Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Press Highlights

CM Press meet Highlights.

1. Entire state lockdown

2. Not more than 4 members including within family should not gather.

3. One family member per household will be allowed to step out to buy daily needs.

4. For daily waged labor (white ration card) will be provided free with 1 month required rice, 12kg per individual. Through fair price shops.

5. Along with rice Rs.1500, cash will be provided per family.

6. Except for essential services all government departments should work from home. And only 20% should work basis roaster.

7. All education departments, schools will be closed till 31st.

8. Building Construction workers and contract workers, working labor, industrial workers both in government and private sectors should be paid salary of lockdown days.

9. Anganwadi centers will be closed, but kids and pregnant will be provides nutrition at home.

10. Pregnant Women expecting soon will be extended with proper medical support through Amma Odi.

11. Only emergency services will be available at hospitals.

12. All types of Public and private transport will be closed at 100%. Buses, trains, cars, cabs, two-wheeler cabs.

13. All interstate borders will be closed. Except for essential services goods.

14. Stay at Home Stay Safe.

15. Police will strictly follow epidemic diseases act 1897. And will arrest violators under criminal acts.

Prophet’s guidelines

The COVID-19 pandemic is forcing governments and news sources to provide the most accurate and helpful advice to the world's population, as the disease is indeed global in reach. Health care professionals are in high demand, and so too are scientists who study the transmission and effect of pandemics.
Experts like immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci and medical reporter Dr. Sanjay Gupta are saying that good hygiene and quarantining, or the practice of isolating from others in the hope of preventing the spread of contagious diseases, are the most effective tools to contain COVID-19.
Do you know who else suggested good hygiene and quarantining during a pandemic?

Muhammad, the prophet of Islam, over 1,300 years ago.

While he is by no means a "traditional" expert on matters of deadly diseases, Muhammad nonetheless had sound advice to prevent and combat a development like COVID-19.
Muhammad said: "If you hear of an outbreak of plague in a land, do not enter it; but if the plague outbreaks out in a place while you are in it, do not leave that place."

He also said: "Those with contagious diseases should be kept away from those who are healthy."
Muhammad also strongly encouraged human beings to adhere to hygienic practices that would keep people safe from infection. Consider the following hadiths, or sayings of Prophet Muhammad:

"Cleanliness is part of faith."

"Wash your hands after you wake up; you do not know where your hands have moved while you sleep."

"The blessings of food lie in washing hands before and after eating."

And what if someone does fall ill? What kind of advice would Muhammad provide to his fellow human beings who are suffering from pain?
He would encourage people to always seek medical treatment and medication: "Make use of medical treatment," he said, "for God has not made a disease without appointing a remedy for it, with the exception of one disease—old age."

Perhaps most importantly, he knew when to balance faith with reason. In recent weeks, some have gone so far as to suggest that prayer would be better at keeping you from the coronavirus than adhering to basic rules of social distancing and quarantine. How would Prophet Muhammad respond to the idea of prayer as the chief—or only—form of medicine?

Consider the following story, related to us by ninth-century Persian scholar Al-Tirmidhi: One day, Prophet Muhammad noticed a Bedouin man leaving his camel without tying it. He asked the Bedouin, "Why don't you tie down your camel?" The Bedouin answered, "I put my trust in God." The Prophet then said, "Tie your camel first, then put your trust in God."
Muhammad encouraged people to seek guidance in their religion, but he hoped they take basic precautionary measures for the stability, safety and well-being of all. In other words, he hoped people would use their common sense.

Dr. Craig Considine is a scholar, professor, global speaker, and media contributor based at the Department of Sociology at Rice University. He is the author of The Humanity of Muhammad: A Christian View (Blue Dome Press, 2020), and Islam in America: Exploring the Issues (ABC-CLIO 2019), among others.
The views expressed in this article are the author's own.

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Coronavirus: UAE prayers at places of worship suspended for 4 weeks

Coronavirus: Prayers at UAE mosques, other places of worship suspended for four weeks

Ahmed Shaaban 

Last updated on March 16, 2020 at 08.27 pm

(alamy.com/ae)

Congregational prayers, including those offered on Friday, have been suspended across all mosques in the UAE for a period of four weeks. The General Authority of Islamic Affairs and Endowments (GAIAE) said late on Monday that the decision was taken to avoid the spread of Covid-19 and protect public health.

