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The poll found a predictable partisan divide on the subject of Trump’s medical advice.
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On second day of liquor stores opening, Karnataka sells alcohol worth Rs 197 crore
Excise Department officials say that before lockdown, the average sale of liquor per day amounted to Rs 90 crore.
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The Karnataka government on Tuesday said that the state has generated Rs 197 crore in liquor sale in a single day. This amount, Excise Department officials say, is higher than the average income generated in the state per day before the lockdown, which was Rs 90-95 crore. However, on Tuesday, the state reported the sale of 4.21 lakh boxed cases of Indian Made Liquor. That is 36.37 lakh litres of IML, which amounted to Rs 182 crore. In addition, 7.02 lakh litres of beer was sold on Tuesday for Rs 15 crore. On Monday, the Karnataka government allowed retail liquor stores with CL2 and CL 11 licences to open for business on a stipulated condition that the liquor would be rationed. “Shops with all licenses opened today (Tuesday). Yesterday (Monday) some shops didn't open, there were hiccups with supply but it has been sorted out,” Rajendra Prasad, additional commissioner for IML with the Excise Department said. However, curbs have been placed on purchase of alcohol. Retail outlets are allowed to sell three bottles of alcohol and six bottles of 650 ML beer, or the equivalent of the same quantity in smaller bottles per person. Liquor sales are only permitted between 9 am and 7 pm in non-containment zones. An unidentified customer who shopped at Vanilla Spirit Zone, a liquor outlet on Tavarekere Main Road in the city, purchased liquor worth Rs 52,841. A first information report was filed against the owner of the liquor store, TNM had earlier reported. On Monday, the state reported earning Rs 45 crore with the sale of liquor. This indicated huge loss in liquor sales as the revenue generated due to liquor sale is averaged at Rs 90 crore. The sale on Monday indicated a 50% dip in average sale. “It is not normal for such huge sales and it will reduce in the coming days. This is only the second day and on Monday, there was another issue of customers not knowing locations of shops that were open,” he added.
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For second day in a row, COVID-19 recoveries exceed active cases in Karnataka
As of Tuesday, the number of active cases was at 312 while the number of discharged cases was 331.
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For two consecutive days, the number of recovered patients from the novel coronavirus disease in Karnataka outnumber those who are still undergoing treatment at the medical facilities. On Tuesday evening, the state health bulletin said, “As of 5 pm of 05th May 2020, cumulatively 673 COVID-19 Positive cases have been confirmed in the state, it includes 29 deaths and 331 discharges.” With this, the number of active cases stands at 312 while the number of discharged cases is 331. On April 27, one person infected with the virus killed himself during the course of treatment at Victoria Hospital. The bulletin said that of the remaining 312 cases, 306 patients are in isolation at designated hospitals across districts in stable condition while six of them are under intensive care treatment. Similarly, on Monday too, the number of active cases were 301 while the number of discharged patients were 321. However, on May 3, Sunday, the number of active cases was higher at 295, compared to the number of recovered patients in the state which was at 293. Bengaluru city, which is the most affected part in the state, has been witnessing the trend of more recoveries than active cases over the last three days. As of Tuesday, among the 153 cases in the capital city, 75 persons were discharged while six persons succumbed to their comorbidities. Mysuru which is the second-most affected district has eight active cases out of the total 88 cases and has not reported casualties. Belagavi and Davangere, which saw a spike in cases recently, have the highest number of active cases as of Tuesday, with 44 (of 71) and 39 (of 44) cases respectively
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Why BS Yediyurappa has appealed to migrant workers to stay back in the state
The government wants to resume economic activities, especially construction work, and is keen to retain the labour force.
