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#  - '(        t is with deep sorrow that The Pioneer informs its readers about Ithe sudden demise of its accomplished Deputy News Editor Ajay Kumar Choudhary in New on Friday evening. Ajay, 40, had complained of breathlessness             around 2 pm on Friday, following which he was rushed to Dr Baba Saheb Ambedkar tors, he said. Sir Ganga Ram Hospital beleaguered hospital adminis- “To save patients, the hos- Hospital in Rohini where he was declared “Also, we are now shifting that bore the brunt of this crim- tration. pital administration succeeded brought dead. the patients to the hospital’s inal apathy when 25 critical Dr Kousar A Shah, COO - to manage the time by refilling Ajay, who returned to the national central supply of oxygen and patients died a day before has Aakash Healthcare, Dwarka our oxygen cylinders Capital on Thursday night after 10-day stay again with connectors, sharing oxygen left for only half to 45 said that the hospital was left from various small vendors in with his ailing grandfather in his hometown one central supply connection minutes on Friday. with oxygen for one hr and a Delhi. We have just received a Darbhanga, had been having mild fever for the last 10 days, his with two patients. This should Shaken by the loss of inno- half and we had 221 Covid liquid oxygen tanker which wife said. The sad news has left his family members and col- work for now. We are in con- cent lives, authorities scram- patients out of which 200+ will last for 14 hours,” leagues shell-shocked as they are unable to accept the fact that stant touch with the bled a tanker of oxygen to the patients require oxygen. he added. a convivial face has left for the heavenly abode. Ajay is survived Government and our suppliers by his wife and a 5-year old daughter. to ensure availability,” he said. Max Healthcare has   stopped new admissions in all     !" its hospitals in Delhi-NCR due    ! '((   to low oxygen stocks. “We regret to inform you that we are    suspending any new patient #  $ %& 1  .            $%&   2  admissions in all our hospitals        )*&+ $ 31  "(  )  *+ in Delhi-NCR till oxygen sup- plies stabilise,” Max Healthcare       on Friday expressing concern said in a statement. ! '(  66+9       123245 over shortage of oxygen. The “SOS - Less than an hour’s situation at Indian Spinal oxygen supplies at Max Smart n view of shortage of hos- mid uncertainty about the Injuries Centre (ISIC) hospital, Hospital & Max Hospital Saket.  969:+ There were conflicting ver- Ipital beds for Covid Aresumption of adequate said Dr H K Mahajan, Head of Awaiting promised fresh sup- sions as to the cause of the fire. patients in Gurugam, Deputy supply of oxygen to hospitals in Anaesthesia, is that the hospi- plies from INOX since 1 am. ess than 48 hours after a While one version said the fire Commissioner Yash Garg the city, lives of thousands of tal has oxygen supply left for Over 700 patients admitted, Lshocking oxygen leakage- was caused by a blast inside in has directed hospitals to people infected with Covid-19 only one hour and there are need immediate assistance,” it triggered mishap claimed the an air-conditioner, another ver- increase the number of beds are dependent on the mercy of hundreds of patients at hospi- said in a tweet. lives of 24 coronavirus patients sion said an electrical short-cir- reserved for Covid patients the God as various city tal needing oxygen support. “We have received emer- at a Nashik civic hospital, as cuit might have sparked the to “at least 60%” under gen- hospitals are left with depleting “ISIC has been desperate- gency supplies at Max Saket many as 14 Covid-19 patients fire. The local fire brigade per- eral category and 75% of stock that may not last for ly trying to arrange oxygen and Max Smart which will last died in the early hours of sonnel, who rushed to the total bed capacity of ICU and even hours. cylinders since morning, as a another 2 hours. We are still Friday when a fire swept scene shortly afterwards, suc- ventilator beds. The shortage of oxygen result of which 18 oxygen awaiting more supplies,” it said through an Intensive Care Unit ceeded in preventing the spread Moreover, the data of has created chaos in the nation- cylinders were arranged till in another tweet. (ICU) of a pandemic hospital of fire to other wards at the hos- available beds will have to be al Capital as the relatives of the evening which will help us Sangita Reddy, Joint at Virar in Maharashtra’s pital. They extinguished the uploaded on the platform patients are trying everything treat the patients for now. Managing Director of Apollo Palghar district. blaze around 5.30 am. ‘onemapggm.gmda.gov.in’ of possible to get oxygen cylinder; However this was not enough Hospitals, said in a tweet, The fire broke out at 3.15 At the time of mishap, the Gurugram Metropolitan however, many among them and we are facing a grave cri- “Hospitals continue to gasp am at the ICU of Vijay Vallabh there were 17 Covid-19 Development Authority by  123245 Covid-19 toll shot up to 773, have failed to get it since its sis,” Dr Mahajan added. for breath despite govt orders Hospital and Medical Research patients, 13 died on the spot, the hospitals. The order was sending the health authorities supply to private and Considering the gravity of being issued. It’s now becom- Centre, a designated Covid-19 one patient identified as Shivaji issued under epidemic dis- ndia’s daily Covid-19 count into a state of acute anxiety. Government hospitals has the situation, doctors at the ing an hourly challenge for facility, at Tirupati Nagar at Veerkar, who had sustained 80 eases Act-1897 and sub-sec- Iwent past 3.4 lakh mark on With 774 new deaths, the been hampered. hospitals came out with the many hospitals. Every minute Virar, a bustling township per cent burns, succumbed to tion-2 of the Disaster Friday with several States reg- total number of deaths Various hospitals in the city strategy of sharing one cylinder of delay on commitments made located 65 km away from south the wounds. Management Act-2005. istering new peaks and death in the State climbed from kept sending SOS messages for two patients using connec- can cost lives!!”. . Continued on Page 2 Detailed report on P3 rate steadily picking up. 62,479 to 63,252. The crisis in Maharashtra Continued on Page 2 deepened further on Friday as the pandemic claimed a dis- )123      turbing 773 lives and left 66,836     P    people infected in various parts 04 04 0. of the state.    The country recorded  2  /%00%56%.40                  3,44,949 many cases and 2,620 deaths during the 9:3%..%7.7;    ground by works department  !# $  last 24 hours, /%87%4.79:6%065; 123245 of the Karol Bagh Zone. We While Maharashtra didn’t have increased pyre from 20 to  123245 hospitals. cross the previous day high,      /%38%06%//7 ith Covid-19 enacting 40 at Inderpuri crematorium Railway Board Chairman States such as Kerala (28,447 9:6%65%386; Wdance of death in Delhi, and five more will be added by oon after a meeting con- Suneet Sharma said the rail- new cases), Karnataka (26,962), the crematoriums in the Saturday hopefully to meet the Svened by Prime Minister ways have received a Uttar Pradesh (36,605),  64%.3%7/. national Capital are unable to growing demand,” he said. with the Chief request from Delhi just now, Rajasthan (15,398), Madhya cope up with the arrival of body “The CNG furnaces were Ministers of States and the rail network system is Pradesh (13,590 new case) reg- ;./%0/%010 bags. At Gazipur crematorium operated for 7 to 8 hours ear- having high Covid-19 case- planning its movement from istered new peaks, clearly indi- on Thursday night, bodies lier but now all furnaces are loads on Friday, the Delhi Rourkela in Odisha. cating that corornavirus con-  2/3%45%456 were cremated virtually on the functioning 24 hours without Government requested Indian Delhi tinued to spread with the same road while several others were break. We have used all the Railways to start operating Arvind Kejriwal appealed to aggression as before despite /6%1.%747 put on the “waiting” list. empties spaces but still very “Oxygen Express” trains imme- the Centre to provide medical lockdown and restrictions. Grief-stricken family short,” he said. diately to save Covid-19 oxygen to the Delhi which is A day after, Maharashtra  2 /5%4/%.81 members were made to wait !          $%&      East Corporation has five patients in need of medical facing acute shortage of med- recorded 568 deaths for the sec- for hours for performing the          ' "( '    burial grounds and all are oxygen in the national Capital ical oxygen. ond consecutive day, the daily 2 7%85%0179:6.%33/; last rites. exhausted. “We have used the The situation is so heart- and burial grounds coming 19 bodies coming for crema- unused spaces in all cremation rending that people coming under its jurisdiction. tion is thrice the capacity, a cor- grounds but still very short as with bodies at burial grounds, The North Corporation poration senior official said. the number of bodies is more )           are cremating bodies even has 12 burial grounds and “The situation is terrible than the capacity of burial without performing last rites. cemeteries with a capacity of and despite putting all the grounds. People have even %&#    #   (PMGKAY). Yojana (AAY) and Priority The North and South 448 bodies in a day. Out of it, efforts the number of bodies is started cremating bodies in Under the scheme, each Householders (PHH), will be Delhi Municipal Corporation only 305 platforms are available multiplying every day. At least open and vacant areas,” said a    ' (  beneficiary under National provided with an additional (SDMC) have increased capac- for person who died of Covid- 12 pyres constructed at senior official. Food Security Act will get 5 kg quota of free-of-cost food ity of all its 21 crematoriums 19. But the number of Covid- Panchkuiyan road cremation Continued on Page 2  123245 per person per month for the grains (Rice/Wheat) at a scale next two months May and of 5 kg per person per month, n a big relief to the poorer June. This will be over and Roy, have urged the Centre to over and above their regular Isections of society amid the above their entitlement of 5 kg restart distribution of free food monthly entitlements under *      !     ( devastating second wave of of rice, wheat and coarse grains grains to 80 crore poor people NFSA. The government will coronavirus pandemic, the at Rs 3, 2 and Re 1 per kg under the PMGKAY in view of bear all expenditure of over Rs Centre on Friday announced it respectively. the second wave of COVID-19. 26,000 crore on account of will provide free food grains for Several State Governments “Under this special scheme food subsidy and Central assis- # +    (    the months of May and June, including Rajasthan, Kerala (PMGKAY), around 80 Crore tance to States/UTs on account 2021 on the same pattern as last and Uttarakhand and MPs, NFSA beneficiaries covered of intrastate transportation,” year’s Prime Minister Garib including NCP chief Sharad under both categories of NFSA, the Ministry said. '   )' -  (   Kalyan Ann Yojana Pawar and TMC leader Saugata namely Antyodaya Anna Continued on Page 2  ,-.   /   R'     '     

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     .   ( // 0)/   11)(  "+    !    969:+ last year went up to 34,04.792. Nanded (11585), Parbhani (11,146), Gondia (11,223) and  '   /. 2: &  The recovery rate in the state for (9636), Solapur (14889), Beed Nandurbar (6387). he Covid-19 crisis in the first time in several days rose New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Friday TMaharashtra deepened fur- from 81.34 per cent to 81.81 per '.. )' !!7- 5! . 9 !<=$4 arrested an absconding CPI (Maoist) terrorist in the case of seizure ther on Friday, as the pandem- cent. The total “active cases” in of large scale arms and ammunition in Giridih, Jharkhand in 2018.  #   ic claimed a disturbing 773 lives the state dropped from 6,99,858 $' $-0>0 >.))04$- 5!' )$47$ The arrested accused Singhrai Soren, 55, is a resident of vil- and left 66,836 people infected to 6,91,851. The fatality rate in lage Akbakitand under Dumri police station of Giridih in a case in various parts of the state. the state dropped from 1./53 per #($)9          * pertaining to seizure of arms and ammunition. A day after it recorded 568 cent to 1.52 per cent. 9  6 /   L2      The arrested accused is being produced before the Special NIA deaths for the second consecu- With 72 fresh deaths, the A       %,D         Court, Ranchi, the NIA said.  ;     ?DD               tive day, the daily Covid-19 toll Covid-19 toll in Mumbai rose The case pertains to the seizure of huge cache of arms and shot up to 773, sending the from 12,583 to 12,655, while the    0DDDD            M ammunition and arrest of 15 armed cadres of CPI (Maoist) at Thiruvananthapuram: Even ple must remain indoors from health authorities into a state of infected cases went up by 7199              * Akbakitand village. as Covid cases in Kerala con- 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. Saturday and acute anxiety. With 774 new to trigger a jump in the infec-   %0DDD  5    #  9    Subsequently, the NIA had re-registered the said case on May tinue to surge, the state author- Sunday will be almost similar deaths, the total number of tions from 6,09,080 to 6,16,279. (%       (?DDDJ  9, 2018 and taken over the investigation of the case. ities under pressure from var- to a lockdown. deaths in the state climbed from While Pune accounted for a   (E   FF  O    ((DD      "Investigation has established that accused Singhrai Soren, ious quarters decided to allow Consequent to the nod 62,479 to 63,252. Similarly, with maximum 1,16,602 “active  * 9  * an armed cadre of CPI (Maoist), a proscribed terrorist organi- 180 weddings scheduled at the given on Friday by the Thrissur 66,836 fresh infections reported cases” in the state, Mumbai @        L3     KDDDD zation, had criminally conspired with other members of CPI famed Guruvayoor Sree district administration, 40 wed- on Thursday, the total number stood second with 81,174, fol- #  9  1 9           (Maoist) with the intention to promote their terrorist activities," Krishna Temple near Thrissur dings planned on Saturday and of cases in the state increased lowed by Thane (77,793), 6     9        0K?DD  the NIA said in a statement. Soren was also regularly harbour- district on Saturday and 140 scheduled for Sunday from 40,94,840 to 41,61.676. Nagpur (80862), Palghar  G  (,,D        %,DDD  ing the cadres of CPI (Maoist) at his residential premises and Sunday amid strict Covid-19 would take place but with all As 74,045 patients were dis- (14720)Nashik (43848),         $()       **** was also instrumental in concealing prohibited arms and protocols. prescribed Covid protocols. charged from the hospitals Ahmednagar (20937), Latur      ?DD     G     ammunition and explosives substances, it alleged. Following the massive Though the weddings have across the state after full recov- (18055), Chandrapur (19814), ?,D       9    %,D  The NIA had filed chargesheet against 10 accused persons, surge in Covid cases across the been allowed, only 12 people ery, the total number of people Raigad ( 14021)Bhandara       * ?DD      including Soren, on August 31, 2018 and another supplemen- state, night curfew has been put would be permitted at each discharged from the hospitals (12959),Aurangabad (13581), 5          M     tary chargesheet against seven accused persons on January 8, 2019 in place during which all peo- wedding. IANS since the second week of March Satara (14,974), Jalgaon (14,036),      * in this case. PNS

