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"  &+,+) - 24 hours. A dozen deaths have Virudhunagar who has made been reported from — Kerala his home for the last 40 ndia touched the grim mile- another high. Jhansi reported years. “With ambulances blar- Istone of 2 lakh Covid-19 eight deaths, Moradabad and ing the siren ferrying Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday as the coun- Agra 4 each, Ballia reported a patients to hospitals and from try also logged in another sin- high of six cases, Jaunpur 4, there to the burial grounds, the gle-day high of new cases with Shahjahanpur 4, and State reminds me of scenes several States making new daily Sonebhadra 3. directly culled from war movies peaks. Kerala has become the epi- of the 1960s. This is not the reported a record centre of Covid-19 pandemic Kerala I grew up with,” 3,285 deaths and 3,62,757 new according to medical experts in Sasidharan told The Pioneer. cases during the last 24 hours the State. Chief Minister Continued on Page 2 on Tuesday night with Pinarayi Vijayan in his media Maharashtra topping the tally interaction on Tuesday dis-     on both counts. The State !""" "$"  closed that the State has diag- reported 66,358 new cases and "&()" *) nosed 32,819 persons with   record 895 deaths. Covid-19 during the last 24 Maharashtra also led the tested positive in various parts deaths with capital hours and this is being seen as  )( ",  ()" death tally across the country of the State. alone logging 39 deaths, as per the highest-ever single-day *) with 66,179 fatalities, followed As the daily deaths rose official record shared by the cases in . Washington: In a show of sol- by (15,009) Karnataka from 532 on Monday to 895 on health department. With the Department of idarity, the CEOs of about 40   "   &+,+) -    ! "! (14,807), Tamil Nadu (13,728), Tuesday and infections from Lucknow registered 4,437 Health confirmed that the State top American companies have Uttar Pradesh (11,678), and 48,700 to 66,538, the total new cases while UP logged saw 32 fatalities during the last come together to create a first- xygen from Bangkok and time and distance to save the Officials in Delhi admin- West Bengal (11,082). deaths in Maharashtra climbed 32,993. But the good news is 24 hours, the death toll in of-its-kind country-specific OParis will now save the lives of critical Covid patients. istration also shared that some In terms of a total number from 65,284 to 66,179. that 30,398 people have recov- Kerala reached 5,170. Test pos- global task force to mobilise lives of Delhi citizens. In a close coordination industrialists have agreed to of cases Kerala occupies the Similarly, with 66,536 fresh ered from the infection. itivity rate stood at 23.24. resources and coordinate Delhi Chief Minister with the Centre, the Delhi help the Delhi Government second spot behind infections, the total number of city reported 15 The State wore the look of efforts to help India fight the Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday Government has worked out a with immediate supply of oxy- Maharashtra with 14,60,365 cases rose from 43,43,727 to deaths, Prayagraj (13), Varanasi a ghost city, according to battle against Covid-19. said his Government is import- plan to handle the medical oxy- gen from their plants. “Many cases, but it is way below in the 44,10,085. (13), also recorded Subramanian Sasidharan, an ing 21 ready-to-use oxygen gen crisis management as the industrialists agreed to help fatality tally. It’s obvious that the As 67,752 patients were a high of 15 deaths in the last entrepreneur from plants from France. The plants city administration will set up with medical oxygen supply but small State has done something discharged from hospitals  will be installed in different 36 plants in Delhi’s hospitals by on the condition of anonymi- out of the way to control the across the State after full recov-  hospitals to ensure steady sup- May 10. The work on seven of ty,” said an official to The death rate. ery, the total number of people )*R  ,#R ply, while 18 oxygen tankers them installed by the Centre Pioneer. India is placed third in the discharged from the hospitals from Thailand will start arriv- will be completed on April 30. Continued on Page 2 global death tally behind the since the second week of March     )(-.(&&(+,- ing from Wednesday. USA (5.9 lakh deaths) and last year went up to 36,69,548.     01,(+/(--2 At the same time, the first  3   P $67896"8:;;878 Brazil (3.92 lakh deaths). The recovery rate in Oxygen Express train for Delhi A day after a noticeable Maharashtra for the first time /Raipur: Prime Meanwhile, former Prime   /(*)()+01,(/&2 carrying around 70 tonnes of 4"   "7#9<<=7"9>#??6 reduction in the number of in several days rose from 82.92 Minister Narendra Modi’s aunt Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s the life-saving gas reached the  "  Covid-19 triggered deaths, per cent to 83.21 per cent. Narmadaben Modi, 80, who niece and former member of    )('&(*-(-*' national Capital early on 3O   P : Amidst Maharashtra was in for a shock Meanwhile, on a day the was undergoing treatment for Parliament Karuna Shukla died 01/(+/(*,.2 Tuesday. The oxygen will now unabated surge in Covid-19 on Tuesday, an all-time high of number of fresh Covid cases coronavirus infection died at of coronavirus in Raipur, her be distributed by the Delhi : The Supreme cases, Congress MP from 895 people succumbed to the came down in Uttar Pradesh, the civil hospital on Tuesday, family members said on /.(-/()*+ Government to various hospi- Court on Tuesday allowed Gurjeet Singh Aujla pandemic while 66,536 people the State recorded a high of 265 the family said. Tuesday. tals where patients are gasping Vedanta to operate its closed wants to give a breath of    $''()*(*& for breath in the wake of heavy oxygen plant at Tuticorin in fresh air to India’s relation- demand by patients battling the Tamil Nadu, saying the order ship with Pakistan by accept-         )'(+*(,+ deadly coronavirus. has been passed in view of ing the neighbouring coun-   #$  " ! ! The city administration “national need” for oxygen try’s offer for help. 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"#$%  The inter-State trade has not remain a “mute spectator” cine market dashboard reveals @7A @;A#$ 57 also been affected because of     and made clear that its suo that countries such as Mexico, <# 53    &#$% the curb in loading and motu proceeding on devising Nepal and Bangladesh pro- unloading of goods, which are     national policy for Covid-19 cure the vaccine from SII at $4 "     usually done during nights. management is not meant to per dose, while the price is &+,+) - These have stopped due to "  &+,+) - supplant High Court hearings. ranging between $5.25-$3.84 curfews, lockdowns, etc. A bench headed by Justice for Brazil, Palestine, South massive loss of about 5 The figures have been fter allowing “super DY Chandrachud said the Africa, Sri Lanka and Saudi years and above. about $3 per dose and the US Alakh crore has been esti- compiled and estimated after Aspreader” rallies and road- High Courts are in a better Arabia a dose. -based SII stated that at $4 per dose. The Oxford- mated due to the ongoing studying the Covid restric- shows during the Assembly position to monitor the pan- The issue was flagged by coming May 1, Covishield will AstraZeneca vaccine is much Covid-19 related restricted tions, customer behaviour and polls, the Election Commission demic situation within their the Supreme Court on Tuesday. be sold at 400 (approximate- cheaper, although neither the business, curfews, partial lock- market conditions. The on Tuesday banned victory territorial boundaries and the The court asked the Centre to ly $5.5) to State Governments UK nor the US can match the downs across various States and research report of the CAIT processions after the declara- apex court was playing a com- explain the basis and rationale and at 600 ( $ 8.4) to private EU’s $2.15 deal: they are cities. The retail business has said about 80 per cent of the tion of Assam, Tamil Nadu, plementary role and its “inter- adopted with respect to the hospitals. -based expecting to pay about $3 and suffered a loss of about 3.5 people/consumers across the Puducherry, West Bengal and vention must be understood in pricing of Covid-19 vaccines Bharat Biotech has fixed the $4, respectively, per dose. lakh crore, while the wholesale country have stopped coming Kerala election results on May the correct perspective” as and other necessary items. The price of Covaxin at 600 ($ 8.4) Imported vaccines from business lost 1.5 lakh crore, as Pradesh, Kerala, Karnataka, to the markets for shopping 2 to check the spread of coro- there are some matters which Centre has already asked the per dose for State Pfizer, Moderna, J&J may also accounted by the Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, causing a loss in the business. navirus. transcend the regional bound- vaccine companies to lower the Governments, and 1,200 ($ be available in the future. Their Confederation of All India Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, CAIT secretary general The decision came a day aries. prices. BOX-prices of vaccines 16.08) per dose for private price is difficult to estimate as Traders (CAIT). Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh, Praveen Khandelwal said after the poll paned faced flak “We are playing comple- in other countries hospitals. Both vaccines are each has separate agreements The CAIT represents Jharkhand, Orissa and Bihar. Covid has proved disastrous for from the Madras High Court mentary role. If High Courts A three-judge Bench led by available to the Central with various countries. But around seven crore traders As per their estimate, commercial and economic over the violations of Covid-19 have any difficulty in dealing Justice DY Chandrachud asked Government at 150 per dose. reported prices range from $2 and about 40,000 trade associ- 25,000 crore business losses activities all over the country protocol during campaigning with issues due to territorial the Government to clarify the According to British to $35. By June, Russia’s Sputnik ations from across the country. have been reported in the which is amply clear from the for the five Assembly elec- limitations, we will help,” said “basis and rationale on which Medical Journal report, the V will be imported by Dr The loss figures are based national Capital alone. No fact that in the past 25 days, tions. The High Court on the bench, also comprising Covid-19 vaccines are being 27-nation EU, with its steep Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd and on feedback provided by study so far has been conduct- there has been a loss of Rs five Monday blamed the commis- Justices L Nageswara Rao and priced in the country”. The manufacturing costs, is paying sold at an estimated $10 or prominent trade associations ed in West Bengal, North lakh crore of business across sion for the second wave of the S Ravindra Bhat. phase 3 vaccination drive is set just $2.15-$3.50 for a shot of 750 per dose. from 14 States which include Eastern States, Punjab, the country. pandemic. Continued on Page 2 to begin from May 1 for 18 the vaccine, the UK is paying Continued on Page 2 Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Haryana, J&K, and others. Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2  %     (           "  %!! % !    ! "$-.        "  ".-,". !   "  &+,+) -               he last Shahi Snan of the djacent to a hospital on a " &+,+) -/%+)012.&+  TKumbh Mela in Haridwar Abusy 201 number road    was observed on the occasion leading to Najafgarh where  !!!  of Chaitra Purnima on he BCCI stepped in to every now and then screaming "   !  Tuesday. It was a symbolic Tassuage apprehensions of ambulances rush in with      affair considering the surge in foreign cricketers, especially Covid-19 patients, Gadia Lohar #   Covid-19 cases. Australians, at the IPL as a sec- tribe is living a carefree life Unlike in past Kumbh ond wave of Covid-19 infec- without registering “a single      Melas only about 25,000 devo- tions battered India, prompting corona case”, let alone a casu-    tees and Sadhus from various the Government Down Under alty and that too without fol-  $ % " Akhadas took the holy dip in to suspend air travel with the lowing any of the corona pro- %% "!!&' the river Ganga in entire country besides asking players tocol.    Kumbh Mela area from to make their “own arrange- The members are aware of      Rishikesh to Haridwar. In addi- ments” for return. the coronavirus pandemic, but "#(  tion to the traditional Kumbh The fear of being locked they eat and drink on the light chowks in Dwarka which opposite them where relative-      rituals, the devotees also prayed out of their own nation drove pavement without following is regularly traversed by people ly better nourished and well-   to the Ganga and their deities the likes of Andrew Tye to take any Covid-19 protocol like even during the current lock- cared citizenry lives on. for deliverance from Covid. an early flight back to Australia wearing mask, using sanitiser also not reported this disease,” nit…,” he says, adding their down and the second and more The tribe members main-     P   The general public bathed while Kane Richardson and or maintaining “social dis- says Hansraj. head’s name is “Bihari” and the deadly pandemic wave. The ly engage in the work of iron-   ! "  in the Ganga early in morning Adam Zampa also exited their tancing”. All through both phases of tribe is originally from buyers interact with them to works and have spent their life- ##$%# () ! after which Har Ki Pauri was franchise Royal Challengers As one visits them, the deadly pandemic, life for Chittorgarh, Rajasthan. purchase iron-molded articles time under the open sky on the      vacated for the Shahi Snan of ’s bio-bubble on Hansraj, 55, offers space on a the community on the pave- Cocking a snook at the from their shops. pavement.  !   the Akhadas. Monday. A day later, Australia cot to sit by his side and “chill ment has not changed at all. virus, others on the pavement Their womenfolk are also The deadly virus has not    !* The Panchayati Akhada announced that it was sus- outs” on his “hukka”. “Our sarpanch lives in tell you how oxygen vans kept seen washing clothes on the been able to shake their confi-     Sri Niranjani and Anand pending air travel to and from “We are around 150 Gadia Khayala and each member of rushing all night in the nearby pavement with no trace of a dence and impact, just like it   "& Akhada began the symbolic India till May 15 amid the Lohars living here. We have no the community comes to know hospital. mask. They show no sign of the has failed to break the morale Shahi Snan. swirling Covid-19 cases. exposure to corona, and our if anyone dies or catches ail- The tribe has their settle- fear and anxiety that has seized of those living in shanties and Continued on Page 2 Continued on Page 2 entire community in Delhi has ments as we are quite close- ment in one of the busiest red- the housing societies bang slums.    !"  R  5      '  !"  #   6" . 7

New Delhi: The Delhi High and Rekha Palli said,"No com- It further said that when icines, nothing. playing a mischievous game" by are struggling to find beds." notice to the Delhi government them, including their families, Court on Tuesday said it has munication has been made to the Delhi government was "But you have done your projecting the SDM''s order in "You cannot create a facil- seeking its stand on the matter were infected by COVID-19. not made any request for cre- anyone in this regard". unable to provide oxygen to job on paper. What were you a certain manner. ity exclusively for a class. which the court has registered "We lost two judicial offi- ating Covid-19 facilities for its "This is very misleading. everybody, it was talking of trying to convey? What is the "Media''s perception can- Therefore, this order is wrong," as public interest litigation. cers to COVID-19," the bench judges, staff and their families The HC has not made any such providing a 100-bed facility for projection? The projection is not be controlled," Mehra said. the court added and directed In an order issued by the said and added that in such a in a five star hotel and an request for setting up beds in the high court judges. that we have taken up these However, the bench did the Delhi government to "take sub-divisional magistrate situation it only wanted that if SDM''s order saying so was any such five star hotel," the "That is very unfortunate. (petitions on lack of oxygen, not buy that line of argument corrective steps immediately" (SDM) of on these judicial officers wanted "very misleading". bench said and added that the You (Delhi government) are medicines, etc.) matters daily to and said, "Media is not wrong and "withdraw the order", fail- April 25, it was stated that the admission in a hospital then Taking suo motu cogni- order passed by the sub-divi- passing orders left, right and benefit ourselves or that you in pointing it out, because this ing which the court shall quash COVID facility at Ashoka some facility should be avail- sance of the news reports sional magistrate was wrong as centre without even bothering have done it to appease us," the order is wrong. Your order says it. . Hotel will be associated with able to them. which said that 100 rooms of the state cannot create a facil- to do anything about it. You are bench said. it is at the request of the high Delhi government addi- Primus Hospital. "That has been translated Ashoka Hotel in national cap- ity exclusively for a class. attaching the facility to a hos- Senior advocate Rahul court. Can anyone imagine tional standing counsel Santosh The court said it only had into this kind of order. As if we ital have been converted into a The bench said the high pital, but there are no doctors, Mehra, appearing for the Delhi that we as an institution can say K Tripathi assured the bench a meeting to discuss the situa- wanted a facility for ourselves. Covid health facility for judges court cannot ask for creating no nurses, no staff, no ward government, attempted to that you create a special facil- that the order would be with- tion in the subordinate judi- Where is the question of our of Delhi HC on its request, a such facility which is going to boys, no oxygen, no equip- blame the media for the situa- ity for us. Is this not discrimi- drawn forthwith. ciary where judges had to hold having a 100-bed facility," the bench of Justices Vipin Sanghi be discriminatory. ment, no ventilators, no med- tion saying that "media was natory? Especially when people The bench also issued court in person and many of court said. PTI Q"( R     (/ *012**2      "  "&-". Making an appeal, Aujla aware of the political and diplo- for deaths due to oxygen short- to spike in Covid-19 cases. underlined that it takes 10 hours matic state of affairs, Aujla stat- age in Punjab. “In response to this emer- midst unabated surge in for a truck to reach Amritsar ed that at the times of such pan- Notably, Pakistan Foreign gency, our neighbouring coun- treatment of him in some other ACovid-19 cases, Congress from Panipat and Lahore is demics and calamities, “all the Minister Shah Mahmood tries have offered help which "     hospital. Where is the harm if MP from Amritsar Gurjeet merely 30 km away...”So if nations must join hands and Qureshi on April 24 had stated should be welcomed with open one takes away one's patient Singh Aujla wants to give a Pakistan is ready to supply oxy- share resources to defeat this that his country was willing to arms. The Government of  %%   from here to other place?” breath of fresh air to India’s rela- gen to us, the Central common enemy”. help India in the wake of a mas- Pakistan and Edhi Foundation He said, "To me the fami- tionship with Pakistan by accept- Government should give its nod “…you gifted the world with sive surge in COVID-19 cases in has offered to provide relief sup-    E   great bewilderment here with ly of the post Covid pneumo- ing the neighbouring country’s as it would save many lives,” he `Kartarpur Sahib Corridor on the country. “We express our port to India to help us fight this ")1&"&F questions being raised like nia patient did the right thing. offer for help. He has, among said in a letter written to the 550th birth anniversary of Sri support to the people of India in deadly wave of COVID-19,” there is no wheel chair, stretch- Everyone has a right to have the other things, suggested an ‘oxy- Prime Minister. Guru Nanak Dec Sahib; and the wake of the current wave of Aujla has written in the letter. ver wondered the ‘3 Idiots’ er or any trolley for such best of the treatment. gen corridor’ with Pakistan on Aujla, who shared the letter developing an oxygen corridor #COVID19 infections that has Representing the holy city of Escene where Rancho and Pia patient of the emergency ward " The doctor said that had the lines of Kartapur Sahib on the Twitter, tweeted, would be a great gift to human- hit our region hard. On behalf of Amritsar — located on the inter- took Raju’s ailing father on a here in the medical college and there been wheel chair, stretch- Corridor via Attari-Wagah route. “Requested @PMOIndia Sh ity on the occasion of 400th birth the people