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Water Jet Technology and Accessories

KMT Waterjet is an award winning high-volume waterjet and fabricating machine designed and developed by the KMT Group of industries in China. The original KM Technology was developed to satisfy specific performance and dimensional requirements of high volume wet dye applications. Subsequent developments have optimized the performance of the machine, extended its service life, reliability and durability, and increased its ability to meet growing customer demand. A comprehensive market analysis reveals a number of growing markets for this well-proven water jetting equipment.

One of the most growing segments in the applications area is the abrasive waterjet cutting, also known as wet or dry cutting. The first kmt waterjet cutter was designed to perform an abrasive waterjet cutting job in an aluminum alloy substrate with standard dielectric thickness. This job could then be used for abrasive waterjet cutting, stamping, erosion cleaning, erosion blasting, abrasive waterjet cutting on alloy steel and copper, etching, and other metal operations. While this application has remained a steady solution to the abrasive waterjet cutting need, other equally useful applications have evolved such as the use of the machine to dry sheet metal at low pressures. With increasing pressure requirements, sheet metal workers can now apply a variety of coatings at much higher temperatures using the original kmt waterjet equipment.

Another popular application for the kmt waterjet cutting pumps is abrasive washing and abrasive blasting. Abrasive water jetting is widely used in the production of tile, concrete, slag and steel products. Abrasive washing and abrasive blasting require a powerful, high-pressure stream of water to remove small quantities of unwanted material and create a smooth surface finish. Often this service is combined with other abrasive finishing systems. As an example, coining can be performed after abrasive blasting to produce the finished product with a textured, engraved or flakey finish. Waterjet cutting pumps coupled with dedicated hoses and equipment are most often used in the final phases of abrasive washing and abrasive blasting.

The kmt waterjet pump is normally attached to a robotic device to extend its life. Once installed, the pump is capable of working in extreme temperatures, up to 180 degrees Celsius, as long as it receives sufficient air pressure and adequate hydraulic flow. Depending on the type of job being performed, some systems provide up to ninety,000psi of pressure. This extreme pressure is essential to perform a variety of tasks and requires the highest quality machining parts.

As its name implies, the kmt waterjet market share machine uses pure water as a lubricant. It operates at extremely high pressures, up to a mere seventy thousands. However, it should be noted that while pure water is extremely effective in performing many tasks, it is also very harsh on delicate and rare metal alloys such as platinum. Moreover, as a rule, the abrasive material used for this process is copper based; hence a thorough knowledge of your specific alloy and the manufacturer's recommendations is critical before undergoing this procedure.

Waterjet technology uses the principle of the vibratory mixing of water with abrasive material. A smooth flat surface is first passed through a high-speed cutter, resulting in the generation of a fine spray of abrasive particles. These particles are then directed to a nozzle, where they are released along with the original water. The resulting soft materials include the cutting head, which is generally made from steel or aluminum and sometimes includes ceramic or silicon elements for extra hardness and wear resistance.

The principle behind the operation of the water jet cutting systems is much the same as that used in sanding and polishing. For example, one dimensional cuts require a fine spray of water on the surface to produce a sharp edged finish. On the other hand, the soft cut produces a more rounded result with more even distribution of the abrasive material across the surface. This is a much better method than the use of solvents for final finishing and results in much smoother and better finished flooring.

There are many manufacturers in the market that offer high pressure waterjet equipment and accessories, most notably the set high pressure waterjet pumps and parts. The pumps feature a variable speed drive system with variable speed controls that allows them to be operated easily by the homeowner. Other accessories available in the range include the tools and fixtures required for maintenance and cleaning of the unit.

The research team projects that the Waterjet Cutting Machinery (Waterjet Cutting Machines) market size will grow from XXX in 2020 to XXX by 2027, at an estimated CAGR of XX. The base year considered for the study is 2020, and the market size is projected from 2020 to 2027.

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nebulaziya · 4 years ago

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How Tailors Can Protect Their Business Reputation & ROI During Covid-19 Pandemic

In the bustling city of Bangalore, India, a girl loved tailoring more than anything. Needles and silk stitched her childhood. She grew up to work for various tailoring companies and garment industries.

She has around two decades of experience. She started as a helper, then got promoted to a seamstress. Today, she is a quality analyst at a leading garment industry in Bangalore.

She is 41 years old. And her monthly wage is just Rs.8000 ($109).

She also has a family that depends on her little income.

Remember, this was the case of most of the garment workers and other local tailoring stores before COVID-19 wrecked our world into shreds.

Reports claim that in the month of May, the apparel sector has suffered a steep dip of 84% in sales. This is due to reduced orders, absence of workforce owing to security concerns, and shutting down of traditional tailoring stores.

Bloomberg claims 1,089 garment factories in Bangladesh have experienced a huge cancellation of orders, worth around $1.5 billion due to the virus outbreak. Most of the workers were laid off, and some were paid less than a month’s salary. And they all had a family to feed and take care of.

Questions That Knock Fashion and Garments Industry

If the global revenue in the fashion industry amounts to $578,392 million, and even in such an unprecedented time when people crave new fashion, how exactly can the tailoring industry seize the moment?

How can the apparel industry and its workers leapfrog from the survival scare to prosperity?

When the majority of the global workforce is getting laid off, can garment workers/tailors double their income by working from home?

Can the Bangalore-based woman exponentiate her wage from Rs.8000 to Rs.80,000, and afford food and education to her children?

As daunting questions continue to mount, the answer, however, remains the same.

Yes. It’s possible.

Bespoke Online Tailoring Store - A Solution For Tailors To Overcome Financial Uncertainty During a Pandemic

As simple as it sounds, tailoring brands can operate their business by setting up their exclusive online tailoring store. It helps them retain their existing clients and acquire new customers as well. From all around the world.

So, here’s how the entire business flow works.

Customers design their outfits and place orders online.

Orders are received online.

Tailors work on orders from home.

Completed garments are sent to the delivery service.

Delivery service ships the garments.

The garments reach the customer’s doorsteps.

Beautiful. There’s no physical transmit (or) interaction involved. A secure mode of operating a tailoring business with enlarged profit.

However, this raises some major questions.

Customers purchase online. What if the attire doesn’t fit?

A valid concern that’s efficiently taken care of by tools such as online measurement charts and 3D visualization tools.

While the chart has all the appropriate measurements of all age groups, the visualization tool helps users to view their end-product in three-dimension.

Does it mean I can just put up my clothing collections online?

To display our ready-made stock online and garner buyers is very much possible. But, pretty old-school in the 21st century.

What helps tailoring companies stand apart from the mainstream crowd is the choice they offer to their customers to “personalize their attire”.

Imagine one of your customers who has longed for a creative never-seen-before suit. And he wishes to rock his wedding by looking cool and unique, but unfortunately not any of the local stores could help him with his dream attire.

Then, one fine day, he stumbles across your online tailoring store, where he gets to select the fabric, change color, add custom designs, and completely personalize the suit, catering to his desires.

With online custom tailoring stores, customers get more options and more freedom. So, they wouldn’t mind paying extra for a better and greater experience.

Other Major Perks

Reduced Cost of Maintenance- By transforming retail stores into online tailoring stores, maintenance cost is highly reduced.

Improve Work Performance- With the help of an in-built content management system (CMS), tailoring entrepreneurs can monitor, analyze, and improve their work performance.

Improved customer engagement- Customers can be well-informed about the festive offers and other deals set by the tailoring store in quick notification messages, without them traveling all the way to the store.

Marketing Campaigns Can Bring More Results- Effective marketing campaigns can be executed across worldwide customers. This is practically impossible with a retail outlet.

Stable Revenue Generation During Disasters- The biggest advantage of the Online tailoring business is unaffected by external disorders like a pandemic. It’s known for its no-touch order delivery system.

Benefitted Audience

Tailoring Companies

Tailoring companies can go online and link apparel manufacturers too for clothing materials. It paves way for both B2C (Business to Consumer) and B2B (Business to Business) business opportunities.

Retail Tailoring Stores

Tailors can set up an online store for their brands and go global with a reduced workforce. It helps them retain and acquire a new customer base. The operation will not be halted at any cost.

Fashion Designers

Fashionistas with quality education on fashion design and technology can leverage the potential of such online platforms. The online tailoring store helps them showcase their millennial innovation to a wider global customer-base.

Seamstress

Tailors who prefer self-employment can commence their online tailoring business. Confinement to norms and regulation constraints are eliminated with entrepreneurship. No more victimization of verbal abuse and harassment at the workplace.

Closing Thoughts

On 19th March, 20 apparel factories in Myanmar had shuttered with 10,000 workers laid off. The state’s garment association has claimed that if the pandemic persists, the figure may scale to 500 factories and lakhs of workers walking away with nothing.

With such simple and efficient methods of business, tailors and tailoring stores are empowered with security, idea, and innovation. Digital marketing is the brand-new immortal marketing, and digitization of business helps us improve our sales numbers with a variety of tools.

Even when the sky falls and the roads crack open, there’s always a way out to serve our society with innovation.

As the famous Dr.Seuss said,

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?”

Fit4bond

In its 10 years of industry experience, Fit4bond has helped thousands of retail tailoring stores in setting up digitized online tailoring stores and upgrading their business. The variety of customization software it offers, from shirt/saree customization software to hoodie customization software, serves a global audience irrespective of their region.

https://www.fit4bond.net/blog/how-tailors-can-protect-their-business-during-covid-19-pandemic

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Coronavirus Outbreak Highlights: Shops for educational books, electric fans, movement of Indian seafarers allowed during lockdown, says MHA

00:11 (IST)

Coronavirus in Pakistan Latest Updates

Imran Khan to take coronavirus test

Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan will take the coronavirus test as a philanthropist he met last week tested positive for the disease, reported the Times of India. Faisal Edih, chairman of the Karachi-based Edhi Foundation and son of the the late Abdul Sattar Edhi, met the prime minister last week to donate to the PM's Relief Fund. He tested positive on Tuesday. Faisal Sultan, the prime minister's personal physician and COVID-19 advisor, told media that would the leader to be tested. "We will follow all protocols in place and make recommendations accordingly," reports quote him as saying.

23:56 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

4,62,621 samples tested so far, says ICMR

According to the 9pm update issued by ICMR, a total of 4,62,621 samples from 4,47,812 have been tested till date, while 26, 943 samples were reported on Tuesday. However, the number of individuals who have tested posted was not mentioned in the update.

23:47 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Markaaz chief asks Jamaat workers to donate plasma blood

Tablighi Jamaat chief Mohammad Saad has written a letter to Jamaat workers and all Muslims who have been cured of COVID19, appealing to them to donate blood plasma for those still infected and under treatment.

Tablighi Jamaat Chief Mohammad Saad appeals to Jamaat's workers and all Muslims who have been cured of COVID19 to donate blood plasma for those still infected and under treatment. pic.twitter.com/ztuvcNGbOY

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

23:39 (IST)

Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir Latest Updates

Twelve more test positive in Jammu and Kashmir, total reaches 380

A dozen more coronavirus cases surfaced in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, taking the total in the Union territory to 380, PTI quotes an official bulletin as saying.. Eleven of the fresh cases were reported in Kashmir and one in Jammu's Kathua, it said. The UT has recorded five fatalities due to the disease so far, four in Kashmir and one in Udhampur district of Jammu, while 81 patients have recovered, the bulletin stated. It added that 10 COVID-19 patients were discharged during the day.

23:36 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Woman cop at Uddhav Thackeray's official residence tests positive

A woman police constable posted at `Varsha', the official residence of Maharashtra Chief Minister, tested positive for coronavirus on Tuesday, PTI quotes a senior official as saying. Also, a male constable at the official residence of Leader of Opposition in the Assembly Devendra Fadnavis has tested positive, according to a civic official.

The Varsha bungalow in south Mumbai is currently unoccupied as Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray lives in his family residence in suburban Bandra.

23:27 (IST)

Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates

IMA, seven other medical organisations write to Mamata Banerjee

The Indian Medical Association (IMA) and seven other medical organisations have collectively written to West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, stating that the state's real-time and transparent data of Covid-19, including daily medical bulletins of all healthcare workers under treatment is highly solicited.

Indian Medical Association (IMA) & 7 other medical organizations have collectively written to West Bengal CM. Letter states, "Real-time, transparent data of #COVID19 in our state, including daily medical bulletins of all healthcare workers under treatment is highly solicited". pic.twitter.com/hTeRNmFz2U

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

23:19 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Case count rises to 108 in Nashik

The case count in Maharashtra's Nashik district rose to 108 on Tuesday. 10 cases were reported in Nashik city, four in Nashik rural and 94 in Malegaon.

22:59 (IST)

Coronavirus in UK Latest Updates

UK toll rises by 828

A total of 17,337 people in hospital with coronavirus have died in Britain, show new health ministry figures, an increase of 828 from the previous day, reports News18.

22:52 (IST)

Coronavirus in UK Latest Updates

Oxford University researchers to begin trial of potential vaccine on Thursday: Report

UK health secretary Matt Hancock announced that Oxford University researchers will begin human trials of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus on Thursday, reported BBC. According to the report, the vaccine uses a small section of the genetic code packaged into a harmless virus. Scientists hope that delivering this into the body will teach the immune system how to fight off the real disease, without ever needing to become infected with coronavirus.The plan is to test it on around 500 volunteers by mid-May and if that work proves successful, give it to thousands more volunteers, said the report.

The secretary also announced that the government had pledged more than £40m to two British projects searching for a vaccine - the one by Oxford and the other led by the Imperial College.

22:38 (IST)

Coronavirus in Manipur Latest Updates

Manipur's second COVID-19 patient discharged

The second COVID-19 patient in Manipur was discharged from the Regional Institute of Medical Science (RIMS) on Tuesday as he tested negative in consecutive tests, PTI quotes RIMS director Prof Ahanthem Santa Singh as saying. The patient was advised home quarantine, according to protocol, the RIMS director said .

22:35 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Shops selling school books, electric fans allowed to stay open during lockdown: MHA

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order to include additional agricultural and forestry items, shops of educational books for students, shops of electric fans and movement of Indian seafarers in to the list of permitted activities during the lockdown, which will continue till 3 May.

Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issues order to include additional agricultural and forestry items, shops of educational books for students, shops of electric fans and movement of Indian seafarers in lockdown guidelines, gives SoP on sign-on/sign-off for Indian seafarers. pic.twitter.com/NBnQ6BkX34

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

22:30 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Delhi-Noida border sealed: Gautam Buddh Nagar DM

The Delhi-Noida border has been sealed to prevent further spread of the viral disease, said an order issued by Gautam Buddh Nagar District Magistrate. However, vehicles transporting goods, those ferrying persons who provide emergency services, media persons, government employees and those engaged in providing COVID-19 services will be allowed to ply, according to the order.

