Medical College near the air-
port, the other person who test-
ed positive had reached
Kozhikode airport from Dubai.
He too has been admitted a
nearby specialty hospital for
observation and treatment,
said Vijayan.
Otherwise the State
retained its zero-Covid-19 sta-
tus as there were no fresh
cases detected on Saturday.
“Though a person had been
admitted to hospital in Idukki
district on Friday, tests proved
that he has no coronavirus
infection and hence he was dis-
charged,” said the Chief
Minister.
The Air India flights from
Dubai and Abu Dhabi which
were deployed for bringing
back the expatriates were led
and managed by specially
trained pilots and cabin crew.
The pilots and cabin crew were
given special training for a
week at Kalamassery Medical
College.
Passengers who reached
Kochi and Kozhikode airports
have been quarantined at spe-
cially prepared hostel rooms.
According to the details fur-
nished by Vijayan, till Saturday
505 persons have been tested
positive for corona virus.
“There are 17 persons
undergoing treatment in vari-
ous hospitals in the State. We
have put 23.930 persons under
observation. Out of this 23,596
persons have been quaran-
tined at their own homes and
334 persons have been admit-
ted to hospitals,” said the Chief
Minister.
Vijayan cautioned the peo-
ple that though the coron-
avirus curve has been flat-
tened in the State, utmost care
has to be continued in the com-
ing days as more and more
people from West Asia as well
as other north Indian States
would be reaching Kerala.
Meanwhile, the Air India
on Saturday brought back 129
Indians stranded to Delhi from
Dhaka.
This was the second flight
from Dhaka under the Vande
Bharat Mission. Another flight
with 177 passengers is expect-
ed to land in Kochi from
Muscat.
As many as 1,741 Indians,
including 21 infants, have
returned home in the past
three days from Abu Dhabi,
Dubai, Singapore, Dhaka,
Bahrain and Riyadh so far. The
flights landed in on Saturday
are from the UAE, Kuwait,
Bangladesh, Oman and
Malaysia. They are expected to
touch down in New Delhi,
Lucknow, Chennai, Hyderabad
and Trichy.
Till Friday, 1,441 Indians
including eight infants, were
brought back on two Air India
and four flights of Air India
Express.
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The Centre and the West
Bengal Government are
engaged in a fresh face-off
after Home Minister Amit
Shah accused Chief Minister
Mamata Banerjee of red-flag-
ging the special Shramik trains
carrying migrant workers from
entering her State.
In a letter to the Chief
Minister, Amit Shah said the
Trinamool Government wasn’t
allowing trains to reach Bengal
and warned this would make
life even harder for them.
Hours after Shah’s letter,
the Trinamool Congress
exploded calling Shah a “ped-
dler of lies.”
“He is peddling bundles of
lies,” said TMC MP and Chief
Minister’s nephew Abhishek
Banerjee asking the Home
Minister to prove his allega-
tions or seek apology.
Saying that Bengal’s apathy
towards its migrant workers
will only aggravate their con-
dition, Shah in his letter wrote
that the Central Government
was “facilitating (the return of
the migrant labourers) but we
are not getting expected sup-
port from the State
Government. This is injustice
with the migrant labourers.
This will create further hard-
ship for them, as the workers
are eager to return to their
homes.”
Within hours the junior
Banerjee hit back wondering
who was responsible for the
current state of affairs and for
whose lack of foresight the
dreaded disease could enter
India. Later he tweeted, “A
HM failing to discharge his
duties during this crisis speaks
after weeks of silence, only to
mislead people with bundle of
lies!” adding “Ironically he’s
talking about the very people
who have been literally left to
fate by his own Govt.”
He said Shah should prove
his charges or apologise. Prove
your fake allegations or apolo-
gise (sic),” he wrote.
The TMC leadership also
wondered how a letter written
to the Chief Minister found its
way to the media before reach-
ing its actual destination.
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There seems to be no respite
for India from Covid-19 as
cases mounted to 62,769 on
Saturday with 2,101 deaths.
Maharasthra remained the
worst hit States with 20,228
cases and 779 deaths, while
Gujarat occupied the second
spot with 7,797 cases and 472
deaths.
The health authorities in
Maharashtra went into a tizzy
on Saturday, as the State
recorded highest-ever day’s
fatality of 48 deaths and reg-
istered a phenomenal 1,165
new cases. Gujarat chipped in
394 cases and 24 deaths.
The day saw a record
number of 115 deaths across
India.
Of the total deaths in
Maharashtra, Mumbai
accounted for 27 deaths, while
there were nine deaths in Pune
and eight in Malegaon. One
death each was reported from
Pune district, Akola, Nanded
and Amravati.
The eight deaths reported
from Malegaon took place
between the period of April 25
and May 8. With the new 27
deaths, the total number of
deaths in Mumbai has risen to
489, while the total number of
infected cases has jumped to
12,864.
Meanwhile, the
Brihanmumbai Municipal
Corporation (BMC) in an advi-
sory issued on Saturday urged
the people not to panic and
asked “all positive corona
patients” who do not have
symptoms not rush to the big
hospitals for admission when
the test result is positive.