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Transport facilities for migrant workers in Karnataka seeking to return to their homes in other states was restricted on Tuesday. This, after Karnataka Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa appealed to migrant workers stranded in the state due to COVID-19 lockdown not to leave for their home towns and instead assured them work, pointing to easing of norms allowing construction and industrial activities in non-red zones. "I appeal to labourers with folded hands don't pay heed to any rumors, it is the responsibility of the government to see to that you get work at the place you were working... don't take hasty decision of going to your natives. Stay here and work, as in the past," Yediyurappa said on Tuesday. Sources in the Karnataka government say that there are lakhs of migrant workers in Bengaluru and one train accommodates just 1,200 workers. Therefore, the government will have to arrange trains for a whole month if all workers have to be transported. Another reason behind the appeal is that the government wants to resume economic activities, especially construction work, and is keen to retain the labour force. There is also within the industry and government that given their experiences in the past few weeks, many of them may choose not to come back after the lockdown is lifted, thereby seriously impacting the workforce. Karnataka also wants states like Bihar, Jhrkhand and Uttar Pradesh to assure that these workers would be allowed to enter their respective states and will be placed in quarantine. "Until the states permit, we will not send the workers from here. They should stay in the camps they are staying in and the government will ensure that they will be given ration,” R Ashok, Karnataka Revenue Minister told reporters on Monday night. On Tuesday, Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa held a meeting with members of the state’s builders’ association in Bengaluru to discuss the problems faced by migrant workers in the city. The Chief Minister’s Office confirmed that the builders appealed to the Chief Minister to restrict the travel of migrant workers back to their homes stating that “unnecessary travel of migrant workers has to be controlled”. The builders explained that they had set up colonies for workers with essential facilities and pointed out that construction activities had already begun. The Chief Minister also plans to reach out to migrant workers with messages in their respective languages. The message reads, "We intend to resume the economic activities soon. Government has already held meetings with representatives of associations of commerce and industries in this regard. Therefore it is my sincere request to all the migrant workers to stay back in the State and cooperate with us to resume the economic activities once we receive directions from Union Government," reads the message. The Karnataka government facilitated the movement of migrant workers in six trains on May 3 and 4 with around 1200 workers aboard each train. Migrant workers in a discussion with Bengaluru (West) DCP Ramesh Banoth Groups of workers from Danapur in Bihar, Jaipur in Rajasthan and Bhubaneshwar in Odisha, were charged full travel fares for their travel home with the workers who left for Danapur in Bihar paying Rs 1050, which is slightly more than the general sleeper ticket price of around Rs 900. But even after the sixth train departed for Danapur from Kolar’s Malur station on Monday night, hundreds of migrant workers agitated against officials at the Banappa Park in Bengaluru on Monday night. The workers said that they had registered themselves on the Seva Sindhu portal set up by the Karnataka government to facilitate the movement of migrant workers. “If they arrange the train today, we will go. We are a group of eight workers and we all want to go back home. Since we’ve filled the form, we have not been informed when we will be able to leave,” says Deepak, a migrant worker from Jharkhand who works as a mason in Bengaluru’s Sanjaynagar area. Read: BJP says 85% fare subsidy for special trains: Harping on a mere technicality? 'We want to go home' An official in the CMO told TNM that Revenue Minister R Ashok and Education Minister S Suresh Kumar are trying to dissuade migrant workers from returning to their homes. However, TNM spoke to scores of migrant workers who intend to return to their homes saying that they would prefer to be with their family members until the restrictions put in place over the coronavirus outbreak are lifted completely. Some of them had even expressed their intention to go home and be with their families to Suresh Kumar, when he visited colonies of migrant workers on Saturday. “We want to return home because we are struggling for food and water here”, said a migrant worker from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh who works as a painter in Kolar district of Karnataka. He even said that he walked from Kolar to Bengaluru with a group of 15 people, a distance of 65 km. “When we reached Majestic in Bengaluru, we were told to make a list of 1200 people heading to our town and pay ticket prices. We are appealing to the government to please send us home,” the worker said. He added that he had registered himself in the Seva Sindhu portal but he, and thousands of other workers from Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand were asked to leave from Majestic and are currently holed up at the Bengaluru International Exhibition Centre (BIEC) on Tumakuru Road waiting for the state government to make arrangements to go home. Activists advocating for the welfare of the workers demand that the workers be given free travel to their hometowns if the workers want the same.