   777 cremate Covid-19 bodies. “All !     ( *** Canada has suspended all According to Air India, it restriction on travel from India *    ??? Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal these facilities are running out From Page 1 commercial and private flights will operate only two flights after it detected 23 Covid-19 asked PM to ensure smooth From Page 1 of space and staffs deployed here from India for 30 days. Air trav- (April 27-28 and 29-30) during cases among passengers flying From Page 1 transportation of oxygen from The south Corporation has are working 24 hours to facili- People who have recently elers who depart India for April 24 to 30 and it will be the from outside earlier this month. The part that was on air neighbouring states as Delhi nine cremation grounds and it tate cremation one after anoth- travelled to India and have not Canada via an indirect route will sole responsibility of the pas- Of them 17 were positive for the showed Arvind Kejriwal saying, itself does not produce it. has increased capacity of all its er.“Police teams have been completed their 14-day stay- need to obtain a negative Covid- sengers to ensure his/her eligi- Indian variant of SARS-CoV-2. “A big tragedy could happen In the meeting, Prime nine crematoriums and burial deployed at the crematorium, home notice (SHN) by 11.59 pm 19 pre-departure test from a bility to enter the destination Hong Kong clubbed India with because of the oxygen shortage Minister noted that the virus is grounds coming under its juris- who are helping people in cre- on Thursday night will have to third country before continuing country. “Air India will accept no the and Pakistan as in Delhi hospitals and said to affecting several States as well diction.A senior SDMC official mating bodies and even they are complete their additional seven- their journey to Canada. liability if non compliance results “high-risk” places for Covid-19 the Prime Minister — Please sir, as Tier 2 and Tier 3 cities at said the decision to escalate performing last rites traditions day SHN at a dedicated facility “In view of the restrictions in denied boarding,” it said. spread and imposed a 14-day we need your guidance. once and he called for working platforms and pyres is taken in for those dead bodies who does- rather than their places of resi- announced by the Regulatory Just hours after the United travel ban. Pakistan has also put “People in major pain due together to fight the pandemic view increasing number of n’t have any relative or family dence in Singapore. Authority of Canada, flights to Kingdom had announced the India in the category-C list of the to oxygen shortage. We fear a with collective power. Covid-19 related deaths in the members at the time of crema- “As per Civil Aviation Vancouver & Toronto are can- cancellation of Prime Minister countries over the spike in big tragedy may happen due to He said the biggest basis of city. “The capacity of cremating tion,” said RP Meena, the Authority of Singapore CAAS celled. Vancouver flight from Boris Johnson’s visit to India due Covid-19 cases. oxygen shortage and we will India’s success during the first bodies has been augmented to Deputy Commissioner of Police Circular of April 22, all inbound Apr 25 to May 21. Toronto to a spike in coronavirus infec- Israel issued a travel advi- never be able to forgive our- wave of the pandemic was our 365 per day from 289 earlier. (DCP), Southeast district. travellers, (except Singapore cit- flight from April 24 to May 22. tions, the Dawning Street has sory warning citizens including selves. I request you with fold- united efforts and united strat- Out of the total capacity, 289 “Police personnels are izens or Singapore permanent Further information on waivers added India to its Covid-19 those who have recovered from ed hands to direct all Chief egy and reiterated that we will platforms have been reserved for deployed at Nigambodh ghat to residents) with recent travel his- & refund will be updated short- travel “red list”, which effective- or been vaccinated against Ministers to ensure smooth have to address this challenge people died of Covid-19. A avoid any kind of untoward inci- tory (including transit) to India ly,” Air India tweeted. Air India ly bans all travel from April 24 Covid-19, to refrain from trav- movement of oxygen tankers in the same way. number of platforms have also dent and they are managing the within the last 14 days before flies to Vancouver and Toronto to April 30 and makes a 10-day elling to India, Ukraine, coming to Delhi.” On oxygen supply, Modi been reserved to ensure funer- crowd there. The dead bodies as departure for Singapore, will not under the India-Canada air hotel quarantine compulsory Ethiopia, Brazil, South Africa, “Will people of Delhi not took note of the points raised by al of the deceased who died of compared to the facilities for cre- be allowed entry into or trans- bubble. Air Canada also operates for UK residents returning Mexico and Turkey because of get oxygen if there is no oxygen- the States. He said there is a Covid-19,” he said. mation here are fer/transit through Singapore flight between Toronto and home. Last year, India had sus- high Covid morbidity rates in producing plant here? Please continuous effort to increase Besides, 10 cremation more. Relatives, friends and from 2359 hrs of April 23,until Delhi.The UAE has banned pended all flights to and from the seven countries. The USA suggest whom should I speak to oxygen supply. All the con- grounds that are run by NGOs family members coming with further notice. This will also travel from India for 10 days the UK from December 23 in has also advised its citizens to in the central government when cerned departments and min- and RWAs are also functioning these are also in large numbers apply to those who had obtained from Sunday. The ban will come the wake of the new mutant avoid travelling to India, even if an oxygen tanker meant for istries of the government are in the city with the total capac- due to which the crowd can be prior approval for entry into into effect from 11.59 pm on strain of novel coronavirus they are fully vaccinated, as Delhi is stopped in another also working together. ity of 308 platforms. Out of it, seen at cremation grounds,” Singapore. Further updates will Saturday, April 24, and is subject found in the UK and South there is a “very high level” of state,” he stated. Industrial oxygen has also been 230 platforms are being used to said a senior police official. be shared shortly,” Air India said. to review after 10 days. Africa.New Zealand imposed a Covid-19 in the country. He also said in the meet diverted to meet immediate that oxygen tankers were being requirements. stopped by other states from He urged the States to %'&5       !"#  ***  R'     ' *** )    ??? entering Delhi. check hoarding and black mar- Many Chief Ministers, keting of oxygen and medicines.    /64 From Page 1 Government doctors have fall- From Page 1 including Maharashtra and The PM said that every From Page 1 staff and demanded answers “There is a scarcity of en sick in the last three weeks About 80 lakh tonne of Delhi, sought speedy, adequate state should ensure that no Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir Another 25 Covid-19 from them for the death of trained staff in the Covid across the State. “At least 25 food grains will be required to and smooth transportation of it oxygen tanker, whether it is on Friday recorded the highest patients, who were undergoing their nears and dear ones. wards, but we are holding the doctors in the state headquar- meet the demand for two to their respective states. meant for any state, is stopped tally of nineteen deaths in one treatment in the general wards Some of them claimed fort. So far, so good,” said the ters including the DG Health months. The move, in line Maharashtra CM Uddhav or gets stranded. The Prime single day while 1,963 fresh of the hospital, were taken to that the air-conditioner at the Health Minister J P Singh. were tested positive,” he said. with Prime Minister Narendra Thackeray asked for airlifting of Minister urged the states to set cases of coronavirus were other hospitals at Virar. hospital was faulty and the hos- Himashu Joshi, a senior He said there is immense Modi’s commitment to the oxygen, adequate vaccines and up a high-level co-ordination reported across the Union Maharashtra Chief pital administration was aware journalist was admitted to a pressure on the doctors as they poor, will cost the exchequer allowing for Remdesivir committee to carry oxygen to Territory. The total number of Minister Uddhav Thackeray, of it. They also claimed that the private hospital after he tested are working overtime. In some over Rs 26,000 crore, including imports. different hospitals of the state. active positive cases in the region who spoke to the local hospi- hospital staff members were positive. After two days he cases, they are working 10-12 on account of interstate trans- Maharashtra requires 1,550 This Coordination is set to cross 17,000 cases. tal and Palghar district officials sleeping when the fire broke called up his colleague to say hours against the prescribed 6 portation of food grains. metric tonnes of medical oxy- Committee should ensure that Since April 1, 113 patients and took stock of the situation, out and patients could not be that no one has come to hours duty. “In view of the impact of gen to treat coronavirus patients as soon as there is allotment of have succumbed to the virus ordered an enquiry into the evacuated in time.“There was enquire about his health. “My “If there is a flow of coronavirus, Rs 26000 crore will every day and about 300 to 350 oxygen from the Centre, it can across J&k. Meanwhile, to cater incident. He announced a some problem with the air oxygen level is going down. But patients you cannot leave them be spent to provide five kg of metric tons is being procured deliver oxygen as per require- to the rush of coronavirus pos- compensation of Rs 5 lakh to conditioner yesterday…I also there is no one to whom I could there. Some doctors are work- food grains for two months from outside, he said. ment in different hospitals of itive cases the government the family of each person saw some repair work being complain,” he told his col- ing extra hours to arrange oxy- under the Pradhan Mantri The PM said empty oxygen the state immediately. agencies have started killed in the mishap and Rs 1 done... Since the issue league. gen for the patients,” Dr Vaish Garib Kalyan Yojna. I congrat- tankers should be flown back to Modi stated that the central ramping up dedicated Covid lakh to those injured in the remained unresolved a few He died the next day. said. ulate Prime Minister Narendra refilling plants to save on trans- government is working on all beds with oxygen mishap. Mourning those killed fans were installed on a tem- The situation is the same in In Etawah, Dr. Abdul Modi for the same. The move portation time if it was not pos- possible options to reduce the support. According to the covid- in the Virar hospital fire, Prime porary basis,” a hospital other hospitals. Qadir said that besides him, a will benefit about 80 crore peo- sible to airlift oxygen, travel time and turnaround 19 bulletin released by the Minister Narendra Modi said, employee Supriya Deshmukh Narendra Nath Saxena’s sweeper and a ward boy are ple of the country. The Modi Thackeray said.More than time of oxygen tankers. Department of Information and “The fire at a Covid-19 hospi- said. daughter and son-in-law were working for over 20 hours. “We Government stands with the 60,000 patients in the state are For this, Railways has start- Public Relations, "1937 new tal in Virar is tragic. Several relatives com- admitted in a private hospital. have no option. There is an country at every step in this dis- on oxygen while there are ed Oxygen Express. Empty positive cases of novel Condolences to those who plained to Urban Development Her daughter complained that acute shortage of staff and aster”, Union Home Minister 76,300 oxygen beds and over Oxygen tankers are also being Coronavirus (COVID-19),846 lost their loved ones. May the Minister Eknath Shinde who no one is there to guide them there is a continuous flow of tweeted while con- 25,000 additional oxygen beds transported by the Air-Force to from Jammu division and injured recover soon.”“PM rushed to the hospital, along about the treatment. “The hos- patients,” he said. gratulating the Prime Minister were being arranged, the CM reduce one way travel time. 1091from Kashmir division have @narendramodi has approved with Palghar district guardian pital is charging Rs 15,000 per The PHMS the association Narendra Modi to resume the informed. The Prime Minister said been reported, thus taking the an ex-gratia of Rs 2 lakh each minister Dada Bhuse, who is room. At least, there should be has written a letter to the Chief free food grain to poor. Considering its require- that along with upgrading of total number of positive cases in from PMNRF for the next of Guardian Minister of Palghar, a doctor to take care of the Minister say- The Pradhan Mantri Garib ment, Maharashtra should get resources, we have to focus on Jammu and Kashmir to 156344. kin of those who have lost their about the hospital adminis- patient,” Saxena said. ing that “as large numbers of Kalyan Ann Yojana (PMGKAY) 250 to 300 metric tons of addi- testing. He emphasized that "Out of 19 deaths, 13 were lives due to the hospital fire in tration and their attitude The doctors admit that the doctors have fallen sick a spe- was announced in 2020 for tional oxygen, Thackeray said. widespread testing should be reported across Jammu Division Virar, Maharashtra. Rs 50,000 towards the patients. situation is bad but they cannot cial ward for the doctors and three months till July and later Speaking on Remdesivir conducted so that people get and 06 from Kashmir would be given to those seri- “The State Government help it because of shortage of their family members should extended till November to com- shortages, he said, “It is not the facility easily. Division". PNS ously injured,” the Prime has ordered a probe and the staff. The situation is so bad be set up in each district.” bat the economic impact of the known how effective Modi also urged the Minister’s Office tweeted. guilty will not be spared,” that in Ghatampur a ward boy It takes a minimum 14 COVID-19 pandemic on the Remdesivir is but it surely administration to continuous- Expressing his sadness Shinde said, seeking to pacify was asked to operate ventilators days for a person to recover poor. Under the PMGKAY last reduces the period of hospital- ly make people aware so that over the incident, Maharashtra the agitated mob. The bereaved in the absence of para-medics from the Covid. This means year, over 200 lakh tonne of free isation.Maharashtra needs they do not indulge in panic Governor Bhagat Singh families also sought an expla- and electricians. that doctors once tested posi- food grains were provided 70,000 vials of Remdesivir every buying.He said that with unit- Koshyari said, “I was extreme- nation from Palghar Collector President of the Uttar tive, are out of operation for amounting to a fiscal outgo of day but is getting only27,000, ed efforts, “We will be able to ly saddened to learn about the Dr Manik Gursal and Vasai- Pradesh Provincial Health and two weeks. over Rs 75,000 crore, covering and it should be allowed to stop this second wave of the news of the death of a few Virar Municipal Medical Services (PHMS), Dr This ultimately affects the 80.96 crores NFSA beneficia- import the medicine, he pandemic across the country”, corona virus patients in the fire Commissioner Gangatharan Sachin Vaish said that over 200 working in hospitals. ries. said. he said. at the ICU of a private Hospital Devrajan, who were present on in Virar earlier today. I convey the scene, for the loss of so my deepest condolences to many lives. ! '((  *** than 2.5 lakh active cases in the state of cumbed to the pandemic during the last trol crowding by people. Only those the families of the unfortunate “My sister Shama Mhatre which 70 per cent of people are in home 24 hours, according to Chief Minister people who have to attend to emergency victims and wish speedy recov- was admitted in the hospital. From Page 1 isolation. . works would be allowed outside. Those ery to the injured patients.” The fire took place in the wee Similarly, with 66,836 fresh infec- Lucknow, recorded 5,682 new infec- Vijayan who met media persons on who come out of their houses and places Earlier in the day, there hours and I was informed at tions reported on Thursday, the total tions in the last 24 hours but 7,165 peo- Friday evening quoted from all medical of residents should have authorization was considerable tension at the 7.30 am in the morning about number of cases in the state increased ple have been discharged during the journals and pleaded with the people to letters in which the purpose is written Vijay Vallabh Hospital where her death,” her brother Dr from 40,94,840 to 41,61.676. same period. cooperate with him in bringing down and signed by competent authorities,” agitated relatives of those killed Ravi Tandel said, as he broke As 74,045 patients were discharged A report from Gonda said that the Covid curve. I told the Prime said the chief minister. in the mishap gheraoed min- down while talking to media from the hospitals across the State after Covid testing samples at the district hos- Minister this morning that the State There was no let-up in the number isters, officials and hospital persons. full recovery, the total number of peo- pital were found destroyed by stray ani- needs Rs 1,500 crore to provide Covid- of Covid-19 cases in Tamil Nadu as the ple discharged from the hospitals since mals. A video has gone viral with card- 19 vaccine to all the people. The Centre State diagnosed 13,776 new cases on the second week of March last year went board boxes strewn around. It is claimed should pay this amount or provide us Friday. The last 24 hours saw the pan- up to 34,04.792. The recovery rate in the that those boxes contained corona test- with free vaccines. It is impossible for demic claiming 78 lives across the state for the first time in several days ing samples, but the government offi- the State to buy the vaccines from pri- State. rose from 81.34 per cent to 81.81 per cials have refused to confirm this. vate companies by paying exorbitant Capital city of Chennai continued cent. A probe has been ordered in this prices,” said Vijayan. to be the hot spot as 3,842 new persons The total “active cases” in the State connection by District Magistrate The Chief Minister said that dur- were diagnosed with the disease. dropped from 6,99,858 to 6,91,851. The Markandey Sahi. He said such a video ing the video conference, he shared his Neighbouring Chengalpattu registered fatality rate in the State dropped from was a move to demoralise the health expertise with the Prime Minister. 985 new cases while Coimbatore, the 1.53 per cent to 1.52 per cent. workers who are doing an excellent job Vijayan turned emotional when he industrial hub of South India saw the With 72 fresh deaths, the Covid-19 to save the lives of the people. recounted the incident of Subaida, a number of patients going up by 889. toll in Mumbai rose from 12,583 to A report from Etawah said eight Muslim woman from Kollam, sending Thiruvallur, another neighbouring dis- 12,655, while the infected cases went up doctors at Saifai Medical University, him her life savings of Rs 5,000 to pur- trict of Chennai saw the pandemic con- by 7199 to trigger a jump in the infec- have been infected with corona. A total chase vaccine from the open market. tinuing unabated with 807 new cases. tions from 6,09,080 to 6,16,279. of 191 corona positive cases were found “Last year Subaida had sold her sheep The State continued with massive Coronavirus infection continued to in Etawah on Thursday and of these, 75 and sent me the money towards the testing and on Friday more than 1.25 play havoc in Uttar Pradesh as 199 peo- cases belong to the staff of Saifai Covid fund of the State. This is the state lakh persons were tested as part of the ple died of this infection in the last 24 Medical University alone. The Covid- of financial affairs in Kerala,” he said. Mass Test programme. hours taking the total toll in UP to 19 cases in Kerala continued unabated Vijayan said though there would The Government informed the 10,737. on Friday too despite the stringent con- not be any lockdown in the State, the Madras High Court that the State has The Government claims that 37,238 trols announced by the State adminis- next two days (Saturday and Sunday) sufficient stock of vaccines, oxygen and fresh infections were reported in the last tration. Kerala tested 28,447 new Covid would see strict measures being fol- hospital to take on any emergency mea- 24 hour. It further said there are more cases on Friday while 27 persons suc- lowed all over Kerala. “This is to con- sures.