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about his health making
rounds on social media, Home
Minister Amit Shah on
Saturday declared that he is
healthy and is not suffering
from any disease.
“I want to clarify today that
I am perfectly healthy and I do
not have any disease,” Shah
said in a detailed note on
Twitter. The Home Minister
said for the past few days
there have been rumours about
his health on social media
and “some even tweeted pray-
ing for my death.”
Shah said he did not pay
attention to these rumours as
he was busy in the coron-
avirus pandemic prevention
and rehabilitation related
works.
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Police has requested Air
India to station its Noida and
Greater Noida-resident crew
members, engaged in “Vande
Bharat Mission” to fly back
Indians stuck up abroad amid
the Covid-19 lockdown, in
Delhi itself for the period of
the operation, officials said.
The request has been
made because Gautam Buddh
Nagar, adjoining Delhi, falls in
‘Red Zone’ and the to-and-fro
movement of the flight crew
may increase the risk of the
spread of coronavirus infec-
tion, the officials said.
Gautam Buddh Nagar has
recorded 214 positive cases of
coronavirus including 2
deaths, and is one of the worst
Covid-hit districts in UP.
Additional Commissioner
of Police Shriparna Ganguli
said following a Union Home
Ministry directive, and anoth-
er one from the Ministry of
Health, a request has been
made to Air India’s
Chairman-cum-Managing
Director Rajiv Bansal to fol-
low the standard operating
procedures issued by the
MHA on May 5.
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Railways has operated 302
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May 1 and ferried home about
3.4 lakh migrants stranded in
various parts of the country
amid the coronavirus-induced
lockdown, officials of the
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a village in Surat district of
Gujarat on Saturday to demand
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![Q What is your role in Ek Thi Begum?
This story is from the late 80s and the
early 90s when the underworld was at its
peak. I play Ashraf Bhatkar aka Sapna. The
entire story revolves around her as her
journey from a normal lady to one who is
seeking for revenge is shown. Her husband
was killed by an underworld don that is
why she chose the path of revenge.
Q What all preparations did you have to
do for the role?
I have never portrayed a character like
this before, so it was definitely exhausting.
There are many shades in Ashraf ’s
character and I had to explore the depths
of it. I had many discussions with Sachin
Darekar, the writer-director of the series.
It was important for me and him to be on
the same page. I wanted to follow his
vision, we had lots of workshops and tried
to take out all the things between the lines.
It took a lot of homework actually and
that’s how we went ahead with the process.
Q Do you think there is a need to bring
more such stories at the forefront?
Definitely. What we have seen or heard
is that underworld was man dominated.
However, I believe that there are many such
women who in that era also became the
police informers and came at the forefront.
There was a lot of power to women even
back then. It is important that we show
people that women were no less. We do
need such content.
Q What kind of rapport do you share
with your co-actors?
I have worked with most of the actors
on the sets. For Ankit Mohan, who plays
my husband. He is a friend but we never
got a chance to work together. It was a
fantastic experience. Everybody has put
their 100 per cent in the characters they
are playing. When you are working with
a bunch of people, then it is more of a team
work. It is no longer a story about a
particular person rather it is a compilation
of everyone’s story. And Sachin, he has put
a lot of efforts in the series. I have never
got a chance to work with him, though he
was the writer of one of my shows. The
experience if for a lifetime.
Q How was the environment on the
sets?
It was always fun. Obviously not
when we are shooting an emotional
sequence because it takes a little while to
get out of that moment but otherwise it was
an extremely positive environment on the
sets which is why our work became all the
more fun.
Q From Radhabai to now Ashraf
Bhatkar, you have played the roles of
women of substance. What attracts you
to these roles?
It is the strength inside me may be. I
have been fortunate that I have been
getting to do so much of work and such
kind of characters.
It is my inner strength that I like to
portray such characters. I can connect with
all the characters that I have played
because there was some common trait.
Also all the roles have been different. Any
actor would die for such roles. Till now, I
have never played a naive character or
someone who don’t have a spine. I enjoy
doing such type of characters.
Q How did your first show Tamanna
happen with you?
I auditioned for it almost five times for
that show. Then I got a call from the team,
but still it was not finalised. There was a
50-50 chance. I was hoping to get the role.
And when it happened, I knew that it was
an opportunity where I have to prove
myself to myself ki main yeh kar sakti hun.
I am glad that it happened because it
opened a lot of doors for me.
Q What kind of roles would you like to
experiment with?
I don’t mind playing similar kind of
characters as long as I am getting to show
my strength. Also, I would like to explore
the side of mine which I haven’t till now
like I said I have never played a naive or
a bichari character. But my inclination will
continue to be towards strong characters.
Q What is there in the pipeline?
There are some projects but I am not
allowed to talk about it right now. Once
everything will fall in place, I will share the
details.
B
elieve it or not, besides Mother’s
Day, Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day
and a slew of other days, there is
a National Paranormal Day. It is
celebrated on May 3 and people are
encouraged to come together and share
their eerie stories and or experiences.
But given the present situation —
COVID-19 lockdown — the get
together is not be possible. So how the
nextbestthing?Watchghostscomealive
on your small screen.