Dear residents, As per the medical department advice, in the larger public interest, as a preventive measure to fight Covid 19, we are closing Delhi-GB nagar/Noida border completely, with following specified exceptions. You are kindly requested to cooperate. StayHome StaySafe🙏 pic.twitter.com/es4ap51XVW

— DM G.B. Nagar (@dmgbnagar) April 21, 2020

22:13 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Three cops at Delhi's Nabi Karim test positive

Three policemen posted at Nabi Karim police station of central district tested positive for COVID-19 on Sunday, PTI quotes officials as saying.They were on picket duty and the contact tracing is going on, police said. They have been admitted to Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital while their families have been asked to quarantine themselves, a senior police officer said. Till now, 16 policemen in the National Capital have contracted the disease.

22:06 (IST)

Coronavirus in Rajasthan Latest Updates

Cases in Rajasthan rise to 1,735

159 more COVID19 cases were detected in Rajasthan on Tuesday, taking the total cases in the stateto 1735, said the 9 pm update issued by the state health department. 72 cases were reported from Jaipur alone.

#CoronaVirusUpdates #Rajasthan New #Covid19 positive cases: 76 Total cases in #Rajasthan today : 159#Ajmer 35#Bhilwara 5#Dausa 7#Hanumangarh 5#Jaipur 72#Jodhpur 16#Jaisalmer 2#Jhunjhunu 1#Kota 2#Nagaur 10#Tonk 2#SawaiMadhopur 2 Cumulative positive: 1735 pic.twitter.com/ccY2Jl5J7A

— PIB in Rajasthan (@PIBJaipur) April 21, 2020

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Coronavirus Outbreak Latest Updates

WHO condoles death of staff in Myanmar

Heart broken to share devastating news: @WHO lost a valued colleague, Pyae Sone Win Maun, who was wounded in a security incident in Myanmar, while transporting #COVID19 surveillance samples. Tragic to lose a life while keeping the world safe. My deepest condolences to the family.

— Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus (@DrTedros) April 21, 2020

21:56 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

ICMR issues guidelines for testing strategy for pregnant women

The Indian Council of Medical Research issued guidelines on a testing strategy for pregnant women. According to the guidelines, pregnant women living in containment zones, shelters housing migrant workers who present signs of labour or are likely to deliver in the next five days should be tested even if asymptomatic.

ICMR strategy for #COVID19 testing for pregnant women - "Pregnant women residing in clusters/containment area or in large migration gatherings/evacuees center from hotspot districts presenting in labor or likely to deliver in next 5 days should be tested even if asymptomatic". pic.twitter.com/00TUq6KduK

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

21:41 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Govt to conduct tele-survey on COVID-19 symptoms

Government of India will conduct a telephonic survey to gather feedback from citizens on prevalence and distribution of COVID19 symptoms, reports ANI. This survey is to be carried out by NIC and calls will be coming on mobile phones from calling number 1921.

21:37 (IST)

Coronavirus in Telangana Latest Updates

56 more test positive in Telangana, count reaches 928

56 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Telangana on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 928. This includes 711 active cases, 194 who were cured/discharged and 23 deaths, according to the latest update provided by the state health department.

56 more #COVID19 cases reported in Telangana today. Total number of cases in the state now at 928, including 711 active cases, 194 cured/discharged & 23 deaths: State Health Department pic.twitter.com/GpCsTr0UbO

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

21:31 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Tested positive, but doing well, says TV9 Bharatvarsh journalist

A journalist with TV9 Bharatvarsh said that she was among the 53 journalists who had tested positive for COVID-19 in Mumbai yesterday. "Unfortunately I am one of those Mumbai journalist who tested POSITIVE for corona virus but I am doing well as of now. I keep praying, hoping and believing that soon I will win this battle," she posted on Twitter.

21:14 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates

No COVID-19 case reported in Ghaziabad today

India Today reported that no new case of COVID-19 was reported in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad on Tuesday.

21:06 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttar Pradesh Latest Updates

137 new COVID-19 cases reported in Uttar Pradesh today

The Uttar Pradesh government said that with 137 new cases reported on Tuesday, the tally of COVID-19 cases in the state rose to 1,337. The toll stands at 21 in the state.

20:59 (IST)

Coronavirus in Haryana Latest Updates

South Korea company starts production of rapid test kits in Haryana

The Embassy of India in Sourth Korea on Tuesday said that SD Biosensor (a South Korea-based company) started production from its Manesar, Haryana facility with a capacity of 5,00,000 rapid test kits per week. This will be further enhanced in the coming weeks to meet growing demand, the statement said.

20:54 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

MHA specifies activities exempted from lockdown restrictions

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) was quoted by ANI as saying, "It is clarified that specific services/activities-caregivers of senior citizens residing with them, prepaid mobile recharge utilities, food processing units in urban areas have already been exempted from lockdown measures to fight COVID-19."

It is clarified that specific services/activities-caregivers of senior citizens residing with them, prepaid mobile recharge utilities, food processing units in urban areas have already been exempted from #lockdown measures to fight #COVID19: Spokesperson, Ministry of Home Affairs pic.twitter.com/s5zpyh5Pzv

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

20:45 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

355 new COVID-19 cases reported in Mumbai today

The MCGM said that 355 new COVID-19 patients, including 219 patients tested positive between 14-18 April and admitted in isolation wards, were reported in Mumbai on Tuesday.

The total number positive patients is now 3,445. Out of 12 deaths on Tuesday, eight had co-morbidities and fiour had age related factors.

20:28 (IST)

Coronavirus in Uttarakhand Latest Updates

No new COVID-19 cases reported in Uttarakhand today

No new COVID-19 case were reported in Uttarakhand on Tuesday, the state government said, adding that the total number of positive cases in the state stands at 46.

20:20 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

75 new COVID-19 cases reported in Delhi today

The Delhi health department said that 75 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the National Capital on Tuesday, taking the total number of positive cases to 2,156.

20:07 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

Delhi containment zones rise to 87

The number of COVID-19 'containment zones' in Delhi were raised to 87 by the Delhi government on Tuesday.

Number of COVID19 'containment zones' in Delhi raised to 87 by Delhi government. pic.twitter.com/AGGx6QNp50

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

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Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

552 new cases, 19 deaths reported in Maharashtra today

The Maharashtra government said that 552 new COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths were reported in the state on Tuesday, taking total number of cases to 5,218 and toll to 251 in the state.

With 150 patients discharged from hospitals on Tuesday, the number of cured patients stands at 722.

19:51 (IST)

Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates

274 active COVID-19 cases in Bengal so far

The West Bengal government said that as of Tuesday, there are 274 active COVID-19 cases and 15 deaths due to coronavirus in the state.

19:42 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Maharashtra govt revokes lockdown exemptions in Mumbai, Pune

The Maharashtra government on Tuesday revoked lockdown relaxations and exemptions in Mumbai and Pune regions because '"people are not behaving responsibly", the CMO was quoted as saying. "Rest of the parts of the state to continue to have partial exemptions," the statement added.

19:28 (IST)

Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

Fire breaks out at hotel being used as a quarantine centre in Mumbai

The Mumbai fire brigade said that a level-II fire broken out at the Rippon Hotel in Mumbai's Nagpada area on Tuesday. The fire fighting operation on. The fire has been confined in the hotel's lodging room, which was being used as a quarantine centre for COVID-19 patients. Most of the patients rescued, search operation is on, the statement said.

19:22 (IST)

Coronavirus in Punjab Latest Updates

Six new COVID-19 cases reported in Punjab today

The Punjab government said that six people tested positive for COVID19 in the state on Tuesday, of which one was reported in SAS Nagar and five in Patiala. All six cases have contact history with positive patient.

The COVID19 cases rose to 251 in Punjab, including 49 cured and 16 deaths. 62 cases have been reported in SAS Nagar, 48 in Jalandhar and 31 in Patiala.

19:11 (IST)

Coronavirus in Chhattisgarh Latest Updates

Bhupesh Baghel asks Modi for financial aid of Rs 30,000 cr

Chhattisgarh chief minister Bhupesh Baghel on Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, requesting him to provide financial assistance of Rs 30,000 crore to the state in the next three months for the operation of relief and welfare schemes and relaxation in the economic activities related to revenue generation in the state.

So far, 36 COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state, out of which 25 people have been discharged and the other 11 are under treatment. Around 400 people are being tested every day in the state. No new positive case found in last five days.

19:02 (IST)

Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates

COVID-19 patient from first cluster in Kerala still infected, says CM

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Tuesday said, "In Pathanamthitta, a woman belonging to the first cluster of COVID-19 cases is still positive after 36 days. How the coronavirus behaves cannot be predicted. Even after repeat tests every alternative day, the patient is positive. Her condition is stable."

18:57 (IST)

Coronavirus in Tamil Nadu Latest Updates

76 new COVID-19 cases reported in Tamil Nadu today

The Tamil Nadu government said that 76 people have tested positive for coronavirus in the state on Tuesday, taking total number of positive cases in the state to 1,596.

One death was also reported on Tuesday, taking the total toll in the state to 18.

76 persons tested positive in Tamil Nadu today, taking total number of positive cases in the state to 1,596. One death reported today; the total number of deaths till date stands at 18 now: Health Department, Government of Tamil Nadu pic.twitter.com/z0WW9DjZkM

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

18:39 (IST)

Coronavirus in Jammu and Kashmir Latest Updates

92 areas designated as red zones in Jammu and Kashmir

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said that 92 areas have been identified and designated as red zones in the union territory, of which 14 are in Jammu and 78 are in Kashmir. These red zones will be under stricter restrictions on movement, surveillance and will have enhanced testing, the statement said.

18:33 (IST)

Coronavirus in Delhi Latest Updates

2,081 COVID-19 cases reported in Delhi till yesterday

Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal said that 2,081 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the National Capital till Monday night. Of these, 431 have recovered and 47 have lost their lives due to the virus. Currently, there are 1,603 active cases.

18:26 (IST)

Coronavirus in Punjab Latest Updates

Amarinder Singh asks Amit Shah for interim compensation of Rs 3,000 cr

Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding interim compensation of Rs 3,000 crore for the month of April on account of the COVID-19 national disaster, along with immediate release of Rs 4,400 crore of pending GST arrears, reports said.

18:18 (IST)

Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates

19 new COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala

Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that 19 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state on Tuesday. Of these, 10 were reported in Kannur, four in Palakkad, three in Kasargod, one each in Malappuram and Kollam.

He added that 12 people have recent foreign travel history. Total active COVID-19 cases in the state reaches 117.

18:09 (IST)

Coronavirus in Odisha Latest Updates

Odisha health bulletin today:

Total samples tested — 11,748 Number of positive cases — 79 Number of people recovered — 29 Toll — 01 Number active cases — 49

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Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates

29 new COVID-19 cases reported in last 24 hours in Bengal

The West Begal chief secretary said that 29 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state in the last 24 hours. The total toll in the state is at 15.

"Rapid testing has begun in the state. Today 220 rapid tests conducted in Howrah and Kolkata. The results have been sent to the health department," said West Bengal chief secretary Rajiva Sinha

17:56 (IST)

Coronavirus in Karnataka Latest Updates

10 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka

The Karnataka health department said that 10 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases are at 418, including 17 deaths and 129 recoveries

17:44 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Almost 4.5 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 so far, says ICMR

ICMR's R Gangakhedkhar on Tuesday said that 4,49,810 samples have been tested so far. 35,852 samples were tested on Monday, of which 29,776 samples were tested in 201 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) network labs and remaining 6,076 samples were tested in 86 private labs, he said.

17:39 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

COVID-19 cases rise to 18,985 in India

The Union health ministry said that the total number of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 18,985 in India. This includes 15,122 active cases, 3,260 cured/discharged/migrated people and 603 deaths.

17:27 (IST)

Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates

TMC MP slams Centre over IMCTs

TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee slammed the Centre over the IMCTs that have been sent to West Bengal to review lockdown violations in the state.

You cripple GoWB with faulty kits from ICMR & then send IMCTs to monitor GoWB's performance while keeping the State Govt in dark. In the name of combating the COVID-19 crisis, you're playing with the lives of Bengalis while your leaders use skewed testing nos for fake propaganda. https://t.co/4U8p2aT9q6

— Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) April 21, 2020

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Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates

IMCT reviews COVID-19 control room in Pune

An Inter-Ministerial Central Team on Tuesday reviewed Pune Municipal Corporation's control room to monitor the COVID0-19 situation in city. The IMCT held a meeting with administration officials including the divisional commissioner and collector.

17:07 (IST)

Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates

IMCTs arrive in Kolkata

Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), which arrived in Kolkata to review alleged lockdown violations, were escorted by state police and BSF during an area visit on Tuesday.

West Bengal: Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) being escorted by state police & BSF during area visit in Kolkata. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/FQQvTuMQzm

— ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020

16:54 (IST)

Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates

West Bengal govt likely to allow Centre's teams to visit Kolkata, say reports

Reports on Tuesday said that the West Bengal government is likely to allow central government teams to visit Kolkata to conduct review on alleged lockdown violations in the city, adding that the MHA wrote to the state government saying that the local administration is "not allowing the inter ministerial COVID-19 team to work".

16:45 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

Centre instructsi states to ensure treatment needed for dialysis, HIV continue effectively

Health ministry joint secretary Lav Aggarwal said, "We have issued detailed guidelines to all states that while we focus on COVID-19, all other services need to be provided, be it for dialysis, HIV/cancer treatments etc. At the same time required infection management prevention should be in place."

16:38 (IST)

Coronavirus in India Latest Updates

3,252 people of 18,601 patients have recovered, says Centre

Union health ministry on Tuesday said that so far, there are 18,601 positive cases, of which 3,252 people have recovered, including 705 people who recovered on Monday. This takes our recovery percentage to 17.48 percent.

Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order to include additional agricultural and forestry items, shops of educational books for students, shops of electric fans and movement of Indian seafarers in to the list of permitted activities during the lockdown, which will continue till 3 May.

UK health secretary Matt Hancock announced that Oxford University researchers will begin human trials of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus on Thursday, reported BBC.

The Maharashtra government said that 552 new COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths were reported in the state on Tuesday, taking total number of cases to 5,218 and toll to 251 in the state.

With 150 patients discharged from hospitals on Tuesday, the number of cured patients stands at 722.

The Union health ministry said that the total number of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 18,985 in India. This includes 15,122 active cases, 3,260 cured/discharged/migrated people and 603 deaths.

The Maharashtra Police said that a total of 60,005 cases have been registered under Section 188 of IPC, since 22 March till 4 am on Tuesday, for violations of coronavirus lockdown norms. 411 accused have been arrested in cases of assault on policemen, the statement said.