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We fear a big Kejriwal expressed his regret. tragedy may happen due to Meanwhile, Chief Minister oxygen shortage and we will Office (CMO), Delhi govern- never be able to forgive our- ment issued a statement later selves. I request you with fold- on : Today, the chief minister's ed hands to direct all Chief address was shared live because A Ministers to ensure smooth there has never been any @ %     movement of oxygen tankers instruction, written or verbal,   $%&    coming to Delhi,” Kejriwal from the central government  8"/  '  said. “Will people of Delhi not that the said interaction could       get oxygen if there is no oxy- not be shared live. There have     )  gen-producing plant here? been multiple occasions of Please suggest whom should I similar interactions where mat- 9 3      speak to in the central govern- ters of public importance which     ment when an oxygen tanker had no confidential informa-    $%& 8"/ meant for Delhi is stopped in tion were shared live. 1  )  another state,” he added. He also urged PM Modi to 5   $%&    facilitate the airlift of oxygen        2 .      +    %)$ $ )  ;!                   @  )   $() L30((       123245   !#$ %&  )  ..  3   29-year-old Sub Inspector Aposted with the Delhi Police died due to Coronavirus    123245 Parmanand Chowk, GTB the DCP added. at a hospital in on #' )&*  $&+ Nagar, Delhi. Another police team Friday morning. Police said he he Crime Branch of Delhi “Around 1.15 PM, one arrested two accused persons was posted at Bharat Nagar TPolice has arrested four Talwinder Singh, a resident of from near Batra Hospital, MB police station, which falls under    instructions. Around 12,000 zones where the situation persons in two separate raids Amritsar in Punjab was appre- Road, Delhi, while they were the jurisdiction of Delhi Police's 66+9 people are being tested for remains precarious. The district for indulging in black market- hended and three vials of trying to sell the injections at northwest district. covid in the district every day has now 184 containment ing the life saving 'Remdesivir' Remdesivir injections were exorbitant prices. Ten vials of According to a senior he Gurugram district on and more than 4 lakh people zones. injections in the National recovered from his posses- pany based at Chandni Chowk, Remdesivir were recovered police official, he tested positive TFriday recorded 4,319 fresh have been vaccinated in Apart from this, the district Capital. sion,” said the DCP. Delhi. On his instance, raids from the accused persons, she on April 15 and was admitted coronavirus cases, the highest Gurugam," said Virender administration on Friday dis- According to Monika “During interrogation, the were conducted at Chandni said. to a private hospital in number of positive cases in a Yadav, CMO Gurugram. closed that in Gurugram, the Bhardwaj, the Deputy accused disclosed that he was Chowk area where supplier The accused persons use to Ghaziabad on April 19 where single day so far. Nine deaths A Gurugram Health recovery rate of covid infection Commissioner of Police selling the injection on higher Jitender Kumar, a resident of sell these injections in black he had been undergoing were also reported from the department official said that a patients is 78.19 percent and (DCP), Crime Branch, after price as its demand was shoot- Roshanara in Delhi, was also market on higher prices. They treatment. city, the district's Covid toll majority of corona cases are due to this, the mortality rate receiving specific inputs a trap ing and there was scarcity of the apprehended. He used to have a set network of persons He had severe symptoms of reached to 410, officials said. coming from containment is 0.42 percent. was laid on Wednesday near injection,” the DCP said. charge Rs 2,000 for supply of who supply the injections on Coronavirus and was in criti- The Covid-19 tally in “Later, 68 more injections one vial,” said the DCP. demand. cal condition. A plasma donor Gurugram has now risen to were recovered from his pos- “On the basis of the inter- A total of 81 vials of was also arranged but his lung 96,738 according to the official session. The accused supplied rogation, teams are sent to Remdesivir injections were was severely affected, the police daily health bulletin. O  KD.      the injection across the coun- Amritsar and other places in recovered in two cases, police official said. The active cases in the dis- try through one courier com- Punjab to nab the co-accused,” said. The deceased had joined trict stand at 20,760 while a Delhi Police in 2015 and is sur- total of 19,667 patients cur- 0,.    =6    vived by his wife and a two- rently in home isolation. year-old daughter who live in A total of 75,568 have been    The order was issued Officials, however, have Wazirabad, the officer said. cured and discharged, includ- 66+9 under the epidemic diseases assured that they are making According to police, ing 1,690 on Friday. Act-1897 and sub-section-2 of every effort to increase the around 1,500 Delhi Police per- The health department n view of shortage of hospi- the Disaster Management Act- number of beds in Gurugram sonnel tested positive for the said out of 410 deaths, 315 died Ital beds for Covid patients in 2005. district. coronavirus during the second due to comorbidities and the Gurugam, the deputy commis- “We have directed all the Recently the deputy com- wave since March end. More remaining 95 without comor- sioner, Dr Yash Garg has direct- hospitals to provide services missioner had appointed 22 than 8,000 personnel of the bidities. ed hospitals to increase the including human resources nodal officers for 41 force have been exposed to the "We are registering more number of beds reserved for and logistics ie doctors, para- private/government covid hos- virus. Out of them, around than 2,000 plus cases from the Covid patients to “at least 60%” medical staff, medicine, ICU, pitals in across the district to 7,000 have recovered and over last few days. It is a concern for of beds under general category ambulance etc. Apart from this check availability of beds in 1,000 are still under treatment, us. We have increased testing and 75% of total bed capacity of information about the number hospitals. police officials said but people need to follow covid ICU and Ventilator beds. of patients and available beds, Apart from this, the city Moreover, the data of avail- etc., will be updated on a daily had recorded 4,319 fresh coro- able beds will have to be basis on the GMDA platform,” navirus cases on Friday. The uploaded on the platform Garg said. district's COVID toll reached to !+ )# , .)&+#& ‘onemapggm.gmda.gov.in’ of However, the district's top 410. The active cases in the dis- the Gurugram Metropolitan hospitals, both private and trict stand at 20,760 while a Development Authority government, have got no ICU, total of 19,667 patients cur- /# +! )# +$ (GMDA) by the hospitals. ventilator beds empty. rently in home isolation. %!' +%+#!' !1 A           123245 of all daily-wage, migrant and construction workers across )D7     O he Delhi Government has Delhi, the Govt has also set-up Tdisbursed an ex-gratia pay- food distribution centres across    66+9 them in Sector-38-39. There the accused had ment of 5,000 to each con- schools and construction sites. fixed a deal for a 48 kg cylinder 90,000. Later struction worker, registered Approximately 7000 food joint team of Chief Minister’s flying squad, the decoy customer signalled to the raiding team under the ‘Delhi Building and packets have already been dis- Acrime branch Sector-40 and drugs control who overpowered the three culprits along with Other Construction Workers tributed in these food distribu- department have arrested four persons for sell- one cylinder and Maruti Breeza car from the Welfare Board’ as an aid in the tion centres as of Thursday ing and illegally possessing 9 oxygen cylinders spot," Subhash Boken, spokesperson of the times of crisis. evening. Delhi Government is without a valid licence on Friday. Gurugram police said. A total of 2,10,684 con- also taking rapid action in set- The investigation found that these cylinders Boken further said that on their disclosure struction workers will be grant- ting-up a helpline for construc- valued at 12,000 to 14,000 were being sold for the police arrested the kingpin of the gang from ed disbursals under this scheme. tion, daily-wage and migrant as high as 90,000 per cylinder in flat no 101-102, Awas Society in Sector-39 and At present, the Delhi workers which will be active in black market. Those arrested were recovered 8 oxygen cylinders from his posses- Government has disbursed the next 2-3 days. identified as Bhupender Yadav of Jind who was sion. "During questioning the accused disclosed 52.88 crore to 1,05,750 con- Through this all-encom- the kingpin. before the police they have established a firm struction workers and in the passing helpline, any worker in His assistants were Rajesh of Mahendergarh, 'Purani Solution' at Awas society. coming days, more construction Delhi will be able to access Satyam of Bihar and Dharmender of Rajasthan. They know that there was a huge demand of oxy- workers will be granted this ex- information on availability of "Following a secret information about black gen cylinders in the market due to Covid-19. So gratia relief, the Chief Minister's beds in hospitals, food distrib- marketing of oxygen cylinders, we had prepared they started black market of cylinders. On office said in a statement. ution centres, availability of police personnel as a decoy customer, who had Thursday they had sold one cylinder in Rs In order to cater the needs medicines etc, it said. contacted the miscreants who asked him to meet 70,000," Boken said.          Ram Shah Hospital near Tis In the central district, police oxygen cylinders were pro- three oxygen cylinders left at 123245 Hazari metro station. The hos- were informed at 3.12 AM cured from Naraina and hand- the hospital and their suppliers pital said they have run out of regarding the shortage of oxy- ed over to hospital, police said. have expressed inability to sup- he Delhi Police has oxygen supply and need imme- gen at Jeewan Mala Hospital, At 7.35 AM, the doctors ply the cylinder due to shortage. Tembarked upon a massive diate help. Rohtak Road. Police reached again informed that oxygen “Thereafter, a team was operation to help hospitals to “Immediately, a police team Jeewan Mala Hospital and met backup was for only 30 minutes. formed and it was found that get the supply of oxygen amid was sent to Bawana to facilitate doctor Naresh who told them Two more cylinders were pro- one vendor Paramount Cryo its shortage in the national the oxygen cylinder. Police that their vehicle was stuck in vided to them. Later, their vehi- Gases in Mundka area was re- Capital. In the last couple of escorted the vehicle carrying a Mundka and they had oxygen cle arrived with 33 cylinders, filling the cylinders. Police went days, many city hospitals have total 33 oxygen cylinders to supply for only 30 minutes. police said. with vacant cylinders there and made SOS calls to various Tirath Ram Shah Hospital Two big oxygen cylinders Police said that waited for four hours for their police stations seeking help in before 9 AM by providing a were arranged and a continuous ONCOPLUS Hospital at turn. All the filled 40 cylinders arranging oxygen cylinders. green corridor,” said Anto supply of the gas was ensured. Bhisam Pitamah Marg has 44 have been handed over to the In the North district, police Alphonse, the Deputy Later, the vehicle of Jeewan COVID patients were admitted hospital authorities,” said Atul received a distress call at 7.15 Commissioner of Police (DCP), Mala Hospital came with 12 and under treatment. The hos- Kumar Thakur, the DCP, South AM on Friday from Tirath North district. more cylinders. 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As per the order, Railways to start operating tions, Sharma said it was Rfight against corona, espe- plants, Babu said each plant emergency financial powers ‘Oxygen Express’ trains imme- because of the sensitive mate- cially shortage of oxygen, the has a capacity to produce 40 have been delegated to Director diately to save Covid-19 rial they are carrying. Armed forces have decided to litres of Oxygen per minute and General Medical Services patients in need of medical For the ‘Oxygen Express’, import 23 oxygen generation 2,400 litres an hour at which (Army/Navy/Air Force), head oxygen in the national Capital the Railways has issued trans- plants and containers from rate it can cater to 20-25 of Medical Branches at hospitals. portation rates and weight Germany. Each plant can gen- patients round the clock. “The Formation/Command Railway Board Chairman requirements. The rules are erate 2,400 litres of oxygen per advantage of these plants is that Headquarters of Suneet Sharma said the rail- valid till October 15. Also, the hour, thereby, enhancing the they are easily portable. A total Army/Navy/Air ways have received a request Railways will not levy any capabilities of the hospitals to of 23 such plants are being Force/Andaman & Nicobar from Delhi “just now”, and the surcharges and will provide treat patients. The plants are imported as of now,” he added. Command and Joint Staff rail network system is planning five hours’ free cargo-han- expected to be in India next Stating that the mobile including Command Medical its movement from Rourkela in dling time. Goods and week. oxygen generation plants being Officers of Navy and Principal Odisha. Delhi Chief Minister Services Tax will be levied. In addition, the Defence procured will be deployed in Medical Officers of Air Force Arvind Kejriwal appealed to Two people, including the dri- Ministry has decided to give static hospitals and provide (Major General and equiva- the Centre to provide medical ver, can get on the trucks extension to Short Service adequate oxygen to the needy, lent/Brigadiers and equiva- oxygen to the Delhi which is (with second-class tickets) car- Commissioned Doctors in the official added that a large lent). The delegated financial facing an acute shortage of it. el at an average speed of met soon as the logistics are Deaths due to the lack of rying the oxygen. Armed Forces Medical Services number of oxygen concentra- powers are as follows. DGsMS Delhi Government is the around 65 kmph. currently being worked out. oxygen have been reported To facilitate loading and (AFMS) till December 31, tors are also under procure- (Army/Navy/Air Force) – 5 latest to have lined up for “Andhra Pradesh has asked Sharma said the ‘Oxygen from across the country, and unloading of tankers, a ramp 2021. “This will augment the ment. crore, Major General and ‘Oxygen Express’ services, after for oxygen to be moved from Express’ train headed for Uttar it was on the suggestion of the is required which the Railways strength of AFMS by 238 more Besides this step, the Base equivalent – 3 crore, Brigadier Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Angul in Odisha. We have Pradesh will reach Lucknow Maharashtra and the Madhya has constructed in record time. doctors,” Defence Minister Hospital in Delhi Cantonment and equivalent – 2 crore. Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh and asked the Delhi Government on Saturday, and the one for Pradesh governments that the Sharma also shared that Rajnath Sigh said on Twitter on is being converted into a 1,000 Emergency powers have been Maharashtra. Each tanker of to keep their trucks ready, and Maharashtra will reach Railways planned a policy to around 93,000 railway benefi- Friday. bed Covid hospital and should delegated up to September 30, ‘Oxygen Express’ trains can our wagons, ramps are ready in Nagpur on Friday night and transport liquid medical oxy- ciaries have been affected by As regards importing oxy- be activated in a week, an 2021 with a provision for revi- carry around 16 tonnes of the NCR area,” Sharma said at then proceed towards Nashik, gen in cryogenic tankers to Covid-19, and 72 railway hos- gen plants, Defence Ministry Army official said. sion/extension. medical oxygen and these a press conference. He said the from where oxygen will be dis- states on request. pitals and 5,000 beds are ded- Spokesperson A. Bharat In a related development, trains have been put in to trav- demand from Delhi will be persed to different cities. The first such train was icated to their care. Bhushan Babu said, “23 mobile to meet the pressing require- oxygen generation plants are ment for oxygen in hospitals “C-17 and IL-76 aircraft being airlifted from Germany. across the country, the IAF has airlifted cryogenic oxygen con- airlift tasks are underway across Mi-17 helicopters are on stand- ous hospitals at Delhi. stations across the country to ties of load comprising bio safe- These will be deployed in deployed heavy transport air- tainers from Air Force Station the country,” the IAF said. A by. Tasks undertaken include The C-17 and IL-76 aircraft speed up the distribution of ty cabinets and autoclave AFMS hospitals catering to craft for airlifting big oxygen Hindan to Panagarh for COVID testing set up load was airlift of doctors and nursing of IAF have started airlifting big much needed oxygen. In addi- machines for setting up of an the COVID patients.” These tankers from filling stations to recharging, in support of the also airlifted to Leh. staff from Kochi, Mumbai, empty oxygen tankers from tion to this, the C-17 and IL-76 additional COVID test facility oxygen generating plants are the required destinations. fight against Covid-19. Similar Moreover, Chinook and Vizag and Bangalore for vari- their place of use to the filling have transported large quanti- at Leh.

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A recent deaths among all Covid-19 Moreover, despite being other States which have announced that people above study involving more than survivors were estimated at initially a respiratory virus, promised free Covid-19 vacci- the age of 18 will be provided he Indian Medical 87,000 Covid-19 patients and eight people per 1,000 patients. long Covid-19 can affect near- nation to those above 18 years vaccine doses for free from TAssociation (IMA) has nearly five million control Among patients who were ly every organ system in the of age. This, even as the BJP May 1. “We have decided to demanded that the Covid-19 patients has warned that the ill enough to be hospitalised body, including the respirato- announced free vaccination to vaccinate all above 18 years free vaccine in the open market be survivors of the Coronavirus with Covid-19 and who sur- ry system, nervous system, all in Bengal on the lines of of cost. The State Government routed through the Jan had a 60 per cent increased risk vived beyond the first 30 days mental health, metabolism, Bihar while the state’s incum- will take forward the vaccina- Aushadhi scheme to make it of death compared with flu sur- of illness, there were 29 excess cardiovascular system, gas- bent Chief Minister Mamata tion programme with its own affordable for people, while vivors, with about 29 excess deaths per 1,000 patients over trointestinal system, kidney, Banerjee on April 22 had which vaccination will start 1,600 crore. Andhra Pradesh resources,” he had said. requesting the Centre to deaths per 1,000 patients at six the following six months. coagulation regulation, skin, already promised free vaccines from May 1. Chief Minister YS Jaganmohan Several Chief Ministers ensure that the vaccine is months. “Our study demonstrates musculoskeletal system, and from May 5 onwards. “Andhra Pradesh govern- Reddy has already directed like Chhattisgarh’s Bhupesh given free to all people above The study published in the that up to six months after general health, the researchers The Friday announcement ment has given vaccination top officials to place orders for Baghel and personalities from the age of 18 in its facilities. journal Nature also cautioned diagnosis, the risk of death fol- noted. came days after the Pune-based priority from the beginning. To Covid-19 vaccines accordingly. various walks of life like actor The cost involved for the that survivors of the pathogens lowing even a mild case of In fact, in an yet another Serum Institute of India (SII) take it closer to the people, vac- Toeing a similar line, Sonu Sood have already batted mass universal vaccination also had a substantially higher Covid-19 is not trivial and observational study of more said that States will get the cinations will be given to those Uttarakhand Chief Minister for free Covid preventive vac- for those above the age of 18 risk of long-term medical prob- increases with disease severity,” than 230,000 patient health Covishield vaccine at Rs 400 per aged 18 to 45 for free. With this -led BJP cine to the needy, and demand- will be much lower lems and that the Covid-19 is said Ziyad Al-Aly, Assistant records published in The dose, private hospitals at Rs 600 decision, across the State, more government also announced ed a cap on its pricing. than the economic gains likely to place a massive burden Professor of medicine at the Lancet Psychiatry journal said and Centre at Rs 150. However, than 2 crore people between that people above the age of 18 “Every needy should get a achieved by bending the on the world’s population in the varsity. that one in three Covid-19 Bharat Biotech, manufacturer of ages 18 to 45 will benefit. This years in the State will be admin- vaccine for free. Very important curve of Covid-19 pandemic, coming years. “These later deaths due to survivors received a neurolog- Covaxin is yet to announce the is the most crucial step towards istered the Covid-19 vaccine to put a cap on the pricing. the IMA said adding that The study, led by long-term complications of the ical or psychiatric diagnosis price list for the States. preventing COVID-19 in the free of cost at all government Corporates and individuals vaccination for the coron- researchers at Washington infection are not necessarily within six months of infection Uttar Pradesh, Assam, state,” Andhra Pradesh Health and private hospitals. His who can afford should come avirus infection should also University’s School of Medicine recorded as deaths due to with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Kerala, Chhattisgarh, Madhya Minister Alla Kali Krishna Jharkhand counterpart forward to help everyone get be the priority of the found that after surviving the Covid-19. As far as the total The study looked at 14 neuro- Pradesh and Sikkim have Srinivas (Nani) told the media Hemant Soren, not to be left vaccinated. Let’s do business government as initial infection (beyond the pandemic death toll, these logical and mental health dis- already announced free vacci- on Friday. This is likely to cost behind in the race, also some other time,” Sood had vaccination not only enhances first 30 days of illness), Covid- numbers suggest that the orders. nation to the target segment, for the State approximately Rs announced that all residents of tweeted on Wednesday. individual safety but also the community safety by paving way for herd immunity. +A      The association also +  O  33!