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VOL: 10 Issue: 129 JAMMU AND KASHMIR, MONDAY , MAY 24 2021 DAILY PAGES 12 Rs. 2/- Lt Governor addresses the people of J&K through video message Decision on Class 12 board exams by IINN BBRRIIEEFF June 1 : Education Minister Pokhriyal 4 different vehicles New Delhi, May 23 : There various options available in the involved in illegal mining Testing & vaccination, Mantra to is a broad consensus among present challenging circum - seized by Jammu Police states about conducting Class stances through a consultation JAMMU, MAY 23 : 12 board exams and an process. Continuing it's strive to curb fight Covid-19 pandemic : LG "informed, collaborative" deci - The minister expressed menace of illegal mining, JAMMU, MAY 23 : Governor. Oxygen-Supported bed for vaccination in rural areas, the and Doctors immediately. sion will be taken by June 1, commitment towards the safe - dedicated police teams of PS Lieutenant Governor, Manoj “I urge all DDC & BDC immediate patient care, along Lt Governor observed. Village Health Committees Union Education Minister ty and security of children and Jhajjar Kotli and BPP Sinha today addressed the Chairpersons, members; with linkages with PHCs & Situation is improving must ensure the availability of Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank' called it the "first priority of Gajansoo acted stringently people of Jammu and Sarpanchs and Panchs, to CHCs, besides availability of gradually. We are intensifying medicare facilities, patient said on Sunday. the government". on the specific inputs and Kashmir through a video extend their support and par - medicines and regular the vaccination drive across care management in these Expressing commitment The meeting was attended raided at different locations message, in which he sought ticipation in the estab - the UT. With 63 % of centres. Training for ASHAs, towards the safety and security by Women and Child in their respective areas and active participation from vari - lishment and operation the total targeted pop - Anganwadi and ANM work - of children, the education min - Development Minister Smriti seized four different vehicles ous stakeholders to comple - of the grass-root level ulation vaccinated till ers is also being ensured. In ister called it the "first priority Zubin Irani, I&B Minister involved in illegal mining. ment Government’s efforts in Covid Care facilities in date, J&K is ahead of order to deal with emergency of the government" speaking at Prakash Javadekar and Details of the vehicles the fight against Covid pan - Panchayats, besides many States/UTs of situations, a robust system has the national consultation Minister of State for Education seized are as under: demic. spreading awareness the country and is been planned and being chaired by Defence Minister Sanjay Dhotre. 1) 2 vehicles i.e 1 tipper In his message, the Lt among the rural com - among one of the best implemented so that the peo - Rajnath Singh on the conduct Secretary senior officials of bearing Registration No. Governor urged the elected munities”, the Lt performing regions in ple requiring medical atten - of Class XII and professional the ministry, chief ministers, JK02AH 6586 and 1 tractor PRI representatives, teachers, Governor said. terms of vaccination. tion will be provided with the courses entrance exams. education ministers and offi - by PS Jhajjar Kotli. ASHAs, Anganwadi, ANM We can effectively Testing & vaccina - necessary medicare facilities According to the offi - 2) 2 vehicles i.e 1 tipper workers and voluntary organ - tackle the challenge of tion is the mantra to and treatment, he said. cial statement, "broad con - bearing Registration No izations to play an active role this global pandemic fight Covid-19 pan - The Lt Governor prayed sensus was there" but JK02AW 8159 and 1 JCB by in effective implementation through the active par - demic. I request all of for good health and happy life states have been asked to BPP Gajansoo of Covid preventive measures ticipation of all elected you to participate for the people of Jammu and "further examine the mat - The mining was done in in rural areas. Panchayat representa - actively in both testing Kashmir, and urged the public ter and send feedback in violation of order of Hon'ble In view of the spread of tives, Teachers, ASHAs, and vaccination cam - to follow the Covid protocol writing by May 25". High Court of J&k. In order Corona virus in rural areas of Anganwadi, ANM workers, Doctor’s consultation. paigns so that the spread of in letter & spirit and get them - A majority of the states to strictly implement the Jammu & Kashmir, the Village Health Committees Telemedicine facilities have the deadly virus can be effec - selves vaccinated. favoured holding the drive against illegal mining administration has initiated and Voluntary Organizations also been made operational tively contained”, said the Lt With collaborative efforts, exams and said they would and to tighten noose against the setting up of 5-bedded working in the rural areas, for the people. Along with the Governor. I do believe we shall over - study the proposals moot - the violators of the law Covid Centre including one added the Lt Governor. creation of basic minimum Covid positive patients or come this health crisis and ed by the CBSE. One of the cers associated with the educa - Jammu Police has initiated Oxygen-supported bed in Covid Care Centres to be infrastructure to provide iso - those who have developed take Jammu & Kashmir suggestions is said to be a tion system participated in the strict action. every panchayat to provide equipped with requisite lation facilities at Panchayat similar symptoms need not Union Territory to the new short-duration exam of 90 min - much-anticipated meeting on immediate medical attention healthcare facilities, with level, we are also ramping up panic. They must contact the height of progress and pros - utes instead of three hours with which the fate of lakhs of stu - Gunshots heard to the people, observed the Lt each Centre having One the pace of Covid testing & Community Health workers perity, the Lt Governor added. objective-type questions and dents depended. in Pulwama an option of three subjects. Rajnath Singh said the min - India records 2.40 lakh fresh Today's discussions were istry will consider all those Srinagar, May 23 : DIG U-R range chairs security review meeting and held around two themes-board suggestions and take a final Gunshots were heard in COVID-19 cases, 3,741 fatalities exams for Class XII by the decision soon and reiterated Pulwama district of Jammu New Delhi, May 23 : The total infections, while the Central Board of Secondary that the priority of the govern - and Kashmir on Sunday, but daily rise in coronavirus cases national COVID-19 recovery also reviews covid-19 preparedness arrangements Education and other state ment to conduct all the exami - there was no loss of life or in India remained below the 3 rate improved to 88.30 per JAMMU, MAY 23 : bound manner and also put in posed by the Covid-19 to boards and the all-India nations in a safe and secure injury reported, police lakh-mark for the seventh cent. Worthy DIG U-R Range Sh. hard efforts to unearth the humanity. Taking stock of the sources said. entrance examinations for var - environment. A large number consecutive day, with 2.4 The number of people Suleman Choudhary, IPS nexus of drug peddlers. internal preparedness of the ious higher education institu - of students and parents have The sources said the lakh new cases recorded in a who have recuperated from chaired a security review Officers present in the Udhampur police with regard shots were heard near tions and professional courses. been demanding cancellation single day, the Union Health the disease in the country meeting at DPO Udhampur. meeting were further advised to the surge of Covid-19 Various options regarding of the board exams. The hash - Women's Degree College in In the meeting DIG to properly redress the prob - cases. C M Ministry said on Sunday. surged to 2,34,25,467 while the methodology, process, tag "cancelboardexams" trend - C M Pulwama in south Kashmir. Udhampur-Reasi Range lems of nafri at P/S and PP He said that all the sub the case fatality rate duration and timings of the ed on Twitter as the meeting y B Y B No loss of life or injury stood at 1.13 per cent, lauded the police personnel level on regular basis and divisional officers should has been reported so far, exams were discussed. was underway. the data stated. for accepting and tackling conduct casual inspections of make arrangements of quar - Officials said the minister "It was proposed that the they said, adding the details India's COVID-19 multiple challenges time and were being ascertained. discussed the importance of board can conduct exams in tally had crossed the 20 again. the Class XII board exams and present format for major sub - Case registered in lakh-mark on August 7 The officer was accompa - the all India entrance exams in jects and the marking for JK's Rajouri for last, 30 lakh on August ined by SSP Udhampur Ms. "shaping the future and defin - remaining subjects can be done 23, 40 lakh on Sargun Shukla, IPS , Sh. ing the careers of students". on basis of performance in the burning pages of Anwaar-ul-Haq Addl. SP religious text September 5 and 50 lakh "Keeping in view present papers for which offline exams on September 16. It went Udhampur, SDPO Chenani, circumstances it was decided will be conducted. The board Srinagar : Amid reports DySP DAR DPL Udhampur, about Jammu and Kashmir past 60 lakh on to cancel the CBSE board said the exams can be conduct - reporting the "first case" of September 28, 70 lakh Dysp. Hqrs. Udhampur, examinations of Class X and ed using this option and Mucormycosis or "Black on October 11, crossed SDPO Ramnagar and other evaluate through internal increasing the number of cen - Fungus" at GMC Jammu, 80 lakh on October 29, jurisdictional officers. assessment, but Class XII tres to ensure social distancing. Head of Chest Disease 90 lakh on November 20 At the outset, SSP examinations are very impor - "The other option that was Hospital, Dr Naveed Nazir and surpassed the one- Udhampur briefed the DIG tant to decide the future of a proposed was changing the Shah Sunday said that one U-R Range about the general case of the fungal infection With the fresh cases, crore mark on December 19 student," the minister said. pattern of exam. If this option India's tally of COVID-19 last year.India crossed the security situation of the areas barracks/Mess of the jawans antine centres in accordance An "informed, collabora - is chosen, the exams can be has already been "successfully and the endeavours being put and give top priority to the with the manpower and operated" last year while cases climbed to 2,65,30,132. grim milestone of 2 crore on tive decision" will remove the conducted in home schools of another "strong suspect" is The death toll due to the May 4 this year. in by Police to reduce the welfare of the jawans. directed them to follow all uncertainty among students' students, the duration can be admitted at Government disease rose to 2,99,266 with According to the Indian pendency of under investiga - DIG U-R Range appreci - good practices as per the and parents' minds by inform - reduced to 90 minutes rather Dental College Srinagar. 3,741 fresh fatalities, the min - Council of Medical Research tion cases /inquests. ated the role played by all advisories by the govt. to ing them of the final decision than 3 hours and the questions Taking to Twitter this after - istry data updated at 8 am (ICMR), 32,86,07,937 sam - During meeting, officers ranks of the department to contain the spread of the noon, the top pulmonologist at the earliest," he added. can be objective type. The stu - showed. ples have been tested for were directed to take up the contain the spread of Corona virus. He also directed the Today's meeting was called dents can also be given an who has been at the forefront investigation of heinous Virus and the efforts put in to officers to ensure that all at the fight against COVID-19 The active cases further COVID-19 up to May 22 to enable central and state option to appear for any three reduced to 28,05,399 com - with 21,23,782 samples test - nature of cases and finalize work tirelessly in dealing all policemen of District boards and other examination of four subjects in this format," in Kashmir, quoted HoD Oral the same on merits in a time challenges dezpite the threat Udhampur are vaccinated. & Maxillofacial Surgery at prising 10.57 per cent of the ed on Saturday. agencies to be able to examine a senior official said. GDC Srinagar saying that a COVID-19 recovered patient, who was also diabetic, had Narcotic smuggling bid foiled at Udhampur 255 grams of heroine (chitta), CCU of GMC catering to patients with uncontrolled BP, blood sugar, been successfully operated at the hospital. 01 electronic weighing machine recovered, 1 smuggler arrested As per the HoD Oral & kidney failure & low oxygen saturation level, says HoD Critical Care Maxillofacial Surgery at the JAMMU, MAY 23 : bearing regd. PB31H/9856 During search of the said JAMMU, MAY 23 : Head “Although we are working at increased oxygen support reach and seek public cooperation in GDC, another strong suspect, Continuing JKP's for checking. vehicle, 255 grams of Heroin of Department, Anaesthesia and our peak capacity, yet we are us in an unconscious state. They fighting Covid,” she added. also a COVID-19 recovered #WarOnDrugs offensive to (Chita), 01 Electronic Critical Care at Government well equipped to treat all incom - are immediately shifted to the Dr Smriti Gulati called upon patient and a diabetic, is contain the spread of narcotic weighing machine was Medical College Jammu, Dr Critical Care Unit and given the public to observe Covid admitted there, Dr Naveed drugs & psychotropic sub - recovered from the said. "As per HoD Oral & Smriti Gulati has said that the artificial and non-invasive ven - appropriate behaviour and mon - stances, Udhampur police said vehicle. premier hospital and her depart - tilation’, she continued. itor body temperature and oxy - Maxillofacial Surgery GDC recovered 255 grams of con - On enquiry the Srinagar they have already ment are taking due care of Calling for a preemptive gen saturation levels in case any successfully operated one case traband substance Heroin driver of the vehie dis - Covid-19 patients, particularly approach, she said people symptoms appear. of mucormycosis in Nov 2020 (Chitta), 01 weighing closed his identity as those with critical conditions. should not hesitate from getting Explaining the two, she said, and another strong suspect machine and cash of Rs *Shubham Gupta ‘We are taking care of criti - tested for Covid infection if they if fever persists for more than case admitted with them.. both 2,000/- from narcotic smug - @ Gagu S/O Late cal Covid patients like those on observe any symptoms. “Our four to five days and oxygen post covid and diabetics, " Dr gler at Udhampur. Yashpaul Gupta R/O dialysis or in ICU. Our services health system is well equipped saturation levels fall below 94, it Naveed wrote in a tweet while Police patrolling party of near Pandhav Mandir putting a picture of the surgery are being utilised in High ing Covid patients with varied to treat all Covid patients’,'' she is time to consult a doctor. She PS Udhampur led by SHO PS Udhampur Dependency Units (HDU), degree of needs.” assured and added, “We are in a also warned against self medica - done on the Black Fungus Udhampur insp chanchal In this connection, infected person. Isolation wards, Critical Care The critical care units are better position to save lives if tion and said that medicines singh under the supervision of a case FIR No. Units (CCU) and Neuro Surgery dedicated for taking care of patients reach us in early stages should only be taken after con - See All Truth Prevail Sh. Anwaar-ul-Haq Addl. SP 169/2021 U/S 8/21/22 among various other facilities’, patients with uncontrolled blood of Covid infection. sultation, telephonic or other - Udhampur, Sh. Sahil Mahajan NDPS Act stands reg - she said. pressure or blood sugar, kidney “Our work is being moni - wise, with a doctor. She Videos News at DySP Hqrs. Udhampur, while istered at PS The department has recently diseases and those with low tored by the government and informed that telemedicine serv - www.truthprevail.com patrolling on Dhar road near Udhampur and further added 16 beds in ICU with ven - oxygen saturation levels, being supported by all possible ices have also been launched by Tawi bridge Roun Domail, investigation is going tilator support and monitoring informed Dr Gulati. ‘Many a means, she said. We are dedicat - the government and should be stopped one vehicle (Thar) on. FOR system, she informed, adding times, the patients in need of edly pressed in public service used by the people. Computer Services COVID-19 : JK reports 3308 new positive cases, 219620 recovered so far Laptop Services JAMMU, MAY 23 : The 219620 have recovered and Baramulla has 19852 positive district has 13174 positive cases (including 63 cases has 5150 positive cases reported today) BSNL Broadband Government on Sunday 3564have died; 1703in Jammu cases (including 239 cases cases (including 150 cases reported today),1103active (including 75cases reported with1031active positive, Pan Card informed that3308 new posi - division and 1861 in Kashmir reported today)with reported today)with 4249 positive cases, 3812 recoveries today)with1101Active posi - 3643 recoveries (including 25 Passport tive cases of novel Corona division. 2842Active Positive, Active Positive, 8776recov - (including 37 cases recovered tive, 3968 recovered (includ - cases recovered today)and 75 Contact :- virus (COVID-19),1121 from The Bulletin further said 16770recovered (including ered (including 541 cases today)and54 deaths. ing 29 cases recovered deaths; Ramban has 4509 Rohit: Jammu division and 2187 that out of 8188640test results 209 cases recovered today), recovered today), 149 deaths; Similarly, Jammu has today)and 81deaths; Kathua positive cases (including 71 from Kashmir division, have available, 7921327 samples 240 deaths; Budgam reported Bandipora has 7880 positive 47687 positive cases (includ - has 8286 positive cases cases reported today)with904 Mob. 9419626826 been reported today, thus tak - have been tested as negative 18674positive cases (includ - cases (including111 cases ing 447 cases reported today) (including 98 cases reported active positive cases, 3559 ing the total number of posi - till 22ndMay, 2021. recoveries (including 343 tive cases in Jammu and Till date 2018101 persons 51 COVID-19 deaths : 34 from Jammu Division and 17 from Kashmir Division cases recovered today)and 46 Kashmir to 270621.Also 51 have been enlisted for observa - ing401 cases reported reported today), with 7105 active positive today), 1176 active positive deaths while Reasi has 4911 Jai Baba Kali Veer Ji COVID-19 deaths have been tion which included 74102 today)with 4547 active posi - with1175Active Positive and cases, 39625recoveries cases, 6994 recovered positive (including 61 cases reported, 34 from Jammu persons in home quarantine tive cases, 13963 recovered 6599 recoveries (including (including 789 cases recov - (including 144 cases recov - reported today)with 624 Division and 17 from Kashmir including facilities operated by (including 313cases recovered 102cases recovered today),83 ered today), 957 deaths; ered today) and 116deaths; active positive cases, 4253 MANOJ KUMAR & CO. Division. government, 49136 in isola - today), 164 deaths; Pulwama deaths; Ganderbal has 7785 Udhampur has 10063 positive Kishtwar has 3766 positive recoveries (including71 cases Moreover, 4956 more tion and 133759in home sur - has 11931 positive cases positive cases (including cases (including 77cases cases (including 29 cases recovered today)and 34 Fruit & Vegetable COVID-19 patients have veillance. Besides, 1757591 (including 160 cases reported 127cases reported today)with reported today), 1528active reported today)with 352 deaths. recovered and discharged from persons have completed their today) with2204Active 1175Active Positive, 6545 positive cases, 8423 recover - Active Positive, 3387 recov - According to the bulletin, Commission Agents various hospitals including surveillance period. Positive, 9575recovered recoveries (including 66 cases ies (including169 cases eriesand27 deaths; Samba has among the total 270621 posi - 1883 from Jammu Division Providing district-wise (including 283 cases recovered recovered today)a nd65deaths; recovered today)and112 6410 positive cases (includ - tive cases in J&K, 21282have Specialist In : Potato, Onion and 3073 from Kashmir breakup, the Bulletin said that today)and 152 deaths; Kulgam has 8990 positive deaths; Rajouri has 8993 pos - ing 93 cases reported been reported as travelers Division. Srinagar has 62159 positive Kupwara has 10683 positive cases (including 159 cases itive cases (including 96 cases today)with 2401 active posi - while 249339as others. Shop No. 69, Sabji According to the daily cases (including 512 cases cases (including 265 cases reported today)with 2545 reported today)with tive cases, 3910 recoveries The Bulletin said that the Media Bulletin on novel reported today) with 6243 reported today), 1928 Active Active Positive, 6355recover - 3181active positive, (including 113 cases recov - breakup represents districts Mandi Narwal, Jammu. Corona virus (Covid-19), out Active Positive, 55185recov - Positive, 8622recoveries ies (including519 cases recov - 5656recoveries (including ered today)and 99 deaths; from which the patients have of 270621 positive cases, ered (including 834cases (including 169 cases recovered ered today)and 90 deaths while 200 cases recovered Poonch has 4749 positive been traced or are ordinarily Ph. 2475446, 94191-93836 47437 are Active Positive, recovered today), 731 deaths; today), 133 deaths; Anantnag as Shopian has 4969 positive today)and 156deaths; Doda cases (including 74 cases residing.

C M C M Y B Y B TRUTH PREVAIL SPECIAL 2 JAMMU MONDAY MAY 24, 2021 DC Srinagar reviews progress on Covid mitigation plan DC Rajouri reviews covid control measures Sets deadline to make Covid Care Centers operational in all 21 Panchayats in Sunderbani, Nowshera SRINAGAR, MAY 23 : besides ensuring availability centres & hospitals, availabil - work with greater responsibil - Inaugurates Manpur-Bajnowa Water Supply The Deputy Commissioner of all requisite facilities for ity of tele-medicine facilities, ity and added dedication. Srinagar, Mohammad Aijaz the patients including proper power backup and other basic He asked the officers to Scheme during daylong tour Asad today reviewed the ventilation, beds, oxygen sup - facilities. put in best efforts and work RAJOURI, MAY 23 : To cerned Officer informed that it and by taking vaccination. day which is sufficient to progress on Covid-19 mitiga - port, necessary medical kits, The Deputy round-the-clock to ensure the review the Covid containment as many as 100 vaccination He also assured to maintain cater to the drinking water tion plan for timely setting up linkage with nearest health - Commissioner said priority is availability of all the neces - measures and health care doses were received out of the supply of the essentials supply-demand of the public of the Covid Care sary medicare facilities, facilities being made avail - which 06 persons were vacci - across the district for the con - in the town. Centers(CCCs) in all 21 besides laying a strong rapid able to the patients amid pan - nated today. venience of the general pub - The Deputy Panchayats of district response mechanism in all demic, Deputy Commissioner The Deputy lic. Commissioner, while interact - Srinagar. Panchayats in order to deal Rajouri, Rajesh K Shavan Commissioner asked the con - Meanwhile, the Deputy ing with the locals, said that Among others, the meet - with the emerging situation. today conducted an extensive cerned officers and officials Commissioner also inaugurat - the District Administration is ing was attended by The DC also asked CMO tour of Sunderbani and of the Health Department to ed newly constructed committed to ensuring proper Additional District Srinagar to equip these Nowshera subdivisions. take all possible measures to Manpur-Bajnowa water sup - drinking water facility to all Development Commissioner, Centers with necessary med - BDC Chairperson contain the COVID19 infec - ply scheme completed at an the households of the district Srinagar, Gulzar Ahmad, ical kits besides linking them Nowshera, Bodh Raj; ADC tion and make added efforts to estimated cost of Rs 3.14 and several measures are Chief Planning Officer, with the nearest Health Sunderbani, Vinod Kumar provide all the required health lakh. The scheme would ben - underway in this regard. He Mohammad Yaseen, Chief Centres for deployment of Behnal; Tehsildar Nowshera care services to the public so efit nearly 80 per cent of the also said that all the house - Medical Officer, Srinagar, Dr medical and paramedical staff and Executive Engineer Jal that they don't face any incon - population of three villages holds of the district would be Jameel and other concerned. at the earliest. Shakti Department, Mushtaq venience. including Maanpur, Bajnowa provided with functional tap The Deputy He also instructed that the Ahmed accompanied the The Deputy and Breri. water connection under Jal Commissioner directed the facility of Tele-Consultation Deputy Commissioner during Commissioner directed the The Deputy Jeevan Mission. officers to expedite the must be made available the visit. Health Department to put in Commissioner also inspected The Deputy process of establishing Covid besides poster regarding While inquiring about the extra efforts to achieve cent the filtration plant in Commissioner also said that care facilities at all 21 details about necessary Covid care facilities at SDH vaccination of age appropriate Sunderbani town where he necessary instructions have Panchayats of the district as helpline, Covid-19 War Nowshera, the Health persons at the earliest. was apprised that the machin - been passed on to the con - per set deadlines. Control Room, Ambulance Department officers informed Interacting with the locals, ery and intake well of the cerned officers for providing He further directed for pri - services and other interven - the DC there are 78 oxygen the Deputy Commissioner scheme was damaged last maximum benefits to the oritizing far flung areas for care centres, referral linkage to protect and save precious tions be put on display for cylinders and 05 ventilators in appealed them to help the year due to floods and the common masses amid pan - establishing these centres, with dedicated Covid health lives for which we all have to emergency help and support. the sub District hospital to District Administration in scheme has been restored demic under various welfare meet the emergency need. mitigating the pandemic in recently. schemes being implemented ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ At vaccination centre the district by following all The plant has a supply by their departments in the Jammu Pediatricians thank LG Manoj Sinha for reaching GMS Qasbatain, the con - Covid SOPs in letter and spir - capacity of 20000 gallons per district. out to them through Radio Talk show ‘Awaam ki Awaaz’ Say it is heartening to see their Covid work is being PM chairs meeting to review preparedness monitored, appreciated by LG himself SRINAGAR, MAY 23 : ing the programme held a tion and the frontline work Dr. Pallavi further remarks The two Pediatricians of Shri brief chat with both doctors force is being regularly asked that the Administration is put - and planning to tackle Cyclone ‘Yaas’ Maharaja Gulab Singh and asked for their sugges - for suggestions and advice for ting their best efforts in deal - New Delhi : Prime com equipments etc. in 5 exchanges under constant spoke about the need to (SMGS) Hospital, Jammu Dr. tions and advices while deal - dealing with the situation. ing with the situation but it is Minister Shri Narendra Modi States/ UT. In addition, 13 watch and is fully geared to ensure that time duration of Pallavi Sharma and Dr. Sachit ing with the situation. The “LG’s Administration has ini - our duty that we should main - took a high level meeting teams are being airlifted today restore telecom network. outages of power supply and Sharma have thanked the Lieutenant Governor also tiated several steps in dealing tain Covid appropriate behav - today to review the prepared - for deployment and has kept Ministry of Health & Family communication network are Lieutenant Governor of enquired about the flow of with the situation like special - ior and follow the necessary ness of States and Central 10 teams on standby. Welfare has issued advisory to minimum and are restored Jammu and Kashmir, Manoj child patients into the hospital ized Covid dedicated hospi - guidelines so as to contain the Ministries/Agencies con - swiftly. PM also asked offi - Sinha for reaching out to them and asked for suggestions tals, wards as well as teams spread of virus. cerned to deal with the situa - cials to ensure proper co-ordi - through monthly Radio Talk regarding upgradation of have been established to deal Like Dr. Pallavi, Dr. Sachit tion arising out of Cyclone nation and planning with state show ‘Awaam ki Awaaz’, rec - medical infrastructure there. with this situation”, Dr. Sachit Sharma also maintains that 'Yaas'. governments to ensure no dis - ognizing their efforts in fight - Dr. Pallavi Sharma who is says. the prime way of keeping one - India Meteorological ruptions in Covid treatment ing the pandemic COVID-19 Lecturer Pediatrics at SMGS, He adds that during self safe from this virus is to Department (IMD) informed and vaccination in hospitals. besides asking suggestions Hospital said that it was heart - Lieutenant Governor Manoj maintain Covid appropriate that Cyclone 'Yaas' is expect - He also spoke about the need from them in containing the ening to see that LG Manoj Sinha’s recent visit to hospi - behavior and follow neces - ed to cross West Bengal and to involve district administra - virus. Sinha contacted me through tal, he himself directed opera - sary SOPs and guidelines. He north Odisha coasts by 26th tions in the process of plan - Last week, Lieutenant Awaam ki Awaaz and asked tionalisation of new