of Pakistan, I extend national border, Aujla high- scooty inside the hospital hospital in Daltonganj. er or the trolley he does not see Aujla’s suggestion, urging @narendramodi to accept all the anniversary of Guru Tegh our heartfelt sympathies to the lighted that Amritsar is around becoming a reality. Well, a sim- However, there is no one to any one would have climbed the Prime Minister Narendra medical help offered by other Bahadur Sahib,” he added. affected families in #India," 350 kms from Panipat (nearest ilar yet unique incident took answer these questions. the ramp with a scooty to Modi to allow getting oxygen countries & also create an 'oxy- Only a day before, , Punjab Qureshi had tweeted. oxygen plant) and just 50 kms place at the Medinirai Medical The medical superinten- reach the emergency ward. from Pakistan for Punjab’s bor- gen corridor' at Attari Wagha Congress president Sunil Jakhar from Lahore, Pakistan. “The College and Hospital in dent of the hospital Dr K N Sources said there is a well-built der districts, comes at a time border port to facilitate entire accused the Central Government 3    daily requirement of oxygen in Daltonganj on Monday night. Singh didn't take the calls of ramp in the medical college when the entire country, includ- border region of Punjab. of “discriminating” against In his letter, Aujla pointed government and private hospi- A 45 years old Covid neg- The Pioneer on Tuesday. Civil hospital in Daltonganj that ing Punjab, is gasping for oxygen. Expecting from @drharshvard- Punjab in the allocation of that Punjab’s hospitals are facing tals in Amritsar is around 30 tons ative, but post Covid pneumo- Surgeon in-charge, Palamu, takes patients on the wheel In fact, Punjab, a day before, reg- han & @DrSJaishankar to take Oxygen for COVID-19 patients, “alarmingly high shortage of whereas allocated quota for nia patient, Ram Prasad, was Anil Kr Srivastav said the chair, stretcher and trolley right istered the highest number of up this matter.” while making it clear that the liquid oxygen, ventilators, Si Punjab is just too less and that taken off the emergency ward episode is of the hospital and up-to their beds. Covid deaths in a day this year. Maintaining that he was Centre would be responsible PAPs, oxygenators, PPEs etc” due too is in feeble supply,” hesaid. of the Medinirai Medical the man to comment on this is Deputy Commissioner, College and Hospital in none but the medical superin- Palamu, Shashi Ranjan, said he Daltonganj on Monday evening tendent K N Singh. would look into this episode. ' ###     ### demand and the infrastructure %     "  %!! % about 170 kilometers away However a well-known He said the family members required for that. from by a scooty. physician Dr R K Ranjan post- should have found out the From Page 1 From Page 1 The bench also asked the From Page 1 Two young men, kin of the ed MMCH in Daltonganj said stretcher boy or the trolley “In view of the surge in These observations assume Centre to apprise the top court It was followed by the Juna Akhada, Sri Agni and Ahwahan patient, made him sit in the the patient was in the emer- man instead of taking down the Covid-19 cases throughout the significance as some lawyers of the modalities on distribu- Akhadas along with some members of the Kinnar Akhada. middle as pillion rider and rode gency ward and was a Covid scooty right near the emer- country, the commission has had criticized the apex court last tion of oxygen as well as the The Akhil Bharatiya Akhada Parishad (ABAP) national gen- away without causing any prob- negative patient but had post gency ward. The youths, who decided to make more strin- Thursday for taking suo motu vaccines to states and the mon- eral secretary Mahant Hari Giri was also seen exhorting all to lem to anyone in the ward, Covid pneumonia. Ranjan said, rode the scooty for the patient, gent provision to be followed cognizance of the pandemic’s itoring mechanism. observe the Covid guidelines. while the admitted patients "Two youths came on a could not be traced as sources during the process of counting, resurgence and issues by saying In the hearing, conducted Sadhus of the Sri Mahanirvani, Sri Shambhu Panchayati Atal just saw this 'operation scooty' scooty near the emergency said that they might have gone in addition to exiting broad that high courts be allowed to via video conferencing, the top Akhadas, the Akhil Bharatiya Sri Panch Nirmohi Ani Akhada, with a sense of disbelief. ward on Monday evening and underground fearing adminis- guidelines dated 21st August, continue with hearings. A day court also appointed senior Akhil Bharatiya Sri Panch Digamber Ani, Sri Nirvani Ani, Sri The incident has sparked a then took away their patient for trative action against them. 2020, “ the EC said in a letter later on April 23, a bench head- counsel Jaideep Gupta and Panchayati Bada Udasin, Sri Panchayati Naya Udasin and last- to the Chief Electoral Officers ed by the then CJI S A Bobde, Meenakshi Arora as amicus ly the Sri Nirmal Panchayati Akhada took holy dips in the Ganga. of all States. who has retired, took a very curiae to assist it in the Covid- Considering the alarming surge in Covid-19 cases across the -   ### It said no victory proces- strong exception to “unfair” 19 management case as Harish nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier urged mem- %      sions would be allowed after criticism by some lawyers for Salve had sought recusal fol- bers of the religious fraternity to keep the remaining part of the From Page 1 the counting of votes and only “something which was not part lowing some controversial Kumbh Mela symbolic. “Linde has come forward a maximum of two people of its order” in the suo motu remarks by some lawyers. Last (1@$ % with 58 MT of medical oxygen would be allowed to accompa- case related to framing of Thursday, the bench took note to Delhi,” Hemant Soren, ny the winning candidate or national policy on the Covid-19 of the pandemic situation due registered 4640     %2%0"- “Currently, we use 1515 Jharkhand, Chief Minister’s their authorised representa- pandemic and said “this is how to sudden surge in Covid-19   888 new patients while neighbour- tonnes of medical Oxygen. Office confirmed. tive to receive the certificate of institution is being destroyed”. cases as also in mortality and ing Chengalpattu district came iven the shortage of med- Given the shortage of supply, we The Delhi Government is election from the returning The bench on Tuesday also said it expected the Centre to From Page 1 second with 1,181 cases. The Gical oxygen in the State, the have asked the hospitals to trying to convert ordinary beds officer. BJP president JP Nadda took note of the submissions of come out with a “national plan” The surge in the number of Oxygen controversy has sub- Maharashtra Government on make optimum use of medical into an ICU bed. The main welcomed the Election lawyers including senior advo- to deal with distribution of Covid-19 cases comes a day sided for the time being with Tuesday decided to utilise the Oxygen. We have circulated in front of Commission’s order. cate Vikas Singh on differential essential services and supplies, after Chief Minister told the the Supreme Court showing life-saving gas to treat the SOPs among the hospitals in the LNJP hospital is also being con- “I welcome the decision of pricing of Covid-19 vaccines including oxygen and drugs. people that the medical frater- green light for reviving the pro- needy Covid 19 patients hence- state,” the Health Minister said. verted into an ICU bed centre the ECI banning celebrations and asked the Centre to apprise Observing that oxygen to nity has come across new vari- duction of medical grade oxy- forth strictly on the basis of the Tope also announced that with a capacity of 500 beds, and and processions of electoral vic- it of the “rationale and basis” patients infected with the virus ants of the pandemic, which he gen from the Thoothukudi Standard Operating Procedures the state government had 200 ICU beds are being read- tories. I have directed all State behind such pricing. is said to be an “essential part” described as the British and unit of the Sterlite Industries. (SOPs) prepared by it for the decided to replicate the ied at Radha Soami Satsang units of BJP to strictly adhere On Government’s decision of treatment, the top court South African variants. "These The plant has a capacity to pro- purpose. “Nandurbar pattern”, a method Beas. “These 1,200 ICU beds to this decision. All karykartas to vaccinate all citizens above had said it seemed that a cer- genetically modified varieties of duce 1000 tonne oxygen per In one of the series of used in Nandurbar district of will be ready by 10 May,” of BJP are using their energies 18 years, the court sought tain amount of “panic” has Covid viruses are lethal than day. tweets put out by him, north Maharashtra, in hospitals Kejriwal said. Kejriwal claimed to help the ones in need in this replies from States by Thursday been generated due to which the ones which we are familiar Twenty-five more patients Maharashtra Health Minister across the state. that the situation has seen hour of crisis,” Nadda said in a as to how they intend to cope people have approached several with and in days to come we succumbed to Covid-19 while Rajesh Tope said: “We have “Under this pattern, there improvement this week and the tweet. In a letter signed by with the surge in vaccine high courts seeking relief. will see a tsunami of Covid in 3164 fresh cases of Coronavirus prepared SOPs for use of med- is a nurse for every 50 patients number of SOS messages Sumit Mukherjee, the senior Kerala," Vijayan had told were recorded, taking the tally ical Oxygen to treat Covid on Oxygen support. This received from hospitals has public relations secretary to the Monday evening. of active positive cases to 22283 patients. We have told the hos- method is useful to keep a track reduced due to the hard work Election Commission of India,    888 amidst full protection as per CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu in the Union Territory of pitals across the state to utlise of medical Oxygen by 50 and coordination between the the EC said that it had issued Covid SOP, it would still be dif- Government in a late evening Jammu and Kashmir on medical oxygen strictly on the patients under each nurse,” the Central and State Govts.. broad guidelines on August 21 From Page 1 ficult as each shop needs man- release said that 15,830 new Tuesday. basis of SOPs''. minister said. “We are trying our level last year to conduct elections The losses in Delhi markets power and these poor people persons were diagnosed with According to the media best to increase the amount of during Covid-19, after receiv- account for Rs 15,000 crores in who are generally migrants Covid-19 on Tuesday. The pan- bulletin, "Out of 25 deaths, 15 oxygen available in Delhi. It has ing suggestions from national retail trade and a business loss seem to have already left for demic claimed 77 lives during were reported from Jammu been noted that the oxygen and State-based political par- of about Rs 10,000 crore in the their native places,” Khandelwal the last 24 hours and this took and 10 from Kashmir division. allotted to us by the Central ties. The guidelines for politi- wholesale trade during the last said. The national traders asso- the death toll in the State to Out of 3164 fresh cases, 1030 Government is also not reach- cal parties conducting elec- 20 days. ciation claimed to start an 13,728 till date. were reported from Jammu ing us in its entirety. A major tion campaigns and public “It has been seen that due online survey across the coun- As on Tuesday evening the and 2134 from Kashmir divi- issue facing us today in the sup- meetings had also been to acute surge of Covid and this try from Wednesday to be State had 1,0,8855 persons who sion". ply of oxygen is the shortage in reviewed based on suggestions time being more critical, both continued till April 19 in were tested positive for the pan- district recorded the number of tankers,” received from various chief the businessmen and con- which opinion of traders and demic. There has been no the highest tally of 1144 Kejriwal asserted. Earlier, electoral officers of states and sumers are avoiding the phys- common people will be respite in the number of per- patients in one single day while informing the arrival of the union territories, the letter ical markets. The same lot for obtained on the current status sons being tested (RT-PCR) as Jammu district stood at num- Oxygen Express Raillway read. The Covid-19 related their needs are using the e- of corona and available med- 1,21, 549 persons were tested ber two with 489 fresh cases of Minister Piyush Goyal tweet- provisions for counting of votes commerce platforms, the busi- ical facilities; and whether on Tuesday. coronavirus. ed. “Oxygen Express has on May 2 are to be in accor- ness of which has certainly traders further need lockdown reached Delhi from Raigarh, dance with the broad guide- grown. Even if the traders or what can be the other alter- Chhattisgarh with Oxygen for lines dated August 21, 2020. decide to continue the business natives in lieu of lockdown. patients in the Capital. Indian   #$  " 888 Railways is leaving no stone unturned in our collective fight ( ### BCCI till each one of you has I’m sure, to see them return to From Page 1 of India has abdicated its against Covid-19.” reached your home, safe and Australia in accordance with The Johnson & Johnson responsibility to provide free From Page 1 sound,” he added. their own arrangements,” vaccine, expected to announce vaccination for citizens The BCCI wrote to the for- Indians’ Morrison was quoted as saying phase III results imminently, is between the age group of 18 to eign players telling them that Australian batsman Chris Lynn by ‘The Guardian’. also much cheaper, costing the 45 years.” their safe return home will be hoped that Australia The Covid-19 carnage EU $8.50, with each dose going Objecting to the differen- its responsibility once the tour- would arrange a chartered across India has shaken the twice as far as the other brands, tial pricing model, Delhi Chief nament ends on May 30. flight for those who have stayed country to its core with over 3 since it is a single shot vaccine. Minister Arvind Kejriwal had “We understand that many back after CA checked on their lakh fresh daily cases and more The Congress termed the said this was not the time for of you are apprehensive about travel plans. than 2,000 daily deaths. Add to new policy as “discriminatory profiteering, and appealed to how you will get back home “I texted back that as this, a crumbling health infra- and insensitive”, and accused manufacturers to bring down once the tournament con- Cricket Australia make 10 per structure that is also battling a the Government of allowing the price to Rs 150 per dose. cludes... We want to apprise cent of every IPL contract was shortage of oxygen and some vaccine makers to profiteer. The Kerala Government also you that you have nothing to there a chance we could spend crucial medicines. Echoing the concerns questioned the pricing policy of worry about,” BCCI COO that money this year on a The crisis outside the IPL’s expressed by some state gov- the Government. Hemang Amin said in a letter charter flight once the tourna- bio-bubble has led to some talk ernments over the differential addressed to the players. ment is over?” Lynn told News about whether it is appropriate pricing announced by the “The BCCI will do every- Corp media. for the league to go on and Serum Institute of India (SII) thing to ensure that you reach Australian Prime Minister whether its organisers and par- for its vaccine Wednesday, your respective destinations Scott Morrison ruled out any ticipating players should be Congress president Sonia seamlessely. The BCCI is mon- Government assistance and doing more to express empathy. Gandhi on Thursday wrote to itoring the situation very close- said that those in the IPL will On Monday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi ly and is working with the gov- have to make their own Knight Riders’ Rs 15 crore asking how the Government ernment authorities to make arrangements for return. buy, Australian pacer Pat could permit such “brazen arrangements to get you home “They have travelled there Cummins, donated USD profiteering” from people’s mis- once the tournament con- privately. This wasn’t part of an 50,000 to the Indian ery. She also asked the Prime cludes. Australian tour. They’re under Government, hoping that it Minister to re-examine the “Be rest assured that the their own resources and they’ll would inspire more to con- new vaccination policy saying tournament is not over for be using those resources too, tribute. it “implies that the Government

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A total of 2,10,684 tals where patients are gasping Maharashtra, the updated posi- the ruling party for spending construction workers will for breath in the wake of heavy tion of the utility of these taxpayers’ money terming the he Delhi Government will receive the cash-transfer as demand by patients battling the coaches positioned at the nine said development a propagan- Tdisburse medical assistance form of aid, out of which 2 lakh deadly corona virus. other major stations in the da, MP from said if for Covid-19 positive con- have already received aid of Rs. Railway Minister Piyush States of Delhi, UP, MP and people are dying today, it is struction workers at the rate of 100 crores and 11,000 workers Goyal informed the arrival of Maharashtra are as 57 patients because of the Kejriwal gov- 5,000, subject to a maximum will be granted the disbursals in the Oxygen Train on his twit- are currently utilising the facil- ernment. “Chief Minister of 10,000 per family. The the coming days. ter. “Oxygen Express has ity, of which 1 patient was shift- Arvind Kejriwal had promised process to claim this disbursal Delhi Government’s com- reached Delhi from Raigarh, ed while b322 beds are still oxygen tankers from abroad is fair and simple, a member of mitment to help construction Chhattisgarh with Oxygen for available in Maharashtra but fact is it is not even per- the family would have to pro- workers did not go unnoticed patients in the Capital. Indian region, which is the worst mitting private hospitals here to duce RT-PCR report, which even last year, in 2020 during Railways is leaving no stone affected State. have their own oxygen plants will then be verified through lockdown, when Delhi unturned in our collective fight In Delhi, the Railway has installed.”He said even the the ICMR portal, said a Government disbursed Rs. against Covid-19, & ensuring )( ",  ()" *) catered for 75 Covid Care had termed Government official on 5000 to 55,000 construction sufficient availability of life-sav- coaches with a capacity of 1200 the state government strategy Tuesday. workers. ing resources across the coun- have been delivered to tonnes to Maharashtra and 70 in Madhya Pradesh through beds. 50 coaches are posi- bad to deal with the current sit- The city administration Many new construction try,” tweeted Goyal. Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh & metric tonnes to Delhi. the city of Bhopal and Jabalpur. tioned at Shakurbasti and 25 uation and said it seems the has also set up 150 food dis- workers were added to the The Indian railways have Delhi in six Oxygen Express Madhya Pradesh will receive 64 Another empty rake from Coaches at Anand Vihar sta- entire state government tribution centres in various Delhi Building and Other chalked out plans to transport through 26 tankers covering metric tonnes in next 24 hrs. Lucknow has reached Bokaro, tions. machinery has failed in this schools and construction sites Construction Workers Welfare medical oxygen from Angul, more than 10,000 km (in empty Currently, another oxygen which will bring another set of In UP, though coaches have regard. One can’t function across all the districts. Board, due to large drives for Kalingnagar, Rourkela and and loaded conditions), as per express is on the run from oxygen tankers replenishing not yet been requisitioned by purely on the basis of falsehood In furtherance to helping registration of construction Raigarh to Delhi and NCR Indian railways information. Bokaro to Bhopal via Jabalpur. oxygen supply to Uttar State Govt, 10 coaches each are and self -publicity and it is time construction workers, Delhi workers. region as and when demand by As per provisional esti- This train is carrying 64 met- Pradesh. placed at Faizabad, Bhadohi, he started doing something in Government has also disbursed Currently, there are the States including Delhi and mates 202 metric tonnes of ric tonnes of liquid medical Further, in the the united Varanasi, Bareli & Nazibabad reality on the ground, he said 5000 to each construction 1,72,000 workers registered adjoining states. oxygen has been delivered to oxygen in six tankers, which fight against the Covid, the totalling to a capacity of 800 adding the Kejriwal govt has worker as aid during Covid-19 with the Board. So far, 450 metric tonnes Uttar Pradesh, 174 metric will replenish oxygen demand Ministry of Railways has made beds (50 coaches). totally collapsed.   !" #"!$ $" ! &" !"