An oncologist in Bengaluru has been given permission by the ICMR to use plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the state, the government said.

Karnataka minister Dr K Sudhakar said, "Plasma therapy holds great promise in treating COVID-19 patients and I am happy to inform that ICMR agreed to our request and has given permission for plasma treatment to Dr Vishal Rao, HCG Bangalore Institute of Oncology."

At least 25 people, including journalists, working for a Tamil news television channel tested positive for coronavirus here on Tuesday, a health department official said. To a question, the official said the test results of those associated with the television channel were being collated and indicated that the tally of total positives could be '27.'

The number of coronavirus cases in Rae Bareli district jumped from two to 35 with several people testing positive after coming in contact with participants at a Tablighi Jamaat congregation, officials said on Tuesday.

Rajasthan on Tuesday stopped using rapid test kits for coronavirus after receiving invalid and incorrect results for a large number of samples. Health Minister Raghu Sharma said the kits were giving mere five percent correct or valid results and a report has been forwarded to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in this regard.

Over 100 families residing at the President's Estate are under self-isolation as a preventive measure after a sanitation worker's relative tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Tuesday. The relative of the sanitation worker, who is a resident of the estate that houses Rashtrapati Bhavan, has been admitted to a hospital here for treatment, they said.

Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien asked why the Centre did not send IMCT teams to states like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh despite the high number of cases and hotspots there.

The toll due to coronavirus rose to 77 in Gujarat as six more people succumbed to the disease, a health official said on Tuesday. About 127 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state, taking the tally to 2,066. This figure includes 131 recoveries and deaths so far.

Delhi has reported a total of 2081 positive cases, out of these 78 cases were found on Monday. The border between Delhi and Ghaziabad has been sealed as a measure to contain the spread of coronavirus.

472 more COVID-19 cases reported in Maharashtra till 10 am on Tuesday, taking total positive cases in the state to 4,676, reports ANI. Nine more deaths have been reported, taking the total toll in the state to 232, said Public Health of Department, Government of Maharashtra.

Three cops test positive for COVID-19 at Nabi Karim area in Paharganj, New Delhi. A total of 11 cops are COVID positive now in the central district. Nabi Karim area is one of the 84 containment zones in the National Capital.

25 hospital staff including 19 nurses tested positive for COVID-19 in Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, said Bomi Bhote, Chief Executive Officer of Ruby Hall Clinic, reports ANI. Meanwhile, according to worldometer, about 1,70,456 people across the globe have died so far from the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as of 21 April.

The total number confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to rise steadily in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. Rajasthan has so far reported 1,628 cases. Of these, 205 patients have recovered. The toll in the state stands at 25.

Five more persons tested positive for novel coronavirus in Odisha on Tuesday, taking the total number of such cases to 79 in the state, a health department official said.

There are now 18,601 total cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India. Active cases stand at 14,759 and recoveries at 3,251 and deaths at 590.

US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States.

Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said the rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases in the state has slowed down further to seven days from five days earlier.

One coronavirus positive case found in Rashtrapati Bhavan, 125 families sent on home quarantine, reports ANI. 125 families advised to remain in self-isolation as mandated by the Health Ministry’s guidelines as a precautionary measure.

US crude oil jumped more than $20 per barrel on Tuesday but still traded below $0 after plunging into negative territory for the first time in history, dragged down by a supply glut and sagging demand for crude due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The confirmed cases in India rose to 17,656 and the toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose to 559, while several states sought to contain the ballooning economic cost of the pandemic by easing some lockdown curbs.

However, some states preferred to maintain strict restrictions, with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka joining Delhi in deciding against any relaxation till 3 May.

Punjab, which had earlier ruled out any relaxation till 3 May, said some industrial activity may resume in areas other than those identified as high-risk 'containment zones'.

No new cases in 59 districts in fortnight, says health ministry

The coronvirus cases in India jumped to 17,656 on Monday. PTI

According to the Union health ministry, the number of coronavirus positive cases saw a sharp increase of 1,553 between Sunday and Monday, while there has been a recovery rate of about 15 percent.

In the daily COVID-19 press briefing, health ministry Joint Secretary Law Agarwal said as many as 59 districts across 23 states and Union Territories have not reported a single case in the last 14 days and also asserted that the rate of the number of cases doubling has improved to 7.5 days, from 3.4 days before the lockdown. Last Friday, he had put the rate of doubling of cases at 6.2 days.

Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Health Ministry officials said 80 percent patients were either asymptomatic or had only mild symptoms but were found to be positive after testing. They also said around 15 percent patients turn into severe cases, while 5 percent turn critical.

Later, in its 5 pm update, the ministry said the COVID-19 death toll has risen to 559 and the number of cases has risen to 17,656 across the country. Across the country, 2,851 people have been discharged, it said. According to data published on its website, the highest number of cases have been reported in Maharashtra (4,203), followed by Delhi (2,003), Gujarat (1,851), Uttar Pradesh (1,176) and Madhya Pradesh (1,485).

However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states and Union Territories, as on 9.15 pm, showed 18,322 confirmed cases, 2,969 recoveries and 590 deaths.

Maharashtra total reaches 4,666, 53 journalists test positive in Mumbai

Based on reports coming from state governments, Maharashtra alone has reported 4,666 cases, while Delhi has also crossed 2,000. Gujarat has 1,939 cases, while Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan are above 1,500 each, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 1,414 cases.

Fresh cases reported from various parts of the country included those of police personnel in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, of health workers at various places, journalists in Mumbai and even of prisoners in Madhya Pradesh's Indore.

In Mumbai, where 3,032 cases have been recorded so far, 53 journalists have contracted the disease, reported Huffpost. Shiv Sena leader and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s health committee member Amey Ghole told the publication that samples of 167 Mumbai journalists had been collected for the test and 53 of these had tested positive. Significantly, most journalists who tested positive did not display any symptoms, according to ANI.

Gujarat reported 201 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the number of the affected people in the state to 1939, a health official told PTI, adding that most cases were being reported from virus hotspots.

The Tamil Nadu government said that 43 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 1,520 in the state. Meanwhile, 46 COVID-19 patients were discharged on Monday.

Some states ease restrictions, Centre rebukes Kerala, West Bengal

Even as several states reported a rising number of cases, the first set of relaxations from the nationwide lockdown, which came into effect on 25 March, kicked in at select places across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Goa among other states.

But despite the relaxations announced by state authorities, which are mostly limited to non-urban areas, industry executives said most companies have decided to wait for a complete exit from the lockdown as continuing restrictions on goods and people's movement make it difficult to resume stalled economic activities, which are estimated to have suffered a loss of Rs 7-8 lakh crores already.

While attendance at government establishments also increased marginally, there have been no relaxations as such for the public road transport, railway passenger services and flights.

Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said restrictions on domestic and international flights will be lifted when the government is confident that spread of coronavirus has been controlled, and poses no danger to Indians.

Goa eased some lockdown restrictions, in line with the central government's guidelines, as there are currently no active cases i the state after the recovery of its last patient on Sunday. However, leaders there warned against any hurry in declaring the state a 'green zone' one or free of the virus.

Manipur chief minister Biren Singh said that the state has become COVID-19-free. "We have decided to relax coronavirus lockdown in rural areas but the lockdown will continue in Imphal till further orders. Shops of essential goods will open between 8 am and 2 pm in urban areas," he said.

Manipur chief minister Biren Singh said the state has become COVID-19-free and announced that restrictions will be relaxed in rural areas of the state. "We have decided to relax coronavirus lockdown in rural areas but it will continue in Imphal till further orders. Shops of essential goods will open between 8 am and 2 pm in urban areas," he said.

Kerala, where the doubling rate of cases is among the best in the country at 72.2 days, also announced a number of relaxations, but had to rescind some after facing the flak from the Centre.

In a letter to the state government, the Union Home Ministry said Kerala's decision to open restaurants, allow bus travel in cities and open MSME industries in urban areas amounted to dilution of the lockdown guidelines and also a Supreme Court observation. Later in the day, the state government decided not to allow plying of buses in cities, opening of restaurants and pillion riding on two-wheelers.

At the daily press briefing, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said states have been told that some of them were issuing certain guidelines that amounted to "diluting" the lockdown leading to "severe repercussions to health" of the citizens.

She said states and UTs can take stricter action than what is mentioned in the guidelines issued by the central government to enforce the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but cannot dilute or weaken them.

Separately, the home ministry also said the COVID-19 situation is "especially serious" in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal, and warned that violation of lockdown measures risks the spread of the novel coronavirus further. The ministry said six inter-ministerial central teams will visit these identified areas in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan within the next three days to make on-the-spot assessment and recommend remedial measures in a report to the Centre.

In identical orders issued to the four states on Sunday, the home ministry said there have been several incidents of violence against COVID-19 front-line healthcare professionals, complete violation of social distancing norms and movement of vehicles in urban areas.

The Centre also dispatched a team to asses the seriousness of the COVID-19 situation in West Bengal, which saw its highest ever spike of 54 cases. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Mod where she voiced her displeasure at the state government having been kept in dark about the visit , which she said violated established protocol.

Tamil Nadu, Karnataka extend lockdown till 3 May

Amid rising number of cases, Tamil Nadu government said prohibitory orders and other COVID-19 lockdown curbs will continue till May 3 without any relaxation, while the Karnataka Cabinet decided to promulgate an ordinance, giving it special powers to control the spread of COVID-19. These include provision for protection to front line health workers and making non-cooperation with the government a punishable offence.

Karnataka has also decided to continue the COVID-19 lockdown measures till 3 May without any relaxation, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy said. However, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and the COVID-19 Task Force have been authorised to meet in three or four days to review and take further decisions about any relaxation.

Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said some relaxation for economic activities has been given from Monday but it is limited, as he asked people not to violate lockdown norms and avoid going out of their homes. In Uttar Pradesh, no relaxation would be given in Lucknow, Agra and Firozabad.

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said limited industrial activities have been allowed in certain areas of the state to restart the wheels of the economy, but this should not be seen as indication that the threat of coronavirus has receded in any way.

There has been a rise of 835 cases of COVID-19 in Maharashtra in the last 36 hours, but we are relaxing the stringent norms of lockdown to restart the wheels of economy, he said.

Assam's Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state "will not be able" to pay salaries of its employees for May if it does not get financial support from outside.

Global toll crosses 1.66 lakh

According to the the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource centre, 1,66,794 people have died due to the viral disease across the world. Italy has reported the highest number of deaths (23,660) while Spain recorded 20,852. However, the USA now has the most number of infections (7,61,991) while the global count has reached 2,432,092.

However, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us”, while alluding to the Spanish flu of 1918.

“Trust us. The worst is yet ahead of us,” he said. “Let’s prevent this tragedy. It’s a virus that many people still don’t understand,” news agency AP quoted him as saying.

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How to Move Your Manufacturing from China AND Protect Your IP

With no sign of a peace breaking out any time soon on the U.S.-China trade front, an increasing number of businesses are turning their eyes toward alternative manufacturing destinations, such as Vietnam, Thailand and Mexico. Understandably, such relocations will present all sorts of new and headaches, but I suspect that before long many folks will look back at their China days (perhaps as they lounge at a beach in Ko Samet or Da Nang) and ask, “why didn’t we do this before?”

Business is business, and whether the beaches near Bangkok are better than those near Beijing (they are, of course) or the coffee in Saigon is better than that in Shenzhen (it undisputedly is) is ultimately of no consequence when thinking of the bottom line. The point, however, is that once companies get a handle on the challenges of relocation, many of them will see that the “new” kids on the block can actually be pretty good places to do business. They may have preferred to stay put in China and avoid the hassles of moving—but when all is said and done, they will see that, give or take, the Vietnams of this world are just as viable and in a whole host oof ways perhaps even better, all things considered.

Unfortunately, one area where things are not likely to get better for foreign companies is intellectual property rights (IPR) protection. That may be hard to believe to those who have had their products blatantly counterfeited in China, but the fact is that IPR protection is in many respects even less robust in the lands across the Red River. According to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s IP Index 2018, China’s score on protecting IP is almost half that of the United States and Britain, but considerably higher than Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, with Mexico and Malaysia essentially ranked the same as China). Myanmar is not ranked, but presumably its score would be rather low, given that it only passed its trademark law this year.

These Chamber of Commerce rankings necessarily reflect mostly in-country written legal protections. They do not much account for the likelihood of your own manufacturer or your own employees or anyone else stealing your IP, nor do they reflect whether the theft of your IP will include your product showing up on Alibaba or on some other international online marketplace for sale around the world. On these things, China is still (and will likely be for a long time) in the undocumented/unofficial first position. These rankings also do not reflect how the likelihood of your IP being protected in China depends on whether your product is central to China’s security or technological future. Nonetheless, the other countries to which so many foreign companies are increasingly moving their manufacturing are not IP paradises by any means.

As when in China, in the face of a reduced ability to rely on the legal system for protection, savvy businesses need to do all they can to protect themselves—and protection starts at home. Through preventive efforts at their manufacturing facilities, businesses can go a long way towards minimizing IP and related risks. What sort of prevention are we talking about? Obviously, you want to guard against unauthorized (i.e., third shift) production by your suppliers. You will also want to prevent sensitive prototypes from being photographed or extracted, as well as digital files with design specs from being leaked. You will also want to exercise strict controls over any materials that could help criminals improve the quality of their counterfeits, such as genuine accessories.

Clear, comprehensive guidelines are a cornerstone of product security in China and everywhere else. If you have experienced professionals on your payroll, they can draft those guidelines, but you should not wing it. Copying and pasting something you find online may not account for country- or factory-specific conditions. For instance, in some locations, legal protections or labor agreements may prevent workers from being directly recorded by CCTV. If that’s the case, you will need to find a workaround (and they exist) to monitor staff at key locations.

Having established guidelines, the next step is to ensure staff actually comply with them. Though some factories do a pretty job monitoring themselves, most don’t. This is why you need specialized compliance audits, by professionals who understand the underlying risks.

Beware of lazy auditors who will sit for a couple of hours in the air-conditioned conference room, sipping coffee while they tick off checklist items based on self-serving answers from staff. Proper auditing requires getting your hands dirty—literally. Rummaging through trash is an essential part of any product-security audit. Trust me, it’s no fun to look around a garbage dump in the middle of a tropical summer, but the finds can be worthwhile. I once audited a factory in Cambodia that was contractually barred from working for my client’s competitors. As we walked around, we saw nothing fishy in the main office, production floor or warehouses. But a casual peek inside a wastebasket in a side office revealed trashed work orders . . . from a competitor.