+ &/ & /& demanded transparency in          the vaccine pricing.       “Now as the manufactur- +&)+ #* #' !#$ %&       ers are allowed to fix the  A     price, it is shocking to note the pre-emptive New Delhi: The Supreme    announcement of the Serum ; Court Friday allowed senior institute has predicted the    advocate Harish Salve to with-     123245 price as 600. IMA demands  123245 draw as amicus curiae for the transparency in this and suo motu case related to dis- he Indian Air Force on requests the government to  123245 to offer a therapy which sig- he Congress on Friday said tribution of essential supplies TFriday airlifted empty oxy- ensure the vaccine is given nificantly reduces the viral Tthe Supreme Court’s suo and services, including oxy- .  @2 gen containers to various fill- free to all people above the n a move that is expected to load when given early on can motu intervention in the man- gen and drugs, during the ing stations across the country age of 18,” the doctors’ body Icheck the blackmarketing help in better disease manage- agement of Covid-19 in the COVID-19 pandemic. A New Delhi: People are dying for producing oxygen to treat and deployed its aircraft for said. of anti-viral drug ‘Remdesivir’, ment. It comes at a much- country was “wrong” and bench headed by Chief Justice due to lack of oxygen, the COVID-19 patients. transportation of medical per- The IMA demands that the Drugs Controller General needed time for patients and “uncalled for”, and alleged that S A Bobde, who is demitting Supreme Court said on Friday “We are not interested that sonnel and medicines in help- the vaccine in the open mar- of India’s (DCGI) on Friday we will continue to provide it amounts to over-centralisa- office as the CJI Friday itself, while questioning the Tamil Vedanta or A, B or C runs it. ing civil authorities deal with ket is routed through the Jan gave its nod to Zydus Cadila’s them access to critical thera- tion of judicial powers. While rapped some senior advo- Nadu Government as to why it We are interested that oxygen surging COVID-19 cases. Aushadhi scheme, where the Pegylated Interferon alpha-2b, pies in this battle against the Congress also hit out at the cates for making cannot take over Vedanta’s should be produced,” a bench The IAF deployed its C-17 vaccine can be made available ‘Virafin’ for the treatment of Covid-19,” said Dr Sharvil government over its handling statements without reading its Sterlite copper unit at headed by Chief Justice S A and IL-76 heavy-lift aircraft for in the prefixed price to all moderate Covid-19 infection Patel, Managing Director, of the pandemic in the coun- order passed on Thursday Tuticorin, closed since May Bobde said. transportation of oxygen con- patients. in adults. The approval has Cadila Healthcare Limited. try where there is “shortage” of and observed that it did not 2018 over pollution concerns, PTI tainers to filling stations, offi- “If the price of the vaccine been given under emergency In its Phase III clinical tri- everything, former party chief stop high courts from hearing cials said. is not capped, and the 35000 usage category. als, the therapy had shown bet- Rahul Gandhi questioned the cases related to COVID-19 The oxygen containers will crore earmarked in the bud- Zydus Cadila had sought ter clinical improvement in Centre’s priority in going ahead management in the country. be transported by road or rail get is not utilised for giving the Centre’s nod for Virafin, on the patients suffering from with the 20,000 crore central The bench, also compris- to various hospitals once they the free vaccination to all, the April 5, claiming it had shown COVID-19. During the trials, vista project in the midst of the ing Justices L N Rao and S R are refilled, they said good intention of the gov- promising results in treating a higher proportion of patients Covid-19 crisis. Bhat, granted time to the Containers filled with oxy- ernment will land up in Covid-19. A single dose of administered with PegIFN arm The Congress said venera- Centre to file response in the gen are generally not trans- disaster and the Virafin shows significant were RT-PCR negative by day ble institutions have to realise case and posted it for hearing ported on board military air- country will continue to suf- improvement as 91.15 per cent 7. that their primary job is to pro- on April 27. craft as they are considered fer economic and health care of patients were tested RT The drug ensures faster tect the lives of citizens of “You have imputed motives combustible and may pose crisis due to this pandemic,” PCR negative by day 7. It also viral clearance and has sever- India, not the reputation of the to us without reading our risk to the planes. the IMA said. reduces hours of supplemental al add-on advantages com- central government and order,” the bench told senior “C-17 and IL-76 aircraft Dr GS Grewal, ex-presi- oxygen in the patients. pared to other anti-viral agents, demanded vaccine neutrality advocate Dushyant Dave, who airlifted cryogenic oxygen con- dent of Punjab Medical “A single-dose subcuta- as per the company’s state- just like net neutrality. was appearing in the matter. tainers from Air Force Station Council and Dr Arun Mitra, neous regimen of the antiviral ment. Congress spokesperson “We are also pained at Hindan to Panagarh for ex-chairman of Ethical Virafin will make the treatment Officials in the Union Abhishek Singhvi said high reading what some senior recharging, in support of the Committee of PMC said that more convenient for the Health Ministry said that with courts were efficiently uphold- lawyers have to say on Salve’s fight against COVID-19. the Prime Minister had patients. When administered the availability of one more ing the citizens’ right to life and appointment as amicus in the Similar airlift tasks are under- announced that all the citi- early on during COVID-19, drug under the experimental holding the government matter,” the bench said, adding days. surge in Covid-19 cases and way across the country,” the zens in the country will be Virafin will help patients drug therapy, the pressure on accountable in a more nuanced that it was a “collective deci- Solicitor General Tushar deaths, the Supreme Court IAF tweeted. given vaccines free of costs. recover faster and avoid much the other drugs like Remdesivir way on a case-to-case basis and sion” of all the judges at the Mehta requested Salve not to had on Thursday said it expects Officials said the IAF has “But now the Government is of the complications,” the com- which is being sold in black they should have been allowed bench. withdraw from the case as the the Centre to come out with a also deployed its aircraft for shying away from its respon- pany said in a statement market because of its huge to carry on their work. “The Salve said it is a “very sen- amicus on the ground that no “national plan” to deal with transportation of medical per- sibility. adding that it has also shown demand will be reduced and Supreme Court’s intervention sitive” matter and he did not one should succumb to such proper distribution of oxygen sonnel and medicines to vari- The disparity in prices has efficacy against other viral the doctors will have more on April 22, 2021 is totally want the case to be decided pressure tactics. and essential drugs for the ous places across the country exposed the slogan of ‘one infections. choices to offer to the patients uncalled for. Unfortunately, it under the shadow that he knew Taking note of the “grim” patients. PTI as part of its COVID-19 India, one Mandi and one “The fact that we are able for Covid treatment. is wrong, wrong and wrong”. the CJI from school and college situation created by the massive response. ration card,” Dr Grewal rued. &    !" # $ 4      -  / # 6 ' &*#/ &$ /!) 445

    7847+/+ “Bengal has massive potential on housing schemes for the decades … they are doing so to Bengal BJP on Friday tweeted, which will be utilized by the poor and the middle class the set up a new government … “As soon as BJP government ' %&   46 $&+ onfident of his party’s new Government,” which Prime Minister said that the they are doing so ignoring fear comes to power in West Cchances of coming to would focus on agro-based new Government would work and intimidation … they have Bengal, Covid-19 vaccine will   22   Chennai saw the pandemic MDMK and Seeman’s NTK power in Bengal, Prime industries. “As infiltration, syn- together with the Centre to inspired the entire country be provided free of cost to 5211+ continuing unabated with 807 came out in the open staging Minister Narendra Modi on dicate and tolabaji (extortion) ensure that every citizen of men by taking part in voting in everyone.” new cases. protests against the opening of Friday said that he would per- impede development” the new Bengal had a house to live in. such large numbers… this However, reacting to the here was no let up in the The State continued with the plant. sonally remain present in the Government would work “We will ensure housing for all,” means something … this BJP tweet TMC Rajya Sabha Tnumber of Covid-19 cases massive testing and on Friday Though the district collec- swearing in ceremony after towards getting rid of these he said. means they have made up their MP Derek O' Brien said, “They in Tamil Nadu as the State diag- more than 1.25 lakh persons tor who had convened the May 2 when the Assembly menaces, he said. Hailing the people of the minds to bring the BJP to promised free vaccines for all nosed 13,776 new cases on were tested as part of the Mass meeting said that there was an elections results would be “We shall bring Ashol State for coming out and vot- power,” Modi said adding it during Bihar elections. Election Friday. The last 24 hours saw Test programme. The urgent need of oxygen across declared. Poriborton and ensure a Sonar ing in large numbers ignoring could be his last rally in the is over, what happened?” the pandemic claiming 78 lives Government informed the the country in the bacdrop of Once again vouching for Bangla (golden Bengal)” he intimidation by some political State before the ongoing elec- adding the BJP was coming out across the State. Madras High Court that the the ever increasing number of the Ashol Poriborton (mean- said adding the women’s cause outfits he said that the people tions end. with such promises when there Capital city of Chennai State has sufficient stock of vac- Covid-19 cases, the activists ingful change) in Bengal if his would be prioritized in the new of this State have made up their The Prime Minister earli- were only 2 phases left. continued to be the hot spot as cines, oxygen and hospital to said they were not bothered Government came to power he scheme of things. mind to bring a change for real er cancelled his four physical There were only “2 phases 3,842 new persons were diag- take on any emergency mea- about what was happeneing said, all-round development - “The first thing the development and they had rallies scheduled for Friday. left and BJP says this. Don't nosed with the disease. sures. outside Tamil Nadu. “we will -- that had been impeded for Government will do will be to been doing that by voting in Meanwhile, much in the believe BJP,” he said. The BJP Neighbouring Chengalpattu The Government’s move to not allow the reopening of the several decades in Bengal --- reduce crime against women large numbers. line of Trinamool Congress also promised free ration registered 985 new cases while consider the proposal from Sterlite Plant which had caused would start taking effect “after and for that a number of fast “Only two phases of elec- president for all. Coimbatore, the industrial hub Sterlite Ltd at Thoothukudi to havoc with the environment. It the double engine BJP comes to track courts will be set up,” he tions are left now and in all the who earlier promised free Earlier Chief Minister of South India saw the number reopen its defunct plant to is against the nature to think of power.” said. earlier phases we have seen the delivery of ration and free vac- Mamata Banerjee had urged of patients going up by 889. produce oxygen suffered a set- reopening the plant,” said Promising a crime-free Averring that his people coming out to vote cine to the people of the State the Prime Minister to make the Thiruvallur, another back as major opposition par- senior activist M State the Prime Minister said Government would lay stress such large numbers after four after she returned to power the vaccine free for all. neighbouring district of ties like the CPI(M), Vaiko’s Krishnamurthy. ! (   ( :      )       *      7847+/+ said, “There is no oxygen avail- Maharashtra “we are getting were busy campaigning for       able in the market. The Steel fewer amounts of vaccines and Assembly elections neglecting $+     engal Chief Minister Authority of India Limited was other medicines.” the main work of raising infra- : Reaching an alarming scale the BMamata Banerjee on Friday meeting our oxygen demands, The Banerjee who skipped structure for tackling the sec- corona pandemic seems to have forced an launched a scathing attack on but that oxygen has been the Chief Ministers’ meeting ond wave which had already undeclared lockdown in the train services ,)-./    the Centre for neglecting the diverted to Uttar Pradesh.” with the Prime Minister said been anticipated. of Sealdah and Howrah Division of Bengal. pandemic and pushing the Bengal which would need how she was not invited in the “They were concentrating Such has been the spread of infection New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Gram Sabha Puraskar to 30 gram pan- people of the country in the about 450 MT of oxygen in the meeting. “We were not invited more on winning elections that about 125 trains including sub-urban Modi will launch the distribution of e- chayats, Gram Panchayat Development face of a great disaster. coming two weeks time was to take part in the meeting … than saving the lives of the peo- trains have been cancelled both in Sealdah property cards under the 'SWAMITVA Plan Award to 29 gram panchayats, Addressing a virtual elec- currently getting only 200 MT so I would not join it … had we ple which is why the pandem- and Howrah division, sources said. scheme' on Saturday. As many as 4.09 Child-friendly Gram Panchayat Award to tion meeting — first on her of it, sources said. been invited we would defi- ic has such a serious propor- While in Howrah Division 16 passen- lakh property owners will be given their 30 Gram Panchayats and e-Panchayat part — in Burwdan East dis- “Having failed to subdue nitely have joined in the meet- tion,” the Chief Minister said ger trains and 40 local trains have been can- e-property cards on National Panchayati Puraskar to 12 states. trict the Chief Minister said Bengal politically the BJP now ing,” she said. The meeting was adding how no experts had celled, in Sealdah Division 60 local trains Raj Day (April 24), which will also mark The Prime Minister will transfer the that the “negligence of the wants to kill us by starving us” attended by Bengal Chief been consulted and how oxy- have cancelled, a senior Eastern Railway offi- the rolling out of the SVAMITVA scheme award money (as grants-in-aid) through Centre” had complicated the of oxygen, she said alleging Secretary Alapan gen and medicines had not cial said adding about 500 staff including for implementation across the country. the click of a button, ranging from Rs 5 pandemic situation in India. how the Centre was discrimi- Bandopadhyay. Banerjee had been stocked for the second motorman, guard and driver had been Modi will launch the distribution of e- lakh to Rs 50 lakh, the PMO said. The She alleged that the oxygen nating between Gujarat and earlier skipped a few similar wave. infected in Howrah Division the number for property cards through video conferenc- amount will be directly transferred to the suppliers for Bengal were being other States in terms of pro- meetings as she was busy cam- “The crisis has assumed Sealdah is about 200. Sealdah is one of the ing, said PMO in a statement. bank account of the panchayats concerned diverted to UP taking the sit- viding vaccine. paigning for the ongoing such large proportion because busiest railway junctions in Asia ferrying The PM will also confer the National in real time, it said, adding that this is uation in the State to an alarm- “Gujarat is getting 60 per- assembly elections. of the negligence of the Centre. lakhs of daily commuters. Panchayat Awards 2021 on the occasion. being done for the first time. ing level. cent of the total vaccine being Earlier the Chief Minister The BJP wanted to win Bengal “If this situation aggravates further Union minister Narendra Singh Tomar The SVAMITVA (Survey of Villages Attacking the Narendra produced,” Banerjee com- had termed the second wave of at any cost. They sent leaders which in any case is very much possible then will also attend the event. The National and Mapping with Improvised Modi Government for starving plained adding how vaccines corona pandemic “not a man- from all across the country and the Railway authorities will have to suspend Panchayat Awards 2021 are being con- Technology in Village Areas) scheme was Bengal of oxygen and diverting were being provided to the made but a Modi-made disas- put the entire country and most of the services for want of staff,” a ferred under the following categories -- launched by the Prime Minister on April the medical oxygen produced people from BJP’s party office ter” saying alleging how Bengal in such a critical situa- senior official said adding how the Railways Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat 24, 2020 as a central sector scheme to in Bengal to BJP-ruled Uttar in the western State “whereas the Prime Minister and tion. This is so unfortunate,” have started imposing fine on the negligent Sashaktikaran Puraskar to 224 panchay- promote a socio-economically empow- Pradesh, the Chief Minister in other States” like Bengal and his entire team of ministers Banerjee said. commuters not wearing masks. PNS ats, Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav ered and self-reliant rural India. PNS  2?    ! '((    23  ' "$2 '  & + !' *! 7*8&#       $%&     )2 2223   969:+ Pagal Hai (Saajan), Chehra Kya 9!/#% !