  "   &+,+) - ical situation in the hospital,” ma for covid patients three said Biswal. times since he became covid 1 rom arranging oxygen “Immediately, the team of positive and recovered in the Fcylinders to providing green police station month of January this year. Till corridors and facilitating move- arranged 25 D type oxygen now he has donated blood and ment of the same, supplying cylinders from Palwal in platelets to required patients 39 food to admitting Covid-19 Haryana. Besides it, the regu- times. patients to hospitals, the Delhi lar supply of the oxygen for Moreover, he along with police have saved hundreds of hospital was on the way from his two friends namely lives by going beyond the call Surajpur, . A Ravinder Dhariwal and Amit of their duty. green corridor was provided by Phogat ( both are personnel in In the South district, the the police team from Greater Delhi Police) has been running police cremated a 62-year-old Noida to IBS Hospital,” said a ‘Delhi police Blood Donation man. Police said her daughter Biswal. Group’ on whatsapp and was also admitted in hospital In another instance, the Tweeter and serving the needy and she was left with no money Delhi Police received a call at people continuously. They have to perform the last funeral around 3:07 PM on April 26, proved the Logo ‘Dil ki Police, rites of her father. regarding a truck carrying Delhi Police’,” said Biswal. “On April 26, Assistant 10,000 litres oxygen stuck at In the east district, on Sub-Inspector (ASI) Satyadev Singhu border was received. Tuesday liquid oxygen in Metro took the initiative and helped “Acting on the call, a police Hospital remained for one 3 " 4"  the family to perform the last team from Alipur police station hour when a police team 415&()" *) funeral rites of the deceased at cleared the way of the container his father Jagdish Prasad is not was a not less than a miracu- arranged oxygen supply in a Sarai Kale Khan Shamshan and then successfully passed well and he is not able to get lous comeback by a very aged short span of time. “A call was   "   &+,+) - pitched battle, hitting each died around 8 AM, following Ghat,” said Chinmoy Biswal, the container with safety. The him admitted in the hospital. patient of a police family. also received from Kukreja other with sticks, near the hos- which her family members the Public Relation Officer truck was scheduled to arrive Through ACP, Shahdara call, Meanwhile the patient’s fami- Hospital that the oxygen is to he family members of a pital’s entry gate. resorted to vandalism, destruc- (PRO) of Delhi Police. at AIIMS,” said a senior police Shivdarshan’s father was ly got buffer time to arrange for finish within an hour and 20 Twoman, who allegedly died According to Apollo hos- tion of hospital property and Since the last few days, the official. attended at Shahdara a bed and finally he was got patients are on oxygen. due to Covid-19 after failing to pital spokesperson, the hospi- assault on our doctors and police have been flooded with Displaying a humane face, Quarantine cum Care Centre, admitted in a hospital at Delhi The police team contacted get a bed at Apollo Hospital in tal received a woman in a crit- staff,” said the spokesperson in requests by city hospitals to a police team of Shahdara an initiative of Delhi Police cantonment,” he said. Multan Air Products and the , attacked the staff ical condition at the emer- a statement issued on Tuesday arrange oxygen cylinders amid helped a 85 year-old senior cit- Commissioner, established in To save lives of the people, van which was in queue was of the private healthcare facil- gency in the early hours of evening. shortage of supply during the izen who had started feeling for interim the Delhi Police is also donat- provided with two cylinders of ity on Tuesday. Tuesday. “While the hospital deeply ongoing pandemic. breathless at around 6 PM on care of Police personnel and ing plasma at hospitals. Head oxygen. However, police said no co “Immediate medical atten- condoles the death of the “On April 26, at around 6 April 24 and his SPO2 level was their immediate family mem- Constable Shankar, presently Then after 3-4 hours again mplaint has been received in tion appropriate to her condi- patient, it is deeply shocked at AM, information was received falling drastically upto 50-55 in bers affected with Covid 19,” posted at Narela police station there was a shortage of oxygen this regard so far. tion was given by a team. the behaviour of the patient’s regarding shortage of oxygen oximeter. said a senior police official. has donated regular blood and at the same hospital. This time A purported video clip of Given the paucity of beds, the family against doctors and cylinders in IBS hospital and “After receiving a distress “He was given Oxygen sup- plasma for covid patients dur- two cylinders of oxygen were the incident, which went viral family was advised to shift the healthcare workers who are the available stock would last call Inspector Shivdarshan of ply without an iota of delay and ing this pandemic situation all also arranged for the hospital on social media platforms, patient to another facility with providing untiring services only for two hours. Around 80 Crime Branch, resident of GK his SPO2 level was saturated over Delhi. through HC Suneet Kumar,” showed the hospital staff and available beds. amidst the pandemic,” said the covid patients were under crit- 1 Police Housing complex that from 57 to 90 per cent. This “He has donated his plas- said police. some people engaged in a Unfortunately, the patient spokesperson.    94" 0  " 2$"           8"    "$""      "   &+,+) - police checked the vehicle, they found two oxygen cylin- he Delhi Police has arrest- ders,” said the DCP.  Ted three men for allegedly “The accused person dis- hoarding and supplying oxygen closed that he used to sell the and nitrogen cylinders and big oxygen cylinder at Rs   "   &+,+) - flow meters at a very high price 50,000 and the small one at Rs from south Delhi. 30,000. He also disclosed that 43-year-old Covid-19 pos- The accused have been (DCP), South district, on Saini and Ahmed used to sup- Aitive undertrial prisoner identified as Mohit (23), a res- Monday, police got a tip-off ply him the oxygen cylinders,” of the Delhi Prions department ident of Jharoda Kalan, Sumit that one person was coming said the DCP. died on Tuesday in a hospital Saini (33), a resident of near Ghitorni metro station for “Later, police nabbed his in western part of the nation- Gurugram, and Ansar Ahmed selling the oxygen cylinders at associates Saini and Ahmed al Capital. (41), a resident of Shaheen high rates. with four more oxygen cylin- According to the prison Bagh, Okhla. “Thereafter, a trap was laid ders, five nitrogen cylinders officials, under trial prisoner According to Atul Kumar near main road Ghitorni metro and several flow meters from Mohammad Anish, inmate of "      will be distributed to hospitals Thakur, the Deputy station and one car, driven by Mahipal Farms, Aaya Nagar,” central jail number 4, Tihar, .2."% in Gurugram that have their   "   &+,+) - 9@9=6#:8;#7 Commissioner of Police Mohit, was checked. When the DCP said. was detected Covid-19 positive own oxygen tanks. These $966A76<C 9A97 on Monday. He was having mid shortage of liquid include Medanta, Fortis, 32-year-old man allegedly 98>@#@7# 9@99@A mild symptoms and was shift- Amedical oxygen supply in Artemis, Max, Park, Metro Ashot dead his eight-month ed to central jail hospital, CJ- Gurugam, the Municipal and other hospitals. If there is pregnant wife and injured a :8A7##6>76L 3. “On Tuesday morning, his Corporation of Gurugram a shortage of company vehicles person on Tuesday morning in "#<89A condition deteriorated and he (MCG) has set up a call centre in its supply, then other vehi- southeast Delhi’s Nizamuddin was referred to Deen Dayal to handle liquid medical oxy- cles will also be pressed for this. area. the DCP added. Upadhyay hospital in emer- gen supply operation in the dis- He informed that the allocation The accused, identified as “Saina was released on bail gency. Later, he died in the hos- trict. of these hospitals has also been Waseem, has been nabbed by on Saturday in a drugs case on pital in the afternoon,” said For this, the civic authori- fixed. police. Police said deceased ground of pregnancy as she was Sandeep Goel, the Director ty has set up a dedicated call Singh said that the admin- Saina (29) was recently released eight months pregnant. Saina General (DG) of prison. centre which will work round istration itself will bring 15 from jail in a drug case. and Waseem got married last Anish had been lodged in the clock and a team has also metric tonnes of liquid medical According to RP Meena, year. When Saina was in jail, jail since December 17, 2019 in been formed to monitor the oxygen allocated from the Air the Deputy Commissioner of Waseem developed relationship a case under Narcotic Drugs oxygen situation in the city. Liquid Company. Police (DCP), Southeast dis- with her real sister Rehana,” and Psychotropic Substances In this regard, MCG “These tankers will carry trict, a police control room said the DCP. Act, the officials said. Commissioner Vinay Pratap oxygen from Panipat to three (PCR) call was received at “He did not meet her after According to data shared by the Singh, held a meeting with offi- gas refilling stations in 10.42 AM regarding a firing she was released. Their relation prisons department, 267 fresh cials on Tuesday and gave nec- Gurugram. incident at Nizamuddin area became strange and they start- cases of coronavirus have been essary guidelines for oxygen These include Star Gases following which an Emergency ed quarreling over the issue. On reported among the inmates supply operation. and Maxcare at Manesar and Response Vehicle (ERV) was Tuesday morning, Waseem since March 2021. Of them, 22 “Haryana government has GK Industries’ gas refilling dispatched for the spot. killed her. He has been appre- have recovered and there are been allocated liquid medical stations at Sector-16. “Police reached Safdarjung hended and the weapon of 245 active cases. Similarly, 92 oxygen to Gurugram at the rate These refilling stations will Hospital where two persons offence is also recovered. The staff members have tested pos- of 35 metric tonnes per day. Of distribute oxygen via cylin- were admitted. One of them role of Rehana is also being itive for the virus since March this, 20 MT will be allocated by ders to hospitals that do not was identified as Saina who was probed in this incident,” said 2021. Inox Company from Bhiwadi have oxygen tanks. People can declared brought dead. the DCP. One has recovered and 91 Rajasthan and 15 MT of Air also avail oxygen cylinder from Another person Shahadat was Saina previously got mar- active cases are still there, the Liquid Company from these stations,” the commis- injured and is undergoing treat- ried thrice. Shahdat was known data said. The is the third Panipat,” Singh said. sioner said. ment in the hospital,” said the to Saina and used to work with death since last year. Two He said that 20 metric The commissioner said DCP. her, police said. There is no COVID-19 positive inmates tonnes of liquid medical oxy- that the supply and distribution “A total of five bullets were criminal background of & "" "  ::4&()" of Mandoli Jail died on June 15 gen coming from Inox Bhiwadi of liquid medical oxygen will be fired in which four bullets hit Waseem. He works as a ;<(** and July 4, 2020. Both were would be sent daily from its done on time, so that there is Saina while one hit Shahadat,” financer, police added. senior citizens. own tankers by the company. It no untoward incident.    !" 

