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PM Modi stopped Pak from abetting, Raging inflation has compounded the woes of Sara Ali Khan flaunts her tempting figure exporting terror : Kavinder common man during corona pandemic : Harsh in an alluring way VoL 18, iSSUe no. 122 jAMMU & kAShMir TUeSdAy MAy 18, 2021 dAiLy 12 PAge rS. 1.00 BBrriieeff Record 73 single-day COVID-19 Two Al badr militant killed after 5-hour LG thanks PM for 7 encounter with security forces Oxygen Plants from Srinagar, May 17 : Two local militants of Al-Badr out - Germany for J&K deaths in Jammu and Kashmir fit has been killed in an Srinagar : Lieutenant encounter with government Governor Jammu and TT Correspondent Division. According to the persons in home quarantine cases (including 118 cases forces on Monday in the Kashmir, Manoj Sinha Jammu, May 17 : Jammu daily Media Bulletin on novel including facilities operated reported today)with Khanmoh area of Srinagar. thanked PM Narendra Modi and Kashmir on Monday Corona virus (Covid-19), out by government, 50852 in iso - 3080Active Positive, The militants have been for 7 Oxygen Plants from reported record 73 single-day of 247952 positive cases, lation and 121015in home sur - 14854recovered (including identified as, Wasim Bashir Germany for J&K , whereas COVID-19 deaths while 3,344 50852 are Active Positive, veillance. Besides, 1723224 478 cases recovered today), Pandit son of Bashir Ahmad Advisor Baseer Khan more people contracted the 222 deaths; Budgam reported Pandit resident of Kakapora received Plants at Airport in virus in the last 24 hours. 16398 positive cases (includ - and Mudasir Ahmad Khanday Srinagar. As per the government ing376 cases reported son of Farooq Ahmad LG Sinha said "My deep - data, 1,916 of the fresh cases today)with 4080 active posi - Khanday resident of Bargam est gratitude to Honble PM were reported from Kashmir tive cases, 12166 recovered Awantipora. On a specific Narendra Modi for providing division and 1,418 in Jammu (including 290cases recovered input of Jammu and Kashmir Five militants, vast network of 7 Oxygen plants to JK UT. in the last 24 hours. The today), 152 deaths; Pulwama Police regarding the presence With his intervention, these Government on Monday has 10887 positive cases of militants in the Khanmoh OGWs active in Srinagar : IGP Oxygen plants were airlifted informed that3344 new posi - (including 145 cases reported area of Srinagar, a joint cordon Srinagar : Inspector Srinagar who would either be by IAF_MCC from Munich, tive cases of novel Corona today) with2564Active and search operation was General of Police (IGP) killed or apprehended, IGP Germany and safely landed at virus (COVID-19),1418 from Positive, 8185recovered launched by Srinagar Police, Kashmir Vijay Kumar Kashmir telling reporters on Srinagar Airport today at Jammu division and 1926 (including 223 cases recov - Pulwama police, 50RR & Monday said that there are Monday at Pantha Chowk, 12:45PM." LG further said from Kashmir division, have ered today)and 138 deaths; CRPF in the said area. During five militants active in Srinagar after the gunfight in "New Oxygen Plants includ - been reported today, thus tak - Kupwara has 9496 positive the search operation, as the Srinagar even as there is a Khonmoh in which two mili - ing 5 of 1000 LPM, one of ing the total number of posi - cases (including 124 cases presence of militants got "vast network of Over Ground tants were killed. The IGP 1500 LPM and one of 600 tive cases in Jammu and 193878 have recovered and persons have completed their reported today), 1761 Active ascertained they were given Workers" (OGWs) in the dis - Kashmir said that there is a LPM capacity will further add Kashmir to 247952.Also 73 3222have died; 1493in Jammu surveillance period. Positive, 7612recoveries repeated opportunities to sur - trict of which many were "vast network of OGWs" 7100 LPM to the existing COVID-19 deaths have been division and 1729 in Kashmir Providing district-wise (including 173 cases recov - render, however they fired arrested while C-category active in Srinagar district of availability. This will hugely reported,54 from Jammu division. The Bulletin further breakup, the Bulletin said that ered today), 123 deaths; indiscriminately upon the joint OGWs are being "counselled which many have already augment oxygen supply to the Division and 19 from Kashmir said that out of 7955865test Srinagar has 58525 positive Anantnag district has 11775 search party which was retali - and handed over to their fam - been arrested and booked UT health infrastructure." Division. Moreover, 4042 results available, 7707913 cases (including 495 cases positive cases (including 228 ated leading to an