oxygen further appealed to the public May evening with the wind ning and preparedness for bet - Governor, Manoj Sinha dedi - me about suggestions for con - plant in the hospital, establish - that they can use e-sanjeevni speed ranging 155- 165 kmph ter learning from best prac - cated monthly Radio talk tainment of virus. ment of Covid dedicated services for consultation from gusting to 185 kmph. It is tices and seamless co-ordina - show to corona warriors who “Administration is very con - wards and upgradation of specialized doctors besides likely to cause heavy rainfall tion. PM directed officials are at the forefront in the cerned about the well being of other medical infrastructure other helplines can also be in the coastal districts of West that advisories and instruc - ongoing COVID-19 pandem - patients and is involved from recently. used to take advice on health Bengal and north Odisha. tions on do's and dont's during ic across the Union Territory doctors level, nurses level Dr. Pallavi Sharma who is related issues. IMD has also warned of storm the cyclone be made available and appreciated their efforts together in fighting this virus’, a frontline warrior and has Dr. Sachit remarks that it is surge of about 2- 4m in costal Indian Coast Guard and the Sates/ UTs, likely to be in easy to understand and in dealing with the situation Dr. Pallavi says. She added constantly been dealing with the responsibility of citizens areas of West Bengal & the Navy have deployed ships affected, for health sector pre - local language to citizens of while putting their lives at that the efforts of the current the child covid patients, to follow necessary guidelines Odisha. IMD has been issuing and helicopters for relief, paredness and response on the affected districts. PM risk. administration show that their appeals public to have close regarding Covid and sought regular bulletins with latest search and rescue operations. COVID in affected areas. spoke about the need to During the programme, priority is health and treat - watch on their children, keep cooperation from the people forecast to all the concerned Air Force and Engineer task Ministry of Port, Shipping involve various stakeholders the LG had shared some of the ment of patients. constant watch on symptoms by following all Covid appro - states. force units of Army, with and Waterways has taken i.e. coastal communities, inspiring stories of good Another Pediatrician, Dr. like loose stools, red eyes, priate behavior and follow PM was informed that the boats and rescue equipment, measures to secure all ship - industries, etc by directly Samaritans, and saluted their Sachit Sharma said that it is consistent fever etc among SOPs strictly so that the war Cabinet Secretary has taken a are on standby for deploy - ping vessels and has deployed reaching out to them and sen - spirit and dedication towards inspiring to see Lieutenant their children and report to against the Corona Virus can meeting of National Crisis ment. Seven ships with emergency vessels (Tugs). sitising them. human service. Governor Manoj Sinha per - nearest health care facility if be won and things would Management Committee Humanitarian Assistance and NDRF is assisting the The meeting was attended Lieutenant Governor dur - sonally monitoring the situa - any of these persists. return to normal again. (NCMC) on 22nd May 2021, Disaster Relief Units are on State agencies in their pre - by Home Minister, Principal with Chief Secretaries of all standby along western coast. paredness for evacuating peo - Secretary to Prime Minister, ISM Department distributes DLSA Kupwara celebrates the Coastal States and UTs Ministry of Petroleum & ple from the vulnerable loca - Minister of State for Home AYUSH immunity booster and Central Ministries/ Natural Gas has taken meas - tions and is also continuously Affairs, Cabinet Secretary, Bio Diversity Day Agencies concerned. ures to secure all oil installa - holding community aware - Secretaries of Ministries/ medicines in Tethar, Banihal Ministry of Home Affairs tions in the sea and to bring ness campaign on how to deal Departments of Home, KUPWARA, MAY 23 : resources. Biodiversity day in 25 schools (MHA) is reviewing the situa - back their shipping vessels to with the cyclonic situation. Telecommunications, RAMBAN, MAY 23 : District Legal Services Other resource persons, of the District involving legal tion 24*7 and is in touch with safe harbour. Ministry of PM Modi directed senior Fisheries, Civil Aviation, Department of Indian System Authority Kupwara celebrat - panel lawyer Adv. Shah literacy clubs also. the State Governments/ UTs Power has activated emer - officers to work in close co- Power, Ports, Shipping & of Medicine (ISM), AYUSH ed Bio Diversity day on and the Central Agencies con - gency response systems and is ordination with states to Waterways, Earth Sciences, today distributed immunity Saturday organized a webinar cerned. MHA has already keeping in readiness trans - ensure safe evacuation of peo - Chairman Railway Board, booster medicines among the on the topic presided by released first instalment of formers, DG sets and equip - ple from high-risk areas. He Members & Member people at COVID sampling Chairman District Legal SDRF in advance to all States. ments etc. for immediate also instructed all concerned Secretary of NDMA, Director and vaccination center, Khan Services Authority, Principal NDRF has pre-positioned 46 restoration of electricity. departments to ensure timely Generals of IMD and NDRF, Mohallah Tethar, Banihal. District & Sessions Judge, teams which are equipped Ministry of Telecom is keep - evacuation of those involved and senior officers of PMO, As per District Nodal Taslim Arif, who was also with boats, tree-cutters, tele - ing all the telecom towers and in off-shore activities. He MHA. Officer, ISM, Ramban, Dr. Chief Guest on the occasion. Sanjay Chadha immunity Speaking on the topic, boosting kits of AYUSH PD&SJ said that balance of medicines include 6 types of nature is pivotal for the exis - Supreme Court's E-Committee releases Manual for its Ayurvedic and Unani medi - tence of all organisms. He cines, which are being dis - said that human beings due to free “e-Courts Services Mobile App” in 14 languages tributed among the people in interference in the habitat of the district amid COVID-19 New Delhi : E- conducted. This has given requirements etc. To cap history of the case from other living beings endanger Committee, Supreme us a rare opportunity to it, ECMT is of immense the filing until disposal, pandemic. their existence which ulti - Medical Officers, Dr Hilal Court of India has released embrace technology not convenience being avail - including the date wise mately affects human beings Manual for its top citizen- just as an interim measure able 24 x 7 with no geo - case diary. One can access Bukhari, Dr Bashir and other themselves. He stressed on paramedical staff provided centric service- free "e- but to transform our legal graphical boundaries and Orders/ Judgment, sustenance and preservation Courts Services Mobile system to make it more easy access on no-cost Transfer details of the medicines to nearly 200 peo - of rich biodiversity. ple besides making them app" in 14 languages efficient, inclusive, acces - basis. The eCourts case, interim application Secretary DLSA Kupwara, (English, Hindi, sible and environmentally Services Mobile App with status from the mobile aware about the efficacy of Muzamil Ahmad Wani high - Indian System of Medicines Assamese, Bengali, sustainable. The e-Courts its digital diary features app. Through the e-Courts lighted the importance of bio - Khalid and Nazir Ah Qureshi All the participants Gujarathi, Kannada, Services Mobile has thus evolved into a services mobile app- one in the time of Covid-19 pan - diversity in the background of of the Cultural Education including penal lawyers, demic. Khasi, Malayalam, Application is a step in must-have tool for lawyers can get the case status/ the Global pandemic. He Wing also discussed the teachers, Students and PLVs Marathi, Nepali, Odia, this direction." He further to promote their profes - case details of both High They also advised them to stressed for scientific disposal importance and sensitivity of vowed to create awareness maintain social distancing Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu). added that many advo - sional efficiency. Courts and District Courts. of solid waste, ensuring ban bio diversity. DLSA in col - among the people on the "e-Courts Services Mobile cates and litigants have Publication of this Manual The Advocate and follow other guidelines on polythene and proper pro - laboration with the education preservation and sensitivity of as per Covid protocol. app" already released by already embraced the on eCourts Services /Litigant/organization can tection of wetlands and water department celebrated biodiversity. e-Committee, Supreme services offered through Mobile App is yet another maintain a digital diary of Court of India for the ben - this mobile application laudable step by the all cases under "My efit of the Litigants, with more than 57 lakh eCommittee of the Cases", which is the most Director Horticulture (P&M) reviews progress Citizens, Lawyers, Law downloads so far. The Supreme Court to create used and attractive feature firms, Police, Government application will pave the large scale awareness of for Advocates & Litigants. of work at Parimpora Mandi Agencies and other way for optimizing our this ECMT and in bring - It can be customized using Institutional Litigants has legal system in an ever- ing its benefits to the the My cases option avail - so far crossed 57 lakh evolving digital world". doorstep of the lawyers' able in it is equivalent to a Highlights the importance of E-nam downloads. Shri Barun Mitra, community." digital diary for an advo - SRINAGAR, MAY 23 : ing up in the mandi which He highlighted the benefits of Fruit Association president The mobile app and its Secretary, Department of The e-Committee man - cate/ litigant. Using 'My Director Horticulture (P&M), according to him will be of trading on E-nam which and other members thanked manuals in English & Justice, who has also fore- uals released in English Cases', one can add the Vishesh Mahajan today visit - extreme help to the traders in according to him is the future Director Horticulture (P&M) regional languages can be worded the manual, has and regional languages personal case numbers and ed Fruit & Vegetable Market mandi. for trading. for the visit and for the imme - freely downloaded from highlighted the impor - explain all features with can get automatic updates. Parimpora where he had a the official website of the tance of this Electronic screenshots for easy It is also useful for liti - detailed review of develop - e-Committee, Supreme Case Management Tools understanding for the gants, firms, companies or mental activities and also Court of India for the Advocates. He said common man. The e- organization having multi - interacted with the trader https://ecommitteesci.gov. "As the legal world is Courts services mobile ple cases in different community. He was accompa - in/service/ecourts-servic - gradually turning digital app Manual in English Courts at different places. nied by officers of the depart - es-mobile-application/ . globally, the process of was translated in regional In 'My Cases', one can add ment. Dr. Justice Dhananjaya ICT enablement of the languages by the in-house his personalized list of During the visit, Dir took a Y Chandrachud, Judge, judicial landscape in India Human resource team of cases and get all updates tour of the mandi to take the Supreme Court of India has concurrently made the eCommittee, compris - through the eCourts cognizance of ongoing work. and the Chairperson of e- significant strides. As an ing the Master trainers mobile application. Meanwhile, he gave on the Committee, fore-worded integral part of this multi - (Judicial Officers & staff) All the e-Courts servic - spot instructions for a number the manual and stressed dimensional initiative, the from various High Courts, es are also interlinked with of issues that were brought to the importance of this free eCourts Services Mobile in coordination with the the e-Courts mobile app. his notice. mobile app and highlight - App has been widely Central Project The e-Courts Mobile He instructed concerned ed the reach of this citizen- hailed as an effective Coordinators of the app is also available in that the water logging issue in centric mobile app . He Electronic Case respective High Courts. Indian regional languages. the Mandi has to be said, "The e-Committee of Management Tool The said regional lan - The e-Courts Services addressed immediately. He the Supreme Court has (ECMT). Its popularity is guage manuals are also mobile App is the person - also directed the engineering been at the forefront of manifested in the growing made available on the alized digital case diary wing of the department to introducing digital number of downloads by respective High Court for litigants/ common citi - macdemise link roads leading reforms in the field of law. lawyers, having already websites. Using the zen/advocates/organiza - to Mandi. In the past one year, the crossed the 57 lakh fig - eCourts services mobile tion/government depart - He stressed upon the need pandemic has also pushed ure". Shri Mitra observed, application , one can get ment with all the case to have a modern waste dis - advocates, judges and liti - "Robust Case various citizen-centric details available in their posal mechanism in the shape gants to adopt high tech Management and sound services like search for hands(set) 24 *7 free of of a segregation machine A number of issues were Director Horticulture diate redressal of the issues solutions due to the clo - supporting systems are at cases with case numbers, cost. So During the pan - installed in the mandi periph - raised by the members of (P&M) was apprised by offi - they raised with him. sure of offices and courts the core of any well-func - CNR numbers, filing demic, anyone can access ery to segregate and convert Fruit Association during the cers of the department about They assured him of full in light of lockdowns and tioning legal architecture. numbers, party names, the case status, court the waste into compost. He meeting with Director the development activities support in all those endeav - public health concerns. ECMT tool enables a FIR number, advocate orders, cause list 24*7 and also advised all the stakehold - Horticulture (P&M) who that the department has under - ours that the department will Working remotely, virtual lawyer to efficiently man - details, Acts, etc. case free of cost through their ers to maintain a hygienic assured them of speedy taken for the further improve - undertake for the benefit of courts, digital workplaces age case information, doc - type. Various search types mobile phone with the e- environment in the mandi. redressal. ment of the infrastructure in the farming and trading com - and electronic case man - ument assembly, calendar - like CNR Search, Case Courts services mobile Director also visited the Director stressed upon the Mandi that would enable munity. They also agreed to agement have become ing, time-tracking of case Status Search, Cause List app without physically site of the Controlled growers and traders to enroll the trader community to carry initiate trading on E-nam integral to how the legal status, accessing judicial Search also available. One going to the concerned Atmosphere (CA) store com - themselves on e-NAM portal. their business with more ease. starting from this season. profession is practiced and decisions, compliance can get the complete case court complex ! TRUTH PREVAIL NEWS 3 JAMMU MONDAY MAY 24, 2021 Dr Musarat Anjum shares her tale of courage, BJP cadre ‘omnipresent’, supporting all positivity after covid recovery amid pandemic : Priya Sethi Distributes 500 food packets among COVID-hit “Don't Panic; Take care of both mind and body during home isolation" JAMMU, May 23 : The ease in the best possible man - parties which have gone miss - said that BJP is unrelentingly KISHTWAR, MAY 23 : “At home isolation, I regu - took steam and medication the Doctor said with beaming BJP cadre in J&K has proven ner. She expressed concern ing during pandemic, the BJP providing ration and cooked Amidst the second wave of larly monitored my oxygen following and within a period confidence. that it is always ready to serve over the indifference which has emerged as a strong force meals, masks, sanitizer, food Coronavirus pandemic which level, pulse and temperature of 4 days my symptoms were "Staying calm and not to the people whether they are in NC, PDP and Congress have to embolden the people in packets, oxygen concentra - has raged the world, there are panic is my first advice to homes, hospitals or on move exhibited during pandemic. fight against coronavirus by tors, assistance in hospitals, many brave faces like Dr. positive persons, because the amid surge in coronavirus Musarat Anjum, Medical majority of people recover on cases and inception of deadly Officer District Hospital (DH) their own, like me. Take care infection Black Fungus. Kishtwar, who is back on duty of your mind, as well as your This was stated by senior to attend her patients after body as this is a key to fast BJP leader,Incharge BJP HQ recovering from COVID-19. recovery" the Doctor suggest - and former Minister J&K She eagerly shares her ed. Staying at home is equally Priya Sethi after providing story of contracting the virus important as by doing that 500 food packets to the and what helped her to make a “you are not only helping to patients and their attendants speedy recovery in home iso - protect yourself but also oth - here at GMC Jammu under lation. ers. You can prevent the trans - the Sewa Hi Sangathan Hai While narrating her jour - mission of infection to your Abhiyan.This was organized ney of recovery, Dr Anjum family members if you prac - by senior party leader Shri said she contracted the virus tice good hygiene and social Prem Guptajee while in duty at District distancing,” Dr Anjum The former minister said Hospital. explained that the role being played by “I volunteered for a test Explaining the treatment BJP activists during the pan - after developing mild symp - to follow in home isolation, demic is phenomenal as they toms of Coronavirus infection she advised COVID-patients are standing with the people including body pain, to closely monitor their symp - shoulder to shoulder and pro - headache, sore throat, and toms and soon after develop - viding all the possible help. fever, and was tested positive. ing symptoms like severe She however questioned the Isolating myself from the cough, high fever, altered sen - stance taken by other political family members was the next besides took healthy diet, did almost gone and it took me sorium, breathlessness, right outfits in the Union Territory, “The people are watching remaining present at all places ambulance services to the thing I did,” she said, yoga, drank a lot of water, two weeks to recover fully,” away go for hospitalization. which are nowhere in the each and every move of the where disease-ridden popula - needy. She appealed to the scene when the people are political parties and such a tion is seeking refuge”, she people that during any emer - struggling to fight disease, mean behaviour by the afore - maintained adding that under gency they can contact any of DC Kishtwar reviews COVID mitigation measures hunger and financial crunch. said political groups during the Sewa Hi Sangathan Hai the party leaders for immedi - She said that during such test - the time of exigency will Abhiyan BJP has established ate help as all the necessary Sets timeline for setting up of Panchayat level isolation centres ing times, the political class prove dearly to these so called numerous Covid Care Centres things are at disposal of these KISHTWAR, MAY 23 : management, which is essen - comprehensive mechanism & volunteers and utilizing should shun differences and ‘caretakers’ of the people”, across the country to render leaders and they are waiting To ensure early establishment tial for effective and efficient for monitoring the functioning funds for effective manage - come together to ensure that she said. all sorts of help and services for the moment to extend help of Covid Care Centres in all public healthcare system, our of Covid care centres in ment of Covid care centres at the region fights back the dis - “In contrast to political during this hour of crisis. She to the needy people. Panchayats of the district, focus should be on strengthen - Panchayats. Panchayat level, the DC said. Deputy Commissioner, ing primary health care in There is a need to laying He directed the CMO to Kishtwar Ashok Sharma, rural areas", said the DC special stress on training of proactively engage in func - JKNPP urges upon Hon'ble Prime minister Modi Ji, Home minister, today set timeline for creating Kishtwar. He further asked ASHA and Anganwadi work - tioning of these Covid care the much needed facility for ACD Kishtwar to evolve a ers, besides mobilizing PRIs facilities. Amit Shah Ji and Health minister Harshan Vardan Ji to visit management of Corona cases in the rural areas. Enforcement teams recover Rs 9500 Jammu and see for " yourselves " how Corona Virus patients The DC was reviewing the fine from violators in Ramban JAMMU, May 23 : plain that medical authorities Who is responsible for are amongst others, Prof covid control and manage - JKNPP urges upon Hon'ble ask them to get costly dumping large number of Bhim Singh Founder ment measures at a meeting of 604 vaccinated, 885 samples collected Prime minister Modi Ji, machines, medicines from Ventilators sent by PM to President, Senior Advocate the concerned officers held RAMBAN, MAY 23 : taking the total amount fined cine doses across Ramban Home minister, Amit Shah Ji market to save their dear Jammu is still a mystery. How Supreme Court of India, PK here at the conference Hall Continuing the drive to imple - since April 1, 2021 to Rs. 8, district on Sunday. and Health minister Harshan one's. As per media reports huge consiment from Prime Ganju Journalist, Sr Vice DC office Complex. ment Covid protocol across 77,600. The Enforcement As per daily bulletin Vardan Ji to visit Jammu and from outside Hospital premis - Minister got damaged needs President, Mohd Iqbal The meeting was attended the district Ramban, the officers urged the people to issued by the Chief Medical see for " yourselves " how es in Jammu ,it is alleged that immediate high level probe. Chowdhury , by SDM Chatroo Inderjeet Enforcement teams today wear face masks and maintain Officer, Ramban, Dr. Corona Virus patients are suf - Mechnical medical equip - We appeal to Hon'ble LG Masood Ahmed Andrabi Singh Parihar; ; Chief Medical fined scores of violators for physical distance besides tak - Mohammad Fareed Bhat, the fering for non availability of ments necessary for serious Manoj Sinha Ji please seek Vice Presidents, Bansi Lal Officer, Dr R S Manhas; ASP roaming without wearing face ing Covid vaccination doses Health Department has col - Life saving equipment like patients are not provided by help of Army Medical Sharma Advocate, Advisor, Rajinder Singh ; ACR, Akhter masks and not maintaining at their nearest CVC. lected 885 samples including Oxygen Concentrators, its the Hospital functionaries, Services on priority and Anita Thakur, Hakikat Singh Hussain Qazi; ACD, Kishore physical distance. District Immunization 275 RT-PCR and 610 RAT allied items and necessary though prime minister had replace all top medical and General secretaries, Neeraj Singh Katoch; SDM Paddar, The enforcement teams, Officer, Ramban, Dr, Suresh samples besides administer - medicines, besides lack of PP since sent over reportedly 200 administrative brass includ - Dewan General secretary Varunjeet Singh Charak during the inspection in their informed that as many as 604 ing Covid vaccine to 604 per - Kits for protection of rela - Imported Ventilators to GMC ing chief secretary, commis - PTU Capt Anil Gour besides all the concerned respective jurisdictions, persons were administered sons at dedicated Vaccination tives/attends of the patients in Jammu, which are dumped in sioner Health and medical Provincial President, Sardar Tehsildars and BDOs of the recovered a fine of Rs 9500 first and second Covid vac - Centres in the district. the specified Covid Wards, stores and stated to be non education, Principal GMC Paramjit Singh Marshall, District. A slew of directions ICU rooms etc. functional. Reportedly, these Jammu and Health Director, Rajinder Singh Manju, were passed to the concerned As per reports from Media essentials are not easily avail - who are apparently total fail - Rajashewar Singh District to strengthen the Covid con - ISM Kishtwar hosting Online portals and attendant of the able in open market, but in " ure, as per ground reality. President Samba , Robin tainment efforts in the District. Hospital patients, the Oxygen black " charging 60,000 to Allegedly,Second line admin - Sharma District President The DC the officers pres - supply equipments, necessary 70,000 rupees per unit, istration doesn't comply, as Kathua, Surinder Wahi, ent in the meeting to put in Yoga session on May 24 costlier medicines are not whereas original cost is per reports from media and Secretary, , Naresh Chib their best efforts and work KISHTWAR, MAY 23 : Immunity booster are avail - tulsi Tablets, Anu Oil etc. to available, the attending rela - around 45 to 50,000 rupees in connected persons. District President Jammu round-the-clock to ensure a Indian System of able round the year. the Frontline Workers, tives/friends of patients com - Delhi market. Signatures to the statement Urban, Pawandeep Singh etc. strong rapid response mecha - Medicine(ISM), Kishtwar is “The Department of General Public, Security nism in order to deal with the going to organise online yoga Crown India Raj Gas emerging situation, particular - session on May 24. ly in the rural areas. He direct - “AYUSH Department Oxygen filling station ed the Tehsildars and BDOs to Kishtwar is going to host an work in coordination with online yoga session in collab - owner thanks LG Manoj Health Department to scale-up oration with District the vaccination, testing and Administration. The public Sinha for mention in establishment of Covid Care can participate through the Centres established in the Facebook page of District Radio Talk Show Panchayats. Administration Kishtwar on He asked Sub -Divisional May 24, 2021 at 6:00 AM” ‘Awaam Ki Awaaz’ Magistrates to appoint said Dr. Tariq Hussain, Tehsildars and the BDOs as District AYUSH Officer. SRINAGAR, MAY 23 the Nodal officers to look after Meanwhile, he invited the : The owner of Crown the vaccination and testing in people to avail the Immunity India Raj Gas, Manu Rana the areas with high positivity booster medicines at the near - has thanked the Lieutenant rate. He further directed to set est ISM dispensary after con - Governor of Jammu and vaccination & testing targets sulting the doctor. Kashmir, Manoj Sinha for for Tehsildars and BDOs. He informed that there are AYUSH Kishtwar is distribut - Personals, Government mentioning them in the While reviewing the tehsil- 24 Ayurvedic dispensaries in ing medicines. especially Employees, Covid-19 monthly Radio pro - wise status of preparations district Kishtwar, where Immunity Boosters like patients among others and any gramme 'Awaam Ki being made to contain the Ayush Medicines and Ashwagandha, Chamaprash, one can avail it”, he said. Awaaz' and recognizing spread of Corona virus, DC their efforts in fighting the Kishtwar set timeline for Always beneficial to identify symptoms early and consult pandemic COVID-19. establishment of 5-bedded Last week, Lieutenant Covid Care Centres in every a doctor: Dr. Zarka Amin, Senior Consultant Governor, Manoj Sinha in Panchayat across the District. People with co-morbidity need to be extra careful and get vaccinated his monthly Radio talk He directed for prioritizing BUDGAM, MAY 22 : will mitigate the severity of Dr. Zarka further said, the dedicated the programme far flung areas for, besides Senior Consultant Physician, illness among co-morbids. public need not to panic, fatal - to corona warriors who are ensuring availability of all District Hospital Budgam Dr. People with co-morbidity ity rate is very low and most at the forefront in the requisite facilities for the Zarka Amin today said that include diabetics, those with of the Covid-19 positive ongoing COVID-19 pan - patients including proper ven - people with co-morbidity are hypertension, individuals patients show mild symp - demic across the Union tilation, beds, oxygen support, at higher risk of Covid-19 dis - with cardiovascular ailments toms. She said that, infected Territory and appreciated necessary medical kits, link - ease so they need to be extra or who have undergone recent person should not ignore their efforts in dealing with age with nearest healthcare cautious during the prevailing surgery. Co-morbids with dia - symptoms like fever, cough, the situation while putting centres, referral linkage with second wave of Covid-19 betes need to keep sugar level myalgia bodyache, sore throat their lives at risk. dedicated Covid health cen - pandemic. Dr. Zarka urged under control and should take and cold. Such symptoms Lieutenant Governor tres & hospitals, availability that people with co-morbidity prescribed medication regu - should be immediately report - during the programme rec - of tele-medicine facilities, should come forward and larly and same applies to ed to doctors to avert the ognized the work of power backup and other basic actively participate in individuals suffering from threat of Covid-19 symptoms Crown India Raj Gas and facilities. "As the government COVID-19 vaccination drive hypertension or any other ail - becoming severe which may appreciated them for their is decentralizing the Covid as the process of vaccination ment, Dr. Zarka added. prove life threatening. services in present times. “The approach of Lieutenant Governor and Project Director reviews development works being his office, asking for our well being and any kind of executed under Samagra Shiksha at Baramulla facilitation has doubled our energy in fighting this Asks officers for completion in time bound manner virus”, owner