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NIA Investigation has financed and armed a local Mansoor Khan, CEO & MD of the tune of 4,000 crore from The chargesheet was filed revealed that killing of gangster Sukhmeet Pal Singh rmy Chief General M M Bangalore-based IMA group around one lakh investors. in the NIA Special Court, Comrade Balwinder Singh alias Sukh Bikhariwal and ANaravane on Tuesday and others, for receiving several The money was allegedly , Punjab under various Sandhu was executed with the tasked him to execute the reviewed the operational pre- crores of rupees for funding diverted to the former Minister Indian Penal Code sections intent to strike terror in the killings through his associates. paredness of the front-line elections. so that the accused firm could relating to criminal conspiracy minds of people of India and After the reported killing of troops in the Siachen glacier Springs, Gogra and Depsang died. Beijing is yet to official- The agency filed the sup- continue it's illegal activities, it and murder among others especially those opposed to Harmeet Singh, a Pakistan and Eastern Ladakh. During valley in Eastern Ladakh for ly give the number of casual- plementary charge sheet before said. besides provisions of the Arms Khalistani ideology. based operational chief of KLF his visit there, he also went to the last ten months. ties. the Special Judge for CBI cases, The CBI had registered Act and Unlawful Activities “The transnational con- in Pakistan in January 2020, some forward posts. The Chinese reluctance to As regards the Army Bengaluru. It also.charge-sheet- four cases in connection with (Prevention) Act. spiracy in the instant crime was Sukh Bikhariwal was directed His visit came weeks after pull back from these points Chief’s ongoing visit which ed other Directors of the IMA IMA scam and earlier filed Those chargesheeted are hatched by Pakistan based self by Lakhvir Singh Rode and the Corps Commanders of comes after both the armies ends on Wednesday, officials group and named Mohd. three charge sheets and a sim- Sukhraj Singh alias Sukha of styled chief of KLF Lakhvir other KLF operatives through India and China held the 11th completed a peaceful and suc- said here on Tuesday he took Mansoor Khan, Nizamuddin. ilar number of supplementary Gurdaspur, Punjab, Ravinder Singh Rode and top foreign encrypted communication plat- round of talks on April nine to cessful withdrawal of troops stock of the situation at the Naveed Ahmed, Ishtiyak charge sheets against 33 Singh alias Ravi Dhillon of based KLF terrorists who pro- forms to kill Comrade defuse tension at the Line of from the southern and north- Siachen and Eastern Ladakh Ahmed, and Vaseem besides accused including IMA Group Ludhiana, Akashdeep Arora vided arms/ammunitions and Balwinder Singh. Actual Control(LAC)in ern banks of the Pangong with Northern Command the firm's IMA Pvt Ltd. and MD & CEO, its director, several alias Dhaliwal of Ludhiana, funds to the accused persons,” The reconnaissance of the Eastern Ladakh. Tso(lake) in Ladakh in chief Lt General YK Joshi and Daanish Publications. private persons, revenue and Jagroop Singh of Ludhiana, the NIA said. . target was carried by Both the commanders reit- February. Leh-based 14 Corps chief Lt “It was alleged that the police officials. Sukhdeep Singh of Gurdaspur, Further, a well-oiled ter- chargesheeted accused erated their commitment to Incidentally, the fist stand- General PGK Menon. He is accused former Minister It was alleged that the said Gurjit Singh of Gurdaspur, rorist-narcotics-criminal nexus Inderjeet Singh and sharp continue the process of dia- off started from the Pangong heading the Corps received several crores of Group had raised unautho- Inderjit Singh of Tarn Taran wherein narcotic drugs along shooters Gurjit Singh and logue to find ways to ensure Tso in May last year when Commander level dialogue rupees from IMA rised deposits & cheated the and Sukhmeet Pal Singh of with weapons were smuggled Sukhdeep Singh were recruited withdrawal of troops from the patrols of the two armies with the Chinese. funds for election expendi- public by failing to repay the Gurdaspur, Punjab. by Pakistan-based entities from for killing Comrade Sandhu, it stand-off sites. exchanged blows leaving sev- Officials said Naravane ture. It was further alleged principal and as well as the The case relates to killing of across the International Border said. India has all along main- eral soldiers on both sides interacted with the troops and that the accused was also util- promised returns. Comrade Balwinder Singh, in Punjab for generation of The other chargesheeted tained that disengagement injured. Soon, the LAC wit- complimented them for their ising the said funds for day-to- These funds were alleged- Shaurya Chakra awardee on funds for executing terrorist accused are associates of Sukh from all the face-off sites will nessed several flash points steadfastness and high morale, day expenditure including ly also diverted for acquiring October 16, 2020, at his resi- acts has also been unearthed it Bikhariwal who were instru- pave the way for peace and erupting. The worst incident while being deployed in some salaries of employees of his properties and paying bribe dence-cum-school in said mental in organizing logistics tranquility at the border. was in June in the Galwan val- of the harshest terrain, altitude firm,” the CBI said in a state- amounts. Bhikhiwind, Tarn Taran, NIA had earlier investigat- and shelter to the shooters. However, China has so far ley when both the armies and weather conditions. ment. Several properties includ- Punjab by two unidentified ed eight similar incidents of tar- Further investigation dilly dallied to agree to this fought an ugly brawl leaving 20 Menon briefed him on the pre- It was further alleged that ing moveable and immovable persons. geted killings/attempted killings against foreign based Khalistani proposal. It has resulted in Indian soldiers including the vailing security situation and Baig had spent the funds for were identified and attached A case was registered in by KLF between January 2016 entities including Lakhvir Singh both the sides still engaged in commanding officer dead. operational preparedness in various social and cultural under KPIDFE Act, 2004 by this regard as FIR No. 174/2020 and October 2017, wherein Rode and others continues, it a face-off situation at the Hot More than 40 Chinese also the Corps Zone. activities in his Constituency to the Competent Authority. dated October 16,.2020 at seven persons belonging to spe- added. ,  ( 0 ""  ''   (       "     '    

"  &+,+) - "  &+,+) - Ghaziabad (Hindon), and their dependents. $%    Pathankot, , Ludhiana, Directorate of Indian he Election Commission tepping up efforts to fight Ropar, Tarantaran/Patti, Army Veterans in conjunction Ton Tuesday said that the Sthe raging corona pandem- Kolkata, Danapur (), with ECHS & Headquarters of compliance of Covid-19 pro- ic, Defence Minister Rajnath Khadki (Pune), Palampur, Area & Sub Area is continu- tocol was the responsibility of Singh on Tuesday approved the Bareilly, Kolhapur, Yol, South ously coordinating support to the State Disaster Management temporary hiring of addition- Pune (Lohegaon), the Veterans. Authority (SDMA) (like lock- al contractual staff in 51 high- Vishakapatnam, , Former soldiers affected by down, restriction/curtailment pressure Ex-servicemen Guntur, Barrackpore, Chennai, COVID are being guided and on public gatherings, etc.) and Contributory Health Scheme Gorakhpur, Patiala, Noida, assisted in getting medical its officers notified under the (ECHS) polyclinics to cater to Bhopal, , Vellore and advice and admission in vari- Disaster Management Act, veterans and their dependents Ranchi. ous hospitals. The Base 2005. “At no occasion, the during Covid-19 surge. The move will ensure the Hospital at Delhi and Service Commission takes over the These polyclinics are availability of immediate med- Hospitals at all military stations task of SDMA for enforce- responsible in the State, to put enforcement measures under spread all over the country and ical attention even during night are working tirelessly to ment of Covid-19 instructions,” appropriate measures in place the Disaster Management Act, cater to more than 25 lakh vet- hours to acute cases in these accommodate maximum it said. immediately,” the EC said that 2005, the Commission com- erans. Giving details of the lat- areas to the veterans and their Veterans and are continuous- “The enforcement under , the statements being attrib- pleted electoral exercise in est decision, defence ministry dependents. The validity of this ly ramping up their capacities 2005 Act has to be ensured by uted to the Hon’ble High Court Bihar. The enforcement under officials said here the contrac- sanction is up to August 15, to ensure enhanced availabil- the concerned SDMA and noti- in certain sections of media do 2005 Act has to be ensured by tual staff, including one each of 2021. ity of beds. fied authorities under the Act. not find mention in the order the concerned SDMA and noti- Medical Officer, Nursing The latest directive comes While all efforts are being "  &+,+) - MT/day by the end of April The Commission has always finally passed. fied authorities under the Act. Assistant, Pharmacist, Driver a day after the Government made to attend to the needs of 2021. PM instructed the offi- emphasised in its 21.8.2020 The poll body said that The Commission has empha- and Chowkidar for identified recalled all the retired doctors COVID affected Veterans, the rime Minister Narendra cials to work closely with state and all subsequent instruc- Tamil Nadu has ordered lock- sised in its August 2, 2020 order ECHS polyclinics, will be hired of the armed forces and asked army urged them to stay at PModi on Tuesday evening governments to start the PSA tions that the State authorities down restrictions in view of and all subsequent instruc- through Station Headquarters them to serve in the covid home and remain steadfast in chaired a meeting with top Oxygen plants at the earliest. shall ensure Covid compliance COVID second surge (assess- tions that the State authorities for night duty, beyond normal facilities near their homes. dealing with the pandemic by officials to review the Covid- Officers also apprised the PM in the matter of public gather- ment of this is in the domain shall ensure COVID compli- working hours, for a period of This decision was taken during following all safety precau- 19 relation situation in the that they are encouraging states ings etc. for campaign purpos- of NDMA/SDMA or con- ance in the matter of public three months. a review meeting by Prime tions and COVID protocols. country and directed the offi- to also set up PSA Oxygen es. EC continuously directed cerned State Govt only) from gatherings etc. for campaign The high-pressure ECHS Minister Narendra Modi on Colonel Veterans of vari- cials to work closely with State plants,” said PMO in a state- the State/District authorities to 20 April 2021, 16 days after the purposes. At no occasion, the polyclinics are in Lucknow, Monday. Chief of Defence ous stations have been Governments in the installa- ment. enforce the extant instructions campaign period was already Commission takes over the , Bangalore Staff(CDS)General Bipin instructed to maintain contact tion of Oxygen plants at the Prime Minister was also of the NDMA/SDMA,” the poll over in the State. task of SDMA for enforce- (Urban), Dehradun, Kotputli, Rawat briefed him about the with the Ex-Servicemen Cells earliest. According to PMO, briefed about the functioning body said. EC has also cited the The poll body said it reit- ment of COVID-19 instruc- Amritsar, Meerut, Chandigarh, preparedness of the armed over the COVID situation and the meeting monitored the of the Oxygen Express orders by two other high courts erated its instructions on tions.” Jammu, New Delhi (Lodhi forces in handling the ongoing Emergency numbers have been status of oxygen availability, Railways Service as well as the — Calcutta HC and Madhya February 26, 2021 while Lambasting the poll body Road), Secunderabad, Agra, corona pandemic. activated to be manned at medicines, health infrastruc- domestic sorties & interna- Pradesh HC — both of which announcing the poll in five for failure to maintain Covid Ambala, Greater Noida, Meanwhile, the Indian each station round the clock. ture across the country. tional sorties undertaken by expressed satisfaction with the States and UT, including Tamil protocol during poll cam- Gurdaspur, Pune, Trivandrum, Army said on Tuesday it is tak- The contact information of all “The Empowered Group IAF to transport oxygen steps taken by it on Covid Nadu, and the campaign ended paigns, the Madras high court , Kanpur, , ing multiple steps to enhance COVID Helplines of the working on boosting Oxygen tankers. PM stressed on the norms. on April 4. on Monday said that the EC Gurgaon (Sohana Rd), its medical capacities on Indian Army is available on Supply briefed the Prime need to ensure that specific “Similar appropriate mea- “Fortunately, the second was responsible for the second Hoshiarpur, Mohali, account of rise in COVID www.indianarmyveterans.gov.i Minister on the efforts being guidelines and strategies sures have to be adopted at wave of COVID-19 was yet to wave in the country and that its Chandimandir, Allahabad, cases amongst the veterans n. made to ramp up availability evolved regarding Covid man- every counting centre and it is be visible fully by that time. officials should probably be and supply of oxygen in the agement needs to be properly only upon maintaining regular Polling was conducted follow- tried on murder charges for country. They informed the implemented by the relevant sanitization, proper hygienic ing all prescribed COVID allowing political parties to PM about increasing allocation agencies in the States. conditions, mandatory wearing appropriate measures on April hold massive rallies without fol- %    ! * of Oxygen to States. It was dis- Cabinet Secretary, Home of mask and adherence to the 6, 2021, which witnessed good lowing Covid-19 norms. The cussed that the production of Secretary, Secretary Transport, distance norms, should any electoral participation with full poll body has come under crit-    ! $  ( LMO in the country has Secretary I&B, Secretary counting begin or be contin- compliance of norms by all,” it icism for its decision to allow increased from 5700 MT/day Pharmaceuticals, Member ued. The State Health Secretary said political parties to wilfully flout in August 2020 to the present NITI Aayog, DG ICMR, and the Director of Public The Commission referred Covid-19 protocol through " &+,+) - In its 200-page affidavit, constant supervision and direct 8922 MT (on 25th April 2021). Secretary Biotechnology & Health should be consulted by to Bihar polls saying, “In 2020, huge rallies, with most partic- filed in the suo motu case on involvement of the Prime The domestic production of other senior officers were pre- the Election Commission and amidst the NDMA/SDMA pre- ipants, including the political he Centre on Tuesday told distribution of essential sup- Minister and the Home LMO is expected to cross 9250 sent in the meeting. the Chief Electoral Officer scribed lockdown and other leaders unmasked. Tthe Supreme Court that plies and services during Minister, is augmenting the oxy- medical oxygen in any country Pandemic, the Centre said “any gen supply on a war footing cannot be unlimited and with singular/isolated deviation in evolving and implementing the active and constant super- such plan for a particular State innovative measures”.   "&  vision of the Prime Minister it (either under a judicial order or The affidavit filed by addi- is augmenting the oxygen sup- otherwise) without keeping in tional secretary, MHA, said ever ply on a war footing to provide mind the national availability since the onset of the current relief to Covid-19 patients. and ever changing require- wave of pandemic, there is an    11 21 The Government said oxy- ments of each State is bound to unprecedented and rapid rise in gen supplies available at any have a cascading effect on oxy- the number of active COVID given time in the country are gen supply to other States”. cases in several states across the " &+,+) - ing oxygen cylinders, Such coaches are posi- to be distributed to all the The affidavit was taken on country with an almost unabat- for patients. On the request tioned at nine major railway states, especially those which record by a bench of Justices ed surge in the growth rate of he railways is deploying 31 of the state government, these stations in Delhi, Uttar are critically burdened with DY Chandrachud, L such cases. TCovid care coaches in coaches Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and high number of active COVID Nageswara Rao and S Ravindra “It is submitted that the Madhya Pradesh and have been made available Maharashtra. cases, in a balanced manner. Bhat, which posted the matter medical oxygen is a critical Maharashtra and these will to them,” he said. In the national capital, the The Ministry of Home for further hearing on Friday. component have facilities like oxygen “Indian Railways will railways has catered to the full Affairs (MHA) said the sheer “It is also pertinent to note in the treatment of COVID cylinders for patients, Railway deploy COVID care coaches at demand of the Delhi govern- magnitude of this unprece- that the medical oxygen in affected patients, especially in Minister Piyush Goyal said on the Ajni Container ment's 75 COVID care coach- said. 'cabins' with each having 16 dented surge in COVID-19 any country cannot be unlim- the second wave. The entire Tuesday. Depot in Nagpur. These 11 es with a capacity of 1,200 beds, At present, 70 COVID-19 beds. Every coach has three toi- cases itself bring with it certain ited. While the government available capacity of oxygen in Madhya Pradesh on coaches can together accom- the national transporter said. patients are utilising the isola- lets -- one western and two inbuilt limitations in terms of started all out efforts to aug- India was utilised for supply for Monday reported 12,686 coro- modate more than 170 While 50 coaches are posi- tion coaches. Indian style -- and a bathroom available resources which need ment oxygen resources and industrial as well as medical pur- navirus cases, taking its tally to patients,” Goyal said. tioned at Shakur Basti, 25 more In Uttar Pradesh, though with hand showers, buckets, to be professionally augment- procure more and more oxygen poses in the form of Liquid over five lakh, while Earlier in Bhopal, the rail- have been deployed at Anand coaches have not yet been req- mugs and seating arrangement, ed and utilised. from all available sources, these Medical Oxygen (LMO),” it said. Maharashtra reported 48,700 ways had deployed 20 isolation Vihar station in Delhi. uisitioned by the state govern- it said. Further, the centre said to supplies available at any given It said the “unexpected and cases taking the count of infec- coaches with a capacity of 292 In Nandrubar ment, 10 coaches each are Mosquito nets, bio-toilets, deal with shortage of medical time in the country are to be exponential” surge in the num- tions in the state to 43,43,727. beds. (Maharashtra), 24 isolation placed at Faizabad, Bhadohi, power sockets and oxygen oxygen, the Ministry of Health distributed to all the states, ber of active COVID cases The minister in a tweet said The railways had earlier coaches with a capacity of 292 Varanasi, Bareli and Nazibabad, cylinders are available in the and Family Welfare is in the especially those which are crit- across several States in the sec- that at the Tehri station in said it currently has 4,000 beds have been deployed. The totalling to a capacity of 800 coaches. Also, space has been process of commissioning 162 ically burdened with high num- ond wave has resulted in a sce- , 320 beds have been coaches that have been retro- utilisation of these facilities in beds (50 coaches), the railways created to hold IV-fluid bottles. PSA (Pressure Swing ber of active COVID cases, in nario wherein there has been an arranged by the Railways in 20 fitted as isolation units with a these states, as per latest said. Extra bottle holders and clamps Adsorption technology to gen- a balanced manner,” the gov- increasing demand for medical COVID care coaches. capacity of 64,000 beds and that records, cumulatively registers These coaches modified have been provided to hang erate oxygen at local level) ernment said. oxygen, especially from the “These coaches are these were ready to be deployed 98 admissions with 28 subse- for coronavirus patients have them, the railways said. plants across the country on a It said, “The Central States with a high burden of equipped with facilities, includ- across states. quent discharges, the railways been divided into eight bays or war footing. Government, with active and active Covid cases.    !" * )   :" !"  5$      ("&,&   /+01 ! )   ! & ! ! & !* 2 "  $    ""   ""  C1 - Union Minister of State for ">%   External Affairs, said that the hief Minister Pinarayi “mega vaccine centres”   "  C1)C"" "  )2 C&1, past 24-hours and Kushinagar CVijayan in his media inter- launched by the Kerala reported its highest so far of action on Tuesday disclosed Government are the epicentres he Bengal political parties n a day the number of nine deaths. Five deaths have that the State has diagnosed of the pandemic. “The mega Thave welcomed the Ofresh Covid cases came been reported in Banda and 32,819 persons with Covid-19 vaccine camps in Kerala are the Election Commission of India’s down in Uttar Pradesh, the Basti, four in Amethi, during the last 24 hours and main reason for the spread of decision banning victory rallies State recorded a high of 265 Balrampur and Etah. this is being seen as the high- the pandemic. The Kerala min- post May 2 when the poll deaths in a single day, with State Kasganj reported five est ever single day cases in ister for health K K Shylaja her- results would be declared in Capital Lucknow alone logging deaths. South India. self is under observation for five States. 39 deaths, as per official record State Additional Chief With the Department of suspected infection. Nobody State BJP spokesperson, shared by the health depart- Secretary Medical and Health Health confirming that the knows who is in charge of the Samik Bhattacharya, on ment. Amit Mohan Prasad said that State saw 32 fatalities during health department,” said Tuesday said that his party had Lucknow registered 4,437 the total number of active the last 24 hours, the death toll Muraleedharan who is moni- always followed the EC’s guide- new cases while UP logged cases in the state now is in Kerala reached 5,170. Test toring the situation in the State lines and would “continue to do a great job educating people Shah and Chief Minister 32,993. But the good news is 3,06,458. Of these 2,52,598 Positivity Rate stood at 23.24. are lethal than the ones which on a round-the-clock-basis. so” by refraining from taking about following the social Mamata Banerjee were in the that 30,398 people have people are in home isolation. The State wore the look of we are familiar with and in days The union minister alleged out any victory rally post norms which was why Bengal field (doing big rallies) and it recovered from the The rest is being treated in gov- a ghost city, according to to come we will see a tsunami that the Covin App set up by May 2. had been able to control the was only taken after the Court infection. ernment and private hospi- Subramanian Sasidharan, an of Covid in Kerala,” Vijayan the State to facilitate vaccina- “We have abided by the disease … but it was only the gave rap on the EC’s knuckles On Monday , 33,574 fresh tals. entrepreneur from had told Monday evening. tion is not working effectively. EC’s guidelines and will con- infected people who came to ... still we welcome the move cases were detected while He said yesterday, 1,84,144 Virudhunagar who has made While 98 health workers “There is a mega scam behind tinue to do so …considering campaign in Bengal from out- and will definitely follow it as 26,791 people had recovered samples were tested in the Kerala his home for the last 40 were infected with the virus on the setting up of this App and the rising cases of corona in side the State that things dete- we had been doing earlier too.” after treatment. state. A total of 4,01,41,354 years. “With ambulances blar- Tuesday, two para medical staff it will come out in coming Bengal the EC has taken a right riorated,” said party MP In view of the rising cases Fatalities however contin- samples have been tested so far. ing the siren ferrying Covid-19 succumbed to the pandemic. A days,” said Muraleedharan who decision and the political par- Sukhendu Sekhar Roy. and a day after being severely ued to remain worrisome. Uttar Pradesh has become the patients to hospitals and from blame game is on between the said there was a secret deal ties should support that,” Congress MP Adhir reprimanded by the Madras Kanpur city reported 15 first state to do more than four there to the burial grounds, the Kerala Government and the between the corporate hospitals Bhattacharya said. Chowdhury said the “decision High Court the ECI on deaths, Prayagraj (13), crore tests. State reminds me of scenes Centre about the availability of and the State administration. The Trinamool Congress to ban rallies post May 2 is a Tuesday banned all the victo- Varanasi (13), Ghaziabad also Prasad said the state gov- directly culled from war movies vaccine stock in the State. “Had On Wednesday, A on said the other hand said that welcome move which should ry rallies after May 2 with a recorded a high of 15 deaths in ernment has completed the of the 1960s. This is not the the Centre listened to my sug- Vijayaraghavan, the acting sec- though the EC announcement have been taken earlier. We view to impose social distanc- the last 24-hours. A dozen preparations for a major vac- Kerala I grew up with,” gestion and released the retary of the CPI(M) in Kerala required no separate reaction welcome the decision and will ing norms considering a steep deaths have been reported cination campaign for people Sasidharan told The Pioneer. required quantity of vaccine, would lead a sit-in demon- from the party as it had always follow this.” rise in the number of corona from Noida - another high. above 18 years of age from The surge in the number of the State would not have faced stration at his home against the adhered to the corona protocols. CPI(M) politburo member cases all over the country. Jhansi reported eight deaths, May 1. Covid-19 cases comes a day the shortage of vaccine. The Centre’s anti-people policies. “This declaration does not Md Salim on the other hand Bengal in the meantime Moradabad and Agra 4 each, By April 29, more than after Chief Minister told the Centre is always taunting us “All party members and general require any separate reaction said that the ECI announce- has witnessed a 50-fold rise in Ballia also reported a high of one crore doses will come in people that the medical frater- when we ask for five million public should stage the sit-in in from us because as the ruling ment came only after the hors- corona cases since last week of six cases, Jaunpur 4, the state. He said more than nity have come across new doses of vaccine for the State. their homes itself as a preven- party in Bengal we had been es had bolted. “This decision February. Monday saw 15,992 Shahjahanpur 4 and one crore doses have been variants of the pandemic, They keep on asking why we tive measure and raise anti- responsible enough to take all should have been taken earli- cases in the preceding 24 hours Sonebhadra 3. issued to the government. He which he described as the need this many doses,” said Centre slogans which the local necessary steps to keep the dis- er … it was not taken when with Kolkata and neighbouring Etawah, Hardoi reported said half of the people will be British and South African vari- Vijayan about the vaccine leaders would send via ease away… in fact our Chief Prime Minister Narendra North 24 Parganas recording three deaths each, Gonda had given covaxin and other half ants. “These genetically mod- shortage in the State. WhatsApp,” said the acting Minister Mamata Banerjee did Modi, Home Minister Amit the maximum number of cases. a high of six fatalities in the covishield. ified varieties of Covid viruses But V Muraleedharan, secretary. 9    8 9   1<  1"      ;   ! &:8   "     

   0+&")2.2 in the day. down," said the order.        As announced by Chief Students appearing for " " 4  ")-". Saxena, in-charge of the help    @"&" eeling under the pandem- Minister B.S. Yediyurappa, scheduled exams are, however, desk, will give information : When plers managed and heaved a Ric's second wave, the movement of people, and pub- allowed to travel in their own he district administration about health to the relatives of ormer Bihar Chief Minister it comes to the needs of the sigh of relief when the Covid Karnataka Government on lic transportation in buses, or private vehicles with their Thas taken a big decision all the patients admitted to Fand Hindustani Awam Kerala tipplers, the ruling Left surge came down, bars opened Monday issued stringent guide- taxis, autos and metro rail will hall ticket as pass to commute. amid the increasing pace of Deendayal Hospital. At the Morcha head Jitan Ram Manjhi Government appears to have a again and now with the second lines for the 14-day lockdown be banned daily except from 6 "Citizens taking Covid test corona infection. Now the Corona Hospital, the para- has put strict conditions on soft corner. With the second wave peaking, the wheel has from Tuesday night to May 12 a.m. to 10 a.m. when markets or vaccination will also be cause of infection and deaths in medical staff will visit the lockdown restrictions in the Covid wave hitting the State turned the full circle and all morning. and shops selling essential allowed to travel to the nearest the district will be audited. patients every two hours. If State. hard and the sudden decision vends are closed till further "The guidelines, which are needs like milk, groceries, eggs, designated centres in their city or Divisional commissioner there is any problem, we will Manjhi said his party will to close down all liquor vends notice. meant to break the chain of fish, meat, vegetables and fruits town. Emergency travel for Gaurav Dayal has issued orders treat it immediately. only support the curbs if the on Monday till further notice, Across the state the num- Covid transmission across the are allowed to function. health reasons or out of station for this. CDO Ankit Instructions were given for the State Government ensures now Bevco is mulling home ber of liquor vends include 301 State, will come into effect Liquor shops or outlets by train or plane can hire a cab Khandelwal has been directed deployment of paramedical waiver of power charges, water delivery of premium brands. retail liquor shops belonging to from 9 pm on April 27 and will will also remain open from 6- or auto to and from railway sta- to form a committee, along and doctors on vacant posts. bills, school fees, house rents, Bevco - the State owned- the state-run Bevco and mar- be in force till 6 am on May 12," 10 a.m. Home delivery of liquor tion or airport with ticket as with the Health Department He asked CMO to monitor pri- EMIs, among others. Kerala State Beverage keted, besides 576 bars and 291 Chief Secretary P. Ravi Kumar or food parcels will be allowed pass," said the being instructed to take sam- vate hospitals. No private hos- "Nobody wants to step out- Corporation is the sole whole- wine and beer shops. said in an order. to minimise movement of indi- order. ples of all the contacts in the pital should ask for more in the side of the house at a time saler of beer and liquor in the The profile of liquor users The decision to impose viduals outside their homes. Banks, ATMs, insurance vicinity of 200 meters around name of treatment. Money when there has been a rapid State. in the state in an earlier study the lockdown with exemptions "Schools, colleges, cinema offices, e-commerce firms, facil- the infected. should be taken as per rules. spread of Covid cases. For Top officials of Bevco are reveal that around 32.9 lakh for essential services, transport theatres, malls, gyms, hotels, ities in supply chain of essential A review meeting was held Keep a close watch. Everyone poor people, they are risking now working out on how home people out of the 3.34 crore of goods and scheduled travel restaurants, bars, pubs, clubs goods, cold storage and ware- at the Collectorate Auditorium must be subjected to a corona their lives for livelihood. Such delivery can be done and to population in the state con- by train or plane was taken at and non-essential shops will housing are allowed to operate under the chairmanship of check at the child protection a situation cannot be under- start with, they are mulling the sume liquor, which includes a state cabinet meeting earlier remain shut during the lock- during the fortnight shutdown. Divisional Commissioner home. stood by people living in an air- delivery of only premium 29.8 lakh men and 3.1 lakh Gaurav Dayal. In this, he first He further instructed that conditioned room," the former brands after collecting service women. reviewed the corona investiga- three doctors should be Chief Minister said. charge. Around five lakh people in tion. The ACMO informed deployed in Deendayal in Sources said that Manjhi's According to sources, in all Kerala consume liquor on a daily 34   &50006  that only RTPCR investigation eight-eight-hour shifts. It stand might create a strenuous likelihood this could well begin basis. Of this, around 83,851 is being done in Deendayal should be decided which situation for the Nitish Kumar very soon. people including 1,043 women   ""  +&&"-$ As on Tuesday evening the second with 1,181 cases. The Upadhyaya Joint Hospital. The patients are eligible to be government to impose a fresh An earlier attempt for are addicted to alcohol, accord- State had 1,0,8855 persons who Oxygen controversy has sub- antigen kit with RTPCR is admitted and which are not. lockdown in the state, on the home delivery, last year when ing to state government statistics. amil Nadu Government in were tested positive for the pan- sided for the time being with being tested at Malkhan Singh This will reduce unnecessary contrary, BJP and VIP had the country was under lock- Incidentally for fund Ta late evening release said demic. There has been no the Supreme Court showing District Hospital. In such a sit- pressure on the hospital. Death earlier advocated for complete down due to arrival of the starved Kerala, revenue on that 15,830 new persons were respite in the number of per- green light for reviving the pro- uation, the Gaurav Dayal audits should be done of the lockdown in the state amid the Covid virus, came under stiff liquor and beer is one of the diagnosed with Covid-19 on sons being tested (RT-PCR) as duction of medical grade oxy- instructed to get the antigen kit infected dead. Nodal officers in raging infections. resistance and then came the biggest cash cow and in the last Tuesday. The pandemic 1,21, 549 persons were tested gen from the Thoothukudi tested at Deendayal Hospital as private hospitals should keep Earlier Sanjay Jaiswal, novel idea of booking one's fiscal it received over Rs 15,000 claimed 77 lives during the last on Tuesday. unit of the Sterlite Industries. well. He further said that inves- on inspecting. CDO Ankit Rajya Sabha MP and BJP state requirement through an app. crore and hence the state will 24 hours and this took the Chennai registered 4640 The plant has a capacity to pro- tigations should also be con- Khandelwal, ADM City Rakesh president as well as Cabinet Even though the app had have to take care of its tipplers. death toll in the State to 13,728 new patients while neighbour- duce 1000 tonne oxygen per ducted around the house of the Malpani and others were pre- Minister Ram Surat Rai had numerous shortcomings, tip- IANS till date. ing Chengalpattu district came day. infected. He said that DK sent in this meeting. supported the restrictions. 7!    2   3   2 7    > =    6 ! =?9       !      %2%0"-$ hiked the prices of vaccines to     F"%%2 be supplied to the state gov- 1& mid acute anxiety trig- ernment. hile the situation turning Agered by the intimation Talking to media persons     Walarming with constant received from the Pune-based ahead of Wednesday’s Cabinet Panaji:The judgment in the rise in the total number of Serum Institute of India (SII) meeting, Maharashtra’s deputy rape case filed against former active positive cases and that it can supply Covishield chief minister Ajit Pawar said: Tehelka editor-in-chief Tarun    2," "-/( -))1& Assam reported 3,137 new increasing number of deaths vaccines only after May 20, the “The Centre has announced Tejpal will now be pronounced Covid cases and 15 deaths on due to Covid-19, the UT Maharashtra Government will the launch of third phase of on May 12, a trial court judge o check the rapid surge in Monday, taking the tally of administration in Jammu and take a formal decision on the vaccination for the 18-45 years said here on Tuesday. Tthe number of Covid-19 active cases to 17,764. Kashmir is focusing on beefing vaccination-related issues, age group from May 1. North Goa District and cases, the Assam Government The state had only 287 up tourist/pilgrim facilities. including its proposal to give Currently we are taking stocks Sessions Court judge Kshama on Tuesday enforced a night active cases on February 26 On Tuesday 25 more Covid-19 vaccine free of cost to of vaccines available in the Joshi announced the adjourn- curfew across the State from 8 when the Assam Assembly patients succumbed to Covid- Senior district officers vis- all those aged and above 18 state and also the price of vac- ment on Tuesday; the day pm to 5 am, officials said. elections were announced by 19 while 3164 fresh cases of ited the spot to supervise the years, at a State Cabinet meet- cines if we are to purchase when the Court was original- Assam Chief Secretary the Election Commission. Coronavirus were recorded ongoing work. Interestingly, ing scheduled for them from the manufacturers ly scheduled to pronounce its Jishnu Barua said in his order In Assam, as many taking the tally of active posi- the Shri Amarnathji Shrine Wednesday. and give them free of cost to final order in the case which that the curfew would remain 2,40,670 people have so far tive cases to 22283 in J&K. Board authorities have tem- With uncertainty staring in the targeted age group. On was booked against Tejpal in inforce till May 1. been infected by the contagious While the health adminis- porarily suspended online reg- the face on whether it will be their part, SII and Bharat 2013. "The Covid-19 situation in virus, while 1,215 persons have trators at the frontline were istration for the yatra beginning able to launch vaccination for Biotech have hiked the prices "The judge pronounced Assam has been reviewed and fallen prey to the disease. grappling with the rush of June 28. those above 18 years as sched- of vaccines. That being the today that it has been it has been observed that there Assam Health and corona positive patients and For the last couple of days uled on May 1 in the absence case, we are exploring if it is adjourned to the 12th (May)," has been a rapid increase in Education Minister Himanta accommodating them in the the pilgrim/tourist traffic to of adequate vaccine stocks, the prudent on our part to give special public prosecutor the number of active cses Biswa Sarma said that the health institutions Advisor to Jammu and Kashmir has been Maharashtra government will vaccine to all free of Francisco Tavora told across the State. Therefore, it deputy commissioners of 34 Lieutenant Governor, Baseer declining. The UT adminis- also have to decide on whether cost”. reporters here. Tavora said is felt that night curfew needs districts across the state have Ahmad Khan Tuesday went on tration too had closed down it is financially prudent for the While SII’s Covishield has that the Court