encounter. ilies". "There were six active under PSA and many are still Advisor Baseer Khan while more COVID-19 patients have samples have been tested as reported today) with 7866 cases reported today)with In the ensuing encounter, two militants in Srinagar of which on the police radar. There are speaking to Cross Town News recovered and discharged from negative till 17thMay, 2021. Active Positive, 49969recov - 4140 Active Positive, militants were killed and their one was recently killed in C-category OGWs who are said these plants will augment various hospitals including Till date 1974299 persons ered (including 1046cases 7497recovered (including 162 bodies were retrieved from the Kokernag (Anantnag) gun - being counselled and handed Oxygen Supply in J&K. 1082 from Jammu Division have been enlisted for obser - recovered today), 690 deaths; cases recovered today), site of the encounter. fight. Now there are five local over to their families. and 2960 from Kashmir vation which included 75986 Baramulla has 18156 positive (Cont. on Page-11) Soldiers trek for 24 (Cont. on Page-11) militants still active in (Cont. on Page-11) hours to help nomad Govt fixes rate ceiling for HRCT Scan Major reshuffle in Administration, family in Kishtwar TT Correspondent institutions and diagnostic shall be applicable for all Jammu, May 17 : Indian Jammu, May 17 : District laboratories from the patients Covid-19 patients/suspected Army personnel trekked for Magistrate Jammu vide pow - for undergoing HRCT Scan. It cases during the time of the 33 KAS Officers transfer's 24 hours to provide relief to a ers vested under section 34 stated that a Committee, com - pandemic. All the Sub Jammu, May 17 : J&K Ms. Kanta Devi, KAS, KAS, Joint Director, Additional Secretary to the nomadic Bakarwal family (m) of Disaster Management prising Additional Divisional Magistrates and Govt on Monday ordered Deputy Labour Commissioner, Employment, Jammu has been Government, Tribal Affairs stranded in snow in the Act, 2005, today fixed the Commissioner, Jammu, Tehsildars shall ensure the transfer of 33 KAS officers in Jammu has been transferred transferred and posted as Department has been trans - 11,000 feet high Naginsur Ceiling for HRCT Scan of the Director, Health Services, implementation of these rates the interest of the administra - and posted as Additional Additional District ferred and posted as Additional ridge in Kishtwar district on Chest by Private Jammu and HOD Radio in all the Private institutions tion with immediate effect. District Development Development Commissioner, Deputy Commissioner, Doda, Monday. Establishments in District Diagnosis & Imaging and diagnostic laboratories According to an order issued Commissioner, Udhampur, Reasi, against an available against an available vacancy. Bashir Ahmed along with Jammu. Department, Government within their Jurisdiction under here, Narinder Singh Bali, against an available vacancy. vacancy. Sham Lal, KAS, Shabir-ul-Hassan, KAS, await - his wife, three children and a he upper ceiling for Chest Medical College, Jammu was the overall supervision of KAS, Special Secretary to the Pawan Kumar, KAS, awaiting Additional Mission Director, ing orders of adjustment in the herd of animals was on way C.T. Scan (Plain) has been constituted by the Office of Additional Deputy Government, Youth Services orders of adjustment in the J&K Rural Livelihood General Administration to Navapanchchi in Marwah fixed at Rs1500/ the charges the Divisional Commissioner, Law & Order, and Sports Department has General Administration Mission, Jammu has been Department, has been posted Valley from Kathua as part of for HRCT Scan (less than 16 Commissioner, Jammu to Jammu (94197-94234)who been transferred and posted as Department, has been posted transferred and posted as as Assistant Commissioner the bi-annual migration in slices) has been fixed at Rs arrive at genuine/bench mar - shall be the Nodal Officer for Additional District as Additional District Additional Deputy Revenue, Budgam, against an search of greener pastures 2500/ and that for HRCT Scan ket rates for HRCT Scan of compliance of the order Any Development available vacan - Development Commissioner, Commissioner, Kishtwar, available vacancy. when they were caught in (more than 16 slices) has been the chest by Private establish - complaints regarding over cy. Rajouri, against an available against an available vacancy. Navdeep Wazir, KAS, snow with shortage of food. notified as Rs 3000/ for all ments. The said Committee charging of rates may be for - Muzaffer Ahmad Peer, vacancy. Akramullah Tak, Sachin Dev Singh, KAS, Deputy Secretary to the Army's Gujjar Bakarwal Private establishments in the after an analysis of the Private