of Crown SRINAGAR, MAY 23 : Chief Education Officer to Engineer for floating tenders High School Chek Sarai India Raj Gas, Manu Rana Project Director, Samagra complete the process of shift - for procuring beddings and which was approved under said. Shiksha, Deep Raj, today vis - ing of girl inmates from rent - other essential items for Girl’s supplementary PAB as part of He added that the gen - ited Baramulla district to gutted building. Project uine and humane approach review the ongoing civil Director also visited Arts, of the Lieutenant works being executed by Crafts and Library of Governor has boosted the School Education Department Government High School morale of our staff and we under Samagra Shiksha. Kreeri. will work with more He visited Girls’ Hostels Meanwhile, he chaired a enthusiasm on the ground Baramulla, Kreeri, Hostel review meeting and took and we will certainly win Mirgund Patan and Girls’ stock of fund position this battle against covid- Hostel Panzipura. Besides, he approved under different 19. visited Kasturba Gani Balika components of Samagra The company has kept a Vidyalaya, Wagora, Shiksha. He asked the con - simple procedure for fill - Baramulla. cerned officers to utilize the ing of gas as well as cylin - Pertinently, these Girls’ funds judiciously. ders, he says. “One needs Hostels had been approved Director also asked the to get registered at our under centrally sponsored CEO to start distribution of control war room and after scheme, Samagra Shiksha dry ration among the benefici - registration we give them with an objective to provide ary students for the month of cylinders or fill old cylin - equitable platform for girls to April and May 2021 by ders and those who are pursue education. involving representatives of unable to pay we provide During the visit, Director Panchayati Raj Institutions. them free cylinders”, issued strict instructions to Those who accompanied Manu Rana said. concerned Executive the Project Director were Our company provides Engineers to expedite these Executive Engineers of constant services of fitting, constructions for completion School Education filling as well as repairs, in a time bound manner. He Department, Chief Education he adds. “We provide serv - directed them to complete the Officer Baramulla, Assistant ices through video calling works of KGBVs by August ed to the government building Hostel Panzipura before 31st Executive Engineers and also so that the distressed 2021. positively by 1st July, 2021. of July, 2021. Junior Engineers from families do not have to Regarding KGBV He also issued necessary Later, he visited construc - Samagra Shiksha as well as come out in these present Wagoora, Director asked the instructions to Executive tion works at Government R&B Department. times”, he remarked. TRUTH PREVAIL EDITORIAL/ARTICLE 4 JAMMU MONDAY MAY 24, 2021 COVID: IN THE SHADOW OF THE GRIM REAPER -Dibyangee Saha line are the worst rites is unique to the lections from the pre - Let the duel begin EDITORIAL A year was not affected. A systematic diverse cultures pres - vious year haunted -Arghya Sengupta ducting Durga Pujas) and enough to ease a review of the mental ent within India. In their path. Hardened With the victory of the has as many religious hol - nation into prepared - health of healthcare effect, grieving is by the certainty of ness. Masks were low - workers published in designed for the bene - death, for most under - Trinamul Congress in idays in a year as there are SEEK HELP ered, campaigns ral - the Journal of Diabetes fit of the living as taking the precarious West Bengal, the Dravida religions in the country, The government has been doing lied, and hands shak - and Metabolic opposed to those who journey, it is a catch- Munnetra Kazhagam in this understanding is en. All the while a sec - Disorders concluded have passed on. Being 22 between death by Tamil Nadu and the Left plainly misplaced. yeoman’s job in controlling the spread ond wave of Covid-19 that during the SARS- able to see, touch, and hunger and death by Democratic Front in Read the textbook fur - of coronavirus by providing whatever threatened to take the CoV-2 outbreak, perform rituals upon the virus. Harsh Kerala, a familiar question ther and it makes a subtle is in its hands but what is making mammoth shape of a healthcare workers the dead are essential Mander, the author of has again cropped up: can shift to say that the state tsunami. The figures have been facing to the process. One Locking Down the things troublesome for everyone in an alliance of like-minded should be impartial are staggering, except aggravated psycholog - can argue along con - Poor, claims that regional parties success - towards all religions. Now Jammu is the alarming death rate they only tell half the ical pressure and even servative lines and Covid is a humanitari - fully topple the Bharatiya impartiality does not nec - truth. The gross under- mental illness. accuse Covid proto - an crisis and, like the which is not declining despite the Janata Party in the 2024 essarily require separation reporting of fatalities Overworked profes - cols of defiling the Bengal Famine, is extraordinary efforts of all the stake - in 'model' states like sionals are susceptible body of the deceased. man-made. general elections? This is of religion from the State holders managing the affairs with Gujarat, Uttar to suffering from care But even within the The Central nature not a new question - talk but rather equal respect - of a so-called 'federal the two are fundamentally regard to COVID-19 pandemic. Pradesh, Haryana and fatigue alongside con - socio-medical para - of task forces, siloiza - Madhya Pradesh thin - tracting Covid. This digm there are ramifi - tion of expertise and front' has surfaced time different. Despite this, the Taking the cognizance of this issue, ly veils the failures of exhaustion not only cations to consider. the government's and again between 2014 reason for the elision of the government has already conducted our policy-makers. stems from the stress The violence inflicted ambition to meet tar - and 2019. separation and impartiality studies to find out the exact reason With pictures of melt - of dealing with large on the corpse fades gets by polishing Yet, previous efforts at is the fact that religion ing incinerators and numbers of Covid into insignificance in numbers have con - forming such a collective plays too critical a role in behind the rising number of casualties. patients in body bags patients but also from comparison to the psy - tributed to the oiling against the BJP have never the lives of Indian citizens Even the specialized team from the inundating the inter - encountering death on chological assault on of the death machine. taken off. Commentators for the state to sidestep it net, even those incar - a daily basis. the bereaved who are At this point, with have been quick to explain entirely. The constant centre also visited the UT to get first - cerated within houses In this context, one deprived of the oppor - Covid wards spilling hand knowledge about this disturbing are not completely also thinks of workers tunity to come to terms into general facilities, this by taking recourse to a incantation of secularism trend and after thorough investigation insulated from the who dispose of with death. This caus - patients who would hackneyed trope in Indian in this context appears to experience. Far from corpses at crematori - es a disjunction not have been com - election coverage - the wish away the place of and analysis both the UT and the cen - providing a false sense ums and graveyards. between the reality promised under ordi - smartness of the Indian religion in Indian life. tral teams reached at the conclusion of comfort, the gov - Belonging to the so- containing that void nary circumstances voter in voting local for There is need for a better that the corona mutant which is active ernment's attempt at called lower-caste and their perception of are also being denied state elections and nation - concept that can grasp the mollification only Dom community, they the same. resources. While al for general elections. importance of religion in the region is highly contagious and exacerbates the disso - are the last ones to On an average day, mainstream media Irrespective of whether while requiring the State ferocious enough to take more lives as nance between truth handle Covid-inflicted our privilege not only reduce human lives to this is actually true, it is to be firmly impartial compared to those strains that hit the and its representation. bodies. The ghats of determines how we statistics, it is not dif - misleading - the voter has between religions. Besides, promises Varanasi, which see live but also how we ficult to perceive never really been present - This is especially so region earlier or the ones which are in of collective progress multiple cremations die, where we die, anecdotally or from other parts of the country. There is not are much harder to every day, were burn - what happens to our our own lives that ed with anything closely since as a practical matter, swallow when one has ing close to 150 bodies bodies, how we are there is a lot more resembling a credible secularism as a concept an iota of doubt that government has to grapple with loss on daily last month. memorialized. A coun - misery than we are alternative alliance. The has been successfully mis - mobilized all its resources and is the personal front. The People are having to try rife with political taking cognisance of. federal front has been characterized by its oppo - doing things on war footing but look - scourge of unemploy - wait for eight to nine turmoil is no stranger Has the increased squarely unable to tran - nents as shorthand for ing into the exigency and to stop the ment is more real than hours before they can to empty graves of proximity to death scend its image of a ragtag minority appeasement. projected economic have their turn at cre - untraceable Kashmiri inured us to grief or grouping of opportunistic The truth of such an alle - deaths there is dire need that LG’s growth, the dearth of mation. The price for youth killed in have we become apa - outfits with as many prime gation is a different matter. administration should ask centre for medicine and oxygen the same has also seen encounters, or Dalit thetic in our privilege? ministerial aspirants as But secular parties have more palpable than the an unprecedented hike funerals being inter - In the light of the there are parties. often been seen as target - more help and if possible teams of benefits of vaccine during this span. The rupted by upper-caste recent oxygen crisis, This can only change in ing the votes of various highly specialized medicos could be diplomacy. Hence, a numbers disclosed by musclemen. Even the cabinet minister, 2024 if state parties get religious and caste vote sought from Delhi or elsewhere to chest that carries the the State do not tally though the crisis Piyush Goyal stated, grief of bereavement with those from the induced by the pan - "We need to use med - their act together in two banks through a range of guide the local brain in containing will seldom inflate burn yards, but locals demic has not com - ical oxygen rationally respects. Any alliance empowerment schemes. rather stopping the fatalities. There is with nationalistic suspect most of these pletely erased differ - and stop its wastage. must have a coherent ideo - Such schemes are effec - no harm in doing this because the cen - pride. bodies to be of Covid ences, humankind as a Patients should be logical foundation. So far, tive electoral devices for Death is undoubted - victims. whole has been pushed given the required the federal front has sim - consolidating the minority tral team can find out loopholes in the ly a corollary of life Haridwar - the site towards the precipice. amount of oxygen ply been shorthand for a vote, a strategy that has treatment if any or even ask the doc - and one has to accept of the now infamous Needless to say, those only". Perhaps like the coalition to defeat the BJP paid rich dividends for the tors here to change the strategy to deal its onslaught in the Covid superspreader, at the margins are the supply of oxygen, the by a combination of TMC in 2021. To do this wake of a pandemic. the Kumbh Mela - is first to fall off. government's empa - opportunism, slander and may have been politically with cases which are serious in nature. Appropriating the located on the banks of A project undertak - thy and our ability to invective. Such over - prudent. But doing this, The experts in the UT have already death toll as an appara - the same Ganges as en by the American grieve are also run - tus to undermine real Varanasi. The prover - Public Media ning dry. A personal whelmingly negative cam - while at the same time come up with a conclusion that the efforts made in the bial and literal dip into Research Labs called crisis deserves only so paigns may have short- making the claim of being strain present in the region is difficult healthcare or research the death deluge is "The Color of much tears. A greater term gains if public disaf - secular, is vulnerable to to handle as its characteristics are bit sector is hardly fair. made 'symbolic' in Coronavirus" share shall be reserved fection with the govern - political attack. Yet it is not so much more ways than one. observed that black for bigger, more cata - ment is sky-high, as was Instead of secularism, harmful and it contracts infection very death that is shaking The river has emerged people have been dis - strophic tragedies. the case during the sur - like-minded parties need fast and to all who come in the contact (or not shaking) our as a site to unpack the proportionately and The persistent attacks prising post-Emergency to reclaim the older and without any discrimination. Under conscience as it is the converging interests negatively impacted on humanity have cre - victory of the Janata Party homegrown mantle of relentlessness of its and sorrows of several by the coronavirus ated an atmosphere of such condition, asking for help from against Indira Gandhi. But vividhata, roughly trans - machinery. One is groups: the akharas, with higher rates of imminent doom. neither did that victory lated as diversity. As the hardly allowed time to the Doms, the State infection, hospitaliza - Death has hollowed us the centre is not at all a bad idea and bring stability nor did it basis for an alternative to therefore the government should not recover from loss and the bereaved. tion and death. Closer all, impelling us to before being attacked Although the fre - home, as the Anand ration our emotions. It truly serve its purpose of majoritarian politics, waste much of time in taking this deci - physically, emotional - quency of death has Vihar bus terminal seems we are living creating a sustainable vividhata is based on sion as already many precious lives ly and psychological - increased, our ability filled up once more on borrowed time and alternative, leading to equal respect for all reli - ly. to cope with it has not. with migrant labour - we owe our debt to Indira Gandhi's swift gions. Diversity necessari - have been lost. Those on the front The practice of death ers, traumatic recol - death. comeback. While, in the ly entails equal respect aftermath of the Narendra being accorded to persons Modi government's sham - different from oneself, bolic handling of the sec - particularly those of dif - TOUGHER ROUND ond wave of the coron - ferent faiths. The State -Samantak Das rent wave is far more lethal; because the virus is deadlier effects including labour marginal propensity to con - India was advantageously avirus pandemic, public need not be separated If the first wave of the this is manifest in its trans - but because health support is requirements. It is reasonable sume is larger. Finally, there placed in this regard. All anger is palpable, elec - from religion - it only coronavirus ravaged the missibility, higher case count not guaranteed. to expect further depression is no demand offset or fiscal these bolstered consumer tions are three years away. needs to ensure that its economy, what might the and fatalities. Because of More factors point to an of consumer sentiments, support from the govern - confidence, inspired hope The public may well be reasons for action are not second round be like? As the these attributes, the financial enduring persistence of fear increased savings to insure ment, which gave some that the country would vacci - more forgiving than angry based on the faith of its virus rampages across the and physical toll the virus has this time round. One, people against further health shocks, sparse support last year. nate itself to safety, and when 2024 comes around. citizens and that it treats country, attention is riveted taken upon the public is way now believe and expect that a with consequent cutbacks or Not only is the spending recover steadily through this So far, the closest state all faiths equally and fair - upon its economic effects. higher. The emotional and third wave is a real threat. postponement of consump - appetite, which depends upon year. Assessments of the viral human costs of this wave are There is official warning of tion where there's a choice, consumer sentiments, more The augurs for a strong parties have come to a ly. play-out have led to across- far more disturbing: rich and this possibility; leading med - that is, discretionary spend - diminished by the second burst of pent-up demand constructive, forward- Equally, vividhata the-board revisions in growth poor alike have suffered, suc - ical professionals have also ing; a larger portion of built- wave, but the capacities to upon reopening are signifi - looking and aspirational requires a celebration of forecasts the past fortnight. cumbing in droves from the cautioned the same; and the up demand in this instance is spend are also drained and cantly weakened in the sec - ideological foundation is the geographical diversity From an 11-12 per cent range lack of oxygen, its sudden fact that its incidence is like - likely to be preserved for lowered overall. The milder ond wave. It would be very their proclaimed need to of India. This can only be expected before (some even stoppages when hospitalized, ly to impact children is more shock-proofing. wave last year did not create surprising if consumer uphold the value of secu - achieved if states are vest - higher), predictions for gross callous exploitation by sell - frightening. Two, the fear is There are three more rea - a health havoc of such mag - demand rebounds with simi - larism. Unfortunately, sec - ed with greater powers domestic product growth for ers and the sheer absence of perpetuated by the shocking sons to indicate why con - nitude, its human and eco - lar robustness, currently ularism as the tie that vis-à-vis the unitary 2021-22 have now been state checks and safeguards. slippage in vaccination cov - sumer demand could remain nomic costs were lower, and expected from July. The binds non-BJP parties is Centre. There is a deep- adjusted down to the 8-10 per Traumas extend beyond the erage and the apparent short - lower for longer this time it did not inflict severe emo - demand build-up owing to poorly conceptualized and rooted view that stems cent region on average. The loss of loved ones to crema - ages of vaccines for adequate round. One, there is a second- tional scars or form painful closures will be there; people counterproductive as an from the partition of India general belief is that the sec - tory shortages, misde - and fast protection from the round loss of incomes and memories as there are now. will also spend on festivities, ond wave of Covid-19 will meanours and indignities; virus. Even though the gov - employment in less than a Its moderate nature and weddings and similar activi - electoral pitch. At its root, that greater power to states not damage economic output dead bodies immersed in ernment now says that there year, similar and/or repeat impact emboldened people to ties in the festival season in there is a deep conceptual is a recipe for the disinte - as severely as it was affected rivers or buried at their banks will be enough vaccines from damages to vulnerable busi - shake off their fear, which the second half of the year. confusion about what sec - gration of the Indian last year. The uncertainty is in escape are a painful reality. July and is confident about nesses and firms, with further encouraged spending. However, the level of con - ularism means in India. republic. This is why, with very high as new infections The scarring caused by covering the adult majority, slippages into poverty and Therefore, the repressed con - sumer spending is more like - This confusion is captured the announcement of the erupt powerfully in newer the experience of not getting the gap gives ample latitude probably an accentuation of sumer demand rebounded ly to get lower overall; its in any school civics text - independent state of and rural locations, although hospital beds and intensive to the virus to multiply and inequality (such as the K- with surprising force in the strength and duration are book. Pakistan, the Constituent aggregate new cases have care despite having mutate with unknown inten - shaped recoveries amongst third quarter or October- both doubtful; endurance is It starts by saying that Assembly was quick to visibly slowed with signs of a resources, paying through the sity. households and firms December 2020; this uplifted more probable. It is reason - secularism in India is the discard the provincial flattening infection curve. It nose with meagre means, Three, the manner in and observed in the previous retail sales and production able to expect that the feroci - separation of religion from autonomy guarantees of is difficult to predict the mag - enduring callous black-mar - the pace at which infections round). Savings and earnings activities to push up GDP ty of the second wave, the the State. For a State that the Cabinet Mission Plan nitude. But there are grounds keting and the rejection of are spreading unabated in are more depleted as a result. growth into positive territory distress, destruction, insecu - to believe that the second cashless insurance contracts rural, tribal and other remote An unknown fraction of peo - (0.4 per cent) after two suc - rity and fear it has caused, the manages the country's and adopt a heavily cen - wave will leave a lasting eco - and more has bred insecurity areas preserve the fear of ple would also have been cessive quarters of contrac - elevated uncertainty about richest temples through tralized governance struc - nomic imprint. The shock to amongst the affected and Covid-19 amongst society as financially drained by health tion (a respective -24.4 per when the wildfire will sub - government boards (think: ture. Today, on the eve of consumption could persist unaffected alike. The fear, a whole. This restricts mobil - expenses; many might be cent and -7.3 percent in June side, and the darkened Tirupati), pays local clubs India's 74th year of inde - for many, many quarters. vulnerability, helplessness ity and social and economic more indebted too. Then, the and September 2020). prospects of vaccine protec - for organizing religious pendence, the possible The qualitative differ - and caution are leading peo - engagement; there are feed - newer locus of Covid-19 - Moreover, vaccine optimism tion could cumulate to a last - festivals (think: the gov - disintegration of the ences between the second ple to lock themselves up back effects upon confidence rural, semi-urban areas - built up towards the end of ing shock to consumption. ernment of West Bengal Union is a bogey to keep coronavirus wave and the ini - from fright rather than fiat, and sentiments of consumers implies a higher economic last year; many had been This shock could persist spending Rs 185 crore to states subservient to the tial one are significant and knowing that death is a dis - as well as producers that incidence upon the lower- developed, inoculations had beyond one or two quarters prop up para groups con - Centre. substantial. For one, the cur - tinct possibility, not just result in real economic income population, whose begun in some countries, and or several more ahead. TRUTH PREVAIL NEWS 5 JAMMU, MONDAY , MAY 24, 2021 Govt. Degree College Nowshera observes BJP OBC Morcha distributes Hartal for Harmony Organisation appreciates "Antiterrorism Day" TP CORRESPONDENT JAMMU, MAY 23: The food packets among needy Department of Punjabi, Government Degree TP CORRESPONDENT the efforts of People's Hut Foundation (NGO) College, Nowshera organ - JAMMU, MAY 23: In the ized National Level Online View of Covid 19 second ment and the population Essay Writing competition wave BJP OBC Morcha of the country. It identi - on the theme "To Wean Accelerates "Sewa Hi fies the needs of the com - Away the Youth from Sangathan" drive and organ - munity and provides its Terrorism" on 21st May, ising various social tasks for support and services, 2021 on the occasion of the wellbeing of public even in the most "Antiterrorism Day" 2021 across Jammu Kashmir. untouched and marginal - under the aegis of "Azadi Ka Today on the directions of ized areas, where the Amrut-Mahotsav". A num - Braham Jyot Satti, President government is not able to ber of students of different BJP OBC Morcha JK-UT; reach."Advocate Nikhil institutions participated in Under"Sewa Hi Sangathan" said. the event through online drive BJP OBC Morcha Jammu Rural Organised "Non-governmental organi - mode. The students threw Photo by Ajay zations coming forward light on how terrorism is Food Distribution Program at to help covid 19 patients affecting young generation Kangar Morh, Kot-Bhalwal, In the program they dis - said Braham Jyot is great and their families and to and gave valuable sugges - Jammu-Rural. tributed Food packets visionary leader and OBC is fight the pandemic and tions how we can remain Rajinder Singh Chib (Rajmah - Chawal) among achieving new heights under extend help by providing away from it at state and (District President BJP), needy people of the area and his leadership. food, medicines and national level. The event Ravi Mehra (Office they also provide basic Braham Jyot appreciated other essentials at their was organized by Prof. Secretary and Co-Convenor amenities to them. They also Ravi Mehra, Shamsher Photo by Vivek cost deserves all appreci - Gurjeet Singh of Department Sewa hi Sangathan drive BJP provided guidance to the vil - Prajapati for executing com - TP CORRESPONDENT who can cook food at remotest regions of our ation There is no doubt of Punjabi under the overall OBC Morcha JK-UT) were lagers regarding Covid-19 mendable works. He advised JAMMU, MAY 23: Hartal for their homes. operational areas and that the grit and supervision and guidance of present in main in the pro - SOPs. All Covid-19 SOPs public to avoid social gather - Harmony - A Human HFH President Advocate urban slums, their sur - resilience shown by the the Principal of the college, gram. were followed by organisers ings for some days and said Rights welfare organiza - Nikhil Padha said the vival, safety and their civil society crusaders Dr. Surinder Kumar. The It was organised by and public present there. "Sewa Hi Sangathan" means tion of J&K which is an NGO is distributing food health. But PHF efforts, against COVID-19 is Principal of the college Shamsher Prajapati (District People were very happy by serving to humanity so in this amalgam of various and other essentials at the along with its partner paramount. Though we appreciated the faculty for President BJP OBC Morcha this program and said only hard time BJP OBC Morcha advocacy and non - doorsteps of covid NGOs, have been con - are yet to see the end of organizing the quiz and Jammu Rural) and arrange - BJP OBC Morcha is serving is serving people across Government organiza - patients and their fami - centrated on reaching all the pandemic, it is key spreading the awareness ments also done by to humanity in this hard time. Jammu Kashmir and in this tions, activists, lies. He added in the households as far as pos - that the civil society about the violence caused by Parshotam Kumar (District Rajinder Singh Chib crucial time OBC Morcha researchers, lawyers and wake of this deadly pan - sible, with basic Food, organisations collaborate the terrorists and the ele - Secretary BJP OBC Morcha appreciated OBC Morcha stands with every needy per - writers based in India demic and the lockdown Health and hygiene kits with the government in a ments of terrorism. The Jammu Rural). and said BJP OBC Morcha is son of the state and is com - appreciates the efforts of induced by it, our first for covid 19 affected constructive and mean - event was judged by Dr. Sanjay Kumar (District doing very well in all fields. mitted to work for the well - People's Hut Foundation thoughts were about how patients and their fami - ingful way to build back Saleem Ahmad Yatoo of Secretary OBC Morcha), He said huge number of peo - being of public. He said OBC (NGO) who are provid - to reach out to covid lies. better, and enhance GDC Nowshera and Prof. Rajinder Malhotra (Senior ple is residing in this village Morcha is standing with ing cooked meals to the affected families and "In a country like India, the India's preparedness to Beant Singh from GDC Worker BJP OBC Morcha), and in this lockdown they every citizen of society and it Covid 19 patients and other underprivileged NGO's like People's Hut face any threat on the Sunderbani. Top 3 position Payal Loriya, Pankaj, don't have any kind of work is working as frontline war - their families, they also communities. Topmost in Foundation bridge the development of its socie - holders were awarded Yogesh, Sahil, Avinash were to do, so it is good to see that rior, OBC Morcha will con - provide ration to people our minds were the gap between the govern - ty and people. Certificates of Excellence. present there. BJP OBC Morcha is organis - tinue social tasks for the ing social tasks in these vil - wellbeing of public. lages. He said this is very He also urged public to get BJP relying on community-driven crucial time for all of us and vaccinated and said if anyone Ch. Zulfikar Ali strongly condemns with unite efforts we will needs any kind of help can overcome this pandemic very contact District President of soon. He urged public to