has not attrib- to be imposed in all the dis- been authorised to suspend to inaugurate the Eco Log Huts famous public parks including state to give free of cost vac- quoted a price of Rs.400 per uted any reason for the delay tricts of Assam, except for physical classes for up to Class and Cafeteria at Jammu Tawi Tulip garden in Srinagar for vis- cines to all those in the 18-45 dose of vaccine to the state, in pronouncing the judge- essential and emergency activ- VIII in districts where Covid- Golf Course Sidhra, in presence itors. cers to make all arrangements years age group. BBIL will sell it for Rs. 600 per ment. ities and services," the order 19 cases have crossed the 100- of Secretary Tourism, Sarmad According to a statement to put the accommodation to Though a few of its min- dose of vaccine to the states. The former editor-in-chief said. mark on a particular day. Hafeez and Director Tourism issued by the Department of use with all the facilities being isters went to town a day “At tomorrow’s meeting, of the Tehelka investigative Barring emergencies, In Meghalaya, the night Jammu Dr Naseem Javaid Information and Public provided to the visitors. He fur- before that the state govern- we will be discussing on magazine was accused by a movement of individuals will curfew in East Khasi Hills dis- Chowdhary. Relations, "The Eco Huts with ther directed that the water, ment would give Covid-19 whether to float a global ten- junior colleague of sexually not be allowed during the cur- trict, in which capital Shillong On the other hand, work an area of 650 sq.ft each and electricity and other facilities vaccines free of cost to all der to procure vaccines, assaulting her at a five star few period, it added. falls, has been extended for on the construction of Yatri Cafeteria with an area of 6130 should be up to the mark. those aged and above 18 years, Remdesivir and medical resort in Goa. The state government had another week until May 2 and Niwas for Amarnath pilgrims sq.ft have been constructed After attending the briefing the the Uddhav Thackeray dis- Oxygen and on whether we Tejpal has been booked earlier ordered that all markets, it would be effective from 10 was going on at Chanderkote in under Prime Minister's Advisor expressed satisfaction pensation is reconsidering can float tender without a under sections 376 (rape), 341 shops, malls and restaurants p.m. to 5 a.m. Ramban district.The Shrine Development Package (I) at a over the construction of huts whether it can afford to go in permission from the Centre. (wrongful restraint), 342 would down their shutters by The state government has Board had directed the Deputy cost of 1.85 crore and 127.80 and said that the eco huts will for free vaccination for all After the deliberations at (wrongful confinement) 354A 6 p.m., besides making face also announced a series of Commissioners to ramp up lakhs respectively". have a substantial impact on especially in the light of the tomorrow’s Cabinet meeting, (sexual harassment) and 354B masks mandatory for everyone. measures, including banning accommodations and toilet The Advisor was briefed the ground.He also directed the fact that SII and government- the chief minister will take a (criminal assault), of the Indian According to the data entry of tourists from other facilities for the pilgrims along about the facilities available at caretakers to plant ornamental run Bharat Biotech final decision in the matter,” Penal Code. released by the Union Ministry states, to curb the virus the yatra route. the huts. He directed the offi- plants and flowers. International Ltd (BBIL) have Pawar said. IANS of Health and Family Welfare, spread.    !" &

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Obviously, it number of questions, the          (  > #       "  the police hierarchy acknowl- come as somewhat of a sur- suggests that there are serious chief one being where were  8/                   edges. Most importantly, the prise that boredom and com- systemic deficiencies that, for the officers? 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These offi- Government has given in to           S    9/    ( been involved in counter-insur- of thumb, the successful units cers come at the level of the vested interests and it is gency operations clearly under- have outstanding leaders -&(2.+& D DIG or above in a superviso- unlikely that relevant lessons     8/  :         ?  /   stands that operating in such an always willing to lead from the ry role and have little in-depth will ever be learnt from such                   8/   environment is not just physi- front. Focused on ensuring 1@+."-1&( practical experience or knowl- incidents. We are, therefore,           cally challenging or mentally that their men are conversant )+".)D edge of the counter-insur- bound to see a repeat of this demanding, but also fraught with the enemy and terrain, gency tactics, environment event in the not-too-distant with uncertainty. A single error physically and mentally 2&+.("&( or of the units that have been future. Interestingly, in one of #( or just plain bad luck can make tough, disciplined and moti-  "1@+."-& placed under their command. his James Bond novels, Ian the difference between win- vated enough to give their all Their interest is more to do Fleming writes: “Once is ning big or losing it all. On occa- for the team. Along with -&(2 "& with their own career progres- happenstance. Twice is coin- sions, even the best laid plans these building blocks, the key sion than anything else. This cidence. Three times is have been known to go awry ingredient to success is a +&E-.1&%+& explains why the so-called enemy action.” In this con- while sometimes, despite poor good intelligence network, -(&1F2( “elite” Commando Battalion text, that this Force was sub- planning or errors in execution, higher commanders with for Resolute Action (COBRA) jected to enemy action is operations have ended in suc- strategic vision and detailed @ D(- "))D units, which are the sword clearly not in doubt but what cess. Thus, leaderships tend to operational planning. "))+&-& arm of the CRPF’s counter- remains unclear is, are we take losses in their stride in the Unfortunately, we saw insurgency operations, are looking for the enemy in the understanding that tactical wins none of this on display dur- 1.%+&"))D supervised by a Sector HQs right place? Maybe, they real- and losses are just opposite ing this rather wretched +%"&-&*02 under an IGP, located within ly need to look inwards. sides of the same coin, to be encounter. It truly takes a very the National Capital Territory, (The writer is a military treated with equanimity. The special kind of incompetence ")(1B."2  thousands of km from their veteran, who is a Visiting Fellow ultimate goal of forcing the for such a large force, report- area of operations. with the Observer Research insurgents to abjure violence edly over 2,000-strong, to be ,- 2& +."-&D Even in this ill-fated oper- Foundation and Senior Fellow with the minimum number of ambushed in the manner that ation, for example, one telling with The Peninsula casualties among the Security they were, unable to retrieve fact that emerges is that Foundation, Chennai. The Forces (SFs) must not be lost their casualties for over 24-48 among the 50-odd casualties, views expressed are personal.) !!, !-!!+.#!-, SOUNDBITE !&7"1   :"5 *)            Sir — The second wave of COVID-19 has ! hit us harder and with greater intensity than   !"!#   1E-: ;! ""  )    the first. There are no immediate solutions  in sight for its mitigation. It is a sinking feel-               7  !       ing as India nears 2,00,000 COVID deaths. * %   It is now projected by the IIT scientists that #@;6889A6   & C K.    !   @(-8&>  the daily new cases will reach 4.4 lakh by  !    May 8 and peak at 38-48 lakh between May  0    S          ) $  *  +)$*, 14 and 18. The unprecedented surge with "  @   -@)                (( the high positivity rate may be plausibly        #    -   (                explained in terms of the coalescence of a     &     number of factors. From their observation     !       .   /   /    ) +.//),     ( of the behaviour of the mutant variants now           #         O    %        & +   in circulation, epidemiologists have sur- -       +    ! 1E-       :87699@"6$@876                         mised that they are highly infectious. Still  4+ 9      +    K( %   !             further rigorous investigations are needed     1E-      '  &        P      Q to get a grip on the correlation between the     "!      !  %=* -  ! new variants and the spread of the earlier (2        ! !*          #    !  variants at a rapid rate. +*        + !  !     /   . +!/., #    The lack of self-discipline, as manifest- +          !      !              O  (( ed in the lack of adherence to COVID-     1E-          3   4 !    appropriate behaviour, has in a significant       18     D  ! measure led to the staggering spike in infec-   !,           -    ! !   (   # tions. People tend to think, albeit without 0         - -     5        any basis, that they are somehow safe from "   *@%      # !   $  #     %  S the virus. The Coronavirus could not have O       * 699@9 9$9<9@A69@  <7#6          )  5 67 found anything better than election rallies, K" C religious gatherings and cricket matches to and dismantling the al-Qaeda. The US was  Q          -            reach its destination — the human lungs. The - P     Q       still militarily engaged debating its choices Sir — With the increase in COVID-19 cases     pandemic is ravaging and ripping through for the past 20 years. It would be a respon- and fatalities, many States are considering the country and causing widespread human   !*!               ) sible withdrawal if the Taliban was to cut ties lockdowns. While the nation battles the oxy-                     suffering. The pandemic-related images are with terrorist groups, reduce violence in gen supply and demand gap, the lockdowns  1 profoundly harrowing, distressing and haunt- Afghanistan and engage in meaningful come as another blow to the common man  "  #   $ /      )$*     P     ing and are relived in our wakeful hours and        Q    #      P S negotiations with the Afghan Government. and his livelihood. Though the lockdowns !  !  dreams. Crematoriums and graveyards indi- The old Doha treatment was a peace have been imposed in the best interest of cit-    1                    Q # cate that the pandemic’s real casualty toll deal placed before the world but, for the izens — to protect them from the virus, there      /              )$* could be far higher than the official figures. Taliban, it was a US withdrawal deal. The is a dire need to ramp up medical facilities @A9@#<>=96  "           8   8  * *  G David Milton | Tamil Nadu US was supposed to leave by May 1. India to meet the urgent needs of all the patients. K%(  supports an Afghan-led-owned-controlled  Q    It is a matter of appreciation that sev-         9    /:;)        peace process. India stays because it has a eral countries have promised to support ,%C          "  )$*          8   Sir — For the Afghans, the war seems end- sense of belonging. India was Afghanistan’s India in such an hour of crisis. The world !                      less. American President Joe Biden preferred partner with its economic coop- should otherwise be indebted to India as it (*(                       ( announced on April 14 that “it is time to end eration programme for the past 20 years. took the lead in supplying vaccines through ! the forever war in Afghanistan” and that all Nearly three-fourth of the Afghan popula- the ‘Vaccine Maitri’ operation to many        (  <          ( the US soldiers would leave before tion today is below 30 years, and they are countries in a bid to combat COVID-19.                   )$*       September 11 this year. The US Special conservative, living in an open society. 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bortion is a highly emotional issue and one that excites many opinions. However, equi- Atable access to safe abortion services is first (7 /!% and foremost a human right. In March, the   S              S  Parliament passed the Medical Termination of                    ( Pregnancy (MTP) Bill, 2021 to amend the Medical ) Termination of Pregnancy Act, 1971. This amend-         )   R  S ment will help expand access to safe and legal abor- $   /   ?             tion services on therapeutic, eugenic, humanitar-    + , ?      .   6B=@  ian and social grounds. The Bill seeks to strength-                  en provisions for protecting the dignity and pri-   :    ?  .        ( vacy of women who seek the refuge of law when                 # confronted with such a life-altering decision.     ?        ?    These provisions include an increased gesta-    9     P) )        ) tion period of 24 weeks from 20 weeks “for spe- cial categories of women” such as survivors of rape            .  )    S or other vulnerable women. However, the opinion  )               %  of one registered medical practitioner would be         Q        %  ( required for termination of pregnancy of up to 20                   ( weeks and the opinion of two registered medical             :     ( practitioners would be necessary in cases that go                up to 24 weeks. Sadly, the 24 weeks’ gestation rule         ?            will not apply for termination of pregnancy in cases of substantial foetal abnormalities. Significantly, the         C PD     name and other particulars of a woman whose preg-      D           ( nancy has been terminated cannot be revealed, -(1.- "))D* "           Q except when authorised by any law. [email protected]2 -E+ This may induce youngsters to are vulnerable and victims of rape. care institutions. Such barriers dis- So the big question is, how would it impact +") .+)"+ resort to unsafe methods of abortion. The policymakers must consider the proportionately affect poorer women? We all know that the pandemic-induced )",("& Fourth, it enhances the gestational current deficiencies and take steps to women, who often live in remote, lockdowns brought unintended consequences. @1)- -+( limit for legal abortion from 20 to 24 improve the Bill further, so that it rural areas. Projections suggest that due to the inability to access -&-&-" "E+ weeks only for specific categories of becomes a milestone in comprehen- Significantly, women’s rights and contraceptives, Indian women may have an addi- B"-)+1"C+ women such as survivors of rape, sive abortion rights around the economic development are highly tional 2.4 million unintended pregnancies. Further, ",1%+&O( victims of incest and minors. This world. correlated. Today, the discrepancy in the near-term due to the COVID-19 necessitat- .- (0"(+ may expand third-party authorisa- Although India was among the between the legal rights of women ed restrictions, close to two million women will be "@@.1" 0D tion for abortion care due to the first countries in the world to devel- is much larger in developing coun- unable to access abortion services. In light of the 2&+.%-&-& above provisions. Lastly, the Bill is op legal and policy frameworks tries compared with developed above worrying trends, the MTP (Amendment) silent about sensitisation of the guaranteeing access to abortion and countries. Even western democracies Bill, 2021, provides a more progressive law that ,1%+&O( contraception, women and girls that otherwise seem to be leaders on [email protected]2 -E+ healthcare community and the gen- #               would have long-term implications and give bod- eral public about safe sex and abor- continue to experience significant an international human rights stage ily autonomy to women. While there are pertinent "21&1%D tion rights, which could go a long barriers to full enjoyment of their have historically struggled with the              ? C P-  aspects of the MTP Act, 2021, as a step towards safe-  .12 way in eliminating the stigma asso- reproductive rights, including poor recognition of women’s rights to          Q #       ty and well-being of women and will benefit sev- -( .-%-&"1.D ciated with MTP. quality of health services and denial make autonomous decisions regard-   ?               eral women, it must be underscored that availing @.1E-(-1&( The amendment in the Bill con- of women’s and girls’ decision-mak- ing the spacing and number of                   ( MTP within a specified age of pregnancy is the (2 "( + tinues the legacy of hetero-patriar- ing authority. their children.   C P)       )     absolute right of a woman. Also, no pregnancy must (@12(") 1&(+& chal population control, which does Historically, reproductive health- Worldwide, abortion is acknowl- be terminated, except with the consent of the .+K2-.+%+& not give women control over their related laws and policies in India edged as an important aspect of           )    )     B1." +((1     #   %  )       woman. own bodies. While it is commend- have failed to take a women’s rights- reproductive health of women. At In a progressive move, the Bill replaces the word [email protected]2 -E+ able that the Bill proposed to expand based approach by undermining present, 26 countries including            Q “husband” by “partner” and hence acknowledges +") (+.E- +( the gestation period from 20 weeks women’s reproductive autonomy Egypt, Angola, Thailand, the #                consensual relationships outside of matrimony. Plus, to 24 weeks, this again can be lim- through discriminatory provisions Philippines, Madagascar and Iraq do       C P: ? )     %    the details of the woman undergoing abortion can- iting. There are multiple cases of such as the spousal consent require- not permit abortion and 39 countries               not be revealed by a registered medical practition- delay in seeking access to pregnan- ment for access to reproductive including Brazil, Mexico, Sudan,        )          Q er unless authorised by law. Violation of this would cy termination due to several reasons health services. Indonesia and Sri Lanka permit D               mean imprisonment up to a year, a fine, or both. including but not limited to, sexual Although India’s National abortion when the woman’s life is at However, some of the limitations of the Bill include assault on a minor, delay in recog- Population Policy guarantees women risk. Only some countries like China,     R   +!  4,S   ?    lack of a rights-based approach by making it nising the pregnancy, intimate part- voluntary access to the full range of Russia, Canada, Australia, and South   4    4      6E    4  ( mandatory for women to justify abortion, riddled ner violence and difficult family cir- contraceptive methods, in practice Africa permit abortion on request   4 /     4       with accessibility issues, reproductive rights. The cumstances. State Governments continue to mostly up to 12 weeks.            # S     Bill also fails to address most of the problems with Due to the exclusion of abortion introduce schemes promoting In this backdrop, India will now       *  #   ?           the MTP Act. First, it does not allow abortion on by choice in the current law, these female sterilisation, including stand among nations with a highly     S     #      ( request at any point after the pregnancy. It is allowed women end up being exposed to through targets, leading to coercion, progressive law which allows legal         -        ( only under particular situations — such as rape, unsafe abortions, putting their health risky substandard sterilisation pro- abortions. This Bill is a milestone foetal abnormalities, and risk to physical or men- and life at risk. However, consider- cedures, and denial of access to non- which will further empower women.  S                 tal health of the woman, and not because of her vol- ing the huge leap on abortion permanent methods. India, certainly elevates its standard               S  untary choice of not having the baby. Mehta is CEO and reform, India is standing among Millions women face structural, at a higher pedestal through this Bill. #    C P?         