The decision applies to all places of worship like temples and churches.

The decision was based on the directives issued by the National Emergency Crisis and Disaster Management Authority (NCEMA) and Ministry of Health and Prevention. It was guided by a fatwa issued by the UAE Fatwa Council.

"At mosques, only the Azan (call for prayer) will be given out to alert worshippers about prayer times. Mosque doors will remain closed," the GAIAE said. "The words 'pray at home' will be repeated twice at the end of the Azan."

The call that signals the start of a prayer won't be made. Ablution halls at mosques will also be closed. "The situation on the current Covid-19 pandemic will be reassessed after four weeks."

The GAIAE appealed to all mosque-goers and worshippers to comply with the directive and offer their five daily prayers at home.

The UAE Fatwa Council had previously urged Muslims suffering from respiratory or immunity issues to avoid congregational prayers. The Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque was closed to visitors from Sunday. Authorities in Sharjah had earlier suspended the gathering of worshippers at churches, including services, prayers and other activities.

ahmedshaaban@khaleejtimes.com

How to develop Positive Thinking

Alas Muthawalli saheb is no more

Alas Muthawalli Abdul Wahab saheb is no more.

Janab Alhaj Nattamkar Abdul Wahab saheb, Muthawalli, Neel Field Mosque, is no more. Inna lillahi wainna ilaihi rajiwoon.
He has been the Muthawalli of the mosque the past about 50 years efficiently administrating and expanding it beautifully with new buildings to accommodate increasing namazees.
The commercial spaces constructed under his management for the benefit of the mosque are a testimony of his great services.

I know him since my young days.His sincere and dedicated services are appreciated by all. He did his best to improve the masjid and its revenue.

He was connected with the Ambur Muslim Educational Society and served it being an executive body member. He was a very humble, honest and friendly person, the like of whom are rare.

He has created a sort of history by serving the mosque for as long as some 50 years.
We have lost a great Muthawalli who stood for honest and dedicated service till his last breath. Let us pray for his maghfirat and sabr to his bereaved family.

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Coronavirus - leather industry affected

The coronavirus epidemic that has spread to around 75 countries across the globe has started taking a heavy toll on India's leather export trade worth Rs 36,000 crore.

"On the one hand raw hides and skins are piled up in tanneries and are on the verge of rotting because of shortage of chemicals that are imported from China to process them. Manufacturers are not being able to give final shape to the products such as bags and wallets because of shortage of accessories that used to be imported from China," said Zia Nafis, joint secretary of the Calcutta Leather Complex Tanners Association, which controls the trade in eastern India.

In order to process the raw hides and skins and remove the hair from them, a chemical named Sodium Sulphide is needed. At least 50% of this chemical was imported from China. But that has totally stopped.

"There is a huge scarcity of this chemical and we are not being able to process the raw hides and skin. These hides would start rotting in the next one or two weeks," said Javed Iqbal, regional chairman (central region) of Council for Leather Exports in Kanpur.

CLE is the apex trade promotion organisation of the leather industry in India and controls the Indian leather export industry worth Rs 36,000 crore. At least 41% of this export comprises leather footwear while other leather goods comprise around 25%.

Manufacturers are now trying to procure this chemical from European countries at higher prices. Those associated with the trade said that earlier they used to import a kilo of Sodium Sulphide from China at Rs 35. But now they are trying to procure it from European countries at Rs 80 per kilo.

"Same goes with the other items - buttons, zippers, pullers and adhesives. At least 64 items are needed to give a shoe its final shape. Most of these items were imported from China. This has totally stopped. Now we are trying to procure these items from European countries at much higher rates," said Iqbal.



What is worse is that consignments of finished products that have already been exported by Indian manufacturers have got stuck at various seaports and airports in countries like China, Germany, Italy and USA.

"A few days ago I had sent a consignment to Italy. But over the last ten days at least the consignment is stuck at the Malpensa Airport in Milan. The importer said that he is not being able to reach the airport and take the consignment. I am bearing the cost," said Nafis, who is an exporter himself.

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