“There is a reason why we love to
hear or see shows and films that relate
to the paranormal. We have all grown
uplisteningtobhootkikahanisfromour
grandparents: ‘Ki aisa usne dekha thha’.
That fascinates us. Just like those who
are addicted to sci-fi movies and want
to believe in aliens, we have out our
home-grown bhoots,” Mayank Mishra
says, who has been playing the ghost for
the last one year on the show. He tells
you that he has forgotten how many
different ghosts he has played till now
since one rolls into another.
He tells you that it was his dream to
play a ghost since he was a kid. “While
growingup,weeachdreamofbecoming
or doing something. Since I had always
wantedtobeanactormydreamrolewas
to play ghost and today, I am living it.
Itisinterestingtoplayabhoot.Itisunlike
playing any other character. There is so
muchmorethanjustroleplay.Sinceeach
episode has a different ghost, I need to
give it a different look, walk and voice.
I do a lot of study and watch shows and
films around the genre to try and see
how I can improve on the creature that
I have to play. Then there is the whole
timespentingettingtheprostheticsand
make-up and wearing a costume that
weighs over 10 kg and spend the next
12 hours in that get up and then shots.
It is extremely challenging but I love it,”
Mishra tells you.
Though Mishra may have played
over25sofarandcounting,therearetwo
creaturesthathelovedplaying.Onewas
the episode he which he played the ice
man. “There was something so
interesting to play a creature that was
coveredinwhitefromtoptobottomand
coming out of a fridge. The other was
Chanda mama, the moon ghost. This
wasnicesincethekidslovedwhatIhave
done here,” Mishra tells you whose
favourite Bollywood ghost movies as
Raaz, 1921 and IT (Hollywood).
Nitica Kanwar, one of the writers
who came on board for the show tells
youthatoneofthebiggestchallengesthat
come with writing a monster story as
opposed to any other story is how it is
different from what one has done
before. “One has to be more creative,
imaginative and think out of the box.
Every story that you have has to bring
inanewelement,notseenbefore.Sothat
people, when they come back, have a
new creature and a new ghost. It is
definitely challenging and a lot more
fun,” Kanwar says who came on board
when the show had more of creatures,
monsters and bent towards fantasy
rather than ghosts.
Shetellsyouthatwhenyouwritefor
such shows, a lot of research has to go
into studying if there was any folklore
associated with what you are writing
about or if there was a mention in
mythology. “One doesn’t want to create
amonsteroracreaturethatdoesn’texist
or impossibletoimagine,” Kanwar says.
While it may not always be possible to
go out and create a Marvel on TV, what
is not lacking is the talent to write scary
fantasy stories. One has to see if what I
have written can be executed. The first
concern is that the creature doesn’t
appeartobetacky.Wehavetoseeifone
can shoot it was the graphics and VFX
level.Also,horror/fantasyasagenrehas
not been explored much and in the
industry and that brings in its own
challenges. It involves a lot of work as
well,” Kanwar says. It takes her around
two-three days to write story before the
process of positive feedback from the
channelandtheproducerbeingsbefore
the story is finalised.
Hemant R Prabhu, tells you that
working with horror/fantasy genre is a
passion for him and not only has he
produced 13 episodes of the show, he
hasdirectedmostothem.Forhimthere
are two biggest challenges. First, to keep
theaudiencethrilledenoughsothatthey
don’t surf. Second, revolves around the
look of the monster. “There is so much
software out there. Every story has to be
different and new look,” Prabhu says.
Directing comes easy to him since
most of back-end works in taken care
of before the episode goes on the floor.
“Most of the work is beforehand. A lot
of homework is done. Pre-production
meetingstakecareofanyotherwrinkles
that may come up,” Prabhu says.
Jitu Mhatre, the man behind the
prosthetics and make-up who has given
face to 90 per cent of the monsters tells
you that the biggest challenge he faces
is to deliver things on time. “We are
given only three-four days to come up
with the look that is finalised. This takes
a lot of time and effort and a slew of
people. We also have to ensure that the
monster even though scary is not
yucky. People should be scared not
repulsed with the monster. This is
whatattractspeopletohorrorgenre;the
fact that we have come up with a new
look that has not been seen before,”
Mhatre explains.
Then there is the VFX and the
challenges that for a show on ghosts.
Sarika who is behind the camera and
ensuresthattheghostdoesallscarystuff
like fly and appear and disappear in less
than a fraction tells you that while the
make-upartistwillgivethelook,itisnot
alwayspossibletohaveaperfectlooking
ghost or a monster. This is where the
VFX people step in and ensure that the
ghost does what it does best — scare the
jeebies out of you.
“Evenaftertheprostheticsartisthas
done his job, it has limitations. He can’t
maketheeyesglownorcanhemakethe
arms or the entire body twist and turn
at a horrible angel that will scare you.
That is where we step in. The CG can
do so much more. Even if it a small
scene, it can create that scare quotient.
This adds to the thrill factor for the fans
of horror genre and they love it. They
also want to know what new we have
to offer to them that will add to the
whole experience of watching a really
scary show,” Sarika says.
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