Just as is true with China, (see China Trademark Theft. It’s Baaaaaack in a Big Way) you also need to register your IP with the relevant authorities. And oftentimes most importantly, your contractual framework with your supplier must include product-security considerations, such as your right to audit facilities and provide remedies for IP-related breaches. You almost certainly will also need country-specific NNN Agreements and Manufacturing Contracts for each new country in which you are having your products made. See China NNN ≠ Foreign NDA and Overseas Manufacturing Contracts (OEM, CM and ODM). You may also need a Product Development Agreement, a Product Ownership Agreement, and a contract protecting your molds and tooling. With all the tariffs and duties coming (and even occasionally going), it also makes sense to have your manufacturing contract deliniate who will ultimately be responsible for paying what.

Bottom Line: Moving your manufacturing from China does not change the need to protect your product and your IP with the proper trademark and patent and copyright registrations and the proper country-specific contracts. This is all good for my law firm’s international manufacturing lawyers and international IP lawyers, but not so good for the companies that fail to understand this.

How to Move Your Manufacturing from China AND Protect Your IP syndicated from https://immigrationattorneyto.wordpress.com/

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Publications

“This book contains stories from this small group of successful refugees, who have managed to receive higher education in a country that neither recognizes that they exist nor offers them even basic education. It identifies the factors that aided their success, and charts the challenges that they and their communities have faced.” Access to Higher Education: Refugees' Stories from Malaysia. Lucy Bailey, Gül İnanç. CRC Press. September 2018.

“This article explores the development of the Bali Process from a forum heavily focused on the securitisation of borders, to one which now considers refugee protection.” “The Bali process and refugee protection in Southeast Asia.” Carly Gordyn. Asylum Insight. 2018.

This report “reveals the disturbing parallels between the steps Hungary took to dismantle asylum and the United States’ increasingly restrictive and punishing asylum system.” A Cautionary Tale: The United States Follows Hungary’s Dangerous Path to Dismantling Asylum. Rachel Gore Freed, Amber Moulton, Mayuri Anupindi, and Joshua Leach. UUSC. July 2018.

“This research argues that a wide range of stakeholders should be involved in the development of a transitional plan; civil society in particular can help to identify and articulate the challenges that refugees face in becoming self-reliant and in accessing social welfare.” Challenges in transitioning recognised refugees away from humanitarian assistance in Greece. Ben Mascall. Refugee Law Initiative Working Paper No. 28. 2018.

This article “discusses how asylum and migration policies produce hierarchical categories of migrants and refugees, producing a nomenclature drawing on an imaginary reminiscent of the orientalist and racialized practices of European colonialism and imperialism.” “The Coloniality of Migration and the ‘Refugee Crisis’: On the Asylum-Migration Nexus, the Transatlantic White European Settler Colonialism-Migration and Racial Capitalism”. Encarnación Gutiérrez Rodríguez. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees 34:1. 2018.

This article aims “to question the state’s and supranational efforts to divide the “migrant mob” into discrete juridical categories of citizens (emigrants), refugees, and illegal immigrants, thereby undermining coalitional struggles between precaritised groups.” “Crisis, What Crisis? Immigrants, Refugees, and Invisible Struggles.” Anna Carastathis, Aila Spathopoulou, Myrto Tsilimpounid. Refuge: Canada’s Journal on Refugees 34:1. 2018.

This book “provides a critical engagement with and analysis of contemporary issues in the field using inter-disciplinary perspectives, through different geographical case studies and by employing varying methodologies.” Forced Migration: Current issues and debates, Alice Bloch and Giorgia Donà (eds.) Oxford: Routledge. 2018.

“Although France has among Europe’s shortest maximum lengths of immigration detention, recent laws double the maximum to 90 days and provide for the re-detention of people shortly after being released.” Immigration Detention in France: Longer, More Widespread, and Harder to Contest.. Global Detention Project. 26 October 2018.

“Poland rarely considers ’alternatives to detention,’ systematically detains families with children, does not have adequate mechanisms to identify victims of torture, and requires detainees to pay for their detention.” Immigration Detention in Poland: Systematic Family Detention and Lack of Individualised Assessment. Global Detention Project. 25 October 2018.

This “study considers whether the reasons for the displacement of Ezidi women from Sinjar (who, by December 2016, were living in Fidanlık Camp, Diyarbakır, Turkey), are consistent with International Refugee Law (IRL) principles.” Is there a safe haven? Experiences of female Ezidi refugees in Fidanlık refugee camp. Faika Deniz Pasha. Refugee Law Initiative Working Paper No. 27. 2018.

“The research documents exploitative conditions Rohingya face during their journeys, including extortion and deprivations of liberty, food, and water. Human traffickers caged and withheld food and water from Rohingya men, women, and children in Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, and Thailand while demanding payments for onward journeys.” - “Mass Atrocities and Human Trafficking: Rohingya Muslims on the Move”. Fortify Rights Human Rights Specialists Puttanee Kangkun and John Quinley III. Humanitarian Practice Network in Humanitarian Exchange Magazine. October 2018.

This author argues “that the interplay between discourses of the 'bogus economic refugee' and Canada's extraterritorial bordering practices is crucial to understanding human security in North America.” “The Mexico-Canada border: extraterritorial border control and the production of ‘economic refugees’.” International Journal of Migration and Border Studies (IJMBS) 4(1/2). 2018.

This collection focuses “on the interrelations between urban policy, governance, forms of labour, migration, and neoliberalism as the political ideology motivating increasing urbanisation of India. It also shows how cities are increasingly turning into sites of conflict, fragmentation and gentrification, fragmentation and acute class conflict.” Migrants and the Neoliberal City. Ranabir Samaddar, (ed.) Orient Blackswan. 2018.

“[F]eatures several articles focusing upon issues discussed and negotiated by United Nations (UN) member states in producing the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration (“the Compact”). [...] The report also includes shorter essays from special contributors to CMS addressing other important topics addressed by the member states during the negotiations of the Compact.” Perspectives on the Content and Implementation of the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly, and Regular Migration. Scalabrini Migration Study Centers. Center for Migration Studies. September 2018.

“Featuring on-the-ground reports, the paper examines the diverse ways migrants and refugees put social media to use during their journeys and helps address gaps in current literature regarding the role of digital platforms in contemporary migration contexts.” Physical Fences and Digital Divides. A Global Detention Project Investigation into the Role of Social Media in the Context of Migration Control. Part II: “Why Would You Go?” Tom Rollins. Global Detention Project. 19 October 2018.

“Drawing on previously unpublished material from the UNHCR archives, this article shows how, in both the 1970s and 1990s, large numbers of Rohingya refugees were returned to Myanmar in a manner that was premature, involuntary and unsafe.” ‘Primitive people’: the untold story of UNHCR’s historical engagement with Rohingya refugees. Jeff Crisp. Humanitarian Practice Network. October 2018.

“This paper problematizes the logic of the European Union (EU)’s provisional relocation system for internally re-distributing asylum seekers. It argues that the tenets embedded in the current relocation scheme disregard the idea of distributive equity and apply the principle of solidarity and the fair sharing of responsibility asymmetrically between Member States.” Problematizing the Norms of Fairness Grounding the EU’s Relocation System of Shared Responsibility. Raluca Bejan. European University Institute Working Papers. RSCAS 2018/35. 2018.

“Examining resettlement practices worldwide and drawing on contributions from anthropology, law, international relations, social work, political science, and numerous other disciplines, this groundbreaking volume highlights the conflicts between refugees’ needs and state practices, and assesses international, regional and national perspectives on resettlement, as well as the bureaucracies and ideologies involved.” Refugee Resettlement: Power, Politics, and Humanitarian Governance. Edited by Adèle Garnier, Liliana Lyra Jubilut, and Kristin Bergtora Sandvik. Berghahn Books. August 2018.

“This book looks at the Rohingya in the South Asian region, primarily India and Bangladesh. It explores the broader picture of the historical and political dimensions of the Rohingya crisis, and examines subjects of statelessness, human rights and humanitarian protection of these victims of forced migration.” The Rohingya in South Asia: People Without a State. Sabyasachi Basu Ray Chaudhury and Ranabir Samaddar (eds.) Oxford: Routledge. 2018.

“This study compares outcomes for refugees from South Sudan who are now in two places in northwest Kenya, the Kolobeyei settlement established in 2015 using a self-reliance model and the older Kakuma camp that uses more of an ‘aid model’. The authors consider how to assess self-reliance of refugees in the two locations, examine to what extent self-reliance is greater in the new Kolobeyei settlement compared to the old Kakuma camp, and how to enhance self-reliance.” Self-reliance in Kalobeyei? Socio-Economic Outcomes for refugees in northwest Kenya. Alexander Betts, Remco Geervliet, Claire MacPherson, Naohiko Omata, Cory Rodgers and Olivier Sterck. University of Oxford Refugee Studies Centre and the World Food Programme. 2018.

“The following report describes OIG’s [Office of the Inspector General’s] observations in the field and its analysis of family separation data provided by the Department.” Special Review - Initial Observations Regarding Family Separation Issues Under the Zero Tolerance Policy. Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Inspector General. 27 September 2018.

“This submission is made under Article 45(a) of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and addresses implementation of Article 3(1) and Article 37 (b)(c)(d) in the context of immigration detention.” Submission to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child: Luxembourg. Global Detention Project. 26 October 2018.

The author “examines the current outflow of people from Syria to neighbouring states as individuals and families seek survival with dignity, arguing that though the future remains uncertain, the resilience and strength of Syrian society both displaced internally within Syria and externally across borders bodes well for successful return and reintegration.” Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refugee State. Dawn Chatty. London: Hurst Publishers. 2018.

“[This] report then examines how the United States’ implementation and interpretation of the ‘particularly serious crime’ bar provision fails to comply with its responsibilities under the Refugee Convention and diverges from the interpretation endorsed by the international community and implemented in other countries.” United States Failure to Comply with the Refugee Convention: Misapplication of the Particularly Serious Crime Bar to Deny Refugees Protection from Removal to Countries Where Their Life or Freedom is Threatened. Philip L. Torrey, Clarissa Lehne, Collin Poirot, Manuel D. Vargas, and Jared Friedberg. The Immigrant Defense Project & The Harvard Immigration and Refugee Clinical Program. Fall 2018.

“This report describes the myriad ways in which this program [the US Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP)] serves US interests and values.” The US Refugee Resettlement Program - A Return to First Principles: How Refugees Help to Define, Strengthen, and Revitalize the United States. Donald Kerwin. Part of Journal of Migration and Human Security. Center for Migration Studies. 2018.

Commissioned by the Norwegian Red Cross, “[t]his Global Detention Project Special Report systematically compares conditions and operations at detention centres in five European countries—Norway, France, Germany, Sweden, and Switzerland—to identify practices that may be used to develop “harm reducing” strategies in detention.” Harm Reduction in Immigration Detention. Izabella Majcher and Michael Flynn. Published by the Global Detention Project. 2018

A new report focused on female genital mutilation (FGM) “claims that the legislation against FGM in many [African] countries is failing to protect women and girls from the practice. Anti-FGM laws are rarely enforced and the continuing absence of prosecutions is putting millions of women and girls at risk. The study, shows that although 22 out of 28 FGM practising countries in Africa have national legislation criminalising FGM, law enforcement is generally weak or non-existent, and any sentences are usually short or suspended. In addition, 6 of the 28 practising countries remain without laws, meaning FGM is effectively still legal there.” The Law and FGM: An Overview of 28 African Countries. Amy Hurn. Published by 28 Too Many and TrustLaw (Thomson Reuters Foundation). 2018

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Current Affairs of 11th September 2018

Delhi government launched ‘Dial 1076’ service Delhi government launched helpline number ‘1076’ that will allow people to reach various government facilities at their door-steps. Delhi government will provide 100 services from 40 departments such as driving license, ration card, new water connection, domicile etc at home with an extra charge of Rs. 50. For this scheme, 11 call centers have been set up in 11 districts of the city. ICICI Bank launches overdraft facility ICICI Bank announced a new overdraft facility for Medium, Small and Micro Enterprises (MSME) based on their GST returns. The facility is known as ‘GST Business Loan’ and it would be available to any such business, including non-customers of the bank. The overdraft amount could range between Rs 10 lakh and Rs 1 crore and would be up to 20% of the turnover reported in the GST return. Aishwarya received ‘Meryl Streep Award’ Aishwarya Rai was felicitated with the ‘Meryl Streep Award for Excellence‘ at the first edition of Women In Film and Television (WIFT). The award has been established to honour the best female talent in Bollywood and Hollywood. Filmmaker Zoya Akhtar received the ‘Wyler Award for Excellence in Direction‘ at the same event. Russia prepares for biggest war games Russia will launch the biggest military drills in its history involving 300,000 troops as well as Chinese soldiers. The military exercise named “Vostok-2018” (East-2018) will start in eastern Siberia on September 11, 2018. The Russian army will roll out: Iskander missiles that can carry nuclear warheads, T-80 and T-90 tanks and its recent Su-34 and Su-35 fighter planes. J&K 3rd state to adopt RADMS Jammu and Kashmir became the third state in the country to use the ‘Road Accident Data Management System‘ (RADMS) for standard and accurate data on road accidents. RADMS is a geographical information system (GIS) solution for identification of black spots, wrong driving practices, road infrastructure. In 2015, the ‘Supreme Court committee on road safety‘ had mandated all states to use RADMS. ‘Startup India Telangana Yatra’ from Sept 15 The Telangana State Innovation Cell (TSIC) is launching ‘Startup India Telangana Yatra‘ from September 15, 2018. Startup Yatra will promote entrepreneurship in Tier II and III cities of Telangana. The ‘Startup Yatra‘ will spread awareness about the State Innovation Policy and the initiatives taken by the Telangana government. Axis Bank appoints Amitabh Chaudhry as MD, CEO Axis Bank appointed Amitabh Chaudhry as the Managing director and Chief Executive Officer for a period of three years. He will succeed current CEO Shikha Sharma. Chaudhry’s term will be effective from 1 January 2019 up to 31 December 2021. Amitabh Chaudhry is currently the MD & CEO of HDFC Life insurance Company Ltd. Child cancer to be covered under PMJAY The government of India has said that the treatment of childhood cancer will be covered under Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY). The scheme will provide health insurance cover of five lakh rupees to poor families. Below the Poverty line (BPL) and lower-middle-class families will benefit from the scheme. Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana will be launched on September 25, 2018. Murray, Mattek won US mixed doubles title Bethanie Mattek-Sands and Jamie Murray won the US Open mixed doubles title. For Murray, it was a second successive mixed title in New York has teamed up with Martina Hingis in 2017. Murray has now won four Grand Slam mixed doubles titles. Murray and Mattek-Sands received $155,000 for winning the championship. RBI announces new rules for exchanging damaged Rs 2000, 200 notes As per the new Reserve Bank of India (Note Refund) Amendment Rules, 2018, "the undivided area of the single largest piece of the note" for a damaged Rs 2000 note must be 88 square cm for a full refund, and 44 square cm for half refund. The Rs 2000 note is 109.56 square cm in dimension. For a damaged Rs 200 note, the criteria is 78 square cm for a full refund, and 39 square cm for half refund. Rs 2,000 notes are issued in November 2016 and Rs 2,00 notes are issued in September 2017. Ocean Cleanup aims to clear Pacific Garbage A system launched by ‘The Ocean Cleanup’ organization send a trash collecting device to clean the Great Pacific Garbage Patch. The 2,000-foot long floating boom ‘System 001’ has been towed from San Francisco to clean the patch. The system has been created by Boyan Slat, from the Netherlands The device has a 10-foot skirt below the floating part which is supposed to gather the garbage. Nepal won’t join 1st BIMSTEC Military Exercise The Nepal Government has confirmed that they will not join the first ever BIMSTEC military exercise in Pune, Maharashtra. The field training exercise will be conducted between September 10 and 16 at the Foreign Training Node at Aundh in Pune. The BIMSTEC is a regional group comprising of Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, and Nepal. Government panel to look into e-com issues The Government of India has set up a ‘group of secretaries‘ to look into the issues of e-commerce sector. The group will be chaired by the Secretary in the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion (DIPP). The other members of the group include Secretaries of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and Department of Commerce. India Blue defeated India Red and won 57th Duleep Trophy They won by an innings and 187 runs. About Duleep Trophy It was the 57th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament in India. It took place in NPR College ground in Dindigul from August to September 2018. There were 3 participants: India Red, India Blue and India Green. Four matches were played : 3 round robins and 1 final. Administrator of the Duleep Trophy was: BCCI. India And France Signed Implementation Agreement On 'Mobilise Your City' India and France have signed an implementation agreement on 'Mobilise Your City' (MYC) in the presence of Minister of State (I/C), Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) Hardeep Singh Puri and Alexander Ziegler, Ambassador of France in India. Mobilise Your City (MYC) is part of an international initiative which is supported by the French and the German Governments and was launched at 21st Conference of Parties (COP21) meeting. Based on a proposal made by AFD in 2015, the European Union has agreed to provide funds of Euro 3.5 million through the AFD to contribute to specific investments and technical assistance components within the Mobilise Your City (MYC) programme in India. Triple jumper Arpinder Singh creates history by becoming first Indian to win a medal in IAAF Continental Cup Two top athletes from the four regions of Europe, Americas, Africa and Asia-Pacific were taking part in each of the 36 events in men and women sections taken together. Reigning Olympic and world champion Christian Taylor of the United States took the gold with a jump of 17.59 metres.