warded to District Control KAS, awaiting orders of KAS, Regional Transport awaiting orders of adjustment Government, Tourism check post at Bhandarkut in District market rates across various Room numbers at 0191- adjustment in the General Officer, Kashmir has been in the General Administration Department has been transfe - Chhatroo sub-division As per the DM's order the States recommended the 2571616, 0191- Administration Department, transferred and posted as Department, has been posted tred and posted as Assistant received a call for help from move has come following upper ceiling of Rs. 3,000 for 2571912/Whatsapp numbers has been posted as Additional Additional District as Additional Deputy Commissioner Panchayat, Ahmed and a rescue party number of public complaints HRCT Scan of the chest. The 96220-11623 and 88250- District Development Development Commissioner, Commissioner, Rajouri, Udhampur, against an avail - immediately moved from received regarding exorbitant rates shall come into force 81695 and email id Commissioner, Ganderbal, Budgam, against available against an available vacancy. able vacancy. Chingam post," the army rates being charged by Private with immediate effect and [email protected]. against an available vacancy. vacancy. Jyoti Rani Slathia, Dr. Ravi Kumar Bharti, KAS, (Cont. on Page-11) spokesman said.He said after around 24 hours, amidst poor Govt to hoist 'Tricolour' on 15 August in all weather, the soldiers reached Ten states account for over 75% 'No Black Fungus case detected and located the family and provided food, medicines and of India's total active cases in Jammu in recent months' school buildings across Jammu and Kashmir essential items to them. The New Delhi : India's total India's total active cases. TT Correspondent steroids. 'Cancer patients, blood stained/ black dis - Jammu, May 15 : The in all government buildings Bakarwal thanked the Army COVID-19 active cases have The daily new COVID Jammu, May 17 : As if those who have undergone charge from nose; pain, government has directed to including in school buildings. for the succour and said decreased to 35,16,997 with a cases being registered in the Covid pandemic wasn't organ transplant and people bulging (proptosis), restric - hoist 'Tricolour' flag in all The communiqué reads that it every year his dera moves to net decline of 1,01,461 cases India was less than 3 lakh enough, another scare has with weak immunity are more tion in movement, drooping schools at district and cluster had planned to organize the Marwah Valley and whenev - in the active caseload in a after 26 days, the ministry gripped the public. An infec - susceptible to Black Fungus" of eye/s, swelling, black level on 15 August in the dance competition for the stu - er they needed, the Army span of 24 hours, the Union said. A total of 2,81,386 new tion by the name of Black he added. The doctor advised lesion around eye/s and loss Union Territory of Jammu dents of class 9-12 with a came with immediate help. Health Ministry said on cases were registered in a day. Fungus is targeting people in the public not to confuse of vision; and death if in case and Kashmir. theme 'Ek Bharat Shresht Hurriyat Chief Sehrai's Monday. It said Karnataka, There has been an average some parts of the country Conjunctivitis with the Black the infection reaches brain. In an official commu - Bharat from 04 April to 01 Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil decline in daily new cases after recovering from Covid- Fungus Infection and said, The doctor appealed the pub - niqué, the government has May.'In the calendar of activ - 2wo sons booked under Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, since May 9. Maharashtra, 19, and if not treated in time, 'Conjunctivitis is a routine lic to keep following Covid passed the directions of hoist - ities for celebration of Aazadi UAPA for raising anti Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, it is as deadly as its appropriate behaviour so ing the flag under the calen - Ka Maha Utsav, the govern - West Bengal, Gujarat and Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, West name. Thankfully, Head as to avoid Covid and dar of activities for celebra - ment has said that essay writ - national slogans Chhattisgarh cumulatively Bengal, Odisha, of Ophthalmology post Covid issues alto - tion of 'Aazadi Ka Maha ing competition with a theme Srinagar : Days after account for 75. 