#% #' +#' %&  Dekhte Ho (Salaami), Tum Dil Ki   22   785 by competent authorities,” said the chief fter battling with a Covid-19 Dhadkan Mein (Dhadkan). minister. Ainfection and comorbidity-relat- Singer , one of the  969:+ laden SUV planting and alleged Ambani’s 27-storey residence he Covid-19 cases in Kerala contin- The all party meeting scheduled for ed complications, music most super hit singer for the duo, Mansukh Hiran murder cases. “Antilia” on Carmichael Road in Tued unabated on Friday too despite Monday would take a call on how to composer and singer Shravan Kumar said: “Very sad news about my dear n the fifth arrest in the twin Apart from three police officers, south Mumbai on February 25 the stringent controls announced by the tighten the control measures, he said. The Rathod of the Nadeem-Shravan duo friend #Shravan ji ! Ap apne shangeet Iexplosive laden SUV planting convicted Mumbai Police con- and the subsequent alleged mur- State administration. Kerala tested 28,447 Chief Minister lambasted the Centre for – still remembered for iconic songs ke zariye hum sasbi ke dilo me hame- and alleged Mansukh Hiran mur- stable Vinayak B. Shinde (51) and der of Thane businessman new Covid cases on Friday while 27 per- its indifference towards the requests like “Dheere Dheere Se..”, “Nazar Ke sa zinda rahenge. RIP Shravan ji.” der cases, the National a cricket bookie Naresh R. Gaur Mansukh Huran. Hiran’s body sons succumbed to the pandemic during made by the State for help and assistance. Saamne...” “Sochenge Tumhe Pyar....” “God knows what lies in store, I Investigation Agency (NIA) on (31) are two other accused in the was recovered from the marshy the last 24 hours, according to Chief He evaded questions on the warning died at a hospital here on Thursday have been reduced to half…my Friday took into custody Mumbai two cases. Reti-Bunder creek Mumbra in Minister Pinarayi Vijayan. sounded by various Islamist organisations night. elder brother has left… I spent most Crime branch officer Sunil Mane, Shinde, who has been con- the neighbouring Thane district Vijayan who met media persons on in Malappuram district that they would Sixty-six-year-old Shravan, who of my mornings and evening with after an intensive overnight victed in the case involving the on March 5. Friday evening quoted from all medical not heed to the control measures was admitted to Mumbai's SL Raheja Shravan,” Sameer, who had teamed grilling. fake encounter of Ramnarayan Vaze was the first accused to journals and pleaded with the people to announced by the State administration. Hospital, breathed his last late on up with the duo to give several hits, A 1995-batch Maharashtra Gupta alias Lakhan Bhaiya on have been arrested by the NIA cooperate with him in bringing down the K Gopalakrishnan, the district collector, Thursday night. said. police service officer who was the November 11, 2006, and Gaur are which registered an FIR in the Covid curve. I told the Prime Minister in his official order had stated that Shravan, his wife and elder son Een veteran singers Mohammed in-charge of Unit-11 of the said to be accomplices of Vaze. explosive-laden SUV recovery this morning that the State needs Rs 1,500 crowding at any places by five or more Sanjeev were undergoing treatment Rafi and Manna Dey also sang for Mumbai crime branch, Mane is Maharashtra’s Anti Terrorism case on March 8. crore to provide Covid-19 vaccine to all persons would not be allowed on account at the Raheja Hospital, after having them in their film Dangal and the third Mumbai police officer – which initially investigated the Vaze had earlier this month the people. The Centre should pay this of the high rate at which the Covid-19 tested positive for Covid-19. Kishore Kumar in the film Ilaaka. to have been arrested in the twin circumstances leading to the created a sensation by making a amount or provide us with free vaccines. spreads. But leaders of the Samastha Younger son Darshan will per- Singers and Asha sensational cases. alleged murder of Hiran -- had on written submission before the It is impossible for the State to buy the Kerala Jamiat-ul-Ulema, the intellectual form the last rites. Bhosle also sang in few albums for Earlier, the NIA had on March 21 arrested convicted special NIA Court accusing vaccines from private companies by think tank of conservative Muslims in the The duo of Shravan Kumar the duo. March 13 arrested Sachin Vaze, Shinde and Gaur in connection Deshmukh and another paying exorbitant prices,” said Vijayan. State that wiled big influence among the Rathod and Nadeem Akhtar Saifee In their glorious period of an Assistant Police Inspector with Hiran’s alleged murder. Maharashtra Minister Anil Parab The Chief Minister said that during community had warmed the Collector had shot into fame with musical hit nineties, several top singers of the day API heading the Crime The arrest of Shinde and of asking him to Indulge in the video conference, he shared his and the State administration from enforc- Aashiqui in 1990. lent the voice to the duo’s music. They Intelligence Unit (CIU) of the Gaur came a day after the Union extortion for them. expertise with the Prime Minister. ing such laws and that too during the After a big break by Mahesh included: Kumar Sanu, , Crime Branch-CID of Mumbai Home Ministry asking the Vaze, who was arrested on Vijayan turned emotional when he Ramzan. Bhatt, the duo followed up with , , Police. On April 11, the central National Investigation Agency March 13 in connection with the recounted the incident of Subaida, a “This is a unilateral and dictatorial impressive soundtracks in Saajan Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sadhana agency took into custody (NIA) to take over the investiga- gelatine sticks laden Scorpion Muslim woman from Kollam, sending decision taken by the district collector. It (1991), Dil Hai Ki Manta Nahin Sargam, Poornima, Jaspinder Narula, Assistant Police Inspector (API) tions into the murder of Hiran. recovery case, was earlier booked him her life savings of Rs 5,000 to pur- would be ideal for the government to (1991), Sadak (1991), Phool Aur KS Chithra, SP Balasubrahmanyam, Riyazuddin Kazi, who was direct- During the investigations under sections 120 (B) (criminal chase vaccine from open market. withdraw this law at the earliest,” said Kaante (1991), Deewana (1992), Hariharan, Suresh Wadkar, Pankaj ly working under Vaze. that followed, the NIA seized conspiracy) 286 (negligent con- “Last year Subaida had sold her Syed Mohammed jiffry Muthukoya Hum Hai Rahi Pyar Ke (1993), Udhas, , Sudesh Mane, who was called by the from Shinde and Gaur two duct with respect to explosive sheep and sent me the money towards the Thangal, president of the Jamiat-ul- Dilwale (1994) and Raja Hindustani Bhosle, Shailendra Singh, Shabbir NIA for interrogation on mobile phones, one iPhone, 7 substance), 465 (forgery) 473 Covid fund of the State. This is the state Ulema in a statement on Friday. (1996) among others. Kumar, Nitin Mukesh, Roop Kumar Thursday night, was placed under SIM cards, a blank cover of SIM (making or possessing counter- of financial affairs in Kerala,” he said. Meanwhile the representatives of Some of their hit songs are: Rathod, , Abhijeet, the arrest in the early hours of card, a note with 14 mobile feit seal) and 506 -2 (criminal Vijayan said though there would not be Kerala Government Medical Officers Dheere Dheere Se (Aashiqui), Nazar Sonu Nigam, Shaan, KK, Gurdas Friday. Mane was later in the day numbers mentioned including 5 intimidation) of the Indian Penal any lock down in the State, the next two Association which balamed the LDF Ke Saamne (Asshiqui) Sochenge Maan, Shankar Mahadevan, Babul produced before a Special NIA in the name of arrested-suspect- Code (IPC) and 4 (a)(b)(i) of the days (Saturday and Sunday) would see Government for the poor handling of the Tumhe Pyar (Deewana), Dil Ne Yeh Supriyo, Manhar Udhas, Bali court, which remanded him to ed cop and prime accused Sachin Explosive Substances Act, 1908. strict measures being followed all over Covid-19 pandemic decided not to react Kaha Hai Dil Se (Dhadkan), Aisi Brahmbhatt, Jolly Mukherjee, Sapna the investigation agency’s custody Vaze with 'Ok' written (for acti- Vaze was subsequently Kerala. “This is to control crowding by to the chief minister’s statement that the Deewangi (Deewana), Dil Hai Ke Mukherjee, Anwar. till April 28. The Special court vation) beside them booked under sections 16 people. Only those people who have to medical doctors do not know the reason Manta Nahin (Dil Hai Ke Manta After his name came up in the also extended till May 5 the The NIA is looking into (Punishment for Terror act) and attend to emergency works would be for the surge in the pandemic. Nahin), Bahut Pyaar Karte Hain Gulshan Kumar murder case, judicial remand of incarcerated Mane’s role in the planning of a 18 (Punishment for conspiracy allowed outside. Those who come out of “Even as we stand by what we said (Saajan), Pardesi Pardesi (Raja Nadeem chose self-exile in Dubai Inspector Sachin Vaze. Gelatin sticks’ laden Scorpio and etc) of the stringent Unlawful their houses and places of residents on Thursday, we have decided not to react Hindustani), Teri Ummid Tera and London, and in 1997, the duo fell In all, there have so far been a threatening letter inside the Activities Prevention Act should have authorization letters in to Vijayan’s comments,” said a spokesman Intezar (Deewana), Do Dil Mil Rahe apart, however, many years later, they five arrests in the twin explosive vehicle, in the vicinity of Mukesh (UAPA). which the purpose is written and signed of the KGMOA. Hain (Pardes), Mera Dil Bhi Kitna collaborated on some projects. !  (   ( 4 -          B   '$       (    5 6!.      ( &    .         Jaipur: Chief Minister Shri Ashok Gehlot has said that the  >  +4+5 At present, all the entrepreneurs condition of corona infection in from the oxygen producing plant to the   123245 Mahesh had remitted huge funds the country is becoming increas- n the corona era, the demand for med- cylinders are tightly guarded by the to the tune of Rs 1500 crore to vari- ingly frightening. Despite all Iical oxygen is increasing rapidly. On administration. In such a situation, gas is he Enforcement Directorate (ED) ous companies in Singapore, Hong efforts, there are complaints of Wednesday, five corona patients died at available only after administrative instruc- Ton Friday said it has filed a pros- Kong and in the guise of out- lack of resources from the States. SJD Memorial Hospital due to lack of tions. Supply is as instructed. ecution complaint (chargesheet) ward remittances for import of non- In this time of crisis, the entire is a need to increase the confi- less active cases than oxygen. The administration has ordered Three plants operating in Aligarh before PMLA Special Court, existent “customised software” by country goes beyond politics to dence of common people. Rajasthan. Huh. Similarly, the an inquiry into the matter, while every- supply only by sourcing gas, but not pro- Visakhapatnam, against Deepak submitting fake and fabricated doc- set an example of solidarity. He Such efforts should be proportion of active cases was one knows that the said traumatic inci- ducing oxygen. Oxygen is produced in a Agarwal, Ayush Goyal and Pramod uments to the banks, the ED said. . said that for better management made that no person is killed not taken into consideration in dent has occurred due to the delay in the plant in Chherat Road, but due to lack of Agarwal under money laundering The agency had filed its first pros- of Covid, the Central due to lack of oxygen and med- the allocation of oxygen. He supply of oxygen. storage system, the production here is charges involving trade-based money ecution complaint against Mahesh, Government should ensure icines. said that their supply should be Not only SJD Hospital alone, oxygen cri- very less. The district currently needs six laundering to the tune of Rs 1,500 Bhimendra Kumar Goyal and others planned and equitable supply of The Chief Minister said all done rationally in future so sis is going to happen in almost all the tonnes of medical, three tonnes of com- crore fraudulently to companies out- on October 29, 2020 before PMLA oxygen, medicines and other the States were given oxygen that no state has to face any hospitals in the district. In a day or two, mercial oxygen. side India. Special Court, Visakhapatnam in resources, keeping life saving and based on active cases problem regarding treatment this problem can become more difficult, If we get nine tonnes of oxygen, the The ED had initiated investiga- this case. paramount. Remdacivir medication should of Covid patients. because oxygen is not being supplied work of the district can go on, but there tion on the basis of an FIR registered Investigation further revealed Gehlot was expressing his be allocated. He said on 21 Gehlot said that during the according to the demand. is an average supply of six tonnes by Andhra Pradesh Police on the that Deepak Agarwal had acted as the views in a meeting held on April, 2021, Rajasthan was treatment of Covid patients, Aligarh receives supplies from throughout the week, due to which the complaint of the Income Tax Authorised Signatory for the bank Friday with the Chief Ministers allocated only 26 thousand the helpers check-in kits such as Ghaziabad, Kashipur, Greater Noida and shortage is increasing. Department against Vaddi Mahesh account of United Hill China Limited, of states under the chairmanship 500 Remedesvir injections in IL-6, D-dimer, ferritin test etc. Mathura, which are currently stalled. The About a week later, on Wednesday and others. Hong Kong, which received pro- of Prime Minister Narendra the immediate allocation, have also started to decrease reason is that there is a tremendous night, six tons of oxygen was delivered to Money laundering investigation ceeds of crime worth Rs 300 crore Modi on management of Covid. while Gujarat and Madhya gradually. The central govern- demand for oxygen in the hospitals of Radhika Air Product Talanagri, giving revealed that Vaddi Mahesh had from the shell companies of Mahesh. He said that in the present cir- Pradesh were allocated 1 lakh ment should also plan to ensure Delhi and NCR, the consumption of the oxygen to SJD Hospital and Mithraj floated several firms and shell com- The ED had earlier arrested the cumstances of Covid many 63 thousand and 92 thousand adequate availability of these kits same is hardly being met. The remaining Hospital. Even earlier, only six tonnes panies and opened several bank kindpin of this international scam, heartbreaking scenes are being 200 Remedesvir injections so that they can be supplied oxygen is being given to Agra, Mathura. were supplied in a week. Aligarh got about accounts in the name of those firms Bhimender Kumar Goyal on seen. In such a situation, there respectively, despite having smoothly to the states in time. After this comes the number of Aligarh. 12 tonnes of gas in 15 days. and shell companies. September 3, 2020.    !" # $ 0

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ining has been a crit- mining provides employment Impact Analysis of iron ore This amendment allows mine lease holders has, how- have stopped operations, ical economic activ- to a large number of unorgan- mining in Karnataka during captive miners of both coal ever, criticised auctions on the resulting in loss of jobs and Mity since pre-his- ised sector workers and the 2011-12, recommended steps and other minerals to sell up grounds that this has serious- more dependency on imports. toric times and is closely rural population. It provides for scientifically-sound and to 50 per cent of their produc- ly hampered the growth of the The Government, howev- linked with the development direct employment to over environmentally-sustainable tion after meeting the require- mining sector. er, is upbeat about the of human civilisation. In the one crore people and helps mining practices. This includ- ments of the end-use plant It said: “Auctions have reforms. They are a mixed bag modern world, mining has more than five crore earn ed a futuristic plan of action and on paying additional roy- neither served public good and have done well in liber- become central to the indus-  8321 their livelihood. for the next 50 years and the alty to the State Government. nor led to fair allocation of ating the coal sector, bringing trial progress of nations. However, there are nega- creation of a District Mineral These changes were brought resources, as the sole focus is transparency in mines’ alloca- India is a resource-rich coun- tive impacts of mining as it Fund for the development of about after the Government to maximise revenues for the tion, mobilising funds for try and mineral deposits are destroys the soil, causes severe mining-affected areas. approved the National States. This has adversely development of villages and found over 17 per cent of the environmental damage and Prime Minister Narendra Mineral Policy in February affected long-term mineral have increased revenue for the geographic area of the nation. pollutes the water bodies and Modi soon after coming to terms of growth, there is a 2019. development in the country State Governments. However, the mining of major rivers and adjoining agricul- power in 2014, declared that decline of three per cent over The auctions of mines and socioeconomic benefits in It is also equally true that minerals is spread over only tural fields. mining sector reforms would last year’s figures of 2018- has increased the revenue of mining areas. Auctions did poorly-conceived reforms around 3.258 lakh hectares as The mineral extraction be the priority of the 2019. the States and brought a sense not prove to be as transparent have led to disruption of min- per the annual report of the operations have been in the Government. The emphasis For the first time, the of transparency and compe- or fair as was thought.” ing operations, leading to Ministry of Mines for 2020. eye of a storm for decades as was to increase the contribu- Centre has decided through tition in the allocation of the Many lease holders are stagnation in the sector. It will The growth of industries environmentalists have tion of mining to the Gross the Mines and Mineral mines. To safeguard the inter- not able to compete with the be prudent, if the reforms are is linked to the efficiency of accused the mining compa- Domestic Product (GDP) Development and Regulation ests of existing lease holders captive mine owners in terms reviewed and done in such a our mining operations. The nies of illegal prospecting. from 1.75 per cent to 2.5 per Amendment Act, 2015, and the right of “first refusal” has of resources. The overall way that both, the individual progress in the production of The Supreme Court inter- cent. The total value of pro- again in 2020, that all future also been introduced. In the impact according to FIMI is mine owners and the captive steel, automobiles, the ship- The writer is vened and issued directions to duction of the minerals for new mining or old lease coal sector, most of the private loss of production as before mine owners, are the winners. ping industry, the railways Chairman, Centre for set mining on the right trajec- 2019-20 was estimated to be renewals will be through auc- operators have welcomed the 2015 as many as 494 Green It is vital to strike a balance so Resource Management  and ports and so on, is direct- and Environment. tory, especially in the Sates of 1,23,588 crore and 49 per tions. The Government again end of Coal India’s monopoly. Field Mines were in operation that the country’s vision of 200 ly linked to the productivity of The views expressed Karnataka, Odisha and Goa. cent of it was for metallic min- amended the Act this year The Federation of Indian but after 2015 only 28 Brown per cent increase in mineral the mining sector. Besides are personal. The apex court’s appointed erals and the rest was for with the aim to streamline the Mineral Industries (FIMI) Field Mines are in operation. production is achieved in the bringing economic progress task force for Environmental minor minerals. However, in renewal and auction process. which is a confederation of Today, many working mines next five years.    !" # $  : )  C ,;  R  #    #       