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Matthew Holt’s EOY 2017 letter (charities/issues/gossip)

Right at the end of every year I write a letter summarizing my issues and charities. And as I own the joint here, I post it on THCB! Please take a look–Matthew Holt

Well 2017 has been quite a year, and last year 2016 I failed to get my end-of-year letter out at all. This I would like to think was due to extreme business but it probably came down to me being totally lazy. On the other hand like many of you I may have just been depressed about the election–2016 was summed up by our cat vomiting on our bed at 11.55 on New Years Eve.

Having said that even though most of you will never comment on this letter and I mostly write it to myself, I have had a few people ask me whether it is coming out this year–so here it goes.

2017 was a big year especially for my business Health 2.0. After 10 years my partner Indu Subaiya and I sold it to HIMSS–the biggest Health IT trade association and conference. And although I used to make fun of HIMSS for being a little bit staid and mainstream, when it came to finding the right partner to take over Health 2.0’s mantel for driving innovation in health technology, they were the ones who stepped up most seriously. From now on the Health 2.0 conferences are part of the HIMSS organization, and Indu is now an Executive Vice President at HIMSS. I’ll still be very involved as chair of the conferences and going to all of them but will (hooray!) be doing a lot less back office & operational work. (Those of you in the weeds might want to know that we are keeping the Health 2.0 Catalyst division for now at least)

That does mean that next year I will have a bit more time to do some new things. I haven’t quite figured out what they are yet but they will include a reboot of (my role at least) on The Health Care Blog and possibly finally getting that book out of the archives into print. But if you have any ideas for me (and I do mean constructive ideas, not just the usual insults!) then please get in touch. You can of course follow me on Twitter (@boltyboy) to see what I’m thinking with only modest filtering!

On the home front we are now firmly established in San Anselmo, which is a nice little suburban town about 40 minutes north of San Francisco. I have been trying to ride my bike into the city via the ferry a few days a week but unfortunately I’ve had two stolen in SF this year, so I’m ending the year being a couch potato. We do have big plans for the winter, and from early January will have a place in Tahoe City. If you and yours are looking go skiing, we probably have a bed for you, so get in touch.

Amanda continues to amaze me in that she manages to get Coco (6) and Aero (3) organized and active, into their respective first grade and preschool classes, all the while doing great things to the house. She’s also taking part in a really serious exercise class called the Daley Method more or less every day (I make it to yoga about once a month on average!). She tells me it’s essentially a religious cult and I’m waiting to see when she will bring home the orange juice for me to drink. Meanwhile she is in fantastic shape and making me look feel extremely flabby. Okay, so that’s enough about me and the family. There tends to be lots more with pictures on my Facebook page

For those of you who don’t know I started writing this letter way back in 2000 when I didn’t have a wife or family and presumably had a lot of spare time on my hands–not that I can remember exactly what I did with it. The main point of this letter is to tell you about the issues that I think are important and and which charities I support. In fact back in 2000 I used to find that my friends and acquaintances was so ill-informed about the world and politics that I was on a little bit of a crusade to tell them more. The good news is that in 2017, everybody seems to know everything, and everyone has an opinion. And yes it’s not too hard to figure out what mine is. The bad news is that many of us seem to have arrived in that state of greater awareness by living in countries that have either elected the worst populist buffoon of all time as president, or seem to be voluntarily committing economic suicide. And yes I am referring to the country I moved to and the country I moved from in 1989.

My views will become apparent in the way I divide this letter up. Please feel free to poke around and look at the links, and maybe even donate to one or two. Let me know any comments or insults!

Health care & (poor) women’s & kids care & safety, and supporting patient activism

In the US this past summer there was a very serious attempt to destroy the Affordable Care Act. It failed–only just–but the rug is being pulled from under it by a bunch of mean spirited administrators put in charge over at HHS by the asses in the White House. Not to mention that the Congress (and we know who is in charge) has NOT RENEWED funding for the health insurance plan passed in the 90s for poor kids called CHIP. If you want to stay informed on all this I urge you to follow ex-CMS administrator @ASlavitt & blogger @charles_gaba on Twitter. @charles_gaba in particular is a one man band doing remarkable work classifying the actual on the ground impact of all of this on everyday Americans, and he gets no support for it. So you might join me and toss him a few bucks. The US health care system is still extremely screwed up, and if you want to know more you could do a lot worse than reading former NYT reporter Elizabeth Rosenthal’s An American Sickness. Other than hoping we get a Democratic sweep in 2018 & 2020 (and working and contributing $$ for that) I’m not sure what we can do to improve the system–other than to keep exposing the idiocy of current policies and the bad behavior of many actors.

For my next health care issue I’m just going to repeat what I wrote in 2016 and multiply it by a hell of a lot —What sadly has come into focus this year is the desperate attempts to attack women’s access to health care. If you’re a woman– especially a young or poor one who needs access to contraceptives, mammograms, cervical cancer screening, sexually transmitted disease testing, and all kinds of health procedures including safe abortions, it’s become the mission of mainstream Republicans to stop you getting them–using disgusting, deceitful, and downright illegal methods. And that’s as polite as I can say it. So my biggest bump in funding this year went to the one organization that consistently not only campaigns for but actually provides reproductive health services (including contraception, STD testing, counseling, pregnancy support and, yes, safe abortions), Planned Parenthood. I cannot believe that men want to live in a world where women cannot get these services, although I guess the evidence shows enough do….especially in Texas, Louisiana, Indiana and many more.

Given the #MeToo movement we can no longer ignore sexual assault as both a health and a social issue. A brilliant young entrepreneur called Jessica Ladd runs a non-profit called Callisto which enables victims of assault to report it without going through the harrowing ordeal of reporting it to the police or college authorities. Of course if several people report the same perpetrator then that helps bring them to justice. Now imagine this more widely used, say in Hollywood about Harvey Weinstein. Something like that is Jess’ aim. You can see her on Seth Myers’ show and also donate here.

Also worth noting is another great female CEO (Emily May’s story is here) who founded a non profit called Hollaback which helps report and prevent street harassment. There’s an app you can download to report harassment and of course they could use a donation too.

Finally in this section are two related entities supporting patients in dealing with the health care system. I’m a corporate supporter and personal member of the Society for Participatory Medicine which is moving from being a small core of activists to a major organization creating partnerships between patients and the health care system. They had their first conference back in October and it was excellent. The other is The Waking Gallery of which I’m also a proud member. Artist and activist Regina Holliday literally paints patients’ stories on the back of jackets and over 400 people (including me) now wear them at health care conferences. You can support her work here.

Other long time health care issues I like to think about/support:

Engage with Grace founded by my friend Alex Drane. No donation needed–use the 5 questions you can download to start that hardest of conversations about what you want for your care at the end of life.

Jeremy Nobel’s Foundation for Arts & Healing is engaging patients in arts, aggressively tackling loneliness support here.

YTH, a really cool organization that helps use technology to educate young people about sex and other health issues. The YTH Live conference is in San Francisco in May & it’s great and cheap (and somehow despite desperate efforts to quit I’m still on the board).

Poverty in developing countries

The good news is that in the long run things are getting better. The bad news is that there are plenty of trouble spots from Myanmar to Syria to Africa and lots of forces and people trying to repress the long arc towards equality, peace and freedom.

I’ve supported Mercy Corps for over a decade now–at least that’s according to the card they just sent me. They do a remarkable job all over the world focusing on educating girls, supplying clean water and directly intervening in crises. It’s worth noting that this year those crisis spots included Puerto Rico because of the appalling ongoing incompetence of the US government in failing to get help to that stricken part of its own country!

Heifer International gives animals directly to the very poor in order to get them out of the cycle of poverty. Every year I hand out goats and chickens! Hey, my father has a farm on which he feeds the chickens and that’s about as close as I get any more. (OK, this year it was a pig)

I’ve always supported a few smaller charities. They are all teeny in the grand scheme but a lot of little things add up, and for each one of these any donation or support means a lot.

Saigon Children’s Charity is a small charity (approx $1m a year in donations) focusing on providing rice, bikes and books and pens to the families of very poor children in Southern Vietnam so they stay in school. I support a few individual pupils.

Sadly the rapids where I went rafting on my honeymoon in 2008 at the source of the Nile in Uganda are gone, but kayaking doctor Jesse Stone’s clinic and charity Softpower Health is still there. It sells cheap mosquito nets, and provides a health center and family planning outreach. Here’s an article about their first ten years and a really great case study from Jesse about how they saved a girl’s leg.

Also supporting direct medical care, We Care Solar makes a suitcase-sized portable solar powered generator and supplies it to health workers in off-grid clinics across the world–one frequent user is my friend Dr Enoch Choi who’s on the scene of basically every disaster. and right now is on his way to Cambodia. You could alternatively give to Power the World which provides Nokero solar lights, the WE CARE Solar Suitcase, SOCCKET (all of which I’ve featured in previous years) and clean cook stoves–of which I bought a few for people in Nepal.

In the same vein, Health eVillages is a charity launched at Health 2.0 by Donato Tramuto which delivers iPads & smartphones with preloaded medical information to clinicians in remote parts of Haiti, Kenya, South Sudan and elsewhere.

One of the worst trouble spots in the world is the genocide going on in Myanmar. 600,000 Rohingya people have been systematically driven from their homes–with thousands raped and killed by the Myanmar military. A small Muslim lead charity (very highly rated by Charity Navigator) called the Zakat Foundation of America is in the camps in Bangladesh working with the refugees–they are also working in Syria.. For the price of a bottle of good champagne I feel my donation made a bit of a difference and you might too.

Poverty in the US

Income inequality in the US is increasing, leading to systematic pressures on those at the bottom end of society’s ladder. This year the UN actually sent an investigator to report on extreme poverty in the US. The Guardian article about it was harrowing.

These organizations try to help in my locale. You of course may have your local favorites–Here’s the list I support:

San Francisco & Marin food bank. Put your zip code in here to find out your local equivalent

Hamilton Family Center, is a small shelter offering emergency and transitional care, as well as getting families into permanent housing. If you live in San Francisco you know that the housing situation is dire at any income level and is getting worse. Think about those at the bottom. You can help by clicking this link.

Homeless Children’s Network supports care services for homeless children. No one should have to start life that way. You can help here

Disasters

This year has of course been terrible for disasters in the US–hurricanes in Puerto Rico and Texas and fires in California. I gave to the Hispanic Foundation for Puerto Rico, the greater Houston Community Relief Fund, the Redwood Credit Union Community Fund (for N. Cal fires) & the United Way of Ventura County fund for S. California. (Yeah, I know it has a bad rap but the United Way pledged that 100% of the funds will go to victims).

I also met a bright young social entrepreneur called Jason Friesen from TrekMedics which is building a 911 system where there are none. I was thrilled that we could feature him at Health 2.0 this year. You can donate to their work in Puerto Rico here.

Torture and human rights

Imprisonment without fair trials and torture doesn’t work to improve safety and it increases the amount of future terrorism. My own grandfather was tortured as a British POW in WW2 in the far east. And yet we now have “strong” men in charge increasing the use of torture, unwarranted imprisonment, and in some cases selected or mass vigilante executions in Russia, Turkey, Hungary, Poland, the Philippines, and (if he gets his way) in the US.

These organizations help those being tortured (or who have been) and protest those governments who should act better.–which basically means all of them

Amnesty International campaigns on behalf of prisoners of conscience everywhere

The UK-based Freedom from Torture (used to be called Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture) helps people from many countries who have been tortured. I’ve been supporting it for many years

The American Civil Liberties Union. If you’re not a card carrying member, you should be–this year of all years.

The environment.

While the clock ticks, the planet and the sea warms and we can but hope that technology in the form of renewable energy and replacements for animals being used as food get here in time. Our grandchildren will be ashamed of us. And of course we now have an actively anti-science administration in the US that is making the problem much worse. While I’ve been the biggest meat eater I know for many years, I’m cutting way down on beef which is responsible for 50%+ of global warming from agriculture worldwide & hoping that Impossible Foods and Memphis Meats come good on their promise to replace meat entirely. BTW the Impossible Burger is pretty damn good.

Other bad news is that the Japanese continue illegal whaling to a great extent and have essentially seen off the attempts by Sea Shepherd to stop them.

