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In view of the nation-wide lockdown to prevent spread of coronavirus and the social distancing protocol in place, Islamic Centre of India announced that it would live stream recitation of Quran during Ramzan from April 25.
The live stream will be done every day on social media site Facebook from 8 pm to 10 pm and can be accessed across the globe.
Clerics and religious leaders have issued appeals to people to stay indoors and pray in their houses to follow lockdown during Ramzan.
Chief of All India Islamic Centre, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Farangi Mahali, said on Thursday, “As lockdown is on and social distancing norms are also in force, All India Islamic Centre will be live streaming recitation of Quran and every day, two paras (chapters) will be recited from 8 pm to 10 pm.”
“People should perform wazu and listen to it with their family and later perform 20 ratkaats of Namaaz-e-Tarweeh. It is important for Muslims to pray to Allah during Ramzan, but this is the best way to pray and keep everyone safe in the present situation,” he said.
“There should be no roza iftar parties at all, instead that money should be utilised for food and ration for the poor. Also, people should avoid sending loads of iftari to mosques and only send for four or five people in the mosque. People should pray especially to end this pandemic,” the maulana said.
A similar appeal was issued by Shia cleric Maulana Saif Abbas who asked people to abide by lockdown norms during the crisis.
“The coronavirus pandemic has affected more than 200 countries till now. Ramzan is coming but one should abide by lockdown norms and we should abide by what is suggested by doctors and authorities,” he said.
Earlier Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath had urged religious leaders to ensure that social distancing was maintained during festivals.
“I know there are events like Baisakhi and Ramzan. I would request all religious leaders to urge people not to gather for any public function as social distancing must be practised,” he had said.
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Make plan to generate 15L
jobs within next 6 mths: CM

PNS | Lucknow
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has asked officials to prepare a plan to generate 15 lakh employment opportunities within next three to six months so that economy of the state could be strengthened.
The officials have been asked to give the proposal within a week.
This directive was given after a presentation on generating employment opportunities in the state.
“It will be a great challenge to strengthen the economy once the lockdown is lifted. We need to prepare ourselves for this challenging task. Therefore, prepare a plan which can generate employment for 15 lakh people within next three to six months,” Yogi said during the meeting.
He said MSME, Horticulture and Food Processing, Khadi Gramodyog, One District, One Product (ODOP), National Rural Livelihood Mission (NRLM), Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Swarozgar Yojana, Skill Development Mission should work together and come up with a strategy.
“Even MGNREGA could prove a game changer in giving employment to the youth,” he said.
The chief minister said that under Chief Minister Apprenticeship Scheme, Rs 2,500 was given to trainees. “Prepare a plan to link two lakh youth with this scheme. This will give the youth a foothold to tide over financial crisis,” he said and added that youth should be provided employment under Youth Hub programme.
Yogi also suggested that MSME and ODOP could also help in generating large-scale employment. It could start with stitching school dress or weaving sweaters for students of the state-run schools. The women self0help groups could be provided machines so that they could get employment at their doorsteps, he added.
“Similarly, the Food Processing department can train women in making papad, pickle and pattal. In fact, the women in SHGs can also generate employment by making masks,” the chief minister suggested.
“Teach the youth the virtue of branding like itra, dhoop and incense sticks. Provide them market and allow them to sell their products in competitive market. Same can be done with dairy products and flower,” he said.
“Then there are opportunities in technical field like repairing mobile phones. We can use ITI and polytechnic institutes to do this,” Yogi said.
Rural Development Minister Rajendra Singh ‘Moti’, MSME Minister Sidharth Nath Singh, Panchayati Raj Minister Bhupendra Chaudhry, and principal secretaries of these departments attended the meeting.