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Bengaluru liquor shop owner booked after bill of Rs 52,841 went viral
Restrictions were put in place regarding how much alcohol could be sold to a person- but this was flouted.
Bengaluru police has booked the owner of a liquor store in the city after a customer purchased liquor worth for Rs 52,841 and his bill was circulated on social media. In Bengaluru, restrictions were put in place allowing liquor stores to sell only three bottles of spirits and six bottles of 650 ML beer or 12 bottles of 330 ML beer per person. However, an unidentified customer who shopped at Vanilla Spirit Zone, a liquor outlet on Tavarekere Main Road in the city, purchased liquor worth Rs 52,841. A first information report was filed against the owner of the liquor store. "We have booked a case against licensed shop owner S Venkatesh for reportedly selling Indian made liquor (IMFL) and beer to a buyer on Monday more than he is permitted under the Karnataka Excise Act section 36," Bengaluru South Excise Deputy Commissioner A Giri said. "Preliminary investigation revealed that 17.4 litres of IML was sold against the permissible limit of 2.3 litres and 35.1 litres of beer against the legal limit of 18.2 litres," Giri added. Venkatesh, however, told the police that the buyer paid for the liquor bought by him and seven of his colleagues at the same time from the shop as they entered together. "We are investigating to ascertain if Venkatesh violated the license conditions by paying for liquor bought by his friends with him at the same time," Giri added. Excise department officials said that they are also trying to trace the customer who bought the liquor. Another bill reportedly from an outlet in Dollars Colony in Bengaluru showed that liquor worth Rs 95,347 was bought. The police and the excise department is investigating this bill too to check if the liquor store violated regulations. Liquor stores opened across the state for the first time in over a month on Monday, prompting long queues outside stores. The state excise department estimated that liquor worth Rs 45 crore was sold in the state on Monday. 3.9 lakh litres of beer and 8.5 lakh litres of liquor were sold from 9 am in the morning to 7 pm in the evening on Monday. An Excise department official stated that the value of the sale of liquor in the state before the lockdown imposed due to the coronavirus outbreak, was between Rs 90-95 crore.
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Cab, auto drivers in Bengaluru remain helpless amidst lockdown
Lack of an economic package targeted for this sector both by the state and central government has left many of them in dire straits.
Like most workers in the unorganised sector, cab drivers in Bengaluru have been left to fend for themselves during the lockdown, with no government aid. Business has been down since mid-March, and their livelihoods have been paralysed due to the lockdown. Auto and taxi drivers have been left to survive on their savings, and the lack of an economic package targeted at this sector both by the state and central government has left many of them exposed to dire living conditions. Many cab drivers who work for app-based services like Ola and Uber have not got any relief from the government or the cab aggregator majors. To protest the government apathy and lack of help by the companies, the drivers had held a symbolic protest last week by posting photographs of them holding empty plates. Speaking with TNM, Tanveer Pasha, president of Ola Uber Drivers and Owners’ Association, said various deliberations on attracting the government’s attention have failed. “We drivers have not got any support from the government, nor the Ola, Uber companies. Only around 2000-3000 drivers have received groceries of a total of around 4 kilos from Ola. The groceries were not enough to last even 4-5 days,” he said. Who has received the driver care funds? “The companies had publicly said that they will raise funds and give it to us. But we don’t know what has been happening after that. We have heard that these companies have raised around Rs 25 crore – and around 1,000 drivers have got Rs 750 each. Uber had said they will pay Rs 3,000 in installments of Rs 500 every week, but we haven’t received this,” he said. Both Ola and Uber are crowdfunding driver care funds, but both companies are yet to give any clarity on how many drivers have been given these funds, and how much each of them has received. “But many of the drivers who have worked on both the apps have not got any of those benefits. We don’t know on what basis they are choosing the beneficiaries, and what exactly is the number,” Tanveer added. Drivers on both apps are not “employees” but gig economy workers, and do not receive employment benefits. Narayan Swamy, who is the president of Adarsh