get BJP OBC Morcha of respec - approach to end corona: Bharat Bhushan vaccinated as Vaccination tive District, BJP OBC sacrilegious act in Kotranka TP CORRESPONDENT drive for above 18 age Morcha will provide him JAMMU, MAY 23: The groups has been started. He appropriate help. Appeals for communal harmony BJP has adopted a communi - ty-driven COVID preven - TP CORRESPONDENT elements who are bent conclusion exposing the tion and case management Acute water scarcity in JAMMU, MAY 23 : Ch. upon to create disturbance anti-social elements behind model by roping in its Zulfikar Ali, Former and promote enemity the act which could have Mandal level and block level Minister and Vice between two communities. triggered communal vio - workers to fight coronavirus. Sainik Colony: Namrta President, Apni Party has We have lived in peace and lence across J&K," said This was stated by DDC TP CORRESPONDENT Namrta added. condemned the sacrile - will continue to live with Zulfikar. Chairman Jammu and for - JAMMU, MAY 23: Is it possible for the com - gious act at Kotranka and each other," said Ch. He, however, appealed mer MLA, Bharat Bhushan Namrta Sharma, Apni Party, mon man to daily buy a demanded strict action Zulfikar Ali. to the people not to get Bodhi during his visit to Provincial President, Women tanker for Rs 1200? There against the elements trying He said that he strongly provoked with such inci - Wing has condemned the Jal are numerous complaints and Modi Covid Care Center set Photo by Vivek to disrupt communal broth - condemned the act which dents which are pre- up by BJP under the Sewa Hi Shakti Dept for its failure to no one is listening to them. erhood in J&K with their happened in Kotranka by planned to exploit the emo - Sangathan Hai Abhiyan at ing awareness about fortifi - Later, the DDC Chairman supply drinking water in two The officials do not resolve anti-social activities. burning the pages of the tions of the people against Village Purkhoo of Raipur cation against the lethal visited the Ayush Medical wards of Sainik Colony in the problems in supplying "Spreading hate with Holy Book. each other. Domana Assembly, here virus," he said. Camp organized by the Jammu. routine drinking water to the such activities will never "The act was aimed to "I appeal to the people to today. The DDC Chairman Department of Indian Namrta said that the peo - people. There is no accounta - divert the attention of the divide society and it should maintain communal har - Pertinent to mention here asserted that the whole BJP System of Medicine (ISM) ple in ward No. 69 and ward bility nor the officials realize people. People of J&K are be seriously looked into by mony and cooperate with that all essential items like cadre is on forefront to at Seri Panditan. No. 70 have been put to their responsibility towards mature enough to under - the police and investiga - the law enforcement agen - oxygen concentrators, food, extend help and cooperation The DDC Chairman dis - unnecessary inconvenience the people, said Namrta. stand the misdeeds of such tion must be taken to the cies," he said. Covid care kits, medicines, to the people hit by the sec - tributed free immunity as drinking water is not being Namrta said that the nexus etc were provided by the ond wave of coronavirus. He boosting medicines, face supplied in routine. of water tankers and officials Member Parliament Jugal said that no other party in the masks and sanitizers among “There is a gap of 6 to 8 in Jal Shakti have stressed SMVDU Faculty Delivered a Talk in Kishore. The Hall for Modi UT is working on ground to the people of the area. days and every day, the peo - the people in the covid situa - Care Center was provided by mitigate people's problems. The senior BJP leader ple have to suffer. The dearth tion when people have lost BJP leader Rakesh Singh. The DDC Chairman also appreciated the efforts of of drinking water in the pres - their jobs. While thanking MP Jugal appreciated the efforts of ISM Department for con - ent covid situation has wors - “You go to them and noth - the Online International Conference Kishore for his philanthropic Ashok Kerni Mandal ducting the camp and sensi - ened the situation and people ing will happen. They assure TP CORRESPONDENT Professional University, with the Advance Research support, the DDC Chairman President Rural, Raipur tizing the people about pre - are made to buy drinking that problems will be JAMMU, MAY 23: Dr. Bhopal (M. P.).The confer - Educational Society said that BJP has come up Domana Constitutency for cautions needed to be fol - water from the private opera - resolved but they continue Surender Singh, Faculty, ence was organized during (ARES), India. with Sewa Hi Sangathan providing various services to lowed to prevent COVID-19 tors of water tankers for Rs with their routine. If the School of Mathematics, Shri 21-22 May 2021.Dr. Singh A number of faculty Abhiyan to render selfless people in distress during infection besides highlight - 1200 per tanker and it is pumping stations become Mata Vaishno Devi delivered his talk (online) members and research service to people for provid - COVID under this cam - ing the importance of injustice with the people,” defunct, it takes them weeks said Namrta. to do repair work at the cost University (SMVDU), titled "On Some Concepts in scholars across India and ing succor to those who have paign. He asked Kerni to Corona vaccination. been marred by coronavirus continue his efforts in miti - Bharat Bhushan also visit - Namrta said that the peo - of the suffering of the peo - Katra, delivered a talk at the Fuzzy Theory with abroad participated in this ple are not only suffering due ple,” said Namrta. virtual international confer - Applications". virtual conference. in one way or the other. gating the sufferings of peo - ed the Govt Higher ple facing hardship due to Secondary School, Seri to the scarcity of drinking Namrta said that the Dept. ence on "Emerging Trends The talk was mainly Dr. Singh extended thanks "Under Sewa Hi Sangathan Hai Abhiyan, the this lethal virus. Panditan to review the five- water but the Dept’s failure should make the field offi - in Engineering, Science, focused on the development to the organizers for inviting party activists provided Sarpanch Pawan Salathia, bedded Covid Ward setup on has overburdened them cials accountable and Management & Commerce" of metric similarity meas - him and showed his grati - masks, sanitisers and other SDPO Domana Koshin the directions of Lt financially. answerable. “There should organized by the ures using certain notions of tude to Prof. A. K. Malik of items of need to scores of Kaul, BMO Bhalwal, SHO Governor. He said following “It seems that the officials be a complaint redressal Department of Electronics fuzzy theory. Advance Research people thus serving the dual Kanachak Vishwa Pratap the directions of Lt in Jal Shakti Dept. have mechanism in Jal Shakti & Communication The conference was Education Society for pro - purpose of providing neces - Singh, Kisan Morcha Media Governor five-bedded Covid deliberately created water Dept. The complaints must Engineering, Madhyanchal organized in association viding him with an opportu - sary items for fighting coro - in-charge Vijay and Ajay Ward has been set up in vil - crises for people to benefit be redressed within a time nity to showcase his work. na and side by side generat - were also present. lage Raipur. the water tanker operators,” frame. Govt. Degree College Nowshera Observes "World Corporator Kapahi kicks starts blacktopping Biodiversity Day and Endangered Species Day" work in Ward-14 Bhahwati Nagar TP CORRESPONDENT Surinder Kumar while Priya Kapoor, etc. First JAMMU, MAY 23: The Miss. Manisha Kanchru of Prize was also shared from TP CORRESPONDENT Department of the Department of other colleges and universi - JAMMU, MAY 23: Jammu Municipal Corporation Environmental Sciences, Environmental Sciences ty like Mr. Ajay Neerajfrom (JMC) Corporator Parmodh Government Degree was the coordinator of the Central University of kapahi today kick started College, Nowshera organ - event. The Principal of the Gujarat, Maryam Jabeen blacktopping work at ized National Level Quiz college appreciated the fac - Choudhar from GDC, Bhagwati Nagar Ward No 14 competition on "World ulty of Environmental Mendhar and Nandani The blacktopping work Biodiversity Day and Sciences for organizing the Thakur from SVS Degree was inaugurated by Parmodh Endangered Species Day" quiz and spreading the mes - College for women Rajouri. Kapahi in presence of on 22nd of May 2021 on the sage of importance and The second position was prominent citizens of Ward- topic "Wildlife Biodiversity value of biodiversity and its awarded to 11 students: 14 and to fulfil the long of India". The event was conservation at national Diya Bhardawaj, Shriya pending demands of the resi - organized under the aegis of level. Top 3 positions were Gupta, Bhawana Ghai, dents. Photo by Vivek "EK Bharat Shrestha & awarded Certificate of Gagandeep Choudhary, The work being executed Azadi Ka Amrut Excellence while others are Sanjeev Choudhary, Rishav by the Public Works depart - Parmodh Kapahi gave Black topping and renovation Mahotsav"A large number given participation certifi - Kapoor, Komal Sharma, etc ment in presence of AEE, JE, them a patient hearing and of road is in progress so as to Contractor and Corporator. assured them that all their prevent any inconvenience to of students participated in cates. The first prize was of GDC Nowshera and genuine demands be the people of the ward", he the event through online bagged by 21 students from Safia Jabeen Choudhary Later, Kapahi along with AEE and JE also visited redressed in a time-bound said. mode. The competition GDC Nowshera viz. from BGSBU, Rajouri. manner. The people thanked focused on importance and Neharika Gupta, Sanjana While 10 other students of Ward-14 and its surrounding localities, met with the He further added that Parmodh Kapahi, AEE and value of biodiversity at Sharma, Nazima Iqbal, GDC Nowshera: Palak locals, who put forth various development work going on JE for listening to the issues national level. The quiz was Riya Bhardawaj, Shazia Dutta, Esha Sharma, Vishal issues of public importance at Bhahwati Nagar in Ward regarding developmental organized by Dr. Saleem Kouser, Danish Gupta, Choudhary, Akash Sharma, such as construction/renova - No 14 is already being com - works whether it was lanes, Ahmad of Department of Amritpal Singh, Shekhar Rajni Sharma, Priya Rajput, tion of pending lanes and pleted at a 3rd pace with the drains or roads and for ensur - Environmental Sciences Bhardawaj Ankush Baljinder Kour, etc secured drains, blacktopping of the cooperation of AEE & JE and ing them that all the pending under supervision of the Bhardawaj, Yasir Iqbal, third position in the compe - main roads as well as interior also due to the support of the developmental work of the Principal of the college, Dr. Tiya Suri, Reetika Sharma, tition. lanes, etc. people Bhagwati Nagar ward will be completed soon. BDC Chairman Bhaderwah Rapist Arrested After 2 years: Reasi Police alleged ‘unequal’ distribution TP CORRESPONDENT Bashir Ahmed evaded inves - ulous planning and effective of District Plan fund JAMMU, MAY 23: Reasi tigation by going at large & coordination, tracked & TP CORRESPONDENT Police arrested Bashir couldn't be apprehended as developed a specific input, JAMMU, MAY 23: Ahmed S/O Abdul Rashid he kept on changing hideouts which led to his arrest from Chairman Block Development R/O Chaklass Jamaslan in militancy infested south district Shopian, across the Council Bhaderwah alleged Mahore, an absconding crim - Kashmir. Pir Panchal range in J&K. unequal distribution of district inal accused of kidnapping Meanwhile case got This is arrest of another plan grant fund in Doda dis - and repeatedly raping an proved against the accused absconder involved in trict and demanded enhance - innocent woman, after a hunt on the basis of expert opinion heinous crime, by Reasi ment of grant keeping in view of two years. of Forensic Science Police. Senior the 30 Panchayats of block After kidnapping Ms Laboratory report, medical Superintendent of Police Bhaderwah. In a statement Photo by Vivek Shaheen (name changed) lodging Case FIR number opinion and statement of the Reasi Sh Shailender Singh issued here , Omi Chand accused Bashir Ahmed kept 74/2019 Dated 09/12/2019 victim. has geared up his police team informed that in Doda district her in his custody for one day U/S 366, 376, 342 IPC of Accused was constantly to put all hard core criminals there are many blocks which & raped her repeatedly Police Station Mahore, the evading his arrest for the last behind the bars so that peace included Khellani , Udyanpur, despite her resistance. Once accused went underground & 2 years by frequently chang - loving citizens can sleep Chiralla, Chilly Pingal and the matter came to police & was evading arrest after com - ing his locations. peacefully & woman folk can others which are based on 8 to investigation started after mission of crime. Accused Reasi Police with a metic - roam around safely. 10 Panchayats. NATIONAL/STATE TRUTH PREVAIL 6 JAMMU, MONDAY , MAY 24, 2021 Cyclone Tauktae: 8 Bodies of Suspected Barge P305 Located On Seabed, Navy Continues Search For 20 Missing Barge P305 Victims Found MUMBAI: Barge P305 which sank during Cyclone MUMBAI: Eight unidenti - Navy had said. Guard are also searching for Tauktae fury six days ago fied bodies were found at Of the 261 personnel who 11 persons from tugboat was located on the seabed three different locations were on barge P305 at the Varaprada who went missing on Saturday, the Navy said, along the coast in time of the incident, 186 have after the cyclone. Of the 13 while it continued the Maharashtra's Raigad district been rescued so far, it had people on Varaprada, two search for 20 missing per - and the police suspect they said. have been rescued. sonnel from two vessels. could be of some of the vic - Barge P305, which housed On Saturday, four bodies There was no trace yet of tims of barge P305 that sank personnel engaged in mainte - were also found on the shore nine personnel from barge off the Mumbai coast in nance work of an offshore oil of the Arabian Sea in P305 and 11 from tugboat cyclone Tauktae, a police drilling platform of state-run Gujarat's Valsad district. Varaprada while the death official said on Sunday. oil and gas major ONGC, "Seeing the uniforms and count on P305 rose to 66 Out of the eight bodies sank on Monday evening off life jackets on the four bod - with the recovery of six found on Saturday, five were the Mumbai coast after it ies, it appears they are all more bodies during the washed ashore in Mandwa, went adrift due to the high- members of the barge that day, a Navy spokesperson two in Alibaug and another speed winds and huge tidal had sunk off the Mumbai said. one in Murud, the senior offi - waves caused by the extreme - coast," Superintendent of Barge P305 has been cial from Raigad police said. about the bodies, he added. said. ly severe cyclone which Police, Valsad, Rajdeepsinh located on the seabed after "The bodies are yet to be Barge P305 sank during The death count on the brushed the Mumbai coast on Jhala told. systematic search by INS off the Mumbai coast as the deep injuries and therefore identified," he said. the Cyclone Tauktae fury last barge rose to 66 with the its way to Gujarat. The Navy had deployed Makar employing search and rescue opera - they are beyond recogni - Local administration and Monday and was located on recovery of six more bodies Apart from the nine miss - specialised diving teams to advanced side scan sonar tions entered the sixth day tion, the official said. senior officials of the state the seabed on Saturday, a on Saturday, while nine per - ing personnel of the barge boost the search and rescue while search for the miss - on Saturday. Blood samples of those police have been informed Navy spokesperson earlier sonnel are still missing, the P305, the Navy and the Coast operations. ing personnel will continue Struggling to establish who died and their immedi - through the night, he said. the identity of almost half ate relatives are being col - Centre Allows Covid Vaccination of The Navy also deployed the victims of the P305 lected and sent to the Bihar Student Develops "Robot" To specialised diving teams to barge tragedy, police initi - Forensic Science boost the search and rescue ated the process of con - Laboratory at Kalina in operations (SAR). ducting the DNA testing of Mumbai, he said. Employee's Family Members At Workplace the bodies, an official said "After the samples are NEW DELHI: The tive employers, can also be "So far, 66 mortal Assist In Treatment Of Covid Patients remains have been recov - on Saturday. matched, the bodies will be Union Health Ministry on covered with Covid-19 vac - The robot can also help in ered. The SAR ops are con - A Mumbai police handed over to the respec - Saturday in a letter to states cination at the Industrial tinuing through the night," spokesperson said the tive family members," he carrying video conferencing and union territories (UTs) Covid vaccination centres at public spaces such as rail - the spokesperson said. Navy has handed over the said, adding that the DNA way station, bus stands, allowed family members (CVCs) and the Workplace "To augment the ongoing bodies recovered so far to sampling process is expect - offices etc by using a unique and dependants of the CVCs." SAR ops for the missing the city police. As many as ed to be completed in the QR code. With the help of employees to be covered in It further stated that, for crew of Barge P305 and 41 bodies were handed next three days. this technique, doctors can the Covid vaccination drives covering these beneficiaries, Tug Varaprada, specialised over to the relatives after RT-PCR tests to ascer - issue an e-prescribtion to the conducted at workplaces. the vaccine will have to be diving teams onboard INS the completion of formali - tain whether the victims patients in home isolation as Earlier, in order to procured by the private hos - Makar with side-scan sonar ties, he said. had COVID-19 infection well. increase the accessibility of pitals with whom the respec - and INS Tarasa sailed out Barge P-305, which were also conducted, he Akanksha has been select - Covid vaccines, the Union tive employer has tied up for early morning today from housed personnel engaged said. ed for the final round of the Health Ministry had allowed the vaccination. Mumbai," the Navy in maintenance work of an Mumbai police have also offshore oil drilling plat - announced they will con - Vishwakarma Award for people above the age of 45 As for Government spokesperson had tweeted Students of All India earlier in the day. form of state-run oil and duct a probe as to why the years to get vaccinated at Workplace CVC, the benefi - gas major ONGC, sank on ill-fated barge remained in PATNA: Aimed at assist - this project with state and Technical Education public and private work - ciaries aged 45 years or Of the 261 personnel Campus under the Ministry who were on barge P305, Monday evening off the the turbulent area despite ing medical staff involved in Centre govts for its immedi - places. more may be covered Mumbai coast during the warnings about cyclone treating COVID-19 infected ate use," says of Human Resources, With the extension of vac - through the free vaccine 186 have been rescued so Government of India. far, 66 are dead and nine cyclone. Tauktae, an official said. people, a city-based young Akansha#COVID19pic.twit - cine beneficiaries to the 18- doses supplied by the The barge had gone The police have also regis - engineering student has ter.com/IXl7VRne4G "Cabinet Minister, Ravi are missing. Of the 13 per - 44 age group in the third Government of India to the sons on Varaprada, two adrift in the cyclone fury tered accidental death developed a "robot" that The robot performs a basic Shankar Prasad has also phase of the vaccination States/UTs. appreciated the invention have been rescued. before sinking. reports in connection with assists in basic checkup of medical examination of an drive, the guideline of open - The beneficiaries in the Some bodies are decom - the death of the personnel patients. The 20-year-old infected patient and with and assured all possible While all the 440 persons help", she said. ing it to family members of age group of 18 to 44 years on barges Gal Constructor posed, some others have on the barge. engineering student, real-time data basis. Also, the employees increases its may be covered through the Akansha, told ANI: "A vari - with the help of this robot, Meanwhile, Bihar logged and Support Station 3 (SS- 4,375 fresh Covid-19 cases, accessibility multi-fold. vaccine doses directly pro - 3) and drillship Sagar Ready To Scale Up Technical Collaboration ety of drugs are being used the amount of glucose in the The official letter stated, cured by the respective to fight the coronavirus. Also blood, the amount of oxygen 8676 discharges and 103 Bhushan were brought people are being given in the blood, heart rate, tem - deaths in 24 hours, as per the "The family members and State/UT Government from ashore to safety, Naval and With India During Pandemic: IMF Covid vaccinations in hospi - perature, blood pressure, state health department yes - the dependants of the work - the vaccine manufacturers, it Coast Guard vessels and tals during this period. weight, ECG etc can be terday. ers, as defined by the respec - added. aircraft scoured the waters However, I feel that there is a checked with a wireless shortage of doctors and hos - stethoscope. pital staff in large numbers in "The basic function of the Those Doubting Covid Vaccines Are the country and the state." robot is to deliver medicine, The young student said with food, water, nebulizer and help from her father she oxygen etc to the infected developed a "medi-robot" to person," said Akansha and Rushing For Them Now: Yogi Adityanath assist doctors and medical added that the robot can practioners. "Along with my rotate upto 360 degrees by Lucknow: Uttar Pradesh They are asking for it for patients and inspected the cases on April 24, the maxi - father, Yogesh Kumar we using a high-resolution Chief Minister Yogi free. This shows their dual newly-built 1,000-litre oxy - mum till date. Today we developed this "medi-robot" vision camera fitted on it. Adityanath on Saturday character. People have now gen plant for an uninterrupt - reported around 6,000 and hope it can save lives of She elaborated that the accused the opposition of come in support of the vac - ed supply of the gas. cases," he said. several doctors and medical "medi-robot" can carry out practising duplicity over the cine as it is a safeguard. I Later, he held a meeting Yogi Adityanath informed staff," said Akansha. hospital surveillance; com - anti-Covid vaccination, say - urge everyone to get vacci - with officials. that the recovery rate has "With its help, we can munication via video confer - ing those opposing the vac - nated," Yogi Adityanath said Chief Minister Yogi increased to over 92 per cent GUWAHATI: Security DNLA terrorists were neu - conduct all essential tests encing between doctor and cines earlier are now rushing on Saturday. Adityanath also made a sur - in UP. such as oxygen, pulse, tem - patient (using a high-resolu - forces gunned down six ter - tralised in Dhansiri area of perature. We have shared tion camera). to get them free of cost. The chief minister was in prise visit to Giza village, With the stringent testing rorists of the Dimasa Karbi Anglong district. The chief minister made Saifai to take stock of health where he enquired about the mechanism, the cases have National Liberation Army Large cache of arms & the remarks while visiting facilities at an anti-Covid well-being of people. declined in the state. or DNLA insurgent group in ammunition also recovered. Two Shots Of Covid Vaccines Effective Saifai in Etawah district, the hospital, the state govern - He said the anti-Covid Speaking about the vacci - an encounter in Assam on @adgpi home town of his predeces - ment said in a statement on vaccination of judicial offi - nation programme, the UP Sunday. The insurgent "In an early morning Against Variant Found In India: UK sor Akhilesh Yadav. The Saturday. cers, staffers and their fami - Chief Minister said the state group is largely active in operation by @assampolice Dima Hasao and Karbi and Assam Rifles, six A double dose of COVID- Hancock told broadcasters. chief minister's remarks Saifai is the native place of lies is underway at the has so far administered as appeared to be a dig, aimed Samajwadi Party patriarch Allahabad High Court and its many as 1.62 crore doses of Anglong disticts of Assam DNLA terrorists were neu - 19 vaccines is almost as Under the government's and parts of neighbouring tralised in Dhansiri area of effective against the fast- plans, a lifting of remaining more at his predecessor. Mulayam Singh Yadav and Lucknow bench. The gov - the Covid vaccine. Amid the dry run of anti- former Chief Minister ernment has started the vac - Etawah district has been Nagaland. The security Karbi Anglong district. spreading variant of the coro - coronavirus restrictions is due forces launched the opera - Large cache of arms & navirus first identified in to take place from June 21. Covid vaccines earlier this Akhilesh Yadav. cination of journalists and provided with 1.20 lakh tion in Karbi-Anglong dis - ammunition also recovered( India as it is against Britain's Britain has rushed out year, Mr Yadav had dubbed This was Yogi media personnel in Noida doses of vaccine, he said. trict on Saturday night after sic)," he tweeted. On May dominant strain, English Europe's fastest vaccination them "BJP vaccine" vowing Adityanath's first visit to and Lucknow too. In an attempt to save lives getting information on the 19, DNLA cadres killed a health officials said on programme so far but it has not to inoculated by them Saifai, the statement said. "The next step is to make and livelihood during the whereabouts of the insur - youth at Dhansiri in Assam- Saturday. faced a new challenge from and had attracted huge criti - The chief minister also separate centres for judicial partial-corona curfew, the gents and killed them, a Nagaland border. Britain's health minister the spread of the variant first cism. A Congress spokesper - sought to assure people that officers and media personnel Chief Minister said that com - police source said. Following the incident, said the data was ground - found in India. son, Salman Niazi, too had his government will vacci - in all districts across the munity kitchen has been "It's a big blow to the security forces had launched breaking and he was increas - Data published on dubbed the vaccine as nate the parents of children state," Yogi Adityanath said. started in Etawah for provid - DNLA," he added. a massive counter-insur - ingly hopeful that the govern - Saturday showed new "fraud" while another below 10 years of age before "Experts had predicted ing two meals a day to every Huge quantity of arms gency operation against the ment would be able to lift COVID cases reported in Congress leader, Rashid the possible third Covid that between April 25 and needy person. "Patients in and ammunitions were insurgent group. more COVID restrictions Britain rose by 10.5% in the Alvi, had spoken to a TV wave as this will reduce the May 10, UP will report government hospitals or hos - recovered from their posses - "Its a big success for us. next month. seven days to May 22 channel in support of Mr risk to children. around 1 lakh cases per day pitals that which have been sion, Assam police's special We successfully eliminate A study by Public Health although it remained a frac - Yadav. Yogi Adityanath first and the situation will be out taken over by the govern - DG GP Singh said in a six DNLA cadres. Our oper - England found the Pfizer- tion of levels seen earlier this tweet. In an early morning ation against the terrorist BioNTech vaccine was 88% year. UK Prime Minister "Those who were oppos - reached the Institute of of control. We have success - ment are being given free ing the vaccine earlier, are Medical Sciences, where he fully controlled the situation. treatment and food," said the operation by @assampolice outfit will continue," said a effective against symptomatic Boris Johnson this month and Assam Rifles, six police official. disease from the B.1.617.2 ordered an acceleration of now getting it administered. met the Covid-infected We reported around 38,000 Chief Minister. variant two weeks after the remaining second doses to the second dose. over 50s and people who are That compared with 93% clinically vulnerable. "Will Start Unlocking Process If...": Delhi IAS Officer, Caught On Camera Slapping effectiveness against the PHE said a first dose of B.1.1.7 "Kent" strain which is both vaccines was 33% effec - Britain's dominant Covid tive against symptomatic dis - Lockdown Extended By A Week Man In Chhattisgarh, Removed variant. Two doses of the ease from B.1.617.2 after RAIPUR: Chhattisgarh AstraZeneca vaccine were three weeks, lower than its NEW DELHI: The lock - down in Delhi has been Chief Minister Bhupesh 60% effective against symp - 50% effectiveness against Baghel, in a string of tweets tomatic disease from the B.1.1.7. Hancock said that extended by another week Indian variant compared with showed that getting both and if the daily Covid num - on Sunday, said he had 66% effectiveness against the doses of the vaccine was bers continue to drop, the ordered the immediate Kent variant, PHE said. "I'm "absolutely vital." Concern process of unlocking will be removal of Surajgarh District increasingly confident that about rising cases in Britain initiated, Delhi Chief Collector for slapping a per - we're on track for the of the variant first found in Minister Arvind Kejriwal son who was out to buy med - roadmap, because this data India prompted Germany to said today. For now, the lock - down will be in place till 5 icines amid the COVID-19 shows that the vaccine, after say on Friday that anyone lockdown. two doses, works just as entering the country from the am on May 31, and the unlock process will also be In a video that has by now effectively (against the vari - United Kingdom would have gone viral on social media, ant identified in India)," to quarantine for two weeks slow, added