Beijing: China, which has built have a different and competing “I want to stress that cyber- Fleming’s warning came backbone of the Future and location system for com- development of next-genera- according to the China Internet the world’s largest internet test vision of the future. space is a highly virtual space as China announced on Internet Test Infrastructure puters on network and route tion technologies like artificial Network Information Centre facility to push for the devel- Unless decisive action is with many actors and with Tuesday last that it has opened (FITI), which is also China’s traffic. intelligence (AI), 5G and (CINIC). opment of next-generation taken, “it is increasingly clear their activities difficult to the world’s largest internet test first major science and tech- It allows much higher the- autonomous driving, Liu Gang, As internet connections innovations in cyber technol- that the key technologies on trace,” he said. facility backbone network, a nology infrastructure oretical limits on the number chief economist with the grew in large numbers facili- ogy, has dismissed as “ground- which we will rely for our “When investigating the move that analysts said will project in the information field of IP addresses than the IPv4 Chinese Institute of New tating the growth of online less” the UK spy chief’s remarks future prosperity and security incidents there must be enough push the development of next- at the national level, the Xinhua system. Generation Artificial social media in the country, that freedom and security of won’t be shaped and controlled evidence not groundless alle- generation innovations News Agency reported on The FITI backbone core Intelligence Development China supervises and controls the internet was at risk from by the West. gations,” he added. mapped out in China’s blue- Tuesday. nodes are located in 31 Chinese Strategies, told the Global the content through massive Beijing and Moscow. We are now facing a Zhao said that as a matter print for the next five years. Powered by FITI, the num- provincial-level regions with Times. firewalls. The Director-General of moment of reckoning,” Jeremy of fact the US, the UK and The new technologies will ber of Internet Protocol version 200G of bandwidth between “Featuring faster trans- While global social media British spy service Fleming was quoted as saying other western countries are ensure the country’s internet 6 (IPv6) addresses owned by the core nodes. mission speed and lower like Twitter, Facebook and GCHQ (Government by the British media on Friday. the true empires of hacking and stability and security, while China has jumped to the No 1 At the same time, it sup- latency, the FITI can better Google stands blocked in the Communications Headq Reacting to Fleming’s tapping. ending reliance on the US, ranking in the world in early ports 4,096 large-scale trial accommodate real-time data country, Beijing also exercises uarters) , Jeremy Fleming said remarks, Chinese Foreign “China is firmly opposed to state-run Global Times report- April, the report said. networks, achieving intercon- transmission required by AI,” greater supervision over inter- the UK and its allies risk losing Ministry spokesman Zhao any institution using cyber ed. IPv6 is the most recent ver- nection with domestic and Liu said. net media platforms like control of the internet and the Lijian told a media briefing that security issues to smear China A ceremony was held at sion of the Internet Protocol international IPv4/IPv6 trial The number of internet Weibo, akin to Twitter in China security of future technolo- allegations are groundless and in service of their political Beijing’s Tsinghua University to (IP), communications protocol facilities, the report said. connections China had reached to control the content. gies to China and Russia, who unreasonable. agenda,” he said. open the high-performance that provides an identification FITI is significant for the 904 million as of March 2020, PTI ?,        "  - ;  !   (

Washington: The US House ber of the Democratic Party, they have been denied their and enacting radical policies,” in a statement on Tuesday,   (      voted to pass a bill that would Norton has long been an advo- right to representation,” the House GOP leader Kevin formally offering the White make Washington DC the cate for DC statehood. California Democrat said. McCarthy said Thursday on House’s support for the nation’s 51st state, a Democratic The Democrats, thanks to Republicans, who in the Twitter. “The American people Democrats’ long-shot bid. Brussels: European Union Xinhua news agency reported anywhere in the bloc. priority that will face an uphill whose majority in the House last Congress held a majority in see right through this blatant (EU) members states’ repre- on Thursday. Describing it as a “further battle in the Senate for final the bill was passed in the lower the Senate, blocked the bill’s power grab.” Census Bureau data sentatives have agreed on the The agreed technical spec- crucial step,” the Commission passage even as the party con- chamber last year, have framed advance in the upper chamber The bill will leave places showed 46 per cent of the technical specifications for the ifications cover data encouraged the member states trols both chambers of the long unresolved and con- last year by denying a vote on like the White House, the US District’s residents are African implementation of the Digital structure and encoding mech- to deploy the needed technical Congress. troversial issue from the per- it. They have argued that the Capitol, the Supreme Court Americans, potentially making Green Certificate, the anisms, including the QR code, solutions at a national level to H.R. 51, the Washington, spective of equal representation legislation mounts to a partisan and the National Mall out of the nation’s capital the first state European Commission said in which will ensure that all cer- ensure the rollout of the unified DC Admission Act passed in and voting rights, arguing that effort by Democrats to pursue the newly-created state, letting with a plurality Black popula- a press release. tificates, whether digital or on system by June. the House in a party-line vote the status of “taxation without a progressive agenda and tip them remain as federal grounds tion. That’s why some advo- The Commission proposed paper, can be read and “We are on track towards of 216-208 on Thursday. Its fate representation” for the total of the scales in Congress in their and as the seat of the US gov- cates, including DC Mayor the creation of the certificate verified across the European our goal of having the certifi- in the Senate, however, is over 700,000 Washingtonians favour. ernment. Muriel Bowser -- herself a last month, in a bid to ease Union. cate in place by June -- to almost certainly doomed, given should end. If it becomes the State of bill has already got the woman of colour -- view the Covid-19 related travel and The guidelines also enable Europeans to travel that overwhelming Republican “Taxation without repre- Washington, Douglass backing of the administration issue from the angle of racial movement restrictions for peo- describe the European Union safely this summer with mini- opposition will make it next to sentation” is on Washington Commonwealth -- as dubbed of President Joe Biden, whom justice and civil rights. ple who can prove that they gateway which will allow the mum restrictions,” said Didier impossible for the measure to license plates because residents by the bill to commemorate 92 per cent of DC voters voted have either been vaccinated, sharing of electronic signature Reynders, European cross the 60-vote threshold for pay taxes but are not repre- Frederick Douglass, a 19th for in the 2020 election, com- Noting that DC statehood developed natural immunity, or keys so that the authenticity of Commissioner for Justice. passage, Xinhua news agency sented with a vote in Congress, century American social pared to just 5 per cent who has strong backing of the White received a negative test result, the certificates can be verified IANS reported. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi reformer -- Washington, DC, voted for then-President House and that 45 senators The legislation was intro- noted during a Wednesday whose population is larger Donald Trump. have signed off on the legisla- duced by Eleanor Holmes news conference at which she than that of Wyoming or Congress should “provide tion, Bowser in a tweet follow- ,- -   Norton, the sole delegate rep- wore a mask with the number Vermont, will have one voting for a swift and orderly transi- ing the House vote urged “the 7 % # ) P!8 +Q resenting the District in the “51” on it. representative in the House tion to statehood” for DC res- 55 Senators who have not yet   # #  1 House who, because the “Washingtonians ... pay and two US senators. idents to have full voting rep- signed on in support of District is not a state, may draft taxes, fight in our wars, con- “The Democrats’ DC state- resentation in the House and #DCStatehood to fulfill their 3#% !' %&8!' +! #) + .    legislation but has no voting tribute to the economic life of hood scheme is about two Senate, the Office of responsibility to build a more right in the chamber. A mem- our country. But for centuries, things: consolidating power Management and Budget said perfect union.” IANS %/#*&+ % &') Washington: The US Senate voted overwhelmingly to pass 28 a bill combating surging hate .4..-12 Washington: International chief, however, said the average crimes against Asian  '  . '%E  (.  Monetary Fund (IMF) global price needs to rise from Americans during the Covid- Managing Director Kristalina the current $2 a ton to $75 a 19 pandemic. /5522 2  Georgieva called for a robust ton by 2030 to curb emissions The Senate approved the Dhaka: Two persons, including chemical storage on the first and a few shops on the ground Sheikh Hasina directly asked to   2=  price on carbon to fight climate in line with the goals of the bill in a 94-1 vote and sent it to a security guard, were killed floor of the Haji Musa floor, while tenants were living shift the chemical industries &'"9  (DD   change, warning that without it, Paris Agreement on climate the House on Thursday, which and at least 17 including three Mansion, Brig Gen Md Sazzad in upper floors. from the residential are of old        “we will not reach our climate change. will soon take up their version firefighters were injured in a Hussain, Director General of Earlier, on June 3, 2010, Dhaka, which is denied, and    4  stabilization goals”. Georgieva said the IMF of the legislation. The lone fire at a six storied building in Bangladesh Fire Service and 124 people died in a fire at an created this calamity.  2  +   A robust price on carbon proposes an international car- nay vote was cast by Missouri Dhaka, that was housing a Civil Defence told IANS. illegally operated chemical The body of the security     provides “a critical market sig- bon price floor among large GOP senator Josh Hawley, chemical warehouse located Seventeen units of fire ser- warehouse in Nimtali, Old guard was recovered from the 8  9   nal” to producers and con- emitters, such as the Group of Xinhua news agency reported. in density populated vice and civil defence managed Dhaka. Besides, on the night of building and a woman, who     /  * sumers in all sectors of the Twenty (G20), as focus on a “By passing this bill we say Armanitola area. The incident to control the inferno after a February 20, 2019, at least six was burned, died on the way to economy, Georgieva made the minimum carbon price among to the Asian American com- took place at around 3 a.m. on hard struggle of three hours. people died in a terrible fire hospital confirmed the official. /422 ? remarks at the Leaders Summit a small group of large emitters munity that the government is Friday when the devotees were The six-storey building at from a series of chemical fac- Other residents of the building  22   on Climate, virtually hosted by could facilitate an agreement, paying attention to them, has having food for fasting on Armanitola, next to the tories in the resident area of rescued with crane cutting the D)) +  (,    the on Thursday, covering up to 80 per cent of heard their concerns and will Muslim holy month Ramadan. Babubazar Bridge in old Churihatta of Chawkbazar. Iron made porch- grill of the        J  Xinhua news agency reported. global emissions. respond to protect them,” said The fire broke out at the Dhaka, has a chemical storage Then after Prime Minister building, he said. IANS   $      “It has proven to advance Georgieva noted that such Senate Majority Leader Chuck       investments in renewable ener- a price floor has to be “prag- Schumer, Democrat from New +  O   ! gy, electric mobility, energy matic” and “equitable,” with York, where anti-Asian violence 7  R   . R )123   /     efficient buildings, reforestation “differentiated” pricing for has especially been running A   C       A * and other climate friendly countries at different levels of high. Sponsored by Hawaii’s )     A?AE activities - with positive impact economic development. 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Bishkek: Four types of Covid- 50,000 as a record of 2,070 new Friday noon, the Africa Centers  2     move from high to low carbon huge risks to the functioning of The bill also directs the 19 strains are circulating in infections were recorded on apan’s Prime Minister for Disease Control and  2    intensity activities,” she con- our economies and offers DOJ and the Department of Kyrgyzstan, the country’s Friday, according to the Center JYoshihide Suga on Friday Prevention (Africa CDC) said. ) &) !" + /  tinued. incredible opportunities for Health and Human Services to Ministry of Health said. for Covid-19 Situation declared a state of emergency The Africa CDC, the spe-      According to IMF analysis, transformative investments and issue guidance raising aware- Kyrgyzstan sent samples Administration (CCSA). over Covid-19 in the national cialised healthcare agency of           a mix of steadily rising carbon green jobs,” Georgieva said. ness of hate crimes amid the to the World Health The total tally now stands capital Tokyo and the western the 55-member African Union, +        prices and green infrastructure “We will play our part, pandemic, and work with other Organization reference labo- at 50,183, the Xinhua news prefectures of Osaka, Kyoto and said that the death toll from the         investment could increase glob- integrating climate change into agencies to establish an online ratory in Russia on March 26, agency quoted CCSA Hyogo. pandemic stood at 119,174,         /  al gross domestic product our annual economic ‘health platform for reporting those the report said. The lab found spokesman Taweesin The state of emergency, a while 4,016,834 patients across 9 B         (GDP) by more than 0.7 per checks’ of countries and finan- crimes. Hirono said that the four types of Covid-19 strains Visanuyothin as saying. third of its kind so far declared the continent have recovered       cent per year over the next 15 cial systems and actively pro- bill’s passage “sends a clear and circulating among patients in Of the new cases, 2,062 in the country, will come into from the disease, the Xinhua        years, and create millions of moting low carbon and climate unmistakable message of soli- Kyrgyzstan. were domestic transmissions, effect from Sunday to May 11, news agency reported.       * new jobs. resilient growth paths,” she darity” to the Asian American The country’s Ministry of including 740 in the capital the Xinhua news agency South Africa, Morocco, Noting that carbon pricing added. and Pacific Islander commu- Health called on the public to Bangkok, the epicenter of the reported. Tunisia, Ethiopia and   P 2  is gaining momentum, the IMF IANS nity. IANS strictly observe preventive pre- recent outbreak, and eight oth- The emergency is aimed at Egypt are the countries     cautions and consult a doctor ers were imported cases, curbing a surge in Covid-19 with the most cases in the con- " A" A 57O J if symptoms appear, but not to Taweesin said. cases during the upcoming tinent.         G  self-medicate, the Xinhua news Four new deaths were also Golden Week holidays. In terms of the number of        agency reported. reported, raising the death toll “We must take strong mea- cases, southern Africa is the      The total number of to 121, he added. sures in a focused manner most affected region, followed      Covid-19 cases in Kyrgyzstan A total of 30,189 patients while many people are on hol- by northern Africa and eastern       * reached 93,278 after 272 new have fully recovered and been iday during the Golden Week Africa regions, while central cases were registered on Friday, released from hospitals, while to bring the virus under con- Africa is the least affected    2   according to the Republican 19,873 others are currently trol,” Suga said. region in the continent, accord- /7     Headquarters for Combating hospitalised. As of Thursday, Stricter restrictions, such as ing to the African health F A/     Covid-19. 964,825 doses of Covid-19 vac- asking restaurants and bars agency. /    ()  Meanwhile, 163 people cines had been administered not to serve alcohol and shut- South Africa has recorded  $()   recovered during the past 24 across the country, and rough- ting down major 1,571,348 Covid-19 cases, the      1  hours, taking overall recover- ly 130,000 people had been commercial facilities, will be in most among African 5       ies to 87,717. IANS fully vaccinated. IANS place. countries.    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India reported over 3.34 the economic loss in GDP due states’ health expenditure ndia Ratings and Research ond wave to start subsiding by The economy is estimat- lakh fresh Covid-19 cases in the to lockdown which is already at Budget assuming half of the Ion Friday revised down mid-May. ed to have contracted by 7.6 past 24 hours. 0.7% of GDP, Ghosh said. population in these states will India’s FY22 real GDP growth Earlier this month, the per cent in FY21. The report penned by the He further said that given get vaccinated by the Centre. forecast to 10.1 per cent, from Reserve Bank maintained its India Ratings said the bank’s Chief Economic Advisor the current circumstances of These 13 states will have to earlier projection of 10.4 per 10.5 per cent GDP growth esti- impact of the second wave will Soumya Kanti Ghosh also sug- partial, local and weekend lock- limited lockdowns is estimat- Maharashtra is in lockdowns collectively cough out  cent, citing the second wave of mate, but Governor not be as disruptive as the first gested that faster vaccination is downs in almost all the states, ed at 1.5 lakh crore; of which, till month-end, its  29.8 lakh 1,66,216 crore; of which, UP Covid-19 infections and slow- Shaktikanta Das has flagged one, despite the daily case cheaper on the economy than we are revising downwards Maharashtra, MP and crore economy will see an ero- will have to spend the highest er pace of vaccination. the rising cases as the biggest load touching three times of complete lockdowns, pointing our growth forecast to 10.4 per Rajasthan account for 80 per sion of 81,672 crore. at 32,009 crore, given that it At a time when large parts impediment to recovery. the first wave’s peak, as lock- out that the total cost of vacci- cent real GDP and 14.3 per cent cent and Maharashtra alone at However, with 15 of dis- has 13.6 crore people above 18 of the country are experienc- Other brokerages and ana- downs are set to be localised nation is much lower at 0.1 per- nominal GDP in FY22. 54 per cent, he said. tricts under weekend lock- years who are eligible for vac- ing tremendous pressure on lysts have also been revising ones. cent of GDP while the lock- Total loss arising from the With the entire down, the economic impact on cination. :   +  2  3F+     A   @9  O          $      B%'B J6@          2   ',*  F.#;  969:+ (*()? 6@      9(  17@  he RBI on Friday said the ,E%*FDK  969:+ !#'&!"&) " % Texisting interim Ways and    -%*> ),,,%)!$  )B  Means Advances (WMA) limit  969:+  123245   123245 he Reserve Bank has &!"*'"&!! , of 51,560 crore for all states ginal growth. 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WMAs are temporary 16, RBI data showed on Friday. of GDP and the country needs Tamil Nadu, sowing of summer The area has been reported networks from May 1 for vio- The supervisory action, it advances given by the RBI to In the previous week to bring in deep reforms in the crops is 21.5 per cent higher from West Bengal, Karnataka, lating data storage norms. added, has been taken in exer- the government to tide over ended April 9, the forex kitty Kattankulathur: SRM revenue management system. than last year to exceed 73.76 Gujarat, Maharashtra, Uttar The order will not impact cise of powers vested in RBI any mismatch in receipts and had surged by USD 4.344 bil- Kattankulathur Dental College He also said an incentive lakh hectares so far against Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Andhra the existing customers of these under the PSS Act. payments. lion to USD 581.213 billion. and Hospital has bagged the mechanism for states needs to 60.67 lakh hectares during the Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. “We two entities, the central bank In April 2018, all payment The RBI said it has The reserves had touched a life- ‘Best outreach programme be worked out so that their same period a year ago. are also promoting cultivation said in a statement on Friday. system providers were direct- revised the WMA Scheme of time high of USD 590.185 bil- award’ from The Indian policies are aligned to those of According to the ministry of of oilseeds as we have to import American Express Banking ed to ensure that within a States and Union Territories lion in the week ended January Association of Public Health the central govt.Speaking at the agriculture, the area has 57% edible oil to meet our Corp and Diners Club period of six months the entire (UTs) based on the recom- 29, 2021. In the week ended Dentistry (IAPHD). The col- CSEP-IMF event on “Securing increased to 12.75 lakh hectares domestic requirement. The International Ltd are Payment data (full end-to-end transac- mendations of the Advisory April 16, 2021, the increase in lege has been recognised for its Sustainable Finances and from last year’s coverage of 6.45 government wants to cut down System Operators authorised to tion details / information col- Committee on WMA to state reserves was mainly due to a best outreach activity and is Medium-term Fiscal lakh hectares. The rise has on import bill of edible oil, operate card networks in the lected / carried / processed as governments. The WMA limit rise in foreign currency assets honored with U Sumithra & Frameworks: International been reported mainly from which has crossed Rs 70,000 country under the Payment part of the message / payment arrived at by the Committee (FCAs), a major component of Ramanath Bhat - Best outreach Experience and Relevance for Odisha, Tamil Nadu, crore,” officials said. and Settlement Systems Act, instruction) relating to pay- based on total expenditure of the overall reserves. FCAs rose programme award. India”, Singh said there is a need Karnataka, Jharkhand, Madhya 2007 (PSS Act). ment systems operated by them States/ UTs, works out to Rs by USD 1.13 billion to USD The department of Public to redo direct and indirect Pradesh, West Bengal and The RBI has imposed the is stored in a system only in 47,010 crore. 