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ndia must learn to be in a activities. Even though nine during July-December 2020, towns could dent manufactur- consumer durables, smart- criminated against, leading to working mode during this months have passed after the Human Resource (HR) con- ing, core sector activities, sup- phones and apparels, which a severe social divide. In Bihar, Isecond wave of the pan- unlocking process started, sultants estimate that one mil- ply of goods and services and have just started recovering, the budget school owners are demic and not lock itself down most industries, including edu- lion jobs were added during the overall demand, even fur- will be adversely affected. Even up in arms against the irra- repeatedly. After the severe cation, tourism, travel and this period. Now many of ther. partial lockdowns in different tional lockdowns. productivity, jobs and eco- even Government offices have these jobs, most of them in the The Investment parts hit sales. The situation remains nomic losses last year, it should not gone back to normal. informal sector, are threat- Information and Credit Rating The WFH, occasionally alarming as the factory activ- have evolved a protocol to  89 ,/, The direct and indirect job ened again. Agency says that bad loans of for maximum worker utilisa- ity grew at its weakest in restore normal working con- losses are hitting not only the Many companies like Parle Indian banks could rise to 9.7 tion, cannot be a permanent March 2021. A Reuters survey ditions. The present wave has economy but also the social Products, Tata Motors, per cent in 2021 and 10.2 per mode. The online mode is not says that Asia’s third-largest come at a time when the fabric and family lives. Amid Mahindra & Mahindra, Ceat cent in 2022 from gross bad feasible in a poor country like economy, despite some recent International Monetary Fund the minus 23.9 per cent fall in and Axis Bank have largely loans at 9.6 per cent in March India with a critical cash flow improvements, is heading for has predicted a possible 12.5 the Gross Domestic Product gone back to the Work From 2020 and 8.3 per cent in in rural areas as it increases the biggest risk to the outlook. per cent growth in 2022 for the (GDP) during the lockdown Home (WFH) format for cor- December 2020. The hardship. It is devastating the The country cannot relax country. A second erratic clo- and speculation by national porate employees. Many oth- December decline is due to the education sector, largely pri- fiscal deficit norms as suggest- sure may throw a spanner in and international organisa- ers like ITC, Samsung, RPG, writing off of 1.1 lakh crore vate as income-deprived par- ed by Union Home Minister the works. tions about the country’s Dabur, Haier, Vedanta, Vivo people lose their jobs again. of such loans. ents are unable to pay the Amit Shah. The rising During the last 100 years growth; another bout of clo- and Panasonic have issued Banks are fretting over A nation trying to recov- tuition fees, leading to closure Government debts may have the country has suffered many sures is hitting economic activ- new guidelines for the work- another spike in defaults and er is being hit hard again. The of several lakh budget schools many dangers. India needs to epidemics but never closed ities. ers. credit quality and the manu- Retailers Association of India in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, change its policies as it cannot down its establishments. The nationwide sudden According to the Centre facturing activity is at its low- estimates businesses will lose Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh force repeated closures of During the difficult times, all lockdown on March 25 last for Monitoring Indian est pace in seven months about $5 billion in and many other States. They social and economic activities. individuals and organisations year led to 10.9 million jobs Economy, about 12 million restricted by the COVID-19 Maharashtra alone, this can neither afford the increas- A protocol must be devised so came together to strive and being lost and has been termed additional people would have pandemic. The curbs imposed month. It says that ing data costs nor do they have that it continues its normal restore normalcy. The Surat The writer is a senior the worst-ever year for the job got jobs from the beginning of almost all over the country and Maharashtra accounts for 10 connectivity nor even smart work as it does during the war plague in the mid-1990s was journalist. The views market. Though there is no this year — the highest since the beginning of a second per cent of $85 billion of hones or laptops. time. Diseases surge and go but also dealt with like that and the expressed are personal. centralised data available for March 2020 — but the current wave of exodus of migrant India’s annual retail sales. It The new generation feels a nation has to move without city did not shut its business how many jobs were created lockdowns can make many workers back to their home- says that sales of automobiles, not only deprived but also dis- closing down for a day.    !"   3 *6  ""   > $  %  9R       ;   were. He described the air 7    raids to The Associated Press as a “heinous war crime” and " 1)1%01 the Cabinet has approved the called for the international proposal to ban all face cover- !   community to pressure the ri Lanka’s Cabinet on ings, including the burqa. junta to stop them. STuesday approved a contro- “I requested approval to " 0"&C1C Sithichai Jindaluang, the versial proposal to ban all draft a law for the covering of governor of Thailand’s Mae forms of face coverings in pub- full-face adhering to the quar- thnic Karen guerrillas said Hong Son province, confirmed lic places, citing a threat to antine law which means there Ethey captured a Myanmar at a news conference that Karen national security. will be no prohibition to wear Army base on Tuesday near the guerrillas had overrun the The move came weeks after face masks to prevent the border with Thailand, repre- Myanmar base and said a Minister of Public Security Covid-19 virus,” he was quot- senting a morale-boosting action woman on Thai soil was Sarath Weerasekara signed a ed as saying by the Daily Mirror for those opposing the military’s wounded by a stray bullet dur- note in March, seeking the news website. takeover of the country’s civilian ing the morning’s fighting. He approval of the Cabinet to ban The Buddhist-majority Government in February. said about 450 villagers have burqas -- outer garments that nation in 2019 had temporar- Myanmar’s military staged been evacuated from Mae Sam cover the body and face worn ily banned wearing of burqas airstrikes several hours later on Lap for their own safety. by some Muslim women. under emergency regulations villages in territory controlled Sithichai also said a The Cabinet has decided to following the Easter Sunday by the Karen forces, said a Myanmar military aircraft later ban all forms of face coverings attacks in which nine suicide guerrilla spokesman, a senior bombed a Karen village. in public places, Cabinet bombers belonging to the local Thai official and a relief work- Dave Eubank of the Free spokesperson and information The proposal now must be Islamist extremist group er. A spokesman for the Karen Burma Rangers, a humanitar- minister Keheliya approved by Parliament to National Thawheed Jamaat National Union, the minority’s ian aid group with extensive Rambukwella told reporters become a law. (NTJ) carried out a series of main political group seeking experience in the area, said he here, without specifying Last month, Pakistan’s blasts that tore through three greater autonomy from could confirm that there had burqas. High Commissioner to Sri churches and as many luxury Myanmar’s central govern- 1 """" " been airstrikes on Karen vil- He said the decision was Lanka Ambassador Saad hotels, killing 270 people, ment, said its armed wing  <"?42)" 1* lages in two townships in taken two years after a wave of Khattak had criticised the pro- including 11 Indians, and injur- attacked the base at 5 a.M. And Papun district. He said coordinated terror attacks on posal to ban the wearing of ing over 500. burned it down just after dawn. is a close ally of the resistance the Salween River, amid the the camp, which is opposite Myanmar’s army was also stag- hotels and churches on Easter burqas in the country, saying Muslims make up about 9 Casualty figures were not yet movement against the military sound of heavy gunfire. The Thailand’s Mae Sam Laep vil- ing ground attacks in the area. Sunday. such “divisive steps” in the per cent of the 22 million peo- known, the KNU’s head of for- takeover that ousted the elected river marks the border with lage. Neither he nor the governor “All forms of face covers are name of security will not only ple in Sri Lanka, where eign affairs, Padoh Saw Taw government of Aung San Suu Thailand. Padoh Man Man of the had casualty figures available. a threat to national security,” he hurt the sentiments of Muslims Buddhists account for more Nee, said in a text message. There Kyi. Its armed wing is called the A report by the Karen KNLA’s 5th Brigade, which Fighting between the said. but also strengthen wider than 70 per cent of the popu- was no immediate comment Karen National Liberation Army. Information Center, an online launched the morning’s attack, KNU’s armed wing and However, wearing face apprehensions about the fun- lation. Ethnic minority Tamils, from Myanmar’s military gov- Video shot from the Thai news site, quoted an unnamed said Myanmar’s military car- Myanmar’s military has been masks to combat Covid-19 is damental human rights of who are mainly Hindus, com- ernment. The KNU, which con- side of the border showed villager on the Thai side of the ried out airstrikes in the early intense since February. allowed. The covering of the minorities in the island nation. prise about 12 per cent, while trols territory in eastern flames rising from the govern- river saying he saw seven gov- afternoon, but he did not know Government airstrikes began full face will automatically Meanwhile, Weerasekera Christians account for over 7 Myanmar near the Thai border, ment position on the banks of ernment soldiers trying to flee how many casualties there on March 27. include burqa and niqab. in a Facebook post wrote that per cent of the population. 4-5 !,-!!#"4 Q   !   (  ; % ! (!      "" $  " "5    3    !     4  !   !6R. )   6  , 6 6:888 0       !  :      ! ) <  5     ! +  @ "  ,"( -&1&  : 5 -           6"    7  ndia helped the people of Tehran: Iran said on Tuesday " 12""1212402.C-&"  !  ! 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Tuesday. The Spanish journal- D! .(  * His task for the next 100 days Prime Minister Narendra their first session since com- decided to expedite the Cabinet spokesman Ali ists and an Irish citizen went   *! will be to lay out the path back Modi. The two leaders spoke ments surfaced from the process.” China’s delegate Wang Rabiei also hinted that anoth- missing during an attack by  !    to normal. on Monday as the Biden Iranian foreign minister alleg- Qun told reporters on his way er exchange of prisoners gunmen Monday near a nation-  ( "!  When he entered office, administration, which was crit- ing that Russia once tried to out of the talks that discussions between Iran and America was al park, said Arancha González   Biden moved swiftly to over- icised by many for its slow reac- scupper the pact. would continue on Wednesday. possible, saying that “the idea Laya, Spain’s Foreign Affairs !  *  come vaccine supply issues progress is marked. tion to the massive medical cri- The Russian Foreign The U.S. Is not at the table of a swap of prisoners has Minister in a Press conference.    and more than tripled the Going forward, success will sis in India, swung into action Ministry has not responded to because it unilaterally pulled always been on the agenda” and The two Spaniards are  !  country’s ability to administer mean finishing the nation’s to provide assistance to India in requests for comment on the out of the deal in 2018 under adding they should be released from northern Spain and were them. But ending the coron- herculean vaccination cam- its fight against the surge in remarks from Foreign Minister then-President Donald Trump, because of “humane concerns.” working on a documentary on      avirus pandemic, the central paign — to date 43% of Covid-19 cases. Mohammad Javad Zarif, made who restored and augmented Rabiei did not offer details how Burkina Faso’s authorities  O 4P  challenge of his presidency, Americans have received at The urgent help in a seven-hour interview with American sanctions in a cam- on how many Iranians are held were tackling poaching and on #@A#@ @ %  will require more than putting least one shot — overcoming announced by the White House a think tank associated with the paign of “maximum pressure” in the U.S. And claimed that the communities of people liv-    ! shots into arms — a task now lagging demand and commu- ranged from oxygen supplies, Iranian presidency that leaked to try and force Iran into rene- releasing their names could ing in the park. At the time of O   1E- M growing more difficult as nicating in clear terms what raw materials for Covid-19 over the weekend. gotiating the pact with more harm them. However, he said, the attack, they were traveling    demand sags — but also a activities can be safely resumed vaccines, critical life-saving Ahead of the main talks, concessions. President Joe “their number is bigger than that with an anti-poaching patrol  O    robust plan to help the nation by those who are vaccinated. drugs to PPEs. Russia’s top representative Biden wants to rejoin the deal, of American prisoners in Iran.” with about 40 people, she said.   (  emerge from a year of isolation, Key milestones include “India was there for us, and Mikhail Ulyanov said he’d met however, and there is a U.S. In 2019, a prisoner “It is a dangerous area LE)$  .  disruption and confusion. Biden’s July Fourth pledge that we will be there for them,” on the side together with offi- Delegation in Vienna taking exchange saw Iran free a where terrorists, bandits, and , *M !( ( B If Biden launched the Americans can safely gather Biden said in a tweet soon after cials from Iran and China, but part in indirect talks with Iran, Chinese-American scholar jihadists usually operate,” said ( ) "   nation onto a war footing with friends and family, and the his phone call with Modi. did not mention anything with diplomats from the other from Princeton who had been González Laya. "0 * 0(*B1P*D  ! against a virus that infected start of the new school year, This was the second tele- about Zarif’s comments. world powers acting as go- held for three years on widely The Irish government said  %!    nearly 200,000 Americans in when the president hopes to phonic conversation between “We compared notes and betweens. criticized espionage charges. At it was “aware of the reports and %;* ! * January and killed about 3,000 have all schools open safely. the two leaders after Biden was exchanged views on the way The deal promises Iran the time, Tehran said American is liaising closely with interna-    *   of them per day, the next The Centres for Disease sworn in as the 46th president of ahead towards full restoration economic incentives in authorities were holding about tional partners regarding the   %  months will be tantamount to Control and Prevention was the United States on January 20. of the nuclear deal,” he tweet- exchange for curbs on its 20 Iraian nationals in jail. situation on the ground.”       winning the peace. Already, expected to unveil new guid- “Today, I spoke with Prime ed. “It was a very fruitful meet- nuclear program. The reimpo- Iran has at times expressed An audio message heard by    1E"P* deaths are down to fewer than ance on outdoor mask-wearing Minister Narendra Modi and ing.” sition of American sanctions readiness for prisoner swaps The Associated Press that pur-     5 M!  700 per day and average daily for unvaccinated people on pledged America’s full support Following the main meet- has left the country’s economy with the US. When they do ports to be from jihadist group     cases are below 60,000. US Tuesday, ahead of a planned to provide emergency assis- ing with his counterparts from reeling, and Tehran has react- take place, the exchanges are known as JNIM that is linked  @F 0E officials insist there is a long speech by Biden later in the day tance and resources in the China, Germany, France, and ed by steadily increasing its vio- seen as rare diplomatic break- to al-Qaida praised the attack @C  way to go before the country on the state of the pandemic fight against Covid-19,” Biden Britain — the other parties to lations of the restrictions of the throughs between Tehran and claimed responsibility for the   !  can be fully at ease, but the response. said. the deal, known as the Joint deal. Washington. AP attack. 3    B          "R   !     !     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The 95-year-old monarch Queen, as did Sara Affoue Lord Chamberlain, Baron The Moscow City Court’s was photographed while con- Amani, the Ivory Coast ambas- Andrew Parker. ruling on Navalny’s Foundation ducted virtual “audiences” with sador. The photographs But her latest virtual for Fighting Corruption came the ambassadors of Latvia and showed the Queen dressed in engagement is the first formal amid a sweeping crackdown on Ivory Coast, who were at a pale blue floral dress and no resumption of duties since the Russian President Vladimir Buckingham Palace in London longer wearing black, after two late Duke of Edinburgh’s royal Putin most prominent critic, while she was at Windsor weeks of royal court mourning ceremonial funeral at St. his allies and his political infra- Castle in Berkshire, south-east ended last Friday. George’s Chapel in Windsor structure. AP England. While in mourning, the Castle on April 17.    !"  6