I give to both the Sierra Club (respectable) and Greenpeace (more radical) and locally to the Marine Mammal Center–a wonderful facility that helps seals recover, including most years one or two that get shot!

Drug prohibition—a terrible idea that is closer to being toppled

I’ve been protesting drug prohibition forever. It’s a terrible policy. You only have to witness Portugal’s experience decriminalizing all drugs and supporting those who want to get away from addiction to realize that there are much better policies actually working in real life. Probably lunatic US attorney general Jeff Sessions will be too busy trying (and hopefully failing) to avoid jail on perjury charges to try to block legalization of marijuana in California (and Washington, Oregon & Colorado). But we certainly don’t have anything like a rational approach coming from the Federal government even though the argument is basically won in the court of public opinion and science. A system of taxed and regulated drug distribution is the only solution to removing the criminality associated with drug taking, much of which is relatively harmless anyway. I support:

DRCNet home of the best blog and email newsletter, the Drug War Chronicle. They also look at the stuff others miss, like the massacres currently going on in the Philippines. Their review of the last 20 years of the drug war is well worth reading.

The Drug Policy Alliance — the main lobbying organization promoting “harm reduction”

A Dog’s Life

Charley is 14 now and finally gets to hang out in a big back yard and doesn’t go into the office any more. Funnily enough as soon as he left, Health 2.0’s landlord rewrote the building’s rental agreement to make it a lot less dog friendly. Coincidence? Maybe not! For dogs that aren’t as lucky, Amanda and I support Rocket Dog Rescue $50 pays for an adoption.

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OK, that’s it. Thanks for reading and please feel free to email me or tweet me or FB me or whatever to give your comments, or see if there’s some other charity I should support. Or just to get in touch anyway

Cheers & have a great 2018!

Matthew

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Dhaan Diwash ko Subhakamana, 15th Ashar

#Dhaan Diwash ko Subhakamana, 15th Ashar ..................Paddy field........... "Wet rice" redirects here. For the porridge dish, see Congee. "Rice field" redirects here. For the Rice University stadium in Houston, see Rice Track/Soccer Stadium. Traditional planting in northwestern Iran A paddy field is a flooded parcel of arable land used for growing semiaquatic rice. Paddy cultivation should not be confused with cultivation of deep water rice, which is grown in flooded conditions with water more than 50 cm (20 in) deep for at least a month. Genetic evidence shows that all forms of paddy rice, both indica and japonica, spring from a domestication of the wild rice Oryza rufipogon that first occurred 8,200–13,500 years ago South of the Yangtze River in present-day China.[1] However, the domesticated indica subspecies currently appears to be a product of the introgression of favorable alleles from japonica at a later date, so that there are possibly several events of cultivation and domestication.[2] Paddy fields are the typical feature of rice farming in east, south and southeast Asia. Fields can be built into steep hillsides as terraces and adjacent to depressed or steeply sloped features such as rivers or marshes. They can require a great deal of labor and materials to create, and need large quantities of water for irrigation. Oxen and water buffalo, adapted for life in wetlands, are important working animals used extensively in paddy field farming. During the 20th century, paddy-field farming became the dominant form of growing rice. Hill tribes of Thailand still cultivate dry-soil varieties called upland rice.[3] Paddy field farming is practiced in Cambodia, Bangladesh, China, Taiwan, India, Indonesia, Iran, Japan, North Korea, South Korea, Malaysia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos, Northern Italy, the Camargue in France,[4] the Artibonite Valley in Haiti, and Sacramento Valley in California. Paddy fields are a major source of atmospheric methane and have been estimated to contribute in the range of 50 to 100 million tonnes of the gas per annum.[5][6] Studies have shown that this can be significantly reduced while also boosting crop yield by draining the paddies to allow the soil to aerate to interrupt methane production.[7] Studies have also shown the variability in assessment of methane emission using local, regional and global factors and calling for better inventorisation based on micro level data.[8] The word "paddy" is derived from the Malay word padi, rice plant.[9] History Paddy and Hay in Mysore, India China Edit Rice paddies near Beijing in 1920 Archaeologists generally accept that wet-field cultivation originated in China. The earliest paddy field found, dates to 4330 BC, based on carbon dating of grains of rice and soil organic matter found at the Chaodun site in Kunshan County.[10] At Caoxieshan, a site of the Neolithic Majiabang culture, archaeologists excavated paddy fields.[11] Some archaeologists claim that Caoxieshan may date to 4000–3000 BC.[12][13] There is archaeological evidence, that unhusked rice was stored for the military and for burial with the deceased, from the Neolithic period to the Han Dynasty in China.[14] Korea There are ten archaeologically excavated rice paddy fields in Korea. The two oldest are the Okhyun and Yaumdong sites, found in Ulsan, dating to the early Mumun pottery period.[15] Paddy field farming goes back thousands of years in Korea. A pit-house at the Daecheon-ni site yielded carbonized rice grains and radiocarbon dates, indicating that rice cultivation in dry-fields may have begun as early as the Middle Jeulmun Pottery Period (c. 3500–2000 BC) in the Korean Peninsula.[16] Ancient paddy fields have been carefully unearthed in Korea by institutes such as Kyungnam University Museum (KUM) of Masan. They excavated paddy field features at the Geumcheon-ni Site near Miryang, South Gyeongsang Province. The paddy field feature was found next to a pit-house that is dated to the latter part of the Early Mumun Pottery Period (c. 1100–850 BC). KUM has conducted excavations, that have revealed similarly dated paddy field features, at Yaeum-dong and Okhyeon, in modern-day Ulsan.[17] The earliest Mumun features were usually located in low-lying narrow gullies, that were naturally swampy and fed by the local stream system. Some Mumun paddy fields in flat areas were made of a series of squares and rectangles, separated by bunds approximately 10 cm in height, while terraced paddy fields consisted of long irregular shapes that followed natural contours of the land at various levels.[18][19] Mumun Period rice farmers used all of the elements that are present in today's paddy fields, such as terracing, bunds, canals, and small reservoirs. We can grasp some paddy-field farming techniques of the Middle Mumun (c. 850–550 BC), from the well-preserved wooden tools excavated from archaeological rice fields at the Majeon-ni Site. However, iron tools for paddy-field farming were not introduced until sometime after 200 BC. The spatial scale of paddy-fields increased, with the regular use of iron tools, in the Three Kingdoms of Korea Period (c. AD 300/400-668). Japan The first paddy fields in Japan date to the Early Yayoi period [300 BC – 250 AD].[20] The Early Yayoi has been re-dated, and it appears that wet-field agriculture developed at approximately the same time as in the Korean peninsula.[citation needed] Philippines In the Philippines, the use of rice paddies can be traced to prehistoric times, as evidenced in the names of towns such as Pila, Laguna, whose name can be traced to the straight mounds of dirt that form the boundaries of the rice paddy, or "Pilapil."[21] Vietnam Wet rice cultivation in Vietnam dates back to the Neolithic Hoa Binh culture and Bac Son culture.[22] Culture Top 20 rice producers by country—2012 (million metric ton)[23] China 204.3 India 152.6 Indonesia 69.0 Vietnam 43.7 Thailand 37.8 Bangladesh 33.9 Myanmar 33.0 Philippines 18.0 Brazil 11.5 Japan 10.7 Pakistan 9.4 Cambodia 9.3 United States 9.0 Korea 6.4 Egypt 5.9 Nepal 5.1 Nigeria 4.8 Madagascar 4.0 Sri Lanka 3.8 Laos 3.5 Source: Food and Agriculture Organization Panorama of the Longji terrace, one of the Longsheng rice terraces of Guangxi, China Although China's agricultural output is the largest in the world, only about 15% of its total land area can be cultivated. About 75% of the cultivated area is used for food crops. Rice is China's most important crop, raised on about 25% of the cultivated area. Most rice is grown south of the Huai River, in the Yangtze valley, the Zhu Jiang delta, and in Yunnan, Guizhou, and Sichuan provinces. Rice appears to have been used by the Early Neolithic populations of Lijiacun and Yunchanyan in China.[24] Evidence of possible rice cultivation from ca. 11,500 BP has been found, however it is still questioned whether the rice was indeed being cultivated, or instead being gathered as wild rice.[25] Bruce Smith, an archaeologist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C., who has written on the origins of agriculture, says that evidence has been mounting that the Yangtze was probably the site of the earliest rice cultivation.[26] In 1998, Crawford & Shen reported that the earliest of 14 AMS or radiocarbon dates on rice from at least nine Early to Middle Neolithic sites is no older than 7000 BC, that rice from the Hemudu and Luojiajiao sites indicates that rice domestication likely began before 5000 BC, but that most sites in China from which rice remains have been recovered are younger than 5000 BC.[24] During the Spring and Autumn Period (722–481 BC), two revolutionary improvements in farming technology took place. One was the use of cast iron tools and beasts of burden to pull plows, and the other was the large-scale harnessing of rivers and development of water conservation projects. Sunshu Ao of the 6th century BC and Ximen Bao of the 5th century BC are two of the earliest hydraulic engineers from China, and their works were focused upon improving irrigation systems.[27] These developments were widely spread during the ensuing Warring States period (403–221 BC), culminating in the enormous Du Jiang Yan Irrigation System engineered by Li Bing by 256 BC for the State of Qin in ancient Sichuan. During the Eastern Jin (317–420) and the Northern and Southern Dynasties (420–589), land-use became more intensive and efficient, rice was grown twice a year and cattle began to be used for plowing and fertilization. In circa 750, 75% of China's population lived north of the river Yangtse, but by 1250, 75% of China's population lived south of the river Yangtse. Such large-scale internal migration was possible due to introduction of quick-ripening strains of rice from Vietnam suitable for multi-cropping.[28] Localities in China which are famous for their spectacular rice paddies are Yuanyang County, Yunnan, and Longsheng County, Guangxi. India Paddy fields prior to planting in Andhra Pradesh, India India has the largest paddy output in the world and is also the fourth largest exporter of rice in the world. In India, West Bengal is the largest rice producing state.[29] Paddy fields are a common sight throughout India, both in the northern gangetic plains and the southern peninsular plateaus. Paddy is cultivated at least twice a year in most parts of India, the two seasons being known as Rabi and Kharif respectively. The former cultivation is dependent on irrigation, while the latter depends on Monsoon. The paddy cultivation plays a major role in socio-cultural life of rural India. Many festivals such as Onam in Kerala, Bihu in Assam, Sankranthi in Andhra Pradesh, Thai Pongal In Tamil Nadu, Makar Sankranti in Karnataka, Nabanna in West Bengal celebrates harvest of Paddy. Kaveri delta region of Thanjavur is historically known as the rice bowl of Tamil Nadu and Kuttanadu is called the rice bowl of Kerala. Indonesia Water buffalos were formerly used to plough muddy paddy fields in Indonesia although the use of mechanised methods, such as small powered ploughs, has become much more common in recent years. Prime Javanese paddy yields roughly 6 metric tons of unmilled rice (2.5 metric tons of milled rice) per hectare. When irrigation is available, rice farmers typically plant Green Revolution rice varieties allowing three growing seasons per year. Since fertilizer and pesticide are relatively expensive inputs, farmers typically plant seeds in a very small plot. Three weeks following germination, the 6–8 inch stalks are picked and replanted at greater separation, in a backbreaking manual procedure. Rice harvesting in Central Java is often performed not by owners or sharecroppers of paddy, but rather by itinerant middlemen, whose small firms specialize in harvesting, transport, milling, and distribution to markets. The fertile volcanic soil of much of the Indonesian archipelago—and particularly the islands of Java and Bali—has made rice a central dietary staple. Steep terrain on Bali resulted in an intricate cooperation systems, locally called subak, to manage water storage and drainage for rice terraces.[30] Italy Paddy fields near Mantua Rice is grown in northern Italy, especially in the valley of the river Po.[31] The paddy fields are irrigated by fast-flowing streams descending from the Alps. Japan Paddy field scarecrows in Japan The acidic soil conditions common in Japan due to volcanic eruptions have made the paddy field the most productive farming method. Paddy fields are represented by the kanji 田 (commonly read as ta) that has had a strong influence on Japanese culture. In fact, the character 田, which originally meant 'field' in general, is used in Japan exclusively to convey the meaning 'rice paddy field'. One of the oldest samples of writing in Japan is widely credited to the kanji 田 found on pottery at the archaeological site of Matsusaka, Mie that dates to the late 2nd century. Ta (田) is used as a part of many place names as well as in many family names. Most of these places are somehow related to the paddy field and in many cases, are based on the history of a particular location. For example, where a river runs through a village, the place east of river may be called Higashida (東田), literally "east paddy field." A place with a newly irrigated paddy field, especially those during or later than Edo period, may be called Nitta or Shinden (both 新田), "new paddy field." In some places, lakes and marshes were likened to a paddy field and were named with ta, like Hakkōda (八甲田). Today, many family names have ta as a component, a practice which can be largely attributed to a government edict in the early Meiji Period which required all citizens to have a family name. Many chose a name based on some geographical feature associated with their residence or occupation, and as nearly three fourths of the population were farmers, many made family names using ta. Some common examples are Tanaka (田中), literally meaning "in the paddy field;" Nakata (中田), "middle paddy field;" Kawada (川田), "river paddy field;" and Furuta (古田), "old paddy field." In recent years rice consumption in Japan has fallen and many rice farmers are increasingly elderly. The government has subsidized rice production since the 1970s, and favors protectionist policies regarding cheaper imported rice.[32] Korea Paddy field near Namwon, South Korea, early June Arable land in small alluvial flats of most rural river valleys in South Korea are dedicated to paddy-field farming. Farmers assess paddy fields for any necessary repairs in February. Fields may be rebuilt, and bund breaches are repaired. This work is carried out until mid-March, when warmer spring weather allows the farmer to buy or grow rice seedlings. They are transplanted (usually by rice transplanter) from the indoors into freshly flooded paddy fields in May. Farmers tend and weed their paddy fields through the summer until around the time of Chuseok, a traditional holiday held on 15 August of the Lunar Calendar (circa mid-September by Solar Calendar). The harvest begins in October. Coordinating the harvest can be challenging because many Korean farmers have small paddy fields in a number of locations around their villages, and modern harvesting machines are sometimes shared between extended family members. Farmers usually dry the harvested grains in the sun before bringing them to market. The Chinese (or Sino-Korean) character for 'field', jeon (Hangul: 전; hanja: 田), is found in some place names, especially small farming townships and villages. However, the specific Korean term for 'paddy' is a purely Korean word, "non" (Hangul: 논). Madagascar Baobab and rice field near Morondava, Madagascar In Madagascar, the average annual consumption of rice is 130 kg per person, one of the largest in the world. According to a 1999 study of UPDRS / FAO: The majority of rice is related to irrigation (1,054,381 ha). The choice of methods conditioning performance is determined by the variety and quality control of water .. The "Tavy", is traditionally the culture of flooded upland rice on burning of cleared natural rain forest (135,966 ha). Criticized as being the cause of deforestation, "Tavy" is still widely practiced by farmers in Madagascar, who find a good compromise between climate risks, availability of labour and food security. "Tanety" means hill. By extension, the "tanety" is also growing upland rice, carried out on the grassy slopes have been deforested for the operation of charcoal. (139,337 ha) Among the many varieties, rice of Madagascar include: "Vary lava" is a translucent long and large grain rice. It is a luxury ricer. "Vary Makalioka, is translucent long and thin grain rice. "Vary Rojofotsy" is a -half long.grain rice "Vary mena" or red rice, is exclusive to Madagascar. Malaysia Paddy field in the state of Terengganu, Malaysia Paddy field are typically found on Peninsular Malaysia, in most of its regions. The most scenic paddy fields are located in northern Malaysia, in Kedah, Perlis and Penang; almost covering these states. Paddy fields also can be found on Malaysia's eastern coast region, mainly in Kelantan and Terengganu, and also in Selangor, especially in the districts of Kuala Selangor and Sabak Bernam. Before Malaysia became heavily reliant on its industrial output, people were mainly involved in agriculture, especially in the production of rice. It was for that reason, that people usually built their houses next to paddy fields. The very spicy chili pepper that is often eaten in Malaysia, the bird's eye chili, is locally called cili padi, literally "paddy chili". Paddy Fields in Idukki, India Myanmar Rice is grown primarily in three areas – the Irrawaddy Delta, the area along and the delta of the Kaladan River, and the Central plains around Mandalay, though there has been an increase in rice farming in Shan State and Kachin State in recent years.[33] Up until the later 1960s, Myanmar was the main exporter of rice. Termed the rice basket of South East Asia, much of the rice grown in Myanmar does not rely on fertilizers and pesticides, thus, although "organic" in a sense, it has been unable to cope with population growth and other rice economies which utilized fertilizers. Rice is now grown in all the three seasons of Myanmar, though primarily in the Monsoon season – from June to October. Rice grown in the delta areas rely heavily on the river water and sedimented minerals from the northern mountains, whilst the rice grown in the central regions require irrigation from the Ayeryarwaddy River. The fields are tilled when the first rains arrive – traditionally measured at 40 days after Thingyan, the Burmese New Year – around the beginning of June. In modern times, tractors are used, but traditionally, buffalos were employed. The rice plants are planted in nurseries and then transplanted by hand into the prepared fields. The rice is then harvested in late November – "when the rice bends with age". Most of the rice planting and harvesting are done by hand. The rice is then threshed and stored, ready for the mills. Nepal Women planting rice in Nepal In Nepal, rice (Nepali: धान, Dhaan) is grown in the Terai and hilly regions. It is mainly grown during the summer monsoon in Nepal. Rice is the main Crop of Nepalese. So, Nepalese celebrates Dhaan Diwash (Paddy Day) on 15th Ashar according to Nepali calendar. Farmers are the first doctors of this World due to producer of Raw material to be alive life of Living organisms. FSC Rupandehi started to celebrate Natoinal Farmers Day on 27th jestha in Nepal. And, also announced to Celebrate International Farmers Day on 27th jestha 2074 (as Frist int.Farmer's Day) according to Nepal calendar [34] [35] Philippines Paddy field in Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines Paddy fields are a common sight in the Philippines. Several vast paddy fields exist in the provinces of Ifugao, Nueva Ecija, Isabela, Cagayan, Bulacan, Quezon, and other provinces. Nueva Ecija is considered the main rice growing province of the Philippines and the leading producer of onions in the Municipality of Bongabon in Southeast Asia. It is currently the 9th richest province in the country. The Banaue Rice Terraces is an example of paddy fields in the country, it is located in Northern Luzon, Philippines and were built by the Ifugaos 2,000 years ago.[36] Streams and springs found in the mountains were tapped and channeled into Irrigation canals that run downhill through the rice terraces. Other notable Philippine paddy fields are the Batad Rice Terraces, the Bangaan Rice Terraces, the Mayoyao Rice Terraces and the Hapao Rice Terraces.[37] Panoramic view of the Banaue Rice Terraces in Ifugao, Philippines Located at Barangay Batad in Banaue, the Batad Rice Terraces are shaped like an amphitheatre, and can be reached by a 12-kilometer ride from Banaue Hotel and a 2-hour hike uphill through mountain trails. The Bangaan Rice Terraces portray the typical Ifugao community, where the livelihood activities are within the village and its surroundings. The Bangaan Rice Terraces is accessible in a one-hour ride from Poblacion, Banaue, then a 20-minute trek down to the village. It can be viewed best from the road to Mayoyao. The Mayoyao Rice Terraces is located at Mayoyao, 44 kilometers away from Poblacion, Banaue. The town of Mayoyao lies in the midst of these rice terraces. All dikes are tiered with flat stones. The Hapao Rice Terraces can be reached within 55 kilometers from the capital town of Lagawe. Other Ifugao stone-walled rice terraces are located in the municipality of Hungduan.[37] Sri Lanka Agriculture in Sri Lanka mainly depends on rice production.[38] Sri Lanka sometimes exports rice to its neighboring countries. Around 1.5 million hectares of land is cultivated in Sri Lanka for paddy in 2008/2009 maha: 64% of which is cultivated during the dry season and 35% cultivated during the wet season. Around 879,000 farmer families are engaged in paddy cultivation in Sri Lanka. They make up 20% of the country's population and 32% of the employment. Thailand Edit Main article: Rice production in Thailand A small hut in between rice paddies on the outskirts of the town of Nan, Thailand Rice production in Thailand represents a significant portion of the Thai economy. It uses over half of the farmable land area and labor force in Thailand.[39] Thailand has a strong tradition of rice production. It has the fifth-largest amount of land under rice cultivation in the world and is the world's largest exporter of rice.[40] Thailand has plans to further increase its land available for rice production, with a goal of adding 500,000 hectares to its already 9.2 million hectares of rice-growing areas.[41] The Thai Ministry of Agriculture expects rice production to yield around 30 million tons of rice for 2008.[42] The most produced strain of rice in Thailand is jasmine rice, which is a higher quality type of rice. However, jasmine has a significantly lower yield rate than other types of rice, but it also normally fetches more than double the price of other strains in a global market.[41] Vietnam A rice field in Vietnam Rice fields in Vietnam (ruộng or cánh đồng in Vietnamese) are the predominant land use in the valley of the Red River and the Mekong Delta. In the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam, control of seasonal riverine floodings is achieved by an extensive network of dykes which over the centuries total some 3000 km. In the Mekong Delta of southern Vietnam, there is an interlacing drainage and irrigation canal system that has become the symbol of this area. It jointly serves as transportation routes, allowing farmers to bring their produce to market. In Northwestern Vietnam, Thai people built their "valley culture" based on the cultivation of glutinous rice planted in upland fields, requiring terracing of the slopes. The primary festival related to the agrarian cycle is "lễ hạ điền" (literally "descent into the fields") held as the start of the planting season in hope of a bountiful harvest. Traditionally, the event was officiated with much pomp. The monarch carried out the ritual plowing the first furrow while local dignitaries and farmers followed suit. Thổ địa (deities of the earth), thành hoàng làng (the village patron spirit), Thần Nông (god of agriculture), and thần lúa (god of rice plants) were all venerated with prayers and offerings. In colloquial Vietnamese, wealth is frequently associated with the vastness of the individual's land holdings. Paddy fields so large as for "storks to fly with their wings out-stretched" ("đồng lúa thẳng cánh cò bay") can be heard as a common metaphor. Wind-blown undulating rice plants across a paddy field in literary Vietnamese is termed figuratively "waves of rice plants" ("sóng lúa").[citation needed] See also Edit #Rice #PADDY #Dhan References ^ Molina, J.; Sikora, M.; Garud, N.; Flowers, J. M.; Rubinstein, S.; Reynolds, A.; Huang, P.; Jackson, S.; Schaal, B. A.; Bustamante, C. D.; Boyko, A. R.; Purugganan, M. D. (2011). "Molecular evidence for a single evolutionary origin of domesticated rice". 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Urinara-eui Seonsa – Godae Non Bat Yugu [Dry- and Wet-field Agricultural Features of the Korean Prehistoric].In Hanguk Nonggyeong Munhwa-eui Hyeongseong [The Formation of Agrarian Societies in Korea]: 21–73. Papers of the 25th National Meetings of the Korean Archaeological Society, Busan, 2001. External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Paddy fields. Look up paddy field in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. How a paddy-field works TalkRead in another language Last edited by Dev Dhawal