Mr Kejriwal, Health Secretary Matt on arrival. underscoring the need for District Collector Ranbir caution as the city struggles to bring down the positivity time, "we may escape the Sharma is seen upbraiding rate. third wave of Covid". and slapping a man who The lockdown was The Delhi government, he attempts to show him a piece Editor, Printer, Publisher & Owner : declared last month as the said, is trying everywhere to Covid cases started an get the maximum number of of paper and explain why he POOJA GUPTA upward trend and reached vaccine doses -- from the was out during the lockdown. numbers that healthcare sys - central government and also The IAS officer then throws government transferred Mr social media in which I am Executive Editor : Manoj Kumar, 94191-93836 (Mob.) tem crippled and cost thou - from foreign companies. the man's phone on the road Sharma to the Mantralaya shown slapping a man who Bureau Chief : Vijay Chandel (Delhi) sands of lives. If anyone is giving the vac - and asks is heard telling the (secretariat) in Nava Raipur. was out during lockdown. I The shortage of oxygen, cine, "we are ready to buy it accompanying policemen: He has been replaced by the sincerely apologise. I never Add:- A-43 Pocket 3-DDA Flats Bindapur Uttam Nagar New Delhi, 98101-96251 (Mob.) beds and drugs which had for the people of Delhi at any "Maaro isse" (beat him up). CEO of Raipur Zila had any intention to disre - families of patients ran from cost," he added. "A case of misbehaviour Panchayat, Gaurav Kumar spect or belittle the person in Printed at : M/s GK Offset Printing Press, Shivalik Puram Janipur, pillar to post and images of The city he also said, is towards a young man by crematoriums overflowing making preparations to deal Singh. "Misbehaviour by an the video," Mr Sharma said. Jammu. into footpaths and car parks with a possible third wave, Surajpur Collector Ranbir official is unacceptable. I am The Indian Administrative made headlines across the which, experts said, may tar - Sharma has come to my upset at this incident. I apolo - Service officers association Published at F-668, Bharat Nagar, Rehari Colony, Jammu. world. "Right now, our prior - get children. notice via social media. It is gise to the youth and his fam - has strongly condemned the At Present : Shop No. 2/3 JDA Complex near Power Station, Rehari Colony, Jammu. ity is to ensure vaccination Earlier this week, the Delhi very sad and condemnable," ily," the Chief Minister said in District Collector's actions. for people in the shortest pos - government said it would tweeted the Chief Minster. "In a tweet in Hindi. "It is unacceptable and Tele./Fax 0191-2520911 sible time," the Chief form a task force of paedia - Chhattisgarh, no such act will The Collector's act drew against the basic tenets of the Minister said. tricians and senior IAS offi - be tolerated at all. sharp criticism on social service and civility. Civil ser - "We have made all cers. Another committee will E-mail: [email protected] Instructions have been given media platforms with people vants must have empathy and arrangements in Delhi so that be formed to look into the to remove Collector Ranbir *Responsible for the selection of News under the PRB Act all the within three months, every - logistics -- availability of demanding his removal and provide a healing touch to disputes are subject to the execulsive jurisdiction of competent one should get vaccinated, medicines, oxygen and beds Sharma with immediate registration of an FIR against society at all times, more so in but there is lack of vaccines," in the national capital, the effect." him. The Collector later apol - these difficult times," the IAS Courts and Fourms in Jammu and Kashmir. he said, adding that if every - Delhi government said in a Soon after the Chief ogised for his act. Association posted on one can be vaccinated in statement. Minister's directive, the state "...a video is viral on the Twitter. HEALTH TRUTH PREVAIL 7 JAMMU, MONDAY , MAY 24, 2021 First Person Treated for Sickle Cell Is a Million Dollar Lottery the Best Way to Get People Vaccinated? Disease with CRISPR Is Doing Well While some businesses are from the vaccines. drive someone to their vac - hemoglobin, it will prevent offering free beer or donuts to A study done by the UCLA cine appointment. the patient’s red blood cells people who have gotten their COVID-19 Health and Dr. A. Mark Fendrick, from sickling.” COVID-19 vaccine, Ohio Politics Project suggests that director of the University of We believe in health Gov. Mike DeWine is bank - offering cash incentives Michigan’s Center for Value- equity—the equal opportu - ing on an even bigger prize to might help get us there. Based Insurance Design (V- nity for everyone to live encourage more people to roll The project involved sur - BID) in Ann Arbor, Michigan, their healthiest life. Join us up their sleeve. veys of more than 75,000 said he’s glad some states are in transforming health out - A chance to win $1 million. people over the last 10 opting to give incentives to comes through the power of The state will hold five months. Unvaccinated people people who get vaccinated, storytelling. weekly drawings starting were randomly assigned to rather than emphasizing what An earlier study found to be determined The journey May 26, giving away millions groups so researchers could they can’t do if they skip the something similar. So what about a lottery? Gray began her treatment to vaccinated state residents see how participants respond - vaccine. Researchers offered people “It is my belief that finan - a year ago. who opt into the lottery. ed to different incentives. “I prefer that they’re using a cash payment to participate cial incentives will be appeal - Frangoul says they use Those under 18 who opt in Researchers found that ‘carrots’ as the predominant in a hypothetical clinical trial. ing to low-income people, medication to mobilize the will be entered to win full around one-third of people intervention, as opposed to People who were offered more so than to higher stem cells from the bone scholarships to any of Ohio’s said they would be more like - ‘sticks,’” he said. higher amounts were more income people,” said Victoria Gray is a 34- believes the procedure marrow and push them into state colleges and universi - ly to get vaccinated if offered With childhood vaccina - likely to think the study was Fendrick. year-old wife and mother could eventually revolu - the blood. Then researchers ties. $100, reports The New York tions, states use more of a riskier — even though the “Also, the idea of a bigger from Forest, Mississippi. tionize the treatment for can collect the stem cells. But will this or other incen - Times. stick approach, where chil - description of the procedures windfall payment, as opposed She is also a pioneer and sickle cell disease. The cells get shipped to a tives work? When the incentive was dren can’t attend school was the same for all groups. to a smaller guaranteed one, is something of a medical “She is functioning as lab to undergo the gene Cash incentives may $25, this dropped to 28 per - unless they’re vaccinated. “Paying people to be vacci - likely to move more people marvel these days. somebody who does not editing, then they’re frozen. increase vaccination rates cent. Many experts think that nated might, similarly, lead off the needle,” he said. Gray is the first person in have sickle cell disease. I In the meantime, Gray The goal of state incentives Several states and cities are states may be on the right them to infer that it is riskier Another thing to be sorted the United States to have believe this is absolutely, was getting blood transfu - is to protect as many people trying this kind of approach. track, but there’s also a poten - than they would otherwise out is the best time to give her sickle cell disease treat - totally transformative thera - sions to keep her condition in the community from Maryland is offering $100 to tial downside to cash incen - assume,” wrote the authors people an incentive for being ed with a gene-editing tech - py,” Frangoul said. under control. COVID-19 as possible by state employees who get vac - tives. recently in The New York vaccinated. nique. The treatment After a round of increasing vaccination rates. cinated. West Virginia is The UCLA Project found Times. The Pfizer-BioNTech and “I chose to participate in Gray’s treatment involves chemotherapy, the gene- This includes indirectly offering a $100 savings bond that when offered a monetary In difficult times, you need Moderna-NIAID vaccines this trial because of hope — CRISPR, a tool that can be edited cells are infused back protecting those who can’t be to 16- to 35-year-olds who payment, around 15 percent to be able to turn to experts require people to receive two hope that it would change used to edit genes inside the into the body. vaccinated right now — such choose to get vaccinated. of people were less likely to who understand and can help doses for full protection. In my life — and it has already cell. Prior to her treatment, as children under 12 — and Detroit is going one step get vaccinated. This was the strengthen your mental well- contrast, the Johnson & in so many ways. I’m doing CRISPR stands for Gray averaged seven hospi - the immunocompromised further, offering $50 prepaid same whether you offered being. We’re here for you. Johnson vaccine is a one-dose things for myself and for Clustered Regularly talizations a year and had who may not benefit as much debit cards to people who them $100 or $25. Best type of incentive still regimen. my family and just living Interspaced Short multiple blood transfusions. life” Gray told Healthline. Palindromic Repeats. Her hemoglobin was 7 Dr. Haydar Frangoul, the In this clinical trial, the (which is low compared medical director of pedi - treatment is called with typical levels) and she Weight Loss Drug Belviq Being Taken atric hematology/oncology CTX001. It uses CRISPR had little energy. at HCA Healthcare’s Sarah cas9 technology to edit a But now a year later? Off Shelves Due to Cancer Concerns Cannon Research Institute gene called BCL11A. “She has not been hospi - Center and the Children’s “Think of it as if you talized and her hemoglobin sult with their healthcare profes - has agreed to voluntarily withdraw Hospital at TriStar have a book with hundreds is 11 so she has more ener - sionals and seek other weight loss the products from the U.S. market,” Centennial in Nashville, of pages and thousands of gy. She’s been able to spend treatment options. company officials said. “Eisai Tennessee, is treating Gray. words. You’re trying to find time with her family. She is However, the agency didn’t call respects the FDA’s decision and is He says Gray first came that one word and fix it or doing really well,” for special cancer screenings of peo - working closely with the agency on to them to be evaluated for a change it,” said Frangoul. Frangoul said. “I am ple who’ve used the drugs. the withdrawal process.” bone marrow transplant. “While a baby is still in extremely excited about her “Standard screening recommen - The FDA first issued a public “We said to her, ‘Oh, by the womb, it makes a type progress.” dations for cancer should be imple - warningTrusted Source about the the way, we are opening this of blood called fetal hemo - The next steps mented for any patient, regardless of cancer risk associated with Belviq clinical trial but nobody has globin, which can carry Frangoul says they will prior Belviq treatment,” said in January. yet enrolled in it. Nobody oxygen very effectively to continue to monitor Gray’s Woodcock. To help you be well, we’ll send has been treated with it. In help the fetus develop nor - progress. They also plan to The Food and Drug the product from the market because Company challenges but com - you honest talk about women’s bod - fact, we don’t even know if mally,” he explained. treat another 45 people in Administration (FDA) and the man - our review of the full clinical trial plies ies, and beauty, nutrition, and fitness it works. It’s never been “About 3 or 4 months their clinical trial and see if ufacturer of the weight loss medica - results shows that the potential risk In a statement, Eisai Inc. officials advice. tried in humans,'” Frangoul after the baby is born, a they can replicate Gray’s tion Belviq and Belviq XR have of cancer associated with the drug said it disagreed with the FDA’s On the market since 2012 told Healthline. “She basi - gene called BCL11A turns results. agreed to a voluntary outweighs the benefit of treatment,” interpretation of the study, maintain - Belviq was approved by the FDA cally jumped at the opportu - on. That gene tells the cells “Over time, if it is effec - withdrawalTrusted Source of the said Dr. Janet WoodcockTrusted ing that Belviq and Belviq XR “con - in 2012 as an add-on weight loss nity and said, ‘sign me up.'” to stop making fetal hemo - tive in adults, we are going drugs after research indicated the Source, director of the FDA’s Center tinue to have a positive benefit-risk medication. “That tells you a lot about globin and start making to try to lower the age to drugs could raise the risk of several for Drug Evaluation and Research. profile in the patient population for It’s intended to be used in con - how courageous Victoria is adult hemoglobin,” he work with adolescents,” he types of cancer. The FDA urged people using lor - which they are indicated.” junction with a reduced-calorie diet and how miserable she was noted. said. “If we can do it earlier People using the medications caserin, marketed as Belviq and Eisal Inc. officials added that and increased physical activity for with her disease. She was “What we are doing in in the course of the disease, were found to have higher rates of Belviq XR by the Japanese pharma - “prior to and following market adults who have overweight or obe - having a lot of complica - this clinical trial is directing maybe we can prevent some pancreatic, colorectal, and lung can - ceutical company Eisai Inc., to approval of Belviq, the product has sity and at least one weight-related tions,” Frangoul added. the CRISPR cas9 to go and of the horrible complica - cer, among other types of cancer, the immediately stop using the drugs. been evaluated in more than 30 clin - comorbidity. Now one year later, he turn that BCL11A gene tions related to sickle cell FDA reported. “Healthcare professionals should ical trials involving over 22,000 The latter group can include dia - says her clinical trial is off,” he added. “When you disease that happen during “We’re taking steps to notify the stop prescribing and dispensing patients over the last 15 years.” betes, hypertension, cardiovascular going so well he make high amounts of fetal adulthood.” public about a particular weight loss Belviq and Belviq XR,” the FDA “However, based on the change in disease, stroke, sleep apnea, gall - medication and have requested that added. FDA’s risk-benefit assessment and bladder disease, gout, and the company voluntarily withdraw The FDA advised people to con - as requested by the agency, Eisai osteoarthritis. CRISPR Study Is First to Making Sense of Drug Used to Treat Type 2 Diabetes Hypertensive Retinopathy Change DNA in Participants What is hypertensive retinopathy? May Be Effective for Weight Loss els. The testing starts in labs, The retina is the tissue but until it is tested in people, layer located in the back of The drug semaglutide is agement in people living in physicians can never be sure your eye. This layer trans - used to treat type 2 diabetes obesity, especially in a soci - if they will work or will be forms light into nerve sig - by regulating how the pan - ety which promotes safe. nals that are then sent to the creas releases insulin. unhealthy lifestyles and “Testing any drug or any brain for interpretation. However, the drug, sold overeating.” therapy in people is a big When your blood pres - under the brand names Skovgaard noted that step,” said Dr. Pierce. “It sure is too high, the retina’s Ozempic and Rybelsus, also liraglutide, another GLP-1 makes it especially important blood vessel walls may may have potential as a drug, also has been shown to because the biomedical thicken. This may cause weight-control aid because it affect weight by reducing research community thinks your blood vessels to appears to reduce appetite, energy intake and increasing that this has potential for become narrow, which then craving for food, and energy feelings of satiety and full - treating many genetic disor - restricts blood from reach - intake. ness as well as decreasing That’s according to a new hunger. Researchers from the LIANCE trial and ders. We can’t realize any of ing the retina. In some that potential unless we can cases, the retina becomes study from pharmaceutical Marketed as Saxenda, OHSU Casey Eye Institute in Massachusetts Eye and Ear company Novo Nordisk, the liraglutide is approved by Portland, Oregon, have bro - Director, Inherited Retinal do the treatment in people swollen. safely.” Over time, high blood manufacturer of Ozempic, the Food and Drug ken new ground in science, Disorders Service, and that was presented at the “GLP-1s are known to receiving a placebo. Administration (FDA) for medicine, and surgery — the Harvard Medical School The treatment has been pressure can cause damage approved for clinical trials to to the retina’s blood ves - May 2021 European affect body weight by Study subjects also report - weight management. first gene editing procedure in William F. Chatlos Professor Congress on Obesity. decreasing energy intake, ed being less hungry and “However, the reduction a living person. of Ophthalmology. begin testing in humans. If it sels, limit the retina’s func - is effective at restoring vision tion, and put pressure on Novo Nordisk is applying increasing feelings of satiety less interested in eating, as in energy intake and the For the first time, scientists CRISPR is a technology for approval of semaglutide and fullness, and decreasing well as feeling fuller and weight loss observed with are altering DNA in a living that can be used to edit genes. for subjects in the trial, the the optic nerve, causing next step would be Phase 3 vision problems. This con - for the treatment of obesity hunger,” Skovgaard told more satiated after eating. semaglutide is greater than human. With more research The CRISPR acronym stands in the United States and Healthline. “So, the mecha - Weight loss of 15-18 per - with liraglutide,” noted the study could lead to the for Clustered Regularly trials to see if it is possible to dition is called hyperten - have it approved as some - sive retinopathy (HR). Europe. A phase 3 clinical nism of action of semaglu - cent was reported among the Skovgaard. development of procedures Interspaced Short trial for a semaglutide drug tide held great potential for a study group taking semaglu - Dr. Kim Boyd, the chief that can help to correct other Palindromic Repeat, which thing that can be performed Symptoms of hyperten - on the public to treat this con - sive retinopathy delivered orally for the treat - treatment of obesity. In addi - tide. More significant medical officer at the weight genetic disorders. refers to the organization of ment of obesity was tion, several clinical trials weight loss was reported health program Calibrate, Known as the BRIL - certain DNA sequences. The dition. You probably won’t have Patients with this particular any symptoms until the announced in April 2021. with people with type 2 dia - among both obese and over - told Healthline that the LIANCE clinical trial, the technology was designed to Semaglutide is in a class betes had demonstrated the weight individuals. research on semaglutide is procedure is designed to locate a specific piece of type of retinal dystrophy may condition has progressed be able to see a day when extensively. Possible signs of drugs known as glucagon- weight loss benefits of “In subjects with obesity, “very exciting.” repair mutations in a particu - DNA inside a cell and alter it. like peptide-1 (GLP-1) ago - semaglutide.” semaglutide [administered at “Clinical studies have lar gene that causes Leber During the BRILLIANCE treatment will be possible to and symptoms include: prevent, halt, or reverse blind - reduced vision nists. In the new study, a Weight loss reported a dose of 2.4 mg weekly, shown that this new dosage congenital amaurosis type 10, clinical trials, researchers research team led by Dr. The study, published in compared to 1 mg for treat - leads to an average weight also known as retinal dystro - were able to snip out the ness for them, and for their eye swelling children, as well. Altering the bursting of a blood vessel Dorthe Skovgaard, Novo the journal Diabetes, ment of diabetes] suppressed loss of 15 percent (and over phy. It is a genetic condition abnormal DNA in cells that Nordisk’s senior internation - Obesity, and Metabolism, appetite and reduced the fre - 20 percent in a third of par - that results in vision deterio - are responsible for causing DNA means that it stops it in double vision accompa - its tracks and prevents it from nied by headaches al medical manager, studied reported that while semaglu - quency and strength of food ticipants) that is sustained ration and has previously this particular type of retinal how the drug affected gas - tide did not seem to delay cravings,” the study con - for over a year,” Boyd said. been untreatable. degeneration. The procedure replicating in future genera - Get medical help imme - tions. diately if your blood pres - tric emptying, energy intake, gastric emptying, energy cluded. “Control of appetite “This is more effective than “The Casey Eye Institute does not change the genetic appetite, and control of eat - intake among those receiv - and reduced frequency and any other FDA-approved performed the first gene edit - code of a person, but changes What is even more exciting sure is high and you sud - is the roadmap this could lay denly have changes in your ing among study subjects ing the drug was reduced 35 strength of food cravings are weight-loss medication on ing surgical procedure in a the DNA in a localized area of with obesity. percent compared with those important for weight man - the market.” human being in an attempt to the retina. for future gene therapies. vision. prevent blindness from a How is this procedure dif - known genetic mutation,” ferent from other genetic said Dr. Mark Fromer, oph - treatments? thalmologist at Lenox Hill Other genetic treatments, Hospital in New York. “The such as those for sickle cell FDA Approves New Weight Loss Pill That Makes You Feel Full abnormal DNA is removed disease, have previously been from a cell with the generat - carried out “ex vivo,” or out - The Food and Drug approval of Plenity, cautions the intestines. The cells release The Gelesis Loss of Weight ing mutation. This will poten - side the body. Cells are Administration (FDA) issued a that it must be used alongside the water they absorbed back (GLOW) studyTrusted Source, tially offer sight to people extracted and treated before rare approval for a new weight diet and exercise. It may also into your gastrointestinal (GI) which was paid for by Gelesis, with a form of previously being inserted back into loss device this week. be used with other weight loss tract, then exit the body during recruited 436 adults with a untreatable blindness.” patients. As part of the BRIL - Plenity, created by Boston medications. a bowel movement. BMI between 27 and 40. How does retinal dystrophy LIANCE trials, these treat - biotech company Gelesis, is a How does Plenity work? Because the body doesn’t For 24 weeks (six months), gene correction work? ments are happening directly hydrogel capsule made with a Plenity is taken as a three- absorb the hydrogel — it pass - participants were given either Retinal dystrophiesTrusted in a patient’s eyes. proprietary blend of cellulose capsule dose 20 to 30 minutes es through the gut and out the a placebo product or Plenity. Source are degenerative “Since it is the first time (a type of fiber) and citric acid. before you sit down for lunch end of the GI tract — the FDA The study was a double- genetic diseases of the retina. that this is being done, the key In a first from the FDA, or dinner. considers it to be a “device,” blind, placebo-controlled of their weight, and 27 percent To help you be well, we’ll These conditions manifest question has been, ‘Can this Plenity has been approved for Inside each capsule the two not a drug. study. This means neither the achieved weight loss greater send you honest talk about themselves over time with be done safely in people?’,” use in people with a body mass ingredients form a three- “Much like taking psyllium researchers nor the partici - than 10 percent of baseline. women’s bodies, and beauty, side effects like color blind - said Dr. Pierce. “The answer index (BMI) of 25 to 40. This dimensional hydrogel matrix. mixed with water to create a pants knew whether they were In the placebo group, 42 nutrition, and fitness advice. ness or tunnel vision and can can be yes. Even if that does - includes people in the over - Once in the stomach, the cap - fiber-rich drink to keep you receiving Plenity or a placebo percent of participants lost 5 Side effects eventually lead to complete n’t sound like a lot, it’s a real - weight and obese BMI cate - sules break apart, exposing the fuller longer, this new product product until after the study percent of baseline body People taking Plenity were blindness. ly important step.” gories. matrix to water. Each of the appears to work the same was completed. weight, and 15 percent lost 10 more likely to experience GI “If one of the genes needed We believe in health equi - Most previously approved hydrogel cells can absorb up to way,” said Julie Upton, MS, At the end of the study term, percent or more. issues — diarrhea, bloating, for vision is misspelled, the ty—the equal opportunity for devices were for people only 100 times its weight, growing RD, co-founder of Appetite for participants who had been Participants using Plenity abdominal pain, and gas — cells get sick and die. The everyone to live their healthi - with a BMI above 30, or those in size to occupy space in the Health. “The key to fiber sup - using the Gelesis weight loss were twice as likely as placebo than people taking the placebo, goal of this procedure is to fix est life. Join us in transform - in the obese category. stomach and intestines. plements is to drink extra aid lost 6.4 percent of their users to lose at least 10 per - but the percentages were quite the correct spelling of one of ing health outcomes through People below that threshold The result is that you feel water, which by the way can baseline weight versus 4.4 per - cent. And among participants similar. For example, 12.6 per - the misspelled genes that the power of storytelling. weren’t approved to use previ - full and have less room for help with weight loss,” she cent in the placebo group. with prediabetes or lifestyle- cent of people taking Plenity causes generation, which Why is this a groundbreak - ous weight loss drugs unless food, thus you’re likely to eat said. While not a large difference, treated type 2 diabetes, people reported diarrhea compared to would, in turn, allow the cells ing achievement? they had a preexisting medical less. The FDA greatly relied on it’s statistically significant. taking Plenity were six times 8.5 percent of placebo users; to restore their health and Developing potential thera - condition, such as heart dis - After you eat, the hydrogel the results of a 2018 study in What’s more, nearly 60 per - more likely to lose 10 percent 11.7 percent of Plenity users restore vision,” said Dr. Eric pies, whether genetic or not, ease or sleep apnea. matrix moves out of the stom - the journal Obesity to give the cent of people who took the of their baseline weight by the reported bloating compared to Pierce, leader of the BRIL - involves testing at many lev - The FDA, in their sweeping ach, where it breaks down in thumbs up for Plenity. Plenity capsules lost 5 percent end of the study. 