04 per cent of (Cont. on Page-11) Department at gether.Dr Satish Gupta Utsav'.The Flag hoisting cer - 'unity in diversity and terming the arrest of two sons Government Medical informed that all Covid- emonies will be conducted at Atmnirbhar Bharat' was also of dead hurriyat chief as Central team of Doctors call for genome study, College Jammu, Dr related queries and doubts district and cluster level on 15 scheduled till 29 May fol - "rumours" Jammu and strengthening of surveillance & intensive Satish Gupta has assured can be cleared on the August. Tricolour directives lowed by Music competition Kashmir police has now that nothing much is lost helpline number 0191 were made by the govern - with a theme 'Mother lan - booked two sons of late Ashraf testing to check spread of Covid 19 and that Black Fungus 2571616. Public can also ment."This is not the order of guage', role plays with a Sehrai under the Unlawful has always been there. call Divisional Control the School Education theme heroes of independ - TT Correspondent genome study" the team of Department but the govern - ence and Independence day Activities (Prevention) Act Jammu, May 17 : The doctors said and assured that Dispelling the appre - Room at 0191-2520982, (UAPA) for "raising anti- hensions, the HoD said, 2549676, 2674444, ment wherein directives have quiz with a theme India's Team of Doctors deputed by the results would be shared been made to hoist Tricolour freedom struggle. national slogans" at the funer - Union Ministry of Health and with the UT within a week's 'So far we have not wit - 2674115, 2674908. al of their father on 6 May Family Welfare, today called time.The Visiting team com - nessed any case of Black 'Moreover, J&K 2021. for conducting genome study prising Dr. Mahesh Fungus Infection in the Government has started a JK Govt directs GMC, other's hospital Senior The Tehreek-e-Hurriyat in Jammu while observing Waghmare, NCDC, Dr. recent months. The only infection and is easily cur - live phone-in health pro - Chairman, Ashraf Sehrai, died that the high mortality here Pranay Verma, Joint Director patient we have had came in able; while the latter has gramme on Gulistan channel Doctor's to frequently round COVID wards on 5 May at GMC hospital in may be because of the double NCDC & Dr. Navneet the month of November, last recently caught public's atten - which is aired twice daily- Jammu : In the wake of situation so that mortality rate Jammu during his imprison - mutant Indian strain. Sharma, Professor Internal year, and was successfully tion due to Covid and needs from 8:30 am to 9 am and rising deaths due to COVID, can be reduced." ment under Public Safety Act Addressing a press confer - Medicine, PGI, Chandigarh treated. I request all those timely intervention'. He par - 8:30 pm to 9 pm. Eminent Jammu and Kashmir However, as per the letter, (PSA) in Jammu jail. His body ence here today after visiting also called for strict enforce - recovered from Covid-19 to ticularly advised the suscepti - doctors respond to public Administration on Monday Mr Dulloo have told the was brought to his native vil - several covid care facilities in ment of COVID Appropriate keep cautious and continue ble population to keep dia - queries during the pro - directed the senior faculty to Principal, GMC Jammu, Dr lage Tekkipora-Sogam in Jammu and Samba districts, Behaviour in the public observing Covid appropriate betes under check and warned gramme. Anybody from the frequently round the wards Shashi Sudan Sharma, "as north Kashmir's Kupwara dis - the team advised for intensi - places. They further advised behaviour'. Dr Satish Gupta all against unsupervised use public can call on the above- where Corona patients are you are aware that mortality trict, where he was buried on 6 fying testing in the areas wit - for intensifying the surveil - said that Black Fungus usual - of steroids. mentioned Divisional Control undergoing the treatment. rate in COVID positive May at around 4; 00am.Police nessing huge surge in lance of the home isolated ly targets Covid-recovered The symptoms of Rhino- Room phone numbers and In a letter dashed to the patients has increased and said that the sons of late cases."There is need to cases, so that patient is shift - persons with uncontrolled oculo Cerebral seek information related to Principal, Government there is a need for reducing Ashraf Sehrai have been increase testing in such areas ed to the hospital well in time diabetes or those who have Mucormycosis, the medical Covid treatment, home isola - Medical College and the same which requires booked under Section 13 in and the samples, as per the when required. administered prolonged or term for Black Fungus tion and other non-Covid Hospital, Jammu, Financial immediate corrective meas - the Unlawful Activities protocol, be sent to Delhi for (Cont. on Page-11) unsupervised dosage of Infection, includes stiffness or health problem', he said. Commissioner, Jammu and ures." "It is desirable that the (Prevention) Act, for raising Kashmir Health and Medical senior Faculty members of "anti-national slogans" at the Education Department, Atal the concerned departments of funeral of their father on 6 Dulloo, have directed to your institution be directed to May 2020. Both the sons of Bleeding, clotting events following Covid vaccination 'minuscule' : Govt increase presence of senior increase their presence by late Sehrai- Mujahid Sehrai New Delhi, May 17 : committee noted that as of 3 of a clot in a blood vessel that AEFI data in India showed reported 10 events per million faculty by making frequent making frequent rounds of and Rashid Sehrai, were rounds of wards. wards, where the COVID arrested from their residence Bleeding and clotting cases April 2021, 75,435,381 vac - might also break loose and that there is a very miniscule doses. It is important to know following COVID-19 vacci - cine doses had been adminis - carried by the blood stream to but definitive risk of throm - that thromboembolic events "We were receiving positive patients are admitted, at Bulbulbagh area of Barzulla reports that senior doctors so that such patients are prop - in Srinagar on Saturday night nation in India are minuscule tered (Covishield - plug another vessel) events - boembolic events. The report - keep occurring in general and in line with the expected 68,650,819; Covaxin - following the administration ing rate of these events in population as background and were not going to wards," Mr erly looked after and treated, by the Kupwara police along Dulloo on Monday evening which will help to in reducing with Srinagar police. number of diagnoses of these 6,784,562). Of these, scientific literature suggests conditions in the country, a 65,944,106 were first doses that this risk is almost 70 per here said. He said, "We have the mortality also," read the Miscellaneous : Page - 2 report submitted by the and 9,491,275 second dose. cent less in persons of South advised them to monitor the letter. National AEFI (Adverse Since the COVID-19 vaccina - and South East Asian descent i Local news : page - 3 Event Following tion drive was initiated - more in comparison to those from DRDO's 2-DG drug for treating Covid-19 patients World news : page - 4 Immunization) Committee to than 23,000 adverse events European descent. the Ministry of Health & were reported through the Covishield, the COVID-19 launched; to reduce dependence on oxygen n round-Up : page - 5 Family Welfare said. CO-WIN platform reported vaccine, continues to have a New Delhi, May 17 : The a game-changer in the battle Alerts have been raised in from 684 of the 753 districts definite positive benefit risk first batch of drug 2-deoxy- against pandemic as it helps s outlook : page - 6 some countries on post-vacci - of the country. Of these, only profile with tremendous D-glucose drug to treat in faster recovery of hospi - health : page - 7 nation "embolic and throm - 700 cases (@ 9.3 cases /mil - potential to prevent infections Covid-19 patients has been talised patients and reduces botic events" on 11 March, lion doses administered) were and reduce deaths due to launched. The drug has been oxygen dependence. The 2- entertainment : page - 8 2021 particularly with reported to be serious and COVID-19 across the world developed by the Defence DG (2-deoxy-D-glucose) is i AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine severe nature.The AEFI of Covishield vaccine - with a India is around 0.61/million and in India, a statement by Research and Development an anti-COVID-19 therapeu - Business news : page - 9 (Covishield in India). A deci - Committee has completed an reporting rate of 0.61 cases/ doses, which is much lower the Health Ministry said. Organisation (DRDO) in col - tic application of the drug. It Sports news : page - 10 sion was taken to conduct an in-depth case review of 498 million doses. There were no than the 4 cases/million Over 13.4 crore doses of laboration with Dr Reddy's has been developed by the d urgent in-depth analysis of the serious and severe events, of potential thromboembolic reported by UK's regulator Covishield vaccine have been Laboratories (DRL). Institute of Nuclear Medicine national news : page - 11 adverse events (AE) in India which 26 cases have been events reported following Medical and Health administered as on 27 April The DGCI granted emer - and Allied Sciences in light of the global con - reported to be potential administration of Covaxin Regulatory Authority 2021 in India. gency use nod for the drug (INMAS), a lab of DRDO in e State news : page - 12 cerns. The National AEFI thromboembolic (formation vaccine. (MHRA). Germany has (Cont. on Page-11) last week. The drug could be (Cont. on Page-11)