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Ruby on Rails Developer job at Impact Terra Myanmar

IMPACT TERRA is a fast growing start up technology company. We at IMPACT TERRA develop and implement mobile solutions for farmers, agribusinesses and other agricultural stakeholders. Our mission is to improve the livelihoods of rural population and improve food security and safety.

We use smartphones and our proprietary mobile app platform to support millions of farmers, retailers, and other users in their daily business and information requirements. As Myanmar is leapfrogging from no to full connectivity and 100% smartphone use, we believe we can have an incredible positive impact on the lives of millions of people. We work with NGOs, CSOs and other parties to provide users with the information they need.

Our Golden Paddy platform (“Shwe Thee Nhan”) provides users with an easy-to-use visual interface and real-time and targeted content such as weather forecast, input product prices, crop market prices, product information, farming best practices, news, risk announcements, financing and more.

RoR developer

We are looking for a motivated, hard-working, social and technically strong Ruby on Rails developer. As RoR developer you will be responsible on continuous optimization of our in-house system platform. Therefore, you will work closely with our product team and Impact Terra’s management. You are required to pick up new skills if necessary, commit to project deadlines and able to work in tight schedule.

Your Responsibilities

Improve our CMS

Update existing APIs and develop new APIs for

single/multiple page web based application & dashboards

android applications as well as management tools

Further develop our system platform

Improve the stability and security of the platform

Define, develop and deploy the latest technologies for enhancing the performance of our platform

Technical skills and experiences

Excellent knowledge of Ruby on rails

Strong knowledge of Javascript, CSS, Bootstrap, HTML5 and JQuery

Excellent API development knowledge: creating and consuming

Memcache or any similar caching experience

JSON

Optimization of response time for each API

Experience in controlling user sessions

Experience in building admin panels

Experience in handling background workers and jobs

Preferred: Good knowledge of server technologies such as Heroku and AWS

Strong Postgres Database knowledge

Experience in caching

Experience with REST and JSON; XML and SOAP knowledge is a bonus

Previous experience of code management and versioning

Previous experience in building a strong system architecture

Soft skills

Preferred Excellent English proficiency

Able to develop and self-manage given tasks

Highly motivated to learn quickly and pick up new skills

Well organized and able to prioritize deliverables in order to meet deadlines

Team player

Initiative and solution focused

Able to view the system from users’ point of view

Why join us?

We help improve the lives of millions in Myanmar!

We develop a platform that does not exist anywhere in the world – this is your chance to build something unique!

You will grow with our venture and learn at a very fast pace

We promote our people based on performance and increase responsibilities and compensation regularly