6.6 percent of placebo users. INTERNATIONAL TRUTH PREVAIL 8 JAMMU, MONDAY , MAY 24, 2021 21 Runners Dead As Extreme Panic in Goma as volcano in eastern Congo "Very Sorry...": Ex-BBC Chief Quits erupts, thousands flee in search of safety GOMA: Lava from a in parts of Goma to evacu - volcanic eruption ate, according to a note seen Top Job Over Diana Interview Weather Hits China Marathon approached the airport of by Reuters. reported that some of the run - eastern Democratic He said lava had reached LONDON, UNITED ners suffered from hypother - Republic of Congo`s main the international airport on KINGDOM: A former mia as a result of the weather, city of Goma late on the eastern edge of the city BBC chief who was criti - and Zhang said earlier that Saturday (May 22), and the but that it was not likely to cised for his "woefully inef - eight people were being treat - government urged residents reach other parts of Goma. fective" probe into Martin ed for minor injuries in hospi - to evacuate. Celestin Kasereka, head Bashir's deception in secur - tal and were in a stable condi - As the red glow of Mount of scientific research at the ing a bombshell interview tion. Nyiragongo tinged the night Goma Volcano Observatory with Princess Diana on Video footage broadcast on sky above the lakeside city (OVG), told reporters he did Saturday resigned as chair state media showed emer - of about 2 million, thou - not think the lava was flow - of Britain's National gency rescue personnel in sands of Goma residents ing fast enough to reach Gallery. combat fatigues carrying carrying mattresses and Goma. Journalist Bashir tricked flashlights as they climbed other belongings fled the A United Nations source Diana into giving a 1995 through the rocky terrain at city on foot - many toward said all U.N. aircraft had BBC television interview in brother Charles Spencer, in by Hall cleared Bashir of night. the frontier with Rwanda. been evacuated to the city which she lifted the lid on a succesful bid to convince wrong-doing, but Dyson Some marathon partici - Nyiragongo`s last erup - of Bukavu to the south and her troubled marriage to him to arrange a meeting called that probe "flawed pants, wrapped in heavy-duty tion in 2002 killed 250 peo - Entebbe in neighbouring Prince Charles, an inde - between himself and Diana and woefully ineffective". blankets, were filmed being ple and left 120,000 home - Uganda. The power was pendent investigation con - and earn her trust. In particular, it did not ask put on to a stretcher by res - less. It is one of the world`s also out across much of cluded on Thursday. Questions have long been Diana's brother, Charles BEIJING, CHINA: Baiyin city mayor Zhang cuers. most active volcanoes and Goma. Prime Minister Jean- Tony Hall, who had led an asked about how Bashir Spencer, for his version of Twenty-one people were Xuchen said that at around Temperatures in the moun - is considered among the Michel Sama Lukonde con - earlier investigation into the convinced Diana to talk on events, Dyson said, lambast - killed after hail, freezing rain midday a section of the ultra - tainous terrain dropped fur - most dangerous. vened an emergency meet - interview and was later the BBC's flagship ing it for failing to scrutinise and high winds hit runners marathon course -- between ther overnight, Xinhua said, Rwanda`s Ministry in ing in the capital, Kinshasa, named head of the BBC, "Panorama" programme in Bashir's actions properly. taking part in a 100-kilometre kilometres 20 and 31 -- was making search and rescue Charge of Emergency where the government acti - said he had "today resigned November 1995, which was "If they had been able to cross-country mountain race "suddenly affected by disas - "more difficult". Management said more than vated an evacuation plan for as Chair of the National watched by a record 22.8 test Mr Bashir's account by in China, state media said trous weather". Gansu, one of China's 3,500 Congolese have Goma. "We hope that the Gallery. million people and won a asking him to comment on Sunday. "In a short period of time, poorest regions, borders crossed the border. measures that have been "As I said two days ago, I string of television awards. Earl Spencer's detailed One runner who had been hailstones and ice rain sud - Mongolia to the north and Rwandan state media said taken this evening will am very sorry for the events In it, she famously said account, it is very unlikely missing was found at 9:30 denly fell in the local area, Xinjiang to the west. they would be lodged in allow the population to of 25 years ago and I believe "there were three people" in that they would have am, but "had already lost their and there were strong winds. Deadly floods and land - schools and places of wor - reach the points that were leadership means taking her marriage -- her, Charles believed him and concluded vital signs", state broadcaster The temperature sharply slides have hit the province in ship. New fractures were indicated to them in this responsibility," he said in a and his long-time mistress that he was an 'honest and an CCTV reported, citing the dropped," Zhang said. the past, with mudslides opening in the volcano, let - plan," government statement released by the and now wife, Camilla honourable man'," he wrote. local rescue command head - Shortly after receiving reportedly killing well over ting lava flow south toward spokesman Patrick Muyaya world-renowned London Parker-Bowles -- and also Hall admitted that the probe quarters. messages of help from some 1,000 people in one town in the city after initially flow - said in comments broadcast gallery. "I have always had a admitted adultery. "fell well short of what was "This suggests that this participants, marathon organ - 2010. ing east toward Rwanda, on national television. strong sense of public serv - Bashir, now 58, was little- required", and said he was incident caused 21 deaths in isers dispatched a rescue team It is also prone to earth - said Dario Tedesco, a volca - President Felix ice and it is clear my contin - known at the time of the "wrong to give Martin total," CCTV said. City offi - that managed to save 18 of the quakes. nologist based in Goma. Tshisekedi will cut short a uing in the role would be a interview but went on to Bashir the benefit of the cials had earlier confirmed 20 172 participants. Yellow River Stone Forest "Now Goma is the tar - trip to Europe to return to distraction to an institution I have a high-profile career on doubt". Diana's son Prince deaths and one person miss - At around 2pm, weather is famous for its rugged get," Tedesco told Reuters. Congo on Sunday, the pres - care deeply about". US television networks, and William said the interview ing at a briefing earlier on conditions worsened and the mountain scenery marked by "It`s similar to 2002. I think idency said on Twitter. Retired senior judge John interviewed stars such as had made "a major contribu - Sunday. race was immediately called stone stalagmites and pillars, that the lava is going On the streets of Goma, Dyson said Bashir commis - Michael Jackson. He tion" to the demise of his Extreme weather hit a high- off as local authorities sent and is used as a location in towards the city centre." panic spread quickly. sioned faked bank state - returned to work for the cor - parents' relationship, while altitude section of the race more rescuers to help, Zhang many Chinese television "It might stop before or "We are panicked because ments that falsely suggested poration as religion editor the BBC's "woeful incompe - held in the Yellow River said, adding that provincial shows and movies, according go on. It`s difficult to fore - we have just seen the entire some of Diana's closest until he stepped down last tence" in uncovering the Stone Forest near Baiyin city authorities will further inves - to the China Daily. cast," he said. city covered by a light that aides were being paid by the week, citing ill health, just truth had "contributed sig - in northwestern Gansu tigate its cause. Its rock formations are Emmanuel De Merode, is not electricity or lamps," security services to keep hours before Dyson's report nificantly to her fear, para - province Saturday afternoon, Rocky terrain believed to be four billion head of Virunga National said John Kilosho. "We tabs on her. Bashir then was submitted to BBC boss - noia and isolation" in her city officials said. State news agency Xinhua years old, the Daily said. Park, asked park employees don`t know what to do. showed them to Diana's es. A 1996 internal inquiry final years. Ship Owner Says Suez Canal Was At Fault Unmanned Supermarkets To The US Considered Nuclear Strike On China Over Taiwan In 1958: Report Over Ever Given Grounding: Lawyer WASHINGTON: US have used nuclear weapons The owner of a contain - that the authority failed to Rescue In Sweden's Rural Areas military planners pushed for against Chinese air bases to er ship that blocked the prove any fault by the nuclear strikes on mainland prevent a successful air Suez Canal in March says ship. Enkoping, Sweden: One small -- but also controlling China in 1958 to protect interdiction campaign," the the canal authority was at Recordings from the after another, grocery stores the staffing cost," Lundh Taiwan from an invasion by document's authors wrote. fault over its grounding as ship that were presented to are shutting down in rural said. Communist forces, classi - If this did not stop an it disputes the vessel's the court showed disagree - Sweden, leaving villagers to He plans to open his first fied documents posted invasion, then there was "no detention and a compensa - ments between SCA pilots travel miles to buy food. But unstaffed supermarkets out - online by Daniel Ellsberg of alternative but to conduct tion claim, a lawyer repre - and its control centre over a new type of shop has side Sweden early next year. "Pentagon Papers" fame nuclear strikes deep into senting the owner said on whether it should enter the sprung up in their wake: Domenica Gerlach, who show. China as far north as Saturday. canal, Abu Ali said. unmanned supermarkets in manages the Veckholm store, US planners also Shanghai," the document The Ever Given, one of Lawyers for Shoei Kisen mobile containers. only comes by once a week assumed that the Soviet said, paraphrasing Twining. the world's largest contain - said the ship should have In Veckholm, a village of a to receive deliveries. She Union would aid China and In the event, US president er ships, became jammed been accompanied by at few hundred people 80 kilo - also manages three other retaliate with nuclear Dwight D. Eisenhower across the canal in high least two tug boats suitable metres (50 miles) from shops, all of them mobile weapons -- a price they decided to rely initially on winds on March 23, and for the ship's size "but this Stockholm, the last grocery containers. deemed worth paying to conventional weapons. remained grounded for six didn't happen", he added. store closed more than a Peter Book, the mayor of protect Taiwan, according The 1958 crisis ended days, blocking traffic in The SCA did not imme - decade ago. Then, a year- Enkoping, the municipality to the document, first when Communist forces both directions and dis - diately respond to requests and-a-half ago, even the little to which Veckholm belongs, reported by the New York halted artillery strikes on rupting global trade. for comment, but it has convenience store at the only ping and restocking the In Sweden, the number of has only good things to say Times. islands controlled by The vessel has since publicly denied being at petrol station locked its shop's shelves with her grocery stores -- everything about the three container Former military analyst Taiwan, leaving the area been held in a lake fault. doors. honey at the same time. from superstores to small stores that have opened in his Ellsberg posted online the under the control of between two stretches of Lawyers for Shoei Kisen Villagers were left with no Shoppers unlock the convenience stores -- has patch. classified portion of a top- Nationalist forces under the canal as the Suez Canal also argued that the Ever choice but to travel a half- supermarket's door with an dropped from 7,169 in 1996 And he'd like to see more. secret document on the cri - Chiang Kai-shek. Authority (SCA) pursues a Given's detention was hour by car to the closest app on their smartphone. to 5,180 in 2020, according "It makes it easier to take a sis that had been only par - China considers Taiwan $916.5 million claim legally flawed and that the supermarket. "We come here three times to official statistics. step to move there if you tially declassified in 1975. to be a rebel province that against Japanese owner work to release the ship But in July 2020, an auto - a week and buy stuff we While the number of know you have this facility," Ellsberg, now 90, is will one day return to the Shoei Kisen. was not "a salvage (opera - mated, unmanned grocery need," Lucas Edman, a tech - superstores has almost he said. famous for his 1971 leak to mainland's fold, by force if An appeals chamber at tion) in the proper legal store came to town. nician working in the region tripled in 24 years, many Meeting place and 'salva - US media of a top-secret necessary. Ismailia Economic Court sense", meaning the SCA In a container dropped in for a few weeks, told AFP. rural shops have closed tion' Pentagon study on the Washington has recog - held hearings on Saturday could not seek compensa - the middle of a field, open 24 "It's a little bit more down, often due, like else - In Sweden, one of the Vietnam war known as the nized Beijing since 1979, over the ship's detention, tion for such an operation, hours a day, the 20-square- expensive but it's fine. It's a where in Europe, to a lack of most digitalised countries in Pentagon Papers. but maintains relations with which the SCA is seeking Abu Ali said. metre (215-square-foot) price I can pay to not go to profitability. the world, Lifvs, like its Ellsberg told the Times Taipei and is its most impor - to uphold following an "This was one of the supermarket sells hundreds another store." Daniel Lundh, who co- Swedish rivals AutoMat and that he copied the top-secret tant military ally. appeal by the owner, as duties of the authority of items -- and there's no He scanned his pizzas and founded the Lifvs, has 24Food which have also Taiwan crisis study in the Tensions remain high well as the SCA's financial according to the traffic cashier in sight. soda on the app on his phone, opened almost 30 unmanned popped up in rural areas, early 1970s, and is releasing In recent months the claim. contract," he said. "Since a while back, there which is linked to his bank stores in rural Sweden and in benefits from a very wired it as tensions mount Chinese air force has Lawyers representing Shoei Kisen is claiming has been nothing in this area account and a national iden - urban areas with no shops in population. between the United States increased incursions into Shoei Kisen argued that $100,000 in initial com - and I think most of us living tification system -- an added the past two years. In 2019, 92 percent of and China over Taiwan. Taiwan's air defense identi - the SCA had been at fault pensation for losses related here have really missed anti-theft security, according "To be able to keep low Swedes had a smartphone. Had an invasion taken fication zone. The United for allowing the ship to to its detention, he said. that," said Giulia Ray, a bee - to the store. prices for the customer, we Ironically, the unmanned place, General Nathan States also frequently con - enter the waterway amid The court was expected keeper in Veckholm. And it's all done under the have to be able to control our shops -- plopped down in the Twining, the chairman of ducts what it calls "freedom bad weather, Ahmed Abu to issue a decision on the "It's so convenient to have watchful eye of a single operation costs. So that middle of nowhere -- also the Joint Chiefs of Staff at of navigation" operations in Ali, a member of the legal case on Sunday, lawyers this in the area," she told security camera. means controlling the rent -- play a role as a "meeting the time, "made it clear that the flashpoint Taiwan Strait team, told Reuters, adding and witnesses said. AFP, doing her own shop - Keeping costs down that's why the stores are quite place" for locals. the United States would waterway. UN Security Council Calls For "Full "I'm Afraid": US Cops Seen Tasing Black Man Before Death In New Video "Never Wanted To Harm Diana": UK Journalist Adherence" To Gaza Ceasefire WASHINGTON: Initial opening Greene's car, jolt - claims by Louisiana ing him with a stun gun as Bashir's Apology To William, Harry ed distribution of humanitar - authorities that a Black he screams "I'm sorry" and ian aid throughout Gaza. man stopped after a high- "I'm afraid." A trooper then LONDON, UNITED The final statement, pro - speed chase had died of wrestles him to the ground, KINGDOM: Martin posed by China, Norway and crash-related injuries were places him in a chokehold Bashir, the BBC journalist Tunisia, simply noted that undercut this week by and punches his face; who tricked princess Diana the Council members newly released video another drags him by into giving an explosive "mourned the loss of civilian showing police tasing, shackles on his ankles. interview, on Sunday apolo - lives resulting from the vio - dragging, choking and He is tased again while gised to Princes William and lence." beating the man. lying on the ground in Harry but said claims link - It supported a call from The latest controversy handcuffs. ing his actions to her death Secretary-General Antonio over a police-involved Greene is then left moan - were "unreasonable". Guterres for the international death began on May 10, ing, facedown, for more A report by retired senior community to work with the 2019 when police in north - than nine minutes while judge John Dyson published said that the deceptive prac - party for his eldest child at UN to develop a "robust ern Louisiana tried to stop officers wipe blood from on Thursday found that tices had played a part in his Kensington Palace. UNITED NATIONS, and violence in east package of support for a a car driven by Ronald their hands. Bashir commissioned faked mother's death. Bashir has said that he UNITED STATES: The UN Jerusalem, especially in and swift, sustainable reconstruc - Greene, a 49-year-old bar - In one body-cam video bank statements that falsely "The ripple effect of a regretted showing Diana's Security Council on Saturday around the holy sites, and tion and recovery." ber, for what they said was released later by state suggested some of Diana's culture of exploitation and brother forged documents, called for "full adherence to urged for the respect of the The Council reiterated the an unspecified traffic viola - police, one trooper can be closest aides were being unethical practices ultimate - but that it had "no bearing" the ceasefire" in the conflict historic status quo at the holy importance of achieving a tion. heard saying he had paid by the security services ly took her life," he said. on the revelations aired dur - between Israel and sites." In a statement comprehensive peace based Greene's relatives say "choked him and every - to keep tabs on her. Diana died in a Paris car ing the interview. Palestinians in the Gaza Strip Saturday, the Israeli Foreign on the vision of a region police initially told them he thing else, trying to get him Bashir, 58, then showed crash in 1997, aged 36. In it, Diana famously said in its first statement since Ministry thanked the United where Israel and the died on impact when, dur - under control... we were them to Diana's brother Bashir disputed the accu - "there were three people" in violence erupted on May 10. States "for its continued sup - Palestinians live side by side ing a chase, his car crashed still wrestling with him, Charles Spencer in a succes - sations, saying "I don't feel I her marriage -- her, Charles Security Council members port for Israel and its right to in peace with secure borders. into a tree. trying to hold him down, ful bid to convince him to can be held responsible for and his long-time mistress also stressed "the immediate defend its citizens," and it The statement also recog - But a written police 'cause he was spitting arrange a meeting between many of the other things that and now wife, Camilla need for humanitarian assis - placed "full blame" for the nized "the important role report later said Greene blood everywhere -- and himself and Diana and earn were going on in her life, Parker-Bowles -- and also tance to the Palestinian civil - recent violence on Hamas Egypt (and) other regional survived the crash and then, all of a sudden, he just her trust. and the complex issues sur - admitted adultery. ian population, particularly militants for firing thousands countries" played in it, as struggled with troopers try - went limp." Bashir told the Sunday rounding those decisions. Bashir was little-known at in Gaza." The statement of rockets at Israel. "We well as the so-called Middle ing to arrest him. It said he In May 2020, the family Times he was "deeply "The suggestion I am sin - the time but went on to have received backing from the expect that the international East Quartet, comprising the died en route to a hospital. filed a wrongful-death suit, sorry" to Diana's sons gularly responsible I think is a high-profile career on US US delegation -- which had community condemn and US, Russia, the European Only later did Louisiana arguing that a police beat - Prince William and Prince unreasonable and unfair," he television networks, and blocked earlier drafts -- only disarm Hamas, and ensure Union and the UN. state police acknowledge ing had left Greene "blood - Harry. told the paper. interviewed stars such as after the removal of a para - Gaza's rehabilitation while The devastating 11-day that they had used force ied and in cardiac arrest." "I never wanted to harm He argued that the 1995 Michael Jackson. graph condemning the vio - preventing the diversion of conflict claimed the lives of during the arrest, which The suit alleges that Diana in any way and I don't interview had been conduct - The pop singer's family lence, a sensitive issue since funds and weapons to terror - at least 248 Palestinians, they said was justified. there was no sign the front believe we did," he told the ed on Diana's terms, and also blame Bashir for his it raised the question of ism," the statement said. including 66 children, while But body-cam and dash- of Greene's vehicle had paper. that they remained firm death, saying the fallout blame. An earlier draft said There was no immediate 12 people died in Israel, cam video obtained by the struck anything or that his But William said Bashir's friends after it aired to an from the interview led to that "Security Council mem - reaction from the Palestinian including one child. Associated Press, as well as airbag had deployed. It said actions and the interview audience of 22.8 million him to increasingly depend bers condemned all acts of side. The US delegation, The Security Council is additional video later an independent autopsy had made "a major contribu - people. on drugs. violence against civilians, always one of Israel's scheduled to take up the released by the state, tells a had found severe head tion" to the demise of his "My family and I loved Bashir worked for the including acts of terror, as strongest supporters in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict different story. injuries that were inconsis - parents' relationship and her," he said, revealing that BBC as religion editor until well as acts of provocation, UN, had also rejected a again Thursday during a reg - 'I'm afraid!' tent with a car crash. "contributed significantly to Diana had visited Bashir's he stepped down just last incitement and destruction." French draft demanding an ular monthly meeting sched - The AP said the video it Federal authorities her fear, paranoia and isola - wife and newborn child in week, citing ill health, hours That draft also "expressed immediate end to hostilities uled before the conflict broke had obtained shows troop - opened an investigation of tion" in her final years. hospital and that the before Dyson's report was concern about the tensions and calling for the unimped - out. ers, all of them white, the death in September. In his own release, Harry princess threw a birthday submitted to BBC bosses. TRUTH PREVAIL SPORTS 9 JAMMU MONDAY MAY 24, 2021 Premier League: Brighton stun Manchester City, Chelsea exact revenge on Leicester Show that left 9-year-old Jos Buttler wide-eyed Manchester : Manchester turnaround, when successive the opponent is so tough," he minute while Jorginho dou - New Delhi : Taunton-born overs international at that cool it would be to play in a moment in Indian cricket his - City have now created a buzz strikes by Brighton's Leandro told BBC. bled their advantage through a England batsman Jos Buttler point in time, surpassing the World Cup," added Buttler. tory and he still just pulls it off for being the losing side. That Trossard, Adam Webster and Chelsea exact revenge on penalty in the 66th minute. says India greats Sourav previous record of 275 set by Buttler also said he is fas - with such composure. I love too, against Brighton. Dan Burn threw City out of Foxes Kelechi Iheanacho scored for Ganguly and Rahul Dravid's Azharuddin and Ajay Jadeja cinated by Mahendra Singh watching him play." They were beaten 2-3 by gear. But Guardiola is upbeat Chelsea avenged their FA the Foxes with 14 minutes big hundreds in the 1999 the 15th-placed club in an remaining on the clock, but World Cup match against Sri away game last night, and that Chelsea held their nerve. "The Lanka at his home venue had is probably the wake up call fans made a huge difference. an "incredible impact" on they needed before taking on The speed in our game, the him. Chelsea in the all-English hunger, the ambition. It was a Sourav and Dravid had Champions League final on very strong performance. The stitched together a partnership May 29. job is not done but it's still in of 318 runs for the second Despite scoring early in our hands. We need another wicket to set up an easy victo - the second minute, City were huge performance at Aston ry for Mohammed one man down barely ten Villa," Thomas Tuchel told Azharuddin-led India. minutes into the game. Joao AFPafter the game. That was long before the Cancelo was sent off after a United draw versus T20 revolution took the game harsh tackle on Danny Fulham by storm but, on that day in Welbeck. "Eleven against 11 Edinson Cavani's 40-yard- Taunton (May 26, 1999), against Brighton is tough, 11 chip over Fulham goalkeeper sixes and fours rained down against 10 is difficult so we Alphonse Areola brought Old from the blades of the two have to improve for the final. Trafford to life, and the Red Indian batsmen, something Unfortunately after 0-2, we Devils were 1-0 ahead. But the destructive Buttler often conceded a goal so quick and and is taking the UCL summit Cup final loss against Fulham managed to pull back does these days. after they push a lot, we were showdown against Chelsea Leicester City last night. The as Joe Bryan made perfect "Those were my formative more tired and could not keep very seriously. Blues not only beat the Foxes sense of a Bobby Decordova- years and watching that game the ball as much as possible - "On Sunday, with our peo - 2-1 at Stamford Bridge, but Reid cross to equalise in the with Sourav and Dravid scor - we could not do it and unfor - ple, we are going to lift the also ensured they remain in 76th minute. "The buzz, the ing big hundreds had an tunately we lost the game," Premier League trophy. And contention for the Champions energy, the atmosphere was incredible impact," Buttler the City coach was quoted as after we are going to go for League. Around 8,000 fans magic, really. We've really told a cricket-specific web - against Zimbabwe in 1997- Dhoni's calmness and bril - "I like that about him, saying by BBC. the final of the Champions saw Antonio Rudiger and missed it. It was fantastic to site. 98. liance. He cited his winning made me intrigued about him. Phil Foden scored soon League. I am concerned Jorginho put Chelsea ahead in have them back," United Sourav scored 183 with Huge crowd six in the final of the 2011 It is quite amazing trying to after half-time, putting City 2- because this is the final of the the game at Stamford Bridge. manager Ole Gunnar the help of 17 fours and seven Buttler, 30, said he was World Cup, but what struck think what he is thinking 0 ahead. But then came the Champions League, because Rudiger scored in the 47th Solskjaer told AFP. sixes, while Dravid's 145 had surprised by the massive Buttler was there was hardly about, why is he not riding the 17 boundaries and one six. Indian presence in the crowd any celebration from Dhoni emotions of the game. He The pair had left a slew of for a match in England. despite the enormity of the always kept people guessing records in their wake that "India versus Sri Lanka in occasion. like that. I like the way he made a huge impression on 1999 World Cup was my first "I love the shot of him hit - does things because they Venue rethink to keep Cup at home the then 9-year-old Buttler. experience of seeing Indian ting that six to win the World make sense to him. It doesn't Sourav and Dravid's part - crowds and that ignites the Cup and then he twirls his bat look like he worries too much New Delhi : More than a can make necessary arrange - final. However, the players' seek a reaction from the par - nership of 318 in 45 overs was fire of how passionate people around. That was all he gave about what it looks like," said fortnight after being forced to ments at short notice while feedback could pose a big ticipating countries before the highest in any limited- are about the game and how you. It is probably the biggest Buttler. suspend the IPL following hosting the IPL last year and challenge to such hopes. taking a final decision," a positive Covid-19 cases this could prompt the ICC to "The suspension of the source told here. inside the bio-security bubble, "We also have to hope that Indian boxing’s first Dronacharya the Board of Control for there's no third wave of the Cricket in India (BCCI) has pandemic and the vaccination decided to take stock of the process gathers full steam in awardee OP Bhardwaj dies situation by calling a special the next couple of months. New Delhi : India's first "I am proud to say I was tance runs. It is something I highly respected for his con - general meeting on May 29. Remember it is the vaccina - Dronacharya awardee in box - among his first students. He learnt from him, to be com - tribution to the sport. Besides hosting the T20 tion that has allowed the ing, O P Bhardwaj, died on was an inspiration," he added. pletely involved. A vary sad "He was a Services Sports World Cup in October- return of crowds in EPL Friday after battling pro - In 2008, Bhardwaj had day," he added. Control Board legend. A truly November, completing the matches." longed illness and age-related remaining 31 matches of the The rescheduling of the issues here. IPL by slotting a 20-day win - IPL will be another key topic. He was 82 and had tragi - dow in September is on top of But if the T20 World Cup is cally lost his wife Santosh to the agenda. Given the pan - also moved to the UAE, then ill-health about 10 days ago. demic situation in the country, the IPL could take a look at Bhardwaj was bestowed the BCCI is not willing to the UK or Sri Lanka as host the highest national honour in stick its neck out and make venues. coaching jointly with elaborate plans. For now the There's talk that the five- Bhalchandra Bhaskar T20 World Cup gets top prior - match Test series in England Bhagwat (wrestling) and O M ity and the BCCI is hoping could be reduced to four and Nambiar (athletics), when it that if the down-trend contin - the extra days slotted for the was introduced in 1985. ues and things improve drasti - IPL. That could allow a 15- "He had been unwell for cally by next month, they will delay the announcement till IPL has been a big blow. Most day gap between two tourna - many days with a lot of health be able to retain the show - late July/early August. of the foreign players would ments in the UAE since the issues and was hospitalised. piece event in the country. Sources in the know told be sceptical about returning to grounds must be handed over Age was a factor and there The International Cricket here that the BCCI is working India within six months. In to the ICC by October 1. was also the shock of losing Council (ICC) has