540.585 billion, weekly data by Health Dentistry at the SRM taxes and bring about deep Gujarat. restrictions on American India. “As the effect of the the Reserve Bank of India Kattankulathur Dental College reforms in the revenue system. According to the ministry, Express Banking Corp and They were also required to COVID-19 pandemic is still (RBI) showed. Expressed in and Hospital participated in “At least 4% of GDP is a lost the area under rice has gone up Diners Club International by report compliance to RBI and prevalent, the existing interim dollar terms, the foreign cur- this category for the year April potential in terms of India’s rev- by 15.59% from last year to 39.1 an order dated April 23, 2021. submit a board-approved WMA limit of 51,560 crore rency assets include the effect 2019 to March 2020. The event enue and if some part of it lakh hectare. Similarly, the “These entities have been System Audit Report (SAR) for all States/ UTs shall con- of appreciation or depreciation which made its entry in this could be realised it would help oilseeds area has also wit- found non-compliant with the conducted by a CERT-In tinue for six months i.E., up to of non-US units like the euro, category was the “World Health greatly in aligning not only nessed a rise of 15.66%. The directions on Storage of empanelled auditor within the September 30, 2021,” it said in pound and yen held in the for- Day” which was celebrated inevitable expenditure needs, area of coarse cereals like jowar, Payment System Data,” the timelines specified. a statement. eign exchange reserves. recently. pandemic needs”. bajra and ragi has seen mar- ) "  *     --         < 0     "   0, ('(      $    New Delhi:Sebi has barred within three months from the wise dealing in the securities Mumbai:Equity benchmarks lower at 47,878.45. two entities and three individ- date of the orders. market, directly or indirectly in wilted under selling pressure on Similarly, the broader NSE Mumbai:Falling for the fourth uals from the securities market In the two separate but any manner whatsoever, for Friday as the steady stream of Nifty dropped 64.80 points or session in a row, the rupee on for providing unauthorised similarly-worded orders, the two years from the date of this grim news surrounding the 0.45 per cent to close at Friday closed below the 75 investment advisory services. regulator said the entities and order or till the expiry of two Covid-19 crisis in the country 14,341.35. mark against the US currency A2 Financial Services individuals have been years from the date of comple- sapped risk appetite and raised M&M was the top loser for the first time in nearly two (A2FS) and its partners - “debarred from accessing the tionof refunds to complainants concerns over the economic among the Sensex constituents, weeks as a record spike in Ashish Jain and securities market, directly or investors as directed.., whichev- recovery forecasts. skidding 2.63 per cent, followed Covid-19 cases and losses in Mishra - and Money Booster indirectly and are prohibited er is later”. 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fter working with the Coen audience. And those stories are the most Brothers on O Brother, Where Art exciting to me. AThou? Filmmaker Ben Rekhi was hired by George Clooney to shoot the Does being an Indian American give behind-the-scenes of Confessions Of A you a unique perspective where you can Dangerous Mind. Rekhi’s debut feature film reach out to a wider audience? — Waterborne, a SXSW Audience Award I think being an Indo-American has Winner, was about a fictional biological definitely helped me, especially in this film attack on LA’s water supply. His follow-up, but in reconciling different viewpoints. I The Ashram, starred Academy Award grew up going to a Gurudwara one week- Winner Melissa Leo and Kal Penn. He then end and to a Church the next weekend. So shifted gears and co-directed a documen- from an early age, holding to these two dif- tary series for PBS called The Hidden Vote, ferent viewpoints and bridging the divide which profiled minorities who support was something I grew up with. As far as Donald Trump. His third film — Watchlist, entertainment goes, I do feel like a glob- set against the drug wars in the Philippines, al citizen. I’ve worked in India, worked in was co-financed by Bron Studios (Joker) the US, so telling stories that can speak to and executive produced by XYZ Films humans, wherever you are, is something (The Raid). Produced by Van Jones and that is really exciting for me. Meghan McCain, he recently released his latest — The Reunited States. The film, Many of your films are journalistic in awaited in India for a digital release, is nature... inspired by the book of the same name by BRIDGING DIVIDE I have a deep respect for a journalist. Mark Gerzon. I think that it is an incredibly important It’s a deeply moving portrait of role in society — to follow stories and the unsung heroes who have ded- bring them to the forefront of the world. icated their lives to depolarisa- < $?@@3  8=" 8.8      N Often, that’s how change happens when tion and are providing solutions you become aware of what’s going on in for the rest of us to do the same.    N    '(    ( 6  the world. A lot of times, journalists are It urges us to consider that we taking great risks to bring these stories are all either part of the problem -(   (  ('( " forth. As a filmmaker, I have a slightly dif- or a part of the solution of our ferent role there; I am trying to tell a story divisions. At a time when that is entertaining but also hopefully America is ripping States in an RV to find out The film has received such positive people and what we can do as a public to Do you see the world moving towards informative. So I have worked with a jour- apart at the seams, what is causing our divi- reviews in the USA. Do you think it’s heal our divides. We always wanted to more radical positions and getting nalist in several different capacities. In the The Reunited sions and how to heal because of the fact that it has come after make sure that we had many storylines to increasingly polarised? Philippines, I worked with journalists for States follows from them. We talk to the widespread Black Lives Matter move- express the idea; that there are multiple Absolutely. If you look at the past, four- a few weeks and did write along to four everyday Rekhi to find out ment? solutions to these problems. There’s not five years and even beyond that to the past research just to understand the world that heroes on the more. Excerpts: I think the film is definitely inspiring just one way of doing it and so it was real- 20-30 years we have increasingly moved I am expressing. difficult jour- the audience to realise that there is anoth- ly important from the beginning. Even more firmly into our corners and are view- ney of bridg- The documentary er way, and Black Lives Matter movement when I was approaching Susan Bro to be ing anyone who thinks differently as a What is the greatest source of your ing political sheds light upon a is doing the same thing — raising aware- one of the main characters in the film, she threat. I think if we look at tomorrow’s inspiration? What is it that keeps you and racial very significant ness about inequalities that exist in the was adamant there asking, “Are you cov- long-term history, recent history includes going? divides in the theme: Political country since the beginning. One of the ering other people too” and “I don’t want that we don’t want to make mistakes like I have come to the round of edge that US. Susan polarisation. Why biggest reasons to make this film was that this to be about me and my grief only.” “I’ll the past. World War II is fought over this stories come to us from places we can’t Bro, who’s do you think it is a beneath the political divisions are a lot of only do it if you are showing other story- rise of authoritarianism and fascism and explain and there is a passion about a cer- daughter was threat to other divisions, especially racial general lines as well.” So the anthology idea was that was a very recent memory that this tain topic or through the spark of an idea killed when Americans? Does and social-economic divides. So when we there from the beginning. generation is aging and the wisdom they that is unexplainable. But there is a a car drove your film reflect say bridging the divide, it’s not just poli- have experienced from those times is real- responsibility, as an artist, to pursue it through a upon this? tics. There are a lot of other differences we How is it relevant for the Indian audi- ly important to be passed on to the because we are simply vessels that bring crowd of Yes, polarisation have as people that we need to wake up to. ence? younger generations. We don’t commit the these ideas into the world. And a lot of counter-protes- is absolutely a threat India is the world’s largest democra- same sins as the generations that have times, the mistakes that I used to make ear- tors in because it leads to Do you think The Reunited States as a cy and America is the world’s oldest, so passed. So for me, while I do see serious lier in my career while making decisions Charlottesville, dehumanisation of the title is ironic to what the film tries to we have that in common. We are both trends often heading in the wrong direc- were based on what I thought the market dedicates her life other side. It’s one thing depict? massively diverse countries with different tion, I also feel optimistic that through wanted v/s what I really wanted to say. to the issues of to have political disagree- The title is definitely catchy and religions, languages, populations co-exist- times of great challenge and adversity social justice that ment but it’s entirely provocative. The title also brought me to ing. We largely been divided into two comes hope and opportunity, and we are What is the biggest thing that you stand her daughter died another thing to think the book because it was something I came major political camps and pitted against already seeing that. This difficult time for and support as a filmmaker? for. Independent that the people you dis- up with even before I found the book. each other for the political game. So I brings out the worst in people but also There are a lot of things that I stand politician, Greg agree with are trying to Later, I googled and found the book. So think we have a lot to learn from each brings out the best. I am confident that for. I think there is a room for everything. Orman, believes the destroy the country. That there was an universe conspiring for the other. We have been two of the strongest even though maybe two-steps forward and There is room for big entertainment, a way to break our grid- gives a much more dan- title as well. I would say it could be slight- allies in the world and we face similar one-step back that we’re ultimately going room for a romantic comedy, a room for lock is to run as an gerous framing for these ly controversial that there are a lot of com- threats, so India’s success is America’s suc- to still head towards the right direction. action and a room for drama. The chal- independent party politi- issues, which is that they munities that don’t feel this ‘Reunited cess and vice-a-versa. We hope the theme lenge is reaching the audience. So for me, cian to break the hold of need to be destroyed. I States’ is ever united to begin with, par- in this film will feel as relevant to the As a director, do you see entertainment the most exciting cinema is the one that the two-party system. wouldn’t be surprised if ticularly African Americans that have felt Indian audience as they are to the as your primary objective or creating an enabled me to push the envelope or what Steven Olikara, the son of that continues then we not included in the American dreams since American audience. informed audience? Why? cinema could do whether it was genre for- Indian immigrants from started to turn things the beginning. But, at the same time, they I think the film has to be entertain- mat or dramatic format. I am always excit- Kerala, founded the around. Even then, at a go with the title as to get people’s atten- From Waterborne, Watchlist to The ing first thing, foremost. If it’s not enter- ed to see films that are trying something Millennial Action Project more basic level, polari- tion and it’s doing exactly that. Ashram, and The Reunited States, every taining, no one would watch it. It should that’s never been done before. They make which works tirelessly to sation prevents anything film has a completely different backdrop. never feel like a lecture or too academic. you think different thoughts to feel differ- build a coalition of bi- from getting done. There The story has a huge interconnected- What makes you decide to take up a par- So for me, I love the idea of shedding light ent feelings and that’s what I aspire for. partisan lawmakers to is policy gridlock that ness between the current American ticular topic? on the human condition, challenging the transform the American happens and prevents political scene, the prevailing racial It really comes down to the story. I am way we see ourselves and see the world What are your forthcoming projects? government. David either side from one divide as well as how lawmakers and most excited about telling stories that around us. It’s a very powerful tool as cin- There are a couple of them. There’s one Leaverton used to work end to have any kind activists around the States are trying to speak to the human conditions and chal- ema gives you a front row seat to some- that I am pursuing in the US — a fiction- in Republican politics as of progress. So we end bring about a change. How did you loop lenge our preconceptions of where we are, one else’s life, allowing them to walk into al film set in the world of mass shootings. an operative fomenting up in a place where such diverse examples in one film? how we got here. I never wanted to be their shoes. Very few art forms have that There is a project I am exploring in India division to win cam- there are a lot of It was really important to show mul- pigeonholed in one type of film. I am most power of combining theatre, photography, that could bring me there as soon as later paigns. Now, he and his dangers that come tiple people and how they are bridging the excited about exploring different genres, music, literature performance all into one this year. We also looked at TV series to wife Erin set off on a with polarisa- divide. This film is less about the govern- so for me, ultimately, what stands is story experience. I do think there is a way of expand on the idea of The Reunited journey across all 50 tion. ment and our politicians than it is about and characters. entertaining simultaneously inspiring the States. !9:@87 9 2   @2  Q'     R inger Sunidhi Chauhan everywhere,” she says. Sstarted her musical journey Once film business revives ! &%+!   = /! #')  *!+  &  &+ *&$ at a very young age. She was after COVID cases reduce, and only 12-years-old when she films start releasing regularly,  3'  + !) + #'  $8+ '!/  made her debut as a playback would it pose a threat to inde- singer with the film Shastra. pendent musicians? “When Her song Ruki Ruki Si Zindagi business will be back and film or actor Divya Dutta, that it was her catharsis ing in college. I started she said. from the film Mast in 1999 won music will be back, it will have Flosing her mother was from dealing with the pain writing for a few newspa- However, recording it, her Filmfare RD Burman no connection with single what made her pen her and trauma of losing her pers, my personalised and reliving those chal- Award for New Music Talent. In releases. Music that is good will thoughts in her debut mother. columns and those were lenging moments in her 2006, she was bestowed with work, be it film music or not. novel Me And Ma. She “My biggest fear was taken really well,” she said. life, was not easy for Divya. her first Filmfare award for her When films were releasing reg- launched an audiobook losing my mother. When Divya has been lend- “It was tough as it was rendition of the song Beedi ularly and there was no lock- version of her work recent- I saw her going, I couldn’t ing her voice to books of a catharsis for me. Some from Omkara. After almost down, even then single tracks ly. deal with it. I needed a other authors, which was experiences were funny, two decades (20 years), Sunidhi were working,” she replies. “The audio book is catharsis. I needed to share what led her to do the some were cherished and returns to the world of indepen- Numerous single tracks about my first book, Me her with the world. I want- same for her book. some were overtly emo- dent music with Ye Ranjishein. including Uchi Heels, Main And Ma. It’s my journey ed to celebrate a mother “I came upon the idea tional and writing those Speaking about the song, her brand name with numerous Tera Boyfriend and Saturday with my mother, memoirs who had been a perfect because last year I was was hard. It was difficult to she says, “I am excited to release Bollywood hits, and she feels Saturday have been incorporat- with her, her presence in parent and a best friend. I recording something for relive and write from your my new independent track Ye that people need to stop divid- ed in Bollywood films, Sunidhi my life from childhood wanted to tell how a good Shobha De’s book and I heart. I was recording the Ranjishein. It has been 20 years ing music into Bollywood reminds. and till the time she was partnership between a par- enjoyed it. I thought the audio for those two chap- as my last independent album, music and independent music. “There was a phase that with me. I mean she is ent and a child can make idea was so amazing, to ters and I broke down. My Sunidhi C, was released in 2001. Asked if the sudden boom in some non-film tracks did so always with me, but until the child who he or she is read out to the readers. I sound recordist had tears I fell in love with the lyrics of release of independent music is well that films took these, and she passed, how she and I wanted to share this thought when I am in his eyes and I thought Ye Ranjishein the moment I a result of fewer Bollywood it became a trend. A non-film impacted me to become with the world,” she added. recording for everyone, let’s take a break, and he heard/read them. All of us have films releasing, Sunidhi has a track is not situational and who I became as a person, The actress’ associa- why don’t I do it for said no and that he want- worked very hard on the song different way to look at the sit- comes from the heart, and it as a professional and how tion with writing goes way myself? My publisher also ed to keep it like that. We and we are pleased with the out- uation. can be used in a film but a film I manage situations, every- back. “I think everything said let’s do the audio tried to keep it as organic come of it. I really hope it res- “Why are we demarcating track cannot be released inde- thing is in the book,” she in our life is not planned. book. Everything has its as the book. The feelings onates with all the music lovers. music? Music is still coming. pendently. We need to change said. Some things just happen. right time. The audio book are transparent and It’s an ode to love.” Film music might not be com- our mentality. Music is music,” Talking about the I have been a columnist for coming now is great, peo- straight from the heart,” The singer has established ing but still there is music she sums up. thought process, she said a while and I started writ- ple are at home right now,” she shared.    !" # $ (( *-- )122   2-2

