Evening News - 01 April, 2020
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Assam now has total five positive cases of coronavirus. 4 new cases have tested positive in Guwahati. But the numbers can go up with more positive cases that can be expected from Dibrugarh & Jorhat, said state health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. The numbers can even touch double digit, he informed during a press conference.

Sarma also told that four residents of Assam have tested positive for coronavirus in Delhi. The names are: Naskar Ali of Baska (72), Fahruddin of Baska (48), Mustafa Ahmed of Barpeta (60), Md Ali of Nagoan (65). Sarma urged that people who came in touch with these four people should get themselves tested.

Sarma provided some update on Assam’s first COVID-19 patient. Sarma said that the patient who is currently being treated at Silchar hospital had gone to Delhi by Rajdhani Express. Between March 6 and March10, he attended the religious gathering in Nizamuddin, Delhi. After that he took Rajdhani train and came back to Guwahati. He had stayed at Morigaon and then went to Badarpur. Those people who were in touch with him have been quarantined.

More than 100 people with Nizamuddin connection are yet to be traced in Assam. Sarma mentioned that total of 547 people who attended the function in Delhi were from Assam. So far 68 people have not returned to the state. 134 have not been suspected prima facie. The remaining number is 347 out of which 230 people have been recognized so far. As of now 196 people’s sample have been collected so far.

AIUDF supremo Maulana Badruddin Ajmal has said that the Nizamuddin incident was unfortunate given that the world and the entire country is suffering from COVID-19 pandemic.

KMSS leader Akhil Gogoi has been arrested by Dibrugarh police for under a case filed against him at Chabua police station. He was arrested before the hearing of the case could take place at Sivsagar jail. The due date for the hearing was in fact today. Gogoi said that the arrest was illegal as police did not have any warrant to make the arrest.

Nizamuddin has now emerged as a hotspot for COVID-19 in India. Despite warnings from the government which had banned mass gatherings, authorities at Nizamuddin had gone ahead with the margaz where more than 2000 people from the country as well as all around the world had participated.

After Nizamuudin incident, lyricist Javed Akhtar now bags a fatwa that requires mosques to shut operations until corona crisis is over. Mani twitter users have posted against this tweet of Akhtar asking him why a fatwa is needed if the government has declared a lockdown already.

Andhra Pradesh police have finally taken the help of Yamraj to stress the importance of lockdown amid COVID-19 pandemic. Theatre actors dressed as Yamaraj and his assistant Chitragupta were seen accompanied by police to spread the message of lockdown.

Arvind Kejriwal, Chief Minister of Delhi has announced a sum of Rs 1 crore for families of sanitation workers, doctors or nurses or any other staff, temporary or permanent, from private or government sector, if they die while treating patients.

Rapper Badshah has been accused of plagiarism as the lyrics of his latest song Genda Phool featuring Bollywood actress Jacqueline Fernandes has been stolen from Ratan Kahar, a folk artist from Bengal. The line “Borlok er Bitilo, lomba lomba chul.....lal genda phool,” has been stolen from a popular folk song “Borloker Betigo, lomba lomba chul go.” Khatar has claimed that many times his lyrics have been used by other singers who have not given him due credit.

Tik Tok, owned by Chinese parent company ByteDance, has donated medical gear worth Rs 100 crore to India amid COVID-19 pandemic. This includes 400,000 hazmat medical protective suits and 200,000 masks for medical staff treating patients.