already on a plan to host the 16-team such a scenario, some of the For now, the BCCI seems his wife about 10 days back," earmarked UAE as the second T20 World Cup in four stadi - countries may refuse to come more keen to retain hosting T L Gupta, a close family option in case the tournament ums in and around Mumbai here and that could force the rights for the T20 World Cup friend and a former boxing even taught some boxing Gulati said Bhardwaj was remarkable coach and also a has to be shifted from India. and Pune with Ahmedabad ICC to take a fresh look at the with the UAE their preferred coach, told PTI. techniques to Congress MP driven by a desire to make very impressive personality. It The UAE has proved that it hosting the semi-finals and venue. The ICC could always venue for the IPL. Bhardwaj was India's Rahul Gandhi for a couple of things better for the sport. is unfortunate that in the last national boxing coach from months. "He was a dynamic man. I couple of years his multiple 1968 to 1989 and also served Former national coach remember, in those days, health issues restricted him Premier League: Four talking as a national selector. Gurbax Singh Sandhu, who when there were no comput - greatly," he said. Under his tutelage, Indian was among his first set of stu - ers and hardly anyone knew Gupta said that Bhardwaj pugilists won medals at the dents at NIS, said the man how to type, he bought a type - had a fierce personality which points before Sunday Asian Games, the from Chennai was a hands-on writer from a trip to Russia," often came to fore at any per - New Delhi : Even after 37 at Burnley. The Reds will the Premier League trophy Sports. Chelsea are currently Commonwealth Games and instructor. Gupta said. ceived ill-treatment of boxers. weeks of intense football, the have to watch out for after the final whistle. number three on the points the South Asian Games. "I shared a magnificent "He would write letter "I remember, after the thrill around the Premier Christian Benteke, who has However, Sunday also marks table with 67 points, with A pioneer in Indian box - friendship with Bhardwaj ji. I after letter to authorities 1980 Asian boxing champi - League has not dimmed one been on a goal-scoring spree the last time Aguero - our all- Liverpool hot on their heels ing, he was the first chief was his student as well as co- demanding better amenities onship in the then Bombay, bit. Manchester City have of late. Palace manager Roy time leading goal scorer and with 66. instructor for the sport at the worker after being inducted in for boxers at NIS using that the team was coming back crossed the finish line and are Hodgson will be taking one of the greatest players to Leicester City's bid for National Institute of Sports the NIS. I saw him lay the typewriter. He typed with just with two gold, five silver, and declared champions but charge as manager in his last ever represent the Club - will UCL India in Patiala. foundation for Indian boxing one finger because he had no three bronze medals. Their there's so much more to look game, and will hope to depart grace the Etihad before he Harry Kane might be play - "He started his career in to flourish," Sandhu, under formal training in typing," accommodation on return to forward to on May 23. As the with a smile. leaves in the summer," a state - ing his last Premier League the Army School of Physical whose guidance India won its remembered Gupta, who Patiala was not up to it," he final day of the season gets Sergio Aguero's farewell ment from City said. game in Tottenham Hotspur Training in Pune and became maiden Olympic medal in retired as chief instructor from said. "Mr Bhardwaj took it closer, Chelsea, Liverpool and After spending ten years Thomas Tuchel's big colours. Leicester City, after an accomplished coach for boxing, said. the NIS a few years ago. upon himself to fight for it Leicester City are gearing up with Manchester City and dilemma their recent maiden FA Cup Services. In 1975, when NIS "He was always, always Former national federation with the authorities and to battle it out for a top-four becoming the all-time league Midfielder N'Golo Kante, victory, are upbeat and capa - came up with the proposal for there with the boys. He would secretary general Brigadier ensured that boxers got better finish. scorer for the club, Sergio who is crucial to Tuchel's ble of spoiling Kane's last hur - coaching diplomas, in boxing, never stand and instruct. He (Retd) PKM Raja, during accommodation. He gave Here are the four talking Aguero will play his last game strategies, isn't fully match fit. rah. Fifth-placed Leicester are Mr Bhardwaj was picked to would run with the boys dur - whose tenure he was a nation - direction to the sport at that points before Sunday arrives: in City colours at the Etihad Tuchel will have some real well in line to qualify for the start the course," Gupta said. ing training, even long dis - al selector, said Bhardwaj was time," he added. Liverpool's 'final' versus Stadium. Despite suffering brainstorming to do over Champions League, having Crystal Palace from an adductor injury, playing him in the game ver - earned 66 points so far. A con - Liverpool coach Jurgen Aguero will look forward to sus Aston Villa or reserving cern for Leicester is star Whatever the situation is, being a professional you Klopp has already called playing against Everton on him for the Champions defender Jonny Evans, who Liverpool's clash versus Sunday. One can look forward League final versus City on was substituted in the FA Cup Crystal Palace a final. "It was to an emotional farewell for May 29. final for a ligament issue in have to adjust and take it in your stride : Shami a semi-final. We had to win Aguero, who has over 250 Tuchel is, however, hope - his foot. New Delhi : Bubble life, to adjust and take it in your toh pacers ka bhi ek role hai Shami said. the semi-final and we did that. goals for the Manchester ful of playing Kante. "I have a "He is still sore. He's as some cricketers have said, stride," he said. (somewhere or the other, pac - Alongside their quicks, 3-0. Clean sheet. Nothing is giants. "10,000 City fans will good feeling with N'Golo. He unlikely for the weekend, so takes a toll. As if that weren't Shami did feature in this ers too have had a role to captain Williamson is also decided yet, but we improved be able to attend our last said he felt something, he did - he's probably played his last enough, the havoc wreaked year's IPL for Punjab Kings, play). central to New Zealand's our position, slightly, and we league game of the 2020/21 n't want to risk a muscle game," Foxes coach Brendan by the second wave of Covid- returning from a wrist injury "But yes, it's a final, so we prospects in the summit clash. have the final," Klopp told season with Pep Guardiola's injury. I hope he will be fit for Rodgers had said after their 1- 19 makes people further suffered during the Adelaide have to be on top of our But India's bowlers will not Sky Sports after winning 3-0 title-winning squad receiving Sunday," Tuchel told Sky 2 defeat against Chelsea. depressed, especially when D-N Test against Australia game," Shami stressed. be targeting any particular they are taking a few days off last year. But not being able to Reverse swing, Shami individual. from their busy schedule. Football Round-Up: Juventus win Coppa But a professional cannot just sit and brood over the sit - uation. Adjusting to it and Italia title, Liverpool eye UCL berth diverting the mind back to the New Delhi : Juventus have appeared in the final of the all they need is a win in their Liverpool are above the fifth- work lying ahead is key, espe - finally found something to competition. It was Cristiano last game versus Crystal placed Leicester City on goal cially in such trying times, cheer about. Ronaldo's fifth trophy with Palace to qualify for the difference. emphasised Mohammed After a disappointing Serie Juventus and first ever Italian Champions League. "We had Liverpool play Crystal Shami. A season, Juventus have "Obviously, if there's so clinched the Coppa Italia title much of disappointment after beating Atalanta 2-1 on around you and you come Wednesday. Giorgio Chiellini across so many people in dis - and his men gave the perfect tress, it does disturb you. birthday gift to coach Andrea Especially when you are away Pirlo, who turned 42 last from home and in a different night, and this was their sec - city. ond trophy this season after "It's difficult to be in the winning the Super Cup in right frame of mind then, but January. "It was a great problem se bhaaga nahi ja match, between two beautiful sakta. Solution aapko teams who fought to the end, dhoondna hi padega (But you a final worthy of this name, can't run away from the prob - also a big celebration for the lem. You have to find the public, with everything that solution)," the senior India has happened this season," pacer told here before joining Pirlo toldAFP after the game. the India team quarantine in After being reportedly Mumbai on Wednesday. unhappy with his Juve assign - Shami is quite aware of ment, the 2006 World Cup not letting the all-around winner now has a change of gloom affect him. With less wear the India cap for all agreed, will remain as one of "We're playing against mind. "I would really like to than a month left for the these months makes him more his options against the Black another team, not against any sit on the Juventus bench World Test Championship determined for the much- Caps in Southampton. one individual. As it has again next year. I think I did final versus New Zealand, awaited WTC final, where he "Ever since application of always been, our aim will my job well day by day, trying he's trying to ensure cricket believes he and his fellow saliva has been banned, one always be to the target the to win finals. I would like to Cup victory. to win the 'semi-final' and we Palace at Anfield on May 23. remains his focus. quicks will again play a piv - found it tough to get the ball opposition by hitting the right continue, I love this club," Liverpool eye Champions did. Nothing is decided yet Klopp wants the 'final' game "I go to my farmhouse (in otal role. to reverse. But of course, length, backing each other Pirlo said. League berth but we improved our position to be worth it with fans in the Sahaspur, Uttar Pradesh) and "The fact that our team has since that has been one of my and our strengths as well as A late strike by Federico Roberto Firmino, Alex and we have the final. That's stadium. And he is also not in start training. That way I stay been so consistent in the strengths, I'll certainly try and maintaining the intensity right Chiesa helped the Bianconeri Oxlade-Chamberlain and what we needed. It's what we the mood to take Palace light - in connection with the game longest format over the last get whatever amount of through so that the proceed - win their 14th Italian Cup. Nathaniel Phillips powered deserve because this was a top ly. "I can't wait for the 1000 and not left my focus drift. It's four-five years is also due to reverse swing I can as it's ings become tougher for all Last night was Juventus' Liverpool to a 3-0 win versus performance," Coach Jurgen fans at Anfield. Nothing is something I did last year too. the contribution of us fast essential to have all your their players, not just 400th Coppa Italia game, and Burnley. Now that the Reds Klopp told AFP after the decided - Palace are strong," "Whatever the situation is, bowlers. So behind this rise to options at your disposal in a Williamson," Shami signed it was the 20th time they have moved into the top four, game last night. Currently, he said. being a professional you have the No.1 rank, kahin na kahin game of such magnitude," off. TRUTH PREVAIL 10 ENTERTAINMENT JAMMU MONDAY MAY 24, 2021 All about Schitt’$ Creek should have perhaps ing, the need to adapt and be What will the Roses be tionship - that lifts the show from a one-night stand to written about Schitt'$ inclusive and most important - without their quirks, anyway? several notches. David finds becoming best buddies - lean - ICreek six years ago ly, what family really means That's what powers so much love in Patrick (Noah Reid), ing on each other and staring when it first aired. I could (or should mean) to us. of Schitt'$ Creek. 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Warmest love and hope and inclusivity Tell us a bit about your - ences it and narrates it, or the process of Anurup has taught son duo of Eugene and Daniel only hangout Cafe Tropical, Bosnia to play a, well, crow in regards" often accompanying and that's what people are self? Did you grow up in one who writes it down? That me the real meaning of the Levy - is today a go-to watch they gradually warm to the a production of 'The Crows a conversation after they are thirsty for. I see no world in Calcutta? was the seed idea for Written word surrender. As a director (and rewatch) globally place, and the people, evolv - Have Eyes 2') but it's David done subtly insulting each which people will stop want - because not only does it deliv - ing as humans, but never los - and Alexis's transformation other. In one of the final ing those things." Just add the er laughs, but also themes ing their individuality. through the seasons - as well moments of the show, David laughs. And yes, Season 7, itself around community liv - 'The Royal Roses' as the evolution in their rela - and Stevie - who graduate please! Priyanka Chopra 'Anupamaa': Vanraj is back in the Jonas: No one is safe revenge mode, will he ever learn? Now that Vanraj and him believe that Advait and Rupali Ganguly, Sudhanshu unless everyone is safe Anupamaa of Rajan and Anupamaa have come closer. Pandey, Madalsa Sharma, Priyanka Chopra Jonas Million, and that's huge. Deepa Shahi's "Anupamaa" Will Vanraj realise his mis - Apurva Agnihotri, Alpana has set up a fundraiser to "Your donation will go are now divorced, Vanraj has help India amid the ongoing directly to healthcare physi - gone back to being his old Covid-19 crisis. In an cal infrastructure (including mean self who cared for no Instagram video she posted Covid care centres, one but just himself. He has on Thursday, she talks how Isolation centers, and oxy - again started to find faults in it is important for everyone gen generation plants), Anupamaa and doesn't mind to come forward and help medical equipment, and talking to her rudely or insult - the country. vaccine support and mobi - ing her. During Nandini and I was born and brought up By?. and an actor, after the prepara - "India, my home, is suf - lization." Samar's engagement ceremo - fering the world's worst She shared that no one is in Calcutta. Both my parents How was it like acting tion stage is done, all you can ny, Anupamaa got to know are doctors. After finishing with and directing Sabyasachi do on set is be present and Covid crisis, and we all safe unless everyone is safe. that Nandini can't become a need to help! People are "Please please donate. college, I directed my first Chakrabarty on both the surrender. Both the shorts mother. Baa overhears this docu-drama, Women Prayed films? have also taught me the dying in record numbers. Nick and I already have and conversation and thinks that There is illness everywhere, will continue to contribute. & Preyed Upon. It had emi - I grew up watching Feluda importance of the trust Anupamaa knew this since nent Indian film industry per - and our generation's Feluda is between a director and a cine - and it's only continuing to We have all seen how far the very beginning. This cre - spread and kill at great and wide this virus can sonalities like Amitabh Benu Sir. I was called over to matographer. ated a huge scene and Vanraj Bachchan, Shyam Benegal, his house to pitch the story. Are you planning/ writing speed and scale," she wrote spread, an ocean between and Baa called off the engage - alongside the clip. us makes no difference. No Surekha Sikri, Reema Lagoo, He is a team player. For him, a new feature film now? ment. But Anupamaa took a Lopamudra Mitra, Dwijen the story is more important. I have written a feature She added: "I have set up one is safe unless everyone stand for them and stood by it. take once he gets to know Buch, Arvind Vaidya, Paras a fundraiser with GiveIndia, is safe. Mukhopadhyay, and others. He is not a self-absorbed film, a web series, and anoth - In the upcoming episode about Anupamaa's cancer? Kalnawat, Aashish Mehrotra, The docu-drama went on to actor. Benu Sir is fantastic er short. All three are of dif - the largest organization on It's so heartening to see we will see that while Will he ever learn that his Muskan Bamne, Shekhar the ground in India provid - so many people stepping up garner several accolades from with his logic. If you can sat - ferent genres. Anupamaa was practicing reactions are not always justi - Shukla, Nidhi Shah, Anagha all over the world, the most isfy him logically, then he What kind of stories would ing Covid relief. Whatever to help in so many ways. dance, Vanraj comes and fied? Will Baa and the others Bhosale, and Tassnim Sheikh. you can spare, truly makes a We need to beat this virus, recent being the Official won't question. I was anxious you like to tell in the future? throws the speaker. He tells regret behaving rudely to Produced by Rajan Shahi and selection at World Peace and worried as to how would I believe in stories that difference. Nearly 63 mil - and to do that requires ALL her that it's because of her that Anupamaa? To know what his mother Deepa Shahi under lion people follow me on of us. From the bottom of Awards, Indonesia. After that, he accept a newcomer being deal with relationships. All he missed on getting a job. happens next keep watching their banner Shahi I went to New York Film the director and the co-actor. my stories so far have been here, if even 100,000 of you my heart THANK YOU!" Vanraj is back in the revenge "Anupamaa". Productions Pvt Ltd, the show donate $10, that's $1 she said. Academy, Los Angeles. But he didn't care. If he likes set in a very simple setting but mode because Kavya made "Anupamaa" features airs on Star Plus. How was your experience the story and the person's the inner struggles and rela - there? intentions, he will do it. He is tionships between the charac - I completed my Masters in one of the biggest reasons for ters lead my stories. I am per - Irrfan Khan's wife Sutapa pens emotional Acting, from New York Film me to be able to juggle multi - sonally growing every day. So Academy, Los Angeles. It was ple roles on set. He will give I don't want to decide the note on actor's death anniversary a two-year course. I thorough - you tough love, only because themes or I don't see myself On his first death anniver - "How exactly does one very well dressed up unlike us and rubbed it in as usual my gol chakkar to have ek bata do ly enjoyed it. NYFA gave me he cares. being stuck to one specific sary, late actor Irrfan Khan's swim this huge ocean of time. we were always in our blue permanent thing that north chai'." a different perspective. I have Why did you decide to genre of storytelling. I want to wife Sutapa Sikdar took to The clock had stopped At trackpant and sky blue t shirt Indians are so stupid and they Sutapa concluded: "its never done acting before nor write and direct Anurup? continue working both as an social media to pen down an 11.11 on 29th april for me. 'ir - been a long journey of cor - did I ever dream of becoming Written By? was in one actor and a director. I want to emotional note celebrating the rfan you had a keen interest in recting each other spanning a an actor. But being at NYFA location, two actors, and two learn, observe, and tell stories actor. mystery of numbers . .and life time. fighting arguing helped me find my love for days shoot. It was much more that I feel I can tell, at that The note talks about the funny you had 'hree 11's on laughing evolving together. acting. It also helped me methodical and restricted. moment. There is no one type actor's last night at the hospi - your final day . some say actu - you were the loner in a realise direction better. After Anurup was shot in Siliguri of telling a story. There is no tal and how she and her friend ally many say this is a very crowd. And now a whole my graduation, I worked in with multiple actors, includ - one way a character should sang songs for him. mystical number 11/11/11. crowd has followed you up LA as a professional actor for ing Mithu ma'am look or behave. We tell a story "People living deeply have How does one walk ahead the there ..by the way OM from six years. (Chakrabarty). Anurup was from our perspective and no fear of death Anais Nin pandemic just adds to the anx - the tea stall in the nukkad Why did you decide to conceived from a very per - hope that people will connect your favourite poet Irrfan. iety, fear and pain," she went some years back has he take up direction? sonal point of view. I am close to that. A story can be told Last year tonight me and my shared. made a chai ka stall up there? I did not decide to be a to my parents but I share dif - from any part of the world. I friends sang songs for you,all Sutapa wrote about the are you having ek bata do director or an actor. I wanted ferent equations with my want to continue both acting your favorite songs. The nurs - emotional turmoil she went chai there. and are drinking to study economics. But mom and with my dad. I feel and directing, and continue to es were looking at us strange - through when she had to water from the running growing up I was a fan of my mother is the thread that be a storyteller. ly as they were used to reli - change her name. streams? All of you stay in Amitabh Bachchan. I used to connects my dad and me. You have also acted in gious chants in critical times "The days went by with peace remember us that we think about what could I do to Often my dad and I will argue Bengali films. but I had overdone that for umpteen responsibilities some loved you, all of you. And meet him someday. Long and then after a point, we both I am fortunate enough to you irrfan morning evening extremely new ones like sig - remember all of you is story short, I applied for jour - say, 'It's ok I've moved on'. work in my country and that and night for two years and nature galore for changing of missed by some one or the nalism and mass communica - But, the question is, have we too in Bangla. I am not a tra - since they told me it was time name. My fingers kept stop - other ..all your families tion… and even before I knew moved on? Or do we carry the ditional-looking Bengali. I I wanted you to go with mem - ping on that how could I just grieve ..may you all rest in I ended up falling in love with residues? And those residues have short hair and I am ories you loved 'so we sang take his name away and make peace! I hope there is enough film-making, and, I ended up become the root cause of the 5'9.5" tall. People find it hard songs'.next day you left for it sutapa, I was unable to sign space I hope some of you working with him in my very next argument. Sometimes it to figure out the right casting the next station I hope you took a day off and the name will forgive us for not been first project, the docu-drama. is just easier to sit next to each for me. Because fortunately knew where to get down with - game played on my mind. able to give a respectable Thus my fanaticism turned other and address the issue or unfortunately, in our indus - out me..363 days eight thou - Like a film in a projector," she cremation me into a director and now an instead of piling them up. try, certain things are still sand seven hundred and wrote. #irrfan#NSD#nationbleed - actor. Also, now through the How was your experience guided by stereotypes. twelve hours..when each sec - She, then, spoke about the ing#wearesorry#restinpeace" process, I have realised that I on the sets of Anurup? I am hopeful that it will ond is counted," she wrote. day she met the actor for the Irrfan had been diagnosed love telling stories. Anurup was a priceless change. Directors like Sourav She went on to talk about first time. with neuroendocrine cancer How did you conceive journey. From the pre-produc - Chakraborty (Shobdo Jobdo), the time he passed away, "i remember sitting outside in 2018. He p'ssed away in Written By? tion stage itself, I realised that Anindya Chatterjee (Prem which was so surreal as he NSD late evening ..beautiful ..both boys and girls wore the only can pronounce sunny Mumbai's Kokilaben I was in Calcutta for some it is a universal story. Initially, Tame), Abhirup Ghosh was so interested the mystery girls from kathak kendra same 'and you mispronounced Vicky Rahul type names and Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital time in 2018. I used to meet I thought every father and (Rahasya Romancha Series), of numbers. floating out ..they were all my name and I tried to correct proceed to kake ki dukaan in on April 29 last year. up with a couple of writer daughter would connect with and web platforms are giving friends. We would discuss it. But after the film was us that hope. TRUTH PREVAIL BUSINESS NEWS 11 JAMMU MONDAY MAY 24, 2021 Firm ordered to return unused State Bank of India Q4 profit jumps 80 per cent on higher interest income, lower provisioning cryogenic oxygen tank New Delhi : State Bank of cent to Rs 9,914 crore from growth stood at 5.67 per cent 51,811 crore. In the retail seg - New Delhi : The Calcutta are helpful and in some cases resolution process or the liqui - or oxygen generating plants, India (SBI) on Friday topped Rs 11,894 crore in the corre - over the same period last year, ment, home loans showed a bench of the National they are unwilling," he said. dation estate under the insol - are usually owned by the gas Street estimates as it reported sponding quarter of the previ - mainly driven by retail growth of 10.51 per cent over Company Law Tribunal has Ellenbarrie, in which Air vency and bankruptcy code. companies even though they an 80.15 per cent rise in net ous fiscal. advances which grew 16.47 the previous year. asked for the immediate Water Group of Japan holds a The oxygen tanks are third are installed at the factories of profit for the quarter ended SBI chairman Dinesh per cent. SME lending rose The board has recom - release of a cryogenic oxygen 51 per cent stake, is a signifi - party properties whose own - the customers who operate March 2021 following a drop tank lying unused at a closed cant producer of oxygen in ership lies with the respective them for their exclusive use. in provisions even as its core steel mill in Bengal, raising Bengal. The company has gas manufacturing compa - While India's cumulative income showed a good hope that more such idle con - been able to recover four such nies, the advocate said. production of medical oxygen growth. tainers may be made available idle tanks in recent times. "Thus, at this crucial junc - is more than the demand, The country's largest to increase the supply of med - lender posted a net profit of ical oxygen in the state. Rs 6,451 crore against Rs The tank, which has a 3,581 crore in the same period capacity of 13,000 litre of liq - of the previous year. Analysts uid oxygen, can easily feed a were expecting the bank to 500-bed hospital. At present, post a net profit of around Rs it is on the premises of 6,000 crore during the period. Ramsarup Industries Ltd in The growth in the bank's Kharagpur. bottomline was supported by Ramsarup is undergoing an almost 19 per cent rise in bankruptcy proceedings. the net interest income (NII) After the court's interven - to Rs 27,067 crore from Rs tion, the owner of the tank is 22,767 crore in the year-ago likely to take possession of period. the asset over the weekend Another positive element and bring it to an unit at was the improvement in the Uluberia to refurbish before bank's asset quality. The gross sending it for hospital use. NPA ratio fell to 4.98 per cent "...you return the tank. ... from 6.15 per cent and net you have no reason to with - NPA stood at 1.15 per cent hold it," Justice Rajasekhar against 2.23 per cent a year Khara told reporters that 4.24 per cent, while agricul - mended a dividend of Rs 4 V.K. of the NCLT Calcutta ago. In absolute terms, the while there could be some tural advances were up 3.92 per share for the financial year bench remarked during the gross bad loans came down to stress on account of the sec - per cent. According to the ended March 2021. The total proceedings. Rs 1,26,389.02 crore from Rs ond wave of Covid-19, the bank, its loan book has grown payout will be Rs 3,569 crore. A 'compliance report' 1,49,091.85 crore in the bank did not see any major 6.53 per cent over the year- SBI shares ended with ensuring transfer of the tank fourth quarter of the previous asset quality problems so far. ago period, including the gains of 4.30 per cent to close to Ellenbarrie has to be fur - It usually takes about 45 ture the insolvency profes - transportation of gas from fiscal. The bank's loan loss SBI said that during the growth in corporate bonds or at Rs 401.10 on the BSE on nished on Monday when the days to instal a tank, the kind sionals should cooperate and factories to hospitals has provision declined 16.64 per period, domestic credit commercial paper of Rs Friday. judge will hear the case and is which is being recovered, at a hand over the oxygen tanks to remained a challenge. likely to pass an order. hospital site as the work the gas manufacturing compa - Corporate entities such as The advocate representing requires construction as well ny without intervention of the Tata Group and ITC have pro - Sundaram Home Finance plans to the gas company prayed that as obtaining licences and court so that such they can be cured cryogenic tanks from the bench also pass a general approvals. installed in hospitals and insti - abroad to meet the sudden raise Rs 2,500 crore for growth order which will ensure that Agarwal said tanks and tutions for supply of medical surge. oxygen tanks lying unused in cylinders are in short supply oxygen to treat Covid The second wave of the New Delhi : Sundaram crore for 2019-20. The total latter half of the year panned demand getting back to pre- steel mills facing bankruptcy even though the administra - patients," Banerjee added. Covid-19 pandemic has taken Home Finance, a wholly disbursements made were Rs out well and we saw a gradual Covid levels. The fourth quar - should be released without the tion