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I stayed tric picture — mostly highlighted by focused in the most testing of times. his irreverent sartorial choices for the I almost forced the universe into media glare — as he is while show- making it happen for me,” says the casing well-prepared perfection films actor. ?  (  such as Bajirao-Mastani, Padmaavat “My single-mindedness and and Gully Boy. determination eventually paid off Ranveer would tell you it is and my dream became my reality. (  8.  important for him to draw from life’s Ever since, every day feels like I am experiences in order to take his on- living a dream,” he adds. ollywood celebrities took to Absolutely shocked to hear this screen roles to the point of authen- A decade later, having estab- Bsocial media on Friday to news. A fairly young guy and a ticity. lished himself firmly on solid tinsel mourn the untimely demise of gifted actor. Will miss you buddy. “For each different character, one terrain, Ranveer is clear about his actor Amit Mistry, who suc- Rip.” has to tap into one’s own bank of biggest learning. “When young cumbed to heart attack in the Tisca Chopra wrote, “Such a experiences to make the portrayal actors, especially ‘outsiders’, come up city. Recalling his experience of lovely guy, totally chill... Deepest truthful, visceral and honest. I deeply +/AA221/#81/@ to me seeking advice on how to nav- directing Amit in the web series condolences to the family. RIP empathise with the underdog char- igate their hustle, the first and most Bandish Bandits, director Anand #AmitMistry.” acters that I have played because I +11@2'2+4 important thing I tell them is ‘do it Tiwari wrote, “Mera hero, mera Genelia Deshmukh tweeted, have been through a similar journey for the right reasons’. Do it simply dost, I still can’t believe I have lost “Shocked to hear about in my own life,” says the actor. 1@/+12@61 because you love performing. I urge you. Your songs, your laughter #AmitMistry. Remember shoot- He finds a special connect with 9B@/641 them to not be lured towards per- will be in my memories forever.” ing together and you were Murad, his character in Gully Boy, as forming arts or the entertainment Actor and Bandish Bandits absolutely lovely to interact with. well as former Indian cricket captain B2+@A24/472 business because success in this casting director Abhishek Rest in peace dear Amit.” Kapil Dev in the forthcoming 83. For field comes with fame and money. Banerjee shared, “Had known Actor-comedian Vir Das Ranveer, playing Kapil, who cap- /5223+@1858#2* Those are transient, they are frills — him since my early years of expressed, “I was ready to start tained an underdog team to India’s just trappings. So, I say, ‘be true to casting and recently was fortu- shooting a show that Amit first-ever World Cup win in 1983, 2//1812O@A88/ your craft and do it for the love of nate to have cast him in Bandish Mistry is an integral part of. His was about acting out a historic 1@2/52888A and for the joy of performing’,” says Bandits. Incredible actor and a talent, his insight were a thing to moment of triumph against all odds. Ranveer. pure soul. RIP Amit bhai.” behold. We’ve lost a truly won- “There is a dialogue in Gully Boy +4+24B2S46@'2 “Another thing I learned along Ramesh Taurani, producer derful artist today. Rest in peace.” that broadly translates from Hindi to, the way is that authenticity has the of Amit’s forthcoming film Bhoot Singer, lyricist and actor ‘I refuse to change my dreams to 21/2/+1921/ most resonance. If you try being Police, posted on Instagram, Swanand Kirkire tweeted, “Amit match my reality, I will change my something that you are inherently “Devastated to hear about Amit’s Mistry? No... this is unbelievable. reality to match my dreams.’ I have 16@/B@2292 not, you are doing a disservice to sudden demise. Had the oppor- He was an amazing actor and a felt this sentiment deep down in my 61+52'+:42*:6/ yourself. If you stay true to who you tunity to work with him over the real happy soul.” soul. When these characters have to are, if you lose the fear of being years with Kya Kehna and as TV actor Gaurav Chopra prove themselves against all odds, I #2@@/2* judged, only then will you vibrate at recently as Bhoot Police. Cannot posted: “May you rest in peace can relate to that struggle at a very a high frequency. ‘You do you’, I tell believe this has happened. My #AmitMistry. #GoneToSoon. profound level. In Gully Boy, Murad :242'219B them. Be original, be your unique sincerest condolences to his Like thousands of others, didn’t achieves the impossible. In 83, Kapil’s self. And another important thing family and friends. Shanti.” get his due, think.” devils achieve the impossible. I can +:4/2@+119B I’ve learned is to keep taking risks. Sharing a photograph with her Patralekhaa shared, “As I lend truth to these roles because I’ve #8/21/+4 The bigger the risk, the bigger the Bhoot Police co-star, Jacqueline write this note in utter shock and been there in my own journey. I feel reward. You may falter during that Fernandez wrote on her sadness, my heart is not ready to their disillusionment, I feel their process, but I believe that there are Instagram story, “Rest in peace accept that you are gone our PP. anger, frustration, grit, all in a very no failures in life, there are only @actoramitmistry.” You were such a brilliant and intense way because I’ve been lessons,” he adds. Filmmaker duo Raj and DK, brave actor, always wanting through it myself. I’ve felt it for real,” Ranveer acknowledges the who collaborated with Amit on more, always giving your best, he asserts. importance of getting the right 99, Shor In the City, always calm, always polite. Now Ranveer Singh arrived in break, and the fact that it can often and their forthcoming untitled I would never know what my gift Bollywood with the 2010 hit Band become the defining factor for suc- series, remembered the charac- was that you got for me. What Baaja Baaraat, and by 2013 he had cess in an unpredictable industry as ter that late actor had brought makes it worse is the world was established his credentials as one of showbiz, along with passion and alive in their projects. about to take notice of your bril- Hindi mainstream’s most exciting hard work. “Devastated that Amit Mistry is liance #AmitMistry. I will miss new-gen stars, playing a modern-day “One can have the passion and no more! He was very special to you.” desi Romeo in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s grit and can even prepare endlessly us! Kuber (99), Tipu (SITC), Producer Ashoke Pandit superhit romantic tragedy Goliyon Ki for the moment that one gets to Jignesh (A Gentleman), wrote, “I am shattered. Can’t Rasleela Ram-Leela opposite Deepika shine. But often, the missing piece of Prakhaand Pandit (current believe this. A dear friend, a bril- Padukone. If Ranveer’s career has the puzzle is ‘opportunity’. My hus- series)... in every script of ours, liant actor on stage, tv and cin- only moved upwards since then, he tle was as difficult as it was because we subconsciously wrote a part ema, Amit Mistry expired due to can afford to look back at his strug- of the sheer lack of opportunities. for him. Heartbroken! Every cardiac arrest today. This is no gling years with a note of content- That’s what I wanted to create for fel- time we write a script, he will be age to go Amit. Speechless. My ment. low dreamers. To provide the oppor- missed,” Raj and DK wrote. heartfelt condolences to his fam- “At different points and in sev- tunity to young creators who were Sumeet Vyas posted, ily. Om shanti.” eral instances during my struggling burning with passion. To give them “Brother, I’ll always remain a fan Producer Ritesh Sidhwani years, I felt like there was no hope. a platform to showcase their talent. of you. God bless you man. tweeted: “The news of Amit Getting one’s foot inside the door of It is my way of giving back. It is my #RIP.” Mistry’s demise is shocking. It’s a largely exclusive entertainment way of paying forward the blessings Shekhar Suman tweeted, terribly sad for such a fine per- industry seemed unachievable. But I have received. It is my way of show- “My co-star in the series Saath son and an amazing actor to I persisted. You could say I was both ing gratitude to the universe,” con- Pheron Ki Here Pheri (2018) leave us so soon. May he rest in hungry and foolish. More than any- cludes Ranveer, who is part of a new actor Amit Mistry died of a car- peace.” thing, I believed in my abilities and campaign for Adidas. diac arrest this morning. L+"2 .'-3. 4'4P 414 uthor Amit Bagaria’s new book — ACongress-Mukt Bharat: Is The Modi O       P Era The End Of Congress? — is a com- 5    #       pelling and multi-dimensional take on /  $$ 95+24:C8+1    the political, ideological and structur- al downfall of this 135-year-old party . (C ( !  D8  8. 7?88 8       C 7         and the ascent to power of the Narendra Modi-led BJP. Overall, it aims  %- $              to ask and answer: Will Congress now be relegated to history books? ures and the work he has done in 80 ction-drama films Published by Garuda Prakashan, months. Aare generally high the book was virtually launched recent- The longest chapter, divided into 14 on punches and often ly by author Ratan Sharda, BJP National sections, details the successes and fail- bring with it a host of Spokesperson Shazia Ilmi, former DGP ures of India’s 14 prime ministers. The unbelievable cinematic of Uttar Pradesh Dr Vikram Singh, CA author has given points on a scale of 0 sequences. But what and Advocate Dr M R Venkatesh and to 10 to each PM, and two Congress makes a story special, is author Binay Kumar Singh. PM’s, PV Narasimha Rao and Lal the emotion behind the Taking a leaf from India’s history Bahadur Shastri, are among the top 4. fight sequences and the and crunching important data, the In his in-depth analysis of the Modi 2.0 gut-wrenching motives. book breaks down crucial themes like ministry, the author gives only 6.56 out Michael B Jordan’s Congress helmsmanship, family-con- of 10. Next is an interesting chapter on forthcoming film — Without Remorse — is one trolled party leadership, breaking away revamp of the Central ministries and such that will not only be an exciting action of senior Congress leaders, loss of vote the author’s choice of ministers if he thriller but also an emotional roller coaster ride share and the Congress-led UPA’s were to be the PM. of his character John Clark, aka John Kelly, that defeat in the 2014 and 2019 Lok Sabha ‘Is Congress Becoming Anti-India?’ one can’t help but relate to. Elections. and ‘The End of Congress?’ are conclud- Speaking about his character’s humane “There is already talk of an anti-BJP ing chapters. The Appendix lays out emotions much like himself, Jordan says, “He’s alliance led by regional parties in ‘Agenda 2024’ for the country. got a big heart and he’ll do anything for his preparation for the 2024 Lok Sabha “Congress-Mukt Bharat... is a bril- friends, and that’s how I feel as well. Once he sets elections, similar to 1977, 1989 and liant book based on facts and data his mind to something, he’s determined to work 1996. Some regional leaders were quot- alone. It’s a must reference book for at whatever it is until he accomplishes his mis- ed as saying that the Congress can no every household, institution and defi- sion, which describes me too.” longer be the ‘big brother’ of the oppo- nitely every newsroom. Find the ‘report Jordan describes Kelly as a man who initial- sition, and will have to play ‘second fid- card’ of every PM, policy changes and ly believes in the system of military hierarchy. dle’ to regional parties in an anti-BJP the new agenda for new India not based So much so that he thinks of himself as an exten- front. Are we truly headed towards a on rhetoric but real facts,” says Shazia sion of his country. But when he discovers his ‘Congress-Mukt Bharat’ by 2024?” Ilmi. family is killed as part of the conspiracy to engulf writes Bagaria in the book. “Amit has once again crafted a a threatening US and Russia war, this elite sol- himself into this wild mission in a very calcu- The opening chapters speak of book, which is a testimony to his stren- dier finds himself ill-equipped to handle it emo- lated way,” adds he. Congress party’s corruption. The fourth uous research, felicitous writing and tionally. Identifying with such a relentless drive and chapter quotes from former bureaucrat erudition. The book covers PM Modi’s “In his mind, he doesn’t have anything left determination that takes an unavoidable toll on RVS Mani’s book on how Congress innovative and ambitious foreign pol- to live for,” says the actor. “Everything he cared John Kelly’s personal life, the film is going to be falsely spread the narrative of Hindu icy, which is my subject matter. The about is gone, so it sends him down a very dark a bitter-sweet story that you won’t like to miss. Terror and Saffron Terror. It includes author has carried out this task with path. Unfortunately for the people who did this Directed by Stefano Sollima, Without spine-chilling details on the 26/11 being the ‘natural party of choice’ for Gandhi became the party president, admirable skill and efficiency,” shares to him, they picked the wrong guy to mess with. Remorse also features Jamie Bell, Jodie Turner- Mumbai terror attack. voters, is completely disproved by the and how the Left Front fared since TP Sreenivasan, IFS, former He’s going to fill the empty hole within himself Smith, Lauren London, Brett Gelman among oth- The next three chapters analyse the results of the last seven Lok Sabha elec- 1989. Ambassador of India to Austria and with as many bodies and as much chaos as he ers. It is all set to stream on 2019 elections in great detail, followed tions. Two chapters analyse Congress’ The next nine chapters are about Slovenia, and former Permanent can. He’s hurt and heartbroken, so he throws on April 30. by one on how the Congress claim of performance in each state since Sonia Narendra Modi, his successes, his fail- Representative of India to the UN.    !" # $ .-1P $%

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could not find the final flourish, manag- the second over after he mistimed one off making it 26 for two in seven overs. and Kieron Pollard in the death overs but / LL ;$$9$   M   * ing only 34 runs in the last five overs for spinner Deepak Hooda to be caught at Rohit, at the other end, managed to Punjab were able to keep them quiet. 4    %$$%%$ Q!4$ 04 7!* A .- 7! -)!$ /0R J      7@          $            33  6    " 0   . 0    *L***B       J                     M@  */        $    C :       ''   %  #// '!+ @J@  9  *L3               3/& #' 9E @             *M 3@=#+8=@ VENUE: WANKHEDE STADIUM, MUMBAI London: Pacer Jofra Archer has *. 0;;.9 ).4 *9.= 04 .99 5!'.7-  2  3'.3' officially withdrawn from the IPL :    #        @++/ # !' ! +  8 + 8&++ #' but is on track to be fit for            #+ 8&// !*&+ D  & +! '! 7&+%  >> England’s first Test of the sum-   @  *LP                  3/& +  /&$ !/ +! 13  #' & &A& + &' !&/  mer, ECB announced on Friday.        *5       !/1&+& '#) + #$ > “The England and Wales Cricket Board has confirmed that   $   J /       22 England and Sussex bowler Jofra   *,D$         #// # &#') & !)+/ & !' ! .=4P).3 Archer will not play in the 2021   *5    /%D     & D  !/$ 8 &) +! )+ IPL,” it said in a statement.    *@P             M      !* ' '$ # 8/+ !/1&+& '#) + #$ $&+$ “Archer returned to bowling this &A& + &' !&/ 8 4 ' #' week with higher intensity and 8&# the ECB and Sussex medical -1..8  969:+ 2  1 * " 0    P     J23  teams will continue to monitor !/1&+& '#) + #$ 8&+ his progress.” Archer is expected 9 ?   9  5211+ desperate Kolkata Knight Riders will look &A& + &' !&/ 8 5 ' #' Australia earlier this year. to return to action in the next two / @ F F D T(*DD) 8 Ato bring their campaign back on track after “I am sad to miss the remain- weeks if he is pain-free. AFP a hat-trick of defeats when they face a belea- 8&# unrisers Hyderabad pacer T ing games (this IPL). Since I played 6   F ? ( T(*(F% 0 guered Rajasthan Royals here on Saturday. SNatarajan has been ruled out of well last season and went on to play when the surgery will take place. Led by England’s World Cup winning skip- the ongoing IPL due to a knee for India, my expectations were “I have no words to say right 3  F ? ( TD*F%K 0 per Eoin Morgan, KKR has so far failed to come injury for which he will have to high. Unfortunately, I have to now. I wish Sunrisers to go out and . 7 , % ? $D*D?% . together as a unit and slipped to seventh in the ;0 undergo a surgery. undergo knee surgery and will miss win every game this season. Best table after starting the tournament on a high The 30-year-old Natarajan had this season,” the yorker specialist wishes,” added the bowler. 4 9@ , % ? $D*F%E . against Sunrisers Hyderabad. &'A &* !' #+ 5 # #' 4 played only two out of the four said in a video posted by Sunrisers It is understood that he never 0 ; F ( ? $D*%%E 6 Facing bottom-placed Rajasthan Royals, games for Sunrisers Hyderabad this Hyderabad on its official Twitter fully recovered from the injury who have been the most inconsistent team so #''#') ! 6 *&+%   '$ season. He originally sustained handle. caused by the heavy workload he 1  F ( ? $D*0DD 6 far in the season, KKR will be desperate for a ! *! # +! 8%!* +  this injury during the tour of He, however, did not specify endured on the tour of Australia. 8  F ( ? $(*D(( 6 turnaround. %!'$ &A& + &' !&/ The rise of Pat Cummins as a batsman in their 18-run defeat to CSK will provide a big 8&+ *&' &+ &' ?&+ !' 2     boost but it can’t paper over the failure of their B #' 45 #''#') C +! %!*3/+ &    :    2 

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Having struggled on Chepauk’s slow surface,   /%D # 0E$?  EFA on Friday dropped Dublin and  123245 KKR had hoped to return to winning ways at : ))  (()  A * UBilbao as Euro 2020 hosts over a the Wankhede but Faf du Plessis and Ruturaj failure to guarantee fans’ attendance. ndian boxer Sachin (56kg) Gaikwad took their attack to the cleaners and DE BRUYNE FIT FOR FINAL The four matches destined for Ion Friday added an amassed a massive 220 for 3 in their previous '$  //  ! %!$ ,4>    9 O 7   :  Dublin will now be held in St unprecedented eighth Gold to match. ' &+ &' &&) ! >5:46 #'  4     @  Petersburg and London while Seville the country’s historic medal If that was not all, their famed top-five,    P 4  # @  $ steps in to replace Bilbao, UEFA haul at the youth world cham- including Shubman Gill and Morgan, surren- >6 #''#') ! ,> *&+%     #     A * announced. pionships in Kielce, Poland, a dered inside the Powerplay. '$ >6 ' +! 8%!* #+ Munich was confirmed as a venue day after all seven women Andre Russell and Dinesh Karthik then ? + '$#&' &'$ 5+ 8&+ *&' ATANU, DEEPIKA IN SEMIS at the eleventh hour, the German city swept the top honours in an  2=+  +  revived the chase before !&// +! %!*3/+ 5 ' joining Budapest, Baku, Amsterdam, astonishing performance in Cummins produced some sensa-   7        Bucharest, Glasgow, Copenhagen and the ring. tional powerhitting, slamming a #' > %#%1+          $   Rome. Sachin rallied to defeat 34-ball 66 not out before running ) ))            Held over from 2020 due to the Kazakhstan’s Yerbolat Sabyr 4- out of partners as KKR fin-        3@  (* coronavirus pandemic, the European 1 in a gritty performance by ished on 202 after being failed to convert his starts and he Championship will now be held in 11 UEFA said it had forced the switch the end of which his confident 31/5 in 5.2 overs. returned with a golden duck against GREEN BAGS CA CONTRACT different countries from June 11-July “simply to allow fans to attend the opponent was left with a The other posi- CSK. 2  +$    11. games after a year of not being able to bloodied face and exhausted tive has been Rajasthan Royals, on the other           UEFA president Aleksander Ceferin watch live football in stadiums”. body. Russell’s return to hand, are coming into the match after    9 3 / welcomed being able to “guarantee a Budapest, St Petersburg, Baku, India thus ended their form. It was his 54 a humiliating 10-wicket loss against 5    +A   safe and festive environment” with Amsterdam, Bucharest, Glasgow, campaign with 11 medals — (0$      *

off 22 balls that had RCB. Sanju Samson’s men have failed to  fans “at every match”. Copenhagen, Rome and London had all eight Gold and three Bronze set the tone and it would inspire after posting their only win of the Dublin and Bilbao lost out after the promised crowds at between 25 percent medals to claim the top spot not be a bad ploy for tournament, against Delhi Capitals in  NAPOLI CRUSH LAZIO Irish Government and Basque region and 100 percent of capacity in the run in overall standings. Morgan to promote the their second match.   2 / $+      officials were unable to assure UEFA of up to UEFA’s deadline this month. This was an improvement Jamaican up in the order, Samson has fizzled out after a blaz- 9    @  + ($( fans despite the pandemic. Munich, venue for world champi- on two Gold, two Silver and

while Cummins pro- ing 119 against Punjab Kings and the top   *: 1   4 ,$% Dublin’s three group matches go to ons France against Germany on June six Bronze medals claimed at vides late blitz. and middle-order look brittle with Jos      4     * St Petersburg, with Wembley the new 15, got the go-ahead for their four the event’s 2018 edition. The skipper will Buttler, Manan Vohra and David Miller 4 venue for its round of 16 game. matches after confirmation from local Sachin is the first Indian

himself look to get enduring poor form.  229-3 AT STUMPS Seville gets Bilbao’s three matches authorities they would be able “to wel- male boxer since 2016 to fin- back among runs, Bowling is also a big concern for the 22  2    7   @ and round of 16 tie after its regional come a minimum of 14,500 spectators”, ish on top. It was his name- while he will be equal- inaugural edition champions as their big 3 4 %%)$?           authority pledged the Estadio La UEFA’s statement confirmed. sake Sachin Siwach, now a ly concerned about buy Chris Morris and Mustafizur .     /  ?(% Cartuja could be filled to 30 percent The German FA, however, wel- senior camper, who fetched a  :O P  ,F($0*   Gill, who once again Rahman have struggled to check runs.  capacity. comed UEFA’s decision with caution. Gold in that edition.