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" &+,+) - “Institutional investments being implemented for the   take effect, mobility has expe- The brokerage said continued the momentum dur- he Reserve Bank of India first time for Urban Co-oper- elecom operators recorded rienced a significant hit and as the pace of vaccination picks nstitutional investments in ing the first quarter (January- Ton Tuesday issued guide- ative Banks (UCBs) and T12.27 per cent rise in their "  " there are signs of the econom- up, which it expects from June, Ireal estate rose 21 per cent in March) of 2021, registering 21 lines for appointment of statu- NBFCs from 2021-22, “they total revenue at 71,588 crore ic pain spreading to the wider there should be another return January -March period of this per cent growth in volumes at tory auditors of banks and shall have the flexibility to in the quarter ended December economy in facets such as of pent-up demand, in addition year at USD 922 million but USD 922 million, indicating non-banking finance compa- adopt these guidelines from 31, 2020 on a year-on-year " %2%0"- power demand, GST e-way to other tailwinds like strong inflow of funds may be impact- sustained investor interest in nies (NBFCs), including hous- the second half of FY 2021-22, basis, according to data pub- bills, railway freight. global growth, lagged impact of ed in this quarter due to spurt India’s real estate market,” JLL ing finance companies. in order to ensure that there lished by sector regulator Trai usiness activity has fallen by However, the impact still easy financial conditions, and in cases of COVID-19 infec- said in a statement. ‘Guidelines for is no disruption”. on Tuesday. Ba fourth of the pre-Covid appears small compared to front-loaded fiscal spending. tions, according to JLL. The consultant attributed Appointment of Statutory Banks and UCBs will be The gross revenue of the levels due to lockdowns the? first wave and other indi- The ongoing second wave Recently, Knight Frank the rise in institutional invest- Central Auditors (SCAs)/ required to take prior approval telecom service providers was imposed by states to contain cators like labour force partic- should remain a short-term India came out with a report ments to increased activity Statutory Auditors (SAs) of of Reserve Bank of India 63,764 crore in the same the spread of the second wave ipation rate have remained negative economic shock mentioning that private equi- from funds and closed devel- Commercial Banks (excluding (RBI) for appointment/reap- quarter a year ago. of Covid-19, Japanese broker- resilient. But with more states which is likely to be localised ty investment in real estate opment stage deals. RRBs), UCBs and NBFCs pointment of SCAs/SAs, on an The adjusted gross rev- age Nomura said on Tuesday. extending restrictions, sequen- to the June quarter and the jumped over 16-fold in “However, the pandemic (including HFCs)’ will be annual basis, the guidelines enue of the service providers, However, it said the falling tial momentum is likely to medium-term growth outlook January-March 2021 to USD surge during the second half of applicable for financial year said. on which the Government activity levels will have a muted remain weak over the next remains stable, it said. 3.24 billion as several deals March 2021 is expected to 2021-22 and onwards. For entities with an asset levies licence fees and other economic impact and main- month, hurting GDP growth in The sharp slowdown in spilled over from the last year. delay the investment pipeline in However, non-deposit tak- size of Rs 15,000 crore and charges. tained its growth estimates for April-June period. ultra-high frequency indicators According to property the second quarter,” it cau- ing NBFCs with asset size above as at the end of previous Also increased by 16.5 per the year, saying the lockdowns “There are reasons to since April and extended consultant JLL India, institu- tioned. below Rs 1,000 crore have the year, statutory audit should be cent on year-on-year basis to present “downside risks”. expect a muted economic restrictions does suggest down- tional flow of funds includes Among asset classes, insti- option to continue with their conducted under joint audit of  47,623 crore during the As of April 25, the Nomura impact. The ??experience from side risk to its GDP growth investments by family offices, tutional investments in resi- extant procedure. a minimum of two audit firms. reported quarter from 40,877 India Business Resumption other countries suggests a lower projection of 11.5 per cent in foreign corporate groups, for- dential segments fell to USD 58 The guidelines provide All other entities should crore in the corresponding Index (NIBRI) registered its correlation between falling 2021 as against a contraction of eign banks, proprietary books, million in January-March 2021 necessary instructions for appoint a minimum of one period of 2019-20. steepest weekly fall in over a mobility and growth. Parts of 6.9 per cent experienced in pension funds, private equity, from USD 74 million in the appointment of SCAs/SAs, the audit firm for conducting statu- The licence fee collection year of 8.5 percentage points to the economy like manufactur- 2020.”We are currently experi- real estate fund-cum-develop- year ago period. number of auditors, their eli- tory audit. joint auditors of the of the Government increased 75.9, which is 24 percentage ing, agriculture, or work-from- encing the peak economic ers, foreign funded NBFCs But, the inflow of funds in gibility criteria, tenure and entity do not have any common by 16.49 per cent to 3,809 points below pre-pandemic home and online based services impact of the second wave as and sovereign wealth funds. It office market grew to USD 864 rotation, etc. While ensuring partners and they are not under crore from 3,270 crore on a normal, the brokerage said in should be resilient,” it said, states continue to tighten and also includes anchor investors million from USD 505 million. the independence of auditors, the same network of audit year-on-year basis. a statement. maintaining its 11.5 per cent extend restrictions,” it said. in REITs. the Reserve Bank said. firms. 4!  1      &#/ 7% 5,#7  '    "3        "   3       :6:;69$(C    -! !   C (%     Q%     %* " %2%0"- Suzuki was the biggest loser, ;"    2  @     -    &+,+) - shedding 1.24 per cent, after )4@1,+..-9 he Sensex and Nifty defied the country’s largest carmaker /4  "=3   he Government has pro- Tgravity for the second reported a 6.14 per cent decline " &+,+) - effected refunds in respect of    ! Tvided relief to GST taxpay- straight session on Tuesday in consolidated net profit at Rs , 12,70,849 eligible applications @1,+..-  ers from a physical visit to tax following brisk buying in mar- 1,241.1 crore for the March ore than 12.7 lakh PACL (with claims up to Rs 10,000)        . office for verification of digital ket heavyweight Reliance quarter. , ABB Minvestors with claims of aggregating to Rs 438.34 crore,”      signature required on return Industries as well as banking NTPC, Kotak Bank, Nestle up to Rs 10,000 have received Sebi said in a statement.   !   forms. and finance counters. India, M&M, Dr Reddy’s and over Rs 438 crore in refunds, The committee, in   @1,+..-  The Central Board of Shrugging off the Covid- Axis Bank were the other lag- Mumbai:The rupee appreciat- markets regulator Sebi said on February 2019, had asked %@(2   Indirect Taxes and Customs has 19 crisis, the 30-share BSE gards, shedding up to 0.54 per ed by 7 paise to close at 74.66 Tuesday. PACL investors to submit !  allowed taxpayers to file return Sensex opened in the green and cent. against the US dollar in its sec- The regulator had found online applications for refund.   @1,+..- forms GSTR-1 and GSTR 3B gained further momentum Persistent strength in US ond day of gains on Tuesday on that PACL Ltd, which had The panel has been pro-  %@1,+..- " = ; " =  through an electronic verifica- during the session. It finally fin- markets has rubbed off on dollar selling by exporters and raised money from the public cessing applications received 2*@1,+..-   tion code (EVC) that would be ished at 48,944.14, up 557.63 Indian stocks, with dip in a rally in Indian equities. in the name of agriculture and from investors in a phased     B@1   4@ 9  a kind of one time password points or 1.15 per cent. treasury yields ahead of The local unit continued to real estate businesses, collect- manner, slab wise, and cur- &   @    4& @ 9 (OTP). This would eliminate Similarly, the broader NSE FOMC decision also helping rise against the dollar on upbeat ed more than Rs 60,000 crore rently, applications with claim  ("   -4("-)9&  the need to verify the returns Nifty surged 168.05 points or the overall risk appetite, said risk sentiments even as through illegal collective invest- amount up to Rs 10,000 have @    4&@ 9    forms filed by taxpayers 1.16 per cent to end at Anand James, Chief Market investors were cautious ahead ment schemes (CISs) over 18 been processed and payments F +.    4F+. 9  Q2  through digital signature by 14,653.05. Strategist at Geojit Financial of the US Federal Reserve’s years. have been made in respect of    "     visitation to GST offices. L&T topped the Sensex Services. meeting ending on Wednesday. A panel headed by retired eligible claim applications. .  2 )  *   According to the CBIC gainers’ chart, climbing 3.33 Banks have been quite At the interbank forex Justice RM Lodha had initiat- The payments are .        notification, EVC facility to per cent, followed by Bajaj upbeat lately and extended market, the rupee opened ed the process of refunds in processed after verification of  authenticate returns filed under Finance, Reliance Industries, gains by over 1 per cent post strong at 74.65 against the phases for investors, who had documents uploaded by the the two forms will be available IndusInd Bank, SBI, HDFC noon, but it was metals that greenback and witnessed an invested in PACL. investors along with their appli- "     " P 3"    to taxpayers during the period Bank and Bharti Airtel. shone with over 2.5 per cent intra-day high of 74.51 and a “As on March 31, 2021, the cations and payment amount   )    !%    from April 27 to May 31. 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The committee will exam- he country’s largest lender ine “the status and decide on " %2%0"- contest between the top two tel- New Delhi:State-owned CIL availability of oxygen cylinders TState Bank of India (SBI) on long term fund raising in sin- cos, when one goes by active on Tuesday said that three of its across its subsidiaries to combat Tuesday said a committee of its gle / multiple tranches up to harti Airtel and Reliance Jio subscriber base with Jio’s share subsidiaries are considering the rise of Covid-19. central board will consider USD 2 billion through a pub- Bare neck and neck in terms at 33.7 per cent and Airtel’s at installing oxygen generation In what could be the highest raising up to USD 2 billion lic offer and/or private place- of active mobile subscriptions, 33.6 per cent. plants to tide over the shortage mobilisation beds by a corpo- (around Rs 14,942 crore) ment of senior unsecured notes and hence the industry is “The active subscriber of the life saving gas. The state- rate entity in the country, the through bonds in this fiscal in US Dollar or any other con- unlikely to see any unanimous market share data indicates ment comes at a time when the maharatna coal miner has set up year. vertible currency during FY tariff hikes in 2021-22, a report the top two players are neck country is facing oxygen short- around 2,000 beds which The Executive Committee 2021 - 22”, the filing said. said on Tuesday. and neck, with neither ready to age amid the resurgence of include ICU, isolation and of the Central Board is sched- SBI shares were trading up Domestic credit rating bite the bullet and raise tariffs,” Covid-19.The PSU further said COVID care beds with oxygen uled to have a meeting on April by 2.51 per cent at Rs 353 on agency Crisil’s research wing it said. that it is on high alert to guard support (up to April 25), Coal 28, 2021, the bank said in a BSE BSE in pre-close session. pointedout that there is a close its employees by ramping up the India Ltd (CIL) said in a state- medical infrastructure and ment. 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he Mass Communication School of GGSIP University has Torganised a two-week Online Faculty Development Programme/Research Methodology Workshop on the theme “Developing Academic Leaders for Future: The Way Forward” from April 15 to April 27, 2021. The workshop is sponsored by the Indian Council of Social Science Research (ICSSR) and Ministry of Education, GOI with other eminent speakers from various knowledge partners from Philippines, Malaysia, Slovakia, and London, USA & others among the organisers. 33 In the valedictory session of the virtual programme on Tuesday, Prof Micheal Prieler of Hallym University, South Korea debated various techniques for writing and publishing an aca- 0 3 ;7 demic journal article successfully. During the various sessions held across the workshop, speakers held a discussion on sever- al topics like Dr Mausumi Bhattacharya of Visva Bharti University, West Bengal illuminated the relevance of sources & techniques in research & data collection, whereas Prof Anneta Caplanova of University of Economics, Slovakia emphasized on * 3%) “Achieving better policy outcomes through behavioral policy”. The Faculty Development Programme was inaugurated by Ambassador Akhilesh Mishra (IFS), OSD (Development Partnership Administration), Ministry of External Affairs, 1            # A1(9'E(%%(71 4 Government of India. The ceremony was graced by Padma Shri Prof (Dr) Mahesh Verma, Vice Chancellor, Guru Gobind Singh            University, New Delhi.

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The World   ing young interdisciplinary Masters courses, for example in ith a motive to prepare its student for future industries, lead- viruses, yeasts, and algae. Health Organisation has  industry. Microbes are the antimicrobial resistance or Wing educational institute JK Lakshmipat University, Jaipur Our ability to understand declared antimicrobial resis-     Many microbes are bene- most versatile organisms on biotechnology. Others will go has introduced the MCA programme under the wings of the and manipulate microbes is tance to be one of the top 10     ficial. We use microbes to earth. They can grow at straight into careers, where Institute of Engineering & Technology. The institute is offering growing exponentially. For global public health threats to produce drugs, nutrients, and extreme pH values, at high you are typically working as MCA in the field of Full Stack Development, Cloud Computing example, gene sequencing humanity. Imagine not want-     essential chemicals, such as temperatures, and high salin- part of an interdisciplinary & Cyber Security and Data Analytics. The two-year multidisci- technology is opening up new ing to risk going into a hospi-   feedstuffs for cosmetics and ities. They can survive high team, with targets as different plinary programme focuses on providing a sound theoretical opportunities all the time. tal for fear of catching an textiles. Microbes are used to pressures, and transport as medical care, agriculture, background as well as good practical exposure to the students infection there: this could be    : make cheese, yoghurt, bread, through space. We are learn- bioremediation, biotechnology, in the relevant areas.     a reality very soon unless we <    beer, and many processed ing how to use them to clean and global warming. MCA graduates have great opportunities in Government and   can come up with better ways foods. 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(   convert microbes into factories   Microbiologists are increas- acquires during the learning process. year, Governments have The bacteria that live in    for the production of a wide Microbiologists have enor- ingly in demand to advise pol- The programme is designed by the pool of experienced fac- woken up to the idea that we our gut have a critical impor- range of chemicals. This con- mous career opportunities. icy makers, for example about ulty hailing from both education and industry background includ- know very little about viruses, tance on our health. There are     stitutes biotechnology. Most microbiologists study public health, or the use of ing Dr Sanjay Goel — Director, Institute of Engineering and that viruses have an enor- many opportunities for micro-      Biotechnology is increas- microbiology at university, or antibiotics in agriculture. And &Technology, JKLU; Dr Sonal Jain- Professor, Department of mous economic impact on us biologists here: understanding ingly being seen as the 21st related areas such as biochem- also of course to explain poli- Computer Science Engineering, JKLU. all. Many scientists have been the microbial communities    century industrial revolution. istry. You can study basic sci- cy to the general public. The programme will coach the students in Management also warning that influenza could and how they are perturbed by It will be essential for pro- ence: biochemical pathways, along with new-age technology training. It will be a hands-on produce a worse pandemic antibiotics; developing probi- ducing enough food to feed microbial growth and cell divi- programme for students to learn and apply their knowledge in than COVID-19, and that we otic and prebiotic foods; and the planet; for reducing plas- sion, and virology. 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Everyone would always have an unsaid wish to study/work with the he communication design is projected to grow to $ 200 billion market for which a person is best communications design firm as industry leader, but then, it is easier expressing information by 2026 which in turn means that fitted. Along with that one needs an entrepreneur. said than done. 1<77 Tstrategically through visual the packaging market is forecast- the ability to visualise with clar- The entrepreneurial jour- What also makes life more difficult *41 (images, text, audio and video) ed to reach $ 975.4 million by ity, observational skills, technical ney: The critical factor today is for law graduates in choosing a career design. It significantly impacts the 2025 as reported by IBEF. !   understanding, creative thought that industries are thinking about is the availability of countless career is better to go for a tier III firm or indi- effectiveness, aesthetic, and eco- India’s continued growth in '  P process and the proficiency to use design differently even though the options now. Even if they opt to vidual practitioners since the exposure nomic viability of information. digital infrastructure is estimat- storytelling as a key component design practice remains the same choose to join a law firm, it isn’t easy would be much more compared to the The changing work land- ed to result in 907 million    in creating memorable user expe- across industries. To become an since, there are hundreds of different tier I and II firms where prudence scape, digitisation, adoption of VR Internet users by 2023 and 829    riences. entrepreneur it’s important to: niche practice areas besides the tradi- demands that considering the huge and AR technologies, investments million mobile users by 2027. Business models are changing  What is your niche? tional general practice. stakes of clients, inexperienced advo- in big data analytics and provision According to Gartner, 100 million    and digital disruptions have made  Are you able to pair up your Though it is highly cliched that cates cannot be assigned tasks of high of online design services are sig- consumers will shop in aug- it vital for most businesses to training with knowledge of illus- internships merely add to the resume responsibility. But then, in case one is nificantly influencing the design mented reality by 2020. The dig-    pivot to a direct to consumer tration, photography, motion of a candidate, however, a law student looks at numbers, undoubtedly, tier I services market. Simultaneously, ital advertising industry is pro- (   model. Advertising and PR firms design and interaction design? has good eight-10 opportunities in his and II firms will compensate a fresh the following statistics clearly jected to go up to 539 billion by are offering digital campaigns  Does your portfolio consis- five years law to have a first hand expe- law graduate equivalent at times to indicate the expanding scope of 2024.   taking advantage of the increas- tently show your best work? Does rience and cursory knowledge of any those in other sectors such as IT or opportunities for communica- From print and publishing,     ing digitalisation and advances in it show engagement? Does it specific field of law which may guide Business Management, especially, if tion designers in India. layout and cover design, packag- social media, search engine mar- document your thinking process him in the long run in pinpointing his one is from a top ranked law college. The graphics industry was ing and product design graphics,   '  keting, content marketing and e- and visualisation of ideas? chosen area of practice. Another determining factor is the expected to grow up to 188.32 POP graphics to visual identity P  commerce technology. With  Are you routinely learning, One can easily find at least five- specialisation of a law firm or a specific billion by 2020. As per the Bureau design, digital design, videogra- increasing Internet penetration reading voraciously and building seven internships mentioned in any CV team or a partner in a law firm and if of Labour Statistics, five per cent phy, branding languages, colour    and smartphone users, online your craft? of a law graduate these days. What the a law student has made up his mind to of growth can be expected by grading, e-catalogue design,   ' content marketing campaigns are  What do you have to offer? candidate has learnt and the exposure work in a specific field only, he should 2026. advertising design, UX/UI, web more impactful and cost effective Why will they hire you? during the internship will always prefer such boutique/niche law firm or The media and entertain- design and app design commu-  8 '  now. An entrepreneur’s identity depend from firm to firm as well as the practitioner only. 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