is now proactive in giving Gas companies can only a toll on the country's health owned subsidiary of non- 1,254.05 crore against Rs but certain recovery." ter was the silver lining with elaborate and time consuming out contracts. hope to take tanks which are infrastructure and thousands banking finance company 2,112.09 crore a year ago. The real estate sector return of customer confi - process of going to court. Advocate Rishav unutilised. Even though of people are dying because Sundaram Finance Ltd, is Sundaram Home Finance showed remarkable tenacity dence," he said. Padam Agarwal, manag - Banerjee, who appeared for industrial use of oxygen is of shortage of oxygen. The planning to raise Rs 2,500 MD Lakshminarayanan in 2020 against all odds, he "There will be a momen - ing director of Ellenbarrie Ellenbarrie, said the oxygen prohibited by the Centre in the Centre has invoked the provi - crore to fund its growth plans, Industrial Gases Ltd, said the tanks supplied and installed wake of heavy demand from sions of the Disaster the company said on company has been taking by gas companies like the medical side, plucking out Management Act, 2005 and Saturday. assistance from courts, Ellenbarrie in factories of dif - tanks from an operational also issued a notification that "The funds will be raised administration, health depart - ferent companies undergoing plant is not feasible. oxygen will only be supplied this year through a mix of ment to recover idle tanks. insolvency resolution or liqui - According to the industry for medical purposes, stop - debt instruments and bank "Sometimes the customers dation cannot form part of any practice, gas facilities, tanks ping supply to the industry. funding," a statement said. Sundaram Home Finance's net profit for the fourth quar - Axis Bank awaits regulatory nod to reclassify 3 ter ended March 2021 stood at Rs 36.60 crore against a net profit of Rs 82 crore a year promoters as public shareholders ago. However, in the corre - New Delhi : Axis Bank on ment raised Rs 4,000 crore by March 31, 2021, SUUTI's Company, and Oriental sponding quarter last year Saturday said three entities selling a part of its stake in the holding in the private sector Insurance Co Ltd as the pro - there was a one-time excep - classified as its promoters - bank held through the lender stood at a little over moters. Among them, the tional item of Rs 60 crore on United India Insurance three entities had made a account of write- back of Company, National Insurance request for reclassification. deferred tax liability. Company and New India "The board at its meetings "Hence, the net profit for Assurance Company - will be held this year on February 27, the two periods are not com - re-classified as public catego - March 26, and April 28 has parable," the statement said. ry shareholders after the req - considered and approved the Disbursements for the uisite regulatory approvals. said requests, subject to the quarter under review grew to This comes after the three approval of the stock Rs 459.38 crore from Rs non-life insurers made a exchanges, statutory/regulato - 389.60 crore a year ago. Duraiswamy said, "While it said. tary halt in the upward trend... request to re-classify them - ry authorities and the share - For the year ended March was a gloomy start to 2020- "Over the five-month peri - However, as the recovery of selves as public from promot - holders of the bank, it 31, 2021, the net profit was Rs 21, marked by a lockdown in od between November 2020 2020 showed, the market is er under the terms of said…The reclassification 191 crore against Rs 218 the first couple of months, the and March 21, we saw likely to emerge stronger." Regulation 31A of Sebi will be effective post receipt (Listing Obligation and of the aforesaid approvals," Disclosure Requirements) Axis Bank said in a regulato - Covid-19 second wave to delay auto Regulations, 2015. Under the ry filing. above rule, any person can be In a discussion paper allowed to be reclassified as a released recently, the market sector recovery promoter or public by the Specified Undertaking of the 10.31 crore shares or 3.45 per regulator had proposed to New Delhi : The second years to achieve the pre-pan - whether it is one month or two the local lockdowns. stock exchanges only upon Unit Trust of India (SUUTI). cent. replace the concept of pro - wave of Covid-19 will push demic levels. Without the sec - months... we need to watch "There will be supply receipt of an application from The Centre had announced Here, the private sector moter or promoter group to back recovery in the auto sec - ond wave, India had a chance out," said Bhattacharya chain disruptions as original the listed entity and it should that it will sell up to 5.80 crore disclosed that it has identified "person in control" from pro - tor to pre-Covid peaks by five equipment manufacturers be done after the satisfaction shares, or a 1.95 per cent stake the administrator of the moter group. It said that there years. (OEMs) source their compo - of various conditions. held through SUUTI in Axis SUUTI, Life Insurance have been instances where Bosch Ltd managing nents from all over the coun - For the period ended Bank at a floor price of Rs Corporation of India (LIC), shareholders or founders who director Soumitra try. As far as Bosch is con - March 2021, the three non- 680 apiece. This includes a General Insurance have no control over a firm Bhattacharya, who was cerned, all our units are run - life insurers held 0.74 per cent base issue size of 3.60 crore Corporation, New India are continued to be classified upbeat about a V-shaped ning except for the one in in Axis Bank. shares and a greenshoe option Assurance Company, as promoters. recovery in the auto segment, Nasik where there is a com - Axis Bank was recently in to sell more than 2.20 crore National Insurance Company, On Friday, shares of the particularly in the fourth quar - plete lockdown," said the news when the govern - shares. For the period ended United India Insurance lender closed at Rs 730.70. ter of 2020-21, now feels the Bhattacharya. industry will take another Shortage of chips, which is year to reach the four million affecting most OEMs, is like - JSW Steel plans rights issue to raise Rs 19,000 crore sales volume of 2018-19. ly to continue through 2021, New Delhi : JSW Steel will seek shareholders' for a share flotation. The stock million tonnes. Once com - "We had earlier said that it he added. plans to launch a rights issue approval to issue non-con - closed at Rs 698.20 on Friday, pleted, Vijaynagar in would take from 2018-19 Chip shortage is a global to raise Rs 5,000 crore and vertible debentures with war - up Rs 3.7 a share. Karnataka would become the another four years to reach the crisis and India cannot be another Rs 14,000 crore in the rants convertible into shares The fund raise is expected largest single-site steel mill in same peak. However, tractor delinked from that. Natural form of debt and equity- and qualified institutional to lend support to JSW's India with 17mt capacity. sales had reached their peak in disasters like snow in the US linked issues. placements, apart from the aggressive expansion plans JSW has also earmarked three years itself. For passen - to go near-about to the peak in The second wave of the and fire in a Japan factory are Taking advantage of the rights issue. and bold acquisitions it Rs 3,450 crore to enhance ger cars, the timeline was four certain segments. Now, we pandemic is bound to affect deepening the crisis, runway rally in the stock The JSW scrip has risen recently concluded. mining capabilities and effi - years but it may take five see another setback and the supply chain because of Bhattacharya said. prices which followed an 310.95 per cent in one year, The company said it would ciencies in Odisha where it unprecedented margin for the gaining as much as 76.4 per spend Rs 15,000 crore over has won rights to four iron ore producers of the alloy, the cent in the last three months the next three years to put up mines in auctions in February Extended lockdowns hit economic activity Sajjan Jindal-led company alone, preparing the ground an additional capacity of 5 2020. across states: SBI research wing Jaypee case: NBCC questions IRP's 'jurisdiction'; New Delhi : The research states would be in the range of "The total vaccination cost trigger a renewed interest of wing of the State Bank of Rs 46,210 crore to Rs of Rs 3.7 lakh crore is much capital flows into the country India on Friday said that the 3,69,710 crore. This is less lower than revenue loss of Rs as investors look through the demands voting on its offer extended lockdowns and than the aggregate loss of rev - 5.5 lakh crore assuming the benefit of mass vaccination. New Delhi : Days after the sion and said it might NBCC plan as non-compliant, clarifications through an restrictions across states have rejection of its bid to buy approach appropriate forum you have exceeded the juris - addendum to address all the hit economic activity. The Jaypee Infratech, state-owned of law for recourse if its bid diction beyond what is laid issues raised by representa - impact is more visible in May, NBCC has questioned the was not considered. NBCC's down by the Supreme Court," tives of banks and homebuy - it added. jurisdiction of the interim res - The Business Activity olution professional in sub - Index of SBI has dipped to mitting that the offer was non- 62.6 as on May 17 from 104.6 compliant with insolvency on March 15. law and demanded that it "The current level is a 51- should be put to vote. week low with 58.7 last regis - Asserting that the offer is tered in the week ended May compliant, NBCC in a letter 25, 2020. However, with the to the interim resolution pro - sequential removal of restric - fessional (IRP) also said the tions expected from June, we company is fully aware of its believe the destruction to responsibilities to be compli - overall activity in Q1 will be ant with the applicable law in lower than what was wit - its deeds and actions. nessed last year. Furthermore, On May 20, the committee inoculation, which is slow at of creditors (CoC) decided to present, is expected to pick up put on vote only Suraksha pace from July," said SBI Group's bid for Jaypee Research in its latest Ecowrap Infratech. NBCC's offer was report. rejected on the grounds that it The report added that it was non-compliant with pro - would be better for the states visions related to treatment of to import vaccines through dissenting financial creditors global tenders than suffer a under the Insolvency and bid was rejected in the fourth NBCC said in the letter to the ers as members of the CoC. revenue loss through lock - enue at Rs 5,51,510 crore lockdown for most states end The report also suggested Bankruptcy Code (IBC). round of bidding for Jaypee IRP. According to the compa - Stating that it is a listed downs. because of the restrictions. by June. Also, the budgeted that the states and centre must The voting on the Infratech and the successful ny, the role of the IRP is mere - navratna company and holds The prices of vaccines are For Bengal, the study esti - capital expenditure of Rs 8.8 chalk out a cold chain infra - Suraksha group's offer is bidder has to complete around ly to assist the CoC and not to high standards of corporate in the range of $5 to $40. With mates the vaccination cost at lakh crore could see a signifi - structure system quickly scheduled from May 24 to 27. 20,000 apartments. The state- decide whether the resolution governance, NBCC said it is the rupee-dollar exchange rate Rs 28,580 crore at the highest cant rollback to balance the while simultaneously target - Against this backdrop, owned company has said the plan does or does not contra - fully aware of its responsibili - at Rs 73 and the Centre giving price of $40 per dose versus revenue loss, exacerbating the ing international vaccine NBCC has written a letter to IRP exceeded his jurisdiction vene the provisions of law. ties to be compliant with 50 per cent of the vaccines to the state's estimated revenue GDP loss," the report said. manufacturers through Jaypee Infratech's IRP Anuj and also wrongly interpreted Along with the letter, applicable law in its deeds and the states, the aggregate esti - loss at Rs 37,770 crore - a dif - It added that import of advanced purchase agree - Jain protesting the CoC deci - the laws. "... by declaring the NBCC has submitted further actions. mated expenditure of the ference of Rs 9,190 crore. vaccines could potentially ments. C M C M

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Photo by- Vivek No social distance maintains in Whole sale Canal Road Sabzi Mandi Jammu. Role of youth imperative in battle BJP matchless in helping people against COVID : Nitish amid Corona : Kavinder TP Correspondent The senior BJP leader said virus is wiped out complete - merciless virus as soon as TP Correspondent in mitigating the issues of ice of people. "These parties structure and medicines in JAMMU, May 23 : Nitish that this battle can be won by ly", he said, adding that the possible. "The youth is the JAMMU, MAY 23 : The people with regard to coron - have 'employed' seasonal this time of need. He urged Mahajan, BJP State Executive helping the government in way the youth can address this hope of the country as all the role played by BJP in J&K to avirus have proved it to be leaders and workers who people to stay home and exer - Member and Co-convenor this time of exigency. "We can problem no other segment can important accomplishments in provide relief to the corona- boon for the people, as every - change colours with changing cise maximum precautions to Sewa Hi Sangathan Abhiyan, spread the awareness on match its efficacy. the coming times will be the hit population is unique and thing which is necessary dur - times and show their presence remain safe and healthy. J&K on Sunday said that social distancing, vaccination, Mahajan said that Prime responsibility of this young outstanding and deserves youth can play pivotal role in appreciation from all quarters fight against coronavirus including the opposition. especially in the rural hamlets This was stated by senior where populace is quite reluc - BJP leader and former Deputy tant in paying heed to precau - Chief Minister Kavinder tions and SOPs. Gupta after distributing ration While interacting with among 200 families of local youths in Gandhi Nagar, Maratha Mohalla, here on Mahajan asked the youth of Sunday. both rural and urban areas to Neeraj Lucky Puri, act as ambassadors of the gov - Mandal President and ernment in spreading words Corporator Pitamber Sharma, of advice among those people Sanchet Sharma and Ashok who are either les educated or Runiyal accompanied the for - reluctant to abide by the mer Deputy Chief Minister norms necessary to contain during his visit to aforesaid the contagious second wave locality. of the coronavirus which has The senior BJP leader said wreaked havoc in the UT of that BJP has attained such a J&K especially in the rural stature by its bountiful ing the pandemic is being alternately in these parties Giving details of COVID belts. He said that youth in dwelling in the society where - offered by the party through a after calculating their gains Centres established by the India constitutes about more by all the sections of people strong task force of its cadre and losses, every season", he BJP in J&K, he said that than one-fourth of the total have been provided one or the at their doorsteps. said. every care has been taken population and it is the first other succor during hour of He said that no other party Kavinder asked the people while establishing these cen - and foremost responsibility of hand hygiene, use of masks MinisterNarendra Modi has lot therefore they should start the need making this political can think of doing such a to have faith in government tres to make them one stop youth to participate in this and sanitisers among our also asked the youth to get contributing in national cause entity a unique force to which colossal work during the pan - which is continuously work - remedy for all the issues battle against the zoonotic dis - friends, family, society or together and play the mean - like combating coronavirus", no other political party is a demic because none of them ing on its resolve to make sure which presently are con - ease. acquaintances to ensure that ingful role in containing the he maintained. match. He said that sincere has a dedicated line of work - that everyone is provided with fronting the coronavirus-hit DC Ramban appreciates public efforts by the party leadership ers ready to work for the serv - the appropriate health infra - population. Dr Farooq, Omar Abdullah condole DC Ramban inspects demise of Sunil Bhat support in implementing Army helps villagers fight forest fire patient care facilities in Corona curfew TP Correspondent row, I also pray for eternal Among others Party's JAMMU, MAY 23 : On extinguishing task over the loss to life and property of the Srinagar, 23 May : The peace to the deceased," he General Secretary Ali night of 22 May 21, a forest steep hillocks and doused the villagers. The effort of Army Pogal, Maligam area RAMBAN, MAY 23 : Jammu and Kashmir National said. In his condolence mes - Muhammad Sagar, Additional fire ensued in close proximity fire by midnight, Forest fire has been applauded by the Reflecting a rise in recovery Conference President, sage, Mr. Omar Abdullah General Secretary Dr. Sheikh RAMBAN, MAY 23 : C M of village Kallar and Gunni in Deputy Commissioner, C M rate, 343 covid patients were Member of Parliament Dr. said, "I don't know how to Mustafa Kamal, Provincial District Rajouri (J&K). The Y B Ramban, Mussarat Islam, y B discharged after their full Farooq Abdullah and Vice find words to convey my con - Presidents Devender Singh villagers feared the destruc - today visited Pogal and recovery, while 71 new posi - President Mr. Omar Abdullah dolences to Bushan Lal Ji and Rana, Nasir Aslam Wani; tion of seasonal crops as the Maligam area besides Tehsil tive cases were reported in on Sunday expressed pro - his family on their colossal Party MPs Muhammad Akbar embers spread along with the headquarter Ukhral to inspect District Ramban, today. found grief and sorrow over loss. I pray for peace to the Lone, Hasnain Masood; winds. The forest guards and the healthcare facilities avail - The recovery of 343 the passing away of Sunil departed soul and much need - Senior leaders SS Slathia, Police were informed by the able in Health institutions and patients in a single day is a Bhat son of senior party ed strength to the bereaved Ajay Sadhotra, Rattan Lal locals regarding the spreading Covid control measures being good sign after huge surge in Member and Former MLC family to bear the irreparable Gupta, Sheikh Bashir Ahmad, fire and a fire fighting team implemented at the local level. positive cases witnessed dur - Bushan Lal Bhat. loss. I am in unison with the Babu Rampal, Sajad Ahmed was requested from the local The DC was accompanied ing the month of May, In his condolence mes - bereaved family in their hour Kitchloo, Sajad Shaheen, Army unit. Two fire fighting by Sub Divisional Magistrate Deputy Commissioner, sage, Dr Farooq said, "I of loss and grief." he said. Aijaz Jan, Dr. Sameer Koul, teams of strength of 96 per - Ramsoo, Dil Mir Chowdhary, Mussarat Islam, said here at a received news of the passing Party President also made Dr. Bashir Ahmed Veeri, Altaf sonnel were immediately Tehsildar Imran Naik, BDO press briefing about the covid away of Sunil Bhat with a telephonic call to the Ahmed Wani, Imran Nabi rushed to the incident site and other senior officers. scenario in the district. heartbreak and sorrow. It is bereaved family and Dar, Salman Ali Sagar, Party's along with requisite fire fight - The DC also inspected the The DC said that aggres - indeed a colossal loss for expressed condolences to Minority Cell President MK ing equipments and water newly constructed building of sive Covid testing has been Bushan Lal Ji. My heartfelt them. The deceased, it is per - Yogi have also condoled the bowser. The party undaunt - PHC Ukhral and took the first - carried to detect the cases and thoughts go out to the tinent to mention, breathed his demise of Sunil Bhat, prayed ingly, regardless of personal was contained in good time, locals and civil administra - hand appraisal from officers contain the spread. “ The tests bereaved family particularly last at Apollo Hospital for peace to his soul and forti - safety, engaged in the fire thereby avoiding any major tion. about the issues hindering in were conducted at construc - Bushan Lal Ji in this hour of Mumbai battling Covid-19 tude to the bereaved to bear making it functional. He tion sites of local as well as sorrow. Sharing in their sor - infection. the loss. directed the construction agen - national projects and in rural cies to complete its remaining areas of the district to keep Tithwal day celebrations furnishing work to make it tab on positive cases and iso - Ensure adequate supply of essentials TP Correspondent CHM Piru Singh of 6 solemn wreath laying cere - functional in wake of a surge in late them. “Nearly 1000 to JAMMU, MAY 23 : RAJPUTANA RIFLE were mony was organised at War Covid Positive cases in the to people: NC to Admin Indian Army celebrated conferred with Param Vir Memorial in Narian, with its area. 1200 samples of both RTPCR TP Correspondent ensure adequate supply of people residing in such areas and RAT are being collected Tithwal Day in District The DC directed the offi - Srinagar, 23 May : The ration, steady supply of drink - are suffering from acute Kupwara (J&K). Every year cers of the Health Department by the health workers in the Jammu and Kashmir National ing water and electricity to scarcity of essentials and to accelerate vaccination drive district on a daily basis,” he 23 May is celebrated as Conference on Sunday consumers. They also asked other household items. "The Tithwal Day. For this was the by organizing camps and added. impressed upon the adminis - the district Commissioners to measure of sealing certain door-to- door campaign to The DC said that as a day when Tithwal Brigade tration to coordinate its efforts take stock of the food grains areas marking a spike in under the leadership of achieve the 100% target, result of aggressive Covid to ensure that the people do at all district headquarters, COVID-19 infections was besides making the public testing a total 2365 positive Brigadier Harbaksh Singh lib - not face any inconvenience especially the higher reaches inevitable to spread the viral erated Tithwal valley from aware about the benefits of cases were reported, out of with respect to essential sup - and other far-flung areas. The sprawl. However the popu - vaccination, wearing face - which 1444 recovered fully, Pakistani Raiders. plies due to the extension in leaders asked the divisional lace living in these localities During 1947- 48 War, 163 mask, washing hands and fol - unfortunately 25 persons the Covid induced lock down, administration to pass instruc - besides being weighed down lowing SOPs and other preven - were lost. He the rest 896 Inf Brigade was tasked to tive measures. and curbs. tions down the line to ensure by the rampaging COVID-19 evict Pakistani raiders from positive patients are under In a joint statement Party's equitable distribution of is also suffering from scarcity The DC also interacted treatment in different Covid Tithwal valley. The Brigade with doctors and staff members Central Secretary Irfan Shah, ration among the consumers of essentials. with 1 SIKH, 3 GARH Care Centres as well as under Provincial Vice President across Kashmir Division. Having specific areas des - on duty and appreciated their observations in home isola - RIFLE and 1 MADRAS contribution towards contain - Muhammad Syed Akhoon, The functionaries also ignated as containment zones under its command success - ment of the pandemic. During tion. Provincial Secretary Showkat impressed upon the municipal alone won't help, the situation The DC informed that fully liberated Tithwal valley the visit, the DC also enquired Ahmed Mir and District committees and corporations calls for proper containment and foiled every enemy Chakra. The brigade was hon - gallant soldiers pledging to about the status of sample col - District Disaster President Srinagar Peer Afaq across Kashmir to ensure and management strategy Management Authority, attempt to recapture it. For the oured with the battle honour be prepared for ' ANY TASK , lection, vaccination, registra - Ahmed asked the divisional proper cleanliness and fumi - including ensuring essentials dauntless courage and of ' TITHWAL '. To honour ANY TIME , ANY WHERE ' tion under Ayushman Bharat, Ramban notified 8 Micro administration to ensure has - gation at all district headquar - to people stuck in these zones. Containment Zones in the unmatched bravery L/Nk gallant action and supreme in defence of the motherland. SEHAT Scheme and availabil - sle free supply of essentials to ters. It would have been better if Karam Singh of 1 SIKH and sacrifice of its warriors, a ity of health infrastructure. district. The Health people across Kashmir in Expressing concern over the incumbent administration Department carried out 100% wake of the extension in the the predicaments suffered by would have worked out a sampling and no more posi - Covid curbs. The functionar - the people in COVID-19 mechanism to ensure supply Asha workers, FMPHWs get acquainted with tive cases were reported in ies impressed upon the divi - micro-containment areas, the of essential commodities at these areas. The sional administration to issue functionaries said with the the door steps of people in Administration is assessing necessary orders to CA&PD, government placing these such hot spots, where it is not COVID duties : ZMO Koti Chandyar the possibilities to de-notify power, municipality, and areas under strict lockdown feasible for people to step these areas, he added. BANI, May 23 : Ahead of bed having all the prerequisite staff is bereft of basic knowl - After the training, the water works departments to and tight perimeter control, out," they said. establishment of Panchayat facilities including oxygen edge to handle the situation health workers expressed sat - Covid Care Centre at Koti provision. there would be complete isfaction that they can now be All can apply in DRDO’s Jammu hospital, only Chandyar, the concerned Dr Rameshwar Singh said chaos. of great help to people visit - ZMO Dr Rameshwar Singh ing the COVID Kashmiris in Valley; alleges Tony provided comprehensive Centres as they are training to the ASHA work - now skilled for ‘Discrimination with Jammu galore under BJP Govt’ ers and FMPHWs to give measuring all the R S PURA, May 23 : "This kind of prejudice than indulging in rhetoric and for local youths of Kashmir them orientation with basic health DDC Member Suchetgarh that too under LG's adminis - self-praise which is evident have been saved but what regard to various assign - parameters, use of Taranjit Singh Tony on tration speaks volumes about from table stories published in about the youth of Jammu ments that these health oxymeters, han - Sunday alleged that discrimi - indifference of those sitting at local dailies regarding its phe - region. Anybody can apply workers shall be executing dling oxygen nation with Jammu galore in helm in J&K and at the nomenal and stellar contribu - for DRDO Covid hospital during the functioning of cylinders and con - the advertisement notices Centre", he said, adding that jobs in Jammu, he said, aforesaid Covid Centres. centrators besides issued for the contractual Jammu and its people are fac - adding that its fact that As per report, the afore - the SOPs with appointments in DRDO's twin ing the discrimination unabat - nobody wants to go Kashmir said training module has regard to social hospitals in Valley and Jammu ed irrespective of the fact that due to the ongoing distur - been conceived and con - distancing in the by the GMCs of Srinagar and the so-called Jammu's savior bance but on the other hand ducted on the directions of health facility and Jammu wherein all domiciles party BJP is enjoying loaves it's also a fact that nobody will BMO Bani. doffing and don - of the UT can apply in Jammu of power in centre that too leave a chance to apply for Dr Rameshwar Singh ning PPE kits. but only Kashmiris in the with full majority. jobs in DRDO Covid Hospital said that under this training "It is agonizing Valley. "How on earth, the Lt Jammu, which is safe haven programme, the aforesaid that despite the In a statement issued here, Governor, the BJP in Centre, for everybody. health workers were given sincerity of these the DDC Member expressed or the bureaucrats will justify Tony said that BJP has hand on experience on han - health workers in shock and surprise that how this lopsided move and the miserably failed to provide dling oxygen cylinder, oxy - accomplishing come such bare prejudice is rationale behind pushing the any relief to the people of gen concentrator, oxymeter, their jobs with being allowed under the nose people of Jammu province to Jammu as the trail of discrim - RAT testing and in wearing complete dedica - of LG's administration? He wall?" Asked the DDC mem - ination under its realms has Personal Protection that the training of health This proactive step taken tion they are not getting their said that BJP Government at ber, while urging the local increased manifold times as Equipment kits. workers was necessary by Dr Rameshwar will go a salaries since long. The gov - the Centre has turned deaf and BJP leadership to wake up compared to the days when It is pertinent to mention because they will be assigned long way in making these ernment is indifferent over the dumb, and is not bothered from deep slumber and do tion towards Jammu. people showing 'hegemony' here that soon every with the duties of taking care centres more meaningful in issue despite number of repre - about what is happening on something on ground to save The DDC member assert - over Jammu ruled the erst - Panchayat will have a 5 bed - of patients admitted in the fight against the coronavirus sentations and appeals," Dr ground. the interests of people rather ed that the government-jobs while state of J&K. ded Corona Centre with one aforesaid centres and if this pandemic. Rameshwar said. C M C M Y B Y B