Auto Driver Union, said, “Nobody from our union has got any government benefit. So far, I have got a ration kit from the Infosys Foundation as one of my friends’ wife knew they were giving them out to needy people. Other than that we have not got any help from the government or any other agencies.” Swamy added, “Many of my friends who drive auto on Ola and Uber have not got any help either from the companies.” Altaf, an auto driver, also said he has not got any help either from the government or from the app-based company that he frequently operates on. “Since the beginning of the lockdown till now, I have not got a single rupee or grain, either from the government or the companies. I had tried calling the helplines of both the companies but have not got any help. I have small children at home and we are forced to eat food prepared by social workers,” he said. However, both Ola and Uber said that they have helped, monetarily or otherwise, impacted drivers, and shared some driver testimonials. Their detailed statements are carried below. Ola said any cab or auto driver who is in need of medical assistance can call their helpline 08046831460. Pasha said that he had also contacted automobile majors like Maruti and Toyota for help, too, as most of the cabs are manufactured by them. “Only Bajaj had acknowledged our problem. We are yet to hear from them further.” Similarly, Hamid Akbar Ali from the Airport Taxi Association said, “We have been trying to reach the Transport Minister for a long time. We have tried to reach the CM’s office and have given our memorandum. Day before we met Siddaramaiah, Leader of Opposition, he assured us that he will take up our issue with the CM. Business has been zero since March last week, we are forced to borrow from friends and relatives to survive.” He said the Karnataka State Tourism Development Corporation arranged ration for some 500 drivers which lasted for more than two weeks Ola and Uber statements Anand Subramanian, Spokesperson and Head of Communications at Ola said, “Drivers and their families across the country are facing a lot of distress due to the extended lockdowns to arrest the contagion of COVID-19. Ola has fully waived off the lease rentals, akin to an EMI, for driver partners who operate vehicles owned by Ola’s subsidiary, Ola Fleet Technologies under its leasing program as well as offered a pre-approved interest-free credit of upto Rs 1200 per week under ‘Sahyog’ program to help manage their household expenses during this time. Through a tailored insurance offering, all eligible Ola driver-partners and their spouses shall be covered by a floater sum of Rs. 30,000 under which they can receive a compensation of Rs 1000 per day for a maximum of 21 days for an individual from the date of a positive diagnosis for COVID-19.” He added, “To ensure our partner’s physical and mental well-being, we have partnered with MFine app, through which they can access free online doctor consultations. Any case of a medical emergency in the family during these times of limited income can be a huge financial strain on them. The Ola Foundation's Drive the Driver Fund aims to help any cab, auto or taxi driver across India and their immediate family member with financial support. We have received tens of thousands of requests from across the country. Our teams are working round the clock to provide support to thousands of driver-partners across the country who have reached out over the past few weeks. The Ola Foundation will continue to extend the support through this initiative, to drivers across the country, as we come out of this phase stronger together.” An Uber spokesperson said, “Driver partners are at the heart of everything we do and their wellbeing is Uber’s key priority. To help them during the Coivd-19 pandemic, we created the Uber Care Driver Fund, with an initial commitment of Rs 25 crore from Uber. For greater impact, we welcomed contributions from our employees, citizens, NGOs and corporate partners to the fund. Over the last two weeks, we have disbursed grants to more than 75,000 drivers. As Uber raises additional money, we’ll continue to distribute grants to as many drivers as we can, as quickly as possible. Uber’s financial package has been warmly acknowledged by thousands of drivers. It is in addition to other livelihood opportunities being created for them through tens of thousands of free rides that are being offered to various state governments, and for services provided on UberMedic, UberEssentials and last mile deliveries. Other forms of our support to drivers during these challenging times include a waiver of lease rentals, facilitating EMI relief, rolling out an additional insurance policy and offering drivers access to online medical services, such as DocsApp, at no charge.”
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