We offer trainings and work outside Myanmar for excellent staff

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Currently, there are 1,603 active cases. 18:26 (IST) Coronavirus in Punjab Latest Updates Amarinder Singh asks Amit Shah for interim compensation of Rs 3,000 cr Punjab chief minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Tuesday wrote to Home Minister Amit Shah, demanding interim compensation of Rs 3,000 crore for the month of April on account of the COVID-19 national disaster, along with immediate release of Rs 4,400 crore of pending GST arrears, reports said. 18:18 (IST) Coronavirus in Kerala Latest Updates 19 new COVID-19 cases reported in Kerala Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan said that 19 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state on Tuesday. Of these, 10 were reported in Kannur, four in Palakkad, three in Kasargod, one each in Malappuram and Kollam. He added that 12 people have recent foreign travel history. Total active COVID-19 cases in the state reaches 117. 18:09 (IST) Coronavirus in Odisha Latest Updates Odisha health bulletin today: Total samples tested — 11,748 Number of positive cases — 79 Number of people recovered — 29 Toll — 01 Number active cases — 49 18:02 (IST) Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates 29 new COVID-19 cases reported in last 24 hours in Bengal The West Begal chief secretary said that 29 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state in the last 24 hours. The total toll in the state is at 15. "Rapid testing has begun in the state. Today 220 rapid tests conducted in Howrah and Kolkata. The results have been sent to the health department," said West Bengal chief secretary Rajiva Sinha 17:56 (IST) Coronavirus in Karnataka Latest Updates 10 new COVID-19 cases reported in Karnataka The Karnataka health department said that 10 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state in the last 24 hours. The total number of cases are at 418, including 17 deaths and 129 recoveries 17:44 (IST) Coronavirus in India Latest Updates Almost 4.5 lakh samples tested for COVID-19 so far, says ICMR ICMR's R Gangakhedkhar on Tuesday said that 4,49,810 samples have been tested so far. 35,852 samples were tested on Monday, of which 29,776 samples were tested in 201 Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) network labs and remaining 6,076 samples were tested in 86 private labs, he said. 17:39 (IST) Coronavirus in India Latest Updates COVID-19 cases rise to 18,985 in India The Union health ministry said that the total number of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 18,985 in India. This includes 15,122 active cases, 3,260 cured/discharged/migrated people and 603 deaths. 17:27 (IST) Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates TMC MP slams Centre over IMCTs TMC MP Abhishek Banerjee slammed the Centre over the IMCTs that have been sent to West Bengal to review lockdown violations in the state. You cripple GoWB with faulty kits from ICMR & then send IMCTs to monitor GoWB's performance while keeping the State Govt in dark. In the name of combating the COVID-19 crisis, you're playing with the lives of Bengalis while your leaders use skewed testing nos for fake propaganda. https://t.co/4U8p2aT9q6 — Abhishek Banerjee (@abhishekaitc) April 21, 2020 17:16 (IST) Coronavirus in Maharashtra Latest Updates IMCT reviews COVID-19 control room in Pune An Inter-Ministerial Central Team on Tuesday reviewed Pune Municipal Corporation's control room to monitor the COVID0-19 situation in city. The IMCT held a meeting with administration officials including the divisional commissioner and collector. 17:07 (IST) Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates IMCTs arrive in Kolkata Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT), which arrived in Kolkata to review alleged lockdown violations, were escorted by state police and BSF during an area visit on Tuesday. West Bengal: Inter-Ministerial Central Team (IMCT) being escorted by state police & BSF during area visit in Kolkata. #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/FQQvTuMQzm — ANI (@ANI) April 21, 2020 16:54 (IST) Coronavirus in West Bengal Latest Updates West Bengal govt likely to allow Centre's teams to visit Kolkata, say reports Reports on Tuesday said that the West Bengal government is likely to allow central government teams to visit Kolkata to conduct review on alleged lockdown violations in the city, adding that the MHA wrote to the state government saying that the local administration is "not allowing the inter ministerial COVID-19 team to work". 16:45 (IST) Coronavirus in India Latest Updates Centre instructsi states to ensure treatment needed for dialysis, HIV continue effectively Health ministry joint secretary Lav Aggarwal said, "We have issued detailed guidelines to all states that while we focus on COVID-19, all other services need to be provided, be it for dialysis, HIV/cancer treatments etc. At the same time required infection management prevention should be in place." 16:38 (IST) Coronavirus in India Latest Updates 3,252 people of 18,601 patients have recovered, says Centre Union health ministry on Tuesday said that so far, there are 18,601 positive cases, of which 3,252 people have recovered, including 705 people who recovered on Monday. This takes our recovery percentage to 17.48 percent. Coronavirus Outbreak Updates: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) issued an order to include additional agricultural and forestry items, shops of educational books for students, shops of electric fans and movement of Indian seafarers in to the list of permitted activities during the lockdown, which will continue till 3 May. UK health secretary Matt Hancock announced that Oxford University researchers will begin human trials of a potential vaccine against the coronavirus on Thursday, reported BBC. 56 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Telangana on Tuesday, taking the total number of cases in the state to 928. This includes 711 active cases, 194 who were cured/discharged and 23 deaths, according to the latest update provided by the state health department. The Maharashtra government on Tuesday revoked lockdown relaxations and exemptions in Mumbai and Pune regions because '"people are not behaving responsibly", the CMO was quoted as saying. "Rest of the parts of the state to continue to have partial exemptions," the statement added. The Maharashtra government said that 552 new COVID-19 cases and 19 deaths were reported in the state on Tuesday, taking total number of cases to 5,218 and toll to 251 in the state. With 150 patients discharged from hospitals on Tuesday, the number of cured patients stands at 722. The Mumbai fire brigade said that a level-II fire broken out at the Rippon Hotel in Mumbai's Nagpada area on Tuesday. The fire fighting operation on. The fire has been confined in the hotel's lodging room, which was being used as a quarantine centre for COVID-19 patients. Most of the patients rescued, search operation is on, the statement said. The Jammu and Kashmir government on Tuesday said that 92 areas have been identified and designated as red zones in the union territory, of which 14 are in Jammu and 78 are in Kashmir. These red zones will be under stricter restrictions on movement, surveillance and will have enhanced testing, the statement said. The Union health ministry said that the total number of COVID-19 positive cases rose to 18,985 in India. This includes 15,122 active cases, 3,260 cured/discharged/migrated people and 603 deaths. The Maharashtra Police said that a total of 60,005 cases have been registered under Section 188 of IPC, since 22 March till 4 am on Tuesday, for violations of coronavirus lockdown norms. 411 accused have been arrested in cases of assault on policemen, the statement said. An oncologist in Bengaluru has been given permission by the ICMR to use plasma therapy for the treatment of COVID-19 patients in the state, the government said. Karnataka minister Dr K Sudhakar said, "Plasma therapy holds great promise in treating COVID-19 patients and I am happy to inform that ICMR agreed to our request and has given permission for plasma treatment to Dr Vishal Rao, HCG Bangalore Institute of Oncology." At least 25 people, including journalists, working for a Tamil news television channel tested positive for coronavirus here on Tuesday, a health department official said. To a question, the official said the test results of those associated with the television channel were being collated and indicated that the tally of total positives could be '27.' The number of coronavirus cases in Rae Bareli district jumped from two to 35 with several people testing positive after coming in contact with participants at a Tablighi Jamaat congregation, officials said on Tuesday. Rajasthan on Tuesday stopped using rapid test kits for coronavirus after receiving invalid and incorrect results for a large number of samples. Health Minister Raghu Sharma said the kits were giving mere five percent correct or valid results and a report has been forwarded to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) in this regard. Over 100 families residing at the President's Estate are under self-isolation as a preventive measure after a sanitation worker's relative tested positive for coronavirus, officials said Tuesday. The relative of the sanitation worker, who is a resident of the estate that houses Rashtrapati Bhavan, has been admitted to a hospital here for treatment, they said. Trinamool Congress MP Derek O’Brien asked why the Centre did not send IMCT teams to states like Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Uttar Pradesh despite the high number of cases and hotspots there. The toll due to coronavirus rose to 77 in Gujarat as six more people succumbed to the disease, a health official said on Tuesday. About 127 new COVID-19 cases have been reported in the state, taking the tally to 2,066. This figure includes 131 recoveries and deaths so far. Delhi has reported a total of 2081 positive cases, out of these 78 cases were found on Monday. The border between Delhi and Ghaziabad has been sealed as a measure to contain the spread of coronavirus. 472 more COVID-19 cases reported in Maharashtra till 10 am on Tuesday, taking total positive cases in the state to 4,676, reports ANI. Nine more deaths have been reported, taking the total toll in the state to 232, said Public Health of Department, Government of Maharashtra. Three cops test positive for COVID-19 at Nabi Karim area in Paharganj, New Delhi. A total of 11 cops are COVID positive now in the central district. Nabi Karim area is one of the 84 containment zones in the National Capital. 25 hospital staff including 19 nurses tested positive for COVID-19 in Ruby Hall Clinic in Pune, said Bomi Bhote, Chief Executive Officer of Ruby Hall Clinic, reports ANI. Meanwhile, according to worldometer, about 1,70,456 people across the globe have died so far from the coronavirus COVID-19 outbreak as of 21 April. The total number confirmed COVID-19 cases continue to rise steadily in Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, according to data from the Union Health Ministry. Rajasthan has so far reported 1,628 cases. Of these, 205 patients have recovered. The toll in the state stands at 25. Five more persons tested positive for novel coronavirus in Odisha on Tuesday, taking the total number of such cases to 79 in the state, a health department official said. There are now 18,601 total cases of the novel coronavirus disease (Covid-19) in India. Active cases stand at 14,759 and recoveries at 3,251 and deaths at 590. US President Donald Trump said on Monday he will be signing an executive order to temporarily suspend immigration into the United States. Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope on Monday said the rate of doubling of COVID-19 cases in the state has slowed down further to seven days from five days earlier. One coronavirus positive case found in Rashtrapati Bhavan, 125 families sent on home quarantine, reports ANI. 125 families advised to remain in self-isolation as mandated by the Health Ministry’s guidelines as a precautionary measure. US crude oil jumped more than $20 per barrel on Tuesday but still traded below $0 after plunging into negative territory for the first time in history, dragged down by a supply glut and sagging demand for crude due to the coronavirus pandemic. The confirmed cases in India rose to 17,656 and the toll from the coronavirus outbreak rose to 559, while several states sought to contain the ballooning economic cost of the pandemic by easing some lockdown curbs. However, some states preferred to maintain strict restrictions, with Tamil Nadu and Karnataka joining Delhi in deciding against any relaxation till 3 May. Punjab, which had earlier ruled out any relaxation till 3 May, said some industrial activity may resume in areas other than those identified as high-risk 'containment zones'. No new cases in 59 districts in fortnight, says health ministry The coronvirus cases in India jumped to 17,656 on Monday. PTI According to the Union health ministry, the number of coronavirus positive cases saw a sharp increase of 1,553 between Sunday and Monday, while there has been a recovery rate of about 15 percent. In the daily COVID-19 press briefing, health ministry Joint Secretary Law Agarwal said as many as 59 districts across 23 states and Union Territories have not reported a single case in the last 14 days and also asserted that the rate of the number of cases doubling has improved to 7.5 days, from 3.4 days before the lockdown. Last Friday, he had put the rate of doubling of cases at 6.2 days. Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) and Health Ministry officials said 80 percent patients were either asymptomatic or had only mild symptoms but were found to be positive after testing. They also said around 15 percent patients turn into severe cases, while 5 percent turn critical. Later, in its 5 pm update, the ministry said the COVID-19 death toll has risen to 559 and the number of cases has risen to 17,656 across the country. Across the country, 2,851 people have been discharged, it said. According to data published on its website, the highest number of cases have been reported in Maharashtra (4,203), followed by Delhi (2,003), Gujarat (1,851), Uttar Pradesh (1,176) and Madhya Pradesh (1,485). However, a PTI tally of figures reported by various states and Union Territories, as on 9.15 pm, showed 18,322 confirmed cases, 2,969 recoveries and 590 deaths. Maharashtra total reaches 4,666, 53 journalists test positive in Mumbai Based on reports coming from state governments, Maharashtra alone has reported 4,666 cases, while Delhi has also crossed 2,000. Gujarat has 1,939 cases, while Tamil Nadu and Rajasthan are above 1,500 each, closely followed by Madhya Pradesh with 1,414 cases. Fresh cases reported from various parts of the country included those of police personnel in Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, of health workers at various places, journalists in Mumbai and even of prisoners in Madhya Pradesh's Indore. In Mumbai, where 3,032 cases have been recorded so far, 53 journalists have contracted the disease, reported Huffpost. Shiv Sena leader and Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation’s health committee member Amey Ghole told the publication that samples of 167 Mumbai journalists had been collected for the test and 53 of these had tested positive. Significantly, most journalists who tested positive did not display any symptoms, according to ANI. Gujarat reported 201 new coronavirus positive cases, taking the number of the affected people in the state to 1939, a health official told PTI, adding that most cases were being reported from virus hotspots. The Tamil Nadu government said that 43 new coronavirus cases were reported in the state on Monday, taking the total number of cases to 1,520 in the state. Meanwhile, 46 COVID-19 patients were discharged on Monday. Some states ease restrictions, Centre rebukes Kerala, West Bengal Even as several states reported a rising number of cases, the first set of relaxations from the nationwide lockdown, which came into effect on 25 March, kicked in at select places across Uttar Pradesh, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Kerala and Goa among other states. But despite the relaxations announced by state authorities, which are mostly limited to non-urban areas, industry executives said most companies have decided to wait for a complete exit from the lockdown as continuing restrictions on goods and people's movement make it difficult to resume stalled economic activities, which are estimated to have suffered a loss of Rs 7-8 lakh crores already. While attendance at government establishments also increased marginally, there have been no relaxations as such for the public road transport, railway passenger services and flights. Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said restrictions on domestic and international flights will be lifted when the government is confident that spread of coronavirus has been controlled, and poses no danger to Indians. Goa eased some lockdown restrictions, in line with the central government's guidelines, as there are currently no active cases i the state after the recovery of its last patient on Sunday. However, leaders there warned against any hurry in declaring the state a 'green zone' one or free of the virus. Manipur chief minister Biren Singh said that the state has become COVID-19-free. "We have decided to relax coronavirus lockdown in rural areas but the lockdown will continue in Imphal till further orders. Shops of essential goods will open between 8 am and 2 pm in urban areas," he said. Manipur chief minister Biren Singh said the state has become COVID-19-free and announced that restrictions will be relaxed in rural areas of the state. "We have decided to relax coronavirus lockdown in rural areas but it will continue in Imphal till further orders. Shops of essential goods will open between 8 am and 2 pm in urban areas," he said. Kerala, where the doubling rate of cases is among the best in the country at 72.2 days, also announced a number of relaxations, but had to rescind some after facing the flak from the Centre. In a letter to the state government, the Union Home Ministry said Kerala's decision to open restaurants, allow bus travel in cities and open MSME industries in urban areas amounted to dilution of the lockdown guidelines and also a Supreme Court observation. Later in the day, the state government decided not to allow plying of buses in cities, opening of restaurants and pillion riding on two-wheelers. At the daily press briefing, Home Ministry Joint Secretary Punya Salila Srivastava said states have been told that some of them were issuing certain guidelines that amounted to "diluting" the lockdown leading to "severe repercussions to health" of the citizens. She said states and UTs can take stricter action than what is mentioned in the guidelines issued by the central government to enforce the nationwide lockdown to prevent the spread of COVID-19 but cannot dilute or weaken them. Separately, the home ministry also said the COVID-19 situation is "especially serious" in Mumbai, Pune, Indore, Jaipur, Kolkata and a few other places in West Bengal, and warned that violation of lockdown measures risks the spread of the novel coronavirus further. The ministry said six inter-ministerial central teams will visit these identified areas in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh, West Bengal and Rajasthan within the next three days to make on-the-spot assessment and recommend remedial measures in a report to the Centre. In identical orders issued to the four states on Sunday, the home ministry said there have been several incidents of violence against COVID-19 front-line healthcare professionals, complete violation of social distancing norms and movement of vehicles in urban areas. The Centre also dispatched a team to asses the seriousness of the COVID-19 situation in West Bengal, which saw its highest ever spike of 54 cases. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee shot off a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Mod where she voiced her displeasure at the state government having been kept in dark about the visit , which she said violated established protocol. Tamil Nadu, Karnataka extend lockdown till 3 May Amid rising number of cases, Tamil Nadu government said prohibitory orders and other COVID-19 lockdown curbs will continue till May 3 without any relaxation, while the Karnataka Cabinet decided to promulgate an ordinance, giving it special powers to control the spread of COVID-19. These include provision for protection to front line health workers and making non-cooperation with the government a punishable offence. Karnataka has also decided to continue the COVID-19 lockdown measures till 3 May without any relaxation, Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy said. However, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa and the COVID-19 Task Force have been authorised to meet in three or four days to review and take further decisions about any relaxation. Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot said some relaxation for economic activities has been given from Monday but it is limited, as he asked people not to violate lockdown norms and avoid going out of their homes. In Uttar Pradesh, no relaxation would be given in Lucknow, Agra and Firozabad. Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray said limited industrial activities have been allowed in certain areas of the state to restart the wheels of the economy, but this should not be seen as indication that the threat of coronavirus has receded in any way. There has been a rise of 835 cases of COVID-19 in Maharashtra in the last 36 hours, but we are relaxing the stringent norms of lockdown to restart the wheels of economy, he said. Assam's Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the state "will not be able" to pay salaries of its employees for May if it does not get financial support from outside. Global toll crosses 1.66 lakh According to the the John Hopkins University Coronavirus Resource centre, 1,66,794 people have died due to the viral disease across the world. Italy has reported the highest number of deaths (23,660) while Spain recorded 20,852. However, the USA now has the most number of infections (7,61,991) while the global count has reached 2,432,092. However, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned that “the worst is yet ahead of us”, while alluding to the Spanish flu of 1918. “Trust us. The worst is yet ahead of us,” he said. “Let’s prevent this tragedy. It’s a virus that many people still don’t understand,” news agency AP quoted him as saying. With inputs from agencies

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